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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
FOUNDATIONS ARE TorrERrNC.

Our sincere sympathy goes out to
the people of West Pittston, who, for
some months have lived between al
ternate hope and fear, occasioned by
the settling of the earth into the
mines. After the first signs of
trouble appeared some months ago,
the movement subsided, and it was
hoped that the trouble was over.
Lately 1t has renewed itself to an
alarming degree, and fine and costly
residences and churches have been
badly damaged and in some cases
practically ruined, streets and side
walks have been upheaved, water
and gas mains broken and nearly
every form of damage and disaster
except death and injury to people
has been experienced.
Earthquakes are said to be one of
the most terrorizing experiences
known. The condition of affairs at
West Pittston is akin to that. The
inhabitants not only live in constant
fear of their houses falling down
about their ears, but there is also
danger of being smothered by gas,
or that fire may break out, should
escaping gas reach flame. OF
course under such conditions the
value of real estate goes down to
zero and the woes of West Pittston
people are many and sore. We ex-
tend to them our deepest sympathy.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
A Germ Immune.

WELL" said the old gentleman,
walking through the International Tu.
berculosis exhibit, when see all this
| wonder how / have ever lived to be
"a years old, and never took a mite
Of care Of myself, either. You see,
was born in the days before they dis
covered germs. have slept with the
snow blowing in on my bed, cut
through the Ice to wash my face and
hands. eaten all kinds of rich. hearty
foods. got my feet wet and let them
get dry again or stay wet, put my fan.
nels on and took them of when
pleased-am "a years old and never
had a serious illness. am afraid
now. however, that will never reach
90 years, as my father and mot" Or
did. Looks IKE man don't have q
fair show with so mary germs ready
to floor him"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
RESTITUTION

BY its own confession in court it
appears that the Sugar Trust has
defrauded the Government of $2,-
l35,4S6. The money stolen has
been returned. This was no tech-
n1cal swindle. 1t did not depend
upon a disputed Interpretation of
law. 1t was accomplished with as
much deliberation as is shown in
the operations of forger or a con-
fidence man.
There was wholesale cheating in
the weight of imported sugar. The
less the weight the smaller the tax
to be paid. The less the tax the
more money for salaries and divid-
ends on which to Support luxury and
display. The greater the luxury
and display the wider the class dis
tlnctions in a country where no
classes should be.
TO facilitate the fraud, scales were
tampered with and Government
agents were bribed. The theft went
on for years, Systematically and sue
cessfully. Men high up as well as
men low down in the Sugar Trust
must have known about it. Mil
lions are not appropriated in this
fashion unwittingly. Design ap-
pears at every stage of the proceed
ings. Design is admitted by restitu-
ton.
. is there a person connected with
the sugar monopoly who will marvel
hereafter when he comes to con-
slder some strikingly violent popu-
lar attack upon a trust?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
TO STUDY ALASKA GLACIERS.
Cornell GeOlOgist to Make Trip to
the Far North This Summer.


the Far North This Summer.
Ithaca, N. Y, May 26.-Backed
by the National Geographical So
ciety, Prof. Ralph Stockton Tarr,
well-known Cornell geologist, will
make another expedition into Alas
ka this summer for the purpose of
studying glaciers. Prof. Tarr had
his plans made to visit Europe, but
on his return from Washington said
that the Geological Society had pre-
vailed upon him to continue his ex-
plorations in Alaska, begun several
years ago. The society has ap-
propriated $4,000 for the expedition.
Mr.. Tarr will be accompanied by
Prof. Lawrence Martin, of the Uni
ersity of Wisconsin, a former pu-
pill. Mr.. Tarr has already made
valuable discoveries in Alaska glac-
ier fields. He is also authority on
earthquakes. The party will leave
Seattle June 10th, and spend the
summer in Alaska.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28

Mrs. Andrew Bells, of Pittston,
formerly Miss Mary Haggerty of
this county, died suddenly at her
home in the former city, on Sunday
last, from the bursting of blood
vessel. Her husband, who is in
charge of the machinists at No. 8 col
liery, left the house early in the
morning for his work. Shortly
afterward his wife said she was not
feeling we'll, and as her little daugh-
ter was leaving the house to go to
the home of a relative, she said
she would lie down. When the
daughter returned, she found her
mother dead. A physician who was
called said that death had occurred
several hours previously. The de-
ceased was As years of age and the
family had resided in Pittston for
the past twelve years. Her sudden
death was a severe shock to the
family. The survivors are the hus-
band, one daughter, Alfredo, the
mother, Mrs. Turner, of Maplewood
and these sisters and brother: Mrs
Andrew Drew, of Giddings street,
Pittston; Mrs. Samuel Cowell, of
Dunmore; John Haggerty, Of Nay
Aug.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
BATTLEsHIP NORTH DAKOTA.

In the Boston Herald, of Novem-
ber 8th, we find that the battleship
North Dakota, now being built at
Quincy, near Boston, is to cost about
nine millions of dollars. The guns
on the vessel are to cost about seven
hundred and ninety thousand dol
lars. One broadside of her guns
will cost seventeen thousand dollars.
After two hours of continuous firing,
her guns will be worn out and use
less. Shooting in concert, it is es-
timated it will cost about twenty
five thousand dollars a minute to
feed her guns; and it will require
nine hundred officers and men to
man the vessel.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
Hooker's Grand Chestnut Charger.

HookerS Grand CheStnut Vhafgers
General Hooker probably had the fin.
est looking horse in the Union armies.
This was Lookout, horse of rich chest
nut color, standing seventeen hands
high and possessing all the dainty and
elastic action of the most delicately
fashioned colt. This was the horse
Kentucky bred, which bore Hooker
during the battle above the Clouds"
The horse was intended for exhibition
in England. but got no farther than
New York. where Hooker bought him.
although having to compete with the
agent Of the emperor of France, who
wanted him for his majesty Louis Ma
poleon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28

no you know what It means. boys
and girls
Who hail from the north and the
49, south
Do you know what 1t means,
This twining OF green's
Round the silent cannons mouth,
This strewing with flowers the grass
grown grave,
This decking with garlands the statues
brave.
This Haunting of flags
All in tatters and rags,
This marching and singing,
These bells a-ringing,
These faces grave and these faces gay,
This talk of the blue and this talk Of the
gray,
In the north and the south Memorial day?
Not simply a show time. boys and girlo.
ls this day of falling flowers.
Not pageant play
Nor holiday
OF flags and floral bowers.
It is something more than the day that
starts
Warm memories a-throb in veteran
hearts,
For across the years
To the hopes and fears
To the days of battle,
OF roar and of rattle,
To the past that now seems 20 far away.
Do the sons OF the blue and the sons of
the gray
Gaze. hand clasping hand. Memorial day.
For the wreck and the wrong of II, boys
and gtrls,
For the terror and loss as well,
Our hearts must hold
A regret untold
AS we think OF those who fell.
But their blood. on whichever side thcy
fought,
Reusade the nation and progress bought.
We forget the foe.
For we live and know
That the fghting and signing,
The falling and dying,
Were but stepa toward the future-the
martyrs way,
Down which the sons OF the blue and the
gray
Look with love and pride Memorial day.
Wide Awake.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
J. c. BRIGHT WILL FILED.
Bryn Mawr Hardware Dealer
Leaves Daughter $4,000.

Leaves Daughter $4,000.
Norristown, Pa, May 25.-By the
will of Joseph c. Bright, late of
Bryn Mawr, which was probated to-
day, his daughter, Ann Linn Bright,
will receive $4,000, provided she
does not marry before the death of
her mother.
Mr.. Bright, who was an extensive
hardware dealer, with stores at Lans-
ford, Reading, Pottsville, and Haz-
Teton, also provides that the Potts
vile and Hazleton stores are to be
made over to a corporation, this to
form the residuary part of the es-
tate. To his son, Harris, he gives
$2500 year; to his daughter, Anna,
$1,000 year during the life of her
mother, and the remainder OF the
residuary income is given to the
widow.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
New lot of Young
Mems and ITEMS
SIP and Sis suits
At $685.

az There are several very
smart styles and models that
young men from 33 to 36 inches
chest measure will especial like,
and there are plenty of suits a
little more conservative in style
for the older men.
These suits come in all the
newest shades and styles, stripes
and plain fabrics, all sized, worth
$12 and S15-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
OBITUARY..

Died at the parents residence in
Philadelphia at 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning, May 25, 1909, Violet,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Egelston, formerly of this borough,
aged months.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
FRIDAY, MAY 2S, 1909.
REPUBLICANS.

Republicans do not forget the
primaries; turn out and vote. 1t is
true no great principle is at stake,
but do not let that keep you from the
polls. The Citizen is interested in a
thorough organization of the party
and unification of every interest
that we may poll our full vote at fut-
ure elections.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
OUBPENA IN DIVORCE.
~ In the Court of Common Pleas of
Wayne County.
ROSE L. NEUBAUER, Libellant.

FRED. C. NEUBAUER, Respondent.
No. 12l Oct, Term, 1908 Libel in Divorce.
To Fred. G, Neubauer: You are hereby
third Monday Of June next, to answer the
complaint exhibited to the Judge of said
court by Rose H. Neubauer your wife, libel
liant, in the cause above stated, or in default
thereof decree of divorce as prayed for i'm
said complaint may be made against you
your absence.
M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff.
Honesdale Pa. Nav 20 1909. 43w4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28
BASEBALL SCORES.
Results of Games Played In National,
American and Eastern Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York-New York, s; st. Louis,
2 Batteries-Wiltse and Schlei; Higgins,
Beebe and Bresnahan.
At Brooklyn-Chicago, 2; Brooklyn, O.
Batteries-Overall and Moran; Bell and
Bergen.
At Boston-Pittsburg, 8; Boston, 5 40 In
nings). Batteries-Leever, Camnits and
Gibson; Mattern and Smith.
At delphia-Philadelphi 5; Gin
cinnati 2. Batteries-Moore and Dooin;
Dubec, Rowan and Roth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28

Charles Hanford Robertson, a
we'll known locomotive engineer on
the Delaware Division of the Erie,
died at his home in Matamoras,
Pike county, on Tuesday morning
last, after an illness of seven
months. He was nearly fifty years
of age. Deceased was born at
White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan
county, and seventeen years ago be-
gan firing for the Erie with his
residence at Port Jervis. He was
soon promoted to engineer and
performed his duties to the salts
faction Of his employers. He was
a man who was we'll liked by many
friends. A man who was a kind
and indulgent husband and father.
On August 19, 1884, Mr.. Robert
son was united in marriage with
Miss Jessie Coleman, of Honesdale
who survives him with the follow.
ing daughters: Helen, wife of H
w. Smith of Matamoras; Bertha
Florence, Mildred and Agnes al
home. Also two sisters Julia
wife of Washington Sutherland, o.
White Sulphur Springs; Ida, wife
of Lambert White of East Branch
| N. Y.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Chicago-Chicago-New York game
postponed by rain.
At Detroit-Washingto g. Detroit, /.
Batteries-Gray and Street; Suggs and
Stanage.
At Cleveland-Cleveland, 8; Philadel
phia, 2. Batteries-Berger and Bemis:
Coombs and Thomas.
At st. Louis-St. Louis, 8; Boston, 0.
Batteries-Waddel and Stephens; Chech,
Steele and Carrigan
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28

CITIZEN JOB PRINT means STYLE
UALITN and PROMPTNESS. Try it,,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-28

EAb E1tIN LEAIU UE.
At Providence-Providenc 13; Jersey
City, S.
At Newark-Newark, 2; Baltimore, 0.
AT Toronto-Toronto, A. Buffalo, Q3 in
nings).
AT Montreal-Montreal, 2; Rochester, l.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10

The little daughter OF Henry John
son Of Grand Forks. was struck by 1
spent bullet from a ride while walk
ing near her home, and q wound OF
some depth in-icted IN her neck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10

region, If they had not been finan.
cially situated SO they could get out
of there. Mr.. Spargur would have
been able to clear up half million
Of dollars on this. The man to whom
they sold their bitches, disposed Of
his holdings to the United States
government for large sum and the
government has spent upon the ir-
rigation project, of which this is the
very center of, more than million
and a half dollars.
We take it similar experiences are
within the knowledge of pioneers in
Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa and all of
the northwestern states have seen
their times of hardship and diff
Guilty, when the land was wild and
the country seemed to lack fertility,
when times were hard and money
was scarce, and when properties
worth, large values today were dis
posed of for little or nothing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10
'1sINGING" WIRELESS DEVICE.
Musical Tones to Be- Substituted Fol
Vibrations Now Transmitted.

Musical Tones to Be- Substituted For
Vibrations Now Transmitted.
"Singing sparks is the expressive
name given to an improved wireless
system recently perfected by a Ger
man wireless telegraphy company,
says a Berlin dispatch. Messrs. Slaby
and Arco, chief engineers Of the COM
pany. have invented a device which, it
is claimed. will entirely obviate the
uncertainties with which other wire
less systems have had to contend. ~
The new method consists In sending
out the vibrations which form the
messages as pure musical tones, which
are capable Of being heard by the re-
ceiver, no matter how softly they may
be attuned. It Is declared that by
means Of this device It will be possible
for the first time since the wireless
telegraphy was established to main
tain communication by this means In
spite Of the most violent atmospheric
disturbances. In their passage through
the air the singing sparks win be- en-.
tiDely noiseless.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10
uanutn IN bUSI SHEET.

Prominent Church Plane 6sautifies.
j ton Feature For It, Centenary. &
The Rev. DR.. William r. Hunting
ton, rector Of Grace church. In New
York, has hit upon a novel plan ICE
commemoratiug this the hundredth
year of the corporate existence Of the
church. His congregation tndorses the
plan. 1t is to transform into garden
the lot adjoining the church on the
south, which has a frontage OF n1ty'
feet on Broadway and ITO feet on
Tenth street. 1t was formerly the site
of a we'll known bakery. j %'1 ~
The lot was recently purchased by
the church. The garden will be In
closed only with a low iron fence. 10
that the people living thereabout Will
get the benefit Of it. 1t will provide a
playground for the choir boys and q
place for church entertainments.
Part of the Easter collection. which
this year amounted to $4,000. WILL be
used to complete the payment on the
new lot, which, when it becomes
garden, will have as a background an
ornamental wall, now almost complet-
ed, along the south wall OF the church
parallel with Tenth street. This wall
the corporation has erected with the
idea of shutting out from view the tall
building in the rear. 1t Is some thirty
feet high.
DR.. Huntington said the garden will
be a monument to the church and a
welcome sight to the millions of people
who annually pass the spot. 1t will
also add to the appearance Of the
neighborhood. .'.''
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10
begin before the sun is up and keep
on until dark. W.
The Grand Forks Herald thinks

The Grand Forks Herald thinks
justice was done in the Till case,
whether Till was innocent or guilty.
l. argues lat If guilty the ends of
justice were served by his incarce-
ration up to the present time. The
fact remains that If Till were guilty,
Adam Miller, the man he is
charged with having killed is still
dead. We take it the pardon Of
Till was not granted upon this n.y.
pothesis, but rather upon the hypo-
thesis that there is a reasonable
doubt of his guilt and that it is
better he should be given the bene-
fit of that doubt. We cannot accept
the Heralds view that Till has served
long enough to satisfy the ends Of
justice; if was guilty Of the crime.
Under that hypothesis, fifteen or
twenty years Imprisonment should
work the regeneration Of any MUIR
derer and give him his freedom. The
evidence against Till was circum-
stantial, and no doubt a good many
people who have studied the case
and the evidence believe that he was
not guilty Of the crime. On no other
hypothesis can we reconcile their &C
tivity in efforts to secure his free
dom. And if from the evidence it
appears that there is a reasonable
doubt of his guilt, then he should be
given his freedom, for it is better
that guilty man go free than that
an innocent man may be made to
suffer. But it is this tendency after
a lapse of fifteen or twenty years to
look upon the crime of the muir
der less lightly that inspires the SEN
timent against the abolition Of CAPT
tai punishment. The pardon of Till,
we think, can be justified upon the
hypothesis that he was not guilty, or
that there was reasonable doubt of
his guilt. But we do not think it
can be justified, as the Herald thinks,
on the theory that a long term OF
Imprisonment is sufficient punish
ment for the crime of murder.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10

nous novelist. She has been an intimate
friend of nearly all the great writer's
on both sides Of the Atlantic during
the last seventy years. OF them al
she regards Emerson as the greatest,
q verdict which in itself reveals her
spirituality and advancement. j. +
Three events In the career Of Mrs..
Howe are typical and illuminating.
The first occurred In 1881 In the city
Of Washington. She had gone there
with her husband, who did much to
aid the Union in its struggle for life.
On arriving in the city the tender sus-
capabilities Of her nature were
wrought upon by the sight Of the army
and the long lines Of camps. She had
known John Brown In life, and, being
an accomplished singer, something
wrought upon her while passing the
marching columns to pour forth In her
rich contralto voice the air OF 3"John
Browns Body" The soldiers took It
mp, and soon If was rolling along til
ranks. A friend was % touched by
the incident that he asked Mr.. Howe
to write more worthy words "a III
music. ard shs promised 70 do %. y
morning of two latsr5 an aressawh1Ia
+ va stilf dark with .Che BaEf1s
Hymn c( ~ Repubiic = forming ltDslf
Id Mr. mind ana then and thsss, with
"a, llsht Int the gray drawn. wrota r
praetieally . Il stands tDdAy. :s5.4
# Tho second Incident occurred yoaF1
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10
NATIONAL !. LABOR |. BUREAU.
The First Of I Series Of omess opsnid
In New York. - !

The First Of I Series Of oMess opsntd
In New York. -
The. first bureau Of the National EN-
ployment exchange, which was 'incor-
porated April e to. solve the present
day labor problems. was opened the
other day at IA State street, New York.
Any man seeking manual labor win be
free to enter his name without charge.
Neither will It cost an employer any
thing to secure labor. T.
Those back Of the exchange, who in
clude q number of widely known and
wealthy meh. have raised 100000 to
further the project Of obtaining em-
ployment for laborers who are really
seeking work. The present plan II
that after q man has been given work
he shall pay the bureau 81 Later there
may be q small fee for the employers.
Bureaus in Chicago. and Pituburg
win be opened In q few days. Later
bureaus win be established In Cleve-
Land. Cincinnati. St Louis, Mnwau-
kee and other cities through the mid
die west.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-10
THE CALL OF THE FARM.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat:
Through the St. Louis gateway more
persons are moving toward the west,
the southwest and the northwest
this season than have been seen at
this time in many years. Not all
of these-and probably not more
than half of them-are agriculturists
The west has as diversified a
labor system as the east All sorts
of activities are seen in even the new
lest of the states. The man with
any kind Of useful vocation can u.s.
ually find a field in all localities
in the United States which have
been settled for half dozen years,
except in the crudest of mining
camps.
But agriculture is still one of the
country's most important Interests.
1t is the interest on which the
vests prosperity was originally
based. Therefore a large proportion
of the new settlers which the region
west of the Mississippi is receiving
in 1909 are tillers of the soil. The
old era of free lands for the land
less has ended in the United States.
Uncle Sam is no longer rich enough
to give US all a farm. Some land
under the homestead act Of 1862 is
still taken up each year. But the
quarter sections which are desira-
BILE, and which are given away under
that act for the cost of the surveying,
are nearly extinct. They are chiefly
confined to the arid regions, and
require irrigation to make them pro-
ductive. The irrigation act Of 1902
is doing its work upon these lands,
but, in general, the cost of the work
is assessed on the person who &C.
quires the land. Most of the farmer
who are passing through st. Louis
bound westward these days are pur-
chasers of land.
With prices at their present high
Level farming has become one OF the
most profitable employments. Spot
wheat has gone up farther even than
Patten predicted, which shows that
the crop is shorter than had been
popularity supposed. Crops of all the
cereals are likely to be larger in 1909
than they were in 1908, but the de-
mand, at home and abroad, is in
creasing so rapidly through the
growth Of population in the nom
agricultural pursuits that the prices
are not likely to drop far from the
present level in the near future. The
chances for the farmer to have affair
income for his labor are better than
they were until a few years ago.
Moreover, with the advent of the ru-
raj free delivery and the long-dis-
lance telephone, life on the farm has
many attractions which it lacked in
the old days.