The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
The Knights of st. Paul will
nave an important meeting Tuesday,

nesday after spending three weeks
with the formers father, Millard
Sherwood.
George w. Nape, Scranton, deputy
factory inspector for the Eighteenth
Pennsylvania District, comprising
Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike and Mon
roe counties, made a special trip to
Honesdale Wednesday when he
took the measurements of the Lyric
Theatre.
When seen at the Hotel Wayne by
a Citizen man, Inspector Nape in
formed the reporter that his visit
was made by order of the Depart
ment of Factory Inspection, who
have instructed their forty deputies
to examine the exits, aisles, and gen.
eral appointments of all the thea
tres, nickelettes, music halls, etc.,
in the State.
The State is taking measure
ments of all the opera houses and
nickelettes there are in the state"
he said. I'VE have to examine the
fire escapes, aisles, exits and things
in general. When they have acci-
dents, as they do every now and
then, If they have the information
on file, they may recommend some
changes.
THE labor certificates are work
ing fine. They are all issued by
the Department of Public In
struction, which is in charge of DR..
n. c. Scbaeffer. We only have to
examine them. If we find boys at
work between fourteen and sixteen,
without them, we dismiss them.
Boys from fourteen to sixteen,
and girls from fourteen to eighteen,
are only allowed to work fifty
eight hours week. The girls are
two years higher than the boys.
They take better care of the fe-
male employees.
There is very little child labor
in Honesdale. The percentage is
very small compared with the num-
ber of employees" concluded Mr..
Nape, who said, that he found
things in good shape in the Maple
City, where the factory laws are
strictly enforced.
Morris r. Hartman, who is serv-
ing SIX months in the county Jail for
forging a Cneck on Goldsmith
Brothers, Scranton, for $25, and
having the freight agent at Ariel
cash 1t Ior nm last Summer, does
not stanu confinement between the
four walls OF prison very well.
His health, none the best at any
time, has been considerably affected
since his incarnation there. He has
just asked the authorities to be al
lowed to take outdoor exercise.
His physician, Dr. H. b. Ely, en-
dorses his request, and states that
a. nlf,,r n11 Of h I'm
and believes that occasional outdoor
exercise would be beneficial to him.
Deputy Constable Patrick j. Moran
has offered to walk Hartman around,
and it is understood that Sheriff M.
Lee Braman has offered no objec-
tion to the plan.
Hartman is a model prisoner. He
is considered one of the most gentle
manly inmates that ever spent any
time in the county bastile. He has
persistently told the same story of
how he was led into temptation by
large advertisement in
the paper, and thought that forging
a check on them would be an easy
way to raise money.
When brought before Judge
Searle for sentence, at September ar
gument court, he admitted his guilt
but refused to divulge the name and
address of his father whom he al
legged. was man of standing and re-
finement residing in the metropolis.
Hartman's life is shrouded in
mystery. No one knows where he
came from, nor whether the name
under which he was tried and con-
victed is his own or not. OF ascetic
appearance, with clean-shaven face,
and iron-streaked hair, medium in
height and erect of statue, he walk
ed into the domains of Wayne un-
known to anyone, and there COM
mitted the crime to which he was
driven by the lack of funds; walked
as proudly into the Jail to bear his
punishment like a man, and doubt
less will leave the shire when the
first day of January l, 1912, ar
rives, without revealing any infor-
nation as to his antecedents, but
with a firm New Years resolve to
ead an honest and upright life,
realizing as never before that the
way of the transgressor is hard.
Who has been secretary of the
County Committee for
The past five years and worked hard
n the interests of the party? George
P. Ross who now asks your support
FOR the Office of Prothonotary.
Who has been on duty at the
Commissioners Office every day to
receive candidates petitions and
given personal attention to the
of the ballots? George
P. Ross, and he now asks you to
promote him to the office of Pro-
How many men do you suppose
would have given themselves entire
ly to their duties and left their cam
paign entirely to the Republican
voters? Is not that the kind of a
man you want in office? One who
has been tried and has proven
worthy? Show your appreciation of
his course by giving him large
majority.