THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1011. P"E 8 WAN TSHONOR Both Girls In Stokes Shoot ing Say They Did It. BULLET HOLE IN HAT HE WORE On Their Failure to RaUe $26,000 Ball Each Both Young Women Are Re manded to Tombs to Await Con dition of Millionaire Victim. New York, June 13. A new develop ment in the shooting of W, E. D. Stokes, owner of the Ansonla hotel, last Wednesday by the two yonng wo men, Lillian Graham and Ethel Con rad, now under arrest, Just given out by the police, is to the effect that they have Stokes' soft plush Alplno hat In their possession nnd Hint there Is a bullet hole in the left rim. The hat, which was found In the women's apartment after the shooting nnd immediately secreted by the po lice, is of the so called swagger sort, the rim being turned up on one side nnd down on the other. It was through the turned down rim that the bullets passed. The police say that the revolvers were purchnsed by the girls on the afternoon of Mny 81. That morning, they say. Miss Conrad called upon Stokes and secured a letter of Intro duction to the editor of the Evening Mail. Magistrate Preschl demanded a new affidavit when the women were ar raigned In the west side police court. Policeman Tully, who nrrested them, put in the affidavit nil that Stokes had told him Immediately after the shoot ing and the statements by the two girls, Lillian Graham having admitted. "Oil, yes, I shot him," and Ethel Con rad's contradiction, "Oh, Lillian, you didn't shoot him; I shot him." In ordering this superseding com plaint the magistrate asked If the charge couldn't be changed from at tempted murder to felonious assault. "Oh, no, your honor," Lawyer Mc Mnnus, for Stokes, objected. "It was plainly an effort to kill. These two women fired point blank nt Mr. Stokes, nnd It was only his activity In grasp ilng the pUtoIs that prevented his be ilng killed. As it is, there Is a bullet 'holo In the Jacket worn by Mr. Stokes Just at the point of the stomach. These women were armed with guns and intended murder." The two defendants wore quite chip per, despite their Imprisonment since Wednesday night They were unable to raise $25,000 ball apiece and were sent back to the Tombs. CONFESSES TO WIFE MURDER. Maine Farmer Tells Details of Crime He Was Accused Of. Farmington, Me., June 13. Marshall Taylor of Freman, who was arrested Monday following the discovery of thi' body of his murdered wife burled in n shallow grave behind the house, has confessed that he committed the crime Taylor gave the details to the county authorities nfter he had broken dowi under their close questionings. He said that be killed his wife on tin night of May 12 and burled the bnd. almost Immediately In a trench he due almost on the spot where she fell Taylor said that he had freqtientl;, quarreled with his wife nnd detcrmiii cd to rid himself of her. On the night In question he Induced her to take n walk through the wood--behind their house, taking bis shot gun along. When she stepped In front of him ho fired one shot at her head from very close range, killing her In Btantly. Then he dug a grave, placed the body in It nnd, after filling In the earth, cut a spruce with which he covered the newly turned earth. Ho did not impllcato Miss Guld: Searless, the young woman who bo came his housekeeper after his wlf was killed. HITS AT EXPRESS COMPANIES. Senator Kenyon's Bill Will Permit New Postal Ruling. Washington, June 13. Senator Ken yon has introduced In the senate n bl! to amend the law relating to the car riago of mails so as to restore to tin government Its monopoly of carriage of packets and nil mailable matter- u to four pounds. Tho government would have this monopoly under thi law as it now exists If In the past tin postotnco department had not coustru ed the word "packet" to mean only a packet of letters. Senator Kenyou's bill would give tc tho government tho unquestioned mo nopoly over this business and would prevent tho express companies from carrying any mailable matter up tc four pounds In weight. BAR CORONATION FLIGHTS. English Home Office Warns Aviaton Not to Try Counter Attractions. Lojfdon, Juno 13. Tho home office has Issued a notice warning airmen against attempting to make spectacu lar flights over tho city during the cor onation, Tho notice warns aviators that the penalty for such flights, If tried, shall bo a fine of $1,000 or six months In prison, or both, If the attempt at flying la made on Jane 22 or 28, which are the two big days of the approaching celebration. E. II. MADISON. Momber of the House Sugar ( Trust Investigation Committee. ( I'hoto by Cllnedlnst. Washington, Juno 13. So caroful!. guarded were the operations of ilic American Sugar Refining company up to less than two years ago, E. If. At kins, vice president and acting head if the corporation, told the special "sug-ii trust" Investigating committee of Hp house In answer to n question by Hep resentatlve Madison that stockholders were accorded no Information as to )ow the company was being con ducted. The conditions grew so onerous, tin witness said, that the New England stockholders combined nnd obtained control. When they did so In ll)lti they discovered to their astonishment that H. O. Havemeyer, tho presiding genius of the organization, had main tained his supremacy with only 2,000 shares' of stock. The holdings of Mr. Havemeyer at the time of his death, Mr. Atkins said, were valued at about $200,000 of n total of $00,000,000 in tho American Sugar Refining company. "This was a surprising discovery," ho declared. "It had been generally supposed that Mr. navemeycr owned tho greater part of tho stock." DANCING MASTERS MEET. At Asbury Park They Are Exploiting New Society Steps. Asbury Park, N. J., June 13. Danc ing masters and dance hall critics In Asbury Park divide attention of the public, and tho two are running coun ter attractions, the dancing masters at the Brunswick casino and the critics in the local newspapers. Thus tiv tlu dunce excitement has been confined to the critics, but tho dancing masters have opened up a six days' session, during which they will demonstratv thnt dnnclng Is a fine nrt, while the critics, if there are any left, will be driven to cover and put ou tho dofen slve. Tho dancing masters meantime un saying nothing about the local squab ble. The opening session of the danclni: masters was confined to preliminary devotion of tho class instruction. Os car Duryea of New York Is going to give on exhibition Instruction In arm exercises and adajle movements today, and several new society dances will bo exploited for Indorsement by the convention. BOND FOR YOUNG FIGHTER. Frank Burke Is Released After Telling of Opponent's Death. New York, Juno 13. Frank Burke the sixteen-year-old boy who killed his plnymnte, James W. Smith, In n fist fight Sunday over a game of "cat." was arraigned on a charge of horn! cido boforo Coroner Feinberg and wn released under $1,000 ball. IIo carried himself so manfully thai the coroner decided to release him un der bond nnd allowed him to sit in the otuce lnstend of being locked up while n bondsman was procured and tho bond written. Tho boy's motlioi was with him and took him home after his release. HILL THE KAISER'S GUEST. German Emperor Invites Retiring Am bassador to Naval Reception. Berlin, June 13. As n special marl; of distinction tho kaiser, through Dr Von Bethmann-Holland, the Imperial chancellor, has Invited Dr. David Jayno Hill, tho retiring American am bassador, to accompany the emperor to Kiel on the occasion of tho visit of tho Amerlenn fleet In order to meet tho naval officers of tho United Stntes Tho vessels will arrive on Juno 21 and will bo received with elaborate cere monies. LODGE SAYS IT WILL PASS. Massachusetts Senator Will Not Try to Amend Reciprocity Bill.. Washington, Juno 13. "Reciprocity will go through the sennto nil right," said Senator Lodge of Massachusetts in an Interview at tho White nouse. "VFbether tho Root amendment goes through Is not so material. Even If It does not tho agreement will be Just as effectlvo." Senator Lodge said be had abandon ed his Idea of offering an amendment for tho protection of fishermen In his stat. DKT0TE WINS Senate Adopts Resolution For Elections by People. SOUTHERNERS OPPOSED IT. Proposition to Amond United States Constitution to Allow Voters to Elect Senators Now Goes to States For Ratification. Washington, June 13. The senate passed the resolution proposing an amendment to tho federal constitution providing for the election of senators by direct voto. Tho action of the sen- ate marked tho successful culmlnntlon of an effort which has extended over more than n quarter of a century to bring this question before the state legislatures. The resolution was passed by the senate by a vote of 04 to 24, two-thirds of those present, or fifty nine, being necessary to carry the proposition. The resolution as adoDtcd. however. carried with it the so called Brlstow amendment, which will necessitate its return to the house of representatives, which had already nassed It. If the house acts favorably unon tho resoln. tion In its amended form, which seems likely, It will go to the stntes for rati fication as an amendment to the Unit ed States constitution. The Brlstow nmendment retains to the federal government power over the mnnner, time nnd plnce of holding elections for United Stntes senators. The southerners opposed the amend ment on the ground that It would clvo the federal government power to In terfere with tho so called "grand father clauses" of the constitutions of the southern states. The vote on the Brlstow amendment was n tie 44 to 44 and Vice President Sherman cast the vote which tacked the amendment to the resolution. Upon tho vice presi dent may eventually rest the responsi bility for the fnilure of thi rpsnlnttnn for southern senators declared that it ..nun iibh:i w iieuiHuu in un present form by the legislatures of southern states. These are the senators who votnrt against tho resolution on the final pas sage: Bacon, Bankhead. Brandeceo, Burnham, Crane, Dillingham, Fletcher. i oster, Gailinger. neyburn, Johnston. Llppltt, Lodge, Lorimer, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Percy. Richardson. Root. Smoot. Torroll, Williams and Wet- more. LORIMER SUBPOENAS OUT. Chicago Witnesses Wanted In New In vestigation. Washington. June 13. Subnoenss for some prominent men to testlfv here In the now Lorimer investigation have been Issued and a special officer Is In Chicago to serve them. It is understood thnt nmoncr the mon to bo called are Lee O'Nell Browne, Democratic leader in the Illinois house; Edward Hlnes, president of the Edward Hlnes Lumber company of Chicago, and Edwnrd Tilden, whose name was connected with an alleged $100,000 Lorimer fund. Also Clarence S. Funk, nn officer of tho International Harvester company, whose disclosure of an nttempt to get his corporation subscribe to the alleged fund was n feature of the Investigation by the Illinois senate. The Lorimer committee has not fixed a day for hearings to begin. PLANS ITS REORGANIZATION. American Tobacco Company Attorneys Confer With Wlckersham. Washington, June 18. Delnncey Nlcoll and W. W. Fuller, attorneys for tho American Tobacco company, have laid before Attorney General Wlcker sham plans for a tentative reorganiza tion of the company as affected by the United States supreme court decision. Neither the lawyers nor tho attorney general would discuss their confer ence, but there Is considerable signifi cance in the fact that if the govern ment approves the plan the tobacco people will be fortified to that extent In laying It before the circuit court of appeals, which has the reorganization of the tobacco company under Its charge. FREE ON MURDER CHARGE. Bchelb, However, Is Held by Employer For Joy Riding, New York, June 13. Harry A. Schclb, the chauffeur who had been held since May 20 for the death of his wife, Lillian O'Grady Scheib, whose body was found In the bathroom of their flat at Gil East Seventy-eighth street, was discharged from custody by Magistrate Corrlgan. Ho was again arrested upon the charge of taking the automobile of his employer without permission, which constitutes grand larceny. Forest Flra Near Deadwood. Deadwood, S. D., June 13. A serious forest Are Is burning twenty miles south of here, and the forestry depart ment has sent a special train with fifty fire fighters to the scene. Selling Rothschild Jewels. Paris, June 13. The first day of the sale of the collection of Ivories and Jewelry of Baron Carl Mayer de Roths child brought a total ,'bf ?1,120,155 francs, or $242,031. CHILDREN RECITE. Continued From Page One.) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.'Oeh ! lert, and Robert George, son of Mr. ! and Mrs. Dolbert Fowler. , Singing, "God is Love." school, ! Responsive reading led by R. M. stocker. The most Interesting part of the program, In which the children par ticipated, was then presented. They all did remarkably well, reflecting considerable credit upon Miss Cora Keen, Miss Florence Watts, Miss Clara Torrey, Miss Ethel Schlessler, Miss Kate Eldred, who for the past nve weens nave trained the children. Those taking part were: Recltn tlou, "Welcome," Nelson Beck: reel tatlon, "Sunshine," Mnymo Silsby, msio uonear, viola Uiehrer. Kath erlne Van Alstein, Dorothy Silsby, Florence Fowler, Margaret Morrison, susie Tingiey. Song, "Tho Sunshine Kiss," pri mary. Recitation, "The Heavenly Voice," George Bond, Horace Boyd, Helen JacKson, Gertrude Fryer. Song, "Little Laborers For Jesus," Ruth Transue, Virginia Brown, Leah Kimble, Evelyn Seitz, Katherlno Tryon, .Margaret Kreltnor, Emma and Mary Schaffer, Helen Stocker, Louise uass, Doris uongdon. Recitation, "Children's Day," Ralph Seely. Recitation, Jeanette Burns, Morris Rhodeknlght. Recitation, Frederick Rockwell. Song, "We are Little Gardeners," Miss Florence Brown's class. Recitation, "Workers For Christ," same class. Recitation, "Summer," Emma Schaffer. Song, "Let the Little Ones-Come," chorus little girls. Recitation, "Keeping Children's Day," Florence Brown's class. Song, "Sweet Bells of Childhood," primary tots. Recitation, "Parting," Mary Schaf fer. After singing by the school, H. S. Salmon led in responsive reading, entitled "God's Wondrous Love." Superintendent Andrew Thompson then made a few extemporary re marks. His lines of thought were based upon the results accomplished by the work being done by the Sun day school board; who can help and the Incentive for work, referring to all. Miss Edith Krantz delighted the audience with a sweet soprano solo. Rev. Dr. Swift, In his address, exhorted the young people to give one-tenth of their earnings to the Lord. He also told them to keep the Lord's day sacred, stating that God's blessing always rests upon those who keep that day sacred. Dr. Swift told the children to be loyal to the church. If going away to col lege will wean you from the church never go beyond the High school, emphatically declared the pastor. Young men who take college courses and turn their back upon the church are ignorant young men. After singing, Rev. Dr. Swift nro- nounced the benediction which closed one of the most beautiful Children's Day exercises held In this church. HIGH SCHOOL COMEDY. (Continued From Page One.) suitable musical a'irs. The cast of characters follows: Horatio Elihu Jones. Leon Hagamnn J. Pepper Jones Charles Markle Miss Emily Jones Dorothy Dein -Miss Alice Maywood Agnes Carr Miss Flora Oldberry. .Helen Caufleld Adelbert Rensellaer. . .Roy Lelnbach SI Green Arthur Sniinrlnro Miss Amy Lee Gertrude Krantz Miss Nellie Green Dolla Cody Mr. Joshua Brogg. . .Merton Canfleld Miss Eva Smart Anna KUroe Miss Flossie Bright. .Ethel Schlessler Miss Abigail Shuck. Florence Sluraan Mr. Hiram A. Pryor Joe Jacobs Miss Fannie Marks.... Bessie Kimble Miss Maria Brocrcr J Mr. Ira Lowe Ray Dibble Miss Matilda Mogg. Margaret Rickard GRADUATES TAKE TRIP. (Continued From Page One.) who will enjoy the sights of the cap ital life and visit the city where lib erty was cradled, will be Miss Eva Harmes, Miss Florence Schultz, Miss Nettle Decker, Miss Helen Beck, Charles Tuthlll, Edward Vogler, Lester Swltzer, Raymond Cross, Harry Tuthlll. Louis Miller will Join the class at Wllkes-Barre. The White Mills graduates are Miss Elizabeth Tuman and Myrtle Gill. .Miss Ella Gammell, Bethany, Is also a member of the party. From Philadelphia Superintendent and 'Mrs. J. J. Koehler will go to Atlantic City, Wilmington, Del., Newcastle and Lancaster, expecting to be absent about two weeks. ROOSEVELT NO CANDIDATE. Would Regard It As Calamity If Ho Were Nominated, Ho Says. Theodore Roosevelt, orr his own authority, will not be a candidate for President in 1912, and he would regard It as a calamity If he wero nominated. A despatch yesterday from White River Junction, Vt where Col. Roosevelt visited on Wednesday, said that Wallace Batchelder of that place, a Rough Rider, put. the ques tion plump to the Colonel and got the above answer, with the further expression of hope that every friend and supporter of his do all In his power to check any movement look ing to such nomination. ' When the Batchelder despatch was shown to Col. Roosevelt on his arri val In the city he said: "Every word there Is correct." "Would you really regard It is a calamity if you were nominated?" "Not another word," was the re sponse; "and there will be no more statements regarding the matter." THINNEST MAN MARRIES. There occurred a marriage in Chi cago last Thursday In which It is claimed the thinnest man In the world took to himself a wife. The man, whose name Is Arthur Ather ton, aged 24 years, height five feet, only weighed 38 pounds. His bride, Blanche Buckley, aged 19 years, weighs 136 pounds. PERJURY PL01 Made Evidence to Win HL $25,000 Damage Suit. AN ACCOMPLICE CONFESSES. Trial of Philadelphia Painter to Mule. Motor Company Ends In Conviction. Sentence Deferred to Await Mo tion For New Trial on Charge. - Philadelphia, June 13. As n result ef his attempt to obtain damages f ron Hie Bergdoll Motor company by tin- in troductlon of fraudulent testimony u! the trial of tho case before Judge Mar tin in common pleas court last month David H. C. Warren, a painter, was convicted before Judgo Dnvls In qurir ter sessions court of subornntlon ol perjury. Sentence was deferred untl, tho motion which was made for a mn trial be disposed of. The discovery of the attempt ti mulct tho Bergdoll company brougii tho dnmngo suit to a sudden close Judge Martin throwing Warren's ensi out of court. Warren said he had re celved Injuries by being struck by a Bergdoll tnxlcab at Broad and Arch streets on Feb. 0, 1000. He sued for $25,000 damages. Warren's undoing was brought nlwut by tho confession of Harry Bradley, a former employee of his, made to Arnr. P. Morwitz, counsel for the Bergdoll company. Bradley told the attorney that he was In n scheme to extort damages from( tho Bergdoll coiincm and that his part In tho conspiracy was to obtain as many witnesses as would for a money consideration tes tify that they were eye witnesses to the accident to Warren. Morwitz employed John A. Stophau, n private detective, who by a prear ranged plan met Warren in Logan square nnd nppnrcntly fell In with the scheme. Stophnn was taken to the office of a lawyer who was counsel for Warren in tho damaee suit. Wnrrnn offered Stephan $30 to give perjured testimony. After his arrest Warren went to the home of Mr. Morwitz and nfYrrivl "tn lay bnre tho entlro plot nnd tell who wns duck of it" if the attorney would intercede to secure him bis Hhprtr. This Mr. Morwitz refused to do. STORM KILLS THREE. At Allentown, Pa., Lightning Also Did Much Damage. Allentown, Pa., June 13. Three men were killed nnd damage was Inflicted amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars in a cloudburst thnt hit Al lentown nlst night. "Chain lightning" that blinded the onlookers wns accompanied by terri fying thunder. A gale that rose to seventy miles an hour blew down trees by tho hundreds In every part of the city. Tho trees tore down electric lights and trolley wires. At Tenth nnd Union streets lightning struck a tree which fell on a house in which Mrs. Carrie Allcnder conducted n hotel. One sldo of the house was built of corrugated Iron. A high ten sion wire carrying 13,000 volts fell ngainst the Iron Bide of the bouse. Two men In the house, Hannibol Dot terer and Irvln Cackenbach, were elec trocuted and Mrs. Alexnnrior hIi Into Insensibility. John Warner, n friend of the men killed, rushed into tne house In n heroic effort to rescue them. As he touched Dotterer's body he was shocked unconscious and he died as he wns being carried iuto a house across the street. BREAKING BALDWIN STRIKE. About 2,000 of 10,000 Men rleturn to Work. Philadelphia, June 13. The attempt of tho management of the Baldwin Locomotive works, where a strike be gan last week, to resume work in all dppartments met with only partial suc cess. It Is estimated that only about 2,000 men out of 10,000 reported for work. The departments closed are the boiler, flange, paint nnd flue shops. The machine shop is working almost normal. The union leaders directing the strike express hope that an amicable adjustment of differences will soon be reached. A committee of tho strikers will seek n conference with the man agement today. HUNTINGDON BANK CLOSES. Private Institution In Central Part of State Suspends. Huntingdon, Pn., June 13. The Huntingdon bank, a prlvute concern owned by tho estuto of Us late cashier, C. II. Glazier, has closed its doors. Since the death of Mr. Glazier the depositors have been steadily with drawing their accounts, nnd this, In addition to the fact that the bank's funds are largely Invested In tho bonds of tho Incompleted Rnystown Water and Power company, waa responsible for the bank's suspension. Heavy Wind In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June 13. A gale blow ing forty-two miles nn hour, accompa nied by a heavy downpour of rnln, thunder nnd lightning, swept over the city for thirty minutes, doing much damnge In nlmost every part of tho city, tearing down telephone, electric light and trolley wires and trees. JUNE COURT ON. (Continued from Pago One.) road crossing at Poyntolle needs fenders; Brown's crossing needs to be filled up; Staruccn, King Hill road In bad condition; Lehigh, Ital ian selling beer nnd whiskey without license; Palmyra, failure of a man to bury a dead horse; Mt. Pleasant, road in bnd condition; Clinton, Coe road In bad condition; Damascus, turnpike in bad condition; Dyberry, stones not taken out of road; Can nan, stones not taken out of road; Waymart and Bethany, Index boards not all up. Charging the grand Jury, Judgo Searlo said: "Gentlemen of the Jury you are to be congratulated that tho business before you Is but little. The county Is to be congratulated on her good condition, and that order has prevailed since the last term of court. We know you are busy and will desire to return to your homes as soon as possible, and we think the business Is such that you can return to your homes to-morrow afternoon." District Attorney M. E. Simons re ported that there were three Indict ments to come before the grand Jury, viz: two cases of assault and battery, and one case of arson. There are also three applications for county bridges to be considered 'by them. A petition was presented tb the court by the district attorney, pray ing for tho creation of a Seelyvlllo Independent school district. Homer G. Ames was appointed guardian of John W. Ames, minor child of Wm. C. Ames, late of Haw ley borough, upon motion of C. P. Searle, Esq. The bill of costs presented by the commission In re lunacy of George Relfier, approved. Report of master of sale of real estate In case of Eliza Box vs. Mrs. Jennie Bingham, filed and approved. The bond in re sale of real es tate of Anna L. Emmons, by S. Tol ley, guardian, approved. The petition for guardian's sale of real estate of Anna L. Emmons, a person of weak mind, approved. Coroner P. B. Peterson, M. D., Honesdale, reported that he was called to view the dead bodies of Jacob Krelter, Honesdale, May 10, and of Hiram Comfort, Slko, March 14, both of whom were found dead in bed. In both cases, Coroner Peterson found that death came from natural causes, Jacob Krelter dying from old age or heart fail ure, and Hiram Comfort coming to his death from angina pectoris. Philip H. Reining, Jr.,' was ap pointed collector of taxes to fill out the unexpired term of I. B. Sander cock, elected tax collector in Cherry Ridge. Mr. Sandercock failed to file his bonds for 1911, and declared his Intention not to serve In that office, and hence the petition for a successor, was filed. The bill of costs In an Inquisition held by James Hoag, Justice of the peace of Buckingham township, Wayne county, was approved. The report stated that he "had been called upon to hold an Inquisition over the body of William Ragan, who had been killed In a railway ac cident on Fall Brook trestlo on the O. & W. R. R. about one mile south of the New York stnte line, and to act as coroner, it being about 50 miles via railroad distant from Honesdale, the residence of the Coroner of Wayne county." GRAND JURY REPORT. After a session of 24 hours, one of the shortest on record in the his tory of Wayne county courts, the June grand jury filed Its report at 2:15 p. m. Tuesday. The following true bill was found: Commonwealth vs. Charles Stev ens, Dreher, assault and battery. Amanda Singer, prosecutrix. Bills Ignored: Commonwealth vs. Claude Houth, Berlin; assault and battery. Louis Moser, prosecutor. County to pay tho costs. Commonwealth vs. Thomas Haley, Honesdale; arson. E. H. Cortright, prosecutor. Not a true bill on ac count of lack of evidence. Bridge views: Bridges In Sterling and Dreher townships were both approved. The grand jury examined the buildings and Jail and found them In good condition with the exception of the following: That the acoustic properties of the court room be rem edied so that a better hearing of witnesses may be had. Also better ventilation In Jail. Might be well to place an electric fan In back end of Jail so that foul air be driven out; also suitable chute be placed in coal window of court house to stop tho breakage of windows when putting In coal. G. W. Collins waited on grand Jury and faithfully served tho same. F. W. SANDS, Foreman. WINS 125 PRIZE. (Continued from Page One.) that It Is In harmony with tho In tent and meaning of the Constitution for Congress to impose such tax without apportionment and that Congress should have the power to lay and collect such a tax, since It Is a Just and equitable one. This prize Is one open to all grad uates from Lehigh University. The standard of excellence Is high since In the years 1907-1910 no prize was given excepting in one year, on ac count of the theses not coming up to the required mark. The prize was awarded at tho commencement exercises of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Tuesday morning, Juno 13. Mr. Rhodes, the successful contestant, Is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. TO TAX POOL ROOMS. Poolrooms must now pay an an nual tax to the State. Under the new law an applicant for a license to operate a pool room must have the Indorsement of fifteen citizens, who will testify to his good reputation and moral character. The oper ation of a single pool table will be taxed at the rate of $26 per an num, and ?15 additional will be charged for each extra table.
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