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REPUBLICAN PARTY
66th YEAR.
HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909.
NO. 7
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HALT MJ BILLS
President Roosevelt Writes
to Governor Gillette.
CALLED "MOST UNFORTUNATE."
Says It Would Work Incalcula
ble Damage to Pass Laws
Against Orientals Who
Own land.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 20. Governor
Gillette linn caused tbe nntl-Jnpanesc
bills to be huld up In the legislature
at the urgent request of President
Roosevelt, who wrote blm the follow
ing letter:
My Dear Governor I am greatly con
cerned over the anti-Japanese bills which
are apparently going through or are on
their way through the California legisla
ture. They are In every sense most un
fortunate. At last we have In first class working
order the arrangement which with such
difficulty we succeeded In getting through
two years ago.
The Japanese government Is obviously
acting In entire good faith. During the
tlx months ending Oct. 31 last the total
number of Japanese who have come to
the mainland of the United States has
been 2,074. and the total (number who have
left has been 3.281.
In other words, the whole object nomi
nally desired by those who wish to pre
vent the incoming of Japanese laborers
has been achieved.
More Japanese are leaving the country
than are coming In, and by present Indi
cations In a very few years the number
of Japanese here will be no greater than
the number of Americans In Japan that
Is, the movement will be as normal In
ono case as In the other, which Is Just
what wo desire.
There Is therefore no shadow of excuse
for an action which will simply produce
great Irritation and may result In upset
ting the present agreement and throwing
open the whole situation again.
These agitators have themselves to
thank If trouble comes from what they
do If there Is a fresh Influx of Japanese
hither. They hamper the national gov
ernment In what It has now so efficient
ly accomplished the agreement by peace
ful means and through the friendly Initia
tive of the Japanese government to keep
Japanese Immigrants out of the United
States save as Americans themselves visit
Japan.
Is It not possible to get the legislature
to realize the great unwisdom from the
standpoint of the country at large and
above all from the standpoint of Califor
nia of what Is being done? Sincerely
yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Before receiving this letter Governor
Gillette got the following telegram
from tbe president:
We are greatly concerned at newspaper
reports of anti-Japanese legislation In
California's legislature. Have written
you at length on the subject. Earnestly
hope that no progress "will be made on
bills until you have had a chance to re
ceive my letter and, if necessary, to dis
cuss Its contents with leaders of two
houses. My knowledge of the Interna
tional situation, particularly with refer
ence to emigration of Japanese laborers
to United States, satisfies me that pas
sage of proposed legislation would be of
Incalculable damage to state of Califor
nia as well as to whole Union.
Governor Gillette sent the following
reply:
Telegram received. Have caused bills
to be held up until I can hear from you.
Copies of bills Introduced affecting Japa
nese, together with briefs on same, mailed
to you.
One of tbe bills aimed at the Japa
nese, the Drew measure, forbids own
ership of property for more than seven
years by aliens, nnd It was reported
out of committee favorably' nnd was to
have been passed at once through the
assembly.
It Is said on good authority that
Governor Gillette will veto tbe bills If
by any chance they should come to
blm for signature.
Speaker I Stanton declares that the
Drew bill Is dangerous. He said,
"When we undertake to change the
laws regarding such vital matters we
tread upon dangerous ground."
Grove L. Johnson, author of three
anti-Japanese bills tbnt are bitterly
opposed by tbe federal government,
declares be will pay no attention to
tbe president's request for delay.
The bills provide for the segregation
of all Japanese by net of the legisla
tive bodies of municipalities nnd pre
venting Japanese from attending tbe
public schools for white children.
FLIRTING IN CHURCH 0. K.
Pastor Approves It, Though He Says
It's Harmful Elstwhsre.
Chicago, Jan. 20. While flirting lu
theaters and other places of public
amusement should be tabooed, accord
lnjr to Rev. S. B. Dexter, he declares
that It may properly take place in
church, where, he says, "It Is purged
of Its barmfulness."
"Church surroundings and assocla
tlons," he sajvr, "are entirely different
from those wblch attend performances
In public playhouses. Sometimes the
plays In our theaters are a trifle rlque,
and If tbe show be given on Sunday
the result Is a general forgetfulness of
that fact. Under such conditions flirt
lug Is harmful.
"in church, however, I can see no
barm In a little bit of flirting."
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.
Many Persons Killed and Great Dam
age Done to Buildings.
Constantinople, Jan. 20. Reports to
day from Smyrna, Phocaca, Chll, Bru
sa and Kutala state that severe earth
quake shocks have occurred within the
Inst fourteen hours, resulting in tbe
loss of many lives and great destruc
tion of property.
Seventeen persons were killed by a
sharp earthquake at Phocaca, twenty
five miles northwest of Smyrna, and
fifteen other neighboring towns. Con
siderable damage was done to build
ings at Phocaca.
The shock was very strong at Chll,
where tbe population became panic
stricken.
Smyrnn also experienced the earth
quake, but there was no loss of life.
The Amerlcnn battleships Louisiana
nnd Virginia nrc at anchor In the har
bor of Smyrnn.
The Amerlcnn battleships Ohio nnd
Missouri arrived nt Snlonlkn today
from Athens. '
MESSINA AGAIN STRICKEN.
8wept by Fire That Destroys Rem
nants of Harbor Promenade.
Messlnn, Jan. 20. The fresh out
burst of lire In Messina was got under
control today by soldiers and sailors,
who worked heroically to keep them
from destroying the last remnants of
the town.
Smoldering embers In the wreckage
were fanned Into flames by the strong
wind that has prevailed here for the
past two or three days, and tbe tire
secured n good footbold before efforts
were made to extinguish It.
Tbe flames made fast progress nnd
soon swept through the remains of the
beautiful promenade along the harbor
front. The small force of firemen was
augmented by detachments of soldiers
and sailors from the warships, and
pumps nnd Hues of hose were brought
ashore from the vessels.
Many Shocks on Coast of Greece.
Athens, Jan. 20. Many earth shocks
have been felt throughout the Ionian
Islands, which lie off the west const of
Greece. The most severe shock was at
Santa Maura.
Spanish Cities Shaken.
Granada, Spain, Jan. 20. Two strong
earth shocks occurred nt Zafarraya
and Granada. The populace were
thrown Into n panic.
MRS. ANNIS INDIGNANT.
Declares Verdict Freeing Hains Is Vio
lation of Law.
New York, Jan. 20. In a statement
voicing her Indignation at tbe verdict
which acquitted Thornton J. Hains of
complicity in the killing of her hus
band Mrs. William B. Annls expressed
her detestation of what she called
'that unspeakable thing, the unwritten
law," and said:
"The verdict Is In violation of the
law, and I do not see how those twelve
Jurors, who swore they would respect
the law, could act upon the unwritten
law, that unspeakable thing which
claims to set aside and override the
laws we have.
"The Inw says that a man shall not
suffer punishment without being heard
In his own defense. The law says
that no man shall have tbe right to
Judge and avenge wrongs to himself
either real or imaginary. All of these
laws have been disregarded by the
jury.
"Two things I wish tbe world would
remember. My husband never had
an opportunity to speak or show his
Innocence, and I, his widow, will do
him justice to assume that he was In
nocent." RENT WAR IN TIPPER ARY.
Irish Tenants Resent Landlords Re
fusal to Sell Land.
Dublin, Jan. 20. A serious "no rent"
campaign has begun In Tlppernry ow
ing to the refusal of tbe landlords to
sell lnnd to the tennnts under the lnnd
purchase act of 11)03.
The judge In issuing the decrees
against thirty-six recalcitrant tennnts
said tbnt tbe landlords were making a
mistake Is not selling tbe lnnd, ns It
would Involve nil the old troubles of
evictions nnd the ranrtyrdom of ten
ants. The priests and tho public generally
are strongly supporting the tennnts
and are raising funds for their de
fense. The struggle promises to be
severe.
DRISCOLL DEFEATS HAYES.
English Champion Featherweight Wins
Fight In Philadelphia.
Boston, Jan. 20. Jem Drlscoll, the
English champion featherweight, de
feated G rover Hnyes' of Philadelphia
In twelve rounds at tbe Armory Ath
letic association here.
Hayes, showed up superior In only
two rounds, tbe second nnd fifth. He
landed scarcely a dozen clean blows In
tbe last seven rounds.
Weather Probabilities.
Fair; warmer; light soutbwtst winds
aiunTiHL
Three face Justice Today
for Slaying of Senator.
GREAT ARRAY OF LAWYERS.
fury Will Pass on the Quilt of Dan
can and Robin Cooper and
John D. Sharp, Accused
of Murder.
Nashville, 'iVnn., Jan. 20. Probably
iitvcr before In the history of NuhIi
tlle has there been seen so brilliant an
atniy of men of law or so crowded n
courtroom ns witnessed the culling to
day for trial of Duncan B. Cooper,
Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp for
Hie shooting lu November last of for
mer Senator Kdward Ward Carinack.
Tbe case was called In the county
courthouse before Judge William M.
Hart.
The prominence of the men Involved
in the case has spread Its ramifications
JOHN D. SHARP.
into the state capltol and the .United
States senate. It has kept the entire
state of Tennessee on edge since fiery,
Impetuous, unfortunate Carmack fell
on the street before the pistol of young
Robin Cooper, a victim to his unfor
tunnte propensity for holding up to
public scorn his political opponents.
Among the men who will testify to
the circumstances that led to the trag
edy will in all likelihood be Governor
Patterson of Tennessee, Senator James
B. Frazlcr and others conspicuous In
the public life of the state.
From all parts of Tennessee have
come friends of the dead senator, in
tent on assisting the prosecutlou lu
avenging his death. A prominent fig
ure nmong these men today is Guston
T. Fitzhugh of Memphis, a leading
lawyer, who is serving as a volunteer
counsel for the prosecution under
Prosecutor Jeff McCarn. On tbe oth
er hand, the Coopers, father and sou,
have the backing of political and per
sonal friendship among tbe members
of the Tennessee bar, and John D,
Sharp, codefendant In the case, who
COURTHOUSE, NASHVILLE.
was formerly sheriff of Davidson coun
ty, In which Nashville Is situated; com
mnnds the services of able attorneys.
It Is the universal prediction hero
that a legal battle such as has not
been seen In Tennessee In many years
will follow the opening of the ense In
court today. The principal attorneys
for tbe defense are J. M. Anderson,
General W. n. Washington, James It
Bradford nnd M. II. Mceks.
GRIMES COADJUTOR BISHOP.
Apostolic Delegate Announces Choice
of Syracuse Diocese.
Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 20. The Most
Rev. Dlomede Fnlconlo, apostolic dole-
pate, announces that Mgr. John Grimes
of this city has been appointed conn-
tutor bishop by the consistory In
Rome.
Tbe head of thn Syracuse diocese Is
Bishop Patrick A I.uddenf
NOTE ETIQUETTE.
Nothing More Indicative of Breeding
and Education Than the Signature.
It is useless to know what to write
In a note If one does not understand
the manner of doing It
For example, no other small detail
la more Indicative of breeding and ed
ucation than the signature. Under no
circumstances should the prefix Mr.,
Mrs. or Miss be used unless It go In
parentheses. Even then It Is only to
Indicate whether it Is a man or wo
man and, If tbe latter, married or un
married, which makes It permissible.
In writing to total strangers or to
Iboso who have not this Information it
may appear. In writing to a social In
ferior tbe prefix Is always possible, but
even then It must be parenthesized.
If married woman la writing to a
social equal who does not know tbe
status of her correspondent the writer
should sign ber own name in full, as
"Mary Jane Smith," nnd underneath
write her formal name, "Mrs. John
James Smith," putting parentheses
about the lower signature. To a social
equal upon whom for some reason sho
has not called, but would wish to, a
married woman signs her own name
and Incloses her visiting card.
It is desirable that all letter and note
paper shall be stamped either with
monogram and address or both. Ac
cording to the newest way of placing
It, If only the monogram Is used It is
In the upper left hand corner. A note
should begin always with "My dear,"
not "Dear" without the "my." If the
writing must continue beyond tbe first
page It Is tbe fourth that should next
be used. If more space is needed, then
the paper should be turned so the right
edge becomes the top and tbe second
page becomes tbe third.
To end a note the formal way is
"Cordially" unless tho person to whom
one Is writing Is an old acquaintance,
nnd then "Sincerely" Is employed.
For all invitations "Cordially" is to
be preferred. For letters to old friends
tho words "Faithfully" and "As al
ways" are most commonly used, "Sin
cerely also being good form. "Affec
tionately" and "Lovingly" are for old
friends, or relatives. Envelopes should
be addressed with tbe utmost preci
sion. It Is permissible to put the
word "To" or "For" before the name,
but It is a continental rather than an
American custom. It is always better
formate write the full name, as "Mis"
Mary Jane Smith" or "Mrs. John
James Brown," rather than to substi
tute initials.
If a note or letter is to be delivered
In the city in which It Is mailed.
"Town" Is now used in preference to
the city's name. This is not a fad
that commended itself to the postof-
flee, but It is sanctioned by society.
The postage stamp must always be
exactly in the upper right hand cor
ner, for to put It at an angle or on any
other snot Is considered Ignorant or
vulgar.
THREE BODIES IN RUINS.
Weman and Two Children Perish In
Fire In Brooklyn.
New York, Jan. 20. The bodies of
Mrs. Maria DIas and her two children,
a boy of four nnd a girl of two years,
have been found In tbe ruins of their
home on Bergen street, Brooklyn,
which was destroyed by Are, 1
When the firemen arrived the house
was a mass or names. ne maze was
quieiuy auuuucu, uu iv uB BuWunr..
everybody In the building had escaped
BUCHANAN COMPLETES TASK.
Commissioner to Venezuela About
Ready to Return.
Washington, Jan. 20. William I. Bu
chanan, the American special commis
sioner now in Venezuela negotiating a
basis for the settlement of disputed
claims between the United States and
Venezuela, has telegraphed the state
department that he expects to leave
Caracas soon.
It Is assumed that the signing of the
protocol is assured.
YANKEE'S RAISING DELAYED.
Bad Weather Prevents Efforts to 8ave
8unken Cruiser.
New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 20. Tbo
raising of tho United States cruiser
Yankee, now sunk outside tbo harbor,
have been delayed by tbe storm.
Engineer Wothcrspoon believes that
within forty-eight hours after the com
pressed air connections are made the
Yankee will como to the Burfaco.
Train and Track.
The Pennsylvania railroad has
adopted tbe third rail system of elec
trical transmission for its tunnels in
tho vicinity of New York city.
There has been installed in tbo rail
road yards at Omaha, Neb., an eloc
trie truck the movements Of which
aro absolutely, controlled by wireless
electric waves.
According to an official report, while
In tbe past seven years 258,020,836
passengers have been carried on the
railroads of New South Walts, only
one person was killed by an accident
FACTS IN FEW LINES
Tasmania has two stock exchanges,
Western Australia one and New Zea
land one.
Wine Is so plentiful In Spain that
after a good vintage It will often sell
at 2 cents a quart.
The deepest section of the ocean yet
found is at the Tonga islands, where
the bottom Is 0,030 meters deep.
Australia, wblch Is twenty-six times
larger than the whole of the British
isles, has a population smaller than
that of London.
Tho Russian government has vetoed
the decision of the Moscow municipali
ty to hang portraits of Tolstoy in the
municipal schools.
Since the Brooklyn bridge was open
ed for traffic, May 24, 1883, it has af
forded passago to more than the en
tire population of the world.
Recent experiments have proved
that the sea water of the coast of Ire
land Is exceedingly rich In radium, aa
Is the water of tho Arabian sea.
The parish of North Moulton, in
Devon, England, has recently elected a
mayor. His duties are to consist chief
ly of presiding nt the mayor's annual
feast.
The Mexican foreign office has ruled
that any alien coming into the country
with the Intention of earning bis bread
by manual labor Is In the eye of the
law an Immigrant.
In 1004 the recently deceased Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia created a sensa
tion by breaking the bank at Monte
Carlo. He had an extraordinary run
of luck, winning $60,000 in half an
hour's play.
While hunting near Grand Morals,
Mich., Gustav Herbert shot and killed
an albino squirrel. While albino deer
are occasionally killed In upper Mich
igan, this Is tbe first case on record of
a white squirrel.
American patent laws seem to be the
most satisfactory of any country, and
It Is probable that the statutes of
many countries will be changed In tbe
near future to conform with those of
the United States.
Southern Pacific surveyors are at
work laying out lines for a seven mile
tunnel through tbe crest of the Sierras
to relieve the main overland lino of
tbe stiff grades that now require two
engines to haul, ordinary trains.
A patent has been gnwtect'on a fan'
the propeller-like blades of which are
driven through gear wheels by a lever
operated by one finger of the person
holding it. The inventor claims it ob
viates the effort needed for using the
ordinary fan.
Sir H. H. CozenB-Hardy, master of
the rolls In England, recently said that
in his belief classical teaching did
more to cultivate true gentlemanly
manners nnd to Improve tho whole
condition of the man than any other
branch of study.
Orderly and well behaved convicts
are now being employed as agrlcul
.tural laborers In Austria, owing to tbe
lack of farm hands. The prisoners are
much pleased with tho work, and their
employment Is an Incentive to others
to behavo well In prison.
Because of frequent acts of rude
ness nnd discourtesy and flagrant of
fenses against school rules by the pu
pils of tbe public schools In Bombay
the local government has ordered that
nn npTucTiAtwni tn rnirpn Intn rhA
8choo,g by raastera or pupl,Si
. Woptftt(, Return h nofflonrprt in
provide anything like adequate scien
tific training for dental practitioners,
any one that chooses being allowed to
practice dentistry. Now, however, par
liament has under consideration a
project regarding supervision of den
tistry. B. A. Fogg of Garland, Me., possess
es some rare carrier pigeons. One pair
have the record of a fifty hour flight
from Minneapolis to Boston, the last
thousand miles of It through a driving
storm. The birds are of the same
breed as those that accompanied An
dre on his dash for the pole.
Fumes so strong that all metals in
a town sixty-five miles away are turn
ing black, while birds aro dying in
great numbers and tbe eyesight of
many people far away Is affected, are
tbe remnrkable results of the great
flow of tho Mexican oil well at Dos
Bocas, Mexico, according to a consu
lar report.
Heretofore table salt has been made
from rock salt by the tedious process
of dissolving the latter and evaporat
ing tho brine. An Englishman has in
vented a plan by which the rock salt
Is melted, then aerated by compressed
air, wblch leaves the salt pure and
white and free from Impurities, wblch
the air drives out.
F. G. Hilton, president of the Egypt
Exploration fund, announced at the an
nual meeting the discovery In one
of the excavated cemeteries in Egypt
of the bodies of many pet dogs. One
of tbe animals had ivory bracelets
round Its legs, while several bad col
lars of twisted leather, one with
leather lead attached.
Mud stains may be removed from tan
leather shoes by rubbing them with
slices of raw potato. When dry, polish
In the usual way.
A Pertinent Question.
Discussed by Rev. T. Theodore
As
Lake, In Waymart.
"Should He Marry?" was the subject
a lecture given by Rev. Thomas Theo-
of
dore
Lake, in the Wnvmart Bnntist
church, to an audience which filled the
building, on Monday evening of last
eek. The Rev. Mr. Lake is a vonncr
man, and surprised his audience hv his
gift of oratory, of which he made splen
oma use in the course of his lecture. His
advice to young women was not to marry
with the idea that they could run suc
cessfully a Reformation Agency, nnd told
many amusing anecdotes in illustration
tne lolly of such an attempt.
He gave them four "Dont's" to re
member :
Don't mnrrv n man with nn hprerll.
tary disease." "It is awful." said tho
speaker, "to see a lover whose heart is
breaking because he cannot marry his
sweetheart. Out far worse is it to see a
little child suffering and isolated from
society all of its days, through no fault
ot its own. j?ar better that the lover be
brought down to a premature crave than
that one of these little ones, yet unborn,
should perish. This 'don't applies
equally to both sexes."
"Don't mnrry a man who is an habit
ual liar." Because confidence is an es
sential feature of a happy home.
Don't marry n man nddicted to the
drink habit." The risk of living a doe's
life is too great.
Don't marry a man with an uncon-
trolable temper, if vou want a sweet
disposition and happiness yourself." A
wife is a man's recording aneel. nnd
naturally assimilates his traits, and bv
and by she becomes indifferent, cold and
morose, with a man of brute nature.
The speaker then considered Lthe idea
most young people have that "love is
blind," and does not see any short
comings. "It is blind," he said, "be
cause we make it so. Most young ladies
would make you believe that the young
man who is making love to her is cen-
erous and true beyond a fault. Yet last
year 77,000 divorces were granted to mis
mated pairs: three-fourths of whom
must have run blindly into' the marriaeo
state, and woke up totalize the' very'
aad fact that they had-not prepared
themselves for the worse, which was
coming.
The speaker closed with a flight of
oratory on the real position of woman
hood. The lecture lasted nearly an hour,
and a good sum was realized.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
Among good plays, "Mrs. Wiggs of
the Cabbage Patch", which comes to
the Lyric for matinee and night Tuesday
Jan. 26, seems to have the most super
abundant vitality. From the first, dram
atization of Mrs. Rice's two popular
stories, "Mrs. Wiggs" and "Lovey Mary"
met with a degree of popular favor
more enthusiastic, if anything, than
that awarded those "best selling" novels
of low life in mean streets. In Mrs.
Wiggs herself, Mrs. Hazy, Lovey Mary,
and Mr. Stubbins, the play presents
four types, each one of which remains
firmly fixed in the most pleasant recollec
tions of the playgoer. The character of
Mrs. Wiggs, the optiraistund philosopher
of the .Cabbage Patch, takes rank with
many of the prominent comedy crea
tions heretofore presented upon the
American stage. A very close second
for popularity is the character of Miss
Hazy, the forlorn and lugubrious spin
ster, in which the dramatist has evolved
something new nnd likeable in the psy
chology of the unmarried. Miss Hazy
marries Mr. Stubbins: "the prominent
citizen of Bagdad Junction" has been
provided by a matrimonial agency, and
in the various scenes between Miss Hazy
and her matrimonial bargain, thehumor
is irresistible. Lovey Mary, In her tran
sition from the pages of the book to the
stage lias been made a very lovable char
acter who at once wins the sympathy of
the audience. The juvenile element in
the stories of "Mrs. Wiggs" and"Lovey
Mary" is decidedly happy in its humor
ous appeal, and plays an equally de
lightful part in the play. Asia, Euro
pena and Australia and Billy Wiggs;
Chris Hazy with his wooden leg; Pete
and the other sons and daughters of the
Patch make the scenes bright and merry
with tho piny and sunshine of childhood.
And "Cuby" the "fit-horse" whose
"lights wnsriz" is not forgotten in this
background of juvenile jollity and pic
nicking. "A bummer Paradise,"
All hotel and boarding-house proprie
tors on the line of the Delaware & Hud
son Railroad desiring representation in
the new edition of the Hotel Directory,
should send full information at once to
tho General Passenger Agent, Albany,
N. Y. 5eoi3
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