The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
GEN ERAL
NEWS
HAPPE ENINGS

merchant, who recent
HAPPENINGS. ly was arrested in
New York in connection with the OPT
um raids, was indicted by the federal
grand jury in that city on the charge
of having smuggled opium in his pos
session. The accused man was ar
raigned before Judge Holt in the Grim
inal branch of the United States cir
cult court. He pleaded not guilty and
was released on $500 bail, which was
furnished.
The Democrats of the house of rep
resentatiyeS secured the adoption of
an amendment to the naval appropria-
ton bill which renders impossible the
expenditure of dollar of the many
millions carried by that measure for
the purchase of a pound of steel for
use i'll battleShip construction until the
attorney general has decided whether
or not the United States Steel corpora
ton is or is not trust, a monopoly or
combination in restraint of trade.
This action is Il elimination of fight
on the steel trust conducted for years
by Representative Stanley of Ken
lucky.
Taking the country as a whole. it is
probable that the population is slightly
understated by the census bureau"
declares Director of the Census Dur
and in his annual report, but whether
the margin of error is a fraction of |
per cent or amounts to as much as .
per cent no one can positively know"
This statement, which indicates that
more than 100000 persons may have
been missed in the count, is made in
the course of Mr.. Durand's discussions
of the twenty-three cities which were
Overcounted
Harry PembertOn, thirteen years old,
and Esther Kachele, fourteen years
old, children of wealthy farmers living
near Wharton, o., are missing Their
parents believe they have eloped and
are married. The couple were seen to
board train mt the Wharton station,
and to friends they said they were
bound for Windsor, Canada, to wed.
Pemberton and the Kachele girl were
young people told their parents they
wanted to marry. This brought about
strenuous objections.
President Taft sent to the senate an
important new treaty of commerce
and navigation between the United
States and Japan to supersede the ex-
isting convention, which has been in
force since July II, 1899 The new
treaty affords impressive evidence of
f5rN inIf nf b..
ward Japan. The United States has
shown its good will by omitting from
the new treaty "A paragraph of the old
relating to immigration which had al
ways been distasteful to the japanese.
A floating body which bore a resem-
blance to Richard l.. Ashurst, post
master of Philadelphia, who disap-
peared from Atlantic City several
weeks ago, was sighted at sea Sunday
by the fruit steamer Admiral Schley.
The body was sighted about 100 miles
south Of Atlantic City. The northeast
storm which was sweeping the coast
on the day the postmaster disappeared
might have carried the body in this
direction had Mr. Ashurst fallen from
the pier into the sea, as many believe
That Lima Cavalieri will accept $780,,
900, sue for divorce and waive all
claims under the famous antenuptial
contract was reported following the
announcement of Il secret visit to this
country by Oreste Cavalieri brother
of the grand opera singer. The money
will be paid by Sheriff Bob Chanlel
and his rplntiVps The Ch1nIar fomiIv
and attorneys in the various suits
which followed announcement of the
separation were reluctant to discuss
the settlement,