TIIK WKATHEK On Wednesday, overcast to partly cloudy and cooler weather will prevail, preceded by local rains; Thursday, overcast weather. V JC IT JC T If tP SC V JC tC if K K" Semi-Weekly Founded , k 1908 5 & Weekly Founded J844 J " la Wjiync County Organ '.S - oftlHF 5 REPUBLICJPARTY J J .S .tf 'J J .S J fOHfl 67th YEAR. HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1910. NO. 29 fjST HIS BIC TRUSTS WIN. Rehearing In Tobacco and Oil Cases. NQUIR iiiiffii t). S. SUPREME COURT DIVIDED Death of Justice Brewer, Who Wai on Side of Government, Gives lurton Deciding Vote Ap pointment Awaited. Washington, April 12.-Cblcf Justice Fuller announced In the supreme court I the United States that the suits of the gorcrnment for the dissolution of the Standard OH company and the American Tobacco company had been assigned for rehearing. The an nouncement means that the arguments will be heard all over again some tlmo next fall, and It also Indicates from the peculiar circumstances connected ,vlth the matter that the Standard Oil onipnny and the American Tobacco company are the winners in the litiga tion up to this time. The supreme court will adjourn May 31. It will be impossible to take up the cases before that time, so the re argument cannot be heard before lnte next fall. A decision of the full court may not be reached before early next year. Justice Lurton, the newest assoelaYe supreme court justice, was, it is de clared, mainly responsible for the de cision of the court to reconsider the cases. The late Justice Brewer was ne of the four who favored a decision Id favor of the government', and Jus tice Lurton, with three other members, was of the opinion that the final de cree should be for the trusts. The death of Justice Brewer left the balance on the side of the trusts. Then Justice Lurton asked for a re hearing; feeling that since he held the deciding vote and was a new member t the court without any precedent to "stt!tltn his position R-would be best. If the decision had been rendered adverse to the government announce ment of that decree from the bench, with the vote, would have Immedi ately disclosed the fact that Justice Lurton held the deciding vote. The Junior member of the court did nbt care to have this appear. Justice Lurton's request was acced ed to by three other members of the bench the majority necessary. Any litigation affecting the United States Steel or any of the other big corporations will now go over until j the tobacco and oil cases arc finally disposed of. No matter what the de cision of the United States circuit court of Utah In the Union-Southern Pacific merger. It cannot be carried to the supreme court until the other two cases are ended. The decision that there must be a reargumcnt was a vital blow to the government oflicials. They looked for n decision In favor of their Interpreta tion of the Sherman law by an almost unanimous court, and the knowledge that the supreme tribunal is now hope- i lessly divided came as n terrible shock. There can lie no renrgument In the case until the vacancy on the supreme court bench Is filled, nnd considera tion of this vacancy will be of su preme Importance. President Tuft will appoint a sue- 1 cessor to Justice Brewer before the ' present congress adjourns. The hn- 1 presslon here is that the president will offer this Important place to Governor Hughes of New York. In fact, It has i been reported that Mr. Taft took steps j n few days ago to find out if the gov- , ernor would consider such an appoint ment Several of Mr. Taft's friends predict with confidence that Governor Hughes will be named If lie Is dispos ed to accept. BURNS WINS NEW TITLE. American Fighter Beats Lang Chnmpiorwhip of Australia. For Sydney, N. S. W April 12. In the light here for the championship of Australia Tommy Burns, who was knocked out by Jack Johnson, got the decision on points from Lang, who beat Bob FItzslminons a short time HBO. The fight was for twenty rounds. NEW CATHOLIC BISHOPS. Pope Ratifies Nominations to Three Dioceses In the West. Rome, April 12. The popo has rati fied tho appointments of the Rev. Vin cent Wehrle, abbot of St. Mary's mon astery at Richardson, Neb., as bishop of Bismarck, N. D.; the Rev. Joseph F. Busch, rector of tho diocesan mis sions at St. Paul, as bishop of Lead, S. I)., mid tho Rev. T. Corbett, rector of tho cathedral at Duluth, Minn., as bishop of Crookatou, Mlnu. News Snapshots Of the Week stir in AVuhlii?tnii society circles by dory tellers. Monthly meetings will ANOTHER CLUB FOR PIKE COUNTY. Through the efforts of Allentown people there has been organized dur ing the winter the most pretentious hunting, fishing and summer outing club in tlTe annals of this section of Pennsylvania, called the Hunter's Range Association. Its membership, which will be limited to 250, already consists of about 200, including men of means residing in Allentown, Kaston, Stroudsburg, Bethlehem, Mauch Chunk, Wilkes-Barre, Scran ton, New York, and Philadelphia. The members of the association held a meeting in Allentown, says the Leader of that city, and formed a permanent organization by electing the following officers: President H. F. Coolbaugh, of Stroudsburg. Vice President A. L. Blery, of Al lentown. "-Secretary H. E. Frnnkenfleld, .of Stroudsburg. Treasurer G. C. ABchbach, of Al lentown. Board of Directors John Bitter ling and Guy R. Jones, of Allentown. and D. Clark, of Easton. The association has acquired con trol of the famous Cortrlght or Twelve-Mile Pond, in Pike county, and has renamed It Hunter's Range Lake. This sheet of water, known all over the country for its beauty, and widely heralded by enthusiastic campers who have for many years gone to snend either a part or the whole of a summer there, Is located about 17 miles north of Strouds burg. It Is formed by large springs and has a shore line of over five miles and is at places more than 60 feet deep. This lake is the homo of large bass and pickerel, besides other varieties of fish. The thousand acres of prim itive forest acquired by the Hunter's Range Association is surrounded by a 70,000-acre tract purchased by the State Forestry Reservation, which teemB with game nnd is full of spring water streams, in which trout abound. It is a common thing even now to see deer stalk down to the lake, pheasants nre numerous, and a good many bears were bagged the past winter. The trout streams include tho fa mous Saw Creek and the Big Bush kill. IIAWLKY DEFEATED. Huuley 1 1 lull School Itusket Ball Team Put Up Hard Fight. Tho Honesdale High School Basket Ball Association closed a very suc cessful season on Friday evening last when they defeated tho Hawloy High school team before a largo audience. Tho Hawloy boys put up a stiff fight but were unable to do much with tho local live. This was the ninth game that the Honesdale High school has won, giving them n porcentago of C42. Considering tho difficult schedule that was played this Is a re'marknbly fine record. The team during tho whole season of fourteen games scored 408 points agalnBt 220 scored by their oppon ents. Tho points scored by each man werO as follows: Jacobs 132, Brown 123, Mclntyro 52, Hlllor 52. Freund 42, O'Connell 5, Hambly 2. Tho score: Honesdale. Hawloy. Brown Forward ....Qulnnoy Jacobs Forward ....SchulU O'Connoll ...iCentor Murphy Mclntyro ....Guard Cross Hitler Guard Ames Goals Honesdale, Brown 12, Ja cobs 9, Hlllor 2, O'Connell 2; Haw- ley Schultz 2. Fouls Honesdale. O'Connoll Hawloy, Qulnney 4. Goods especially adapted for confirmation and commencement dresses at Monnor & Co.'s store. The refusal of Colonel Roosevelt to visit Tope Tins without restrictions brought to tho front Itev. 11. II. Tipple of the Methodist church of Home. Frank X. Hoffstot, millionaire bunker of Pittsburg, was Indicted for giving bribes. B. G. Spencer confessed to tho murder of Miss Blnckstone of Springfield, Mass. Spencer Is u member df a well known Sprlngilcld family, and in his con fession he told the pMlee that he made a business of robbing homes at nlcht. Mrs. Nicholas Ionirwortti created xotnewlint of h organizing n story telling club with Senators Dcpew, Lodge. Dick, Burton. Smool be held niufprlrcH ofTercd for the best story given in minstrel form. FRACTUREDSKULL OIED IN HOSPITAL LIVED AT STARRUCCA A Man, Aged About HQ Years, Said to bo a Member of the Famous Block Hand Society, Died From An Injury of the Head. A dispatch from Carbondale, un der date of April 8, says: Joseph" Manno, of Starrucca, Bald to be a member of the Black Hand society, succumbed at the Emergency hospital last evening to the effects of a fractured skull at the ba?e of the brain. Manno was found lying uncon scious at the foot of the stairs in the home of Alex Bruno, on Wood lawn street, early last Monday morning. He had apparently laid thero for several .hours with blood flowing freely from the deep wound in his head. He was found by the Bruno family but they could not ac count for the accident other than he was supposed to have fallen down stairs. He died without regaining consciousness. 1 Twill probably never he know how Manno sustained the fmptiireil skull Th. nnthnrltles I hnvp lipnn wnrlflnir nn tho onno hut I nnthinf hns ilovplmiPil ns vet. I The dead man was need nbout Fifi , " 1 " years. He had a wife living in Italy. On the night of tho accident Man no indulged in intoxicants quite free ly. It is known that he called at tho Bruno- home" In a drunken con dition and was ejected. - Ho return ed however. Ho was found uncon scious the following morning. CORN GROWING CONTKST. The Pennsylvania Livestock Breed ers' Association announces prizes for Its Corn-Growing Competition this year. Vnlunble cups and cash prizes are awarded to the farmers who pro duce the best yields. Yield counts 70 points, economy of production 20 points, sample of corn 5 points, and report 5 points. Blanks for report are furnished by tho associa tion. No entrance or other fees. Ono acre must bo planted and It may bo a part of a field of corn. Tho men who win these prizes will have a mighty good market for their crop, as farmers are looking for tho corn thnt yields tho most. Last year's first prize went to Crawford county, In tho northwestern part of tho state. For full particulars apply to B. S. Bayard, Secretary, East End, Pittsburg, Pa. THE TROLLEY ROM. Something More 'Which KIiowh Thnt thp Road Will bo Built. Tho filing with Register and Re corder Gammell of tho agreement between tho Erio Railroad and the Wayno County Traction company Is another link in tho proof that the trolley road Is an assurrcd fact. In this agreement tho Erie Railroad giyes tho trolloy company tho right of way from Honesdale to Hawley over the old tow path ot tho D. & II. Canal for a period of nlnoty-nlno yearB. If tho trolley company falls to operate tho road, tho right to do so goes to tho Erie. Tho trolloy com pany agrees to handle freight for tho Erio aa well aB mail and express matter to and from Hawloy to such points as tho trolloy company may reach. Tbo same arrangement shall extend to passenger service. The trolley company agrees not to paral lol tho Erlo Railroad boyond Haw- ley, nor to competo with the Erlo or any of its branches. This agree ment of itself will make tho trolley road a paying institution from its very start. TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. .9223.03 In tho Treasury, According to Treasurer Genung.. Tie regular meeting of tho-;town council was called to order at"' 8: 15 Thursday evening by President. Cau fleld, the members present being S. W. Penwarden, P. R. Murray.'-G. M. Genung, Thomas Canntvan, S. T. Ham and W. V. Kimble. Treasurer Genung reported 1223.92 on hand at present. The script committee re ported that William Pell was entitled to 103 feet of script on walk north of his property. John Lyons, the chl$f engineer of Hose company No. 3, t-feported that in his opinion the recent repairing of the engine was as a whole satisfactory. 'Mr. Lyons ask- ed the board ns to the extra expense of keeping an assistant engineer and extra stoker, and as long ns the other engine was practically useless that the town could not save the salary of the above officers by laying the nhnve-nnmed ntHrprs nfT. Tim coun- fii inHtntetfii the secretary to notify ! No. 3 to lav off ono assistnnt oncineer ! and one stoker. The bond of Treas-1 urer Genung was read and approved I bv the council R T llntn. I'lmirmnn on the sale I nf tho Pro nntrlnf. ipiinrtefl thnt hn ! hnil onnt n.lu In Mvo iinnorH fnr snip I nf snino A mntlnn wns rimilo bv Mr. I w" t " Hnm and spennded hv Mr. Penwar-, j den that the Board of Health be I notified to take action in regard to I the unsanitary condition of the Me- Laughlln property on Erie street. In! roTnr.i tn notitinn nf .1 nnml.Pr of citlzens of Ridge street and vicinity asking that more light bo placeo at the top of Ridge street, the President appointed P. R. Murray, George I Genung, S. T. Ham and G. W. Pen- warden as a committee on same. After reading tho communication of ! Honesdale Light. Heat and Power company, a motion was made by G. W. Penwarden and seconded by W. . . Kimble that the offer of the com- pany for three years' contract for ; light he accepted Instead of two years, aa per old contract, was car ried. After reading tho communica tion from tho Herbock-Demer Co. it was voted on to bo handed to the borough attorney for his considera tion. A motion mado that papers In regard to arrest of Catherine Gold en be filed, was carried. A motion was made by Mr. Ham and seconded by Mr. Penwarden that the old grade from Main Btreet bridge bo abolished on that street. A committee headed by Mr. Ham, was appointed to estab lish through Mr. Collins another grade south from that bridge as far ns commltteo thinks best. Permis sion was given tho Wayno County Poultry association to hold meeting In hall on April 9th by paying for lights. A motion was mado and sec onded that tho following bills bo paid: John Lyons, ?25: John Car roll, S12.50; William Ball, S2.50; Harry Rockwell, ?G.25; Charles TruBcott, SG.2G; Fred Mauer, I1.C7; T. II. Knapp, 6; J. Fisher, SG; Con solidated Wator company, SI 17.50; Harry Rockwell, SI 9.80; Levi De groat, SCO; Honesdale Light, Heat and Power company, S258.75; L. Woldnor, S15.38; J. J. Cannivan, $45; F. McMullen, S2.75; T. Swee ney, SG; J. Lyons, S7.G7; Kraft & Conger, S47.G0; O, L. Rowland, $2.00; Clark & Bullock, 120.45. Tho spring gloves In a largo va riety can bo found at Meaner & Co. 25eol w4. Somo single suits to clean up stock, at Meaner & Co.'s store, will bo sold out regardless ot cost. 4w and Speaker Cannon as principal DREAD PREDICTION BY YORK PROPHET York Pa., April 11. Leo J. Spangler, of this city, who proph esied the San Francisco earthquake and fire, tho date of the death of Queen Victoria, the assassination of President McKinley and the drought Inst summer, now declares that the earth will be torn with earthquakes, that volcanoes will suddenly appear In the most unexpected places and that drought, pestilence and great wars will follow the path of Hal ley's comet. Spangler asserts that astronomers have miscalculated tho result of the comet striking the earth on May 18th next. Ho says that the earth will not merely be swept by the tall of this, celestial wanderer, but will be sldeswiped by it. In 1908 his preaching of the ap proach of the end of the world cre ated a large body of followers in New York State. They obeyed the prophet's instructions to deck them selves In white and go to tho top of the hill on the appointed day, but Spangler himself was not with them and the world did not come to an end. He says that the people misunderstood him; what he had predicted and what did come was the blowing of the sixth trumpet of the Revelntion. When tne seveiUIl irumpei blows, he sai'S, the world Will end It will come at the end of a period . ii i 1 Il t . or Ulbasiers nnu puuibiimeiiiB ui mi. . r 1 I I i ITI wicKeu, oi wnicu mo visit oi nu. ley's comet will bo but the. begin ning. This is tho prophets prediction: "There will be severe rack- ings of tho entire earth, to gether with terrifying displays of electrical illuminations in tho heavens. Thousands will fall upon their knees in prayer, thinking thnt the end or the world has come, but it will not be the end. It will come in summer, not in winter or on the Sabbath. Where the comet will strike the world 1 cannot say. but it will most likely wipe away t London as thnt wicked city Is' to be destroyed beforo the end. "During the period which Is to follow, banks will fail nnd wealthy men will wish they had nover been born. Many will commit suicide. Sickness and death will visit every family in this country from which have come contributions to political campaign funds. Wars will break out nnd tens of thousands win be slain. "Roosevelt had better have stayed at home, ns he Is stir ring up the nations to strife. The United States will have war with Japan, but will cotno off victorious. Another nation will intorfero and will go down to defeat in tho samo way. A third will follow, but will back out. England und Germany will go to war." He prophesies that the drought o last summer will ho nothing in com parison with tho ono to bo experlenc od this summer. Ho closed by saying that n nronhet who is false will Iooho his own soul. Tho now, long spring coats at Monnor & Co. stores are stylish and effective. 25eol4 County Treasurer In Sing Sing. Osalnlng, N. Y., April 12. Former County Treasurer William J. Ran dolph, convicted, of misappropriating Rockland county funds, arrived nt Sing Blng prison to begin a sentence of one year imposed by Justice Mills of tlio supremo court. Governor Hughes' Special Message to Legislature. "TRAFFIC IN LEGISLATION." Insurance Commissioner's Bepoit That Companies Have Paid Lou- byisti $150,000 Inspires Dc . mand. For Investigation. Albany, X. Y., April 12. Heetun- aiendlng "an Immediate, lmpnrtlt(L thorough and unsparing Investlgntkm Into legislative practices and proccdnaa and Into the use of corrupt or improp er means for the promotion or defeat of legislation," Governor Hughes mint a speclnl message to the legislature. Denouncing the Illicit traffic In kitva revealed by the Allds-Conger bribes inquiry and the Investigation, by Statst Superintendeut of Insurance Hotcfc klss. Governor Hughes declared "tna time Is ripe to expose the worst ot public wrongs nnd to prepare the way for needed Improvements In our lavzn nil legislative proeesseti." Accompanying the message was a preliminary report made by Superta tendcut Uotchklss of his investlgatloB. which, be says, has shown that "a sys tem of bill killing nnd law getting htm existed which is a reproach to the peo ple of the stute." The, legislature, It Is said, will order wide open Investigation of al brunches of legislative corruption tm bedlence to the governor's messagev and all of the material now in posses sion of Superintendent Hotchklss wDI be turned over to the- new inquisitors, who will have broad and sweeping powers to probe Stock Exchange bro kerage houses,, bunks, trust companies, railway and rnllrond corporations, gais electric, water anil bridge companies as well as insurance companies. In bis message the governor said: Th revelations in the Inquiry recentkr conducted by the senate and the facto) brought to llcht by the superintendent Ot Insurance make it Imperative that them should lie a thorough Investigation wltk respect to legislative processes and as the corrupt practices which have been ef fectual In advancing or blocking legisla tion. It is not necessary for me to review these disclosures or to attempt to ap praise their cumulative effect It is sutU clent to fay that they have caused every honext citizen to tingle with shame nni Indignation and have made irresistible the demand that every proper meano should he employed to purge and to pu rify. It is the high privilege of the legislature in the dlschnrge of Its obligations to H- self and to the people of the state to fol low the salutary action already taken l Its upper branch by appropriate steps for the exposure and destruction of comblna tionx ami conspiracies against the just use of the lawmaking power and by pro viding suitable protection ngainst tho re currence of such abuses. This is a prom ising opportunity to pursue the openlns trails ot corruption, to reveal illicit meth ods and agencies, to uncover the perfidi ous lniiuences which have dishonored tlx state nnd thus to aid in securing the wholesome exercise of its beneficent au thority'. Important as will be the wholesome and corrective lulluence of publicity with re spect to these matters, tho purpose ana result of Inquiry extend beyond tlw bounds of mere disclosure. We are fist from perfection In legislative method. Nor have we exhausted available meas ures of protection against tratilc In legis lation and chicanery In dealing with bills. No subject deserves more thorough con sideration to the end that the opportuni ties of those who ure willing to buy legis lative favor or to use representative pow ers for iiersonal profit should be limited to the utmost degree. It may bo Impossible wholly to eradicate these evils, but to the extent that the na ture of the illicit intercourse Is under stood nnd the methods and instrumentali ties which have been successful ure ex posed thero may be Intelligent effort at remedial action through both statutes aai legislative rules. The tlmo Is ripe, in m Judgment, for a full and painstaking in quiry to expose tho worst publlo wrongs und to prepare tho wny for needed Im provements in our laws and legislate processes. In the legislature the effect of the message was electrical. Those wb have inclined to scoff at the notion of a statewide graft investigation were silenced. Not a single member of ei ther branch of the legislature could b found who suggested that the govern or's demand would be disregarded. Immediately after the rending of tha message President Pro Tern, of the Sennte Cobb directed tho llnnuco com mittee to prepare n resolution for th nppolntment of a Joint committee to probe nil legislative corruption. H said: "The governor's recommendntlorm must be given immediate and nillrma tlvo consideration. Wo have nlready been nt work on n scheme which w think will bring about a searching In quiry." The plan which It Is generally be lieved will be adopted provides for tho appointment of u committee of nlue. Three aBecmblytncu will be named by tho speaker of the house, thrco sena tors by tho lieutenant governor and three outsiders by Governor Hughes. i
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