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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06
OF PERSONAL PROP
ERTY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1912.

I, or an authorized agent, will be
at the following places named below
for the purpose OF taking returns Of
personal property for fiscal year 1912:
Newberry, January / to 9, inclusive.
Kinard, wednesday, January 10.
Whitmire, Thursday and Briday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

Amity Lodge, No. 81, A. F. ID.
Amity Lodge, No. 81, A. F. NJ, meets
every first Monday night at o'clock
in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren
cordially invited.
Geo. S. Mower.
J. w. Earhardt, w. M.
Secretary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. OF P.
|. O. B. ID.
Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. Of P,
meets every other Tuesday night at 8
o'clock. o. K1ettner, G.. R.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

Now Is the tine to cubscribe 20 The
.Eerasd and News. S1.5o q year.
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ROUND TRIP WINTER TOURIST
NOW IN EFFECT @
SOUTHERN .RAILWAY-sPREMIER
CARRIER OF THE SOUTH
Tickets on sale daily including April
80, 1912, with final limit returning May
81, 1912. For complete information as
to schedule, sleeping car service. etc.,
call on nearest Southern Railway
ticket agent or -.
F. L. Jenkins. T. P. A,
Augusta, Ga.
J. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., ..-.
Atlanta, Ga, ~:.%
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

WO0dmen of the World.
Maple Camp, No. 437, W. O. w.,
meets every first and third Wednes-
day evening at 745 o'clock. Visiting
brethren are cordially welcome.
D. D. Darby,
T. Burton, Clerk.
G.. G..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. o. w.,
meets every second and fourth We'd
nesday night~in Klettner's Hall, at 8
o'clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

Signet Chapter, No. Is, r. A. N.
Signet Chapter, No. 1S, R. A. NJ,
meets every second Monday night at
8 o'clock in Masonic Hall.
Fred. H. Dominick,
Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P.
Secretary.
Bergell Tribe, No. "a, /. O. B. NJ.
Bergell Tribe, No. "a, T. o. R. NJ,
meets every Thursday night at 8
o'clock at Klettner's Hall.
O.. Klettner, c. R.
J. E. Franklin, Sachem.
Lakota Tribe, No. 70, l. o. R. NJ,
will meet at Jalapa Wednesday even
ing, January II, at 7.3O p. m,, and
every second Wednesday night there
after. VIM. C. Sligh,
J. VIM. Folk, Sachem.
Chief of Records.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
SHORTAGE WILL
REACH $1,000
New Bethlehem, Pa, Has Its
First Sensation
GIRL CLERK CUT HIGH links
Little Slip in Monthly Report Upset
PIans-Cerk Helps Post Office
Inspectors in Straight.
enlng Matters.
GIRL CLERK CUT HIGH links

New Bethlehem, Pa.-Ella Latimer,
a former employe of the postoifca
here, is alleged to have admitted that
she is responsible for a shortage of
$6,SOO in the accounts of Postmaster
George l.. Thomas. While the resi-
dents are eagerly awaiting develop,
ments, the young girl appears to
have nothing on her mind but the
fact that her father refused to allow
her to attend the automobile show in
Pittsburgh last week. The girl spent
three days in assisting the postoffice
inspector in his investigation. Other.
wise, it would prob ably have taken
months to discover the amount of the
shortage and the system used. The
girls salary was $32 a month.
New Bethlehem is all agog over the
one and only sensation in its history.
THAT postoffice shortage Of SGSOO
is more than this town has lost by
fire in 40 years said one Old resident.
what did she do with all the
money!" is the question beieng gen.
eral!y asked.
Miss Latimer's friends explain how
she disposed of the cash she is alleged
to have stolen.
"'El," said one of her girl friends
was a mighty good fellow. She was
very Independent and kept her pFi
vate affairs to herself but she was
good to her friends and to her family.
She liked to dress well and she kept
her three sisters and a brother well
dressed, They lived on the best to
be had and El' footed nearly al OF
the bills"
Miss Latimer has not been seen on
the streets OF the town for several
days, A close friend of the girl de
clares that she is keeping secluded in
her home because she had been in
formed that foreigners in the town,
fearing that money orders they had
sent to the old country would never
reach their destination, because Miss
Latimer is alleged to have taken them,
have been making threats against her
life
Substantial citizens Of the town de-
clare Miss Latimer's extravaganza
was often the salient feature feature
Of town gossip.
Expensive millinery a new set Of
costly furs and other refinery, they
declare must have cost her goo
sum. and ii is reported that she if pay
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07

whence they had emerged. In less
than ten minutes after the murders
were discovered, the streets had been
cleared as If by magic, and members
of the State and local Police Depart
ments had entered the house and be-
gun an investigation to discover the
identity G The victims
The murders are direct result Of
the inter-racial jealousies in the ranks
Of the strikers Since the arrest OF
Joseph ]. Ettor, their leader, the strik.
ers have been divided into opposing
camps, according to the nationalities
represented.
The Syrian, Armenian, Polish, Rus
sian, Italian and Lithuanian strikers
have remained steadfast, and for the
most part refused to return to work.
The Franco-Belgian, French-Canadian
and English-speaking people, who are
the better paid classes among the OPP
eratives deserted in large numbers,
and this fact aroused considerable rae
ial hatred
Peter Sarvaria, uncle of Joseph Sar-
varia, informed the police that after
his four fellow countrymen resumed
work the door of the squald tenement
in which they dwelt was heavily chalk.
ed with the word "Scab."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07

El Paso.-With the stores wrecked
as completely as if a cyclone had
struck them, the merchandise bedeck-
ing the mutineers or piled in their
home throughout the city and all rail
roads cut to the south to prevent
troops coming from the national or
State capital, the 500 mutinous Mexi-
can soldiers who took charge of Gu
dad Juarez spent the night rioting and
looting. During the day they elected
their own officers and then repaired to
their barracks, drunk on liquor pillag-
ed from the saloons and with their
pockets stuffed with coin and valua-
bles taken from the stores.
Impassioned appeals from Judge ].
D. Haff of Kansas City prevented the
El Paso Chamber of Commerce from
appealing to President Taft to send
American troops into Juarez = hold
the Mexican border town until the
Mexican Government could show its
ability to preserve order and protect
American citizens and property.
The looters appear to have wrecked
especial vengeance upon the American
curio dealess. The biggest general
store in the place, that of Ketelsen &
Degetau, German subjects carrying a
stock Valued at S25dd00.. was burned
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
-FOUR SLAIN
IN LAWRENCE
Two Men and Two Women
Strikebreakers Murdered.
FOREIGN QUARTER IN TERROR
"Scab" Chalked On Door-Vetlms
Had Celebrated Uproarlously the
Return to Work Night Be.
fore Their Death.

Lawrence, Mass.-Terror prevails
throughout the French-Canadian col
ony in Valley Street as the result Of
the murder of four strikebreaking op-
eratives, who had returned to work in
spite of threats made by members Of
the Italian colony in adjacent streets.
In all the foreign quarter there is in.
tense excitement over the crime, and
only the presence and activity of the
militia have prevented serious disord-
er and possibly interracial conflicts.
The four victims are:
Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH SARVARIA.
Miss ANNA TANGUAY.
FELIX CONN.
A fellow-countrywoman visited q
three-story ramshackle tenement be-
tween Hampshire and Franklin sts.,
in which dozen families of French
Canadian operatives are housed.
While passing the landing on the sec
ond floor she discovered blood coming
from beneath the door of three-room
tenement occupied by the Sarvarias
who two days before returned to work
in the mills. Shrieking in fright, she
rushed from the house and told a
group of tenants, gathered on the side
walk. One of the men went up to the
second floor and forced open the door.
In the kitchen he discovered the
bodies of two men and a woman with
their faces slashed almost beyond re
cognition. n an adjoining bedroom
was found II body of the second wo-
man, who lad also been mutilated In
most fiendish fashion
In an Incredibly short time the
crime became known to other inmates
of the house, who fiocked into the
streets, hysterical with terror.
One Canadian forced his way to Sne
front of the excited mob and in sten.
torian tones urged his fellow.country-
men to take reprisal upon the Italians
in the adjoining section of the mill
district.
Before the mob could act on this
advice two companies OF infantry
swept into the , rect at either end,
and with leveled bayonets began to
drive the crowd to the sidewalks and
then into the ueighboring tenements.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
AMMeRS Head to e Foot a o 9ufite snssa 8. ., 49,.

Picard Bros, rrencn SUBJECTS, operat-
Ing the "Three B" store estimates
their loss by looters at $4,000. Fl.
Spring had a loss of $4,000. Jacob
Kleinmans loss was $4,000. Other
losses were not so heavy, but the ag-
gregate of the loting is 100000 in ad'
dition to the destruction by fire.
AmerioA who visited Juarez say
they counted eight dead and saw nine
wounded men as result Of orgies,
but the mutineers say that only three
were killed. Three wounded men were
brought to FL laso. They are Fred
Leyva, Gus Ruhnke and Mariana Rod
riguez. The last named was police ad-
jutant of Juarez. In attempting to put
down the mutiny he killed Cipriano
Torres, an insurrecto, and was himself
badly wounded in the head He reach
ed FL Paso by a circuitous route
through the mountains.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07

ing the expenses Of a girl friend who
is a patient in a Pittsburgh hospital,
and whose parents have no knowledge
of her whereabouts.
Postmaster Thomas declares the
first + timation that there was some
thing amiss with the accounts was
given to him in November, when the
postoifice department in Washington
returned him report sent in by Miss
Lat!mer, in which there was a $500
discrepancy.
when | received the report back
from the department" said Mr.. Thom.
as, 81 made out one myself and sent
II in. This one was also returned.
Then called Miss Latimer's attention
to it. She made up another report.
The next thing knew along came an
inspector with all three reports and an
investigation was begun.
when she came down on request,
she assisted Inspector Thomas in go
ing over the books. With one eXcep'
ton she recognized at first glance
every monew order which she said she
udu ItuuNtu Wien tultIluS II upOH
the stubs She also got out set OF
books in which she had kept account
Of the money order business as 1t
should have been kept Her extra
set OF books showed practically all she
had taken.
After the inspector had concluded
his examination of the books he ques
toned her How )ng have you
been carrying this Co.,. he asked her,
and she said, 'FCr more than three
years She WI asked if she had
taken any money when her father was
postmas .ar. She said she had She
was very shrewd girl and if she
hadn't made that sip-up in her report
last November | doubt if they would
ever have caught her"
Postmaster Thomas also declared
that when ne broke into Miss Lati.
mers privte locker he found
quantity OF mail addressed to him,
sent by the pOsolfice department
Miss Latimer, who is % years old,
had been an empoye of the postoffice
for more than six years 1t is stat
that her father was under the impre
sion that the salary paid her daughte
was $1,000 a year
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
JUAREz MOB
LOOTS STORES
Rebel Soldiers Start PiIlage and
Destroy Property.
AMERICANS HEAVY LOSERS
Zapata Outbreak Grows-Capital Is
Nervous Over Spread Of nsurrec-
tion, but Madero Processes
Confidence.
AMERICANS HEAVY LOSERS

Mexico City.-The Madero Govern
ment faces crisis. The President and
members of his Cabinet now admit the
rebellion headed by Emiliano Zapata
has grown to such proportions as to
make it the most formidable menace
yet faced by the present Government
The conduct of the campaign against
the Zapatistas, now operating over a
wide area, and the uprising at Juarez
were discussed in a special Cabinet
meeting. The President was not will
ing to admit that the mutiny of troops
at Juarez was directly connected with
the Zapatista rebellion, and 1t was
agreed that Pascual 0rozoo and 400
men whom he has been ordered to
take from Chihuahua to Juarez would
be sufficient to restore order at that
point. Nevertheless the Juarez upris'
Ing is more seriously considered than
the officials here will admit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
EXPRESS RATE REFORMS.
Companies Agree to Plan to Prevent
oVercharees.

OVercharaes.
Washington.-The first reform in
connection with the investigation un-
dertaken by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, into the rates, rules and
regulations of the express companies
of the United States, was accomplish
ed at the hearing before Commission
er Lane. At the suggestion of the
commission an agreement was reach
ed whereby representatives of ship
pers, express companies and of the
commission will meet together in a
committee and agree upon changes in
the form of bills Of lading and receipts
on the direction, routing and boundary
lines for deliveries in cities and on
regulations to prevent overcharges.
Shippers attending the hearing re-
garded this agreement as the most
important step ever taken in the direc.
ton of reform in the express service
of the country, and as foreshadowing
other reforms of farreaching char.
acter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
REscIEo ROOSEVELT BOOST.
St. Louis City Committee Withdraws
Endorsement of the Colonel

st. Louis.-By a vote of % to l the
Republican city central committee of
st. Louis at a special meeting rescind-
ed the Endorsement voted to Theodore
Roosevelt by fifteen of its members on
January IS.
Chairman w. Il. S. Jarrett was the
only member of the committee to vote
against resembling the Roosevelt i'll
dorsement which he had introduced at
the meeting two weeks before.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
LAWRENCE MILLS OPEN AGAIN.
Main Body OF Strikers Back at Their
Looms-Yates New Leader.

Lawrence, Mass.-Only two Of the
textile mills failed to open. The num-
Der OF operatives returning to work
vas the largest since the strike began,
nearly three weeks ago.
Although no figures were announced
1t was estimated that the proportion
of operatives entering the mills was
30 per cent greater. Those who re-
turned were largely foreigners, who
made up the main body Of strikers.
William Yates of New Bedford took
charge of the strike and Gilbert v.
Smith of this city became chairman of
the general committee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
DANCE HALL PROPOSALS.

cinclnnatis Mayor Wants Working
Girls to Have Chance to Marry.
Cincinnati proposed munici.
pal dance halls will also be matrimon.
ial bureaus If conducted on the lines
set forth by Mayor Hunt. 81 want the
supervision so strict that any girl may
feel secure in attending them, said
the Mayor. THE average girl who
works has too little chance to meet
men. She should be able to pick a
husband from the men she will me ',
Al the municipal dance halls
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BurgeSS.-J. @. Dunn.
Justices Of the Pedce-C. A. Randall, ID.
w. Clark.
Cbunc,tmen.-J. W. Landers, j. T. Dale,
G. Il. Robinson, VIM. SmearbauRh,
Il. J. Hopkins, G. F. Watson, A. b.
Kelly.
C0nStdble-L. l.. Zuver.
COLLectOr--W. II. Hood.
School DirectorS-W. G. Incl, j. X.
Clark, 8. NJ. Henry, Q. Jameson, d. ii.
Blum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
Much Depends on Grammar lesson.

Bellefontaine, C.-lf Fred Mark.
leys written grammar lesson meets
with the approval Of Juvenile Judge
Hover when it is submitted to him.
Markley, who is eyed 16, will not be
punished for whipping his teacher,
Norman Keyser Markley refused to
write the lesson and when the teacher
reprimanded him it is alleged he fog
ged Keyser and choked him until he
promised 10 cease the combat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
Earned HIs own Way ThrOueh School

Worthwhile, Pa.-Dr Samuel Me.
Cartney BleakneN aged II, the old.
est practicing physician OF jefferson
county has just died at his home here,
Dr. Bleakney was born near Eldter
ton, Pa He earned his way through
various schools by teaching in Clar
ion and Armstrong counties He
studied medicine with DR.. r. B. Brown
of Summervi.le, Pa, and later entered
the University Of Bgfia!o, n, Y, After
graduating he returned TO Dr. Brown,
with whom he practiced for IS
months, returning 10 Worthwhile in
1873.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
EXPRESS CUT IS PER GENT.
Indiana Railroad Board Found Profits
to Be Excessive,

anapolis.-Local express rates
in Indiana were ordered reduced on an
average of Is per cent. by the state
railroad commission. Judge Wood,
who wrote the ctirion, believes the
companies viii MT contest
The r.. .ccl l-.. ission itself init.
.r' tc Investigation,
.r,Cs We're o.
" ~ the .atcs
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RATES OF ADVERTISING:

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THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
Published every Wednesday by
J. e. WENK.
Office in smearbaugh & Wenk Building,
ELM STREET, TIoNEsTA, PA.

Terms, SI.OO A Year, strictly In Advance.
Entered as second class matter at the
post-office at Tionesta.
No subscription received for a shorter
period than three months.
Correspondence solicited, but no notice
will be taken of anonymous communica-
lions. Always give your name.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
DILL. EN- ERT

FANCY BOOT Il 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 coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea
sonable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

TN N ESTA LODGE, No. 1863, I. o. o. f.
L Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
" &. A. r. Meets lst Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
" 1877, w. K. c., meets first and third
Wednesday evening Of each month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of Congress-P. NJ. Speer.
Member of iSendte-J. X. p. Hall.
AssenlbLy-W. j. Campbell.
President Judge-W. d. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary. Register d Recorder, dc.
IS. X. Maxwell.
SheTif-Wm. II. Hood.
TredStlrer-W. II. Brazee.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j.
@. Scowden, II. II. Mcclellan.
District Attorney-M. A. Carringer.
jury CommtssionerS-J. b. Eden, A. M.
Moore.
Cbroner-Dr. NJ. @ Kerr.
County AildttorS-George II. Warden,
A. @. Gregg and s. V. Shields.
County SltrpeyOr-Roy s. Braden.
County Sttperirltendent-J. o. Carson.
Regular Terms Of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings OF County Commis-
sioners lst and Sd Tuesdays of month.
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. $. 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 ll:O0 a. IN. and 1880 p.
m Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. Q. t.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-02-07
TIMELY SAVINGS
On Mems and Boys
Good Clothing, Hats, Caps.
and Furnishings.

hammers sale regular and thorough clearance winter
reserved Styles and patterns the latest qualities
ence in material and manufacture Reductions most M
tickets to correspond exactly with the figures given this
sale to Individually do not simply
red the best that America produces have it's due weight
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-09-26
PROTECTION; HOW IT WORKS
Rhode island, a Tarit.Made State, as
Described BY Miss Ida NJ.
Tarbell.

The doctrine OF protection Is worth
looking at as 1t works" declared Gov
ernor Wilson at Easton, Pa, the other
day. He added, in characteristic
phrase:
II haven't any reverence for any
economic doctrine whatever-except
al It works"
How does the Aldrich doctrine OF
protection" work?
Ida M. Tarbell Ia admittedly one OF
the foremost tariff experts who have
taken sides with the people in the
tariff controversy. She Is sober.
thoughtful student and writer, whose
conclusions, though often annoying to
some highly-placed gentlemen. have
almost invariably been found correct.
here is what Miss Tarben says OF
that "tariff-made state Rhode Island:
This, then. Is high projections
most perfect work-a state Of half
million people, turning out an annual
product worth $ls7,000,000; the lab
orers in the chief industry underpaid,
unstable, and bent with disease; the
average employers rich, self-satisfied.
and as Indifferent to social obligation
as so many robber barons. 1t is an
Industrial oligarchy made by a ma
TONS benficence, under the mistaken
notion that II was working out a labor's
paradise. II is feudalism, and
not even benevolent feudalism.''
No one con question the justice OF
Governor Wilson's statement, that
economic doctrines are to be judged
by their works.
BY their fruits ye shall know them,
The fruits of the Aldrich tariff are
bloated fortunes. corrupted politics,
enhanced cost OF living.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-09-26
MAY REOPEN TRUST SUITS
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST STAND.
ARD OIL CONTEMPLATED.
Department Of Justice Said to Be
Ready to Take up Other Cases
Officials Deny Rumors.

Washington, d. C.-That the
whole fabric of big antitrust liti-
cations will be reopened in the near
future, involving the Standard Oil.
Tobacco and Power trust cases, and
that proceedings may be started by
the government against the control
ling interests in Standard Oil, chare-
ing contempt of the federal injunction
Of dissolution, was persistently re-
ported.
The report alleged that the depart.
ment Of justics was, in fact, almost
ready to move in the matter of the
Oil trust. From New York came the
announcement that a transcript Of
sensational testimony now being
taken in the Waters Pierce-Standard
Oil litigation would be laid before the
department About the same time the
story was circulated that the depart
ment was getting ready to proceed
against the Standard Oil directors for
violation Of the decree OF dissolution
and injunction.
Al the department Of justice, those
who could be reached, denied knowi,
edge Of any such proceeding. None
the less, the story persisted, including
a rumor that an announcement would
be issued shortly indicating in gen
eral the steps to be taken.