DOUBLE VOTESYTHIS WEEK -A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, WILL COUNT 5,000 VOTES. AVEATIIER FORECAST: Colder. WEATHER FORECAST: D , GOOD MORNING, Dcar.L fil ers. What do yoi Ink about making plans liofejS. ia a llrst-clnss Huso Unll TqSg ticxt Summer? -i'3 THE CITIZEN Is tho most widely read seinl-weckly newspaper In Wyno County. Lustier now tlinn at ony time In Its OH 'years' hls.tory. 3 W HONBSDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911. NO. 1 68th YEAR. DOUBLE VOTE" OFFER IN THE CITIZEN'S BERMUDA CONTEST WEIHNACHTEN FATAL FRIDAY US! IN 1910 Cituctt. NEW YEAR'S i RESOLUTIONS! DA CUPID MA I RC AT T ARMORY STARTS JANUARY 3 Tour Department Rushed All Monday Until 9 O'clock as the Result of "Opportunity Offer"--Candidates Should Not Go to Sleep During Next Week "Double Vote" Offer is Announced TodayThe Schedule Will be Reduced Each Weekjjntil the Close of the ContestCandidates are Requested to Send in Names of Their Companions in the Event of Receiving the Highest Number of Votes Companions Names Printed Today Notice the Sliding Scale of Votes In Display Ad of This Issue. By H. C. Van Alstyne. 0000000000000000 A card was received at the the Tour Department Mon day, naming Miss Anna En nls, of Honesdale, as a com panion but the candidate who sent In the card failed to sign her name. If YOU sent the card please notify the con test manager at once. 000000000000000000 Doublo Votes This AVcck. To-day THE CITIZEN announces another offer. It will be known as the Double Vote offer and means that on each subscription double the usual number of wotes will be issued all subscriptions, .between now and Saturday, January 7, .at '9 ji. m. The attention of candidates and THE CITIZEN readers is also called to the. announcement of the voting schedule for the different periods of the contest. By glancing over the schedule list where you will also note the an nouncement of the divisions of the remaining days of the contest into different periods with a vote sched ule for each period. This week the votes are 100 per cent, over the regular scale, next week they will be but 50 per cent, more than the regular scale, the week after that but 25 per cent, more than the regular scale; WHILE THE LAST WEEK OF THE CON TEST THE REGULAR SCALE OP VOTES WILL PREVAIL. We told you last week that never again during the contest would you be able to secure so many votes for a club of subscriptions. When we told you that we meant exactly what wo said. We propose to keep our (Continued on Pago Five). List of candidates with votes counted up to C p. m. Monday. DISTRICT NO. 1. This includes all the Borough of Honesdale and all of Texas except Texas No, 3. A tour of- Bermuda, a diamond ring and a gold watch are sure to go to this district. CANDIDATES. ' " COMPANION. VOTES. Miss Margaret d'Brlen 33850 Miss Helene Purdy Frances Purdy 32900 Miss Annie Ripple 32275 Miss Blanche Secor 32175 Miss Edna Hawker 32025 Miss Vera Rickard 31150 Miss Sadie Connelly 30750 Miss Gertrude Duff 29950 Miss Clara Saunders 29S00 Miss Margaret Moran 294 75 Miss Margaret Reardon 28975 Miss Lucy Murtha 28700 Miss Alma Camplleld 2G975 Miss Carrie Helfrich 2G775 Miss Frances Demer ' 2G200 Miss Gertrude Krantz 25300 Miss Katherine Kroll 24G75 DISTRICT NO. 2. This includes Hawley Borough, Texas No. 3, and all of Palmyra, Berlin, Oregon, Damascus and Paupack townships. A tour to Bermuda, a diamond ring and a gold watch are sure to go to this district:. CANDIDATES. COMPANION. VOTES. Miss Almn Noble Mrs. H. C. Noble 2G050 Miss Nellie Langan , 25475 Miss Helen Lehman Lena Lehman 32725 Miss Frances Robinson 32775 Miss Josephine Spinner Loretta Spinner 32425 Miss Elizabeth Tuman 31175 Miss Fannie Fromer Miss Musette Appley 32900 Tiliss Cora Weeks 26525 Miss Annie L. Pollock 28700 Miss Louise Rohrhuber 31875 Miss Mathilda Llndau 31250 Miss Hattie Seipp Sadie Walsh 31425 Miss Hazel D. James Lena F. Osborne 29500 Miss Clara Gaston 2G250 Miss Mildred Davles 25900 DISTRICT NO. 3. i This includes Bethany Borough, Starrucca Borough and Clinton, 'Lebanon, Mount Pleasant, Manchester, Buckingham, Preston and Scott townships. I A tour of Bermuda, a diamond ring and a gold watch are sure to go to this district. ' CANDIDATE. COMPANION. VOTES. Miss Alice Ward 34025 Miss Mary Gilchrist Myrtle C. Heywood 32450 Miss Suslo McGraw 32425 Miss Carrie Lloyd 25375 Miss Viola Allen Mary Allen 28575 Miss Genevicvo Leonard 23750 Miss Louisa Lynch 32150 Miss Estolla McAvoy 2G000 Miss Blanche Blake 32075 Miss Grace Monaghan 31450 Miss Elizabeth Kelly 32100 Miss Adelaldo Watson 32350 Miss Mao Flynn 31775 Miss Alma Gultoff 31400 Miss Mabel E. Waldler 29775 DISTRICT NO. 4. This Includes Prompton and Waymart Boroughs, Cherry Ridge Can aan, South Canaan, Lako, Salem, Sterling, Dreher and Lehigh town ships, A tour of Bermuda, a diamond ring and a gold watch are sure to go to this district. CANDIDATE. ' COMPANION. VOTES. Miss Emma Bates '. 33725 Miss Ruth Inch 32425 Miss Olive Lockwood 32050 Jllss Margaret Spry Genevieve Lord 32975 Miss Cora Miller, R D 2....1 Vera Murray 31425 Mrs. Orpha Swingle 31725 Miss Elsie M. Howe 31700 Miss Leoia M. Smith 24975 Miss Grace Dowling 32250 Miss Annaboll Wright 29500 Miss Lullola Cross 32175 Miss Frances Richardson 31950 Miss Maude Smith 30G50 Miss Ella Ehrhardt 32975 Mrs. Frank Waltz 29750 Miss Cora Alt Miss Alma C. Teep 32425 Miss Agnes E. Bcahcn , 30950 MEMBERS CELEBRATE CHRIST MAS IN GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED WAY COSTLY PRESENTS GIV EN CHILDREN POEM COMPOS El) IN HONOR OK THE OCCA SION. Maennerchor Hall was the scene last Wednesday evening of one of the linest Xmas tree entertainments in the history of the society. The affair was for members and their immediate families. The hall was nrettilv decorated, the center of at traction being a scone representing n little forest. Santa Claus gave pres ents of shawls, of wood silk, made by a manufacturing concern In Haw ley, to the thirty girls present. The ten boys were nlso remembered. All got a box of candy and an orange. Refreshments were served; and ;i dance enjoyed music for which was furnished by Prof. Wagner and Leon Kntz. In honor of the occasion, Frictlrich Breldenstein, composed a splendid poem, which is printed below: Wcihiiachtcu ini Mncimcrchor. Wir feiern heutnach altem Branch Fur Kinder und Erwachsene auch; Das Weihnachts fest In unserer Mitte, Nach guter alter Deutschor Sitte Den Klndern elne Freude zu bereiten Daran sei noch Denken in Zukunf- tlgen zeiten. An St. Nichlas mit dem langem stecken Davor heute auch so viele sichver steclsen Jetzt singen wlr das es schallet durch den Raum, Das Weihnachts Lied Vom Tannenbaum. Zum Chrlstfest Kinder tretet vor WIer feiern bout 1m Maennerchor Belm Tannenbaum mit Lichterglanz Mit Lieder singenund auch Tanz Und mit Geschenken werd Ihr seh'n St. Nichlas Euch hat gut versehen. Oute Kinder furcht Euch nlcht, Vor diesem langem stecken, Fur Boso 1st Er Furchterllch Davor thun sie erschrecken. Ihr seld doch Allegut Nlchtwahr? Der Bose wird's nlcht wagen; Die Wahrhelt mlr zu Sagen. - I.' .', Sanet Nlclila's "Kommt 'vom' fern em Nord Viel welter als der Bear swamp dort Wo's immer wahrend frlert und Schelt Wle hler bel uns zur Weihnachts zeit Das ganze Jahr 1st Er bedacht WIer Er Euch cine Freude Macht. Wo fern am Nordpol Sich verschanzt, Cook oder Peary aufgepflanzt. Die Stern und Streifen wehen Stets Tho Banner of United States. Deutsch vorsteht wohl mancher nicht Wio's im Verein hler Mode 1st Drum will ich's Euch in englisch sagen Damlt Ihr merkt was Ich vortrage. It's all about old Santa Claus Our Christmas treo aglow with light, A jolly time for great and small, and A Merry Christmas to each and all. Gedicht Von Friedrlch Breldenstein, Honesdale, Pa. GOLD WEDDING AT NEWFOUNDLAND MIt. AND MRS. JOHN 15. PHILLIPS CELEBRATE FIFTIETH WED DING ANNIVERS A It Y O N CHRISTMAS DAY HAPPY FAM ILY REUNION IN HONOR OF THE EVENT MANY HAND SOME AND VALUABLE l'HF.S KNTS RECEIVED. On Christmas Day, the home of Mr. and Mrs. John B, Phillips at Newfoundland was visited by their children and grandchildren In honor of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The old couple stood and looked In amazement as the big slelgh-Ioad drove up to the door. After tho happy greetings, the boxes of goodies and Christmas gifts were carried in to the house. A bountiful dinner was soon prepared by the girls of tho family. All the family was seated with father and mother except one son, William, who lives in Montana. Ho had sent his present, and regrets that he could not bo with them. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John B. Phillips; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cummlngs and sons, Leonard, Earl, and John, Duninore; Mr. and Mrs. George F. Phillips and daugh ters, Elva and Georgiana, Sterling; Mr. and Mrs, F. A, Ehrhardt and son Clarence, Newfoundland; and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Simons and daugh ter, Evelyn, Sterling. Tho happy couple were recipients of many useful presents. The chil dren presented them each a hand some gold-headed umbrella. Miss Rhoda Phillips seut them a beautiful gold-lined fruit bowl. Tho afternoon was spent very quietly, in talking of the progress In tho last llfty years. Death has only visited this homo onco In tho last half century (a little daughter of Mrs. Cummins). About 4:30 p. m., the children, aftor wishing them many returns of the day, left them as they wore fifty years ago, (alone). SUA FOLD GIVES WAY, DROP PING SIX MEN TO GROUND THIRTY FEET BELOW! JACOB SCHROEItER BREAKS WRIST TWICE OTHERS GET TERRI BLE CUTS AND BRUISES ITAL IAN LOSES AX EYE 'SQUIRE SCHWESIXGEU SAVED BY A HAIR'S-BREADTII, RUXS FROM SCENE OF ACCIDENT FOR DEAR LIFE! Without a moment's warning Fri day afternoon about one o'clock, a scaffold on the River side of the now Park Street Armory, holding seven men and a 500-pound coping-stone, broke, and hurled six of the men to the frozen ground below, breaking the right wrist of Contractor Adam Schroeder' h sou, Jacob Schroeder, Scranton, in two places, cutting deep gashes In the heads of Ed. Marsh and John Fukes, and severely injuring two Italians. 'Squire George Sch weslnger, Texas township, the most fortunate of the seven, held on for dear life to one of the supports, and escaped Injury. Just how the accident happened Is a mystery. The scaffold broke probably because of the surplus weight of the stone. Captain John L. Huff, Scranton, foreman of the carpenter work, said: "Well, this happened, as near 1 o'clock as you can possibly figure It, because we simply got back to work j when the crash came. They was histing a stone, six of Adam's men; his son, Stanley Wood, Ed. Marsh, Johnny Fukes, two Italians, and the Texas 'Squire, Schwosinger. Appar ently they got the stone lusted onto, the scaffold, when the scaffold gave way and dropped six out of the sev en. The 'Squire was left. The scaf fold was thirty feet from the ground. There was nothing below them to stop them, so they went right down." "Can't always account sometimes for something giving away," he con tinued. "The scaffold may have been overloaded." List of the Injur ed: 1. ED. MARSCH, Elm City, three deep cuts across the face. 2. JACOB SCHROEDER, Scran ton, right wrist broken in two places; badly bruised. . 3. JOHNNY FUKES, Honesdale, '-' nasty cut in the head. 4. STANLEY WOOD, Honesdale, badly bruised. 5 and G. Two Italian laborers, Honesdale, cut across the face, and across the eye. One of the Italians may lose the sight of an eye. The men were all so frightened, they didn't know what happened. They didn't know they were hurt. Young Schroeder picked up his hat, and started to help the rest, una ware of his own broken wrist. The Italians were dazed. They didn't know they were hurt, and couldn't say a word. Contractor Adam Schroeder, of Woelkers and Bielmann, Scranton, was stunned at the terrible mishap, and was unable to account for It. The accident occurred just as the men were ready to place the coping stono on the tower. Captain John L. Huff, who has charge of the carpenter work, said: "Wo never put in scaffolds unless built by carpenters. It must be the way I want it, too. I don't want to bo walking no single plank. A man can do more work on a good scaf fold than on a poor one. A man don't feel safe on a wobbly, shaky scaffold." Tho men who were thrown from tho scaffold, landed in the remnants of brick and frozen pipe on the ground, and It Is a miracle none were killed. Coroner P. B. Peterson was summoned and dressed the men's Injuries, setting young Schroeder's, wrist, and taking an X-ray photo graph of it. 'Squire George Sweslnger was so badly scared by the accident that he started for home, and never stop ped for a thing. ADVICE GIVEN BY HONESDALE CLERGY WORTH READING AND HEEDING MUCH WISDOM IN SMALL COMPASS. A reporter of THE CITIZEN made the rounds of tho Honesdale clergy, In the driving New Year's Day rain, and asked each and all this simple and practical question: "What would be a good New Year's resolution?" When this question was put to the Rev. W. H. Swift, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church, he said: "Pay up all past debts." Rev. C. C. Miller, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, said: "Well, 1 think about the best res olution for men in general would be to resolve to let go of the past, In order that they may lay hold of the present and the future; I. e. as long as you hold on to the past, you are not ready to receive anything the fu ture has in store for you. If a man's hands are full of the past, he simply can't take hold of the future at all." Rev. A. L. Whlttaker, rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal church, said: "It depends on the Individual. If a man drinks too much stop drink ing. If he is addicted to the habit of telling lies, stop It, and tell the truth. If he Isn't kind to his wife and children, to Institute a revo lution in his heart, and In his meth od of treating them and so on." The Rev. Will H. Hlller, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, said: Why, I don't know any better New Year's resolution, than to be true to God, to yourself and to man, do you? Rev. T. M. Hanley, rector of St. John's Roman Catholic church, is spending the week In Philadelphia ana couiun t ue reached. Rev. J. W. Balta, D. D., rector of St. Mary Magdalen's Roman Catholic church, said ho considered "tho New Year Is a new term put down by human device to give man a new chance, a new hope. Tho New Year will be the same as last year. The same sunshine and rain; the same God is still there, and will rule the world In the same manner. Social conditions will not be changed. Tho' same conditions will prevail, sor-! wmi.M nwl . w, ! . 11T.. i . iuo uuu imiu. ivu iuusl put up with them. Everyone whether rich or poor has his burden. All social questions will bo solved only by tho doctrine of tho Cross, and by living up to the doctrines of Christian re ligion. Those New Year resolutions don't last. They are contrary to the inner laws of human nature, and are a frequent cause for men to bo como discouraged. "On New Year every one ought to grasp the questions of practical life and try to solve them in his own way. The New Year is only a term JUDGE A. T. SEARLE GETS A NEW YEAR'S PRESENT, Rcconiiiiissioiicd By Governor Edwin S. Stunrt For Tho Year lf)ll. Judge A. T. Searle, who was com missioned a year ago by Governor Edwin S, Stuart to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Georgo S. Purdjl has been notified that he has been recommlssioned for tho year 1911 to serve until January, 1912. Judgo Searle's second commission for tho office he now holds by ap pointment accompanies the omclal notification received from Robert Mc Afee, secretary of tho common wealth. Judgo Seiirle received tho follow ing letter frpm Mr. McAfee: Hon. Alonzo T. Searle, P. J Twenty-second Judicial District, Hones dale, Pa. Dear Sir: -The attorney general has decided that Judges learned In tho law In commission at tho time of the adoption of the constitutional amendments ad of the schedule, whoso terms oflofflre may end In the year 1911, are! entitled, without be ing recommlssiPned, to continue to hold the said offices until tho first Monday of Jaiiuary, 1912. However, in consideration of thqj importance of v juuicuu ouice, no suggests such judges be recommis-j sioned. ; In conformity thoreto, enclosed; herewith find commission covering! tho additional year granted. 1 Very resectfully yours, Robert McAfee, Secretary of Commonwealth. put down by human invention to give man another chance of life." Rev. Geo. S. Wendell pastor of the First Baptist church, said: "There's so many things we ought to resolve to do. It's hard to select one specific thing. We ought to re solve to do our best in everything. That's the most we can do, I guess. We put too much emphasis on the negative side without having some posltlvo objective toward which to work. Hence we fall to keep reso lutions. Tho best way to down the wrong Is to crown the right. We try too much to keep from doing wrong when simply doing right would save the day." HOLD LICENSE 10 YEARS; THEN WEI). Wllkes-Barro, Pa Dec. 29. After holding a marriage license for more than nineteen years, Peter Clnao, 5G years old, and Miss Theresa Laviero, 51 years old, of Lattlmer, near here, were recently married, according to the return of tho marriage license, which reached the marriage license clerk here this morning. The license was Issued on May 7, 1891, and for some reason which the offlclal paper didn't specify, tho pair put off their marriage from that time until a month ago, when the cere mony was performed by the Rev. A. Capieno. Since their license was is sued almost 48,000 couples havo ob tained marriage licenses in Luzerne county. 1EATH OF BEXN PITMAN. Fnthj'r of Shorthand Writing in This f Country Passes Awny. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 28. An lll nej that had not been regarded as serious, today caused the death of Beun Pitman, author, lecturer and In ventor. J Mr. Pitman, who was born In Eng land In 1822, was tho author of sov efal works on phonography Intro duced Into America by the system of shorthand writing that bears the tfamefljof his brother, tho late Sir Isaac iMtinan. ALMOST TWO HUNDRED MAR RIAGE LICENSES TAKEN OUT LAST YEAR Till IRTY-TIIREU BRIDES OLDER THAN THEIR PROSPECTIVE PARTNERS YOUNGEST BRIDES "SWEET SIXTEEN" OLDEST, SIXTY FIVE. The Beef Trust had no terrors for the almost two hundred ' couples who took out licenses in Prothono tary M. J. Hanlan's office In 1910. Considering the grooms from the standpoint of occupations, the forty one farmer benedicts easily take tho lead. Closely following them in point of numbers were the glass cut ters, twenty-nine of whom gave up tho joys of "single blessedness." Eighteen laborers believed "labor lost without love." Eight clerks, five carpenters, five glass blowers sought life companions. Salesmen three, painters three, merchants three, firemen three entered the ranks of those who believe it Is not good to live alone. Two in each of the following occupations were also presented; machinist, shoe maker, superintendent, butcher, mechanic, engineer, conductor, cut glass manufacturing. Occupations showing one repre sentative each were: Engraver, limeworker, draughts man, retired, deputy prison warden, electrician, teacher, printer, manu facturer, cheesemaker, tailor, sta tionery engineer, soldier, brakeman. secretary, manager, barber, milk dealer, ship carpenter, glass gather er, contractor, wool sorter, express clerk, tea agent, lumberman, black smith, cigarmaker, teamster, tele graph operator, boarding house op erator, quick lunch man, gentleman of leisure. Most of the blushing brides gave their occupation, "at home," while three confessed to being school teachers, and ono a music teacher. Two said they did "home-work." Other occupations owned up to wore Silk-workers (3), lady (2), and one each of the following: Dressmaker, weaver, housekeeper, housemaid, ladles' neckwear operator, farmer, amanuensis. Thirty-three brides were oldel than their prospective nartnorsi. Several were just ten years older than tho "hubbies" to be. And yet it was not an aged company of men and women. A number of the brides were Just "sweet sixteen." The only bride who confessed to over forty sum'mers was brave enough to tell tho clerk she was 65 years old. An opportunity to compare the ages of the candidates for matri mony Is given here with the grooms first: 3126, 2821, 2839, 2418, 2627, 32 29. 22 22. 28 22. ou uo, zi zz, ZZ 17, 43 34, 22 21, 23 21, 2321, 2524, 2221, 19 17, 22 24, 32 23, 2724, 2535, 2618, 2221, 4533, 5034, 57 38, 23 21, 2525, 21 19, 28 29, 25 2G, 24 23, 32 27, 25 21, 3029, 2325, 3121, 2G 20, 50 29, 23 19, 22 21, 32 25, 27 21, 23 23, 23 19, 22 20, 46 24, 21 20, 22 17, 24 21, 22 21, 67 55, 22 25, 65 G3, 27 27, 21 1G, 22 21, 22 19, 24 25, 24 25, 22 21, 21 22, 30 21, 34 30, 25 24, 32 27, 22 21, 27 21, 4741, 2429, 42 44, 41 31, 26 22, 28 24, 29 29, 28 39, 38 33, 19 19, 20 18, 21 19, 28 28, 22 20, .34 25, 28 27, 41 36, 24 22, 29 16, 2123, 21 21, 36 38, 23 22, 22 19, 22 22, 3932, 35 20, 21, 38, 3028, ,38 32, 25 21, 20 IS, 27 21, 2G 22, 24 26, 27 18, 26 21, 45 45, 22 19, 24 26, 21 21. 35 30, 21 21, 2G 23, 25 21, 23 30, 21 24, 28 27, 50 44, 30 19, 23 23, 19 20, 21 15. 2524, 3530, 2215, 19 21, 24 18, 2122, 2322, 23 19, 28 25, 28 18, 1920, 22 21, 2G 20, 31 25, 25 17, 20 21, 2321, 22 21, 25 17, 26 19, 23 24, 25 27, 21 17, 26 19, 32 25, 22 22, 24 21. 23 24, zu zi, zz 21. Tho Christmas collection at St. Mary Magdalen's, Rev. J. W. Balta, D. D., rector, Is said to havo beeivtho largest In tho history of the, parish, almost $500 being received. On tho vigil of Christmas a flOO was also donated by tho Ladles' of tho Parish and by tho St. Georgo socloty to be used In fixing up tho rectory. Tho ico went out of tho Lacka waxeu rlvor Tuesday morning. A little blasting was dono, but the Ice moved mostly of Its own accord. 2522, O 9 O 1 2G 2-L 32- r r a 242 oo o 9.4 1 S 5(1 ? 2324, AO da it 26 24, 21 10, 22 16, 1924, 23 23, 30 2 G 23 21, 2122, 19 24. 21 21, 21 18, 19 21, 20 20, 21 23, 24 19. 3525, 2G 22, 25 24 oo 20 2522! 24 25, 31- -24, 25 17, 27 30, 2323, 2120, 2319, 28 21, 2321, 2725, 3029, 2919, 5350, HAWLEY YOUTH ARRESTED. William MiKnno, AVimted For Get ting u Registered Letter, Cap tured in Newton, N. J. William McKane, who disappeared from Hawley shortly aftor a register ed letter containing a number of checks to pay off tho men working at tho lumber mill In that place had been Intercepted and one of the checks cashed, was arrested in New ton, N. J., last Wednesday. It was learned from his brother, Clarence, arrested a month ago, that William got the letter. William, when taken in chargo by Postoffico Inspector Duryea, Jorsey City, mado a clean breast of the whole affair and admitted that ho got the letter. Georgo Fisher, who was the en terprising foreman In the Herald of fice, Is now located in the city of Al bany, N. Y.