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REPUBLICAN PARTY
66th YEAR.
HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY," FEBRUARY 19,1909.
NO. 16
Ctteti
HUUFFJKKSS
National Convention at In
dianapolis In Session.
FOR NONPARTISAN COMMISSION
Speakers Declare That the' United
States lingers Decades Behind
Scientific Methods of Eu
ropean Countries.
Indianapolis, Feb. 17. The first nn
tlmiiil tni'lIT commission convention,
whoso delegates liopu to point llu way
for tho establishment of u permanent
tni'lIT commission, Iit-Iil u rousing ses
sion heri', at which speeches wore
made hy Henry 8. Towno, president of
the Merchants' society of New York;
Senator Brown of Nebraska, Bopre
sentatlve Fowler of New Jersey and
ex-Governor Guild of Massachusetts.
Men of opposing political purlieu
whoso views on the construction of n
tnrlff differed widely sat side by Hide
ii h delegatus mid joined In tumultuous
applause as speaker nfter speaker vig
orously denounced the present tnrlff
nnd the mot 1,hi(1 of Us construction.
Thnt the present tnrlff system has
boon outgrown nnd that the United
States llugors decades behind the sci
entific methods of European countries
was repeated almost ns often as a
new. speaker addressed the delegates.
The speakers declared that the prompt
establishment of a nonpartisan tariff
commission was the only remedy for
present conditions.
On the nature of the commission,
whether It should bo a permanent bu
reau and an adjunct to the depart
ment of commerce and labor, nn hn-
I , v. u6lntlve commission. one;comDosed of
t.WSHjapent cjirm: or ti' gatjierHig,
yjguijfl, the flrst-enthuslftsnfitjy assert
!iF)Jlthat, the- tariff must Be taTteri .opt
v ifcrpartlsan politics, nnd Congressman
Fowler. ptrNetv Jersey, who Is sponsor
forlhc Beveridge commission bill now
before congress, caused a demonstra
tion when he nsserted that the tariff
must cease to be the football of politi
cal parties.
Mr. Van Clcave's emphatic declara
tion thnt the convention was not In
terested In the raising or lowering of
any particular schedule and that Pres
ident Elect Tuft was In line with the
purposes of the gathering preceded a
vigorous dealing with the question of
the necessity for a tariff commission
nnd was loudly cheered.
Representative Charles N. Fowler of
New Jersey addressed the tariff con
vention In advocacy of a bill outlined
by himself which proposes tho crea
tion of a tariff commission of fifteen
members at a salary of $10,000 per
year each.
Mr. Fowler recommended thnt every
commercial body In the United States
be organized Into a campaign club and
"through the sheer force of voting
power compel your members of con
gress to commit themselves to the pro
gram." "Neither tho house nor the senate,"
ho declared, "will yield an ntom of Its
power or prerogative any more than
the kings of England did unless driven
to do so by nn overwhelming, consum
ing public sentiment, which you alone
can create.
"The voluminous litigation growing
out of customs disputes, which keeps
nn army of judges, lawyers and gov
ernment officials constantly busy, has
cost million of dollars to tho govern
ment, many more millions to tho peo
ple directly Interested therein nnd In
the end must come from the pockets
of the people. With the exception of
the members of the bar hardly n sin
gle class In this community has been
benefited by this unproductive waste
of time nnd money. During the last
current year 55,708 classification pro
tests were received and 35,785 were
decided, while the suspension Hies now
number 00,303.
"Every largo business In the United
States has a body of expert men, cost
ing ns much ns nn expert commission
would cost this government, doing
nothing but reducing every factor of
the business to a certainty nnd refin
ing every dlffercutlul to n thirty-second
or n sixty-fourth of 1 per cent.
"Our Import nnd export trade has
passed the .$3,000,000,000 mark. It is
high time wo should reduce our for
eign trndo to nn npproxlmnte science,
ns nil tho nations of Europo have
done."
New York 8oldlers Dlno Governor.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 17. Governor
Charles E. Hughes will be the guest
of honor at the national guard dinner
hire tonight.
NEAR TRAGEDY IN HOUSE.
John Wesley Gaines' Gesture All but
Fells Texan.
Washington, Feb. 17. With no mal
ice aforethought, Itepresentntlve John
Wesley Gaines of Teuneseo came near
landing on the Bomnn nose of Repre
sentative .Tames I.. Slayden of Texas
In the house.
Mr. Gaines had worked himself Into
a fury over the inquiries of the Re
publican party, and his arms were
moving through the nlr at a frightful
velocity when Mr. Slayden moved
down the aisle. Ho was paying no
heed to the gentleman from Tennessee,
who was taking advantage of an op
portunity to niako n speech.
Mr. Slayden came to his senses, how
ever, as he felt a strong arm grnsp his
brow, and he ducked In time to save
his nose. If John Wesley Gaines had
landed the outcome might have been
serious. Mr. Slayden Is from Texas.
U. S. SENATOR UNDER PROBE.
Stephenson of Wisconsin Questioned as I
to $107,000 Primary Fund. 1
Madison. Wis., Feb. 17. United
Slates Senator Isaac Stephenson sub
mitted to a searching examination ex
tending over four hours by the AYIs
((invlu legislative committee, which
starled a probe of the United Slates
senatorial primary of last fall.
Stephenson told the story of his ex
penditure of more than $107,000 dur-
SBtfATOtt" ISI'tPKNSO.- '
lng the campalgjfayiiS jnoncj, herald,
was spent thro"ugfi; .lii ngcntsA who
called upon him whenever they needed
money. Stacks of paid checks were
placed In evidence.
Checks for sums totaling over ?50,
C00 were Issued to J. A. Van Clove of
Marinette, one of his managers, and
$50,000 was placed In a Milwaukee
bank for the use of his manager. Pay
ments by checks for various other
smnll amounts were acknowledged by
tho senator "for work done."
Many of tho expenditures were be
littled by the senator. He did not
keep a memoranda of everything he
spent, saying, "I keep them In my
head."
Mr. Stephenson said that the state
ment of expenditures was prepared by
his managers, and he signed it.
188 KILLED IN MINE.
Explosion Followed by Fire In a Col
liery In England.
Newcastle, England, Feb. 17. Later
reports show that 188 lives were lost
by the explosion In tho colliery at
West Stanley, which employs 400
men.
Nearly 200 of the men were In the
pit nt the time, raid none of them have
come to the surface, although rapplugs
have been heard, and It Is supposed
that those are from some of the min
ers who escaped death from the ex
plosion and the flro which followed It.
Almost immediately after the cxplo-
slon flames burst through the shaft,
scorching the workers at tho pit bend j
and blowing out tho fencing nnd np
paratus at the entrance to the mine.
The flames spread rapidly, and it '
was Impossible for the rescuing party
to descend into the workings.
Thousands of anxious people gath-1
cred at the mouth of tho pit, but for
hours tho flro burned furiously. j
An explosion resulting In tho loss of i
twelve lives occurred nt tho Bnmo col-'
llery In 18S2.
CUTTING GOES TO TANGIER.
New York Millionaire Named For Le
gation Secretary.
Washington, Feb. 17. President
Boosevelt sent to tho senate the nomi
nation of W. Bnyard Cutting, Jr., tho
New York millionaire, to bo secretary
of legation at Tangier, Morocco.
W. Bnyard Cutting, Jr., Is tho son of
W. Bnynrd Cutting of New York nnd
nephew of It, Fulton Cutting. At pres
ent he is United Stntes vice consul nt
Milan. During the period nfter tho
Messina earthquake he had charge of j
much of tho American relief work In
Sicily. Ho was married somo years
ngo In England to a daughter of the.
Earl of Desart. I
VENEZUELA SIGNS PROTOCOL.
President Gomez Embraces United
States Commissioner Buchanan.
Caracns, Feb. 17. The signing of the
protocol In settlement of the matters
In dispute .between the United States
and Venezuela by President Gomez
and William 1. ltuchanan, the special
commissioner representlng'the United
States, was attended by nn Impressive
ceremonial.
President' Gomez, with the members
of his cabinet, received Commissioner
Buchanan at the palace, where the
signatures were alllxed. After this
was done the president embraced the
American representative, saying. "As
this question has been solved happily
and honorably to both countries, wo
should seal It with nn embrace."
The protocol stipulates that within
six mouths each government must
name one arbitrator. Within two
mouths after that the cases will be
presented, and the two arbitrators
will choose a third. Four months arc
allowed for the preparation and pres
entation of counter claims, and the tri
bunal will then meet to hear argu
ments. It Is expected that two months
will be occupied In this hearing, and
two months will be given up to thej
formulating of a decision. The proto
col recommends the arrangement of a
general arbitration treaty.
Commissioner ltuchanan will sail
hence today for Cuba on board the
cruiser Pes Moines.
FAMOUS TENOR TO WED.
Burgstaller Goes to Europe and So
Docs Wealthy Mrs. Hexamer. I
New York, Feb. 17. Alois Ilurgstal-!
lor, the famous Wagnerian tenor, who
created the role of "Parsifal" In Amer
ica, has sailed unexpectedly for Eu
rope on the stenmshlp Kronprlnzessln
Cecllle.
On tho same vessel went Mrs. A. P.
Hexamer, wife of the proprietor of a
riding academy In Hoboken, who said
before she left that she was to marry
Mr. Burgstaller In Germany. She has
a private fortune of 500,000 In her
own right.
Mra. .Hexamer started divorce pro-
.uaireutn wuen ue came pore, bh
success was Instantaneous, and it last
ed Until this season, when the German
opera casts were selected and Burrlan
began to sing "Parsifal" In his stead.
Burgstaller Is a young man of strik
ing personality and beauty of voice.
He Is a graduate of Frnu Coslmt Wng
ner's school at BnlrcutU and has sung
the leading roles In all the great Wag
nerian productions.
NEW RECORD BY MAURETANIA
Cunard Turbiner Makes. 671 Knots In
a Day's Run.
New York, Feb. 17. Another big rec
ord has been made by the turbine liner
Mnuretnnln, which Is now bound for
this port from Liverpool nnd Queens
town. According to cable messages
received at tho Cunard office, the liner
covered G71 knots on the third day out.
Tho best previous record was 050
knots, held by tho Lusltanla.
The best day's run the Mnuretnnln
had to her credit before this was on
her last westbound trip, when she
logged 03(1 knots. Her best figures for
the transatlantic trip were established
last Juno 1 days 20 hours 15 minutes
from Queenstown to Sandy Hook.
FOR FLEET IN PACIFIC.
Senate Provides That One-half of
Na-
vy Be Kept There.
Washington, Feb. 17. One-half of
the United States navy should be kept
; on tho Pacific coast at all times, In
the opinion of tho senate.
An amendment to the naval bill was
agreed to providing that In V''o dis
cretion of the president one-half of
tho navy shall be kept In Pnclfic wa
ters, so far as practicable. The prcsl-
l dent already has the authority to so
divide the fleet, but tho amendment
amounts to nn expression of congress
in favor of such action.
WIRE COILED IN HIS AORTA.
California Patient Recovering From
Delicate Operation.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 17. BIchard
Wheaton, a retired British soldier, was
udmltted to the hospital suffering from
an aneurism. In tho aorta the wall of
tho artery wns so thin that pressure
of the blood bnd nil but blown It out.
Tho doctors cut down to tho artery,
and twenty feet of tlno sliver wire
were passed through and curved around
and nround, forming a spiral and brldg.
lng tho enlarged space. Ho Is recov
ering. Colonel Killed by Train,
renn Ynn, N. Y., Feb. 17.-Colonel
M. S. Ellsworth wns nlmost Instantly
killed by falling In front of a pnssen
ger train about to stop here.
ft
Nine More Women Slashed
In Berlin Streets.
MAKES THIRTY IN FOUR DAYS
Thousands of Soldiers and Polict
Patrol German jCapital Day and
Night Without Capturing
the Assailant.
Berlin, Feb. 17. Nine more young
women have been attacked and slash
ed with a knife or awl by the so
called "ripper" within the last twenty-four
hours, making thirty victims
within tho last four days. Seven ol
I lie women have died of their Injuries.
Although thousands of soldiers nnd
police patrol the ptreets at every hour
of the day and night, they have never
been on the spot when any of the at
tacks were made and are apparently
no nearer to catching the assailant
than they were before.
The feeling Is that tho police are
powerless to deal with this unldentl
lied assailant, who deals his blows In
the open nnd always reappears just
when the police think that they havo
caught the guilty man.
The attacks have been made alto
gether in the meaner quarter of Ber
lin.. The women who were tho vic
tims came of various classes. Many
of them are very poor, but some are
the wives of small storekeepers or
men of moderate moans. Practically
all of them are of unquestionable char
acter. The" Berllnors connect tho present
series of attacks with the very simi
lar "ripper" murders vt 1007 and 1008,
when scores of very young girls were
atrociously slain in hallways. The
iresent "ripper," like the unknown
leraetrator, of the crimes a. year ago,
Laeo.iinat couiu nave no
tuo-Sffeet ai
bladed Instrument Jlke,raioor iinlfo
upon tue abdomen, only rarely has
their clothing protected their bodies
from being wounded. The cuts have
most of them been dealt with enough
force and aim to Inflict dangerous ab
dominal or visceral wounds. Often
death has followed.
The victims of the nttacks of 1007
were nil young girls. Most of them
were still in childhood. The lunatic
made a practice of first enticing them
Into some secluded hallway by prom
ises of candy, which he carried with
him. He would Invariably end by as
saulting them with some sharp stab
bing instrument supposed to be a scis
sors blade. He would terribly lacerate
and mangle tho abdomen and leave
tho victim dying, to bo found by who
over next passed that way.
Neither during the February assaults
nor during those of 1007 was tho at
tempt ninde to kill for tho sake oi
taking life. Mutilation was Invaria
bly the Insane object, and It did not
seem to matter to tho "ripper" wheth
er his victims died or not. This trait
marked him ns n creature of a very
different type from the Whltechapel
"ripper" of iaS8, who first killed, then
partly dissected tho body.
The present perpetrator is rather a
slasher than n ripper In tho sense
usunl In such aberrations, ne nevei
stabs or seems bent on Intentionally
penetrating the abdomen, but seems
inspired with tho desire simply to In
flict a broad shallow surface wound
or marl:. Tho great keenness of his
weapon and tho excessive strength In
his blow cause tho dangerous wounds
that have so often resulted fatally.
CHILD HACKED TO DEATH.
Body Bore Twenty. eight Knife Wounds
and Sears of Burns.
Marseilles, France, Feb. 17. The dis
covery of a revolting crime, recalling
In details a enso which occurred In
Paris in 1007, has caused a sensation
here.
The body of an eight-year-old girl
torn by twenty-eight knife wounds and
further mutilated by burns has been
found In a populous qunrter of the city.
A man who had been living with tin
girl's mother, who is a widow, has
been arrested.
Favorable Report on Earl Today.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 17. Tho senate
finance committee today reported
vornbly to tho senate the nomination
of Bobert Earl as Democratic member
of the state highway commission.
No Boys at Races or Cockfights.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 17. Tho as
sembly passed Ororo L. Johnson's bill
making It n misdemeanor for.n minor
to attend n cockfight, prizefight or
horse race.
RIPPER
I AM
SUICIDE LEAGUE IN RUSSIA.
Epidemlo of Self Destruction Among
St. Petersburg Society.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. Neurasthe
nia Is claiming nn ever Increasing num
ber of victims in all sections of St.
Petersburg society. A surprising num
ber of people, tired of life, seek death
by various methods.
Persons of fashionable society jour
ney to Finland nnd fling themselves
Into the romantic Imatra rapids.
Strange clubs and societies nrc In ex
istence. One of these is styled "Tiger
nnd Hunter." Two members draw
lots to decide who will bo the tiger
nnd who the hunter. A silver bell Is
hung around the tiger's neck, and tho
hunter Is given a loaded revolver.
Both enter large darkened rooms, and
the spectators take refuge In safe cor
ners. The hunt begins. The hunter's eyes
are bound. He Is allowed, six shots,
guided hy the sound of tlio bell. If
he falls to hit tho tiger the roles are
reversed, nnd the hunter becomes tho
tiger. This continues until blood
Hows.
Another society hns "champagne
evenings," where one nmong twenty
bottles Is drugged with morphia.
Sometimes In a single night there are
numerous secret suicides, for which
there is no plausible explanation, giv
ing rise to the suspicion that tho vic
tims belong to tho same league of self
destruction.
SUFFRAGETTE UP IN BALLOON
Woman Agitator Fails In Plan to Over
awe Parliament.
London, Feb. 17. The militant suf
fragettes, who hitherto have found
tho ranks of the police Invulnerable to
their assaults by either land or water,
decided to frustrate these guardians
of tho law by approaching tho houses
of parliament from above by means
of nn airship.
When the airship nppenred above the
heads of the legislators their surprise
was great to see on the gas bag print
ed the words, "Votes For Women,"
while forty foot, streamers bearing va
rious Inscriptions floated in the wind.
Miss Mattel's, one of the heroines of
the "chain and grille" Incident In the
lPS?if..lilr ,UBO " -u""o"Mi was io occupy me
m:f;?t.zMPBum-i .accompanied by nn experlenc
JJ9y2i"n'Kume me ves-
.'!.tJroy.al;pro
ttf?ttfi feomfcs i nt
parliament.
When it was halted Miss Matters.
armed with a megaphone, was to
shout down words of defiance nt the
astounded commoners nnd shower
down handbills on their heads.
The airship rose all right, but It
never reached the houses of parlla
monr. It went astray and finally de
scended nt Coulsdon, Surrey, fifteen
miles from London.
FOR JEWS IN RUSSIA.
Move to Get Equal Rights For Amer
icans In Czar's Land.
Washington, F.eb. 17.-A joint reso
lution presented by Bepresentntlve
Uoldfogle of New York designed to
get belter treatment for American
Jews traveling In Bussla was reported
favorably by the house committee on
foreign nffalrs.
It calls upon tho president to enter
Into arrangements with Bussla by
treaty or otherwise "In order that all
American citizens shall have equal
freedom of travel and sojourn In Bus
sla without regard to race, creed or
religious faith."
The resolution Is the outgrowth of
many complaints that Bussla has re
fused to recognize American passports
held by Jews. The matter has been
made the subject of diplomatic ex
changes of notes between tho two gov
ernments, but without results satisfac
tory to Jewish travelers. A treaty cov
ering the point Is contemplated.
WIRELESS FOR SHIPS.
House Passes Burke Bill; Senate Like.
ly to Concur.
Washington, Feb. 17. Vessels en.
gaged in the coastwise trade of the
United States and foreign vessels
touching at American ports are re
quired to be equipped with wireless
telegraphy under the terms of the
Burke bill passed by the house.
As to the coastwise trade, the bill
applies only to vessels carrying fifty
passengers or more between ports 200
miles or more apart.
The agitation In congress for the
compulsory equipment of passenger
craft with radio telegraphic apparatus
was begun as a direct result of the
collision of the steamship Bepubllc
with the Italian liner Florida.
Size of Battleships Limited.
Washington, Feb. 17. By an amend
mcnt to tho naval appropriation bill
adopted by the senate the size of the
two battleships authorized Is limited
to 21,000 tons and their cost exclusive
of armor and armament to $4,500,000
each.
Weather Probsbllltlss.
Fair; colder; moderate west winds.
BAH ON M! PLAYS
Theater Syndicate Heeds
Protest of Ministers.
FIVE SHOWS VOTED INDECENT
Trust Will Refuse to Allow Boob
ings In Its Houses to Any of
the Alleged Immoral
Productions. 1
New York, Feb. 17. Yielding to tho
protests made by ministers of all de
nominations, in which President Burn
ham ot the Theatrical Managers' as
sociation joined, tho theater syndicate,
which controls more than 00 per cent
of the theaters of tho United States,
has put Its emphatic ban on each and
every ouo of tho plays declared im
moral and Indecent.
In accordance with this new policy
Klaw & Erlangcr announced' that un
der no circumstances would they give
time throughout the country to the
plays which bad been criticised as Im
moral. The official statement was
made by Abraham L. Erlangcr, who,
with Marc Klaw, Is the head of the
theatrical trust, as follows:
We are not going to book these clays in
the theaters we own, control or represent.
This means that the theaters controlled
by the syndicate throughout the country
and those operated by Klaw & Erlanger
individually will not book any of the
plays that have been denounced as Im
moral or Indecent.
The contracts that have been made
through us will be respected, as all of
our agreements Invariably are, but It Is
only fair to our associates and ourselves
to say that no member of the syndicate
has anything to do with any of the plays
that are being denounced.
we are heartily In accord with the sin
cere clergymen and the respectable news
papers In this crusade. We aro going to
let the so called Independents play all the
attractions of this character, and, while
on tne subject, we want to add that we
are not going to let our theaters deterior
ate to the condition from which they were
rescued.
We do not believe any of the managers
we represent will Interfere with the re
solve we have taken. If they do we shall
discontinue our business relations with
them at the expiration of present con
tracts. .
A little more than a. 'week ago
Charles Burnham, presldcntQfuttlie
New York Theatrical Managers' asso
ciation, in an interview said, "It I
had my way I would close five shows
which are now running in New York
on tho score of Immorality."
Tho day Mr. Burnham made this
statement the Presbyterian, Methodist
and Baptist ministers In their weekly
meetings had denounced five plays
then being produced at Broadway the
aters as vicious, Immoral and inde
cent, and they called on the mayor to
establish a censorship of plays.
Archbishop Farley of the Boman Cath
olic diocese of New York preached a
sermon declaring that the stage was
a sink of obscenity and fllth which put
to shame tho worst days of ancient
Borne. w
TO STOP FAKE BANKRUPTCY.
Woolen Merchants Open National
Campaign to Check Frauds.
Xow York, Feb. 17. Following the
indictment of Michael Devlne and Ar
thur Bonan, tailors, charging them
with making a false statement of
their financial condition In order to se
cure a large bill of goods from a Phil
adelphia merchant announcement was
made by counsel for the National
Woolens nnd Trimmings association,
which furnished information against
the Indicted tailors, that evidence was
being prepared to Indict and prosecute
many sjmllar cases In tho principal
cities In tho Atlantic and middle west
ern states.
Counsel for the association stated
thnt the Indictment of the tailors
marks the opening of a national cam
paign to stop alleged fraudulent bank
ruptcy practices. Members of tho as
sociation say that mercantile houses
have been defrauded out of hundreds
of thousands of dollars by dishonest
retailers starting accounts on falsified
credit statements and then going Into
bankruptcy.
PLAYERS IN TRAIN WRECK.
Six Killed and Thirty-ilx Injured In
Illinois Central Catastrophe.
Murpheysboro, 111., Feb. 17. Foul
passengers were killed and thirty-six
Injured when an Illinois Central train
hound from St. Louis to New Orleans
was wrecked on a trestle by running
into a broken rail near Murphysboro.
The Injured Include seventeen actors
and actresses of the Perry Hastings
show troup.
The train was running fifty-five miles
an hour as It entered on a trestle,
where the locomotive hit a broken rail.
The locomotive passed over tho trestle
safely, but the baggage car and the
smoking car went off the track and
throw the four remaining can down
an embankment.