PAGE EIGHT
THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1913.
DESOLATED
Recent Floods Nearly Washes
Bridgevyater Away.
IS NOTED FOR SHIPBUILDING.'
Boasts of Visit of Aaron Burr and Oth
er Prominent Men In Early Days.
Has Been Scene of Many Dis
astrous Floods.
Beaver, Pa., April 7. Not washed
a way, but almost forsaken since; the
m-ent floods, Is the fate of the little
town of West Hrldgo-.viUer. which oc
cupies the point at the Junction of the
Ueavnr and Ohio rivers and which last
week boasted of about 1.500 inhab
itants. Famous in the early part of the cen
tury for its boat building shops, boast
ing of the visits of Aaron Hurr and
other noted men In the early days of
the republic and couched at the foot of
a river hill from which the copper
colored warrior once looked In pride
from the site of Fort Mcintosh, the
little town has had 'an Interesting his
tory. It lias been the scene of many
disastrous floods, but has survived
them all, unless perchance It he the
last one. While earlier Inundations
have brought greater volumes of wa
ter, they were by no means so destruc
tive as that of last week.
Before the broad Ohio had accumu
lated a sufficient height of muddy wa
ter to act as n check, the leaping, roll
ing currents of the Beaver swept
through the main part of the little
town, driving almost everything before
them. Foundations were torn from
tinder dwellings, raging currents burst
through cellars and coal cbutes, tear
ing great holes and crevices In the
sidewalks and streets. Several small
residences were washed from the
foundations and occupants risked their
lives to escape. Almost every house
In the town was a scene of destrue-'
tion and ruin. After the first two days
of the flood the swollen Ohio'held back
the waters of the Beaver, and those
who refused to leave their residences
wore marooned In upper stories for
fire days before the waters receded.
To add to their discomforts gas lines
were broken, and there was neither
heat nor llht in the llttlo municipal
ity for three davs and nights.
EESCUE TWO DROWNING GIRIS
Student Saves Children Hurled
Into
River by Car.
Lancaster, Pa., April 7. Kelso El
rich, a student of the University of
Pennsylvania, rescued two little girls
from drowning at Ephrata.
The children, Mabel Swelgart, ten
years old. and Lldn Mumma, eight,
were walking across a bridge when
they were struck by an electric car
and hurled fifteen feet Into Cocallco
river, which is at flood height. Eiricli,
who was standing close by, leaped Into
the stream and, after considerable
difficulty, succeeded In getting the
Swelgart girl to shallow water. He
then returned after the other child,
who had been carried down the stream
by the current and had gone down for
the second time.
EIrlch made a dlvo and brought up
the almost lifeless body and carried It
to shore.
Milton Jacoby, a passenger on the
car, also leaped Into the water from
tlie brldgo and carried out the Swel
gart girl, who was. unconscious. Both
children were soon revived.
FAVOR GETTYSBURG VETERANS
Tents For 40,000 on Battlefiold at July
Celebration.
Gettysburg, Pa.. April 7. The battle
of Gettysburg commission has' com
pleted arrangements for tho celebra
tion of tho fiftieth anniversary of the
occasion. Colonel J. II. ScboonmaUer
of Pittsburgh, chairman of the com
mission, says:
"Only veterans of the civil war may
be provided with food, shelter and en
tertainment within tho camp at the
battlefield. Therefore no woman, child
or man not a veteran will be accom
modated, nor will, veterans accompa
nied by any of these bo accommodated.
as It Is expressly prohibited. Therefore
no veteran should bring to Gettysburg
any members of his family unless he
has at first obtained accommodations
for them at the hotels of tho town, ns
tho crush here will bo the worst that
tho hlstorlic town has ever known."
The commission lias provided 0,000
tents for the 40,000 honorably dis
charged veterans of tho civil war,
Eight men will bo nsslgned to a tent.
STRIKERS' WIVES AS PICKETS.
Packerton Womon Say Men Wero Too
Easy With Strike Breakers.
Packerton, Pa., April 7. Wives of
the Lehigh Valley railroad shop strik
ers assumed picket duty, their hus
bands being temporarily employed by
Uio Lehigh Coal and Navigation com
pany In repairing tho canal, which was
damaged by tho recent floods. The
men have been doing picket work
since the strlko began, but their wives
Bald they wero too easy with the strike
breakers and decided to put a little
ginger Into the picketing work.
Frequent clashes occurred recently
between the strlko breakers and the
strikers, but everything Is peaceful at
present.
EBBETS' FIELD.
Entrance to Biggest Baso
bnll Stsdium In the World.
rn" "iirim-rrmmsrsM it
Photo1 by American Press Association.
Th above Is from a snapshot of tho
advance guard of tho 20,000 fans who saw
Ebbets' field. Brooklyn, opened Saturday
with an exhibition game between the
Yanks and Urooklyns.
STRIKE RIOTS IN BUFFALO.
Militia May Be Called to Quell Trolley
Men and Sympathizers.
Buffalo, N. Y April 7. After a day
of turmoil and rioting the city of Buf
falo is without street car service as
the result of a strike begun by tho em
ployees of the International Railway
company. Tho union officials assort
that more than two-thirds of tho 2,000
motonnen and conductors are out Tho
decision to quit work came nftcr an all
night meeting presided over by Wil
liam Fitzgerald, who secretly had been
organizing the men Into a branch of
the Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees. The strikers de
mand n revision of the working sched
ule, a flat rate of 32 cents an hour, time
and a half for overtime and recogni
tion of the union.
Tho strike was followed by scores of
riots throughout the city. Windows
were smashed, cars damaged and sev
eral persons hurt. The situation be
came so serious that in spite of efforts
by tho police tho service had to ho
abandoned. It Is thought the militia
will ho called out, although Chief Re
gan says ho Is able to control the situ
ation. Bands, of men paraded Main street,
some in uniform, others In civilian
dress. They spread Into side streets.
Sympathizers joined them. Many of
tho latter were in automobiles and tnx
icahs and sped from point to point.
Efforts were made to persuade non-
strlklng motormou nnd conductors to
abandon their cars. In a few Instances
numbers were torn from the hats of
men who manned the cars and signs
were turned to-read "Car house."
GUARDING LEVEES AT CAIRO.
Eighty-five Tons of Rations Distributed
Among Flood Survivors.
Cairo, 111., April 7. Although the wa
ter in the Mississippi river has not ris
en any within tho last twenty-four
hours, tho danger of tho levees break
ing has not been removed as yet, and
the same anxiety that has prevailed
for tho last few days still exists. Ev
ery effort is being made to strengthen
the levees lest seepage get through
them or a high wind como up that
would dash the w.ater against the lev
ees, causing theni to break nnd flood
the city.
Five hundred men were put to work
by the Big Four railroad on tho levees
at Mound City, which is still In danger
of being flooded, nnd the orders are
that they shall remain unceasingly nt
their work until all danger Is removed.
Tho flood sufferers were given relief,
Adjutant General Dickson beginning
the work of distributing cighty-flve
tons of supplies ho had brought here.
INDICTS 56 MEN FOR ARSON.
Chicago Grand Jury Says Crime Is
Organized There.
Chicago, April 7. Fifty per cent of
nil tho fires In Chicago aro of Incen
diary origin, and tho dishonesty of
tcrtain public firo lnsuranco adjusters
and tho laxity in business methods of
tho fire lnsuranco companies aro re
sponsible for tho widespread growth
of arson as an organized business, ac
cording to the report of tho special
grand Jury.
Tho Jury returned fifty-nlno Indict
ments, containing 250 charges, against
fifty-six men. Thirty-ono alleged in
cendlary Ares, lu which the Insurance
aggregated more than $1,000,000, are
Involved In tho indictments.
Tho Jury declared that arson has be
come an organized business In Chicago,
Tho report criticised tho firo Insurance
companies for lax methods.
Legacy For Mrs. Long worth.
Taunton, Mass., April 7. Mrs, Nicho
las Longworth; daughter of Colonel
Roosevelt, is the beneficiary in the es
tate of Alice R. Haskell, late of New
Bedford.
SOUTH CANAAN.
South Canaan, April 7.
The funeral of Loren Enslln of
Gravity was hold Tuesday at the M.
E. church at 11 o'clock, tho Advent
minister -officiating. Interment In
tho East cemetery. Dccoased died
Saturday, March 29, aged 43 years.
Ho is survived by his wife and four
children namely, Floyd, Mrs. Wm.
Hawk, Carrie, and R. J., who Is in
tho Hahnemann hospital suffering
from bronchial pneumonia. Ho is
survived by his aged father, Enos
Enslln, of Varden, also the following
brothers and sisters, Mrs. Albert
Jenkins, Mrs. Joseph Cobb, Mrs. Wm.
Schenck, of South Canaan, Mrs. Al
bert Jones of Matamoras; Asher of
Oneonta, N. Y.; Arthur' of Varden;
Seymour of Virginia ,and the follow
ing half brothers and sisters, Mrs.
Howard Shaffer, of Scranton, Sadie,
Norman and Joe of Varden. Tho
relatives have the sympathy of tho
community.
Anna Whalen, of Carbondale, has
been visiting at Chas. Hotzel's.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Rico havo
moved to Waymart where Mr. Rice
will work on F. R. Varcoo's farm,
Cora Kauffman spent Saturday
and Sunday at Scranton.
Mrs. M. E. Wells has purchased
now horse, buggy and harness.
STERLING.
Wo aro sorry to say Mrs. P. W.
Gillner does not improve.
Mrs. Everett Stevens has been ill
for some time but is now on. tho gain.
Susan Cross is teaching at Waver
ly, but is now homo for a few days.
Most of the Sterling schools havo
closed this week and Friday night
Margaret M. Howe's grammar school
pupils gave an entertainment at tho'
I. O. O. F. hall. The Zion school
pupils also gave a dialogue after
which a hand social followed.
A Mr. Ansley is doing, the plumb
ing work at the parsonage and ex
pects to finish this week.
Wo are badly in arrears on our
minister's salary and but two Sun
days more beforo conference.
Notwithstanding the price of "high
living," the merchants in this sec
tion aro trying to see how cheap
they can sell goods, sugar for in
stance. For some time past Eloda Deckard
has been quite ill and does not im
prove. BEACH LAKE.
Beach Lake, April 7.
The L. T. L. was hold In the M.
w. cnurcn DTiuay evening; aiso u
Dusiness meuune oi uio ipworiu
League was held after the L. T
service.
Henrietta Budd spent Friday
evening with Bernice 'Dunn.
Harry Spry and Sadlo Wilson at
tended the play at tho Lyric on
Thursday night.
John 'Downing, John Lozo, Grace
Gregory, Lola Richards and Frances
Downing, who attend tho Honesdale
High school, spent Saturday and
Sunday at this place.
John Gregory, Sr., attended tho
funeral of Samuel Pethick at Tyler
Hill on Friday.
The smallpox quarantine was tak
en from the home of iHIram D. Wood
on Friday and will soon bo taken
from that of Mrs. Mclntyre.
Rev. Wm. J. Seymour will preach
his farewell sermon Sunday evening,
April 13th. He will start for confer
ence, the following Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Davey are
spending tho week-end with their
son, William, of Chestnut Lake
Mrs. John Gregory Is indisposed.
PAUPACK.
Sunday school was organized on
Sunday, March 30, with the follow
ing officers: Isabel Williams, super
intendent; Louise Vetterleln, assist
ant superintendent; Edith Gumble,
secretary; Blanche M. Fowler, assist
ant secretary; Anna Stelnman,
treasurer; Gertrude Fowler, assist
ant treasurer; Anna Steinman, or
ganist; Hilda Vetterleln, assistant
organist; Anna Steinman and Ger
trude Fowler, collectors; Mrs. H,
Fowler, librarian; teachers: Isabel
Williams, Bible class; Louise Vetter
loin, intermediate class; Franc
Pellett, assistant teacher; Mrs. H
Fowler, primary class; Hilda Vetter
leln, assistant teacher.
Mrs. Fowler entertained the L. A.
S. Thursday.
Mary Ansley returned homo Wed
nesday after an extended visit.
Miss E. B. Killam is away on a
business trip.
Dan Smith is trimming tho or
chard on the Bennett place.
Mr. and Mrs. Altemus and daugli
tor, of Hawley, called at W. Vetter
leln's Thursday afternoon.
FORD
AUT0M0BIL
One Ford Automobile
sold every 45 seconds.
of the
vou one
purchasers?
If you are thinking of
buyinga FORD CAR place
your order with a Ford
agent at once.
F. C. Bortree
ARIEL.) PA.
Distributor for Wayne Go,
MRS. JACaUES FTJTRELIE.
Widow of Titanic Victim Will
Strew Flowers on tho Ocean.
Mrs. Futrella and several other women
bereft of husbands and relatives plan to
sail from Boston on April 13 and be on
the scene of the Titanic disaster about
2:15 on the mornlns of Aprl' 16, the anni
versary of the disaster. It Is the Inten
tion to toss baskets of flowers on the
spot where the liner went down.
WOMEN TERRORIZE ENGLAND.
Suffragettes Use Torch, Smash Shop
Windows and Cut Telephone Wires.
London, April 7. Devotees of the
turf in England and Scotland aro In
a state of terror because of tho at
tempts made by militant suffragettes
to burn the grand stands at two
courses. The fine grand stand of the
Ayr course, Scotland, was destroyed
b flan)eg sct b tho mlUtants. The
.,m ofnt,,,
attempt to burn the new stand of the
Kelso course, nlso In Scotland, was
frustrated.
Two women wero caught redhanded
in the second nttempt, and oil soaked
rags and other Inflammable material
wero found under the stand all ready
for the placing of tho torch that would
have fired them.
Glasgow was visited by the rioting
militants, and many shop windows
wore smashed. Including those of tho
Labor exchange. Telephone wires
wore cut at Llantarnam, in Monmouth
shire; letter boxes were destroyed In
Liverpool. Newcastle's public flower
beds wore demolished and letter boxes
burned and otherwise destroyed In
London.
POLICE CUNS KILL THIEVES.
Two Youths Entering Store Fired on
by Ambushed Policemen.
Greenville, S. C, April 7. Breaking
into the basement of a dry goods store
here, Leonard Smith, seventeen, and
Rowley Martin, twenty-one years old,
wero shot to death by three policemen
concealed in the place in anticipation
of robbers. One of tho latter was se
verely wounded.
According to the story of the police
men at the inquest, tho youths ad
vanced into tho store masked, flourish'
Ing pistols and flashing pocket lan
terns, and opened Are upon being or
dered to throw up their hands. Ex
amination of the revolvers showed that
Smith had fired once, Martin twice and
the policemen twelve times.
Smith belongs to a wealthy and
prominent Greenville family.
NEW DESTROYER AFLOAT.
Sponsor a Relative of Silas Duncan,
Whose Name Craft Bears.
Qulncy, Mass., April 7. The torpedo
boat destroyer Duncan was launched
at tho yard of the Fore River Shipping
company. Mlsa Dorothy Clark, a rcla
tlvo of Commander Silas Duncan, for
whom tho vessel was named, acted as
sponsor.
The Duncan Is 350 feet long and dls
places 1,010 tons. She carries a battery
of four four-Inch guns and four eight-
een-lnch twin torpedo tubes. The ves
sel will bo propelled by two turbines
and two reciprocating engines of 10,000
horsepower, giving her a speed of 20
knots.
PASTOR OF 98 PREACHED.
Old Minister Substituted For One Who
Is Absent.
MIddletown, N. Y., April 7. The Rov,
O. P. Crandall, who Is ninoty-elght
years old, preached in the Methodist
Episcopal church at Ridgebury, Or-
augo county, yesterday.
Mr. Crandall is also a member of tho
conference, but did not attend. Ho
agreed to proach for tho regular pas
tor, no Is halo nnd hearty.
Bears Twenty-four Pounds of Twins.
Alpena, Mich., April 7. With the
birth of twin sons to Mr. and Mrs,
John Ladouso tho record for largo chll
dren was broken In Alpena. Each
child weighed twelve pounds. Tho
parents aro of average size. Mrs. La-
douse Is twenty-eight years old and is
the mother of Ave other children.
Weather Probabilities.
Fair today; tomorrow unsettled and
Harmer; moderate northwest wind.
Walter A. Wood, The One Best Harrow.
This harrow is made
steel and while light will stand up under very
hard conditions. Notice the three points of
draught. Also the spring trips on levers.
Price on 17 tooth size $17.00
Wo also have in stock, Lansing Coil Spring Harrows, Adriance Wheel
Harrows, Walter A. Wood Disc Harrows, Old Reliable Perry Harrows,
Spike Harrows.
We keep n full line of repairs for all harrows wo sell.
Everything for the Farm.
b:g fire near gouldsboro
REV
. J. M. SMELTZER, FORMER
OF .CITIZEN STAFF, LOSES
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Modern Barn Consumed Death of
Mrs. Rice T. D. Spiegel Improv
ing Other Interesting Ncw's
Items.
Gouldsboro, April 7. Consider
able .excitement was caused here Fri
day afternoon by the 'Are at Sunny-
crest, located on tho Hager farm, a
couple of miles east of town, when
tho new barn containing modern
barn improvements, size 50 by 110
feet, with concrete Aoors, stalls, etc.,
was burned to the ground with all
Its contents, including, hay, grain,
valuable farming machinery and Im
plements, wagons, harnesses, Bleighs,
etc.; also a storage room containing
tho household goods of J. M. Smelt
zer. A new large silo and Ice house
was also destroyed. Fortunately all
the live stock was saved. The origin
of tho fire is a mystery. There was
no Are In any of tho buildings nor
do any of the employees smoke. The
firo was flrst seen by Mrs. George
Johnson, who lives in one of the farm
houses. She hastened to give the
alarm to the Superintendent and
Manager, S. W. Eilenberger, who
was at a distant point on the farm All
the other men were away at the
time. The Are was seen almost as
soon at Gouldsboro and men rushed
there as fast "as possible but too late
to save anything but tho stock. The
wind was very strong, but the other
buildings wero not endangered. The
total amount of loss will be several
thousand dollars. The exact loss
and insurance cannot bo learned un
til Mr. Hager arrives from New York.
Mrs. M. E. Smith visited her uncle,
Captain Patrick DeLacy, who has
been very ill at his home on Ca
pouse avenue, Scranton, for several
weeks. His condition is very critical
and but little hopes aro entertained
for his recovery.
Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Robinson have
been spending sevaral days with
Wllkes-Barre friends.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
E. church will serve a Dime dinner
at the I. O. O. F. hall from 11:30 to
1:30 Wednesday, April 9th.
Clinton Spiegel, of West Pittston,
A. Merton Spiegel, of Wilkes-Barre,
and Adelbert Spiegel, of scranton,
wero called homo on Wednesday by
tho critical illness of their father, J.
D. Spiegel, of Thornhurst, tho
Gouldsboro-Thornhurst stago driver.
A few days beforo his Illness, Mr.
Spiegel slightly hurt one of his Ang
ers while moving a box on tho stage.
Blood poisoning followed, but at
this writing he is some better.
Mrs. S. S. Hager has been visiting
her son, Dr. A. E. Hager, at Taylor.
John Fahoy, the Lackawanna sta
tion agent, was tendered a surprise
birthday party ono evening last
week. A number of young people
were present and a most delightful
evening was enjoyed by Ml.
Mrs. M. E. Smith and Mrs. G. A.
Kerllng attended the funeral of Mrs.
A. Rice at Plymouth on Wednesday,
April 2. Mrs. Rice died at tho homo
of her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Major,
1700 Ridge Row, Scranton, where
she had gone a few weeks previous
owing to poor health. Mrs. Rico was
well known throughout this section
as Mrs. Frank Smith. She lived hero
In tho early seventies and moved
from hero to Plymouth where Mr,
Smith died about thirty years ago.
She later married Mr. Rico and is
survived by her husband and two
daughters, Mrs. A. L. Major, of
Scranton, and Miss May Smith, of
Plymouth. Tho funeral was largely
attended and tho many beautiful
floral tributes expressed the love and
esteem in which she was held. The
Rorvlces wero conducted by Rev,
Johns of the Plymouth M. E. church.
Interment was made In the Rico
family plot at Dallas. The pall
bearers wero six nephews of tho do
ceased: Dr. Harrison, of Plains; Dr,
Wilkinson of Doranceton; J. F. Se
ward, of Doranceton; Luther Smith
of Wllkes-Barre: L. it. Fitzgeraio,
Wllkes-Barro, and Charles Hopt of
Doranceton, Tho breaved family
havo tho sympathy of their many
friends here.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infanta and Children.
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Honesdale, Pa.
HOW'S TH187
Wo offer One Hundred' Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for tho last 16 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
In all business transactions and fi
nancially able to carry out any. ob
ligations made by his firm.
Walalng, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonial) sent free.
Price 76 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggsts.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation. HAWLEY.
Frank E. Van Loan, of Wilkes
Barre, is spending a few days in
town.
Mrs. .Dorothy Sutter, of Academy
street, who has been ill, is on thS
gain.
George Hazleton, of Arlington,
was a business caller hero on Thurs
day. Miss Agnes Solverson, who has
been visiting with friends hero, re
turned to Stroudsburg on Thursday,
whore she will resume her studies at
the state normal school.
"El A TVTo rtr 1 a r f TITo nla ci won ti n
huu uao uccu in j.ui lud paoi, 1.0 vn
days, has recovered.
E. C. Schultz, of Scranton, deputy
revenue collector for this district,
urn a n Imi atti occt nnllor 4n tnwn rn
Thursday.
David Solverson, of Maple avenue,
spent Thursday in Scranton.
Curt James, of Bohemia, was a
business caller hero recently.
r unit 1 rs. iif'wiH Miiriiiiiri. ii
Westcolang, visited with friends here
on Thursday.
WHITE MILLS.
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day party sociable was held at tn
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knorr.
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ion is that they multiplied by tw
and three and even by Ave thel
years, and of course tho ladies wor
pleased.
dies In the afternoon, and thoy use
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had been prepared for tho occasloi
A soap party was neia in uie evei
lng, and this was in many ways
great a surprise.
Refreshments were served, merr
ment was tho order of the day an
though the house was crowded, a
reported a good time.
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