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THE RECORD GREENVILLE. PA. WBrilfESDAY, MARCH 27," 1912. ESTABLISHED FALLS FROM TRACKS INTO RAVINE; KILLED Sharpsiillle Man Loses Balance While Walking on R. Tracks HELD MERCER COUNT! FIFTEEN GANDIDHTES Congressman Underwood's Campaign Manager 27.

Harrisburg, March exceptions of the big counties ot Philadelphia, Allegheny and Luzerne, Dauphin has more candidates for its legislative honors than any county A- 01 in the whole state of Pennsylvania', Martin Guyton, aged 4o, of nfl whfin Qne conalders the tumultu- ville, fell down a sixty-foot oug Qf pol Ucg no wadays that ment yesterday afternoon while g(jme There are forty four walking along the Pennsylvania, rail- candidates for four placea in the road tracks, near Sharpsville, with houS6j those who have Wed to companions and sustained a brok- on more tnan one ticket en neck, dying instantly. His two. 6 nomlnatmg petitions companions, James Hoban and flled at the state cap itol for ael both of Sharpsville, are AI)I primal the nomination being held to await the action of the Congres8ional) senatorial and leg- islative candidates, establishing a Accorling to the story told by uew record In number of Guy ton's companions, the three men papers flled was Ij4 9 8 were strolling along the tracks when Qf petltjon8 ft) et this year, who bad been looking over 41g were for nom i nat i 0 ns for the the edge of the roadbed embank- house( or wh ch 207 persons will be ment, lost his balance and rolled e)ected ln November, 140 for sena- into the ravine below. His head torial nom ations, 25' senators to be struck against the trunk of a tree, electedi and 21 i tor congress, there near the bottom, and when bystand- belng 32 con reBsme ii to be elected ers reached the motionless figure life d(slrfcts th fa n. was extinct.

I Philadelphia leads in the number Hoban, who was close to Guyton, of houso nominating petitions filed, in an attempt to catch the falling having 434 Tne Seventeenth Phil- MAY HOLD NEW PRIMARY IN N.Y. IS STILL UNBROKEN WLM.Nir.BE RNsinlt Men, With Mismanaged Election MAY HAVE THOTHEB TEST New York, March Of the itftess Session Bs- tW9sn Cporstirs Wlimrs is NEXT WEEK worst managed elections ever held in res nt Wh'ta of Cays There! Photo by American Press Association. SENATOR BANKHEAD. the state gave organization candidates for national delegates the victory over the Roosevelt forces yesterday. The Rosevelt leaders, disgusted at the chaotic manner In which the election was managed assert they will attempt an independent primary.

Testimony Offered in Court Against Every Hotel In the Community. Franklin, March faces the possibility of going "dry" next Monday. Testimony bearing on alleged violations of the liquor laws was taken last week and tonight Judge George S. Criswell listened to arguments foi and against the giant iiig of the licenses. It developed at the hearings that, two detectives TARIFF EXCESSIVELY HIGH Tariff Board's Cotton Report a Blow to Payne-Aldrlch Law.

Washington, March tariff board's report on the cotton schedule which was transmitted to congress by President Taft delivers almost as Cost of Higher VYagts. Cleveland. Mar-rh srs Late last night Chairman Duell of i on bef.vpcii bituminous coal opera- the Roosevelt committee this tors and representatives the ivine-a statement: resulted in no progress being rrarte view of'the almost complete ward an agreement, is the paralysis the election machinery, thins can prevent a stride of not to speak of other features of this 300.000'workers in tae soft coal so-called primary, the Roosevelt com- "We are where we were Friday mittee will take steps to see if there jjjg-ht," said President White of the is a way to Wave a real primary in miners. "We are unable to predict this city with a full expression of what will happen. There is always Is Hope of Eett ement as Long een at work in Oil City and as Conferences Are -Franklin gathering evidence against Representatives Ar 3 vc That 3 h.

quor dealers. They are John Par ker Quinn, a reformed gambler, and Living Nocescnry Republican opinion." hope of an agreement as long as wo been rescued, by bystanders. ith 41 and the Twenty-first third with The body of Guyton was taken to 34 Allegheny county filed 17 papers his home. He was a married man with three children and was a blacksmith by trade. man's coat, lost his balance and leads the whole, strong a blow at the Payne-Aldnch would have followed his companion gtate jn the num ber filed for a dis- law as it did in its report ou wool.

1 ho down the embankment had be not Jct havlUK 43 Fifth being next Republicans of the house have already i acknowledged in proposed legislation that the board's findings on the wool schedule warrant an average reduction of about 40 per cent. The board finds that generally the rates in the cotton schedule are greatly in ex-cess of the difference in tbe cost of production here and abroad, which, according to the modern theory, ought to represent the rate of duty. In some of the cotton manufactures the rate of duty is three times greater than the difference in cost of production. SEE SUCCESS AHEAD FOR STATE HIGHWAY Sharpsville, March 27. The chief obstacle in the way of a state road to Sharpsville and Sharon the refusal of the street car company to pay its share in the projected improvement, was renewed today when the company announced its willingness to stand its pro rata share of the road assessment, amounting to approximately $20,000.

This removes the most serious impediment in the way of the proposed road, and the supporters of the project feel that it will be an established fact within a short time. for its house nominations, being the second largest in the state, with Luzerne third with 302. In the AVestern end, Westmoreland and Fayette are after Allegheny, each having 20 aspirants; Clearfield has Erie, 16; Mercer, 15; Beaver, 14; Washington, 12; and Lawrence, 10. Taft Wins in Indiana. Indianapolis, March The primary elections in this city, are session." where most Of the contests arose, "The operators have not changed were made chaotc by one of the their position," X.

C. Kolsen, chairman worst ballot inixups for many the opera tors. said. "I do not Itnpw years, and returns from the election an( do not believe 1 anyone else knows were considerably delayed. The primaries opened at 3 p.

what, will happen." Miners said that a suspension ir amid great confusion, owing to the both the anthracite and bituminous delay In delivering the ballots In fields almost was inevitable. many voting districts. In one case i the event of a disagreement In on the Westside the police officially the bituminous section in the confer reported, that, the ballots designed en ce here the policy committee of tht for use at IS polling places did not -union, which will meet Imnieiliateb arrive until about -8 p. and in the after the session with the operators three-hour wait some early comers likely to direct the miners to left the polls. SHEAKLE-fVIULE.

Mrs. Sara Mjstzler has returned to her home from Pittsburgh with her stock of spring millinery. Dr. McElhaney was a professional caller here last Friday. Miss Fannie Colvin and Baker were at Cochran last Saturday.

Mrs. Weltha McDowell has returned from an extended stay at Greenville and Meadville. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gano of Hadley were guests of Mr.

and Mrs. H. C. Armour, Sunday. Rev.

Porterfleld returned Monday after spending a few days with relatives at Sharpsville. He preached Sunday at the Baptist church, South Sharon. Rev. McConnell of that place, preached here in his stead. John Graham is improved in health at present writing.

Bell returned from Sharon. Saturday where she was the guest of her brothletr, Ralph Bell, who- is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sheakley went to Franklin Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs.

Sheakley's brother-in-law, Fred V. Woody. Mrs. Martin and daughter, Mabel, were at New Labenojj on account of the illness and death of Mrs. Mar- tln'ti aunt, Mrs.

Dumars. Arthur Johnson, of Franklin, visited friends here Sunday. W. P. While was at Mercer last week.

Jffe. Amon of New Wilmington is Ihe guest of her son, Professor J. C. A.mon. 'There will be a pie social en- teiitaimnent at the McOracken school house next Friday evening, March 29.

Extensive preparations are being made to present an interesting program. Proceeds will be used for tile benefit of the school. The senior class of the high school will give an entertainment Friday evening, April 5. The program wiH include, two short comic plays, "Betsy Baker" and "Turn Him Out." Mrs. McFarland was the guest of, her brother, Prof.

J. C. Am'on, last Friends of President Taft controlled the Republ'can state convention and named W. Fairbanks, Harry S. New, James E.

Watsnn and Joseph D. Oliver as delegates at large to the Chicago convention. The only test vote in the convention was over the substitution of the minority report of the committee on credentials for the majority report that seated the Taff -delegates and the minority report was tabled by a vote of 772 to 667. The platform which was adopted contained planks denouncing the initiative," referendum and recall and a presidential'third term, in part it reads: "We believe it will be unwise and a serious menace to our institutions to adopt and incorporate into our present form of American governnfent a-) alien method known as the initiative referendum and recall. "And we look with' serious alarn: upon any proposal to undermine stability of the courts.

"We hold to the belief that Washington set a good and safe precedent in limiting his official tenure to two terms. This unbroken custom during Uie entire life of the nation has como to have the potency of a constitutional limitation of official tenure in t'ho presidency of the republic." Roosevelt supporters to the number of aibout fifty held a rump convention after the regular session and elocte four delegates at large. Taft, 246; Roosevelt, 24. Washington, head- ASQUITH IN TEARS ANNOUNCES FAILURE Impossible to Get Goal Operators and Strikers Together London, March As- Quith brought the representatives ol the coal operatives and striking min ers together in a joint conference in a forlorn hope that the situation woulc induce them to compromise. The join' meeting, however, lasted barely hall a minute, the operators departing iv indignation when the Scotch miners demanded an increase in the proposed minimum wage.

A dramatic scene marked Premier Asquith's announcement in the houjt! of commons that the negotiations had. failed. Wiping tears from hia eyes and laboring under deep emotion tun prime minister declared the government could not consent to the miners' demand to include minimum wage figures in the bill. He said that he thought the figures reasonable, buw' they should be adjusted impartially in each district and not tixed by statute. The premier reviewed the efforts of the government to obtain an agreement, between the disputants and said that both parties would have a serious account to render the nation.

Cheers FEDERALS (RECEIVE AID I Mexican Rebels Not Yet Victors in Fight at Jlminez. Jiuiinex, Chihuahua, March 27. driven the federal comman-l of Generals Gonzales, Salas and Blanquet back toward Torreon after Blan- blggest obhlac i f. le miners to ove tiuet had been wounded and with U)e QMo aml ennav ani Salas committing suicide after his de- ators sllouU1 snow Kign8 weal feat, the rebels, hold the. territory en fo) I1Unois all where the lighting occurred and ars bly lht hll iiana delegations force of federals waj Tllri rp! snn that the propositions up with the operator: by districts.

In the long session the miner argued that the high cost -ol' Uv.ln made it imperative for an advance ti be given. They were met by the opera tors' reply that tlie nonunion -compel In the Virginia Held woul increase suicidal. Illinois operators represent th now lighting a ne near here. The reason is that 111 nois operators are already payin The defeated federals are expected on a mine run we ight has! to rally and return to the fray, thus Vllllam C. Ashby.

a native of I2ng- and. Quinn admitted under oath that.he ad been in jail twenty times for ambling and once was convicted of iperating a bunco game and sentenc- to the Jeffersonville, peni- entiary for three years. He after- vard was pardoned, he said, when he real culprits were caught. Tlio lolectlves say they had an office in Pittsburgh. The liquor men offered evidence sho that Quinn had been paroled only.

There was evidence against all of he Franklin hotels. Eight minors estifUul that they bought liquor at Park hotel, which recently was jouglit by Charles F. Heidrick, of Brookville. Five minors said they got liiiuor at the Commercial hotel, five at (he National hotel and three at the Exchange hotel. The Park and ISxdiangi hotels an the laigest In the The present licenses expire Saturday night.

LIVES OF 82 SNUFFED (HIT Rescuers at Work in Wrecked MiR3 at J3d. W. Va, ELEVEN MEN J8GAPE DEHTH Shaft Inspected and Pronounced 0. K. Last Believe Wtiath- Conditions Brought About Deadly Prevents hes- cuers From Immediately Enterfhd.

Cars Sent Welch Va Maith two miners are known to be dead, sis bodies have been removed and fifteen- aitu Ihia sums up the fatalities resulting from an explosion 01 M- i i lined state-, coal mina at led, thiee miles from here Eleven. cs aped There were ninety-live men entombed. Because of. the deadly afterdamp, which no human being can live fdr.ali instant, it was Impossible lor the rescuers to get farther than a few hundred feet from the opening. The Jed mine worked day and night shifts employing in all about 150 men; both whites and negroes.

It is a shaft mine and has been operated on a nonunion basis 'Ihe emplojes with theli Umilies conpilafd practically the entire population of When the news of the iT STUD INSPECTION making it a general engagement and a decisive battle. The lighting is not considered ended by any but the advantage is slightly with t'ne rebels. Mead ville, March Meadville Board of Health has given about ilfieen dairymen until April 1 to comply ith the rules and make application to have their dairies inspected by tbe city dairy inspector. Or, C. C.

McLean, or quit business. The rules of the board require the tuberculin test and spring inspections. Notices were served early in January and only four dairymen have applied for inspection, while in Ohio and Pennsylvania The rules of the Meadville Board miners get no pay for slack and lino coal. In Indiana it is optional and both 'systems are used. The Illinois operators have only a other cities differential of seven cents a ton he- of eHalth are said to be the most advanced of any in the state and have been copied in a measure by many The is strewn with rederal, twegn nmchjne minlnK and pl mining.

In Ohio operators pay fourteen dead. The rebels also lost heavily and especially in the last efforts of the federals when they broke through retreated. The federal reinforcements under Generals Aubert, Panchovilla and Urbina, instead oC attempting to attack the rebels at.Corralitos. veered to tlio northeast and headed for It was evidently a plan to get in behind the rebels and cut them off from -cents a ton less for machine mining and in Pennsylvania is twenty-one cents. Indiana operators pay from eleven to fourteen cents less, so that the Illinois operators have competition with an increased of from seven to fourteen cents over competitors.

Expect Suspension Order Saturday. Wilkes Barre, March nlntntillf aCCUlilll ItMllltM quarters issued a statement statement. Mr. Asquith at least seventy-nine of the New waee'bill. attempt to bring about further conferences with miners and that the suspension order will go into effect next structuips, nllcd 1 1-, 1 4 1 i Saturday.

The' head of organization says that he has 5,000 men hired for duly in this district in the event of week. The owner' of the little silver spoon marked with the 4 initials, 13. W. which was taken from the owner's cupboard would be pleased to have it returned by mail or left, in their mail box. Rev John A.

Lavely of Meadville, state delegates, exclusive of delegates at large. This allowed Roosevelt only seven delegates. The Taft people after hearing from New York state gavp th" president's total of delegates now as 242 as compared with 24 for With the delegates at large the Taft total will be swelled to 240. INDORSE GOV. WILSON Ohio's Progressive Democrats Vote to Support His Candidacy.

Columbus, March ex- e-cutive committee of the Ohio- Progressive Democratic league voted to support the candidacy for the presidential nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey at the statewide Democratic primary May 21. The resolutions adopted, however, leave a loophole for other candidates in a clause that requests Governor Wilson, in naming the six -delegates at large from Ohio, to select such men as will support his candidacy as long as he is a and who in no event will vote for a reactionary candidate. The circulation of petitions to obtain the 5,000 signatures required to assure the name of Governor Wilson being on the ballot was begun. TEDDY IN Colonel Makes Rear Platform then called up the minimum wage bill, but he was evidently unable to proceed. A deep murmur of sympathy went throughout the house which'wad genuinely touched by this undesigned manifestation of grief by man like Asquit'h, who is reputed to bo cold-and unemotional.

$55,031 Realized on Second Day. Paris. March swomi day of the Mine. Rousso! art collection, which is being held, was given over entirely to the disposal of the ancient porcelain and old porcelain ware. In ail 1.14 lots were ofi'orca 0:1 which $55,031 was realized.

Falls Sixty Feet to Death. Philadelphia, March his balance while inspecting some work oil the ninth floor of a new hotel being built at Broad and Walnut streets' Frank Dalley, a concrete worker, plunged more than sixty feet to his death their base of supplies, but this failed a tors here admit that there will be no when the rebels got reinforcements from and Chihuahua and by drawing u-ck part of their men from Corralitos after the Salas-Blanijuut command had retreated. FOUND WITH THROAT CUT Railroad Brakeman Refuses to Explain Condition. Latrobe, March Frank Me- Connaughy, aged fifty, a brakemah employed on the Ugoniqr Valley roart! was found in his home in Ligou- ier by Members of his family. He has! deep gash across his throat, both wrists were lacerated and there were cuts about the face and hands.

M-cConnaugby refuses to make a statement. His condition is critical. Gifl Dies From Burns. Cameron, March dusting a mantle in her home in Bowlby the clothing of Miss Josephine Holbert, eighteen years old, caught lire from an open grate, She ran screaming from the bouse' and her clothing was bunu'd off. She soon died.

Pope Taking Rest. Rome, March was announced at the Vatican that the; pope is to a rest. The it is known, is suffering from the effects of the strain of his recent duties. TO LAY NEW TRACK NEAR CULMERVILLE Bessemer Filling in Viaducts From That Point to Woods Station. The work of filling in the steel viaducts between Woods and Culmer vllle stations on the Besesmer Lake Krie railroad has been started, and is preceding so rapidly that Uie railroad oflhialb expect to tbe At the mouth ot the mine terror stricken lor the safety of the entombed Neatb all ot the men aie married.

Their ianiille-, lelused to leave the faluift, hvsteiualb uiging the rescueis to greater efforts. When the explosion occurred prob- abb onb tae eleven men Corking at tin foot ot the sluilt hat 1 a chance tor their lives Thej readily made their up the which not damaged Although oome ot the blades oE the fans were shattered they continued, to opeiate with the les-ilt that enough air present to admit searching parties immediately A. gov eminent mine rescue car en loute to Huntington, Va, wan tmned Iwck on telegraphic orders from Washington and another car was ed from Pittsburg The experts Immediately conceded that all In tha mine were dead. The mine was inspected last Friday 1 and pronounced safe PrellmlnaYy Investigations not divulged th? cause of the explosion Some local mineis ate Inclined to regard it as a physical phenomenon Barometers In this vicinity have 'been showing low readings for the last week; without the usual atmospheric- changes The families of the dead men find themselves in sore stiaits Work has been veiy slack at the mine Outside aid will be asked. Brie conference temperance evangel- istt, was in ftrenvllle Tuesday.

He is a regular evangelist appointed by the bishop and will speak at. Atlantic Wednesday, Presbyterian church, Thursday evening Hartstown M. B. church, Adamsville P. church Frl- day evening, Mercer Sunday evening, ton ftns fleld, Crestline and Lima.

at First es In Several Cities. Columbus, March Roosevelt on his way to the west passed through northern Ohio morning Roosevelt made short speeches irom Taft Urged to Avert Strike. March C. 3. MacFarland, secretary of the.

federal council of the Church of Christ, in America, presented a petition President 'Taft urging him to take measures to prevent a -closing of the coal minea. Man Found Dead in Lake. Brookville, March Cremllsh, sixty-two years old, 'was found "drowned in a miniature -lake In Rdgemont park. The water was less than one foot deep where the body was tound. Death Follows Long Fapt.

March Davis Alexander Guarantee mei. If you really mean that you want t.o drive every bit of catarrh from your nose and throat why not try a sensible remedy that is guaranteed to banish catarrh, or money back. If you already own a little hard rubber Hyomei inhaler you can buy a -bottle of Hyomei (pronounce it High-o-me) for only 50. cents. If you do not own an inhaler ask for complete Hyomei out which contains an inhaler, this will cost you $1.00.

Then breathe Hyomei and get rid of catarrh, relief comes in five minutes, a day's treatment will make you happy, a week's treatment and snuffles, mucus and hawking go, an other week and good-bye to catarrh. Try it today on money back Sold by Davis Alexander and druggists everywhere. CRUELTY CAUSES SUICIDE Man Arrested For Brutality to Cleveland Orphan Takes Life. Sebring, March over the way he mistreated eight-year-old Andrew Stack, an orphan, whom he took from ihe Cleveland Protest-Hit asylum, made Emll Htihlen commit, suicide by taking -carbolic acid. Hahlen's brutality to the orphan became known several days ago aftvr he had nearly pulled tlio HK.le fellow's ears off, stood him on his head and jumped him up and down.

The man was arrested, lined $25 and the boy sent back lo Cleveland. Young Girl Is a Suicide. Sterling, Murch Harbor, eighteen ypiu's old, 1 suicide by tiilUns i-arbojic arid. It sai.l that, sho liail been keeping coin pany with a married man am that recently he told thai ho was going to give her up and devote li time to hia wife and cliild. Escape Paying Taxes on Million.

Ashtabtila, March bo able to lay a second track by the middle of May. The two viaducts in question are GOO and 400 feet long respectively and have a depth of 80 feet. An aver of 100 carloads of roadbed ma- from the Carnegie mills is be- ng dumped dally into tin; workings with the aid of a steam shovel. ind the second track laid. The Bessemer will have a complete double track system between Conneaut and North Besemner, with the exception jf 1 and 4-10 miles.

Conductor's Body From Vault. The body of George B. Harry, the Lake Shoie conductoi, who was killed ianuaiy 13, by Lake Shore' passenger tiain No I 1 was removed Itom vault at 2 30 yestei day and laid in the Shenango Valley cemetery. He loaves a wife, two daughters toui bihtprs, including Mrs. Roy Smith ot Uns city, daughter of his Ilrst wile, who was Miss May StoWe ot Linesville, Miss Ooldia Hany, Mis Eugene Cotton, Mrs Dave Tay? loi oi Detroit, Mich Mis W.

O. ('ok man and Mrs, Prank Hamilton, of Youngstown, O. Property Sold. Thomas Harrows has purchased Hie propwrtty of Mrs. Austin Plater al Mapleton, near.

Oak Grove school house. mi, ol uuiortd hats at fait IP Davenny's on Thursday, March 28. Knights of Columbus to Meet, Ihe local council Knights of Columbus planning a big time for, Match 28, on which date at In theit rooms In the Cluibtophci building, the first degree will be exemplified on a class of candidates State Deputy Brew of Kue, Deputy Butler of Bea- and lltiecn or twenty members oi tin Sluiton knights will be present to witness the ceremonies: i county will levy raxes on less dock property here than was expected. The dock companies have proven to the Ohio tax commission that property allied at this amount, for which thev vere assessed, belongs to the Lake Railroad company. rtOOBG Visit nio-uw i.

a the rear platform pf his train at Storey, eighty-four years old, is dead the rear piaumu rod ot Take A foUowlng a pe rlod ot of thirty-nine days. Duriitg that time nothing but Art Millinery company will be closed Thursday to prepare for the spring millinery opening which will take place Frlflayj and Saturday March 29 and 30. East Liverpool Elks to Build Home. Kast Liverpool, March a of probably $40.000 the Elks' odge will erect a home and lodge room, during Jhe coming summer. A whirlwind stock selling campaign conducted.

7,178 Foot Ascent by Aviator. Paris, March 2.7.—A new altitude record for an Aeroplane carry- ng three persons was near here by Aviator Chartres who. flying with two passengers, ascended feet Bitten MarT Chokes a Dog to Death. New York, March a hand-to hand struggle with, a dog that had bitten him in the face, arms and body Ednjwid Llth, aged sixty-seven, choke.1 the animal to death, BAKfNG-POWD Absolutely Pure MAKES HOME BAKING EASY Light Biscuit Delicious Cake Dainty Pastries Fine Puddings Flaky Crusts only Baking Powder.