THE WEATHER Showers on Tuesday night and Wednesday; light lo moderate south-west winds. VIVMVlMM. VI Seml-Weckly Founded 1908 1 $ Wayne Countv Organ tmett of the S Weekly Founded, 1844 S RVm IBLICAN PARTY j Mem-, 66th YEAR. HONE SD ALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1909. NO. 50 COULD RESTS CASE Howard Will Not Testify In Reply to Wife. THUS ESCAPES SEVERE ORDEAL Mr. Shearn, Counsel For Mrs. Gould, Offers Affidavits From Persons Who Say She Did Not Drink to Excess. New York, Juno 22. Howard Gould rested his defense In his wife's suit for separation and alimony without taking tho stand or offering evidence further than was developed from the servants and three guests of the fam ily. De Luncsy Nieoll made the an nouncement: "I have consulted with my associ ates, and we feel that the case we presented is of such a character that Jurther evidence is not necessary. Therefore wo rest our case." In taking tills step Mr. NIcoll saved Howard Gould from a severe grilling that was awaiting liiin. Clarence .T. Shearn, counsel for Mrs. Gould, was obviously disappointed over the unexpected closing of the de fense, as lie had Intended to train his heaviest guns on the husband, and he had given out tho Impression that he was well supplied with ammunition. It was expected that the direct and redirect examinations of Howard Gould would take about two days. The case will therefore, it is believed, bo short ened by that length of time. Mr. Shearn led off the rebuttal -by offering the atlldavit of Mrs. Alice Stlckuey Bnnkhead, wife of Captain Henry M. liankhead, U. S. A., sta tioned at Atlanta, Ga. "We want to show," explained Mr. Shearn, "tho falsity of the charge that Mrs. Gould was habitually and continually intoxicated from 3002 to the present date." "Do you regard such evidence as nec essary?" asked the court. "1 want to leave no possible point uncovered," said Mr. Shearn, and he went ahead and read Mrs. Bankhead's deposition. The army officer's wife was positive that her hostess never drank to excess, was never Incoherent, never boisterous and never showed any effects of liquor. Louis O. Foreman, William F. Mur phy, Michael 1. Duffy, Jacob Cocks, Eugene A. llinkney, John W. Adams, Harry Austin Du Boise and others who had been employed at Castle Gould and Illue Gap farm all swore that Mrs. Gould did not drink to excess. GIRL PLEADS GUILTY. 6entenced to Three Years In Prison For Manslaughter. Trenton, N. J., June 22. Retracting her former plea of not guilty to mur der and pleading guilty to manslaugh ter, 1'earl Faske, the eighteen-year-old girl who stabbed a man to death while defending herself from his attacks, was sentenced to three years in state prlspn by Justice Reed. Tho girl said that John Lukaee tried to assault her and she was compelled to defend herself with a bread knife. She plunged the weapon into his body, and ho died ns n result. kn asking for leniency counsel said the young woman was to marry n young nian now serving in tho Hun garian army. LOOKS EASY FOR NELSON. Bat Is Expected to Have No Trouble In Beating Clifford. Oklahoma City, June 22. Although no one here believes that tonight's fight between Battling Nelson, cham pion lightweight of the world, and Jock Clifford will make the champion extend himself, he looks fit to fight hard for his title. The fight Is slated to last twenty rounds, but It will be a big surprise to the sports gathered hero to see the contest if It goes the limit. Clifford has boon training hard to get into con dition. Nelson has also been here sev eral days. POSTMISTRESS SHOT DOWN. Negro Enters Her Home and Attacks Woman and Her Sister. Springfield, 111., June 22. Miss Lau ra Yowell, postmistress at Green nidge, lies at the point of death with a bullet In the left lung fired by a ne gro who entered her home and attack ed her and her sister, Miss Nannlo Yowell. After tho shooting tho negro fled. Neighbors gave chase, but the negro after holding his pursuers at bay for some tlmo with a revolver flagged n Chicago and Alton train with a red undershirt; sprang aboard and rode to CarllnYllle, where he was arretted. MAUDE ADAMS AS JOAN. Actress Appears as Maid of Orleano at Harvard Stadium. Cambridge, Mass., June 22. Never In tho history of tho American stage has there been n performance such as that of "Joan of Arc" to bo given by Maude Adams In the Harvard stadium tonight According to those who have witnessed tho rehearsals and have grasped tho scope and purpose of the play, the only dramatic representation with which it can bo compared is the Passion play at Ohcrnuuuergnu. In a series of splendid dramatic pic tures, drawn on a vast scale, Miss Ad- MISS MAUDE ADAMS, nms will depict the life of the young peasant girl who delivered Franco from tile English invaders in tho fif teenth century. All sides of tho char acter of tho Maid of Orleans will bo shown her life in her native cottage, tho visitation of voices that led her to the saving of her dearly beloved Franco, her leadership of the French forces to victory and her martyrdom. Tho performance will be adequately staged. There will bo 1,300 active par ticipants, including about S00 men in armor on horseback, monks, citizens of both sexes, nobles, choir boys, English and French soldiery. BASEBALL SCORES. Results of Games Played In National, American and Eastern Leagues. NATIONAL LHAGU13. At Plttsburpf l'ltlsbui'K. 5; Philadel phia, 3. U.Utpries LlotleM mid Gibson; McQuillan and Jacklitch. STANDING OF T1IK CLPnS. W. L. P.C. w. L,. P.O. Pittsburg. OS 33 .715 Plilla'ihlo 21 M .4W Chicago... 35 JS .WO St. Louis. 13 30 .111 New York 24 1'2 .522 Hrooklyn . 17 33 .310 Cincinnati 2S 2') .519 Boston.... 13 35 .271 AMERICAN LEAGUE. At New York Washington, C; New York, ). Batteries Hughes, Gray, John son and Street; Wailiop, Klelnow and Blair. Second came New York, 3; 'Washing ton, 2. Batteries Manning and Blair; Hughes, Altroek and Street. At ChlcftKO Chicago-Cleveland game postponed by rain. At Boston Boston, C; Philadelphia, 5. Batteries Byan, Schlitzer and Carrlgan; Plank and Thomas. Second game Boston, 4; Philadelphia, 1. Batteries Wood and Spencer; Combs and Livingstone. At St. Louis Detroit, 2; St. Louis, 0. Batteries Donovan and Stanago; Gra ham, Bailey and Stephens. STANDING OP THE CLUBS. W. b. P.C. W. L. P.C. Detroit.... 35 19 .CIS New York 25 25 .500 Phlla'phiaSS 3 .549 Chicago... 23 Si MO Boston.... 29 24 .547 Wnsh'ton. 19 31 .3S0 Cleveland. 27 21 .529 St. Louis. 19 33 .3j5 EASTERN LEAGUE. At Jersey City Jersey City, 4; Roches ter, 1. At Newark Toronto, 2; Newark, 1. At Providence Buffalo, 4; Provi dence, 1. At Baltimore Baltimore, 4; Montreal, 1. Second game Baltimore, 2; Montreal, 1. STANDING OP THE CLUBS. W. Jj. P.C. W. l. P.C. Rochester. 31 18 .C33 Toronto... 21 27 .471 Buffalo.... 27 24 .529 Jersey C'y 22 20 .45S Newark... 25 23 .521 Montreal.. 21 20 .447 Baltimore. 20 25 . 510 Provl'enceZO 27 . 420 NO NATIONAL GAMES TODAY. Called Off on Account of Funeral of President Dovey of Boston Club. Philadelphia, Juno 22. By unani mous nctlon of tho club owners all baseball games scheduled for today In the National league were called off on account of the funeral of George B. Dovey, president of tho Boston club. Tho funeral services were held this afternoon and were nttended by all tho presidents of the National league clubs, by Acting President Ileydler and Pres ident Pulllam and by the members of tho Boston and Philadelphia clubs. The board of directors has ordered that flags at the National league grounds shall fly at half mast for thirty days out of respect to tho mom ory of tho deceased magnate. Brooklyn and Philadelphia will play a double header on Wednesday, and Cincinnati and Chicago will meet In two games on Friday. Lord Harmsworth Buys Coal Lands. Winnipeg, Man., June 22. Lord Harmsworth of London has purchased for $2,000,000 coal lands 120 miles southwest of Winnipeg. IN BEiEl LI New York Chinaman Caught In British Columbia. GH0NG SING ALSO A PRISONER Admits He Roomed In House Where Elsie Sigel Was Murdered, but Declares He Had No Share In the Murder. Vancouver, II. C, June 22. The Re velstoko police, on New York ndvlces, have arrested on a westbound Cana dian Paclllc train n Cliliiuiuan answer ing the description of Leon Ling, alias William J. Leon, who Is wanted in connection with the murder of Elsie Sigel. Tho man talks good English, is well dressed and gives an unsatisfactory explanation of his business. Ho is about thirty years old, with smooth face, Mack hair and eyes and has his hair cut in American style. It is believed that the Revcrstoke authorities have the right man and that lie was concealed aboard the train till reaching Reveistoke. Chong Sing Protests Innocence. New York, June 22. An important stop toward unraveling the mystery attending the murder of Miss Elsie Sigel, tho young girl missionary among Chinamen, has been taken, the police say, in the arrest of Chong Sing, the friend of Leon Ling, who was brought hero today from Amsterdam, N. Y. Chong Sing, who was n close friend of Leon Ling, had a room on the floor of tho house 7S2 Eighth avenue, whore Elsie Slgel's body was found In n trunk, and be lias been-misslng for the last ten days. Chong Sing said he was thirty-five years old and had been In this country for ten years. He was born in Can ton, China, and has always followed the occupation of a cook. For the past four or live months he has been em ployed as cook in a chop suey restau rant at -1S2 West Twenty-ninth street, New York. Chong said he and Leon Ling room ed at 7S2 Eighth avenue, and his apart ment was just across the hall from Leon's. Asked If he was intimately acquainted with Leon, he said he saw him only about once every two weeks,, and that was when ho went to Leon's room. Questioned as to why ho did not go to Local's lodging apartment more often, he said ho slept many times in the restaurant whore lie worked. Chong admitted that he was ac quainted with Mr. and Mrs. Sigel and Elsie and Mabel Sigel. Ho claimed not to have seen either of them in somo time, although he said he had visited at their home. He protested his inno cence of any share in the girl's mur der. Chong declared that lie left New York June 10 lo accept a position at West (iahvay. A newspaper of the date June 12 was found in ills pocket when he was arrested, and Sing said lie purchased It in New York. This makes a conflicting story, as he first snid he left that city Juno 10. Asked when he saw Leon last, he said lie thought It was about June 7, although he was not sure. Chong de clared that his companion was In Now York when lie left the city, and he does not know anything of his where abouts now. Chong Sing's arrest came nbout through ids employer, Harvey Kenne dy, n well to do New Yorker and summer resident of West Gfllway. He noticed Chong Sing's likeness to pub lished photographs of him In New York newspapers and notified the po lice. Chong Sing readied Amsterdam on Friday afternoon, Juno 11, two days after Elslo Sigel disappeared In New York and one day after that on which she Is supposed to have been killed. Ho had previously been engaged In Now York by Mr. Kennedy. The man arrested nt Schenectady, N. Y., supposed for a time to be Leon Ling, proved that he was Chu Hop, a collector for the Hung Luni Chan com pany of New York city. He said ho knew nothing of the Slglc murder and never saw tho girl or her family. Sun Leong, proprietor of the res taurant at 782 Eighth avenue, who fled on the morning the body was found, gave himself up nt police headquarters and was sent to the house of detention to be held as n material witness. Two Rescuers and Boy Drowned. St. Joseph, Mo., Juno 22. James O. Lilllger and John Lewis were drowned in tho reservoir of tho water works here In a futile effort -to rescue the young son of James Lllilger. All three bodies wore recovered. GRADUATION EXERCISES "LABOR OMNIA V1NCIT" CLASS COLORSGOLD AND BLUE A very enjoyable evening was spent with the graduating class of 100!) at the Lyric on Friday evening ns they gave their closing exercises and received their diplomas. ' Prin cipal Harry Oday presided. Dr. Win, H. Swift made the invocation, then followed the salutatory address. The addresses wore interspersed with chorus singing by the school. SALUTATORY, By William B. Freund. There are many pleasant du ties to perform in the course of one's life; but without doubt there is not one in a student's career more pleasant than this duty which devolves upon me of welcoming those gathered to at tend the commencement exer cises of the class of 1909. It is unnecessary to question the interest of the audience in this class as it is silently bespoken by your presence. To you all, guests, faculty and school-mates, in behalf of the class, in words that are only the echo of many voices feebly through one "Welcome, thrice Welcome." From the earliest times lit erary history is full of the records of fakes and forgeries. Among these are many noticeable for the skill and nerve with which they were executed. Many such notorious counterfeits are on records; but for impudence and success the Ireland forgeries de serve dishonorable mention ' of the first rank among literary frauds. More than a century ago, there lived in London a man named Samuel Ireland, who made Ills living as an etcher, engraver and publisher, lie was also a collector or pictures and books and took a great deal of inter est in antiquities. He seems to have been rather a dull wilted old fellow; but there was no lack of shrewdness about his only bon, William Henry. This bright youth had many chances to rummage among ills father's antiquities and soon developed an interest In them on ids own account. He read a good deal of old poetry and went with Ills father to the birthplace of Shakespeare where he had a chance to gaze on various relics. These so influenced him that he determined to attempt forging some of them. Mixing up some muddy ink, Ireland wrote on the fly-leaf of an old tract a dedicatory letter to Queen Elizabeth. This was in due time presented to his father and accepted as a genuine dis covery. Emboldened by this success he cut a piece of parch ment from nn old legal docu ment and wrote out a mort gage deed to which he boldly signed Shakespeare's name, carefully copying it from a gen uine autograph. The question naturally arose whence all these discoveries came; but all were cunningly evaded. He even wrote whole plays and passed them off as the work of the great dramatist. One of these "Vortigern," was actually pro duced at Drury Lane Theatre and hissed off the stage. This anu some other bad slips led the critics to become suspicious and as all forgeries end Ireland was forced to confess. After the ex posure of the forgery, people , were anxious to buy the sham documents that had created such a rage, and for a time the ingenious William Henry gain ed a living by making copies of his forgeries, to satisfy the pub lic demand. Ireland's successor In the nineteenth century was John Collier, one of tho most learned men or his time. In his anxiety to offer contributions to knowl edge ho could not wait to make discoveries In a legitimate way. His most famous imposture was that "Perkins Folio" of Shakes peare. The high reputation of Collier prevented suspicion for a considerable time; but the au thorities of the British Museum tested them under a powerful microscope and found under tho ink faint traces of pencil marks. His punishment camo in the fact that his reputation is that of a clever forger rather than that of a great scholar, which It was his ambition to be HONESDALE HIGH SCHOOL come. It is perhaps better not to despise too much the people of earlier times for their readiness in accepting these forgeries, since the nineteenth century and tho present day have much the same tales to tell. Robert Browning, an excellent critic, was completely taken In by a collection of spurious Shelley " letters while bogus letters at tributed to Ruskln have been published and accepted. So on the list might be prolonged In definitely. It Is to be doubted indeed whether the public is much less credulous now than in former days as the demand for antiques is increasing, and there are plenty of unscrupulous dealers to supply them. As long as the world reads books and as long as it punishes rascals there is little doubt that "Liter ary Impostures" will continue to flourish. "MY INTERESTING COMPANION"," BY Hazel M. Deln. Having decided to spend my summer vacation with relatives who lived in a village nestling among the hills of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1 searched through a number of time-tables in order to decide upon a definite route. The task proved very difficult, as there were so many changes to be made. But a few days later I was on my way. After riding constantly for three days I was delighted when I found myself at the town from which I should take the stage to the little country village. The town proved very interesting to me because it was so clean and the streets were laid out so nicely. I learned the town owed much of its attractiveness to the "Ladies' Improvement Society." After several hours wait the time arrived when I was to continue my journey by stage. I was born and had spent all my life in tho West so this hilly country appealed to me as we rushed through the valleys by train, but now I would have n chance to view the hills and val leys more closely. I had my baggage transferred and hurried to the place from which the stage departed. I was surprised to see that what was called the "stage" was a rickety two-seated affair, with a canopy top. The body of the wagon had been painted black once upon a time, and from the appearance of the wheels they were either new or freshly painted. A team of prancing bay horses were hitched to the vehicle and controlled by a stout, broad-shouldered lad, clad in a pair of high leather boots, a brown jumper, and a pair of dark gray, home-made trousers. His wealth of red hair was partly concealed by a large, straw hat. When we were ready the lad gave a shout and crack ed the whip to which the horses responded with a plunge and we were on our way. In our Western school the teacher had done her best to explain how the glaciers had changed the topography of the country, but as we had no hills and valleys near us I had never thoroughly understood the sub ject. We had left the town and were traveling a country road which followed a deeply cut val ley. High hills were on either side and I now understood how a glacier would come down this valley carrying a great amount of earth with It. A half hour later as we turned a sharp curve a number of houses appeared be fore us and In ftve minutes we reached a small village where we stopped before a store which served as a postofllce. A stout, red-faced, bald-headed man wearing a grimy apron of tick ing, made his appearance to tell the driver to make room for "Aunt Jemima" as she was go ing up in the county to visit her "brother Jake." I had occupied a whole seat but was now forced to share It with "Aunt Jemima" whose appearance did not Im press me very favorably. She was one of those tall, angular, old maids, who look over the rims of their spectacles, and al low their cork-screw curls to dang,' J .bout their ears from be neatl o.elr black, poke bonnets. It to 3 nearly one-half an hour to pl2 her hair trunk, band box and parcels to suit her. This done the lad offered to assist her to her seat, but she turned to tell him "she guessed she could get up their without his help." At last she was settled in her seat and turned to look nt me. After scrutinizing me for sometime she asked my name, where I was going, why I was going, where 1 had come from, who my parents were that tliey allowed me to travel along this lonely road with only a red headed stage driver for a com panion. "You may be thank ful you've got me for company, young lady," she said. I thought over what she had said then turned again to tho scenery as her manner did not allure mo into any further conversation. Growing tired of the prolong ed silence I turned again to my companion intending to speak to her but site sat so erect that I was afraid to speak to her. A tree which had but two branches on one side and several on the other, stood in the center of a very large field. This puzzled me so I asked "Aunt Jemima" if If she knew what caused it to grow that way. "Because it didn't grow any other way, I suppose," was the laconic reply. I then spoke of our new Presi dent, but she told me she was not a man so could not discuss politics with me. Nothing daunted that 1 had failed twice in my attempts to engage her in conversation, I once more ad dressed her. This time 1 spoke of the schools, how far they had advanced in tho last few years, and how people had begun to think that women should be as thoroughly educated as men. How surprised 1 was when she turned around and looking me squarely in the face said, "I tell you It's no use for girls to be edu cated like that. I was ten years old when I had to stay at home and help my mother take care of tho other children and I am here yet. Girls can get educa tion enough at homo 1 always said and always will say. If you can't cook, bake, wash dishes, sweep, dust, sew, mend, wash and iron, and all that what good is all that other fol-ue-rol you're learnin' at school? When you get a husband you can't eat education I am sure and if you can't cook, the poor fellow will die of indigestion before he has eaten your cooking a year." Just then the hoy stopped the horses, told me this was my stopping place, assisted me from the wagon, handed down my baggage, then drove on while my "Interesting Companion" called back to me saying, "Well, the next time 1 see you 1 hope you wll be more sensible." "THE MAN" WITHOUT A COUNTRY," By Chester Gerry. It seems strange that in this free world of to-day there breathes a man whom we are able to state is without a coun try. But those who have per used the recent newspapers and magazines will, I believe, agree with me in conferring upon Ciprinno Castro, ex-president of Venezuela the title, "The Man Without a Country." For nine years Venezuela rest ed in the grasp of Castro. Not a law was passed, not a man elected or appointed to oilice without first being considered in his rapid mind. Not an ad venture was made or an im provement commenced with which he was , not familiar. To-day the tide is chnnged. He has hardly a friend in the world, was refused admittance to his native land, denied hos pitality in the usually hospi able Martinque, bullied by for eign warships, dragged from his hotel on a stretcher, and sent back to Europe like a de ported immigrant. Truly a man without a country. He was a statesman, a politician, but no diplomat. In his earlier days ho started heart and soul a Venezuelan, with ideals; he was loyal to his country and his people, and then gradually his loyalty and his Ideals seem ed to wane. He could not endure success and so now tho true measure of his ability is swamped under the hatred ho has Inspired. In this country Castro's character Is tinctured by this hatred. This ono man exposed foreign conspiracies and defeated a revolution waged In a foreign Interest; yet to day, apparently, tho only facts of public interest nro his per sonal, habits. Twelve years ago during tho time of Presi dent Crespo, Castro was a Con- ( Continued on Page 2.)