WEATftER FORECAST: COLDER. WEATHER FORECAST: COLDER. READ THE CITIZEN SAFE, SANE, SURE, READ THE CITIZEN SAFE, SANE, St 'RE. 9th YEAR. --NO. 99 HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1911. PR? , E 2 CENTS UCIANI GETS TMAN GETS BURGLAR STIRS UP HIS FREEDOM OF HONESDALE S T LIGHT SENTENCE MAYOR Mccarty MAO IMPOSES MMtLL MA PHESEH BLANDIN TOW IS III MAGI He'll Stay There 6 Months This Time ferry Christmas in Store for His Family DMINIOK SIGNS NOTE FOR $100 HAPPY COUPLE LEAVE FOR THE ELECTRIC CITY SOME THING ABOUT ROAD JURY VIEW LAW. Tho district attorney called the at trition of the Court to the fact that ke term of Domlnlck Luclanl Bad k-Dlred and Dresented an application hr his dlschange under the insol ent law. The petition stated tnat li October 1G, 1911, he was sen- tnced by the Court to pay a line 01 BOO and the costs or prosecution 'd to undergo Imprisonment In the bunty Jail for a term of three ionths, to be computed from Sept. , 1911. That the term ot ins lm rlsonment has expired but that he . unable to nay the fine and costs of rosecutlon for the reason that he as no money or other property with hleh to pay the same. That he has o property except some household oods that are with 'his wife in lackawanna county. That the val- Ie of tho same would not exceed 50. The Court ordered that tho Com- Iilssloners of Wayne county be per lltted to discharge 'Dominlck Lu ianl without the payment of costs r fine if in their opinion they deem proper and on such terms as they Biay direct. 1 Luclanl, It will toe remembered, leaded guilty to the indictment of lolling liauor without a license at loudsboro, Lehigh township. 'Luclanl was brought into Court ly Deputy Sheriff F. H. Crago. He fras followed several minutes later ly his wife, who took a seat direct ly back of him in the grand jury tox. It was a happy couple that left Ihe court room, and proceeded to tho Commissioners' office where Luclanl bffered to sign a note to pay the line. He signed a note for ?100. "I have two children sick," Mrs. Luclanl, who had come on from Scranton to welcome her 'Husband, lold a Citizen man. "He belongs to Ine more now than he does to you, the said, turning gleefully to Sheriff Wil. Lee Braman. It was pathetic, to Biear her tell of the little children she left behind her In Scranton who kept Maying over and over again, yester- llay: "(Papa is coming to-morroW.. B'm so happy!" Luclanl told the newspapermen that 'he was going to come back to IWayne county to pick berries next Kum'mer. "1 pick Ji.uuu quarts in Wayne county last year," he declar- sd. It was' a joyful couple that left Honesdale Monday afternoon for the Electric City. The Luclanls will spend the happiest Christmas of their lives on December twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and eleven, for Papa Is home again," and tho fan Illy circle is complete. The December session of argu Iment court held Monday, Judge (Alonzo T. Searle presiding, was feat- lured by the appointment or Hon. loharles A. McCarty. to fill the va- Ivancy In the office of Burgess of IHonesdale. Tho release of two Iprlsonors from tho county Jail was ordered by the Court, ana one oia offender was sentenced to spend six months In the county bastile. Sov eral guardians were appointed, and a number of other important decrees handed down. Judge Searle requested all the lawyers to examine the Act of 1911 on tho Question of appointing a Board of County Road Viewers. "I find the practice in Susquehanna county," he said, "somewhat differ ent. Judge Little called all the lawyers together, and they deter mined not to act under the J.911 Law but under the old act. "Judce titanies 'hasn't appointed such a Board. We'll not make any appointment of such a Board Viewers until the second Monday in January." in the onlnion of Judge faearie tne carrying out of the provisions oi tne act involves a great expense to iuu county. District Attorney M. E. Simons called the attention of tho Court to the remissness of some of the Jus tices in returning, transcripts to Court. "Tho procedure of a good many Justices, he said, " is to retain tho transcripts until Just the day before the grand Jury meets, ana men uus tie them In." Judge Searle thought too that the transcripts should bo returned "forthwith," as the Law provides SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. OARR. Mrs. R. W. Carr, wife of Randall Wlllmot Carr, died suddenly Friday morning at her home in Prompton Mrs. Carr was about her household duties as usual "when she dropped to the floor and expired. Mrs. Carr was born in Unlondale, Susauehanna county, August 13 1833, and was a daughter of Arba and Sallie (Curtis) Rounds, natives of Rhode Island and Connecticut, re spectively, who afterwards settled In Susquehanna. Mrs. Carr was mar ried to Randall Wlllmot Carr In Honesdale on March 5, 1857. Be sides her husband, ono son, Horace Carr, of Dunmore, ana one daugh ter. Mrs. Florence Moore, of Promp ton. survive. The funeral -was held on Monday and Interment was made In the Prompton cemetery. High Honor Conferred on lity Solicitor WELL.KNOWN COUNTY SEAT LAWYER APPOINTED MY THE COURT, MONDAY, TO SUCCEED MAYOR KUHBAOH BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS SUCCESSFUL CAREER. " I am pleased to appoint Mr. Mc Carty, and know he will Teflect honor on the borough." So said Judge Alonzo T. Searle, Monday morning following the pre sentation, in argument court, by Homer Greene, Esq., of a petition from the Town Council, praying that the Hon. Charles A. McCarty be ap pointed Burgess of the borough of Honesdale to flu the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. John Kuhbach. In presenting the petition to the Court, Mr. Greeno said: "Mr. McCarty has been solicitor of tho borough for many years. He has been in the extreme confidence of the people of Honesdale. It would be impossible to select a bet ter man. mayor c. a. Mccarty. The petition of the Town Council is as follows: To the iHon. Alonzo T. Searle Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of " Wayne County: Your petitioners, the Town Council of the Borough of Hones dale, respectfully represent: That by the death of Hon. John Kuh bach, the duly-elected and quali fied Burgess of the Borough of Honesdale, a vacancy now exists In that office; your petitioners therefore most respectfully ask that your Honor appoint to fill the said vacancy, Charles A. McCarty, whom they represent as a person well qualified to perform the du ties of the said office, and they will ever pray, etc. MARTIN CAUFIELD, Pres. P. R. MURRAY, S. T. HAM. GEO. PEN-WARDEN. Treas. WYMAN W. KIMBLE, Sec. G. M. GENUNG. Sketch Of air. McCarty's Career. Mayor Charles A. McCarty was born In Canaan, Wayne county, where he attended the township schools, afterwards the Wayne County Normal at Prompton and Wyoming Seminary at Kingston. Af ter completing his scholaristic course he taught school three years. He, however, registered as a law student In the office of Waller & Bentley. Mr. McCarty was admitted to the Wayne county bar in 1883. He opened a law office in Honesdale and at once entered upon the en joyment of a large and varied prac tice and has always been regarded as one of the foremost lawyers of Wayno county. His practice has long since ex tended beyond the borders of dear old Wayne as well as in the United States district and Circuit courts. He has served one term as member of the legislature, three years as dls- trlct attorney, three years as county solicitor, besides being president of the town council of Honesdale for two years, and is now solicitor for the same; has served as solicitor for the poor board; has served as chair man of the Democratic county com mittee for ten consecutivo years. As a public speaker Mr. McCarty is fluent, forcible and convincing, con sequently Is the proper person for Mayor, being able to speak for tho town and in Its Interest on any occasion. INTERESTING PROGRAM. Members of the senior class will render the following program in the High school auditorium on Friday afternoon, December 15: "Progress of Locomotion in Ameri ca," Maude Smith. "The Invention of the Detachable Collar," Mary Bracey. "A Cruise on tho Pacific," Thomas Kllroe. Recitation "The Chambered Nantl lus" Oliver Wendell Holmes Clara Relf. "A Visit to Watkln's Glen." Eva Burkbart. "The Indian in Wayne County," Con ran Dlrlam. "The First Americans," Mary Lenl han. "Pageantry In America," Marguerite Moran "The Boy Scouts," Mortimer Stacker. Judge Searle Reduces His Sentence MAN OF MYSTERY RELEASED FROM JAIL HEALTH POOR DECLARES THAT HE AVILL LEAD A BETTER LIFE IN THE FUTURE. " It's getting toward Christmas time. Your health Is not apt to be Improved by being In the county jail. I can not see that the ends of justice will bo subserved by keeping you In jail any longer, and trust you may have no more trouble with the Law." It was a model prisoner to whom Judge Alonzo T, Searle gave a Christmas present, Monday, In the shape of a release from the County Jail, three weeks before his term had expired. Morris F. Hartman was the name of this model prisoner, and the of fense for which he was arrested and to which he pleaded guilty was com mitted early last summer at Ariel, when lie had tho freight agent cash a forged check on Goldsmith Bros., Scranton, for ?26. He was sentenced Monday, Sept. 11, to spend six months In the county jail, the same to be computed from July 1, and to pay tho costs of pros ecution, a fine of $10, and restore the money. Hartman impressed the Court and every one who saw him as being an offender out of the ordinary run. W'hen he pleaded dissipation as an excuse for his actions, and refused to reveal the name of his father who is a well-to-do New Yorker, choos ing jail rather than disgrace the memory of his father, the Judge be lleve.d his story, and made his sent ence as light as possible. Close confinement has been too much for '.Hartman, and he was per mitted larger liberty than Is usual ly accorded prisoners. District Attorney Simons agreed most heartily to recommending his discharge at this time. I thlnK," ho said, "he has been a model pris oner. His health Is very poor. I think the ends of Justice will be maintained by discharging him at this time." "How about the costs?" asked the Court. "I'll give a note and pay the fine and costs In 60 days," answered the prisoner, who was much mortified ,at being- brought .into -court in' his. working .clothes. Collarless as - he' Was, wearing a gray sweater as he did, and with several days growth of beard on his face, Hartman looked the. gentleman he professes to be. Certain preliminaries had to be arranged, and Hartman was taken back to Jail. When he was brought back to Court In the afternoon Mr. Simons said he 'had authorized the Commissioners to discharge him, and Judge Searle amended the sent ence so that It terminated .Monday, and discharged the prisoner. Lator Hartman signed a note for ?37.37. When seen by a Citizen man Hart man said, speaking of his discharge: "It came too suddenly for me. I didn't expect to get out until Janu ary 1. I have several clerical posi tions In view here I have been keeping books and doing clerical work for the Sheriff for the past two or three months. I am lucky. I am a bookkeeper. My age is 33. Oh I was a pretty good case. I was sick and despondent when I was down at Lake Ariel. I never got In wrong before. I'll never get In it again. It's enough for me." SPANGENBERG IS INSANE Holllbtcrvillo Man To Ro Sent To Danvlllo Asylum. Frank Spangenberg, single, aged 40, of Hollistervllle, was brought to the county seat. Monday after noon, by 'Squire E. B. Holllster and Constable A. U. walker, ana com mitted to the county Jail charged with making threats. Snangenberg. whose home Is In Holllstervllle, went to Elmlra, N. Y last July where he secured employ ment in an Elevator Factory. Ono day while at work there, a rope broke, and he was thrown to tne ground, striking on his .head. For three "dayB he lay senseless in the city hospital. About a month ago toe returned xo his old 'home. About a week ago, It is said, that he began acting queerly. He was brought before 'Squire Holllster who committed him on the charge of making threats. Spangenberg raised "rough house" In the jail, Monday nglht, breaking all the chairs In his cell. Sheriff Braman had to down him and hand cuff him. The court appointed a lunacy com mission consisting of Homer Greene, Esq., Fred I. Keene, and Dr. W. T. McConvlH -who Inquired into the prisoners mental condition Tuesday morning. They adjudged him insane and directed that ho be sent to Dan ville. Death of E. K. Curtis. Eugene K. Curtis died at his home In Aldenvllle. Sunday morning, Dec, 10, at 6 o'clock. The funeral ser vices will be held from his late resi dence on Wednesday at 10 a. m. ana from the Aldenvllle BaptiBt church at 11 o'clock. A more oxtenaea no tlce will appear in our next issue. Bennett Gets Off $5 Fine. burgess Mccarty treats first prisoner leniently relieves "severe penal ties not always conducive to reform." , " Now, Mr. Bennett, this Is the first case that has come before the present Burgess, otherwise we might be inclined to be moro severe. I believe sovore penalties are not al ways conducive to the best and sur est methods of reform, so I am In clined to be very lenient with you this time. We think, however, bet ter results might be secured by email punishments. I could send you over for 30 days. Clark said you Were a pretty good fellow. The sentence is that you be connned in tho county jail for five days to be computed from this day. We'll give you an option of paying a fine of ?5." It was a youthful offender that faced Mayor Chas. A. McCarty Mon day afternoon at 3 o'clock, one John Bennett by name, 26 years of age, who camo to Honesdale from Haw ley four weeks ago and secured em ployment in T. B. Clark's Cutting Shop. Since it was the Mayor's first case, and the culprit's first offense, the chief executive of tho county seat was inclined to be lenient with him. T. D. O'Connell said he would go the young man's security, so Chief of Police J. J. Canivan took young .Bennett down to his place of busi ness where Mr. O'Connell obligingly gave him $ 5, In exchange for an or der on his employer for ?5. Chief of Police Canivan testified at the hearing that he arrested Ben nett on Main street, between 8th and 9 th streets Saturday night, about 11:30 o'clock, 'for using profane lan guage, and offering to lick everybody In sight. Bennett admitted that he was "a little intoxicated, Saturday night, but didn't remember what ho was do I4g." His parents he said, were dead. v Mr. Canivan said that he had had trouble with Bennett before he took him In this time for being drunk and disorderly and for using profane language on the streets. His release happily effected, young Bennett, declaring that he had never been in jail before, and vowing that he would never go' there again, walk 'ed off p.ujfln away at a cigarette for dear life. - r - - Bennett spent the week-end and Sunday with Sheriff M. Lee Braman, who told a Citizen man: " vVe'll have to enlarge the jail. There's too much Saturday night business!" DIED IN BINGIIAMTON. Gilbert Spencer, who for years re sided across the river In Northern Wayne county, Pa., and was a famil iar figure on the streets of Hancock, died at 7 p. m. Wednesday, Nov, 29, at tho home of Ms daughter, Mrs. Angle Stlner', No. 28 Ogden street, Blnghamton. Mr. Spencer was 78 years of age and death ter minated an illness of several days. He Is survived by three sons and three daughters. They are David Spencer, Hancock; Ernest, of Dan ville, Pa., and Ira of BlHghamton, and Mrs. E. W. Starblrd, Mrs. Anna Dow and Mrs. Angle Stlner of Blng hamton. The funeral was held Sat urday forenoon at 11:30 at the home of Mrs. Stlner, and body brought to Hancock for burial in Rlvervlew cemetery. Hancock" Her ald. Mr. Spencer was a resident of Scott township, when he enlisted in Company F, 144th New York volun teers, better known as the "Ells. worth Avengers." He was imustored out after three years' service. NEW ENGLAND DINNER. Congressman Ainey Will Attend Banquet In Scranton. Special to Tho Citizen. Washington, Dec. 11. The New England society of Northeastern Pennsylvania will celebrate Its twen ty-fifth annual festival at the Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, December 22 1911. Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi; Judge Harris, represent ing the Plymouth District in Con gress, will be among the speakers; Congressmen Palmer, McHenry, Farr and Ainey will be present. Through Congressman Ainey an offort to secure the British Ambassa dor, Hon. James Bryce, was made, Mr. Ainey received a letter from Ambassador Bryce this morning re gretting that engagements already made would prevent his accepting the Invitation. NEW HONESDALE INDUSTRY. The Crystal Cut Glass company, a corporation with a capital stock of $zu,000, full-paid and non-assessibie recently organized for the manufac ture of cut glass by the election of Dr.- P. B. Peterson, president; B. W. Strongman, secretary, and George Hessler, treasurer, will make appli cation for a charter to Governor John K. Tener, January 5. Opera tions will be commenced, shortly, in the Farnham building. The Rink Five has a very hard schedule ahead of them and it looks as though they would have a harder row to hoe in future games than they have had In the past. Stranger Ransacks Two Houses COUNTY AUTHORITIES INVESTI GATING $10 IN CASH TAKEN JEWELRY LEFT UNDISTURU ED. Tho quietude of Blandln was dis turbed last Friday afternoon when a stranger entered tho 'homes of Ed ward Welch and Peter Kohmus on Maplo avenue. The dwellings of these parties were locked, Mrs. Welch and Mrs. Kohmus being In at tendance at the Seelyville school Christmas exercises. Between 3 and 4 o'clock Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. Welch, who had also been out of tho house, entered the front door. After being inside a short time he heard a noise upstairs like some one were walking about the Toom. iHe called, "Mother," but received no Teply and then started up the flight of stairs. When 'he reached tho top he turned to the eft and entered his mother s room. Here ho was met by a man who pointed a revolver at ihlm, the boy says. He kept him backing up until he was against the wall. Here Frank claims they clinched. In the tussle a table at the head of the stairs was overturned and a vase broken. He says the burglar struck him along the side of the nose and that at the same instant he fell backwards down the stairs. Here he remained sometime, being render ed unconscious. Afterwards he made a desperate effort to find his assailant but he had left the house. He then started an Investigation. Things in his mother's bedroom were disarranged, bureau drawers being pulled out and the contents left in a turmoil. Ten dollars, which had been in a bankbook in a satchel underneath the bed was missing. Jewelry and other valuables were undisturbed. A bullet from a 22-calibre was picked off the floor. It had been shot In a- line with the boy's head and it is claimed to have been shot by the burglar. Frank went to the Honesdale Dec orating establishment, where his father was employed, told his story and the father returned with his son. A little later Mesdames Welch and Kohmus returned from the exercises at the school house and the story was told again. Frank described the man as being of medium height, wore a long light-colored rain coat and a black derby hat. ' Tho burglar entered the house through the back door by means of a key. 'Before he went In tho Welch house he liad visited Peter Koh mus' 'home. A neighbor saw a man enter the Kohmus dwelling, but sup posed, it was Mr. Kohmus." Under the direction of District Attorney M. E. Simons, Detective N. B. Spencer was employed to investi gate tho case. When Mrs. Peter Kohmus return ed she found the back door of tho kitchen unlocked, but nothing was missing in the house, although there was a sideboard with much silver ware on the first floor, and on the second floor some jewelry was left on tho dressers, which was also un disturbed. AVILL OF J. G. REIFLER. The Will of the late John G. Relf. ler was filed for probation on Mon day. It was drawn up in March last, Mrs. Emma is. Taylor, a sister of the deceased, and Mrs. F. W. Powell being witnesses. After all debts are paid Mr. Relf ler ibequoaths to each of his five chil dren, Florence, Dorothy, Delcye, Robert and Edward H. Relfler, one share of tho stock In the Honesdale Dime Bank; unto his wife, Frances E. Relfler, all household goods, fur niture and one-third part of all of the rest and residue of personal estate; also the use of one-third of all real estate of the deceased hus band. All the rest of and remaind er of estate is bequeathed to his six children, share and share alike. The deceased's stock in tho cor poration known as Relfler & Sons shall not be sold or converted but shall remain intact, the income only to be collected and used until the de ceased's youngest child has -reached his majority. Mrs. Frances E. Relfler, J. Adam Kraft and M. E. Simons were nam ed executors of the will. A short time before his death Mr. Relfler, a codicil was drawn up au thorizing his executors to sell his stock in tho corporation known as Relfler & Sons at any time they may deem it best. FEDERAL ATTORNEY DECLARES GOMPERS "UNSAFE LEADER." Indianapolis, Dec. 5. "An earnest effort will be made by the govern ment to bring to justice every man who was Involved In the most damn able conspiracy ever entered Into in this country," said United States Dis trict Attorney Charles w. Miller to day In discussing the federal jury's Investigation of dynamiting opera tions of the McNamara brothers and others alleged to have been associat ed with them. Samuel Gompers, president ot the American Federation of Labor, was characterized as an "unsafe leader" by Mr. Miller, who said it was time for labor leaders "who stand on hon est ground" to take charge ot labor organizations. BROKE HIS PAROLE OF THREE YEARS' STANDING COURT DE TERMINES TO MAKE PAROLED PRISONEHS KEEP THEIR OB LIGATIONS. "Now A. F. Schlmmell is in Jail again," District Attorney M. E. Simons informed Judge A. T. Searlo at argument court, Monday morn ing. " What's ho been doing," asked tho Judge. "It's been reported to me 'he was up to his ho'mo drunk and disorder ly," answered (Mr. Simons. "I thought perhaps it would bo a good time to bring him into court and sentence him on the charge he's been paroled so often." Tho Court thought so too, and forthwith ordered Deputy Sheriff F. 'H. Crago to bring him into Court for sentence. "If they are put on parole," remarked tho Judge," they must understand It means some thing." District Attorney Simons stated further that Schlmmell had been pa roled December 12, 1910, in the care of Sheriff M. Lee Braman and Prof. H. A. Oday, as probation offi cers. The conditions were that he was to abstain from tho uso of in toxicating liquors as a beverage, to behave himself before his family, and Teport to the probation officers the first Monday of each month. " Now, Mr. Schlmmell," said the Court addressing the prisoner, " I understand you were intoxicated last night and acting badly. You were paroled. We want those on parole to understand It means something. We're going to get rid of this matter once for all." "How did you find him, Sheriff?" asked the Court. "Well," answered Sheriff Bra man, "I found him -under the influ ence of liquor quite bad. He had a bottle in his possession. He was 1n his own house. Oday and I went over after him." " I got it Saturday night, a half pint," spoke up Schlmmell. " Where did you get your whis key?" inquired the district attorney. "I got It Saturday night," answer ed tho prisoner, "at Paul Fives'. I was sick In. bed all day." ' "Mr.-Schlmmell,'' said the Court, " we shall send you to the county jail "so that this matter may be set tled up. You came before Juclge Purdy arid he paroled you, and we did likewise. At each time it Was stipulated that you should refrain from intoxicating liquor. - Now tho sentence is that you pay the costs of prosecution; a fine of $fl; and bo committed to tho county jail for six months, 'from this date." Schlmmell walked out of the court room with Deputy Sheriff F. H. Crago as unconcernedly as he had entered It. CONSTABLES' BONDS APPROVED -Bonds of the constables from all the districts In Wayne county except Waymart, were approved by the Court Monday, and filed. The terms of the constables-elect will begin on tho first Monday of January next. Following Is a list ot the new officers: Townships. 'Berlin Alexander Crosby. Bethany B. F. Blake. Buckingham John T. Muranle. Canaan Fred W. Short. Cherry Rldgo G. W. Collins. Clinton I. W. Cowperthwalte. Dreher F. E. Rohrbacher. Dyberry J. J. Hauser. Lake Walter Swingle. Lebanon C. D. Henderson. Lehigh M. M. Cobb. Manchester James W. Harford. Mt. Pleasant R. W. Mills. Oregon Henry Knorr. Palmyra 'Anthony W. Se-hlosser. 'Paupack Aaron Goble. Preston J. L. Sherwood. Salem A. B. Walker. Scott No. 1 Horace C. Greer. Scott No. 2 Horace C. Greer. South Canaan A. J. Robinson. Sterling S. B. Cary. Texas Philip F. Mang. Boroughs. Hawley E. J. -Richardson. Honesdale Levi Degroat. Prompton Ralph JIanklns. Starrucca Andrew Glover. Waymart Leroy H. Slnquet. FULLY ENFORCE BANK ACT. Harrlsburg, Pa. 'Private bankers, especially foreigners, who resist the enforcement of the act of 1911 Pla t ing all private banks, except thoB in one location more than seveil years, under supervision of the Com monwealth, will find that they will have two or tXgfff departments of the State Government to contend against. The Attorney General's de partment has extended Its help to the Banking Commissioner In his en forcement ot tho act. Some of tho foreigners in Phila delphia who applied for license ar Insurance agents and gave jpriv , banker as an occupation as well have been held up by the Insurance Department until they registered with the Banking 'Department. Steams-hip companies are having agents separate themselves from pri vate hanks and are bonding their men.