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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913.
THE) CITIZEN
ScmMVcckly Founded 10 08; Weekly Founded 1814.
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FRIDAY,
THE IXDEPEXDEXT'S MUSEUM.
The Independent's list of
animals would not be
complete without that
green-eyed monster,
"JEALOUSY," a picture
of which is herein re
produced and which has captivated
the Independent.
The Independent, as usual, when
unable to sustain Its position on mat
ters of public importance, vents its
spleen on The Citizen, attempting to
vilify and abuse this paper, because
of its progre'sslve spirit. It Is evi
dently fearful and jealous of the
progress and influence the Citizen is
making in this community and
Wayne county.
The Citizen admits that it has two
carriers, but we pay them for deliv
ering the papers.
AXXEXATIOX OF TEXAS.
The annexation of Texas township
to the borough of Honesdale is right
along the line of true progressive
ness. The benefits that would be
derived are many and are worthy of
the taxpayers most earnest attention.
The school problem is one of the
most important and should be treat
ed In a business like manner. As
stated in Tuesday's issue of The Cit
izen Texas township is paying a
half-mill more than Honesdale,
while Seelyville, an independent dis
trict, is two and a half mills higher
than the school tax levy of this bor
ough. Is this not a strong argu
ment in favor of annexation? The
school houses of Texas township are
In a condition needy of repair. Why
should Texas expend additional
money on buildings that at the best
will last only a few years and then
more money will have to be spent
to place the school houses in further
repair- to comply with the school
code law? Ventilation, light and
sanitary conditions will require at
tention of the district. This can be
avoided by Texas township coming
into Honesdale. Taxpayers of Tex
as, are these facts not true?'
Whether or not Texas township
is to become a part of the Greater
Honesdale happy family rests with
the people of Texas themselves. The
matter of annexation has been dis
cussed in public meetings, through
The Citizen and by individuals. Some
parts of Texas township adjoining
the borough line have expressed
their willingness to come in and
have been received by a welcome
hand by Father Hone. Other sec
tions are seriously meditating and
wo feel safe to say that it will not
Te long before Miss Texas will be
come Infatuated with Father Hone
and bodily 'fall into his arms. An
nexation by piece meal is a slow
process although sure, the better
plan, however, is our opinion would
be to enter as a whole township.
A large town has a number of ad
vantages over a smaller place. There
is more business activity, more com
petition, more progressiveness among
the merchants, banks and others in
business. To have and maintain a
good solid town every kind of busi
ness must be firmly established, and
around these must be united people
working for the common good. No
town can stand still. It must either
go forward or decline, and it is up'
to you to say which it will bo.
When away from your home town
friends may inquire where you live
and it makes you feel Indignant if
they do not know where you live.
The census gives Honesdale a popu
lation of about 3,000 while strictly
speaking It should be 7,000. How
much longer are the residents of
this beautiful town going to with
stand this? It hurts Honesdale In
many different ways. Out-of-town
capitalists, manufacturers, show
bureaus and others look at the
3,000 inhabitants and that settles It
in their mind that Honesdale is a
small place, A town with over six
million dollars In Its banks, a town
Where a trolley road is in course of
construction, where paved streets
will soon be built, where tho best
school building In Northeastern
Pennsylvania Is located, where Its
industries are varied and the best
in the country this is tho town of
Honesdale. Are the people satis
fied with only 3,000 Inhabitants? .
the Citizen Publishing Company.
E. B nAllDEHBERQII
w. w. wood
JUIiY 18, 1013.
Let's all work for Greater Hones
dale. Why continue to be satisfied
with 3,000 when 15,000 or 20,000 is
a possibility? The Citizen has in
augurated the Greater Honesdale
campaign and it is going to keep
everlastingly pounding at it until the
victory is won. If Texas takes ex
ceptions to annexation these columns
are open to reproduce any communi
cations that may be sent us.
THE QUESTION OF RIGHTS.
Thomas Kelly, of No. 133 Franklin
avenue, Scranton, recently sent a
communication to the Times of that
city, and it is so interesting and sug
gestive that we publish it below. Mr,
Kelly asks a question of the city of
Scranton and the County of Lacka
wanna that many people are mental
ly asking over here in Old Wayne
Here is Mr. Kelly's letter In full:
The Declaration of Independence de
clares that the people of this country are
entitled to life, liberty and tho pursuit of
happiness and as one of the people I
protest that it is not enforced In my case,
for, If I am not wrong, the constitution
expressly forbids taking my property
away from me without compensation.
Now, on Sunday afternoon, Juno 25th, I
tooK out my wue to anve arouna me cuy,
and on coming back from Nay Aug park.
while driving down the steep lncllno of
Linden street, near Wheeler avenue, at
a walk, on the right hand side of the
street, like a bolt of lightning I was
struck from behind by an automobile, the
left hind wheel being torn off. Then en
sued a maa gauop wnn tne irenziea
horse, the buggy axle tearing his hind
legs. While we were tearing down the
four blocks on three wheels we were
looking death or serious Injury to one or
both of us straight in the face. The
mercy of God intervened and I escaped
without Injury and my wife was only
considerably bruised. The cowardly In
dividuals who were in the auto turned off
at the next corner instead of rushing
ahead to stop the horse. The police de
partment Is trying to locate them. So
far no results.
The question Is this, will the city of
bcranton anu tne county oi iacKawanna,
to whom I pay taxes, protect me In a rea
sonable manner if I on any day of the
week, Sundays Included, take a horse and
buggy for a drive on said streets or high
ways;
The auto driver has the advantage
over the one who uses a horse and
carriage. His machine doesn't be
come frightened and nervous. It
will not plunge suddenly to left or
.right. It cannot become panic
stricken over noises made by horses
or by other machines. It enables the
driver to strike down its helpless
victim who he may leave by the road'
side while he scuds for safety and ob
scurity.
Much Is said about people purchas
ing automobiles who cannot afford
them. Is it not a fact that people
who can afford, and actually prefer
horses, buy autos as a means of self
protection? They feel that a war
is on that has for its end the survival
of the strongest, and they know that
the horse is bound to be defeated.
This country is supposed to belong
to the people as a whole, not to any
special class, and if men like Mr,
Kelly In Lackawanna county, and Mr,
Farmer in Wayne county, cannot
have proper protection, and feel
that their rights are guaranteed and
respected, then there will soon arise
a cry from them that will cause those
in authority to sit up and take no
tice, and it will be so strong and ef
fective that careless and cowardly
drivers of autos, such as those Mr.
Kelly describes, will bo brought to
an account in a manner that will be
as sudden as it will be wholesome.
MEXICAN SITUATION.
President Wilson and Secretary
of State Bryan will be unable much
longer to ignore the situation in
Mexico as a grave and pressing in
ternational problem which the
United States as the responsible na
tion in the Western Hemisphere
must squarely face. This became
evident from important develop
ments to-day.
Every great foreign office in Eu
ropo is disgusted with the failure
of the United States to do anything
directly or indirectly to rellove the
frightful state of affairs In Mexico.
The European governments are "ex
tremely annoyed," as one Embassy
expresses it, at what seems to them
the inexplicable attitude of the
Wilson administration toward Mex
ico. The increase of antl? Ameri
canism in Mexico has been really
welcomed by the European govern
ments in tho hope that this bold ex
hibition of hostility to Americans
and the American Embassy there
would goard the United States Into
doing something.
It is a maxim in all Latin Ameri
can countries that no government in
that part of the world which fails to
receive, the recognition of tho United
States can long exist. Knowing this
the Diplomatic Corps in Mexico City,
tho governments of Europe and the
Mexicans themselves are explaining
the refusal of the United States to
recognizo the present Mexican gov
ernment solely on the assumption
that the United States desires that
the Huerta government be destroy
ed. In Europe they have reached
the conviction that President Wil
son and Mr. Bryan are persisting in
their attitude with tho deliberate in
tention of having conditions get so
very bad in Mexico that there will
be sufficient excuse for Interference.
With pressure being brought to
bear on the United States by other
governments, tho Wilson administra
tion finds itself in a most difficult sit
uation. The administration pinned
its faith to the hope that Mexico
would not rise as a pressing problem
until tariff and currency could be
got out of the way and that after
the Mexican elections in October a
new government would come into of
fice which the United States con
sistently could recognize.
PRIMARY BILL NOW A LAAV.
The state wide primary bill and
the municipal court bill, which ap
plies only to Philadelphia, were
signed by Governor Tener Saturday
night.
The new primary law extends the
operation of the popular primary to
all state offices and abolishes all
state conventions. It changes the
law in regard to the holding of pri
maries In many respects and makes
more strict the requirements for
nomination petitions. By far it is
considered the most progressive piece
of election legislation passed in this
state since the uniform primary law
of 1906, which it supersede's.
The Tribune-Republican, of Scran
ton, in an editorial on this important
legislation, advances the following
progressive thought:
Between now and the time when
the new primary law becomes opera
tive we advise that special attention
be given to a close study of the pro
visions and the rights and duties of
all voters under the act. It would
also be a wise and patriotic thing
to do for those citizens who feel re
sponsible for the guidance of the
rank and file of the people 'to ar
range meetings in which the new or
der shall be explained with simplic
ity and clearness by men who realize
how important it is that all the vot
ers shall understand the methods
under which they must vote at tho
primaries.
BRYAN AXD THE CHAUTAUQUA
PLATFORM.
Secretary of State W. J. Bryan has
been forced by the numerous criti
cisms to make a statement defending
his position in taking time away from
his official duties to lecture on the
Chautauqua platform.
One of Mr. Bryan's defenses is that
the salary connected with tho office
of Secretary of State is inadequate.
The present salary is $12,000 a year
and Mr. Bryan says he cannot live
witnin that amount and must make
up the balance of his Income to meet
his yearly expenses, hence the Chau
tauqua lectures.
Just now the United States has
much need of the services of Its Sec
retary of State. Matters of grave im
port confront us. Foreign relations
'and the Mexican problem are just
now at a critical state when there
should be some one at the helm to
guide the nation past the shoals of
disaster. It is unreasonable to sup
pose that Mr. Bryan did not know
perfectly well what the salary of the
Secretary of State was before he
"put his hat In the ring" for the of
fice. He must have known that he
would bo obliged to produce some
of his personal funds to meet expen
ses. Yet he took the office, which
Is ono of the most important in the
government next to that of President,
with the understanding that he would
devote his time to piloting the coun
try's policy. And still he Intends to
leave his post for six weeks to go
on the Chautauqua platform!
"Boast not thyself of tomorrow,
for thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth."
RUSIXESS MEN'S PICXIO JULY 23.
That the Business Men's picnic to
Lake Lodore on Wednesday next,
July 23, will be a success is a fore
gone conclusion. Everybody is talk
ing picnic. That the day will be a
holiday in Honesdale is evinced by
the fact that all of the stores and
business places will be closed either
all day or at noon to allow the mer
chants and employees to attend this
annual picnic. The employers of
factories have responded to the re
quest of closing their (respective
places and tho day will be a gather
ing of tho several families of
Honesdale.
Tho evening before the picnic
Jenkins' boy band, who will accom-
nanv tho nlrmln. nn fho 23rr1. will irlvo
a free band concert on the lawn near
ine ueiaware and Hudson depot.
The public is especially Invited to
attend this concert. (Honesdale
feels proud of its boy band; and why
shouldn't it when the boys discourse
such sweet and beautiful music?
Comn nilt nnA ItntAn trt the nnnart
and then go to the picnic the fol
lowing uay.
Chairman C. E, Bates and efficient
co-wbrkers have completed arrange'
ments for the picnic and everything
points to having the best time ever
on nn outing of this kind. AlPklnds
of amusements have been provided
for. Cast your eyes over the ad'
vertisement that appears In this is
sue of The Citizen for additional in
formation. All of Honesdale's fans will be at
the picnic and root for the home
team against Carbondale in tho fifth
game of the series between these
two towns. The game promises to
bo most exciting and if Carbontlale
wants to win the series she will
have to do some pretty tall base
ball playing. Come and see Hones
dale put it over Carbondale.
,No better train service was ever
secured for a picnic than has been
engaged for the Business Men's out
ing on Wednesday next. The trans
portation committee has signed up
with the Delaware and Hudson com
pany for two special trains out of
Honesdale and two returning. The
first train leaves the Union station
at 9:15 a. m. and the second at
1:15 p. m.; returning from Lake Lo
dore specials leave at 5:15 and
7:15 p. m. Excursionists from
Hawley and White Mills desiring to
join their Honesdale friends may do
so by taking advantage of the first
Erie train arriving in Hones'dale at
8:08 a. m., which makes direct con
nection with the special 9:15 D. &
H. train. In order that they can
reach home the same day a special
will leave Lodore at 5:15 p. m., mak
ing connections with the G o'clock
Erie at Honesdale.
LARGEST SIIOAV OF SEASON
COMING ON JULY 28.
The program of the Young Buf
falo Wild West, Vernon C. Seaver's
Hippodrome and Col. Cummins' Far
East, which will exhibit in Honesdale
on July 28, is spicy and up-to-date
throughout. Mr. Vernon C. Seaver,
the general manager of the combin
ed shows, claims that in making up
the program he had so much mater
ial to draw from that it was possi
ble for him to leave out everything
of the yellow leaf order and to in
clude only such members as were
new and assured successes. He says
that from the opening to the closing
numbers, everything shown will be
found to be fresh and original.
Among the features that are new
to America this season is the Etta
Myers Quartette, consisting of a
girl, a pony, a dog and Tiny Mug
gins, the smallest elephant, who is
said to be an entire show himself.
Their performance includes a lot of
tricks hitherto unknown, among
them a football game that is said
to be a scream.
Another feature is Captain Har
din's Cadets, a company of comely
Castillian maids who have been
trained to the fine point of perfec
tion in military exercises and the
manual of arms by Captain N. F.
Hardin, a world famous drillmaster.
Their work is said to be accurate
and precise to a degree rarely at
tained outside of a crack military
school.
The comedy section of the com
bined shows has been given careful
attention, with the result that It is
one of tho most entertaining parts
of the aggregation. Such acts as
"The Bounding 1 Haystack," "The
Penobscot Rube," "The Taximeter"
and "The Dance of the Jungle" are
rarely seen in such numbers with a
tent show. Some turn of a comedy
nature is kept in the arena from
first to last according to tho pro
gram. A street parade over a mile long
will leave the show grounds at
10:30 the day of tho exhibition here.
The performances will start at 2 and
8 p. m., and the doors will open an
hour before each.
CHEAPER COFFEE IS COMING.
Wholesale Price Has Dropped Si.v
Ccnts Since January 1.
Coffee drinkers, (and that in
cludes nearly everybody), will re
joice over tho prospect of a substan
tial decline in prices.
From the New York Sun we gath
er the following particulars:
Consumers may benefit soon by
the drop in the price of coffee, which
has amounted practically to six
cents a pound in the wholesale price
since the first of the year. If pres
ent low prices continue for a month
this drop may mean a decline of
from one to three cents a pound to
the consumer.
July 9 and 10 and tho day before
coffee sold on the Coffee Exchange
in New York at new low record
prices for the last two years. The
low price for the September option
was 8.34 cents a pound on Wednes
day. This was a drop of 5 cents
since the high price of the year, on
January 2:
The roaster who had no long
StOCkS On hand Whpn tha (InoUnn ho-
gan in early January, just before the
Government's order compelling the
sale of the 900,000 bags of valoriza
tion coffee held here, has been able
to get the benefit of the declining
prices.
Tight money and tho end of the
Brazilian valorization scheme are
blamed for the condition. The Bal
kan situation also has been felt, as
holders of coffeo stocks and options
in Europe have been forced to
liquidate.
Thfirfi is nn linuaiinllv Intrro dim
ply of coffee in sight. The visible
wui-ju ouppjy on juiy i or iv,zss,
000 bags is tho lowest In several
VfiarS. Thfi TIftW TlrnrHUnTI nrnn nnir
coming to market during this month
is esuuiuieu to uo ono of about 14,
000,000 bags, which is not beyond
normal.
$1,000,000 BOND ISSUE PASSED.
San Diego, Cal., July 17.- By a
vote of 16 to 1, with half the voting
population at tho polls July 1, this
city passed a bond issue of nearly a
million dollars for completion of the
San Diego Panama-California Ex
position on the lines made necessary
by the government requirements and
the needs of tho states and countries
that have decided to participate
therein.
Tho original fund was a stock sub
scription of $1,000,000. Then came
a bond Issue of fl, 000, 000. Both
these funds aro about hall expended;
$600,000 of the bond issue remain?
NOTICE TO
Theuse of hose for sprinkling is abso
lutely prohibited, except between the hours
of 6 and 8 a. m. and 6
HonesdaSe Con. Wafer Co.
ing in tho treasury. Tho work of or
ganization developed early that the
funds were not sufficient if all tho
states and counties that notified the
Exposition of their coming really
came. The capital stock was increas
ed by 12,500,000, making the total
capitalization $3,500,000, with $1,
11G.000 fully subscribed. On top of
this it was decided to make another
bond issue of $850,000 and this bond
issue has just been made. San
Diego, therefore, has all the money
she needs with which to finish her
exposition. Governments and states
will, of course, spend their own
funds.
YOU BET AVE ARE.
"The people of Honesdale are just
as crazy over base ball to-day as they
were in the 'good old days.' A great
crowd attended Saturday's game in
the Maple City." Edward "Busher"
Moffett in Minuto Interviews in Car
bondale Leader.
INVrTATION EXTENDED BY
EDISON COMPANY.
The singing of Scranton's United
Choral club may soon be reprodused
on countless phonograph records. So
fine was their singing in the Pitts
burg eisteddfod, the big prize of
which they won, that the Edison
Phonograph company has been com
municating with their director, John
T. Watkins, who has many friends in
Honesdale, in an effort to have the
choir taken to New York to sing for
some records.
The singing will not alone be re
produced in records but the choir
may appear before the moving pic
ture camera, and they will be shown
through theatres over the entire
country. With the pictures will go
that newest invention of Thomas A.
Edison's, the talking-moving picture,
and so the people in every part of
the United States will be able to
hear and see the Scranton United
Choral club sing.
Progress Is The Keynote
To Success
Therefore citizens of Honesdale have voted
to pave Main street.
This store always keeps abreast with the
times and our Monday sale of reliablemerchan
dise at unsurpassed low prices is a sure proof
to the public, which is patronizing same more
than ever.
MONDAY, JULY 21
Grocery Departments:
Columbian or Snow White Flour, $1.45 sack.
White Rose Coffee, 35c value, 32c lb.
Creso Crackers, the family favorite, 2 pkgs.
lello or Tello Ice Cream Powder, qc pkcr.
Good Quality Canned Tomatoes, 9c can.
Plain or Stuffed Olives, 10c value, 8c bottle.
White Rose Ceylon Tea, 30c value, 25c pkg.
White Rose Cocoa, 10c value, 8c can.
Full Cream Cheese, special, 18c lb.
Wayne County Dairy Butter, special, 28c lb.
Other Departments-Main! Floor
New Fancy Voiles, 25c val., 19c yd.
Final Clearing Sale fancy lawns, 9c yd.
Fancy Silk Parasols and Umbrellas, $2.50 value, $1.98 each.
Ladies Jwong bilk Oloves, elegant value, 65c pair.
New Summer Seersucker, best 10c value, 2l2 c yd.
Men's Ribbed and Balbriggan Underwear, 50c value, 43c each.
Genuine Ratine, 27 in width, 40c val., 33c yd.
Ladies' Gauze Vests, regular sizes, 15c value, 11c each.
Yard-wide Unbleached Muslin, 8c value, 7c yd.
Heavy Unbleached Toweling, special, 8jc yard.
Embroidery Galoones, 15 and 18c value, 12c yd.
Squares and Scarfs, special, 22c each.
Ladies' Stylish Trimmed Hats, $4.00 value, $1.98 each.
Second Floor Specials
Ladies' Wash Dresses, $4.00 and $5.00 value, $2.98 each.
Ladies' Silk Shirts with Robespierre Collar, $2.50 val., $1.98 ea.
Children's School Dresses, 89c value, 79c each.
Ladies' Low Neck Wash Dresses, $1.50 value, 98c each.
Broken Lot Ladies' House Dresses, special, 98c each.
New Lot all wool Ingrain Samples, 50c value, 39c each.
Linen Finish Shades, white and ecrue, 40c value, 35c each.
Best Peerless Straw Mattings, 35c value, 25c yard.
Best Granite Carpet, special, 25c yard.
Katz Bros. Inc.
NOTICE-Monday Specials .are sold for Cash.
WA
CONSUMERS!
and 8 p. m.
Prof. .John T. Watkins, who led
the choir to victory at Pittsburg, and
several times before, will sail on the
Mauretania, Wednesday, July 23, for
Europe. With him will be Col. R.
A. Phillips and D. R. Jones. They
will motor through Wales first, and
hear the national eisteddfod at Aber
gavenny August 3 to 6. Then they
will go to London to spend some
time, and will then do the continent,
returning home about September 1.
AVATSON'S NAME USED
AVITIIOUT HIS AUTHORITY.
County Chairman Albert Watson,
of the Washington party, the man
who led the Progressives of Lacka
wanna county to victory last Fall,
gave out a statement last week In
which he emphatically states that
his name is being used in the stock
subscription plan for the financing of
the proposed Daily News, without
his authority.
Circulars in which the names of a
number of the Washington party
leaders are used have been sent
broadcast by the promoters of the
paper. The circular makes a num
ber of promises to would-be subscrib
ers, among others that the stock will
be a paying Investment.
In denying the use of his name in
connection with the venture, Mr.
AVatson says:
" I never have been nor am I now
a member of any newspaper com
mittee. AVhere my name has been
used as vice chairman, or as a mem
ber of such a committee, it has been
used without consulting me, and
without my knowledge. It would be
impossible for me to act In any such
capacity at this time." Scranton
Tribune-Republican.
Before you start on your va
cation see that you are supplied
with some Neura Powders for
Headache, io and 25 cents.
Sold everywhere.
for
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