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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
JERSEY CENTRAL TO START
FROM CARBONDALE?

The rumor that Mr.. Mellen of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
would assume the presidency OF the
New York, Ontario and Western
road when President Fowler retires,
is now said TO contain the color of
fact and in its wake is ushered forth
the story that the Jersey Central
passenger trains running through
between Scranton and Philadelphia
will, under the Mellen management,
be started from Carbondale and will
run through without change to the
Quaker City, thus rendering the o.
& w. and Jersey Central a desirable
route between this city and Philadel-
phia.-Leader.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21

FLIES NOT WORMS WANTED.
The Citizen Offers SO in Gold For
the Greatest Number of Flies
killed-Send Them Often.

The Honesdale boys and girls had
better rush their flies to the Contest
Editor of The Citizen ere the hust-
ling contestants living in Wayne's
sister hamlets and towns capture
that $40 gold piece. The contest
does not close until September 30,
so it will give the contestant ample
time to collect these deadly "ani-
mails and get them to this office be-
fore that date.
In sending your flies to The Citi-
zen do not keep them too long. On
Saturday last we received con
signment" by express. There was
enough life in them to convey or
pull the box from its destination to
Honesdale, a distance of ten miles,
without locomotive aid, it being very
strong" If the contestant has any
real sympathy for the contest edi-
tor he will not keep the flies so
long, that, though dead, they crawl
in maggot-form when the box is
opened. Out of several gills sent we
could not allow for but three, owing
to their "lively" condition. II
livestock accompanies another batch
of flies, as was the case OF Satur-
days consignment, they will be
elected to the stove without count,
ing. Again we say, please do not
keep your flies too long before send
ing them. 1t is better to send them
oftener. We want flies, but will not
stand for an army of creeping
crawling, Shiny worms.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Ord E. Whipple to Louise Whip
Pile, both of Preston, two acres in
said township.
Fred c. Erik, of Poughkeepsie, n.
Y, to William Erik, of Starrucca,
land in latter borough.
Charles Viney, of Vandling, to
Charles Ihlefeldt, of Mt. Pleasant
township, so acres in said township
$500.
Mary Z. Evans, of Edwardsville,
to Era +. Whipple, land situated in
Preston township, $3.50.
Homer Greene and wife of Homes
dale, and Susan S. Sandercock and
husband, of Ariel, to Harry w. Mum
ford, of Scranton, ia acres in South
Canaan township and 642 acres in
Lake township, excepting about 81
acres conveyed to different parties
having special privileges on said
tract of land.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
DRY WEATHER AFFECTING THE
MAPLE TREES
HortiCulturalist W. II. Bullock Tells
the Citizens Readers That Nj
trate of Soda Will Help
Them.

The trouble with the maple shade
trees in Honesdale is not blight as
was recently stated in your valuable
paper. | am glad to inform you that
it is not of near as serious a nature
as the blight. Blight kills as II
burned by fire. Nearly all of the
shade trees that / examined in
Honesdale is the drying up of the
foliage which was caused by the dry
weather and lack of nourishment;
an occasional sprinkling with water
and a light application OF nitrate or
soda, which can be purchased from
any merchant that handles CONNER
cial fertilizers, say one or two pounds
of soda to a tree according to size.
Scatter the nitrate OF soda on the
ground as far out or even farther
than the branches reach, then
sprinkle with water; this would have
helped the affected trees preceptibly.
l am glad to inform you that l have
not found much blight on the shade
trees in the borough of Honesdale.
Blight is one of the worst diseases OF
our trees; especially is this true
among our pear, apple and ounce
trees. When inspecting the orchards
in the county, / frequently find pear
trees that are dead and perhaps the
owner will say that tree was struck
by lightning, it showed signs of
death so suddenly, when in reality
it was only a bad case of blight. The
bark and leaves turn black and re-
main on the tree for some time. The
only remedy at present recommend
ed by students of plant diseases is
to cut out the blight with a knife
| or saw occasionally, dipping or wtp-
some other material to disinfect il.
W. H. BULLOCK.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
PAPERS OVER 100 YEARS OLD
Are in Bound Volume and Contain
Much Valuable Reading Matter
Property of f. II. Alber-
ty, Dyberry.

Through the kindness of E. H.
Alberty, of Dyberry, The Citizen
editors have been privileged to read
of late two bound volumes of The
Balance and Columbian Repository,
Of 1906 and 1907. The papers were
published in Hudson, n. Y, by
Harry Croswell, where printing IN
general is executed with elegance
and accuracy"
The bound volumes are in good
state of preservation, the papers be-
ing exchanges received at the print
ing office in Hartford, Conn, where
John Lincoln, greatgrandfather or
Mr.. Alberty, learned his trade. In
presenting the book to her grandson,
Mrs. Lucy A. Wright, late of Homes
dale, wrote a short history in the
front of this heirloom of the fam
| lily, and we quote in part: can
remember when they Cthe bound
volumes) were nearly all the litera-
ture the house afforded, barring the
| Bible, an old book of sermons, a
copy of Webster's spelling book and
! the almanac. Many a Sunday when
l was a child l have got the old book
! down from it's resting place on the
shelf, and read and re-read it for
want of something more interesting.
No such lack for reading matter in
your day, so you may care little for
the perusal of this book of we olden
tyne
In Vol. VI, No. % of the 1907
bound volume under the caption oil
"Conspiracy' is an article on the
trial of Aaron Burr. One para
graph reads: The people think bet
ter of Burr's cause than they have
done; as there appears to be
spirit of persecution which they vii
not submit to-" In No. 40 of the
same volume under The Trial O.
Burr" the chief justice OF the
United States delivered an opinion
on the questions concerning the ad
missibility of evidence on the in
dictment, for an indictment, for
misdemeanor, against Col. Burr
A notice under October 6, 1907, o
the same volume says: BY the las
accounts from Richmond it appears
that Burr had declared to the cour
that from two letters he had JUS
received, intimating that evidence
was coming on to prove that tn
public and himself had been sacri
feed and sold, he wished for delay
/ Under the head of Miscellany
2 Singular Plan for a Lottery wa
- outlined. Among some of tn
- prizes given we mention few
| First, brick house valued at SIS
, 600; second prize, Alexis, goo
5 cook, valued at $500; third, Joe, a
a excellent waiter, valued at 5000
5 fourth, Joseph, a good laborer a
the hoe, $500; fifth, Rosette,
good laborer at the hoe, we'll az
customed to the climate, $500
other prizes were money. At tn
= end of the notice it stated: Fo
n tickets, apply to J. Lynd, notar
public on the levee, New Orleans
I. The drawing TO be in the exchange
/, in the presence of three justices c
the peace.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
MRS. ANNE NIEMANN
OFF FOR METROPOLIS.
Attractions of City Could Not be
Resisted by Hebrew Woman Held
for Arson-Gave 5000 Security
Out on Bail.

Mrs. Anne Niemann, who was ar
rested on Wednesday last following
a mysterious fire in her home the
day previous and who was held on a
charge of arson, left on Friday last
for her haven of rest" New York
City. Neighbors say that she locked
the door of her home Friday after
noon and then walked to White
Mills, where she boarded the Erie
train for the metropolis. Her daugh-
ter left the same afternoon for Scran-
ton, going by the Delaware and Hud-
son road.
Since Mr. Niemann's death, a few
months ago, Mrs. Niemann has ex-
pressed a desire to go to New York.
Shortly after her husbands demise,
Mrs. Niemann commenced selling off
the household furniture and fixtures,
machinery and stock of her deceased
husbands store. The sale continued
and then one night there happened
to be a fire in the store apartment.
A fire sale followed. The second
hand stock was practically given
away, the return for which was
meager. Some things, like the piano
and other furniture went good and
brought good prices. After a while
there was another fire, then an in
vestigation, the finding of oil satu-
ated clothes and later the arrest of
Mrs. Niemann. She was charged
with arson, committed to Jail, but
after putting up 5000 security in one
of our banks, Jacob Katz furnished
| bail and Mrs. Niemann, according to
all evidence, is now out of the state.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
CELEBRATION NEXT WEEK
1t Promises to be Bigger and Better
Than Ever-Town in Holiday
COlOrS.

Stringers were placed across Main
street Monday morning upon which
hang several small triangular flags
OF different colors which make very
striking display.
The first building to take on gala
day colors was the celebration COM
mittee's headquarters in the Rettew
building, Main street. City Hall was
decorated on Monday and other build
ings are now looking their prettiest.
Final arrangements will be made
at Tuesday evenings session, when 1t
is expected all plans will be COM
pleted.
The celebration will be held de-
spite what some kickers and knock
ers might say and it will be some
celebration, too. Midnight trains
and reduced rates will be a big
drawing card for valley people from
over the Moosic TO come TO Homes
dale and spend few days recrea-
| tion. If there are parties who have
rooms TO let for visitors during the
celebration, kindly make it known
to n. B. Spencer, general secretary,
| before the weekend.
Wednesday will be Firemen'S
! Day and preparations are being made
| to entertain over thousand guests.
Following is the line OF march:
First division forms at Central
! Park and marches down Ninth street
! to Main, down Main to Fifth street,
! East to Church, where they meet the
second division, whose formation
starts at the Basin bridge, down
Main street, across Fourth to Church,
up Church to Fifth.
The parade then continues up
! Church to Fifth street, east TO
Court street, up Court to Twelfth,
west to State bridge, west to West
street, up West to Fifteenth street,
then east to East street, then south
to Park street, across Park street TO
Main. up Main to North Park;
countermarch Main to State bridge
east to Church street, then south to
Fourth street, Fourth to Main, Main
to Sixth, up Sixth to Eleventh. then
to the park. and disband. The lat
ter part OF the line of march may be
subject to a slight change.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
SUES ERIE AND EXPRESS co.

sale several months ago, Philip
Mangolin, a newsdealer, has brought
suit against the Erie company and
the Wells Fargo Express company.
Mangolin claims that neither of the
companies will pay his doctor bills
or recompense him in any way.
Mangolin tried to remove an express
truck from the track, with the re-
suit that the truck was struck by
the train and he was struck by the
truck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
WOMAN KILLS FORTY
SNAKES AT HER HOME.

Millersburg- Charles E.
Lehman, who resides on the Reuben
Kepner property along Berries Noun
tain, opposite Millersburg, went to
the wood pile at the rear OF the
house to bring in some fire wood.
She noticed a snake among the fagots
and stepping back she seized half
brick and hurled it at the reptile,
killing it. Then snakes began COM
ing in all directions and with a club
she killed forty-one reptiles. The
color of the snakes resembled the
copperhead type and with the sIcep-
ton of the first killed, which was OF
ordinary size, they averaged about
six inches in length and were no
doubt a mother with a brood OF
young.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
BOAT CAPSIzES--O BROWNS
Boys Fishing on Bush Pond and
Percy Hadsell Unable to Swim
Goes Down to Watery Grave,
Especial to The Citizen. }

GALILEE, Aug. 2O.-Percy Had
sell, aged II years, was drowned in
Bush's pond, one mile from Galilee,
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He
and his cousin, Walter Hadsell, of
New York city, were fishing and in
some manner the boat capsized and
the two were thrown into the lake.
Walter, the cousin, could swim, but
Percy could not and sank before aid
could reach him. Walter swan ashore
and gave the alarm. Searching par
ties were quickly formed and began
a search for the body.
The two lads had spent the day
fishing and were about TO pull up
anchor and go home when the acci-
dent happened.
Percy was a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Hadsell. Besides his parents
one sister survives. The family has
the sympathy of the community.
The funeral will be held Thurs,
day afternoon at o'clock, and a
sermon will be preached in the Cali,
lee church. Interment in the Meth
odist burying ground at Damascus.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
POCON0 PLATEAU FOR ARMY
United States Army to Establish Ar
tillery Range Near Tobyhanna
Maj. SummeraI in Charge.
Especial to The Citizen).

TOBYHANNA, Aug. 90 The
United States Army officials have
decided to establish a permanent ar
tillery army range on the Pocono
plateau. The Second United States
Battery of the First Artillery ar
rived to-day and walked overland
three miles to the site. 1t will be
used for target practice and other
maneuyers. The army officials are
highly pleased with the country and
the farmers are equally as jubilant
in having the government locate
near them.
Major C. P. Summeral, of Fort
Myer, Virginia, is in charge of the
is batteries. The range will be
open six months in the year.
The tract consists of about 35
acres and was known as the Rhodes
estate. 1t was formerly the proper
ty of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre
Coal and Navigation company.
Several buildings for the men,
barricks erected and other improve
ments will be made.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
WHY NOT A TREE COMMISSION
FOR HONESDALE
1t Would Care and Protect Our
Spreading Maple Trees Which
Arch Many Streets and
Make il the Town
Beautiful.

The council of Dorranceton, Lu-
zerne county, has finally adopted
rules and regulations for an organi-
Zation to be known as the Dorrance-
ton Shade Tree Commission. The
commission will protect all shade
trees in their town or on nearby
highways and care for them as pro-
vided by an Act of Assembly, Great
ing this commission at the last leg
islature, and found in Pennsylvania
pamphlet laws of 1911, page 679.
The Act reads:
BE it enacted, etc, That any per-
son who will willfully and malicious
ly club, stone, cut, break, climb up
on, injure or destroy any shade tree
or any fruit tree, growing on or
along any street, road, or other high
way, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor; and upon conviction there
of, before any alderman, magis-
trate, or justice of the peace, shall
be sentenced to pay fine not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, or to undergo
an Imprisonment in the jail of the
proper county not exceeding five
days or both, at the discretion OF
the alderman, magistrate or justice.
"Approved-The 7th day of June
A. D. 1911
JOHN X. TENER."
The Honesdale improvement AS
| sociation endeavored to organize q
/ similar commission, but as yet have
| been unsuccessful. This is not say.
ing that it never will, for it is oul
| opinion that a tree commission ii
what Honesdale needs, from the ap
pearance OF several OF our handsome
shade trees which have had the
tops and some of their most over
spreading limbs cut out by careles!
linemen, to make way for wires
The trees shape is forever spoiled
and it will be many years before
limbs branch out to fill the vacanc!
and If they do, nine chances out o
ten they will be hewn out again "be
cause they interfere with the wires.
Are not the trees OF much NOR,
value TO the appearance of a stree
and the property owners than
number OF unsightly poles? Man.
trees on Main street have been kill
ed by cutting and continually hack
ing at them until their very heart
as ii were, has been cut out.
Honesdale needs a tree commits
sion every bit as much as does Dor
ranceton or Forty Fort. 1t woul
be wise and prudent for the tow
council of the borough of Honesdal
to adopt ordinances for the proteC
tion and care of the trees of tn
Maple City. Honesdale's thousand
; OF trees are valuable asset to tn
! town.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
SLEEPING ON TRACKS
TWO HAD LEGS CUT OFF.

Pittston. Aug. 20.-Two travelling
umbrella members were injured while
sitting on the tracks OF the Lehigh
Valley railroad in this city at about
1880 o'clock Thursday afternoon,
John Burke, OF Nanticoke, aged
about thirty years, has both of his
feet cut off, and John Houston, of
Carbondale, aged forty-two years,
has both legs severed at the knees.
Houston died last Friday.
Just what they were doing on the
tracks is not definitely known. The
accident happened at the branch
near the Mill street bridge and it
is the belief that they sat down there
to rest, became drowsy and fell
asleep.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
BOAT CAPsIZED; SCHOOL
TEACHER DROWNS

Miss Lille Arovett, a young lady
from New York, lost her life by
drowning in Tennanah Lake, N. Y,
on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Arovett
was 23 years old and a school teach
er. She had been boarding at the
lake for some time.-Sullivan Coun-
ty Democrat.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
Death of stephen Baker.

AS We go to press We learn of the
death OF Stephen Baker, father of
Osborne NJ. Baker, OF Siko. Mr..
Baker was over 80 years OF age and
was highly respected in the eommun-
ity, having lived in Siko many years.
He leaves one son, Osborne, and a
daughter Ruth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
SCRANTON EXPECTS WILSON.
Democratic Presidential Nominee
and Running Mate Invited to
Visit Electric City in Sep
tembeF.
Especial to The Citizen.)

Especial to The Citizen.)
SCRANTON, Aug. 90 Great
preparations are being made for the
expected visit to this city in Septem-
ber next of Woodrow Wilson, Dem
ocratic nominee for the presidential
chair and his running mate, Gov
Marshall. Congressman Palmer Is
in Philadelphia to-day attending a
Democratic meeting of the leaders
Of the party.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
TO PROTECT MILFORD
BRIDGE FROM ICE.

The managers of the Milford
Bridge company have concluded to
build a crib of logs in front of the
Jersey pier to protect it from Ice.
The crib will extend up the river
about 16 feet and will be filled with
stone. On top of this a cut water OF
concrete several feet high will be
built which, 1t is expected, will oper-
ate to break the ice and shield the
pier.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
ASSASSINATION UNVERIFIED
Reports To-day Do Not Confirm Yes
terday's Reported Death of
China's President, DIR. sun
Vat Sen.
Especial to The Citizen.)

Especial to The Citizen.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2O.-The
death Of DR.. Sun Vat Sen, first pro-
visional president of China, who it
is claimed was assassinated in Pc
kin, yesterday, cannot be verified,
A reign of terror prevails in the
city.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
H. R. JOHNSON'S WILL NOT
CONTESTED
His Wife After Consultation With
Attorney Decides to Carry Out
Husbands Desire-Manuel
Training School to be
Erected.
Especial to The Citizen.)

SCRANTON, Aug. 90 Mrs.
Harry r. Johnson, wife of Multimil-
lionaire II. r. Johnson, who recently
died suddenly in New York, held a
conference with Col. L. A. Watres
and afterwards consulted her attor-
eny, Thomas c. Duffy, regarding
breaking her husbands will. After
consultation with Attorney Duffy,
Mrs. Johnson decided not to set the
will aside but allow her husband S
wish to be carried out. That means
that Scranton will have a manual
training school for young men which
will cost in the neighborhood of
100000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21

The Citizen is Getting New Ad-
vertisers Every Week. Merchants
Know This is a Good Advertising
Medium.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-15

Destructive rains, destructive in
that they have placed the roads OF
the county in wretched condition and
have prevented farmers from prepar
ing their lands for the growing OF
crops this year, still continue to fall
here and throughout the county. Yes
terday, which began like an ideat
spring day, ended in what was one of
the hardest rains of the season, while
the weather forecast for today indi-
Gates a continuance of the rains.
Before yesterdays rains began
there had been 3.17 inches of rainfall
during the month of March, while,
conservatively estimated, the rains OF
yesterday must have added an inch or
two to this amount. At that rate
there are now approximately five
inches of rainfall recorded for tht
month of March, in addition to thu
heavy rains that have fallen here eveI
since the new year began and evel
during the early part of the presen
wiMtor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-15
COM. BRITAIN
IS ON VISIT
TO TEACHERS
10 Visit Plains and AgriCuI'
turaI College Today

State School Commissioner M. L.
"rIttaln, of Atlanta, is in the city
QUAY TO visit the schools of Sumter
county and to address the teachers of
,ne county school system at the court
mouse Saturday morning.
Today Commissioner Britain will!
'iSlI the Agricultural College and the
WY schools and tonight he will go to
rams to visit the schools there. He
VIII return to Americus Saturday
inorfllng to address the teachers OF
'"e county, who will assemble at the
courthouse to hear him in the ad-
eSs he will deliver at o'clock.
Ihis will be an occasion of unusual
interest In the educational circles ol
'"o county, and the teachers of the city
as well as the county systems will
"yail themselves of the opportunity
ot hearing Mr.. Britain in the address
NE VIII deliver to the teachers. A cor
'"l invitation is extended to ever!
nr eacner in the county to hear Mr.
Britain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-15
TO ELIMINATE
PERSONALITIES
IN CAMPA PAIGN
IN ALL ADVERTISEMENTS
That are Inserted in The
TimeS-ReCOrder

The Times-Recorder yesterday noti-
fed both sides to the municipal bond
issue contest that it will not accept
for publication any advertisements,
whether in the shape of display ads
or cards, that are of a personal ma
ture, that, is, dealing in personalities.
or intended to lead up to personalities
that may be offensive. There are
plenty of arguments, pro and con,
that can be indulged in without re-
sorting to personalities on either
side. The Times-Recorder does not
propose to be party to publications
of personal character. 1t is not ques-
tion whether this mans record is
good or that mans bad. That is not
the issue, and it cannot be made an
issue with intelligent people. The
advertising columns of this paper arc
open to all legitimate discussions OF
the question, but no more ads of d
personal nature will be accepted.