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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
HAD SHARE IN THEFT
Express Clerk Escaped Suspi-
ciOn Becauseof AssauItb Pal.

Clerk Rocked Unconscious by Blow
on Head With an Iron Pipe From
One Of His Accompllces After He
Had Placed the Express Packages
Where They Could Get Them Easily.
Christmas Generosity to a Girl
Proved His Undoing.
The mysterious $4,000 robbery at
the Office of the Canadian Express Co.
at Niagara Falls, Ont, on the after
noon Of Nov. 4 has been cleared up by
the confession of William Dobson, the
clerk who was assaulted by the rob-
bers, to the effect that he, together with
Charles ]. Flynn, who runs saloon
In North Main street, Niagara Falls,
~. Y, and Purl S. Whistler Of Pierce
avenue, aud two other men whose
identity he does not know, planned
the whole affair and got the money,
$l4, 4,169.OS in all. Dobson, Flynn and
Whistler are under arrest.
Dobson's desire to do something
handsome at Christmas for a young
woman with whom he had been keep
ing company led to his undoing. He
had been under surveillance for
month past, the Surety Company Of
North America, his bondsman, having
put officers of the Thiel detective agen-
cy of Montreal on the case when call
ed upon to make good the amount Of
the robbery.
Superintendent Darlington of this
agency. suspected Dobson, despite the
fact that the assault upon him made
him appear an innocent party. He
learned that Dobson received but $50
a month. and when he found him send.
ing drafts to England for large
amounts and purchasing $3.50 mink
furs he accused him directly of the
robbery aid Dobson broke down and
confessed.
He said the affair had been planned
by Flynn, Whistler, once United
States Express messenger, and him
self, in Flynn's saloon on Oct. Is, when
he was telling them of the large
amounts of currency daily shipped to
Toronto and Montreal. Flynn pro-
posed that Dobson notify him when a
particularly heavy shipment was to
be sent, and he would see to the rest.
Flynn engaged the two men. and
when he received the word Whistler
drove these men across the river to
the Canadian Express company's Of
flee.
Dobson made the job easy for them,
and when they came into the office he
turned his back, expecting a light tap
on the head. Instead, the robbers
used heavy piece of iron pipe and
felled him unconscious to the floor
after which they made off with the
money. The seriousness of the as
saut on Oobson is what saved him
from suspicion for so long a time.
Flynn was arraigned here and, waiv-
ing examination. was held for the
grand jury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
BENzOATE OF SODA
Suit to Test States Right to Prohibit
It's Use as a Preservative.

Indianapolis, Jan. 4.-The case OF
William Brothers company of Detroit,
picklers and preservers, and Curtice
Brothers company of Rochester, N.
Y, manufacturers of catsup, against
H. f. Barnard, state. food and drug
commissioner, and the state board Of
health came up today before Edward
Daniels, master in chancery in the fed
eral court, who will hear evidence in
the case.
The complainants seek to enjoin the
defendant from enforcing against them
the rule of the state board against the
sale Of foodstuffs In which benzoate
Of soda is used as preservative. The
case Is regarded as of great import
ance throughout the country as being
in effect a test case 1t is said that
at present thirteen states have laws
opposing the use of benzoate of soda
in food products as preservative.
The complainants attack the con.
stitutionality of the law under which
ShS VI lhC DOdiu WClO
made, and also deny the contentious
of the state board that benzoate Of
soda was harmful and a deleterious
substance.
Victor ]. Chambers of Rochester, N.
Y, professor of chemistry for the Uni
versity of Rochester, gave testimony
for the complainants. He told of his
training and of the experiences he had
had in organic chemistry. He said
that he had experimental with various
methods Of keeping tomato pulp from
fermentation, and in response to a
question he said that pulp made from
bad tomatoes, after proper boiling and
sterilizing, was easier to preserve
than pulp made from fresh tomatoes.
He explained that in spelling GER
tain properties were created that tend
ed to deter further fermentation. He
said that he had inspected the work
at the Curtice plant and had seen
only good tomatoes used, and describ
ed in considerable detail the methods
employed there in making catsup. He
told of experiments he had conducted
with preservatives, including acetic
acid, acetic acid used with salt and
with spices, and benzoate Of soda.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Saturday..

All automobolists in Italy refused to
take out new licenses today, says a
dispatch from Florence.
Zelaya brings to Mexico a plan to
annex all the Central American re-
publics to that government.
Charles p Taft, brother Of Presi-
dent Taft, admits that he hopes to get
control of the Philadelphia National
League Baseball club.
Spencer Trask, banker and patron
of art, was killed In a wreck of the
Montreal express, which was crashed
into by freight train at Croton, N. Y.
The constitutionality of the law pro-
viding for the semi-monthly payment
of railroad employees is upheld in a
decision handed down by the appellate
division at Albany.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Tuesday.

China informs Portugal that she
will not, under any circumstances,
submit the Macao boundary dispute to
arbitration.
Speaker Cannon In an interview in
Washington declared Senator Cum
Minis another Bryan as far as the Re-
publican party is concerned.
Charles W. Morse, the convicted
New York banker, sentenced to serve
Is years IN the federal prison at At
lanta. commenced serving his term
yesterday.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., was sworn
In as foreman of a grand jury in New
York, the special mission of which
will be an investigation of the so.called
white slave" traffic
Moses s. Nathanson New York
clothing dealer, is found dead tied to
a chair In loft, with gas flowing from
q tube abo-e his head He took out .
$4,000 life policy two weeks ago.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
FEDERAL INCOME TAX
Indications That New York Leglsla-
ture viii Oppose the Proposition.

Albany, Jan. 4. = The indications
are that the federal administrations
income tax proposition would meet
with decided opposition in the state
legislature. 1t undoubtedly will be
made party question by caucus ac-
tion when 1t comes squarely in the
legislature.
1t was apparent from talks had with
the most influential members of the
Legislature who usually guide its de-
liberations that they are opposed to
New York state endorsing the proposi-
ton. There was much speculation
whether Governor Hughes was going
to take position on this matter in
his annual message to the legislature.
Senator lothian P. Aids, up to the
time he left Albany for New York,
expected to be named as president pro
TEN. of the senate and Republican
leader of the upper branch of the leg
lslature, to succeed the late Senator
Jorn Raines. Mr.. Aids expected to
see State Chairman Woodruff in New
York
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Friday.

President Madriz is recognized as
ruler of Nicaragua by Mexico, Hon
duras, Salvador and Costa Rica.
The French chamber of deputies
passes the tariff bill by vote of S65
to AZ, sealing the victory of the high
protectionists.
Some miners delegates in Sydney
have been sentenced to prison or to
pay a fine of $500 for melting coal
miners to a strike, under the new law.
News has reached Newport News,
Va, that the coal barge John A.
Briggs, with her crew of seven men,
sank some time Sunday night off the
New Jersey coast.
Professor G. NJ. Wrong stirs the
convention of historians and political
economists by declaring that If she
would Canada could sever her rela-
tions with Great Britain without strik-
ing blow, yet prefers to maintain
the imperial tie.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
CURTISS co. ENJOINED
Judge Hazel Grants Temporary lnIunc.
ton In Airship Suit.

Buffalo, Dec. 3.-Judge Hazel in U.
S. circuit court handed down a de-
cision upon the motion of the Wright
company for tempory injunction re-
straining the Herring-Curtiss company
and Glen H. Curtiss from manufacture
ing flying machines, as an infringe
ment upon patents held by the plain
tiff corporation. The plaintiff COM
pany thus wins the first victory in
what is expected to be long and hard
fought legal battle.
The patentees claimed to be invent
ors Of what is commonly known as
heavier than air flying machine. Such
machines are sustained in their aerial
movements by either one or two
planes, which travel through the air
in a forward, ascending or descending
course at an angle of incidence, and
may be driven or propelled by mechan-
ical power or force of gravity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
CORPORATION HAS A SOUL
Defendants Plea to the Contrary over
ruled by Justice Teall.

ruled by Justice Teall.
The appellate division of the SUI
preme court at New York affirmed
the conviction and $500 fine of the
Star company, publisher of the New
York American, for publishing a libel
accusing John G. Rockefeller, Jr., of
"peonage." The defendant complain.
ed that its challenge to one of the
jurors was Improperly overruled.
Justice Scott says that the jurors
chief defect appeared to be that he
was too intelligent and conscientious"
The juror said he was prejudiced
against the Hearst newspaper.
The other contention on which the
defendant based its appeal was that
being corporation having neither
soul, conscience, mind nor feeling, 1t
is incapable of entertaining a mis-
chievous and malicious intent which is
essential element in criminal libel"
Justice Teall says it was generally
considered at one time that a corpor-
alton was incapable of committing
crime, but that by "slow degrees
and following upon the extension Of
the practice of organizing corporations
for the purpose of avoiding the penal
ties of Illegal acts, the courts have
reached a different conclusion. We
find no difficulty therefore in holding
that corporation may be indicted for
and convicted of criminal libel, the evil
intent Of its agent being attributed
IN n -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
26-INCH WATER
MAIN BURST
For Nearly an Hour Geyser Of
Water Shot Is Feet In the Air.

Boston, Jan. 4.-The 26-inch water
main running beneath fremont street
burst at about $3.50 o'clock last night
near the corner of fremont and Hol-
lis streets, and for nearly an hour a
geyser of water shot 20 feet into the
air and caused a flood in the neigh
boring thoroughfares. Two theaters,
the Majestic on fremont street and
the Globe on Washington street, an
eighth Of mile away, were put out
of business by the flow of water into
the cellars and both houses were
obliged to cancel their scheduled per-
formances for the night.
The water flowed north down Tre-
mont street. where the break occurred,
thence down Elliot street to Washing
ton street, there being a solid river,
three feet deep in places, from build
ing to building. Many OF the cellars
of stores and business houses were
filled. Furnace fires we're extinguish-
ed and goods in storage considerably
damaged
Hundreds of pedestrians were ma
rooned in doorways for upward of
two hours until the water settled
from the sidewalks, and the surface
trolleys in the flooded district we're
obliged to take roundabout routes.
fremont street from Hollis to Elliot
was undermined and it is thought
that the foundations of some of the
buildings in the immediate vicinity
were damaged.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
onerators MOI to Strike.

There will be no strike of tel
egraphers on the Big Four railroad.
This was decided at Cincinnati Sat
urday The basis of the settlement of
the trouble between the telegraph op-
orators and the road will not include
a 20 per cent increase in the pay roll.
1t is understood that the eompro-
mise effected contemplates that joint
commission shall take up the sohod-
ule station by station and where in
creased traffic, accompanied by in
creased work is shown, commen.
surate increase in the pay Of that sta
ton will be made.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
AMERICANS IN CANADA
Some $1,000 Went North to Settle the
Past Year.

Due in large extent to the
American invasion, Winnipeg and
Western Canada have just conclud-
ed the most prosperous year recorded
in their history. In the last twelve
months some $1,000 Americans have
come north to settle, each bringing
his quota of cash. farm stock and i'm
plements. This Is another record for
immigration from the SOUTH
In Winnipeg the bank clearings for
1909 were $770,649,332, an increase of
$3.50 per cent over the figures of 1908.
In 1904 the total clearings were $294,-
COL, ,437, and bankers predict they will
amount to over $500O00,OOO for the
present year. The customs returns
for the five months of the present fis-
cal year exceed the whole of the last
fiscal year. Permits were issued for
buildings to cost $S,235, 900 in Winni.
peg
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
ANDREE'S BALLOON2
Said to Have Been Found atRein-
deer Lake In Arctic Circle.

Father Turquetlt, a Missionary In
Northern Saskatchewan, Heard Story
Of "a Large White House Covered
With Ropes Which Fell From the
eavens"-Eskimos Said That the
Three White Men Died Shortly After
They Descended = Priest Thinks
They Were Murdered.
Prince Albert, Can, Jan. 4. - His
Lordship Bishop Pascal of the Roman
Catholic church today announced that
he had several official dispatches from
Rev. Father Turquetit, missionary for
Northern Saskatchewan and McKen-
zie river districts. about the finding
of Andrees balloon, 900 miles north of
here, near Reindeer Lake in the Arc
tic circle, by Eskimos and Indians.
Many are of the opinion that the
large white house covered with ropes
which fell from the heavens" as de-
scribed by the Indians, is the balloon
in which Andree, accompanied by DR..
Strinberg and Herr Fraenckel, sailed
when they left in quest of the pole
over twelve years ago.
Father Turquetit speaks Cree. Chip
pewa and Blackfoot nuently, and
readily understands the Eskimo Ian
guage. He is stationed in the far
north. At Reindeer Lake there is a
settlement which is almost entirely in
habited by Chippewa Indians, but there
are some Eskimos there also.
Father Turquetit, on his recent
visit to Reindeer Lake, carried q
small revolver and through its agency
he learned about the balloon. An Es-
kimo said when the revolver was ex-
hibited by Father Turquetit that
looks like the thing that white man
had" Father Turquetit and his party
were then told about "a white house
that had fallen from the sky, covered
with ropes and containing three white
men,"
The Eskimas pointed out where the
house had fallen, adding that the men,
who were hungry, had died shortly
after their arrival. The Eskimos all
the time appeared to be hiding some
thing
Father TurQuotit in relating his
story said that he was of the opinion
that the white men had shot some
deer or other animal after they had
arrived and the Indians, becoming an
cry, killed them, as the natives claim
all animals in their reserves.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
WEAVER QUITS POLITICS
Announces That He VIII Hereafter
Devote Himself to Divine Healing.

General James B. Weaver, veteran
campaigner for Greenbackism, Popul,
ism and later for Organism, bade
adieu to politics last week at Des
Moines and announced that for his
few remaining years he would lead a
crusade in behalf of divine healing,
General Weaver once headed the
Greenback ticket for president and
once the Populist ticket for the same
Office and his voice has been heard on
the stump in every state in the Union.
Today he admitted that his eyes
have been opened to truths far more
inspiring than can be found In polit.
ical platforms, namely, that Christ
meant what he said when he promised
that the prayer Of faith should save
the sick.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Thursday.

Two buildings on the assembly
grounds at Lily Dale, n. Y, just back
of the auditorium, we're destroyed by
fire and others nearby were damaged.
Fire was discovered among some
cotton bales in the hold of the Celtic
and the passengers were kept in ig-
norance until the vessel arrived at
Liverpool.
General Stewart l.. Woodford pre-
sents to Queen Wilhelmina medal
in commemoration Of the Dutch par
ticipation in the Hudson-Fulton cere-
monies here.
Eleven Newfoundland schooners and
their crews of sixty men, are be-
lieved to have been lost in the Christ
mas blizzard. while great destruction
of property throughout the island col
ony has resulted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
MARKET REPORT
New York Provision Market.

New York, Jan. 3.
WHEAT-No. 2 red. new, $1.27h I.
o. b. afloat; futures, closed higher;
May S1.20A, July s1.1OS4.
CORN - No. 2 white, in elevator,
new, 70hc; futures closed unchanged,
May 75Ac.
OATS-Natural white, 26 to 32 lbs,
new, 4Sh q51hc; clipped white, "a to
AZ lbs, 49@53c.
PoRK-Mess, $24.5OQ24.75; family.
$26.OOQ27OO.
HAY-Prime, S1.05.
BUTTER - Creamery, specials,
SIC; extra, 35c; process, 26@29c;
western factory, 24@25c.
CHEESE - State full cream, spe-
cials, 71aQ1Sc.
EGGS - State and Pennsylvania,
40@50o.
POTATOES--Maine, per bag, S1.50
Q1.75; state per bag, $1.5O@1.75.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m, NJ. e. Sabbath School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. o. Calhoun.
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
Il. l.. Monroe. Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at ll:00 a. IN. and 1880 p.
IN. Rev. n. A. Bailey. Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. Q. I.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
MUST KEEP CARS WARM
President Of Cincinnati Traction Com
pany Indicted on Four Counts.

President Of Cincinnati Traction Com
pany Indicted on Four Counts.
w. Kesley Schoepf, president of the
Traction company, Cincinnati's street
railway, was indicted by the Hamil-
ton county grand jury for failure to
keep the street cars warm. The in
dictment contains four counts, each
charging a separate offence. 1t is al
legged that he has knowingly failed and
refused to comply with the state law
which requires that each car operated
In Ohio shall have the motorman's
vestibule kept at a temperature OF
not less than 60 degrees.
Schoepf's indictment follows close
upon the indictment of President Ern-
est Of the over the river traction lines
on the same charge. Ernest pleaded
guilty and paid heavy fine and at
the same time he promised in open
court to comply with the provisions
of the law in the future.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Monday.

Mr.. Taft shakes hands with 5,575
persons at New Years reception in the
White House.
Protests against features of the cor
poration tax law have not resulted in
any attempt to repeal the law.
The Macao boundary dispute be-
tween China and Portugal menaces
China's internal and external peace.
While celebrating the new year Ed
ward Selover shot his sweetheart,
Miss Emma Long, at Aqueduct, l.. |.
Twenty thousand miners are idle in
the Northumberland coal district in
England as consequence of the dis
pute over the eight-hours day act,
which became effective Jan. 1.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
FEARS FOR HIS FAMILY
Or. castrilIo Asks Help of the State
Department.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Dr. Salvador
Castrillo, the agent In Washington Of
lhe revolutionary party, has appealed
TO the state department for aid in OBJ
tanning information from his wife and
family who are in Managua. DR.. Cas-
trillo has had no word from his wife
for about two weeks. He cabled to
Henry Caldera, the American vice
consul at Managua, for information as
to the safety Of his family, but re-
ceived no reply.
The state department will instruct
Mr.. Caldera to make a report on the
subject. DR.. Castrillos father was put
in prison by former President Zelaya
and he fears that members of the Eel
ava party have retaiiated on his wife
and children on account of the active
part he has taken in the revolution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
MISS PAUL TO TAKE A REST
Is Much Enfeebed From Her Treat.
ment In English Prison.

London, Jan. 4.-Miss Alice Paul of
Philadelphia, the American suffragette
who served month in Holloway Jail
for militant methods, will sail on the
American liner Haverford for Phil.
adelphia on Jan. 8. Miss Paul il
much enfeebled through the forcible
feeding she was subjected to by the
prison authorities and her doctors
have ordered her to take rest.
She does not intend to lecture in
the United States but will resume her
work at the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Miss Paul thinks that Ameri-
can suffragettes should adopt the mill
tant methods of their English sisters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Buffalo provision Market.

Buffalo, Jan. 3.
wHEAT-No. 1 northern, carloads,
$1.22%; No. red, $1.21,
CORN - No. yellow, &c T. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 66c.
OATS - No. 2 white, 49c I. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 white, 4Sc.
FLOUR - Fancy blended patent,
per bbl., s6.5O0725; winter family,
patent, $6.0O06.75.
BUTTER Creamery western,
prints, 3sc; state creamery, S6hc;
dairy, choice to fancy, 33034c,
CHEESE - Choice to fancy full
cream, 17@17hc; fair to good, l.0
161Sc.
EGGS-State, selected white, 40c.
POTATOES-White, fancy, per bu.,
soc; choice, 46@4Sc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Reports of Marine Disasters.

Hamilton, Bermuda, Jan. 4. = Every
steamship arriving here brings some
report of marine disaster DUNG the
recent heavy storms. The British
steamship Kilsyth, from Marabella
Dec. 10 for Philadelphia, brought in
the crew Of the bark Crown, lumber
laden from Tusket Wedge, N. s., Dec.
IL for Bahia Blanca. The bark was
abandoned. waterlogged, LOO miles
east of Bermuda. The Kilsyth picked
up the crew and brought them here.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Jeff Davis Guard Dies.

Philadelphia, Jan. 4. - Rev. John
William Kaye. aged Ga, who was the
personal guard of Jefferson Davis
when the latter was captured, died
here yesterday. At the time of his
death he was assistant rector of st
David's Protestant Episcopal church
In this city.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
Judge Martin Bell Expires Suddenly.

Hollidaysburg, Pa. Jan. 4.-Martin
Bell. Judge of the Blair county court
was found dead in bed at his home in
Hollidaysburg at 1915 Sunday morn-
ing. Death is attributed to heart dis
ease. He had been about as usual all
week, and his death was entirely un.
expected. On Wednesday his wife
went to indianapolis on visit and
was away when the judge died.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-05
PEERS ON THE HUSTINGS
Members of Upper House Unusually
Active In Present English Canvass.

London, Jan. 4.-Although there is
still a fortnight before the opening
of the polls for the general election
the close of the present week will see
the end of the participation Of the
peers in the campaign.
The reason for this is that the law
provides that no members of the up
per house may intervene or participate
in campaign after the election writs
have been issued. During the time
mentioned, however. the members of
the second chamber, who have taken
a very prominent part in the cam
paign. will be busy and will address
no fewer than 1l5 meetings.