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Tltfl WHATHKIt On trlday tale, weather anil lower temperature will prevail, nnd on Sntunlny fair weather. tC iC jC tf" K K H JO f C tT C is K" C Jf Scml-Wcekly Founded 5 5 1908 tf JV J J 0 T if JO jC j? JO JC J? JO If 7? ?jLWiyne Countv 0ran 5 J5 ., of the 1 REPUBLICAN pgRTY S Weekly Founded. 1844 .J rf j j oi j jt ,jt j jt j j j: YEAR. HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1910. TO. 28 ROOSEVELTLEAVES Has Great Ovation on His Last Day In Rome. GUEST OF THE MUNICIPALITY. Cardinal Merry Del Val Issues An other Statement Justifying His Action In Vetoing Inter view With Pope. Rome, April 7. Theodore Roosevelt has ended his visit to Home nnd lint left the city to calm down after thret busy, stormy days. Ills stay awakened a strange mixture of enthusiasm and bitterness and will he long remem hered. The soreness of the Vatican and Catholics against him Is very acute, but King Victor Knunannel, cab lnet ministers and other notables havt vied with each other to do honor tc the American ex-presldout. Mr. Roosevelt, accompanied by his wife, went from here to Spozia. There they will begin a sentimental journey by road to Genoa, following the route of their honeymoon trip nearly tweu-ty-llve years ago. The distance, sixty live miles, will be covered In carriages, as It was on the first occasion. Mr. Roosevelt got a great ovation al the recepioii In his honor given by the municipality in the Capitoline mu seum. Here, in the splendid halls, such priceless treasures as "The Dyinp Gladiator" and the "Capitoline Ve nus" compelled one's attention from the large and distinguished gathering whicli the municipality had Invited to greet .Mr. Roosevelt. Mayor Nathan in his speech welcom ing Mr. Roosevelt said: "It is the Rome of today, the capi tal of Italy, that bids me welcome our eminent guest on behalf of the citizens of all classes and parties, who tell Mr Roosevelt, 'Owing to your character, your work nnd It Influence on civil and human progress, we feel- proud &nd linppy to receive you In our capi tal. "We thank our Illustrious guest foi accepting our modest hospitality. Foi lowing with the mind's eye the won derful progress of the United States, methlnks three men detach themselves from the crowd and rise above theh own contemporaries Washington, who creates a great republic; Lincoln, who consolidates it during a terrible su premo moment, and Roosevelt, who, following in their footsteps, striving to purify It today when the voice ol Individual interest on both sides of the ocean tends to stifle the voices of con science, morality aud public welfare. "This most courageous man, now re turning from a hunt of beasts in Afri can forests, has hunted others even more dangerous, risking life, reputa tion and tranquillity of his own coun try. It is men like him who are enti tled to citizenship of that country which is mistress of two grout period) of civilization. "Methlnks the personality of our guest recalls through centuries of struggles the Roman personality nowi dominating the capital, that of the great man endowed with the courage, tlrm will and reflection necessary o lead his armies to victory and his fel low men to virtue, who returned to his tent to meditate, read and teach his people purity, goodness and duty, the philosopher and warrior, Marcus Aurellus. Don't you And points of likeness with Mr. Roosevelt? If you do, so raise your glasses here in the capltol and Join mu in drinking his health aud wishing him to continue for mnny years Ids noble mission for the welfare of his country nnd hu manity." Cardinal Merry del Val, papal sec retnry of state, issued the following statement In the Vatican organ in re gard to the Rev. Mr. Tipple's state ment and the one by Mr. Roosevelt: "In the last analysis It Is a question of simple, pure courtesy. The holy see did not Impose on Mr. Roosevelt, as has been fnlsely stated, a condition that ho must not npproach the Meth odists or other non-Catholic religious associations in Rome, "There are several non-Catholic cen ters in the city, which, however, do not behave In a harshly hostllo and of fensive manner toward the pope and everything the pope and all Catholics hold most dear. The Methodist center is Instead systematically united with the worst anticlerical and antipapai elements In tho city nnd displays such attitude iu tho most notorious manner and in tho most aggressive nnd Insult ing form. "Tho holy see, after tho regrettable Fairbanks Incident, had every reason to fear that Mr. Roosevelt, unwitting ly and In perfect good faith, vould huvo been led to manifest open sym pathy and friendship toward this hos tile centw of aggression against tho Catholic church In tho very heart of tho Catholic world, "Therefore when Mr. Roosevelt re quested Indirectly nnd confidentially nn audience of his holiness tho hope was courteously expressed that he would bo guarded against being drag ged Into the false position of seem ingly publicly supporting tho offensive campaign against the pope. "Air. Roosevelt replied by refusing any condition or stipulation, thus ad mitting the possibility of his accom plishing nn action which would he n grave offense to his holiness. This was amply confirmed by the refusal to give nny assurance. An audience thus became Impossible." ADE'S SLANG Id' BRIEF. Lawyer In Contempt For "Scandalous Insulting" Language. San Krunclsco, April 7. The su preme court of California has cited At torney Ralph Schoonover for contempt because he used George Ade's slang in preference to the language of Black stone In a brief submitted to tho ienrned Judges. When the court met to review the papers In the appealed cifse of Wil Hams versus Iine one of the Justice took up the brief of Attorney Sclioo nover nnd began to read it aloud. "Then the state court butts into tht game.'Mie read in nn amazed tone. "My gracious!" exclaimed a justice "Did RIackstone ever use such lan guage'" "If my memory serves me," sug gested Justice Melvin, "It sounds like a newer master George Ado." The Justice who was reading the brief continued: "Then the state court butts into tin game, and when it has got Its buttei going It is unable to stop, but contin ues with all the judicial solemnity oi an owl. Its actions would doubtless pass muster In a circus or a moving picture studio, but certainly do nol comport very well with the dignitj nnd caution and evenness of mind popularly believed to be personified in one who wears the judicial ermine. I'The decision is a peach," continued the brief. "Said rotten decision was the rottenest decision that ever dis graced (he-records of any court It is a raw decision nnd one of the wonders of the legal world. It is a finding not only frivolous, but false ns well and was intended simply as a cloak tc cover more villainy. The decision was putrid. "The judgment was the conclusion of a sapient court of massive brains, a masterpiece of judicial wisdom." All this the supreme court declnred to be "scandalous, disgraceful, Insult Ing nnd constitutes a contempt of this court." INDICTS HOFFSTOT AS BRIBER. Pittsburg Grand Jury Scores Steel Car Company's President. Pittsburg, April 7. The grand jurj Indicted Frank X. Hoffstot, president of the German National bank of Alio gheny and president of the Pressed Steel Car company, on charges of brib ery and conspiracy. That Frank N. Hoffstot paid to Charlei Stewart, a former select councilman. $52. 00. That tho money was a bribe used In In fluenctng tho votes of counctlmen to pasi an ordinance naming three banks Ir which IIofTstot was Interested as offlcia depositories or the city's millions. That tho late James W. Friend, at tilt time an official of the Pressed Steel Cat company, was an associate In the trans action. That the original plan which Frlenc had was to obtain the services of Wil liam A. Ulakeley, now graft prosecutor, as a stakeholder of the brlbo money, but Ulakeley declined and warned all partlet of the criminality of the proposition. That the transaction took place In New York city In June, 1908. In order, if possi ble, to avoid criminal liability In Alle gheny county. That Hoffstot on two occasions sollcltec money from Cashier James M. Young ol the Second National bank of Pittsburg one of the Institutions lately named at a city depository, ai caused him to ship to New York 121,000 as that bank's shar of the brlbo money. Tho indictment of Hoffstot was nol unexpected by those who have follow ed tho graft cases, but the vigor of tin presentment made to tho court by the grand jury astounded every one. Foi some years Hoffstot has had his resl denco In New York. The grand jurj takes cognizance of this and calls on tho district attorney to "proceed forth with to extradite him" In case he does not obey the summons to appear be foro the grand Jury. President Kmil Winter of tho Work ingmcu's Savings bank aud Trust com pany of Allegheny, another of tht financial pillars of Pittsburg, camo tc court to confess that ho had bribed councllmen to the extent of ?20,000. EXPLOSION ON THE MARYLAND Boiler Tubes Blow Out One Killed and Two Others Injured. Vallojo, Cal., April 7. While- the cruiser Maryland waB on her way to Monterey bay from Santa Barbara tubes In one of tho forward boilers blew out, terribly scalding threo fire men aud water tenders, ono of whom died. The Injured men wero placed In the navy hospital at Mare Inland on the arrival of the llpet here .today. 'UNCLE JOE' . ...jElt OUT. , Speaker Cannon Makes Congress ! man Henry of Texas Take His 8eat. AVashlngton, April 7. Thero was a lively scene In the house when Speak er Cannon and Representative Robert Lee Henry, a Democrat from Texas, clashed, and Mr. Henry was ordered t. Ids seat by the speaker. Ah soon ns the clerk began reading the journal Mr. Henry asked if it was not the duty of the speaker to note the absence of a quorum before the house proceeded to business. He quot ed a rule to sustain his contention. Speaker Cannon refused to rule, say ing that It was the duty of members on the floor to make the point if they thought no quorum was present. Mr. Henry tried to press the point, but tho speaker refused to hear him. "I insist on a ruling," shouted Mr. Henry. "The gentleman will come to order," the speaker yelled. "Pin not out of order," returned Mr. Henry. "I Insist on n ruling." "The gentleman will take his seat," said the speaker, glancing nt the ser geant at arms, who handles the mace. Mr. Henry took his seat, but imme diately made tho point of no quorum. "I am willing to perform my duty whether the speaker will perform ids or not," said Mr. nenry. "And I congratulate the gentleman that lie lias duty to perform," retorted Mr. Cannon. "I cannot say as much for the chair,'' was Mr. Henry's parting shot. Representative Sereno 13. Payne moved a call of the house, and the In cident was closed. BROKER IS A BARONET. Will Stick to Business Here and Gc Home When He Tires of It. New York, April 7. Arthur BosweH Kllott of the Stock Kxehnnge firm ol Isaac Starr, Jr.. tc Co., 40 Wall street bus become a baronet by tho death oi Ids uncle. Sir William Francis Angus tun Kllott of Stobs, Rosburgh, Kng land, whoso heir he is. When the reporters called at Sli Arthur's ollico they found a ruddj faced, white haired Englishman ol ilfty-four, with Ids coat off nnd hh shirt sleeves rolled up, sitting nt a rol. top desk beside a stock ticker. "Are you going to cut out buslucsi nnd live on your estate'" they asked. "No, Indeed. I'm going to stick rigid here," said Sir Arthur. "I've been ir the game for twenty years, and there'j nothing 1 like better. Ten years froit now perhaps, when I get tired ol work, I'll go over there nnd settk down. England Is nil right to die In but while a mnn's alive ho can't find any place equal to Wall street." MURDERED IN HER HOME. Woman's Body Found by Husband In Blazing House. Cambridge City, Iud April 7. Rlood hounds and n posse of farmers headed by ofUcers are searchlug Wayne coun ty for n man who murdered Mrs Prank Allison and set fire to the house In nn effort to conceal his crime. Mrs. Allison was alono when shi was struck over the head with a blunt instrument. Her husband and a fara employee wero ut work In a Held o half mile from the house, and the wo man's two small sons wero at school. A party of young people In nn auto mobile wore tiio first to discover tin Allison house on lire, and they hurried to tho farm, getting there a moment before the woman's husband aud hit employee arrived. Tho house was In flumes, and when Allison started In he stumbled over the dead body of hU wlfo In tho doorway. Tho motive of tho murderer U thought to have been robbery. LEGISLATORS HIT Thirteen Senators and As semblymen Accused. INSURANCE BRIBERY PROBE. Disclosures Forced by Supt. Hotch kiss Which Make the Allds Conger Scandal Look Small by Comparison. Now York. April 7. The ground work for a series of disclosures .of leg islative corruption which promise to make the recent Allds-Conger scandal look small by comparison was laid here when State Superintendent of In surance Hotchktss resumed his Inves tigation of the purchase and sale of laws by rich corporations and corrupt senators and assemblymcil. Before Superintendent Hotchkiss gets through with this phase of the matter It Is expected that thirteen Re publican senators and assemblymen who ruled Albany in 1IHX), the last year Theodore Roosevelt was govern or and In the four years Renjamln B. Odell was governor, will be so ir retrievably involved iu a series of dis graceful transactions that their elimi nation from the Republican state ma chlue and from all public offices and honors will become imperative. The documents which are expected to reveal the Inside workings of the old guard and drive them Into 'political oblivion consist of the books of the bankrupt Stock Exchange brokerage house of Klllngwood & Cunningham, which failed In 11)04. These books show that from KXK) to 1004 thirteen Republican senators and assemblymen, members of the most Important committees in the legisla ture, gambled in stocks on a very heavy pale through tlint firm. ..TJiSibooks nlso show that seven of these-meu received large sums of mon ey from G. Tracy Rogers, n special partner or .that firm and the legisla tive representative in Albany of tho street railway Interests of New York state. .Mr. Rogers is president of the street railway system of Rlughamton, N. Y., . his home town, nnd is also president of tho Street Railway association of tlie state of New York and as such Is , creuiteu wltn Having seen to it for years tliut no laws opposed to the trol ley companies of the state are enact ed In Albany and that many laws fa vorable to them have been enacted. Mr. Rogers is said to be In hiding to escape n subpoena Issued for him by Mr. Hotchkiss. While his testimony, if freely given, would Illuminate mnny facts in possession of the state super intendent of insurance, such as tho source of the money used by the spec ulating legislators, his absence will not prevent disclosure of the Identity of many of them, together with nil the details of their speculative deals. One of tho thirteen men Involved is now a member of congress, nnd he is expected to voluntarily take the wit ness stnnd in nn effort to clear him self of the Imputation of wrongdoing wlille n senator of the state of New York. James W. Cunningham, a stockbro ker In Wall street and formerly a member of the failed firm of Klllug wood & Cunningham, was a reluctant witness nt the Inquiry. He testified that Assemblyman Louts Bedell, a member of the railways and rules committees, owed ids firm $7,005 when it failed after dealing extensive ly In New York Transportation nnd other railroad stocks affected by legis lation. Bedell received $3,500 cash from tho firm on May 1, 1001; $2,500 cash on May .1, 1001, and $2,800 cash on Sept. .'50, 1004. Ho had ucver paid the $7,005 owing. Another member of tho legislature, a senator, member of tho railways committee, drew from the linn $0,000 iu cash on April 23, 1001, after deal ings in New York Transportation com pany stocky TAFT CUTS OUT INDIANA. Washington, April 7. An announce ment at tho White House that Presi dent Taft will not visit Indianapolis on hla coming western trip caused a lot of political talk here. Coming on the heels of the failure of tho Indiana state convention to indorse the Fayno Aldrlch tariff law, tho' announcement was regarded as significant. 8ovoral Republicans thought they saw an explanation of tho cancella tion of tho Indianapolis engagement In tho effect that the Tuft speech would have there upon tho Boverldgo campaign. In their opinion tho presi dent could not speak In Indiana with out coming luo conflict with tho viows of Senator BoverJdgo, nnd his speech would be quickly construed by Bever idge's opponents as on attack upon him. . REV. DE. B. M. TIPPLE. Head of Methodist Church In Rome Whose Acts Offend the Vatican. ROOSEVELT REPORTS ON HUNT Ex-President Gathered 11,000 Speci mens In African Trip. Washington, April 7. Representa tive Maun of Illinois arose In the house and read u report signed by Theodore Roosevelt, which was the ex-president's report to the Smithso nian institution as head of the Smith sonian African expedition. Tiie former president reports that the expedition hns gathered all told 11,397 specimens for the Institution, of which about 0,000 are mammals and 2,000 birds. FREE MAILS FOR ROOSEVELT. House Passes the Franking Bill In Fa vor of Former President. Washington, April 7. The house passed the bill giving a franking priv ilege to Theodore Roosevelt. A pro vision prohibiting Mr. Roosevelt from placing the frank on political matter was defeated by n vote of 1(5 to 1)1. Speeches wero made in opposition to the measure by several Democrats, among them Representatives PInley of North Carolina and Cox of Indiana. CITY TAX ON CHURCHES. New York's Mayor Does Not See Why They Should Be Exempt. New York, April 7. Mayor Gaynor said at a meeting of the sinking fund commission that he did uot believe that churches and religious institutions should be exempt from paying local taxes. "Why shouldn't the churches pay their assessments ns well ns other people?" he Inquired. "I don't see why there should bo any discrimina tion. I know It is tho general policy of the state to free religious institu tions from taxation, but I think that they should be made to pay local as sessments." The remark was made when a pro posal was made to give a public hear ing to the churches nnd Institutions desiring exemption. The mnyor voted for the resolution to hold such n hear ing at nn early date. AST0R SELLS NOURMAHAL. Yacht Now Fitting Out to Take New Owner to Brazil. New fork, April 7. The Nourmahal, one of the best known of American built yachts, has been sold by Colonel John Jacob Astor to Pierre Paul De mers, formerly United Stntes consul at Bahla, Brazil. The Nourmahal achieved worldwide notoriety last winter. Colonel Astor nnd Ids sou wero on board, and the cruise was In the Caribbean sea. The yacht was thought to be lost in the cyclone which did so much damago In Jamaica and other West India Islands, but was finally foutd In San Juan. Because the wireless outfits had been datnngod by the storm no report could be obtained of the yacht. Tho Nourmahal Is now being fitted out to take its new owner to Brazil. BROWNSVILLE ACTION JUST. So Reports the Final Board of Inquiry of the Army. Washington, April 7. Tho dismissal of threo companies of tho Twenty fifth Infantry by ex-President Roose velt for participation in the shooting up of Brownsville, Tex., on the night of Aug. 13 and 14, 1000, Is sustained by tho report of tho court of Inquiry which Investigated tho affray. The court is unanimously of tho opinion that tho ovldeuce sustained the charges. Tho court consisted of llvo retired officers Lieutenant General S. B. M. Young, president; Major General Jo seph P. Sanger, Brigadier General But ler D. Price, Brigadier General John M. Wilson and Brigadier General Tho odoro Scbwau. ACISTJPTT President Taft Says He Will Not Tolerate It. FLATLY OPPOSED TO PRINCIPLE Delegaf n of Business Men From Bethlehem Visits White House With Protest Against the Efforts of Strikers. Washington, April 7. To a delega tion of fifty business meu of Bethle hem, Pn., who called at the White House to protest against the efforts of strikers at the Bethlehem Steel works to have government contracts with held from that concern President Taft gave some encouragement aud came out flatly against the use of the boy cott. In resolutions presented to the presi dent the Bethlehem visitors declared that labor agitators were trying to cre ate a wrong Impression as to condi- Hons at tho steel works. Charles M. Schwab was praised and a plea made to retain government works such as now given Bethlehem. "I have not followed closely what has happened nt Bethlehem," said the president. "I don't know what gov ernment contracts there are that would naturally go to Bethlehem or In which Bethlehem would hnve nn opportunlty to bid. I can only say this, that I am utterly opposed to the principle of a boycott. "Every issue ought to be settled on Its own merits. If the Bethlehem work isn't up to contract then the govern ment ought not to give the contracts to it. If it Is then the contracts ought to go to it without regard to controver sies that Bethlehem may have with, third persons, whether those third per sons be customers or employees. "The merits of the controversy ne tween Bethlehem nnd Us employees In so far as the public are concerned will be settled on the merits of that con troversy and tho mutual relations ot lack of relations between the Bethle hem companies and their employees, and there Is no relation between the one controversy and the others I say that with emphasis because to hold otherwise is to introduce into govern ment methods the system upon which the boycott rests to wit, that thin! persons nre to be involved against their will iu a controversy with re spect to which they have no natural relation. "Therefore I say to you that if Beth lehem doesn't do good work it Is for the government to find out nnd to act on It and to refuse its contracts on that grouud and not because It is con cerned In a tight or In a controversy with Its employees. "In so far as the public or tho gov ernment or a part of the public is in terested In tlie controversy between the employees and tlie companies, that Is determined on the merits of that controversy and not witii respect to the government business. That Is the position 1 occupy. It Is the position my administration, so far as I can con trol It. will occupy." ALBANIANS IN REVOLT. Hot Fighting In European Turkey. Martial Law at a Murder Center. Constantinople, April 7. There has been severe fighting at Prlahtlua, lu European Turkey, between Turkish troops aud Albanians. Fourteen bat tnllons of Turkish troops have been dispatched to the affected districts. Martial law has been declared at Ipek, where Mutesariff, a wounded Turkish olllcer, was killed by somo of the malcontents. It was at Ipek that Ismalll Uekkl Bey, the Turkish commander, was murdered last Saturday by a fugitive Albanian brigand named Zaslmr. Hek kl Bey's companion, Major RushU Bey, was wounded by Zashar, who made his escape. SUGAR HUNT "IN NEW ORLEANS Federal Government Seek Trust's Rec ords There. Washington, April 7. Tho American Sugar Refining company, tho so called sugar trust, Is to be taken to task onco moro by tho United Stutcs gov ernment This tlmo tho attack Is to bo shitted from Now York to New; Or leans. The government Intends to demand tho books df tho sugar company la New Orleans aud to make just as thor ough an Investigation as was done la New York city in uncovering frauds amounting to millions of dollars.