The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, April 29, 1913, Image 1

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THE CITIZEN.
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Tho Citizen is n "Community Pa
per With Community Interests Wo
Reach tho People.
A Series of Exclusive Adi xhag
Talks Will Appear in Tills'
Each Monday.
71st YEAR. --NO. 35
HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1913.
PRICE 2
Hiper
PITTSBURG CITIZENS PROTEST
IN MASS MEETING
HEAD OF SCHOOLS NOT WANTED
THERE AND LODGES TAKE
ACTION FOR HIS REMOVAL
Thousands Sign Petition Heeter
Abandons Speech in Sharon After
Newspaper Warning- Children
Parado Streets.
Pittsburgh, April 2& "Hid the city
of Heeter," was the slogan of 20,000
citizens of Pittsburgh who assoinbled
nt various mass meetings hero In pro
test against the retention of Superin
tendent of Pittsburgh Schools S. L.
Heeter.
Although ho was recently acquitted
by a jury of serious churgea mado by
Ethel Ivy Fisher, seventeen years old,
a former nurse nt the Heeter home, bo
Is under chnrges Involving two other
A mass meeting was held by the
parents of the children nttendlng tho
McCnndles and McCIeary schools at
the Epiphany baseball grounds, Fifty
second street Tho fooling against
Heeter is especially strong In that
section of the city. At the meeting
thousands signed a potltion for the re
moval of the school superintendent
Various lodges of the Junior Order
nf Amnripnn Afsrnntiia hnvn nmrvrwl
resolutions of protest nsralnst the re
tention of Heeter. Tho latest councils
of that fratornnl organization to adopt
rpsnlntlnnR of nrotoat worn Stnnilnrd
No. G2 nnd Twin City No. C2. These
resolutions were sent to David B. Oli
ver, president of the board of educa
tion, whoso protege Heeter Is. The
full strength of the Oliver machine is
being exerted in Heetcr's behalf.
In every case the resolutions have
been passed unanimously, nnd tho
aembers of the Junior O. U. A. M.
Ilomnnd that tho blight of nectcr's
name be removed from tho city
schools. Labor unions have also taken
faction In protest of Superintendent
leeter. The various organizations af
filiated with the International Moldcrs'
linlon not only protested against him,
but have refused to nllow their chll-
llren to nttend school so long as Hee
ler is retained as superintendent
Superintendent Hooter was scheduled
lo make an nddress at Sharon, Pa., a
Ihort distance from Pittsburgh, but
Aid not appear following a warning
In nn editorial printed in tho Sharon
Celegraph. The article voiced tho son
limcnt of the residents of western
I'ennsylvnnia nnd eastern Ohio, Su
perintendent Heeter did not go to
Enaron, saying mat "he aaa pressing
business In Pittsburgh.'
It is now predicted that the conv
alttee named by the board to make
iqulry will take up the various scan-
lal reports and make public its find-
3gs. The members of tho commla
Hon refused to accept tho responslbll
ry of the inquiry unices they are per
iiltted to have power to conduct tho
rvestigatlon without Interference, and
aelr decision is to bo final in tho mat
er,
OAT AWAKES MASTEE.
feline Gets Owner Up When Factory
Whistle Blows.
Sharon, Pa., April 28. Mark Moeiler,
steel worker of near Fun-ell, would
ot trade his pet MaKcee cat for tho
est alarm clock over invented. Ho
ouches for the story that within the
1st year he has not onco arrived lato
his work, while beforo Tom caino
Ito tho family circle ho -was frequent-
tardy.
iMocllor's cat wakens him every
iorning nt 0 o'clock, and If ho turns
l-er for Just a few moro winks tho
lline begins clawing at tho covers un-
Moeller nrises.
IMoolIer used to have an alarm clock,
mietimes he would forget to wind It
e would oversleep nnd arrive late at
ork. There is n whistle at n factory
Ijse by, nnd tills ulways blows at 0
-lock. Tho cat knows when tho whis-
Ii blows it is tirno for Moeiler to arise,
id it Jumps on tho bod nnd stays
re until the sleeper is aroused.
?IRED BH0WNSVILLE SHOT.
sjjpro Confesses He Killed Prlverto
Lightfoot In 1006.
Sharon, Pa., April 28. Ernest Dye,
negro under arrest hero, in a con-
Isslon to tho police alleges ho shot
Id killed Private Lightfoot of tho
ilted States army In tho Brownsville
lex.) riots in 1000 nnd that ho killed
I policeman in WInston-Snlem, N. C,
1011.
Irbe uegro was arrested hero when,
Iter ho bad walked into tho police
litlon, ho attempted to drink poison.
Iio statements of tho prisoner were
It clear. Hp insisted, however, that
Everal persons, one named Green,
l;re being bold for tho murder of
Ightfoot at Brownsville.
BEE'S STING MAY BE FATAL.
laron Child In Critical State and Will
Probably Die.
fcharon, Pa., April 28. Stung by a
Imble bee a week ago, Clarence, four-
lir-old Bon of Thomas Montgomery of
Ili-vlcw township, Is In a critical con'
lion and will probably dlo.
short time after .the child was
ling be complained of feeling 111,
ten his arm began swelling, and
tod poisoning developed.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jackson, of
Dor Hill, were in Honesdale, Sat-
I lay, on legal business.
HONESDALE PRINTERS
LOOKING FOR POINTERS.
The National Printing, Pub
lishing, Advertising' and Allied
Trades' Exposition at the Grand
Central Palace, New York City, end
ed last Saturday, April 26. It prov
ed to bo the greatest success of its
kind ever held from the fact It had
the greatest display of everything'
peruuuiug iu uie prmuuB un, repre-
sentatlve of the largest manufactur
ers of presses, folding,' stapling,
binding, electrotyping, type-setting,
type casting machines in the country.
Also paper manufacturers, printers'
supply houses with their hundreds
of various labor and cost saving de
vices everywhere in evidence as a
temptation to the craftsmen. One
of the striking features of the big
show was the various makes of auto
presses constantly in operation which
seems almost human as once given
the power they do their own feeding
and print entirely without the as
sistance of a mechanic. This display
together with the linotype and mono
type machines proved to be the
largest drawing card. From the
editor to the devil, together with
thousands of men, women and chil
dren, there was an intermingling of
good fellowship, all anxious to grasp
ideas of what wonderful results can
be and were actually accomplished
at the exposition and elsewhere.
Another feature worthy of mention
was large presses in operation, es
pecially the large two-color Miehle
press printing thousands of the ex
hibition number. This fine illus
trated magazine in colors was the
work of Zeese-Wilkinson Co., New
York; also H. Hinzo Machinery Co.'s
Caxton presses are deserving of men
tion for the handsome samples of
three-color work they were printing
and distributing. This exhibit also
distributed beautiful half-tone en
gravings of President Woodrow Wil
son. The Goss Comet press issued na-
pers each day for free samples of
what this press can do.
Tho Mergenthaler Linotype Co.'s
exhibit was a credit to the show.
The Citizen has one of these ma
chines and sets up their paper each
issue from it.
Honesdale printing offices were
represented as follows:
The Wayne Independent, Editor
B. F. Haines, Foreman Grant C.
Tallman and William Haggerty; Var
coe Printing House, Edward Varcoe;
Citizen Publishing Co., Floyd A.
Thompson, linotype operator, and
Foreman Chas. L. Bassett.
Surely no one would ever care to
hear of printing as a lost art when
It is conceded without printing that
the world's progress would drop
back five centuries and
from tho fact that representa
tives from Honesdale had the Dleas-
uro of witnessing the great advance
ment in their respective following
they all feel benefited by their visit
10 me exnmition and feel assurred
of no such calamity while the pres
ent world exists.
Editor B. F. Haines. Grant P..
Tallman and Wm. Haggerty of the
wuyne independent, and Chas. L.
Bassett of The Citizen, were shown
through the American Press Associa
tion's large plant. This courtesy of
Mr. E. C. Potter, the general mana
ger, snail long be remembered.
WILLIAM TEACHMAN INJURED.
William Teachman. whlln nnprn r.
ing a power auger in the McKannn
cooperage last Saturday morning,
met with a painful accident.
He was evidentlv standing tnn
close to the machine as his shirt
sleeve became entancled in a sorow
on tho auger and before tho belt
couiu oe tnrown off Mr. Teachman
was drawn into the revolving augers.
'Ho was badly cut about the face
wnere the head of the 'screw struck
mat part of his person. His cloth
ing was torn in shreds. Mr. Teach.
man, however, was able to walk to
Dr. P. B. Petersen's office, whern
the wounds were dressed.
Ho was certainly fortunate in es
caping more serious injury.
MADE FOREMAN OF PLANT.
Thomas F. Gallacher. former iHr-
trlct manager of tho Honesdale di
vision of tho Consolidated Tele
phones of Pennsylvania, writes us
that ho has bqen appointed foreman
of plant of said company In Scranton.
He says, however, ho will mako
Honesdale his home for some time
at least or after reorganization of
mo company, which is still in tho re
ceiver's hands. Owing to a largo
amount of new work in Scranton Mr.
Gallagher claims that he has been
obliged to postpone his leave of ab
sence until ho has become accustom
ed to his new duties that of plant
loreman. his neaith, he says, is
much better.
HONESDALE IS ALL RIGHT.
Fort Scott, Kan., April 23, 1913.
Editor Citizen:
What is the matter with Hones
dale? Is It possible you have been
getting along all these years without
any paving wading in the mud. As
Martin Cauneld says, "the way to
pave is to pave."
Our town, Fort Scott, a town not
much larger than Honesdale, with a
less number of factories, and no more
wealth, has eight or ten miles of
streets paved with vitrified brick.
and this work has been done without
money from saloon licenses.
Moral: Close your saloons.
Yours truly,
R. A. WILLIAMS.
SALE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN FUNERAL.
' A Monticello woman could not bo
prevailed upon to go to the funeral
of her sister last week because there
was to be an auction in town the
following day, and she couldn't at
tend both without tiring herself out,
and she must attend the auction,
funeral or no funeral, you just bet.
That is a very sad prise, and while It
may have its humorous side it has
its pathetic side as well, and as the
pathetic Is so much greater than the
humorous, it is tearful.
EAGLES INITIATE MANY NEW
MEMBERS
G. It. RALPH, CAPTAIN OF
SCRANTON DEGKEE TEAM
INITIATES 70 MEMBERS.
They Had n Fine Time Eagles' Or
chestra Furnished Music nnd Many
From Scranton Attended Local
Order Now Hns 210 Members.
The Honesdale Aerie of Eagles,
No. 1S5S, Initiated a class of seventy
six new members into the mysteries
of the order on Sunday afternoon at
their hall on Seventh street. G. R.
Ralph, of Scranton, Captain of the
degree team, composed of nineteen
members of the Scranton Aerie, No.
314, Fraternal Order of Eagles, had
charge of the initiation of the large
class which comprised several of the
most prominent business men and
citizens of Honesdale. A large num
ber of Scranton Eagles attended.
Yesterday afternoon the prepar
ations by the Honesdale lodge for the
entertainment of their guests wa3
excellent and everybody had a fine
time. The Eagles' orchestra furnish
ed music for the occasion.
Elaborate preparations for a big
event tonight have been made by the
officers in charge, for the entertain
ment of the newly elected members.
At this meeting plans will be laid
for organizing another class, when
the local order expect to close their
charter and raise tho initiation fee.
The Honesdale Aerie now has a
membership of over two -hundred,
making It one of the strongest or
ganizations in the county. The of
ficers are: William Balles, past wor
thy president; Thomas Solomon,
president; Joseph Schiessler, vice
president; P. W. Slater, secretary;
Fred Corey, treasurer; Henry Ro
dine, chaplain: Lewis Waener. in
side guard; Edward Warwick, out
side guard.
REQUEST TO HELP OHIO'S SUF
FERERS.
Fred W. Kreitner, president of
the Greater Honesdale Board of
Trade, is in receipt of a letter from
the president of the Chamber of
Commerce, Columbus, Ohio, asking
that the town, of Honesdale contrib
ute something for tho benefit of the
ill-fated survivors of the flooded dis
trict in our sister state.
All who can should give to help
those in dire need of money. Con
tributions sent to F. W. Kreitner,
Honesdale, Pa., will be given prompt
attention.
FELL AND FRACTURED BOTH
WRISTS.
Miss Maggie Smith, who conducts
a, small notion store on Fifth street.
fell while descending the steps of- St'..
wary Aiagoaien's church Sunday
evening at 8:30 and fractured both
wrists. She also received two scalp
wounds. Dr. P. F. Griffin was called,
reduced the fracture and took four
stitches in her forehead. Miss Smith
is an invalid, being able however, to
go about on crutches.
SOLD COTTAGE AT LAUREL LAKE
B. H. Dlttrlch, manager of tho
Lyric theatre, who with his family
for the past few years have summer
ed on the shores of beautiful Laurel
Lake, sold his log cabin-cottage, ca
noe and other belongings to Mr. Mat
chell, of New York City, who re
cently bought Laurel Lake and the
House that bears its name. The deal
was consummated on Saturday.
HONESDALE A TRADING CENTER
For several years, and more es
pecially tho past few years, Hones
dale has becomo quite a trading cen
ter. Parties from out-of-town come
to Honesdale from all points in au
tomobiles, by train or wagon to
trade. The stores in Honesdale of
fer an excellent selection of goods
and the prices are right. Shoppers
will have to go quite a distance be
foro they will nnd as large and var
ied a stock to select from as is right
hero in Honesdale. Patron'zo your
nome mercnant.
Clean up week May 5.
Horace Greeley onco said, "The way to resume is to resume"
In'tbls H. G, was right. Ho usually was.
The way to do anything is to do that thing.
For example:
THE WAY TO BOOM IS TO BOOM
This docs not mean running around In circles and yelling your bead off.
The only thing boomed by that method is the dippy house.
The war to boom a town la by intelligent and united effort
Use printer's ink and Uncle Barn's postomce.
TALK for the town, WRITE letters for tho town, get the local papers to
ROOT for the town.
Write to individuals and Arms seeking a now location. Tell them what
advantages this burg has to offer.
Publicity Means Progress.
Let the world know this town is on the map.
PRESBYTERY APPROVES
WORK OF SUNDAY.
Scranton. At the session of the
Lackawanna Presbytery, in session
last week, at the Washburn Street
Presbyterian church, West Scranton,
Rev. A. J. Kerr, D. D., of Wilkes
Barre, put his stamp of approval on
the work of Rev. "Billy" Sunday
during his soven weeks' campaign
.i it. ixi.i . i imCT. .
there. He t6ld of the great Impetus
that had been given Bible study and
the formation of classes among the
people of his own church and oth
ers. There was a spirited election on
Wednesday morning for clerical and
lay commissioners to attend the gen
eral assembly to be held this year
at Atlanta, Ga., May 5. The follow
ing clergymen were elected:
Rev. G. W. Bull, D. D., ot the
First Presbyterian church, Scranton;
Rev. James Lelshman, Dunmore;
Rev. A. M. Brown, Plymouth; Rev.
A. J. Kerr, D. D., Wllkes-Barre.
Alternates Rev. W. S. Welnrick,
Canton, Pa.; Rev. R. B. Culp, Shick
shinny; Rev. A. G. Cameron, Syl
vanla; Rev. R. A. Rinker, Plttston.
Elders L. A. Stephens, Wash
burn Street church; James A. Linen,
First church, Scranton; A. W.
Swatell, Sayre; W. J. Ward, Hones
dale. Alternates F. B. Dimmlck, Union
dale; J. V. Taylor, Wyaluslng; J. H.
Gritman, Carbondale.
Resolutions were adopted to the
effect that beforo any candidate is
admitted to the Presbytery that an
investigation bo mado into his char-j
acter, his standing in the community
from which ho comes, and his edu
cational qualifications. These reso
lutions will be sent to the general
assembly when it meets in Atlanta,
with a view of having them incor
porated into the rules governing the
Presbyteries throughout the coun
try. If the candidates do not come
up to the qualifications required of
those taking their first orders in the
chuch, they will not be admitted un
til one year shall have passed or un
til they are able to pass the exami
nation that is required of an original
applicant. The object of the resolu
tions is to make a certain standard
of educational qualifications for
every one entering the Presbytery.
As a result of this ruling, a few of
the applicants will be compelled to
spend another year at college before
they will be admitted to the Presb'y
teryi, Two were admitted to exami
nation. They were Rev. T. W. Davis
of Ulster, Pa., and Rev. John E.
Pritchard, of Bethany, Wayne coun
tp. Rev. J. J. Hankin made a very
interesting report on temperance,
urging the churches to more liberal
gifts to the General Assembly's tem
pernncGKCommittee which is doing a
splendid work.
. A plea for Presbyterian parents to
iiW:raBe their sons to enter the
ministry and an interesting state
ment on the work accomplished by
mo college noard or tne Presbyterian
church were tho principal subiects
of two addresses delivered at Tues
day night's meeting of Presbytery.
The first subject was elaborated
on by Rev. John R. Tuttle. D. D..
of York, who is a member of the
special committee of the Presbyter
ian cnurcn appointed to assist in in
creasing the membership of the min
istry. Rev. Robert MacKenzIe, sec
retary of the Presbyterian college
board, told of the work of that body
in increasing the number of Presby
terian colleges In tho United States
trom twenty to sixty-six
Dr. Tuttle spoke on "A Crisis In
the Kingdom," and in asking parents
to encourage their sons in Joining
the ranks of the ministry, ho pointed
out the nobleness of that calling and
.stated that leaders in God's kingdom
will always bo found herein. Ho
stated that there are not nnnnc-h
ministers in the country to fill all
the pulpits of the church and gave as
a reason for this condition the lack
or interest displayed by parents.
George C. Williams, reader and
Impersonator, entertained a largo
auaionce at tne st. John's Lutheran
church Thursday evening. It was an
excellent entertainment and high
class in every particular. Tho pro
ceeds will bo used for the support of
me cnurcn
1. 0. 0, F. MEN TO CELEBRATE
94th ANNIVERSARY
THE BIG AFFAIR WILL BE CELE
BRATED TONIGHT IN THEIR
HALL ON MAIN STREET.
,,,, .,,, cnrviPa tim Unnn. 1
iho Annum beruccs lor tno lloncs-
dnlo Order AVns Held in Grace i
Episcopal Church Sunday Evening
anil Rev. AVldttnkcr Preached.
The members of Freedom Lodge,
I. O. O. F., No. 188, will celebrate
their ninety-fourth anniversary this
evening in their rooms in the Inde
pendent building at a banquet from
six to eight o'clock. The banquet
will be followed by a special musi
cal program. The anniversary com
mittee comprising Messrs. J. A. Bo
die, M. E. Simons, C. C. Gray, R. J.
Miller and A. C. Lindsay have com
pleted arrangements for one of tho
most elaborate occasions in the hlB
tory of the Honesdale order. Sun
day evening Rev. A. L. Whittaker of
the Grace Episcopal church, preach
ed an eloquent sermon especially for
the Odd Fellows of Honesdale. The
members of the local order attended
in a body. The occasion was the an
nual services of the Honesdale lodge.
Rev. Whittaker said in part:
"To the Odd Fellows of Honesdale
and Wayne county and any visiting
members we give most hearty wel
come. Many if not most of you are
faithful members of various Chris
tian congregations. All of you by
the very foundation principles of
your order are in hearty sympathy
with the objects for which tho
Church of Jesus Christ stands. So
wo are not, in welcoming you here
tonight, extending the hand of recon-
cilation to those that are estranged,
but looking into tho faces of broth
ers whose interests aro identical with
our own, whose earnestness is unmis
takable, whose power is for good Is
as evident as your willingness to use
it. Let me speak to you briefly to-
nignt of the sort of loyalty wo men
owo to our common Master, Jesus
Christ, and of the value to the place
where we live of such loyalty. Most
J. . . .
oi us were present me omer evening,
at the formal opening of the Gurney
Electric Elevator Works. It was an
inspiring sight. that building so
perrectly appointed, that so thor
oughly organized and trained force
of men, and the townspeople gather
ed to show their good will. Such
gatherings of our citizens are dis
tinctly contributory to the moral and
spiritual health of the town. Are
you surprised to hear me use those
adjectives "moral" and "spiritual?"
in connection with a meeting of our
citizens in a place of business to of
fer our congratulations to the man
agers of that business? But I do feel
that the very being together In one
place with a common purpose of
good was significant for "the moral
and spiritual health of our town.
"You ask whether a certain town
is a good place in which to live and
one of the things which you will not
neglect but which you will consider
of the utmost Importance is Just that
the spirit of the place. I wish to
speak tonight of the need, if there is
to be in a town the very best and
most helpful moral and spiritual at
mosphere, of a fine manly loyalty to
the principles and to the Person of
Jesus Christ.
"Let me take a text which will
serve to crystallze our thought.
Jesus said, 'Follow Me.' He said
that to the rich young ruler. He
said it to poor men like the fisher
men on the Sea of Galilee. He said
it to men whose lives were pure and
to men whose lives had been unholy.
Ho said it to men who had given
their spiritual instincts a chance and
to men who had stifled every better
thought.
"That 'Follow Me' of Jesus Christ
is a direct personal appeal to tho
men of to-day to all sorts of men,
to every man. Let no man say, that
sort of thing is not in my line. I
have to make a living, and that is all
that I have time to attend to. And
besides I am not that sort of a man.
Let the good men do that work. I
am a bad one, and could not help. I
should only hinder." Mathew was
precisely that sort of a man. You
can't mention a man in this town
who was moro sordid, more bent on
getting possession of the almighty
shekel and not at all particular how
he got it. Ho had no public spirit
not a particle. He was all for Mat
thew, and for no one elso. Ho was
out for Matthew's good and for no
one's else's. He was one of the most
unlikely men In all Palestine to take
after Jesus Christ.
"Jesus Christ was no one-sided,
anaemic, visionary and unpractical
sort of a man. He was very real
and very everyday, with a message
of good for tho higher life for the
men He met day by day. The blood
reached to ills brain and it expanded
and warmed His great heart. It
mado Him enouch of a man to he
willing to die for a good cause. Take
your heroes who have under tho ex
citement, it may have been, of the
moment, been ready to go to tho
stake or the gallows for their native
land or for human freedom. Jesus
Christ was the Prince of them all.
And He has been given to men as
the One great divinely raised-up spir
itual Leader, Men need leadership
in the spiritual Held, It Is tho hard
est field, In somo respects, of all to
till. It Is the most universally neces
sary, for It means the highest de
velopment of manhood.
"So some of us need dynamiting
spiritually. It 1s natural and desir
able that wo should pay attention to
the spiritual side of our nature. The
man who does not do that is one
sided and shallow. I do not care
who he may bo. He is in danger of
disaster himself, and will surely by
his example injuriously affect those
about him. His influence will be bad
in his own home, In, his place of
business, and in tho town. Wher
ever he is, he will carry an atmos
phere of contagion. Ho will stand
for an absence of soma of the things
(Continued on Page Bight.)
STEG.MAYER GRAVE&fTPTIAJj.
Earl W. Stegmayer, son of Prof,
and Mrs. J. J. Stegmayer, formorly
of this place, now of Elmlra, N. Y.,
and Miss Elsie Irene Graves were
married April 19, at the bride's
homo by Rev. William F. Meyer, In.
Bennington, Vt.
Tho matron of honor was Mrs.
Mabel Oraves- ot Orelander, Fla:,
,ijn. nii,ilrl rwr,. nmrnm
widow of Calbralth Perry Rogers,
the famous aeroplano pilot, who lost
his life last summer while on a 2,-000-mlle
flight. The best man was
William H. Schudt, of Troy, N. Y.
The Knickerbocker Press gives
a very elaborate account of the wed
ding. It says, "the bride is a charm
ing and popular young woman, a
leader in local society and tho
wealthy daughter of Fred Orson
Graves, former president of the First
National Bank at Bennington. The
bridegroom is manager of a store in
Elmlra, iN. Y. After a two months'
European trip Mr. and Mrs. Steg
mayer will be at home In Elmlra." ;
Mr. Stegmayer's many Honesdale
friends are elated to learn of hiss
matrimonial venture and extend,
heartiest congratulations for a happy
and prosperous life.
FOR DECENCY AND HEALTH.
Next week is clean up week. We
ask all citizens who own or occupy
property adjacent to the railroad
tracks to remove rubbish and ashes
therefrom and make it neat and
clean, that strangers coming in on
trains may gain a good inpresslon of
the town at first sight.
Honesdale Improvent Ass'n.
Deatii of Mrs. Bridget O'Rourko.
Mrs. Bridget O'Rourke, widow of
Michael O'Rourke, and mother of
Rev. M. F. O'Rourke, of Athens, Pa.,
died Thursday afternoon at her
home at Scranton after an illness of
a few weeks. A few days ago Mrs.
O'Rourkp showed some improvement
and there were hopes of her recov
ery, but there was a sudden change
and she rapidly declined until death
occurred. Besides her son. Rev.
Father O'Rourke, three other sons
and four daughters survive, Clar-
Will T- -." "
on, ui v uKtss-nurre, c. oi
Hancock, N: Y.; John F., of Carbon-
dale; Mrs. Sauers, of Wllkes-Barre";
Mrs. P. F. Walker, of Carbondale;
Nellie and Rose, at home. Mrs.
O'Rourko formerly lived in Wayne
county and had a wide circle ot
friends.
Death of Alonzo Cnrpenterr
Alonzo Carpenter, aged seventy
eight years, formerly of Uniondale,
died Saturday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. George Jones, in
Pittsburg. He Is survived by his wife
and daughter, also by two sisters,
Mrs. Helen Churchill, of Uniondale,
and Mrs. Alerle. Perry, of Blakely,
and one brother. Freeman, of
Uniondale. The body -was' brought
to Uniondale Monday. Burial was
made in Uniondale.
CLEAN-UP WEEIC MAY 5.
Follow these rules or directions
and you will not only be happy but
will have accomplished your duty
clean-up week, which begins Mon
day, May 5 th.
Keep the flies away from the sick,
especially those ill with contagious
diseases. Kill every fly that strays
into the sick room. His body is cov
ered with disease germs.
Do not allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your premises.
All refuse which tends in any way
to fermentation, such as bedding
straw, paper waste and vegetable
matter should be disposed of or cov
ered with lime or kerosene oil.
Screen all food.
Keep all receptacles for garbage
carefully covered and the cans clean
ed or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault
or pit, screened or sprinkled with
lime, oil or other cheap prepara
tion. See that your sewage system is in
good order; that It does not leak, Is
up to date and not exposed to flies.
Pour kerosene Into the drains.
Cover food after a meal; burn or
bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for sale.
Screen all windows and doors; es
pecially tho kitchen and dining
room.
Burn pyrethrum powder in the
house to kill tho flies.
Don't forget if you see files, their
breeding placo is in nearby fllth. It
may be behind the door, under tho
table or in tho cuspidor.
If there is no dirt and fllth there
will be no flies.
If there is a nuisance in the neigh
borhood write at once to the health
department.
Spurred on by the Joint efforts of
the Honesdale Improvement Associa
tion members and health officials, the
big clean-up week appears already
to have won many converts.
HONESDALERS IN PARIS.
Tho Citizen is in receipt of the fol
lowing received from Miss Tllllo
Weiss, who with her sister, Mlsa
Carrie Weiss, are abroad:
Paris, April 14.
Did tho ears of Honesdale ring?
There was cause, for there was a
very happy meeting in Paris of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Young and Tillie
and Carrlo Weiss. The many friends
of Mr. Young will be pleased to hear
that he is looking remarkably well
and is enthusiastic over his fine trip
to Northern Africa and Sicily.
Honesdale, its people and its pros
pects wore fully discussed during
those pleasant hours, by tho four
loyal American citizens who shall
soon bo homeward bound, Cordially,
TILLIE WEISS.
VISITING AT SCRANTON'.
Among tho Honesdalers who
went to Scranton last Saturday wore
Mrs. M. J. McGowan, Miss Edith
Karslake, Mrs. J. Sam Brown, daugh
ter, Virginia, Misses Charlotte and
Anna Brown, Mr, and Mrs. John
Krantz and daughter.