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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

days. We attended school at Way
mart together thirty years ago, this
being the late Prof. Dooley's second
term of teaching at that place. Many
references were made to those event.
full days. Mr.. Simons came east on
account of the illness of his brother
who is in a critical condition in
Wilkes-Barre.
e. A. Treux cut off the tip of his
finger while using razor which will
bar him from duty for some time.
March is here and many were AVA
kened on Sunday morning by the
roar of thunder, the first of the sea-
son, from a shower that was passing
over. A decided mellowness is in the
air and the voice of the blue bird is
heard in the land.
Don't forget the box social in the
NJ. E. Sunday school rooms, Wednes-
day night. In connection with this
| there will be a country store conduct
ed by Ray Wall and his class of boys
and the small sum of five cents will
purchase any article in stock. Come
young men and ye men of advanced
age and test the culinary art of Haw-
leys fair sex before choosing your
life's companion. There will be
boxes prepared by maids, matrons
and widows at ages ranging between
Z, II and 70. The boxes will be sold
at auction. Friend Tuttle will be the
auctioneer.
Our milliners, C. E. Langan and
E. G. Warthling, each have an at
tractive display of early spring mil
linery.
Mrs. Alice Degrote accompanied
her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Groner, to
Carbondale, Monday morning, return
| ing Wednesday.
Nancy, little daughter of Mr.. and
has been under the care of DR.. G. L
Mrs. Artemus Simons, Penn Avenue
Rodman, the past ten days. She is g
sufferer from asthma and was threat
ened with pneumonia.
Gustave Buck, Scranton, was &
guest of his parents here on Sunday.
Mary Wheeler passed Sunday witt
her grandparents, Albert Wheele, anC
wife, at Wilsonville.
Sunday was the twenty-third an
niversary of the great blizzard Of
'SS.
The Hawley High school basket
ball teams, both boys and girls, me-
the corresponding Tech" teams a
Scranton Saturday afternoon, Marcf
II. Both games were played in the
city hall. The "Tech" five walked
away from the local five, but oul
boys played a great game neverthe
less. Tech is considered one of the
best teams in the valley. 1t was no
so much the opposing team, as the
floor, which is some three times al
large as the local one, that defeated
our boys. AS it was they went dowr
fighting to the last, with the score 4;
to IS. Hawley recently defeated
Tech" AZ to 10 on the local floor.
The girls team fought one of thu
hardest battles ever witnessed on thu
basket ball floor. At the end of thu
regular game the score was a tie
to 3. The coaches decided to con
tinue the game five minutes longe
which resulted in Tech" making ;
basket on a foul. This switched thu
score around to to in favor o
Tech" The local girls played tn,
fastest game in their basketball an
nails.
After the games Tech" showed
that they even excelled their playing
ability as entertainers and in th
; supper and dance which followed
everybody had fine time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15
Soldier Veterans Deserving.

There is no pension, that the Gov
ernment gives, which will adequate
ly compensate the old soldiers who
endured, with fortitude, the hard
ships of the battlefield; and the
forced marches and the privations
of camp life. The proposed pen
sion increase for the veterans should
be made as liberal as possible and
there is reason or believing that the
final legislation in this respect
will be found very satisfactory. 1t
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15
Memorial Fund.

One of the late Father Dassel's
personal friends and admirers, who
does not wish to have his name dis
closed, has given to M. j. Hanlan,
Chairman of the Father Dassel Mon
ument Committee, the sum of fifty
dollars as his contribution toward
the fund. This makes more than
three hundred dollars which has al
ready been contributed and in order
to raise the balance picnic will be
held on Memorial Day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

An usher in the Eastern Peniten-
tiary, which is our idea of nothing
to be, returns home to find his re-
latives greatly exercised by a report
that he is dead. 1t finally develops
that he had been spending a day in
the suburbs with his wife. A pret-
ty pass things have come to when
a man can't go off on a little trip
with his better half, without false
reports arising that his half has
gotten the better of him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Two young colts dashed from a
barnyard and ran beside the train
which was moving about forty miles
an hour. Both colts were killed
Altoona Mirror. That's too bad.
Think of the tremendous speed they
might have developed when full
grown if they could do forty per as
mere colts. It's Just another chance
lost to slip one over on the bookies
at Jacksonville or JuareZ.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15
PEOPLES FORUM

Editor The Citizen:
l see in your paper of the Sth
inst. that Pennsylvania will pension
all her soldiers who enlisted in the
Civil war.
With many others, who Unlisted
at Hawley and Honesdale under Gov.
Curtin's emergency call" l was
mustered in at Scranton, September,
1862. r. f. Lord, Jr., was our Col
onel and L. B. Tibet our Captain.
Not being now a citizen of Penn
sylvania, will l be debarred from
receiving the proposed pension?
My age will be ~ in June.
Yours truly,
e. b. PELLETT.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

dispatch from Ohio to the Bristol Daily Cour-
ier states that woman did not speak to her hus-
band for seven years, and now she is suing Tor
divorce. We venture the assertion that such
women are and that she Will not lack lor
proposals of marriage-the event of her securing
her divorce. 1t is to be hoped however, that sne
does not try to make up for those seven years IN
case she remarries.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Dropped in to see our legal ad-
wiser yesterday. He's being taken
care of by Miss Ward and grab it
from us she's some caretaker. AS
soon as we get time we're going to
be sick ourselves.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Wilson shakes the glad hand of
w. j. Bryan" runs a headline in
the Philadelphia Inquirer. The In
quirer should avoid tautology
Whoever ehard of the Common
er's" digits being anything else but
glad?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Charley Dorflinger whom we used
to know as Hunrgy at college show
ed us around a bit Sunday. Hungry
used to be our football manager and
he was a good one too, except that
he never passed us to single game.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Ed. Penniman, our revered pre-
decessor, Mondayed a short time in
our office. Ed. has some ideas about
running a paper which we are anxi-
Gus to hear. Call again, Eddie.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Brother Galloway of the Herald
spent first day of the week for a
short time with us. Cal and we uns
are going to be great friends. AL
ways glad to see you, Cal, old top.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

L. ]. Dorflinger climbed the Mat
terhorn to our sanctum Monday.
Seeing we had a bully dinner at L..
Us on Sunday we were mighty nice
to him, because as we learned at
school there are fifty two Sundays
in the year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Susan G. Macomber, the nineteen dollar week
cashier was peeved at the smallness of her sal
ary and stole $4,000 to make up for it, Simply
another thousand to shot which didn't pan
out although it must be confessed that she land
ed ''in the money"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15
EDITORS CORNER

Nellie, the beautiful waitress at
our hotel, slipped us two mullins for
breakfast today. Guess we're pret-
ty strong wit hthe ladies, eh hat?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Bout women fashions we don't care
But we should tell Our girl just
what
We thought of her, if she should
wear
That awful skirt the 'jupe
culotte."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

We note that William Jennings Bryan said IN
an address at Princeton University Sunday al
ternoon that he had begun "to think out prob
lens of government when he was but twenty years
of age" But Notwithstanding all these years u
constant practice Mr.. Bryan has not yet Deen aDle
tn convince the majority that he can solve those
same problems.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

There are five in Westminster, Mass
whose ages total 446 years. Not one IS less IMAM
ST. all are in excellent health, active in business
and intensely interested in town affairs. How
do they do it? Perhaps the answer may be 1ounu
in the fact that all five are widowers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Grandfather knows good whiskey
ADV. in the Hawley Times.
Grandpop has nothing on us, let 1t
be stated, casually in a manner OF
speaking.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Suppose that the University of Pennsylvania
student who was unable to live on $500 month
because of 10 cent limit game of poker Kept
his folks we'll informed of the tremendous din
Guilty of mastering that branch of the higher
mathematics"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15
PRESS NOTES

Abe Ruef, the convicted Califor-
MIA CRATER, allows as how his spirit
will rise above his present situation
Another convert to Christian Science
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

We shall not get excited over the Mexican sit
uation until the popular CD patriotic songs
begin to appear. Had we the time we should
desire nothing better than to off ditty
entitled Il Likes Your Hot Tamales but Loves
NV Pork an Beans"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Socially women take up wrestling to improve
their fgures.-N. Y. World. We figure such
bouts must be an immense improvement over the
tedousness of mere mems exhibitions and we
should like to see one
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

According to a statement prepared by Cornell
University each student is costing that institution
1870 more han he puts back into the treasury
by his tuition. Well, suppose some OF them
are worth it.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

At last, at last spring has come and winter mas
went The book beer signs are out!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

"Arnold's in the dark to girls whereabouts,
headlines the Tribune-Republican. We confess
we do not know Just where her Whereabouts are
hut we do wish that some would turn on the
gas.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Ran into Jimmy Mumford at the
Exchange club Sunday. Used to go
to college with Jim and we know he's
all right. Drop in and see us, Jim.
We have forgiven those beatings we
received when you were a sopho-
more and we were a fresh.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Mother works for son, pays sur
burbanites money involved in worth
less checks.-Philadelp Inquirer.
That's just the way with most moth
ers. They'll slave away for some
ne'erdowell, and keep him out of
prison by wearing their hands to
the bone, and then give him a nice
new fountain pen to write more
checks with. Bless 'em! They
wouldn't be mothers if they didn't.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

We expect to have a lot of fun,
tucked away off in this corner, al
most as much fun as we are getting
out of growing a moustache. But if
the circulation doesn't grow any
faster than the thirtyrseven hairs on
each side of our upper lip, we shall
begin to lose hope
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Fred Gregory, our printers devil,
is future Andy Carnegie, we think.
First crack out of the box Tuesday
morning he asked us for a raise.
We were sorry we had to turn him
down temporarily but he's got the
right idea. Never can get anything
unless you ask for it-rest of the
staff please don't copy.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15
HAPPENINGS
IN HAWLEY

Continued from Page One.)
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Sal Searle, c. P. Searle-the let.
ters stand for comical person-is ouI
trusted and trusty legal adviser. SAILS
business is to us out of libel suits
Most libel suits fit like the paper or
the wall in our office so we hope Sa
is a good tailor. Sal would have hoI
skipped up the stairs to see us only
the poor chap is sick. Get we'll soon
Sal, you c. p.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Worden, of East
Main street, have returned home
from a seven weeks trip to New
York, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Yonkers
Newark, Paterson, Middletown and
Westtown.-The Port Jervis Union
An excellent example in our opinion
of descending climax. If we had to
spend one week of our seven weeks
vacation in each of those eight towns
we should cut out Hoboken. Which
one would you cut out?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

Howdy Herald!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-15

J. Pulvius wallops gentle spring
with "Donner und Blitzen" The
oldest resident scratched their heads
and wondered if the 1888 blizzard
was to repeat itself.-Scranton
Truth. At the present scratching of
our head we wonder if blizzard is
generally accompanied by thunder
and lightning (the German transla-
tion is gratis) and if the copy reader
was pulverized when he wrote it
Pulyius.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-28
COLLEGE TEAMS
DEBATE TONIGHT
Randolph-Macon and Richmond
College to Speak for
Supremacy.

The annual intercollegiate debate
will be held tonight at Richmond
College between teams from RAN
dolph-Macon and Richmond College.
This debate is one of tho events OF
the college year. and arouses intense In
terest among the rival c%ollegians. An
Invitation is extended to the general
public both TO attend the debate and
the reception to tho rnndolp i-NIacon
students, which Will be given after
ward In the Thomas Art Hall by the
literary societies of Richmond College.
1t Is expected that the Randolph-Macon
team will be supported by about 100
students from Ashland.
The subject of debate Is. Resolved.
That the commission form OF municipal
government should be adopted by the
cities OF Virginia"
The affirmative Will DO upheld for
Richmond College by r. c. DuVal. Jr.,
and a. .. Lynch. while R~andolph-NIa-
con will take the negative view. its
team being composed of j. X. wor-
sham and Il. B. Prittiman.
The Judges are Judge r. r. Prentia.
Judge e. H. Wells and w. r.. Nero
dith. The team Will debat for n silver
trophy which Is offered each year. Tho
college chapel has been decorated in
the colors OF tho rival colleges in
anticipation of the event. The debate
will be gin promptly at $40 o'clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-28
kE
CHANCES and LOSE
Many High Card Men Convicted
on Charge Of Playing Diff
ferent Games.

Most Imposing was the array or
gamblers that confronted Justice
Crutchfleld in the Police Court yes
tcrday morning. Some were white and
others black. but they played the Same
kind of games-crap. skin" and per-
haps n little poker. M
ELI Robinson. Linus Hasldns n
Emanuel Ross. all oolored. paid q fine
OF $40 each for participating In a
game of skin Mt iO5 North Seven
teenth Street. and In addition had to
give security in the sum of 500 each
for ten days. The limit was raised
on Andrew Hnskins, charged with run
ming the house. He was nned s25 and
had to give security for sixty days,
The next batch consisted of Irwin
Gibbons, ]. ]. Sinnott. j.. D. Lane and A.
Bahen, young white men. They were
fined So each for taking part in a
game at 2225 East Clay Street. Pro-
prtctor William Simms (colored) was
finer s25. He took an appeal.
Tom Mccain and Tite Creseloli were
fined So each for being disorderly and
lighting In the street
George Banks (colored) was sent on
to the grand jury on the charge OF
~assnulting Cardwell Bass with n knife.
He was bailed in the sum OF 5000.
Julian Wood was convicted OF steal
ing q watch valued ut sac from j. a.
Yates, and turned over to the Prison
Association of Virginia. Tho charge
of stealing a suit of clothes from the
Askin Clothing Company Will be heard
on May s..
The case of Edgar B.. English and
w. Il. Barker, charged with fighting
In the City Hall. Will be heard this
morning.
John Coleman (colored) was fined
$40 n placed under security OF 500
for twenty days for being disordorly
on n Broad and Madn Street car.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-28
ELOPING COUPLES
LEAVE IN AUTOS
Sullins College Girls Wed King
College Boys Before Pro-
fessors Arrive.
Especial to The rimcs-Dispatch.

H. 60 ~ ~
Bristol. Va. April 27.-After an
exciting flight. during which they
were pursued by the police and pro-
ressors In an a%utoinobtie. two young
women students from Sullins College,
The big Methodist fcmalc college in
this city. were this evening married
to two prep. students OF King College,
Bristol Presbyterian male college,
at Church Hill. Hawkins county.
Tenn. They were Miss Anna Harris.
of Florida. and Miss l;ula Mae Gavin,
or Alabama. and they were married to
Samuel Wood and Kent Kane, respec-
lively.
The clippers left here in n automo-
bile. and had several hours start OF
the officers and college professors
before ii was discovered that the girls
were missing. Time was lost in tele-
graphing along the railroad to officers
to have them stopped. as 1t was not
thought that they had gone overland.
When 1t was found the direction in
which the fleeing couples had gone,
officers and college professors Inn
pressed an auto and started in hot
pursuit. only to arrive at Church Hill
i've minutes after the couples had
been married by Rev. w. c. Crockett.
49," o'PpSu eHc girls out OF the
college a few evenings 6 for an au-
tomobile ride. and they were prompt
~ expelled, but were being held until
their parents could DO heard from.
Realizing their responsibility for tho
girls plight. the boys arranged tho
double and sensa tional elopcmcnt, and
without being detected the four lef,
overland in an automobile. M
The girls are seventeen and nine
teen respectively. and the boys each
about one year older. The clippers
nave not yet returned. 1t is said tho
boys may be prosecuted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-28

said that those at the meeting wanted
the same treatment az citizens or other
sections as to tickets and transfers.
our attorneys tell u.s." said Mr.
Okcere, that tho City Attorneys
opinion docs not touch OH the point
involved. In view of annexation. Wo
believe the company can be forced 10
give us the snmc transfer and ticket
rights MS other sections OF the city, and
are prepared to test the ordinance In
the courts IL 1t should be adopted by
the! Council"
Mr.. O%mohundro said that the action
taken in regnrd to the Wosthninpton
line he regarded simply as an enter
ing wedge to do away with tickets In
all sections of tho city. His section.
ne SAID. had rather have the present
service each half-Hour with transfers
and tickets. than what Is proposed.
and would rather take its nance of
a fight i'll the courts should the com
pany cut off transfer and tickets from
the Westhampton line than to enter
INTO any compromise.
lf adopted by the Street Committee
tonight. the ordinance win 20 10 the
Council on Monday night, where the
protesting citizens hope TO muster
a,renSth TO secure It's defeat, il not in
me street Committee.
Don I.cnyy Calls for Proof.
Mr.. Don Lelvy said last night that he
had been In the Council since 1924. and
mat he deiied any man to point to any
plot on his record. Such i%nsinuations
nc stated. he considered very damaging.
aii II there WAS any way in which re-
dress could be secured. he would leave
no stone u%nturncd. His only fear was
thnt Ills attorneys would find that those
taking part In the meeting at the ONO
hundro house could not be held respon-
sible In the courts for their remarks.
as 10 his action In voting for the new
~schedule. Mr. Don Leayy said that was
committee and the Council were power
iess TO demand anything under the
franchise. 1t could only seek conces-
sions and by negotiations ATTEMPT 70
Deter conditions. aud the concession of
me company in granting transfers un
ger ne circumstances. he said. he con-
aidered very liberal. In view Of the fac.
mat the City Attorney had reported
mat the company could not he required
70 Grant any transfers from tho West
hampton line whatever.
Members OF the Street Committee ex-
pressed great Indignation that the mo.
t'"es Of It's members should have been
questioned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-28

on a fifteen instead OF a thirty minute
schedule. and bringing them on down
Broad 10 Eighth. thence BY loop to
Ninth and Main. and back to Floyd and
Robinson Streets by way Of Broad: the
cars to be plainly marked, and TO
charge 81 straight scent fare through
TO w~csthnmpton, without tickets and
without transfers.
Northrop AXE ConccAnion.
The conference continued for some
hours, several counter-prOpositionS
being debated. Al the suggestion Of
Mr.. Don Leavy and MIR. Lynch. Of the
committee. President Northrop. Of the
Virginia Railway anu Power Company.
finally agreed 10 conccde as an extra
privilege. one transfer from this car
in an eastcrly direction, to those
boarding 1t within the city limits. 1t
was pointed out that under the
franchise, transfers could not he ac-
copied wcstwardly unless IIenrico pas
were allowed TO ride on them
to the end of the line. With this con-
cession the committee recommended
the. compromise plan to the Street Com
mittee. and 1t will come up for action
Tonight!
II developed yesterday tina on We'd
nesday night a meeting was held at
the home of NJ. II. Omohundro, 1908
Floyd Avenue, TO organize a fight
against the proposed new car service.
II is understood that S. S. Z. Patteson
will be retained as counsel, though
as yet no definite engagement has been
entered into.
Attack on Don Lenvy.
II is stated that there were some
spectacular incidents at this meeting.
and hat the Clay Ward member OF
the committee. Mr.. Don Leavy. was
sharply attacked for voting for the
compromise plan In the subcommittee,
II being proposed that n petition be
circulated asking for his resignation
from the Council, and the suggestion
was made that certain alleged evil
dence be placed before the Common
wealth's Attorney with a view of pos
sioie grand jury proceedings. the in
Terence being that certain Councilmen
are too closely allied to street car IN
terests; an ~insinuation as holly de-
hled by the Councilmen az by officials
OF the car both OF whom de-
mnnd proof and characterize such in.
situations as gross libcls.
Mr.. Omohundro was unwilling 10
discuss In detail the work of tho
meeting. saying that 1t had been or
scmi-privat character, and held at his
own house. James l. OIIcefe. Of a1oz
Floyd Avenue. said that no lorna,
charges against Mr.. Don Leavy had
oeen made In the meeting. that the
view had been expressed that he was
not properly looking after the inter-
ests of his Clay Ward constituents
OF various transactions wara
mentioned. and speakers did say thar
me grand jury might we'll look into
the relations between certain Councii
men and the car company. Mr.. O.Keefo
saio ina SO far as he knew, such re-
iations, II any. were only rumored
ana he had no evidence to present. II
was the sense OF the meeting, how.
eyer, that the grand jury should prob.
'nc mater In view OF current reports.
NNhht .Phnt Other Sections Get.
as for the car service, Mr.. O'Keefe