TIIE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1000.
TARIFF MK END
Aldrich Says Tonight Will
Finish All Problems.
TAFT TO GIVE PEACE DINNER.
Trouble Broke Out Behind Closed
Doors of the Conference Com
mittce Boom Between Aid
rich and Payne.
Washington, July 21. Senator Aid
rich says that today will find the con
ference committee again hard at work,
and he expects that by night, when all
of the conferees are to be entertained
by the president at dinner, most of
the problems apart from those to re
ceive the personal attention of the
president will have been solved.
The tariff will now be hoisted above
the bickerings of congressional con
ferees and .transferred bodily from the
capltol to the White House.
Deadlocked because of the attitude
of Representative Payne, who appar
ently has become obsessed with the
growing conviction that he is in the
minority, the conferees abandoned
their sessions. Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon repaired to the White
House posthaste to consult with Presi
dent Taft, literally taking the tariff
bill with them. What happened at
the White House between the presi
dent and the senate and house leaders
Is a scaled book. When Aldrich nnd
Cannon returned to the capltol they
minimized the differences that had
aroused bitterness In the conference
room and insisted that nothing un
usual had occurred.
There has been trouble nevertheless
behind those closed and guarded doors
that shut the public from the room
where the real tariff bill Is being con
structed. Some say that the differ
ences between Senator Aldrich and
Representative Payne have taken such
form that progress is impossible un
less the president has influence cnongh
to compel action. It Is not denied
that there is a serious clash between
Representative Payne nnd Representa
tive Eordney of Michigan.
It was learned that n crisis was
reached when nn effort waH ninde to
vote on lumber. Mr. Payne protested
that such a move would be unfair to
the president, ns this Is ono of the sub
jects to bo submitted to him for ad
justment, providing he can get votes
enough in the two houses to adopt
compromise rates.
It is not known Just how the lumber
schedule was fought up in confer
ence. It was under discussion, and an
agreement between the conferees ap
peared to be Impossible.
"If we cannot agree let's settle the
question by voting on the Question,"
Mr. Fordney is reported to have sug
gested. It Is reported also that Mr.
Aldrich acquiesced In that proposal.
That Mr. Payne has little part In
selecting the conferees to represent
the house in the conference Is well
known. Mr. Payne made recommen
dations that were Ignored, nnd the
speaker made his own selections. Mr.
Payne Is said to have complained to
some of his friends at the time that
the conference committee had been
"packed" with high protectionists and
that Senator Aldrich had been able to
wield more influence with the speaker
than had he as chairman of the com
mittee which prepared the house bill.
When Mr. Fordney, who had been
placed on the conference committee re
gardless of the fact that ho is the
junior Republican member, said "Let's
vote," Mr. Payne protested with a
vehemence that startled his associates.
Some one said that the majority
should rule. That remark, it is de
clared, came, from one of the senate
members of the conference nnd it in
censed Mr. Payne still more.
Mr. Payne told Mr. Aldrich that ho
could vote the senate members of the
conference if ho chose, but that he
could not vote the house members so
easily. Full of wrath ho told his
house colleagues that It was their duty
to stand up for the house bill and to
yield only after every possible effort
had been made to win. He intimated
that some of the house conferees had
been too ready to agree to Increases
made by the senate. Unless the house
members Intend to stand by the house
bill there is no use in trying to vote
on these matters, he said.
As a parting shot Mr. Payne Is re
ported to have said that he would not
sign a conference report merely be
cause n majority of the house Repub
lican conferees had agreed to it. With
his coat talis furled about him Mr.
Payne stalked angrily from the room.
It is said that, in the event of Pres.
ident Taft and Representative Payne
are successful in obtaining a confer
ence report carrying out the free raw
material program, a large number of
the minority will be found supporting
the twenty-four Republicans if they
decide to vote against the conference
report.
It is the consensus of opinion among
those who have talked with the presi
dent that he will hold out strongly for
free iron ore, free crude oil, free coal
and free bides. There are those who
believe that Mr. Taft will be obliged
to consent to a small duty on hides.
No report of the, tariff conferees will
be made tomorrow. The best encour
agement held out li for an agreement
on Saturday. Absent senators were
notified by the sergeant at arms, under
inductions from Chairman Aldrich
that they need not return before
Saturday.
The senate will not meet again until
Friday. Senator Brown of Nebraska
sought to have adopted the joint reso
lution directing the secretary of state
to transmit to the governors of the
various states copies of the resolution
providing for n constitutional amend
ment authorizing the levying of an in
come tax, but, under objection from
Senator Keau, consideration was post
poned. Mr. ICean raised the point of order
that under thp agreement to transact
no business while the tariff bill was
In conference the resolution could not
properly receive attention.
The house has also taken a recess
until Friday noon. The urgent de
ficiency bill was passed by the house
after many days of tempestuous de
bate. The amount carried by It Is
$454,809, or ?C0.40S more than the orlg
inal sum. and includes the $25,000
traveling expenses for the president,
by a vote of Ml to 113.
After denying the usual extra
month's pay to ofllcers and employees
of the capltol, the house threw out of
the bill the allowance for extra work
to committee stenographers and then
turned In nnd refused to carry out n
mandate of the United States supreme
court for the payment to J. II. Cobal-
los & Co. of New York of $205,014."
Finally the Democrats, led by Mr.
Bowers of Mississippi, sought to de
feat the proposition for the payment
of the president's traveling expenses,
but in that they were unsuccessful.
STRIKE INJUNCTION FAIIS.
Men Threaten Further Violence Now
That Arbitration It Off.
Pittsburg, July 21. The first effort
in tho United States to stop a strike
by enjoining both the principals and
the commonwealth has failed. Attor
neys In commenting on the action of
tho court are universal In their opinion
that Judges Marshall and Brown were
right in sustaining the demurrer of
the Pressed Steel Car Company to the
petition for injunction made by the
Public Defense Association of Pitts
burg against the company, the striking
employees nnd tho sheriff of Allegheny
county.
Tho decision does not. however, tend
toward making the situation at the
Schocnvllle plant of the Pressed Steel
Car company nt McKee's Rocks any
better. When tho striking men heard
several days ago that their ease would
bo taken to court and that they would
be given fair treatment by the com
pany through the court violence Imme
diately ceased. When the men heard
that they had lost their standing In
court and again were facing tho com
pany only, without an arbitration
council In sight, ugly rumors were cir
culated ns to what the car company
officials might expect from now on In
the way of rioting nnd general dis
order.
Many unconfirmed rumors that the
company was ready to import strike
breakers and that special trains were
carrying the strike breakers to this
city from Chicago and Philadelphia
are circulated.
MIIIMEN RETURN AT BUTLER
Both Sides Give In and State Troops
Are Withdrawn.
Butler, Pn., July 21. The strike
which for five days has tied up the
Standard Steel Car company's works
has been settled and tho 3,.r)00 em
ployees of the plant returned to work
this morning. Tho settlement Is n
partial victory for both sides, each
yielding points In nn effort to reach
an understanding.
Rev. Father F. Beczcwskl and At
torney Levi M. Wise consulted with
the company ofllclnls and tho latter
agreed to take back nil of the work
men and reduce the percentage of de
linquent rents taken from the pay en
velopes each week.
Tho strikers then agreed to abandon
the demand for Increased wages. The
twenty-three strikers In jail have been
released on n nomlnnl ball. The state
troops have also been withdrawn.
GERMAN SHIP ON FRONTIER.
French Balloon Did Not Appear, Fear
ing a Demonstration.
Metz, Germany, July 21. The meet
ing on the frontier of the German nnd
French dirigible baloons, Zeppelin I.
nnd Vllle de Nancy, as previously ar
ranged, did not occur, although the
Zeppelin airship, with General Putt
kamef, the commandant at Metz,
aboard, cruised for more than nn hour
above the border line in the vicinity
of Noveant, awaiting tho arrival of
the French competitor.
Thousands of spectators gathered on
each side of the border and evinced
profound disappointment when a dis
patch from Nancy snld that the pre
fect had advised against the departure
of tho Vllle de Nancy because he
thought a meeting of the two airships
might cause demonstrations.
SHOT HIS WIFE'S BOARDER.
Husband Told Police He Had 8pled
on Them For an Hour.
Scranton, Pa July 21. Garrett Ber
ry was shot through the head by Amos
O. BlakcBlee at the Blakeslee home,
where Berry had been boarding.
Berry nnd Mrs. Blakeslee were sit
ting in the dining room when Blakeslee
entered through a window. Blakeslee
told the police that be had spied on
Berry and his wife for an hour before
surprising them.
No English Bride For King Manuel.
London, July 21. The report that
King Manuel of Portugal Is to be be
trothed to Princess Alexandra of Fife
is authoritatively denied here.
Argent
ina and Bolivia Have
Broken Off Relations.
GUNS TO END FRONTIER ROW
Action Follows Befusal of latter
Nation to Accept the Former's
Arbitration of Peru's
Boundary line.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 21.
Diplomatic relations have been abso
lutely severed between the Argentine
Republic nnd Bolivia upon the Initia
tive of Argentina, and the long threat
of war appears to bo on the eve of
fulfillment.
The Argentine government sent
passports to Dr. E. Vllllzon, tho Bo
livian minister, with the peremptory
order that he must leave the country
and he will start today for La Paz.
A dispatch also was sent to B. M.
Fonseca, Argentine minister to Bo
livia, instructing him to leave his post
at tho Bolivian capital Immediately.
The action of the Argentine govern
ment follows the refusal of Bolivia to
accept the arbitration decision of Ar
gentina In the matter of tho boundary
dispute between Bolivia and Teru. The
Bolivian minister advised tho Argen
tine government that Bolivia had de
cided to submit to parliament the arbi
tral nward rendered by President Al
corta of Argentina. This Is tnken ns
the grossest Insult to the arbitrating
nation and is considered sufficient rea
son for breaking off relations.
In nddltlon, however, the Argentine
Republic has taken offense nt the ac
tion of Colonel Ismael Montcs, presi
dent of Bolivia, who, it is asserted,
has sent circulars to the prefects
throughout the country casting reflec
tions on the Argentine government.
The territorial dispute between Bo-
livla and Peru, long a mntter of bitter
leenng, whs imuuy Buuimueu " , tree Is thirty-one feet in clrcumfcr
year to President Alcortn of Argen- cnco Ul0 Lc, ht belu? ullknown Tue
tina as arbitrator. The territory In- tree hag been a landnmrk lu tlmt
volved is the famous Acre district, I tn, fn nvrni ,,rninr.0
which Brazil purchased from Bolivia
early In 1000 for $10,000,000. rem at
that time warned Brazil and Bolivia
that she claimed the territory and that
tho dispute as to ownership was even
then the subject of arbitration. Never
theless the deal was completed, giving
promise of a three cornered war. Pres
ident Alcortn's nward nullifies Bo
livia's sale to Brazil as of property It
did not own.
When President Alcorta rendered his
decision furious mobs attacked the Ar
gentine legation nt La Paz. and it was
necessary to call out the troops to pro
tect tho Argentine minister and also
the Bolivian legation. The Bolivians
unanimously protested against the
award, considering it unjust, and of
ficially Ignored It.
In event of a hostile contest between
Argentina nnd Bolivia figures of finan
cial resources and nrmed strength
would Indlcnte n most unequal condi
tion, heavily in favor of Argentina,
The peace strength of the army is
about 15,000, with a war footing of
250,000 men armed with modern weap
ons. Tho navy has 3,000 regulars and
1,500 volunteers, three battleships, four
armored cruisers, four protected cruis
ers, two scout ships, three torpedo
boat destroyers, twenty-two torpedo
boats, one submarine and two armored
monitors.
The pence strength of Bolivia's nrmy
Is 3,000, with reserves and territorial i
guards to brinir tho nosslblo flehting i
strength to nbout 100,000 men. Tho
arms are modern. Tho population is
nbout 2,000,1X10, of which 40 per cent
is Indian. Bolivia Is 100 miles Inland,
i having lost her seacoast to Chile.
HALF MOON ARRIVES TODAY.
Quaint Little Craft Crosses Atlantic on
Liner's Deck.
New York, July 21. There will be
seen In New York harbor this week
the quaintest little fleet that has rode
these waters since Captain Hendrlk
Hudson, seeking the fabled passage to
the cast, sailed up the river which
bears his name 300 years ago.
Upon the Holland-American liner
Soestdyk, due from Rotterdam today,
will be a facsimile of Hudson's good
ship Half Moon. Tho people of Hol
land, under royal auspices, have repro
duced the captain's craft with as near
to historical accuracy as possible, and
to make the picture complete it will
be manned by a Dutch crew In the cos
tumes of 1000.
A facsimile of tho Clermont, In
which Robert Fulton a century since
made five miles nn hour up and down
the Hudson with tho wind dead
against him, was launched hero last
week and will take Its place with its
sister of the sails from Holland in the
grand parade of vessels up the Hud
son next fall as a part of the Hudson
Fulton celebration.
EMPLOYERS' ACT IN ERROR.
Cincinnati Supreme Court Finds It
Unconstitutional.
New Haven, Conn., July 21. The su
preme court of errors decided in favor
of the Now Haven railroad in tho cases
of William H. Hoxlo and Edgar G.
Mondou, actions for damages, finding
no error.
In effect this means that the court
unanimously declarea that the employ
ers' liability net pawed by congres on
April 22. 1008. Is unconstitutional.
FACTS IN FEW LIS
Ceylon has SOS black lead mines.
Lunar rainbows are seldom observed
in the temperate zone.
In Switzerland a tax is levied on for
eigners living in tho country.
Tho Chiueso pupil reciting his lesson
turns his buck to tho teacher.
Twice ns many widows as widowers
died in New York state 141008.
Holland has few dependent paupers.
Work is provided for all who apply for
relief.
As many as 3C8 new rocks and
shoals dangerous to navigation were
discovered last year.
Weather forecasts by wireless tele
graph aro furnished vessels in the At
lantic by tho British bureau.
Of tho public lands still owned by
the federal government it is estimated
that 80,000,000 acres are underlaid with
coal.
Tho spring the location of which de
termined the site on which tho city of
Rome was founded recently was re
discovered. The known petroleum areas of the
United States include 8,850 square
miles and tho natural gas areas 10,055
square miles.
A Milanese engineer has just com
pleted a hydroplane which, it is said,
will skim the water at tho rate of 125
miles an hour.
The Italian government has refused
to pension the surviving soldiers who
fought under Garibaldi, 10,000 of
whom still survive.
Tho prince regent of China wants a
government newspaper to "find out the
opinion of tho public on tho policy of
tho government from tlmo to time."
Four of the recruits who entered the
Russian army last year were more
than six feet and five inches tall, and
about 1,200 were more than six feet
and un inch.
Traffic between tho eastern nnd west
ern coasts of the United States by
way of isthmus railways and steam
ship lines u mounted to $40,000,000 in
value in 1008, a marked increase over
any earlier year.
What is thought to bo tho largest
j chestnut treo lu connect Is on the
J fam of Cyrug Coo o Mkldieileld. Tho
A novelty In church hymnals is re
ported from Chicago. An enterprising
advertising concern has started sup
plying poor churches with hymn books
free of charge, tho eompany"?;cttIng its
return from many pages of advertise
ments sprinkled through tho books.
No matter how greatly other ex
penses may have changed iu Japan,
the allowance for tho Imperial house
hold remains, as It has been for years,
3,000,000 yen (?1,500,000), a modest
amount compared with tho imperial
or royal allowances of other countries.
Henry Savage Landor, the famous
explorer, has arrived in London-after
completing a thorough investigation of
the work being done In the Panama
canal zone. He is enthusiastic in
praise of tho engineers In charge of
operations there and says that they
have few equals in ability and energy.
' In order to ascertain whether post
cards were being read by the postofflco
officials a girl In Wolgast, Prussia,
sent one to a friend, saying that Count
Zeppelin would arrive on n certain
day on his airship at Wolgast. On
that day 300 persons arrived at Wol
gast from the surrounding districts to
witness tho flight.
It is said that only one statue has
ever been erected to a woman in Mexi
co, that In honor of Joscfa Ortiz de
Domingucz, at whose house in Quere
taro tho patriots often mot a century
ago to plan means of throwing off the
yoke of Spain. Tho statue stands in
tho City of Mexico and faces tho hand
somest of tho government buildings.
Canadian opinion as to tho wisdom
of co-operating with tho mother coun
try in the maintenance of tho British
fleet is not unanimous. Tho opposition
Is voiced mainly by tho French press
of Quebec and Manitoba, which was
conspicuous in opposing the contribu
tion of n Canadian contingent to tho
British army in South Africa during
the Boer war.
At a meeting of tho Academy of Sci
ences in Paris it was established re
cently that ultra violet rays passed
through milk will completely sterilize
the liquid and effectually rid It of all
microbes. The fluid is Bterilized with
out heating or the use of chemicals
and, what is most Important of all,
without tho loss of any essential char
acter of the milk.
In tho City of Mexico today ono of
tho trying questions beforo the public
is that of tho scarcity, quality and
dcarncss of milk and its sanitary con
dition as well as tho methods of its
production and sale. Interior cities
are sometimes somewhat better off,
but only in the smaller towns, villages
and ranches or haciendas is tho milk
supply actually adequate.
Among tho cases shown at tho thirty-eighth
congress of German surgeons
in Berlin was a patient who is under
treatment by a Kocnlgsberg doctor.
Although both legs and both anna
lave been amputated, the man Is able
by means of supplementary devices to
mount stairs without a stick In normal
fashion and to sit down, walk, eat,
dress and undress unaided.
Tho Cleveland Dental society has pe
titioned the school board of that city
for permission to establish dental clin
ics in the public schools. An examina
tion by forty members of the society
of 8,000 pupils has revealed that 00
per cent of them havo decayed or de
caying teeth. Tho showing, the health
officer of tho city says, makes impera
tive the establishment of clinics.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF TIIE
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK
AT
HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY. PA.
At the close of business, June 23, 1909.
BF.souncES.
Loans and Discounts.. J
Overdrafts.secured and unsecured
U. S. Honds to secure circulation.
Premiums on U. a. Honds
Honds. securities. etc. ....
Uniiklne-house, furniture and flx-
200.916 76
65,000 00
2,800 00
1,332,H 51
40,000 00
6.392 13
42 28
135,054 80
1,071 87
625 00
200 10
88,822 50
Dueretrom 'Nationni'"Bank's (not
Heserve Agents) ,
Due Irom State Hunks and Hank
ers Due from upproved reservo
ngents .
Checksand othercash Items....
Notes of other National Hanks..
Fractional paper currency, nick
els and cents
Lawful Money Heserve In Bank.
viz: Specie $81,874 60
Legal tender notes 6.IH8 00-
Redcmptlon fund with V. S.
Treasurer, (5 per cent, of circu
lation) Due from U. S. Treasurer, other
than 5 per cent, redemption fund
2,750 00
700 00
Total $1,868,283 73
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid In 3
Surplus fund........
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid..
National Hank notes outstanding
Stnte Hank notes outstanding. ,
Due to other National Banks
Due to State Hanks and Bankers
Individual deposits subject to
check $1,402,129 It
Demand certificates of ,-
deposit 21,808 00
Certified checks 65 00
'nolln.u r,nil?a nut.-
150,000 00
150,000 00
84.568 83
64.600 00
900 00
1,090 09
67 03
stnndlne 165 04-
1,427,157 76
Bonds borrowed....
Notes and bills redlscpunted.....
Bills payable. Including certifi
cates of deposit for money bor
rowed Liabilities other than those above
stated
in one
None
None
None
Total I1.868.2S1 73
State of Pennsylvania. County of Wayne, , ss.
I, K. F. Toriiky. CaBliler of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is tmo to tho best of my
knowledge and belief., p Torrey cSMlcr,
Subscribed and sworn to beforo me this
25th day of June. UNO. w STONE p
Correct attest: .
II. Z. Kursell, 1
Andrew Thompson, Directors.
James C. Birdsall. ) &.'w4
JULY CLEARING SALE
The Giant Event of the Season's End
Tr..n. Pnccimr Spnsnn finds our Stock Broken in every department. Small
lots are bound to accumulate here and therein a busy store like ours. We never
have and never will carry over goods from one season to another, no indeed, Sir,
the policy of this house demands that tho wearables here mentioned leaves us
when the season does, so to tins end we go wirougu an ucimiuiiuiuo v.u.
down the prices unmindful of the cost to us. July is not it time for profits.
Here following we mean to speak in deeds of many saving opportunities not in
words galore; so if that means anything to yon read on
STRAUSE BROS. CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
J?15 Suits now $10
518 Suits now $13
$20 Suits now $15
$25 Suits , now $18
CHILDREN'S' CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
$5 Suits now $3.50
$-1 Suits now $2.75
$3.50 Suits now 2.25
$3.00 Suits now $2.00
BOYS' WASH SUITS ALL SIZES.
50c, 75c, to $1.00 Worth Double
tho Price.
Underwear at
Remember the Place--a
BREGSTEIIM BROS.
We Pay the Freight
No charge for packing this choir
It is sold for CASH
at BROWN'S FURNITURE STORE
at $4.50 each
to
SUMMER
ITS
at MENNER & GO'S Stores
Menner & Co's Store.
Wash Dresses in English Rep, Linen
nnd Linctte, at
45vO MENNER & CO.'S Stores.
JOB WORK AT THE CITIZEN.
LAXDAX BRAND CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
$10 Suits now $7
$1) Suits now $0
$8 Suits now $5
$7 Suits now $4
MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS ALL
SIZES.
Eclipse shirts, high grade in every
respects. Coat cut, cuffs attached:
$1.50 value at $1.00
$1.00 value at 70c.
TRUNKS AXD DRESS SUIT CASES
AT HALF PRICE.
Reduced Prices.
Full Line of Everything.