THE WKATHKn - On Friday, overcast to parfljr cloudy nnrt slightly milder weather will prevail, nnd on Saturday, generally fair weather with slight temperature changes. Scml-Wcekly Founded vt 1908 J .Wayne County Organ J of the REPUBLICANARTY k Weekly Founded, 1844 2 tt ,tyt 4 ,(,. .4 ,S fc it fcv VTv9 it it 67th YEAE. HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1910. NO. 8 PARIS FLOOD RESISTLESS Entire Quarter of City Is Submerged. PEOPLE IN FLIGHT. Water Rising at Rate of Four Inches a Minute. DAMAGE IS INCALCULABLE. Taris, Jan. 2". Early tills morning. I under the enormous pressure o the llood, the retuinlng walls of the rail way station on the Qua! d'Orsay save way. Immediately a tumultuous tlood spread over the entire qunrter, caus ing a panic among the residents. The water rose In the streets with fright ful rapidity. It was necessary to get boats In a hurry to begin the work of rescuing the residents near the river. Half clad the Inhabitants of the houses Hocked to the windows, shout ing for help. The Hue Lille and the Rue Poitiers were covered with water, which rose at the rate of four Indies a minute. The Boulevard St. Germain was similarly inundated. The flood has penetrated the Hotel dc Ville and also the wealthy quarter of the Champs Elysees. The Louvre is seriously threatened, as parts of the Qual du Louvre have collapsed. The1 subterranean chapels of the Cathedral of Notre Dame are flooded. The Ger- PREMIER ARISTIDE BRIAND. Head of French flood relief committee. man embassy and the Academy of Medicine are rendered uniuhabltable by water. The Pont do l'Alma nnd the Pont d'Arcole are in grave peril. There is reason to Xear that the worst of the floods has not been reach ed. The Seine Is still rising, and the tlnest buildings In Paris are menaced with destruction. More than 100,000 persons have been rendered homeless by the floods. The damage is officially estimated at $200,000,000, hut It Is really incnlcula f.uup,wu, uui 11 is reuuy mcaicuia- ble. Premier Briund heads a national committee 2rf the relief of the suf ferers. A main sewer at Cllnchy, the largest In Paris, has burst, aud the possibility of other sewers bursting Is one of the gravest factors in the outlook. The nanltary officials are gravely concern ed because the river and its overflow are already contaminated by refuse of all sorts washed down by the torrent. The street sweepings are usually load ed on barges and towed nwuy, but the blockade of the bridges now prevents this being done, aud for the last few days tho sweepings hnvo been dumped into tho river. The drinking water supply has been cut In some parts of the city owing to its contamination. It Is doubtful whether tho water now supplied any where In the city can bo safely con sumed even when It Is boiled. Another serious problem Is the dis posal of the dead, Some of the ceme teries are deeply flooded. One in nu eastern suburb Is under water to the cross on the mortuary chapel. Many bodies are awaiting burial In the city. Business Is greatly hampered, and In tonic districts It is stopped altogether. Many manufactories are closed, hav ing cither been flooded or deprived of power and light. The men and wo men thrown out of work by tho lnun datlon number scores of thousands. Eveu In some of tho Uooded parts of the city as little work as possible is being done, as tho clerks and other employees living In the suburbs are unablo to reach their places of era ploynicnt or are busy rescuing their Qrooertv at home Tho flbqd invaded the Hotel Conti nental, stopped the electric supply and upset the kitchen arrangements. The restaurants everywhere are doing In creased business, householders being unable to cook nt home owing to lack of fuel and other difficulties. Tho prices of perishable food con tinues to rise steadily. People with small Incomes nrc being pinched by these Inconveniences, but their dilem ma is merely a picnic compared with the sufferings of the thousands who have been driven from their homes. It is figured that there are at least 15, 000 persons shelterless In public build ings, glad to have a straw mattress to Ho on and a soldier's rations for sup per. Their homes and furniture cither lie soaking In mud and water or are completely wrecked, for a number of slight houses In the poor suburban districts collapsed beneath the pressure of the flood. The city itself has been divided into five main sections for tho distribution I of relief under tho joint control of i the military governor and the prefect i of police. The work done for the pub lic under their direction is of incalcula ble value. The soldiers aud police arc busy from dawn to dark. They spend most of their time in wading in mud and water above their knees distribut ing food and rescuing the sick aud others threatened by the flood. The rescuers ofteu meet with the greatest difficulty In persuading peo ple to leave their homes. This has been particularly the case In the dls trict of Javel, a densely peopled area beyond the Champ de Mars. The district had already suffered by the compulsory closing of the automo bile works where many of tho inhab itants were employed, aud the Ingress of water to their homes often raised helpless anger and vague threats against the authorities or more pros perous neighbors. About 23,000 per sons residing in the district of Javel are homeless. One of tho greatest dangers to Paris now is of subsidences aud the crum bling of the foundations of buildings. The evacuation of one wing of the ministry of foreign affairs Is an Indi cation of the realization of. this dan ger. The ground gnve way at the Metropolitan railway station at Bercy, nnd the water rushed In. This const!., tutcd a danger to the neighboring, houses, which' the" police caused .obo hurriedly evacuated. A volume might be filled with eveu.l the brief and Incomplete reports of dis aster from the provinces. The extent of the catastrophe is appalling. For nearly a hundred miles upstream from Paris in the combined Seine, Mnrue nnd Yonne country there, Is nothing but devastation. In the department of Pur de Calais the waters are increasing, and the flood is assuming alarming propor tions at Savigny-sur-Orge. The situa tion at Eperuay is also very grave. Fourteen houses have collapsed at Con flans. The canal at St. Justs has burst Its banks, and the fate of several fam ilies living In that district cannot be ascertained. Tho Mnrne continues to rise. At Charenton, where the Mnrue Joins the Seine, 4,000 persons have been obliged to leave their homes. According to reports from Bordeaux, the rivers Gers, Chareute, Adour and Pordogne are rising. The roofs of houses have been torn uwny by the storms, in Savoy the village of Ter reuue Is completely submerged. The lower part of the Mevieres is flooded, and several factories In tho Meuse val ley have been compelled to cease work. Rhelms, Eperney, Chalons-sur-Marne, Sens, Auxerre nnd Ueauvais are In the midst of floods as well ns the towns , , " . .. farther down, such ns Melun, Corbell and Nantes. Two thousand persous have quit their houses In Sens. Count less thousands are In distress in the smaller towns and villages Floods In Belgium Also. Brussels Jan. 27. Disastrous floods prevail In the valleys of the Meuse and Sarabre. Many houses are sub merged to abovo tho ground floors. The destruction' Is Immense. Rhino Valley Flooded. Berlin, Jan. 27. Great damage has been caused by floods In parts of the Rhino valley. The losses to farmers und peasants Is Incalculable. REED HOLDS ON AWHILE. Will Remain as Ambassador to Lon don Until June. Wnshlugton, Jan, 27. Whltelaw Reld, American ambassador to Great Britain, will sail from New York on Saturday to return to his post. The story that it has been arranged for Mr. Reld to stay in London as ambas sador for two years Is discredited hero In the highest official circles. Mr. Reld, who roturued to tho United States to attend tho funeral of his fa ther-ln-iaw, D. O. Mills, saw President Taft when ho was here, and It Is said that ho will remain In London ns am- bassudor at least until after Colouel Roosevelt visits England in June. No aetlvo steps have been taken to And a successor to Mr. Reld slnco Dr. Charles W. Eliot declined tho post. LIBEL SUIT ENDS. Government Beaten In Its Panama Prosecution. NEWSPAPERS WILL 00 FREE. Judge Hough Throws Case of New York World Out of Court Suits to Be Dropped by Attor ney General. Now York, Jan. 27. Judge Charles M. Hough in the United States circuit court quashed the Indictment which charged the New York World had li beled Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft, Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robin son and William Nelson Cromwell In connection with the Panama canal purchase. Judge Hough in throwing the case out of court held that the Indictment was not authorized by the statute upon which It rests. The substance of his ruling is that the United States government has no jurisdiction in li bel actions which are covered by the laws of the states. If the power of the United States government could be invoked on the plea that criminal libel wns committed upon federal ter ritory within a state Judge Hough saw no reason why alleged offenders would not bo subject to double pun ishment, once by a state court and once by a federal court. Judge Hough's decision is the second setback the government has met since the attempt was begun by President Itoosevelt to punish the World nnd the Indianapolis News for publishing articles reflecting, it was alleged, upon the motives of himself, Mr. Taft, Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell. Judge Al bert N. Anderson In the federal court In Indianapolis decided on Oct, 12, 1000, that the government could not take the proprietor and editor of the News from Indianapolis to the Wash ington district court and try them for substantially the same offense as was churned asrainst the World. If .1...,, linn. nu. iinifluun I1' few tlin government to get its case before a federal court in a state where the al leged criminal libel could be shown to have been circulated. On the ground that copies of the World containing the offensive articles had been sold at West Point and in the federal building here the government got the proceed ing into the United States district court here. District Attorney Wise agreed that the government could take over the sections of the state law dealing with criminal libel. De Lau cey Nicoll, for the Press Publishing company (the World), argued that the United States courts have uo Jurisdic tion In such cases since the cases are covered fully by the laws qf this state and moved that the indictment be quashed. Judge Hough was unwilling to es tablish a precedent for the extension of the Jurisdiction of the federal courts In a manner which, he said, was op posed to the spirit aud tenor of legis lation for many years. Tho question of jurisdiction which was raised, ho said, was a very interesting ono and should be submitted to the supreme court of the United States. "It has seemed to me as the argu ment progressed," said Judge Hough, "that if the statute on which the in dictment is based is to be interpreted strictly uud absolutely construed it would extend the Jurisdiction of the federal courts In a manner which, I may state. I would regard as alarm ing." Dispatches from Washington say tnot as a result of Judge Hough's de cision the department of Justico will take no further steps to prosecute the World and tho Indianapolis News. It has always been regarded ns n "Roose velt case," and It Is declared that President Taft and Attorney General Wlckersham will shed no tears over Its collapse. MEDALS FOR THE BRYANS. Gold One Presented by Lima to W. J. Jewels For the Ladles. Lima, Peru, Jan. 27. Wlllium Jen nings Bryun wus the guest of honor at u reception given by the municipali ty nt which Mr. Bryan wus presented with a gold modal displaying the arms of the city. Another gold medal stud ded with diamonds and rubles wus presented to Mrs. Bryan and a smaller ono to her daughter. There was u ball afterward at the Nationnl club, which was attended by President Leguia und his wife and many prominent persons. Gold Production Beats Record. Washington, Jan. 27. Tho geological survey reports that tho output of gold In tho United States for 1009 reached tho unprecedented total of $09,232,200, an increase of $1,072,200 over 1003. PUTS FOODS ON FREE LIST. Congressman Sabbath's Plan For the Relief of the People. Washington, Jan. 27. Carrying out his ideas with reference to the pres ent high prices of the necessaries of life, Representative Sabbath of Illinois introduced n bill exempting. from duty the following articles of food: Sugnr, maple sugar, maple sirup, buckwheat and buckwheat flour, corn, contmeal, oatmeal, rolled oats, rice, rye, rye flour, wheat, wheat flour, but ter, cheese, milk, beans, eggs, honey, peas, potatoes, flsh, cnttle, swine, sheep, bacon, hnms, fresh beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, extract of meat, lard, poultry and tallow. The question of the high cost of liv ing was discussed in the senate fol lowing the introduction of a resolu tion by Senator McCumber of North Dakota providing for an investigation of the price of food products. Senator McCumber maintained that the high price of beef Is not due to the prices paid the growers nnd producers of cattle. He emphatically declared that the protection given the products of the farmer Is not unjust. He said that as a matter of fact the farmer does not receive his proportionate Share of the profits on farm products and that his observation is that the retailer gets the big prollt. ANOTHER BEEF TRUST PROBE. Nebraska Grand Jury Going In Search of Law Violations. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 27. A grand jury i investigation of the beef trust has been ordered by the district court, and Judge Lee Estelle says the investiga tion will be thorough. Tho Nebraska antitrust laws are ex-1 pllcit and farreachlng, and tho coming Investigation will Include all eomblnu-1 Hons In tlie purchase of live stock, the handling nnd shipping of meats and the conditions under which the pack-' lug house products are marketed. Beef Trust Witnesses Heard. Chicago, .Inn. 27. The federal grand Jury investigation into the beef trust heard three witnesses Garrett Wil son, superintendent of branch houses , for Armour & Co.; Henry F. Meyer, manager of the accountants depart-' .went for Armour &. Co., and C. C. Snow, secretnry and treasurer of the National Packing company. Indiana Butchers Cut Prices. Evansville. Ind., Jnn. 27. Announce ment Is made here that butchers will reduce the retail price of meats 10 to , 30 per cent. This action follows the completo paralysis of tue markCL as a result of many consumers' refusing to eat moats at prevailing high prices. Another Meat Cut In Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Jan. 27. Meat prices have fallen again here. The retailers made a general cut of a cent n pound on ham, now selling nt 10 cents; pork roast. Hi; pork chops, 15 and 10 cents; lard, 15, seven pounds for 51; fresh shoulder, 1-1, and spare ribs, 14. Butter Down Another Cent In Chicago, Chicago, Jan. 27. Butter declined a cent a pound on the Chicago market following the six cent tumble of the previous day. Tub butter Is now 31 cents aud pound packages 32 cents. FIGHT N. Y. COTTON EXCHANGE Head of Farmers' Union In Washing ton to Demand Action. Washington, Jan. 27. President Charles S. Barrett of the Farmers' union arrived here to direct the light of that organization against the New York Cotton Exchange. Ho will meet here promlneut nation al leaders of the Farmers' union from every part of the south. "Tlie time lias come," lie said, "when the congressmen who have been mak ing protestations of sympathy with us In our light on the practices of the exchange must show their faith by works. "We are going to give them tho op portunity to do that this trip. We are better prepared than In many years to demonstrate to congress committees tho economic injuries wrought by the New York Cotton Exchange, and con gressmen from the south nnd west must lino up against tho exchange or answer to tho Farmers' union In the elections next fall." House Passes White 8lavo Bill. Washington, Jan. 27. Tho Mann white slave bill prohibiting the trans portatlon of Immoral women between tho stares and providing drastic pun ishment for violation of tho proposed jiw wa. passed by tho bouse. Ames In Fight For Lodge's Seat. Boston, Jan. 27. Congressman But ler Ames of Lowell formally an lounccs his candidacy for tho United (States senate to succeed Henry Cabot Lodge, senior senator from Massachu setts. Senator Nason of Haverhill is acting as manager of Colonel Ames'. boom. Weather Probabilities. Fair; colder; brisk southwest and west winds. Glavis Says Secretary Aided Coal Land Glaimants. ORDERED HIM TO PASS CLAIMS Declares That Present Cabinet Of ficer, After Being Land Commis sioner, Took an Active Part on Side of Litigants. Washington, Jan. 27. At the Bnllln-gcr-Pinchot Investigation before the Joint committee of the senate and the house appointed In accordance with the terms of tho resolution adopted by congress nnd approved by President Taft, Louis R. Glavis, who was dis missed from the government land service for making charges against Bailluger, gave testimony Glavis testified that while he was n special agent of the land office inves tigating certain applications for coal land claims in Lewis county, Wash., LOUIS R. GLAVIS. kuowu as the "Wllsou Coal company cases," ho secured a deposition from Wntson Allen of Seattle, who repre- sonted the Wilson Coal company, In which Allen stated that Richard A. Bnllinger, then a practicing attorney, who hud not yet become commissioner of the land office, had drawn up an I agreement aud certain deeds to be held In escrow conveying the interests In the lands of the entry meu to tlie Wllsou corporation. Gin visclalmed that he secured this deposition in conjuuc tlon with Henry M. Iloxt, assistant district attorney from the state of i WnHhiiiL'tnn. who is now nttoruey gen i eral for Porto Rico, Tlie Inference conveyed by the wit' ness wns that Mr. Bnllinger by the professional service he had rendered in this case had been party to a trans action which would have ultimately led to perjury aud a fraud upon the public land ollice laws. He explained that It was necessary for an entry I man in making his final proof to make allldavlt that he, the alllant, was the sole party in interest in the land pat ent. Glavis stated that Mr. Balllnger's name appeared as attorney In the dep osition, but that when the Wilson Coal company case later was carried into the courts by the government hi a suit to Invalidate tlie title to tho lunds he hud heard that the attorneys for both sides entered n stipulation that In the record of tho case the name of Mr, Balllnger as attorney should bo omitted and that It had been omitted In pursuauce to this agreement. Glavis then reached that phase of the Balllnger-Pluchot controversy which related to the statement by Charles Davis of Seattle, au Alaska coal claimant, who told Glavis when the latter asked him for an allldavlt regardlug the "Hunt group" of coal claims that Commissioner Balllnger hud told Davis to mako no aflldavlt or statement until after tho government hud mudo up its case, when he would kuow just what he was expected to re fute. He declared that it was a vio lation of the rules of tho ofllco and that It Interfered with the efforts of Glavis, to get tho necessary proofs on which to determine the validity of the Hunt claim. Gluvls produced a letter written by him to tho secretary of tho Interior lu which he referred to what Davis had told him, but said ho bud received uo reply from Mr, Balllnger. In reply to a question by Represent ativo Douby, Gluvls said that Mr. Bui linger us laud commissioner had tak en an active part In tho claims uud had acquired certain knowledgo con cernlng them which mauo it improper for him to appear as counsel for tho complalnnnts. He charged that Bal linger acted Improperly In ordering certulu claims to patent with cxpcdl tlon without KlvingPgBI a cnance' to investigate nnd In yRdlug a hear ing to Moore In tllTVtcrcst of the claimants and orderTrfll the applica tions to clear list without notifying him. The hearing wns adjourned until to morrow morning, when Glavis will re sume. Ex-Chief Forester Qlfford Plnchot with Overton Price nnd Alexander Shaw, who were dismissed from the forest service with him, were present, with their attorneys, George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia and Henry L Stlmson of Now York. ALASKAN LOBjif ALLEGED. Delegate Causes Sensation by Charges Against Taft and Roosevelt. Washington, Jan. 27. Charges by Judge Wlckersham, a delegate, that President Taft and President Roose velt had maintained in Washington an Alasknn lobby in the persons of Governor W. B. Uoggatt and Mnjor W. P. Richardson, an army officer who is head of the Alaskan road commis sion, were made here before the sen ate committee on territories in relation to the Alaskan legislative council bill. Tho senate committee took seriously the aspersions cast upon the motives of tlie two presidents by Judge Wlck ersham, who was called to order by Senator Beverldge, chairman of tho committee, nnd warned to guard his utterances. Judge Wlckersham charged that cer tain legislation furthered by Major Richnnlson nnd Governor Iloggattwas In behalf of certain copper Interests uud that two presidents were responsi ble for their presence In Washington as lobbyists for the measures. In protesting against the presence of Major Richardson In Washington he said: The president has no right to main tain a lobbyist here." AIMED AT SPEAKER CANNON. Fowler of New Jersey Proposes to Put Him Off Committee on Rules. Washington, Jnn. 27. "Representa tive Fowler of New Jersey, formerly chairman of the house committee on banking and. currency, has Introduced a resolution to Increase the member ship of the rules comrattteefroni four to nine and to relieve the speaker of tlie house from any connection with it. His resolution is ns follows: nrnolved. That on Feb. 7. 1310, tho house shall proceed to the election of five ad ditional members of the committee on rules, four of whom shall be Republicans airl one a Democrat. Resolved. That from nnd after tho pas sage of this resolution the speaker of the house of representatives shall po longer be u member of the committee on rules, but that the committee on rules shall con sist of the four members heretofore ap pointed and the five members elected un der the provisions of this resolution. Resolved, That the said commltteo on rules, consisting of six Republicans and three Democrats, shall elect one of theli number as chairman. BARONESS VAUGHAN WINS. French Court Decides In Favor of King Leopold's Morganatic Wife. Paris, Juu. 27. Tlie court of appeals has ordered the seals that were placed on the Villa Ilallucourt after the death of King Leopold to bo removed and has given possession of tlie villa to Baroness Vuughun, the morganatic wife of the lnte king of Belgium. The court has also refused the de mand of the Princess Louise, King; Leopold's eldest daughter, for an In quiry to be made Into the ownership of the property. The court has ordered the Princess Louise to pay the costs of the action. ASQUITH IS RE-ELECTED. British Premier Beats Unionist Oppo nent by 2,000 Votes. London. Jan. 27. Prime Minister Asqulth has been re-elected for East Fife, whteu he has represented since ISSU. He polled 5,212 votes against 3,183 cast for his Unionist opponent. Secretary of War Haldiuie was re turned for Haddingtonshire, receiving 3,771 votes against 3,020 cast for tho Unionist candidate, As a result of tho polling Tip to date the parties stand politically thus: Lib erals, 231; Ijiborltes, 37; Nationalists. 72; total coalition, 343; Unionists, 2K; coalition majority, 8S. SMALLEST MAN IS DYING. He Is Reuben Steere of Chepachot, R. I, and Weighs 65 Pounds. Providence, R. I., Jan. 27. Reuben Allen Steere, the smallest man In the world, Is dylu'g of pneumonia nt his home lu Chepachet. Steere Is seventy-two years old. no weighs fifty-five pounds nnd Is forty itlght Inches tall. Steero and his brother William, who was three inches taller, traveled all over tho country with Bnrnum. Italy Expels an American. Rome, Jon. 27. John nownrd of Now Orleans has been expelled from Ualy on suspicion that ho Is a confi dence man.
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