THE CITIZEN
rVBUSnED kvebt Wednesday and Friday bt
THE CITIZKN rODLlSHIHO COKrANT.
Entered as second-class matter, at thepost
olllcc. Honcsdale, Pa.
K. B. IIAIIDENBERGH, - PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND SECY
directors:
C. B. DORFLINOER.
M. II. ALI EN.
HENRY WILSON.
E. D. HARDEN llEndll.
W. W. WOOD.
SUBSCRIPTION: $1.60 A TEAR. IN ADVA5CE
FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1909.
ICcpublirnn State Convention
To the Republican Electors of Penn
sylvania: I am directed by the Republican
State Committee to announce that
the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
by their duly chosen representatives,
will meet in convention at the Ma
jestic Theatre in the city of Har
risburg, on Wednesday, June 1G,
1909, at 10:30 o'clock a. ni., for
the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the following offices, to
-wit:
Olio person for the office of State
Treasurer.
One person for the office of Au
ditor General.
One person for the office of .Judge
of the Supreme Court.
Also for the transaction of such
other business as may be presented.
In accordance with the rules gov
erning the Republican party in
Pennsylvania, the representation in
the State convention will be based
on the vote polled at the last presi
dential election; under the rules
each legislative district is entitled
to one delegate for every two
thousand votes cast for the presi
dential electors in 1908, and an
additional delegate for every frac
tion of two thousand votes polled
in excess of one thousand.
By order of the Republican State
Committee.
W. R. Andrews, Chairman.
CANDIDATES FOR STATE
CONVENTION.
Charles .1. Smith, of Honesdale, and
William ('. Ames, of Hawley, are can
didates for delegates to the Republican
State Convention, who are to he cIiommi
at the coming primaries. it I Mr. Smith
and Mr. Ames are representative busi
ness men ; mil professional politicians;
mil office seekers, nor office holders, and
would i epresent the Republicans of
Wayne county without any danger of
using the influence conferred upon them
as delegates for their own peixinal ag
grandizement. I'ltOMOTIOXS IN Ill-XL
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I'llOXK COMPANY.
The Carhondale district which in
cludes the towns of Carhondale,
Honesdale, White Mills, and Hawley,
and which has been under the super
vision of .Mr. C. F. O'Donnell, Agent,
of Carhondale, Pa., has been divided
into two districts. Due to the ex
tensive growth in the borough of
Honesdale and the rural districts, it
has required the establishing of an
agent at Honesdale, Pa.
K. M. MeCraeken, who has been
rural line agent for several years,
has been appointed agent of the
Honesdale-llawley district.
T. A. Harvey, of Carhondale, Pa.,
who has recently completed a tenta
tive canvass on our Honesdale ex
change, and who is entitled to the
honor of the appointment of an
agent at the Honesdale-Hawley dis
trict, has been transferred to the
Seranton office to take charge of a
force of eighteen salesmen. .Mr. Gar-
vey is to be congratulated on his ad
vancement. C. F. O'Donnell's territory has been
reduced to the towns of Carhondale,
Forest City, Vandliug, Jermyn, May
field, Archbald, Crystal Lake, Dun
daff and the rural districts.
The above changes will become ef
fective May 15, 1909.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Results of Games Played In National,
American and Eastern Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York New York, 3; Chicago. 2.
Batteries Marciuaril and Meyers; Overall
and Moran.
At Brooklyn St. I.ouls, 10: Brooklyn, 0.
Batteries Beebe and Dresnahan; Wllhelm
and Bergen,
At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 3; Pitts
burg, 1. Batteries Moren and Dooln;
Leltleld and Gibson.
At Boston Cincinnati. 6; Boston, 2.
Batteries Kareer and McLean; McCar
thy, Llndaman and Graham.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
w. I P.c. w. u P.c.
Pittsburg. U 8 .63ii Cincinnati 12 13 .4M
rhlla'phlall S .579 Brooklyn. 9 11 .4W
Chicago... 13 11 .542 New York 8 11 .421
Boston.... 10 10 .500 St. Louis. 10 15 .400
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit Detroit, 11; New York, 4.
Batteries Summers and Stanago; Wilson
and Klelnow.
At St. Louis-Philadelphia. 1; St. Louis,
8. Batteries Bender and Thomas; Gra
ham and Stephens.
At Chicago Washington, 0; Chicago, 2.
Batteries Smith and Street; Owen and
Sullivan.
At Cleveland Boston. 3; Cleveland, 2.
Batteries Chech and Spencer; Berger and
Clark.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS.
w. L p.c. w. L. p.c.
Detroit.... 16 5 .762 Phlta'phla 10 9 ,W6
Boston.... 12 8 .600 Cleveland. 9 12 .429
New York 11 9 .K0 Wash'ton. C 13 MC
Chicago... 11 11 .000 St. Louis. 6 11 .300
EASTEBN LEAGUE.
At Toronto Toronto, 2; Jersey City, 1.
At Bochester Newark, 2; Rochester, 1.
At Montreal Montreal-Providence game
postponed by wet grounds.
At Buffalo-Baltimore, 2; Buffalo, 1.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L P.C. W. Im P.C.
Bochester. 6 3 .067 Provl'ence 5 C .too
Toronto... 8 S .615 Newark... S 6 .43
JfrneyCys 6 .571 Buffalo.... 6 8 .K'i
Montreal.. 6 6 ,t(W Baltimore. 4 9 ,20S
1IARRISBURG liETTEIl.
m-v R.TJ,i iv.ir ni th fini.h. 1
ing touches put on the balance of the
bills left in the hands of the Governor
by the Legislature. About 500 remain
to be acted upon, a large part of which
are appropriation bills, where the only
question to be decided is the nmdunt to
which the institution may be entitled.
That there will be a heavy horizontal
cut goes without saying, but the Gover
nor is keepine his own counsel, and no
one is advised in advance as to his in
tentions. The judges' increase, the
Capitol Park extension, the school code
and several other important ones will
have his approval or his veto by this
timchext week.
In addition to the legislation requir
ing his attention, the Governor will need
to fix up his official family. Capt. De
laney, as Factory Inspector, Mr. Hunter
as Highway Commissioner, and Com
missioner Martin of tin- Insurance De
partment all are serving until their suc
cessors are named, their official terms
having expired. The term of Mr. Ber
key as Banking Commissioner will soon
expire. All of them are candidates to
succeed themselves, except Mr. Martin, i
who is to be nominated for Register of
Wills, of Philadelphia county, and elect
ed this fall. Deputy Attorney General
Fleitz will soon leave the Hill, to resume
the private practice of law, and the As
sistant Deputy, Mr. Cunningham, is a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for Judge in Westmoreland county,
against ex-State Treasurer Beacom. The
next few weeks may see a number of
changes about the Hill.
Among the bills of general interest
recently signed by the Governor are the
following:
Providing for stale registration and John Burns, an aged resident of
regulation of nurses, to take effect with- 'Clinton township, this county, died
in IW davs after signing. Iat his nome ,near Elk Lnke on xed-
Makin'git a misdemeanor to entice inoft,a'f morning. May 12 1909, after
i . .i c-. . a brief illness, death being due to
any woman or girl into the State for'genera, ,iebilily. Alr. BllPn8 wnB
immoral purposes. ;born , ,reland, When bllt four
Regulating moving pictures shows in. years of age he came to this country
the State except in cities of the first and with his parents and located near
second class. Carhondale. lie left that place when
Governing the employment of minors a young man, and coming to Ilones-
in and about coal mine's. I dale engaged in the boating business
Several new bills pertaining to fish
and game.
Kxenipting savings institutions with
out capital stock from the provisions of
1 the personal property tax act.
Providing for the establishment of a
i sewerage system in uiuiiicipalties.
1 Authorizing electric railways to carry
all kinds f froijilit. Heretofore only
light fieight could be legally carried.
' Providing that steam and elec
tric railways may connect their
'tracks and interchange their ears.
Steam locomotives shall not be run
'over trolley lines.
c Authorizing townships surround-
j ins a borough to erect high school
.buildings, and exempting property
i so acquired from taxation.
Fixing the term of borough
j treasurers and street commission-
iers at three years.
Regulating the ownership ol a
hands of nomads to take out licenses '
to pitch or settle their encamp
ments, or carry on any business.
Fixing the salary of the Supreme
Court Reporter at $5,000 a year,
and the assistant at ?3,000, after
March 21, 1910.
Increasing the marriage license
fee from iiO cents to one dollar.
Regulating the sale of cocaine.
This is a stringent act and imposes
a heavy fine on any person handling
the drug, except upon the prescrip-
tion of an authorized practitioner.
Regulating tno ewnersnip or a
rilie or shotgun by any unnaturallz-
ed foreigner.
Requiring county commissioners
to publish annually, once a week,
for four weeks in February, a full
and accurate statement of all re-,
ceipts and expenditures of the pre-1
ceding year in one or more news
papers. Amending the act relating to the
collection of taxes in boroughs and
townships, fixing the amount of the
bond at not more than the amount
of tax charged.
The Governor has also been us
ing Ills veto pen quite vigorously.
No mention of the bills vetoed
seems necessary as they fail to be
come laws and will not be heard
from again until the next session.
The Governor shows a fine discrimi
nating taste in weeding out any
unnecessary or useless bills and
does not hesitate to append most
excellent reasons for his disapproval
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
Searlo was commended by the
Grand Jury for the able and effi
cient manner in which he present
ed tho cases on which tho jury
was required to act. In
the ab-
senco of Mr. Witmer, Mr. Searle
had entire charge of all the busi
ness coming before the court this
week, and performed the duties in
his usual masterly manner,
Wayne county hanks certainly
have just reasons for compliment
ing themselves on the excellent
showing made by the last public
statements. Few counties, with a
population of less than 50,000, can
make a better showing. They are
well managed Institutions and safe
depositories.
N. K. HAUSE.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Till Kind You Havs Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
OBITUARY.
Walter A. Miller died at the home of
) Penta, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Miller, of Ridge street, on Tuesday
morning, May 11th, 1909. Deceased
was fourteen years of age, and his
death was the result of a two weeks' ill
ness of heart trouble. Besides his par
ents lie is survived by the following
brothers and sisters : Howard George,
Frederick, Sadie and Robert. The
funeral was held Thursday afternoon,
the services being conducted at 2 o'clock
by Rev. Will II. Hiller.
Mrs. Mary McKennn, widow of the
late James McKenna, died at her home
at High Lake on Monday, May 10. 1909.
Deceased who was sixty-five years of
age, was born in Ireland. She is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs. John
Bracey and Mrs. M. F. O'Neill, of
Honcsdale, and Mrs. James Kallighan,
of High Lake ; also two sons, James
and William, at home. The funeral
was held on Wednesday morning last at
St. Juliana's church, Rock Lake, and
interment was made in St. Juliana's
cemeterv.
Qn Tuesday evening the remains of
George Seitz, of Stamford, Conn., were
brought to Honesdale for burial. De
ceased was forty years of age. He was
born in Honcsdale, and lived in this I
place lor a number ol years. .Mr. beitz
is survived by his wife and two sons,
Harry and Charles ; also by his mother,
Mrs. Madeline Seitz, of Honesdale, and
the following brothers and sister: John,
William, Fred, Mrs. William Crist and
Mrs. Charles Thomas, all of Honcsdale,
and Mrs. Max LaRue, of New York
citv.
'Wiuen lie ionoweu ior over inn -ly-uve
years, lie then retired from the ca
nal, and since that time has been liv
ing on a farm at Clinton. Surviving
are his wife and four sons, .lames,
of Thompson; 12. .)., of Carhondale;
Robert, of Seranton. and Joseph, of
Clinton; three (laughters, Mrs. John
Scott and Mrs. Thomas Moran, of
this city, and Miss Kathryn Burns, of
Clinton; also one brother, Patrick,
of Clinton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Britt died on Tues
day morning from general debility at
the home of her grandson, 15. T. Cor-
by, 4(t Belmont street, Carhondale,
aged 92 years. Deceased was the
1 relict of the late Gilbert Britt. who
for some years conducted a restaur-
ant in the old Herald building, now
' the site of "The Diamond," in this !
1 borough. She had lived in Carbon-
dale many years and was known to j
wide circle of acquaintances. There
are two surviving children, one
iion.
, George, living in Carhondale.
Her '
tlle'- descendants number five grand
children, seventeen great-grandchild
ren, and twelve great-great-grand- j
children some of whom live in Car-
bondale, Seranton, and Wilkes-Barre.
The remains will be taken to Lanes- ,
boro this (Friday) morning for bur-!
ial.
i Hon. John
.State Senator
D. Biddis, formerly j
from this district,
whose serious illness in Washington,
D. C has been previously mentioned,
died at his home at the Naional Cap-
1 ital on Monday, May 10. 1S09, of
, rheumatism, with which he had been
afllicted for two years. Mr. Biddis
was born at Milford. Bike county,
Pa., December, 1845. His
grand -
father, John Biddis, Sr., was a resi
dent of Philadelphia, and came to
Milford about 1793, and laid out the
town in building lots. He built a
grist and saw mill and carried on an
extensive business. His son, Charles
R. Biddis, the father of Hon. John D.
Biddis, Just deceased, was sheriff of
Pike county one term and treasurer
three terms. Mr. Biddis was promi
nent in the affairs of Pike county for
many years. He studied law in the
office of Lucien F. Barnes of Milford,
and was admitted to the bar of Pike
county in 18C7. He served accept
ably as district attorney of Pike
(county for thirteen years and in 1882, i
was elected to the State Senate, and
during this term of office he was ap
pointed solicitor In the U. S. Inter
nal Revenue Department, under
President Cleveland. Following this
he entered the civil service and was
I assigned to a responsible position in
the Navy Department until Dec. 31,
1908, when he resigned owing to the
disease which incapacitated him
from work and ended in his death.
Mr. Biddis was a member of many
of the prominent fraternities of this
State and Pennsylvania. He was
prominent in fraternal insurance or
ganizations, viz; Tho Royal Arcan
um, Heptasophs and National Protec
tive Union. He was also a member
of the Presbyterian church at Mil
ford. Mr. Biddis was united in mar
riage during the 'GO'S with Miss
Mary Decker, who survives him with
two daughters, Helen, wife of Mr.
Frank Edglngton and Miss Pattl
Biddis, all of Washington, D. C.
Mistake Maae by Many.
"De smart raiu," said Uncle Eben,
"la likely to git along fus' rate until
ho stahts in liggerin' 'roun' an' tryln
to make his brr.lns ;ake de plai'" o.'
hU conscience.'
PRAYER BROUGHT DR0D6HT
Holiness Preacher "Punlihed" Lum
ber Company That Denied
Him Wagei.
Bokhoma, Oklahoma. LIko Moses
of old, calling down judgment
of the Lord on tho land of Pharoah,
the Rev. Charles Ford, a holiness
preacher, called down a plague on
Bokhoma, in the form of a drought,
and after his public prayer scarce a
drop of rain had fallen here for six
months until the minister prayed for
the drought to end.
The remarkable prayer was made
after the Rev. Mr. Ford had been de
nied a sum of money, which he claim
ed as back wages, from the Frisco
Lumber Company. During the drought
business was paralyzed, and hundreds
of men moved their families that wero
in actual want to other parts of tho
State.
The Rev. Mr. Ford's congregation
at Bokhoma is small, and, in addition
to his clerical duties, tho minister
worked at the mill of the Frisco Lum
ber Company. Six months ago tho
pastor resigned his position at the
mill, and said he did not receive all
tne salary that was due him. He then
announced his Intention of asking tho
Lord to withhold the rain from this
locality Indefinitely. The following
Sunday he made his prayer from the
pUpt,
The water supply gradually crew
smaller, and the mills shut down. At
the end of three months the big pond
which supplied water for the Frisco
Lumber Company was as dry as tin
der, and the plant was forced to shut
down. When tho workmen's families
began to suffer the minister an
nounced that ho would pray for
enough rain to enable the mills to
resume operations for a week.
In answer to his supplication, a
heavy rain fell that night and con
tinued throughout the next day, and
the mills started up and worked just
eight days before the supply again
gave out and operations ceased.
In his farewell sermon, the Rev.
Mr. Ford told his congregation ho
would pray for rain as soon as he had
crossed the river into another county,
and bade them prepno to return to
work. Ho took his departure, and
three hours after he left Bokhoma the
heaviest rain in more than a year set
in. For six hours, an hour for every
month of the drought, it poured in tor
rents. THE LATEST.
Here
New Cabriolet Hat.
Blood Temperature of Athletes.
Professor Flack of the London Col
lege Hospital, records some curious
1 observations on the blood tempera-
ture of runners. The normal blood
temperature in man is about 98.11
degrees Fahrenheit. A young man,
after a run of 200 yards, showed a
temperature of 100.76 degrees; an
other a temperature of 100.94 degrees;
a third a temperature of 102.2 de
grees after a run of half a mile. A
mile run produced an Internal tem
perature of 1U2.8 degrees with one
athlete and 103.C degrees with anoth
er. After a three-mile run one young
man had a temperature of 105 de
grees. But this runner's normal blood
temperature was 101 degrees, although
ho was in perfect health.
Queer Side Line.
In both India and China there are
thousands of people who manufacture
India Ink as a side line to their regu
lar business, working at it in the win
ter, at night, and on days when they
are not otherwise employed. If, is
made by burning home kind of oil in
a lamp with a very long chimney,
usually made in joints which can be
taken apart for ;reater convenience In
cleaning out the soot, which makes
the ink. Almos. any kind of vegeta
ble oil will answer, and in districts
where petroleum Is found even coal
oil is used in making the cheaper
grades. The best kind is made from
sesame oil.
To Bar Christmas Solicitors.
Boston. The Salvation Army las
sles and Volunteers of America "San
ta Clauses" cannot hereafter solicit
funds on the street for Thanksgiving
and Christmas dinners for the poor,
according to Police Commissioner
Stephen O'Meara. His report says
the custom has grown to such an ex
tent that annually more than fifty dif
ferent organ!:nt!ons seel: the privi
lege of sollcitinr aid.
iiir
is the
SPORTING NEWS.
On Saturday afternoon last the High
School base ball team defeated the All
Collegians, by a scorn of 11-0.
William Kupfer, shortstop of last sea
son's local team, left for Glovcrsville,
N. Y., on Saturday afternoon. He has
signed to play with the team of that
city. J. C. Reilly, formerly of Hones
dale, is manager of the team.
Theodore Vcttcr expects to leave for
Briar Cliff Manor, N. Y., where he will
play with the team of that place.
Arrangements are being completed for
The Citizen's Marathon race, which will
be run on Memorial Day. A number of
athletes have consented to enter, and
are now in training for the race. Any
person wishing to enter should send for
an entry blank at once.
WATERPROOFING MATCHES.
Simple Method That May Be of Use
to Campers.
Perhaps some of your readers would
be Interested to know that I have
found a slmpls, Inexpensive way to
waterproof matches.
Into some melted paraffin (care be
ing taken that it was as cool as pos
sible) I dipped a few ordinary par
lor matches. After withdrawing them
and allowing them to cool it was
found that they scratched almost as
easily as before being coated with the
wax. Several were held under water
for six or seven hours and all of them
lighted as easily as before immersion.
When the match is scratched the
paraffine is first rubbed oft and the
match lights In the usual way.
Matches treated as above would be
very useful on camping or canoeing
trips, as they do not absorb moisture.
Since more rubbing is required to
light them than the ordinary match,
it would be practically Impossible to
set them on lire by accidental drop
ping. Scientific American.
ROLL of
HONOR
I Attention is called ti
' of the
tne STRKNGTII
Wayne County
The FINANTIHR of New York
Citv has published a ROLL Ol'
HONOR of the 11,470 Slate Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNK
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States.
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania,
i
Stands FIRST in Wavne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
Honesdale. Pa., May 20 1908..
HENRY 55. RUSSELL.
PRKSIDKNT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICK I'HKSIDKNT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized in December, I63G, and Nationalized
In December, 1864.
Since its organization it has paid in Dividends
to its Stockholders,
$1,905,800.00
The
Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR
ROLL, from the fact',thatlts Snrplus Fund more than
equals I's capital stock.
What Class 1
are YOU in
The world lias always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who have'built the houses, tho mills, the bridges, the
railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. We
want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department
and be independent.
One Dollar will Start an'Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
The NEW SPRING SUITS
at MEN NER S CO'S Store
Menner & Co's Store.
If you don't insure with
us, we both lose.
insurance
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