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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
B. MOOSE CHAIRMAN
WILL BE DEMOCRAT

Oyster Bay. July SO.-After a con-
ference today with Colonel Roosevelt
Senator Dixon announced that John
Harker of New Orleans, democrat.
mad been selected for permanent
chairman of the Bull Moose conven-
ton
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
Iowa Prohibitionists.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, July 30.-The
state convention of the prohibition
party met here today. Nominations
will be made to fill out the state tick
ct and the party platform will be
adopted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30

New York, July 30.-Forced
to action by the arrest of Police
Lieutenant Becker, Mayor Gay
nor reversed himself today. He
signed a resolution asking that
the aldermen probe the alleged
grating condition which is said
TO eat like a cancer into the civic
life of the city. Gaynor's an
nouncement followed a long
conference today with Commits
sioner Waldo who ii Is asserted,
urged the probe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30

New York, July 3O.-It is believed
that the aldermanic investigation in
connection with that being conducted
before the grand jury will fully bare
to the world the details of the alleged
alliance between the police and gam
blers and the other law breakers and
probably will enmesh a number of the
"higherups"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
WILSON'S SPEECH
NOW COMPLETED

Sea Girt, July 3O.-Governor Will
son suspended work today on his
practically completed speech of ac-
ceptance and went to Trenton to at
tend TO state business.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
WILL CARRY OUT
MIKAD0'S PLANS

Toxic, Japan, July 3O.-Emperor
Ioshishito today plans to call an ex-
ira session of parliament to outline
the policies for continuing the mod
ernization of Japan, inaugurated by
his father who died Tuesday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30

Washington, July 30.-President
Taft motored to the japanese embassy
to personally offer his coincidence in
the death of the mikado. In reply to
Tafts cablegram. Yoshishito cabled:
"Am deeply touched by your sympa-
thetic message and offer my sincerest
thanks"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30


New York, July 30.-With Lieuten-
ant Becker charged with murder, in
the Tombs and five alleged tools in
the murder of Rosenthal under ar
rest, New York is agape for arrests of
higher ups" in the most sensational
police gambling murder scandal in
the history of the city. Any hour
may bring the Indictment of a score
of police officials. Some prominent
citizens are alleged to be involved
with them in the grating which led
to the murder. The grand jury reas-
sembled today. Lieut. Becker was in
dicted last night Becker's arrest fol-
lowed upon the confessions of Jack
Rose. who with "Bridgie" Webber
and Harrie Vallon, told the grand
jury the story of how they framed
the Rosenthal murder after threats
by Becker to send them up for seven
years."
Becker Threatened Them.
The three charged that Becker
said "I'll do the job myself if have
to. But first I'll put you fellows
away If have to plant guns on you.
You're all gamblers and confidence
men. What chance will you have"
Urged by the fear of being rail-
roaded to Sing Sing. Rose alleged, he
told the grand jury that he, Webber
and Vallon saw big Jack" Zeelig
and through him secured the services
of four actual murderers, Harry
Hoorowitz Frank Muller, Louis Ros-
engeik and "Dago" Frank Irofici,
gangsters who rode to the Metropole
in a gray auto and shot down Rosen-
thai.
Waldo VIII Not Talk.
Intimations that Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty might be
concerned in some way with Becker's
alleged boasts of influence in the po-
lice department which the three in
formers claim, he said would protect
them for the Rosenthal murder, were
disclaimed today by Doughterty He
issued a statement declaring he new
er had anything to do with Becker
who always reported direct to Police
Commissioner Waldo.
Waldo refused to comment on the
alleged police grating, the Rosenthal
murder, his connection with Becker,
or the possible arrests which the per-
sistent unraveling or the murder plot
by District Attorney Whitman. seem
to make more probable with every
passing hour,
1t was reported today that Webber's
wife, learning that the police planned
to railroad" Rose, Webber and Val
Ion to the electric chair 10 save them
selves and the system" persuaded
the three men to confess. 1t is be-
lieved they did so under the prom
Use of at least partial immunity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
Apprehension Of "Higher-Ups" Ex-
peCted to Come in Connection
With RoSenthal Case.
CONFESSIONS ARE MADE

Lieut.. Becker Indicted by Grand Jury
Other Indictments Expected
Jack Rose duplicates Police Officer
In Murder of Gambler-Waldo Re-
fuses to Comment on Case.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
Arrangements For Launching and
Manning LifebOats Also Found to
Have Been Inadequate.
.ExONERATES CAPT. SMITH
skipper of Ill-fated Liner, Who Went
Down With ship, Not Guilty of
Negloct-Captain of California Con-
demned for Not Responding to Dis
trcss Signals.

London, Eng, July 3O.-Directly
charging that the Titanic disaster was
caused by excessive speed and that
the arrangements for launching and
manning the lifeboats were improper
and Inadequate, the subcommittee ap-
pointed by the British board of trade
To-Day made public its report. The
committee found that ]. Bruce Is
may was morally obliged to perish
with his vessel, although the report
eXtentuated his escape by saying that
mad he done so, it would have re-
suited only in the needless loss of
another life >,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
EXonerates Captain Smith.

The report holds that the charge
that Lord Cosmos Duff-Gordon brib-
ed member of the crew to row him
away from the Titanic is unfounded.
Although it criticises the practice of
snip steaming at full speed through
ice fields at night, it didn't consider
that Captain Smith was guilty of neg
lect. 1t commended Rostron of the
Carpathia for his quick action in re-
spending to the Titanics call for help.
1t condemns the commander of the
liner California for not responding to
the Titanic's distress signals.
Many Recommendations.
The report concludes by recon-
mending fire and ice drills, reduc-
ton of speed when in the ice districts.
international conference on life saw
ing apparatus and wireless equipment.
fore reliefs for wireless operators AMI
sight tests for lookouts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-30
EVENING EDITION

TO ADVERTISERS.
The East Oregonlan has
the largest paid circulation
OF any paper In Oregon, east
OF Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton OF any other
newspaper.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
SATISFIED ORCHARDIST.

l desire, through your valuable pa
per, to express my appreciation for
benfits derived from the valuable ser
vices rendered by Prof. H. A. Surface
and his able assistants. My orchard
has been under the supervision of
this department for the past two
years and l can see a great change
in the quality of the fruit as well as
in the increased production. Mr. w.
H. Bullock is thoroughly equipped
for the work and has given the farm
ers of Wayne county, at the various
meetings and demonstrations, which
he has held, knowledge if rightly
used will raise the standard of fruit
culture and aid materially in
making the old farm productive. 1t
is hard for us to get out of the old
ruts. Those who attend these meet
ings receive instruction which if put
into practice would bring more dol
lars in their homes besides having
the satisfaction of producing fruit
which cannot be surpassed in any
other section of the county. 1t is
impossible for the Department to
have model orchards in every town
ships with the limited amount of cash
for that work, but enough meetings
are being held in various sections to
enable every energetic land owner to
become skilled in the production of
good fruit thereby enhancing the
profits of his farm. The serious draw
back to this work is the fact that too
many farmers think they haven't the
time to spray, prune and care for
their trees according to instructions.
In many instances they are not even
willing to leave the hay under the
trees for milching but expect to har-
vest the grass as well as the fruiA
We believe the day is not far distant
/ when Wayne county will have a fruit
growers association. Let the good
work continue.
OWNER OF MODEL ORCHARD.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
WASHINGTON IRVING.

The exquisite prose poem entitled
Christmas which we reproduce in
another column of this issue is con-
sidered by the critics to be Irving's
masterpiece, and is universally con-
ceded to be one of the immortal
classics. Irving at one time visited
Honesdale in company with Philip
Hone, at that time mayor of New
York, and in whose honor Honesdale
was named. During this visit of lrv-
charmed with our town and its sur
roundings, that he included among
his writings, some very beautiful de-
scriptions of the scenery. Irving
Cliff, far famed for its natural
beauty, which stands as a silent SEN
tinel on the east side of the Lacka-
waxen river overlooking the town,
named in honor of the distinguished
writer, and to perpetuate for all
time the honor which we acknowi-
edge to have received from him.
Who can say that the inspiration
which produced the most beautiful
of his classics was not received while
here and who indeed can say that
the lines themselves may not have
been written by him while a guest
within our gates, however, what may
be the tradition of this visit is dear
to US, and gives to all his writings a
local coloring. We trust that all our
readers will read and reread
Christmas because it is filled with
the brightest gems of thought and
the purest banquets of the heart.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

o little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above the deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight
o morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth!
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth.
For Christ is born of Mary,
And, gathered all above,
While mortals sleep the Angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
How silently, how silently,
The wonderous gift is given?
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him
still,
The dear Christ enters in.
There children pure and happy
Pray to the blessed Child,
Where misery cries out to Thee,
Son of the Mother mild.
Where Charity stands watching
And Faith holds wide the door,
The dark night wakes, the glory
breaks,
And Christmas comes once more.
o Holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,
Be born in us to-day.
We hear the Christmas Angels
The great glad tidings tell;
o, come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel!
Phillips Brooks.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
AN UNFOUNDED SLUR.

Common Pleas judges hold
ing courts in other districts than
their own receive $40 per day,
more pay than many common
people receive a month. Still
some wonder at the increase in
cost of living."-Wayne Inde-
pendent.
The above editorial item in a re-
cent issue of the Independent is an
other example of that journals un-
warranted efforts to play the dema-
gogue and arouse class hatred. 1t is
not true that judges receive $40 a
day or any other compensation for
holding court outside their own dis
tricts. The act of 1903, fixing the
salaries of judges, specifically pro-
vides that:
mo judge of the said courts
shall receive any compensation
for official services rendered,
other than the salary fixed by
this act, except mileage and act
ual expenses incurred when
holding court outside of the dis
trict for which he is commits
stoned"
The act of 1911 increasing the sal
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
aries of judges made no change in the
above provision.

aries of judges made no change in the
above provision.
Judges are not obliged to go out
side their own districts to hold
court, but IL they do so, in order to
accommodate another Judge, or to
relieve congestion of cases in anoth-
er county, they receive no compen-
sation for the service, but are paid
only their mileage and expenses.
Would 1t not be a good idea for
the Independent, before again seek
ing to inspire disrespect for the
courts, and to prejudice the people
against the judges whom they have
elected, to hunt up some other than
an absolutely false statement of fact
on which to base its inuendoes? The
attempt of a certain class of newspa-
pers to encourage violators of law
and to breed disorder, by slurring
attacks on the integrity of our courts,
is little less than anarchistic and
should be treated accordingly.
And, by the way, if the editor of
the Independent is really sincere in
characterizing the alleged receipt of
twenty dollars day by judges as a
violation of the rights of the com
mon people," will he please rise and
explain why, as a director of local
bank, he is willing to receive COM
pensation for his services at the rate
of two dollars an hour or thereabouts
for his attendance at the weekly
meetings of the board, as it is cur
rently reported that he does, when
the common people" for whom his
heart bleeds, are barely able to earn
twenty-five cents an hour at hard
labor, and have to work from eight
to ten hours a day at that?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE.

The Christmas tree, as every one
knows, is not exactly a Christian in
stitution," writes Samuel NJ. Evans,
in Sunset Magazine. Before the
time of Christ the Druids worshipped
the spirits in the trees and celebrat-
ed the festival of Yuletide, in which
the tree had a prominent part. The
first man that We know of in the
countries of the north was the cave
man. His cathedral was the forest
and it's ceiling the blue sky, seeming
ly upheld by the fluted columns of
redwood trees that raised their lofty
trunks to the zenith. And in mid
winter he looked forth from his rude
door on trees lighted with the rays
of the setting sun into more splendor
than even glittering tinsel or flicker
ing candle can lend to the Christmas
tree of our time"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
TRADE DAY SATURDAY.

On Saturday of this week the mer-
chants of Honesdale will hold their
first annual trade day. Many Of
them have offered a ten per cent.
discount on purchases made at their
stores on this date. 1t therefore be-
hooves the people of Wayne county
to take advantage of this great op-
portunity and TRADE AT HOME.
Preparations having been made
by out-of-town parties to get people
in Honesdale and nearby places to
trade elsewhere on the 14th, the
Business Mems Association in order
to protect their own interests, in
augurated a trade day of their own
upon the very same day. 1t is your
duty and privilege to patronize your
home merchants. They have laid in
a large line of Christmas novelties
and expect you to buy. It's right and
proper that you should.
The Christmas edition of The Citi-
zen will reach the public in time for
prospective shoppers to read it and
select their presents before purchas-
ing. Bring The Citizen to Honesdale
with you, or if you did not receive a
copy, call at our office, second story
of the Jadwin building, and secure
a copy free. BY all means trade at
home.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13

containing articles in favor of tar
ic for protection, just as 1t may ex-
clude those which lend their adver-
tising columns to the traps of motor
ious swindlers.
The Solicitor-General's doctrine is
susceptible of even more ridiculous
application without straining it in
the least. If a majority in Congress
should conclude that the dssemina-
tion of Democratic campaign argu-
ments or documents, either in the
newspapers or in pamphlet form, was
against public policy" it could pre-
vent their circulation through the
mails. Equally as to Republican
literature, or Socialist literature, or
Progressive literature. The ultimate
censorship and the unrestrained pow
er of exclusion from the mails he
holds to be in Congress, and no ju-
dicial tribunal exists which is com.
petent to enforce the constitutional
rights of free press.
In his closing argument for the
freedom of the press before the Su-
preme Court at Washington last
week Mr.. James NJ. Beck pointed to
Daniel Webster's reply to a similar
proposition years ago, when it was
urged that Congress should purge
the mails of anti-slavery journals.
Amy law" said Webster, dis
tinguishing what shall or what shall
not go into the mails founded on the
sentiments of the paper and making
| deputy postmaster a judge ! should
say is expressly unconstitutional"
If some of our contemporaries do
not yet apprehend the full signif-
cance of the recent legislation as
serting unheard-of Federal control
over the newspapers through the
| merely administrative power to reg
ulate the mails, we advise them to
study Mr.. Becks mastery presenta-
tion of the case in their behalf and
| for their constitutional right to be
free from arbitrary censorship and
discriminating treatment. And it is
proper that they should know that
this service of championship is rem
dered voluntarily by Mr.. Beck in a
! spirit of public duty and not as an
ordinary professional engagement.
Where is this doctrine of absolute
legislative power to end, If sustained
as to the newspapers and the mails ?
If Congress can constitutionally ex-
ercise the power claimed for Federal
]
an incident of the ordinary regula-
| tion of the postal service, has it not
the same power over individual opin-
/ ion as an incident of the regulation
of foreign and interstate commerce? ?
| Does not the SoliCitor-General be-
| lieve that Congress by statutory en-
| actment, under Section of the First
| Article, might prescribe that no per
! son advocating prohibition, let us say
or favoring a protective tariff, shall
enjoy the privilege of transportation
on the trains of interstate railways
or on ocean steamships; no person
! indeed, whose political opinions are
deemed by the existing majority in
| Congress to be opposed to good pub.
lie policy? And this without re,
course to the courts, no matter what
the constitutional guarantee may
| be!
When has there been so sweeping
! so preposterous an assertion of un,
delegated Federal power since 6
former SolicitOr-General of the
United States instructed the Supreme
| Court, in the case of Kansas VS.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
OUR CHRISTMAS NUMBER.

Our readers to-day will find that
The Citizen appears in enlarged
form. 1t is our Christmas number
for Nineteen Hundred and Twelve.
This final attempt of the present
year will attest the large amount of
advertising patronage we have en-
joyed throughout the year. We take
this method of thanking the bust
ness men of Honesdale for their lib
eral patronage during the year and
We have every reason to believe that
1t will continue through the coming
year.
This is the season of the year when
young and old put forth great in
terest in the hopeful and joyous SEN
timent of the yuletide From now
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
ALITTLE YOU CAN DO.

You can bring Christmas happi-
ness and cheer to the people who
need it most by spending some of
your holiday money for Red Cross
seals.
Victims of tuberculosis are dying
all about you every day who might
be saved by a little practical gener-
osity.
You can not save them alone, but
you can help and your example may
be as valuable as your money.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
RIDS YOU OF
lNDlGE ESTION
OR YOUR
MONEY BACK

G. w. Peil is authorized to re-
fund your money II you take MILO
MA Stomach Tablets for indigestion
or any stomach distress or misery
and are dissatisfied with the re-
suits.
And that same guarantee also ap-
plies to any condition caused by
out of order stomach such as SAL
low Skin, Pimples, Headache, Nerv-
BUSINESS, Dizziness, S1eeplessness,
Dependency, etc.
So why should you suffer longer
from an unclean Stomach when you
can try MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets,
the prescription of a specialist on
this liberal no benefit no pay plan.
A large box for so cents at Peils
and pharmacists America over.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-13
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1912.


half of the population of the world
will be busy with preparations and
plans for Christmas. 1t lives not
only in the heart of childhood and
the spirit of friendship but it has
been commercialized and it's throne
set up in the market place, and since
the season, both as a flower of senti-
ment and an enterprise of business,
has come to mean so much to man
kind, it ought to receive the support
and encouragement of all men and
women.
Some consideration is due to the
merchants and the clerks who cater
to the demands of Christmas. The
shop early movement is spreading all
over the country. The purchase of
gifts should not be left to the last
hour. The yuletide festival is of
sufficient Importance to be planned
carefully beforehand.
The first supplement of The Citi-
zen is printed on good quality of
book paper. 1t is profusely illustrat-
ed with half-tone engravings, besides
carrying a heavy line of advertising.
On the first page appears a large
Santa Claus with pack on his back,
having purchased quantity of toys
from the Honesdale merchants for
good boys and girls. Extracts from
Washington Irving on Christmas is
told in beautiful words of that we'll
known writer. The story was pre-
pared by C. A. McCarty. THE
Nativity" by James A. Egerton, is a
handsomely illustrated poem that
is bound to please. 1t appears on
page three. "A Sketch of the Wayne
County Bar" is one of the features
of our Christmas edition. 1t also
contains pictures OF every member of
the Bar Association, including the
judge of Wayne county. A repro
duction of Daniel Dimmick, the first
lawyer of Wayne county, is also
! found upon this page. The Madon-
ma" and Star of Bethlehem" illus
| trated, are two beautiful Christmas
stories. The First Christmas in
America" Christmas Eve in Power
/ ty Row" and other stories. The Sec
ond part is the regular number of
| The Citizen, while the third section
is replete with more stories and ad-
| vertisements. We wish to call es-
! pecial attention to the story on page
eighteen, entitled christmas Mem
ories," by Lucretia d. Woodward
Other stories written by this author
! have appeared in serial form in diff
| ferent well-known magazines.
The Citizen, by special arrange
J ment with book publishers, announc-
| es on page nineteen of the third sup
is printed in the list upon that page
to a new subscriber paying S1.50 in
! advance. Or a regular subscriber
may receive a book by paying two
years in advance. The books retail
from $1.25 to 50 and are in good
condition. The Citizen would make
an appropriate gift to mother, faith
er, uncle, aunt, sister or brother,
and the book-why, you could give
that to your sweetheart.
We have endeavored to make The
Citizen to-day TEEN with stories of
good cheer and sincerely hope the
reader will enjoy it. The Citizen is
very grateful to all who help make
this edition the success that it is and
wishes all its readers, contributors
and advertisers a Merry Christmas.