THK CTTEBKN, FXUDAT, DBOHMBER 18, 1(W.' INSURANCE CLASH President Sheldon of the Phenix Is Forced Out. ACTION BY STATE 0FFIGIAL Charges That Company Has Hade False Eeports and Lost $1,000,000 Through Mismanagement, Spec ulation and Bad Loans. New York, Dec. 7. The directors ,of the Phenix Insurance company, a $1, 600,000 Ore Insurance concern, have femoved from office at the Instance of the Insurance department George P. Sheldon, who has been president of the company for twenty-two years. The department believes that the company has lost $1,000,000 of Its $13, 000,000 surplus under Mr. Sheldon's mismanagement and accuses him of speculating with the funds of the com pany, maintaining a speculative mar gin account on its name, putting up its assets as collateral, drawing on the ac count in the brokerage office and con verting the proceeds of the draft to his own use. The company Is accused of making false reports to the department for the last ten years and of lending its mon ey in violation of law to President Sheldon and Secretary Charles F. Kos ter. Superintendent W. H. Hotchklss of the Insurance department has called District Attorney Jerome's attention to the case. The directors have chosen as presi dent in place of Mr. Sheldon, E. W. T. Gray, who has been auditor of the Continental Insurance company, and elected Henry Evans, president of the Continental, a director of the Phenix and chairman of the executive com mittee of the board. The directors who permitted Mr. Sheldon to run the company are held by the department to be equally re sponsible to the public. The- present directors are George Ingraham, vice president; Charles P. Koster, secre tary, who is accused of borrowing money from the company; John Curt ledge, E. C. Converse, 1$. J. Greenhut, George H. Hard, Frank J. Logan and William J. Logan. It also appears that the company used to lend money to insurance olli clals. Superintendent James F. Pierce borrowed $39,500, some of which was not repaid until after Ills death; Chief Examiner Isaac Vauderpoel borrowed $100,000, Deputy Superintendent Kob ert II. Hunter $00,000 and Third Dep uty Superintendent William II. Huck ley $01,000. The loan to Hunter still shows $18,000 loss, Mr. Hotchklss Te rnaries that for twenty-two years and in all the time these men were in of fice the company was not examined by the department. Mr. Hotchklss gave out a statement saying that the examination of the company by his department "Inn shown the existence of such condi tions as seem to require action by the criminal authorities." "If the law of this state," he adds, "provides no punishment for transac tions of this character between an In surance company and the members of its supervising insurance department that law should be promptly amended. If it does provide for punishment and the same now be impossible owing to death In one case and the running of the statue of limitations in the others the people of the state will, I am sure, pass such a verdict upon- such trans actions ns to make them unlikely or impossible in the future." Mr. Sheldon is reported to be at the loInt of death at The Maples, Green wich, Conn., where he and bis family have been passing the summer. He has been 111 for a month, with three nurses attending him, and has been delirious for a week. His illness be gan with ptomaine poisoning from eat ing scallops, and dropsy developed. Mr. Sheldon is sixty-two years old and a Yale graduate of the class of "07. His family, consisting of his wife, two daughters and a son, all live in Green wich. The son, who bears the fa ther's name, was middle states tennis champion in 1807, and in 1007 he mar ried Mary Rowland, sister of Henry Rowland, the novelist, and also of Mrs. George Lauder, Jr., who Is a niece by marriage of Andrew Carne gie. PLYING MACHINE IN A TREE Boland Starts as an Aviator by Land ing In the Branches. Iselin, N. J Dec. 7. Frank E. Bo land made three short flights here in Dr. William Greene's aeroplane. In making the third flight Mr. Boland flow into the lower branches of a tree The pliable limbs acted as a cush ion, and by shutting off the engine the machine landed with slight damage. Several ribs and braces were broken. It took about twenty men to drag It from the underbrush. The machine, which was donated to Wilbur It. Kimball by Dr. Greene In the Interest of experimental work, will be kept here during the winter. Mr. Boland also has a monoplane which he expects to try out this week. Not to Be Censured. Oh. do not chide the foolish man! It is his lack of art Which lets you prosper If you can Br showta that you're smart. Waahtaston Star. AXED DENOUNCES WATSOW. Calls Post's Attack on Asqulths That of "a Malignant Cad." New York, Dec. 7. Poet William Watson's attack upon Tremler Herbert Asqulth and the lattcr's wife and daughter has called down upon him scathing criticism here, and the Itev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of the Fifth Ave nue Baptist church denounces blm as a malignant cad." "I shall have a very poor opinion of those Americans who suffer Watson to darken their doors," continued the clergyman, who has for years been a 'great admirer of Watson's poetry. "I regret that the poet has turned from his hitherto noble attitude of mind to voice such sentiments as those ex pressed in the poem 'The Woman With the Serpent's Tongue. "From every point of view I deplore Mr. Watson's attack on Herbert As qulth and on the tatter's wife and laughter. I know a great deal of them, and I hnve never heard n whis per that they were not loyal to their principles and their country. The man ner of Watson's attack on them and the spirit in which it was made were entirely unjustifiable and inexcusable. "In great national controversies in England I have often been on the same side as Watson, but now only n belief that he Is Insane can restrain expressions of boundless contempt for him. "Mrs. Asqulth has done nothing which a refined and gracious woman of the world might not do. There Is no reason for the attack on her and Just as little reason for the attack on Miss Asqulth. "I would rather think of Watson as dead, with glorious achievements to his record and his honor unstained, than to know him as he appears to day." CALHOUN MINISTER TO CHINA Chicago Lawyer Accepts Post Twice Tendered by President Taft. Chicago, Dec 7. Wiiliam J. Cal houn, lawyer and publicist, admitted today that he had accepted the ap pointment as minister to China twice tendered to him by President Taft. Born in Pittsburg in 1848, Mr. Cal houn has long been a commanding figure in 'Illinois and the nation. In 1890 he took up the cause of the late WILLIAM J. CALHOUN. President McKlnley and did much to swing the Illinois delegation to the Mc Klnley column in the national conven tion. In 1900 Mr. Calhoun could have received the Republican nomination for governor if he would have permitted his friends to enter him in the race. In 1898 Mr. Calhoun was named a member of the Interstate commerce commission, serving until 1900. In 1905 he was selected ns a special com missioner to Venezuela when an Inter national crisis was Impending. His re port, made then, has formed the basis for American action ever since in maintaining the principles of the Mon roe doctrine. CUMMINS AND TAFT DISAGREE Iowa Senator Opposed to President's Plan For Interstate Commerce Court. Washington, Dec. 7. Senator Cum mins of Iowa, who was invited by the president to join in the Informal con ferences at the White House to con sider amendments to the interstate commerce act, has expressed his dis sent from the program of the presi dent Senator Cummins is opposed to the president's plan for an interstate com merce court. He believes that the present commission should be strength ened In the matter of powers and will introduce a bill conferring on the com mission power to make and publish freight rates which shall be binding on all Interstate carriers. GRANT G0MPERS PETITION. U. 8. Suprme Court Will Review Evi dence In Contempt Case. Washington, Dec. 7. The supreme court of the United States has granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in thtj contempt cases of Samuel Gom pers, Frank Morrison and John Mitch ell, officers of the American Federa tion of Labor. The effect will be to bring the entire record In the Buck's Stove and Range case against these men to the highest court for review. All three of the defendants were present when Chief Justice Fuller in dicated the willingness of the court to review their case. . JaaHBassB AST0RSECRET0U1 Corespondent In Divorce Gase Was Roberta Hill. Mrs. John Jacob Astor Retained Private Detectives to Get Evi dence of Her Husband's Infidelity. New York, Dec. 7. Despite the seal ing of the supremo court records In the divorce suit of Mrs. Alva Willing Astor against her husband, John Ja cob Astor, the secret as to the name of the corespondent Is revealed. This testimony has been very care fully guarded ever since Mrs. Astor filed her suit before Justice Mills In the supremo court at White Plains. Mrs. Astor gave her testimony behind closed doors before Referee Charles H. Young, and a decree was granted Mrs. Astor by Justice Mills on Nov. 8 last it took Just three minutes for the justice to grant the divorce. Mrs. Roberta Menges Corwln Hill, once known as "the belle of Sharps head Bay" and who has had a varied matrimonial career since that time, Is the woman named by Mrs. Astor. In September, 1904, Mrs. Astor was informed that her husband was pay ing considerable attention to Mrs. HU1. Her informant told her that Colonel Astor had had Mrs. Hill as hto guest on a trip up the Nile. Mrs. Astor went to the Scottish shooting lodge of Attorney John L. uadwaiader ana consulted mm mere. Soon after this conference Mr. Cad walader came to New York and en gaged a detective agency to watch Colonel Astor, who bad returned to the city from Egypt Mrs. Hill was also here. Colonel Astor admired Mrs. Hill very much. Her social position was not equal to his, and he was unable to meet her at public functions. Never theless they did meet frequently. The detectives from the agency found out where these meetings were held. Here are the facts as testified to by the detectives: . They learned that a woman had se cured a suit of rooms at a well known New York hotel so that Colonel Astor and Mrs. Hill could meet there and that the pair did meet In this suit al most dally. With this Information in its posses sion the detective agency stationed two women detectives in the suit next to that where Colonel Astor and Mrs. Hill met. Que o these detectives was Emma Holcombe, and the other was her sister. The two women watched the suit for several days. They also learned that Colonel Astor visited Mrs. Hill at her apartments in Central Park West. Colonel Astor was informed that he was to be made the defendant in a suit for absolute divorce to be brought by his wife. He took the proceedings as a matter of course. His lawyer met Mrs. Astor's attorney, Sirs. Astor be ing at that time in Europe. The com plete details for a separation were ngreed upon. Mrs. Astor was to receive $10,000, 000 and the custody of their seven-year-old daughter, Muriel, while Colo nel Astor was to educate their son, Vincent, seventeen years old. He was to retain Rhlneciiffe. All of these details were decided upon before the suit was begun. Colo nel Astor attended the conferences be tween the lawyers, but his wife re mained away, having left everything to Mr. Cadwalader. SUE PRINCE FOR $1,000,000. Money Lenders Demand One-fifth of Miss Stewart's Dowry. Budapest, Dec. 7. Prince Miguel of Braganza, who married Miss Anita Stewart of New York only a few weeks ago, has been sued for $1,000, 000 by a syndicate of money lenders. The suit is based on a contract en tered Into before Prince Miguel be came engaged to the beautiful Ameri can girl who Is now his wife. The money lenders advanced the prince a large sum of money when he saw a fair prospect of winning the hand of Miss Stewart and the wealth which she inherited from her stepfather, James Henry Smith. It is aver ml that Prince Miguel agreed to give the money lenders one-fifth of the dowry. The dowry which Miss Stewart be stowed upon her husband just before their splendid wedding in Tulloch cas tle, Scotland, on Sept 15 last was $5,000,000. Prince Miguel declines to pay the fifth part of this $l,000,000-to the money lenders. He etands ready to return the sura he received, with In terest, but no more. AVIATOR KTTXED BY FALL. Fernandez, at Antibes, Makes Mistake In Steering and Is Crushed. Nice, Dec. 7. M. Fernandez, the aviator who took part recently In sev eral English meetings, was killed at the De la Brague aerodrome, near An tibes. He was flying at an altitude of about thirty feet when, owing to a mistake in steering his machine, it fell to the ground, and he was crushed to death. The apparatus in which Fernandez was flying was of his own construc tion. It was a biplane built on the lines of the Wright machine, but Fer nandez used wheels for starting These were drawn up automatically after the aeroplane left the earth anc allowed of a descent being made or tanners as with, the Wrleht machine I UK Not Utterly Cast Down by Highest Court Decision. WILL MOVE FOR NEW TRIAL Mrs. Morse Says She Expects Hus band Will Be Home For Christ mas Day In Spite of De nial of Writ. New York, Dec. 7. The United Btates supreme court at Washington has declined to review the Judgment of the federal court here sentencing Charles W. Morse to fifteen years' im prisonment for misapplying the funds of the National Bank of North Ameri ca and of making false reports of the bank's condition. Unless the United States circuit court in New York grants the motion of Martin W. Littleton asking for a new trial for Morse he must go to the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., within ten days to serve the fifteen years' sentence Imposed by Judge Hough. The notice of motion for a new trial Is returnable on Friday. The ground on which It will be made la the charge preferred by Mr. Littleton that the jurors In the trial court were not guarded properly and that some of them Indulged too freely in Intoxicat ing liquors. The government's contention in oppo sltion to the new trial will be that the circuit court has no Jurisdiction In the matter, now that the supreme court nt Washington has refused to review the case. It Is said authoritatively that In case the circuit court denies the motion for a new trial and an appeal from the re fusal Is taken to the circuit court of appeals the government will at once ask the higher tribunal to vacate alto gether the stay which has been grant ed and urge the Immediate removal of Morse to Atlanta. Morse was convicted of misapplying the funds of the National Bank of North America, of which he was for merly vice president on Nov. 6, 1903, after a trial lasting three weeks. He was locked up lu the Tombs until last June, when Mrs. Morse succeeded In getting ball for him to the nmount of $125,000, furnished by twenty of the banker's friends and business associ ates. The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the lower court's verdict of conviction on Oct. 11 of this year, and application was at onco mndc to the supreme court at Washington for a writ of certiorari, which is now refused. The motion for a retrial Is the only resource left to the convicted man. Morse refused to see reporters in the Tombs today, but sent out word that be still has hope. Mrs. Morse spent part of the day at the prison and did not seem to be worried by the adverse decision. "I hope to have my husband home for Christmas day." she said. SEEKING SOU'S RICHES Capt Parker and Mr. Duff Spending $4,000 a Week Excavating In Jeru salem for Crown of David. Jerusalem. In an effort to find King Solomon's treasure and the Crown of David, a syndicate of Eng lishmen, led by -the Earl of Morley's heir presumptive and a near relative of the Duke of Fife, are excavating at the Pool of Slloam on the eastern slopo of Zlon near the spot where the "stairs of the City of David" wind up over the conduit that brought wa ter to tho Temple. Two members of the Turkish par liament are continually present this being one of the conditions laid down by the authorities before permission to begin the excavation was given, and great interest is manifested In the work. Large sums of money have been spent In obtaining the permit, In pur chasing land and In carrying on the work. At present more than sixty men are engaged at a weekly expense of more than $4,000. Captain the Hon. Montagu B. Park er of the Grenadier Guards, brother of Lord Morley, and Mr. Duff, who are the leading spirits of the enterprise, say that their syndicate Is working on its own account and Is not in any way connected with either the Palestine Exploration Fund or the various Ger man and American archaeological ex peditions at work In the Holy Land. Most authorities believe that when the Temple was destroyed King Solo mon's treasure waa looted and carried away, but this only adds mystery to the present strange quest as neither influence nor money Is lacking to the enterprise, about which the greatest secrecy waa observed until the work was ready to begin. Origin of "Bumper" Glass. Whnn a el&ss Is as full as It DOesl- bly can be of liquor the surface of the liquor Is slightly convex ana tne center lies higher than the brim. In view of this fact, such a glassful it called a bumper, because the liquor bumps up, or protrudes in the middle. In Five Acres of Land. Five acres of land would contain 2,117,800 square feet One side of a square containing five acres would be 466.74 feet long, or a tract 400 foet by 544 1-2 feet would contain five acres. SATURDAY NIGHT TALKS By REV. F. E. DAVISON Rutland, VL PAUL'S LAST WORDS. International Bible Lesson for Dec 13 '09. 3 Tim. 4: 1-18. The death of the Apostle Paul was like that of his Lord and Master a trag edy; apparently a catastrophe, an unexplaln able disaster. That the plonoer of Christendom, the pathfinder of the truo religion, tho founder of more churches than all the anostolie col lege combined, the leader to whom converted Jew and Gentile looked for counsel and direction, the man who had come to the position where he was considered indispensable, that he, of all others, should be compelled to lay his head upon the block and give up his life with his work all un finished was a calamity that shook the infant church to its foundations. No Complaints. But the seasoned old warrior Panl, did not look at it In that light When he enlisted In the service of tho Prince of Peace, he calmly counted the cost He enrolled himself in the army of the Lord with his eyes wide open. He knew perfectly well what he was doing and what It meant He expected to Buffer affliction and en dure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ He fully realized what he was going up against for he had come from the ranks of the enemy himself, and he had the blood of bi gotry In his own veins. He never an ticipated ease and a comfortable posi tion; the moment he laid down the weapons of, his rebellion and was ac cepted as a raw recruit for the side he had persecuted he knew that the battle was on. And he knew also that that was an Irrepressible conflict, a life-long warfare, and could only end In one way. Hence, he never mur mured at the long marches, the weary sieges, the hand to hand conflicts, the bonds and imprisonments, the sacrl flees, the garments rolled In blood. Knighted on the Field. And aftervall, what more appropri ate thing than for a soldier to die upon the field of honor. Paul fell, as a brave soldier should, in the thick of tho fight with his face to the foe. And he was content. When Christ upon the cross knew that His hour had come. He bowed His head and said, "It Is finished!" And when, tho greatest of His apostles, years after wards, in far off Rome, under tho very shawod of caesar's palace waB lead out to execution, he, too, knew that he had accomplished his mission, and uttered his dying testimony, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." There was not a tremor In his voice, there was not a pang In his heart there was not a fear in his soul. He knew that he was only about to be knighted upon the field of battle. Fearless Soldier. Yes, Paul had been a fighter. He had not been much of a dress-parade soldier, but as Phil Sheridan said, he had found "lovely fighting all along the line." His conversion at Damas cus was a bombshell dropped right In the heart of the camp, his several ap pearances In Jerusalem always turned the city upside down. He had been compelled to lick his own soldiers Into shape at the first council ot the church, again and again he had cut loose from his base of supplies and like Sher man hewed a path for himself clear through to the sea, foraging on the enemy on the way. Men misunder stood him, criticised him, always got him into trouble when they attempted to improve on his plans, but they were compelled to admit that he was a peerless soldier. He knew not what fear was. He faced kings as calmly as he did howling mobs. And he was never defeated. When he entered a city, no matter what the opposition, he ' held his ground long enough to overthrow the powers of darkness. As he moved on his conquering way he established forts ot righteousness all over Asia and Europe from Antl och to Rome. What are Antloch and Laodlcea, and Philadelphia, and Sar dls, and Thyatira, and Pergamos, and Smyrna, and Ephesus the seven churches of Asia spoken of In Revela tiontogether with Corinth and Thes salonlca and Phlllppl, and Colosse, and Rome, but a matchless line of forts, garrisoned, armed and provisioned, to hold the ground where many of nil greatest campaigns were waged and mightiest victories won. Conquerer Always. Oh, Paul's life was not a failure. He was Immortal till his work was done. He was a greater soldier than Alexan der or Caesar, for while they are dead and turned to dust and the mighty empires they established have fallen and crumbled into dust, until not a trace remains, the kingdom Paul wai Instrumental In Introducing has over turned all others and Is more wide spread and powerful this minute than it was when Paul cried out "I have fought a good fight I have finished my course," and went In to the presenca ot bis Lord to lay a conquered world at his feet QOCOCOCOOCOCOCOCOOCOCOCOCq LaaVnlsBBBBBBBBBBBn Farmers' and Me chanics' Bank, OF HONESDALK. WAYNE COUNTY. JPA, at the close ot business. Nov. Cth. 1909. BE8O0BCX8. Reserve fund I lasn, specie ana notes, ts,iza Due from approved re ap rvp Rranta I31.4R1 M 3H R19 fit Nickels, cents and fractional currency l,H2 zl Checks anil other cash ltami 1 JT72 St Rills discounted, not due 74JS95 20 Bills discounted, time loans with collateral 20.POOOO Loans on call with collateral 15.431 47 Loans on can upon one name l.ueo 03 Loans upon call upon two or more names 23,195 00 Loans secured by bonds and mort- caeca....; 11,150 0 Investment securities owned exclu sive oi reserve Donas, vu Stocks, bonds, etc $44,290 41 Mortgages and Judc- mpnt of rwfircl XLtflO 22 HO 770 13 Office Uulldlnp and Lot 18.889 M r urnuure ana nxtures mm u (293.443 83 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In f 75.000 00 ?urpius una , 0.VWV Undivided Profits, less expenses and taxes paid 4.530 IB Deposits, sublect to check. .165.938 M Deposits, snecial 142.H0.1 11 Cashier's Checks outstanding, 171 60-23.913 IS $293.443 33 State of Pennsylvania, County ot Wayne, ss I, C. A. Emery, Cashier ot the above named company, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best ot my knowledge and belief, C. A. EMERY. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of Nov. 1909. Reha S. Edoeit, N. P. Correct attest: M. E. Simons. I F. W. Kreit.ier, J- Directors. W. M. Fowled. I MARTIN CAUFIELD Designer and Man ufacturer of MEMORIALS Office and Works 1036 MAIN ST. HONESDALE, PA. Eves Fitted O. G. WEAVER, GRADUATE OPTICIAN, 1127 Main Street. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER. You will make money oynaving me. Bethany, Pa. BELL PHONE 9-U Time Card In Effect Oct 31st, 180. SCRANT0N DIVISION a mi atatleaa 8 13, ra T sdarK.T. .MBt.t.v iur Ml T" ' 11 OS, 1 ,lr....C4a.. Ja l.v, XI, 11 u issa ...uaooocK.... " 15 4 Ml is Kit uh " ..etarimt.... " IH t5 41 us Mil m " Preston Park " fisMitisj" ..Wlnwooa... " htMJiion ..porateUs... 4 Ml an 44 311 IK MUM .....oraoa , HUM M Pleasant Mt. (HUM " ..Unlsaaals.. " (MUM " .Forest CUT. 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