CM 3 Semi-Weekly Founded & 1 1908 1 IvVeeklyFounded, 1844 k Wayne County Organ of the REPUBLICAN PARTY HONESDALE, WAYNE 00., PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1908. 65th YEAR. NO. 46 BAD FOE HAMS. Yacht G!ub Members Help Prosecution's Case. THREATENED ALL ON THE DOCK Accused Man Criticises the Evi dence Given and Declares That Nothing Has Been Yet Proved Against Him. Flushing, X. V., Dec. 23. Following "! the advantage gained by the testi mony of the victim's widow, the pros ecution In the trial of Thornton .Ten Kins I In I ns for complicity in the killing by his brother. Captain Peter 0. Hains, Jr., of William U. Annls brought for ward additional evidence to prove the defendant was a principal in the Bny t'ldc Yacht club murder. The follow ing points were testified to by Morrell L. Downs and John C. Stevens, mem bers of the Ttnyeldc Yacht club: That Thornton Halns went to the scene of the murder prepared to shoot anybody who Interfered with his broth er and that he said so openly. That Tlftirnton Halns, revolver in jiniul. shouted "Stand back!" to the ?rowd on the yacht club float after his brother had fired two shots nt his vic tim and while the brother was firing four more. That Thornton Halns Immediately nfler the shooting declared that he himself was Captain Halns. That the time that elapsed between the firing of the first and last of the six shots was of sufficient length to have permitted Thornton Halns tc threaten nil on the dock and to have (taken steps he Is said to have taken )and to have pushed his revolver into J the faces of the many frightened by. RfnrulerH. "When you know all the facts you will think differently," he cried. "I came down to protect my brother and would have shot nnybody who Inter fered." Thornton Hnlus gave out the follow ing statement: "During the examination of witness es I have been careful to note every point made for or against me. "All In all, I have every reason to feel satisfied. The trial so far as it has now progressed has, to my mind, contained nothing but contradictions on the part of the state's witnesses. "For Instance, John C. Stevens testi fied under cross examination that he did not see me press my gun against the back of any woman. "Further than that, he was obliged to admit to Mr. Melntyre that he did not see me point a pistol at any one, "As a matter of fact, his testimony was that h" did not oven see Mrs. An nls on the float, ns she claimed on tho stand that she was. "The best he could give was that lie had seen six or seven persons moving about on the float. "Again when questioned whether or not he had heard Mrs. Annls call out ns her husband npproached In his boat, 'Hurrah, my sweetheart has won!" he. the witness, stated that ho had not. .'"This witness alone corroborates ngainst his desire the contention made ijy my lawyers that none of theso ..wi,,rin.l .... 41, nf 4...W-I.. .1 n r llllll3 UVtlltlltl I J II lllltl Illicit. 1141 J . "Morrell L. Downs also greatly aid ed me when he gave evidence that I had used the words, 'Stand back; this Is a Job for the police,' and that I had made use of this expression twice, for that Is just what I did say, "This witness, Downs, also proved a boomerang to the state's side when he declared, 'I saw . no woman on the pier,' as this nullifies Mrs. Annis' tes timony that she was there." RUSSIAN WOMEN'S CONGRESS Mrs. Ida Husted Harper of New York One of the Speakers. St. Petersburg, Dec. 23. The wo men's congress, composed of 400 dele gates from various parts of Russia, be gan Its session here today. Mmc. Anna Phllosophoff, the mother of the noted writer, Dmitri Phllosop hoff, was wnrmly greeted as the pioneer in the movement. Foreign speakers are here also, in cluding Mrs. Ida Husted Harper of New York, POPE RECEIVES IRELAND. Greatly Pleased With Archbishop's Report of His Diocese. Home, Dec, 23. Tho popo received Archbishop Ireland In private audi enco today. Mgr. Ireland talked with bis holiness nbout his diocese, building a new ca thedral iu St. Paul und a pro-cathedral In Minneapolis. The pontiff whs greatly pleascd with this news and expressed a desire to see the archbishop again before h goes. THE CORN EXPOSITION. The King of All Grains and His Reign at Omaha. The success of the second annual corn exposition nt Omnba from Dec. 0 to 10 proves once again that corn Is still king. The monnrch of the grains, holding sway In the Omaha Auditori um iind annex, seems to have had no difficulty in maintaining supremacy .' '' ',v""- If:. !: A A r.:.mr.i:M op the exposition. despite the number and variety of ex hibits from all parts of tho United Slates and from many distant corners of the world. One of the most interesting exhibits showed vistors, both experts and lay men, just what is being done to save tho great corn crops of the south from tlieravnges of the Infamous weeTll. A corn hospital was established where "Hick" kernels, showing traces of the attacks of their boring enemy, were treated with hydrocyanic gas, which destroys both bug and larvae. Much to the satisfaction of all concerned, ex hibitors in the extreme south state that the weevil is under nearly abso lute control and Is on the vergo of total eradication. That there has been ns great advance In methods of cultivating and produc ing Uncle Sam's star crop as in many others of his great Industries was forcefully illustrated at Omaha In the "manufacturers' section" of tho expo sition. Side by side were placed the old time implements and tho most modern and almost human farm ma chinery and equipment. Of the latest types the new "corn planter" held forth with the guarantee to plant three kernels to n hill ninety-nine times out of a hundred or pay a con siderable forfeit. Then thero is a new huskcr, a machine that shoots the corn Into a wagon and blows the husks and blades directly Into the barn. An up to date gang plow claims to do ns much work with three horses as is U'sually accomplished with four. A great boon to the corn raiser and a triumph of tho science of cultivat ing and breeding the grain is the ger mination and testing process whereby it has been found by testing six ker nels from each individual ear that an lnsurnnce policy could ho taken out upon the "stand." It has recently been stated that at the great Chicago stockyards even tho formerly discarded squeal of tho In. nocent pig Is now belns made use ot, but the latest triumph In farm sclenco bids fair to hold Its own. with tho progress of the porkmakers. An en tirely now paradise of economy in opened up to the tiller of tho soil by the process of manufacturing low grade corn and other waste products Into denatured alcohol, which product may be used In many sorts of engines necessary to the modern farm. AFRAID OF NIGHT RIDERS. Woman Witness at Trial Insists o' Having Armed Escort. Union City, Tenu., Dec. 23. WL ' Mrs. Emma Jackson, one of the state' witnesses in tho Night Itiders' trial, was excused from the stand she turn ed to Judge Jones and said: "I will not leave the courtroom with out armed protection. I know theso men." She was promised an escort of sol diers. Mrs, Jackson I old n vivid story of severn I visits of the Night Riders, cor roborated Fred Fehringcr's testimony and Identified by name at least twenty-seven members of the band. Recovered. I "I understand you aro a lawyer." "I was ouce." "Not practicing now?" "No; Just trying to live It doirn, Liked His Company. "Now, don't be a fool." "Why not?" "Why should you?" "Coeauna I bm fond of von," tht VTiwmmr m?- The Year 1008 Was Good to Us. Tho man who enjoys saying "I told you so" has had numerous signs to encourage the habit since January, 1008, but the cud of the year finds him taking to heart Hosca Blglow's ad vice, "Don't prophesy onions ye know." The business reaction which., sot in townrd the close of 1007 nowhere amounted to au acute disturbance of profitable activities. Tift depression felt was due to arrive presidential year anyway j hence the i-esponslblllty for the unsteadiness noted cannot just ly be laid to the panic If there was a panic. Pessimists were inclined to look for a social crisis as a sequel to business retrenchment, especially as the nation al polls Invited tho masses to voice whatever grievances they might har bor. On the one hand n landslide of radicalism was predicted, oven threat ened in some quarters, and on the other hand It was feared. Yet nothing unusual happened, A record crop kept the agricultural tollers busy, and In spite of high prices for food prod ucts there has not been scarcity any where in the land of a degree to war rant puttlug the entry "Hard times" In the diary of 1008. Contrary to misgivings at home and abroad, the Pacific cruise awakened uo resentment on the part of rivnl powers Interested in the far east. The Japanese accorded tho personnel of the fleet a magnificent welcome In port, and the good will of the mikado's government was pledged in the iden tical notes exchanged Nov. 30 between the two countries by which mutual rights in the Pacific sphere were form ally acknowledged. Thus our 'cole In ternational entanglement was happily solved. POLICEMAN IN SING SING. Sent There For Nine Years For At tack Upon a Girl. Sing Sing, N. Y., Dec. 22.-Pol iceman William E. Hughes, convicted of an attack on Louise Muurer, aged eleven, was brought hero today to serve a sen tence of nine years. Hughes ran off to Ireland after the attack on the girl iu Prospect park. He came back two weeks ago and was caught. He pleaded guilty. Hughes had been a policeman for fifteen years. BIGGEST CHRISTMAS MAIL. Chicago PostofRce Authorities Arrange to Handle Eight Hundred Tons. Chicago, Dec. 22. More than 1,000, 000 Christmas letters and parcels ag gregating in weight 250 tons passed through the Chicago postoffice today. The officials have arranged to handle about 800 tons within the next three days. The business Is largely in excess of any previous year's holiday rush. BRYAN OPPOSES RAISE. Says President of United States Getr Enough Salary Now. Unlontown. Pa., Dec. 22. William J. Bryan, who spoke here today, wns asked his opinion of the bill which has been introduced In congress making the salary of tho president of the United States $100,000. He said: "No, no. He gets enough now, or least I think bo. 1 wouldn't be in favor of any such bill." COUNCILMEN INDICTED. Seven Pittsburg City Legislators Are Accused of Bribery. Pittsburg, Dec. 22. Seven council- men, members of the finance commit tee of common and select councils of this city, have been indicted for brib ery and receiving bribes and also for the alleged corruption of other mem bers of the council in the passage of various kinds of legislation during the past two years. The charges were preferred by the Civic Voters' league of this city. Tho men were released on bonds ranging from ?15,000 to $30,000. Plot to Assassinate Belle. Wlllemstad, Curacao, Dec. 22. Let ters received here tell of the discovery of a nlot to assassinate General Bello, commander of Fort San Carlos, at Maracaibo. The conspirators were captured and shot. MORTGAGE TAX LAW UPHELD United States Supreme Court Declares It Constitutional. Washington, Dec. 22. The constitu tionality of the mortgage tax law of New Yerk state Is upheld In a deci sion rendered by the supreme court of the United States In the case of T. H. Padell against the city of New York. Justice Holmes holds that the four teenth amendment to the constitution does not prohibit a state from Impos ing a tax on lands to cover all Inter ests Involved. His decision sustains the supreme oourt of New York, ACCUSED GRAFTERS FLEE. Six Municipal Officials of Pittsburg Afraid to Meet Charges. Pittsburg, Dec. 23. Six municipal of ficials Implicated with those already arrested on charges of graft, bribery and conspiracy In regard to the voting of franchises have fled the city, fear ing to face the charges. The people of Pittsburg arc amazed beyond description, not to say stunned, by the sudden revelation of scandal affecting tho city council. it Is Intimated that even more star tling developments will soon follow the arrest of seven councilman and two bankers on charges of conspiracy, corrupt solicitations and bribery. These charges arc mad & In connec tion with municipal legislation and particularly with the selection of de positories of the city's funds. According to the best Information obtainable It Is possible the municipal scandal of San Francisco will be In significant when compared to the grafting here. Attorney A. Leo Well, president of the Voters' league, said: "This is the beginning. The cud Is not yet." Rumors are heard that men Interest ed iu traction companies in this city and Philadelphia are Implicated In the bribery scnudnl. HOLLAND EXPECTS HEIR. Official Announcement In Chamber of Deputies Received With Cheers. The Hague, Dec. 23. It was officially innouncedvln U.ie chamber of deputies hat Queen Wfihelmlna was In an In teresting condition, and the statement was greeted with Joyful "brnvos." Her majesty's physicians conclude their announcement with these words, QUEEN WILHELMINA. "We rejoice to be nble to state that all signs are in consonnnce with an ab solutely perfect state of health." The event Is expected early in tho spring. The hopes of the Dutch people for an heir to the throne of Holland have twice before been disappointed. The queen Is twenty-eight years old. Her husband Is Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerln. PRESIDENT ENJOYS BUNYAN. Says Great Heart In "Pilgrim's Prog ress" Is His Favorite. Chicago, Dec. 23. Great Heart, a character In Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Prog ress," Is President Roosevelt's favorite character In allegorical literature. The president considers "Pilgrim's Progress" one of the greatest books ever written, and Abraham Lincoln he deems the ideal Great Heart of public life. This Is revealed by the Rev. Duncan C. Mllner, a retired Presbyterian min ister, who received a letter from the president, as follows: Great Heart Is my favorite character In allegory (which la, of course, a branch of Rctlon, as you Bay), just as Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" Is to my mind one of. the greatest books that ever was writ ten, and I think that Abraham Lincoln Is the Ideal Great Heart of public life. MINERS STRIKE ENDED. Operators Agree to Work Only Union Men In Their Mines. Charleston, W. Vn., Dec. 23. Two thousand striking miners In the Paint creek coal mining section returned to work today. The striker conceded tho "long run," and the operators agreed to the old scale, the "check off" and tho elim ination of a "discrimination" clause. This means that in the future opera tors may work only union men In their mines. And to Forgive, Divine. "Your honor er er this case erer," the stammering lawyer spoke. "What makes you 'er so much?" his honor cried. The lawyer thought he saw a ehanoe to perpstrate a joke And, "To err Is only human, sir," re plied. New Orleans Times-Democrat " Tho Indian Athlete. TJnensy lies the -head that wears a wreath won on the athletic field, Thero Is no feat posslblo for any man that some other man will not risk his life to oxcel. Hnyes won the Olympic Marathon by n narrow margin, and the next best man that day, Doraudo, outran htm on another trial. But Do rnndo had to yield a few days later to Longbimt, an Indian runner who owes tho very best, that Is In him to the game. The Indian went Into the Inter national Marathon last summer with a record that called for better fortune than his pitiful collapse In the twen tieth mile. Longboat comes of a race noted for swift and hardy footmen. To "run llko nn Indian" was enough to make a white athlete famous In the early American settlements. The trick was not altogether n mntter of high speed, but of covering long distances across country and coming out ns fresh ns Longboat showed himself to be from his twenty-sixth mile nt Madison Square Garden, when his competitor lay In n collapse. The whites long ago sot themselves up ns schoolmasters for tho red men. Mr. Savage must bo civ ilized. Perhaps his time has come to teach the overelvlllzed whites some things which, after nil, ennobled his savage slmplo life. The Uplift In tho Mountains. Lincoln university, for the support of which money will be solicited in connection with the Lincoln cente nary. Is not merely another education al fad nor Is It n useless competitor with other institutions. It Is main tained for the practical training of mountaineers who hut for its open doors will live without half n chance In case they stay In the mountains and fight against enormous odds If they leave I he hills for crowded marts. In Its ambition the university may bo called an experiment. But the mission proclaimed Is not farfetched. There is need of uplift work in those very mountains. Farther south In the mountains of Georgia n young society woman of St. Louis established a pioneer "settle merit" a few years ago which has proved that the idea of carrying culture to the poorest soli is worth while. Be ginning with five boys In 1002, she now conducts nn establishment comprising n laundry, truck farm, school and library and dairy, the work being done l).v pupils, some of whom pay their way by labor. However ignorant and ragged at tho start, the material of the wild hills Is good. Not alone native ruggedness, but native honesty, Is the heritage of those children, whose for bears were in the main Scotch-Irish Immigrants, TREE CRUSHES HUBBARD. fwthor Nearly Killed When Trunk Falls on Him In Woods. Buffalo, Dec. 23. Elbert Hubbard, the Roycrofter and nuthor, was nearly killed by a falling tree In tho woods near his East Aurora colony. Miscalculating the direction in whlck one of the trees was going to fall, he got In the way and wns badly crushed PRESIDENT'S COUSIN SAFE. Turns Up All Right After He Was Supposed to Be Lost, Berkeley, Cal., Dec. 23. Dr. Fred- crick D. Taft, a third cousin of the president elect, who was supposed to be lost with his cousin, Walter J. Wat son, turned up safely today. They went to Bouldln Island to hunt ducks, intending to return tho next day, but were obliged to camp out. The government expects to put $13,' 000,000 In collecting and printing the next census. If we were in dead ear nest nbout retrenching, we would all chip In tho necessary data and save the treasury about $10,000,000 of that money. 8tacks of Mahogany Burned. Boston, Dec, 22. Flro destroyed Im mense stacks of mahogany in the ex tensive lumber yards of the Georgo D, Emery company, Importers of mahog any, at Chelsea. Londoners have tho big head be cause plants have been put in their subway. Somo of our subways nave been nlanted and replanted and not a fow sane people are kicking to have them transplanted. Thnt midlist who has "gone Into lit crnture" Is probably getting ready against the Inevitable to give Editor Roosevelt a choice of weapons. So marvelous Is our climate that one may step from summer into winiur and not bo aware or aoiug n Bin-icu ISTUU ilium afq,:vM.... . LOOT FOR CASTRO Discovery That President Took $35,000,000. Further Disclosures as to His Plot to Have Vice President Gomez Assassinated In the Pal ace at Caracas. Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 23. It has been discovered that prior to his d pnrturo for Europe President Clprlnno Castro forwarded to Paris and Gor man bankers sums aggregating $35,- 000,000. It Is clear from the financial and other arrangements he made that Cas tro never Intended to return here, but that it Avas his purpose to enjoy his wealth In Europe. Further disclosures make It clear thnt Castro Inspired an attempt to assassinate Acting President Vlconto Gomez. Secret cipher cablegrams have passed between President Castro In Berlin and his ngents here since the popular nntl-Cnstro demonstration of Dec. 13 and 14. A prominent lawyer has filed an ac cusation Iu the high federal court charging President Castro with com plicity In the nttempted assassination nnd proposing his Impeachment. There wns a meeting Friday night of tho plotters In the residence In Ca racas of Garklras Guzman, who was socretnry general in the last Castro cabinet nnd who was placed In charge of President Castro's personal busi ness In Venezuela when the president left for Germany. The conspirators decided upon a coup d'etat. They determined to assassi nate Acting President Gomez, Joso do Jesus Paul, the foreign minster; Gen eral Leopoldo Baptlsta and other prom inent men, seize the administration of tho country and with the army ter rorize, and overawe the population. In spite of tho precautions taken an Intimation of what was on foot reach ed the ears of Acting President Go mez. As soon ns he had satisfied him self of tho truth of the reports he took Immediate steps to frustrate the at tempt. He went alone on foot to the bar racks In Caracas, where a mutinous regiment under tho command of Presi dent Castro's brother was quartered. With unexampled courage he entered the building and placed the brother of the president under arrest. He then went to tho executive man sion, where he found Torres-Cardenas, the chief of the conspirators. He seiz ed Torres-Cardenas by the shoulders and, shaking him roughly, said: "I have discovered your plot to as sassinate me. You are my prisoner." Torres-Cardenas tried to use his re volver on tho acting president, but Gomez was too quick for him. Ho pinioned the man's nrms and called the guard. Torres-Cardenns wns seized and disarmed and hurried away to Jnll. These two arrests, made slnglo hand ed by Gomez, broke the back of tho plot. Others nrrestcd were Garklras Guzman, Lopez Bnraltz, minister of the Interior; Senor Bermudez, director of tho national telegraph system; Com mander Casanova, Commander Angulo nnd other ndherents of Castro. Jose do Jesus Paul, the former min ister of foreign nffalrs, left for Europe today on n diplomatic mission to settle all outstanding disputes with foreign powers. Acting President Gomez has Issued a proclamation ns follows: Fellow Patriots I assumed charge of the presidency of Venezuela under the terms of the constitution. From the first endeavored to conciliate the aspirations of the people with my high obligations, and to this end I established. In accord ance with our national Institutions, an administration that recognized all per sonal and public guarantees. Unfortunately my good Intentions met with Incomprehensible hindrance on the part of Intimate friends of General Cas tro. Not only did these persons block the carrying out by me of my legal du ties, but they stooped to conspiracy and elaborated a diabolical plot against my life. This conspiracy was crushed when I personally faced the plottera and impris oned them. By so doing I saved more than my personal existence. I maintain ed the manly prestige of the chief mag istracy of the republic, which It Is my ambition to convert Into a fountain of of good for all Venezuelans, I have constituted a cabinet represent ing the public opinion of Venezuela, and with the collaboration of my ministers I Intend to enforce the constitutional guar antees, to respect the autonomy of the various states of the Venezuelan repub lic, to protect local Industries against odi ous manipulation, to find a decorous and pacific solution of our International dis putes, to live at peace and with harmony at home and abroad and to permit the law alone to hold undisputed sovereignty throughout the land. Venezuelan revolutionists who have been living in Curacao, the chief of whom is General Gregorlo Rlera, have been Invited by Gomez to coma to Caracas and join hands with the new rovcrnment
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