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HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911.
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FIRE AT ADELIA
Cattle, Horses, Sheep, are
Burned to Death
H1G IJAHN ENTIRELY DESTROY
ED FIRE HUG SUSPECTED
y NO LIVES LOST.
Fifty-three cows, three horses nnd
a number of sheep and pigs were
burned to death at Adella, Tuesday
night, when a largo barn belonging
to a fnmlly by the name of Lacclona
was destroyed by lire shortly before
midnight.
The flames were first discovered
by one of the neighbors, the inmates
of the house aroused, and an attempt
made to savo the cattle, but the fire
had gained such headway that the
barn with all its contents was burn
ed to the ground.
The lire Is supposed to have been
of incendiary origin. Within the
nast year there have been a number
of conilagrations In Cherry Ridge
township and the county authorities
have for some time been conducting
a quiet investigation with a view to
apprehending the guilty party or
parties.
Several persons are under suspic
ion and if the miscreant is discovered
lie will receive strenuous and merited
punishment from the farmers of that
vicinity.
The place where the flrp occurred
has been run as a dairy, and Is
known as the MeConey farm. Three
Italians are living In the house which
has frequently changed hands.
The proprietors of the place made
use of the large daily yield of milk
in the manufacture of cheese."
Tho cows destroyed were mostly
Holstcins, and the total loss will ex
ceed $5,000.
MARCH
MARR
AGES
GRANTS
LICENSE
Refuses 2. Judge A. T.
Searle Gives Reasons
WAIlNEIt KNAPP AND .FRANK
MANG LOSE ANTHONY YEA
GER GETS HIS.
Judge A. T. Searle having heard
testimony Tuesday, and arguments
of attorneys, Thursday, in the re
monstrances against the granting of
hotel licenses to three applicants,
Friday handed down opinions refus
ing the applications for license to
keep a hotel of Warner Knapp at
Orson, Preston township and of
Frank Jiang, in Texas township. On
the same day he decided to grant a
license to Anthony Yeager, at Poyn
telle, in Preston township. The
opinions follow:
In the matter of the application of
Warner Knapp for a license to
keep a hotel at Orson, in Pres
ton township.
Opinion of Court.
Chief Justice Rico of tho Superior
Court of this state, in the case of
Reznor Hotel Company's License, 31
Pa. Superior Ct., page 525, has laid
down the following rules and uses
the following language concerning
the granting or refusing of licenses:
"In Schlaudecker v. Marshall, 73
Pa. 200, which is the leading case
upon the subject, Mr. Justice Agnew
Bald: 'Whether any or all licenses
should bo granted Is a legislative,
not a judicial question. Courts sit
to administer the law fairly, as It Is
given to them, and not to make or
repeal it. The law of the land has
determined that licenses shall exist,
and has Imposed upon the court the
duty of ascertaining tho proper In
stances in which the license shall
(Continued on Page Four.)
Interesting Facts For
Cupid's Devotees
NUMBER OF LICENSES ISSUED' O;
COMPARISON OK AGES,
ETC., ETp.
Although the month of March
marks the beginning of Spring, when
all things begin to take- on new life,
when the snows of Winter are melt
ed by the balmy blastspf the vernal
winds, Its lion-like breezes blew few
happiness-seekers In Wayne County
Prothonotaryward in quest of those
precious bits of paper that authorize
any magistrate, justice of the peace
or clergyman to unite in the holy
bonds of matrimony, two souls with
but a single thought, two hearts that
fain would beat as one.
In extenuation of the backward
ness of the lads and lassies In Wayne
county, however, It Is to bo said,
that there were no more permits for
double blessedness Issued last year
than this. The sum total of those
coveted pieces of parchment for each
March was but nine.
it is nevertheless to be said, by
way of further explanation, of the
seeming fact that our young people
do not love each other as they
should, that the season of Lent re
strains many an ardent wooer from
leading his sweetheart to Hymen's
altar. As thero are four weddings
scheduled to take place In Seely-
ville alone after tho pentitenial sea
son is ended, with Hawley still to be
heard from, It is confidently expect
ed that Prothonotary M. J. Hanlan
will do a land office business in mar
riage licenses during April.
Youth was the predominant feat
ure of the applicants for license In
March as may bo readily seen from
the nges of the applicants. Two of
the grooms were under twenty-one
years of age, but tho brides went
that average one better. No less
than five of the brides were twenty
one or under, and only one of them
acknowledged her age to be fifty.
There may have been other sen
sational features of the happy coup
les but they do not stand out so
prominently in Marriage License
Book No. 4. In considering the
nges It is worth while noting that
those of the young folks did not
show much disparity, 'and among
(Continued on Page Four.)
Summary of important Events
Over The Country Told
En Paragraphs.
PEACE IN 90 DAYS
PRESIDENT DIAZ TO HETIKE
PRESIDENT TAFT EXPLAINS
MANOEUVRES.
Francisco I. Madero lias issued a
decree declaring the end of guerrilla
warfare and forming the insurrecto
bands Into seven corps. Meantime
the fighting continues,
At the same time the brother of
Francisco I. Madro, the head of the
Insurrecto movement, asserted in an
interview at San Antonio that peace
would come in ninety days, as the
result of negotiations initiated joint
ly by the Maderos, and Senor Llman
tour while the latter wn3 in New
York. With this establishment of
peace it Is supposed that President'
Diaz will go into retirement. The
chnnge ln the Mexican Cabinet was,
Senor Madero said, the first step in
the plan then agreed on. The sub
sequent steps, he said, would be the
elimination of Senor Corral from the
Vice-Presidency and of Senor de la
I3arra from the Ministry of Foreign
Relations, and tho succession of Sen
or Limantour to both posts pending
a new election. President Diaz
would be allowed to retire graceful
ly under cover of his extieme old
age, and his prompt eollapso might
be expected. Senor Madero added
that no United States troops would
be needed or permitted to enter Mex
ico to safeguard the election.
Tuft E.xplnins.
President Taft has taken Republi
can members of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee into his confi
dence In regard to the situation in
) institution
I He pleaded
I for trial un
bond was
r company.
William J
through his
I Baldwin, took
Jit to withdraw
The date tor the
LORIMER CASE AGAIN
NEW EVIDENCE SECURED, IT IS
SAID CASE WILL HE RE
OPENED. Developments in tho Lorlmer in
Ycstigation before the Illinois Leg
islative Committee seem to make for
a verification of tho predictions be
fore the last session of the Senate
that the Lorlmer case will be reopen
ed in Washington. All that is neces
sary to accomplish tills Is the ability
to show that now and vital evidence
has been obtained nnd of this there
no longer is any doubt.
During the closing days of the do-
bate the charge was made that tho
Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions had not been zealous to get all
tho evidence obtainable, and the
strong intimation was made that tho
purpose of that committee from tho
start had been to whitewash Lort'
raer. Had the case gone to tho seS'
sion about to convene, the result
would have been the vacation of tho
seat.
When tho effort to reopen tho case
is made the most strenuous objec
tions are expected from Senator
Dalley,
It became known Wednesday that
immediately following the convening
of the Sennto a resolution almost
Identical in terms with that of Sen
ator Beverldge will be re-offered and
tho fight to oust Lorlmer renewed.
Sixteen Senators who did not vote
on tho Lorlmer case will bo members
of tho Senate when It reconvenes. In
many cases the opinions of these
Senators, based upon the evidence
previously adduced, are known.' If
the case Is reopened the majority
will bo overwhelmingly against Lorlmer,
INDICT JOS. REICHMANN
KOItMKIl PRESIDENT OK CAR
NEGIE TRUST HELD CAR
NEGIE'S NAME COMES UP
AGAIN.
Joseph B. Relchmann, the former
president of the Carnegie Trust Com
pany, who began his business career
as a newsboy in Chicago twenty-five
years ago, was indicted Wednesday
by the Grand Jury r falsifying a
monthly report of
dated August 31, 19
not guilty and was
der $10,000 bail,
furnished by a sur
Like his associi
Cummins, Relchmi
attorney, Stephen
advantage of his
the plea of guilty.
final pleading was set for April 10
It is understood tliat in the mean.
time a motion will be made to the
court for permission to inspect the
minutes of the Grand Jury which
step will be vigorously contested by
District Attorney Whitman.
This Indictment charges a misde
meanor. In asking that ball be fix
ed at $10,000 the District Attorney
stated in open court that tho present
charge was but a fore runner of fur
ther action that might be expected
from the Grand Jury against Reich'
mann.
tho ueichmann indictment was
only an incident in the day's devel
opments, which now not only Involve
a high city olllclal and officers of the
Carnegie Trust Company, not yet
named, but tho State Banking De
partment as well.
The name of Andrew Carnegie, the
iron master, was again brought into
prominent, notice by a formal de
mand from George L. Dyer for tho
return of 8,000 shares of the capital
stock of ,the Piatt Iron Works, o
Dayton, Ohio, a Cummins enter
prise, of which Joseph R. Relchmann
was President.
This stock Mr. Carnegie . received
from the trust company in January,
iuiu, for a loan of $2,100,Uuu
The loan was made to save the
Carnegie Trust Company after the
run that followed the collapse of tho
Hocking Valley pool. Mr. Dyer
claims that Independent Fertilizer
stock was substituted for Piatt Iron
stock. Subsequently the Piatt Iron
stock was turned over to Mr. Car
negie as collateral for his loan.
At a late hour last night Mr. Whit
man was in conference with Former
Governor Frank Black with a view
to ranking final arrangemonts for as
sisting in the prosecution of tho
Relchmann-Cummlns crowd. Up to
the time of the conference Mr. Black
had not given his consent to enter
the case.
$5,000,000 F1RFL0SS
NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY DE
STROYED IN ALBANY FIRE
CAUSE UNKNOWN.
The western end of tho $25,000,
t)00 SJato Capitol was wrecked and
damjsedta the extent of several mil
lions of dollars by a fire which start
ed In tho Assembly referencelibrary
at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday morning.
The lire was not under control until
11 o'clock. It Is not known posi
tively that any lives were lost, but
Samuel J. Abbott, night watchman
in the State Library, is mlsisng, and
is probably buried in the ruins.
Thousands watched the streams of
water being thrown Into the win
dows. There was no insiirrKTsfs' on the
building or its contents, .a fact for
which no explanation has yet been
offered. The greatest loss, because
it is irreparable, was in the State Li
brary. Besides about COO, 000 vol
umes It contained 400,000 pamph
lets, buu.uuo historical nianuscrints.
,and tho sacred wampum of the Six
.Nations. So much of the colectlon
was of this irreplacable nature that
one person's estimate of its money
value is as good as another s.
Dr. Andrew S, Draper. 'State Conv
missioner of Education, whose de
partment includes the library, esti
mated it this afternoon at $2,000,
000. The bitterness of this loss is
Increased by the fact that in a short
timo all tho books and records were
to have been removed to the new
building of tho department, just
TWO
HCKERS
W
IT
pre
Kommissioner's Klerk and Miss Dorothy Bauman are
The Lucky Winners. Both Good Kicks
KARELESS KIDS AND KAREKREE KUPID ARE THE SUBJECTS
KONTEST AROUSING INTENSE INTEREST WHY DON'T
YOU TRY? JUST KICK.
Mr. Geo. P. Ross, tho genial Kommlssioners' Klerk wins a prize
the -kicking kontest.
His kick is as follows:
Editor of The Citizen:
I kick bekos the kids won't stop mnrkln' up Main street bridge.
Kommlssioners' Klerk?,
Honesdale, Ma.
Answer: So do, we. Ought to katch a kouple and kan 'em.
in
Editor The Citizen: J
I, a young lady of Honesdale, kick the editor for coming to a town
like this and leaving a sweetheart out of town.
Respectfully yours,
MISS DOROTHY BAUMAN.
Answer: Believe us, Dorothy, It hurts us worse than It does you.
For details of contest see page 2.
Mexico. Ho has laid before them i across Washington avenue
Informally the Information which led ; There Is almost as great a lack of
to the sending of 20,00u troops to ; deflniteness about the various esti
the border. . I mates of the loss to the building.
Official information was received That of State Architect Franklin R.
by this Government that Mexico was Ware may be taken as the closest,
on the verge of a widespread revolu- since it is official. He said that,
tion. The republic was described as i based on the original cost of the
a volcano ready to erupt at any mo- Cupltol, its extent would be between
ment, throwing the country into an-l $5,000,000 and $6,000,000, but that
archy and jeopardizing hundreds ofli?iew of more economical methods
millions of dollars worth of Amerl--! of construction which can be em-
can property and many American I ployed in the restoration, this
lives. Grave doubt was expressed as
to the ability of the Diaz Govern
ment to withstand the shock.
The well known existence of a
strong, widespread anti-American
feeling in Mexico added to the seri
ousness of these reports, and Presi
dent Taft when they wore laid before
him found himself in a position
where he would be obliged either to
accept tho olllclal reports nnd act
quickly or ignore them and assume
responsibility for the serious results
that might follow through Inactivity.
He chose the former course and a
few hours later one-quarter 'of the
regular army was headed toward the
Mexican frontier.
With the troops under way, the
President was Immediately confront
ed with the embarrassing situation
or not being able to take the country
into his confidence and officially dis
close the real reasons "which had led
to the military demonstration. To
have publicly dlscusse'd the situation
in Mexico would not only have been
taken as an affront by.the Diaz gov
ernment, but would also have operat
ed to defeat the President's own pur
pose by encouraging tho revolution
ary uprisings across the border. The
President's lips have thus been seal
ed as to the real purpose of the
movements of troops except in so far
as he has communicated it to his ad
visers and the members of the Sen
ate Foreign Affairs Committee.
No SuffniKCtto Laws at This Session.
There will bo no legislation In fa
vor of women's suffrage at the pres
ent session of the Legislature
Tho Senate Committee on Judici
ary General has decided to turn the
equal suffrage bills in its possession
over to the Elections Commission,
which will make a further report on
election laws at tho legislative ses
sion in 1913.
SCHOOL CODE PASSES
HOUSE ACTS AFFIRMATIVELY
ON SECOND READING FEW
AMENDMENTS.
The school code bill, which has
occupied the attention of the House
sitting as a committee of the whole
for four sessions since Wednesday
morning, was adopted by the com
mittee, reported to the house and
passed on second reading shortly be-
toro u o clock Wednesday afternoon
at Harrlsburg. Fewer amendments
were offered than anticipated, and as
there were no discussions during the
nftornoon session It was'possiblo to
expeuito tue reading of tho code and
It was put through very rapidly, thus
doing away with tho necessity of
holding a session of tho committee
of the whole tomorrow.
The .consideration of the rode was
easy and quiet compared to tho tem
pestuous debating which occurred on
tho measure in the session of 1909,
and the requirement that the code
bo read line by line was not nress-
ed by the weary members during the
afternoon. Tho bill will be reprint
ed with all of tho 100 or so amend
ments and laid beforo tho house for
third reading somo day next week.
It Is expected that the senate will
make numerous amendments when
the bill reaches that body and it will
bo returned to tho house for con
currence. The more Important amendments
made were that school controllers
in first class districts might be elected
In November this year. Instead of a
mandatory provision; allowing city
controllers to act as auditors in sec
ond and third class districts co-ox-tensive
with cities.
Mr. Geary, Allegheny, sought to
have provision for a teachers' retire
ment fund Inserted, but was defeated.
mount can be materially reduced.
A trip through the damaged part
of the building when tho fire was un
der control reminded one of descrip
tions of the Paris flood. Water was
everywhere, in many places several
mcnes ueep. ine rooms anu cor
ridors were practically deserted, save
for the weary firemen still playing
their hose on the smoking ruins, and
members of the National Guard, who
were hurriedly called out to prevent
looting or the Invasion of danger
ous places by the public.
It is said to have been nearly an
hour before tho first stream from a
nose was turneu on tne lire, senator
Bayne and Assemblyman McDanlels,
who had been In the building when
the fire started, helped teh firemen
hold the nozzle. Other lines were
quickly brought to play, but appar
ently without effect.
For the first time since Jan. 7,
1879, when the Legislature first
moved into the present Capitol Build
ing, the lawmaking body was com
pelled today to conduct their delib
erations under a strange roof. With
the Assembly Chamber drenched with
water and party wrecked by.-tho dis
astrous lire which devastated the
western portion of the Capitol, with
a large part of the Senate precincts
fire-swept, though tho beautiful onyx
chamber in which the upper house
holds its sessions escaped serious
damage, the legislators were glad to
avail themselves of the hospitality
tendered them by the City of Al
bany through Mayor McEwen, and
met Wednesday in the nearby City
Hall.
ARREST US. OFFICIAL
NEWARK COMMISSIONER ACCUS
ED OK RETAINING $7,8(11)
FROM A BREWER.
United States Commissioner S.
Howell Jones, of Newark, N. J., was
arrested yesterd.ay afternoon in that
city on a charge of embezzlement.
He was taken into custody in his of
fice in the Globe building, at Broad
and Mechanic streets.
The complaint was made by Jos.
Fergg, a brewer, whose plant went
into the hands of a receiver about a
year ago. The amount charged that
the Commissioner withheld from
him is $7,SG0. This money, Fergg
alleges, was diverted from the pro
ceeds of a $65,000 mortgage placed
on the brewing plant in June by
Airs. Caroline B. Powers of the Ho
tel Buckingham, New York City. In
this transaction Commission Jones
acted as an agent for Mrs. Powers.
The complaint declared that he
had called on Commissioner Jones re
peatedly and asked for an account
ing for tho money, but had been put
off each time. Criminal action was
not taken, Fergg said, until all other
means were exhausted.
Death Of Walter AW Skinner.
Walter W. Skinner, the eighteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
E. Skinner, died Monday night at
11 o'clock from heart trouble, at his
parents' homo in Torrey. Funeral
services will be held Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock at the Oregon
church in Torrey township, wjth in
terment in the Torrey cemetery.
DRAFT PEACE TREATY
ARBITRATION DOCUMENT TO RE
A MODEL OF FUTURE
. TREATIES,
f t
The proposed general arbitration
treaty between this country and
Great Britain has reached the stage
known to the diplomatists as "nego
tiations." It was learned at the
White House that Secretary Knox
and Ambassador Bryce have set to
work on the actual drafting of the
provisions of the treaty. How much
time this will require cannot now
be estimated. The treaty is not to
be very long, but extreme care is
necessary in the framing of tho par
agraphs. President Taft desires to have the
treaty, when completed, stand as a
model for similar conventions which
he no doubt hopes to be able to con
clude with other nations if ho can
obtain ratification by the Senate for
this one.
As an Indication of the care that
would be given to perfecting the lan
guage of the provisions of the pro
posed treaty, it was pointed out that
Senator Root, when Secretary of
State, had once spent a month over a
single paragraph before he succeed
ed in getting it to express exactly
what ho desired without the possibil
ity of its meaning something else.
Tho President is hopeful that the
British treaty will bo prepared in
time for submission to tho Senate
during the approaching special session.
Guaranteed Banks Lose.
A decrease of $5,032,503.31 in the
individual deposits of State guaran
teed banks in Oklahoma in the two
fiscal months between January 7
and March 7 of this year is shown
by the consolidated statement of tho
condition of State banks issued by
Bank Commissioner J. D, Lankford.
The total of individual deposits on
March 7 was $49,723,977.50, compar
ed with $54,750,580.81 ,on January
7. In tho same period tho number
of banks decreased from C95 to 090.
The roport shows that many now
State guaranteed banks are still be
ing orgnnized. There is a net loss of
only five, in spite of the fact that
eighteen State banks have been re
chartered as national banks since
tho beginning of tho year. These
conversions also account in large
measure for the decrease in deposits,
as most of them were banks in tho
larger cities with large deposits.
The total doposlts are now at a
lower point than at any timo since
November, 1909, although the num
ber of banks Is still considerably
larger than at that time.
Funeral Of Frank J. Scliniuck.
Funeral services for . the late
Frank J. Schmuck, who died Sunday
night at Ms parents' home, 111 Fifth
street, from lung trouble In the
twenty-third year of his age, were
held Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock in St. Mary Magdnlena's
church, Rev. Father J. W. Balta, of
ficiating. A detail from Company
E, Thirteenth Regiment, to which
the young man belonged, attended
the funeral ,in a body. Interment
was made in the German Catholic
cemetery.
Reducing; the Cost of Living;
without sacrificing the quality of Merchandise is o, r
Motto for every Monday Sale. The best shoppers are
governed in their buying by two points. Right quality
and right price. By coming here every Monday, you are
assured of these two important factors.
lVIohday9 April 3d '
Grocery Dept. Offers:
Best Granulated Sugar, 25c bag $1.30
White Rose Lard, 18c value 14c lb.
Plain and Stuffed Olives, best 25cvalue 21c bottle
Fine Quality Oat Flake, 7 lbs. for ., . , 25o
Oak Leaf Soap, 7 bars for '.; 25c
Fancy Fall Cans Salmon, 20c value 17c can
California Naval Oranges, 40c value , 29c doz
Other Departments
Main Floor
Extra wide worsted dress goods, $1.00 and $1.25 value . . . .85c yd
40-inch Marquisette Voiles, all shades, 35c value 27c yd
30-inch White and Colored Linene, 15c value He yd
27-inch Embroidery Flouncing 5c value 35c yd
Best Silk Scarfs, all colors, $lflEvalue G9c ea.
New Spring Seersuckers, 10c Lie Sc yd
30-Inch Bleached Muslin, 8c vWe . . . Cy4c yd
Gent's Muslin Night Shirts, 50 value 43c yd
24-inch Cotton Challles, Gc value Cc yd
Niagara Cotton Batting, unroll like a sheet, 12Jfcc value.... 10c ea
Gent's Cotton Socks, .all colors, 10c value 8c pr.
Clean-up Lot of Laces and Insertions 2c yd
Second Floor Specials
Ladies' Waists, embdy trimmed, 89c value ..77c ea
Ladles' Night Gowns, high and low neck, 79c value G5c ea
Ruffled Net Curtains, 2 yd long, $2.25 value $1.89 pr
Lace Curtains, 3 yds length with brass rod, $1.25 value 89c pr
Opaque Window ShadeB, with fringe, 40c value 33c ea
9x12 ft. Wool and Fibre Rugs, $9.00 value $7.49 ea
KATZ BROS.
Incorporated
NOTICE: Monday specials are sold for cash only