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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
ARRESTED IN BANK CASE
Promoter and Two Officials are
Called to Account.
FAILURE MAY REACH s1o,ooo,o 900
Confessie1 of Nipple Found in Which
He Says Segal Got All
the Money.

Charged with having d~efrauded the
depositors of the Real Estate Trust
Company, of Philadelphia, out of
many millions of dollars, Adolph Sc
gal, a promoter of many enterprises;
William f. North, the treasurer OF
the trust company, and Marshall 5.
Collingwood, the assistant treasurer,
were arrested at the instance of Dis
trict Attorney John C. Bell.
Segal was held in $25 900 bail and
the two officers in 10000 each.
This turn in the affairs of the com
Dany is only one of the many sensa-
lions expected to develop in con-
nection with the failure, which 1t is
estimated. will exceed $40, 900 900 be-
fore Recover Earle finishes his in
y~estigation.
The racei"er of the company filed
at Hollidaysburg assignments of 227
South Altoona mortgages. which Sc
gal had assigned on August 8, 1904, to
the bank for the sum of 800 900 and
''other valuable considerations The
name of +. w. Nipple appears as the
subscribing witness to the assign
ments.
Last week the attorney for Receiver
Earle filed assignments of 1877 South
Altoona mortgages at Hollidaysburg,
which the trust company had purchas-
ed tr'm Segal for S4S5,00O.
The total number of South Altoona
mortgages is 1856, of which 42i were
- p,al nuap hu Cnoo1 tn tho Real Ec-
tate Trust Company.
There remains 917 mortgages, the
present ownership of which is I'M
known.
1t developed that Segal not only
traded on his South Altoona real es-
tate venture with the Real Estate
Trust Company, but also with a chain
Of banks throughout the State.
Just what value Scgal's bonds and
stocks have in the public estimation
was seen when s25 900 worth of Penn.
s~ylvania Sugar Refining Company first
mortgage 8 per cent. gold coupons,
due in 1881. brought $4,000 at auction.
It was 10 cents on the dollar and the
buyer was a broker named Sinkler.
His was the only bid.
On tne uay PRESIDENT Hlppie SnOt
himself his son. F. Wharton Nipple,
found a note in his fathers room. Re-
ceiver Earle and District Attorney
Bell came into possession of this
note. It was written in ink on the
back of an envelope. 1t bore no adj
dress and read as follows:
"Segal got all the money. I was
fooled. but have no one to blame but
myself"
According to Mr.. Bell, the note i'm.
plicated no others.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
GREAT REVIEW Of WARSH|PS
One Vesselfor Every State in GAL
liant Fleet Off Oyster Bay,
NOTHING TO MAR THE PROGRAM
Hundreds Of Excursion Craft Toss on
the choppy Seas of Long Is
land Sound.

On the waters of Long Island
sound, within view of Sycamore Hill
the President of the United States
reviewed the greatest fleet of Ameri-
can %warships ever assembled.
There. was a ship of war for every
State, As in all, ranging in size from
the magnificent 16,000-ton Louisiana,
just completed, to the fleet little tor
pedo boat and the submarine and in,
Guiding one troop ship and GOLFERS.
In three columns there stretched
along the sound twelve battleships,
four armored cruisers, four protected
cruisers, four monitors, six destroy.
ers, six torpedo boats, three submar,
ines, a troop ship and five auxiliaries.
In peace paint of spotless white,
wreathed in rainbows of flags, ship
rails manned "close aboard" the
splendid fleet underwent the cere-
mony of inspection by the President
of the United States.
AS the Mayflower dropped her an
Choir at the head of the fleet on the
completion of the review the Presi-
dent descended from the bridge, his
face wreathed in smiles and, enthusi-
astically throwing his arms around
the shoulders of a group Of Senators
and Representatives, exclaimed:
Amy man who fails to be patriot
cally inspired by such a sight as this
is a mighty poor American and every
American who has see 1t ought to
be a better American for it."
The sentiment was echoed enthusi-
astically by the group around the
President.
"And you, gentlemen" he said, adj
dressing the Naval Committee, are re-
sponsible for it. 1t is your handiwork
and 1t has all been done with them
the past ten years. Everyone Of these
ships is a fighter and ready to go into
action at a moments notice. Again
you have shown your wisdom in the
appropriations for the target prac-
tice, for there is where the American
navy excels. Our men can shoot and
shoot straight and therein lies our
superiority"
When the Mayfower reached the
head of the column to begin the re-
view shortly after II o'clock the fleet
was completely surrounded n" 1ully
500 boats large enough to weather the
blow and loaded with s~ightseers to
their full capacity. .
The reception and luncheon, which
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, assisted
by Secretary Bonaparte and Mrs.
Bonaparte rendered to the three Rear
Admirals and the commanding officers
of all the ships after review was a
picturesque feature of the occasion.
The reception and luncheon occu-
pied an hour and then the President
left the Mayflower with Secretary
Bonaparte and Secretary Loeb, to
pay visits to the three Admirals and
to the troopship Yankee, just in with
a detachment of marines from Santo
Domingo. The President made a
brief address to the Marines in which
he complimented them highly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.

Louisville statement shows 10 per
cent earned on stock and real earning
capacity probably near 20 per cent.
John Sparks, Governor of Nevada,
was renominated by reclamation by
the Democratic State convention.
Heavy foods in Bengal and Eastern
Bengal following a poor harvest are
causing a grave famine in both pro-
vinceS.
The government of Brazil has APP
propriated $500, 900 toward the fund
for the relief of the Chilean EARTH
quake sufferers.
The Pennsylvania railroad announ-
ced it had sold half of its holdings in
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Nor
folk and Western to Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. of New York.
A Georgia fruit commission house
filed complaint with interstate COM
MERGE commission of unequal freight
rates to the north and excessive
charges for refrigerator car service.
A bomb was thrown under the ear
riage of Director Polier of the Belgo-
Russian factory at Kharkov. Poiler
was seriously wounded.
AS a result of a collision between
the police and peasantry at the viii
lage of Dergatchi, who stoned a de-
tachment trying to eXtinguish Agrar-
ian fires, the police discharged a vol
ley, killing or %wounding several peas
ants. The military arrived and re-
stored order.
The seventh circuit Republican
judicial convention comprising Of IA
counties in eastern and northeastern
Ohio. met at S~teubenville and re-
nominated Judge John M. Cook Of
S~teubenville for a second term as
circuit judge.
A mob of peasants pillaged the
Golinsky estate, near Mistislavi, kill
ed two of the guards and severely
wounded a sergeant of police. Troops
have been sent to the scene Of dis
order.
At the meeting of the Ohio Railroad
Rate Clerks at Chicago. the New York
Central lines refused to recede from
their original decision not to put in
TO effect new rates based on the
Ohio two-cent fare law, where pass
engers travel through Ohio. The
Pennsylvania and other roads will do
so, however.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Fiuhtinu Suspended.

The Cuban government commanders
have been directed to suspend active
field operations until it car be de-
termined what can be done to end the
war. The propositions, which promo.
mind, include a special session Of
congress to pass acts of amnesty, for
the holding Of municipal elections
within GO days, to be supervised by
members of both parties and a new
general election law providing for
minority representation in all branch.
es of the national and municipal
governments.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
MEAT PACKERS WARNED
Secretary Wilson Says Labels Must
Be On Canned Goods.

Secretary Wilson told the represent
tatives of the meat packing interests
he had no authority to extend be-
yond October / the placing Of labels
on canned or other meat products.
He told the packers fatty that they
must be prepared on that date to
properly label their canned goods or
they would not be permitted to send
them through the channels Of inter-
state commerce.
The question was raised as to the
status of the goods now on shelves OF
the wholesale and retail merchants OF
the country. The secretary said 1t was
manifestly for the government to in
spect them. The owners or holders
of the goods, he suggested. would
have to take their chances on selling
them. One thing was certain: They
could not be shipped from n state
to another. The law does not prohibit
their sale where they happen now to
be. The disposal Of such goods will
be dependent upon the desire Of the
consumer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
OIL REFiNERs FILE COMPLAINT
Refining Companies Charge Unjust
Classification in Freight Rates.

Complaints against Al railroads
operating in the State Of Indiana have
been forwarded to the Indiana State
railroad commission by the National
Petroleum Association, which has
headquarters in Cleveland.
The complaints are made on be-
half of the National Oil Refining Com
pany, of indianapolis, the Tiona Oil
Company, of Indianapolis, and the
Evansville Refining Company, Of
Evansville.
The specific charge made is that
on November %, 1899. the classif-
cation of petroleum was changed from
the fifth class to the fourth class
within the State of Indiana, except
from points of shipment for which
special oil tariffs ere issued az lif-
ferent rates, and it is alleged that this
results in Discrimination.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
BANDERA ASSASSINATED
Report Declares Rebel Leader Was
Killed in Bed.

A dispatch from Havana, Cuba,
says: Quentin Banderas, the negro
rebel leader. was not killed in battle
between his men and the loyal
troops, as at first reported, but slain
in his bed by hired assassins of the
Government. According to the story,
word was sent to Banderas that If he
would visit the house of a certain
official other officials would meet him
there to discuss concessions to the
rebels which the Government might
be willing to consider. The old man
fell into the trap and went to the
house named one night after dark
ness had fallen. He was given a
room in which two other men were
to sleep. He never rose again, having
been shot in the back of the head
while he slept.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Hurry Order to Arsenal.

Frankfort arsenal, neal Philadel-
phia, received a rush order for 81
900, 900 cartridges of the K~rag-Jorgen-
sen type. The order was tent by the
federal government, and is the big
gest hurry order sent to the arsenal
since the Spanish-American war. The
belief at the arsenal is the war de-
partment wishes to be prepared
should this country be called upon to
aid Cuba in suppressing the island re-
volt. The arsenal expects to deliver
the 5000. 900 cartridges in Eve weeks.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
SIMON BURNS GETS DECISION
Hays Faction Fails to Enioin Rival
Kniuhts of Labor from Meeting.

In the supreme court of the District
of Columbia Justice Gould discharged
the rule issued against the Burns
faction of the Knights of Labor, re-
quiring them to show why
they should not be enjoined from
holding a special assembly of the
order in New York city September 10,
The rule was issued at the instance
of John w. Hays and others, ON
monty called the Hays faction of the
Knights of Labor.
The court agreed with the view
taken by the Burns faction that the
proceedings of the Hays faction was
an attempt to set aside the opinion of
the court of appeals which held that
the equity court was without juris-
diction TO determine which of the
factions was properly elected at the
Niagara meeting in November 1902.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Cruiser Boston on Rocks.

A message from Anacortes, Wash,
says the United States cruiser Bos-
ton ran on the rocks neal there and
is sinking. Help was dispatched but
from the reports here there is little
chance of the ship being saved, as
she is lying in a bad position.
The Boston is a protected cruiser
OF 5000 tons. and is commanded by
Capt. Dewitt Coffman. She is at
tached to the Pacific station. The
Boston participated in the battle Of
Manila.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
The Boston Wool Market.

There is un1agging interest in the
wool market, though the traders have
expected heavier buying than has
prevailed. The market is firm.
Strong efforts to break prices have
failed. Pulled woods are quiet. There
is a demand for that which is scarce
and in which supplies that are plenti-
full are difficult to move at current
prices. Foreign grades are scarce.
Leading quotations follow: Ohio and
Pennsylvania--XX and above, 34c;
X, 81 to 32c; Nc. /, 40 to 41c; No. 2,
So to soc; fine uawashed, 25 to 26c;
half-blood unwashed, "a to Soc;
uuarter-blood unwashed, 80 to $780,;
delaine washed, sc to SIC; delaine
unwashed, 90 to 29c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
TROUBLED BY CONSCIENCE
Man Returns Nineteen Years Later to
Repay Stolen Money.

Troubled in conscience during 10
intervening years because he ran
away with 5000 belonging to John
Brockett, a farmer of Montowes,
Conn, a former farmland returned
several days ago and repaid the
money.
While in Chicago the mar came
under the influence of the Salvation
Army and through the organization
secured employment with a big dry
goods firm. He finally became a de-
partment manager, but in all the
years was always troubled by his
past. On his vacation this summer
he determined TO find Mr.. Brockett
and repay the money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

Republicans Elect Son of Senator
Proctor for Governor.

Fletcher d. Proctor, son of United
States Senator Redfield Proctor, was
elected governor of Vermont over
Percival w. Clement, the Independent
and Democratic candidate, by about
$4,000 plurality. The normal Repub-
lican plurality in Vermont is about
81 900. Scattered returns from the
two congressional districts indicate
that Representative David J.. Foster of
Burlington, Republican. has been re-
elected in the First district, and that
Representative Kittredge Haskins, Re-
publican, has been returned from the
Second. The legislature will be over
whelmingly Republican. National
issues were not involved in the con-
test.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Wants Indictment ouashed.

A hearing on motion to quash the
information filed against John D..
Rockefeller as the responsible head of
the Standard Oil Company by Prose-
cutor David was heard in Probate
Judge Baner's court at Findlay, O.
Virgil p. Kline, represented the
Standard and the gist of his argu-
ment was that the Standard could be
criminally prosecuted only under an
indictment found by a regularly con-
stituted grand jury. Prosecutor
David argued in support of the infor-
nations. Judge Banker reserved his
decision.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Killing Goes on at Warsaw.

Gen. Tumenoff, commander of a
brigade at the garrison at Warsaw,
was wounded by five re~volutionists,
who fired upon him with revolvers
as he was leaving his residence. Gen.
Tumenotf participated in the recent
pacifcation of the Baltic province.
Two policemen were killed. The
murderer escaped. A soldier, while
searching a pedestrian, killed a boy
and MORALLY wounded a passerby.
An officer was MORALLY wounded. His
aSSailant escaped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
DREAM CAUSES A
Woman lmagines Negro is Trying to
Kill Her and Succumbs.

Seized with a frenzy of fright over
a dream that a negro was trying to
kill her, Annie Morgan of Columbus,
O., was overcome with an attack of
heart trouble and died within a few
minutes.
In her fright Miss Morgan ran out
of her oom shouting: "a big colored
man is standing over my bed trying
to kill me with a knife" Then she
sank to the floor unconscious, and
died in a few minutes. Death was
due to heart disease.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
CASH FOR BOGUS DEEDS
Private Strong Box of Banker Stems
land Reveals One Of His Methods.

A private strong box of Paul o.
Stensland's in the safe deposit vaults
of the ruined Milwaukee Avenue
State bank, Chicago, was pried open
and in it were found $50 bank deeds
signed by dummies. They were EN-
ployed by Stensland.
His method was to fill in the de-
scription of the property, record the
deed as transferred to the dummy"
signers and secure the funds of the
bank, depositing the bogus deed with
the bank as security for the loan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
BLAMES CASHIER
stensland Says Herring Got Most of
Stolen Money.

Paul o. Stensi,nd made a confession
TO Assistant District Attorney Olsen,
at Tangier, Morocco. It clears up
much of the mystery surrounding the
events leading up to the crash which
involved The ruin of the Milwaukee
Avenue Bank. He took much of the
blame upon himself, but declared
Cashier Herring was the forger and
that Herring got most of the money.
He eXonorated his son Theodore and
the directors. He declared it a lie
that he had spent any money on Leone
Langdon Key or any other
He declared that he spent more
than $4,000 a year himself and that
all the money he took he put into real
estate or investments in the hope of
making good"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
COTTON KING OF EXPORTS
Last Years Shipment Crossed tho
$500. o0O. 900 Line.

Cotton is king in the export rec
ord of the United States for the fiscal
year just ended"
This is the Introductory sentence
of a statement just issued by the de-
partment of commerce and labot.
Continuing the statement says:
"The total value of raw cotton ex-
ported for the first time crossed the
s400, 900 GOO line and exceeded by far
the value of any other article of mer-
chandise sent out of the country. Ex-
ports of breadstuffs Of all kinds az.
gregated but slS6, 900 900, those OF
provisions but S211 ,OO0, 900 and those
of iron and steel manufacturers but
S1G1. 900, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Much Wine Lost.

A terrific explosion, the shock of
which was felt for a radius of 10
miles, killed one man, dangerously
wounded another, and destroyed
$500, 900 worth of property at the
winery, at Fresno, Cal. The
explosion was followed by fire, which
completed the havoc. Two hundred
and fifty thousand gallons of wine
were lost.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Russian Famine.

Fifty prominent Zemstvoists assem-
bled IN discuss measures for famine
relief through the Zemstvo organiza-
ton, and for political conference with
the Octoberists and other moderates.
At least $4,000, 900 will be needed to
combat the famine, which is severest
In seven procinces, Samara, Saratoff,
Simbirsk, Pena, KAN, Tamboff and
Ufa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
San Francisco Death List.

In all 452 persons lost their lives
as the result of the earthquake and
fire of April is, the local health de-
partment so stated in a formal re-
port sent to the state board of health.
Of the victims 2G6 were killed by
walls, III persisted by fire,
seven were shot and two died as the
of ptomaine poisoning due to
eating emergency" canned meats.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Dismissed from the Navy.

By direction Of the President,
Lieutenant Edward H. Dunn, U. S.
N, was dismissed from the service
of the United States. Lieutenant
Dunn was attached to the receiving
ship Independence at the Mare Is
land (Cal.) navy yard and was recent
ly convicted by court-martial of
scandalous conduct.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Strike of Bricklayers Ordered.

The executive committee of the
b%ricklayers' union of New York ord
cred a general strike of all the union
bricklayers on the various stations
and buildings now being erected by
the New York Central Railroad be-
cause of the employment of non-un-
ion men in the upper Bronx.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Hoke Smith Named.

The unanimous nomination of
Hoke Smith for Governor of Georgia
and the endorsement of William ].
Bryan for President in 1908 vas the
principal business transacted by the
Georgia Democratic State convention.
The platform adopted contains many
radical recommendations and substi-
tutes the majority vote in primaries
for nominating conventions in CUB
ernatorial contests.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

Three men and a woman. all mask
ed, entered the p~ostofice at High
land, N. Y. They blew open the safe,
secured $500 in money and $500 in
stamps and escaped in an automobile.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
AFTER BRYAN WITH KNIFE
White-Haired kentuckian Makes :
Scene in Chicago Hotel.

Scene in Chicago Hotel.
A white-haired man who rave his
name as Samuel Browning, and his
residence as Kentucky" created a
disturbance among the Bryan visit
ors in the lobby of the Auditorium
Annex, at Chicago by brandishing a
knife and demanding to see Mr.. Bry-
an.
He "a arrested by the house de-
tective and turned over to the po-
lice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

The army transport Sheridan went
aground on extremity Of n Of the
ialands
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-13

Miss Irene Saarosy joined her
brother and his wife last Saturday
and accompanied them on a pleas
ure trip to Milwaukee, Chicago and
other eastern points.
Emil Vented, manager Of the
Fullerton Lumber Co.'S yard at
Freeman, accompanied by his wife
were in town Monday, the guests
of JAG. Deutscher's family.
Gus. Schmieres gives you the
Best Value in school supplies.
Mrs. Harry Osborn returned to
her home in Stanley county last
Friday and WAS accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Dave Cassel, who
will visit there for \ few days.
Alex Brown says he picked some
seed corn from his field the first Of
this week that is fully matured.
While some Of the late fields are per-
haps not entirely out Of the way Of
frost most Of them would not be
materially damaged by a light frost,
and it is the general report that
the sta lks are better cared than for
several years.