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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15

accompanied her husband on the sew
enteen mile journey into Boston. Mrs.
More. Mrs. Taft's sister, was also in
the party. AS soon as the president
alights at the hotel in Boston, where
he will stop overnight, Mrs. Taft and
Mrs. More will begin their return trip
to Beverly.
1t is now Mrs. Taft's intention to re-
main in Beverly until Nov. II. when
1t is expected that the president will
arrive here to take her back to Wash
ington. Returning to Washington Nov.
10 from his western trip, the president
will leave there again the afternoon Of
the 11th to attend the installation of a
new president of Wesleyan university
ut MiddletOwn, Conn. 1t Is the plan
for the president to come direct here
from Washington, spend the morning
in Beverly and reach Middleton in the
afternoon.
The executive offices in the board Of
trade building closed Immediately the
president left Beverly. All of the
clerks and attaches left for Washing
ton on the 2:27 train. Secretary Car
penter will attend the Boston banquet
and return to Washington next Thurs
day.
The president was busy the early
part Of today assembling the numerous
papers, documents and reference books
which he will need in the preparation
Of his speeches on his eight weeks
tour. HIS secretary had collected most
Of these, and 1t was the presidents
task to revise the list.
The presidents party will consist Of
himself, Captain Archibald w. Butt,
his military aid; DR.. ]. j. Richardson,
Wendell w. Nischler, assistant secre-
tary; stenographer, secret service
officers and six newspaper men.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
THREAT TO DESTROY FACTORY.
slackmailer Confesses That He Sent
Letters Demanding $4,000.

New Brunswick, n. j., Sept. 14-Pe-
ter Uregus has confessed that he
threatened to kill John A. Manly, su-
perinten0ent of the Johnson 4 Johnson
medical supply factory here and also
that he threatened to dynamite the
factory. with its 1000 employees, and
to blow up the home of the superin-
tendent in event of refusal to pay
SoO.OOO blackmail. Judge Charles w.
Sedan received the confession in the
county Jail.
The arrest of UreguS followed the
declaration in writing that the man
was one of sixty Hungarian outlaws
who had blackmailed eighteen big
companies, robbed train and kid
naped and held children for ransom.
In the jail Uregus denied that any
one was implicated with him. He said
the other fifty-nine blackmailers were
creatures Of his Imagination and that
he had written the letters because Mr..
Manley refused to give him work.
Uregus sent three letters to Mr.. Man
ley. the first demanding $4,000, the
second $4,000 and the third $4,000
The grand jury will take up the case
on Friday. The punishment for the
crime is fifteen years in state prison.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
DEWEY CAN'T ATTEND PARADE
He Regrets That American Navy Has
No Flag Officer of Highest Rank.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Very much TO
his regret, Admiral Dewey will not be
able to attend the festivities incident
to the Hudson-Fulton celebration at
New York Although his health is
good, 1t behooves him to be careful Of
himself. For this reason the admiral
feels that he is compelled to deny him
self participation in events in which
he otherwise would gladly join.
Admiral Dewey has warm admira-
tion for Sir Edward II. Seymour, the
English admiral, who will be the rank
ing officer in the naval parade and
whom he would like to meet. He
thought 1t regrettable that the Ameri-
can navy did not have flag officers
equal in rank to those of foreign ma
vies, and he hoped the coming occasion
would forcibly call the matter to the
attention of congress.
"There is Admiral Schroeder at the
head of the great American fleet, who
will be outranked by a number of for
eigners, and this, too, when he will
have under his command more ships
than all the other nations combined"
said the admiral.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Said to Show Lieutenant
Was Shot by Another.
HAIR AND SCALP NOT BURNED
Body Reinterred In Same Grave at
Arlington After Ground Had
Been Consecrated by a
Catholic Priest,

Washington, Sept. II. - When the
body of Lieutenant James Nj. Sutton,
Jr. the young marine officer who met
his death at Annapolis, was eXhumed
at Arlington cemetery an autopsy per-
formed by physicians representing the
navy department and young Sutton's
mother disclosed the fact that no bones
were broken, although confusion was
found over the right eye.
1t had been Mrs. Sutton's contention
that her sons arm had been broken in
the fight which preceded his death ant.
that this being the case the shot which
ended his life could not have been self
inflicted.
DIR. George Tully Vaughan, who rep
resented Mrs. Sutton at the autopsy,
said that the bullet wound which caus-
ed his death was three inches above
the right ear and was clean cut. There
was no indication that the hair and
scalp had been burned by powder.
Surgeon Spear, who represented the
navy department, declined to make
statement, saying that he would make
a report direct to the navy depart
ment.
Attorney Van Dyke, assistant coun.
sci for Mrs. Sutton, said that he was
convinced that the shot had been fired
at least five feet from the officers
head and that the wound showed con-
clusively that it was physical i'm
possibility for Sutton to have fred the
shot.
DR.. Vaughan issued the following
statement:
II found the body in a fair state OF
preservation, except softening of the
chest. trunk and arms. l found no
broken bones. There was a confusion
or bruise over the right eye about two
and half inches by one and Il half
inches.
THE bullet wound in the scalp was
three inches above the right ear. There
was no sign of burning Of the hair.
There were two or three cuts in con-
nection with the bullet wound-one In
the scalp near the bullet hole and the
other about the middle of the 81
This last cut may have been madS&t
the postmortem or by blunt instru-
ment before death"
After the autopsy the body was re-
inferred in the same grave after the
ground had been conSecrated by Rev.
Father AlOnzo Olds of st. Augustine's
Catholic church.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
KNOX CREATES NEW BUREAU.
Division In State Department For
Latin American Affairs.

Washington, Sept 14.-Secretary of
State Knox is giving special attention
to the development and protection of
the commercial interests of the United
States in Latin-America and to that
end has created in the state depart
ment a new division known as the di-
vision of Latin-American affairs which
is to be devoted exclusively to these
matters.
He has appointed Thomas c. Daw-
son of Iowa. United States minister to
Chile, as chief of the new division and
William Il. s. Doyle as assistant chief.
The increasing investment of Amer
lean capital in Latin-America and the
obligations resulting from closer po-
litical relations between this country
and those of all the countries of Cen
trail and South America impose upon
the department Of state one of its
heaviest duties. To deal with these
opportunities, to foster and facilitate
legitimate American enterprise and to
protect American property and proper
ty rights in Central and South America,
Secretary Knox has created this new
division.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
WAITING FOR MISS ELKINS.
Hitch In Wedding to Duke of Abruzzi
Not Due to Family.

Paris, Sept. IA high parsonage in
touch with previous preliminary ar
rangements regarding the marriage Of
the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss
Katherine Elkins says that. contrary
to the popular impression, the real
hitch is not due to objections on the
part of the italian royal family, but to
the attitude of Miss Elkins herself.
"If Miss Elllins would accept the
duke" said this authority, there
would be no obstacle placed in the
way Of the marriage by his family.
know that the king and the royal fam
lily have offered to grant their consent
not to a morganatic union, but to a
marriage which would include the
privileges and rank for Miss Elkins to
which the duke is entitled
"The queen mother perhaps was not
pleased with the prospect of the duke
contracting union with an Ameri-
can, but her objections would have
been withdrawn. The dukes fate rests
with Miss Elkins herself. If she should
say the word the duke would be at her
side tomorrow, and the marriage would
not long be delayed"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
CANAL ZONE EXEMPT.
New Tariff Law Does Not Apply There,
Says Attorney General,

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE new tar
iff law does not apply to the isthmian
canal zone, according to decision
given by Acting Attorney General
Wade II. Ellis to the secretary Of war.
The canal zone is not one of the "pos-
sessions" Of the United States within
the meaning Of that term in the first
clause of the tariff act, says the acting
attorney general, but, rather, is place
subject to the use, occupation and con-
troll Of the United States for the con-
struction and maintenance Of ship
canal connecting the waters Of the At
lantiC and Pacific.
The effect of this decision will be to
continue the present system by which
the Panama government collects du-
ties on all importations into the canal
zone which are not for the use of the
commission or its employees in connec-
ton with the canal construction and
on such importations as are not In
transit across the isthmus.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
CHILD MURDERER ESCAPES.
cowardIy Assassin Kills Baby and
Seven year old Girl.

Utica, N. Y, Sept. 14.-Seldom has a
community been stirred to such a fe-
yer heat as is this city over the un-
provoked murder of Ferdinand Infu-
sino, thirty months old, and seven-year-
old Theresa Procipio and the shooting
of six-year-old Fannie Infusino. Citi-
zens have Joined with the police in the
hunt for the assassin who made these
Innocent children his victims.
The children were lured away from
their home by man about forty years
old who, when he got them in lonely
spot, deliberately sent bullet through
the breast of Theresa, killing her in
stantly, and then, turning his weapon
upon the other two children, mortally
wOunding the baby and seriously In
juring the little girl.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Says He Will COnCIuSively
Prove Cook a Liar.
"HE NEVER REACHED THE POLE"
All White Members of Party Sign
Statement - One Eskimo Was
His Only Companion When
He Arrived at Goal.

Battle HarbOr Labrador, Sept IA
Commander Robert L. Peary says he
is not worrying about DIR. Cooks pole
story, He states that &c. 'till be able
to prove conclusively that DR.. Cook is
a liar and asserts that the doctor
never saw the pole.
He says that he will back hfs argyll
ments with his own connected chain
of observations taken on his journey
north and the observations of other
members of the party.
All the white members of the party
have signed this statement. He also
has photographs of every camp at
which the observations were taken.
Further details of Pcary's Journeys
to the pole have been CLEANED from
members of the expedition on the
steamer Roosevelt
The only mon to reach the pole were
Commander Peary and one Eskimo,
Eging Wah The white members that
left Cape Columbia were sent back
one by one as peary drew nearer to
his objective.
Matthew Henson and three Eskimos.
the only other members of the reduced
party that made the final dash. were
left one march south of the pole.
On March ii Professor Donald r.
Mcmillan was sent back. his feet hav-
ing been badly frozen. George Borup
returned to land from 81 degrees 23
minutes with two Eskimos and Pro-
fessor Ross G. Marvin turned back in
latitude 81 degrees AZ minutes.
The party now consisted of pcary.
Bartlett. Matthew Henson. the colorcd
man, who has been Peary's personal
assistant on so many of his eNpedl-
tions: the EskimOs. seven slcdgcs and
sixty dogs, and the journey northward
was resumed.
The ice was perfectly level ms far as
the eye could see. Bartlett took the.
observations on the eighty-eighth par
alel on April and then reluctantly
returned. leaving Peary, Henson and
four Eskimos to make the final dash to
the pole.
This reduced party started the morn
'ng of April 3. The men walked that
day for ten hours and made twenty
miles. They then slept near the eighty
ninth parallel.
The next observation was made at
80 degrees % minutes. The next two
marches were made in dense fog.
The sun was sighted on the third
march, and the observation showed 50
degrees 81 minutes.
Henson and three Eskimos turned
back, and reary and Eging Wah went
on alone. The pole was reached April
6, and Il series Of observations were
taken at 90 Peary deposited his rec
ords and hoisted the American flag.
The temperature was 80 degrees be-
low zero F..
The pole appeared as a frozen sea.
Peary tried to take a sounding, but
got no bottom at 1,500 fathoms.
Peary stayed at the pole for thirty
four hours and then started on his
return journey the afternoon Of April 7.
Commander Peary's steamer, the
Roosevelt, has been examined and
found to be in good condition. He will
leave Battle Harbor on Thursday or
Friday for North Sydney. From that
port the Roosevelt will proceed to New
York and VIII take part in the naval
parade at the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
ton.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
SAYS COOK MISSED POLE.
Mistook His Latitude by 3t6 Miles,
Says Cleveland Scientist.

Cleveland, o., Sept. H. John N.
Stockwell, A. NJ. PHI. D., Cleveland
scientist, says that DR.. Frederick A.
Cooks data as published shows great
error and indicates that he mistook his
latitude and missed the pole by more
than 300 miles.
'Dr. Cook tells US that the night of
April was made notable by the
swinging Of the midnight sun over the
northern ice,'" says DR.. Stockwell.
"Now, we have no reason to doubt his
statement that April Z showed him the
first midnight sun, as so simple an OBJ
servation as seeing the sun could be
made by an untutored Eskimo as we'll
as the most intelligent white man.
'Dr Cook gives his latitude at that
time as SO degrees and SO minutes
There is, Therefore, discrepancy Of 4
degrees and 33 minutes in his latitude,
equivalent in linear distance to 316
miles.
''If his latitude ON April 7 was only
50 degrees and 8 minutes, then he was
$50 miles from the pole, and In order
to reach 1t on April Fl he must have
Travelled thirty-nine miles a day. 1t
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
RICH BANKER A SUICIDE.
President of Trust Company Goes to
Hotel and Cuts His Throat.

New York. Sept. 14.-John w. Cas-
ties, president Of the Union Trust COM
pany. took his life in room at the
Grand Union hotel by slashing his
throat with razor, severing the jugu-
lar vein and windpipe.
Mr.. Castles was up to the 1st of last
January president Of the Guarantee
Trust company. At that time he was
elected president OF the Union Trust
company, but for almost every minute
of the time elapsing since his election
he has been suffering from nervous
breakdown. He has given no time to
the duties of his new Office by reason
of his i'll health.
He had been treated for nervous
troubles and upon the advice of Dr.
Dana went to KenhOnksOn, N. Y,
where he entered sanitarium. He
had been there for the past four
months, returning last Wednesday.
He was constantly under surveil-
lance. but escaped from his nurse, reg
istered at the hotel and committed sui
eide. He was n man of large wealth
and had no financial troubles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
FLAG RAISING NOT ENOUGH.
Claim That North Pole Must Be oeeu-
pied to Give Sovereionty.

pied to Give Sovereignty.
Paris. Sept. 14.-The Temps. discuss
ing the sovereignty of the north pole,
expresses the opinion that the relative
permanence of the ice there might
properly raise the question whether
this territory comes under the ordinary
international rules applying to land
and the high seas.
1t insists, however. that exploring
expeditions such as Peary's cannot
give title and quotes Calvo to the ef-
feet that the acquiring of sovereignty
Is involved with effective occupation
accompanied or followed by the COM
mencement of administrative organiza-
ton or commercial and industrial ex-
ploltation.
\ majority of the authorities agree,
the Temps says, that the simple plant
ing of the flag Is not sufficient.
1t points out that this doctrine was
affirmed by the international confer
ence at Berlin of 1884 and that it was
applied by the pope when he acted as
mediator between Germany and Spain
in 1885 in the dispute regarding the
Caroline islands. The pontiff held that
Spain was obliged to occupy the is
lands effectively.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
GOLD MEDAL FOR DR.. COOK.
Arctic Club Declines to Take Sides In
Peary Controversy.


New York. Sept. 14.-After meeting
of the executive committee of the Are
tic Club of America here DR.. r. o.
Stcbbins, its chairman, gave the clubs
attitude on the controversy.
"rhe Arctic Club of America" he
said. "hns nothing to do with the con-
troversy over the discovery of the pole
All that the. Arctic club recognizes is
that DR.. Cook is the diScovcrcr of the
pole and that Peary reached there.
Our only desire is to honor the discOv-
erer. Neither side has proved its case
to America, but since the Danish gov
crnment has recognized DR.. Cook we
feel that the burden of proof now falls
on his opponents.
"The Arctic club will present to Dr..
Cook gold medal two and half
inches in diameter showing in bas re-
lief DIR. Cook standing on the top Of
rhn globe waving the stars and
st:1.Hs."
Preparations to honor Dr. Cock are
more advanced than those for Peary
because the latter's arrival is more
distant. Singing societies of Brooklyn
have arranged to go down the harbor
In chartered steamer to welcome
their hero. Bells will ring and whis-
ties blow from factories. ferries and
! all the water craft of the bay.
Preparations are being made at the
American Museum of Natural history
here to set apart special section of
the building for display of Peary's
arctic collections.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
BORDEN COTTON MILLS CLOSE.
Five Thousand Men Idle Owing to
Strike of 1000 Weayers,

Fall River, Mass, Sept. 14.-The en-
tire plant Of the Fall River Cotton
mills, owned by NJ. G. D. Borden Of
New York, has been closed following a
strike Of the weavers, and 5000 opera
tives are in idleness.
The plant comprises seven mills and
is the largest concentrated cotton man
ufacturing plant in the world owned
by single individual. The weavers,
numbering a thousand, went out on
strike to enforce their demand for an
increase Of 10 per cent in wages, and
their absence so hampered the other
departments that the management de-
cided to close the whole plant.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Leaves Beverly to Begin
His Eight Weeks Tour.
MRS. TAFT TO REMAIN THERE
First Stop Will Be Made Tonight at
Boston, Where Nations Chief
Speaks at the Chamber of
Commerce Banquet.

Beverly, Mass, Sept. 14.-President
Taft said goodby to Beverly today. for
many weeks at least, and started on
the long western trip which really had
its beginning when he motored into
Boston to attend the banquet of the
chamber of commerce.. The president
will spend the night in Boston, leav-
Ing there for Chicago tomorrow morn
ing.
There was no formality about the
presidents going. and, in fact, his de-
parture seemed like the usual after
noon automobile ride, for Mrs. Taft
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
M'GOVERN WINS BOUT.
Furnishes Joe Wagner Severely In Ten
Round Fight In Brooklyn.

Round Fight In Brooklyn.
New York, Sept. 14.-Phillie Mccoy
ern, younger brother Of Terrible
Terry" and Joe Wagner of New York,
bantamweights, fought ten hard and
fast rounds at the Bedford Athletic
club here. Wagner got the worst Of
the fight.
McGovern had the better of the lead
ing in all but the third, seventh and
ninth rounds. His most effective blow
was hard right smash to the heart,
and In the sixth he landed a stagger-
Ing uppercut flush on the Jaw. The
seventh, however, saw Wagner tearing
In again as fast as ever.
McGovern was fresh at the close and
unmarked. Wagner showed his punish
ment In a closed left eye and a bleed
Ing right. A decision would have gone
% McGovsrn.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At New York - Philadelphia, 10; New
York, 2. Batteries-MorEan and Living
stone; Doyle Manning and Sweeney
AT Detroit - Detroit, 10; st. Louis e.
Batteries-Mullin and Stanage: Rose and
Killifer
AT Chicago-Chicago, .; Cleveland. 0.
Batteries-Walsh and Sullivan: Joss and
Higgins.
At 'oston-Boston, a. Washington, Q.
Batteries-Smith and Donohue Gray and
Street.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15

appears, therefore. that DR.. Cook was
really 500 miles from the pole when he
claims he was only 234 miles from that
point. His observations show a dis
crepancy of 316 miles"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
BASEBALL RESULTS.
Games Played In National, American
and Eastern Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NAiIONAL LEAGUF.
At Boston-Boston, 8; New York, l.
Batteries-Mattern and Graham wiltse
and Meyers.
Second game-Boston. d. New York, 4
(game called end of thirteenth inning by
darkness). Batteries - Ferguson, Richie
and Shaw: Ames and Schle
At Philadelphia-Phla I; Brook
lyn, 0. Batteries-Corridon and Doom;
Bell and Marshall.
AT st. Louis-Pittsburg, 4; st. Louis. l.
Batteries - Leever and Gibson; Raleigh
and Bresnahan.
At Clncinnati-Cincinnati, 3; Chicago, /.
Batteries-F'romme and Roth; Ruelbach
and Archer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
CLOSING Stock Quotations.

Money on call was 2 per cent; time
money and mercantile paper unchanged
in rates. Closing prices of stocks We're:
q g.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-10
BUST OF ROOSEVELT, ExWlcE
PRESIDENT, CAUSES SENATE
SOME WORRY.
Lemonade for Upper House-PineaPpies
and lnsomnia-Senator Cores
Sermon-Idaho a Real State.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 1O.-The
senate committee on library is in a
great quandary The trouble arises
over the marble bust of Theodore
Roosevelt, whose etfigy, as a former
vice president of the United States, is
entitled to a niche in the senate cham
Der. The sculptor, James L. Frazier,
of New York, to whom the wofk was
entrusted of producing the bust, COM
of these represents the ex-president as
the calm, reposeful, thoughtful
Roosevelt The other depicts him as
the real strenuous Roosevelt with
fierce eyes, protruding jaw, and tense
facial muscles. The question is as to
which of these busts to accept.
Some seem to think that the senate
would feel more at home if the siren
uous Roosevelt should be looking down
upon the body. But Roosevelt himself
has expressed a preference for the eff
gy of his more reposeful self While
the senate committee realizes that
perhaps the ex-president, and ex-vice-
president, has some right to express a
preference as to which bust shall en-
dure as the marble embodiment of
his features, it realizes that the senate
also has some rights in the matter.
Just what will be done has not yet
been determined but meeting of the
committee will be called in the near
future to say which one of Sculptor
Frazier's productions shall be added
to the senate chamber and corridors
of that end of the capitol and which
represents the vice. presidents from
John Adams down.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-10

With the manner of one making a
hit, Senator Page of Vermont, fired al
Senator Hepburn, of Idaho, some Ida
no statistics of last February, with the
suggestion that they yere up to date
But the stalwart senator from the
Occur d'Alene country came back with
this view of things:
idaho ten days ago is not the Ida
no of today. The senator probably does
not realize that; but when he sees 4
city, the county seat of a new county,
that is not two years old, nor a year
and a half old, with 1900 people in
it, the senator probably will begin to
understand something about it, l tel
egraph when | want to know about
Idaho. 1 do not even date trust to the
time elapsing between the mails for
fear conditions will change That il
the kind of state to live in"