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TITUSVIMJ5, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1911.
NO. 16.
nTWO AVIATORS FAU
TO DFATH AT CHICAGO
JOHNSTONE     DROWNS
IN LAKE.
(BADGER  WAS  KILLED
Former Carried Down Into
Water by Engine and
Latter Fell on
Field.
By Associated Prett.
. CHICjAGO, Aug. IB.—-Two aviators,
William R. Badger of Pittsburgh and
fct. Croix Joamtono oi Chicago, both
' young ttApTlost their lives at the In-
lerntttiOdaj^'Ovtatidii.'^iitet here today.
In dying both revealed the fralllty of
the craft In which two score es more
nvlators   were    cuiving and    gliding
Hbotft in the air, Wtth scarcely a pause
for the deaths Ol 'tbelr contemporaries.
Deatn ln both caseb was due to unexplained accidents, pOBsibljr.,tte results of unsuspected  defects  in tte
t mechanism of .the machines, and was
Itt no way caused W carelessness nor
lack of responsibility for the drivers.
Badger Was Wealthy.
Badger, a wealthy youth, careened
to bia deatb .n a pit ta the aviation
Held.   There bad been a flaw in one
of the wings of tte propeller of tte
, Baldwin machine be diove. The centrifugal force broke the propeller, up-
Ket the delicate equilibrium Of the machine and Badger dashed 100 feet to
. the bottom of the pit, his neck being
fcroken.
Johnstone fell 500 feet under his en-.
gine and was drowned aa tbe result of
nn equally unsuspected defect. Caught
under the heavy engine in the Mois-
eant monoplane, he was carried deep
Into Lake; Michigan and his body was
not brought to tbe surface until aa
pour Utter.
&q$b$     Died In Short Time.
„ Badger lived for'three-qdartew at
an bour after he htu) been extricated
tfom tho remains of Ms engine. He
died without recovering consciousness
gpi almost at once otter he had reached
e hospital.-His death was the flrst
nerlous accident of the meet, although
experts say several similar accidents
liave been narrowlv averted.
.Badger new as he fontoerly drove
racing rutomobileq  purely as an ama-
i iOf|r~ ~ He *fts the stepson of John
Goettman d!P1*litf6burgb and was 25
years oli|. J****?-
He possessed an Independent fortune and Jratiiled a well developed
Bpeed mauto! In tte early days of automobiles he was among tbe flrst to
- make amateur records at Daytona and
Palm Beach, fie was an Intimate
friend of Louis Strang, the automobile
race driver, who died beneath the engine of an automobile ln Wisconsin
atone months ago.
First Public Appearance.
Through Strang, Badger became interested In  aeroplanes and both  became   amateur   aviators.   The   meet
liere, which began latt Sunday, was
Badger'B first public appearance.   The
big mechanical sign board; after his
*    death, recorded that he had flown, up
'     to.today, just two hours, thirteen minutes and nineteen seconds.   The flight
tkat ended his life had earned hlm
ftosslbly an hour more wben he MU.
He droppedJjust in front of the center of the grandstands and thousands
of spectators were within a few hundred yards of the accident. Hundreds
leaped the fence, fought past tte line
Of police and rushed Into the pit where
the wrecked biplane lay. There was
b near-panic ln the field and numerous
heads were cracked by polioe olubs.
. Acciuent Forgotten.
In tbe general audience, largely
Bprlnkled with women, there was
craning of necks and a murmur ot
excitement. Tbe injury was announced through tte megaphone and
Jive minutes later, while Badger was
on his way to a hospital; attention and
Interest ted reverted to tbe men still
flying, any of whom offered possibilities of similar thrills and possible fa-
.   tall ties.      V
j Through hls friendship wtth Strang,
V Badger met Captain Thorns I. Baldwin.
* He bought an aeroplane outright and
received bis first flying lessons at
Mineola, N. Y. On June 15 he made a
successful flight attd was granted a
pilot's license. Following this he
made further flights and bis aviating
enthusiasm grew.    He practiced with
. J. C. ("Bud") Mars and decided to en*.
• ter the meet here with Mars, although
bis entry was distinct from the entries
controlled by Captain Baldwin. He
liad planned to finish the meet here
end then take *he train to Wheeling,
whence he wanted to make a triumphal flight into his home, Pittsburgh. He was entered at a coming
meet in Boston. Captain Baldwin, after the accident, at once withdrew all
bts machines from the meet.
Badger's mother died recently and
. bo far as Is known r.is step-father, Mr.
.{Goettman, Is his only survivor.
Johndlone'B Death.
Johnstone's accident was due, according to.expert aviators, to a similar
unsuspected flaw ln the mechanism of
bis monoplane. Just what it was
probably will never te known, as tbe
.engine ls deep In tbe lake and the
frame and canvas of the plane were
broken and scattered by the tremendous impact With the surface of
the water.
Johnstone's actual fall was witnessed by his young wife, although lt
was not until balf an hour later that
sbe was Informed of hla death.
As the monoplane faltered In midair, then crashed downward to the
surface of the lake, tte young aviator's
wife, who had been following his flight
closely, grasped a mechanic's arm and
exclaimed In feor>
"Oh, oh, pity, he's falling. My boy
will be killed." >
Wife's Fears Allayed.
Wives of a half dozen other aviators,
whose attention bad been riveted on
the plunging machine that was to carry tte second victim of the day to his
death, rusted to Mrs. Johnstone's side,
and, as the machine hurtled into the
lake and out of sight, tbey thad to
assure her that Johnstone would suffer nothing worse than a ducking.
"Possibly not," exclaimed tte fear-
stricken wife, "but you could see, the
way the machine plunged, that St.
Croix bad completely lost control of
it. Oh, why don't ttey hurry up and
get out to him? Some of yon men
must take me to a boat so I /-an go
out and belp him."
Widow Taken Away.
By this time half a dozen mechanics
and hangar attaches had rushed up to
the group. Tbey whispered to the wo-
me nsurroundlng Mra. Johnstone that
she must be taken back to her apartments in a Michigan avenue hotel,
men surrounding Mrs. Johnstone tbat
pleaded to be allowed to cross the
field and out to the lake where her
husband's machine had plunged. Then
another mechanic rushed up to the
group and assured Mrs. Johnstone
that her husband had teen plucked out
of tte lake unharmed, that a boat was
bringing him ashore and that he would
Joint her ta tbe hote: Immediately.
Reassured by this Information,
which had been deliberately invented
to calm the tears of the aviator's
wife, she went back'to her hotel and
hurriedly laid out dry apparel for her
husband. For half an hour and more
sbe waited, then a member of the
Johnstone famUy took her word of the
aviator's death.
The young wife was prostrated.
Parents Sparcu Siflht.
Twenty minutes before the break in
tbe monoplane's waiping strahd-j-the
accident that Eent -young Johnstone
careening into tte lake—his father,
Dr. Stuart Johnvtnae, and Mrs,.'Johnstone stood in front of the Moissant
hanger with St/Ciolx's wife, watching
the young aviator in wbat they
thought would be the last few minutes
of tte flight. He had started from the
field at 3:15 o'clock and had sufficient
petrol to keep bim there until 6:80.
Finally, with an engagement In
mind, Dr. Johnstone turned to his wife
and daughter-in-law and remarked:
"Well, X must be going."
"Oh, don't go yet," chorused Mrs.
Johnstone and the aviator's wife, "St.
Croix will be down in a few minutes,"
"No, I must go," rejoined the doctor.
"It doesn't look as though St. Croix
would lose .his Ufe today; he seems
to be flyiri'g'too smoothly for any mishap.   He's been up i wo hours now."
Then be and Mrs. Johnstone turned
away, leaving the aviator's wife with
her eyes still riveted on the soaring
monoplane.
Less than twenty minutes later tbe
warping strand ta the Moissant broke,
tlie wings of the machine crumpled
like paper and the machine hurtled into the lake, its heavy engine and tangled wires dragging its pilot to death.
AD CHICAGO
Beachey Wae Star.
Beachey was the Individual star in
the speed events of the fourth day ot
the international aviation meet here
today. He made the fastest trip
around the mile and a third lap, and,
tet for a foul , would . have won the
two chief events.
In the speed contest for biplanes
Beachey and McCurdy made the flnal
lap in a neck and neck dash. The
two machines were almost within
reach of each otter, wben Beachey
drew- ahead and rounded the south
pylons. He was penalized by the
contest committee and made to drive
an extra lap on a charge that he had
fouled the pylon. He completed the
ton laps ln 15 minutes, 10.3 seconds,
as against McCurdy's 14 minutes, 41
seconds for nine laps. A protest was
flled against the penalty. Beachey
took tte passenger contest and easily
a dozen otter contestants dropping
after his performances of the first
beat.
Mars Out of it.
J. C. "Bud" Mars probably will be
out of the meet for tte remainder of
the week. He received a rude reminder of an accident at Erie, Pa., in
which he was nearly killed a month
ago. Mars ted a hard fall and narrowly escaped with his life. He was
obliged to retire from the aviation
fleld for several weeks, and said today that the total losses as a result
Of the fall, including expenses and
loss from broken dates, had been
$18,000.
Immediately after the opening of
tte meet today a deputy sheriff attached his Baldwin machine on a
Judgment obtained by tte promoters
of the Frie meet on tbe ground that
they bad lost $900 my Mar's failure
to complete his contract   after   tbe
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STATEHOOD BILL IS
VETOED BY PRESIDENT
BEATTIE'S BRAVADO
MUCH IN EVIDENCE
No Apparent   Concern   in
Case Shown.
RECALL    OF    JUDGES
THE REASON.
TO   TRY "S-PASSAGE
It Is   Not at All Certain
That Bill Caa Be
Passed Over the
Veto.
By Associated Prett.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—A flnal
attempt to secure statehood for New
Mexico and Arizona began in both
houses of congress today, following
tte receipt of President Taft's emphatic veto of the statehood resolu-.
tion as it had been sent to him. His
veto message, denouncing fhe judiciary recall feature' of the Arizona con-l
stitiition was received in tte -bouse
with long applause from the Republicans.        y?P.
It was referred to the territories
committee of that body, with the
vetoed resolution, Chairman Floyd
promising prompt action.
New  Statehood   Bill.
With the announcement of the President's veto and following a conference with President Taft, Senator
Smith of Michigan, chairman of the
senate territories committee, introduced a new statehood resolution
meeting the President's views and
providing for the admission ef both
states on Jthe' condition that Arizona
shall strike the recall of judges pro
vision from the new constitution.
The territories committees of
both houses will meet tomorrow to
consider -the respective resolutions.
Re-passage Is Uncertain.
A canvass of the house of representatives was in-progress today, tet the
house leaders were not confident tonight that they have the necessary
votes to pass , the. vetoed . resolution.
Chairman Floyd expressed the opinion
that tte resolution could secure the
two-thirds of 'the' house membership
op ffe-passage," but many Democrats
were not so confident.
Incase the attempt to pnsrt * la-:.-resolution over the President's Veto falls
there are many Democrats In the
house who wUl support a resolution
similar to the one Introduced by Senator Smith.
Judiciary Recall Fatal.
The President's reason for exercising the executive power df veto was
based on his thorough disapproval of
the recall of judges clause ln the'
Arizona constitution. The fact tbat
New Mexico's statehood was bound |
up with that of Arizona meted out to
ber tbe same fate, and neither'territory can come Into the union at this
time unless friends of the joint resolution ln congress can muster the two-
thirds vote necessary to pass the resolution over the President's veto. This
may be attempted.
Tte President did not spare words
in condemning the recall feature of
tbe Arizona constitution,- which, he
said, would compel judges to make
their decisions "under legalized terrorism." The recall provision would
operate against all elective offlcers of
Arizona, including both county and.
state judges. When 25 per cent, of
the voters of the previous election petitioned fbr a special election to remove an officials such an election
would be compulsory.
A Pernicious   Doctrine.
"This provision of tte Arizona constitution," the President says, "In its
application to county. ■ and state
judges seems to me bo pernicious In
Its effect, so destructive of independence in the judiciary, so likely to subject the rights of the individual to
possible tyranny of a possible majority, and therefore to be so Injurious to the cause of free government
that I must disapprove a constitution
containing tt."
Much of the message was devoted
to a discussion of tte functions of
the courts under the constitution.
The President dwelt at considerable
length on the necessity for freeing the
judiciary as much as possible from
politics or popular Influence. And,
referring to the recall provision, he
asks:
, "Could there be a system more Ingeniously devised to ^subject judges
to momentary gusts ot popular passion than this?"
The message was received with
great Interest by the house, largely
because of the President's long association with the judiciary.
ERIE BUYS CARS.
By Associated Press.
NBW YORK, Aug. 15.—The Erie
Railroad company announced today
that contracts had been let to various
car building companies for 1,000 steel-
underframe bov cars, 1,000 steel coal
cars, 1,000 steel gondola cars and 1,000
Steel hopper cars. Five hundred flat
cars wlll be built in the Erie shops
and contracts for 500 more will be let
In a short time. The company has
also arranged for the construction of
forty locomotives and expects to build
twenty more ta its own shops.
By Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 15.—-Although now formally indicted, charged
with wife murder, Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., spent a. restful night in the Henrico county jail at Richmond and rose
this morning to read with Interest the
newspaper reports of yesterday's proceedings at Chesterfield court house,
where the indictment was returned and
the trial set for Monday next.
Beattie appeared to be not at all
surprised when told of his Indictment.
He seemed more concerned, about the
excessive heat. He slept as soundly
last night as he has at any time during his Imprisonment.
Early on Monday morning next
Beattie wlll be taken from the jail
here and transferred to tlie" Uttle red
brick prison at Chesterfield court
house, where he Is to be placed on
trial for his life.
Judge Walter A. Watson will preside at the trial and. unless the defense catt show some legal cause for
further delay, the task of selecting a
jury will begin about 10 o'clock Monday morning. From a venire of thirty-
two farmers sixteen will be selected I
and from these four will be eliminated
until the twelve who will decide the
fate of Beattie remain.
A ruling of the supreme court in
thts state holds that the reading of
newspaper accounts of a crime does
not necessarily disqualify a man as a
juror, therefore no great difficulty In
obtaining a" jury is anticipated.
COATESVILLE JURY
A
HAVANA DUELISTS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Son of Gomez Fired on An
Editor.
By Associated Press.
HAVANA, Aug. 15.—Miguel Gomez,
a son of "resident Gomez, and-Congressman Armando Andres, editor of
El Dla, an anti-administration newspaper, the principals in last- night's
impromptu pistol duel, were arrested
early today.
The exchange of bullets took place
at the Cafe Cosmopolite, adjoining
the Hotel Inglate.ra, tbo most fashionable section of the city. '-"Andres
was at supper when the young man
alighted from a palace coach 'and Entered the cafe.
Both men emptied their revolvers,
but neither, the principals nor spectators were wounded/
Gomez . appeared badly frightened
when taken to the police station and
at first attempted to deny his identity. Then he declared that he had no
recollection of the shooting. Finally
te broke down and, weeping, confessed, according to the police, that
he had attempted to assassinate An-:
dres In revenge for the latter's editorial attacks upon his father and himself.
Andres Is a bitter opponent politically of President Gomez and recently
established the El Dla which has
since conducted an energetic campaign against the administration and
also assailed personally t'he integrity
of the chief executive.
TERRIFIC CYCLONE
IN HORTH DAKOTA
Two People Known to Be
Killed.
By Associated Press.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Aug. 15.—
Two people were killed and four totally Injured In a tornado in Divide
county, N. D., today with indications
that when complete reports are received from the rural districts the
number of injured will be increased
materially.
Among the fatally injured are Theodore Johnson and his wife and babe,
who lived In a shack on a homestead
near Ambrose. Chris Halvorson of
the town of Crosby, a boy, also was
seriously injured. All tte wires in
the vicinity are now down and only
meagre reports of the disaster' bave
filtered through.
Ambrose, Noonan, Crosby, near
together, were the centers of the
storm's fury. Scores of buildings
were razed. Hundreds of the small
homes of the settlers are In ruins.
The loss of stock ls heavy and crops
over a wide area of country were
destroyed.
TWO MEN ARE BLOWN
TO ATOMS BY POWDER
Mill Near Pottsville Scene
of Explosidn.
POTTSVILLE, Aug. 15.—Two men
were blown to pieces in a powder
mill explosion today at Cressona, a
few miles from here.
The dead are Herbert Schappell of
Cressona and William Wenrich of
Germantown, near here. The explosion occurred in the Chaser-mill of
the Cressona Powder company from
some unaccountable X-ause. Both men
were blown out of lhe building and
the remains of onerot them fell Into
a mill race. Abont thirty kegs df
powder exploded /
(
ARRESTS HAVE
BEEN MADE.
NOT
CUSTOMS SERVICE
TO BE REORGANIZED
Matter Given  to Congress
in December.
EXCITEMENT IS HIGH
One   Member   of   Mob   Is
Said to Have Told the
Authorities His
Story.
By Associated Presi.
COATESVILLE, Aug. 15.—The coroner's jury which has been investigating the lynching of Zack Walker, the
negro who shot and killed Policeman
Rice, rendered Its verdict tonight. Notwithstanding that more than 1,000 persons weie   in the mob that dragged
Walker from ihe hospital and threw
his   body upou the   pile of   hay and
tence rails,  which' was fired by the
mob, not a name is mentioned by the
jurors.   The verdict was as follows:
"We, the undersigned jurors, are
of the -opinio* that Zack S. Walker, colored, came to his death on
the night of Sunday, Aug. 13, In
East Fallowfield  tov nship,  Chester county, and believe tbe crime
was   committed   by persons   unknown to the ju-ors."
Officers on Jury.
The coroner's jury was composed of
C. E. TJmstead, chief of police of
Coatesville; Robert Allsion, chief of
police at Worth Bros.' iron works; Andrew S. Wright, a Philadelphia and
heading detective: R. John Allen,
James T. Pugh, a police officer, and
N. M. Wood, a newspaper reporter.
District Attorney Robert S. Gaw-
throp said tonight that no arrests will
be .made until after the funeral of
Rice, which takes p'ace on Priday.
Wild Rumor Circulated.
Last night a rumor spread through
Coatesville that during the night a
band of negroes bent upon vengeance
would march on the Rice home, take
the body of the dead policeman to the
outskirts of the town and burn it.
While the authorities, did not believe
this would be done, they took precautionary measures and swore in fifteen
firemen as special policemen and these
men guarded the Rice home, all night.
Within tbe house were the widow, her
five children and several relatives.
No arrests in connection with the
burning of Walker have yet been
made, biit it is expected that certain
men suspected of having been leaders
of Sunday night's mob will be taken
into custody. ' District Attorney Robert S. Gawthrop of Chester county,
who is in charge of the investigation
of tte lynching, does not admit that
arrests will be made, but it,is known
that he is in possession of names of
many of those who figured prominently in the awful affair.
. One Man Told Story.
While tte mob that followed the
negro to the pyre on the farm half a
mile from town numbered anywhere
from 1,000 to 2,000, it is said that only
about twenty-flve men took an active
part in the .work of avenging Rice's
death. One rumor has it that an active participant, becoming frightened
at the result of the mob's work and
fearing a long prison sentence, has
volunteered to: tell all .the names ori
condition that he wlll not be prosecuted.   The report lacks confirmation.
FoUowing a meeting pf the Coates-
vllle borough authorities that lasted
until early this morning, a report was
spread that at least one of the borough policemen Is implicated In the
lynching. Tliere is talk of an .investigation of tfie conduct of the police
department on Sunday night.   Richard
D. Gibney, a member of the borough
council and chairman of the police
committee, accuses Chief of Police
TJmstead of not doing his duty. He
charges that the chief had been
warned in ample time of the gathering
ofthe mob to lynch Walker, but he did
not raise a hand, to prevent it
ONE MAN ARRESTED LATE
TUESDAY FOR LYNCHING
Is Alleged to Have Broken Down and
Told Everything,
By Associated Press.
COATESVILLE, Aug. 15.—The flrst
arrest in connection with the burning
Of Zack Walker on Sunday night was
made here tonight when Kennedy
Boyd, a lineman in the employ of
'the Chester Valley Electric company,
was. taken into custody.      ,
Boyd, who is SO years old came
here from West Chester about two
months ago. He was sent for by the
police and taken to headquarters In
an automobile to be questioned, as
were many other persons during the
day. Under the severe cross-examination, it is alleged, he admitted
enough to warrant his arrest. It is
alleged that he gave the names of
a number who will also be taken into
custody.
By Associated Press.
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Predicting an immediate saving of from $90,-
000 to $100,000 in salaries, through
consolidation of offices, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis today
explained to the house treasury department expenditutes committee the
proposed reorganization of the customs system. This plan is outlined in
a proposed bill to be urged upon congress in December.
The plan contemplates the elimination and consolidation of non-paying
ports, redisricting of customs jurisdiction with state lines used- as nearly
as possible for boundaries, abolishment of interior ports of delivery,
where ships cannot enter or clear,
and substitution of sub-ports, elimination of the fee system and otter
changes.
Mr. Curtis contended that the plan
v/ould tend to check undervaluations
and facilitate business by reducing
red tape and clerical labor and by increasing uniformity of business methods.
Representative Young of Michigan
suggested difficulty in .getting such a
bill through the senate.
CONGRESSMAN WAS
PUT UNDER ARREST
WOOL TARIFF BILL g
PASSES THE SENATE
IT NOW GOES TO THE
PRESIDENT.
VETO    IS    EXPECTED
It Is Believed That Session
Will Come to an End
by Wednesday of
Next Week.
Refused to Give Ticket to
Train Conductor.
By Associated Preat.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Aug. 15.—
Congressman D. J. MjcGillicuddy, of
Maine, resumed his trip to Washington early today after being taken off
his train and arrested by a railroad
agent, charged With refusing to give
up his ticket to the conductor. The
congressman, pleading urgent business In the capital, made arrangements with Judge Coit of the police
court, whereby his case was postponed for a week.
The congressman's attorney said
that the trouble started just before
the train reacted Providence. The
congressman bad rung repeatedly for
a porter to make up tbe bed In his
stateroom an*, oonld get lie answer!.]
Wheii the conductor- came to lnspebt
his ticket te refused to show it until
be had received the service he had
rung for. The conductor tried to
have the Providence police take up
the case but tbey refused and te saw
nothing of conductor or porter until
the train reached New London and
he was placed under arrest.
According to railroad.-men the bell
which the congressman tried to ring
was out of order.
DURANT QUIET AND
NEGROES QUIT TOWN
Jury   Will   Probe   Recent
Lynching.
DURANT, Okla., Aug. 15.—All was
quiet -in Durant today following a
bight of wild excitement over a
negro race war.
More than half of the negro population of Caddo, Okla., had fled from
there and others are leaving every
hour. Colbert, Okla., also reports a
large exodus of negroes.
A special grand jury has been summoned to Investigate the recent lynching.
GIANT   18   MISSING.
By Associated Press.
EAST ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 14.—
Henry Olsen weighs 340 pounds, but
in spite of his bulk has been missing
from the home of his son for nearly a
week. A general- alarm is out for
the heavyweight.
By Associated Prett.'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The soil*
ate by a vote of 38 to 28 tonight
adopted the conference report on tbe
wool tariff revision bill, already
adopted by the house. The bIH now
goes to the White House for the expected veto of President.
The vote came after a vigorous
flve hoars' debate on the merits of
the bill. It was a victory for the
combined Democratlo and "insurgent"
Republican forces as against "regular". RepubUcans. Only two progressive" Republicans, Senators Borah of Idaho and Bourne of Oregon,
united with the "regulars" In the vote
against tte bill. The bill as passed
by the two houses places a flat ad
valorem duty of 29 per cent, on all
raw wool and proportionate ratea on
woolen manufactures.
End of Session Near.
The opinion was held ln Washington tonight that congress will enter
upon the last eight days of the session tomorrow. Senator Penrose's
resolution Introduced today for adjournment August 22, and the belief
expressed by Democratic Leader Underwood of the house of representatives that all work can be concluded
ty Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week was taken to Indicate that tt
WiU be difficult to hold the special
session together longer.than that.
A caucus of Democratic Senators
has been called for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to consider tte cotton bUl and the question of adjournment.
Democrats Heat. Back.    .
Many Dei^oc^s In ihe senate who
join with th'e ''insurgents"' for action
on the cotton bill are not so willing
to join them in adding the Cummins
steel and iron tariff revision and the
Bristow sugar tariff revision to the
cotton bill. The principal question.,,
before the caucus probably will be
that of deciding whether - the Demo- .
crats shall support amendments to
the cotton' bUL
During today's senate debate on
wool, Senator LaFollette of Wlscon- |
sin accused Senator Smoot of Utah of
being personally interested in tte
schedule under discussion, Inferred
strongly that the Mormon church waa
Interested in woolen mills and then
vigorously declared that no senator
had a moral right to vote on any law
affecting his own interests.
LaFollette's Speech.
"It is time," he asserted, "that tlie
senate adopts a rule that no man te
permitted to vote on any question
when he ls directly or indirectly interested pecuniarily in that question.
Senator Smoot says that he does not
know that tiie Mormon church has a
dollar in any woolen mill,' although
he acknowledged that he owned some
woolen stock and that the church had
owned some years ago.     .tiir*
Mr. Smoot attacked the wool bill,
declaring It had been rushed through
careful consideration.   ..
tfttia
WOMAN WAS DROWNED.
• By Associated Prett.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 15.—Mrs.
Sarah Johnson, aged 70; residing on
Canandaigua Lake, fell Into a cistern
lost night and was drowned.
Preeident ..->..*...
Vice President «-..
Cashier   .,_»..
.W. J. STEPHENS
..W. C. WARNER
.F.  0.  WHEELHB
ESTABLISHED 1865
National
Bank
TITUSVILLE, PA.
CAPITAL
We have the most complete
banking facilities for meeting
- the requirements of all classes
of people.
Large Resources.
, Savings Deparement.
Safe Deposit Vaults.
Foreign Exchange Dep't.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON
TIME DEPOSITS.
SAFETY the BEST POLICY
>~D I R E C T O R •—
W. J. Stephana WUliam Baylies
Louis K. Hyde John H. Scheide .
8. C. Fertig Samuel Grumblna
John L. MoKlnney   W. O. Warner.