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VOL. 54.
TITUSVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY, 26,1911
NO. 37.
.NOVELIST PHILLIPS
DIED TUESDAY HIGHT
END CAME AT ELEVEN
O'CLOOK.
SHOCK TO HIS FRIENDS
Sudden  Turn  For  Warst
Came in Evening and
His Doctors Were
Powerless.
[By Associated Press.]
NEW YORK, Jan. 24,—David Graham Phillips has lost his brave flght
for Ufe. He died in Bellevue hospital
late tonight, a victim of Fitzhugh
Ooyle Goldsborough, an eccentric and
emotional musician, who, although of
refined taste and aristocratic southern
stock, shot the novelist down yesterday for c fancied grudge-, then hilled
himself. Phillips fought valiantly to
Uve, but six bullet holes were too
much even for his grit and sturdy constitution and, as 11 o'clock came and
passed, Its died.
He was conscious up to within a
quarter of an hour of his death, which
occurred just at flve minutes past 11
o'clock. At the bedside were hls sister, Mrs. Caroline Frevert; his brother, Harrison W. Phillips; his personal
physician, Dr. Eugene Fuller, and Dr.
Donovan of Bellevue. The immediate
cause of death was hemorrhage of the
right lung; which had been pierced by
one of the steel clad bullets from
Goldsborougli's automatic revolver.
Sudden Turn for Worse.
Up to 9 o'clock-the novelist was resting quietly and both physicians and
relatives' were hopeful of the outcome.
He had been conscious > all day and
hts-i received visitors, among them his
sister, his brother, United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana and several
writers of note. Their, visits were ex-
tremely brief, but all who came away
appeared optimistic. About 9 o'clock
^the patient'took a turn for the worse
nnd;. although the surgeons did everything in their power, the end was inevitable.-     fSSfil
Harrison * Phillips announced that
Senator Beveridge will have charge of
the funeral arrangements: The senator returned to Washington this afternoon, but will probably come back
to New York ln the morning. In the
meantime, it is thought that Phillips'
body will be taken either to the Princeton club or to the National Arts club.
Help Was Tardy.
When It was seen that Phillips was
sinking it was decided to infuse Into
bts veins a salt solution, but be declined so rapidly that the suggestion
was abandoned.
.The coroner issued a permit late tonight for the removal of the body without the formality of an autopsy.
Senator Beveridge said over the telephone from Washington that he
would be In New York' early Wednesday morning.
Murderer's Diary. .
About tbe time of Phillips' death tbe
district attorney's office gave out excerpts from Ooldsborough's diary,
found on the sidewalk near his rooms.
It was written in a clear hand ln a
small cheap note book, and the first
entry appears under date of June 11,
1910, at a time when Goldsborough
was living in the Gramercy Park
apartment, whieh afforde.l a view of
the apartment ln the National Arts
club, occupied by the novelist and his
sister, Mrs. Frevert. This entry says
In part:
}"i believe D. G. Phillips is trying to
fake a case against me or to do me
serious bodily harm or both. Yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, (I
think) I was sitting in my window
when I noticed a pretty looking woman seated at the second story win-'
dbw in the Arts Society building. This
woman was about 20 years old or a little more, I should say, and had a large
hat with flowers around it.
Woman Made Advances.
"She smiled over at me in a pointed
manner and on first catching sight of
me, lifted her hand and waved it. I
could not quite decVie whether this
was an Involuntary motion Of Interest
on seeing me or was meant as a signal
of encouragment for me to start a
flirtation with her. I got rather the
latter impression. A man was half in
sight near the window. I think it was
D. G. P., but I am not quite sure. I
looked steadily at this woman for a
few moments and glanced away just as
the man came to the window to look
out. I then kept my eyes away from
that window as much as possible.
"The v, oman. however, continued for
perhaps a half hour or three-quarters
enough longer to sit there and take
evident notice of me. I concluded U
was Mrs. Frevert, D. G. P.'s sister, and
that they were amusing themselves after receiot of my last letter to him
an-l at my expense. But later, as I
left my house, that same woman left
bers and looked at me fixedly and I
dn not' think It was Mrs. Frevert. Now
.why did she make these advances?
RiiarrfaW Aqa-lnet Phflllos.
"Tt occurred to me later that when
I flirted wtth ber a claim of my having
acted ln an annoying way might have
been circulated to my detriment. I
must be careful of what plans this
blackguard may make to Injure me.
The theory thai he is seeking to do
so, however, rests on stronger evidence than the mere incident jnst described."
Here tbe writer rambllngly describes how he was followed by a
strange man, how the stranger apparently attempted to annoy him by "rattling his spoon In his coffee cup in a
10-cent restaurant" and how when he
finally got a good Bight of him the
face of the stranger appeared to him
"a good family likeness of Mr. Adamson, secretary to Mayor Gaynor."
Called   on   Phillips.
Under anotber date he says:
"I called last evening on Phillips.]
They said he had gone to Pittsfield,.
Mass.—if so my trouble has been ln
vain. Hls ignoring my last letter and
twice excusing himself Is in itself a
confession of guilt."
An entry of June 12 tells of hearing
"poundings of a heavy stick on the
street."
On June 15 he wrote:
"Forgot to mention that I passed a
man in Central park on the 13th of
June that looked very much like D. G.
Phillips. He was with a girl and walking about towards Seventy-fifth street.
I wish I could have been introduced to
him (Phillips) some time ago."
Notes on Work.
There are many separate entries
with no mention of Phillips which appear to be notes and suggestions concerning verses and articles which
Goldsborough sent to the magazines.
Under a sub-head entitled "Data for
Vampire" he wrote:
"To create characters with real
blood ln their veins. Beyond tbe power of many writers. Much easier to
take them from real life—to utilize
their actual flesh and blood by tbe
easy, 'distinguished, legalized and instructive method of literary vampirism."
-   Attempted  Epigrams.
He also attempted a number of epigrams, among them the .following:
"Bliss is an effervescence—joy a
flood.
"Happiness is golden.
"It is often gocd policy to let someone who thinks he is a thinker believe
that you share his opinion.
"It takes common sense to make uncommon dollars.
"Some people apparently cannot distinguish between the law of suggestion
land that of suggestlveness."
WITH MAN IN TEARS
DEFENDANT BREAKS
DOWN UTTERLY.
cept her presnts and damn her char-
a< |i r."
lt is . obable that Mr. Handlan will
present ..the closing argument for the
state Wednesday afternoon and that
the:' case will go to the jury not later
than three o'clock.
JURYMEN ALSO WEPT
As Attorney O'Brien Made
Plea For His Client's
Freedom to Jury
Today.
PEKIN ALMOST HAS
PANIC OVER PLAQUE
Everyone Able to Go Leaves
the City.
By Associated Prett.
PEKING, Jan. 24.—The weekly express from Hankow today was crowded
with fugitives. These Included college
professors, tbe Italian minister, minor
diplomats and' persons ot means who
flnd the moment convenient for vacating the city. The bubonic plague
claimed Its firnt victim here several
days ago, and it is beUeved that It ls
the primary cause of the outpouring
through the gates of (the citji Even
military officers took opportunity by
the forelock and joined the departing
throngs.
As a matter of official record no new
cases of plague In Peking were reported today, but the opinion ls held at
the legations that the Chinese, fearing
the visitations of the foreign doctors,
and the summary destruction of the
dead, are not reporting illness of any
sort, are possibly secreting the bodies.
Indeed .the ordinary mortality* in Peking has become infinitely small since
ithe authorities enlisted the services of
foreign physicians who at once began
carrying out sanitarji measures along
modern lines.
The newspapers are supporting the
government in its efforts to allay the
fears. The masses, nevertheless, are
much alarmed by gruesome reports,
such as one alleging that the Russians
at Harbin are casting thp afflicted ln(to
poisoned wells. Thts story perhaps
developed from the possible use of
Ume tor the dead.
Awful Mortality.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24.—A special despatch from Harbin declares
that hunters from Jerboa in Mongolia
were the carriers of the plague into
Manchuria. Almost every case has
ended In deatb. The diseases are of
the pulmonary (type and the mortality
and estimated at 99 per cent. According to the despatch the Chinese masses
suspect that It was designedly introduced into their country.
OLD OIL MAN DEAD.
By Associated Prett,
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Dr. Charles
L. Morehouse, widely known as the
"father of oils," because of his success
ln the petroleum business before organization of the Standard Oil company, died of pneumonia Monday night
at his home- here. He would have
been 90 years old next month.
ADMIRAL REEDER DEAD;
By Associated Press.
PARIS,    Jan.    24.—Rear
WUUam H. Reeder, U. S. N.,
suddenly tonight.
Admiral
died here
By Associated Prest.
WHEELING, W. Va., Jan. 24.—Unruffled by the compromising testimony
brought against her during her trial
which has lasted for the past two
weeks, apparently unmoved bj« the
storm of bitter Invective of Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Fred L. Maury,
in his opening argument before the
jury which is trying the case of (the
state against ber, Laura Farnsworth
Schenk, the woman charged with administering poison to her milUonaire
husband, John O. Schenk, today broke
down and sobbed almost continuously
while her own attorneys, three of
them,-presented her side of tbe sensational affair before the twelve men
in whose hands her fate wlll rest tomorrow.
With the exception of a few times
when she has dropped her head and
blushed Mrs. Schenk has borne . up
stocially throughout the long ordeal.
Today she showed her woman's nature
and was a sobbing, crumpled mass of
femininity.
Defendant In Tears.
The flrst emotion she has exhibited
came when Attorney Frank A. O'Brien
opened ithe arguments .In her behalf
and mentioned the two children of
whose comp'anji she has been deprived
since her arrest and Incarceration on
the night of November 9. She recovered later but broke down again.
It was wbile ber chief attorney, J.
J. P. O'Brien, the young lawyer who
has put up a great defense while always fighting against the tremendous
odds on (the side of the state, was
making his plea that sue showed the
most marked emotion, weeping constantly. Not only did tbe defendant
break down, while her chief counsel
was addressing the jury, but jurymen
shed tears and there were many tear-
dimmed eyes ln the crowded court
room of Ohio county. He drew a vivid
picture of ithe lonely Incarceration of
the prisoner behind the grim walls of
the jail on the three real holidays of
i'he year—Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Year's. She was not even allowed to send her two chUdren the
Uttle presents she had worked and
made for tbem— the work of her own
hands, he declared.
"What does a verdict of not gui'jty
mean?" he asked.
"It means that she. will spend her
three holidays in one. And her liberty
is all jidu gentlemen can give her. She
has been disgraced through and
through before tbe whole world.
Cast Out, Says Counsel.
"If she goes free, where oan she go
to find a refuge? She cannot go to the
fine home which she left a prisoner in
the midst of tbe disgrace brought upon her. She cannot remain in Wheeling. She must go somewhere wbere
she is not recognizee, an outcast and
a homeless wanderer. On the aristocratic island, any place ih Wheeling,
she would be pointed out as 'that
Schenk woman.' Her liberty means
Uttle, but it Is all you can give ber,
and before God she deserves what
little tbere is left In a cruel, hard, unhappy life, for she Is innocent of the
awful crime charged against her."
"Had the husband, John O. Schenk,
been allowed to come to the court
room and testify, jiou know 'that all
of his testimony would be for the
wife, erring though she may have
been. If her children could come and
testify for mamma, you know that they
would plead tor her, would throw
their arms about ber neck and ask tor
her liberty."
Plead for Sympathy.
At the morning session, Mr. Maury
resumed his argument ln behalf of the
state. He again touched upon the
principal points in the relation to (the
poison found in the medicine taken
by Schenk and the fact that the defendant had bought lt. He closed in
half'an hour and Frank A. O'Brien
opened for the accused. His address
was largely one which attacked tbe
witnesses offered by the state and
pleaded for sympathy for the accused.
He was followed by his brother, J.
J. P. O'Brien, who concluded his brilliant address at 3:12 and S. O. Boyce,
the third attorney tor defense, began
his speech at 3:25. He was still speaking when court adjourned' at 5. o'clock,
and wlll resume Wednesday morning.
Attacked State's Witnesses.
His argument (today was confined
principally to a denial of points
brought out by Mr. Maury and an attack on Eleanor Zoeckler, the detective
nurse, and Dr. J. W. Myers, witnesses
for the state. He also paid bis respects to Daniel Z Phillips, Mrs.
Schenk's alleged paramour who offered damaging testimony against ber.
characterizing Phillips. as wr'ithlnd
worm wbo squirmed himself into the
affections o. Laura Schenk only to ac-
SOLDIERS' PENSION BILL
WILL MAKE APPEARANCE.
It Is Said to Have Influential Backing
This  Session.
JUDGES'SALARY BILL
WILL BE READ TODAY
FRAMED BY VICTOR
JOHNSON.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 24.—The soldiers' pension bill, which occupied attention in the last two legislatures,
will Ukely make Its appearance in the
house during the coming session. It
is said that several bills of that character are ln sight and that they will
be backed by influential veterans.
Representative John B. Holland of
Washington, who was In charge of one
of the bills last session, has another
under way and will probably present
It within the next two weeks.
The last pension bill did not get
out tothe senate. In 1907 it was vetoed because of lack of revenue.
SCHOOL   CODE   READY
Local Optionists in the Two
House to Meet Today
For an Important
Conference.
colonel and commissary geueral of
subsistence.
Howard S. Williams, Chester, colonel
and chief of ordinance.
Colonel Frank G. Sweeney, Delaware, Inspector general.
Colonel Edward Moreli, Philadelphia, judge advocate general.
Colonel Joseph K. Weaver, Mont*
gomery,  surgeon  general.
Colonel Frank K. Patterson, Allegheny, general inspector small arms
practice.
POSTOFFICE BILL TO
GIVE R.D JEN $1,000
MEASURE PASSED THE
HOUSE TUESDAY.
8TATE WILL HONOR THE
MEMORY OF PRISONERS.
Monument  May Be Erected at Cemetery at Florence, S. C,
By Associated Prifss.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 24—The memory of Pennsylvania sbldfeis who died
in the Confederate prison at Florence,
S. C, and who are buried ln the National cemetery a't that place, will be
commemorated by the erection in the
cemetery there of a suitable monument, if a bill introduced ln the state
senate today is enacted into law.
The bill carries an appropriation of
$20,000.
INDIANA RESIDENT
KILLED BIS WIFE
Then Attempted to Commit
Suicide.
By Associated Press.
INDIANA, Pa., Jan. 24—John McCombs, a well known farmer residing
ln a remote section of Indiana county,
last night fired at hls wife with a rifle
and, missing her, clubbed her to death
with the butt of the gun. He went to
the house of Joseph Pratros, some distance away, and. told .what be had
done. Pratros refused to believe him
and was preparing to go back with
McCombs wben the man entered the
barn and' hanged himself. He was
discovered and cut down in time to
save hls life.
Jealousy is assigned as the cause of
the murder.
JAP TERRORISTS
EXECUTED TUESDAY
Twelve   Pay  Penalty  For
Their Plot.
[Ey Associated Press ]
TOKIO, Jan. 24.—Twelve anarchists
convicted of conspiracy against tbe
throne and the thieves of the imperial
family were executed in ithe prison
here today.
Those put to death included the alleged ringleader, Denjiro Kotoku, and
his wife. Kotoku was a newspaper
man who, because of his radical writings was obliged to leave Japan some
years ago. He went to San Francisco,
Cal., where he conducted a Socialistic
publication for a time. Later he returned to Tokio and is credited wltji
having originated the plot which led
to the death today of twelve of the
twenty-six conspirators.
Twenty-four were condemned to
death but the seiytenees of one-halt
the number were commuted to life Imprisonment. Two others were given
terms of imprisonment.
ACQUITTED ON ALL COUNTS.
By Associated Prett.
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 24.—The
Standard OU company was adjudged
not guilty today of violating the antitrust law of North Carolina by cutting
prices of kerosene oil so as to drive
out competition. Tbe case was heard
in December by Police Justice Alexander Stronach, given jurisdiction by
the court, wbo handed down a lengthy
written opinion today lh favor of the
Standard OU company on all counts.
JOHN WALKER DEAD.
By Associated Prett.
DENVER, Jan. 24.—John Walker.
95 years old, died yesterday at Morrison, Col., at the home of his son, Jobn
Brisbeh Walker, a former magazine
publisher of New York. Mr. Walker
was prominent In Pennsylvania politics in the decade following the Civil
war. He was at one time a business
partner of James G. Blaine ln the
Pennsylvania coal fields,
TO 8ELL BIG CONCERN.
By Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 24— The plant
of the Werner Publishing company of
Akron, O., cause of .-thefailure of the
South Cleveland Ban King company
about a year ago, will be offered at
public sale March 1. Claims against
the .bia' publishing concern total
$1,800,000.
By Associated Prett,
HARRISBURG, Jan. 24.—Both
branches of the legislature will meet
tomorrow and the senate will adjourn
for (the week after a short session. The
house will meet Thurshay morning.
The presentation of bills will be
continued and It Is expected that the
house will bave a calendar of bills on
first reading tomorrow. This will include tbe judges' salary bill, which
was reported out of committee todajt
A number of committees began meetings today.
Local Optionists to Meet.
Interest has been aroused by the
proposed meeting of members of the
two houses favorable to local option
tomorrow night. At this conference
it is expected the question of which
house to present tbe bill will be determined.
The question of the scope of tbe pubUc utilities bill to be presented will be
considered tomorrow when there may
also be a conference in regard to tbe
greater Pittsburg bill, which bids fair
to arouse much antagonism when it
reached the floor of tbe house. Mayor
WUUam A. Magee of Pittsburg is expected bere.
School Code BUI.
The school code bill attracted the
most attention in the legislature today, but few had the nerve to wade
through the very few copies that were
available, although Senator TusCin of
Philadelphia, who presented it, had
prepared a synopsis of a portion of it.
There are a number of sections tbat
will meet with opposition, 'especially
that making scbool boards ln the first
districts eto consist of fifteen members.
.The Tustin uniform divorce law also]
claimed consideration.
Representative Shorn of PhUadelphia
had in mind the recent deaths from
gas when he Introduced his bill tor
the prohibition of slot gas meters. It
was drawn by John H. Fox of Philadelphia and imposes a fine of $100 on
gas companies using the device.
No  Fight Pictures.
II the bill introduced bji Mr. Fahey,
PhUadelphia, becomes a law tbere will
be no fight pictures shown in this state
hereafter. Tliere is a flne of not less
than $25 nor more than $100 goes witb
the violation of the act.
The new judges' salary bill, introduced by Johnson of Crawford county,
has been reported by (the commutes
and will be read the flrst time tomorrow. The judges' salary bill would Increase the pay of chief justices of the
supreme court from $10,500 to $15,000
and'associate justices would get $11,-
000' annually, instead of $10,000.
The salary of the president judge of
the superior court is placed In the bill
at $14,500 and associate judges are
allowed $14,000.
SPLENDID BANQUET
FOR MR. M'KINNEY
It Was Given at Warren on
Tuesday Evening.
DEBATE WAS SPIRITED
Attempt to Curtail Franking
Privilege Defeated—
Compliment to Santa
Claus.
Special ta tht Herald.
WARREN, Jan. 24.—An official goodbye to Thomas J. McKlnney was spoken at the Carver house tonight, when
a banquet of forty-eight covers was
given In his honor. The guests were
the farm bosses and superintendents
of the South Penn OU company ln the
Bradford, Olean, Kane and Warren districts, of wbich he has been superintendent since July 1, 1910. It was a
Beven-course dinner, elegantly appointed and rerved, During the discussion
of the menu there were several felicitous addresses, complimentary to
Mr. McKinney. He responded briefly
and thanked the men for their interest
In him and for their loyalty which had
made his success possible. He was
presented with a beautiful Shrine pin,
set with a handsome diamond.
Mr. McKinney wtll leave Immediately for Oklahoma, where he wUl take
charge of the western business of the
TitusvlUe Iron company. His father,
Hon. J. C. McKlnney, ls owner of this
business and his brother, L. C. McKinney, is president of the company at
TitusvUle. Few men have ever come
Into Warren, lived here and gone away
with more friends than Tom McKlnney. He was made superintendent of
the Warren diyision six years ago'and
has had offices here since that time.
He commenced his career as a pumper
on a lease and has risen by his own
merit.
PEARL M'ARTHUR
KILLED AT ALBION
Two Accidents on the Bessemer Tuesday-
Special to tht Berald.
MEADVILLE, Jan. 24.—Pearl McArthur, aged 35 years, a nephew of Hon.
E. W. McArthur and a trainman in the
employ of the Bessemer railroad, was
killed at Albion late this afternoon.
Little information could be secured
as to the manner of his death. He
was employed last summer as a policeman at Exposition park. He is survived by his wife and two children,
residing at Albion.
Late tonight a northbound coal train
on the Bessemer road was derailed at
Swan ville between Albion • and Erie.
Twenty carloads of coal were distributed over the landscape in that vicinity.   No one was injured.
By Associated Prett.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The house
today passed the postoffice approprtt-
I tion bill carrying   about   $257,000,000
I with no votes in the negative.
The postoffice committee of the
house, the postmaster general and,
"others higher up," including by inference (the President of the United
States, came in tor a scoring at ths
hands of members of the house during consideration of the bill. The debate reached its helgbt when Representative Sisson ot Mississippi declared with vigor:
Strong Words.
"The mail service all over the
United States is in a h— of a fix, to
use a strong expression, and this
bouse should fix the responsibility
where it belongs. Some say it is the
committee, some say lt is the department and some say lt is the President. The department has declined to
spend money) appropriated for additional rural free delivery routes and is
going to turn back a surplus of $1,700,
000 from this service. Forsooth, upon what hath this Caesar fed that
tlu.y can thus defy the mandate of ths
hoi.se and the senate of the United
States?"
As soon as the rural free delivery
se; vice paragraph was reached In the
bill a dozen members were on their
feet offering amendments to Increase
the pay of the rural carters from $900
all the way up to $1200. Chairman
Weeks of the postofflce committee attempted to limltt the debate but the
house would not hear of lt.   .
.   $1,000 a Yeaiv.jfor R. D. Men,
. Refiresentativedlf^tlett, 'of   Gsorgfa,
*lsl23pl the. f#attft(^J|«iticism Jm #?■
Ifering  afi   amendment to " gfve^tfi "
carriers $1,000 a year.   Representative
Austin of Tennesse scored the postal
committee and Bald the country ought
to know where the responsibility laK
Chairman Weeks said unquestionably some of the rural carriers on the
harder routes were underpaid. Others,
he thought, were receiving all that
ithey deserved.
"However,' added Chairman Weeks,
amid great applause, "The committee
is now willing to have the salaries
ot the rural carriers Increased $100 a
LEGISLATOR WAS
BITTERLY SCORED
Greater Pittsburg Bill  Is
Unpopular..
-[By Associated Press.]
PITTSBURG, Jan. 24.—George W.
Allen, member of the house of representatives from the Eleventh legislative district, was censured by his constituents at a mass meeting ln KnoxvUle tonight because he presented the
greater Pittsburg bill to the legislature.   The resolution adopted, reads:
Whereas, Hon. George W. Allen, one
of the representatives from this legislative district, presented a bill tor annexation in the house of representatives of this state which bill Is manifestly'unfair to the boros and townships of the county, and;
"Whereas, said George W. Allen,
knowing tbat 90 per oent. of his.constituents are opposed to the bill and
to annexation, has misrepresented the
wiU of his constituents, theretore be
it,
"Resolved, that we hereby repudiate
and condemn the action of said representative ahd hereby declare that be
has shown himself unworthy ito represent our district In the house of
representatives of this state."
OFFICER8 OF NATIONAL
GUARD ARE APPOINTED.
Governor's Staff Is Completed by Mr.
Tensr.
HARRI8BURG, Jan. 24.—Governor
John K. Tener tonight completed the
appointments on his staff, as commander-in-chief of the National Guard,
and announced this Ust:
Harry C. Trexler, Lehigh, colonel
an''  ouartermasfer.
Horace   L.   Haldeman,    Lancaster,
EDUCATION BOARD GIVES
LARGE 8UMS TO COLLEGES.
Tuesday's
Approorlatlns
$710,000.
Aggregated
By Associated Prett.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Appropriations aggregating $710,000 were made
to ten universities and colleges at the
eighth annual meeting of the Education Board today.
The gifts are conditional upon' additional sums being raised by the ln-
stitutons. Among tbe colleges affected
are:
Dennison university, Granville, O.,
$75,000; Swarthmore college. Pa.,
$75,000; Western College for Women,'
Oxford, O., $50,000.
The house then passed wltu a whoop
an amendment providing that after
July 1, 1911, the carriers should receive a salary not exceeding $1,000 a
year.
Franking Privilege Stands.
An aittempt to substitute official postage stamps tor the franks now used
by members of congress and government departments was defeated.
"Please do not open until Christmas" will be permitted on mail matter
in the future, if the action of the
house Is sustained, approving a provision allowing these extra words to be
written on mall packages.
"Is this a compliment to Santa
Claus?" asked Representative Foster
Of Illinois. XgZ
"It is to relieve congestion ot ths
malls at Christmas time," replied
Chairman Weeks. "We aU (try to have
our packages arrive on Christmas
Eve and if such a line could be written
on packages, many of them would be
sent earlier."
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President JOHN FERTIG
Vice President W. J. STEPHENS
Cashier F.  C.  WHEELER
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of people.
Large Resources.
Savings Department.
Safe Deposit Vaults.
Foreign Exchange Dep't.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON
TIME DEPOSITS.
Safety the Best Polioy.
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John Fertig WUUam Bayliss
Louis K. Hyde        John H. Scheide
8. C. Fertig Samuel Grumbine
John L. McKinney    W. C. Warner
W. J. Stephens