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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-17
No Help.

A ST. Louis travelling man, MAX
ing his first trip through North Da-
kota, woke UP one May morning to
find the ground white with snnMz
For HearHeH-s sake" he asked
the hotel clerk disgustedly, when
do you have summer out in this
God-forsaken country?"
4 don't know" replied the clerk,
Il have only been here eleven
months. Success Magazine.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-17
Too Late to Classify

LIOR SALE-tiasuiiue boat and engine.
L Boat Il feet long. Having no further
use for it VIII sell cheap, - o.. Also w o
goot maStS ana sails. Geo. W. I>IeekinS. 80
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

Prof. Oday said that "he gave the
boy a certificate and wanted him to
go to work. He had three jobs in
three weeks. The law says he shall
be at work or at school,"
Joseph tried to explain that he
had worked in the box factory for a
month steady, and that he worked
in the shoe shop two weeks. He
sprained his wrist, so he said, and
didn't report one morning, and he
was told they didn't want him, when
he came again.
Prof. Oday testified that he told
the boy the last time he went after
him that the next time he stayed out
he would have him arrested
The Squire lectured the boy for
neglecting his school duties and sug-
gested that it might. be necessary to
send him to the House of Correction.
There's no danger of my running
away" chirped Joseph. "Pd get
caught anyway. | read in the papers
how young Hartman got caught, and
got worse than | did if l stayed
home"
After listening patiently to the
boys story, the Squire said:
Take him over to the Sheriff, and
tell him to care for him until to-mor-
row!"
This was done, but later in the
evening his father came over and
secured his release.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Memorial Services Begin
Sunday, End Tuesday
HONESDALE LEADS IN CONTRIB
UTIONS TO SUSTAIN GRAND
ARMY POST.

The local observance of Memorial
Day this year will extend over a
period of three days, commencing
with memorial sermon at st. Mary
Magdalena's Sunday at 1880 p.
m, before the Captain James Ham
Post No. 1913; and the Ladies' Circle
G. A. r., Company E, Thirteenth In
fantry, n. G. p, and Maple City
Drum Corps; continuing with exer-
cises Monday afternoon at the school
when patriotic addresses will be
made to the school children by the
veterans of the Civil war; concluding
Tuesday with the official Memorial
service commencing at 10 o'clock,
when the line of march will form at
Eighth and Main streets and proceed
to Fourth, thence by Fourth to
Church, to the corner of Ninth,
thence East to Court street, up
Court street to Tenth, up Tenth to
the LackawaXen and thence to the
cemetery.
The program follows:
Drum Corps: The Reveille."
THE Long Roll"
Post Bugler: THE Assembly"
Invocation: Rev. c. c. Miller.
Opening by Post Commander.
Raising Flag: Mrs. William Clark.
Band: The Star Spangled Banner" :"
Draping Grave: Mrs. Charles E. Ba-
ker.
Drum Corps: GLORY Hallelujah." ="
Dropping flag at half-mast: Mrs
VIM. Clark.
G. A. r. Services: Officers of Post;
with addresses by veterans who
went to the front at the outbreak
of the war, fifty years ago.
Band; LA Marseillaise.
Service in memory of the unknown
dead.
Address Rev. DR.. w. II. Swift
Decorating Grave: Mrs. D. B. Mantle.
Band: Dirge.
Musketry salute to the dead Com
pany E.
Benediction: Rev. DR.. W. H. Swift.
Drum Corps: Tattoo"
Post Bugler: "Taps."
Forming for return march.
Band: The Watch on the Rhine
Raising flag: Mrs. VIM. Clark.
Instead of opening the day with
salutes at a. m, in accordance with
the time-honored custom, in view of
the objections of many people who do
not enjoy being aroused from their
slumbers at such an unseemly hour,
the salutes this year will first be
fired at 10 a. m.
The Post Commander, in speaking
of the days observances, says that
they will necessarily come to an end
before long, but as the veterans are
dying off very rapidly that he hopes
to be able to keep the Post together
in sufficient numbers to hold the SER
vices for four years more, 1915, as
that will be the fiftieth anniversary
of the surrender of the Confederate
army and the restoration of the
Union. He adds that the people here
have a keen appreciation of the day,
and its meaning, and would be sorry
Continued on Page Eight)
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Driven from House, Now
Seeks Job.
GEORGE STEGNER CALLS ON
SQUIRE HAM TO OBTAIN EN-
PLOYMENT CERTIFICATE.

81 don't know why my father
chases me out He doesn't like me-
He never did like me-" said Master
George Stegner to a Citizen man in
Justice of the Peace w. H. Ham S
office, Wednesday afternoon, where
the boy had gone to obtain an en-
ployment affidavit.
Master Stegner seemed like quite
young lad to be looking for job
His parents live on Brook Road
right over the hill by John Conear's S
place in Berlin township, two miles
out of Honesdale, where his father
tills a fifty-acre farm.
George Stegner, Jr., for his faith
er's name is George too, is only
fourteen years of age, and will be
fifteen the thirtieth of next July
School was out the nineteenth OF
April, and since then his lines have
been cast in hard places.
According to his story, he was
driven out from his home the first
of last week, and has been staying
down at Jacob Hafner's since.
He was looking for job, and in
order to get it, he needed an en-
ployment certificate, which Squire
Ham gave him, saying, Sometime
when you feel pretty rich, you can
give me quarter" Mrs. Ham gave
him a good piece of parting advice,
which in view of the temptations a
homeless boy must face, was worth
more than all the employment affi-
davits in the country. 1t was this /:
Now be good boy!"
81 am going to work now for John
Decker on the ice," he told the Citi-
zen man, whilst standing cap on
head, left hand in his coat pocket, in
the doorway, waiting for the coveted
parchment to be filled out.
He stood there all through the in
terview, and a more forlorn look
ing object 1t would be hard to find.
His shoes were worn out. A dark
working shirt, unbottoned at the
top, a ragged coat and pair of
trousers constituted his wardrobe.
81 never played hockey" he said
when piled with further questions,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Doesn't Believe In HereSy
Trials
DIR. w. II. SWIFT EXPRESSES
OPINION ON ATLANTIC CITY
ASSEMBLY CASE.

81 don't believe in heresy trials"
said the Rev. w. H. Swift, d. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Honesdale, when seen We'd
nesday morning by a Citizen man,
and asked to express an opinion on
the heresy trial now in progress at
the meeting of the General Assem-
bly, in session at Atlantic City, aris-
ing out of charges of disbelief in
certain Biblical passages, made
against Rev. William D. Grant of the
Northumberland Presbytery.
"A man who is not in sympathy"
continued Doctor Swift, with the
teachings of the church, should
withdraw from it. But | do believe
in large liberty l don't believe in
heresy trials"
Doctor Swift is an alumnus of
Union Theological Seminary, New
York City, which has been under
fire for years, on account of the
liberalness of its teachings.
Il was at Union Seminary" re-
marked Doctor Swift, before the
days of Briggs. There were grand
good men there then as now. 1t
was on Eighth street then. We had
to do our own carrying of coal
from the sub-cellar up to the eighth
tioor. Now everything is up-to-
date"
81 don't believe in heresy trials -
was Doctor Swift's last word to the
reporter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

nor did anything wrong. Mr..
Decker is going to give me 81 day
and board.
81 was out with him all last sum-
mer."
According to the boys story, his
father gets drunk pretty nearly
every other day; gets so drunk he
can't work.
George is a good boy" said
Squire Ham. Hes all right.
Have you got middle name?"
asked the Squire.
The boy said he hadn't.
When the reporter asked him
whether he hadn't any uncles or
aunts or grandparents to take an
interest in him, he regrettully an
swered in the negative.
After the Squire had filled out
the blanks, George put his name at
the bottom of it, and departed happy.
His father, it is alleged, not only
drove him away from home, but
also tried to prevent him from
working after he had left home.
His mother, according to his own
story, didn't treat him any better.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Columbus, o., May %.

To the Editor New York American:
Sir-The Ten Commandments
might be construed as follows under
authority of the decision of the
United States Supreme Court in the
case of the Standard Oil company
VS.. the United States:
First Commandment-Tho shalt
have no unreasonable number of
other gods before Me.
Second Commandment-Tho shalt
not make any craven image or
any unreasonable likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or
that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the waters under the
earth; thou shalt not unreason-
ably bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them any more than is
for thy convenience, for the Lord
thy God is occasionally a jealous
God, visiting the unreasonable in
iquity of the fathers upon the
children unto a reasonable number
of generations of them that un-
reasonably hate him.
Third Commandment-Th shalt
not take the name of the Lord
in vain unreasonably.
Fourth Commandment-SiX days
shalt tnou labor, so long as such
requirement is reasonable. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath; i;
in it thou shalt not do any more
work than thou dost on a week
day, but thy man servant, thy
maid servant, thy cattle and the
stranger within thy gates shall do
such a reasonable amount as
yields unto thee the highest de-
gree of comfort.
Fifth Commandment Reasonably
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
How To Live 100 Years
RULES ARE FOR WOMEN ONLY.
LEAVE NOTHING TO LIVE
FOR

Here are the rules by which Mrs.
Mary M. Scriggens, of Brockton,
seventh birthday last week says she
expects to live to be one hundred.
Lots of regular hard work-fif-
teen hours a day is not too much.
Abstain from idle gossiping about
your neighbors.
Never flirt, for it is a useless waste
of energy
Most emphatically do not read
novels, for it destroys the disposi-
ton. Women get wrinkles worry
ing over the troubles of the heroes.
If you have vanity of dress de-
stroy it. The young women of to-
day who are binding up their limbs
with hobble skirts, are shortening
their lives.
Keep away from dances and NOV
ing pictures.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Ohio Man RewriteS Them According to Supreme
Courts Standard Oil Decision
"UNiEASONA PLAYS IMPORTANT PART IN WORK OF
MUSTN'T THAN REASONABLE NUM-
COMPETITORS.

honor thy father and thy moth
er, but do so in great obscurity,
that they may not interfere with
thy daughters social standing or
spoil your sons matrimonial al
lance, that thy prey may be long
upon the land which the Lord,
through reasonable monopoly, CIV
eth thee.
Sixth Commandment-Thou shalt
not kill more than a reasonable
number of thy competitors, not
more than will give you a COM
plete monopoly of the business.
Seventh COMMANDMENT shalt
not commit adultery to an unrea-
sonable degree.
Eighth Lommandment-Th shalt
not steal an unreasonable amount
and thou shalt not be prosecuted
therefor after you are found gull
ty, if it shall in any way disturb
big business.
Ninth Commandment-Th shalt
not unreasonably bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor unless
any witness against thyself, what
soever, if it tend to incriminate
thee.
Tenth Commandment shalt
not unreasonably covet thy neigh
bor's house, nor thy neighbor's s
wife, nor his man servant, nor his
maid servant, nor his OK, nor his
ass, nor anything that is thy
neighbors. If you can organize
a pipe line of a New Jersey cor
poration that will choke thy
neighbor from marketing his
goods or buying the finished pro-
ducts, this will not be covetous.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Ups and Downs of News
boys Life.
JOE WESTBROOK TELLS SQUIRE
SMITH PLANIN' HOCKEY
ISN'T ALL ITS CRACKED
Up TO BE

Master Joseph Westbrook, the
fourteen-year-old son of Joseph
Westbrook of Spring street, Homes
dale, last Monday afternoon at
hearing before Squire Robert A.
Smith, told an interesting story of
the ups and downs in the life of a
Maple City "newsie.'
Master Westbrook, who will be
fifteen on August IS, and who has
peddled one of the nearby city even
ing dailies for four years, is a pupil
in the seventh grade of the Homes
dale public schools, Mrs. w. A. Slu-
man being his teacher.
According, however, to the COM
plant made by Principal of Schools,
Harry A. Oday, Joseph, Jr., "truant-
ly left the Honesdale High school,
and continued to keep absent from
the said school on several occasions,
contrary to the Act of July IL, 1901,
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania."
In other words he got into
trouble, for not coming to school,"
as he sobbingly told a Citizen man
who was present at the hearing.
1.-THE Long And Short OF It,"
Principal Harry A. Oday brought
the little fellow to the 'Squire's Of
flee about half-past four O'Clock Mon
day afternoon. AS they walked
through Central Park, and on up the
path to the court house, they present.
ed a striking contrast. Prof. Oday
is almost seven feet tall, and well,
Master Joseph is rather a small boy
for his age. 1t was "the long and
short of it!'
When questioned by the Squire as
to his age, Joseph admitted that he
was fourteen, and that he would be
fifteen in August.
Prof. Oday said, 81 looked up his
record. He has been to school this
year As days; that is all he has been
there out of 153 days"
Joseph tried to condone his alb
sence by saying: 81 only started in
about three months ago to come
back He also said that he was
looking for job.
The Squire wanted to know how
many times he had gone to work, to
which he promptly replied that he
had gone to work three times. Two
OF the places at which he was en-
ployed were the Honesdale Footwear
Company and Durland and Weston
Shoe company.
Hasn't your father had any
trouble with you?" asked the
Squire.
Extra Paper! All About The Fire"
No, sir" insisted Joseph, "only
once in a while. Some times / don't
do what he wants me to do. Some
times l don't get home until after 6
o'clock on account of my papers.
Then he says I'm running around
and gives me scolding for it,
Joseph further related that he had
his Journals" to deliver from one to
three O'Clock, afternoons. The We'd
nesday of the week previous, he went
fishing, he confessed.
Unlucky Thirteen.
Thirteen" is an unlucky number
for Joseph. Prof. Oday in comment
ing upon his repeated absences from
school, stated that in the seventh
month he attended thirteen days, in
the sixth the same number, and thir-
teen and one-half in the fifth. "If
he can go thirteen" remarked Mr..
Oday "why can't he go twenty
days?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
ADAM Felix's LEG CRUSHED.

Adam Felix, a driver in the en-
ploy of David Fisher, the South
Main street iron dealer, Tuesday af-
ternoon while unloading metal from
a car in the d. & II. yard, met with
a serious accident, a heavy bar of
iron four inches in diameter and
about six feet long falling on his
lower right leg, crushing it badly
and fracturing the ankle. The ac-
cident was caused by the horse max
ing a sudden jerk forward when
the bar of iron was hanging midway
between the car and the wagon. Mr..
Felix was removed to his home on
Erie street, medical aid was sum-
moned and he was made as COM
Portable as possible. The unfor-
tunate man has a wife and four
small children.
1t may have to be amputated.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
MT. PLEASANT BANKER BEGINS
TERM

E. H. Steinman, Mount Pleasant,
Pa, formerly vice-president of the
Farmers and Drovers' Bank of that
city, has arrived at the Federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, to
serve a tive-year sentence. Stein
man was convicted on a charge of
making excessive loans on insuffi-
cient security.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
ArmOry Committee.

At a meeting of the Honesdale
Armory Board, Wednesday evening,
Messrs. Homer Greene and John D.
Weston were appointed a commit
tee to wait on Major General G. B..
Dougherty, Wilkes-Barre, with ref
erence to the time of the dedication
OF the new $4,000 Park Place
ArmOry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Delegates Appointed to Baptist Con.
VentiOn

The executive committee of the
Wayne Baptist Association met Tues
day afternoon in Honesdale and ap-
pointed as delegates to the national
and state conventions of the denom-
ination which will be held in Phila-
delphia: Rev. James Rainey, Alden
vile, and Rev. H. j. Baker, South
Clinton. They also partially arrang-
ed the program for the annual meet
ing of the Wayne Baptist Association
which convenes at South Clinton in
August.
August. The executive committee
consists of Rev. Charles F. Smalley,
Hawley; Rev. James Rainey, Alden
Vile; Rev. G. S. Wendell, Homes
dale, and Messrs. John Penwarden
and George P. Ross, Honesdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Tut, Tut, Jennie.

Dear Editor:
| kick bekause it rains,
| kick bekause it shines,
But the things l kick about the
most
Are those old hateful mines.
JENNIE GOULD,
Winwood, Pa.
Answer: But, then, you're so far
away, that even if Scranton did cave
in, we don't suppose that Winwood,
also.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
The Reward of Genius.

Dear Kick Editor:
l implored the gods for help to
earn the kick dollar, when 10 and
behold Genius sent the Goddess of
Poverty to say, Genius is never re-
warded until after death. There
fore | kick. Now l think I'm gen.
ius because l know eleven from
eight.
MRS. A. N. CREAMER,
Waymart, Pa.
Answer: That's more than some
of 'em know.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
PETERSEN TREES STRUCK.

During the course of the severe
thunder shower, Wednesday after
noon, lightning struck and badly
splintered a maple and an elm tree
in front of the residence of Miss
Caroline Petersen, Church street.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
TO PAINT PARK FENCE.

The county commissioners, at
their recent meeting, ordered that
the fence surrounding the monument
in Central Park, eercted by the
Wayne Memorial Association in
1869, be painted.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Family Competition.

Dear Editor:
/ kick because my father can kick
harder then l can and if | win that
dollar I'll practice little better.
WILLIAM GILLETT,
Ledgedale, Pa.
Answer: Practice makes perfect
but father makes blisters.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

The yeomen or Wayne county
in future will receive for their SER
vices as jurors $3.50 per diem. and
as witnesses $3.50 a day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Editors Stand Most Anything.

l kicked the editor when there was
no kicking kontest,
And when | kicked l found the edi-
tor could stand the test,
And now | kick for the dollar to
win,
So when my subscription runs out
! can again begin.
NJ. ]. B.,
Scranton, Pa.
Answer: Don't let q little thing
like that detain you.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
You Know What "If" Did.

You Know What "If'' Did.
Dear Editor:
l kick because the Wayne county
fair
Is held so far away;
Ii it were only held in Hawley,
We'd attend it every day.
LOUISE VETTERLEIN.
Pupac, Pa.
Answer: Come on up, anyway, the
walk will do you good.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
Nothing Like Ii.

Nothing Like It.
Dear Editor:
l kick because the mosquitoes are
so thick and big and if | get that
dollar l will come back to dear old
Honesdale again, you can bet.
Yours truly,
MISS CARRIE McKAM,
Ledgedale, Pa.
Answer: We never bet on dead
sure thing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
EnViouS Insects.

Dear Editor:
l kick because the moskeeters bite
me when l read The Citizen.
Yours truly,
HENRY VETTERLEIN.
Answer; They'd bite you twice as
hard if you didn't.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

Here's "Hoping" They Will.
Editor The Citizen
| kick cause good folks in our town,
Who know the ills that fetter
Our little burg, don't quit their
kicks,
And try to make things better.
HOPE"
Box SAT, Honesdale.
Answer: Wonder if Faith and
Charity" have boxes 54S and 549?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

THE WEDNESDAY ISSUE
OF THE CITIZEN FOR MAY
81 WILL BE PRINTED ON
MONDAY, OWING TO MEMOIR
IAL DAY OCCURRING ON
TUESDAY. ADVERTISERS
CORRESPONDENTS, AND ALL
THOSE TO WHOM 1T MAY
CONCERN ARE REQUESTED
TO BEAR THIS CHANGE IN (
MIND AND SEND IN THEIR
COPY EARLIER.
} o o o o o o o o o O O O o O q ,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

Strike Tub.
| kick because the ball players
Down my lane on Sunday go,
And after the game they come back
again
And make an awful show.
MRS. AUGUSTA BENNETT,
Gumbles, Pa
Answer: Why don't you talk to
'em like an umpire? That will get
their Angoras.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
ENTS
Brand New Dollar Bill Sent to P. 0. Box No. 547.
Who Is It?
KICK EDITOR AWARDS
OR TEN NEXT DEPENDS. KICK.

When we referred last issue in this column to the fact that Luther Bur-
didn't hurt his feelings OF Mr. Burbank
him making
before but he has not yet succeeded planting
enough Others have done it,
the 400 Don't hide
Le
The Citizen takes pleasure awarding the
right
according his
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26
A Joyful Chirp.

A Joyful Chirp.
Dear Editor:
Thanks very much for the brand
new one dollar bill received on the
Kicking Contest.
Yours truly,
BOBOLINK.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-26

"Um--Don't You Dare to Stop"
Dear Editor:
kick to stop kicking. Kause
why? No use.
MRS. FRANK LITTELL,
Sherman, Pa.
Answer: No use, eh? Ask some of
the lucky winners about it. They'll
tell you it's better to kick than in
herit a fortune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-11-15
FIRES IN HANKOW
COST S50,0OO,OOO
Two Thirds of Chinese Revolt
Center Is Destroyed.
CITY is SACKED BY TROOPS
Hundreds Are Killed and 100000 Face
Famine-lmperiaIist Resort to
Horrible Tortue of
Victims.

Hankow. Two-thirds of this
city has been destroyed by fire which
followed the imperiol troops attack
on the city, The loss is estimated at
$50,0O0000.
Four hundred thousand persons are
destitute. Hundreds of half-burned
bodies lie among the ruins. Many of
them are the bodies of women and
children.
The customs house, the post office.
and the American missions have been
spared. The city has been looted, the
imperialists taking a hand in the pill
lage. Imperialist officers tried to
check this work and executed a num-
Der of the soldiers.
Refugees were deprived of their
loot on entering the British conces-
sion, carloads of valuable furs, silks
and jewelry being seized. 1t is sug-
gested that the Red Cross receive the
proceeds.
The consuls appealed to the
imperialists to cease burning the
town. A proclamation, which was
issued Immediately, declared the reb-
els were responsible for the fires, and
ordered that these be checked. The
following day new fires started in va
rious quarters.
The David Hill Memorial school for
the blind, connected with the Wesley
an mission, has been looted, while, in
contrast, all the mission property in
Wu-Chang, which is held by the revo-
lutionaries, has been protected.
Foreigners who have not been given
the opportunity of seeing the engage
ments except at distance are hear
ing horrifying stories of brutality.
The imperialists have hanged men,
and, failing to strangle them, tortured
them to death, prodded them with bay
onets or crushed them to death with
stones.
The outrages against women cannot
be told. Red Cross bearers have been
killed or wounded. Soldiers on both
sides have slaughtered their wounded
enemies.