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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
What He Sold.

Proprietor of Millinery Shop-Why
didn't that lady buy anything?
New Assistant-Because we hadn't
what she wanted.
Proprietor-You'll kindly remember
In future, miss, that you're here to sell
what 1 keep and not what people want!
London opinion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
GIVES UP PORT ARTHUR.
Japan Moves to Chinhai Bay on Korean
Coast For a Gibraltar.

Japan Moves to Chinhai Bay on Korean
Coast For Gibraltar.
Purely strategical reasons have in
duced the Japanese government to de-
eide upon the abandonment Of naval
station at Port Arthur, in Manchuria.
representing an investment of many
millions of dollars. This station was
built by the Russians when they were
in control of the Liaotung peninsula
under nominal lease from China.
Even after it was shown to fail of that
degree of impregnability which was
The expectation of its founders and
fell into the hands Of the Japanese as
an incident of the Russo-Japanese war
the victors did not hesitate to spend
another great sum of money upon the
defenses.
But the acquisition of Korea by
Japan has made the Port Arthur sta
ton secondary in importance from a
naval point of view. 1t was too far
inland to be of any use in the defense
Of Korea, so the decision has been
reached to abandon the place as a M
val station and to transfer as much
Of the material as can be used else
where to the new site selected at Chin
hal bay, on the coast of Korea. a posi-
ton that will command the entrance
to the Yellow sea and the great gulf
Of Pechili, as well as afford a measure
of protection to the western coast of
japan and the strait of Korea.
Great docks will be constructed at
this place, which will be reserved ex-
clusively for naval purposes. The port
will be closed to commerce, while Port
Arthur will be released for the use of
the merchant marine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04

San Francisco. Cal, Sept. 2S.-James
Rolph. Jr.. was elected mayor Of San
Francisco at the first direct primary
election to determine the personnel of
municipal officers of the city and
county. The vote will closely approx
mate $4,000. the biggest vote ever cast
here.
Next to the mayoralty fight. interest
centered in the fight for district attor-
ney The leading candidates were
Charles NJ. Fickert, incumbent, and
Ralph Hathrone, indorsed by prac-
tically the same interests that support
ed Rolph. Indications are that Fickert
gained the greater vote.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
How Etna Spouts Fire.

0VW GIuA ppVuLS c4It.
Describing the appearance of Etna
In the eruption of 1908, correspond
ent from Taormina wrote:
Nothing could have looked more
peaceful that Etna on the afternoon
Of my arrival here. The sun went
down behind 1t out of a clear sky, its
outlines becoming blacker and more
obscure until finally swallowed up in
darkness. From outward signs it was
the same sleeping beauty that it had
been since the last eruption In 1890.
In the morning-April 29-there was q
change. The peak was enveloped in
vapor, which 1t took only a few Sec
onds to observe was smoke, not cloud,
but even then l did not realize that
there was anything unusual until no
ticed the excitement Of the Italians.
'Smoke was coming from the crater
at the summit, but by far the larger
part from the east side of the noun
tain, a considerable way down, while
now and then would come a rumble,
sounding like cannon far away. Later
in the forenoon the vapors from the
topmost cone ceased, and the smoke
swirled out black and menacing from
lower down. taking the shape Of
funnel and rolling seaward on the
wings of westerly wind.
Novel Sight.
"The sight was as novel to natives
as to visitors and perhaps more full
of meaning. All day long they kept
stealing away from their work and
running to the housetops or other
vantage points to watch the changing
aspects on the mountain, but they
could not tell by day whether the vol
cano was in eruption.
"'Wait until night they said. Then
| If lava is flowing out it will show red
through the darkness
$50 interest increased toward dusk,
and as the shadows thickened word
went around the town: L'Etna fuma!
/ L'Etna fumar' True it was. The giant
fountain, after ten years truce with
| the inhabitants of it's fertile and eX-
pansive slopes, was again belching
forth lava from the earth's inwards,
though to what extent or with what
/ disaster one could only conjecture.
From Taormina it appeared as
would a huge bonfire on a hill perhaps
a mile away, which glowed red and
yellow and now and then fared up as
If some one had thrown on fresh brush
But when one considered that the
burning patch in the darkness was not
one but almost twenty miles away he
realized that what he saw was a roar.
ing furnace and that what to his eye
seemed gentle flickers were, in truth
huge masses of molten lava spouted
many feet in the air, the result of tire
mendous convulsions In the depths be
low"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
VOICE HER FORTUNE.
Washington Telephone Girl Wins Rich
Husband.

New York. Sept. 2S.-William Eli
Jessup. forty-nine years old, a wealthy
railroad engineer of Cornwall-on-the-
Hudson, is on his honeymoon. follow
ing one of the quickest courtships and
marriages on record.
The bride was Miss Myrtle e. Bell
thirty-one years old, a telephone oper.
ator of Washington, D. c., a ''girl with
a golden voice." according to the happy
bridegroom.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
NO PAROLE FOR WALSH, YET.
Chicago Bankers Case May Be Decid'
ed Next Week.


ed Next Week.
Leavenworth, Kan. Sept. 2S.-John
r. Walsh will not be released from the
federal prison here until next week, If
he is paroled at all. From an authori-
tative source it was learned that the
report of the federal board of parole
will positively be made in Washing
ton to Attorney General Wickersham
by r. V. Ladow, president of the
board. He has the power to send the
report by mail or telegraph, but it is
known that this will not be done. Mr..
Ladow will not be in Washington until
the early part of next week.
Following the receipt of the boards
recommendation by the attorney gen.
eral. if it IS favorable to the prisoner,
the final action of parole will be taken.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
TURKISH TROOPS AT TRIP0LI.
Transport Dorna Arrives With 2,oCo
Men.

Rome, Sept. 2S,-The Turkish trans
port Dorna has arrived at Tripoli with
soldiers. arms and provisions.
The Dorna sailed for Tripoli before
Italy had notified Turkey with regard
to her intentions, The soldiers were
intended to protect Tripoli from the
threatened attack of somee 1000 bri-
gands who lowered about the city
1t is not known how the rumor got
about that the Dorna was captured
by Italian warships.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
Wants Bailey's Seat.

Austin. Tex. Sept 2S.-Thomas FL.
BAH. leader of the Prohibitionists in
the recent state wide election, will
be IA candidate to succeed J. w. Bailey
in the United States senate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
MOTOR BUS IN SEINE.

Accident In Paris Already Has Cost
Lives of Five.
Paris, Sept. 2S.-A crowded motor
bus from the Patignolles quarter to
the Jardin des Plantes fell into the
Seine while crossing the Notre Dame
bridge. The driver of the bus lost
control of it. Up to the present five
dead and three injured have been
taken out of the river.
NJ. Lepine. chief of police, Is pres
ent A number Of clergymen from
Notre Dame cathedral are also pres.
ont. administering the last rites.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04

OR FIVE YEARS
Newspaper Correspondents
Description of 1908 =
Eruption.

1t was year later before the vol
cano became active again. This time
there were earthquakes In continuous
shocks, and new crater opened at a
height Of 1000 feet. 1t elected col
umns of steam and clouds of stones
and ashes. This crater became the
source of two streams of lava, which
followed the course taken by the lava
in the eruption of 1919 and 1852
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
Correspondence invited
OFFICERS:

HENRY q. .RUSSELL--EDWINF f. TORREY
PRESIDENT. CASHIER
ANDREW THOMPSON A.C. LINDSAY
VICE PRESIDENT ASSISTANT CASHIER
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
DIRECTORS:
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
H0NESDALE NATIONAL BANK


HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY PA. &.
At the close of business. SEPT. /, 1911.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
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The Home of the
HoneSdaIe
: National
Bank.
ORGANIZED
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1896
Progressive
Conservative
Successful
Will extend every facility
that good banking will
Justify.
Accounts of individuals,
firms and corporations soIi-
a

Accounts of individuals,
firms and corporations soIi-
cited.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys-at-Law.

III WILSON,
IL. ATTORNEY 4 CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw,
Office adjacent to Post Office in Dimmick
Office. Honesdale. Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04

WM. H. LEE,
w ATTORNEY & CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw,
Office over post Office. All legal business
promptly attended to. Honesdale, Pa,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
| News FI:I'. '''1,.l SCA.i'')l .AV,A
Principal Events That Have Trans
plred in the Old Countries
Within Week or So.
DEN MARK

Prof. E. Vestermann has strongly
recommended tobacco growing on q
large scale in Denmark
No less than 80 ministers applied for
vacancy in the church of Denmark.
The. government has ordered twelve
electric automobiles to be used for
the mail service in Copenhagen.
The draft of the new police regu-
lations for Copenhagen provided that
no Wheelman shall be permitted to
carry one or more passengers while
riding through the streets of the city.
The messengers of Socialdemokrat.
en-, the official organ of the Socialists,
went on strike as the only means
OF enforcing their demands; but the
managers of the paper promptly hired
strikebreakers to take the place of the
strikers.
The people of Iceland are discussing
politics with great eagerness this win.
ter. One party supports the govern.
ment, and another favors independ
ence for the island. The people seem
to be about equally divided between
the two parties.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
NORWAY.

The traffic on the Bergen railway
is fifty per cent heavier this winter
than a year ago.
Kristian Vedeler, for many years q
prominent educator in Trondhjem,
died at the age of IS years.
The creamatory in Kristiania was
opened in May, 1909, and since that
date SO funerals have taken place.
The government owns 26 waterfalls
which by means of proper regulation
may be made to yield $4,000 horse
power
Rev. L. DAZZLE, secretary of the Nor
wegian mission society, will soon make
a trip to China to visit the mission sta
ton, in that country.
The 'Ivar Aasen" young peoples
society of Aalesund is going to erect
a bautasten Granite monument) of
Ganger Rolf, the ancestor of the rul-
ers of Normandy. The monument is
to be located at Storhaugen.
About 15,60O,OOO logs were RATED
on the Glommen river last year.
There is no way Of finding out how
many feet this would make The pulp
mills are consuming larger proper
ton of the logs from year to year
Mrs. Booth asked for permission to
use the Bergen cathedral for Salvation
army meetings, but the church depart
ment answered in the negative, adding
that so far no woman had been permit
ted to speak in the churches of the
state church of Norway.
The following was reported from
Vardo: Seven Russian laborers who
had looked in vain for work at Fake.
ford started on their way home
again, but were surprised by bad
weather. Two of them froze to death,
one reached his place of destination,
and the rest returned to Falkefjord in
very wretched condition.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
RAILWAYS ATTACKED IN OHIO
Movement Is Begun to Gust Sever
Lines in Test PROCEEDINGS.

Columbus. Feb. 81. - Acting under
the provisions of the Valentine anti
trust law, Attorney General Hogan
instituted quo Warranto' proceedings
in the circuit court to GUST from the
state the Hooking Valley, the Kama
wha & Michigan, the zanesville-West-
ern, the Toledo & Ohio Central, the
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
and the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
companies.
Excepting the Chesapeake & Ohio
all the roads are Ohio corporations
Their dissolution is asked and also
the appointment Of trustees to wind
up their affairs. In the case of the
Chesapeake & Ohio it's exclusion from
the state is petitioned.
In two collateral suits in quo-war
ranto, Hogan seeks to test the right
of the Chesapeake & Ohio and the
Lake Shore to hold the stock of the
smaller lines, which are alleged to be
under their control and management.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
Notice to Bridge Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received up to 9
o'clock p. m. on March 3rd, 1911, at
Warren, Mimi, by the Auditors OF
Marshall and Beltrami counties, for
furnishing the material and erecting
two 60 feet steel eye beam bridges
across the main ditch of Judicial
Ditch No. IL. Bridges are to be
erected at points eight and twelve
miles distant respectively from Rail
road station of Holt on Great North
ern.
Bidders viii be required to give sat
isfactory bond for the amount of the
contract to be approved by said audi.
tors.
Bids must be accompanied by a
certified check on a state or national
bank Of Minnesota Of 10 per cent. Of
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
Entire Class Faces Explosion

Lexington, Va, Feb 21.-As the re.
suit of mutiny the third class of tie
pulsion The class of more than 100
members deserted the institute ard
marched into the town in protest
against the action Of the faculty IL
dismissing two members of the clas2
for bomb throwing in the cadet ba:,
racks The class had an agreement t.
stand together in the case of any d.
missal Superintendent Nichols of the
academy, it was announced, probably
will expel the mutineers.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
SWEDEN.

The Stockholm riksbank has re-
duced the rate of discount from SIS
to 5 per cent.
About $50 bills were introduced in
the Swedish riksdag in one day, break
in al, former records.
Sweden received $3.375,OO0 in cash
from America last year These figures
beat all former records.
A cow at Ostrede had to be killed on
account of anthrax, and two persons
who did the work contracted the same
disease
The ravens at the Skansen zoologi-
cal gardens in Stockholm began to
build nests one of the last days of
January.
Gustaf Froding, the poet, is slowly
recovering from his recent sickness,
and he is in full control of his mental
faculties.
A shockingly large number of chill
dren were drowned during January
and February by falling through the
ice while skating.
The committee conducting re-
searches into the local names of Warm.
land has received a donation of $3.50
from Miss Selma Lagerlof.
King Gustaf has issued a procIama.
ton designating the Sundays of March
y, May IA, July 8, Oct. Is as special
prayer and Thanksgiving days.
The late DR.. Mrs. Dahm bequeathed
almost 100000 to the city of Kalmar,
the bulk Of money to be spent for the
benefit Of the old peoples home.
The national government received
an inheritance tax of $4,000 from the
Seippel estate. This was the high
est inheritance tax ever paid in Swed-
en-.
Goteborg has had about $50 cases
of diphtheria during the past twenty
weeks, and "a cases were fatal, The
past is now on the point of being
rooted out. l
The icebreaker in the harbor Of
Stockholm began it's operations for the
season Jan. 30. 1t was an easy matter
to clear the harbor, for the ice was on.
ly about two inches thick.
The Wahlquist wooden mills at
Karlskrona were destroyed by fire.
The factory was established in 1924.
and one of its specialties was uniforms
for tie army. The insurance on the
property was about $150,0OO One
hundred persons, mostly women, were
thrown out Of work by the fire.
A great festival in the interests of
the defences of Stockholm was to be
held at Hasselbacken Feb 27. The
proceeds will be used for the encour-
agement of the use Of firearms by the
school children and for replenishing
the treasury Of the union of the off,
GERS OF the Stockholm landstorm.''
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
BOYCOTT CASES DISMISSED
MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
DECIDED BY SUPREME COURT.
Rules Regulating Issuance of Railway
Transportation Are Further
Circuscribed.

washington, Feb. 21.-Not for years
have so many far reaching principles
relating to interstate commerce beer
approved by the supreme court of the
United States as were established in
It's decisions Monday as the unuues
toned law of the land. Decisions or
a number Of other difficult questions
were announced
Among the questions of interstate
commerce decided were these:
mat the passenger has no right tic
puy tickets with services, ADVERTISING
releases, or property, nor can the rail
road company buy services, advertis
ms, releases or property with trans
portatlon. That a state law regulating
the size OF crews on trains within the
state is not an obstruction to inter
state commerce, but is rather enact
ed IN aid of interstate commerce
and may be passed by state for the
public safety.
That the supreme court will review
the validity of an order of the inter.
state commerce commission even
though the two year limitation on the
lie OF the order has expired
Inat railway system may not es.
cape regulation as an instrument of
interstate commerce because one of
Its constituent parts is a wharfage
company and it's dominating power
over the wharfage company rests in
the fact that it is holding company
That tho n rot
mission does not possess the power
to reduce rate as unjust and I'm.
reasonable merely because the rate
is negotiable under some circun-
stances as in cases where railroads
induce shippers to enter a field by Of.
fe1ing rates as low as to be unre-
munerative and later increase the
rates.
The court furthermore decided as
constitutional a state statute provid-
Ing that no contract of relief, benefit,
or insurance should be a bar to the
right of railroad employee engaged
In the operation of railroad to sue
the employer for damages resulting
from injuries received in the course
OF his employment.
The mayor and several councilmen
of Clay Center, Kan, were held in
contempt, but excused from punish
ment with the payment of costs, be-
cause they destroyed the subject mat
ter of litigation before the supreme
court after it's decision was announced,
but before it's mandate had been is
used CT time given for a motion for
rehearing.
The famous boycott case brought in
the local courts by the Bucks Stove
and Range company of st. Louis
against the American Federation of
Labor, was formally dismissed.
The officials of the Naval Stores
company were granted a review of the
conviction of alleged violations of tie
Sherman antitrust law
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
Fast Mail Is D;tched

/ Palisade, New, Fee. 21.-Southerl
Pacific train. No. l., east-bourd
known as the Chins-Japan fast mai
went into the ditch, one and hal
miles west of here. No one was kill
ed, but three were injured.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23

time I suffered with kidney trouble
and rheumatism. l had severe back
aches and felt all played out. After
taking two bottles OF Foley Kidney
Pills my backache is gone and where
used to lie awake with rheumatic
pains now sleep in comfort. Foley
Kidney Pills did wonderful things for
me-" Try them now.-Ed Quistgaard.
Il had an acute attack of Bright's
disease with Inflammation of the kid
neys and bladder, and dizziness" says
Mrs. Cora Thorp, Jackson. Mich "a
bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy ov-
ercame the attack, reduced the in
f1ammation, took away the pain and
made the bladder action normal.
wish everyone could know of this
wonderful remedy, Ed. Quistgaard.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
ENGINE Explodes; Three pie.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Three men
vore fatally hurt and several serious.
IL Injured when freight locomotive
O.. .he Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ex,
pioded near Randolph, Md.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23
state School Board Manager Named

st. Paul, Feb. 21.-,Joseph L. Nit
chell, of Mower county, has been ap
pointed by the governor to the board
of managers at the state public schoo
at Owatonna. He will continue in Of
fee until the first Monday in January
1913
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
SUSPECT THAT
WOMAN WAS
MURDERED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Los ANGELES. Sept. 22.-The
mysterious disappearance of S.
900 in cash has led relatives OF
Mrs. Alice H. Asebes. a wealthy
young widow, TO suspect that her
death on September last was not
the result of natural causes, and
District Attorney Fredericks has
been asked to have the body ex-
humed and an autopsy performed.
A short time before her death 1t
is claimed Mrs. Asebes sold VAL
liable property and the proceeds
of this sale cannot be found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
COLLIDE.
ON c STREET

Skidding down the hill on South
c street, Just opposite the Union
club yesterday afternoon, a heavy
automobile driven by Miss Media
Jaeger, and containing six women
friends, ran into a small light cleo
trio driven by Miss Eleanor Betz
and her sister Mrs. Zimmerman.
Very slight bruises were the only
personal injuries received.
The electric was badly damaged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22

Indicted

Federal officials believe they
broke the backbone of opium
smuggling here and at Seattle yes
terday afternoon when the grand
jury returned a true bill against
J. l.. Brown, who is. supposed to
be the leader OF a gang of big
smugglers that have operated for
long time. Ben Goldsmith, S.
Winigrass, Henry Mueller and
Morris Waland are held at Seattle
also as members of the Brown
gang.
Henry Martin of Seattle, was
also indicted yesterday for snug
Cling In opium, and Frank Morita
for smuggling in half bolt of
silk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
Declares He Is
Train Robber

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEENAH. Wis, Sept. 22.-"I
am one of the three men who rob-
bed the Northern Pacific express
at Buffalo, N. d. l am glad to
be arrested for | am nearly crazy
from fear of being shot by some
one after the $4,000 reward Of
fered by the company" said a
stranger who was locked up by To-
cal officers yesterday.
In the robbery the engineer was
shot and $12 1000 stolen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
Taft Smile Vanishes
at Neus of Election

was snuffed out by the returns of
the Canadian election, which. 1t is
believed. will prove one of the
greatest setbacks of his career.
Il expected a different result"
said the president. 1T takes two
to make a bargain of course and
If Canada declines the proposed
trade agreement we must continue
doing business at the old stand.
], am deeply disappointed"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
Won't Hang Negro on
Emancipation Day

(By United Press Leased Wier.)
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 22.-De-
ferring to the sentiment of the
colored people of Ohio for the
sacred character of Emancipation
day, Gov. Harmon granted a re-
prieve to Charles Justice, a negro
who was condemned to
die today. The sentence will be
executed on October 6.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-22
WARD GIVES
UP FLIGHT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
RATHBONE. n. Y, Sept. "a
Dismayed by hard luck, Aviator
James j. Ward announced today
his withdrawal from the coast 10
coast flight for $4,000 news
paper prize. His machine was
practically wrecked by a fail to-
day near Addison and he recog-
nized the utter hopelessness of
trying to complete the journey by
October 10, the time limit of the
contest.