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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
WILSON CLOSES
HIS OFFICE DOOR
Engaged Today in National At
fairs, Not New Jersey
Business.

STATE HOUSE. Trenton, = J..
Ian. - President -eles:t Wilson closed
the big oak door Of his private once
today
This IS an almost unlleard-of pro-
ceeding in the State House. but The
governor excused the lapse in his
usual custom by explaining that be
would devote the day to uational, and
not New Jersey. business.
Only once before was the open
door, policy OF Governor Wilson
violated. That was when Sam Cor
don, his messenger. cut his hear.
Governor Wilson today received
New Years greetings from President
Joseph T. Gomez. of the republic Of
Cuba. The message said:
Il have the honor OF greeting sou
on my own behalf and that Of the
government and people of Cuba with
the sincerest wishes for your per-
sonai welfare and that of the Ameri-
can people
The Governor has an appointment
today with Senator Meyer. of Mon
fana.
It was said at the executive offices
that the governors message is nearly
completed. The pledges OF the State
platform are understood to be incor-
porated IN the message. which will
contain about $500 words.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
BOY NEAR DEATH
4 TIMES RECEIVERS
Suffers Three Attacks of Ty-
phoid and One of Pneu-
monia in rs Weeks.

Although his life was despaired OF
y.,.. s.s,e, -, a1erst,,,,an ana nhvsi-
~ ...'.,.' 8 -. s+-,.ts, with
e''','s sss''1e = 3 - = =, =, X
-sxphoaa lever al oaas,na ssa s;vtssn 4
sat'',lol's 's'' 'hoeps,ns Rrss,ss nr,c.a9b Il
weehs aso, = - .,''',,., rat,,c,S | Mcrrath
ssas 11., : o'1' ss.s sa,,ts nranee re.
=. ~ tor,,a vast.rdav f,,llv
'.',,,ls,sS a.nsu - ' n,,-,ng nis sieee il the
,ns,,;ta1 Sv - t,,e INV s,fyered three sepa-
ata s,vsi -. atts.,s, ~ ~ tvnhoid fever ana
ana of yne,Inoonia
The recovery Of Young McGrath Is
oonsiaared as n,iraculous both by the
nbvs,cIans who attended him and the
clerevmen who paid visits to the
hospital. as well as his relatives. The
hospital authorities declare that the
case was the most remarkable that
they have had to contend with.
When the typhoid fever epidemic,
dut. it is said, to impure milk. broke
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
TAFT PREPARES TO
ATTEND REID FUNERAL

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-President
Taft will leave washington at mid
night tomorrow to attend the funeral
in New Yosk OF Whitelaw Reid, late
ambassador Of the United States to
Great Britain. Saturday morning
Secretary Knox will accompany
the President James Bryce. the
British ambassador, will attend the
funeral services. but VIII probably
leave washington for New York on
an earlier train Colonel Lowther.
military aide to the governor-seneral
Of canaea. win represent the sov-
lernor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02

wILKESBARRE. Pa. Jan. 2. THE
flre Ia No. Il mine Of the Plymouth
Coal Company, at Plymouth which
has been burning for several weeks
has not vet been extinguisbed. The
colliery Is idle and double force Of
mon are at work battling with the
fiames. The mine ofiIcials said today
that they expected 10 have the Are
SOON under control -Four or the men
the ere were burned yester-
A4s hsli not sFriously.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
END TEXTILE STRIKE

UTICA, Jan 2-At mass-meeting
Of the striking textile workers in Lit
tie Falls it was practically decided
TO accept the offer made by the pro,
prietors Of the affected mills through
the state Board 3f Mediators and SO
end the reign ofviolcnce there. The
terms Of the settlement will be made
public Ia q forraa ratiflcation meet-
Ing today Ia the city Thestre.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
NAY USE FORCE IN
SERVING PAPERS
ON ROCKEFELLER
F Forty Deputies Await
Word from Wash
lngtcn.
JOHN D. ATTEMPTS TO
CALL UPON BROTHER
Recognized by Newspaper Man
Closes Door Of Automobile
and Rushes Away.

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-. :, ,,rs,,,a :, paa,a
tnell al'el''ps . 81 = = ''''o..a
1eller with suppoens reunlilps IN
70 tesIa1y pelore the PuJo co'lilliissse
lnveselga.lhs tne .oa,.el ans.'ss ~
trust torty ospues sels s.ans .a "a
u ane s,s't,, 80, !, ,yord
oeeseslsss ~
w = 4..'17ssa,,sss ~, [ r5fth sva,,,,p
aa,,.,, a., ~ ~ fe,ns r. nacessarv ana
fas,'s f~'p's III, q Il, 80 ss' & III
4ha Ne. hasSn s,,ara when has sur
~,,,,,ss.d ne Eli mi,llonaIre.s home
sros, M strsets. and honsetops during
he nasf few davs was not dirnln-
,shea' during the night Every possi-
HE evlt was ,5ndor guard this morn,
s,,g CHARLES n Riddall. sergeant-at-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
PARCEL POST WORKS
LIKE A CHARM HERE;
WILL. BE POPULAR
Newars First Day Of New System Wtnesse1 Many Amusing
Incidents Packages Carefully Measured and Weghed
and Mafy Are Refused by Postoffce Authorities
BY ApELINE cARRIck WELLS

NXyoRKIyG with the smoohness Of long established
w sttuton the parcel post today part and par
cer Of the daily routine postohice employees and
mali carriers
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
ROOF GARDENS FOR FIREMEN.
Novel Scheme Devised to Improve
Health of Men.

Fire fighters are to have roof gardens
for physical exercise, health and COM
fort, an attraction that will tighten
their long hours of duty and contine-
ment when not actually engaged in
fighting fires, and fifteen of these gar
dens are now being built on the roofs
of the new buildings under construc-
tion in the five boroughs of New York.
Realizing the monotony of existence
in the average truck and engine house,
where the men are confined to close
quarters twenty-four hours daily when
not actually engaged in fighting fires,
Fire Commissioner johnson decided
that anything which would relieve this
condition and contribute to the amuse-
ment, health and comfort If the men
would be good investment and mean
more efficient service to the city.
Fifteen Of the forty-five new houses
started during the year as additions
to the department in the five boroughs
will be equipped with roof gardens.
The designs have been worked out to
provide the most attractive and com
Portable quarters that the funds appro-
priated for the purpose would permit
Two styles Of gardens have been
adopted. One is covered garden twen-
ty feet deep across the front Of the
three story fire house on level with
the third floor and opening directly into
the recreation rooms. The other style
provides for an uncovered garden, also
on a level with the third floor, but
across the rear of the house. Access to
the gardens will be had through glass
doors opening from the recreation
rooms
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
Death of Mrs. Henry Ball.

Mrs. Margaret Ball, widow of the
late Henry Ball, for many years pro-
prietor of Hotel Wayne, died New
Years Day at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. B. Dunsmore,
where Mrs. Ball has lived during the
past few years. The deceased was
81 years old. She is survived by
Mrs. H. 2. Russell of this place;
Mrs. w. H. MacMillen, of West
Pittston, and Mrs. A. B. Dunsmore,
of Wellsboro. The remains will be
brought to Honesdale Saturday and
the funeral will be held Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock from the resi-
dence of H. q. Russell.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
PARCELS POST DON'TS.

Don't drop your parcels in the
mail boxes. Take them to the post
office and turn them over to the
clerk. There is only one place to
send articles by parcels post in this
city and its vicinity.
Don't guess at the weight of your
parcel. Let the clerk put it on the
special scale and give you the right
amount in stamps.
Don't put ordinary stamps on par
cells post packages or parcels post
stamps on regular mail.
Don't try to send a parcel weigh
ing more than four ounces unless
provided with parcels post stamps.
Don't forget that the weight must
not be more than IL pounds or the
combined length and girth more
than six feet.
Don't neglect to put your address
neatly written, in the right hand
upper corner of your parcel.
Don't seal your package. If you
do it becomes first class mail. Wrap
it securely and carefully.
Don't try to send live chickens, Or
anything else alive, intoxicating liq-
uous, poisons, explosives, matches,
disease germs, pistols, revolvers, raw
hides or anything else that would
injure the postal employees or the
mail
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
PARCELS POST DOES
NOT CUT RATES,

Expressions Of surprise and doubt
were made by presidents and di-
rectors of express companies when
informed of reports of wholesale
slashing in rates, in an effort to
fg&t the parcel post system, which
wMt into operation on January l..
Each one denied that his company
La considered any change in
schedules and all regarded the new
government system as an expert
ment, the result of which cannot be
determined
William M. Barrett, president of
the Adams Express Company, did
not hesitate to say there was no JUS
tice in the Introduction of a parcel
post in America. James G. Fargo,
president of the American Express
Company, said:
"Let the public answer to the JUS
tice of it and to it's success. Let us
all wait and see whether the public
gets what it wanted" Others agreed
with the two presidents that there
would be no reduction OF rates for
some time, and that no company
could have announced seriously that
it would cut rates in half. Francis
Lynde Stetson, a director of the
United States Express Company, be-
lieved that the parcel post would
affect the express business to large
extent, but he knew that his own
company had not considered calling
meeting of the directors to discuss
fight with the new competitor.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
MRS. ROCKWELL ENTERTAINS.
New Years Afternoon Reception For
Fifty-Five GuestS-Music by
Freeman'S Orchestra.

A New Years reception which
turned out to be an at home as we'll
as a birthday party was given by
Mrs. Charles F. Rockwell at her
home on North Main street Wednes-
day afternoon from $3.50 until Z.
Mrs. Rockwell was at home to about
fifty-five of her friends who came
and spent the afternoon in a social
way which was much enjoyed by all.
The occasion was also her seventy
ninth birthday. Mrs. Rockwell, as
sisted by her daughter, Miss Harriet
Rockwell and Mrs. Benjamin Wood,
received the guests.
The beautiful parlor, library and
dining room of the Rockwell home
were thrown open to the guests and
because it was such a nice day the
reception was graced by several
guests who rarely go out.
The rooms were beautifully deco
rated with holly, ferns and poin-
setta and presented a pretty scene.
Freeman's orchestra furnished mu-
sic for the guests all during the af-
ternoon. A buffet luncheon was
served in the dining room.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
STRONG
IN LEGISLATURE.
Agriculturists Rank Next to Law
yers in Numbers in General As
sembly.

g.-Fifty-three occupa-
tions will be represented in the
Legislature which will meet here on
January z, and the farmers will
rank next in number to the lawyers.
AS usual, the lawyers will predomi-
nate and out of the fifty Senators
and 207 members of the House there
will be fifty-six barristers, sixteen of
the Senators being members of the
bar. Twenty-four members of the
House and five Senators are farm
ers, that being given by them as
their profession in their nominating
petitions.
Physicians will not be so numer-
Gus as usual. Eleven medical men
are listed, nine in the House and two
in the Senate. Rev. Charles F.
Swift, of Beaver, succeeds Rev. T.
R. Mcdowell, Chester, as the cleri-
cal member of the House. Jacob
w. Swartz, Snyder County's men,
Der, is listed as a gentleman. Each
branch will have a blacksmith and
the Senate printer.
Mercantile life is represented by
twenty members of the House and
two of the Senate. Fifteen statesmen
will be in the next House and nine
clerks will be members and two
Senators. Four druggists, two vet
erinarians, two teachers and one
dentist are to be members of the
House.
Each branch will have one under
taker. The Senate will have a
florist.
Manufacturers in the next Senate
will number five and in the House
eight. Only one miner will be in
the Legislature and he will be in the
House, while the Senate has two
coal operators, also one banker.
The Senate will have two con-
tractors and the House three.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
STUART OPTIMISTIC
ON 59TH BIRTHDAY
Opportunity Everywhere for Man
With Acumen," Says Former
Governor ON Birthday.

Robust and happy, former Gov.
Edwin S. Stuart Friday observed the
fifty-ninth anniversary of his birth
day by attending to business as
usual. In speaking of the present
and the trend for the future, the
former chief executive of the Com
monwealth was optimistic.
Opportunity is everywhere" he
said, for the man with the acumen
to grasp it. The country has ex-
pended and developed and trade has
reached such proportions that the
man with grit and energy and push
is needed everywhere.
"The heads of big trade concerns
where there is no sentiment, are
looking for such men. They need
them to produce results. The old
chap who went around fifty years
ago saying that there was no oppor-
tunity for man, is still around to-
day with the same crouch. Of
course, there are some men who
work hard and don't succeed. That S
unfortunate. But the point l want
to make without preaching a ser
mon at all, is that integrity counts.
Moral, mental and ethical honesty
is sure to get you there in the end"
THE following unclaimed letters
remain at the Honesdale postoffice:
R. G. Cleveland, Mrs. Jas. Cook,
Mrs. Lydia King, Mrs. John Eggle-
ton. M. B. Allen, Postmaster.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
lACKAWANNA SPENDING MANY
MILLIONS
$3,OOO,OOO Stock Issue Will be Used
In Work on New Cutoff This
Year.

Binghamton, Jan. directors
of the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western Railroad company, at the
regular meeting of the board will, If
present plans are carried out, pro-
vide for the issuance of a certain
portion of the $12,00O,000 stock
authorized by stockholders at the
annual meeting last February. The
proposed new issue will probably be
$3,000,000 of twenty-five per cent.
of the amount authorized, says the
Wall Street Journal.
Matter of stock issuance has been
agreed upon by certain interests in
fuential in the company and will
come before the executive committee
at it's meeting December "a, and be-
fore the board December 26. The
board of directors will also declare
the regular quarterly dividend of
two and one-half per cent. at the
next meeting.
The 100000 stock, of which
100000 will probably be issued
to stockholders at par, was author
lied last February, to finance i'm
provements west of Scranton and
east of Binghamton, comprising the
elimination of heavy curves and
grades and a tunnel, by building a
new line which cuts the mileage
from thirty-eight to thirty-five
miles. Although not much more
than preliminary work has been
done up to the present, the expendi-
ture so far has not reached $4,000
900. Total expenditure for the en-
tire work will approximate 17,000,-
000
President Truesdale, of the Lack
awanna, asked whether stock issue
had been determined upon, admitted
that the matter would probably come
before the board at it's next regular
meeting. 1t is not believed that the
progress of the work on the new cut
off requires a stock issue of more
than 100000 at par at this time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
THREE TONS OF BRICK
SENT BY PARCELS POST.

Gary, Ind, Jan. EVERY en-
ploye of the Gary postoffice has sore
arms today as the first taste of the
parcel post, and Postmaster John
w. Call and Chief Clerk Joseph
Tracey are carrying their arms
around in bandages.
To-day two big dray wagons back
ed up to the postoffice and unload
ed 1000 heavy paving bricks, each
one a separate stamped parcel. The
bricks are samples being mailed by
w. P. F. Barry, local brick dealer,
and he found that he could send the
bricks cheaper by parcel post.
The postmaster and his assistants
spent most of the day carrying the
5000 pounds of bricks into the post
office to be ready for the first out
going postal parcel post mail on
Wednesday morning.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
DEATH RATEF0R 1912 LOWEST
IN YEARS
DIR. Dixon, Commissioner of Health,
Says Average Rate is ID to
Every Thousand.

The dawn of the new year will be
welcomed by 1900 men, women
and children in Pennsylvania who
would not have lived this year to
hear the merry jingle of the bells
ringing in 1913 had the death rate
of 1906 prevailed during the past
year.
From the figures which have al
ready been compiled, DR.. Samuel G..
Dixon, Commissioner of Health, was
able to announce that the death rate
throughout the State for 1912 will
only average IA per thouasnd. This
is the lowest rate which has ever
been reached in the Commonwealth.
He said: "The benefits of public
health work and the accompanying
enlightenment of the people in re-
gard to matters of sanitation and
hygiene are shown by the steady de-
crease in the death rate in the past
few years."
The publication of tbH waters,
the reduction of communi liable dis
ease and the coordination of the
various organizations to aid in the
reduction of infant mortality have
all wrought splendid results. What
has been done shows that we have
excellent ground to hope for a
Pennsylvania in which no children
shall die from diphtheria, in which
there shall be no typhoid, scarlet
fever, whooping cough, measles and
tuberculosis. This is the goal to-
ward which we are striving
The work of the past few years
has wrought tangible results. 1t has
paid enormous dividends on the
money invested through the lives
saved and the illnesses eliminated.
The knowledge that in the past year
more than 10000 of our peo-
pie have been spared the ravages of
acute diseases, gives us courage for
the work of the coming year"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
ULSTER SAVES MAN IN FALL.
Farmer, Blown Off Palisades, Lodges
Safely In Tree.

While the spectacle of launch land
ing at Alpine, N. j., Is not one Of the
seven wonders Of the world, a naphtha
boat that landed there held for John
Rouloff, a farmer of Alpine, enough
interest to draw him to the edge of
the Palisades.
A strong young breeze came along
about then and lifted Mr.. Rouloff from
his feet, whirling him in the direction
of the Hudson river, 24o feet down.
The farmer wore an ulster, buttoned.
Remember this in case you intend to
do any Alpine climbing, or the reverse,
for thirty-fi feet below the top Of the
cliff Roulofr landed in a tree and was
about to continue his Journey down
when he popped out on TO a strong
limb. The limb ran up underneath the
back of his coat, knocking or his hat
Then Mr.. Rouloff remained quiet and
fast.
Michael Neafsey, looking down upon
the peaceful river, saw Mr.. Rouloff.
He shouted to Roulofr to remain where
he was-far from an impOesibility un-
der the circumstances-until he got
help. In FIVE minutes Eeafsey re-
turned with two more men and rope.
The rope was lowered to Roulofr, and
after he had fastened II under his arms
he was drawn up.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
INSURANCE FOR PARCELS.

Postmaster M. B. Allen has re-
ceived a supply of tags to be used
on insurance packages, which here
after are to be insured instead of
registered. The tag is in three sec
tions, one part being attached to the
package, the second being retained
by the home office and the third be-
ing given to the consignor. A pack
age is insured for 500 or less, at a
cost of ten cents, special insurance
stamps being used. This guaran-
tees the package against loss or
theft, but not against breakage.
Thus, if a dozen eggs were shipped,
the entire dozen must arrive at their
destination, but not necessarily en-
tire.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
TWINS ATTACHED
TO EACH OTHER.
Growth Between Their Hips and
They Cannot be Separated.

Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Gibbs of
Holyoke, Mass, are the parents of
two girls which in many ways are
like the famous Siamese Twins.
They are attached to each other at
the hips but in every other way are
perfectly normal. The twins are
several months old and have de-
veloped splendidly since their birth.
Where they grow together it
seems to be very large mass of
ligaments, but the surgeons interest
ed in the case have decided not to
make any extended examination OF
the twins until they get older, as
the surgeons declare it would be
I dangerous to try to separate them
by operation until they reach the
age of 6 years at least.
There will be many experts who
feel that it will be impossible ever
to separate them, as has been the
case with such peculiar freaks of
nature in the past
1t has been noted that the Gibbs
twins are different in great many
ways. Often when one desires to
sleep the other is wide awake and
shows strong desire to be playful.
They never seem to agree on the
eating hour, for while one cries for
her food the other one pushes the
bottle away.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
INSPECT DAMASCUS PAINT NINE
Philadelphia Men Contemplate Pur-
chasing the Mine.

Four Philadelphia men, R. M. Will
son, w. w. Paul, H. G. Crawford
and ]. Nundy, were in Damascus last
week and inspected a paint mine
there with the intention of purchas-
ing same and developing it.
The mine has been operated for
some years on small scale and has
always been large producer con-
sidering the efforts OF the owners in
that direction. Red paint has been
the most durable kind produced,
some of it having been on barns and
out-houses in Damascus for a num-
ber of years and showing very little
wear. Other kinds of paint have
been made but it was not as good as
the red paint.
When the mine was inspected
blast was put in and the men report
ed that the farther they went the
better it became.
They came to Callicoon and drove
to Damascus and on their way down
they noted that the house of Sidney
Bush was quarantined for smallpox
and that the children were at the
windows and waved at them as they
passed by. When they returned to
Philadelphia they made up a Christ
mas box and had 1t forwarded to the
family, which was very considerate
of them, considering that they were
total rs.-Narrowsburg DEM
ocrat.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
A DOLLAR AN EAR FOR CORN.

Pennsylvania farmers will have an
opportunity to show what corn the
old Keystone State produces at the
Seventh Annual Corn Show at Har-
risburg, Jan. 21-23 next. Liberal
prizes are Offered in ten classes for
the best corn, the alrgest ear, the
longest ear, ETC., with gold and sill
yer medals to the winners of champ
ionships. Glasses cover corn grown
in all parts of the state-ten prizes
in each class. A liberal amount is
offered also for corn club exhibits.
No entrance fees are charged.
The annual meeting IF the Penn
sylvania Livestock Breeders Asso-
citation, the Pennsylvania Dairy
Union, the State Horticultural Asso-
citation and the State Board of Agri-
culture will be held at Harrisburg
January 21-23.