Tlln CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, AIMHIj 12, 1011. J2 JE31 JtLj CD jCH?31Z .H 1 3ST Scini-Wcekly Founded 1008; Weekly Founded 1814. 1-ttHIIHHKD WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS BY TIIK CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO, KntTPrt ns second-class matter. Bt the poMtilllce. Jlonesdnle. l'a. K. It.liAliDKNBICKUll. I). II. WITHKItllUK, -J. M.SMKl.TZEK l'HKSIDKNT MANAGING KIJITOU ASSOCIATE KD1TUK DIRECTORS: O. II, noKFLINOF.n, M. n. AI.T.HN, II. WILSON, E. B. IIAKDENHEROII, W. W. WOOD Our friends who favor us with contributions, and desire to have the same returned, should in every case enclose stamps for that purjiosc. TERMS: onh yeak, - $1.60 Tiir.i:r. MONTHS, - !!Sc. BIX MONTHS, - .75 , ONE MONTH, - l.'ic. Kemlt by Express Money Order, Draft, Tost OIIIco Order or Heir istcrtd letter. Address all communications to The Citizen, bo. 803 Main street, Iloncsdale. l'a. All notices of shows, or other entertainments held fortuepurpoe of making money or any Items that contain advertising matter will only be admitted to this paper on payment of regular advertising rates. Notice of entertainments for the benetit of churches or for charitable purposes where u fee is charged, will be published at half rates, dirdsof thanks, memorial poetry and resolutions of respect will also be charged for at the rate of a cent a word. The policy of the The Citizen is to print the loial news in an interesting manner, to summarize the news of the world at large, to fight for 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, AI'IUTj 12, 1011. All aboard for Bermuda! 9 A kick in timo saves shce leather. The Ladles' Improvement Society has started on its spring tour cleaning by drawing off the mud on the upper part of Main street. The Citizen wishes to state hat this Is an effort In a good direction. A baby six months old has been adopted by a aumber of women in a "Missouri college. Now If the poor little thing gets the colic each of its mothers will tell the others. "I told you so; it was your own fault." The Tribune-Republican says that "the Jordan is the most crooked river in the world, meandering 213 miles In a distance of GO." We know a man who has the river Jordan beaten a mile. He's so crooked that ho can't walk under his own umbrella. OPENING THE HEHAIjD'S EYES. Our Democratic neighbor, in Its eagerness to smite the Republican ex-President, leaves out of view certain conditions that frequently exist In army operations, and the historical facts relating to the operations of Roose Yolt's "Rough Riders" In Cuba. First, when the com mander of any military organization Is absent, from any cause, the ranking officer present acts in his place. Hence, it is no unusual thing for a lieutenant, or a sergeant, to be in temporary command of a company, a Houtenant-coloncl, major, or captain, in a command of a regiment, a colonel or other field officer, in com mand of a brigade. Next, as a matter of history, at the engagement referred to, Col. Wood, as ranking officer, was in 'command of the brigade, which consisted of the Rough Riders, and ine 1st and 10th U. S. cavalry; and thi3 necessarily left lieutenant-colonel Roosevelt, as ranking officer, in command of his regiment. THE 15TH CAMI'FIKE. It has been our good fortune to attend a number of gatherings of various kinds during the short span of our life thus far, but We can truthfully say that never have we been so thrilled and touched by any spectacle whatsoever as the G. A. R. campilre Monday evening in celebration of the forty-fifth anniversary of the closing of the Civil War. It was a delightful inspiring occasion and we take this occasion to thank Commander Judge Henry Wil son of the Capt. James Ham Post, No. 19S, G. A. R., for affording us the honor and privilege of being pres ont. The speeches of Judge Wilson and Homer Greene, which The Citizen publishes exclusively, were beyond compare while the extemporaneous talk of Michael .1. Hanlan was worth traveling many miles to hear. Civil War veterans never grow old. Their age increases but their hearts remain as young and en thusiastic as in the awful days of 'CI when they went forth to battle for the principle of one flag for all and all for one Hag the Star Spangled Banner of the UNITED States of America. 'May they live forever! How'd you like to have a Siberian Samsyedo? It's not a disease It's a new kind of dog. No, THE TRAGEDY AT THItOOI'. Of the 1 20b miners who left their homes last Fri day morning for the day's work in the Pancoast col liory, seventy-six will never return. The Alabama disaster Saturday numbered 200 rlctlms. To-morrow wo may hear of another disaster and another terrible death list, and yet beyond the Im mediate raising of relief funds for the stricken famil ies, It is extremely doubtful if anything will be done to prevent the occurrence of such disasters in the future. In all probability such disasters can never be pre vented. Catastrophes aro bound to occur from time to time but by wise legislative regulation and ENFORCE MENT OF SUCH LEGISLATION, the chances of the ccurrance of such calamities can be reduced to a minimum. In- this case a stato investigation will probably be started at the Instigation of Governor Toner. Another BYestigatlon will be made by the chief state mine In spector. Still another Investigation by the grand Jury will no doubt bo gotten under way. It would seem as If the old fable of stable door and the stolen horse will never be fully learned and taken advantage of mo matter how often and how forcibly It presents it self to view. It would seem as if the proposition of so plain and common sense a character as to make it almost silly to call attention to It that all businesses, occupations or work of any kind whatsoever which In volves danger to the lives of those who work therein, should be thoroughly investigated before a disaster takes place had never been conceived. Perhaps some day it may become customary to study dangerous oc cupations carefully with a view to taking all tho pre ventative steps that human brains can conceive or hu man skill oxecute before a terrible calamity occurs which will render those samo steps obligatory after ward. That day Is far In tho future no doubt but we havo faith that It may yet como to pass. In tho meanwhile instead of Innumerable separate Investigations let one comprehenslvo inqury he started Into the Throop disaster that will fix the blame whero It belongs; that will procure the necessary legislation for preventing, as far as possible, such disasters in the future and that will provide some means of lmmodlato and permanent rellof for tho families of the unfortun ate victims. A sculptor has mndo a marble bust of Jack John son, says the Inquirer. Must be black marble and costly. G. k I CAMPF RE Tho meanest man in New York stole his 20-year-old son's wooden log. Probably he wanted to whittle It up Into toothpicks. Dr. Coe, tho appendicitis specialist, diagnosed his' own case and now we wonder if he'll send himself a bill. I Habits are hard to break. Tho New York street sweepers want white hats, according to tho New York Times. But not as much as most Now Yorkers want white streets. Tho father who bundled his scven-months-old 1 baby up in blankets to smother Its crying, smothered tho baby by mistake. Men aro certainly careless creatures. Dr. Cook flayed Capt. Peary the other night In a lecture in Brooklyn by saying: "A trail of bribery leads to his door." But the Doc couldn't follow It even If It were so. Tho United States Secret Service has sent out a warning against two new counterfeit bills of ?10 and $20 denominations. Nevertheless we see so little mon ey nowadays that we'd welcome even the sight of u phoney greenback. A 68-year-Old spinster of Connecticut married a childhood sweetheart 73, who had been proposing for years. Wonder if it will take her as long to make up her mind about hubby staying out nights after mar riage. "Says Dark Man is Coming," is the way tho N. Y tsun puts it. iNo, gentle readers, the speaker Isn't a Sixth Avenue fortune teller; he's only another college professor predicting the ultimate extinction of the blonde. A book agent tried to sell to Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard University, a set of the famous five foot library. The Doctor refused to buy. Evidently he knew their worth much better than the book agent. The two Kansas gentlemen who havo waged a legal war over the paltry sum of ?2 and in so waging have spent over $1,000 in ammunition for their lawyers, are just the kind of people who make the legal profession so crowded. -a- Did you ever see a band of graduates of the Keeley Institute together giving their college yell? Well, neither did we but Imagine it must go some thing like this: Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop Sars'perlll ah! -9- The members of tho Chilton Club, of Boston, who hrve applied for a liquor license say that they mean to drink moderately. Well, you know what country is paved with good intentions. Yes, one of tho fashion able suburbs of Boston. Tho King of England, according to cabled press dispatches, is going to have a terribly busy summer. Poor Kink! Just think of having to attend a measly coronation when the trout season is wide open and the little speckled beauties are waiting for the fly. What's gotten into Memphis? The story of $2, 000,000 for Brynn to locate there seems to prove that the city has procured a live wire for a press agent. Probably there are one or two other cities that would bo willing to part with twice that amount to keep W. J. away. -- The Cornell Era urges that beer be provided at senior banquets and says that the percentage of stu dents who now drink with regularity Is so small as to be almost negligible. From our experience in a rah rah factory we will venture to assort that that "negli- blo percentage" keeps the breweries working nights. -- THE SENATE AND THE SCHOOL CODE. Tho School Code is now before the Senate. Tho House has passed it, not without considerable altera tion but still much less than was anticipated, and has washed Its hands of tho entire affair. It is dis tinctly the business of the Senate to avoid delay and pass the bill. The bill represents the best efforts of tho commis sion appointed to examine into existing conditions and draw up a measure wheh will aid in establishing a regular school system which at present is woefully lacking. Unless a legislator has studied tho question with the same care as the commission, wo cannot see how his casual suggestions will benefit tho measure. Too many changes will spoil a bill Just as too many cooks will spoil tho broth. Wo trust that this meas ure may pass the Senato without further alterations, remembering that two years ago Governor Stuart was compelled to veto tho school code because the legislators had altered, changed, and revised it so com pletely. And 'the sooner tho Senate passes It tho bettor will everybody be pleased. "PASSING ON" THE BEGGAR. The beggar long ago discovered that a ticket to some other place whero ho can trouble us no more is tho thing above all others which we give with the great est cheerfulness to the applicant for aid. As a result an agency In a railroad town out of a total relief expendi ture of $300 a year used $240 for railroad tickets to near-by communities. The officials of neighboring places returned the compliment. All were busily giving transportation to meet the demand which they themselves had created by "passing on" tho procession of charity-rate travellers. "What else could they do?" Surely something better than this. Over 400 public and prlvato agencies rofuse to buy railroad tickets for applicants except straight through to destination and then only to those who will bo better off there. The adoption of this rule in one city reduced to one-half the amount spent for railway tickets. How badly some sano method of regulating tjie evil of "pass ing on" Is needed, Is shown by an Instance given by Mary E. Richmond in Tue Survey. "A feoble-fhlnded woman, young and good-looking, applied to tho county officials of a western state, saying that she camo from Kansas. Tho county promptly sent her to another county, which promptly sent her back again. Weeping and in great distress, she was sent again and was again returned this second timo In the custody of the county clerk. Such Interests aro not un known ovor tho Insane." (Continued from Pago One.) j vessels, and other property of the 1 United States, within their limits,! except Fort Sumter, at Charleston, i Fort Pickens, at Pensacola, Fort I Taylor, at Key West, and Fort Jef-I ferson, at Tortugas. They had also enrolled military forces, for tho pur pose of maintaining by arms their separation from the Union. South Carol I mi Makes Demands. South Carolina, upon adopting Its Ordinance of Secession, had sent three Commissioners to Washington to negotiate for the adjustment of Its new rotations, as a "Sovereign State," with the Federal Govern ment, which had, it contended, aris en through its withdrawal from the Union; and lat,er, tho government of tho "Confederate States" had sent Commissioners for a like purpose. But tho Federal Government had re fused to recognize the demands of either the Stato or the Confederate Government, or to hold official com munication with their commissioners in relation to thoso demands. Tho United States forts at Charles ton were Forts Moultrie, Sumter, Johnson, and Castle Pinckney. Fort Moultrie stood on Sullivan's Island, on the northern side of the harbor entranco. It was of little strength, and was untenable against an at tack from the landward side. Fort Sumter was built on a shoal in the harbor, about half a mile from its mouth, and about 1,600 yards west of Fort Moultrlo. It had been for several years in course of con struction, and was not yet complet ed. Both forts wero about four miles from Charleston. Fort John son was on James Island, about 2, 300 yards west of Fort Sumter. It was unoccupied, and in a ruinous condition. Castle Pinckney stood In tho harbor, about a mile southeast of Charleston. Its only garrison was one officer, with his family, and It was of no importance In the pend ing operations. Tho federal force in Forts Moultrie and Sumter consisted of Companies E and H of the 1st ar tillery, commanded by Major Robert Anderson. Fort Sumter Occupied. On tho night of December 26, lf!60, Major Anderson transferred the garrison of Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, with all tho munitions and supplies which he had the means of transporting. For tho next three months and upward he did all that was practicable to put the fort in good condition for defense. Mean time the secession forces took posses slon of Castle Pinckney and Forts Moultrlo and Johnson, materially strengthened the two forts, and armed them with heavy guns and mortars. At Cummings Point, on Morris Island, on the southern side of tho harbor entrance, opposite Fort -Moultrie, and about 1,300 yards rrom i"ort Sumter, they placed two powerful batteries, one of which. with a roof sloping toward Fort Sumter, and covered with railroad iron, was known as tho "Iron Bat- tory." A iloating battery, with a similar roof, was placed at tho west ern end of Sullivan's Island, and at other points on tho island, facing Fort Sumter, were live more batter ies. Tho entire armament of the se cession works consisted of 30 heavy guns and 17 8-inch and 10-inch mortars, supported by about 6.000 men. In Fort Sumter only twenty- one guns eoum bo brought into ac tion, four of which wero forty-two pounders, and the residue thirty- cwo pounuers. tho garrison consist ed of nine commissioned officers, sixty-eight non-commissioned offi cers and privates, eight of tho regi mental band, and forty-three labor ers, most or whom aided in carrying ammunition during the bombard ment. Tho First Secession Shot. After some inconclusive negotia tions for the surrender of the fort, Gen. Beauregard, commander of tho secession forces, gave Major Ander son written notice, at 3:20 a. m. on April 12th, that his batteries would open on tho fort in one hour. In his official report, Gen. Beauregard says: "Tho signal shell was ilred from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a. m. At about flvp o'clock the flro from our batteries became genoral. Captain George S. James, commanding at Fort Johnson, had the honor of fir ing the first shell at Fort Sumter." Edmund Ruffin, a Virginian of some distinction, is sometimes referred to as havinK fired the first shot: hut this is a mistake. Mr. Ruffin. who was an ardent secessionist, visited Columbia when tho South Carolina Convention mnt nnnnmliof 17 1 Ban and at a public meeting made a speech urging Immedlato secession. Though near his sixty-eighth year he Joined the "Palmetto Guards," of Charleston. This company was sta tioned at tho "Iron Battery," from which flro was opened on Fort Sum ter at 4:4R n m nn Anrll lotv. Capt. G. B. Cuthbert, commanding wiu company, in nis report said; "At flflWn nf Hnv 1 1-n T r- n n T J r, , w LJ .JUkLUl J I Commenced its work nf rlnmnllHnn I Thft fIrRt alinll frAm PntnmMn XT ' i, urea oy tno venerable Edmund Ruffin, of Virginia, burst directly up on the naranot of tho Knnthwoot nn. gle of tho fort." Lleut.-Col. W. G. auussure, artillery commendant nt Cummlnes Point, ami finn Honnrn. guru, in ineir reports, speak of Mr. Ruffin as serving at tho Iron battery. The result of the war, however, was sucn a outer aisappointment to hlra that on June 15, 1805, he shot him-' ueii juuiur man live unaer tne feder al government. Tho Defense of Tho Fort. At seven a. m. Fort Sumter be gan to reply to the secession batter ies, ine nrst snot was tired at the Iron Battery, by Capt. Abner Double day, commanding Company E, 1st artillery. Tho garrison was divided Into 3 reliefs, each of which served tho guns for two hours. With this small force, the firing was soon con fined to six guns, directed chiefly to ward tho Iron Battery, Fort Moul-' trie, and tho other works on Sulli-I van's Island, including tho floating battery. Tho metal, however, was too light to do material damage, ex cept to tho barracks, quarters andj embrasures of Fort Moultrlo. ' The contest continued until the afternoon of April 13th. Tho bar racks and officers' quarters in tho fort were several times set on ilro by ; bursting shells and red-hot shot, and though tho ilames wero extinguished several times they finally gained such volume that it was found im possible to check them. Tho garri son suffered much from tho heat, ' smoke and flying cinders, and it be came necessary to close tho maga zines to prevent the ilre from reach ing it. At the same timo, hunger 1 began to staro tho defenders of the fort in tho face. Their provisions were reduced to a few barrols of salt pork, and at breakfast on tho 13th . the pork had been supplemented With their last ration of rice. To ward evening on the 13th, a flag of tuco was sent by Gen. Beauregard, and by eight o'clock terms of sur render were agreed on. At noon on April 14th, tho American Hag wa3 lowered, with a salute of artillery, and at four o'clock a secession gar rison took possession. On the afternoon ot April 12th, part of a relief expedition which had been sent from New York- appeared off the harbor. As planned, the ex pedition was to consist of tho sloops-of-war Pawnee, Powhatan and Poca hontas, the revenue cutter Harriet Lane, three transports, with sup plies, and about eight hundred troops, and two tugs. But only tho Pawnee and the Harriet Lane, with the transport Baltic, reached the mourn ot tue naruor, and it was deemed impracticable to land at tho fort under the fire of tho secession batteries. On April 15th Major An derson and his command were trans ferred from tho fort to tho Baltic by tho South Carolina steamer Isa bel, and sailed for New York. As the steamer passed Cummings Point, the secession soldiers stationed there lined the beach, silent, and with heads uncovered, as a mark of respect to the defenders of tho fort. Tho Casualties. The most remarkable feature of the bombardment was that no one was killed. In Fort Sumter, the casemates formed a substantial pro tection; but a sergeant and three men wore injured by flying frag ments of an embrasure which had been struck by a shot from Cum mings Point and a civilian em ployee was severely wounded by pieces of a bursting shell. Lleut. Col. R. S. Ripley, the South Carolina artillery commandant on Sullivan's Island, reported "four slight casual ties," and Gen. Beauregard reported the same loss as "but four slightly wounded." In saluting tho flag at Fort Sumter, after the surrender, "one man was Instantly killed, one mortally and four severely wounded, by the premature discharge of a gun and explosion of a pile of cart ridges," as reported by Capt. Foster, of the Engineer Corps. Thus the opening victory was won for slavery. But after a war of four years, of a magnitude unparalleled in human history, slavery, and the pestilential brood which It had begotten, nulllilcation, secession, rebellion, treason, wore in one red burial blent, never again, to rise. Speech of Mr. Greene. Fifty years ago to-night this coun try had reached the most critical mo ment In all he'r history. Tho crisis was on. The turn of a hand, the utterance of a word, the breadth of a hair was all that stood between the preservation of the integrity of the United States and the destruction of the Union that the fathers had plan ned and built. In the preceding aut umn the presidential campaign had been waged between tho forces that stood on the one hand for the re ( Continued on Page Five.) a SE Easy and Quickest Way to llrcak Up it Cold. If you want instant relief from cold in head or chest, or from acute catarrh, try this: Into a bowl of boiling hot water pour a teaspoonfui of HYOMEI. 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If anything appeart hm which offend! you in any way whatsoever, drop Usaposlal or 'imone us to that effect. An apel oay will appear in the next issue of the papr. That's fair, tin't it t We have no with to hurt anybody's feelings. All we want to do is to brighten one moment of your day; and if but one single item brings a smile, we shall feel it was not written tn vain. Margaret RIcrdon becomes a mem ber of tho Smile Club with this: To note thero's something you har missed, Please cross her nnme from tho tele phono list, You will find resigned Is Wrlgfct C? Yes, Margaret, wo C, thank om it took us considerable time how ever to let it filter so hereafter we're going to wear our specs on our brains. If Tom got Fuller would RusseU Van Keurorn by feeding him smoked Ham or make him Wilder by gettlnc Murrmew to take to Boos. If Jimmy Oakes sized up nn act ress on tho avenue, would Shumway her or would Hulslzer up. Wyman gets little here below i because he don't let Cortrlght it n and let Wilson bring the paper wllli his ad. ANON. Konfldenshial They won't kick. All right, Mr. A. Non Imity wo'B take your word for it. Still, would It not bo terrible for us If they 'should lose confidence in you? Marie Ward and Company jolt ed tho Smile Club with the following; If Rockefeller is worth eighty mil lions how much Is Tommy Charles worth? If Harry Thaw Is insane Is Clar ence Wright? If Flagg, the clothing man, mato a big splash, did George Ripple? At tho Baseball Minstrels wlH John Carrol Kelly? If a "large one" is a Schoonover is A. Kraft a Collier? If we aro killed for this will Jee Barberl us? If the diamond cuts glass what does Otto Truscott? If Dr. E. W. Burns is Percy Cole? If Florence Eldred Shakespeare what did Myrtle Reed? Did Dick Bracy Harland Histed by The Citizen's kicks? And then just to let 'em know they're in the club we'll initiate them with this: If some young fellow pro posed and was accepted would he Marie Ward and Co? If Harold Rowland were threaten ed with diphtheria, could Anna War It off? Tho village quartette will now ren der that beautiful little ballade en titled "Tell the doc to get his bill, the patient moved an eye." Damon Knuppenburg, Tunkhaa nock, a stato horticultural expert, gave a demonstration Friday, at the farm of Judge A. T. Searle in Siko, Lebanon township. Mrs. R. M. Torrey and daughter, Miss Clara R. Torrcy will return the last of the week from an extended trip to Bermuda and other points ol interest In tho South. Em BENI. H. DITTEICH, Lessee & Manager ONE WEEK APRIL 10 to 15th Mr. Fred O. Chauncoy 1'KKoKNTS Miss Grace Kolffor -Supported By- TfieCHAUNCEY-KEIFFERco In All New Plays "Tho Ilcllo of Richmond," "A Ward of France," "Tho Lovo Route," "Anna Knreninu," "His Majesty niul tho Maid," "Queen of tho Rockies," "Will O' tho AVisp.'! Prices: 10-20-30-50, Matinee 10 & 20c. Seat Sale opens at 0 a. m. Monday. The Home of the Honesdale National ORGANIZED 4 1836 Progressive Conservative Successful Will extend every facility that good banking will justify. Accounts of Individuals, firms and corporations solicited. Correspondence invited 'OFFICERS: HENRY Z. RUSSELL EDWIN F. TORRKT PRESIDENT. CASHIER. ANDREW THOMPSON - A.C.LINDSAT VICE PRESIDENT ASSHTANT CASIIIEB. niKEOTOHS: IlENnV Z. ItUBSELL KDWIN K. Torrev Horace T. Menner Louis J. Doufunqeb Philip It. Murray Andrew Thompson Homer Greene JAUES C. BlBD8AT.lt is. 11. Harden ijebqb