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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.