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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
DENIES GRAF TING.
BedeII Says Sugar Money
Constituted Mere Tips.
FOR FACILITATING CARGOES''
Characterizes Testimony Of J. p. Hy-
land as Positively False and Declares
That No Cash Was Received
For False Weighing.

New York. Sept. 21.-George f. Be.
dell, the former chief clerk in the OF.
flee of Deputy Surveyor of the Port
James f. Vail, and who is now on
trial before Judge Martin and a jury
in the United States circuit court on
the charge of completely in the under
weighing frauds, resumed the witness
stand in his own defense under cross
examination conducted by Henry l..
Stimson, the special prosecutor for the
government. Mr.. Bedell admitted that
his acceptance of the so called "house
money" might have had some influence
in the assignment of assistant weigh
ers to ships or docks, but the witness
adhered to his statement of yesterday
that he never accepted money which
he knew or understood to be part Of
the fruits of fraudulent weighing.
Bedell characterized the testimony Of
James 7. Hyland as positively false"
Hyland, who was a government wit
ness, testified that he paid Bedell a
part of the money received 10y him
from importers for underweighing.
Bedcll, however. while admitting re-
ceiving money from Hyland as well as
from Frederick r. Sawyer, another
assistant customs weigher, contended
that he never knew there was any
thing wrong in the payment by the
steamship companies of what was
called "house money" Such money
Bedell said he regarded as in the ma
ture of a tip. This money was paid
for facilitating the unloading of car
goes.
Bedell admitted that part of this
money was paid by certain sugar i'm
porters, but this was done, as he un-
derstood it, only when the weighers
worked overtime. In no instance, he
said, did he know that any of this
money was derived from false weigh
ing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
LIVE 81 !
STOClN
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.
Large Percentage of all Herds In-
fected with the Disease.

A great many of our dairy far
mers think that there are enough
regulations concerning their busi-
ness, but 1t is highly probable that
further legislation in regard to milk
Will follow the statement DR.. V. A.
Moore recently made in Ithaca that
~ per cent of all herds of cattle in
the State are infected with tubercu-
losis. DR.. Moore is one of the staff
of the New York State Veterinary
College at Cornell, and consulting
veterinarian to the State Agricul-
tural Department. He believes that
steps should be taken to probe the
herds and eradicate the disease. Dur
Ing the last year the State Depart
ment tested 2,753 cattle. OF this
number 62S responded to the tub
erculin test and were killed The
owners received for these condemned
cows a total of $6,S19, which aver
ages a little NOR than $40 head,
the State law allowing the payment
of forty per cent of the value of any
animal killed by order of the State
Veterinarian. This, it is claimed, is
considered too small an amount by
the farmers and often induces them
to cover up the condition of infected
animals. State Agricultural Com
missioner Weiting believes the own
ers should be paid a greater percent
age, and that the only safe way to
eradicate the disease is to kill off the
infected animals within a given per-
iod. To do this would require thous
ands OF officials and an immense eX-
penditure of money, but he Is sure
the State will eventually be forced
to adopt the plan and will, in the
end, be the better off for 1t.
Discussing the question, DR.. Moore
recently called attention to a very
common error when he said: "You
will see advertisements appear drink
only Pasteurized or sterilized milk
and avoid disease germs. Now the
fact is that tuberculosis germs can
not be killed under 210 degrees
Fahrenheit. To heat milk to that
temperature would change 1t to
curd like cheese. Raw milk is the
natural food and the supply should
be protected by the State at any
cost"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
How to Clean Up Congress.

In the effort to make sure that Con-
gressmen shall actually represent the
interests of their constituents, who
literally hire them as delegates at
Washington for that purpose, Frederic
G. Howe in Everybody's urges the
adoption of the system of heckling
which has been so effective in Eng
land. This means merely that the
voter should ask the candidate how
he stands on certain well-defned is
sues, and thereby discover whether
he expects to represent the peoples
interests or the interests. Every
body's Magazine suggests a list of is
sues for the purpose, and offers to
send printed forms to those who
would like to use them in such a
cause.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
The Dixon Line.

Thomas Dixon, Jr., who has been
at various times a lawyer, member of
the North Carolina legislature, preach
er, author, and dramatist, had hard
time getting his first book. The
Leopard's Spots" published. The firm
which finally got the book out at first
refused 1t, and wrote Dixon curt let
ter to that effect.
He sat down and wired a member
of the firm:
Il expect to be in the business of
writing books for some time. II, on
mature deliberation, you do not want
the book, please return the manuscript
Immediately. If you want It. all right"
The man who got the telegram read
the book that afternoon and ac .epted
IL by wire.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
BAKER IS NOT REMOVED.
Leave 1t to Me, Says Mayor Gaynor to
Mitchell

New York, Sept. 21.-John Purroy
Mitchell, the acting mayor, could not
get Mayor Gaynor to assent to the re-
moval of Police Commissioner Baker
The mayor told Mr.. Mitchell that he
would be back at the city hall "in a
few days" and asked Mr.. Mitchell to
leave Baker 10 him.
The mayor read the police commits
sioner's letter TO Mr.. Mitchell and per-
suaded MIR. Mitchell not to make it pub
lie
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23


We all differ in our methods lin
feeding lambs. Some of us "get
there much better than others, and
succeed in fattenlng the lambs. A
man that can not make them fat,
does not long continue in the busi-
ness. l never tried the self-feeder,
for the simple reason, at first, that
the evidence OF the experiment sta
tions was decidedly against the prac-
tice. AS experience comes to me, l
am more strongly against the prac-
tice. Station work says that gains
by the use of the self feeder are
more costly than gains otherwise
made. ANY one that has ever fed
lambs, knows, or should know, that
a lamb will not leave a feed that he
likes till he is full and in too many
instances. too full. Then he stands
off until hunger impels him to feed
again. If the other lambs have
blown" upon the feed that he must
eat, he will not touch 1t till very
hungry, and then he eats too much
again. This "see-saw" way of feed
ing must belong to the self-feeder.
Then another objection to the self
feeder Is, the corn must be shelled,
which entails a great deal of hard
labor unless a man has a power
shelter, which adds much TO the ex-
pense and care of the plant. In my
experience, | have found 1t much
more easy to pick the cobs out OF a
rack than TO feed the ears into corn
shelter while the other fellow turned
the crank.-John M. Jamison In the
Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Twins Give Birth Same pau.

New York, Sept. 21.-Mrs. Clara Nit
tleman, wife of Max Mittleman of 240
East Fourteenth street, and Mrs. Mary
WaXman, wife of George Waxman of
b23 LenoX avenue, are twins On Sun
day Mrs. Mittleman became a mother
and on the same day her sister, Mrs.
WaXman, also gave birth TO a child.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Kills Wife,s Phxslolan.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept 21.-Alleging that
his wife's affections had been alienat-
ed, William G. Cox shot and killed
DIR. ]. Il. Sewell, one of the leading
physicians of Atlanta. As soon as Cox
was certain that DIR. Sewell was dead
he put a bullet through his own head,
infiicting a fatal wound.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Breeding Crate for SoWs.

Quite frequently farmer has a
SOW that is inclined to give trouble
at time of service. She may be in
condition to breed yet at the same
time either from fear or meanness
will not.
The cut herewith shows a cheap
yet practical and effectual breeding
crate in use by one of my neighbors.
l have had the opportunity of using
this crate several times and know
that 1t will save a great deal of time
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
BREEDING CRATE NOR sOWs

BREEDING CRATE NOR SOWS.
with sOws that give trouble about
breeding.
The crate was constructed along
side a building in one corner OF
small pen. 1t is 4 feet long by 20
inches wide. The entire frame work
was constructed out of inch mate
rial. About IL inches up from the
ground and 10 inches from the rear
end of the crate a bar is placed. Az
ter the SOW is driven into the crate
this bar is passed in front of the hind
legs and under the flank. In case
Of very large SOW and young boar
a small platform is laid down as IL
lustrated.- Farmer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Art Today.

"She is being fitted for the stage"
studying hard, presumeW
"Oh. no: just being fitted with the
necessary gowns."-Louisville Courier
Journni
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
His Exact Weiuht.

Angler twho is telling his big fish
story)-Whnt weight was he? Well,
they hadn't right weights at the inn,
but he weighed exactly a flatiron, two
eggs and bit of soap.-Punch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
MARRIED AT PISTOL POINT.
Husband So Charges In Suit For An
nulment.

ITusUaTIu % OHaTyts Tn sun r or An"
nulment.
New York, Sept. 21.-Alfred Larkin.
Jr., an employee of the Staten Island
Rapid Transit railway, says he was
forced at the point of her fathers pis-
tol to marry Agnes Madsen four years
ago, when he was just a month over
eighteen and she was scarcely fifteen
years of age, and he sued for an an
nulment.
Through her counsel Mrs. Larkin ap-
piled today to Justice Gavegan of the
supreme court for alimOny and counsel
fee, alleging that she was dependent
upon her father, Hans S. Madsen, who
Is poor, while Larliin is well to do.
Decision was reserved.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
GubeTnatOrlaI Nominee Elated
Over Democratic Victory.
He ATTACKED TARIFF BILL
independent Republicans Quit Key.
stone Party, Disgruntled With the
Bryanite Outfit.
Especial Correspondence


Philadelphia, Sept. 20.
An exhibition of partisanship which
startled and disgusted the few inde-
pendent Republicans present was
given by William H. Berry at a meet
ing in this city few nights ago, when
the Keystone Party nominee, unable
to suppress his jubilation, spoke ex-
ultantly of "the good news from
Maine"
Not only did he express intense
qualification over the Democratic vic
tory in the Pine Tree State, but he
followed this up with an attack upon
the Republican tariff and the Taft ad-
ministration, which so incensed Re-
publicans that the little coterie that
we're there left the hall, determined to
have nothing further to do with his
candidacy.
Yes, Berry had "heard the good
news from Maine," and his old-time
Democratic spirits were revived; he
could not help but rejoice in a tri-
umph for party with which he fought
for SO many years. While he is a
bolter this year from the Guffey DEM
ocratic state organization, Berry still
holds allegiance to the national De-
mocracy, particularly to the Bryan
wing of that party, for which at Den
yer he deserted Guffey for Bryan
Guffey who had done so much for him,
nominated him and financed his cam
paign for state treasurer, and even
though he was then getting $4,000 a
year salary from the state treasury,
loaned him $4,000 upon collateral
which when put up at public sale real
ICED but 500, and then suit had to be
entered in court in an effort to obtain
payment of the balance, $14,300, with
not a dollars worth of interest paid
upon the loan.
While Berry's ingratitude to Guffey
is not a matter of public concern. and
ls Nc. factor in the present political
campaign, Berry's adherence to the
Democracy, his intense loyalty to the
Bryan leadership, is the subject Of
widespread comment.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23

AS general rule a mans hair
turns gray five years earlier than
that of a woman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Digit
By Rev. r. E. DAWSON
/uhtAS Rutland, Vt
Observation-Disclosures
THE GREATEST FOE OF The
KINGDOM.
international Bible Lesson for Sept.
25, 'to-(Gol 5: 1926

Drunkenness Is a world wide vice.
Ever since fruit ripened and grapes
and apples grew and fermented the
nations have INDUCED in strong drink.
Noah was preacher of righteousness.
but in a world where there was at
least no lack of water he got drunk
upon wine. And the whole human
race has come staggering and reellng
down the ages, inebriation having in
troduced another deluge of alcohol.
The Bible is dramatic with the story
of the evil effects of drunkenness as
seen in the history of individuals,
tribes and nations, and it thunders its
warnings against the use of strong
drink. So universal has this plague
become that multitudes of children
are born with an appetite for liquor
that they inherit from a drunken an
cestry. They are nursed on a black
bottle. Their first step out of the era
die is toward the dram shop. They
take to alcohol as other children do
to milk. They are born drunkards.
A great army of men and women Is
marching on in all lands who have
had bequeathed to them by genera
tions of ancestors, evil habits, fiery
appetites, destroyed reputation, sign
ed, sealed and delivered in the pres
ence of the harpies of hell.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Rum An Anarchist.

We hear a great deal in these days
about the enemies of the laboring
man. Labor is vociferously crying
out against oppression from one
source or another, and some of it is
wise and some Is otherwise. But
when did labor organizations pass
resolutions against the workingman's
worst enemy-strong drink. In nine
cases out of ten when great calami-
ties befall-rum is at the bottom of it.
The mind is clouded, the eyes are
blurred, the hand trembles and a dis
aster follows that shocks the nation.
What is the reason that so many men
live in cheerless homes, and are
obliged to wear shoddy. and their
wives never have but one dress, and
their children go barefooted and rag
ged? Look in the saloon keepers till
and you will see your answer. Rum
bills have to be paid, the grocer, the
baker, the clothier must take what is
left.
Rum is the anarchist of the cen
turtles, and II has boycotted the body
and soul of American labor. 1t annu-
ally swindles industry out of a large
per cent. of its wages. IT halts the
mechanic and the operative on his
way to work in the morning, during
the noon intermission, and on his re-
turn to his cheerless home at night.
And in the evening the dram shop is
all aglitter with radiance, vocal with
music, seductive with companionship,
"the poor mans club" II Is indeed
CLUB" pounding out his money, his
character, his reputation, his life. II
the money which has gone across the
saloon keepers bar In the last fifty
years had been properly used by the
toilers of this country, every working
man could have had a house, and
every house could have had a garden,
and every garden could have been
filled with fruits and flowers, every
workingman's wife and sons and
daughters could have been well-cloth-
ed, well-fed, well-schooled, and not
only the necessities, but the luxuries
Of life could have been theirs. II the
workingmen Of the country will pro-
claim strike against their old and
inYeterate enemy-rum, within the
next twenty years prosperity will
come TO this country such as the ma
ton has never known.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Could Not Stand Berry.

In this city, especially, Berry's nom-
ination upon the Independent ticket at
once estranged thousands from that
movement who might under certain
conditions have been inclined to favor
an Independent Republican for gov
ernor. Others who at first declined to
say what attitude they would take in
the campaign, have since come out
squarely in favor of the full Republi-
can ticket.
This was the logical outcome of the
revelations as to Berry's financial
dealings with Guffey, followed by
Berry's erratic course. upon the stump,
has fambouyant and rambling oratory
eliminating in his sensational and un-
called for attack upon the newspaper
men of the state simply because they
published the facts relating to his get
ting money from Guffey, the same
Guffey who was himself a heavy bor-
rover from banks in Pittsburg hold
ing state funds, of which Berry was
the custodian for the taxpayers, and
Berry's gratuitous insult to every Re-
publican is his public felicitations with
the triumphant Democrats of Maine
and his denunciation of the trainers
of the new tariff act, in which the In
dustrial, farming and business inter
ests and the welfare of every wage
Garner of the Keystone State were
safeguarded by the two Republican
United States senators and all of the
Republican members of the lower
house from Pennsylvania.
Berry's admission at a public meet
ing here that there was not a dollar
in the treasury of the Keystone Party
simply emphasized the fact that sub
stantial men, men of affairs, property
owners and business men, to whom
the importance Of electing a safe and
sane man to the governorship appeals
most strongly, will have nothing to do
with his candidacy or the hybrid COM
bination of disappointed and cast-off
politicians back of the keystone Party.
Desertions on Every Side.
Berry talks and acts like a man who
knows he has not got a chance to win
the governorship. He admitted in his
West Philadelphia speech last week
that when he accepted the nomination
he had no idea Of being elected.
Developments since the Keystone
!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Desertions on Every Side.

Berry talks and acts like a man who
knows he has not got a chance to win
the governorship. He admitted in his
West Philadelphia speech last week
that when he accepted the nomination
he had no idea Of being elected.
Developments since the Keystone
ticket was put in the field all show
that his candidacy has been con-
stantly getting weaker rather than
stronger.
Desertions of Independent Republi-
cans and Democrats from the Berry
movement are noted every day. Resig-
nations from Keystone Party commit
tees are being announced on every
hand, and newspapers which gave en-
couragement to his cause at the out
set have since either turned in for
Tener, the Republican, or Grim, the
regular Democratic nominee.
While Berry still declares he Is a
Democrat, there are not a half dozen
Democratic newspapers in the state
now favoring his election, and there
are about a like number of so-called
independent newspapers for him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
Slavery of Appetite.


pains and penalties, because it is i'm
possible for them to do what those
who have not had their Inheritance
are able to do, avoid the temptation
to drink. Other men can totally abb
stain, or drink with moderation all
through life and never become intoxi-
Gated. But one taste of alcohol to
these victims of hereditary appetite
is like spark in powder magazine.
There is no power on earth to prevent
its blowing up. They will drink
though they are assured they will die
in five minutes. Though the cup be
beaded with the tears of wife and chill
dren, though the froth of everlasting
anguish floats on the brim, they will
drink to their wife's shame, to their
children's rags, to their Darren homes,
to their wind-swept, bramble-covered
graves. to disgust of the world, and
eternal oblivion.
What does the ordinary person
know Of appetite like this? Abso-
lutely nothing. Therefore we hurl
epithets at drunkards, and throw
them into vile places Of detention not
fit for swine to inhabit in many cases,
and drag them before police judges
and sentence them to Jail for days and
weeks and months,-and license es-
tablishments in every city and town
to cater to that appetite and fatten on
the depravity which burns in the
breasts of these unfortunates.
Instead of making it hard for these
victims of ancestral sin to do wrong
and easy for them to do right, We
build for them toboggan chute to
hell and lubricate the way to expe-
dite their passage. Society gets nerv-
GUS II there is a stagnant pool of wa
ter in the neighborhood to breed a
few mosquitoes, but deliberately per-
mtts alcoholic cesspools, steaming
with miasma, polluting the air with
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-11-03

fled in the state Of Idaho, temporarily
growing chilly toward his old friend
Brewer Hayes of Pocatello, james Il.
Brady Of the early days Of the cam
paign is a changed man. He has
ceased to talk the temperance que
ton, in fact does not deny his wet
proclivities in the south and in Ads
county, thinks some other men are
just as pure as he and sees in Barney
O'Neil his successor two years hence
He is on the defensive now, IS KEEP
busy explaining and strangling like :
drowning man as he craps the lss
straw cries: Eyes! yes, the other ter
lows are guilty, there may have been
irregularities, but save mel me! anu
emphasizes by humping his sunkeh
chest with emaciated fingers as DO
thinks of the returning to his ola
home at Pocatello and casing over 'ns
backyard fence with his old frlen'
Brewer Bob Hayes.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-11-03
Vote for HaWley, a Man.

In the person Of James H. Hawley
the democrats of Idaho have nominated
as candidate for governor a man who
has proven that he has courage, con-
viction and conscience and by SO doing
have given to the honest manhood and
womanhood of Idaho the avenue
through which relief may be secured
and the opportunity of rescuing the
administration of the state affairs from
the low ebb Of the sluggish political
sea into which it has been gradually
piloted by the INSCRIPTIONS politicians
of the Goodiny- Brady regime.
No democrat, no republican, no
independent voter need hesitate in
in casting his ballot for James H.
Hawley on next Tuesday, and if Mr..
Hawley is elected he will be Govern
or, not political hypocrite who de-
votes his time to the building up of a
machine which has for its purpose the
control of the state affairs by ring
and the exploitation Of the resources
for the benefit of the personal follow
ing Of the said machine.
The platform upon which Mr..
Hawley stands, neither lodges nor
evades but meets each and every issue
fairly and squarely. The man or
woman who on next Tuesday cast his
or her ballot for James H. Hawley
can do so feeling the satisfaction Of
conscience which comes from a duty
well done.
No excuses, no apologies, nothing to
deny IN the man and the platform he
stands on.
On the other hand the outraged
rank and file of the republican party.
as well as many Of its selfrespecting
leaders, have had forced upon them as
candidate for the highest office within
the gift of the people of the state, a
man who during the two years of his
administration has so carelessly con-
Quoted the affairs Of state that TODAY
We md HIM convicted by his own eyi-
dence. Not on the offensive, not
speaking from the platform with a
sincerity and honesty of servant
whose duties have been well done.
out creeping, cringing and denying,
unable to honestly point to single
worthy accomplishment during his
tenure OF Office With subsidized press
an auxiliary of political preachers,
TINS man has insulted the intelligence
OF the people Of Idaho, attempted to
oring religion into politics and would
use the church to further his ambi-
=. On the outset beating his chest
IKE circus clown, holding himself up
as the one and only pure and sancti.