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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

to which every taxpayer in Homes
dale would be eligible and where
men from every path of life could
meet monthly and discuss questions
of Importance to the welfare of the
borough. II men versed in finance,
men drilled in systematic business
life men OF experience, together
with our merchants and working
man would take up questions in
volving the expenditure of money
raised by taxation, they would reach
a decision which would be guide to
those who have the spending of
their money with the result
that taxes would be reduc-
ed or else they would get better re-
suits from the expenditures of their
money.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

People who have received as
|sessmeDt notices are struggling hard
to control their feelings which have
been stirred up to a point where
they are apt to give expression of
their opinion in language more en-
phatic than polite of the man or
men who have increased the occupa-
|tion tax of every man in this bor-
Tough 100 per cent. This means
that the workingman this year must
pay just twice as much as he did
last year. The occupation tax of
the property holder is also increased
poo per cent. and consequently his
total tax is increased some. The
Eworkingman has just cause to com
.Plain, for his. ability to labor is his
eapital and this increased taxation
is a direct tax on his only source of
&neome; 1t is taking away another
lice of the loaf which he has labor
ed six days to earn. 1t is become
;learer every day that there is a
ecklessness in the use of the peo-
Pies money both in town and county
Fhich, If not halted, will make tax
Htion so burdensome that only the
wealthy will be able to remain in
his section and be comfortable.
Unless man by industry, inheritance
r his ability to save has his garn-
< RS full enough TO Withstand a siege
ff adversity, and still continue to
Jay tribute to this constantly in
reasing demand for more tax mon
y, he cannot exist comfortably in
bis community. This paper advo-
ated the formation of a Civic Club
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
HORSES NEARLY DROWNED.
A Former Hawley Man Had Plenty
of Trouble.

Last Friday night, about six
o'clock, while Arthur Lapolt was
driving a team belonging to d. B.
Wickham, on his return from Will
lowemoc with DR.. PoindeXter, his
horses broke through the snow and
slush in one of the large drifts on
Young's Hill, and only for the con-
tinuous efforts of Mr.. Lapolt one
horse would have been drowned.
Word was telephoned Mr.. Wickham
and he, with about fifteen men,
went to the rescue. They managed
to loosen one horse and free him from
the drift, but the other one they
were unable to get out so easily. 1t
was not until eleven o'clock that
the men with their untiring efforts
succeeded in freeing him from the
snow and water, and then the horse
was so nearly exhausted they had
to draw him home on a sleigh. Both
horses were all right the next day
and showed no i'll effects from being
in the water.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Friday afternoon and evening will
be one big day for the Maple City.
on Monday the entire Lyric theatre
was sold out with the exception of
a few chairs. The visiting schools,
Carbondale and Dunmore. will be
royalty entertained and will be car
ed for as follows: The committee on
teachers and their friends is Misses
Stevens and Gillen, who will care for
them in the third grade.
The Seniors of the school will be
served in the fourth grade.
The Juniors in first grade.
The Sophs. in the second grade,
and the Freshmen in the Primary
Department.
In the evening the visitors and a
few of the Honesdale students will
occupy the balcony. The lower
floor was sold to the public. The
stage will seat one hundred students
from each school, making a total of
800 people, besides the nine con-
testants, Prof. Oday and Miss Clark.
The students will be composed of
singers and will be seated on half
circle bleacher. The boxes will be
used as follows: Box A will seat the
three English teachers of each
school, Superintendent Hoban of
Dunmore, Gilmartin of Carbondale,
and Koehler of Honesdale; Box B
will seat Mr. and Mrs. Homer
| Greene of Honesdale; Prof. and Mrs.
| Dayton Ellis of Dunmore, and Prof.
and Mrs. T. j. Lotus of Carbondale.
( The other two boxes will be at the
| disposal of the Dunmore and Car
! bondale aggregations
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
TWENTY-FIVE YEAR SENTENCE.
Black Hand Leader is Shown no
Mercy by Brooklyn Judge.

mercy ny DTOOhiyh ouuEts
New York, Jan. 2S.-Raefaele Pi-
sano, leader of the Black Hand So
ciety in Brooklyn, was to-day SEN
fenced to twenty-five years in Sing
Sing for attempted murder.
"The full limit of punishment is
not severe enough in your case" "
said County Judge Fawcett. Life
sentence should be inflicted for
Black Hand offenses such as the
-haracter of your crime. You have
been convicted of aiding and abet-
ting Pasquale Albano in an attempt
to murder Giuseppe Cacace.
you and Albano are internation-
al criminals and your conviction is
of the greatest Importance. 1t will
have a far-reaching effect for good
among those of your class who re-
sort to the infamous practices of the
Black Hand, which frequently in
volve murder.
Through your sentence | serve
notice to the members of the Black
Hand who are convicted in this
court that full limit of punishment
will be imposed in each case"
|" Pisano was a member of the gang
which enticed Cacace to house on
Conover street on November I'd and
attempted to kill him for refusing
their demand for 500.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
II parents would smile more, their
babies would cry less.

A Massachusetts, shipbuilolng
company has secured the contract
to build two battleships, of the
dreadnaught type, for the Argen-
tine Republic, at the aggregate cost
of S23,OOO,OOO. The competition
for this award was open to the whole
world and though European builders
had the advantage of cheaper labor,
if that is an advantage, and untaxed
raw materials, the American con-
eern was able to secure the work.
The superior skill and intelligence
of our mechanics and the higher
standard of our machinery, compen-
safes for the differences in wages,
according to the estimates of these
successful bidders. Nobody has
anything on this country if self-re-
lance and courage is asserted.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

In our common schools, acadam-
les, colleges and universities, each
have their course of study, and text
books for the same; and as student
masters each branch, the text books
are laid aside and he graduates to
a higher. But in the Sabbath school
1t is different. We have our text
book for the whole course, and that
course should be for life. In the
Bible there are truths which the
merest child can understand and
depths of thought which the most
learned cannot fathom. 1t may be
called the railway guide on the road
to heaven, and the Sabbath school
lunch counters along the way at
which we may refresh ourselves. One
of the grandest sights for mortal
eyes is a whole family from the tot
tering grandparents down to the
pratteling child, all in school and
studying the same lesson, and that
lesson for eternity. A person should
never be too old, too rich or too wise
to cease being a Sabbath school
student.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
AFTER OLEo MANUFACTURERS.
PenrOse and Grangers Want More
Protection TO Dairy Interests.

Washington. Jan. 27.-Senator
Penrose to-day introduced a bill to
amend the oleomargarine law in ac-
cordance with recommendation made
by Associations of Dairymen and
Changers. The measure imposes up
on manufacturers of oleomargarine
special tax of 5000 year. The
tax to be paid by wholesale dealers
in uncolored oleomargarine is fixed
at $500 and the tax assessed against
retailers in similar product is fixed at
Sc.
1t continues the tax of ten cents a
pound upon all colored oleo and pro-
vides that whenever any ingredient
is placed in the compound when
gives it yellowish shade that it
shall be held to be colored oleo and
subject to the tax of ten cents a
pound.
This, It is believed, would cover the
case now pending in the courts
against Representative w. A. Mox-
ley, an oleo manufacturer Of Chicago,
whose butterine is colored by palm
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
NEW ARMoRY FOR COMPANY Il.

The annual inspections were the
order last week. Monday night of
last week Companies A and F were
inspected. Tuesday the field staff,
band and hospital corps and Co. A
Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel
Langeffet of the United States En-
gineers, inspected Captain Dun
ning's command and found it was
in excellent shape. Captain Tag
CART, the state inspector, and Lieut..
Stayers, United States army, inspect
ed Companies A and F. They found
these in good shape. Lieutenant
Stayers complimented the company
commanders on their showing.
Thursday night Company f of Homes
dale, was inspected and although its
quarters are no good, it passed the
inspection in fine shape. Company
E is to have a new armoTy. The
matter has been referred by the
state armory board and the Third
brigade committee. consisting of
General Dougherty and Col. L. A.
Watres, to pass on sites, so Company
e, which has been up against the
hardest propositions, is assured of a
home in the near future.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

There is no quicker way to take
the life. growth and energy out of
town than for its citizens to be con-
stantly holding up the dark side of
the picture to the gaze of the in
quirer The word if, keeps every
body in doubt, and doubt keeps
every man from going forward with
the improvements he would other
wise make. There is nothing like
confidence to make a success of any
thing and if you haven't got any of
it, don't communicate the fact to
your neighbor, much less to a strang-
er and if the bent of your mind is to
continually go against every interest
of the town in which you live, for the
sake of the town get out of it and go
to some place that is already iifeless
and has no interests at stake, where
you like the old lady's root beer, if
you don't do any good you won't do
any hurt.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
A TERRIBLE MrxUP.
Los Angeles Society Women Buy
Children to Avoid Confinement.

Children to Avoid Confinement.
Los Angeles, Jan. 2S.-Many
fathers here are to-day looking into
the eyes of their children to see IL
they possess any resemblance to
their parents, following the start
ling testimony of Mrs. C. Il. Smith
that she had provided homes for
more than three hundred babies in
Los Angeles and that until now
none of the supposed" fathers had
been any the wiser.
Mrs Smith, who was forced to
tell of her corporation" after fur
nishing Mrs. w. w. Wilson with
four children, which the latter tried
to palm off several days ago as
bankruptcies born to her, said this
was a favorite means adopted by
women whose husbands wanted chill
dren, to escape the care and pain
incident to confinement.
The four homeless babies adopt
ed by Mrs. Wilson were brought in
to court and the real mothers of the
infants were summoned and identi-
fed the tots.
As a result of the statement made
by Mrs. Smith, the police are in
vestigating the conduct of such ma
ternity hospitals as that operated by
Mrs. Smith and the matter will be
placed before the grand jury for
consideration.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caus-
ed by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness (caus-
ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

TOW N S e N D. Hiram Town
send, an old soldier, died at Kellam,
Pa, Jan. "a, 1910. He had been
very lame and feeble for some
time Sunday morning he was as
well as usual but in the evening
on retiring he complained of pain,
and rapidly grew worse and died
Monday evening Mr.. Townsend
had resided in Kellam about twenty
years and was eighty-five years of
age. He is survived by daughter,
Mrs Luman Hinckley, of Lookout,
and brother, James Townsend, liv-
ing at Rovina Center, N. Y. The
funeral services were held on We'd
nesday at the home, Rev. w. S.
Empleton officiating, and burial in
the cemetery near Hankins.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
OBITUARY.

coo K-Mrs. Dena Cook, widow
of Frederick J. Cook, died at Alden
vile on Sunday, January 30th, aged
II years. Services will be held in
the German Lutheran church at AL
denville at p. m. on Wednesday.
Burial will be made in the Aldenville
cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
CONCERNING THE SPARROW.

The Agricultural Department at
Washington has just issued a bull
letin for condemnation of the Eng
lish sparrow, from which we quote
the following;
"The English sparrow is the pir-
ate of the air, Just as the rat is the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
YES, 1T Is POSSIBLE =
For the HOnesdaIe Basket Ball Team
to he Defeated by Hawley.

The Honesdale High school jour
neyed to Hawley on Friday last to
play a game of basket ball. AL
though the Honesdale boys were
beaten, they outplayed Hawley in
every departure of the game. This
was the first game played in the
High school hall and consequently
a large crowd turned out to witness
the game. Next Saturday Homes
dale will go to Carbondale where
they will play the High school team
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

The painters and workmen are
putting the finishing touches on the
basement of the school in order that
it may be in use for Friday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

Blu II c II E R-Lena, wife of
Judson Burcher, of Scranton, died
Jan. 2S, 1910, aged nearly 40 years.
Deceased was a daughter of Isaac
Lovelap, of Damascus. She is sur
vived by her husband, son, Donald,
aged 8 years; sister, Laura, and
brother. Homer Interment in the
family plot in Damascus.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

The mid-year examinations of the
High school will be held as follows:
p. m, algebra; Friday a. m, physio-
logy; Monday a. m, Grecian History.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

The new term of school opens on
February Sth; all children who will
be six years of age on or before May
! st, may enter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

The bleachers that are used on the
stage Friday evening, will be moved
to the gymnasium of the school to
enlarge the seating capacity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

Jacobs 4, Hitler 3, Freund /; Haw.
ley, Vogler 3, Switzer /, Gilpin 6;
fouls, Honesdale z; Hawley /.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Children and Infants coats to close
out at less than cost. Menner & Co.

Ladies' long winter coats at very
low prices at Menner q Co.'s store.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
SCRAP FOR
1911 MEET
Several Cities After the Next
Labor Convention
MANY Big QUESTIONS UP
FEDERATION MAY ASSIST sTRIK-
ING GARMENT WORKERS IN
CHICAGO AND BUILDING TRADES
STRIKERS IN Los ANGELES
RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE.

st. Louis. Mo-, Nov. 2f.-Aid for the
striking garment workers In Chicago
and for the building trades in Los
Angeles was recommended by the
resolutions committee at today's ses-
sion of the annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor which
began at noon The sentiment of the
delegates indicates that the recon-
mendations would be granted.
Other matters which the delegates
had before them were questions of
jurisdiction between the Mine Work.
ers and the Western Federation of
Miners, and the. Brotherhood of Car
penters and the AmaIgamated Society
of Carpenters.
The Canadian question and the cleo
trical workers dispute are still unde-
cided. Definite action will be taken
on all questions during this last week
of the convention. Among other things
to be decided will be the next meeting
place. Rochester, N. Y, Atlanta and
Oklahoma City are seeking the next
convention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
BRUTAL ASSAULT
ON HIS wife
HUSBAND STRIKES WIFE WITH
cLuR-GETS THIRTY DAYS
FAMILY IN NEED.

WiIliston. NJ D., Nov. 21.-Abraham
Lyons, as Assyrian who lives at the
north edge of town and farms a small
piece Of land, was arrested Tuesday
by Sheriff Olson on complaint OF his
wife, Libby Lyons, who charged that
her husband had assaulted her and
struck her on the head with a stick
causing an ugly wound, and her head
proved the charge.
Lyons was brought before Justice
b. A. Aaen where he plead guilty and
received a sentence of thirty days in
Jail VIM. G.. Owens appeared for the
prosecution.
Lyons has the reputation among the
people who know him of being a bad
actor with his family. He has, 1t is
said, often abused and beaten his wife
and even threatened to shoot her and
kept loaded revolver secreted. On
one occasion he is said to have taken
1t from its hiding place during a fit
of rage but the wife had anticipated
his action and removed the cartridges.
Lyons does not appear, from what
could be learned, to be a drinker or
dissipator but what is worse if pos
stble, the victim of a vicious temper
and a mean. inhuman disposition. He
has either been in bad luck or IL in
competent to provide for his family for
they are destitute and in actual want
for the necessities of life. There are
five children, the oldest but and the
little sufferers and the mother must
receive aid from some source or
Thanksgiving will bring nothing but
misery TO them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
$4,000 FIRE
AT GRAND FORKS

Grand Forks, N. D.. Nov 21.The
most disastrous flre In Grand Forks
for several months occurred early
Sunday morning, when practically the
entire stock In the store of Louis Ros-
enthal, located in the Widlund build
Ing was destroyed.
The fire was discovered about 1880
o'clock, william Gilbreath, employed
in The Council, turning In the alarm.
The first indication Of the fire came
when the front windows of the store
were literally blown out by the force
of the accumulated heat and gas 1t
was about 3 o'clock Sunday morning
before the fire was finally under con-
troll, and not before the building, Are
proof structure that 1t is, was mater
tally damaged.
Mr.. Rosenthal carried a complete
stock of women's ready to- wear cloth
ing and his loss win probably be In
the neighborhood of $4,000, only par
TALLY covered by insurance. Owing to
the fireproof construction OF the build
Ing Mr.. Rosendanl did not carry as
heavy Insurance as would otherwise
have been the case.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
III. s. to Bar Rum From
Thrce-fourthS of MINI.
Nearly Entire State Is Dry Territory and Bangr Says He
VIII Enforce the Old Treaties
Looks Now as Though Saloons Would Be Ordered Ou Of
Every City in Territory, Including Minneapolis
Situation Sized Up by Special Washington Correspondent Of
The Chicago Tribune

John Callan O'Laughlin, special
Washington correspondent of The Chi
cago Tribune has the following re-
garding the liquor situation in Min
nesota:
More than three ourths OF the state
Of Minnesota is to be made dry by the
national government.
This extraordinary STEP one oil
which is apt to cause a tremendous
row In the gopher state, has been de-
cided upon by Richard A. Ballinger
secretary of the interior, and was the
subject OF a formal announcement to-
day by the interior department.
Mr.. Ballinger was moved to this &C
tion by the pressure Of temperance
interests which brought to his atten-
ton provisions Of treaties made with
Indians covering almost all of Mime
sofa, which specifically prohibit the
Introduction and sale of spirituous IL
quors in what is known technically as
the Indian country" The attitude OF
the interior department is thus des-
cribed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
ALMOST BLINDED
BY EXPLOSION

Lidgerwood N. d. Nov. 21.-Domi-
nick Geresczek, a clerk in H. M.
Maack'c store, went to start up the
generator of the gasoline light plant
for the store. He lit the torch and set
it going as he had done many nights
before, when suddenly there came a
quick report and Mr.. Mack rushed
back to find Geresczek about blind,
The top of the generator had blown
off and the fine metal filing and car
bon particles, caused b. the repeated
sheating Of thu generator had blown
into his eyes, and the fash of flame
had scorched them. There seems to
have been no great danger from fire
and there is not a cnarred board to
mark where the explosion took place.
Geresczek's injuries were exceedingly
painful. The particles of metal and
carbon were blown under the skin and
in the eye and had to be picked out
This was more painful as the surface
of the eye was burned by the flame.
1t is not expected that he will lose
the sight of either eye, but he is laid
up at home since the accident.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
HENRY N. HOYT
PASSED AWAY

Washington, Nov. 21.-Henry Mar
tyn Hoyt, counselor for the depart
ment Of state, died at his home at $40
o'clock Sunday morning from peri
tonitis, aged 54 years.
Mr.. Hoyt was the strong right arm
of Philander G. Knox when the latter
was attorney general. In fact, he made
himself so indispensable to his chief
that when Mr. Knox became secretary
of state he lost no time In obtaining
the transfer of Judge Hoyt from the
department of justice to his own leld
of action. Mr.. Hoyt was assigned Aug.
81 1909, to the Office of counselor Of
the department. In that field, although
the fact was not widely known, Mr.
Hoyt rendered invaluable service to the
government.
Mr.. Hoyt came into the department
as an assistant attorney general in
1897. He was appointed by President
Mckinley and served In that position
until March 8. 1908. when he was ap-
pointed solicitor general by President
Roosevelt to succeed John r. Rich
ards.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21

Astapova, Nov. 21.-Count Leo Toll
stoi died peacefully Sunday morning,
DR. Makovetsky and other attending
physicians and Countess Tolstoi were
at his bedside when the end came,
Tolstoi, accompanied only by DIR.
Makovetsky, left his home at Yasnaya
Poliana, for the purpose of ending
his days in the solitude to which he
was more and more inclined during
his later years. His pilgrimage led
him to the monastery at Shamardine
in the province of Kaluga, where he
remained as a guest Of his sister,
Marie, who is nun in the cloister.
Learning that his retreat had been
discovered he insisted upon proceed
ing on his journey to Caucasus, where
he hoped to spend his last days close
to the Tolstoian colony on the shores
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
RICH FLEE
IN NIGHTIES
Fire Causes Panic Among New
YORK Ar StOcratS

New York, Nov. 21.-Fires in New
York today drove hundreds of persons
panic stricken into the streets and
caused property damage approximat-
ing $4,000. There were no casualties.
Fire destroyed the Throop Avenue
Presbyterian church in Brooklyn and
caused a panic in the aristocratic
naE aheE5sod, where apartment dwell
ers rushed into the streers BY hum
dredst Upwards OF s125,O0O damage
resulted.
Eight two-story frame dwellings in
a row In the Bronx were burned, the
blaze spreading so rapidly that hum
dreds Of panic stricken people were
compelled to fee in their night clothes.