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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
MESSAGE FROM ROOSEVELT.
Ex-President Praises Relief Work by
Americans at Messina.

Rome. April S.-As result of his
visit to the earthquake ruins at Mes
sina ex-President Roosevelt has writ
ten the following message to the
American people:
II am sure the American people do
not realize the splendid work that is
being done at Messina and Reggie
with the lumber sent from the United
States. | have visited the American
camp and seen 25O houses already COM
pleted, and arrangements have been
perfected for the rapid construction Of
1,250 more.
"The whole work, which is under the
general direction of Ambassador Girls
com, has been organized and perfect
ed by Lieutenant Commander Belknap,
with the assistance of Lieutenant
Buchanan, Ensigns Wscox and Spof-
ford, DR.. Donelson, Paymaster Rog-
ers, forty enlisted men of our navy
and number of stalwart American
carpenters.
"In addition, there Is fine group of
Americans, such as j. Elliott, Win
throp Chandler, ]. Bush and r. Hale,
who are giving their time and ener-
gies to help the philanthropic work.
~ consider that the American people
are deeply indebted to each and ev-
cry one Of these men. l cannot eXag-
gerate the pleasure 1t gave me to see
the officers and enlisted men of our
navy adapting themselves to strange
and une pectnd circumstances and
successfully performing with ability
and thorough good will this most diff
cult task. Our nation can well be
proud of them"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
STANDARD OILS DEFENSE.
John G. MiIburn Says Company Has
Been Greatly Maligned.

st. Louis, April S.-John G. Mil
ourn, senior counsel of the Standard
Oil company in the suit Of the gov
ernment to have the great corpora
ton dissolved as a violator of the
Sherman act, now being argued before
the full bench of the United States cir
cult court here, resumed his argu-
ment for the defense.
He cOntended that the Standard Oil
company has been greatly maligned
and that it has been the nations great
est developer of not only local, but for
eign commerce.
Mr.. Milburn told Of the care with
which the firm of Rockefeller and
company, even in its earliest days.
studied the economies Of the oil busi-
ness, establishing warehouses and
lighterage facilities in New York that
they might be Independent Of local
conditions.
Telling then of the fight made
against Cleveland as a refining cen
ter by the Pennsylvania railroad in an
endeavor to dominate the old world,
Mr.. Milburn, pausing dramatically,
with uplifted hands, exclaimed:
Instead of concocting the so called
conspiracy about which we have heard
so much, Mr. Rockefeller and his as
sociates were at that very moment
fighting for their own lives and COM
mercial existence"
Mr.. Miburn denied that Mr.. Rookie
feller was one of the organizers of
the famous South improvement COM
pany of Pennsylvania. Instead, he
said, the embryo oil king denounced
the plan as impractical.
"Mr. Rockefeller and his associates
saw at that time that self preservation
existed only in strengthening their
business.
"Mr. Rockefeller had faith in the oil
business; greater than any other man
on earth ever had"
Mr.. Milburn denied that there had
been either fraud, coercion or wrong
in the acquisition of the properties
bought by Standard Oil.
"In the general economy Of society,""
he said, lit was ordained that some
men should succeed and others fail.
Some men failed in the oil refining
business. They could not keep pace
with the improvements Of time. They
came to us to sell, and we bought. e
as thfs 'idefendant to 'beN charged
with that mans failure to succeed? ?
Did we compass his fall? No; such is
the law of progress"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09

Buffalo, April S.-For two hours a
seventy-two mile wind tore through
the streets of Buffalo. One man was
killed and many were injured by parts
of buildings detached by the force Of
the wind and hurled through the air.
The whole front of the Oppenheim-
Collins dry goods store was blown in,
and many plate glass windows were
shattered.
The lake was lashed into a foaming,
tumbling mass, and the big ice field
that stretched as far as Dunkirk was
broken up and forced into this harbor.
The big steel steamers J. ]. I'll.
Brown and William H. Truesdale
broke from their moorings and were
blown aground.
Peter Maribito. a farmer, was blown
from a hayrack to the street and
killed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
HURRICANE IN CANADA.

Six Injured at London When Chimney
crushes School Building.
London. Ont. April 8.-Six persons
were fatally injured and a financial
loss Of $50,O00 was entailed by hur-
ricane which passed over this city.
At the Aberdeen public school tan
chimney crashed through the roof, i'm
prlsoning 800 pupils and creating a
panic.
The chimney fell in such a position
that 1t blocked the exits from the up
per part Of the school building and
damaged the rooms. The firemen sue
ceeded in quieting the children, who
were removed by means Of ladders.
One of the steeples Of St. Mary's
Roman Catholic church was blown
down.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
GREAT HAVOC BY w1NDsToR7r
Northwestern Ohio Suffers Greatly,
Many Persons Being Hurt.


Many Persons Being Hurt.
Toledo. O., April s.-Northwesterz
Ohio experienced one of the most Sc
we're windstorms in its history. Scores
Of persons were injured, many of them
seriously, and the property damage rs
large In Toledo the loss is estimated
at $4,000, and fifteen persons were
injured.
The wind attained velocity Of sew
enty miles an hour. The lives of pc
1estrians were endangered by falling
signs, parts of roofs, chimneys, limbs
Of trees and glass blown out Of win
dow sashes.
The main building Of the Toledo
Massillon Bridge company was par
TALLY wrecked by the storm, and 800
men were put out Of work. The roof
over the main building Of the plant,
108 by 400 feet, was torn Off and de-
posted In a field.
Many towns report much damage
nd many minor accidents.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
OPERATORS FIRM.
Mine Workers Get a Setback
at Conference.
NO RECOGNITION OF THE UNION
ALI That Is offered Is a Renewal
Of the Old Wage Agreement
For a Term of Three
Years.
NO RECOGNITION OF THE UNION

Philadelphia, April Sat the con-
ference held here between committees
representing the coal operators and
the officials Of the United Mine Work
ers of America, representing the an
thracite workers, to consider demands
made by the miners the operators re-
fused all the demands and submitted
instead q proposition to extend the
wage agreement brought about by the
anthracite strike commission for an
other term of three years.
In order that the proposition may be
laid before the officers Of the mine
workers organization the conference
took a recess until late this afternoon
The proposition Of the operators is az
follows:
whereas, in 1902 all questions at
issue between the companies and their
employees, whether they belong to the
union or not, were submitted to the
anthracite coal strike commission to
decide as to the same and the said
strike commission under date of March
13, 1903, filed it's award and provided
that the said award should continue In
force for three, years from April l..
1903; and
"Whereas, by agreement dated May
7, 1906, it was stipulated that the said
award shall be continued In force for
three years until March 81, 1909;
"Now, therefore, It is stipulated that
the said award shall be extended and
shall continue in force for three years
from April 1, 1909-namely, until
March 81, 1912"
( Besides George #. Baer of the Read
ing company there were present for
the operators J. l.. Cake, Independent
operator; Thomas Fowler president of
the New York. Ontario and Western
w. II. Truesdale, president of the
Lackawanna: f. B. Thomas, president
of the Lehigh; S. G. S. Sims, second
vice president of the Delaware and
Hudson; Morris Williams, president of
the Susquehanna Coal company, and
George f. Barker.
The miners were represented by
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers, John FallOn. n. j. Ferry and
Miles Daugherty of the national board.
John Waters, district No. L. John Nc
Ilhenny, district 7, and John Fahy. dis
trict No. 8.
The wage agreement, which the OPP
orators seek to have renewed expired
on March 81. The miners, however,
pending the outcome of the confer.
ences are working under its terms.
The agreement does not provide for
recognition of the miners union, and
this is the bone of contention, as the
operators absolutely refuse to recog.
nize the union.
1t is said that should the operators
refuse to make any concessions and
insist upon the offer to renew the an
thracite strike commission award the
miners will appeal to President Taft
for the appointment Of commission
to investigate the conditions control
ling the mining and selling Of hard
coal
1t is also said that If the conference
comes to an end without an agreement
being reached the miners will not de.
clare a strike, but will leave 1t to the
operators to declare lockout.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
Eieht Killed In Michigan.

Detroit, Mich, April 8. At least
eight persons lost their lives in the
storm that swept over Michigan.
Three men who tried to cross the De-
troit river In rOwboat from Wyan-
dotte to Canada were drowned when
their craft capsized.
At Jennings, in >Missaukee county,
three men were killed by falling wall
that was blown down by the wind.
Eight-year-old Benjamin HellmeI
was killed by lightning near Iona, and
Ray Miller was killed at Brighton by
roof that had been blown off by the
wind.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
TAFT OPTIMISTIC.
Sure Party Platform Prom.
ises Will Be Kept.
STANDARD OIL GETS WHACKED
House Committee of Whole Upsets
Organization, Reverses Speak
er's Decision and Putt Oil
Practically on Free List.

Washington, April S.-President Taft
reiterated to some of his callers the be-
lief he has held ever since his election
that the new tariff bill as finally pass
ed by congress will fulfill the platform
pledges made at the Chicago conven-
ton last June and would be a revision
downward.
One of the callers to whom he thus
expressed himself was Senator Nc
Cumber of South Dakota.
President Taft told Senator McCum-
ber that the new census bill as framed
in the house seems entirely satisfac-
tory, and it is believed at the White
House that the senate will accept and
pass this measure as it came from the
lower branch of congress.
Standard Oil was given body blow
in the house during the debate on tar
iff bill amendments.
The house, sitting in committee of
the whole, adopted an amendment
which cuts the duty on refined and
crude oil to per cent in place of a
25 per cent ad yalorem proposed by
Another important incident came
when the house, after brief debate and
with scarcely a dissenting vote, adopt
ed the committee amendment to put
tea on the free list and removing the
countervailing duty from coffee.
Five amendments to the barley
schedule were defeated. The duty on
barytes was raised from 70 cents to
$1.50 per ton.
The oil incident was accompanied
bR ttiee ersatest' ekciteHent ard con-
fusion, that has sbeen Witnessed since
the opening of the tariff contest. When
this schedule was reached Mr.. Vree-
land of New York, on behalf Of the
ways and means committee, offered an
amendment striking out the counter
vailing duty and fixing duty of %
per cent ad valorem. Mr.. Norris of
Nebraska moved a substitute provid-
ing for duty of 1 per cent ad va
loren.
Against this Mr.. DalZell made the
point Of order that as it was not in
cluded in the committee proposition
it could not be entertained.
The chair sustained the point, but
by vote of 162 to 173 on division the
chair was overruled, many Republic
ans voting with the Democrats against
the chair. Tellers being ordered, the
negative vote was increased, and the
vote stood 1875 to 16S.
Thus the entire petroleum schedule
was opened to amendment. This re-
suit created intense excitement.
After the confusion had Subsided
somewhat debate on the Norris amend
ment was begun. During the debate
Speaker Cannon took the floor and
with great feeling spoke against the
amendment. He sought to show that
this amendment would help the Stand.
ard and enable it to flood the country
with Oil from Mexico.
The speaker was shaking with rage
as he spoke. Immediately thereafter
the Norris amendment was adopted.
While the vote was in committee OF
the whole, it is regarded as probable
that it will be sustained In the house
when it comes to a record vote.
The whole proceeding showed that
the house members We're powerfully
in favor of striking a blow at the
Standard.
1t is predicted that If the house pro
vides for practically free oil the sen
ate will do likewise.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
Italia Balloon Falls 1,2OO Feet.

Schio, Italy, April s.-The dirigibls
balloon Italia's trials ended disastrous
ly. After maneuyering at height OF
1900 feet the engine broke down, and
the balloon descended precipitately. 1t
was badly damaged, but the aeronauts-
ware unt bI,~+
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
COLONEL GREENE RESIGNS.
Civil Service Commissioner Asks Fo,
His Release.

Washington, April 8. - Henry +.
the president as member of the civil
service commission. 1t is believed that
his successor will be James Thomas
Williams, Jr., for several years II resi-.
dent of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Williams during the late cam.
paign was connected with the Repub.
lican national committee and acted as
private secretary to National Chair.
man Frank III. Hitchcock.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
CROKER LIKES WASHINGTON.
Says District Of Columbia Ought to BE
Made a Territory.

Washington, April 8.-Richard Gro
ker, former leader of Tammany Hail,
made an address before the Citizens
association here, in which he indorsed
the opinion that the District Of Colum-
bia should be given territorial form
of government and that it's citizens
should have the right to vote.
"My life work." said Mr. Croker,
"has been accomplished, and what re-
mains of my life will be devoted to
rest. I shall spend six months of each
year in Ireland and six months at
Palm Beach. I have fallen in love
with Washington and hope to stop
here every year."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
TURKISH EDITOR KILLED.
Writer Who Opposed Young Turks As.
sassinated at Constantinople.

Constantinople, April 8. - Hassan
Fehmi Effendi, editor Of the Liberal
newspaper Serbesti, was shot and kill
ed by an unknown man as he was en-
tering his Office. A government officer
accompanying the editor was wound
ed. The crime is believed to be po-
litical. The Serbesti has been carry
ing on campaign against the commit
tee Of Union and Progress, better
known as the Young Turks.
This committee has been controlling
the Turkish government by virtue Of
its hold on troops from Salonika and
elsewhere. which were brought into
Constantinople, leading, first to the
granting of the constitution and, later
on. to the downfall of Kiamil Pasha.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
CALLS YANKEE GIRLS HORRID
"HaVe Made tho Demure British Maid
en- Disgrace Her Nation"

London, April 8.-English matrons
say the type of simple, modest British
maiden of olden days is practically ex-
tinct and lay it to the example set
by the American girls who flock to
the English metropolis every season.
One society woman said: sour girls
are now boys. They have male nick
names, such as Jimmy Billy and
George They drive motor cars,
shoot, hunt, go away for week ends
Of their own and indulge In other mas
culine pleasures. They cannot blush
and cannot fall In love-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
BOATS LOST IN GALE.
Crew Of Steel Barge Rescued In Fierce
Storm on Lake Erie.

Storm on Lake ERIC.
Cleveland, o., April S-The fishing
tug George Floyd, with seven men
aboard. and the sloop Mary H., with
nine men, are missing, and the barge
Norman Kelley. with a crew of four
persons, was rescued after desperate
struggle in a fierce windstorm which
ragged on Lake Erie. The wind blew
sixty mile gale.
The steel barge Kelley's crew, three
men and woman, were picked up
after floating fifteen miles away from
Kelley's island, whence the boat broke
away. There was neither an engine or
an oar on the barge, so the crew was
at the mercy of the waves.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
MISSING CHAUFFEUR CAUGHT.
Darrash, Who Ran Down Trimble Boy,
CAPTURED In Texas


Fort Worth, Tex, April 8.-William
Darragh, a chauffeur, wanted at New
York on the charge Of running down
and killing thirteen-year-old Ingvaard
Trimble, was arrested here by Chief
of Police r. +. Taylor, who notified
the northern authorities.
Darragh, who was known here un-
der the name of william Lee. con-
fessed his identity. He was held for
extradition papers. Darragh, who ran
away after the boy was run down, had
been followed through several western
and southern cities before he was final
% &aait 81
4. A telegram was received from New
York saying that an officer would
leave at once to bring Darragh back.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
Nav Have 10 Leave Martinique.

Port Of Spain, Trinidad, April s.
There is much excitement in the Vene-
zuelan colony here over the interdict
issued by the British government
against ex-President Castso. Interest
centers in the question how long Cas-
tro will be permitted to remain in
Fort de France.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
RIOTS IN CALABRIAN TOWN.
Troops Fire on Popular Demonstration
Against New Taxes.

MonteleOne, Calabria, April 8.-Four
men were killed and many others
wounded in a conflict with the local
carbineers. The authorities are en-
deavoring to collect new taxes, which
are exceedingly unpopular.
AS protest the people marched
through the streets and invaded the
city hall. The carbineers were called
out, and a fierce riot ensued, In which
the soldiers fred on the people.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
One Killed at Rochester.

Rochester, n. Y, April g.. John
Veith was killed here when fifty-one
mile an hour wind unroofed a New
York Central freight car. Veith, who
was working along the tracks, was
crushed to death. A twelve-year-old
child sustained a fractured skull from
chimney blown down by the gale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
Guilty of Three Murders,

Amite City, La, April S.-The jury
in the case Of Avery Blount, charged
with the murder of ]. o. Breeland,
Mrs. Breeland and Mrs. Joe Everette,
brought in a verdict of guilty in the
first degree.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
SENTENCED TO THE NAVY.
Boy Forser Had a Chance to Be a Man
Judge Says.

Des Moines, Ia, April S.-John Flood.
seventeen years old, indicted for for
gerry, was sentenced to enlist in the
navy or to serve term in the reforma.
tory.
Judge Brennan Of the juvenile court
declared training in the navy would
make a man of the lad. Recruiting
officers NAV reject him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
JEALOUSY ENDS FATALLY.

Delaware Youth Killed In Row Over .
Girl.
Milford, Del, April Sin a quarrel
over a girl Walter Gillespie was stab
bed to death by Chester Gray Of Mil
ton, the son of a stock dealer of that
place.
Gray had been calling on a Miss
Bennett here. AS he was leaving he
was followed, he AYERS, by Gillespie
and two OF Gillespie's friends. Accord
ing to Gray. the three attacked him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
JAIL FOR TAKING TWO CENTS
Young Mail Carrier HarshIy Dealt
With by Federal JUDGE,

Springfield, Mo-, April g.. Judge
John F. Phillips, in the United States
district court here, sentenced Cleve-
land Carroll, boy employed as a mail
carrier, to six months in the reform
school for embezzling postal funds.
Carroll is said to have appropriated
two cents given him to buy a stamp.
He destroyed the letter he was to mail.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
HE WOULD TAX BILLBOARDS.

Senator Hepburn Objects to the Signs
of the Times.
Washington, April 8.-Senator Hey
burn of Idaho has introduced a bill In
the senate for tax on billboards.
1t appears the senator, who has an
eye for the artistic, has been offended
while riding along on trains between
here and New York and elsewhere and
beholding commercial ornaments to
tina IandscnnA
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
ICE HOUSES BURN DOWN.

FouT HuhdTed ThouSand Founds OF Ice
Lost as Result of lneendiary Fire.
East WATERFORD, Me-, April S.-More
than 100000 tons of ice stored in six
icehouses along the Bartlett river were
destroyed by an incendiary fire, which
wrecked the plant Of the f. w. Clark
Ice company. The damage is estimated
at $4,000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
TAFT WILL SIGNAL SEATTLE.
Seattle Fair Will Pc Opened by Press
ina kaY of First klondike Gold.

ing Key of First klondike Gold.
Seattle, Wash, April 8.-When Presl-
dent Taft gives the signal from the
White House that will open the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition, on Juno
1, he will press a key of virgin gold,
studded with the first nuggets taken
from the KlOndike.
The base upon which the instrument
rests is white Alaska marble, and the
button which tips the key bar is OF
walrus ivory.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09

Weather Probabilities.
Fair and cooler; diminishing west
winds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-02
Attic MODERN UNIVERSITY.

Tho university scout was making
confidential report 10 til" head "i
that great educational institution.
I've done fairly well. he said.
1--WE made a deal with that remark
able mathematical boy in the Euclid
preparatory school. and he'll go In as
a freshman with us next year.
Good" said the president. What
inducement did you offer him.?
A free scholarship. Of course.
years board. and suit OF clothes.
Then | got that Homer boy who wears
the seven and three-quartcrs hal-tht
memory expert. you remember. He
cost US gold watch and $50
How about the boy at Rome-the
one who knows his Caesar by heart"
Il missed him. Somebody got in
ahead of me and nailed him for Il
scarf pin and a pair OF patent leath
.rs. But | signed up the young fci-
low who won the gold medal IN the
debate at Demosthenes. He looks good
to me-and only cost his travelling ex-
penses and new tuxedo coat.
That's fine!" said the president,
as he rubbed his large. white hands
together. Il guess when it comes to
an academic showdown. well make
some of these would-be rivals OF ours
sit I'D and wonder what's stuns
them. Plain Dealer.