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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
President Sees Alaska Ex.
position and Likes II.
MEETS AN OLD SWEETHEART.
While Going Through Great Frr:t
Region He Confesses He In
herited Fondness For Ap-
Piles From His Uncle.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 30.-President
welcome here and will remain until to-
morrow, when he leaves for Tacoma.
The president and his party were
met ut the Union station by recep-
ton committee, who came in automo-
biles and took him to the Rainier club,
where a reception in honor Of the pres
ident was given by Mrs. Richard a.
Ballinger, wife of the secretary of the
interior.
Great throngs gathered in the streets
through which the president passed,
and there was cheering at every step
Of the way.
A visit to the Alaska Yukon p acific
exposition followed. The president
visited every portion of the grounds,
inspected the principal exhibits and
expressed himself as delighted with
the exposition. He made an address
in the National amphitheater and will
also speak at banquet in the eXposi-
tion grounds this evening.
At North Yakima, on his way here,
the president saw one of the oldest ir-
rigated fruit regions in the west. The
great yield of apples especially attract
ed his attention, and he said he was
fond Of them.
I'm fact" declared the president. II
am supposed to have inherited the
taste of an uncle Of mine who is reput-
ed to have said that he would not put
his mouth out of pucker with less than
a peck" 49,.
Flowers strewn over = pathways
spread before the president as he rode
through the streets of North Yakima,
and deep thrOated men and women
greeted him with wild cheers as he
rose to address them in in the court
through the Yakima valley, where
more thousands of acres of sage brush
land has been transformed into golden
fruit soil by the spread of the gospel
of reclamation and into the presidents
ears has been poured again those mar
velous stories of progress.
AS result Of it all the president
became infected with that picturesque
imagery which he frequently referred
to as marked trait of the people of
the west. Mayor p. NJ. Armbruster Of
North Yakima presented him with a
basket Of big red apples in behalf Of
the city.
President Taft met an old sweet
heart at North Yakima and proudly
boosted of the fact during his address
at the courthouse. although he did not
mention her name. He alluded to the
fact as another bond between himself
and the citizens of that region. The
president referred to Mrs. Betty
Hodges, formerly Miss Betty Evans.
Twenty years ago Elizabeth Evans
lived in Cincinnati near the home OF
the Tafts. She is now Mrs. Betty
Hodges and is the owner of an orchard
in Yakima valley. Mrs. Hodges called
on the president in his car, and the
two spent ten minutes talking of old
times
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
KILLED IN FAST AUTO RACE.
Mechanician Meets Death While Run
ming In Long Island Derby.

Riverhead, N. Y, Sept. 80. - The
smashing of every existing American
record for automobile racing on the
open road and a fatal spill which cost
the life Of one man and serious in
juries to another marked the running
Of the Long Island automobile Derby
over twenty-five miles Of hitherto un-
tried road at the eastern extremity of
Long Island, between Riverhead and
Mattituck.
The casualties were caused by the
skidding Of the Aperson car, driven by
Herbert Lytle, the veteran Vanderbilt
cup driver. The big sixty horsepower
machine was going at a rate of sixty
five miles an hour when 1t overturned.
Lytle shot clear Of the car and land
ed twenty feet away on his back. His
mechanician, James Bates, clung to
the car and was crushed under it as
1t turned turtle. He died an hour later.
Lytle Is in the hospital, and there is
hope Of his recovery.
The racing throughout was the fast
est ever witnessed in open road con-
tests in this country. Louis Chevrolet
in Buick made 1875 miles in hour
81 minutes SO $40 seconds. breaking
all records for the class.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
Whitney Says Commander
Was Not to Blame.
COOK WOULD HAVE DONE SAME
Former Knew Absolutely Nothing
About What Had Been Left
With Young Sportsman by
Brooklyn Explorer.

New York, Sept. 3O.-Absolving Com
mander Robert Il. Peary from all
blame in refusing to bring DR.. Freder-
lex A. Cooks effects to New York from
Etah, Harry Whitney, the young mil
lionaire sportsman now on his way
here on the steamer Jeanie. has sent
the following dispatch to the newspa-
pers:
$50 many questions are being asked
Of me by different papers that l de-
sire to make the following statement;
My reasons for not going back to Etah
after DIR. Cooks things were that the
engine in the Jeanie, one of the small
est boats that ever went to the north
arctic, was not working satisfactorily
and we were depending partly on sails,
which later we had to do entirely.
"There was no reason why the Jea-
ME could not have gone back, but not
knowing that DR.. Cooks things left
with me were Of such Importance as
they have since turned to be, l did
not return.
''In addition, had promised the Es-
kimos, who were with me after musk
oxen in Ellsmere Land, certain things
which l expected on the ship coming
for me- but they were not aboard the
Jeanie, and l did not want to return
and disappoint the men. Another rea-
son was that l wanted to prolong my
hunting trip, which l was able to do
by not going back, but by cutting
across Smith sound from North Star
bay and following the edge Of the ice
south.
81 do not believe that either DR..
Cook or Commander Peary if placed in
my position would have done any diff
ferently than did, nor would they,
having started south for civilization,
have turned back.
"I had never seen DR.. Cook until
met him in the arctic. He told me he
had been to the north pole, and l was
pledged not to reveal this fact to
Commander Peary, but 1 could say
that he had gone farther north than
Peary in 1906.
Commander Peary, to my knowi-
edge, knew absolutely nothing about
what had been left with me by DR..
Cook except that I mentioned instru-
ments, clothes and furs and also a
narwhal horn. DR.. Cooks belongings
left in my charge were placed in boxes
which were nailed up. Then 1 saw the
Eskimos cover them with rocks.
"No one could have been kinder to me
or shown me more consideration than
Commander Peary did while 1 was on
the Roosevelt. and he said he would
be very glad to have me remair
aboard and return with him instead OF
joining the Jeanie."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

BALDWIN'S AIRSHIP FALLING.
less than an hour after the start. while
Tomlinson after remaining in the all
two hours came to earth near White
Plains. n. V, twenty-five miles from
his starting point. Neither of the diri
gible pilots was injured nor was either
craft seriously damaged.
In his first flight Wilbur Wright went
around Governors island and remained
In the air for seven minutes. After an
hours rest Wright again went aloft,
this time remaining in the air for six
minutes and thirty seconds, attaining
a speed estimated at fifty miles an
hour, and with a glorious sweep out
over the bay passed entirely around
the great emblem of liberty on Bed
loe's island.
In his third flight the Dayton aviator
executed two complete circles in the
air then made an excellent landing,
while the crowd, including his rival,
CurtiSs, commented on the ease with
which he manipulated his craft.
Although the start of the dirigible
balloon race to Albany was cOnsidera-
bic of tiasco, it is announced that the
balloons will be made ready for an
other fight without delay.
Tomlinson was the first to start on
the trip which he hoped would end at
Albany. Surrounded by great cheer
ing crowd, he got away and headed
north on the easterly side of the Hud-
son. Baldwin arose fifteen minutes
later, shot out directly over the Hud-
SON and began travelling toward the
state capital, almost over the middle
OF the river. In a few moments he
was lost to view in the slight mist
which hung over the river, but in his
elevated seat he was being bothered by
cross air currents. A puff of wind
snapped one of his rudder ropes, and
he was forced to begin his descent on
the water, 250 feet off the Jersey shore
and opposite One Hundred and Nine
tieth street.
The balloon came down easily, Cap
tain Baldwin threw out dragnets and
sailors from the battleships Rhode
Island, New Jersey and North Caro-
lima, who saw his plight, swarmed to
his rescue in launches. They seized
the dragnets and managed to hold up
the balloon 30 that only the motor was
wet. Baldwin swung himself into a
boat without getting wet A gang of
sailors then pushed the big bag ashore,
where 1t was loaded in a wagon and
returned to the starting point. Bald
wins maximum height was 800 feet.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
PANAMA LIBEL SUIT UP.
Court In indianapolis Refuses oovern
ment Plea For Further Delay.


Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 3O.-Judge
Anderson of the United States district
court refused an application by the de-
partment of justice for further delay
in the preliminary hearing Of Delavan
Smith and Charles II. Williams, pro-
prietors of the indianapolis News,
who are under indictment by the fed
eral grand jury of the District Of Co
lumbia charged with having criminal
ly libeled Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas
Robinson, William Nelson Cromwell,
Charles P. Taft and others by intimat-
ing in published articles that there
was corruption in the purchase Of the
Panama canal zone by the United
States from the French companies.
The government, through United
States District Attorney Miller, asked
for a recontinuance until after the
trial of the publishers of the New
York World on Il similar charge, which
is set for Oct. 90 in New York city.
Attorneys for Smith and Williams,
who are opposing their removal to the
District of Columbia for trial, pro.
tested against further delay in the pro-
ceedings, and the court upheld them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
JEFFRIES LOSING FLESH.
American Heavyweight In Training
Near Paris to Meet johnson,

Paris, Sept. 30.-James ]. Jeffries,
the American heavyweight fighter, is
doing his work at Jim Pratt's quar-
ters at Neuilly, on the Seine, suburb
of Paris, preparatory to his meeting
with Jack Johnson, the colored cham
pion.
Jim Pratt, who has followed the
fighters for years, considers Jeffries in
the pink of condition and ready to en-
ter the ring with Johnson. "Jeffries
is as quick us lightning" he said. "The
treatment which he underwent at
Narienbad has reduced his superfuous
fat, and his waist line has fallen away
practically to normal. His weight is
about 225 pounds. All that Jeffries
needs now is to get his muscles in
trim, and am sorry that his train
ing, which was confined largely to
punching the bag and skipping the
rome. has been interrupted"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
GEN. GRANT NOT TO BLAME
In Talk With Secretary of War He
Justifies His Action at CHICAGO.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-General Fred
erick d. Grant. commanding the de-
partment of the lakes, and Secretary
of War Dickinson discussed at the
war department the criticism directed
at the former because he appeared in
the uniform of his rank at the head of
a prohibition parade in Chicago.
General Grant justified his action in
appearing in the parade on the ground
that it was a demonstration in favor
Of good government and was not a
temperance parade.
Inasmuch as no orders were issued
to General Grant to march in the pa
rade, Secretary Dickinson holds that
the formers presence therein cannot
be regarded as an official action or as
giving the governments stamp of ap-
proval to the object Of the demon
stration. He considers that no blame
attaches to General Grant.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
$4,000 In Land Parade In
HudSOn.FuItOn Fete.
WEST POINT CADETS IN LINE.
United States Regular Troops, Ma
tional Guard Regiments and
Sailors From American and
Foreign Warships Join.

New York, Sept. 3O.-The fourth of
the great open air pageants in the
Hudson-Fulton celebration was a great
military parade, in which more than
$4,000 took part. The line of march
was six miles, along Fifth avenue.
Fifty-ninth street and Central Park
West.
Such immense crowds Of spectators
were massed along both sides of the
streets through which the parade
passed that it required more than
5000 policemen, two-thirds of the en-
tire force, to maintain the line intact.
In all there were something like forty
policemen to every block and other
men at the intersection of streets used
by trolley lines.
The West Point cadets, a splendid
body of yonng men, were accorded a
position in the column Immediately
preceding the regular troops. The Ca
diets came down from West Point on
the steamer Plymouth and landed at
the West One Hundred and Twenty
ninth street pier at II o'clock.
Major General Charles F. Roe was
the grand marshal. with Lieutenant
Colonel George Albert Wingate as his
chief Of staff The first three divisions
We're made up of the regulars and the
sailors and marines from the war
ships.
The fourth division, under command
tof Brigadier General George Moore
Smith. comprised the various compa-
MES of the national guard, including
Squadron c. the Twenty-second regi-
ment. engineers; First battalion. field
artillery; the field hospital corps. the
coast artillery corps of the Ninth,
Eighth and Thirteenth artillery dis
tricts. Brigadier General David e.
Austen commanding; the First bri-
gade, under command of Colonel Dan
iel Appleton and comprising the First
company, signal corps, and the Sew
enth, Twelfth, Seventy-first and Sew
enty-fourth regiments. infantry, and
the Second brigade, Colonel John G..
Eddy commanding. comprising the
Second company, signal corps, and the
Twenty third, Fourteenth and Forty
seventh regiments.
The fifth division Of the parade con-
tanned the two battalions of the naval
militia, the sixth, the Albany burgess
corps, the Old Guard and the Blythe
wood light infantry; the seventh divi-
sion, the Spanish war veterans, and
the eighth, various semimilitary or
ganizations.
Along the line of march there were
fourteen police signal stations, twenty
eight police patrol telephone boxes in
charge of competent operators who
could get in touch with headquarters
or any part of the parade at any mo-
ment, eleven ambulance stations and
twenty-one patrol wagons. Seven pa
troll wagons were held in reserve.
At the end of the parade policeman
was assigned to each division of for
eign sailors and marines to escort
them to the landings whence they
went aboard their ShiDS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
MORSE TO GO BACK TO JAIL.
Must Stay In Tombs Two Days Before
Court of Appeals Sits.

New York, Sept. 80. - Charles w.
Morse, the convicted financier, will
have to go back to the Tombs owing
to a lapse of two days between the
expiration on Oct. of his bail bond
of $125,000 and the calling of his case
before the United States circuit court
of appeals on Oct. IL.
Mr.. Morse and his lawyers spent
several hours in the federal building,
where conferences were held with
Judge Lacombe and representatives Of
the United States district attorneys
office in an effort to have his bail ex-
tended. 1t was said, however, that
only the United States court of ap-
peals could grant such request and
that court does not meet until Oct. IL.
1t is expected, therefore, that Morse
will surrender himself on Oct. 8.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
SPAIN CELEBRATES VICTORY.
General Marina's Capture of Mount
Gurueu Arouses Enthusiasm.

Madrid, Sept. 30.-NIadrid and all the
other cities in Spain are enthusiastic
ally celebrating General Marina's vic
tory of the Moors in the capture of
Mount Gurugu.
General Marina reports that he d.
vided 10000 men and siXty-eight can
non into two columns. One column
was sent north to Cape Tres Forcas to
prevent the possibility of a rear at
tack, and the other was sent south
ward. Both operations were success
full, and after Nador and Zeluan were
taken the Moors found themselves out
flanked and evacuated the territory.
The Spanish forces scaled the sides
of the mountain and planted the flag
on its summit.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
COMET ON EARTH'S PLANE.
Astronomer Says This Planet Will Be
Swept by "Star Dust"

swept by Star Dust"
Providence, II. l., Sept. 30.-Frank e.
Seagrave, the astronomer whose calcu-
lations relative to Halley's comet have
attracted widespread attention, an
nounces that the comet in May 10,
1910, will reach the same plane as the
earth in its orbit, and the tail of the
comet will sweep across this plane.
Earth and comet will meet on the
same plane, but not in the same path
There will be 100000 miles between
the two.
The fan of the comets tail will
spread out, and for a short period the
earth will find itself swept by "star
dust" brought from many millions Of
miles beyond the farthest known COM
ct.
"There need be no scare over the ap-
preaching event." said Mr.. Seagrave.
"The end of the world will not come.
The nearest the comet can come to the
earth is 6,235,0O0 miles,"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
EXPLORERS ORDER INQUIRY.
Club Will Investigate Cooks Claim
That He Assembled Mount Mckinley.

Club Will Investigate Cooks Claim
That He Assembled Mount Mckinley.
New York, Sept. 30.-By a vote of 5
to the Explorers club has ordered an
inquiry into DR.. Cooks assertion that
he ascended Mount Mckinley in 1906.
The directors of the club have al
ready made extensive inquiries rela-
tive to DR.. Cooks Mount Mckinley
trip by correspondence and personal
interview, and they have obtained in
formation concerning it which has not
hitherto been made public.
Commander Peary is president of the
Explorers club and DR.. Cook a former
president. In deciding to look up the
matter of DIR. Cooks ascent of Mount
Mckinley the club decided to call off a
banquet which had been planned in
DR.. Cooks honor.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
MRS. THAW'S BROTHER HELD.
Arrested on Charge of Trying to Pawn
Glass Rings as Diamonds.

New Haven, Conn.,, Sept. 30.-How-
ard Nesbit, brother of Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, who when first placed in GUS
tody gave the. name of Campbell, was
arrested in pawnshop here while try
ing to dispose of ring which he rep
resented as being a diamond for $35.
An examination by the pawnbroke
proved the stone to be glass. A search
of Nesbits room In a hotel here
brought to light six more glass rings.
He admitted to the police that he had
attempted to dispose of some of the
rings in Bridgeport, but at four places
they refused to make loan on them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
TWO AUToMoBILIsTs KILLED.
Newspaper Owner and Friend Were
Towing In Leo Stevens Balloon.

Newspaper Owner and Friend Were
Towing In Leo Stevens Balloon.
Mineola, N. Y, Sept. 30.-Parker
Norton, owner of the Mineola Press,
and his friend, Edward Baker, proprie-
tor of the Nineola garage, were in
stantly killed in an automobile acci-
dent near here.
The two men were returning to the
village with the balloon of Leo Ste
vens, the aeronaut, which had just de-
scended from long fight across New
York city and Long Island.
With the Debated Stevens balloon
packed in the bottom of the car VIII
liam Watson, the chauffeur, turned
out for a farmers wagon. His ma
chine struck deep rut and swerved
into telegraph pole. All three were
thrown out, but Watson's injuries are
not serious.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At New York-New York. S; st. Louis, 2.
Batteries-Lake and Blair; Rose and Kill
lifer.
Second game-New York, II; st. Louis,
0 (called by darkness end of eighth in
ning). Observation-Disclosures and Sweeney;
McCorry, Smith and Killifer.
At Boston-Detrot, 5; Boston, 0. Bat
teries - killan and Schmidt; Arellanes,
Karger and Carrigan.
Second game = Detroit, s; Boston, 8.
Batteries - Killian and Schmidt; Cicotte
and Donohue.
At Phladephia-Chicago 2; Philadel-
phia, 90 innings). Batteries-Walsh and
Payne; Plank and Lapp.
Second game-Philadelph 10; Chicago,
1. Observation-Disclosures and Lapp; White
and Sullivan.
At Washington-Wash Z; Cleve-
land, 8. Batteries-Groome and Slattery;
Winchell and Higgins.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

Tomlinson in the meantime, at a
height of about 300 feet, had been 60
ing northward over land when both his
gasoline and oil tanks began leaking.
Fearing an explosion, he was forced to
come to earth on country estate near
White Plains. This feat he accom-
plished without mishap. Tomlinson
was found sitting calmly in his seat
trying to stop the flow Of Oil and gaso-
line from their tanks. He was unin.
inrnd
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
To Go For Instruments Next Year

st. Johns, N. F., Sept. 3O.-Members
of the steam schooner Jeanie, on which
Harry Whitney arrived here from In
dian Harbor, say that when Mr.. Whit
ney learned in Labrador Of the impor-
tant bearing DR.. Cooks instruments
have on the polar controversy he en-
gagged Captain Sam Bartlett and his
vessel to go up next year and recover
DR.. Cooks belongings at Etah.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

Shoots Sister and Brother, Ends Life.
Woodstock, Conn.,, Sept. 30,-In a fit
of anger on falling to get an answer to
a telephone call Constantine Brunn, a
farmer of this place, shot and killed
his sister Freida, fatally wounded his
brother, DR.. \. E. Brunn, and then
committed suicide.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
Astronomers Library to College.

New York, Sept. 3O.-The library Of
Simon Newcomb, the astronomer, who
died in Washington last summer, has
been presented to the College of the
City of New York by John Clafin. It
consists of 6,o0O volumes and about
5000 rare pamphlets.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

T. B. Wanamaker's Widow Weds Again
Philadelphia, Sept. 30.-Mrs. Thomas
B. Wanamaker, widow of the late
Thomas B. Wanamaker, son of John
Wanamakar, was married here to DIR.
Archibald G. Thomson of this city.
Only few relatives and friends were
present
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
BASEBALL RESULTS.
Games Played In National, American
and Eastern Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUI

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Pittsburg-New York, s.; Pittsburg, I.
Batteries-Drucke and Wilson; Maddox,
Camntz, Gibson and Simon.
At acknowledgements, z; Brooklyn,
.. Batteries-Fromme and Clarke; Will
helm and Marshall.
AT st. Louis-St Louis, Q; Boston, /.
Batteries-Higgins and Bliss; Curtis and
Smith.
At Chicago-Chicago, 5; Philadelphia. 4.
Batteries-Pfeister and Moran; McQuillan
and Doom.
Second game-Chicago, 6; Philadelphia,
8. Batteries - Raybrown and Moran;
Moren and Doom.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
COLONEL W. R. MORRISON DIES
He Served Twelve Terms In Congress
aBd Framed Tariff Bill.

aSd Framed Tariff Bill.
Waterloo, ILL.,, Sept. 30.-Colonel Will
liam r. Morrison, a veteran Demo-
cratic leader, died suddenly at his
home here of heart disease, aged eighty
FIVE
He served twelve terms in congress
and while chairman of the house ways
and means committee introduced the
tariff measure known as the "horizon.
tai" or Morrison" bill.
He retired from congress in 1887
and was placed on the interstate com.
merce commission by President Cleve-
land, remaining in that position ten
years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Stock Quotations.

Money on call was 2h per cent; time
money and mercantile paper unchanged
In rates. Closing prices OF stocks were:
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

Caponi Beats ThunderboIt Smith.
Columbus, o., Sept. 30.-Tony Ca.
poni of Chicago was declared the win.
ner OF six round bout here with
Thunderbolt Ed Smith of Columbus.