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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
KEEPS FOOD HIGH
COLD STORAGE INCREASES COST
OF LIVING, SAYS SECRETARY
WILSON'S REPORT.
CROp VALUES OF 1911
Facts About Prices-The Farmer Gets
littIe-Receives Only Fifty Cents
OF Every Dollar Spent by the
Consumer.

Washington, Dec. THE consum.
or pays dollar for food; the farmer
gets less than fifty cents of it. Who
gets the rest?"
That is question Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture asks
in his annual report. The Secretary
does not attempt to answer it.
The Secretary explains in some de.
tail the results OF an investigation
his department has just made into the
effect of cold storage on the whole
someness and cost of food. His in.
vestigation leads him to recommend
publicity for the amount of food in
cold storage, just as the department
now gives publicity to the condition Of
crops from month to month.
Instead of food remaining in stor.
age for longer than a year or two
years, as rule, the Secretary says
that his investigation showed re
ceipts into cold storage are entirely
or very nearly exhausted by the de.
liveries out of cold storage within
ten months. Long storage is the ex.
ception, the Secretary asserts. Ware.
housemen explained to the depart
ment that excessively long storage
was due to lawsuits and other circum
stances of an uncommercial nature
The cost of storage, including storage
charge, interest and insurance, is con-
sidered as barrier to every long
storage.
Cold storage, the Secretary reports
has raised the cost of living by in.
creasing the annual price level for
butter and eggs.
An examination of the record of
prices gives a suspicion" that there
has been much speculation in som
years by the men who keep commodi.
ties in cold storage.
Wilson refers to IAN apparent mis-.
take of the storage men in overesti
mating the consumption of eggs by
the public at eXorbitant prices last
winter, with the result that in the
spring the storage men had to selr
eggs at remarkably low prices and
send abroad the largest amount of
eggs ever exported, in order to get
rid of the supply The report states
that the warehousemen ought to be
required to send to Washington each
month the amount of commodities
placed in storage, so that the public
may be able to Judge of the future
trend of prices.
Recommendation is made that all
Government agencies that conserve
health should be grouped together in
one bureau
The Department announces that the
corn crop is moving northward by
seed selection.
After years of experimentation the
Department says that Egyptian cotton
can be grown in Southern California
and bulbs in the State of Washington
The crayfsh is pronounced to be
serious pest in the South Carbon
bisulphid is said to be a sure remedy
For the first time in many years the
total value of farm products has de
clined from that Of the preceding
year The estimate for 1911 is based
on the census items and is SS,417,.
100000, or S277,OOO, 900 under the total
for 1910
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
CONVENTION FOR CHICAGO.
Where the Republicans Will Nominal
in June.

Washington.-Wilh the arrival !
Washington of pact cally all tn
members of the Republican Nations
Committee, relnforc, d b. party cat
els from nearly every state, it ha.
Lecome possible to forecast just wha
will be done by the committee at ii
meeting Tuesday. AS result OF tn
many conferences held the follow.n.
proglam seems to have been agree,
upon: Chicago will get the Nation
al Convention apparently beyond
o.. ston of doubt, and it probabi
viii be held the last week in June
Thare wi | be no fight for the chair
manship of the committee at this
time, Former Governor John +
Hill of Maine, the wee chairman, viii
be elected to serve until the presiden
tal nom. nation is made. William
Hayward, formerly OF Nebraska, bu
now of New York, will continue a
secl etary. After the convention /
chairman and other officers, aSreea
bic to the candidate, Will be elected
by the new committee,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
FIX LAW LIABILITY LIMIT.
Report of Appraisers Is Approved b.
Court.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Attorney Lowri
c. Bal ton, representing the Diam.n
Coal and Coke Company presented tn
report of the apprai els of the toEbJa
Diamond to Judge c. p. Or in tn
I'm ted States L strict Court. Thu
apprasement is Tor 5000 and limit
the liability of the coal company 70
property loss and damages accrun
to the families OF the five men VIII
lost their lives in the cXp. osion c
the boilers of the boat on Docemb
to tn amount. The court col
fined the appra sement.
The ownels OF The Diamond hav
offered a reward of $50 tor the Ieco,
cry Of the bodies OF the men VIII
were killed. I hose missing ale /
A. Swaney, captain OF the vessel
Thomas Mershon and Patrick Gun
ningham.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
MILLIONS ARE
IN LITIGATION
Famous Harmony Society Suit
to Be Prosecuted
ECHO OF THE PAST CENTURY
Famous Cooperative Colony Which
Waxed Fat and Then Disintegrat-
ed-Much Scandal, Charges
and Counter Charges.

Beaver, Pa.-From now on ii is eX
pected that there will be no furthe.
delays IN the prosecut on OF tht
escheatment proceedings in connec
tion with the estate of the old Har
mony society and others, Institute
by the commonwealth. Last weeh
Judge Richard S. Holt of Beaver
county hanCed down an opinion sus
tanning the selvice OF writs on john
S. Duss and his wife, Susie c. Duss
in florida, as members of the olu
Harmony society, and ordered thai
they file an answer and prepare to dc
fend the suit instituted against them
by the state.
Later IN the week Attorney j. Fran.
Reed went before the same judg
and obtained an order directing tina
Duss and his wife, Frank Gilman o.
the Liberty Land Company and the
Commonwealth Trust Company o.
Pittsburgh file answers within 81
days.
The holdings of the old Harmony
society are conssryatiyely est mate
to be worth S3,0O0,OJJ, and have heel
the subject OF much lltlgat on. Tn,
matter to which the opinion refer.
was argued by d. T. Watson and As
new Hice, representing the dofenG
ants, about year ago on two motion.
fled by the defendants. One ques
toned the va idity of the serv ce i.
F.oriGa and the other was in the Ma
ture OF a demurrer on behalf of th
Beaver County Land Company, whicl
had joined as one of the defendants.
The quo warranto proceedings to It
cover the assets OF the Harmony so
ciety were brought by Attorney GeL
erai NJ. Hampton Todd in 1910.
early IN the last century colony
OF Germans bought and settled on tn,
land which is on the Ohio river, tnirt
m les below Pittsburgh, cultivated tn
land established manufactures, wer
frugal, Industrious and able and buii
up substant al village Sc ling the.
produce and manufactures 10 outs.C
ers and waxing tat and zach. In tim
OF couise, the wise old leaders dieu
Modern methods and IDEAS and al.
content and cond tons began to ca
away at the society which finally dii
inte grated.
Many have looked with envyin
eyes at the rich holdings and if tn
charges and counteSchages of int.
ested parties may be believed thel
have been perjury and misrepresel.
tation sequestration, alterat on an
destruction of valuable pages al
every kind of knavery in the attem.
to get possession OF the property
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
JuCGE RAY CRITICIZED
Personal, Political and Judicial Act,
Of Jurist Questioned by the Up.
State Bar Association.

Auburn, N. Y, Dec 6.--Led by John
NJ. Brainard, former United States
Referee in Bankruptcy, an attack was
made upon United States District
Judge George w. Ray of Norwich, now
sitting in Judge Lacombe's court in
New York. 1t threw the Cayuga Coun
ty Bar Association into a hot debate
and after nearly four hours of wrang
ling a resolution was adopted calling
upon the Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives at Washing.
ton to investigate Judge Rays person
al, political and judicial acts
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Anonymous Postal for Food Agent.

Agent SINNERS of the state dairy
and food division has sent to the
capitol an anonymous postal card on
which he was threatened with all
sorts of dreadful things if he con
tinued to enforce the laws. The pos.
tai card addressed him as an "oleo de,
tective" and after some threats con.
tanned profanity in liberal measure.
In the same mail the commissioner
received some more samples OF ar,
mor-plate candy. 1t was supposed to
be chocolate, but was as hard as steel
and coated with varnish and shellac,
Some alleged cocoanut was coated
with shellac and largely made up of
flour. The samples came from the
eastern part of the state and will be
evidence in court.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
WOMEN TO CARRY PISTOLS
Vigilance Committees in Chicago Sub.
urbs Tell Them to
Shoot.

Chicago, Dec. 9.-If highway robbers
believe with Kipling that "the female
of the species is more deadly than
the male" they will do well to stay
away from the suburban towns south
of Chicago.
The mems vigilance comSittees Of
Ave towns gave women authority to
carry revolyers and wear constables'
badges TO make arrests. They have full
permission to shoot night marauders.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
DOLLAR A DAY PENSION.
House Democrats to Pass Bill PresI.
dent Taft Said He Would
Veto.

Washington, Dec. S.-The Democra.
tic leaders have agreed to pass the
Sherwood dollara-day pension bill.
The bill introduced by Representa-.
i've Sherwood, Chairman of tn. riouse
Committee on Invalid Pensions, would
necessitate an additional expenditure
Of $45,OOO,OOO a year.
President Taft said last year tho'
he would veto q lii prov,drc f.
dollar.a.day pension.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13

Media, Pa.-Prof. Joseph Short
idge, founder and principal Of Maple
wood Institution, Concordville, Della
ware county, was found dead in a
small stream about a mile from the
school grounds on Sunday. The body
vas attired only in pajamas and
shoes. He had been in poor health
and was under the care of nurse,
whom he eluded. A physician who
examined the body believe that death
vas due to a stroke of apoplexy. Plof.
Shortlidge was 79 years of age ana
tounded the school of which he was
principal in 1860.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
DR.. Eliot Suffers Operation.

Boston, Mass.-Presidont Emeritu
CHARLES W. Eliot OF Harvard was o,
Grated upon for appendicitis at Kan
day, Ceylon, SATURDAY Or. Ehot ie!
here a month ago for a tour aroun
the world, accompanied by his wi,
his daughter, a niece and his priyat
secretary. The dispatch states thu
the operation was apparently success.
ful and that a quick recovery is al
ticipateG.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
$47,OC0 IN AN OLD BAG
Found by Sister of Woman Who,
Neighbors Thought, Died
in Want

Peru, Ind, Dec. 9.-In an ola leather
bag in the home of Mrs. Salome Keor-
ner, who died last Saturday and who
was supposed to be penniless, Mrs.
Magdalen Kleinhaus, a sister of Mrs
Keorner, found $4,000 There was
$1,000 in gold and $4,000 in Govern
ment bonds.
There was scarcely any furniture
the Koerner home, and the nelehb,
" ere of the opinion that Mra KAN
had died il want
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
CHICAGO TACKERS LOSE
Defendants Must Now Stand Trial
Under Criminal Clauses of
Sherman Law.

Washington, Dec. 6.--When the Su
)reme Court met at noon, Chief
Justice White announced that the mo
ion of the counsel for the Chicago
packers for a writ of supersedeas or
lering stay in the trial of the pack.
ars was denied
1t is the opinion of the government
counsel that the packers after months
Of bitter fighting to stave off trial have
made their last stand for delay.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
BOND ISSUe ADVOCATED
Speakers at Rivers and Harbors Con
gress Ask Federal or State
Aid.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The issue ol
federal government bonds to cover the
cost of improvement of rivers and har
bors was urged before the Nationa
Rivers and Harbors Congress here. Ii
the government declined to make
such an issue, or if Congress should
be slow to appropriate money for the
improvements, the issue of bends by
the states was advocated by many Oi
The speakers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
BABY NAMED FOR IDA LEWIS.
First Child Born on Lime Rock
Is Christened After
Heroine.

Newport, II. l., Dec. Sin memory
of Ida Lewis, heroine Of Lime Rock
Light, the first baby ever born on
the little rock was christened with
her name
The child is the daughter of Mr..
md Mrs. Edward Hansen, keepers of
ic light, ana her arrival brings the
tel pop "t',n Of 'he Rock to seven
''aal came h. from Scotland
4 h .r,.i Ida Lewis.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13

Sterling, lli.-Common "tomca,
supphed tn place OF opossum at
noyei banquet served hers IL IA
Samuel Kennedy CT Moline Tia
doctor had issued iuyrt.,Cns to
"possum Gnmer,' and IT was not uL
til the nuts had bsen served that Ii
"let the cat out OF the bag by tellinl
his guests what they had eaten. Som
of them beat hasty ret.oat. Other
are advocating the general use of ca
meat to reduce the aerial cost OF liy
Inc
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Blizzard Honeymoon Trip Fatal.

Denver Col.-As result of hard
ships experienced by Mis-. John l.
hadden, BRIDE of three weeks whel
she and htr husband, an attorney, O
Cambridge, Mass, were lost in tn,
mountains for eight days, durins
which me a severe blizzard regads
Mrs. Hadden died on train bounC
for Denver for Rifle, Col.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Ohio "Drys" Issue Daily Paper.

Canal Dover, O.-The Daily Dry, {.
paper to be issued every day from now
until the local option election, De
cember q, has made its first appear
inae. 1t is edited by John T. Duff
of Newcomerstown in the interest o.
the campaign for the "drys," being
conducted by the county temperance
organization.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. M. 4. Sabbath School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching in NJ. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. s. Burton.
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
q. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching IN the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. IN. aud 1880 p.
m. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. @. L.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays Of each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
I BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

1NI' N ESTA LODGE, No. 1859, I. o. o. f..
L Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
" G. A. K. Meets lst Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
~ 1877, W. r. c., meets first and third
Wednesday evening OF each month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BurgeSS.-J. @. Dunn.
Justices ofthe Peace-C. A. Randall, D..
w. Clark.
C0ttncttmen.-J. W. Landers, j. 7. Dale,
G. B. Robinson, VIM. Smearbaugh,
II. ]. Hopkins, G.. f. Watson, A. b.
Kelly.
C6nstdble-Charles Clark.
C6ilector-W. ii. Hood.
School Direct0rs-W. @. Incl, j. X.
Clark, s. M. Henry, Q. Jameson, d. IL.
Blum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Reform School No Lonoer

Morganza, Pa. The nIL,a OF tn
PENNSYLVANIA Reform school here ha
been changed to / nnsyiyania Train
ing school by order OF the Court. Tn,
change was made IN the petition Q
A. j. Pentecost, president aud Charlie
w. Houston, secretary.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
Published every Wednesday by
J. E. WENK.
Office in smearbaugh & Wenk Building,
ELM STREET, TIoNEsTA, PA.

Terms, S1.OO A Year, strictly in Advance.
Entered as second-clsss matter at the
post-office at Tionesta.
No subscription received for shorter
period than three months.
Correspondence solicited, but no notice
will be taken of anonymous communica-
tions. Always give your name.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
The Stocking the Safest Place.

New York. Police COMMISSIONS
Dcugherty, n holiday bulletin of aG
vice to Christmas shoppers declaie
Officially that the safest place for 1
woman to carry her money is in he
stocking.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Smyrna Expells Italians.

Berlin, Germany.-A dispatch from
Smyrna says that decree of genera
expulsion against all Italians has been
issued there.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of C0ngreSS-P. M. Speer.
Member of Se1ldte-J. X. p. Hall.
ASSembly-W. j. Campbell.
President Judge-W. d. Hinckley.
Associate Judges-P. @. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
Prothonotary, Register q Recorder, &c.
j. G. Geist.
SheriG-S. II. Maxwell.
TredSirer-Geo. w. Holeman.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j.
M. Zuendel, Ii. II. Mcclellan.
District AttOTney-M. A. Carringer.
Jury Commits ssionerS-Ernest Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Obroner-Dr. M. @ Kerr.
County AUDITORS George Il. Warden,
A. G. Gregg and j. p. Kelly.
County Sltrveyor-D. W. Clark.
County SupeTintendent-J. o. Carson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Warren County Ohio Goes Dry.
Noted Educator Found Dead.

Lebanon, O.-Warren county voted
dry on Saturday by majority of 122.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13

Register of Wills Martin paid the
state $23, 3,455.57 as part of the reve.
nue. of his office for November
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13

Dairy and Food Commissioners
James Foust has ordered % suits in
various eastern counties for violations
of the pure food laws. The viola.
tions were chiefly OF the cereal and
candy laws.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
Rsrulnr Term. Of Court.

Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday Of September.
Third Monday Of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commits
sioners LIST and Sd Tuesdays OF month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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Legal advertisements ten cents per line
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We do fine Job Printing OF every de-
scription at reasonable rates, but It's cash
on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
State Capitol Notes.

The state commission to frame new
anthracite mining laws will be named
by Governor Tener very shortly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-12-13
CENTRAL HOUSE,
DILL. EMERT

FANCY BOOT & SHOEMAKER.
Shop over r. L.. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
kinds of custom work from the finest to
the cosrsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea'
sonable.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
PROPER PERSPECTIVE
An italian Figures That Mankind,
After All, Is Only a Wee Part
of the World.

How little mankind signifies in the
scheme of nature is shown by 4
rather morose calculation of the Ital
ian Professor Zuccarini, who has fig
ured out, among other things, that
estimating the worlds population as
IL billion the whole human race at
present living could stand comfort
ably shoulder to shoulder in an area
Of 500 square miles.
Taking the number of generations
in the past 5000 years as 200. the
room taken up by them all on the
above plan would only be half the
size of Germany. or for the sake of
comparison less than the area of TIE
state of Colorado. To bury all the
people on earth would need grave
yar0little larger than that area.
II the dust left by each body be
estimated at one-tenth cubic yard.
which is a liberal estimate, it would
cover only 40 square miles to a depth
of about three feet. This certainly
seems Insignificant compared with
the great coral reefs and other i'm
mense deposits built up by the shells
Of tiny infusoria
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
CHINESE COMPANY FINANCE
President Declares Himself Unworthy
to Fill Position and Police
Break Up Meeting.

Chinese company finance appears
to differ from the English. At
shareholders meeting of the Anhul
railway and mining corporation the
other day the hall was decorated with
shrubs and emblems such as the
dragon and phoenix.
The presidents first announcement
was that he proposed to elect an
other president, as he felt himself too
stupid and incompetent to discharge
his duties any longer showing dis
tinct advance on the ordinary system,
under which this proposal! generally
emanates from the shareholders.
A letter was then read from the
vice-president to the effect that he
was i'll, but hoped the meeting would
keep on sitting until he came. CAP
plause)
What the financial position may be
of the shares of the company we do
not know, or the amount Cif any, of
the dividend. but both are probably
low, as the meeting became disturbed
and had to be brought to close by
a detachment of police and so sol
diers.
Mote by our stock exchange expert.
Buy Chinese railways wherever OBJ
tainable; they appear to be honestly
conducted. BLACK and White.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
HE DISLIKES PORT-AU-PRINCE
EngIishman Says the Haitien City Is
Noisy, Filthy and Dangerous
for Strangers.

Passengers from Haiti on the Ham,
burg-American steamship Ai5ingia.
who arrived in New York recently, de-
clared that Port-au-Prince and ether
cities on the island were in state OF
disorganization akin to revolution. Ac
cording to w. a. Placier, an electrical
engineer of London, who had been on
the island for six weeks, the city OF
Port-au-Prince is an exceptionally
dangerous place for any person who
values his life. There are only about
10000 persons in Port-au-Prince," said
Mr.. Placier. land there is moro noise
in that town than there is in New
York. The city is filthy. and the pig
seems to be the household pet. There
are hasty trials of offenders during
the day, and the victims are sometimes
buried when alive and unconscious
No one can tell who has been buried
until the identity OF the victim be-
comes known through his absence
from customary haunts. The soldiers
are supposed to receive IL cents a
week, but they seldom get their allow
ance and depend almost wholly upon
foraging for existence. Organization
seems to have disappeared. / saw a
general drilling six men with sword.
When I offered him a dollar for the
sword he sold it eagerly and continued
drilling, substituting q piece OF sugar
cane for the sword