TUjsi OITMKN, WEDNESDAY, 3IAKCH 20, 1011. THE CITIZEN" Henil-Wcckly Founded 11)08; Weekly Founded 1811. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AMD FltlnAYBUT TUB C1T17.KN PUULISIimQCO. KniPTfd ns second-class mntter. nt tho pnstnlllce. Honesdale. Pa. Yet wo question, In splto of the more rigid laws enforced after each successive calamity has brought a conscience-stricken community to a realization that PEOPLE'S FORUM K. H. JlAKDKNHHWill. n. H. WITIIKIUIKE. J. M.SJIEl.TZKH l'KKSIDKNT MANAC1ING EDITOR ASSOCIATE KD1TOK DIUECIOItB: O. II. liORFLINflKn, Mi B. ALLKN, II. WILSON, K. B. IIABDEtlBKBOlI. W. W. WOOD Our friends who favor us with contributions, and desire to have the same returned, should in every case enclose statu) for that purpose. TKUMS: ONK YEAH, - $1.50 THKKE MONTHS, - 38c. 8IX MONTHS, - .75 - ONE MONTH, - 130. Remit by Express Money Order. Draft. Post Otllrc Order or Iteg islcred letter. Address nil communications to lhc Citizen. No. WU Main street, Honesdalc. Pn. ' All notices of shows, or other entertainments held lor the purpose of ranking money or any items that contain advertising matter will ni.. i.n . fi.in ..fi.uip i.ti nnvitirn iif roirnlar advertising rates. Notice of entertainments for the benefit ot churches or for charitable purposes where a fee is charged, will be published, nt half rates. Curds of thanks, memorial poetry and resolutions of respect will also be cliargeil lorai me raieoi u cem u uuru. The policy of the The Citizen is to print the local uctcs in an interesting manner, to summarise the news of the world at large, to tight (or the right as this paper sees the right, without fear or favor to the end that it may serve thebest interests of its readers and the welfare of the county. WEDNESDAY, MARCH HO, 1011. TUB XHW YORK CALAMITY. The pitying gn.o of the entire country Is turned from time to time to that section of the country which has been visited by an appalling disaster or has been overtaken by a terrible calnmlty. Sometimes It Is towards the East, witness the Windsor lire and the burning of tho Slocum; sometimes it Is towards the West, witness the San Francisco Earthquake; some times it is towards the South, witness the Galveston Flood; sometimes it Is towards the North, witness tho Iroquois Fire; wherever and whenever the disaster may have occurred there and then do the other more fortunate sections of the country turn their sorrow ful glances. Quite recently the East has had a series of horri ble accidents. First there was the Newark fire but a few months ago with Its death list of forty odd wom en and girls. Following close upon this came the ex plosion of the Power House of the New York Central Railroad with another long list of dead and Injured. Hardly had the reverberations of this explosion died away when the lower end of 'Manhattan was shaken to its depths by the dynamite explosion at Communi paw and this also carried in its train the loss of hu man life. To-day the gaze of the country is again turned to the East where New York holds out to view the worst factory fire that has ever been known with the hardly believable death list of over one hundred and forty men, women and children. At 4:35 o'clock Saturday afternoon lire broke out in the rear of tho eighth floor of the ten-story build ing nt tho northwest corner of Washington Place and Greene street. The source of this fire will prob ably never be fully discovered. This lloor and the two above it were occupied as the factory of the Tri angle Waist Company. On these three floors there worked some thous and men, women and children making waists. By tho time the first alarm was sounded the wholo inside was a flaming hell while from the street naught could be seen at first but a thin smoke trickling upwards from the Windows. It was not a spectacular Are. There was hardly enough smoke to blacken tho sky directly above the roof of tho building and the city closed up Its Saturday afternoon's work, drew its pay and went home never dreaming of the awful disaster that was happening In Its very midst. Scores and scores were hemmed in the narrow aisles formed by tho machines and tho discovery of their skeltonized bodies still bending over their work showed tho horrible quickness but the not less horrible painfulness of their death. .More than one hundred jumped from the windows to certain death and still others crashed through the life nets spread in vain to save them. Still others were, literally roasted to death and the bodies were piled seven stories high in the elevator shaft. The horror of it is not lessened by tho fact that many were just ready to go home and in a few minutes more all would have stopped for the day. Tho pay envelopes had been distributed and it was by these that the identlllcation of many bodies was made. Tho building was undoubtedly fireproof and it is a curious fact that this very thing was responsible in no slight degree for tho enormous loss of life; be cause the flames having nothing on which to feed in the walls and floors necessarily concentrated on all the food they could find within. This food was the flimsy linens, laces and rolls of silk that make up the spring and summer shirtwaists. The result was a veritable furnace, tho flames of which fought upwards, mush roomed against the roof and then started back down the walls. That is the explanation of tho Are Satur day, and before a cloud of smoke leaked out to tell the tale of the terrible calamity within, the flames had swished through those three floors and killed and killed and killed. Now New York is endeavoring to llx the blame for this terrible loss of human life. Tho District At torney will undoubtedly probo; arrests will probably be made; the Grand Jury will act, the investigation will of course be thorough and complete. There was, it seems, only one inside Are escape for all. This led to a closed court. But the law of New York does not require Are escapes on so-called fire proof buildings that are loft buildings as this one was. It is also known that Just such a Are was pre dicted and that In this very building an expert had recommended the establishment of a Are drill quite re cently. The Firo Department of Now York has been demanding the placing of Are escapes on all sides of factory buildings. Such a law will in all probability be now enacted too late of course to save the lives of those who perished Saturday but in time to have Its beneficent effect on future disasters. It Is easy to say that such and such a. thing ought to be done In ordor to guard against a repltltlon of this wicked loss of life. It Is also easy to say that a very great and terrlblo blunder was. made by some body and that this or that system Is to be blamed. All ot these things aro said after every disaster of the kind. They were said after tho burning of the Hotel Windsor; they wore repeated after tho burning of tho Slocum; they were reiterated after the burning of tho Iroquois Theatre, and thoy will bo said and are being said now, after tho burning of this factory which shows on the outside barely enough evidence of black ened walls to prove that tho Are really took place. something must be done and a belated public opinion Edltor Tho citizen has howled for tho punishment of one or two individ uals, whether to-morrow or tho next day or next .week or next month or next year anpther Slocum, another Windsor or another Iroquois calamity will not take place. It is hard not to bo pessimistic after such calami ties. Public opinion quickens and dies. Tho horror of the thing vanishes raoro or less quickly. New laws passed for tho pcoplo's protection are enforced for a while and then gradually rolax as the memory of the disaster out of which they grow becomes ever fainter, until the same conditions come to exist again as woro responsible for tho previous calamity. New and more rigid laws woro passed regulating the hotels after the Windsor burned; but will anyone say that such another disaster cannot happen? Think of the hotels you have been in SINCE the Windsor Are and ask yourself if the most adequate protection against Aro would have been yours had Aro broken out? Wo venture to say It would not and that the same loss of life would have taken place again be cause tho MOST IllGID LAWS GOVERNING HOTELS ARE NOT CONTINUALLY BEING ENACTED AND ENFORCED. New and more rigid laws regulating steamships were nassed after the Slocum burned, but will anyone say that such another disaster cannot happen? Recall the boats on which you have traveled biwun. me &io cum fire and ask yourself if the life preservers which you would have clasped, had Are broken out, might not have rotted away In your hands. We venture to say that in some cases they would and the same loss of life would have taken place again because the MOST RIGID LAWS GOVERNING STEAM BOATS AKJii NOT CONTINUALLY BEING ENACTED AND ENFORCED. New and more rigid laws were passed regulating the theatres after the Iroquois burned, but will anyone say that such another disaster cannot happen? Bring to mind the theatres you have entered biNUii. tne iroauois Are and ask yourself If your chance at tne exit doors would have been worth the toss of a coin in the maddened rush for safety. We venture to say it would not and that the same loss of life would have taken place again because the MOST RIGID LAWS GOVERNING THEATRES ARE NOT CONTINUALLY BEING ENACTED AND ENFORCED. Take the Newark Are, also a factory Are, scarcely i r three months ago. Did that nave any nouceauiu ui fect on the laws governing Are escapes on factories in New York? Not enough to act as a preventative in last Saturday's Are. What effect will this fire in New York nave on tne laws of this state governing factories and Are escapes? Will they be made more rigid? Will they be more strictly enforced? We hope so. At nest, sucn calami ties must come, we suppose, but their terriuie euecib be lessened somewhat if the proper preventative measures, as far as human skill and thought can make them preventative, ARK CONTINUALLY ENACTED AND ENFORCED. Department then takes a sample for nnalysls and also studies the entry blank. A letter Is then written to I , each contestant, giving tho Judgo's Bcoro and criticisms, the analysis i iye get a lot of fun out of this column. EDITOR'S CORNER We PHILANTHROPY AS IS PHILANTHROPY. iV millionaire of Scranton allowed his name to . i . . t ne be used by a stock company, a largo uumuui small investors put their money in unit siuen. uum- nnnv because of the reputation of that name. Now in order to protect those small Investors who becamei In vestors because of the magic name of that millionaire, he has bought and cancelled a small fortune of the bonds of that company. It must he aumutea uuit yuu Is nn instance of an unusual, If not unprecedented, kind of philanthropy, oven in an age when the genius, of millionaires seems to have been turned from the mak ing of money, though of course not until after they ade sufficient unto their wants, to tne uiscovery Tho value of a healthy tree moans that tho oxygon It gives oft and which one breathes is of a bettor and purer quality than that given off by a sickly tree, or one full of de cayed and broken limbs. Walk from nn open area Into ii forest or a grovo of trees and soon ono feels buoyant, breathes better and' All the lungs. This is because of tho fact that purer and cooler oxy gen is being Inhaled than In the open. By actual test It has been ascer tained that the atmosphere about a tree In summer time Is cooler by twenty degrees than the surrounding atmosphere. Tho giving off of mois ture by tho leaves cools the air. While on the other hand, a tree Is warmer In winter by the same num ber of degrees duo to the fact that its branches equalize the temperature about it. While every tree possesses somo ot these properties there Is an appre ciable difference dependent upon whether the tree Is In a healthy or poor condition. Then again a tree which is healthy Is in a better posi tion to combat pests and disease than Its neighbor which Is sickly and neg lected. To sit or walk under a tree of which care is taken, Is a greater de light than to suffer the unslghtliness and annoyance of caterpillars and other pests, which make for their harbor the trunks of diseased or neglected trees. A regard for the beauty and health of trees means much to tho citizen who seeks comfort and recreation in their cooling shade at the end of his day's work. It is equally impor tant to the tired mother and child who seek refuge in its shade from the sweltering rooms of her home, which no doubt Is treeless. In this connection too much stress cannot be laid upon the Importance of being advised upon the selection of trees and the manner of planting them. Tho condition of our trees to-day is due to tho very fact that our forefathers' planted Indiscrimin ately, and without regard for the character of tree planted, or Its loca tion. So that we how have trees that are crowded, others unsulted for the climate, and those that at tract pests. To remedy this condition and pre serve the trees for tho comfort of those who will come after us, neces sitates the appointment of a shade tree commission such as Is provided for by the laws of this state. This commission would engage or employ a tree expert who would advise them on the varieties of trees to be plant ed and how to care for them. They would also create ordinances pro hibiting persons to prune, treat or plant trees that stood on the streets or in tho parks. Any person desiring to plant, prune or treat a street tree would first be required to obtain a permit from the commission and satisfy them that lie understood how to treat a tree, and If lie woro planting trees, that he selected the proper variety. They would also prohibit the planting on streets, such trees as the Carolina Poplar, the Lombardy Poplar, the Box Elder, tho Occidental Plane Tree or Sycamore, etc. In the event pests ever attacked the trees In the town, tho commission could light It to a better advantage than the Individual citizen. The appointment of such a commission in Honesdalc would be tho only solution towards the salva tion of the beautiful trees we now of tho lniHor nml HiiffrnciMnnn f mm 1 want vott to enltw it also. lrimarilu it is run. HiIh nRiinrtiimnt rpunrrtliic nvprrnn t for pour amusement. If anything appears here tins Department regarding overrun, v,hfch offeda you in anu way whaitoever, drop method used In making, etc. us a postal or "phone us to that effect. An ape h 4. The butter becomes tho prop- '0171 Mil appear in the next issue of the paper erty of this Department. The pro-. '1UnotJsh to hurt anvbvdy's feeling,. ceeds aro used to help pay tho cost ,1H we u-antto do is to brighten one moment of of package, express charges both - vour day; and if but one single item brings ways, expense of the Judge. """e' ue s'"'u fcct u wn UTt"cn tn . Award: A certiAcate will be I , nwnnioH tn nil nrim mVn i.nrt in thn Our pervorted and wholly unrea- four contests of the year and have 1 sonablo Idea ot nothing to wait for is a hnir cut when Bryan Is elected? What Is your idea? an average scoro pf 91 and no score less than 'JO. Will you take part this year? It will cost you little; it may be worth many dollars to you; It has been, to others. Write todny ' to the Dairy Husbandry Department of the deed, Mr. Bones, men have Pennsylvania State College for tub hunc for less than this. and entry blank, stating yoir post- 1 office and express station. If wo should have a quiet game of checkers with the owner of our block would C. C. Jadwln? Yes, ln- beea. THE YEAH IN THE CHURCH. Simply because the door to our sanctum slams hard enough to shake 1IAWLEY the building If you look at it at e actly C p. m. Is John's Dorbad? 1 Dnn't wnrrv. centlemen. tho Fnrvlcw , . , , . ' . Hospital will soon be finished. The year has been one of unusual , 1 trial with tho church on account of deaths and removals. We have lost' If an orphan cheelld should sud six by death and as many more by denly appear in our midst and the letter, while many of our young peo-, poor little thing didn't have any pie, retaining membership with us, home to go to, would Fannie Haus have secured situations nbroad, thus er? The quartette will now render have m , ,..i, ..i.iin,,.r,ir.ni inntiinds nf cettlne possess 01 new anu urisiua. , - Q car(J propor,y for a tree means rid ot it again. It Is to bo honed that the lesson taught uy tins millionaire professor, so to speak, may be studied hard a large number 01 millionaire and earnestly scholars. by THE HOSPlTAIi AT FARVIEW. Our neighbors, tho Tribune-Republican and tho Carbondalo Leader have pointed out that unless the Legislature takes the present opportunity to appropri ate funds for completing the work of construction ot the state hospital for the criminal insane at Farview. that hospital cannot bo opened for another two years. That such a postponement would be a most re gretable waste of time The Citizen does not hesitate to afllrm. Tho structuro Is nearly compieteu uuu n. needs but the appropriation of certain sums to finish the work on tho sections now Incomplete, to furnish and open such other sections as aro already completed and Anally.' to start work on still other sections which the erection of such an Institution will render neces sary. If the Legislature will havo the good sense to make such an appropriation now the hospital can be opened sometime during the coming year. If the Legislature neglects for any reason whatsoever to ap propriate the necessary funds during tne ciose 01 u present session the completion of tho hospital build ings must be left to the kindly mercies of the next Legislature. Obviously there was a pressing need for the con struction of such a hospital In the Arst place or the money would never havo been appropriated to begin It. Now that tho buildings aro partially flnlshed there is still that practical need, and In addition, there Is the ethical need of doing a thing up thorough ly once It has been started. We trust that the gratifying speed which has marked the construction ot tho hospital so far may not be marred by a two years' delay. Let the Legis lators put aside for the moment their individual de sires and work for tho welfare of the whole by sanc tioning the expenditure of the money for the comple tion and opening of the hospital at Farview. Let them glance in tho direction Indicated by the Tribune Republican, towards Ruttersville, where a hospital has wn "in tho course- of construction for ten years and Is not yet Anlshed, and Is now tho subject of graft charges." It is not right that tho good work thus far ac complished should be botched by a period of inactiv ity. Tho Legislature should see to it that the matter Is taken up at once, the money appropriated and tho Farview Hospital flnlshed. It rests with the present body of men at Harrlsburg whether tho hospital shall become an established fact and begin Its usefulness as soon as completed, or whether the unfinished buildings shall become In the next two years a sorles of ruined monuments to tho ''shortsightedness of the Legislators." to protect It from horse bites, wagon wheel bruises, etc., by placing a proper tree guard about it, such as will bo recommended by the Shado Tree Commission. All indications of dead limbs should be removed, thus insuring the tree freedom from posts and diseases. The cut should bo made as close to the trunk of the tree as possible, and then painted over with a good lead paint (to harmonize with the color of the bark) to prevent decay, and in cidentally nid the bark to heal over. One has only to witness tho work done In towns where shade treo coin missions exist, to see the wonderful transition of a tree from a mass of entangled and dead wood, to ono of rejuvenation, beauty and symmetry. BERNARD M. RIFKIN. depriving us of their valued service. But for all this, tho work has gone successfully and nobly forward. Wo have as Ano a band of 270 members as can be found anywhere. At the beginning of the year the pastor's salary was Increased, putting the charge in the $1,000 class. We faced then a budget of necessary expenses to run us through the twelve months of $1500 In round numbers. This has been fully met with a surplus of about $40 in the treasury. The benevolent calls have been re sponded to as never before In the history of the church, our contribu tions aggregating $360. We use the full General Confer ence order of service with the addi tion of a few Items from the Wesley Sunday service adopted by the "Christmas Conference" of the Meth odists in 1784, which has never been abrogated by the action of any suc ceeding General Conference. The congregation joins in this service in most hearty and thrilling manner. The choir is thoroughly organized and is composed of young people of high character and of great fidelity. The pastor meets them at every ser vice for prayer in the League room on tho north side of the vestibule of the church, and thoy march from this place to their loft In tho auditor ium, singing an inspiring procession al, the congregation arising and join ing. Thereafter the service goes rapidly but reverently forward with out hitch or lapse and is always full of Interest from beginning to close. Result is we have a Ano and grow ing congregation, doing tho Lord's work in most delightful and success ful way. We celebrate most of the days of the church calendar, as ordered to do by the 'Methodist Discipline. We have been observing the Lenten per iod with services and sermons which have proved wonderfully attractive and helpful. Already a movement is on foot for rejuvenation this Spring of tho church property with paint and pa per, and everything will be put in at tractive form for the new conference year's work. There Is a very flourishing Sunday school connected with tho church, having a membership of about 200. It costs $100 annually to purchase tho necessary supplies. This charge was met last year, and In addition quite a substantial sum was contrib uted to the official board for the cur rent expenses of the church. Benjamin F. Ripley. efficient and that touching little ballade entitled, "Fireman, please save Fldo, 'causa my husband's used to smoke!" Ethel Not to-night, but mebbe between some Thursday in Septem ber. Jack . Tho only way to get out of It Is to break a leg. No, H doesn't make any difference whlck leg. Mrs. . You are quite right, my dear madame. Divorce him at once. Any newly-married husband who thinks he can make his wife be lieve the doctor ordered cloves for his lumbago ought to be taught a. severe lesson. Editor The Citizen: Tho following will no doubt bo of Interest to our Pennsylvania readers: Do you wish to havo a package of your butter judged and comments made on It by an expert butter judge? Do you wish to have your butter analyzed for moisture and salt? Do you wish the amount of over run figured for you and comments 'made as to tho securing and con trolling of overrun? The Dairy Husbandry Department of tho Pennsylvania State College will do this for you. The contests are for tho purpose of helping the buttermakors; they are entirely edu cational. Competition is becoming more keen and tho consumer more critical. There is, therefore, more demand for educational work. Those who have taken part In previous contests want them continued. Plan of tho Contest: 1. Upon re ceipt or notice from a Pennsylvania buttermaker that he wishes to take part, we send him, express charges paid, a Avo pound tub and entry blank. 2. The buttermaker Alls out tho blank, giving the Information called for regarding tho making of tho but ter and returns the tub of butter to tho Dairy Husbandry Department, State College, Pa., by express, col lect. The butter should be express ed to roach Stato College not later than April 13, June 13, nnd August 13. Tho tubs should be well wrap ped In paper, especially during warm weather. 3. Upon receipt of the butter It Is placed In a refrigerator, so as to bo chilled uniformly. An expert but ter judgo Is then secured. A com petent and experienced man, usually the United States Government ex pert from tho New York market Is employed. Tho Judge scores tho butter and makes comments. The There Is more Catarrh In this sec tion of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment, Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional euro on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful It acts directly on the blood and muc ous surfaces of the system. Thoy offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. YOUR EYES The optical department of this store is in charge of a thoroughly competent optician with 15 years experience in the optical business. Ask any of our pa trons if they have not received tho best results and are thoroughly satisfied. Rowland Jeweler and Optician 1127 Main Si. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. She Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Hon. Nathan C. Schaeffer Supt. of Public Instruction, Harrlsburg, Pa. Dear Sir: By your favor of February 14th, addressed to the Attorney General, you ask to be advised whether the election of School Directors will hereafter be held In November anil whether the Director whose term of ofllce expires In June, 1911, will hold over. Tho February election has been abolished, and the November elec tion In the year 1911 Is tho election appropriate to the election of School Directors. The Act of Assembly ap proved March 2, 1911, entitled An Act to carry Into complete op eration the amendments to sections 8 and 21 of Article IV, Sections 11 and 12 of Article V, Sections 2 and 3 of Article VIII, Section 1 of Arti cle XII, and Sections 2 and 7 ot Ar ticle XIV, of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopted November second, ono thous and nine hundred and nine, pre venting any hiatus in the terms oi ofllces affected thereby, fixing the time when the terms of certain offi ces shall hereafter begin validating the official acts o certain .olflcers dur ing their extended terms and donning the term 'public officer' as used l this Act," provides, in Section 1: That all public officers hold ing office at the date of the approval of said amendments not otherwise provided for, whose terme of office expire at any time during an odd numbered year, shall continue to hold their offices until tho first Monday of January In the next even numbered year, and that all suck officers whose terms oxpire In an even numbered year shall continue to hold their offices until tho first Monday of January In the next even, numbered year." The tenh "public officer" Is de fined in the Act to Include "all offi cers elected by vote of tho people, whether the ofllces that thoy fill wer created by the Constitution or by special or general Acts of Assembly." This Act ot Assembly answers your Inquiry, and you are therefore advised that there will bo no vacancy In the office of School Directors in June, 1911. Very truly yours, WM. M. HARGEST, Assist. Dep. Attorney General. Death Of Jolui J. Crowley. John J. Crowley died Monday morning at four o'clock at the Hotel Wayne, after a week's illness, from heart trouble, aged thirty-nine years. His body was shipped Monday after noon to his homo at Deposit, N. Y., where Interment will bo made. He Is survived by a wife and three small children, Henry, Daniel and Leona, nnd by his mother, Mrs. D. Crowley, Deposit, N. Y., and three brothers, viz., Thomas, Edward J. and Henry D., all of Susquehanna, and by one sister, Mrs. L. A. Hemingway, Bridge port, Conn. In Two IVHnuies Eusy and Quickest Way to Break Up n Cold. If you want Instant relief from cold In head or chest, or from acute catarrh, try this: Into a bowl of boiling hot wnter pour a teaspoonful of HYOMEI, (pronounce It High-o-mo) hold you head over the bowl and cover bead and bowl with towel. Then breathe the pleasant, penetrating, antiseptic vapor deep into the lungs, over th sore, raw, tender membrane, and most gratifying relief will como In a few minutes. Druggists everywhere will sell si bottle of HYOMEI for 50 cents. Ask for extra bottle Hyomol Inhalent. Don't be stubborn. Don't bo pre judiced. There is not a particle of morphine, cocaine, or any injurious or habit forming drug in HYOMEI. Give it a trial at G. W. Pell's risk, who guarantees It. It is made of eucalyptus and other grand antisep tics. It will chase away the misery ot catarrh or any affliction of the nose and throat in a few minutes. You can get a trial sample treo by writing Booth's Hyorael Co., Buffalo. N. Y.