v. ao j- K jc tc if o r it & r & ir jc k Semi-Weekly Founded 1908 J Weekly Founded. 1844 so j j j wt jt t j: ji J jo k1 jo so sr jv jr k tA Wayne County Organ ' of the REPUBIg&N PARTY i - kr t J :. o : 6 7th YEAR. HONfiSDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910. NO. 17 THIS WEATHER Tlio wenthcr for Wednesday will bo colder; with light Turlablo winds. ttticti iisF mm for ARB1TRAI10 Philadelphia Turns on Traction Company. FEARS BIG STRIKE. Banks and Merchants Bring Pressure to Bear. POLITICIANS ASKCD TO AID. Philadelphia, March 1. As every i hour brings neorer tliu time fixed for I the general strike of 12."i,000 workmen ' in sympathy with the striking motor- men nnd eonductors of the I'hlladel- phlu Rapid Transit company business mnri are tnk-Inr tlin nlnrm. .m1 scores men are Inking the nlarm, and scores of organizations liave 'appealed to the mayor nnd elty councils to endeavor to bring about arbitration of the matters In dispute between the company and Its men. The Impression strengthens hourly thut the Central Labor uuiou was not bluffing when it ordered n general sympathetic strike. Merchants and manufacturers who laughed a few itni-u iit-.i ut .lit. rw.uoiitmt.. ,xt ' . . . i j p,vs .... ntu rjnniuiii. ul I. A L i-11 11 1-11 trouble have become nonrebenslve They are scared, nnd they ndmlt It. Business has been cramped enough as it is uy uiu ueviury inui grew out. oi the enrmen's strike. The possibilities that hinge upon a general walkout tint 11 ,ti.l(, iknan kn. i have made these business men thor oughly uncomfortable. The transit company Is In the curi ous position of being about to loso a strike that It has won, a dilemma brought upon itself by the snub It gave o -the- vlergyimn'of the city when It torn tiie ministers that it would not iuiu uiu ministers mat It would not 1LI mi .. .. - aiuuiuiu uiiyiuiiig, xne pertinacity 01 one man, George II. Earle, one of three ! city representatives on the transit company's board of directors, required the company to take that stand. Previously the sympathies of a pub-1 He were with the company because it ' wns generally believed that it was j within its rights In declining to permit I Clarence O. Trait, the Detroit labor j leaner, ana tiie Amalgamated Union i of Street Hallway Employees to die-' tate how and when it should employ or discharge Its men. For upward of a week public opinion backed up the ; transit directors. People turned u cold ' Mnmilfliif .mi. i.l ti..a j 1 1. i. ,. "u me ririK- ciais or tlio united Mine Workers and era. I he men's position was made ! the operators. oven more untenable because of wide- ! A call has been sent out for a gen spread and vicious disorder. Little by 1 eral convention of the miners in r.ln- little car by car, the company relnsti- tuted service until It was within r.0 per cent of the normal. Hut the strike seemed likely to drag out for weeks, because Pratt is a fight er and maintains extraordinary ascen dency over ids followers. The strik ers were willing to arbitrate, and they .."v would have agreed to tim decision of a 1 board of arbitration GVL'Il if tin Iwt'i I'll had eliminated the question of exclu sive recognition of their union. Acting in response to n general de mand, the clergymen, including lllshop Fowler of the Methodist church and Archbishop Ityan of the Komnn Cath olic diocehe, offered means of adjust ment The company through Its di rectors gave heed to George II. Earle nnd turned down the mediatory offers. Then, us had beeu threatened, u geu- , ,, , , n " eial strike was planned and called. ' i latt and Murphy had enough lullu- ence with the leaders of 125,000 union workmen to swing them iu behind the 1 carmen. Atf things stand uow, these men will leave their picks In tho air on next Saturday morning unless the transit company decides to leave the points of dllferenco between itself and Its meu to a board of arbitration. Tho company uow stands In Just the position it had the striking carmen three dujH ago. Its back Is to the wall, and It Is being attacked by ev erybody who has nn Interest In the present crisis. Half a dozen movements have been darted to compel the transit company to arbitrate. Xobody wants a general Htrlke, not even the union men who are preparing to walk out, but the town Is thoroughly convinced thnt Keneral strike Is Inevitable In case the transit company remains obdurate Employers of all kinds-brow?' ' headH of uwivimr r,i,.tnri,.u nr?..Jl heads of weaving factories, the Cramp Khh;ibuIldlnK firm, men who employ machinists, KtonmlUters, carpenters, tailors, milk wagon drivers, electrical workers and a hundred other kinds of workmen have asked their men what they really Intend to do if the transit company refuses to arbitrate. In nl most every case they have been iu- QEOHGE H. EARLE, JE. Philadelphia Banker Resists De mand Fop Strike Arbitration. -- , ;"" """ '"" employees win amue '' tn0 "vision of their unions and CO out on strike. The big banks have taken a band in the game. There are many inrge In dustrial concerns In Philadelphia that have large contracts on hand. They are carrying these contracts on money borrowed from the banks. Tim lmnica j are keenly Interested in preventing a general strike. They nut the solution of the problem up to one of the most lowerful I lxjwerrul Institutions in this city, the - Market Street Merchants association. The merchants, headed by Ellis Glm oel aud Samuel D. Lit, got together iuu.iuii'i,i iu mu ihiiiis ' action, one of which or both may 1,0 brought forward. The llrst plan WflK tCt 1'IWMlll fni nnd agreed tentatively to two plans was to recall from Florida Boss Me Nlchol and Boss Vnre, who settled the strike last June. The second wns to make direct representations to the transit eonipauy that something would drop If the company continued to hold out oeiimur .uu.ml-iioi mm necoruer vure 1 1 . ... 11 -1 . It. ,...1 Senator McNichol and Hecorder Vnre "in iui iuiuuku cuum-iin u rusuiiuiuu requesting in the name of the city fathers that the compnny nnd the strikers get together nnd arbitrate. MINE WAGE CONFERENCE. Call Issued For Joint Convention at Cincinnati March 8. Indianapolis, Ind., March l.-The miners nnd operators of the central competitive bituminous coal Held will meet in Cincinnati Mnrch 8 for a Joint conference on the wage question. The call has been Issued as a result of a conference held in Cincinnati by oill- . . .. .. clnnntl on March M to ratify any nc tion which mny be tnkeu by the Joint conference. It hns been agreed between the min ers nnd the operators that If the Illi nois miners aud operators both come to the convention aud take nnrt in It. uuu fiu. ii i-iiuei mu operators or the miners from Illinois fail to well and good. If either the operators como In the state will be left out nf tho Joint convention. This means, of course, that the Illinois operators will not attend and that therefore the Illi nois miners will not bo seated In the convention. This will leave the central competi tive field then to consist of western Pennsylvania, Ohio nnd Indiann. Illi nois will be a separate proposition. Tho miners stick to their demand for " ""l luiitnoo iu wuiiun Ul JU CUIUS H ton. The operators Insist on a re.iiio. a flat Increase in wages of 10 cents a tion In miners' wages from 10 cents to no cents a ton THAW'S CASE UP AGAIN. State Gets Stay of Proceedings For j XSyjsfer From Matteawan, White Plains, N. Y March l.-Jus-tlco Tompkins In the supremo court granted on motion of tho attorney: general n stay of the proceedings be fore Referee WUIlain Van Ames in tho I matter of the application of Harry IC 1 Thaw to be transferred from the Mat-i tcnwnn asylum to some other lnstltu-l tion. i Tho stay Is granted with tho under standing that tho state is to appeal im mediately to the appellate division from tho order under which tho ref eree was uppolnted. J itlee Tompkins .J: r,,e tll,0!)llon of power of the co"rt to mako an investigation or to court to mako nn investigation or to' oruer tne transfer of the patient to another Institution wns not presented by the attornoy general on the argu ment. Hnd the question of tho court's nuthorlty to make such an Investiga tion beeu raised I would have given It careful consideration. As It was, I guvo It no consideration .whatever. Nevertheless it is nn important ques tion, nnd It may be best to have it set tled by tho nppellntc division before the parties go to the trouble nnd ex pense of a hearing before the referee." berlin exposition delay. Committee Will Make It German American instead of American. New York, March . The American exposition which wns to have been held in llerlin this coming summer has been positioned. Tho executive committee 1ms decided that In view of nnd this country it wns best to post pone the project for another year nt i least and then to endeavor to make ! the affair German-American in char-' acter. 1 win. tcis object in view and to prove that tlio proposed exposition Is not intended as an American commer cial Invasion of Germany members of the executive committee will visit Ger many this summer. The honorary commission appointed by President Tnft, which Includes J P. Morgan, John Wanamaker and Da- vld It. Francis, will be continued. COTTON LEAK CASES. Price nnd Hnas Arraigned In Wash ington Criminal Court. Washington, March 1. Theodore II. sent to Iturke, and doctors were rush-1 There will be a dampness there and Price of New York, the cotton broker, cd to both places from Wallace on spe-! It will bo unnecessary to provide ar was arraigned In tho criminal court cinl trains. More than a thousand res-, tiflclal moisture. If the incubator is here on nn Indictment chnrging him, Moses Haas and Frederick A. Peck-1 ham with having conspired to secure advance information respecting cotton reports from Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., wno was axMcnue siausueion or the department of agriculture. Price filed sixteen pleas In a state-1 meni nneging, among otner tilings, that certain members of the grand Jury were dlsqnlllied to serve. United States Attorney Baker ob- Jected to the filing of the pleas. Ho i of miners who had responded to ap-1 better to hatch at as low tempera told the court that while Price had ' peuls from Mnce were unable to move, ture as possible. It makes a dl'f been Indicted in 1008 he had resisted aud these may have been buried In the; ference as to what kind of chickens removal to this jurisdiction, carrying snow. 1 are hatched. - tne case rrom the United States com-; mlssioner through the courts of New York to the supreme court of the United States, which tribuiinl had or dered his removal to this district for trial. Justice Gould allowed' the pleas to be filed, and ball was given by Price In sr,.ooo. JEROME FOE MILK TRUST. Former District Attorney Appears For Indicted Directors. New York, Mnrcli 1. Ex-District At torney Jerome was In the criminal branch of tho supreme court yester day as counsel for five of the eight Indicted directors of the Consolidated Milk Exchange. His clients aud the other three sur rendered themselves to nnswer the In dictments chnrging them with con spiracy In that they met to fix in re straint of trade the price they would pay for milk, thereby tending to create n monopoly. Tho .defendants were held In $1,000 .nl.' nvfc. JAMES A. PATTEN RETIRES. He Has Made Fortune of $8,000,000 In corners In Wheat. Chicago, March 1. After making a fortune of ,000,000 by manipulating comers In wheat, James A. Patron an nounces his retirement from active business. He says his career us a speculator is ended, and he will never again try to run up the prices of wheat and Hour. Patten will sail for Eu rope tomorrow and will not return un til April 1. With his retirement will come the withdrawal of his brother, George W. Patten, and his partner of years, Wil liam II. Bartlett. The firm of Bartlett, Patten & Co. will go out of existence, and hi Its stead tho Bartlett-Patten company will bo organized on July 1. $50,000 IN GEMS VANISH. Broker's Wife Loses Diamond Heart and Horseshoe In Hotel. New York, March 1. Tho mysterious dlsappoarauco of a diamond horseshoe ono of tho largost In existence nnd a diamond heart, nggregntlng $50,000 in value, from tho boudoir of Mrs. Sanford Erlanger, wlfo of a stock broker, at tho Hotel Ansonla Is baf fling tho police. The diamonds vanished from a chatelalno bag which Mrs. Erlanger left ou top of her dresser while she was at her bath. Tho detectives bollcvo that tho thief entered Mrs. Erlnnger's room while she Wns at the bath and while tho maid stepped to another part of the suit, which Is on the fourth floor of tho hotel. The diamond horseshoe, made up of forty-seven glistening gems, was a wedding gift to Mrs. Erlanger nnd wns worth $30,000, whllo the heart, composed of 100 diamonds, was a gift ou her wedding anniversary. L E Abl Mining Towns Buried by&Jn SnowsHdes In Idaho. MORE THAN 30 KNOWN DEAD. aiiiene overwhelmed by Juass Which Falls Down the Mountain Side. i are placed in the incubntor raise the Spokane, Wash., March 1. More heat to 102 degrees nnd at tho eighth than thirty lives have been lost In two day to 10!i degrees and then don't great snowslldes nt mining towns of . lower it. Examine the eggs on the the Coenr d'AIeno district In northern I sixth day. The eggs that are clear Idaho. A slide swept down the mown- are unfertile; those having webb tnln. striking tlio little town of Mnce like lines running through them are and burying twenty-live houses and 1 fertile, while those h.-ivinn- ,, their sleeping occupants In n mnss of snow nnd Ico at the bottom of the canyon. Another slide rushed dpwn upon Iturke, crushing n score of bouses under thousands of tons of earth nnd snow. Every man who could be spared from the rescue work nt .Mnce wns j cuers arc now at work From the foot of the Anchor mine 1 plant for nbout half a mile tho slide Is ! thirty feet deep. I When tho alarm sprend through the mining camp tnat Mace had been nl - most wiped out by a landslide mothers, wives and children of the miners cm - ployed at tiie Hecln, Hercules nnd An- t-uor mines nnu cnreiaKers or tue oia ueiter tnan those. Hatching tem-Tiger-Poorman mine begnn to seek ' perature can vary from 101 degrees places of safety. Wives and families to 104 V, decrees, nlthnilr-li It la Burke had tho larger population, about 000, and the houses were closer together. Mothers carried their cull - dren to the side hills, brothers drag - ged their little sisters to places of safety, and when tho slide struck niany of the homes werb dese'rted, while tho men wero rescuing injured at the stricken sister town. Old timers In the Coeur d'Alene dls - trlct hnve been Issuing dally warnings to Mace, Iturke and Illnck Bear that because of the record depth of the snow slides were Imminent. For six- mixture is for tills time of the year, teen winters these towns have es-1 .Mr. Itipou did not recommend the catied devastating slides, and so strong I Hreless brooder. The greatest teach wos the confidence of the miner resi- j or Is Nature. Watch the old hen. dents that their homes nnd fnmilies President Cody then asked Hoy were snfo thnt no precautions had i Sands his mode of feeding. The lat becn tnken. i ter snid lie took one-third parts of Thirty-five men sleeping In nn outfit j bran, cornmeal and middlings to enr on the Northern Pacific siding who which he added alfalfa, bono com wcro swept away with their car In I position and charcoal. Give grain the liottoni of the canyon used the I mixture morning and evening, but tools In their enr to dig themselves no wet mnsh. out. I Mr. Cody gave a short address In Superintendent Paseoe of the Stand-1 which he stated that It was the pur ard tnino and his wlfo were nsleep pose of the Wayno County Poultry when their hohie nt Mnce was crushed and Pigeon association to more like an eggshell. Mr. Pnscoe, two sons thoroughly und widely foster the and a daughter were killed. Ills wlfo I poultry Interest In this county as In was only slightly Injured. I other counties. The little mining town of Mace lies I hptuwiftn nriw-fnttiilla mmintnln ctflna n ' straggling line of cottnges In the creek bottoms, bisected by the lines of the Northern Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation company. Its one In dustry Is mining, and its big mine Is the Standard. With hardly a dividing line perceptible, tho towns of Blnck Bear, Gem. Mnce and Burke form a long string of houses for six miles. Mace has a population of 100, all, with tho exception of a few storekeepers and schoolteachers, In the employ of ! the mine. , ' camo a resident of Mllford in 1S73. ASaUITH MOVES ON LORDS. ; -Mr. Armstrong Is survived by his , wlfo and son, William. Interment Veto Measuro to Be Introduced In the 'n the .Mllford cemetery. Commons March 29. j London. March 1. Prime Minister SCHROEDER Fred Leonaru Sch Asqulth's motion that tho government i roeder died Friday, Feb. 25th, at 4 have a monopoly of tlio time In the 1 I house of commons until March 1U hav ing been agreed to without division, the cabinet Is safe again until March 20. The house will renssemblo then nfter an adjournment tnken from Mnrcli 24. The Luborltes supported the govern ment, but Mr. Asqulth had to promise to droit the budget nnd to mako a pledge also that before touching It ho would not only pass the resolutions dealing with the lords' veto through tho commons, but send them up to tho lords. He said enough to satisfy the Irish Nationalists, especially when, In re spect to asking guarantees of tho crown, ho declared thnt he would ten der to the crown such ndvlco as ho thought proper regarding the exigen cies of the case. Mississippi's New Senator. Washington, Mnrch 1. The creden tials of the new senator from Mis sissippi, Leroy Percy, who will suc ceed" the venerablo Colonel Gordon, wen presented In the senate by Sen ator Money. A TALK OS POUIntV. A good representation of tho Wayno County Poultry nnd Pigeon Association nnd others assembled at mo court House Inst Saturday even. was ono of tho Judges of the a.nnn birds on exhibition at tho Wayno county fair last year, and is no stranger to poultry raisers in this bw Principally "upon incubation and brooding. Mr. Kipon spoke In pari as louows: The prime theory of incubation is to havo strong and vigorous eggs. Whon eggs are pluced in an incu bator, have them of uniform size. Test tho Incubator before placing the eggs in tlio machine. Run it at 100 degrees for tho test. When the eggs spot are decayed and should bo thrown out as the fumes arising from mem will poison the fertile eggs. Examine the eggs on the Cth, 15th and ISth. Do not assist the chicks in hatching, the speaker did it once to his sorrow. Place the machine in a cellar where Mir nlr la friui. iiuv;ju uij-Mimrs use a sand nan There arc other methods, as placing cotton In the incubator and syphon ing water from the nursery. This is only in its infancy and is con- 1 sldered an experiment at present t A teaspoonful of wnter in a sponge 1 will keep 100 eggs moist for twen- f ty-four hours, but the sand pan is The speaker advocated the use of a large machine havlnir n mnnfttv . of from 250 to 240 eggs, claiming ! that It Is more reliable than smaller capacity machines, j Mr. Uipon recommended, .the so of an egg tester, Feed old hens twice a day equal proportions of bran, middlings, feed, 1 cornmeal, add to this alfalfa and' 1 bono meal, mix well until stiff and j serve warm. Give whole grain and i cracked corn at night. The above OBITUARY. ARMSTRONG Milton Armstrong died at his residence in Mllford, Pa., Feb. 21. 1910. nged 69 years, 4 months nnd 20 days. He was n native of White Mills, where he made his home until 1SG1, when ho be came a resident of Dyberry. Ho was drafted In 1SG2. and was must ered Iu as a private in Co. E. 179th Pennsylvania. Nov. 4, 1SG2, and served ton months. Deceased be- 1'- "., of typhoid pneumonia at Jer sey City, where ho wns employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. He Is survived by his wife, three chil dren, father, three brothers, name ly: Charles Christian nnd William, also three sisters, Mrs. JtMttriRir mlchael, .Mrs. Edward Short, and Mrs. John Schmuck. Tho funeral was held on Tuesday from tho Gor man Lutheran church, Row Coenon oillclntlng. Interment wus mnde in the Lutheran cemetery. WATTS John Watts, aged 84. died Sunday morning at his homo in Oregon township. Ho was ono of Wayno county's prosperous farmers. Ho was born in Cornwall, England, In 1825, and camo to this country In 1837, coming from New York City by stage and settled in the neighborhood whero ho died. He never married and never rode In a railroad passenger car. Ho was of a frugal disposition nnd amassed considerable monoy. Ho is surviv ed by a brother William, und has Bevernl relatives In tho west, chil dren of a deceased brother. PUENTI(J3WOn Thursday morn ing, Mrs. cjK J wife of Fred Prentice, djj&f blood-poisoning af ter nn IllriWRof two weeks. She was born at Poyntelle on June 25, 1801, and was tho daughter of Geo. nnd Lurretla Ithono. She leaves, besides her husband and little daughter ten months' old, a father and mother, two brothers, Henry aud Charles, and three sisters, Mrs. Addle Dunning, of Orson, Mrs. Ettle Stevens, of Poyntelle, and Miss Inez, at home. Tho remains were remov ed to the homo of her parents, at Poyntelle. on Friday afternoon. Th funeral at the church on Saturday, Uevs. Emmcl and Russell officiating Interment at I lines Corners. M1LLEH George E. Miller died at his home In Carbondale, on the 19th tilt. He was a native of Mt. Pleasant, and passed the greater part of his life at Whites Valley. A few years ago he removed to Carbondale, where he resided until his death. During the Civil war he served In Compnny D, 179th Pa., from Nov. 22, 18(52. until the regiment was mustered out. July 2". 18G3, and faithfully performed every duty. He was a member of Capt. James Ham Post, No. 198, G. A. It., and was an earnest supporter of tho order. His funeral took place on the Monday following his death, the interment being at Whites Valley. It was the intention of the Post to have the G. A. H. burial service; but the Post Commander, being prostrated by a severe attack of tho grip, was un able to go out; and the state of tho weather and the roads was such I that the Post reluctantly abandoned its design. REICHENBACKEH On Monday George K. Uclchenbacker died of Bright's disease at his home at Bun nelltown, after a lingering illness. He was born in Cherry Ridge, was 41 years of age and a most worthy citizen, a glass cutter by traoe, and one of the Incorporators of the Irving Cut Glass Co., which started in busi ness In 1900. He was elected presi dent and displayed a good sound Judgment, unusual executive ability in the performance of his duties. His fidelity to the company's Interests was a prominent factor In the suc cessful development of this concern. 'He was a man who bj' his uniform kindness and evenness of disposition made friends fast. His devotion to his family was a marked trait In his character. He is survived by his wife, wno was Mary A. Stengle, and two sons. Royal and Charles, com prise his family. He is also survived by the following brothers and sis ters: Mrs. William Shaffer. Mrs. Wm. Groger, Mrs. William Stratt, Mrs. John Deniger, .Mary Tteichen backer, Fred and David, all of Brook lyn, and Henry, of Los Angeles, Cal. The funeral services will be held this afternoon from his home. In terment in Glen Dyberry cemetery. LOCAL INSTITUTE. Will Take Place in the High School Building Here on Saturday. The districts of Honesdale, Texas, Bethany, Cherry Ridge, SeelyvUIo, and Dyberry will hold their annual Institute lu the auditorium of the Houesdalo High school, Saturday, March 5. 1910. Teachers and pat rons are cordially Invited to attend and enter discussions. The follow ing subjects will be presented: "Goldsmith, the Man," Miss Alta Many. "Goldsmith, tho Writer," Miss Maine Downing. "Common Senso Didactics I," Miss Freda Rose. 'Common Sense Didactics II," Miss AUcq Mullen. "Common Sense Didactics Hi," Miss Rose Switzer. "The Deserted Village." Miss Essio Kelley. "Geography," Miss Elizabeth Baird. "A Great Educator," Mr. Ira Marsh. "School Games," Prof. H. A. Odny. "Music Drill," Miss Amy Clark. "The Farmer's View of Agricul ture In the Schools," Mr. C. J. Welsh. "A Life from tho History of Edu cation," Miss Mary Fives. "Hints to Beginners," Miss Mary Murphy. Institute called promptly at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m, VERA MURRAY, Sec'y. Quits the Ministry to Raise Poultry. Verona, N. J., March 1. The Rev. Charles E. Little, pastor of the Verona Methodist Episcopal church, has de cided to retire and will devote his time to poultry raising on bis farm, near Cedar Grove. New Archdeacon of Newark. Montclnlr, N. J., March 1. Tho Rev. Frederick B. Carter, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, has been ap pointed archdeacon of tho dloceso of Newark. ITo succeeds the late Arch deacon Cameron of South Orange, ADDS IN TIIE CITIZEN ALWAYS BRING RESULTS