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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
PREACHER BEFORE BREWERS.
Rev. DR.. Peters Uses Plain Speech at
Beer Makers Convention.

Atlantic City, n. j., June 3.-The
chief feature of the brewers conven-
tion here was an address by the Rev.
DR.. John z. Peters chairman of the
committee of fourteen which is invcs-
tigating the liquor question in New
York.
He advocated the wiping out of sa-
looms that are not conducted according
to law and also urged better en-
forccmcnt of reasonable and fair liq-
uor laws.
In discussing the causes of the prohi-
bition movement Rev. Mr.. Peters
frankly told the members of the Brow
ers' association that the liquor dealers
themselves are partly responsible for
the agitation in that they have not al
ways conducted their business prompt
ly.
Speaking especially of conditions in
New York city, he said the brewers by
their methods of transacting business
have shouldered the responsibility for
political corruption and other evils and
tiaunted in the face of the people the
fact that they do so.
ANY effort on the part of brewers to
better conditions is rendered difficult
in New York and IN the country at
large by the hodge podge of our liquor
laws"
The administration of the Raines
law in New York. he said, had been
probably worse than the law itself,
which is most fnulty and vicious
one. He added:
Our courts in New York are not
above reprouch. They have establish
ed Il system of testimony, methods OF
| procedure and the like which turn this
and other laws into farce. The full
ure of the law tends peculiarly. to dis
credit the liquor trade and tNrefect
ultimately on the brewers. who are
held to be behind the whole business. y
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
BIG SHORTAGE IN BANK.
DefaIoation of $4,000 In National In
stitution In Idaho.

Lewiston, Ida. June 3.-The nation
al bank examiner, Claude Catch. has
discovered big shortage in the funds
of the Lewiston National bank. 1t is
said that the alleged defalcation
amounts to $137,OO0.
The embezZlement has, it is stated,
extended over period of five years,
and it was made possible by manipu-
lation of the adding machines used in
computing the daily balances.
Immediately after the condition be-
came known to the bank officers a
meeting of the stockholders was called,
and the defalcatiOn was made good.
The Lewiston National bank and the
Idaho Trust company were consoli-
dated about year ago. At that time
the capital and surplus Of the Lewis
ton National was 100000 and the cap
ltal Of the trust company 100000. The
aggregate deposits at the present time
are about 100000, of which $45000O
is subject to check. The cash on hand
is 100000.
The case has been placed in the
hands of the comptroller of the cur
rency, who will decide whether any
arrests shall be made.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
CAR STRIKE IN PITTSFIELD.
Ali Traffic Tied Up When Conductors
and Motormen Go Out.


Pittsfeld Mass, June 3.-All traffic
on the lines of the Pittsfield Street
Railway company is tied up by a
strike Of the 125 conductors and motor
men.
A demand of the men for an increase
of cent an hour and for a ten hour
working day led to the strike, which
came as aSsurprlse to the company Of
ficials in view of the fact that they
had arranged to have a conference
with the employees later in the week
The strike leaders issued state
ment asserting that two attempts on
their part to approach the officials of
the company or conference had been
rebuffed.
ID. f. Fitzgerald, a member of the
general executive board of the Anal
gamated Association Of Electrical
Street Railway Employees of America,
has come from New Haven, Conn.,, to
take charge of the strike.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
HEINzE TICKET ELECTED.
No Opposition at Meeting of United
Copper Stockholders.

copper StockholderS.
New York, June 3.-The absence of
f. Augustus Heinze. president and lar
gest individual stakeholder of the Unit
ed Copper company. was the feature
of the annual meeting ut Hoboken ut
which Heinze board was elected
without a dissenting vote.
Conover English of the law firm of
McCarter & English of Trenton ap-
peared as President Hcinze's personal
representative. He said that Mr.
Heinze was i'll and would not be able
to attend.
where's Arthur Z. HeinzeT was
asked.
HE is sick too" said English. Hes
in Il hospital"
Richard II. Kilroy appeared as the
custodian of the proxies for Heinze's
stock. Kilroy voted 241,G51 shares.
Eight directors were to be elected.
Nine persons were nominated, as fol-
lows:
David Meikeljohn, +. A. Heinze and
George Lane. Butte. Mont; l.. A. Dun
ham. Salt Lake City; Stanley Clifford,
NJ. NJ. Joyce and Richard II. Kiroy Of
this city, w. p. Byrnes. Montreal, and
Abraham V. Wyckoff. Newark.
Each Of the nine nominees received
24l.C5l votes. 1t was explained that
Wyckoff was nominated because at
the last moment it was discovered that
one of the directors must be a New
Jersey resident.
"Of course the company can have
only eight directors, but Wyckoff. aft
er being properly elected, can resign"
explained one of the Heinze adher-
entS.
/ Only F. A. Heinze and. Stanley Gif-
ford were members of the old board
The latter is abroad.
George Baglin, vice president of the
company, who was committed to the
Tombs in contempt of coGrt, was ar
raigned before Judge LHcombe and
was permitted to go. with the under
standing that if he intended to leave
the city he must notify District At,
torncy Wise three days before the
time of his intended departure.
Bngiin was released on the ground
that his term as vice president and di.
rector of the copper company had eX.
pred and that he could no longer be
held accountable as an officer of the
company for hiding the books.
Sanford ltObirson. another former
director, was granted until Friday to
show why he should not follow Bag,
In, tn
court in refusing to give up the books
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04

SENATOR STEPHEN Il. ElNlNS.
Mr.. ElkinS, than the manufacturing
interests of New England. New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania without
bringing distress upon communities
and even disorganizing society, as each
coal mine is the nucleus of a town."
Mr.. ElkinS declared that if Nova SEQ
tia coal should be made free or the
duty reduced it would gradually enter
New England and displace the 10000
900 tons of coal now shipped there
from West Virginia. Maryland and
Pennsylvania. The effect gould be to
throw out Of employment from 10000
to 10000 miners and reduce the wages
of the rest.
In speaking of the petroleum indus
try Mr.. Elkins said he proposed to
vote to protect it by levying a reason
able duty on it and that he would not
vote otherwise in response to preju
dice against the Standard Oil compa-
ny. He offered figures to show that
during the past two years oil produc-
ton has doubled in the United States.
The value of oil producing property
of Independent concerns and independ-
ent refneries, he said, is about eight
times greater than that of the Stand
ard OIL company. The Independent
producers sell most of their oil to the
Standard Oil company, which Mr. FL
kins explained by the fact that this
company has nearly all of the pipe
lines to the sea and does most of the
refining. According to the senator's
figures, the Standard Oil company pro-
duces only II per cent of the crude oil
of the United States and independent
operators produce the other SO per
cent
The 25O Independent oil producers
in West Virginia, Mr.. Elkins said, in
sist that If the countervailing duty on
crude petroleum and its products is
taken off, as provided in the Payne
bill, there should be a duty Of 40 per
cent ad valorem on petroleum and its
products or a specific duty of cent q
gallon on crude oil.
eff there is to be revision in the
tariff | protest on making it down
ward on coal, oil, lumber, iron ore
hides and other southern products and
not on highly protected products" he
said. "Why reduce the duty on lum
ber so per cent and increase or retain
a high duty on wheat, barley, cotton
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
GEORGIA STRIKE NOT SETTLED.
Points of Difference, Although Train
Service Has Been Resumed.

Washington. June B Chairman
Knapp of the Interstate commerce
commission ana DR.. Charles +. Neill,
commissioner of labor. mediatorS un-
der the Erlman act. returned here
from Atlanta. Ga. where they had
been directing their efforts to an adj
iuStmcnt of the strike on the Georgia
railroad.
\ tentative agreement has been Ell
tered into between the officers of the
road and the strikers whereby train
service has been resumed, but there
are yet points of difference between
the parties in controversy. The indica-
tiOnS are that the differences will be
submitted to arbitration, but that is
not vet definite.
Mr.. Knapp and DR.. Neil brought the
two parties to the controversy togeth-
er so that the train service on the road
could he resumed. That is as far as
they could go under the law. If the
two sides cannot agree upon a fair ad-
juStment of all the trouble the ar
rangement is that they will submit it
to arbitration. Thus far no arbitrators
have been named, and none will be
named until it shall become evident
that Il settlement cannot be reached
otherwise.
In the event of the appointment of
arbitrators it is not unlikely that Mr..
Knapp and DR.. Neill will be named,
with perhaps third man. not yet sug-
geSted.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
HILL ENGAGES STEVENS.
Latter Will Inspect Part of the Great
Northern Railroad.

st. Paul. Mimi. June 3.-FreSident
L. w. Hill of the Great Northern rail
way announces that John +. Stevens,
who has Just resigned as first vice
president of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad, will join
the Great Northern. Mr.. Hill said:
"AIr. Stevens has been engaged by
the Great Northern Railroad company
to inspect and report on the roads
water power in Montana and Wash
ington and look into other engineering
questions now up for consideration.
"IIe was engaged because he is the
best man in the country to do the
work and because as he was leaving
the New Haven road he was at liberty
ut the right time. The work he has
ahead of him will require about six
weeks"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
LABOR LEADERS SEE TAFT.
Samuel Gompers to Go to Europe
Contempt Decision In October.

Washington, June 3.-Samuel Com
pers, president and Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
Federation of Labor, had>A further
conference with the president regard
ing matters affecting organized labor.
Mr.. Taft promised to take the matters
up with members Of his cabinet during
the summer months.
Mr.. 'Gompers sails for Europe on
June 10 on the steamship Baltic and
will be gone until September He will
make general investigation of indus
trial conditions in Great Britain and
on the continent. He has been in
formed that the court of appeals Of
the District of Columbia will not rem
der decision in the contempt cases in
which he is one of the defendants un-
til October.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
MOtOrmen In Philadelphia
Pulled from Cars.
WOMEN ACTIVE IN THE .MOBS.
Cars Are Set on Fire and Thrown
Across the Tracks-Police Pow
erless to Check the An
CRY Assailants.

Philadelphia. June 3.-The attempt
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com
pany to operate its cars with strike
breakers imported from other cities
resulted in the most serious rioting
which has occurred since the strike
of the street car men began.
In the kcnsington district, where
many mills are located. the feeling ran
high. Mobs of men, women and chill
dren pulled the motormen and con-
ductors from their cars and beat them
severely.
In many instances cars were set on
the tracks. The police We're power
less to control the angry strike SYM
pathizers. When they charged the
mob it separated only to form again
in the vicinity of another car.
When the rioting started every car
that could be got into the barns of
the company were taken off the street.
Several policemen were injured during
the riOting.
Six hundred more strike breakers
hired in New York were detrained at
Frankford and were taken to the car
barn in closed cars under heavy police
escort. They were hooted. and stones
were thrown at them by strike SYM
pathiZcrs along the route.
Seldom in the history of modern
traction has so singular situation de-
vcloped as that in which Philadelphia
finds itself cnmcShed. With the pri-
mories due next Saturday. the Repub-
loss of prestige ana votes, no matter
whether the Philadelphia Rapid Tran.
sit company wins or loses. That the
city government is Straining every
nerve to assist the company is freely
admitted by unbiased persons, eSpe
ciaily those who are maintaining 4
neutral attitude
Even the stranger who alighted il
Philadelphia this morning could see
that the city WAS under what amount
cd almost to martial law. In the
courtyard of the city hall. opposite The
Broad street station. Il troop of natty
mounted police stood beside their sad
/ died horses. ready ana waiting for ;
cnlI to any point whore an outbreak
OF violence threatened. In the corri
dorS of the building were ranged row.
of motor cycles. and blue clad police
/ officers in black puttees. with signfi
cant humps on their right hips. lounget
in rooms to the right and left of th'
paSsagcway.
section of the city. Policemen are ev
erywhcre. always with their nigh
sticks hanging loose and handy.
Strike Director Pratt and presiden
Timothy Healy of the Internationa
brotherhood of Stationary Firemen de
clarcd that they could bring out tn
elevated men and the power hous
men whenever the actions of the com
pany made this Il desirable tactica
move. These men held mass meeting
beginning ut > a. IN.
The cOmpany's latest stand is that
positively will not consider arbitra
ton involving the point of recognition
of the union.
An offer of Il bribe of $1,000 to cal
off the strike in the Willow Grove bar
Is declared by Conductor G. c. Bach
man to have been made to him. Bacl
man reported the matter to Strike ID
rector Pratt, who issued a statemen
i'll which he added that he himsel
knew people here who would pay hill
$4,000 to get out of town.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
KNOCKED OUT BY KETCHEL.
Toni Caponi Takes the Count In the
Fourth Round of Fight.


Schenectady, n. y, June 3. - Toni
Caponi of Chicago was knocked out by
Stanley Ketchel with blow to the
jaw in the fourth round of scheduled
ten round bout before the American
Athletic club here.
The westerner seemed utterly una
BILE to ward off the blows of the cham
pion, who landed whenever and wher-
ever he wanted to. Caponi was knock
ed down once in the second and four
times in the fourth, on the last fall
taking the count.
1t was evident from the first that
Ketchel intedded to take no chances,
and he went after his man hammer
and tongs. He was aggressive in the
extreme, and his footwork was fast.
He was apparently in the best of con-
dition and needed scarcely any atten-
tion between rounds.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
SUTTON WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
He .feats George SIosson In 'Balk
Line Billiard Match.

New York. June 3.-GCorge Sutton,
formerly of Chicago, but now n resi-
dent of this city, won the worlds
championship title at 1S1 balk line
billiards from George Slosson at the
Madison Square Garden here. The
game went thirty-nine innings. and at
every stage from the third inning Slos-
son was outplayed.
Sutton's work in the twenty-eighth
inning was up to his best form. He
made run of seventy. most of which
he gathered from delicate line nurs-
ing. Slosson also made his best effort
in this inning with his high run of
twenty-siX. When the match ended
with Sutton's required 500 points Sos-
sons total was only 201.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04

wooden goods. cutlery, shoes. sugar
and many other articles? Protection
should not be mountain high on some
competing products with none on 9th
ers. The present tariff bill must he
made right to last. Duties must be
fairly and justly levied and distributed
on foreign products, with no favorit-
ism To states or sections"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
SENTENCED FOR MINE FRAUDS
Year In Prison and Fine For 1.-TWO
Queens" Promoters In Arizona.

Kansas City June g. Frank II.
Horn, S. H. Snyder and Raymond P.
May were sentenced to serve a year
at Leavenworth and to pay a fine of
$500 each, and John e. Horn was
fined $500 in the federal court here for
fraud in promoting the 1.-TWO Queens"
mine In Arizona.
f. S. Horn, the other defendant, who
collapsed when the verdict was re-
turned, was still too i'll to appear for
sentence.
The judge in pronOuncing judgment
said the fine of $500 was a ridiculously
small amount to punish so serious an
oHense.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
Theological Student Drowned.

Columbus, O., June 3.-Alfred Seidel
of Altoona, Pa, theological student
at the Josephinul, Catholic institu-
ton here, was drowned in Alum creek
while bathing. He was victim of
cramps.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04

Washington. June 3.-In a game OF
golf on the Chevy Chase links Presi-
dent Taft succeeded in defeating his
brother, Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati,
who is a guest at the White House.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
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 were:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-26
INDEPENDENT
TALK in FIFTH
EFFORT MAY BE MADE BY WET
REPUBLICANS AND DEMO.
Gratis TO RUN ELLA
SON.

The wet Democrats of the Fifth
ward are about as sore over the defeat
of T. h.. Burchinal last night as the
wet Republicans were over the selec-
ton of George Brand as n candidate
for council and considerable independ.
cnt talk is being heard in places to.
day. A certain Thir ward liquor man
Is said to be engineering a deal by
which Waller Ellason Is 10 run on an
independent ticket. II he will take a
nomination by petition. The theory
is that Brand and Riggs would get the
dry vote Of their respective parties and
n man who would he acceptable to the
vets OF both parties might be able to
win.
People who are well acquainted
with Mr.. Eliason say he will not al.
low himself TO be made tool OF by
the whiskey men in That manner and
will refuse to run en- an Independent
ticket, especially since he was can
didate before the regular Republican
convention when Mr.. Brand was nom
mated.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-26
THE MARKETS..
Live stock.

UNION STOCK YARD, Pittsburg-
Cattle, supply light. steady. Choice,
Sc 2O@G So: prime, IS 5000 Is.
Sheep, supply light. steady. Prime
wetaers, IS soGG 20; culls and com
mon. So 1903 50; lambs, S. 5O9s 90;
veal calves, 50 OO19 50. Hogs, re-
celnts light, active, higher. Prime
heavles, Sc 5000 ,95: mediums, Sc SIS
16 90; heavy workers., SO 1906 SIS;
light workers.. Sc 5000 GO; pigs, So %
G6 10; roughs, 81. sOGo is.
CHICAGo-Cattla, receipts estimat
ed at $500 head; market strong &c
1Oc higher. Steers, So oo@7 90; cows
SO COOS So: helfers, 50 25@6 90;
bulls, SO 1905 25; calves, 50 5oa
s 50; stockers and feeders, 50 ESQ
S 50. Hogs, receipts estimated at 49,
900 head; market 10c to 15c higher,
Choice heavy, Sc 7066 rs; butchers
Sc COOS rs: light mixed, 50 4O@6 IS;
choice light, Sc $500 G5; packing
Sc 5O96 G5: pigs. So 25@G 10; bull
OF sales, SC 5o@6 65. Sheep, receipts
estimated at 14,oqo head; marke
strong to 1oc higher. Sheep. 81 95d
S rs; lambs. SO 5000 80; yearllngs
IS oo97i15.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-26
Dir
TO ! !. TRIED J
pENTlsT$WHoS KILLED HIS CHILD
AND SHo y HIS WIFE TO
ls!3i !, HAVE HEARING.

WHEELING Feb!;S 6.;--Dr:s LINN;
ton McCracken, prcmin der fists %
Cameron. and son Of an old PenHsyi
van!a family, will on Monday face The
charge Of murder IN the criminal
court Of Marshall county. His wifc
wnom he Is accused Of shooting 9Th
intent to kill. is the daughter OF Q
prominent Marshall county family and
a graduate Of Kee Mar college.
On Christmas eve, while Arranging
Christmas presents in the parscr Of
her home In Cameron, Mrs. Nc.
Cracken was accused by her husband
OF spending too much money for rfes'
ents, She replied that she hal spant
little money. and most Of that wos TO-
a present for him. The money, sae
said, had been given her by her grand
father, Robert Kincade. McCrckel
then threw the presents about tho
floor OF the room,
With her twoyear-ol1 child. who
was playing on the floor with a TEDDY
bear" Mrs. ,McCTacken !1"'t the ,so'a-
securing q bnene: o! water she sttGlhl!!
ed scrub the front porch While pass
ins through the hall her husband told
her not 10 scruh the porch and then,
It is said ne pulled a revolver from
bis pocket and fired.
One shot took effect in inGr s,he AMI
the wounded woman staggered hga'1ial
the wall, Turning he saw his iwteJnar-
old child todaling after lis mother
and. insane with rage, he turned the
still-smoking weapon On the defense.
less child and fred. Tho dhild died
almost Instantly, the lsI!l entering
above the right temple. The inJulGd
mother grabbed ner, Child ana ,raa
from the house toward her grand
fathers home. only To- collapse on th@
snow-covered ground. Cody Locking
the doors McCracken, Il is sail, then
lit a cigar. He was arrested in hiI
home n few minutes later and said 10
the officers: Boys. ha9eh't ! done
right" \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-26
.sh iii l,tl. / 4; social Events


4; Miss Hattie Martia entertained sew
eral friends Monday evening. Those
present were Messrs. Homer Hawker
and Archie Miller, Misses Stella Haw
ker and Alice Robinson. III !:
Miss Ivy Bayly entertained the
Reading Circle Saturday night and a
delightful time was had. Those pres
ent we're Misses Hattie Martin. Nil
bred Jarrett, Nellie Robinson, Stella
Hawker. Alice Robinson, Vera Rada'
baugh, Ethel Grifiia. Eva Blaker and
Messrs. Homer Hawker, Russell
Lynch, Archie, Miller. Lee. LYDIA and
Martin Starks.
Frank Ferguson entertained num-
Der OF his friends at his home In East
Shinnston Saturday evening. Those
present were Misses Hazel Rowand,
Ethel Cox. Jessie Swiger. Ina Rodgers,
Clara Richardson. Augustine McDer'
mott, Dora Swiger, Clarlce Preston.
Mary Tetrick. Jessie Hess and Messrs.
Robert McGee, Harold Sturm. Paul
Burnett. George Singleton, Clay Ma.
lone, Ellis Book AMI Paul Lowe. Vari.
. To-
GUS games were played and delicious
refreshments were seryed.-Shinnston
News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-26
'.SH / IN (. HOST I
T0.LEGISLATORS
WHEELING PACKER GIVES sMok.
Err so AS TO BE CLEVER
LIKE "scoTTYn

CHARLESTON, Feb. 26.-Ex-Sena'
tor Henry Gassaway Davis, former
Democratic nominee for the vice pres.
idency. paid Charleston visit yester.
day and was accorded cordial recep-
ton during his brief sojoun in the
capital city. He vlslted both the
house and senate. many members Of
these two bodies spnrlng time from
their labors to exchange greetings
with him.
Cherishing ambitions to 80 to the
United States senate. and not to be
cutdone by "scotty." Albert NJ.
schenk, Wheeling and Fulton, play.
ed host to the members Of the legls.
latnre last night at 4 Smoker" at Bon.
iface Geo. l.. Taylor's hotel, The Ruff.
her..
The smoker was an elaborate af.
fair. lasting to well after midnight. S.
o. Boyce, Of Wheeling, was toastmas.
ter, and introduced in q fellcitous vein
the speakers Of the evening. Among
those who added to the post Drandial
enjoyment OF the evening we're: Dele
gate C. W. Bente. Of Wheeling; ex..
Governor MacCorkle. as well as many
others Of note In The State.