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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
three of article eight Of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
House of Representative Of the Com
monwealth OF Pennsylvania (if the
Senate concur), That the following Is
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth article
thereof
Section 2.-Amend section three of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"All judges elected by the electors of
the State at large may be elected at
either a general Or municipal election,
as circumstances may require. All
the elections for judges of the courts
for the several judicial districts, and
for county, city, ward, borough, and
township officers, for regular terms OF
service, shall be held on the municipal
election day; namely. the Tuesday
next following the first Monday OF No
vember In each odd-numbered year,
but the General Assembly may by law
fix a different day, two-thirds Of all
the members of each House consent
ing thereto Provided, That such
elections shall always be held in an
odd-numbered year." so as to read:
Section g. All judges elected by
the electors of the State at large may
be elected at either a general or mu-
nicipal election, as circumstances may
require. All elections for judges OF
the courts for the several judicial dis
tricts, and for county, city, ward, bor'
ough. and township officers, for regu
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
CURRENCY BILL
Goes TO SENATE
Expected TO Remain There For
Considerable Time

Passed by the house by vote of
2S6 to 81 the administrations currency
bill now goes to the senate, where it
is certain to remain many weeks.
The banking and currency commit
tee has summoned many witnesses
and formal consideration of the bill by
the senate is far in the distance.
Twenty-four Republicans and four
teen Progressives joined with the
Democrats in voting for the bill in the
house. Three Democrats voted
against it.
The measure would eliminate the
present American banknote system,
under which banks issue currency
against government bonds, and es-
tablish a currency to be issued by
twelve federal reserve banks, based
on sound commercial paper, which the
government assumes the responsibility
of redeeming in gold or lawful money.
1t would place practically every
phase of banking under the control of
bers appointed by the president, and
council Of bankers which would
have advisory powers only. The sys.
TEN would be administered through
the reserve banks in twelve geograph,
ical divisions of the country.
At the eleventh hour the house
wrote into the bill disclaimer of any
intention to alter the gold money
standard fixed by law.
A separate vote was demanded by
Representative Wingo of Arkansas on
,he sound money amendment. There
was a division showing an overwhelm'
ing majority for the amendment, but
Mr. Wingo demanded the ayes and
noes. When the roll call was com
pleted it was found that the sound
money amendment had won by vote
of 29S to 60, or more than to /.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to section
one of article nine of the Consti-
tuition Of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the
Senate and House of Representative
Of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Section 2. Amend section one Of
article nine Of the Constitution OF
Pennsylvania, which reads as follows:
"All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority levy
ing the tax, and shall be levied and
collected under general laws; but the
General Assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes,
actual places Of religious worship,
places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit and institu-
tions of purely public charity" SO as
to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform upon the
same class of subjects, within the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and shall be levied and col
lected under general laws, and the
subjects Of taxation may be classified
for the purpose Of laying graded or
progressive taxes; but the General
Assembly may, by general laws, ex-
empt from taxation public property
used for public purposes, actual places
of religious worship, places of burial
not used or held for private or cor
porate profit, and institutions of pure
ly public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Number Two.

y,3 A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
seven, article three OF the Constitu-
ton Of Pennsylvania, so as to per-
NIT special legislation regulating
labor.
Section /. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in &C
cordance with the provisions OF the
eighteenth article thereof. Amend
ment to Article Three, Section Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three Of the Constitution Of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:-
Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special law
authorizing the creation, extension, or
impairing of liens:
Regulating the affairs Of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
Changing the names Of persons or
places:
Changing the venue in civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferry or bridge compan-
les, except for the erection OF bridges
crossing streams which form bounda-
rles between this and any other
State:
"vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
"Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not Of the State:
authorizing the adoption or legiti-
nation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties, or changing
county lines:
incorporating cities, towns, or VII
lagos, or changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting OF
elections, or fixing or changing the
place of voting:
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor-
oughs, changing township lines, bor-
ough limits, or school districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers In coun-
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, cleo
tion OF school districts:
Changing the law OF descent or
succession:
Regulating the practice or juris-
diction of, or changing the rules OF
evidence in, any judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, aldermen,
Justices of the peace, sheriffs, commits
sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters
in chancery, or other tribunals, or
providing or changing methods for the
collection of debts, or the enforcing
of judgments, or prescribing the erect
of judicial sales of real estate:
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties OF aldermen,
Justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management OF
public schools, the building or repair
Ing Of school houses and the raising
OF money for such purposes:
Fixing the rate of interest:
Affecting the estates Of minors or
persons under disability, except after
due notice to all parties in interest,
to be recited in the special enact
ment:
"Remitting fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury:
"Exempting property from taxation:
Regulating labor. trade, mining or
manufacturing:
Creating corporations, or amend
ing, renewing or extending the chart
ers thereof:
Granting to any corporation, asso'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24

lar terms of service, shall be held on
the municipal election day; namely. the
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day OF November in each odd-number-
ed year, but the General Assembly
may by law fix different day, two
thirds OF all the members of each
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such elections shall be held in
an odd-numbered year: Provided fur
ther, That all judges for the courts
Of the several judicial districts hold
Ing office at the present time, whose
terms of office may end in an odd
numbered year, shall continue to hold
their offices until the first Monday Of
January In the next succeeding even
numbered year.
A true copy Of Concurrent Resolu-
ton No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
nrM GOING TO BE FREE"
So Says Harry Thaw While His Coun-
sci Scrap Among Themselves.

The wrangle between Harry Thaw
and his lawyers at Concord, N. H.,
continued to bubble and boil. 1t APP
pears that Thaw will be represented
before Governor Felker by New Hamp-
shire lawyers only.
Mr.. Grossman intimated before leav-
ing, however, that his absence here
would be necessitated by important
work in connection with the case in
New York. He denied there was any
trouble among the lawyers.
Thaw did not seem much perturbed
at the break in his retinue. Said he:
"What | am going to do when | am
free; what am | going to do? Why,
I'm not going to buy the old home
stead of Mrs. Eddy at Concord. Ha!
hal" laughed he. "Pm going to Pitts
burg. And by the way, I'd like to tell
you something" At this point Thaw
reduced his voice to a whisper. II
am going to be free"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution OF Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In Gener-
al Assembly met, That the follow
ing is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Article TX.
Section Is. No obligations which
have been heretofore issued, or which
may hereafter be issued, by any coun-
ty or municipality, other than Phila'
delphia, to provide for the construc-
tion or acquisition of waterworks,
subways, underground railways or
street railways, or the appurtenances
thereof, shall be considered as debt
of a municipality, within the meaning
Of section eight Of article nine OF the
Constitution Of Pennsylvania or OF
this amendment, If the net revenue
derived from said property for a per.
iod Of five years, either before or after
the acquisition thereof, or, where the
same is constructed by the county or
municipality, after the completion
thereof, shall have been sufficient to
pay interest and sinking-fund charges
during said period upon said obliga-
tions, or If the said obligations shall
be secured by liens upon the respec-
tive properties, and shall impose no
municipal liability. Where munich
palities or counties shall issue obliga-
tions to provide for the construction
of property, as herein provided, said
said municipalities or counties may
also issue obligations to provide for
the interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing thereon until said properties
shall have been completed and in OPP
Grafton for a period OF one year; and
said municipalities and counties shall
not be required to levy tax to pay
said interest and sinking-fund charges,
as required by section ten of article
nine of the Constitution Of Pennsyl-
vania, until after said properties shall
have been operated by said counties
or municipalities during said period
of one year. Any of the said munich
pallties or counties may incur indebt-
edness In excess OF seven per centum,
and not exceeding ten per centum, OF
the assessed valuation of the taxable
property therein, If said increase of
indebtedness shall have been assented
TO by three-fifths OF the electors vot-
ing at public election, l. such man
ner as shall be provided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
SAUTTER HEADS S. OF v.
Officers Of Organization Elected at
Chattanooga Reunion.

SlllNNlo " SlSal'@aA'Oh ElNSNSh a.
Chattanooga Reunion.
John r. Sautter of Pittsburg was
elected commander in-chief of the
Sons of Veterans in annual session
in Chattanooga, Tenn. Other officers
chosen were Harry l.. Streit, Balti-
more, senior vice commander; Robert
w. Biese, Chattanooga, junior vice
commander, and Henry +. Weller
Boston; William b. Moynihan, Ro-
chester, and Charles c. Behnte, st.
Louis, members of the council in chief.
Election of officers by the Woman's
Relief Corps, an auxiliary of the
Grand Army of the Republic, also
took place. Mrs. Ida S. Mcbride of In
dianapolis was chosen president OF the
organization.
In his address General Beers, com.
mandsr.in-chief, announced that more
than II 900 veterans of the Civil war
died during the year ended Dec. 81
list. The present enrolment of the
organization, according to its com.
munder. is 100. 600 members.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
He
Tells OF CRIME
EOIfShOn Goes TO Pieces After
Reading Of Schmidt Case
CONFESSES NUMBERING GIRL
Rochester IN. W Mystery of Four
Years Ago Cleared by Story of Rob-
berry Suspect in Philadelphia.

hoCnestSr NN. W. mystery OF four
Years Ago Cleared by Story Of Rob-
berry Suspect in Philadelphia.
Jacob Wolfshon, confessed murderer
of Anna Catherine Schumacher four
years ago in Holy Sepulchre cemetery,
Rochester, n. Y, was brought to a
realization OF his crime by reading of
the atrocity committed in New York
by Hans Schmidt. This was his ad
mission to Detective Cameron in Phila
delphia, where he was arrested on a
charge of burglary.
Wolfshon made two unsuccessful at.
tempts at suicide in his cell.
The first time he was found strang'
ling with safety pin in his throat
that he had attempted to swallow. The
second time he had evaded the watch
fulness of the turnkey and tieing his
shirt, which he had stripped into a
cord, was found with the moose tight
about his neck and his feet were bent
up under him. He was cut down by
Surgeon Eagan and resuscitated. He
was then placed in a cell and a police
detailed on duty before his door.
On Aug. Z, 1909, Wolfshon strangled
Miss Schumacher while she was
placing flowers on the graves of her
father and sister aud concealed the
body in the woods and then returned
at aight and buried it.
For four years he kept his secret.
But his conscience was not thoroughly
dead. down deep it was pulsating
family and the Schmidt murder was
the lash that brought it back to ting
ling activity.
Samuel Marks, his landlord, gave a
vivid description of the awakening of
the conscience of Wolfshon. When
the confessed murderer came here
three weeks ago he was an unemotion.
al being, a healthy young man who
apparently had no worries and slept
peacefully at night.
"Then," said Marks, "he read of the
Schmidt case. | never saw a man
change so His face became sallow,
his eyes grew wild and he paced the
floor continually. He could not sleep
at night. Once l said: 'Wolfshon,
what makes you so troubled?'
"a hunted look came over his face
and he replied: oh, I'm worried about
girl over in New York state.
can't forget about her, that's ALL Way
into the night we could hear him
pacing the floor"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Princess Sophia Commits Suicide.

Despondent because of her fathers
opposition to her marrying the man Of
her choice, Princess Sophia OF Sake
Weimer, aged twenty-five, killed her
self in her room in her fathers castle
in Heidelberg, Germany, by shooting
herself with revolver. The act is
supposed to have been caused by mel.
ancholia brought on because of the
apparent unsurmountable obstacles to
her marriage to the man of her choice
and the hopeless loveless future be-
fore her,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Gov. SULzER
IS BEING TRIED
Impeachment Court Organized
in New York Capitol
LOSES IMPORTANT CONTENTION
Ten Judges Of the Court Of Appeals
Sit With State Senators to Try Sui.
zer-Judge Cullen Presiding officer.


zer-Judge Cullen Presiding officer.
Governor Sulzer's battle before the
high court of impeachment in the New
York state capitol is on in earnest.
The governor was beaten on his i'm.
Frawley, Ramsperger and Sanner
should be expelled from the court be.
cause they are members of the Fraw-
ley committee and Senator Wagner
because he would step into the lieu.
tenant governors shoes if Mr.. Sulzer
were removed.
1t was Presiding Judge Cullen who
really determined that the Frawley
committee senators and Senator Wag.
ner were legitimate members of the
court. Mr.. Herrick earnestly marshal
led his arguments for the right to
challenge these men. Admitting the
precedents were against him, he said
that the precedents we're wrong-that
this court should set new one. Judge
Parker, who replied, peered into his.
tory in recalling impeachment trials
wherein challenges had been of no
avail.
The high court as organized has
fifty-seven members and thirty-eight
will be necessary for conviction.
After the high court of impeach.
ment had been organized to try Gov
ernor SulZer of New York Presiding
Judge Cullen announced a decision of
much importance.
He announced that tho three
justices of the appellate division of
the supreme court, Hiscock, Chase and
Miller, who are members of the court
of appeals by designation, should sit
in judgment on Governor Suler as
well as the seven regularly elected
judges. With these ten judges sitting
with the forty-nine members of the
senate the two-thirds vote required to
eXpell Mr.. Sulzer, as calculated by the
Impeachment managers, would be
forty. Judge Chase is shown at tha
top and Judge Hiscock at the bottom.
The eight articles of impeachment
voted against Governor Sulzer by the
assembly are in substance:
That he filed with the secretary of
state a false statement of his receipts
and other monetary transactions
during his gubernatorial campaign.
That he committed perjury in this
statement.
That he bribed witnesses to with.
hold testimony from the legislative
committee which investigated his cam
paign accounts.
That he suppressed evidence bv
means of threats to keep witnesses
from testifying before the investigat.
ing committee.
That he dissuaded particular wit.
ness, Frederick l.. Colwell, from at.
tending, under subpoena, the sessions
of the investigating committee.
That he committed larceny in spec
ulating in stocks with money and
checks contributed for his campaign.
That while governor he corruptly
used his authority to affect prices of
securities on the New York stock ex-
change, in some of which securities he
was at the time interested.
James G. Garrison, Governor Sui
zer's chief graft investigator, was sent
to Jail by the assembly for alleged
contempt of that body in refusing to
answer questions. He engaged coun.
sci to bring action looking to his re-
lease.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
SQUIRRELS PREDICT COLD
Hard Winter Ahead, According to
Menagere Keeper.

It's going to be a hard winter The
cold of the last few mornings is only
a prelude to what we are going to get
and we are going to get it soon. This
is no idle talk of the weather bureau
or the almanac. ! is hard cold facts.
Bill Snyder, head keeper in Central
park, New York city, is authority
for the statement. The squirrels
told him so. Bill looks to the gray
squirrels for his forecastngs of the
weather. The gray squirrels, he says,
have begun to build their nests and
this means the near approach Of cold
weather. The grays began their nest
building four weeks ahead Of schedule
time, compared with last year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of C0ngresS-W j. Hulings.
Member of lSendte-J. X. p. Hall.
A Assentbly-A. X. Mechling.
President Judge-W. d. Hinckley.
ASSOCIATE Judges Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
P'othonotary, Register d Recorder, &c.
IS. r. Maxwell.
Sheri6-Wm. II. Hood.
TredSurer-W. II. Brazee.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j.
@. Scowden, II. II. Mcclellan.
District Attorney-M. A. CarrinRer.
Jury CbmnltssionerS-J. b. Eden, A. NJ.
Moore.
C0roner-Dr. M. @ Kerr.
County AUDITORS George II. Warden,
A. G. Gregg and S. V. Shields.
County S1Veyor-Roy 8. Braden.
County Superintendent. o. Carson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
ASHURST'S GENTLE FLING
Wall Street Wants Troops to "Safe-
guard Itself Against People,"

guard Itself Against People"
"If Wall street is asking for troops
to protect ITSELF" said Senator
Ashurst, discussing that a regiment of
troops should be stationed at Cover
nors island, ut is probably planning
to bring about panic and wants to
be safe from popular resentment
which such fabricated and cooked up
panic by Wall street will bring about"
His opinion was based on the sug-
gestion in the petition sent to Senator
O'Gorman and signed by leading firms
in Gotham's financial world that troops
close at hand would quickly put an
end to any uncivic disturbance. wall
street has no need for alarm and no
cause to try to influence congress by
a pretense of fright" said Senator
Nristow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
VOLUME OF TRADE LARGER
Business Seems to Have Resained Its
Confidence.

DhSlhSoo SNN''S ~ 'SAaiiNh 10
Confidence.
Duns Review OF Trade says this
week:
Business confidence is strengthen.
ing and there is slightly more dispo.
sition to extend operations further
into the future. Most advices indi.
cate larger volume of trade than a
year ago, while some industrial cen.
ters report more machinery active,
with a reduction in the number OF
unemployed. Lower temperatures
have had a stimulating effect on dis.
uibuton of merchandise at retail and
the fall season appears to be opening
up fairly well.
Pig iron reflects increased firm
ness, with heavy sales of southern
iron a feature. The strong statistical
position of copper has been reflected
IN a continued rise in prices"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
confir MS Slavery Renort.

William II. Phipps, auditor of the
Philippines and former secretary OF
the Republican state committee OF
Ohio. has l ade a report to the war
department hat slavery is widespread
throughout tie Philippine Islands, and
that childr.l are sold like so many
cattle,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Bryan ca,es Not For Criticism.

Secretary of State William j. Bryan
has announ, I'd that he regards lectur-
ing as an Ell ,irely legitimate field, and
that he ha cleared up $1,000 from
his lectures. He declares that de.
spite criticism he will not stop lee
turing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
nsentemher Morn Fined.

Miss Ida Deal, an actress, who posed
as September Morn" in the waters OF
the Susquehanna river recently, was
fined $50 by Mayor Royal at Harris
burg, Pa. An ordinance defined her
action as a "disorderly practice and
offending the morals of the commun-
ity."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9;4b a.
m, NJ. E. Sabbath School at 1000 a. IN.
Preaching in M. Il. 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 ll:00 a. IN. and 1880 p.
IN. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. q. L.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-24
s1so.o 600 Reaueathed to Nuns.

A bequest of $15OOOO to Archbishop
Prendergast in Philadelphia for the
erection of chapel for the Order Of
CarInelite Nuns is contained in the
will Vt Cornelius A. Lane, deceased.