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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ROW.
Ecuador Is Excited Over Alleged En-
eroaehments by Peru.

Washington. Jan. 20.-Diplomatic re-
lations betl n Ecuador and Peru
have been severely strained by the
reported encroachment of Peru upon
the Galapagos islands, which are own
ed by Ecuador and lie in the Pacific
ocean OF the west coast Of South
America.
A dispatch was received at the state
department from Guayaquil saying
that there was considerable excite
ment there over the situation. The
dispatch Suggested that the United
States use its good Offices to settle the
difficulty. The state department how
ever. will not take any steps toward
handling the matter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
SPANKING WITH A SHOVEL.
Magistrate Says II Is No Way to Treat
Lady.

Atlanta City, n. j., Jan. 20.-Mi-
chael Hogan started a new style for
husbands who wish to chastise their
wives when he turned Mrs. Hogan
across his knees and spanked her not
with heavy palm, but with a fire
shovel.
The weeping woman ran from her
home as soon as she. was released from
the undignified position she occupied
during the corrective process, and a
policeman arrested the husband.
THAT is certainly no way to treat
lady," said Magistrate Hughes after
he had heard the story. Hogan was
put in jail to await the action of the
grand jury, which will consider the
story Of the spanking in all its details.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
BRIBERY INQUIRY ORDERED
New York State Senate Will Investi
gate Conger's Charge.

Albany, n. v, Jan. Responding
to the demand of Senate Leader 10Th
am =. Aids, made in the most dra-
matte manner to his colleagues. the
senate today ordered an investigation
of the charge of Senator Benn Conger
that Aids accepted a bribe in 1901
when both were members of the as
sembly.
Senator Conger says lie will give
full details of the alleged bribery to
the committee as soon as he is called
before it.
There is little sympathy for Conger.
In, the words of one of his colleagues,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
olra and sohIlsman Must bic.

Albany, N. Y. Jan. 20.-Ths court of
appeals has affirmed the conviction of
Carlo Giro and Frank Schlisman for
the murder OF Mrs. Sophie l. staber,
and they must suffer the death pen
atty. Mrs. Staber was shot by one of
the men while they were committing
burglary in her home in Flatbush.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
PAULHAN TAKES WIFE UP.
Establishes New Aeroplane Record
With Her as Passenger.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 20.-Louis
Paulhan, the French aviator. establish
ed a new record of flight with pas
senger here
With his wife in Farman biplane
he covered twenty-five miles in So
minutes 45 As seconds. He made a
trip to Redondo Beach and return.
There was little ceremony In making
the start for the ocean with Mrs. Paul
han. The Frenchman after gallantly
lifting his petite wife into the biplane
sprang to his seat and signaled his
mechanician to start the motor.
The machine rose in the air and
scared away. Wireless messages from
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
sTETsoN TRUSTEES RESIGN.
They Leave II to Vietors In Scientist
Church to Fill Up Board.

New York, Jan. 20.-At a special
meeting of the board of trustees OF
the First Church Of Christ, Scientist.
held in the church at Ninety-sixth
street and Central Park West, four
of the trustees who had been allied
with Mrs. augusta Il. Stetson resign
ed, and their designations were ae-
cepted by the remaining members In
the church's governing body.
The trustees who resigned are Ed
win f. Hatfield, chairman OF the
board; DIR. John #. Crowell, Adolph
Rusch and John ID. Higgins. These
are the trustees whose candidates
were defeated in the heated church
election yesterday. The vote against
them was T30 TO 4S6.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
STAFFORD, AERONAUT, DEAD.
After Many Close Calls In His Life He
Succunbs to Carboic Acid.

Succumbs to Carbolic Acid.
Boston, Jan. 20.-Eugene l.. Stafford,
an aeronaut. died at a hospital here
after swallowing carbolic acid.
Stafford shot and killed Maynor b.
Trussell, his assistant, in February,
1904, when he caught him in company
with his wife, Camille. The latter died
eighteen months ago, and Stafford
married again.
He began ballooning in 1896, and his
wife, Camille, frequently ascended
with him. They had many close calls.
IN 1897 Stafford had narrow escape
rom drowning OF Coney island.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
no PRISON WORK FOR MORSE
In Warden's Absence He is Idle.
Seems In Good Spirits.

Atlanta, Ca. Jan. 20.-Charles w.
Morse, the millionaire banker. has not
yet been assigned Ia any work In the
federal prison. The absence OF Ward
en- Meyer, who returns on Saturday.
Is the cause.
Morse appears in good spirits and is
aking his Imprisonment calmly
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Weather Probabilities.

Increasing cloudiness; light to mod
crate variable winds. mostly south and
southwesterly.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07
Two-Bit Gratitude

A recent editorial in the Land
er (Wyo) State Journal is SC
pertinent as TO be worthy Of re-
production. Under the heading
'Two-Bit Gratitude" the Journ-
al editor says:
In this enlightened age pub
licity is the greatest progressive
force, and the individual or com
munity that negltcts to employ
it loses thereby. The news
papers want the town to grow
and prosper that they may pros
per along with all other citizens,
while they should in all reason
expect to make a small profit on
all work turned out and they
have never asked even that when
the good Of the town has been
sought. The average weekly
newspaper gives gratis for the
good of the public from so TO $50
per week. or from $500 90 81 600
per year. What other business
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

court decisions made or certain
10 be made, can announce any
thing, that we shall repair this
neglect and lay broad the found
alton for effective conservation
in future years. Conservation
and development. educational,
financial, agricultural and indus
trial, rather than exploitation
and Incidental destruction, are
10 be the watchwords of our new
social democracy, and the politi-
cal banners on which these
watchwords are honestly inscrib-
cd are the banners under which
the young men of the Republic
win enroll themselves.
We have applied these watch
words To- physical resources, but
il has not escaped attention that
there is also a human side % the
policy of conservation. Life is
more than meat and the body
than raiment. and If our food
supply and our lumber supply
and our coal and iron supply
must be conserved and developed
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

ploitau0n IS am anu-social policy.
The striking thing the inspiring
thing about our situation Is that
here in America. and especially
in the free and res0urceful at
mosphere Of the frontier com
munities. the fight against eX-
ploitation and the conscious
adoption of a policy Of conserya-
ton come al the same moment
come as two aspects OF a single
issue. These are the two great
streams Of history which here
and now unite. This is the stir
ring moment in the history Of
civilization. when We see no
longer a few weak slaves. or a
conquered people struggling .n
vain against exploitation. but
rather the intelligent and domi-
nant citizenship arising as a
giant IN his wrath, let as say
rather as a strong man IN good
humored consciousness Of MS
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

instead OF exploited, as they
must. how much more must the
bodies and the lives of our peo-
pie no longer be exploited, but
conserved. The most important
part of conservation, merely
from the standpoint Of dollars
and cents. is but the preservation
and development of strong, heal
thy bodies, a decent, dignifed
status for workingmen, and a
hopeful outlook into the uncer-
tain, but friendly future.
But we must not speak from
the standpoint Of dollars and
cents save as they symbolic
real wealth. genuine welfare.
substantial prosperity. Of which
the test is life and not property.
A religious writer insists that
the force Of the religious spirit
should be bent toward asserting
the supremacy Of life over prop
erty. Property exists, " he
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

No truer sentence will be found
in contemporaneous history than
the declaration of the executive
committee Of the Farmers Union
that "diversihcation is the means
by which thousands of our people
have been freed from the thrall-
dom of the mortgage and credit
system, and have thus enabled
to market their cotton and cotton
seed at such times and in such
manner as would procure for
them the highest prices instead
of being coerced by their cred
itors into offering their crops
for sale upon an already glutted
market. " The evolution of the
diversifcation idea lacks a great
deal of being completed: there
would not be much hazard in
saying that even after ten or
twelve years of propaganda
work by means of many agencies
diversifcation Is being practied
only about half as,much as it can
be. With thousands the old one
crop habit has not been broken,
and even most of those who have
thrown it off have gone Nabout
divesifcation in that timid or
grudging way which shows t6at
they are still not wholly emarA
cipated from the old prejudice. - :
Dallas News.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

words % physical resources. We
have determined. not only in the
interests of posterity, but IN our
own and our chiidren's interests,
20 put an end % exploitation Of
forests, soils. mineral ores and
natural power, and 10 work out
policies of conservation. This
socia. control Of natural physical
resources We rightly deem 10 be
essential 10 our dignity as a
State. % our physical and moral
well-being. demanded by justice
dictated by sound public econo-
ms and warranted by the pollt-
cal institutions. the Constitution
and laws under which we live.
We suffer for the sins Of omis-
sion Of our fathers IN this re-
spect and for our own sins. but
our neglect is not irreparable,
and We have announced. as
clearly as party platforms and
statutes enacted or pending. and
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

says truly, to maintain and De
velop life. 1t is unchristian to
regard human life as a mere in
strument for the production Of
wealth. 1t is not merely I'M
christian; it Is unjewish, unmo-
hammedan, unintelligible, and
unhuman.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

man gives as much every year
for the community in which he
lives? The casual reader does
not appreciate the fact that il
costs so much money TO set every
line Of type in the paper and that
the editor who pays his printers
is giving just so much money 10
the schools, the churches, societ-
les and associations every time
he prints a free reading notice
for them. 10 you suppose that
any other business house would
give the price of a sack of flour
or sugar, a pair of shoes or a
suit Of clothes to every organiza-
ton in the county every week?
OF course not: they would not
be asked TO do so even if they
were generous enough TO do it.
Newspaper men do it because it
has been the custom TO do ii and
because they are public spirited
and want to help along every
worthy cause to a greater ex-
tent than they are financially
able.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-04-07

Let a little sunshine into your
life by having D. J. Wood in
sure your home or place Of
business. He carries the kind
that makes you smile Room
s; Lubbock State Bank building.
39-2t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
AMERICAN COTTON
RECEIPTS ARE LOW

Washington, January American
cotton stocks at the end of November
aggregated 1.505.s6S bales, compared
with 1.7s5,e9O and 1.214.791 bales re-
ported on the same dates in 1908 and
1907, says today's report of the bureau
of statistics for November.
Sight receipts of cotton during No
vember totalled 1,141,1s9 bales, com
pared with 2,5s5,097 bales curing NO
vember. 1908, and 1,sSo.19s during No
vember, 1907. The port receipts, 1885,
224 bales, show a similar decline from
1908, and 1907 figures of 1,sSs,922 and
1,529.526 bales. The takings of Amer
lean spinners for the three months of
the present season, says the report
were 1,517,194 bales, only 171,OoO bales
less than for the corresponding period
OF the preceding year. The decline I'm
total takings is attributed exclusively
to the curtailed demand OF the north
ern mills, the seasons taKmgs of the
southern mills, 696,97S bales, exceeding
the corresponding figures ror the past
season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
ORDERS FOR IRON
ARE STILL LARGE

New York, January 2.-Specifications on
contracts for finished steel products were
quite heavy during the last week of the
year, notably for structural material,
steel sheets and wire products. Orders
for small buildings in various parts of the
country have been placed, calling for 25,-
900 tons of fabricated steel, making the
December total 125,000 tons. The con-
tracts for the year 1909 aggregated close to
100000 tons.
Orders for heavy section raf> aggre-
gated only about 1900 tons. Additional
specifications on the New York Central
tonnage were received by the Illinois
Steel company calling for $500 tons. Rail
contracts now under negotiations call for
about 10000 tons.
In bi1lets and plain structural shapes an
easier tone prevailed. Specifications for
steel bars, plates, shapes and axles ag-
gregating about $1,000 tons have been
placed. Wafe products have been very ac-
tive. new orders in December averaging
1900 tons per day, and specifications 6l00
tons per day. Specifications for the year
have averaged 5000 tons daily.
There has been some increase in orders
placed for pig iron, mainly in the central
west, including 5000 tons of basic and 5000
tons Of low PHOSPHORUS. There have also
been a number of small orders for MALE
able foundry in the west and forge iron
in the east.
Contracts for the month have aggre-
gated about 175,000 tons in all districts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
O'BRYANT FUND IS
STILL CLIMBING
1hirty-eight Dollars Received
By Age-HeraId Yesterday
TOTAL HAS REACHED S73
Policeman Was Recently Murdered
While on Duty and Family Is
Left in Want of Necessi.
ties of Life.
TOTAL HAS REACHED $73

The fund being raised for the benefit
of the family of the late Policeman M.
nj. O'Bryant, who was murdered by a.
negro on the Southside about two weeks
ago, was swelled to s7S yesterday s3s be-
ing received during the day.
DR.. III. L. Martin, alderman from the
Tenth ward of Birmingham, circulated q
petition among citizens of Avondale dur
Ing Saturday and yesterday and secured
subscriptions amounting to $28. Alonzo
Atkins subscribed 50 last night, and the
Age-Herald contributed $40 to the fund
The following is the list turned In by
Dr. Martin, with Mr.. Atkins donation
at the bottom, and the Age-Herald ac-
knowledges receipt of the amount set
down opposite each name
Our attention Is called, through the
columns of the Age-Hera1d, to the fact
of the suffering for want Of the neces-
saries of life of the family Of the late
Policeman M. M. O'Bryant, who was
ruthlessly shot down on our streets by
negro desperate while in discharge Of
his duty. We subscribe the amount set
opposite our names:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
FRANCE WANTS NO WAR.
Hope of Settlement of Tariff Dispute
Is Entertained.

Paris, January 2.-The Journal des De-
bats, commenting on Ambassador Bacon S
speech at Elysee Palace, where he was
received on Friday by President Fallieres
expressed regret at the absence of any
reference to the economic relations be-
tween France and the United States. 1t
points out that IL no agreement is reach
ed before March 81, a tariff war appears
Inevitable
While President Taft's last message
held out hopes of settlement the pa
per says, a further confirmation of the
desire for an arrangement on the part
of the Washington government from the
new ambassador would have been par
ticularly appropriate.
The paper concludes by depreciating the
attitude towards France of ultra-pro-
tectionists in congress, which is disas-
trous In its effect here and Is undoing
the efforts of the moderates to diminish
the exaggerated proposals of the tariff
commission.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
CUTS MANS THROAT
THEN SUICIDES

Nashville. January 2--Early this morn
ing Lizzie e. Crenshaw, aged Is years.
cut the throat OF John NJ. Jennings, a
bookkeeper, with whom she lived, at
their rooms on the second floor of a build
ing at the corner of Church street and
Second avenue, north. Later she hanged
herself In a cell at the public station,
using her apron strings as a rope and
tying one end to a steam pipe near the
ceiling. She was dead when discovered
by the turnkey about 10 o'clock. Jennings
Is at the City hospital in a serious condi-
ton, but the attending physicians say he
has slight chance of recovery. He is
unable to make statement and the wom-
an refused to make one, but jealousy is
the cause attributed by the police. Jen-
nings was well known and has well-to- do
connections here. The room where the
cutting occurred was despatched with
blood when the police entered. as If there
might have been a struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
BODEKERAND EAGAN
VISIT THE SUBURBS
CHIEF THINKS MORE MEN WILL
BE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY IN Or
DER TO GIVE SUBURBS PROPER
POLICE PROTECTION.

Chief of Police George II. Bodeker and
Captain Martin Eagan have made an In
vestigation of conditions at Ensley and
Pratt City with reference to the matter
of policing the territory newly annexed
to Birmingham, and Chief Bodeker de-
clares that he will be considerably hand
icapped until he is allowed more patrol
men by the city council.
There are at present liz regular men on
the police force of the greater city and
IS of these are detectives, leaving only 81
regular patrolmen There are a supernu-
meraries who work in the absence of
regular men. This force of policemen has
been scattered over the territory included
in Greater Birmingham as evenly as pos
sible At Ensley there are only two men
and Chief Bodeker states that 1t is i'm
possible for these two Officers TO prop
erly patrol the business portion of Ems
ley He declares that more officers are
necessary and states that he will ask for
additional men.
II will ask the commission to allow me
more men," said Chief Bodeker last night,
"as I feel that the citizens of the SUBJ
urbs will look forward to me as chief of
police to give them the proper police pro-
lection.
This it will be impossible for mo to do
unless the city council backs UP the po-
lice commission and puts more men on
the police force.
II know that will receive the hearty
cooperation Of the commission in my eff
fort to give the suburbs proper number
Of patrclmen-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
BURIED
AT LAPORTE HOME

La Porte, Ind, January "A great
crowd assembled about the Lamphere
home today to attend the funeral OF
Ray Lamphere. who burned the home
of Mrs. Belle Guinness, near La Porte,
on April %, 1908, and incinerated the
owner of the murder farm" and her
children. Lamphere died last week in
Michigan City prison, where he was
serving time for arson.
Friends of the Lampheres prevented
morbidly curious persons from pressing
into the house. Country people roe
miles around drove to the cemetery at
Rossburg, where Lamphere was buried.
His confession, made TO preacher
while Lamphere was in Jail awaiting
trial has never been made public, al
though the pastor says 1t contains In
formation of interest in relation TO the
mystery of Mrs. Guinness staying of
ten or more persons for money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
DOUBLE HANGING
HERE THIS MONTH
TWO NEGROES WILL PAY PENAL
TY FOR MURDER AND ROBBERY
OF OLD NEGRO MERCHANT AT
ENSLEY.

On Friday January 81, less than three
weeks hence. double hanging is sched-
uled to take place in the yard of the
Jefferson county Jail. Joe Rogers and
Jim Powell two negroes, are the con-
demned prisoners and they will expiate
their crime before the noon hour on the
day of execution.
Powell and Rogers, both of whom are
young negroes, were convicted in the
criminal court about a year ago of hav-
ing murdered and robbed an old negro
merchant at Ensley After perpetrating
the deed they escaped but were later
captured at Fainrview by Officer John
Wren of Ensley. Mr.. Wren had worked
out his case carefully and when the men
were put on trial Powell admitted that
he and Rogers committed the murder
and robbery. Rogers denied that this
was true.
The jury in the case was out less than
an hour and brought In a verdict i'm
posing the extreme penalty of the law
Rogers appealed his case to the supreme
court, but Powell had no money to defray
the expenses of an appeal to the super
Tor tribunal. However, Governor Conner
granted him a respite until the supreme
court could act on Rogers case.
The higher court rendered its verdict a
short time ago, sustaining the verdict
found in the lower court The negroes
were tried Jointly and they will be hang
ed on the same day within the same hour.
The hanging of Powell and Rogers will
be the second and third executions of
Sheriff Higdon's administration, Henry
Thaxton the negro who died on the gall
lows nearly two years ago, being the first