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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Now the Machine Sermon.

The only ceremony at the funeral
of a school teacher in an Austrian vii
lage was the rendition by talking
machine of the hymn "Eine Feste
Burg" as sung by chorus of male
voices. The incident gave an enter
prising firm an idea. They now, ac-
cording to a circular which has been
distributed in the rural districts, are
prepared to furnish for funerals
good and appropriate music, either
solo, duet or chorus. Our large list
includes universal as well as strictly
church music In discussing this
enterprise a Vienna paper says that
the machine sermon" has already
been introduced, and in conjunction
with the machine music" will make
old methods useless "The talking
machine sermon" says the humorist,
has at least these good points-it
must be short and the machine does
not weep"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
LEVEE BREAKS AT
PANTHER FOREST
Two Hundred Square Miles Of
Plantations Flooded.
RAILROADS OUT OF BUSINESS
Territory Swept by Waters Has .
Farming Population Of 22,ooo-Low-
er Mississippi Valley Feeling
Effects of the Forward Tue.

Greenvile, Mss-The Mississippi
River levee at Panther Forest, nine
teen miles above Greenville, on the
Arkansas shore, gave way, and the
water found is way over 200 square
miles of rich farming lands and sew
eral prosperous towns toward the
Tensas and Arkansas rivers. Sixty
townships in Chicot, East Ashley
Drew and Desha counties in Arkansas
and East Carroll parish, La, were in
undated. Lake Village, with popu
laton of 1900, is the most important
town in the waters path. So faI
there has been no loss of life.
The territory inundated is thickly
populated and the waters sweep has 8
wide range. Chicot county, which
will be covered, has a population OF
$4,000
A break is also reported in the Ar
ansas River near Red Fork, on the
northern boundary of Chicot county
The water flooded the environs of Ar
kansas City. The waters of the two
crevasses joined.
Reports from several other points
south of this city are not encouraging
A heavy rain and wind storm ham
pered the work of those fighting back
the flood and beat the water into
waves against the banks.
With roar and a crash that could
be heard for a mile the levee at Alsa
tia broke and opened way for a
stream of water that swept everything
before it. The levee where the ere
vase occurred is about 22 feet in
height and was apparently sound.
The break put the Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific and the Mem
phis, Helena and Louisiana railroads
out of business, flooded the towns OF
Tallulah and Roosevelt and submerged
some of the largest and most fertile
plantations in the State.
The crevasse will be the most disas
trous that has occurred in the State
since the great Holly Brook break in
1903. The Holly Brook crevasse was
in the same part of the State. The
loss to live stock is expected to be the
greatest in the history of Louisiana.
Many women are leaving the towns
of Luxora and Osceola, as breaks al
these points have been expected. The
men remain to fight the water that
threatens the leyee and their proper
ty, the garden spot of Arkansas,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
RICH MAN SLAIN
ON JAGGED ROCKS AT SIDE OF
AGED CAPITALISTS BODY FOUND
LYNN BOULEVARD.
SIX STEEL BULLET WOUNDS
Boy Saw Him with Woman-Police
Believe Aged Man Was Shot In
Carriage, but Are at Sea as tc
Murderer's Motive.

Lynn, Mass, April 13.-George E
Marsh, wealthy president of the
George E. Marsh Soap Manufacturing
Company, whose body, showing wounds
made by five steel pointed bullets, was
found lying on the rocky embankment
of the Point of Pines Boulevard, was
murdered while riding in carriage.
according to the theory adopted by the
police. Chief of Police Thomas NJ
Burckes admitted that the mystery
presented many battling features, and
that there was little, if any, prospect
of an immediate arrest
Mr.. Marsh was seventy-one years
old and in feeble health. He is known
to have been in the business section OF
the city and was seen to board an elec.
trio car bound toward his home. The
police say he alighted from the car at
Essex and Chatham streets, near his
residence, and was last seen, so far
as is known, in Chatham street about
$50 p. m.
THE police are completely at sea-"
said Chief Burckes. 81 am satisfied
that it is case of murder and that
the pistol shots were fired in some
kind of a vehicle, supposedly a car.
riage, and that the tragedy occurred
between 8 and 10 o'clock at night
After the shooting the body was tax.
en-, | believe, to Sea street extension,
which is the state highway between
Lynn and Revere, and was thrown over
the fence, landing where 1t was
found"
All theories as to the motive for the
crime have failed to develop satisfac
torily. Money and a gold watch were
found on the body, indicating that rob
berry was not the motive.
Mr.. Marsh is not known to have had
trouble with any one, or to have hao
any enemies. He had not owned an
automobile or horse and buggy for
several years.
There is theory that the aged man
went to his unoccupied refining works
on the west Lynn marshes, and there
encountered thieves, who shot him;
but little evidence to sustain this the
ory has been found
From Harold D, Cummings, a boy
whose home is next to the Marsh resi-
dence, the police have learned that
just before 6 o'clock he saw Mr.
Marsh riding in a carriage with ar
elderly woman on Ireson avenue, neal
his home,
The police theory is that Mr. Marsh
had met the woman by appointment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
LOUISIANA LEVEE BREAKS
Puts Two Railroads Out of Business
and Floods Towns of Roose-
Welt and TalIulah.

New Orleans, April 19.-A great
break in the levSes that inundated
thousands of square miles in north
eastern Louisiana and flooded the en-
tire Tensas River basin, comprising
several parishes, occurred in east Car
roll Parish, on the west bank of the
Mississippi River at Alsatia The
stream of water swept everything be
fore it.
The break put the Vicksburg
Shreveport & Pacific and the Mem
phis, Helena & Louisiana railroads ou
of business, flooded the towns of Tai
lulah and Roosevelt, and submerged
some of the largest and most fertile
plantations in the state.
Water from another great break, al
Miller's Bend many miles above, is
pouring into Arkansas second grea
food, the waters of which will mingle
with the one from the Alsatia break.
Roosevelt, built upon very low
ground, will be practically wiped out
The town has 400 inhabitants. Tallu
lah, much larger, suffered severely.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
knluhthood for Women.

1t is not at all well known that
knighthood has constantly been con
ferred upon women. Many English
ladies received the accolade and
many more were members of such
knightly orders as the Garter and St
John. When Mary Cholmondeley, "the
bold lady of Cheshire" was knighted
by Elizabeth for her valiant ad.
dress" on the queen taking the com
mand at the threatened invasion by
Spain, did she know that whole
city of Spanish women, the gallant
women of Tortosa, had been knighted
for saving that city from the Moors!
Mary and Elizabeth had both been
knighted at their coronation; but by
the time Anne, the second Mary, and
Victoria ascended the throne it had
been quite forgotten that according
to English law and use woman who
filled mans Office acquired all its
privileges and was immune from none
Of its duties.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
PARTRIDGE Berries.

zone of the most satisfactory orna.
ments for the center of your dinner
table is a glass jar or bowl filled
with the growing plant of the part.
ridge berry" said New Yorker who
just has returned from a visit to her
former Vermont home. 'The bright
red of the berry against the green
moss and the green foliage of the
plant is always attractive and looks
cheerful. A bowl of these berries on
their delicate vines, carefully planted
in well moistened moss and kept GOV.
cred, will last all winter and need no
further attention. The partridge ber-
ry is native to both Vermont and New
York. Keep this in mind during your
next ramble in the woods
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17

At her bedside when she died was
her nephew, Stephen Barton of Bos-
ton, who had been visiting her
Clara Barton, whose twenty-three
years of office as president of the Red
Cross in this country ended in 1904,
was born in North Oxford, Worcester
county, Mass, on Christmas Day of
1921. Her name was known wherever
famine or war or disaster visited the
people of a country, from Armenia to
Cuba, from Russia to the United
States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of CongreSS-P. NJ. Speer.
Member Of Sendte-J. X. p. Hall.
ASSen6ly-W. J. Campbell.
President Judge-W. d. Hinckley.
D Associate Judges Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register q Recorder, &c.
IS. X. Maxwell.
SheriG-Wm. II. Hood.
TredStreT-W. II. Brazee.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j.
G. Scowden, II. II. Mcclellan.
District Attorney-M. A. Carringer.
jury COnlmiSsionerS-J. b. Eden, A. NJ.
Moore.
COrOner-Dr. M. @ Kerr.
County Atdttors-G George II. Warden,
A. @. Gregg and S. V. Shields.
County SlirUeyor-Roy s. Braden.
County SupeTintendcnt-J. o. Carson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
"A Measles Year."

An unusual amount of measles is
prevalent in Pennsylvania at present
according to reports received at the
state department of health, and in
many towns health officers are strict
ly enforcing the quarantines pre-
scribed by the laws. This is what is
styled "a measles year. by the Off
GERS in charge Of the reports, and
there are very few counties free from
the disease. In some cities cases have
been reported by hundreds, notably
IN central Pennsylvania, and at re-
quest of local authorities the state
officers are cooperating in handling
matters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
MAY NOT PLAY AGAIN.
Cub Manager Chance Has Old Trou.
BILE With His Head Once More.


Cincinnati, Drank Chance play.
ed his last game as a regular Cub Sat
urday and it is not likely he will ever
appear in a game again except In a
desperate emergency, Chance be-
lieves his active career on the dia'
mond ended after II years of bril-
liant and honorable connection with
the game as a great player.
The heat of midsummer, which
greeted the opening games here,
brought on Chances old trouble with
his head It was particularly seri-
Gus Saturday, the manager suffering
with a terrific headache and deciding
to take the warning before it was too
late. The trouble is caused, ply.
sicians say, by the repeated blows
Chance has received on the head from
pitched balls. He was obliged to
stop playing on account of his severe
headaches early last season, but did
not give up until he collapsed on the
playing field at Cincinnati during pre-
liminary practice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Liuhted Him Home,

Two friends who lived in the coun-
try were in the habit of dining fire.
luently with one another One day
lack received an invitation from
James to dine with him at the usual
lour in the evening. As it happened
t was an extremely dark night, and
lack took a stable lantern to enable
lim to see the way clearly In due
course he arrived quite safely at
Iames's residence, and they dined eX-
,eedingly well, but certainly not
wisely
The next morning Jack received
lote from James to this effect; Dear
lack, herewith find your stable Ian.
ern. Please return my parrot and
age"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Lake Erie Has Big Tidal Wave,

Cleveland, O.-An immense tidal
wave that swept the southern shore
OF Lake Erie Saturday night at Ash
tabula. The steamer Sahara of Duluth
was swept from her moorings and
thrown against the SchoonSaker the
largest freighter on the lakes, smash
ing the Schoonmaker's light upper
works. At Painesville ice was wash
ed 600 feet back up the river and
large iceburgs were observed out in
the lake
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
BARS WEAPONS IN CAPITAL
House Passes Bill Forbiddlng Wash.
lnstonlans to Garry
Any.

Washington, April 1S,-Citizens OF
this town who carry any deadly wea.
pon hereafter will be liable to a peni.
tentiary sentence or fine, or both, by
the terms Of bill passed in the
House,
Representative Madden of Illinois
proposed an amendment to cause all
capital policemen to hold up visitors
to Washington and search them for
weapons. It was quickly passed, but
later withdrawn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
AGAINST Baseball Gambling.

Betting on the results of baseball
games in Pennsylvania is to be
stamped out in order to save the ma.
tional game from the odium that is
attached to horse racing where pool
selling prevails, according to Gov
ernor Tener. If gambling in cigar
stores and other places where scores
are posted is not stopped as effective
ly as the authorities have stopped
open betting on the fields, a drastic
bill will probably be drawn up for pre-.
sentation at the next session OF the
legislature.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Church aud Sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m, NJ. Il. Sabbath School at 1000 a. IN.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. w. 5. 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. m. and 1880 p,
m. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. q. Il.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
DISSOLVE HARVESTER TRUST
Corporation That Has Been Under
Fire For Years Capituates
to Government.

Washington, April 13.-Attorney
General Wickersham and the Harvest
er Trust attorneys, Messrs. Bancroft
and Wilson, have reached an agree
ment for a voluntary dissolution of
the $2OO,OOO,OOO trust.
Neither Wickersham nor the trust
attorneys would make known the
terms of the plan, but is is understood
that the parent body is to be divided
into six corporations.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17

Miss Ivy Brayton Hodge, one of the
veil known women drummers of the
vest, at commercial travellers ban
Iuet in Chicago, responded to toast
Nth these words:
"A womans face is said to be her
ortune. In the girl drummer's case,
owever, it's her cheek"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
CLARA BARTON DEAD.
Aged Founder Of the National Red
Cross Expires Suddenly.

Washington.-Miss Clara Barton,
founder of the American Red Cross
Society and one of the bes; known wo-
men in the world, died at her home at
Glen Echo, Md, after a lingering ILL
ness. Miss Barton was past 80 years
of age. The body was taken to Ok
ford, Mass, her former home, for in
terment
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Famous Brides Pettlcoat.

A cambric petticoat, yellow with age
and trimmed in fine crocheted edging
and insertion, holds the record of hav.
ing been So years in one family and Of
having served Is brides as the "some.
thing old" which every maid must
wear to the nuptial altar. This petit.
coat was made Sc years ago by Nancy
Emma Stroud of Atlanta Ga, who
wore 1t to the altar when she became
the bride of Aaron Nunnally of the
same city. Even before forming part
Of her nuptial attire it was famous,
for Mrs. Nunnally made 1t when she
was pupil of the Baptist college in
Madison, Ga, and 1t took the prize not
only for the exquisite needlework, but
also for the fine and excellent quality
of the handmade lace. Less than q
year afterward a younger sister was
married and the petticoat was loaned.
Sixteen other brides have worn the
Stroud petticoat and 1t has been sent
recently to form part of the bridal
finery of Mrs. Stroud's granddaughter,
Miss Rose Belle Hines of Mckinney,
Tex.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BttrgeSS.-J. G. Dunn.
Justices Of The Peace-C. A. Randall, d.
w. Clark.
COttncttnien.-J. W. Landers, ]. It. Dale,
G. Is. Robinson, VIM. Smearbaugh,
Il. j. Hopkins, G. f. Watson, A. b.
Kelly.
Cb,lStd6le-L. l.. Zuver.
C0LlectOr-W. II. Hood.
School DirectorS-W. G. Incl, j. X.
Clark, s. M. Henry, @. Jameson, d. H..
Blum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
MAY NOT REGISTER WOMEN,
Test Case in New Jersey Decided
AGAINST Suffragette.

Trenton, N. IA decision of the
Supreme Court, written by Justice
Kalisch was filed dismissing an appli-
cation for writ of mandamus to COM
pei an election board in Morris county
to register Miss Harriet f, Carpenter
of Passaic township so that she could
take part in the election next fall,
The Supreme Court holds that the
laws refusing to permit women to vote
are constitutional,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Whv They Killed the Calf.

The prodigal son was coming up
the road.
Hurry and killed the fatted calf"
said his father, you remember that
the boy always was fond of chicken
potpie. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

'T'It N ESTA LODGE, No. 1859, I. o. o. +.
i M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
" G. A. X. Meets lst Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 O'Clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
" 1877, W. X. c., meets first and third
Wednesday evening OF each month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Odd Charge Against Woman.

st. Marys, O.-Mrs. James Wirick OF
this place, who has been living apart
from her husband for some time, went
to Quincy and, according to the hus
bands charge, entered his home
without him knowing it. He caused
her arrest on a charge of housebreak
ing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Warren Hotel Changes Hands.

Warren, Pa. NRobert Gunsky, a
Jewish junk dealer, has bought the
Glade house here for $4,000 The
property will be leased to an expec
fenced hotelman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
Published every Wednesday by
J. E. WENK.
Office in smearbaugh & Wenk Building,
ELM STREET, TIoNEsTA, PA.

Terms, 81 90 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 communities
lions. Always give your name.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
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.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
Life From the Flood
't P. Bicknell in The Survey.

Ernest r. Bicknell in The Survey
 In the midst of one of the fiercest storms in the history of western Ken lucky the levee protecting the low lying part of the town of Hickman broke recently with a roar which reused the entire population. More than a hun dred cottages occupied the fiat land be- hind the ievee. It was II o'clock at night and intensely dark except when the frequent lightning showed terrify- ing glimpses of the rushing water, the driving rain, and the people hurrying in panic through the rising flood to- ward the hill. They carried their chill dren and such valuables as they had time to seize.
 Up on the hill in warmth and safety Rev. J. Fl. Geiger heard the deep roar and understood. Suddenly he remem- bered that In little home In the flat below. baby had been born only few hours before. The baby's father was absent from home and the help less mother lay alone with the little one. almost directly in the path of the current where it swept through the broken levee.
 As swiftly as he could run, Mir. Geiger dashed down tho hill and into the wa ter. which in moment had reached his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

waist. He pushed on. In the darkness he met man fleeing toward the hilI with arms loaded with household goods from his flooded house. Hurriedly, Mir. Geiser explained tho peril of the moth CT and baby alone in the path of tho water. The man dropped his load with out word and. as 1t floated away in the blackness, turned and joined the preacher
 They broke Into the cottage, lifted upon their shoulders the cot on which lay mother and child and started to- ward the hill about a quarter of a mile distant. Tho flood swiried about them, now up to their armpits. Stumbling, waiting now and again for the light ming to show the way. at times in wa- ter to their shoulders. they struggled and fought. and finally. exhasted, set their load safely on solid ground.
 And IL was only when the woman told the thrilling story, that this tale of modern heroism became known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
A Counter-Irritan

From the Boston Post.
 What is a counter-irritant?" asked Mrs. Smithers.
 "A counter-irritant," replied smith, CTS, Ifs a woman who makes the shop man pull down everything from the shelves for two hours. and then buys q penny worth of hairpins."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
Unable to Extend Itself

From London Opinion. She-Have you a running account
 with that bookmaker? He--I did have. but he stopped it be- fora 1t got into it's stride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

song. Sixty paces to the left" and every thing winds up as happily as the happiest of stories could end.
 Certainly no more thrilling romance has been written for nany moons than "The White Waterfall
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