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LA TOILETTE MAKES
THE RECORD" BULGE
Congressional Publication Is
sued in Two Sections TO
Include His Speech.
on r r. RATE INFLUENCES
Outburst Requires 365 Pages. a
Majority Of Which Are
Printed In Agate.

WASHINGTON. May IA speech
printed In the Congressional Record this
morning under the name of Senator La
Toilette tina. cost tho Government more
than sl2. 900 was the subject of hot words
in the House this afternoon.
Representative Barnhart OF Indiana
roundly scored La Toilette for this abuse
of the printing privilege" declaring that
II all members followed Mr.. LA Follettes
example II would cost the Cow rnment
S6.JO0,000 day to get out the Con-
gressioaui Record.
The Record with La Follette's speech is
the bulkiest document Of the kind ever
turned out by the Government Printing
Oificc. II embraces S6S pages. Senators
and Representatives gasped this morning
when copies of the issue were laid on their
desks.
rnc section OF the issue Of the Record
was given over to Mr.. La Follette's speech
All the accompanying exhibits, which to-
g1ther took up 365 pages, most of Il IN
Igate type.
.or La Toilette has crowded not only clip
pings OF editorials. interviews from daily
ewspapers and trade Journals. but has
reproduced many kilograms and letters
| sent to the President and TO the Inter-
state Commerce Commission direct. Those
that were sent to the President were re
spcctfully referred to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
! Among the interesting exhibits by Sena-
| tor la Toilette are many circulars put
! out by Middendorf. Williams * co. Of
Baltimore. a firm dealing IN Investment
/ securities, Il member of the iirm being Il
| brother 10 John SHELTON Williams. Comp
! trollvr OF til, currency. There are also
| a number OF letters signed by Lang
I bourne Williams Of Richmond. who IL
| said by Senator La Toilette to be
! brother Of John SHELTON Williams.
NJ. Williams wrot" to nearly every one
of the commission ana some Of his let.
! ters were rather peppery. u" signed him
| self IN som, instances as the secretary
! treasurer OF the Richmond Mica Company
ard In Others treasurer Of Halifax Paper
| Company. He insists tuit the railroads
should have the increased rates.
senator La Follett.'s symposium is Ger
, tainly strong argument IN favor Of the
increase Of rates OF railroads IL there Is
any virtue N the referendum. The APP
peas for increases come from shippers.
bankers. commercial organizations and
economists.
The extension % this members re-
marks in the Record" said Mr., Barnhart.
mas cost ss.sig.62 for printing. and the
binding and other work on the perma-
n.nt edition will cost s3,sl9. total OF
sIe.i6S.62. II each one of the AL mem
bers OF Congress were 20 abuse the print
ing privilege In this way II would amount
TO the colossal sum of $1,000. 600 daily.
The sole purpose OF tho publication is to
exploit a name at the expense Of the tax
payers.
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Mayor Mi,chc,. Borough President
MARKS and chief Magistrate McAdoo will
he the guests of honor NJ the inaugural
of the Safety First Forum at the Biltmore
Hotel on Monday night. Ogden L. Mills
president OF the Safety First society
viii be chairman.
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minimum Wage for women.

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" d'J""t 10 the State Minimum
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But II instead OF this ballroom ! only
fad i diamond and green grass and UNI
pl'es-and the fans all calling you a 10:
u would ba easier. I thank you" PRO
Ionged holl,rs,l
Ambassador Page In his letter Of regret
handled the English language sparingly.
lie Nentured no thoughts except his re-
srets, President Emeritus Eliot OF Har-
'ard wrote of profit sharing for publishers
ana Printers and advised the members Of
tae association who experiment with profit
''aarhs schemes to report the results to
.he members in order that all may learn
nom ,he Experiences of each.
Dr. IdlNOtt Williams said that the OBJ
le' OF tho School OF journalism j. to
udcn accuracy. \ moment later he mem
u.ifd Laura Jane Llbbey," but n friend
OF no doctor FASTENED to explain later
privately that profound scholars could
scarcely b. expected TO bo letter perfect
VN mo names 81 the authoresses OF such
Classics 90. the masses as Parted at the
Altar"
Tie other speakers were Borough
resident Marks. Frederick \. Stokes,
Hoirat Horst Weber of Lcipsic and Bel
nor" BIowne.
~ their final meeting yesterday the as
'oo'aoou elected John J. Wood Of Clcve-
anu president and Richard +. Fuller OF
'pheh"ciad}, yice-president. and passed Il
..so'atuu iaNoring the passage by Con-
sItSs OF the stephens bill which Is de-
En'd' among other things, to stop the
'-'Uhs 90 publishers prices of books
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TY COBB BUSTS RIGHT
into LITERARY GAME
Gawgia Honorable Hits In
simeon Ford Glass at Book
scllcrs' Banquet.
STEALS HOME on HON.1RvIN
Tyrus Finds the Author-Fans
in the AstOr Blcachers
Are With Him.
STEALS HOME on HON.IRvIN

Those were grca, names in literature,
rr.h as william Dean Iiowells. Ty Cobb.
AMBASSADOR Page. Woodrow Wilson, Tai
colt Williams and Charles w Eliot. whose
thoughts either by word OF mouth or In
the form OF letters were delivered last
nigh; at the dinner at the Hotel Astor
mitch closed the fourteenth annual as
,emblsge OF the American Booksellers AS
ISOLATION.
And the greatest OF these was the Right
Hon. Tyrus Raymond Cobb of the state
q, Georgia, author of Busting (pro.
,ounced bustln) En- book that de-
ante a certain stormy episode In Honor
able TVS career at the old Hilltop ball
varl il about Dustin base hits. not human
maps.
POSTMASTER v. NJ. Schenck In introduce
,ng petrot's foremost citizen merely hap
n.ned to mention Mr. Cobbs name and
cheers broke large holes In the ceiling.
President Wilson's name when read at the
and OF a letter Of regret also was we'll
received.
Down at table Is you could notice
Mr.. Cobb swell right up with pride, and
Ne blushed bashfully as the cheers rent
The zenith at the mere mention of the
name Of Cobb.
But his face fell when the toastmaster
added. MIR. Cobb Is the greatest thief
n his business
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Demosthenes: Well. Well:

I'm no, r.7vous. daughter But
ri tell YOU right here that the only time
ever thought was a Denosthenes tpro-
onged applause Cor that onel was once
when Detroit was playing In Philadelphia.
There's a city. by the way. ! like that
dear City OF Brotherly Loye-where they
have TO have 500 cops out on the field
every time We play there so We won't be
nobbed daughter.
"Once | spoke to great crowd there.
swaying them back and forth with my
sloquence. And | held them right up to
the moment that my roommate kicked
ne out Of bed and told me when ] got
IN 10 quit lying Oh my back and for
heavens sake 70 stop snoring. lLaughter.1
u can't talk baseball here because
We'll, because It's q game Of action and
: lots of--of--of EXPLANATIONS. daughter. ]
And ! can't pull here some Of the ex-
Carnations they pull out on the bah field.
tLaughterl
And ! don't know anything about the
booksellers game. a strenuous one. / be-
reye but hope not so strenuous as ours.
I'm glad 20 bt hcrc--but I wish ! could
ma the place to pull just one great big
laugh So that I could quit and sit down.
tGreai big taught IT'S hard TO know how
to get or
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Then irwin Realised.

However. Irwin Cobb down at table Is
wasn't meant at all. and Old Irv seemed
10 lose heart when he gradually discov-
cred that the Cobb mentioned. FOR whom
the cheers were let loose. was Honorable
y. sitting UP a; the dais table. and that
the tiievery referred TO TVS base steal
Ing habits
Il wasn't so much what he said. but
the way he said Il" thar made Honorable
Tvs speech the grand slam Of an orato-
rics evening. And the 'lusterered he grew
the more YOU realized that Ty learned his
ponunciation not in Detroit but In
Gawgia.
81 can't see why you want to mar my
evening" drawled the licnorab!, Ty when
Che dust had settled. ''by making me
stand up and be uncomfortable. think
the man the POSTMASTER means Is that
800 hitter who hits In the literary league.
-, Irwin Cobb over there. Business Of
busting over entire physique by Old
Irvl
81 think I'm an accident here this
evening. But l suppose on every occasion
there's got TO be n sacrifice. tWhoops
from hookselling fans.l I'm like a young
pitcher Manager Jennings sent out into
a game at Detroit. The first three men
walked. the next up busted one. and when
the smoke cleared away there were Ave
or six runs and the bases full.
"'Smatter: Nervous Mr.. Jennings
asked the young pitcher back at the
bench. No said the pitcher. The only
thing the matter with me Is that I can't
keep my legs from shakin.' but l amt
nervous
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10
Their Rank Platform.

The rank and file Of tho Democracy Of
Pennsylyanla can have little patience
with or confidence In tho platform upon
which tho party Of tho state is expected
to stand. The platform IL wholly and on
tiroly tho handiwork Of tho party BOSSES
and members Of the state COMMITTEES we're
not privileged to oven 500 II before II was
dumped upon the party.
The platform was constructed by A..
Mitchell Palmer and one or two others
among tho state candidates. 10 endorses
tho administration and all iis legislation
aud executive actions The Dsmooratio
FREQ trade which has blighied business
Ikea summer irost is endorsed. The
administration policy which has unset
tlod business, thrown thousands Of men
aud women out Of employment and com q
PEELED tho cost of living to float far he.
yond the roach of the wage. ssrners il 40.
plauded and approved, and With brszen
ehrontry the Democratic platform asks
the voters OF the state to approve and
support the party which has 80 depressed
iDdOsiry that $1,000 freight cars of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, one.tbird of its
tosEl nDDbsr, are standing idle aud 800 OF
iu locomotives hSve nothing to do.
The iEgi Is ths democratic platform is
q tiaiuHinn and 8 snare. Il is q positive
miualiue even 10 hsk ibs voters Of Penn
syivaniG 10 approve such a ridicDlo lous
platform " suppuri 1bs GAaoi3sses who
lammeo /, through lhs oun.itss.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10
Mayburg.

Leslie Deshner, Of Meadville called on
relatives In this place one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hagerty are back to
this place again.
Helen Long OF oil City IL visiting at
the home OF Mr., and Mrs. Geo. Zuber.
Melta TinRley Of Kane was the guest Of
her sister, Mrs. Fred. Baltermsn, over
Sunday OF last week.
Tressa HeDdrickson returned to her
home after spending several weeks in
summer school at Kellettville.
Elizabeth Harkins. and two children,
Bessie and Twila. were guests of Mrs. J.
T.. Paul the latter end Of the week.
Mayburg was we'll represented by
shoppers at Kelle,tville this week.
Della Cook has returned TO her home
after spending few days with friends at
Tionesla.
Francis Deshner is on the sick list.
The home OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Paul Ia
being improved Of late by the addition OF
a new kitchen.
Mrs. Harry Kifer OF Hastings, and
Zelda Hopkins of Kellettville. called on
their aunt. Mrs. Chas. Irwin, Thursday.
Mrs. John Fitzgerald was calling on
friends across the creek day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l. Campbell are visit
ing with relatives at and near Grand
Valley, this week.
Henry Deshner spent Sunday with his
wife at Cherry Grove.
Raymond, the young son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Carroll, fell and cut his hand
severely. Saturday. Dr's. Detar and
serrill Of Kellettville were summoned at
once to dress the wound.
Nal Paul, who recently has been visit
ing with his grandmother at Cherry
Grove, returned to his home Sunday.
Mrs. James Brown was q Warren
shopper Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner OF Ridgway were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. f. J. Kranking
over Sunday.
Misses Kathryn Babb and Csrlotts
Horner spent Saturday with relatives at
Truemsns.
Dr. Bangor and wife ofShippenville are
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Graft this week.
Emerson Kifer was at Clarington last
week rs DELEGATE from this place to the
county Sunday school convention.
Sunday seems to lie the day when the
young people of this place enjoy strolling
along the Msyburg narrows.
Miss Edna Smith OF this place Joined a
number OF her friends from Kellettville
in spending Sunday at Hermit Springs.
Mrs. Edward Merchant enter tanned q
number OF her friends Sunday evening.
Mrs. Stewart Of Glen Hazel, who has
spent several weeks at this place visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. John McMsrtin,
returned to her home Monday morning.
J. E. Paul called on friends In Tionesta
Sunday.
f. X. Brown, local agent for the
latest motor cycles, placed one regular
model at Endeavor, and a two-speed |
model at this place last week.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10
BRAVERY ACKNOWLEDGED
Admiral Fletcher Recites Conspicuous
Acts Of heroism.

Acts Of Heroism.
Narratives of the bravery of enlisted
men of the navy and marine corps
during the fighting at Vera Cruz April
Il and % were included in Rear Ad.
miral Fletcher's report of the Mexican
ports seizure, made public by the navy
department.
Among the men mentioned for con.
spicuous work are II. N. Nickerson
Wheeling, W. Va; ]. G. Harner, Can.
ton, o.; c. +. Bishop, Pittsburg; II. L.
England, Nj. Gilead, o.; Edwin Vert
man, Canal Dover, o.; II. G. Beasley,
Newark, o., and l.. C. Sinnett, Auburn,
W. Va.
According to the report Nickerson,
boatswain's mate of the Utah, was
slightly wounded three times during
the afternoon of April 81, and after
first aid bandages had been applied he
took charge of a squad that built an
advanced barricade under fire. He
then occupied a dangerous position at
Miguel streets. Here he was again
wounded three times, two shots shat.
tering his left leg above and below
the knee. I'e was then carried to the
rear and HIS since had his leg ampu
tated close the hip.
OF ]. q. Harner, boatswain's mate
of the Florida, the report says:
"On April 21 Ensign G. M. Lowry
in command of First company, Florida
battalion, called for volunteers to 60
into an alley between the customs
house and an open warehouse down
which a heavy fire was being directed
by the enemy. Harner responded with
four others and finally succeeded in
dislodging the enemy. Previous to
this Harner occupied position along.
side customs house wall, from which
he with accuracy and coolness killed
the crew of Mexican machine gun
operating in front of the naval
academy"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10
John Thompson Writes From Washington

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June S, 1914.
EDIToR REPUBLICAN:- We are putting
the automatic sprinklers in large seven
story building, a department store, for
fire protection. l was over 10 the Ma
tional Cemetery at Arlington, Va, where
most OF the generals, and also the victims
of the battleship Maine are buried This
was the home Of Robert Il. Lee. The
blue and the grey met there on Memorial
Day. President Wilson and others were
the speakers. II is a beautiful cemetery.
There are IL 900 acres in Il but only 600
acres are used for burial purposes. The
Washington Monument here Is worth
seeing. II is $50 feet high and has an
elevator and winding stairway. You
can ride or walk up, rs you choose, but
Il In n good climb to walk II. Most Of the
visitors ride up and walk down. The
monument In finished In marble on the
outside. II has engraved stones set In
tho inside from oil the states In the union,
also from secret societies, Sunday schools
and other organizations, with different
inscriptions. There are eight windows
at tho top, two each looking north, south,
east and west. Any one coming to Wash
ington should take trip up in this mon.
ument aud got n good view Of the city,
M this In tho highest point. You can also
go up In tho dome Of tho capitol building,
which ls $50 feot high and gives you n
good view Of tho city. II has winding
stairway but no elevator. Tho other
government buildings arc vol worth
your time " visit, ~ we'll 40 tho National
Ioo. The zoo liss two miles west and ia
reached by the electric cars. II ia q
bssutlfol place, with all kinds Of animals
from all parts Of lbs world. The streets
are fine, with shade trsss on both sides.
This government is going " Sprinkle
tbree Of the buildings this yssr- -ths Pen.
sion Office, the Patent ofioe, and the
Printing office snd thers viii he SONS
work to protect them from FIRE.
Yours truly,
JoHN THosPsoN,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10

THE Philadelphia Record says com.
pulsory vaccination has entirely olimi-
mated smallpox in tho Philippines. Toll
II to tho marinosl But II It's true, is no
credit to ho given to the universal clean
Ing that has been done ther2 And II
compulsory vaccination has wiped out
tho disease In tho islands, why doesn't II
work that way In Japan Up there II is
tho best'on forced law in tho empire, and
smallpox kills of it- thousands. though
every child born is yaccinaled shortly
after birth, again at 7 years and again at
n lator period. Frank lin News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10

ACCORDING to the Democratic platform
promulgated at Harrisburg on Wednes-
day that party has already inaugurated
tho millennium, and there is nothing lefi
TO do but keep II going. Harmony foot
thick prevailed, and Michael J. Ryan Ia
quoted aS declaring that It was his par
iicular desire that all Of his friends who
fought 40 valiantly for his success at the
primary, should now "level their guns at
tho common foe. e."-Punxsutawney
Spirit. And then II is said that Michael
slipped around back of the woodshed and
put little keoner edge on his scalping
knife.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-06-10

ONE hundred thousand privatly owned
motor vehicles have been registered at
Harrisburg, and applications are coming
In nj the rate of 1000 per day. As the fees
average about $40 each, this represents
about 81 ,0OO, 900, aud yet we are told there
IN no money 10 pay for patching up the
roads. Groat is the Highway Depart
ment.-0il City Blizzard.
Tho Blizzard, usually right in its kicks
on Official conduct, seems In this instance
to have gotten wrong shipped. II is not
the highway department that is at fault,
but the auditor general who has, by re-.
sort TO technicalities in the law, succeeded
In holding up the funds which the legis-
laturo intended should bo turned over to
tho highway department. by decision
of tho Dauphin county court handed down
Monday tho auditor general is directed to
honor tho acquisitions of tho highway de-
partment on the automobile funds lying
idle In the state treasury. This fund is
sufficient to put the highways taken over
by tho state In good condition, and which,
M highway commissioner Blgelow says,
will bo done forthwith, unless the auditor
general should interposo further objection
by carrying tho case up TO tho court Of
last resort, thus leaving tho roads In dc.
plorable condition but through no fault of
tho highway department, which OF course
IN poworloss to act without funds.