THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FED. 2, 1010. W"HW:HW'MM'MWHM"MMi CORRESPONDENTS' COLUMN ! THE MOST RELIABLE MEDIUM FOR SPREADING INFORMATION SHERMAN. Mr. D. F. Reynolds, of Blnghnm ton, is visiting his parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. .1. F. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Webster at tended church nt Hnle Eddy on Sun day, Mrs. Bruce Loder spent n few days last week with her pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. Van Pelt. The evangelistic services being held by Rev. C. J. Moore and wife, will be continued the coming week. The home of Willis Early is quar antined for scarlet fever. M. E Whltmore was In Honesdnlc as juror at the last court. Mr. and Mrs. F. Llttell attended n Ladles' Aid society of the Danville M. E. church at John Buck's. About twenty friends from the Danville church attended services here on Wednesday evening. Their good ringing testimonies did the heart good. We need more of them. Kenneth Whltmore. of Blngham ton, Is visiting nt Mrs. G. B. Arncke's. LAKE COMO. Mrs. Bert Grnndsbury spent last Thursday and Friday with friends In Hancock Quite a number from this place attonded the Shadow Social, held at James Cole's, last Thursday night. Mr. Wcsgate, of Forest City, spent Sunday with friends in town. Mrs. Charlie Stanton was called to Port Jervls on account of the illness of her granddaughter, Dessle Fil. Mrs. .lohn Randall spent Friday and Saturday with friends In Han cock. SOUTH STERLING. Mr. and Mrs. A. 13. Barnes and Anna Barnes spent Wednesday In Scranton. Miss Hess Dunning is on the sick list. Miss Ninn Bartleson Is visiting her parents, Mr. Richard Bartleson. Mrs. Chas. Price and son have re turned to their home at Canaden sis, last Thursday. Thomas Barnes, Frank Madden, nnd Malconi Jones have returned home after being at Honesdale for a week on the traverse jury. Mrs. Job Bartleson has gone to Pocono Lake to take care of her sister, Mrs, Wagner. Mrs. M. B. Carlton spent Satur day and Sunday in Scranton. Harry Carlton of Moscow, has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Mer ton Carlton. STEENE. The Democratic caucus was held at the Prompton High school build ing Wednesday evening, January 2Cth. Fourteen votes were polled for the following candidates: Coun cil, Samuel Found. Eramet Swingle, Stanley SchnkskI, Patrick Minor, John Short; school directors, Rich ard Duffy and George Bates; poor master, Henry Hogencamp; auditor, George Horst; constable, Wallls McMullen; assessor, Richard Bodle; judge of election, Charles Dennlo; Inspectors, John Batron and Ervln Bodie, Last Saturday evening the young farmer that applied at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Duffy was tendered a reception where the neighbors and friends all gathered and made the young farmer welcome to his new home. John Wesley Ar nold gave the young man a few lessons on the violin or flddlo. A good time was roported by all and the young man seems contented with his kind master and mistress. Miss Ruth Nichols said that the j winter crop is good as she has an average attendance of 22 boys and girls at the little country school at Steeno. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Swingle at tended the funeral of the late Mrs. Amos Reed at South Canaan last Tuesday. Mrs. Reed was a Btep mother to Mrs. Swingle. Sho sur vived her husband about nine weeks as ho died the latter part of Novem ber last. Don't forget the old-fashioned donation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. vVllllam Cole on Wednesday evening, Fob. 2nd, for .the benefit of our pastor, Rev. Davis. Everybody Is invited, supper one dollar per couple. Mr. nnd Mrs. Alonzo Wood visited friends at Peckvllle on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Garrett Snedlker, who has been in attendance with her sister, Mrs. Warren Buckland, who has been seriously 111 at her homo at Steeno, for the last month, returned to her home at Jermyn last week. Mrs. Buckland is able to get around the house once more. Sho claims her recovery Is duo to the faithful nurses that attended her, Mrs. J. E. Haloy la visiting a week with her daughters, Mrs. William Wright and Mrs, Arthur Spangen burg, at Carbondale. The Bobolink Is taking his vaca tion now while the snow Is deep. Ho has purchased a bran new sot of har ness and Is breaking In his span of colts. Lumberman Hollenback has every man in Prompton that Is willing to work pressed Into service. Men that are not willing to work he has no use for. The old gent hns an eye like a hawk, as he claims to toll by a man's walk whether ho has any use for him. FEARED DAM WOULD DURST. Austin Pooplo Took to the Dills Ln.st Monday Morning. Alarmed by the fear that the big 5G-foot dam of tho Bayless Pulp and Paper Company across Frecmnn Run Just nbovo Austin, Potter county, would break, sent many fnmllles to the hills early Mondny morning, with such personal effects as they could carry. Four feet of water was pour ing over tho top of the big dam, which is GOO feet long and backs wa ter up over a mile. It supplies pow er for the big pulp and paper mills. The dam did not break, but by many it was feared it would and they thought It wise to take to the hills on either side of town. The dam was strong nnd well built, but tho power behind it wns tremend ous. Rumors went out to nearby towns that tho entire village was de serted, not a person being left except the Buffalo & Susquehanna telegraph operator, who was nluckily stlckinc to his post. Those rumors said the great dam had cracked In the center nnd that only a miracle could pre vent an avalanche of water from completely wiping the village away. These rumors had some foundation in fact, for the middle of the dam bulged three feet and finally a sec tion 1 5 by C feet gave way, allowing considerable water to escnpe with out doing any damage. This lowered the pond but a few inches, however, and Monday night the break in the dam was enlarged by the use of dy namite. The people of Austin watched for hours, expecting momentarily to see their homes swept away, but tho warning enmo in time and the vill age Is still intact. The dam Is of concrete -and was completed In November last It cost $100,000. It will be repaired and greatly strengthened. WAERINER TELIS OF GRAFT. Swears That Mrs. Ford Got $84,000 and More From Him.. Cincinnati, IVlt. l.-At the row nipt Hon nf the, trial of Mrs. Jeanctte Stewart Ford, charged with black mailing C. L. Wnrrlner, the convicted embezzler of $:!43,00O from the Big Four railroad. Warrluer wns the star witness. Warriner recited his accusations against Mrs. Ford voluntarily. "She called me by telephone In the fall of 1002, and 1 met her nt the Grand ho tel for the first time," he said. "She told ine that Edgar S. Cooke had spurned her attentions nnd nsked me to compel Cooke to return to her. I refused, nnd she declared she knew thnt 1 and others were short In our accounts. "She nsked me for $2,000, and we finally compromised for $750. She took It nnd agreed to say nothing of the shortage. "After that her demands were con stant. She always came to mo asking for more money. The ultimate action In eacii case wns the surrender of money by mo. "In all I gave her $12,000 a year for seven years, $31,000 In all. Besides that 1 paid many bills for her, so many that 1 could not keep track of them." MADDEN BESTS CROSS. Fat Ten Round Fight Before the Bed ford Athletic Club. New York, Feb. J. Frnnklo Madden managed to best Leach Cross, the pride of the ghetto, In a fast ten round light before tho Bedford Athletic club, Brooklyn. The light was brimful of hard knocks and well executed ex changes, the pugilists belaboring each other from beginning to end. It wns a fine exhibition of clever boxing and clean hitting. Mndden If anything was the ag gressor, but his Judgment of distance at times wns bad. Ho planned to score a quieting punch with the left after covering up, but failed. Cross fought In rapid fashion, but It seemed to his ndherents that lie can not punch as hard ns he used to. At any rate, his fininshcs lacked steam, for ho landed often enough on Mad den's body and jnw to register a knock down. In tho tenth round Cross found a good opening niid drew tho blood from Mndden's Hps. Madden, too, nppenred tired In this round. However, neither man wns near the dnnger point, and when tho encounter terminated there was llttlo trapes on the faces of both to Indicate that they were badly pun Ished. Case Against Railroads Dismissed, Washington, Feb. 1. The supreme court has dismissed the proceedings brought by tho government under the Sherman antitrust act against tho St Louis Terminal association and four teen railroads entering that city. Weather Probabilities. Fair; warmer; moderate northwest and frcst winds. aoT mon'kv and wah arrested i .. -7-7 . . . .1) .1II-4UIKI-, Frank' Tolorlco and Nlcolo Ceconl, both of Carbondnfc, wero arrested Friday morning In Scranton by County Detective M. A. Raftor of thnt clly. They are charged with recolvlng money under falso repre sentations from Frank Bernettl, a hotolmnn, of Jcssup, representing themselves as being deputy sheriffs. At the hearing sufllclont evidence wns adduced to hold the men In de fault of ffiOO ball. They wore sent to thecounty Jail to await trial, Tolorlco recently helped secure ovi denco against speakeasy proprietors for the Liquor Dealers' assbclntlon. It Is nllecd that on January 2lBt Inst Tolorlco and Ceconl wont to Hernettl's saloon In Jcssup and Tol orlco told Bernettl that ho was n deputy sheriff nnd was going to ar rest Bernettl on the charge of sell ing liquor without n license. Bern ettl pleaded that ho was not doing this, thnt he had a licenso, but Tolcrico is alleged to have Insisted thnt ho was guilty and was about to proceed to search the place when ho made ti proposition to Bernettl to settle the case. Ho said that he would not arrest him If Bernettl would glvo him ?1 1.44. At this juncture Ceconl Is said to have tak en a hand In the dickering. Bernettl paid the $11.44 asked and received a receipt, signed by both Tolcrico and Ceconl. Inventor of Wood Pulp Dcud. Frederick Marx, who discovered the process of making 'paper from wood pulp, died at his home in Marcy, about live miles from Utlca, N. Y., one day last week,, at the age of SO. He wns Interested In a large foundry built In Bnltlmore to com mence the manufacture of wood pulp paper, but Just as it was finish ed the site was destroyed by a cloud burst. Mr. Marx then came to this section and within a short time sold his invention to Warner Miller, who developed tho industry. " GEISC0M SUCCEEDS PARSONS. Electee! Chairman of New York Re publican County Committee. New York, Fell. 1. Lloyd C. Griscom, former ambassador to Italy, was unan imously elected chairman of the "Re publican county committee' nrf'.WW as chairman of the executive committee in succession to. Herbert I'nrsmm, who resigned, , Few of the members of the commit tee know Mr, GriscQm, but theyypted for him because he was recommended by the commlttee.of seven which had been named to choose a successor to Parsons. VJ. In the speeches made much xtresf) wns laid on tho point tht Mr. pris com would be a chairman whp would pacify nil factions in the organization, and Mr. Griscom himself In his speech of acceptance dwelt mainly on the fact that if the Republican party In this state was to succeed next fail In electing a Republican governor it would be necessary to have harmony In the Republican ranks of this city. PORTO RICO'S ASPIRATIONS. Petition Wired to Washington For Adoption of Sec. Dickinson's Ideas. San Juan, 1'orto Rico, Feb. 1. The members of tho house of delegates have sent a. cablegram to the congres sional committee on Insular affairs nt Washington praying for liberal nctlon on tho recent recommendations of Sec retary of War Dickinson relative to changes In the government of Porto Rico. If a bearing can be secured n com mission will be sent to Washington to urge legislation. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Stock Quotations. Money on call today was 3 per cent, time money and mercantile paper un changed in rates. Closing prices of stock! were: Amal. Copper... 82 Norf. & West... 98 Atchison 1161; Northwestern ..157V. B. & 0 116V4 Penn. R. It 133 Brooklyn H. T.. 72 Heading 15!W Ches. &Ohlo.... Kft Rock Island W, C. ,C..O.&St.U. 1V6 St. Paul USM 1). & H 175T4 Southern Pac.UT? Erie 23W Southern Ity.... 29M Gen. Electric... 153V4 South. Ity. pt... C7Ts 111. Central 111 Sugar lnt.-Met 21 Texas Pacific... 2H, Louis. & Nash.. H7 Union Puclllc,...lSG',f Manhattan 13CV4 U. 8. Steel ts Missouri Pac... C9i U. S. Steel pr.. ,123V, N. V. Central. ...1187, West. Union 71M Market Reports. HUTTER-Steauy; receipts. 6,928 pack ai,-es: creamery, specials, 32c.; extras, 21c. thirds to firsts 27u30c; held, seconds tc specials, 27a32c.; state dairy, common tc finest, 24a30c; process, llrsts to specials. 2CHa2S',c. ; western, factory, seconds tc firsts, 23H&25C.; imitation creamery, 2to 27c. CHEESE Firm; receipts, 4G2 boxe state, full cream, fall make, specials, 17M ul8c.; fancy, 17Uc; good to prime, lC',,n lC-c; current make, best, UalGc; com mon to fair, M3al5c; skims 1V4 lbs. fall make, specials, MWc; Rood to prime, 13H aUc; current make, best, llairc: fair to good, HalOc.; common, 4Ha7c; full skims. Sale. EGGS Weak; receipts, 7,181 cases; state. Pennsylvania and nearby, hennery, white. 32a37c; gathered, white, 32ac; hennery, brown and mixed, fancy, J3a35c; leather ed brown, fair to prime. 32a33c; western, flrsts, 12c; seconds, 39a31c; refrigerator, special marks, fancy, 27a27Hc; flrsts, 20a 2CHc: seconds. 4a2Gc. LIVE POULTRY Firmer; prices not settled. DRESSED POULTRY Firm, but quiet; turkeys, selected, western, dry picked, per lb., 24a23o;. scalded, 2la23c; fair to prime western, 22a3c,; old toms, 21c; roasting chickens, nearby, fancy, Sa27c . western, 'milk fed. fancy, 22a23c; corn f -1 fancy, 19al9Kc; mixed weight chicken j, nearby, fanny, 18a23c; western, milk tn' 19Vic; dry picked, corn fed, average best 17c; scalded, average best, UHc; Ohla and Michigan, scalded, average best, KVi al7c. ; fair to good, ttal6c TEN LOOTEHSSHGT Troops In Paris Hunt Down Flood Marauders. TWO HANGED TO LAMPPOSTS. Sanitary Squad Is Hard at Work Cleansing and Disinfecting Streets In the Stricken French Metropolis.' Paris. Feb. 1. Kxcltlug rowbont chases after looters among the Hood ruins on the outskirts of the city oc curred early today. In many instances the looters were, tired upon by their pursuers, and ten were shot dead by soldiers. Two others wero lumped from lampposts as exntnplcs of the fnte in store of those detected in acts of pillage and. violence. Armed detachments of the military will be held In the Inundated districts within and outside the city until nor mal conditions are restored to prevent pillaging. At Alfortvllle soldiers In u launch pursued a gang of looters who hud taken to a boat. When the latter saw that they were likely to be overtaken they drew revolvers and fired on their pursuers. The police with their lilies sank the boat, and two of the looters wero drowned. Tiie work of pleanslng and disinfect ing the city Is being vigorously car ried on. President Roux of tho Pas teur Institute in conference with other experts has decided upon a series of measures to be curried out by the san itary olliclals. The principal danger is considered to be from the polluted water supply. The authorities linve caused a house to house canvass to be made, wdruiug the occupants against reoccupyin rooms which have been flooded until the same have been disinfected and giving Instructions that water must lie boiled before being used. As tin; deposits of mud left by the waters niv removed 'from the houses iiiekliiue will be plentifully used nnd the floors and wails cleaned and whitewashed or painted. ( Dr. Debove. dean of the medical fac ulty of the Academy of Medicine, says that tho pest of malarial disease! which enters the blood through the rcspirnlory organs can be avoided. The prlnclpnl danger is from typhoid, tho germs of which may be received through the digestive channels if. the Impure water is drunk. Houses are still collapsing in many quarters, their foundations, weakened by many days of undermining, having at last given away. In many sections of the city the water still bolls through the streets, making the work of rescue extremely difficult. The terror of last Friday seems like a nightmare now when continual re ports are published of the subsidence of the Seine and the sun shines bril liantly after days of rain. Crowds continue to gather as near the inun dated places as the soldiers will per mit them. News of the sinking in of pavements nnd the abandonment of houses Is taken as a matter of course. Only the lack of heat and light in some quarters, the failure of telephonic com munication In others and traffic diffi culties everywhere remain to remind one of the terrors of the last few days. Telegraphic communication Is still unreliable. A few lines are still work ing, but their services are In such great demand that the postolllce has sent numberless messages by train to be left at the nearest station to their des tination nnd be delivered .from there. Tho Itinerary of the tralilc lines in the metropolitan district will no doubt be changed, and In this way several commercial centers will be affected. Active relief measures are In prog ress. More than $250,000 from the funds raised by tho newspapers lias been turned over to the relief societies of the city nnd the local nutliorlties of the towns nnd villages outside Paris. This is In addition to the nld directly distributed by tho government. (Grate ful references ure inado to the nld of the United States nnd of Its citizens. With France's appeal having found ready response In generous hearts, contributions for the relief of the tlood HUfferers nre nlready pouring In rapid ly In dozens of cities throughout the United States, while organizations are planning systematic collections nnd benefit programs are being prepared for presentation lu half n hundred theaters. 'Wealthy men hnve loaned tbclr auto mobiles for the benefit of the tlood suf ferers. About forty earn were loaded with bread and other foodstuffs and sent to the most affected districts. Many of tho occupants of the cars met with hostile receptions. The people nt first believed them to be rich hensn tlon seekers and were on the verge In several Instances of attacking tho good Samnrltans when they discovered the mistake. Then the automobiles were roundly cheered. In the chamber of deputies n pro posal to decorate officials who distin guished themselves ut rescue work wns postponed nt the suggestion of the pre mier, who said: "Frenchmen do not need tho spur of a decoration to do" their duty. They never think of rewnrd when called upon for sacrifices." It is certain, nevertheless, that the next honor list will be much longer than usual BATTLESHIPS USELESS. Clifford Hiirinon Declares Mastership of Air Insures Peace. Pnsadcnn, Cnl., Jan. 27. Clifford H. Hnrmon, n New York mronaUt, to-day said in a lecture before tho Pnsedctta Chamber of Commerce, that tho day of the battleship had passed. No nation, ho said, would daro to send n fleet of these to our shores on a hostllo mission with so many masters of the air ready to meet It. "It hns nlroady been demonstrat ed," said Mr. Harmon, "that one balloon or ruroplano can ,cnrry enough explosives to annihilate any fleet in tho world, while tho war ships would bo powerless to protect themselves. The roroplano hns not yet reached its full state of effi ciency, but now it Insures the safe ty of otlr coasts against hostile In vasion." CASTOR I A Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought 81jjnaturo of ffct NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION, ESTATE OF .TAMES NEVILl.E lato of Sterling. Pa. All persons Indebted to said estate are unti tled to make immediate payment to the un dersigned land those having claims against tliesald estates are notlllpd to present them duly attested, for settlement. j p fKosg Sterling, Jan. 10. 1010. Administrator. 17LEE BRAMAN EVERYTHING IN LIVERY Buss for Every Traio and Town Calls. Horses always for sale Boarding and Accomodations for Farmers Prompt and polite attention at all times. ALLEN HOUSE EARIJ A. O. BLAKE, I AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEAIEF You will make money by bavins me. jgiiELi, phone 9-u Bethany, Pa. W. 1$, HOLMES, PltKSIDENT. A. T. SEARLE, Vice Pres. We want you to understand the reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY of this Bank. WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONESDALE, PA., HAS A CAPITAL OF $100,000.00 AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OP - 394,000.00 MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 49i.000.00 EVERY DOLLAR of which must be lost before any depositor can lose n PENNY. It has conducted n growing and successful business for over 115 years, serving an increasing number of customers with fideelity and satisfaction. Its cash funds nre protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS. All of these things, coupled with conservative management. Insured V,y CAKKFUL PERSONAL ATTENTION constantly given the of that SUPREME SAFKTY which Bank, Total Assets, C6T DEPOSITS MAY -DIRECTORS CHAS. J. SMITH. II. J. CONGER, W K. SUYDAM. W. n.HOLMKS A. T. SEAIU.B T. B.CARK fflnntmrintmmttttnmmmm:m: JANUARY CLOSING OUT SALE I - NTER GOODS --AT-- ENNER T0 CLEAN Ladies' Jacket Suits. Misses' and Junior Tailor Suits. Winter Coats and Cloaks. Evening Capes and Cloaks. TJp-to-Date and. Nobby Fur in Muffs, Collars and Scarfs. We have an odd lot of Made-up Waists in Silk and Wash G - out at very low prices. MENNER & CO. TWENTIETH ANNUAL STATEMENT or TIIK Wayne Co. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company or ' WAYNE COUNTY, PA. CAPITAL Net nniimnt Insurance in force Deo. si, lyus i(ifi nyn na Amount of premium notes In force Dco.JI.IWW 151,1(3 H KKCKIl'TS Cash In bank .Inn. 1, l!fl. . .$,i(xi m ltectl on assessments on premium notes jxm ; Heed on applications 470 07 llorrowetl money 'J.j.'jH ,ii Interest from tiavlncs IJnnk loo 71 - KXPEND1TIMIK.S. Paid for the followlnc losses: Clark Du.Mond, house und contents burned $ Arthur Akers. home tlnni!? liv flm 16.913 14 Vf) 09 0 00 SO II 09 a oa r,a m mo o 4 09 2 50 310 00 10 09 s 09 W 00 .1 04 400 00 7 'SI WOO 09 COO 00 10 04 ,400 00 1 00 500 00 700 00 M0 00 700 00 300 09 36 C i ,1. V. hltmore house dim: by Hire , .Mrs. K. Tyler, house, clot li Intr ilimr 1 Earl Rockwell, household furniture and wcarlnc apparel darnaced. Christian Sehrader, house and con I tents burned Mrs. Alice Ilnnna. house and sum i mer kltelinn hnrnpri . A. It. Down, house duniueed by lire Mrs. L. II. Price" " " V. L. Hartford, basement barn burned Theo. A. Hrooks, house dsd by fire Chris. Epnley. Jr.. ' " Martin Lllhult II. S. Whltmore, burn V. II. Mclntyre, house and con teutshurncd '.T- O'Neill, ham damaged by lire Urns, and Mile Davis, house and contents burned Alvl"T. Ilronson. house nnd con tents burned ,K,I!all0U-ljarn dtned. llehtnlmr J. J. Thoni.t", burn and contents burnt, HchtnlrTsr , II. A. aiker. house darned by tire Allen Treslar, barn, outbulldlncs and contents burned . . James I McDonald, housennd eon tents burned...., ,. Augustus I.lntner, barn, shed and contents burned Charles M.andUrsulaClnuson barn and outhouses burned Paul I'rebor, house burned... . Mllo ,1. Marks, household goods etc.. burned 7.127 72 19 .1', 5 fS 7S 00 11 59 50 00 ;t (3 1.MI (W 2,500 00 4 5S 4,115 62 5.4U it 16.91$ 14 Telephone .Stationery Kent I'ostiiffe I'rinflnc Caletidurs . Incidentals Salaries ami commissions. . .. Horrowcd money and Interest Refund: Cash in treasurer's hands. ASSETS. Cash In treasury $ 5.411 H) Cash In hands of agents. . 17 m Assessments In course col 174 K! Safe... 100 00 Premium notes In force. .151.161 to-f lW.'JOO 8! LIAIHUTIKS. Liabilities ..: Assets In excess of liabilities. . 1.220 52 $ mm 39 II. C. JACKSON, President, l'erry A. Clark. Secretary. H3 i H. S. SALMON, Qashieb W. J. WARD, Ass't Cashier is the. prime essential of a eood - - $2,886,000.00 BE MADE BY MAIL. I' P. KIMBLE II. S. SALMON OF - & CO. KKYSTONE STORES. UP STOCK: Real Goods. oods that we will sell ttillUHHtltlUntiHIiHiUIIiHiJlliUIUtlt