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HERALD
^OCUME 53.
TITUSVILLB, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1908.
NUMBER 37.
EDITOR PULITZER DENOUNCED
I IN PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
ACCUSATIONS FALSE
IN ALL PARTICULARS
The New York World is Pronounced Unworthy of Belief
MAY   BE   SUED   FOR  UBEL
Full Detaijs of ths Panama Canal Pur-
chafe fluted in a Statement
' Read to Congress on
Tuesday,
libels upon Individuals, upon Mr. Taft
and Mr. Robinson for instance. But
they are in tact -wholly, and in form
partly, a libel upon the United States
government, 1 do not believe we should
concern ourselves with the particular
Individuals who wrote the lying and
libelous editorials, articles from correspondents, or articles in the news
columns. The real offender is Mr.
Joseph. Pulitzer,'editor and proprietor
of the Worid. While the criminal offense of which Mr. Pulitzer has been
guilty is in form a libel upon individuals," the great injury done is in
blackening the good name of the American people. It should not be left to
a private citizen to sue Mr. Pulitzer for
; CHARLES WI. SCHWAB
GIVES HIS TESTIMONY
Valuable   Information   Gleaned
from Steel Magnate
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY HOLDS BANQUET.
NEW YORK WORLD
! C. P. TAFT DENIES ANY
INTEREST IN CANAL COMPANY.
Many  Leaders   in  the  World's  Work
Were Among Ttiose   Present.
COST  OF STEEL  INCREASED
Says   That    Bessemer   Process    Will
Soon Be a Matter of History and
That German Methods Will
Be Employed.
libel. •  He should be prosecuted
foi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15
Roofeevelt today sent to the senate and
house a statement concerning the purchase pf. tlie Panama, canal property by
the United States, denouncing in strong
language charges that there was anything wrong In the acquisition by the
United States of the canal property. In
[full it.is as follows:
The Message.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
In view of the constant reiteration of
the -assertion that there was some corrupt action by or on behalf   of     tho
United Slates' government in   connection .with the acquisition df the title of
the French company   to the   Panama
f canal, aiid of tne repetition of the story,
that a syndicate of American citizens
-*owned either one  cr ' both    of    the
Xjf'ananta companies, I deem it wise to
-.".(■submit tc the'eoii gress all the infornic-
^ tion I have on the     subject.     These
Eajstqries were first brought tp my atten-
HOfxn as published in a paper in lndlana-
pfelis, called "The News," edited by Mr !
Dfilttvaii Smith.
The stories were scurrilous and libel-
ouarin character and false in every es-
sejjtial particular. Mr. Smith shelters
hlingelf behind the excuse-that ho merely adgepted the statements wbich had an-
iSeiSjsgjjlilii a paper published \xi ..New 1
.^.otfcg-'.The World," owned by Mr.
■ lOBeph EJulitzer. .It is idle tb sav thai
theu .known character of Mri Pulitzer
and bis newspaper are such that ,'he
statements in that paper will be be-
ll.Hved: fijfr nobody: unfortunately, thon-
aiNlkii persons are ill informed in j
tjirsVr^sp.eCt and believe the statements
.. thriyiipyriiiiit'l'iiii 1 th< n; ii 'in j  i;
Bear lii;JiiPnewspaper published by Mr•]
./Pulitzer..'A member, ot the    congress
has actually introduced a resolution in j
reference ..to   these   charges. "I   there-i
fore lay ajl the facts before you.
Tpte Stories Repeated.
',.: The story repeated at' various times
by the World and by Its followers tu
tfthe newspaper press Is substantially as
follows: That there was corruption I
by or on behalf ol' the government of
the United States In the transaction by I
which the Panama canal property was
acquired from its French owners; that j
there were Improper dealings of some
kind between agents of the government j
and outside persons, representing or
acting for an American syndicate, who I
had gotten possession of the' French
company; that among these persons,
who It was alleged "made "huge profits."- were Mr. Charles P, Taft, a brother of Mr. William H. Taft, then candidate for the presidency, and Mr. Douglas Robinson, my brother-in-law; that
Mr. Cromwell, thc counsel for the
Panama Canal company tn the negotiations, was in- some way implicated
with the United States governmental
authorities in these improper transactions; that the government has concealed the true facts, and has destroyed, or procured or agreed to the destruction of, certain documents; that
Mr. W. H. Taft was secretary
United States government and the
of war at ^the time and that
by    an     agreement     between     the
libel by the governmental authorities.
j In point of encouragement of iniquity,
President | in point of infamy, or wrongdoing,
there is nothing to- choose between a
public servant' wbo betrays his trust.
a public servant who is guilty of black-,
mall, or theft, or financial dishonesty
ef any kind, and a man guilty as Mr.
Joseph Pulitzer has been guilty in this
Instance. It is therefore a high national duty to bring to justice this
villfler of the American people, this
man who wantonly and wickedly and
without one shadow of justification
seeks to blacker, tbe character of reputable private citizens and to convict
the government of his own country in
the eyes of the civilized world of
wrongdoing of the basest and foulest
kind, when he has not one shadow of
iustlfication of any scrt or description
for the charge he has made. The attorney general has under consideration the form in which tho proceed
ings against Mr. Pulitzer shall be
brought. '
Papers  Submitted.
Meanwhile I submit to you all the
accompanying, papers., ser that you may
have before you complete information
on the subject. I call your attention
to my communications in my. messages
to the congress of Jan. 20, 1902. March
11, 1903, Dec. 7, 1903, Jan. 4, 1904, and
Dec. 17. 190'!, ln which I set forth at
length the history of various phases
of the whole transaction. 1 recall your
attention to the report and ppiulon of
the attorney general rendered to me
dated Oot 25, 1902, with the accompanying documents and-exhibits. I call
your attention, to the. correspondence
of the officers and agehts\ of the Pan
ama Canal company with .the president
a t>4 • other ofiicers; 8fZ$!>fr- United .State.;
prihfed iii senate document No. M,
Dee. 10, 1902;. also tb the copy of the
official proceedings of the New Panama Canal company-at Paris on the 30tb
of December, 1903, together with a report bf the.eouncil of-administration of
that company, printed' in senate document No.. 133, Jan. 28, 1904; and to the
copy of the general conveyance by the
New Panama Canal company to tha
United States, also copies of certain
telegrams from the president of the
company making an offer of sale, aud
Attorney Oeneral Knox's cablegram ln
response printed in senate document
No. 285. March 23, 1906. I call your
attention furthermore to the exhaustive
testimony recorded in public document
(Sen. Doc. No. 401, 59th Cong., 2nd
sees.), which contains the searching In
yestigation into tbe whole transaction
made by the congress for its information and fully considered by the congress before lt took action.
The Aot of Congress.
In the act approved June 2S, 1.90a.
"To provide for tbe construction of ,i
canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," the congress
provides as follows:
"That the president of the United
States Is hereby authorized to acquire,
foi" and on behalf of the United States,
at a cost not exceeding forty millions
of dollars, the rights, privileges, franchises, concessions, grants ot lam],
right of way, unfinished work, plants
and- other property, real, personal, and
mixed, of every name   and     noturl
beneficiaries of   the   deal   all   traces  wne(j' by tlv3 New Panama Canal com
thereof were "wiped out by transferring all the archives and "secrets" to
the American government, just before
the holding of the convention last
June at which Mr. Taft was nominated.
"' These statements sometimes appeared in the editorials, sometimes ln the
news columns, sometimes in the shape
of contributions from individuals
either unknown or known to be of bail
character. They are false In every particular- from beginning to end. Thc
wickedness of the slanders ls onlv
surpassed by their fatuity. So utterly
baseless are the stories that apparently they represent in part merely material collected for campaign purposes
and in part stories originally concocted
with a view of posible blackmail. The
inventor ofthe story about Mr. Charles
P. Tatt. for Instance, evidently supposed that at some period of the Panama purchase Mr. W. H. Taft was
secretary of war, whereas in reality
Mr. W. H. Taft never became secretary
| of war until alter the whole transaction . in question had been closed. The
inventor of the story about Mr. Douglas Robinson had not taken the trouble
to' find out the fact that Mr. Robinson
had not had the slightest collection.
directly or indirectly, of any kind or
sort with any phase of the • Panama
transaction from beginning to. end. Thc
men .who attacked Mr.-Root in the matter had not 'taken the trouble to read
the public documents which 'would
have informed them that Mr. Root had
nothing to do with the purchase, which
was entirely arranged through the department of justice under the then attorney general, Mr. Knox.
Th« Real Offender.
Now these stories as a matter of
fact nsed no investigation whatever.
No shadow., of proof has- been, or can
be, produced id behalf of any of them.
They consist simply of a string of Infamous libels. In form, they are In-par
pany, of France, on the Isthmus of
Panama, and all its maps, plans, drawings, records on the Isthmus.of Panama, and in Paris, including all thc
capital stock, not less, however, than
sixty-eight thousand eight hundred
and sixtj -three" shares ot the Panama
Railroad company, owned by or held
for .the use of said Canal company, provided a satisfactory title to all of said
property can be obtained "
It thereupon became the duty of the
President, in execution of this statute,
to purchase the property specified from
the New Panama Canal company, of
France, provided he could obtain a satisfactory title. The department of
justice was instructed to examine the
title, and after such an examination attorney General Knox reported tbat a
satisfactory title could be obtained.
Payment of the purchase price was
thereupon made to the New- Panama
Canal company, in accordance with the
act of congress, and the. property was
conveyed by that c'ompany to the
United States. It was no concern of
the President, or of any officer of the
executive department, to inquire as to
what the New Panama Canal company did with the money which it received. As a matter of fact, the New
Panama Canal company did distribute
the money between its shareholders
and the shareholders of the preceding
Panama Canal company in accodance
with the decree of a French* court, and
tbe records of the French court show
who were the shareholders who received the money; but that is no concern of ours.
Amerloan Company Failed.
I call your attention to the accompanying statement as to the attempt
to form an American company in 1899
•fpr tiie purpose ol taking over the
property of the French company.   Thi's
[Continued on Page Seven.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Disagree
ing with the published' views of Andrew Carnegie with regard to the steel
schedules of the tariff. Charles M.
Schwab, former president of the United
States Steel corporation, gave valuable
testimony before the house ways and
means committee at the tariff hearing
today.
While he practically admitted that
the conditions which existed nine years
ago would have permitted a reduction
in the steel schedule at that time, he
said that the cost of every item entering the manufacture of steel' rails had
increased ' to such an extent that thn
present conditions must be changed to
permit of tariff reduction.
A Change Coming.
"In flve years there will not be a
Bessemer steel converting works left
in the United States," Mr: Schwab predicted. "Pessemer steel will be of no
use. Tlie same is true of structural
steel as well as rails. They will all
be made by the open hearth' process o.
manufacture. Costly changes in the
•construction of the plants...will a.
necessary to make the improvements
in the method of manufacture."
Mr. .Schwab also declared that within ten years the "open hearth" process
wonld be superceded by the electric
system of .manufacture which was being developed in Germany.
"These changes in the   process, of
manufacture increase the quality of th
steel," he continued, "but   they    also
slightly  increase  the cost of produc
tion."
Favors No Change.
Mr. Schwab said he was not in favor
of any change in the tariff on steel
and steel products. "A moderate change
would not. make any material differ
ence," he said, "but a radical change
might do considerable harm." He ad
mitted that the tariff could be 'taken
Ioff iron ore without affecting the value
of the mesaba ore of this country. Mr.
Schwab stated that the . Bethlehem-
Steel company of which he was presi
dent, Smiiorts a1! of -Hit. iron ore. from
Cuba.    "
Mr. Schwab stated that In German?
the cost of producing pig iron is from
$9.50 to $12.00 a ton, while the cost ot
conversion into, steel is about the same
as in this country. Tho cost of maun
facturfe In England is- a little less than
in Germany.
"If the tariff on steel should be considerably reduced, would the steel business be seriously affected?" asked Mr.
Hill of Connecticut.
Effect of Tariff.
"If conditions are equal we can make
stel rails as cheap as they can be mail.
anywhere," replied Mr. Schwab. "The
cost of manufacturing steel depends
on two condition^—the cost of the ma
lerial on the ground and the cost ol
labor. If these conditions are . the
same as elsewhere, we don't need the
tariff, but if the cost of transportation
or labor or something else is greater
here, we need a tariff for protection."
Mr. Schwab claimed that he was not
| a ware of any understanding between
the United States Steel corporation and
the Gorman steel syndicate and the
English rail syndicate. He suid that,
there was not as much competition between tlip domestic steel manufacturers
In thc home market as in the foreign
market.
"A railroad company wlll pay a dollar more a ton for rails to a oompany
having Its plant along Its line or road
than tt would pay to another company,"
he said.
A Frank Witness.
Mr. Schwab answered all' questions
asked htm with gratifying frankness.
He said that the price of steel rails
was fixed by most of the American
manufacturers at $28 in 1895 or 1896;
that.In 1908, during tbe "steel war,"
this price'was not maintained but that
following the "war" it was again
agreed to maintain that price. Since
then no manufacturer had attempted
to lower this price for fear of precipitating another conflict.
THE NEW BILL OF
LADING WAS DISCUSSED.
Shippers Confer With Chairman Knapp
as to Its Provisions.
WASHINGTON', Dec. 15.—Chairman
I Knapp of   the   interstate   commerce
commission  today   had   a  conference
I with representatives of shippers from
1 all parts of the country regarding the
proposed bill, which is meeting with
general acceptance, not only  by the
railways, but by the  shippers.    One
class  of shippers, represented  at today's conference, consignees of perishable  products,  fruits  and  vegetables,
feel that the bill of lading, as proposed,
does not deal with them fairly.
They want the value of the property
I to be fixed at the point of destination
instead of at the point of origin and
they desire that the property be given
I a negotiable- value at the point' of shipment.
FRANKLIN   ARMORY   SITE.
OIL CITY, Pa., Dec. 15.—The school
board of Franklin tonight voted to seii
part of Its property as a site for an
armory for Company F, Sixteenth regiment. N. G. P., consideration one dollar. The site, is approved and the gift
urged by General John A. Wiley, the
mayor and council.
WASHINGTON, (Dec. 15.—Every
state and terri tory in the Union, several of the insular possessions and many
of the foreign countries, were represented by leaders in every notable
phase of world activity at the annual
banquet of the National Geographic
society, which was Held at the New
Willard hotel here tonight.
When President Willis L. Moore,
chief of the United '- States weather
bureau, called the banquet to .order
there were 400 members and. their
guests gathered about the tables
Among them were Vice President and
Mrs. Fairbanks, Secretary of the Navy
Newberry, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, Attorney General Bonaparte
Governor Frear of Hawaii, Chief Justice Fuller of the supremo court of the
United States, senators und representatives in large numbers. Alexander Graham Bell, and other ^scientists known
the world over, iiianyJSiiembers of the
diplomatic corps and representatives Of
newspapers, editors and correspond
ents.
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Replies to a Query From a New England  Newspaper.  .       »
APPLICATIONS OF CANDIDATES
.    MUST BE FILED SOON.
The Winter Primaries Are Now Drawing Very Near,
The candidates who Irish thetr names
to be presented for office at the coming winter primaries must file their
petitions with the board of countv
commissioners on of {before Jan.' 2
which is but two weeks from Saturday
of this week.
The winter primaries will fall this
year on Saturday, Jan. -23, and the
registration day for the "winter election will come on Jan. 26. This provision of the law will render it impossible for those who haive not registered
already or who have moved out of a
ward to vote at the primaries:. Tha
winter election will come on Tuesday,
Feb. 2?.
in this city there are a number of
offices to be filled. There are two com
mon councilmen from the First ward
and two frem the Third ward; one city
assessor to hold office three years from
either the .Second dr fourth wards, a
Democratic committeeman and a regular election board from each ward.
BREATHITT COUNTY IS
AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT
Feudists Flre From Ambush and  Fatally  Injure an Enemy,
;1 ACKSO'N,.KT.-^-D«M««J5;--.Warrantg
were issued today- for the arrest ot
Edwara Callahan, the noted feudist,
and ten of his friends. The warrant
charges these men with plotting and
carrying out the shooting of Rash Se-
bastin several days ago. It is claimed
by Sebastln and his friends that tbey
were fired upon' while passing thn
home of Callahan in company with
Willie'Deaton, son of James Denton,
who, it was said, was killed by Callahan and others several.years ago near
the mouth of Longs creek.
For the Deaton killing Callahan ana
others were tried in the Breathitt circuit court and acquitted. The firing,
It is alleged, was done by parties concealed In Callahan's barn. Sebastln
was shot in the shoulder and is not
expected to live. A mule, which Willie Deaton was riding, was instantly
killed. Great. excitement - exists
throughout the county and more trouble is expected.
Callahan's home, where the shooting occurred, is at Crockettsvllle, at
the mouth of Longs creek, twenty-
three .miles from Jackson. Sebastln,
the wounded man, was a constable of
Breathitt county.
HAINS JURY   COMPLETED
ONE  HUNDRED  AND  SEVENTEEN
TALESMEN WERE EXAMINED.
A Working Model of Boat and Wharf
Where  Shooting  Took   Place
Will Be Used.
FLUSHING, N. Y.. Dec. 15.—A jurv
of twelve men has been selected to try
Thornton J. Hains, a story writer, as
a principal In the killing of William
F.. Annis, a publisher, who was shot to
.death by Captain Peter Hains at the
Bay Side Yacht club last summer, and
tomorrow the state will present its case
against the author. Six jurors were
chosen today, the twelfth juror taking
his seat shortly before. 6 o'clock tonight, when an adjournment was taken
until tomorrow morning..
One hundred and °eventeen talesmen
were examined before the jury box was
filled. Thornton Hains expressed himself as pleased with the make-up of
the men who would pass upon the evidence in the case.   Hains said.
"They are all good men and qualified to pass carefully upon the facts
presented. They arc men of my choice
and I feel thst the jury will acquit, me
when the evidence Is put In."
VROOMAN.*
Dec. 16.
The friends and neighbors of '£. Bailey had a wood cUtiiig"&ee for hlm last
Tuesday.
The funeral services of Mrs. Clark
were held at the U. P. church yesterday, the remains being brought here
from Titusville.
Esther Meabon from Sanford visited
Mildred Conover Saturday and Suuday.
The well on the H. R. Wheatall
place ts reported a good producer. '
Mary Harrison and Edna Gilson,
students of the Edinboro State Normal
school, are expected home on Wednesday to spend their vacation.
Water is very scarce here, nearly
everyone is wishing for rain.
• Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Harrison and
daughter visited at Mr. Sed.den's on
Sunday.
President is Rouudly Scored for
His Recent Statements
CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS DEFIED
Newspaper    Claims    That    Roosevelt
Has   Attempted   to   Muzzle   tha
Press—Former      Charges
Are Repeated.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The World
in the course of its answer to President Roosevelt's references to that paper in his special message to congress
today says;
"Mr. Rooevelt is mistaken. He cannot muzzle the World.
"While no amount of billlugsgate on
hls part cau alter-our determination to
treat with judicial impartiality and
scrupulous fairness, we repeat What
we have already said, that the congress, of the. United States-. should
make a thorough investigation of. the
whole Panama transaction, that, the
full truth may be known to the American people.
Message a Compliment. :>*»
"The World fully appreciates the
compliment paid to it by Mr. Roosevelt
in making "it the subject. of a special
message to the congress of the United
States.
"1 he World likewise appreciates the
importance and significance of Mr.
Roosevelt's statement When be declares to congress that the proprietor
of the Wlorld 'should be prosecuted
for libel by the governmental authorities' and that 'the attorney general
has under consideration the form under which the proceedings against Mr.
Pulitzer shall be brought.'
A New Precedent.
"This is the first, time a President
ever asserted the doctrine of lese majeste. or propose'd, in the absence of
specific legislation, the criminal prosecution by the government of citizens
who criticized the conduct of the government or the conduct of individuals
who may have had business dealings
with the government. Neither the
king of Great Britain nor the German
emperor would venture to arrogate
such power to himself. John Adams'
attempt to enforce the sedition law
destroyed the Federalist party in
America. Yet Mr. Roosevelt, in the
absence of law officially proposes to
use all the power of the greatest government on earth to cripple tne freedom of the. press on the pretext that
the government itself has been
libelled—and- he is the government.
"It is true that, the World' printed
the public reports concernig the Panama canal affair which resulted from
William Nelson Cromwell's appeal to
the district attorney's office during the
recent campaign to prevent the publication of a story which was said to
be iu the hands of the Democratic national committee. It was Mr. Cromwell's own action which raised the issue in the campaign.
The President Defied.
"It is true also that when Mr. Roosevelt made his attack upon Delavan
Smith the World called attention to
certain statements whicii Mr. Roosevelt must have known to be false or
misleading and appealed to congress
lo end all scandal oy a full and impartial Investigation. IT this be treason, let Mr. Roosevelt make the most
of it.
"Mr. Roosevelt's lamentable habit of
inaccurate statements makes it impossible to accept either his judgments or
bis conclusions. In his message he
does not state correctly e\ en so simple a matter as the pretended causes
of his grievance.
Denial  Was  Published.
"The World has never said that
Oharles P. Taft or Douglas Robinson
made any profits whatever. Mr. Taft
denied that he was concerned In the
transaction in any way, which denial
the World published and accepted, lt
would have been equally glad to print
Mr. Robinson's denial could It have
succeeded ln obtaining one from him,
as it frequently attempted. The World
has no evidence that it ■'was associated
with Mr, Cromwell, and would accept
his word to that effeot; for Mr. Robinson ls an estimable gentleman of hign
character, whose reputation for veracity Is infinitely better than that of
his distinguished brother-in-law.
"If the World has libelled anybody
we hope It wlll be punished, but we
do not intend to be Intimidated by Mr.
Roosevelt's threats, or by Mr. Roosevelt's denunciation, or by Mr. Roosevelt's power. •
The President Scored.
"No other living man ever so grossly libelled the United States as does
this President, who besmirches congress, bulldozes judges, assails the integrity of courts, slanders private citizens, and who bas shown himself the
most reckless, unscrupulous demagogue wbom the American people ever
trusted with great power and authority.  .
"We say this not ln anger, but in
sincere sorrow. The World has im-
measureably more respect for the office of the president of the United
States than Theodore Roosevelt has
ever shown during the years In which
he has maintained a reign of -terror
and vilified tbe honor and honesty of
both public officials and private citizens wbo oppose his policies or thwarted bim in his purposes.
"So far as the Worid Is concerned
its proprietor may go to jail, lf Mr.
Roosevelt succeeds, as he threatens;
but even ln jail, the World will, not
cease to be a fearless champion of free
speeoh, a free press and a free people.'" •
PROVlDEiNCB, R. ti, Dec.  15.—The
Providence Journal tomorrow morning
will  print the   following   telegraphic
correspondence.
"Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, O.:
'Will you tell the Providence Journal for publication, whether you are
now or have been at any time in tbe
past a stockholder In the new or the
old Panama Canal company, and
whether you have ever held any shares
ln either company?
"THE PROVLDENOE JOURNAL."
"The Providence Journal, Providence,
R. I.:
"In answer to your query, I say that
I never was at any time a shareholder
ln tbe new or old Panama Canal company, either directly or Indirectly, and
have never in any way been connected
with tbe Panama business,
"CHARLES P. TAFT."
COAL MINERS WILL
OBEY STRIKE ORDERS
Two  Thousand Men e Will Lay
Down Tools Today
THEIR WAGES WERE REDUCED
Ail   That Strike   Muet Vacate   Their
Homes Within Ten Days to Make
Room  for Strike  Breakers.
Situation Serious.
TIDIOUTE CUTLERY WORKS
CLOSED FOR INVENTORY.
Small Boy Has Narrow Escape From
Being Badly Burned.
TIDIOUTE, Dec. 16.—(Special.)—
Mrs. Josephine Getchell was a Warren
visitor on Tuesday.
Miss Sara Harmon left Monday for
Buffalo, where she will enter Lexington Heights hospital to train for a
nurse.
Messrs. Shugert and Walter and
Miss Leila Shugert went to Warren
Monday to hear Judge Lindsey of Denver, Col., the noted juvenile judge.
Miss Jane Everson is expected home
this week after a five months' stay In
Ohicago.
On Sunday nigbt the hardware
store of H. C. Mapes was broken Into.
The Intruder entered by forcing the
panels of the back door. He was evidently scared away, as nothing was
found missing.
Mrs. F. R. Jennings spent Saturday
at Warren the guest of her sister,
Mrs. John Averill.
Archdeacon Matthews will administer -communion, also preach hls farewell sermon bere as archdeacon of the
Pittsburg diocese on Sunday.
The Grandln test well on Hickory
creek came in dry. The sand was
found at 1,800 feet.
The Tidioute cutlery has closed for
three weeks, although a few men will
continue, to do some work. Inventory
will be taken and a few repairs will
be made during this-time.
James K. Hen, wno has been laid up
for the past few weeks, is again able.
to be out.
Miss Mclntyre of Endeavor was visiting Miss Wagonknecht Saturday.
Married, at the home of the bride
in Triumph township, on Saturday,
Dec, 12, at 5 p. m., Mrs. A. A. Peterson
to Charles J. Peterson by Rev. Jacob-
son.
Little Ralph Caldin bad the misfortune to burn himself on Sunday. He
went to tbe laundry and turned on
the gas, which blew into his face
burning his hair and eyebrows. He
was not-seriously burned, though badly scared.
' CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec. 16.—
Between 1,800 and 2,000 miners oa
, Paint oreek, Kanawha county, will lay
down their picks tomorrow in obedience to a strike order which will Be put
out from Charleston tomorrow morning by President. Ben Davis of District
17, United Mino Workers.
Notices were posted at all the mines
on Paint creek today by the operators,
notifying the men of a reduction to go
Into effect tomorrow. The miners were
prepared for this notice and had been
notified, that a strike order would ba
Issued on the same day that the notices
were posted. The strike order bears
the indorsement of the national executive committee of the United Mina
Workers of America, and President
Davis said tonight .that he would have
sufficient funds to carry on the striku
indefinitely.
Must Vacate Homes.
The miners that go out have been notified that they will have to vacate
their homes within ten days. The companies propose to bring in non-union
miners and when this is done trouble
is expected.
The miners say they will not resort
to force to keep men from working but
they are determined to win this fight
with the operators and bloodshed may;
follow the first move of the operators'
to bring in new men. Meetings between the miners and operators were
held at several places on Paint creek
today.
Reduotlon la Necessary.
The operators told the men that tha
reduction was necessary and that since
tbe joint convention' held in this city
last week had failed they did not consider the contract any longer in effect.
Only fourteen mines will be effected
by the strike. These mines ars owned
by the Paint Creek Colleries company,
the Imperial Colliery company and tha
Standard Splint Coal company
AN AGED LADY TRIES TO
TAKE HER OWN LIFE
Slashes Her Throat With a Keen Razor
and Will  Probably Die,
ROMS,
wA&f. * ■'' -    ■
Dec. 16..
The water famine   still-    continues
through this   section.- . Many   drilled
water wells are reported failing.
' A son has been a recent arrival at
j the home of Mr. and Mrs." Leslie Hal-
I last.
An epidemic of whooping cough ta
being suffered in the Daytown school.
The series of revival meetings being
held at the Fairview U. B. chureh are
expected to continue the coming week.
Much good is being done and a great
real of interest taken in the work.
Teamsters ai'e busy hauling logs
from the timber tract of Ausro Fish to
the Shreve mill at Spartansburg. The
line run of sleighing is being Improved
by all having* work to dp.
Preparations are being   made     by
Miss Florence Stewart, teacher or the
I Buell school, fcr a Christmas entertainment
GRAND VALLEY. Dec. 16—(Special.)—Mrs. C. H. Whaley, a well
known and respected lady living near
this place attempted to commit suicide
this morning bv cutting her throat
with a razor.
Mrs. Whaley was In ber house with
her son. She had been morose, for u
few days and this morning her son
noticed her wltb a razor in ber hand.
He called to her and started toward her
but before he could reach her elde sho
had slashed her throat In a horrlbbi
manner. A great gaping wound was
made and It ls feared that she will not
live more than a few hours. At 2: JO
o'clock this afternoon she was still
alive. .Dr. Roswell Park of Buffalo, N.
v., has been summoned.
WHIG HILL.
Dec. 16.
Rev. Mr. Horner preached in the
Free Methodist church at tbis place on,
Sunday.
Peter Rudolph spent Sunday with
his family.
The, lumbermen are improving their
time hawling logs now.
Web Miller of Kellettville is not.expected to live and his father, Henry
Milter of Beaver Valley, ls with hlm.
Mrs. .Eli Berlin and Mrs.; Green
Ward made a flying trip to Hickory oa
Saturday.
Kate Beck was visiting at Selden
Kilter's of Beaver Valley last week.
The Protracted meetings are still going on at Beaver Valley. :
PROMINENT ODD FELLOW.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15.—Judge I
John    J.    Nolen;    grand's!re    of    the ]
sovereign   grand   lodge,   Independent;
Order of Odd Fellows, died at-a local.!
hospital  yesterday.      The    cause    of
death  was heart failure, following a
surgical operation.
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