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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
sun SHINES ON WHITE MILLS
BRIDE.

Miss Marie L., daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. II. Murphy, and Law
renee G.. Beilman, both of White
Mills, were married by Rev. H. p.
Burke in st. Philomena's Catholic
church, Hawley, Wednesday morn
ing at s o'clock. The bride was
attended by Miss Nellie Murphy sis
tor, as maid Of honor, Fred Bell
man, brother of the bridegroom,
was best man. The bride wore
blue travelling suit. She is one of
White Mills most estimable young
women, having taught the village
school for few years Mr.. Beilman
is a member of the firm of Beilman
Bros, and is a very popular young
business man. The wedding tour
will include New York, a trip up
the Hudson to Albany and other
New York points.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
LAKE LODORE DAM CRACKED
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
Special Committee Appointed by Councilman
Martin Caufield Stated This i'm Their Report
---Citizen's Account OF Lake Lodore Dam
Sustained.

which are not large. Two or three,
however, are of considerable size
The ends of the dam are in good con-
dition and there is no danger of any
outbreak around them.
At point near the center of the
structure crack runs entirely
through the dam from the base to
the top. This, in our opinion, is the
weakest point of the dam. We
found two excavations below the
dam, and upon inquiry, learned that
the Lake Lodore company were
building two concrete buttresses in
support of the weak points of the
dam, one of these being directly be-
hind the fracture. These are found
ed upon solid rock and toed into the
structure. The blue prints of this
work were shown, and according to
them, the buttresses will be of ample
size and strength to support the
dam. We understand that this work
was recommended by the State En-
gineer and is being done according
to his plans and under his super
vision. If this work is completed
according to specifications, there
seems to be little danger of the dam
giving way. The old dam, lying
about fifty feet above the new con-
crete dam, still remains. The bulk
head of the dam being in place.
This bulkhead, we are told, is filled
up to point within five feet of the
high water mark of the lake. If a
break should occur in the new dam,
it is claimed only five feet of water
could flow from the lake, which
passing through width of only six
or eight feet would cause little, If
any, trouble to Honesdale. This,
SO far as it was possible to ascertain,
is the present condition Of the above
mentioned dam.
GEO. w. PENWARDEN,
S. A. McMULLEN,
j. M. LYONS.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04

The sub-joined is the report of the
committee appointed by Mr. Martin
1Caufield, President of the Town
Council to view the Lake Lodore
3dam, with a view to ascertaining If
the dam was safe from breaking and
causing damage to the Borough of
3Honesdale. The report is full vim
.dication of The Citizens course in
calling the attention of the people
to the possible danger of the break
ling of the dam and its consequences
klpon Honesdale should such con-
Singency happen. The committee re-
ports that there are a number of
leaks in the dam and one break from
top to bottom near the center of the
dam. That danger was anticipated
by either the Lake Lodore company,
itself or by the state authority is
shown by the report of the commit
tee in as much as the company is
about to erect cement buttresses to
strengthen the weak portions of the
dam, though this precaution is only
= in blue print as yet, the committee is
of opinion that il carried out in ac-
cordance with the plans, the danger
will be very much reduced. 1t is to
be hoped that the work will progress
rapidly as no defective dam should be
permitted to exist which if unable
to hold the volume of water stored
in the lake would be a menace to
Honesdale or to any other portion of
the community affected by the dam.
The Citizen is actuated only by a de-
sire to preserve the town from dam
age which may occur if by the giving
away of the dam the waters of Lake
Lodore were precipitated upon, the
stream passing through Honesdale,
and which must unavoidably over
flow its banks, to the great injury of
property II not of life.
We are pleased to know that pro-
visions are about to be made for the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04

To the President of the Town Coun-
ell of the Borough OF Honesdale:
Sir:
We, the undersigned, having been
appointed by the President of the
Town Council of Honesdale, as a
committee to inspect the concrete
dam at Lake Lodore, to ascertain, if
possible, the danger Of any outbreak,
and having made the inspection to
the best of our ability, beg leave to
make the following statements in re-
gard to the condition of the dam.
AT several points in the structure
there are leaks, the majority of
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
HOW HAVE THE PAST THREE
YEARS TREATED YOU? .

John Smith-healthy, sun-tanned
and rugged-lives in farming com
munity. (This isn't his real name,
but it will do.) This is a true story.
John was talking with a local mer-
chant the other day.
Il voted for Taft in 19O8," said
John, but never again. We've got
to have a change!"
THAT so?" responded the mer-
chant, who was thinking man.
Hum? What's your balance in the
bank, John?"
"Oh! About $1,000 or $500.
near as l remember" John replied
Cant remember exactly, Ell?
How much do you owe, John?"
Don't owe cent in the world"
he smiled.
Got a nice place out there,
haven't you, John?"
You're right l have" asserted
John, emphatically. Got a hun
dred and thirty acres of land, clear
a good house and barns; nice bunch
OF stock; horses and machinery. And
the finest crop the sun shines on"
What did you have when Mr.
Taft became President, John?"
Didn't have a blamed thing
John admitted. Made all own in
the last three years"
The merchant said nothing. Mere.
ly looked at the man and smiled
And kept on smiling.
Presently it dawned on Johr
Smith what his friend the merchant
was driving at. He got red in the
face and tidgeted in his chair.
SAY" he finally broke out, %.
hadn't thought of it that way. I've
never done so well in my life as
have in the three years since Taf
has been President / wonder how
change could help me any?"
Bill Jones (this isn't his real nam,
ether lives in a big manufactur
ing city. And this, too, is a tru,
story.
Bill was out OF work three year
ago. His wife was doing washing
one Of his girls was clerking in
department tsore, and his bigges
boy was selling papers, and doini
anything he could to make a fey
4 pennies.
Bil-the man of the house
tramped the streets day and nigh
looking for work, and finding none
Railroads were laying off men
mills were closed, factories idle.
The family lived in a small, low
rent, dark basement.
To-day Bill lJones has a stead
job, at good wages. He has had
for nearly three years.
He and his family live in the out
skirts OF the city, in a neat, com
Portable cottage, with a flower-gal
den in the front and vegetables /
the back. There are some chickens
too
Bill is buying the place.
The girl is going to school; an
the boy is learning a trade in a
electrical machine shop.
Bill has level head. He know
WHY business is good, why mil
and railroads are all busy, why II
has steady job, and is happy an
prosperous.
Says Bill: 1--WE got all this sinC
Taft became President. / can
argue with you smart politicians
but ! know which side MY bread
buttered on. And l VOTE to ket
in power the man who gave me baC
my job"
What have the past three yea
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
GEO. w. PENWARDEN,
S. A. McMULLEN,
j. M. LYONS.
REVENUE OFFICE MOVED FROM
SCRANTON.
Ninth and Twelfth Internal Revenue
Districts Consolidated and Scran-
ton Office Abolished. ~


ton Office Abolished. III
VIM. d. Evans, deputy collector
for the 18th revenue district with Of
fees at Scranton, has been trans
ferred to Lancaster as the Ninth and
Twelfth districts have been consoli-
dated to save expenses. The offices
will be transferred from the Federal
building in Scranton to their new
location in Lancaster in a few days.
Mr.. Evans has been deputy collector
of the Twelfth district for fourteen
years.
After a tie-up of two days busi-
ness resumed at noon Wednesday
in the internal revenue Offices in
Scranton, with Harry C. Houck,
formerly chief deputy to Collector
Griffith T. Davis in charge of the Of
fees of stamp deputy, who gives the
stamps for tabacconists and brewers.
The new collector of the Ninth and
Twelfth district, H. l.. Hurshey, Is
expected in Scranton in a few days
to complete the transfer of the Of
fee from Scranton to Lancaster. The
branch stamp office will remain in
Scranton. Mr.. Evans was in Homes
dale on Thursday, being we'll ac-
quainted in this place and vicinity
from being connected with the inter
nal revenue Office. He states that he
has been transferred to the office in
Lancaster and will take up his du-
ties there as soon as the transfer is
completed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
EXPENSIVE PEACHES.
Two in Ulster County Cost just
Twenty-Five Dollars Each.

The peach crop in Ulster county
is a complete failure this year. A
man in Rhinebeck, Duchess county,
who shipped 5000 baskets of peaches
last year, found only nine peaches in
his orchard this year. He describes
them as of exquisite flavor.
A peach buyer offered a fruit
farmer at Milton $50 for his entire
crop at the beginning Of the season,
taking his own risk as to what the
harvest should be. He got two
peaches. A farmer near New Ham
burg, Dutchess county, had better
luck He has a sheltered orchard
and will harvest large crop.-Sulli-
van County Republican.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
done for YOU?

done for YOU?
Have you not a better salary, a
better wage, a better job; better
clothes, a happier home, and more
pleasures than you had before Mr..
Taft became President?
You have it because Mr.. Taft and
his co-workers have been building
up-not tearing down. Because cap
ital is being freely invested; trade
is good; wages are gradually being
adjusted to new world conditions;
farmers are getting good prices for
their crops and are spending the
money freely.
=. Only four years ago, just before
President Taft was elected, there
was panic-and misery. Capital
was tied up in safe-deposit boxes;
mills and factories were closed be-
cause manufacturers could not sell
the goods they made; empty freight
cars filled the railroad sidings; farms
were mortgaged; labor was hungry
and desperate.
In four short years Mr.. Taft and
his associates have worked wonders.
There is much yet to be done
There are evils that are incorrect
ed; wrongs and injustices to be
righted
But the same wise and sane meth
DDS that have brought order out of
chaos, peace out OF war, and plenty
out of poverty, can be relied on to
continue the good work
To tear off the bandages, reopen
the old sores, and destroy the heal
ing that has taken place, will only
set us back to where we were before
Mr.. Taft became President.
We want quiet, not blow and blus-
ter; peace, not war; sane common
sense, not revolutionary or untried
theories.
Continue the careful, genuinely
progressive methods of Mr.. Taft and
you insure during the next four
years, as during the three Just
passed, a steady advancement Of the
country's general prosperity.
You are asked to put a charge OF
dynamite under all existing condi.
tions, with the chance of improving
them; but the sane man doesn't
take this kind of a chance.
He prefers the slower, surer meth.
cd with which he is familiar, and
the results of which he KNOWS by
= experience.
WHY, then, throw overheard prov
. en- chart and tested compass and ad
, venture on an unknown sea?
You know what Mr.. Taft has ac
: complished during the past three
years. You know what the policl
of the next four will be with hin
at the helm.
You know nothing OF what Nigh
= happen under the impetuous and dis
: turbing influences that his defea
would bring to a prosperous ant
4 contented people.
, To vote for Mr.. Taft is to insur
a continuance of peace and prosper
ity.
d To vote against him is to brin
n on period OF experiment and the
ory the end OF which no man ca
S foresee.
S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COM.
. Charles ID. Hilles, Chairman; Jane
d b. Reynolds, Secretary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
WARNS YOUNG MINISTER'S.
Bishop Burt Urges Them Not to be
Hypocrites.

Auburn, n. Y, October 2.-Ad-
dressing a class of young men TAX
ing orders before the Central New
York Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, Bishop William Burt of Buffa-
10 attacked the hypocritical minister.
He said:
Be genuine men; the world is
sick and tired of sham ministers, men
who are playing a part, who make a
business of religion and are mere
functionaries who do not believe in
what they are doing. You cannot
be true minister of Christ and be
a hypocrite. If you cannot believe
in our church, want your promise
that you will leave it and seek some
other communion"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
Fall Meeting of the Teachers Asso-
CintiOn at Ariel October II and IL.

Friday, Oct. IL, p. m: Lecture,
DR.. Smith Burnham. Professor Of
History, West Chester State Normal
School.
Saturday, Oct. 12, $3.50 a. m:
Paper, Trying" Miss Edna Hausn-
steen; address, Insects Injurious to
Fruit Trees" w. II. Bullock, State
Horticultural Inspector.
Address-Dr. Smith Burnham
Paper, Primary Work." Miss
Laverne Noble.
Solo, Miss Harriet Arnold.
Address, Miss Katherine Long
shore, President State Teachers
League.
Paper, THE Moral Influence of the
Teacher" Rev. Edmund Swarze.
Paper, Teaching Business in the
Grades" Frederick Frye.
Miss Frances Dillon, Sec'y.
SOt2.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
TO CONFER SEVERAL DEGREES.

Next Monday evening a delegation
of Odd Fellows from Aldenville will
visit Freedom Lodge at which time
several degrees will be conferred
Refreshments will be served.
Freedom Lodge has elected the
following officers: Noble Grand, r..
M. Stocker; vice grand, T. Y. Boyd;
treasurer, A. C. Lindsay; secretary,
w. A. Sluman; trustee, George Lo-
renz; representative to Grand
Lodge, A. G. Lindsay; representative
to Orphans home, Clifford Gray.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
BIG AUTO DITCHED.

Erik Bros large passenger car,
while conveying passengers to the
fair, met with a slight accident
Thursday morning. When near the
fair grounds large bull jumped out
of the bushes and in front of the
machine. The chauffeur turned to
one side, but could not prevent
striking the bovine. The front
wheel came off and the large car
ditched. Fortunately no one was in
jured. The car was running slowly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
COLDEsT SEPT. sOth IN 20 YEARS

Monday was the coldest September
30th in 20 years. The minimum tenn
peratuTe was about 29 and at noon
the mercury had climbed to only 81.
Thin ice was noticed by several that
morning and a heavy frost gave a
genuine autumnal nip to the air. AL
belt the crystal clearness of the at
from seeming disagreeable 1t has
called forth the overcoats and start
ed the furnaces not already under
way into activity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
WRECK ON D., l.. & w. ROAD.
Scranton Trains Delayed Several
Hours-Damage Considerable.

Especial to The Citizen.)
! SCRANTON, Oct. 3.-A fast
freight on the D., L. & w. railroad
was wrecked at Bath, N. Y, early
this morning and the cars were piled
up to a considerable height. There
was no loss of life but the damage
was considerable. Trains were de-
layed four or five hours getting into
Scranton.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
ONE KILLED; TWENTY INJURED
IN TROLLEY WRECK.
Trolley Jumps Track and Crashes in
to Telegraph Pole-Two of In
jured Will Die.
Especial to The Citizen.)

Especial to The Citizen.)
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3.-Charles
Sanders was instantly killed and
twenty other people were seriously
injured on a Greenfield line trolley
car when the car jumped the track
and crashed into telegraph pole today
Two of the injured will die and the
rest are expected to recover.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
SUMNER HOTEL BURNS.

The Glenwood House at Monticello
owned by Andrew Mccullough, was
totally destroyed by fire early Mon
day morning. The hotel was a four
story building containing 80 sleeping
rooms. This is the third burning OF
property belonging to Mr.. McCul-
Tough In the past 13 years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
AUTOMOBILE BURNED.

The Buick touring automobile OF
Harry Howell, Port Jervis, was to-
night at Big Pond where he and a
party OF friends were fishing. The
machine was insured for about half
its value.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
j. p. MORGAN TEsTIFIEs.
Before Clapp Investigating Commit
tee-Gave $15O,OOO Toward the
Republican Campaign of 1904,
Especial to The Citizen }

Especial 10 Ihe CIlIzen.J
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. Pier
pont Morgan, the celebrated money
king, to-day testified before the
Clapp Investigating committee. He
said that he had contributed $780,
900 to the Republican campaign in
1904. He also said that he did this
for the good of the people of the
country and did not expect to receive
any personal benefits from the con-
tribution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04
CARBoNDALE EPIDEMIC AT END.
Schools and Churches to Be Opened
Sunday-No New Cases Reported.
(Special to The CItizenD

CARBONDALE, Oct. s. The
smallpox epidemic in Carbondale,
which has been raging for the past
two months, and which has caused
much excitement among the neigh
boring towns, is now practically at
an end. DR.. C. ]. Hunt of the State
Health Department, who has had
direct charge of the affairs OF the
city since the epidemic opened, has
ordered that all the churches may
be opened Sunday and the schools to
be opened Monday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-04

towns safety under the supervision
of the state authority.
The Burgess of the Borough Of
Honesdale and the Town Council are
to be commended for the prompt ac-
tion taken by them for the preser-
vation and safety of the people of
Honesdale as we'll as of the property
which may be destroyed should a
flood occur.
Honesdale, Pa, Oct. 2, 1912.
Hon C. A. McCarty, Burgess,
Honesdale, Pa.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of Sept. 25th received
in which you stated that many peo-
pie of Honesdale and vicinity were
becoming alarmed about the unsafe
condition of the Lake Lodore dam.
In accordance with your request,
appointed a committee of three prac-
tical men to investigate the situation,
which they have done. They looked
the ground over carefully and I
herewith hand you the report of their
investigation which / am sure will
allay any fears the people may have
concerning the dam.
Yours respectfully,
MARTIN CAUFIELD,
President Borough Council.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-26

other chuckle) / didn't mention the
ore transaction wherein | got the bet
ter OF him"
THAT was one time at least" he
added, that I took in my fellow mil
honaire."
Schwab-"There's a Man For You" "
Mr.. Carnegie began his testimony by
telling OF his humble beginnings in the
steel business. He started in 1861
with $1,000 which he had borrowed
from the Third National bank Of
Pittsburgh and which he invested in
the Keystone Bridge company.
THAT $1,5OO," he said, was my
start I'm business"
Mr.. Carnegie told how early in life
he had learned that large part OF
success in business depended upon
having the right sort OF men to help
and how he had drawn to himself
ambitious young men Of great capaci-
V He insisted that the Carnegie in.
terests were built up by practical men
In the trade and not by spectators.
Charles NJ. Schwab and many others
who have since become independent
factors in the steel business did not in
the beginning put n dollar into the
trade, according to Mr.. Carnegie. The
entire investment OF these men was
In the form OF brains and industry.
"There is a man for you" said Car.
Regie, referring TO Schwab. Hes the
greatest man I ever met-in his line,
I mean"
Mr., Carnegie put a damper on the
asking OF hypothetical questions by
throwing up his hands and remark
ing:
"Why ask a poor innocent man to
give an Hnswer TO ffr"
Throughout his narrative the retired
pioneer Of the steel Industry refused
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-26
SCROOLR0USES FOR DANCES
1oston's Mayor Would Combat "Tur
key Trot" by Opening Buildings.

Boston's Mayor Would Combat "Tur
key Trot" by Opening Buildings.
In order that dances and other forms
OF entertainment may be enjoyed W th
out the moral dangers sometimes pres
ent in the cheap halls Of the city May
ST Fitzgerald Of Boston urges the use
OF the schoolhOuses for clean entertain
mentS, social and athletic.
In this plan he has the support OF
various social working organizations,
including the Public Recreation League
and the Boston Social union
Mayor Fitzgerald saw need for i'm
mediate action, he said. when the
grizzly bear" and the turkey trot''
dances came into favor in certain dance
halls where for a small amount young
boys and girls were admitted.
"The schoolhouses should be thrown
open for nightly entertainment II
would be TO the advantage OF our boys
and girls To gather In such a place" he
said.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-26

reason that he afterward learned Mr..
Morgan would have given another
s10O,00o,00O This reminds one Of the
doctor who made out what he con.
Iidered a fair sized bill and when this
was cheerfully paid kicked himself be
tause he did n - char: ~.wice as much.
Another human note o. The same tone
was struck when Carnegie Gleefully
thuckled about having got the better Of
John d. Rockefeller in an ore deal.
Human nature seems much the same
whether in a horse trader driving
sharp bargain with his neighbor or one
millionaire dealing with another.
What fool | was to sell out to the
Steel corporation for only S42O,OO0,-
oO0w exclaimed Mr.. Carnegie with
mingled feelings Of emotion. II have
since learned from the inside that we
could have received $1OO0OO,OO0 more
from MIR. Morgan II we had placed that
value on our properties"
How He Beat Rockefeller.
The thought that he had been able
10 outwit John d. Rockefeller in
business deal pleased Mr.. Carnegie i'm
mensely. He referred to 1t several
times. The transaction involved the
obtaining by Carnegie Of ore from
Rockefeller on a royalty basis of from
Is TO 20 cents per ton. The Steel cor
poration has since capitalized the same
property on basis OF 81 a ton. Mr..
Carnegie said that when he conceived
The idea Of leasing these ere beds he
summoned James Gayley, one Of his
partners, and said to him:
"You go to New York and don't you
rome back until you have those leases. +"
Mr.. Gayley went and conquered.
Il did Mr.. Rockefeller on that
trade" said the lronmaster, smiling
broadly "and | have to laugh every
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-26
How Carnegie Put 1t Over
On John D. Rockefeller
Thinks Now He Was a Fool
For Selling TO Morgan
So Cheap.

time think OF 1t. It's quite a Job
you know. to get the best OF q man
with a head like Rockefeller"
Mr.. Carnegie felt so good over the
recollection Of this transaction that he
went on to tell the committee about a
call that he and Mrs. Carnegie had
made on the Rockefellers on New
Years day.
When we arrived at the Rockefel
ler home" said Carnegie, I'VE found
MIR. and Mrs. Rockefeller seated on
the porch. Mrs. Rockefeller In a fne
woman and n fine wife, but she is do
ing poorly now. The old gentleman
was in good fettle. There he was
tall, lean and spare-smiling and
beaming as happy as could be. he
told us that cold weather did not af.
feet him much. as he wore q paper
jacket that kept out the weather. He
gave each Of US one. and 1t really is
fine thing to keep the body warm
We had n chat over old times, and
there Mr.. Carnegie INDUCED in an.