The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-26

-buTT bennett is Jne name OF
new draughtsman of New York
city, employed by the Gurney Eleva-
tor Co.
The annual picnic for the mem
bers of the Baptist Sunday school
will be held in divers Grove, Elm
hurst, on Saturday afternoon. Come
and spend pleasant day.
A number of Honesdale me-
chanics and contractors are bidding
on different departments of work for
the proposed Gurney Electric Eleva-
tor company. The contracts will
soon be awarded.
The fifteenth annual reunion of
the Ferris, Lee and Cottrell families
will be held in their new reunion hall
in Mrs. f. X. Fosters grove at
Burnwood, Pa, on Wednesday, Aug.
21. 1912. All relatives are cordially
invited to attend and enjoy a good
time.
The White Star management
has had no information concerning
the reported temperance of Cap
tain Smith of the Titanic, an old
shipmate of whom said he saw
Smith in Baltimore last Friday. Of
one OF mistaken identity.
The "Sunbonnet" crowd COM
posed of Misses Ethel Schiessler,
Florence Eldred, Florence Smith,
Florence Kreiter and Marion Charles
worth, Ralph Brown, Austin Lyons,
Warren Smith, Will Rierdon and
Lloyd Schuller, leave Saturday for
Elk Lake, where they will spend a
week.
Mrs. Annie Frederick, aged 80
years, died Tuesday morning at the
family home in Pittston following a
brief illness. The deceased had been
resident of that city for many
years. She was we'll known and re-
spected by a large circle of friends.
Among the surviving relatives are
two sons, John and Joseph Freder-
ick, and Mrs. Jacob Sharer.
The Knockers club with their
husbands, surprised Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. H. Bader on Tuesday night
last, the occasion being an anniver-
sary of Mr. Bader's birth. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H.
Richards, Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Weaver, Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. F. Fryer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. p. Ross, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. H. Bader and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Boyd.
The Carbondale Leader of Mon
day presented a decidedly improved
appearance, when it came out with a
new head and a new dress and with
an additional column Of reading mat
ter to the page. 1t surely has taken
a more advanced place in Pennsylva-
MIA journalism. They have in
stalled a new Duplex web-perfecting
press and that accounts for the i'm
proved appearance of the paper.
Stirred by the recent epidemic
of train wrecks the Interstate Com
merce Commission has taken a new
step to protect the lives of passen-
gers and employees of railroads.
Recognizing that excessive service OF
employees may be an important fac
tor, the commission has ordered all
carriers to preserve detailed reports
of the length and nature of delays in
schedules which force overtime en-
ployment of trainmen.
Mrs. Mary ]. williams died al
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hat
tie Strong, at Port Jervis, Tuesday
morning, of old age, being eighty
years old. She has lived
in Port Jervis for 2S years.,
and was an attendant of the Presby-
terian church of that place. She
is survived by the following chill.
dren: James A. Williams, of Homes
dale; Clarence Williams, Paterson
N. j.; Charles Williams, of Gallon
Ohio, and Mrs. Hattie Strong o.
Port Jervis.
The Citizen is in receipt OF a
postal card from Miss Tillie Weiss
who has been abroad for some
time: point of Three Tongues, July
14th. Greetings to The Citizen from
three countries. Am writing on the
spot where Italy, Austria and Swift.
zerland join. Sight superb beyond
words. Mountains Of snow. We are
motoring through the Tyrol and
| have another day of it through Italy
neutrality-suspicious.. Rode through
mountains of snow and enjoyed
snow balling July 14th."
| At a recent meeting of the
! Wayne County Medical Society a.
the Allen House, the following Off
GERS were elected for the cominl
year: II. B. Ely and E. w. Burns
vice-presidents; F. A. Lobb, Hawley
secretary; r. w. Brady, president
P. F. Griffin, treasurer. The follow
ing members of the society were pres
ent: E. o. and f. A. Bang, of Soutl
Canaan; H. c. Noble, Waymart; II
c. White, Ariel; w. A. Stevens, O
Scranton; A. B. Catterall, of Hawley
F. w. Powell, L. B. Nielsen and II
B. Ely, of Honesdale.
Lieut.. Charles Becker. in com
mand OF the Strong Arm Squad o
the New York police, who is now un
der fire in connection with the shoot
ing OF Herman Rosenthal by un
known persons in front of the Hote
Metropole, New York City, earl
Tuesday morning, is a native Of Cal
licoon, Sullivan county, where h
spent his childhood on a farm nea
Callicoon Center, now occupied b
Mrs. w. Ballard. He has been o.
the police force for nearly 20 years
Becker recently raided the gamblin
house of Rosenthal, and the latte