PAGE TWO THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912. WIRELESS DOES WORK AT NIGHT BEST Nikola Testa Says Solnr Kntllntlou Onuses tlio Air to Loc Moisture. Nikola Tcsla ibollovcs he has dls covered tho reasons for tho phouo' mena long noticed by wireless folks that tho wireless receiver Is appro' clnbly weaker In tho day than It Is nt night. In the Electrical Review and Western Electrician of Chicago, pub lished recently, nppears an article bv the electrical inventor on "'llio Disturbing Intluonce of Solar Radl- nt on on the Wireless Transmission of Energy." In this article Tesla accounts for this condition on the theory that as moisture In tho air Is dissipated by the sun s rays, ami as particles of water In evaporating carry with them charges of elec tricity, tho carta Is thus deprived of some of the electrification which resides upon Its surface at night This, he claims, causes a dissipation of energy which necessarily Inter feres with the transmission or tno electrical signals and prevents them from being observed at so great a distance as In tne nigiu time. Tesla has long maintained that tho earth plays as important a part in wireless transmission as the air and has contended as the results of demonstrations, he says, that the results accomplished are not due merely to Hertzian waves, whose existence was discovered by Heln- rlch Hertz, the German physicist. Tesla writes: "Bearing, then, In mind that the receiver is operated simply by cur rents conducted along the earth as through a wire, energy radiated playing no part, It will be once evident tnat tne weaitening 01 me impulses could not bo duo to any changes In tho air, making It turbid or conductive, but should be trac ed to an effect interfering with the transmission of the current through the superficial layers of the globe. "Tho solar radiations are tho pri mary cause, that Is true, not those of light, but of heat. The loss of energy, I havo found, is due to the evaporation of the water on that side of the earth which is turned to ward the sun, the conducting par ticles carrying off more or less of the electrical charges imparted to the ground. "At present it may be sufficient for the guidance of experts to state that the waste of energy is proportional to the product of the square of the electric density induced by the transmitter at the earth's surface and the frequency of the currents. Expressed In this manuer it may not appear of very practical signifi cance. But remem'bering that the surface density Increases with the frequency it may also be stated that the loss Is proportional to the cur rent of the frequency." WATER COMPANIES l'LAN STATE ASSOCIATION, Promoters of New Concern Favor Dams in Pennsylvania Streams. Harrlsburg. Water company en gineers and lawyers from various parts of the state met in Harrlsburg recently to take steps toward or ganizing a state association. The main purpose seems to be to intro duce in tho next legislature a bill " to enlarge tho powers of those de siring to use the waters of the Btate." Several members of the Pittsburg flood commission attended the con ference, and W. M. Jacoby, a mem ber of that body, acted as spokes man for the meeting, in giving out a "canned interview" at the close. Except for tho flood commission, no one attended the meeting who is as sociated with movements for tho conservation of natural resources. After referring to the disappear ance of the state's forests, the Ja coby statement says: "In former days the control of these streams was better than at present. Before tho passing of the timber these streams in many places were provided with dams, which tended to hold water and In a meas ure control It. These dams have largely disappeared, with the result that In tho absence of any control, tho waters are allowed to flow unre strained." As water-power companies invari ably build a dam as a first step in their enterprise the significance of this plea Is seen. The conference authorized tho ap pointment of a committee of five, with power to select two more, to map out a plan of organization. It was officially stated that the new organization will co-operate ful ly with all Interested bodies. Includ ing tho Pennsylvania Conservation association. ARIEL. (Special to The Citizen.) Ariel, July 13. At a lively business meeting of the Sunday school board, M. J. Emery was elected superintendent to fill the office made vacant by the resignation of Leslie Simons. Mr. Simons deemed it necessary to give up the Sunday school work here be cause his professional duties will shortly prevent his being with us at Ariel. Tho second quarterly conference was held In the Methodist Episcopal p'arsonage Saturday evening, July 13. Mrs. Harkness Is entertaining at the parsonage her mother and sister from Wilmington, Del. NEWSPAPER MUX TO HOLD A CONFERENCE. Whether or Xot Writers Aro Kreo to Tell tho Truth Will 1)0 Dis cussed lit Unusual Gather Iiijj. Newspaper men from all over tho country aro expected to attend tho conference to bo hold In Madison, Wis., July 29, 30, 31 and Aug. 1. The convention Is under tho aus pices of tho university extension di vision of tho University ot Wiscon sin and is tho first of its kind orer hold in tho United 6tates. It will meet at tho instance ot leading newspaper writers, who will speak on the question: 'Are newspaper and magazine writers freo to toll the WHY truth? If not, why not, and what can oe douo about it7" A number ot tho ablest writers in tho country havo been Invited to talk on topics pertlnont to tho subject of newspaper exaggeration or limited truth In magazine and newspaper ar tides. Among these are Will Irwin of Tolller's Weekly, Samuel Strauss of the- New York Times, Charles Zeublin of tho Twentieth Century Mtigazlno, HI. H. Tammcn of the Denver Post, Louis Post of tho Chi cago Public and Charles Orasty of the Baltimore Sun. Invitations havo been sent to practically every news paper and magazine publisher and writer of any consequence to attend the conference. Thcro will bo discussions open to every one In tho convention hall. It Is expected that the convention will witness one of tho greatest gather ings of editors and magazine writers that has ever been held in tho coun try. HAWLEY. (Special to Tho Citizen.) Tho St. Als. Cadets of this place defeated the 'Rivals on Sunday, July 7, in an interesting and well-played game. Tho game was a pitcher's battle up to tho seventh inning, each team having acquired two runs, but was broke up In tho lucky session when the Cadets made six runs. Mack of the Cadets had eighteen strikeouts while his opponent, Do herty, had fifteen to his credit. The score and lineup follows: ST. ALS. R. H. O. A. E. Sonsen, 2b 0 0 1 2 0 McXamara, c 1 3 19 1 0 Flynn, ss 1 1 0 2 2 Monaghan, If 1 1 0 0 1 Curran, cf 3 1 0 0 0 McCloskey, lb 1 1 2 0 0 Bower, 3b 0 0 3 1 0 Hlttlngcr, rf 1 1 1 0 0 Mack, p 1 0 0 1 0 Totals S S 27 7 3 RIVALS. R. H. O. A. E. L. Doherty, cf 0 3 0 1 0 Perry, lb 0 2 5 0 1 Hagerty, 2b 0 1 2 1 1 Dexter, 3b 1 0 3 2 1 Watterson, ss 0 2 2 0 4 Hendry, If 0 0 0 0 0 J. Doherty, p 0 0 1 1 0 Lovalase, c 0 0 2 2 1 Burns, rf 1 0 0 1 1 Brenuer, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 8 24 S S P. IH. Kearney made a business trip to Scrauton on Tuesday. John A. Brown has returned after a week's visit with friends at El ni ira and Buffalo. Mrs. L. Cohen, of Uswlck, Pa., was a pleasant caller in town Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moor and children, of Xew York City, have returned after a week's visit at the home of John R. Brown, of Erie avenue. Mrs. Katherlno Kearney, of Main avenue, has returned from a visit with friends in Jerrnyn. Mrs. Xorvlll and children, of New York city, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walllnger, of Main avenue. Mrs. D. S. Pinkelsteln, of Main avenue, has returned after spending a few days with friends in Scran- ton. Mr. and 'Mrs. Thomas A. Brown and son. of Honesdale, spent a few days with the former's parents, ot this place. Mrs. Bessie Cegal and children, of New York, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kravitz, of Spring street. Thomas Burke was a caller In town Wednesday. Miss Dorothy Dunning, of Elm- hurst, is visiting her grandmnther, Mrs. Sutter, of this place. Charles Flresteln was a caller In this town the fore part of the week. BUKLEIGH HILL. July 13. Several of the ladies of this place attended a meeting of the Ladies' Aid society at Oquaga Lake Wednesday. Katie Horst, of Brooklyn, X. Y., who has been visiting at W. 'H. Payne's for the past two weeks, re turned home Saturday. M. R. Kennedy and wife, of Sus quehanna, spent tho Fourth and week-end at W. IH. Payne's. O. r . Bowen was in Carbondale last week. Mrs. F. W. Allen and daughter. Mildred, of Preston Park, spent Sat urday and Sunday with her parents, S. W. Burleigh and wife. Henry Simmons, of Blnghamton, Is visiting his grandparents. Last Monday night the vacant house on tho Buck farm burned to the ground and the following after noon the barn was consumed by fire. Tho origin of tho fire is of an in cendiary nature as tho house has been unoccupied for several months. Gilbert Simmons nnd wife havo been spending a few days at S. W. lJurieign s. L. A. Curtis, of Deposit, was in this place on 'business recently. beverai trom this place wero at Oquaga Lake the Fourth. Orlo Wood and family, of Star- rucca, spent Sunday at Charles Blan- ford s. PRESTON. V (Special to The Citizen.) It. SI. Spencer Is sponding a week In the hay field with his 'brother. H. M. Spencer. Most of the farmers 'n Preston havo started haying. Hay is rather ugnt this year owing to tno dry season. Tho Methodist Sunday school ren dered a very good selection of songs and speaking at the M. E. church of this place Sunday evening. Sov eral from Oison and Pleasant Mount attended. The dance hold in the Grango hall two weeks ago was a grand success. Mrs. Alma S. Bortreo started on Saturday for Plalnlleld, N. J to tane up a special summer course. Miss Ellen Bishop, of Hawley. re cently spent a iveek at W. 31. Doyle's. Miss Bishop taught our school two years ago. v. j. uavau recently lost one ot bis valuable horses. Mr. and airs. Southwlck. of Now York City, are spending 'wo weokB with tholr cousins, Mr. and 'Mrs. H. H. IHowell of this place. PENSIONER IS 11,1 YEARS OLD. Veteran of Two Wars Asks Tor nti Increase. Mlcajah Wise, of Beaver Brook, Sullivan county, has just been ex amined by a Port Jorvls physician on the application for an Increase of pension. 'He is a voteran of tho Mexlcnn and tho Civil war and has reached the age of 115 years. Tho physician will report favorably on the case. Mr. Wise, who now receives n pen sion of $30 a month, was born In Northampton county, Pa., In June, 1797, nnd probnbly Is the oldest pen sioner on tho government rolls. He served In Company 0, 141st Regi ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, nnd was never wounded or taken prison er. Taking Into consideration his ad vanced age, Mr. WIso Is well pro- served, his mind and voice are clear, and last year he was strong enough to go on several fishing trips. This season, although more feeble, ho says ho Intends to Indulge in his favorite pastime, because ho wants to "catch Just one more fish before ho dies." mtTY-TWO INCH EEL CAUGHT. Fishermen nt Uike Henry First Thought They Had Hooked llig Lake Erie Cattish. Lyle Keen, of Maplewood, fishing off the pier of T. A. Ruddy's cot tage at Lake 'Henry, Wednesdav evening, hooked what at first was thought to be one of the largo Lake Erie cattish. He played the fish for some minutes and then turned the pole over to 'Mr. Ruddy. For fif teen minutes the fish struggled and successfully eluded the landing net. Finally, however, Mr. Ruddy hoist ed the struggling fish to the pier. The surprise came when it was found to be, not a large eatfiesh, but a mammoth eel. It was forty-two and one-half inches in length and weighed five and a quarter pounds. Eels aro very rare in the lakes of this section and not more than three have ever been taken from Lake Henry. Those have been small and did not bocln to onmn.irn with Mm one caught last Wednesday. Mr. nuaay iook tne eel to Scranton on the morning train and while the Lake Ariel commuters all admitted it was a big one they all had seen larger. SLANDERING WO.MEX. Gossipers who havo a weakness for circulating stories affecting the character of women or other per sons should take warning from the decision just rendered 'by the Su preme Court in the case of Hulbert against Arnold. It appears from the opinion, which was written by Jus tice iierger, that the defendant had circulated a story that tho plaintiff who is a teacher in Morristown, X. J., was In the habit of receiving male visitors at the school, and dis missing the pupils so she could be left alone with her male friends. Arnold denied that he had made the statements attributed to him, but the court found that the evi dence against him was overwhelm ing, and Justice Berger said that tho. charges made by Arnold were of the most vile and criminal charac ter, assailing tho most valued and cherished characteristics of woman hood, an element so sensitive that once darkened by the tongue of slander, however untruthfully, legal exoneration cau only partly restore It." The Supreme Court refused to set aside the verdict for $10,000 dam ages given against Arnold, because "punitive damages In a slander suit are not awarded upon the theory of compensation to tho sufferer, but as a punishment of the offender and a warning to others." Arnold had not oven tho excuse that the slander ous statements were carelessly utter ed, for he had been advised by his friends that he should bo careful of the charges he was making; but he refused to heed the warning. Xew Use For Base Ball. Wilkes-Barre. Thirty hoboes were rounded up by the police of Plymouth borough and taken before Burgess W. D. Morris recently for sentence. He decreed that all bo held in the lockup until he could lead a parade to the best baso ball diamond in the borough. Two teams will be selected from the Weary Willies, and the burgess de clares the game must bo hotly con tested from start to finish. After nine Innings havo boen played, the losing team will be taken back to tho lockup and held prisoners for two days, putting in tholr tltno pounding stone on tho streets. The victors are also to bo taken back to tho lockup, but onjy long enough to bo well fed, when they will bo ordered to shake tho dust of the town from their feet in a hurry. Burgess Morris is a great baso ball fan. Ho believes that out of thirty hoboes thero aro several good play ers, and says he Is particularly anxi ous to see Just how well men can play tho great national gamo when their liberty depends on the out come. Scranton Truth. REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE OF MILIOUI) WOMAX. Had Xeedle in Foot Over Thirty-Two Years Wus Drawn Out Ijiist Week Badly Rusted. Mrs. Hornbock, wlfo of Daniel II. Hornbeck, of (Mllford, passed through a romarkable exporlenco on 'Sunday when she oxtracted a piece of a needle from her foot that had 'been lodged thero when she was a girl of ten playing around near her homo at Oingman's Ferry, about thirty-two years ago. A small piece of the needlo 'was removed at the time and tho pain subsided. From time to time 'Mrs. Hornbeck was troubled with pains in her foot around the big toe and a doctor told her It was caused by a bunion. Last week tho foot began to fester and on using a remedy and later opening the swelling, out popped the greater part of an ordinary sowing needlo, much rusted. Tho part was ovor an Inch In length and must havo lodged In the fibrous growth on the big toe and in the bone and In that way was prevented from travel ing through the body. WOMAN IS MAYOR. Mr. Susan Witsler Presides ( Over Destlnlei of Dayton, Wyo. WllilTf Mrs. Wlfslcr Is making boo1 as mnyor of a Wyoming city. She Is a widow with two chlldron. Her first public ofTlco was treasurer of tho city. She has been a successful business woman for tho past fifteen years. ORPHAN'S' COURT SALE OF VAL UABLE REAL ESTATE. By virtue of an order of tho Or phans' Court of Wayne County, dat ed the 17th day ot June, 1912, the undersigned Executors of tho estate of John Kuhbach.late of the Borough of Honesdale, Pa., deceased, will ex pose at public sale at the Court House In the said Borough of Hones dale, Pa., on Friday the 19th day of July, 1912, at 2 o'clock in tho af ternoon, the following described real estate of which the said decedent dies seized: All the following two pieces or parcels of land, situate in the Bor ough of Honesdale, County of Wayne, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, viz.: One of the same, being dis tinguished as lot Xo. Xlneteen and half of lot Xo. Twenty upon Third street (now Court street) and de scribed and designated in the Vil lage plot of the property of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company in said Borough, being in front seventy-five feet and in rear soventy flve feet and of an Irregular depth and being bounded westerly by Third street (now Court street) NOTICE fOi WATER gardens, streets, etc., is hereby prohibited EXCEPT between the hours of 6 & 8 a. m. and 6 & 8 p. m. Honesdale northerly by the northerly half ot aforesaid lot Xo. Twenty upon Third street, now Court street; easterly by the top of tho bank of tho Lacka waxon River and southerly by Ninth street. The other of tho said two pieces or parcels of land, being a piece of land ndjolnlng tho afore said parcel or piece of land and be ing bounded westward twelve and one-haif feet by the eastern line of Third street, now Court street, In said Borough, northward by a line parallel to and distant twelve and ono-hnlf feet southward from the northern lino of Lot Xo. Twenty on tho aforesaid Vlllago plot of tho southward from tho northern lino of Lot. No. Twenty on the aforesaid Village plot of the Delawaro & Hud son Canal Company, in said Bor ough, eastward twelve and one-half feet by tho top of tho bank of the Lackawaxen River and southward by tho southern half of said lot Xo. Twenty on Third street, now Court street, being tho southern half of tho northern half of said lot Xo. Twenty upon Third street, now Court street, and being tho same land that Har riet Martin and Katherlno N. Bar bour by their deed dated tho Twenty-second day of April, 1908, grant ed and conveyed to John Kuhbach, said deed being recorded In Wayne County Deed Book Xo. Ninety-eight at page Two Hundred and ninety six. Upon tho premises is a large three-story brick dwelling house, frame barn, and other out buildings. Also, all that certain lot or par cel of land situate lying and being in the township of Texas, County of Wayne, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stones corner at foot of ledge being "the southwest corner of the land hereby conveyed and also a corner of land of the Torrey estate; thence north thirteen and one-fourth degrees east along line of John II. Weaver, nine and eight-tenths rods to a birch tree for a corner; thence north nineteen de grees west four rods along land of said Weaver to stake and stones comer; thence along lands of Wil liam iHenry Boll et al. north sixty seven degrees east twenty-nine rods to line of Adam Kraft; thence along line of said Kraft land south four teen degrees east twelve rods to corner In angle of stone fence; thence along land of the Torrey es tate south sixty-seven degrees west thirty rods to the place of begin ning. Containing two acres and seventy perches of land, be the same more or less, and being the same land that Louis Sheutz et ux. by their deed dated tho Twenty-third day of August, 1910, granted and conveyed to John Kuhbach; said deed being recorded in tho office for the recording of deeds in and for Wayne County, In Deed Book Xo. One Hundred and three, page Four Hundred and Sixty-six. Terms of Sale, cash. CHARLES A. EMERY, AUGUSTA K. KUHBACH, Executors. Chas. A. McCarty, Attorney. 51w3 TO CONSUMERS The use of sprinkling Consolidated t - tTMMHMM t SPENCER The Jeweler flwouId like to see you If I you are in the marked for j JEWELRY, SILVER- i ware, watches! I CLOCKS, I DIAMONDS, t AND NOVELTIES t t Roll of HONOR Attention is called to tne STRENGTH of the Wayne County San The FINANCIER of New York City has published a ROLL Or HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks and Trust Companies of United States. In this list the WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Stands 38th in the United States Stands 10th in Pennsylvania. Stands FIRST in Wavne County. Capital, Surplus, $550,000.00 Total ASSETS, $3,000,000.00 Honesdale. Pa., March 25, 1911. water lawns, Water Co. an