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Semi-Weekly Founded:
Wayne County Organ
1908
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Weekly Founded, 1844
REPUBLICAN PARTY j
66th YEAR.
HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1909.
NO. 28
VOTE ONJARIFF.
Friday, April 9, Named b
House Rule.
SIXTEEN VOTES TO SPARE
Committee on Rules Wins Easily
Clark of Florida Scores Bryan
In Debate Mrs. Taft In
terested Speotator.
Washington, April C It was decided
by the house of representatives tc
take a final vote on the Payne tarln
bill on April 0 at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. The long expected resolution from
the committee on rules closing general
debate, providing for certain com
mittee amendments and a full and
free opportunity to alter the lumbei
and hides schedules, was reported and
adopted with sixteen votes to spare
notwithstanding the desertion oi
twenty Republicans.
Four of the sixteen votes came from
the Louisiana delegation, who likewise
broke away from their party. Pre
vious to the adoption of the resolution
there was some severe criticism ol
It from the Democratic side.
Asldo froni the interest which at
tached to this proceeding was the
speech of Mr. Clark of Florida, who
denounced Bryan and Bryanlsm, Pop
ulists and populism,-and who declared
that ho would support the Payne bill
If it contained what his constituents
wanted a duty on sea island cotton
and protection for citrous fruits, pine
apples, etc.
His remarks led him into an excit
ing colloquy with Mr. Itandall of Tex
as and other Democrats, but he de
clared that, having been instructed
by the legislature of his state and his
constituents as to the stand he should
take on the articles mentioned, he
would not violate his solemn obliga
tion to them. His whole attitude was
one of defiance to the Democrats of
the house.
Mr. Clark declared that he was "sick
and tired of hearing my southern col
leagues talk of the 'poor men of the
south.' "
"Have you no convictions?" asked
Mr. Flnloy of South Carolina.
"I have," responded Mr. Clark, "no
convictions of men who represent
nothing but a short bale of cotton, a
nigger and a mule."
Thunderous applause on the Repub
lican side Interrupted Mr. Clark, and
when quiet was restored he continued:
"The Democracy ought to be pro
gressive if it is anything. I do not con
sider that you gentlemen," he declared,
looking nround on the Democratic side
of the house, "represent Democracy
any more than I do. We will meet n't
the next national convention, and we
will then see who Is to control' and
who will represent the Democratic sen
timent of this great republic of ours."
An interested spectator throughout
almost the entire session was Mrs.
Taft, who was accompanied by her
two sons and Captain Archibald Butt,
V. S. A., one of the president's aids.
The rule was presented by Repre
sentative Dalzell of Pennsylvania.
Following the debate, the previous
question was ordered by a vote of 100
to 180, this being equivalent to the
adoption of the rule Itself. The Dem
ocrats, however, forced a roll call on
tho adoption of the rule, the Repub
licans winning by 19-1 to 178 in favor.
Speaker Cannon then ordered that
the bill be taken up and considered
for amendment. Mr. Fordney of Mich
igan at once moved to strike out tho
countervailing provision of the lumber
schedule.
A snag was Immediately encountered
by Mr. Payne moving that the com
mittee rise. This was for tho purpose
of laying the bill aside and moving an
adjournment, but the Democrats
stoutly resisted and availed them
selves of all parliamentary tactics to
thwart it.
Mr. Payne's motion prevailed, 102 to
140, and he immediately thereafter
moved to adjourn.
Tho Democrats forced another roll
call, and tho motion was carried.
CHOKER CALLS ON TAFT.
President Chati on Horses and Golf
With Ex-Tammany Chief.
Washington, April C Ittcbard Cro
ker, the former Tammany chieftain,
called on President Taft at tho White
House, and the two chatted together
In the executive offices for quite
awhile, principally on tho topic , of
horses and golf.
Mr. Taft asked about Mr. Crokcr's
horses, one of whom recently wori'tho
famous English Derby.
Mr. Oroker is an lnveterato golf
player, and on this subject he and the
president talked quite freely.
ARNOLD'S FLAGSHIP FOUND.
Champlaln Celebration Committee Die
covers It In the Lake.
Albany, N. Y April 6. The federal
government has been asked by the
Lake Champlaln tercentenary commis
sion to raise the Royal Savage, Bene
dict Arnold's flagship in the first naval
engagement of the Revolution, from
the bottom of Lake Champlaln, where
it has lain for nearly 133 years.
If It is rebuilt it will sail about the
lake during the week of July 4, the
threo hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of Lake Champlaln.
Divers report that the hull, which Is
forty-five feet long and fifteen feet
wide, Is in a good state of preserva
tion. It lies where, after o despornto fight
with a superior British fleet, It went
aground on the nfternoon of Oct. 11,
1770, nnd wus abandoned by Arnold,
who then transferred his flag t'o the
Congress nnd mnde his escape, in the
night, giving battle to his pursuers all
the next day In a running fight up the
hike to the vicinity of Crown Point.
FERDINAND WARD SUED.
Creditor Claims $50,000 Worth of Jew
els Willed to Son.
Newark, N. J., April 0. Ferdinand
Ward, the "Napoleon of finance" of a
qunrter of a century ago, whoso stock
speculation wrecked the Wall street
brokerage firm of Grant & Ward and
reduced General U. S. Grant to pov
erty, is defendant In a suit by Thom
as L. Morton of this city for Jewels
valued at $50,000 which belonged to
Ward's mother.
Ward declares in reply to the suit
that he has been living In poverty in
a garret with barely enough to eat
and that the Jewels were willed by his
wife to their son, Clarence Ward, who
Is a professor nt Rutgers college.
Morton, who brings the suit against
Ward, claims $1,900 as money advanc
ed to him since his release from prison.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Closing Stock Quotations.
Money on call was 2 per cent; time
money and mercantile paper unchanged
In rates. Closing prices of stocks were:
Amal. Copper... 7H& Norf. & West... 00
Atchison 10SH Northwestern ..182:4
B. & O 113 Penn. It. It IKIj
Brooklyn It. T., 77 Reading 137
Ches. &OWo.... 71 Rock Island 21?i
C. ,G.,C.& St.L.. 75V4 St. Paul 161
D. & II 179 Southern Pao...l22i
Erie 29 Southern Ry.... 2614
Gen. Electric... 159 South. Ry. pf... C5
111. Central 146 Sugar 132
Int.-Met 14T6 Texas Pacific... 33
Louis. & Nash.. 135 Union Pacific... 1S0V4
Manhattan 142 U. S. Steel 51
Missouri Pac... 73 U. S. Steel pf,..113
N. Y. Central. ...131',4 West. Union.... 67
Market Reports.
WHEAT Steady; contract grade, April,
Jl.29al.S0.
OATS Firm; No. 2 white, natural, G9&
aCOc.
BUTTER Lower, but closlne steady;
fair trade; receipts, 4,il3 packages: cream
ery, specials, 28a2SV4c (official 2Sc); ex
tras, 27a27c; thirds to firsts, 21a26c;
held, common to special, 20a27c; state
dairy, common to choice, 19a25c; process,
common to special, 17a23c; western, fao
tory. 10al9c; Imitation creamery, 20c.
CHEESE Firm; receipts, 1,072 boxes:
.state, full cream, special, ICalTc.; small,
fancy, lo-?icj large, rancy, lsc; good to
line, 1514c; winter made, best, 14Vc; com
mon to prime, 12allVic; skims, full to
specials, 2Val2Hc
EGGS Firmer; receipts, 22,950 cases;
state, Pennsylvania and nearby, fancy,
selected, white, 28aS4c; fair to cholco,
2115a22V;c.; brown and mixed, fancy, 22a
22V&C ; fair to choice, 21a2114c; western,
firsts, 20;4a21c; seconds, 20c.
POTATOES Firm; domestic, old, in
bulk, per ISO lbs., J2.C2a3.12; per bbl. or
bag, J2.50a2.85; European, per 168 lb. bag.
$2.30a2.C0; Bermuda, per bbl., $5a7; sweet,
per basket, $l,25al.60.
LIVE POULTRY Entire absence of
movement, and prices nominal; chickens,
broilers, per lb., 23aS3c; fowls, 15alCVc;
old roosters, llal2c; ducks, 16c; geese,
SaSHc.
DRESSED POULTRY Firm; fowls,
boxes, lCVal6Vc.; barrels, 15V4alCc; old
loosters, 12Ha; squabs, white, per doz.,
$1.2oa4.25; frozen turkeys. No. 1, per lb.,
23a25c; broilers, milk fed, fancy, 2ta28c;
corn fed, fancy, 22a24c; roasting chickens,
milk fed, 23o2Cc.;' corn fed, 17a20c; fowls.
No. 1, 16al5Hc; old roosters, VPAc; ducks,
No. 1, 17al8c; geese, No. 1, 12al4c; ca
pons, 24a27c
HAY AND STRAW Quiet; timothy,
per hundred, COaS2V4c. : shipping, KaMHc:
clover, mixed, 55a 76c. ; clover, KfcSOc.; rye
straw, ?l.0oal.l7ft; small bales, ZW. less
on low grades.
NEW WEST POINT CHAPEL.
Cornerstone of Building For Military
Cadets Is Laid,
West Point, N. Y April O.-Tho cor
nerstone of tho new chapel of tho Mili
tary academy was laid In tho presence
of tho officers and cadets of the acade
my by Colonel Hugh L. Scott, tho su
perintendent. Photographs of President Taft,
Theodore Roosevelt, Secrotary Dickin
son, Colonel Scott, Brigadier General
Albert L. Mills, Major J. M, Carson,
Jr., and Chaplain Edward S, Travera,
together with coin and statistics and
records of tho academy, were imbed
ded in tho stone.
The new chapel occupies a command
ing site on a height overlooking the
ncadomy grounds.
Sutton Challenges 8loson.
New York, April 0. George Sutton
challenged Ueorgo Slosson for the 18
Inch one shot In balk lino billiard cham
pionship and deposited $250 to bind
the match.
OFFTHEJRTROLLEY
Arrest of McKay and His
Partner.
THE SENSATION OF THE WEEK.
Lackawaxen Vnlloy Railway In
no Way Involved Hones
clnlo and Hawloy Trolley
Lino Provided for.
The New York city papers of Saturday
last gavo Honesdale people something of
a sensation, by the announcement that
on Friday the offices of George L. Mc
Kay & Co., "stocks, bonds nnd in vest
ments,' 1 on the sixth floor of 20 Broad
street, were raided upon information
furnished by scoresof investors through
out the country who had declared that
they had bought mining stock from the
firm, which they either did not get at all
or had been induced to buy under fraud
ulent pretences.
As Mr. McKay's firm wns generally
known to be tho financial agents of the
Lackawaxen Valley Hailroad Company,
chartered for a trolley road between
Seelyvillo and Ilawley, and whose obli
gations have recently been put upon the
market, there were naturally many spec
ulations as to what effect the raid would
have upon the placing of the securitii s
of our trolley road, and the pessimistic
element took a very gloomy view of the
situation,
We are very glad to say, however, that
from what can be learned directly from
present shareholders of the Lackawaxen
Valley Itnilroad Company regarding the
(loafing of the bonds of said company,
it appears that the arrest of G. L. Mc
Kay and his partner, Mr. Colby, will in
no way affect the progress of the local
road. Those high in authority and in
fluence claim that McKay & Co. had se
cured parties to take the bonds, and that
it is a question of only a few days be
fore they will bo signed over that.every
thing was practically settled. Men of
means who intend to develop the pro
posed road have on several occasions
visited Honesdale and gone over the
route with experts, that every detail
might be investigated. It was on this
kind of n trip that J. li. Walker, an
electrical engineer with tho Ferguson
Construction Company, of New. York,
made his visit a few days since. The
proposition presented and the develop
ment possiblo appeared to tho moneyed
men in such a manner that they not
only saw a great opportunity to declare
dividends, but that much new territory
would bo developed and mnny interest
ing points reached.
It is the general impression among
those who have interested themselves
in trolley enterprises thatthisundevelop-
ed section, comprising within reasonable
limit, connections witli Hawley, Dun
niore, Scranton, Carbondale and Way
mart, is one of the most promising op
portunities of its kind in process of de
velopment.
Charters of a most liberal character
have been granted in tho boroughs of
Honesdale and Hawley, showing not
only the belief of the authorities of these
places in t'ie benefits to bo derived from
the undi , iking, but their confidence in
the projc ts and backers of the road.
Whatcvu, ground there may have been
for callii. McKay & Co. to task for
other speuii.ative offences, there is cer
tainly, in tho opinion of all locally in
terested, nothing to be said to their dis
credit so far as their relations with the
Lackawaxen Valley Itailroad are con
cerned. Whilo dealing with our towns
people, nnd our borough authorities,
they have been quite as anxious to con
servo tho interests of the general public
as of tho individuals more immediately
interested, and the rights reserved to
the community in theordinaiices adopt
ed were largely at their suggestion.
Tho nrrest of Mr. McKay and his
partner is now believed to have been at'
the instance of parties fprmerly connect
ed witli them in business, who are tak
ing this method to "get even" for some
real or fancied wrong. Whatever moy
bo ttie outcomo of their contention, it is
safe to say that no one interested in tho
Lackawaxen Valley Itailroad can bo af
focted seriously by tho present compli
cation. Tim very fact that tho members
of the MoKay firm arrested, wore re
leased on very moderate bail for a later
hearing, would indicato that tho matter
was not regarded in a very serious light
by the federal authorities. At all events
they are entitled to a suspension of
judgment on the part of pnoplo here
abouts until they shall have had thoir
"day in oourt."
Dr. O. It. mtADY, Dwrnrr Honesdale, Pa,
OrrioKltouni-8n. m.toop. m.
"""'rilterian'K
DE. PATT0N IMMOVABLE.
Bays He Can't Interfere as Asked by
Princeton Thoologs.
Buffalo, April C The crisis in the
Princeton Theological seminary as to
whether there shall be a inic modern
curriculum doesn't nmount to much,
according to Dr. Francis L. Pntton,
president of the seminary.
"It is true," said Dr. Patton, "that
the students do desire some modifica
tion in the curriculum, but it is not
my duty, my right or my privilege
either to accede or deny their requests.
I couldn't Interfere If I would."
Asked about the purpose of his lec
tures here, Dr. Patton said: "The
world today Is facing two problems,
whether there Is a personal God and
whether he has spoken In the incarna
tion of Jesus Christ. Around these
two questions all the controversy of
our time centers.
"The purposo of my lectures Is to aid
in the solution of those questions. I
wish to set forth the fundamental
truths of Christianity, not to preach
Presbyterlanlsra, but to, preach the
Christian religion."
"You think liberal theology is weak
ening our churches?"
"Yes, I do. Liberalism is growing,
and the churches are drifting away
from the doctrine of reincarnation."
GOVERNOR LILLEY VERY ILL.
Connecticut's Executive Suffers From
Nervous Exhaustion.
Hartford, Conn., April 0. The ill
ness of Governor George L. Lllley
from nervous exhaustion has assumed
a serious aspect, and his condition Is
a matter of much uneasiness. The af
fection of the nerves, which has been
most pronounced In his stomach, ap
pears to' have gone to his heart and
kidneys.
Governor Lllley has been a vigorous
man during the years he has been in
public life, nnd it Is the hope that bis
stamina will tide him over the crisis.
AIRSHIP TRIP ABANDONED.
Count Zeppelin's Pilot Quits After
Flight of Ten Hours.
Frledrlchshafon, April C The twenty-four
hour endurance trip of Count
Zeppelin's airship ended In failure aft
er ten hours' flight owing to unfavora
ble weather. During this time the air
ship descended twice to the surface of
the lake to take in water for ballast.
Major Sperling, who acted as pilot
In place of Count Zeppelin, finally de
cided to return to the hall to refill the
balloon with gas.
The balloon traveled ns far as Bl
berach and then returned to the lake,
where it engaged for a long time in
maneuvers. A strong easterly wind
sprang up, against which it was im
possible to make headway, although
the motors were working well.
Major Sperling feared that he might
be driven into the mountains and de
cided to seek shelter In the floating
hall nnd nbamloned the idea of re
filling. WOMAN'S CHAINS BROKEN.
Governor of Georgia Releases Kate
O'Dwyer From Chain Gang.
Athens, Ga., April 0. Kate O'Dwyer
broke the shackles that forceu her to
work on the chain gang and escaped
by sawing tho bars of her cell.
She had been sentenced to the gang
for twelve months for disorderly con
duct, but sentence was suspended on
condition that she leave the country
and never return. She returned and
was arrested. She was ordered
shackled and chained day and night
as desperate men convicts were.
Her treatment became public when
an attorney asked for a writ of habeas
corpus on the ground that no one can
be condemned to Infamous punishment
except by a jury.
Governor Smith took up the case
and issued tin order that no woman
prisoner was ever to be shackled here
after. TURKEY RATIFIES TREATY.
Protocol o Pact--' With Austria Ap
proved by Parliament.
Constantinople, April 0. After ten
hours' stormy debate, in which the Al
banian deputies accused the govern
ment of selling a portion of the em
pire for an Insignificant sum, tho
chamber approved the Austro-Turklsh
protocol by a vote of 130 to 40.
This protocol provides for the set
tlement of the differences arising out
of the annexation by Austria-Hungary
of tho provinces of Bosnia and Herze
govina, Under it tho Turkish govern
ment receives $10,800,000 Indemnity.
Tafts Pick Summer Home.
Manchester, Mass., Aprlt 0. The an
nouncement was made that President
Taft and his family ere to make their
summer homo here this year. They
will occupy tho Qlendyno, tho home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Mitchell,
which overlooks the ocean.
Westser Probabilities.
Cloudy and warmer; moderate south
wludi.
WATERJENTS.
Ehrhardt's Bill Passes the
House by Big Vote.
FUERTH'S EFFECTIVE SPEECH.
Practically Unanimous Vote on
the Scranton Water Bill.
Fuerth Is Thanked by
Board of Trade.
The bill introduced by Representative
Ehrhardt, of Scranton, which grants to
councils of cities of the second class the
right to fix tho maximum rates charged
by water companies, passed the house
finally on Tuesday night of last week by
n-vote of 140 to 1. The bill now goes
to the senate for concurrence and if
Senator Blewitt succeeds in steering it
as safely through tho upper body ns lte
presentative Ehrhardt did through the
house, the citizens of Scranton will short
ly be enjoying a relief measure they have
long desired.
Tho fact that tho senate is said to
have twenty-two corporation attorneys
in its membership of fifty is a matter,
however, that does not augur well for
the measure in that body. While the
senate is looked upon ns the stumbling
block for meritorious legislation, a bill
in the interest of the people rather than
corporations occasionally manages to
get by.
Representative Leopold Fuerth, of
this county, mado a strong speech in
favor of the bill, which assisted material
ly in its passage by a practically unani
mous vote. His services in this direc
tion elicited tho following warm letter
of approval from the Scranton Board of
Trade:
Scranton Board of Trade, Scranton, Pa.
April 1st, lUO'J.
Hon. Leopold Fuerth,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Dear Sir: The Scranton Board of
Trade desires to thank you for the mas
terly and effective speech you made in
the House the other day in behalf of the
Ehrhardt Water Kates Bill, which so
deeply concerns this entire community.
We appreciate your efforts in behalf of
this bill very deeply. The proposition
could not have been presented more
clearly or effectively by anybody living
in this community, and having personal
contact and years of direct experience
wan una question.
Will we ue presuming too much to ask
your continued interest in tho measure
even now since it has passed into the
tin.m.i. 9 f 1 11... l
utuaic , hi: icui Huiu inutyuur support
will give it strength on that side also.
very respectlully yours,
uMak K. Edgaii, Secretary.
Mr. Fuerth said :
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
House: I wish to sav a few words in
favor of this bill, which chieflv concerns
the city of Scranton, which is in the ad
joining county represented in part by
me. me ooject oi tins Dill is to put n
limit upon the corporation supplying the
city with water, in the interest of the
150,000 comprising its population. This
corporation is now practically in the con
trol oi one man.
This gentleman, 1 am nleased to sav.
has, by his foresight during many years
past, secured nearly all tho springs, the
streams and the lakes available for
Scranton's use. The city is in tho heart
of n mining district, and nearly all tho
rivulets and brooks of the county are
necessarily contaminated by the pump
ings from coal mines. This condition
will grow worse as the number of mines
nnd the population of tho district in
creases, and the supply from the un
polluted lakes and streams naturally de
creases. Now, what is to be done about
it?
If nothing internosed. Mr. Scranton.
or, I fear, much worse successors, will
be enabled to exact from every person
in the city such terms as lie or they may
teel inclined to impose. Should such a
state of affairs be, when by our vote we
can prevent it?
This bill provides a remedy for this
state of affairs that seems to me' eminent
ly just and fair. It allows water com
panies under ordinance of the city to
to securo all tho water thov desire for
.the use of tho people, and only requires
in exenango lor me privilege mat trie
burden to consumers snail not be more
tli an six per cent, upon the fair value of
tno stocK alter providing tor a proper
pinking fund, operating expenses and
fixed charges. Is this not fair ? Water
companies are long-lived and always
prontamo.
Our State is not in high repute as a
dealer with corporations. Everything
that could be asked for seems to have
been taken from the peoplo and thrown
to tho grabbers, without reward our
coal, our oil, our transportation, our
gas, our electrio combinations have all
been given away without recourse. And
now they want the prime necessity of life
water, without which life Itself cannot
exist. The cities of Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Allegheny and Harrisburg have
wisely obtained tho control of tho water
supply in thoir hands.
This bill only proposes that the city of
Scranton,-or other cities that may here
after como under its provisions, shall
have a limit placed upon the greed of
corporations controlling tno water sup
tis an economic crimo that any com
munity of peoplo should be dependent
for ono of tho great necessities of life
upon a singlo corporation, wtiich has a
monopoly, nnu is wnuoui puono control,
regulation or restraint of any kind. More
particularly is this true where the com
munity is a city of a hundred and fifty
thousand souls, and tho corporation is
controlled absolutely by the whims and
caprices of one individual.
There is no lobbying for this measure
because there is no graft in it, nnd I
trust there aro none opposed to it. It is
purely in the interest of thirsty humanity,
and I hope you will give it an unani
mous vote.
Mr. Fuerth is opposing the Capitol
Park Extension Bill, and at a public
hearing on Thursday night last, in Har
risburg, in which Senator Fox spoke at
great length in support of tho measure,
and nnswered many questions put by
members of House Appropriations Com
mittee, tho member from Wnyne elicited
from him much information concerning
the appraised and assessed valuations
of the property proposed to bo taken for
the extension, which will enable mem
bers to discuss the question intelligently
when it comes up in the lower branch.
At tho executive session of the commit
tee, after the public hearing, it was de
cided to report the bill with two import
ant amendments.
One provides that the park extension
commissioners, three in number, are to
serve without compensation other than
their necessary expenses.
The other provides that all property
in tho extension district be acquired by
condemnation instead of by purchase.
GRUESOME DEATH
A Young Man Fearfully
Mangled near Farview.
FRANK J. KILPATRICK THE VICTIM
The Honesdale Passenger Train
Strikes a Carbondale Mail
and Cuts him in Pieces.
Frank J. Kilpatrick, of Carbondale,
a well known and greatly respected
young man, wao killed on the Honesdale
branch of the Delawnre and Hudson
railroad at about 3 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon last, while walking the track
near the curvobetween Fnrview and
No. 4. Just how the accident occurred
no one seems to know. Ho was seen
half an hour earlier by the train crow
which gatheredup the mangled remains,
but how he came to his tragic end is a
mystery. The only plausible suggestion is
that he was ttruck by tho passenger
train leaving Carbondale nt .'! o'clock
and was carried along the rails for over
two hundred yards. The remains were
strewn along the track for a consider
able distance, and the train crew found
much trouble in locating some parts of
the body. They were conveyed to Car
bondale on the train which was inbound
and was in charge of Conductor Keifer
and Engineer Stump.
About 3 o'clock, when tho train in
charge of Conductor Keifer was stop
ped near Farview, the young man was
walking along the tracks at that point.
He chatted and joked with the members
of the crew until it was time for them to
leave to go farther down the lino in or
der to let the Honesdale-bound after
noon passenger train go by. Ono of the
crew asked him if he would not ride
down with them, but he refused, saying
that lie would take an easy jaunt ovei
the hills and arrive in Carbondale ir
time for supper. This was tho last seen
of him alive.
The deceased was.born in Carbondale
about 23 years ago. He was a graduate
of the Carbondale high school and was
valedictorian of his class. After that
time he was connected with tho Carbon
dale department of the Scranton Ite
publican and later with the local depart
ment of the Truth and was held in higii
regard by the newspaper fraternity. Ho
later accepted a position as clerk at the
round house office of the Delaware and
Hudson, In that capacity lie took up
stenography and typewriting, and in a
short time with but little assistance ho
became proficient in the work, nnd but
a few weeks ago took an examination
at Wilkes-Barro and wns to have left
shortly for Panama, where ho was to act
as a government stenographer for the
canal authorities. He seemed to bo des
tined for a very bright career. Ho was
a talented musician and a member of
the O. M. B. A. and the Knights of Co
lumbus. Besides his father and mothor, tw
brothers, Joseph and 'James, and three
sisters, Gertrude, Helen and Mario, sur
vive. ANNOUNCEMENTS.
-Instead of tho regular evening service,
Wednesday, April 7th, at Graco Episco
pal church, thero will bo a service In tho
morning at half-past-tcn. Thursday,
7:30 p. m., there will be the Holy Com
munion and a sermon, Each year this
service Is hold In commemoration of the.
Last Supper,