THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, FKHKUAltY 10, 11)11. fO CAUCUS M! Democrats Hold Second Co: ference on Senator. DIX ISSUES A STATEMENT. Insurgents and Regulars Get Together to End Deadlock at Albany Call For Meeting Follows Attempt of Gov ernor to Obtain Harmony. Albany, N. Y., Fob. 8. A Democratic eonforence on the senatorial question, Including both regulars and insur gents, is bclni; held In the assembly parlor today. At once rumors Hew about the capi tal that sufllclent Insurgents to elect William F. Sheehnn to the senate had teen won over by Murphy. While lucre was some doubt about that, the tenference was looked on with the greatest significance, and tho call was a full confirmation of the statement nado during the past three days. It was at first supposed that Murphy had induced Governor Dlx to come out in open advocacy of the claims of Mr. Shechan, but It was impossible to ver ify that report at once. Nevertheless it was considered likely that a bren!; in the Insurgent ranks has come and that in the conference some one of tin men who have long held out will make an announcement of a change In posi tion. Governor Dlr made a formal state sent in which he said that he not only hoped, but expected, that' the confer ence would result in the solution of the senatorial problem. Ho gave out this formal statement after having onsulted many insurgents and after having asked some to nttend the con ference. "It Is Incumbent upon tho legislature to discharge the constitutional duty of aamlng a United States senntor, and I am pleased with the proposition fov a conference of the Democratic sena tors and assemblymen. I hope and expect that the conference will hnvi results satisfactory to the people of the state and the party." WILSON WOULD WHIP NTJGEKT, New Jersey Governor Threatens State Chairman if Bills Are Blocked. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 8. Governoi Wilson threatened to thrash James It. Nugent, chairman of tho stnte Demo trntic committee, city counselor ol Newark and son-in-law of former United States Senator James Smith. Jr. Nugent was called Into" the govern or's private office In the stntehouse, and In a warm debate which lasted ten minutes the governor declared that he would use his fists on the commit tecman if the latter attempted to bio -k any of the governor's special bl!l which will come up In tho legislature hre shortly. "I nm going to get some boxln gloves and practice up," said Nugent with a smile. Humors have been in circulation for nemo time that as a result of the fetid crowing out of the senatorial sltua Hon in this state Nugent and his father-in-law monnt to get even with the governor by holding up legislation BABY TAKES AN AIR RIDE. Robert Lawson, 3j2 Years Old, Ascends With Aviator Hilliard. Garden City, N. Y., Feb. 8. Robert Eawson, three and n half years old, is the youngest aviator ever seen on the aviation field In this place, if not In this country. Ho nnd his father, Frank M. Lawson, went for a ride over tho snow blanketed coiirso with William Hilliard in his Burgess bi plane. Lawson is Hllliard's chief mechanic, Hilliard did not attempt to make a continuous trip aloft when ho had n baby for one of his passengers. When he descended the youngster protested lustily at tho shortness of his ride. Resides the older and younger Lawson lllss C. Draper of New York and Len Stevens wore taken up by Hilliard Miss Draper alone went with him for three circles of the field In the air. Then ho took up Miss Draper and Stevens together. PANCHENKO INDIGNANT. Russian on Trial For Murder Denl Any Relation With Woman. St. Petersburg, Feb. 8. Tho evidence In tho Punchenko-De Lacy murder trial was mostly concerned with Pnnni Do Lacy's commercial ill repute. Tin greatest interest was aroused by Dr Panchenko's indignant denial thai Mmo. Muravieva was his mistress, lit said their relations were platonlc. Shi had given him great moral support. Ills real mistress was Mmo. Sevas ttanoff. Another Earthquake Recorded. Cleveland, O., Feb. 8. Tho selsmo graph at St. Ignatius' college showed another earthquake shock, which Just ed flfteon minutes. The distanco in dlcntcd was about 2,000 miles, but il was not believed tho shock was vio lent enough to have dono any damago. Terry McGovern Very III, Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 8. Terr McGovern, the pugilist, is seriously 11 hero. Tho nature of bis Mness hoi not been stated, but ho was wheelet from tho railroad station to the bote. In bu Invalid's 'hair. j MME. SARAH BERNHARDT. Who Will Return to America In 1915 to Panama Celobration. Washington, Feb. 8. Sarah Bern hardt expects to conio to America in 1015 to help celebrate the opening of the Panama canal. Mmo. Bernhardt made this announcement in a little speech at a reception given In her honor at the National Press club. Her present visit to America, Mme. Bernhardt said, she had intended to make her last. It was to be tho final "ringing down of the curtain" on her stage career i i America. But the fact that she was with Count dc Lesseps, her compatriot, when the first sod was turned at Panama had led to tho con clusion that she must como back to this country once more when the canal Is opened. Mnie. Bernhardt said that while tho political and commercial development of the United States has astonished the world "they have not outstripped the appreciation of things artistic." "The more I appear," she said, "be fore tho American people the moro I am impressed by their great love of things beautiful, by their true enjoy toent of that art which lays bare the soul of tlK things as they are." APP0NYI TO PLEA FOR PEACE. Hungarian Count Will Speak In Many American Cities. New York, Feb. 8. Count Apponyi, who is ono of the most beloved as well as the most honored man in the king dom of Hungary and one of the strong est apostles in the continental move ment for world peace, stepped off the North German Lloyd steamship Kroiv prinz Wllhelin at its Uoboken berth into a maelstrom of welcoming coun trymon. What with ton foot silken banners swishing in his face, orators shouting speeches of welcome in his ears and a thousand hands stretched out to grasp his,- tho former privy chancellor to his majesty Emperor Franz Joseph found his reserve inun dated by a wave of frank democracy that could not be withstood. This historic welcome prefaces the tour which Count Apponyi is to make of tho largo cities of this country as a preacher of the new doctriuo of uni versal peace. His coming to America was at the urgency of tho Civic Fo rum and tho New York Peace society. before whom in Carnegie hall tonight the count will open his American cam palgn with an address upon "Some Pe culiar Difficulties of tho Peace Prob lem In Europe." A NEW POST SEASON PLAN. Eastern League Pennant Winners Will Meot a Picked Team. Baltimore, Feb. 8. Tho Eastern Baseball league meeting adjourned after a session that was tamo coin pared with the lively ono of Monday Tho most Interesting feature was tho adoption of a post season series between tho winners of the pennant and a picked team. It was at tho sug gestion of President Barrows that this new feature was taken up and all the club representatives were In favor ol the plan. According to tho plan decided upon two of the best players on each of the seven other clubs in the circuit will be selected to meot tho champions, the men to be named by President Barrow and an associate. The manager of the club that finishes second in the league race will be in charge of the all stat aggregation, and all gamea will b played on the grounds of tho team finishing first in the race. BILL TO STOP HORSE RACING House Committee Will Report Favor ably Plan to End Betting. Washington, Feb. 8. Tho Mann bill to prohibit the transmission by tele graph companies of horse racing in telligence will be reported fnvorablj from tho house committee on inter state commerce. The effect of tho bill, if passed, will b to strike at racing in seven states where it is now allowed Montana, Maryland, Florida, Nevada, Oklahoma, Virginia and Kentucky. Moreover, II will affect poolrooms the country over as it will shut off the transmission ot racing news from Mexico as well m from one state to another. Many Spaniards Perish In Storm, Madrid, Feb. a Tho loss of life through the storm that has prevailed for some days is very largo. Thus far the reports show that 1C9 persons per ished through shipwrecks, and several ports from which vessels are missing are yet to be beard from. Weather Probabilities. Fair today and tomorrow; snow In Mrthern; rain or snow In southern yortlon; moderate easterly winds. ATTACKJUAREL Rebels Meet Federals In Skirmish on Rio Grande. ANOTHER BATTLE EXPECTED. nsurrecto Leader, Pascual Orozco, Has Field Guns In Hills Which He Will Bring In the Next Engage ment Americans See Fight. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 8. The attack on Juarez1 has commenced. Orozco's rebel forces are camped within two miles of tho town. The first battle has been fought. It was a mere skirmish, and not over 300 shots were fired. The reb els appeared at a point on the Mexican Bide of the river, just threo miles above Juarez. The federals went out to meot them as they were watering their mounts at the Ulo Grando river. Th rebels opened fire. As shots were exchanged the two armies moved down the river toward Juarez, the federals slowly falling back. Suddenly the reb ols veered off Into the hills, nnd the federals ufter n wait returned to the barracks. The rebels wore soon down at the river again and declared they Intended to hold the position until they could get their field guns from tho moun tains and re-enforcements could ar rive. Then they would attack Juarez, they said. They watered their horses and camped for the night whore the light occurred. The battle lasted but a short time, less than an hour, nnd only the federal infantry entered the Bght. The federal cavalry remained behind the infantry nnd did not fire. Several hundred Americans wntched the skirmish from the Texas side, and bullets fell among them. The fight oc- urrod directly opposite old Fort Bliss. Pascual Orozco commanded tho In- surrectos. He had marched from the point where he ceased fighting nnd re tired Sunday southeast of Juarez, around to tho west of tho tqwn and to the north, where he hit the river nnd jtarted down the stream. It was there Hint tho fight opened. Ho stated to the correspondents that he had two mountain guns back In the hills and that he would wait until he could bring these up before attacking Juarez. As the federal-: retired to Juarez the Insurrectos came back from the hills, down to the river where the fight had taken place and finished watering their horses nnd securing water for them selves. They talked and joked with the Americans on the opposite bnnk of the river, nnd the Amerlcnns tossed them money. As the night came on the federals retired into the hills just a short distance from tho river, nnd their fires could be seen plainly. The number of federals wounded or dead In this battle Is unknown, but one riderless horse dashed out of the foothills and three federals were seen to fall. Iteporters were forbidden to cross the river where tho fight occur red. All tho buildings of old Fort Bliss are occupied by fnmllles, and several of these were hit by bullets. The pub lic school was In session when tho bat tle opened and was dismissed after several bullets had struck it. This school is on the Texas side of the river. HELLO GIRL HEARS SAD NEWS Miss Etta Sanders Learns of Father's Death at Her Switchboard. Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 8. Sitting nt tho switchboard In tho telcphono exchange at Chester, Miss Etta San ders, an operator, heard a message go Ing over the wire telling of an acci dent three miles away In which two men had been killed. She was inter ested nnd on listening to the rest of the message learned that her father, Edgar Sanders, track superintendent for the Lehigh and Hudson railroad, had been killed under a locomotive. Tho girl held her post until she was relieved by another operator. San ders, with Superintendent of Bridges Tuchla of Warwick, was inspecting the track near Gray Court in a snow storm when an eastern express struck them. ROBS A JUSTICE OF A CENT. Blanchard Has Laugh on Pickpocket Who Abstracted His Coin Purse. New York, Feb. 8. A mean thief robbed Supremo Court Justice Blanch ard ns his honor was going home. It happened in a subway train that ,wns crowded while Justice Blauchard 'was hanging on to u strap after he had surrendered his seat to a lady. A pickpocket abstracted u thick leather coin purse from his honor's trouscr pocket so deftly that the jus tice did not know he had been robbed until he was about to leave tho train, Tho justice laughed, for there was only a. penny in the purse. A VEST POCKET WIRELESS. Professor Belar Invents Handy Re ceiver to Hear Air Messages. London, Feb. 8. Professor Belar of tie Lalhoch observatory says that ha has invented n very cheap handy pock et aerograph receiver which can bo quickly erected anywhere. Expert raenls made on a hill near Lalbach were most successful. Messages were picked up from Polu, Venice, Malta, Paris and CHfden. Professor Belar does not state wheth er his Instrument dispenses with the poles nnd wires that are necessary tc the use of other pocket apparatuses. DAVIS E. ELKINS. N Senator Chossn to Succeed Fa ther Wnnt3 to Go wick In 1913. 1911, by American Press Association Elklus, W. Vu., Feb. S.-Clarence W. Watson, who received the vote of the legislature for the United States sen ate, will have a political fight on his bunds two years from now If he wants to be re-electod. Senator Davis EJ- kins, who succeeded his father unil who will give up his seat soon to Wtit- pon, has announced that he will be a candidate then. The ltenublicans believe they are go ing to carry the state next year, and with this in view young Elklns be lieves he will beat Watson. NEW PIERS ON LONG ISLAND. Giant Liners Now Building May Land at Montauk Point. New York, Feb. 8. The Long Island railroad announces that it has signed a contract for the purchase of 100 acres of water front on Fort Pond bay, on the north side of Montauk point. The company has long held sixty acres of water front land at that point, nnil the additional holdings are to provide terminal nnil docking facilities in case It becomes necessary for the giant ocean liners now building to land at Montauk instead of New York, 'the price paid for tho property is not made public. The tentative plans provide for five piers 1,000 feet long and 125 feet wide placed 300 feet apart to give room for steamships to lie at each pier and leave room for lighters to work in be tween. The Idea of a transatlantic steam ship terminal at Montauk originated with Austin Corbln, a former presi dent of the Long Island railroad. The Corbln estate, the Pratt estate and the Long Island railroad hold equal shares in a 5,000 acre property lying directly on tho east of tho proposed steamship terminal. VESSEL GROUNDS ON REEF. The Crew of the Caithnesshire Is Res cued Off Bahama Islands. Now York, Feb. 8. The steamship Alllancn, which left for New York lasl Saturday for Colon, reported by wire Imss that the scout cruiser Binning- lmm imil reached the British bark Caithnesshire, Captain nnlford, which rounded on n reef of Wnlllngs island one of the Bahamas, and was taking nff tior crrtW. The Caithnesshire was on her wnj from Wllm ncton. N. O.. to Port Ar thur in ballast, ner position was such hut she had becun to break up. int United States collier Mnrs, which ronolinfl nnnnrannrao. Cuba. Monday ctirhtpd the Caithnesshire in distress, but her draft was too deep to allow her to go to the bark's assistance. GIVES UP BRIDE TO FLY. Marie Lohr Breaks Her Engagement to Lorraine, the Aviator. London, Feb. 8. The breaking of the engagement between Mario Lohr, the actress, and Itobert Lorraine, the actor aviator, is reported to have been due to the fact that Lorraine had to choose between his first and second-loves and would not forsake the first. Miss Lohr and her mother were con vinced that constant anxiety over the outcome of Lorraine's flights would damago Miss Lohr's health and her professional career, and as he refused to renounca flying Miss Lohr renounc ed him. BESSIE ABBOTT IN "TRILBY." Owing to Failure of "Ysobol" Singer Will Appear In New Role. New York, Feb. 8. Besslo Abbott, who came to this country to sing in Mascagnl's "Ysobel" and'tound herself without employment when tho trouble between Liebeler & Co. and Pietro Mascagnt arose, Is to sing In concert during the remainder of the present season. Next season sho is to appear in the title role of tho operatic version of Paul Potter's "Trilby" by Victor Her bert. Market Reports. I3UTTEII Firm; receipts, 9,806 pack ages. CHEESE Firm on top erodes; receipts, 1,493 boxes. EQGS Easier; receipts, ,$ cases. POTATOES Weak; Bermuda, per bbL, tSoC.EO; Maine, per bag, H.40al.63; state, per bag, tl.3oal.45. HAY AND STRAW-Steady. LIVE POULTRY Firm. DRESSED POULTRY Finn on fowls. MEATS Country dressed veal calves, prime, per lb., 13Hc; common te good, Mai 3c. Playing at Death. The mother of Ivan Turgcnov, tin Russian novelist, wn a trying person to live with, Irrltttblc, capricious and unreasonable. On Ivnn's birthday in 1S15, wo me told In "Two Rus sian Reformers," after a day of festiv ities, Mmo. Turfj'cuov pretended to ba dying. "She sent for her confessor nnd, placing before her the portrait oi her sou Ivan, exclaimed 'Adieu, Ivaui Adieu, NIcolasI Adieu, my children! Then she ordered her forty servants uud all the men employed about thfl house to say goodby to her. AVhor they had filed out of the room JUno Turgenev declared that she felt bottei and asked for tea. The next dny the following 'order nppeared; " 'I give orders that tomorrow morn ing tho disobedient servants, Nicolas Jacovlef, Ivan Petrof and Egor Kon dratatlef, shall sweep the court In front of my windows.' "Those names were those of serv ants who had not appeared at her bed side, possibly because they were a lit tle drunk that eveulug. 'Good for nothings! Drunkards! exclaimed Mme. Turgeney. 'They rejoice nt the death of their mistress!' " The Bank Boat the Prince. The Gentlewoman of London recalls the following story of tho prince re gent and Coutts' bank: "When George IV. was a regent he hud a grudge against Coutts and determined to play a trick on the authorities. In' those days even the great banks kopt very small reserves of bash, and tho playful prince thought out a plan to closa Coutts. So he sent, his equerry round from Cnrltou House with a check for 100,000, fondly hoping that tho bank would not be able to pay over the counter. 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LEINE. t N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE 1 UNITED tsTATES FOR THE MID DLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVA NIA. MANUEL JACOBSON of Honesdale Wayno county, Pennsylvania, bankrupt under the Act of Congress of July 1, 1898, having applied for a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under said Act, notice is hereby given to all known creditors and other per sons in interest, to appear before the said court at Scranton, lu said district, on the 28th day of Febru ary, 1911, at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if nny they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted, EDWARD R. W. SFZaRLE, Clerk. - Hobbery in Clidin. Armed robbery Is still rife In tho Kwellln district of China, desptto tho efforts of the authorities to suppress it. Over four hundred executions of offenders for this crime have tak en place In this district alono dur ing the last tjvelve months. Fishing Hod Wedding. All the guests at a wedding nt South-ond-by-the-Sea, England, brought fishing rods, and the brlda and bridegroom, both members of the Scotland Angling Society, passedH beneath an arch of fishing rods on leav.ng tho :hurch. Numerous Friends. M. Dutuit, who died In Paris la 1902, left a largo part of his wealth to all those who could legally claim kinship with him. Tho court has just rejected tho claims of the sev en hundred and forty-seventh "friend." W. C. SPRY AUCTIONEER HOLDS SALES ANYWHERE IN STATE. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. E STATU OK SARAH K. NEWCO.Mll, Late of Vestal Center, N. Y., deceased. The undersigned, an auditor appointed t report distribution ot said estate, will attend to the duties of his appointment, on SATURDAY, March 4, 1911. at 10 o'clock, u. iii.,ul his ullire In the liuroun k of Honesdale. at which time and plncfl all claims agnlnst said estate must be presented. or recourse lotnciunu tor uisirimiuon win bo lost. c. 1'. aKAKi.K, Auditor. Honesdale. Feb. 7. 1911. lOcoU AUDITOR'S NOT1UL. Estate of JOHN G.ROMLICII, Late of Lake Township, deceased. Thn nndnrRlL'npri. nn Auditor annotated to pass upon exceptions, re state tho oc rnnnt if nprpssnrv. hour nnd determine all claims on the assets and reportdlstrlbutlon of said estate, will attend to the duties ot bis appointment, on THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. m., at his olllce In the boroueh of Ilonesdnle. at which time and place, afl claims unalnst said estate must be presented or recourse to tho fund for distribution will lie lost WJI. 11. Lists, Auditor. Honesdale. Feb. 7, 1911. 68w3 NOTICE Ol' ADMINISTRATION, ESTATE OF WILLIAM PKNWARDKN, ORKGOJs TWP All nersons indebtedto said estate are noti fied to make Immediate payment to the un dersigned ; and those having claims against the said estate are notilled to present them duly attested, for settlement. U1.1VK J ISIS WAliJJc.il , K. DARWIN I'KN A UDEN, LEVI W. PEN WARDEN, Executors. Carley Brook. Pa., Jan. 18. 1911. PH il. 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