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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS FIRE
OCCURS IN HONESDALE
PROMPT ACTION OF FIREMEN
PREVENTS DISASTROUS FIRE
AT MENNER 81 CO.'S STORES.

Blaze Discovered in Rear of Store
About One O'clock by Man Driv-
ing Near st. Johns Church-Con-
siderable Damage Done.
Early Sunday morning about 1
o'clock a blaze was discovered in the
rear of the Keystone block and an
alarm of fire was turned in.
John Roegner, Jr., was driving
home Sunday morning and when
near st. Johns church on the hill
saw the flames leaping up in the rear
of what he thought was Erik Broth
ers' hardware store. He turned in
the alarm and the Honesdale fire
companies responded. When they
arrived they found that the fire was
not in the building occupied by Erik
Brothers but was in the rear of Men
ner & Co.'s store. The south corner
of the rear end on the main floor was
in flames. The front door was fore
ed and stream of water was put
into action on the flames, which were
soon extinguished, but not before
much damage had been done by
smoke and water to the interior of
the store. If it had not been checked
when it was, it would probably have
T6SulLeu III one OIL In6 mOSC ulSdS-
trous fires in many years.
There is porch in the rear of the
building and beneath this is a space
where the air pipe from the furnace
protrudes through a basement win
dow 1t is supposed that some one
carelessly dropped a lighted match
under the porch and this smouldered
for some time before breaking out
in a blaze. Some think that it's orig
in was incendiary. The fire burned
the heavy two-inch planks from the
floor of the rear porch and then the
flames leaped through the basement
window where they burned through
! the floor leading into the main room
of the store.
1t was several hours before the
| fire was eXtinguished from the
smouldering heap of rubbish in the
rear.
Mr.. Brown told a Citizen man this
| morning that he had left the store
about eleven o'clock Saturday night
| Before he left he looked over every.
| thing and is positive there was nc
sign of fire then.
Menner & Co. will be heavy los.
ers principally from water and smoke
but the extent of the damage done
can not be estimated until it is gone
over completely. The loss will
reach up to many hundreds of dol
lars however, but insurance will GOV
er part of the loss.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
JUDsON NOBLE PROMOTED.

The many friends of Judson T.
Noble, in this county, will be pleased
to hear that he has been appointed
Division Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue of the Division comprising
Carbon, Monroe and Northampton
counties with headquarters at Eas-
ton. Mr.. Noble is well known in
Honesdale where he was employed
for some time at the Durland-Weston
Shoe company. After leaving Homes
dale he was appointed under civil
service, as office deputy collector in
Scranton, which position he held un-
til the consolidation of the 18th and
9th districts, when he was trans
ferred to the office at Lancaster.
This is a fine advancement for Mr..
Noble and we have no doubt but
that he will make good as he has
had several years experience in the
revenue business.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
SEE GREAT DANGER IN
JAPAN'S ATTITUDE
LONDON TIMES SAYS YOUNG, EX-
CITABLE STATESMEN NOW
LEAD ISLAND NATION.
Question Far Reaching-Orientals
Challenge For Equality With
Whites Must be Answered.

London, May 19.-The Times gives
prominence this morning to a long
article by Sir Valentine Chirol, its
foreign editor, treating the Japanese
dispute with the United States as
grave international issue. The
Times editorially takes the same
view. The article says:
"The ultimate point of the dispute
does not affect the United States
alone, still less California. 1t is a
world question essentially. The fears
of the inhabitants of the Pacific
slope are exaggerated and prema-
ture, but they are not entirely
groundless. No useful purpose can
be served by blind condemnation of
the tendencies of public opinion in
the Western States. They do not
spring so much from race hatred as
from the instinct of self-preserva-
tion, and if the present minor dispute
is composed they will assuredly re-
cur. The time has come when Japan
is disposed to challenge the very es-
sence of the attitude of Western ma
tions toward Asiatics. She asks ad-
mission to the comfy of nations on
equal terms"
Emphasizing one of the points
made by Sir Valentine Chirol, the
Times says:
"Japan's challenge comes at mo-
ment that is fraught with peculiar
danger. Japan is entering upon a
new era Her elder statesmen have
nearly all passed away and few are
left to check the impulses of popular
passion. The semi-divine attributes
of the ruler no longer serve to sway
or soothe the nation in moments of
anger. Japanese democracy is knock
ing at the doors of the council cham
bers and we fear it is a democracy
which is headstrong, eXcitable and in
experienced, qualities which are
shared in a greater or less degree by
all democracies. We are thus on
both sides confronted by situation
of very special difficulty"
Dealing specifically with the Cali
fornia issue the editorial says:
"It is an issue which will become
more insistent, whatever may be set
tied now, and it will have to receive
the earnest attention of all white
races in time to come. But the mag
nitude of the question is out of all
proportion to the immediate dis
pute.'
Japan nevertheless will do well
to remember that her claim to enter
neighbor's garden can at best be
only quietly pursued 1t is not the
kind of a claim that can be pressed
with an unrestricted indication, how
, ever strong it's documentary support
may be-"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
HONESDALE SCHOOL BOARD
HOLD REGULAR MEETING
BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR PLAC.
ED AT 5,3OO-TAX LEVY
REMAINS THE SAME.

Routine Business and Bills Paid
Much Time Given to Discussion of
Proposed Agricultural Course for
High School.
At the regular meeting of the
Honesdale school board in the high
school Thursday evening, the budget
for the coming year was made. The
expenses for running the school for
another year was estimated at $15,-
800 and in order to meet this ex-
pense, the members of the school
board placed the tax levy at six and
one-half mills, which is the same
as it has been for a number of
years. No increase in the tax levy was
thought necessary.
The routine business was disposed
of and current bills were ordered
paid. This meeting of the school
board is the last, but one to be held,
for the present school year closes in
June. There will be one more meet
ing in June, which will be the last
for this school year.
The members of the board discuss
, ed the new law that was recently
passed by the State Legislature re-
garding the placing of an agricul-
tural course in the high schools
throughout the state. The bill has
been passed and signed by Governor
! Tener, but it did not carry with it
enough of an appropriation to make
it possible for it to be carried into
effect by the school boards of the
State. The bill provides that the
State be divided into thirty districts.
Wayne, Susquehanna and Pike coun-
ties comprise one of these districts.
1t also provides for state help in pay
ing for an agricultural professor and
! for the rental of a 5-acre tract OF
land as an experimental farm, where
experiments in farming can be car
ried on by the classes under the di-
rection of an experienced teacher
! The Honesdale school board are do
! ing all they can to get the appropria-
tion bill passed so that a course OF
this kind can be put into operation
in the Honesdale High school. 1t is
hoped that the efforts of these men
aided as they are by County Superin-
tendent j. j. Koehler and several
other prominent men in Wayne
county, will be rewarded, for an agri
cultural course in our schools viii
prove of everlasting benefit tt
| Wayne county.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
CONTRACTS FOR 4 BRIDGES
LET BY COMMISSIONERS.
Bids Opened Saturday Afternoon
Contracts Go to Wayne County
Men.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Wayne county commissioners
which was held in the court house
Saturday afternoon, contracts for
four bridges, one in Dyberry, Salem,
Lake and Mt Pleasant townships.
All of the contracts were let to
Wayne county men.
Bridge No. L, located in Dyberry
township, leading from Bates mill to
the public highway, known as the
Tanners Falls road, was awarded to
Irwin & Brenneman. Their bid was
1920 for a complete concrete bridge
and although it was not the lowest
bid received it was considered to be
the best for the price.
Bridge No. 2 located in Mt. Pleas
ant township, over John creek, and
known as the Bryant bridge, was
awarded to F. j. Varcoe. The bid
was $345 for bridge alone, the abut-
ments being already in place.
Bridge No. located in Lake
township, crossing Middle Creek at
Warden and bridge No. A, in Salem
township, over Five Mile Creek, near
Arlington were awarded to Bell &,
Chapman, of Ariel. Their bid for
the first bridge complete was, $725,
and for the second, $500.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
BIG TRUCK TIME-sAVER.

Since the installation of the Gar
ford truck by Riefler & Sons, Tan
ners Falls, used to convey charcoal
and acetate from the acid factory to
Honesdale, replacing horses, trip
has been made in 81 minutes. Here
tofore it took team from two and
half to three hours to cover the
distance. The truck not only makes
the trip in one-fifth of the time, but
accomplishes the work of six teams.
The average trip is made in 40 min
utes. On one occasion 9,210 pounds
was carried and it took just As min
utes to come from the factory to the
dock at Honesdale. The truck is
four ton capacity and also weighs
about that much. After better ia
cilities for loading soft coal at
Honesdale has been secured it is
expected that, whereas it now takes
half an hour to load, it can be done
in five minutes. Mr.. Riefler has
asked the Delaware and Hudson
company to erect a coal pocket at
the place of loading. After this is
erected Mr.. Riefler estimates that the
truck will be able to do the work
of eight teams of horses.
Riefer & Sons make and ship
large quantities of charcoal. The
company average a car a day. The
charcoal is shipped loose, although
it comes to market in bags. The
product is taken from the bags when
the car is loaded, it requiring about
400 bags to fill an ordinary freight
car.
Mr.. Riefler some time ago contem-
plated building a steam tramway in
the lumber camps to convey the acid
wood to the factory, but has resorted
to the "pole road" instead. The
teams that were formerly used to
convey the factory's product to
Honesdale are now used in the
woods on the pole road and else
where.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Death of r. A. EngIe.

Franklin A. Engle died at his
home in Hamlin, May 12, 1913, af-
ter a long illness, aged 76 years. He
is survived by his wife and daughter.
He was a veteran of the Civil war,
having served as a sergeant of Co.
H, 14th U. S. regulars, for three
years. A brother, Thomas B. Engle,
was a corporal in the company. He
enlisted in Honesdale under Capt.
Joseph M. Locke at Gettysburg.
Franklin was wounded in the arm
during a battle in June, 1864, and
another ball struck his pocket-book
near the groin, and this probably
saved his life. Thomas was badly
wounded above the knee, in the
same fight. The brothers participat-
ed in all of the battles on the Po-
tomac, and until this time escaped
uninjured. They were the sons of
VIM. Engle, a longtime resident of
Salem township, and one of its most
highly thought of citizens.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
MODERATORS SELECTED
BY PRESBYTERIANS,

Selection of moderators by the
commissioners of the Northern and
Southern Presbyterian churches,
with a totally unexpected choice in
events of interest at the session of
the Presbyterian assemblies in ses-
sion at Atlanta, Ca, last Friday.
DR.. John Timothy Stone. of the
cago, was elected moderator of the
Northern body and DR.. ]. Sprole
Lyons, of the First Presbyterian
church, Louisville, KY, was chosen
moderator for the Southern assem-
bly,. All three of the assemblies have
now selected moderators, the United
Presbyterians naming DR.. r. M. Rus
sell of New Wilmington, Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.

The engagement Of Miss Martha
E. Meredith and Lloyd G. Rosen-
Grams was announced Friday night at
a dinner given by Miss Fannie Rock
er at her home on Locust avenue.
Miss Meredith, one of Towanda's ac-
complished young ladies, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Meredith. Mr.. Rosencrans, who
holds the position of superintendent
of the Wayne Cut Glass factory, is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Rosen-
Grams, of Honesdale.-Towanda Re-
porter-Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
REV. j. A. HAAS CHOSEN
HEAD OF MINISTERIUM

The Rev. John A. w. Haas, D. D.,
president of Muhlenberg college, AL
lentown, was chosen president of the
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium
of Pennsylvania and adjacent states
at the opening business session OF
the 166th annual convention of that
body last Thursday. DR.. Haas was
chosen on the third ballot after the
Rev. DR.. ]. E. Whitaker, of Lancas-
ter, had withdrawn.
Rev. o. E. Pfeuger. of Womels-
dorf, was reelected English secre-
tary; Rev. H. D. E. Siebolt, of Phila-
delphia, German society, and Rev. III
A. Weller, of ArWigsburg, treasurer
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Death of John Ryan.

John Ryan, resident of Cherry
Ridge township, died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Margaret Burke, at
Canaan, on Friday evening, about z
o'clock. He was forty years of age.
Mr.. Ryan spent last week with rela-
tives in Carbondale and was in his
usual good health while there. He
had been i'll only a few days. Mr..
Ryan was we'll known throughout
Wayne county and had many friends
in Honesdale and vicinity who will
mourn his loss.
He Is survived by his wife and
the following children: Mollie, Sa-
die, Elizabeth, Margaret, Frank,
Thomas, Matthew, Stephen and John.
The funeral was held Monday
morning from st. Johns r. G.
church, Rev. John O'Toole officiating.
Interment was made in st. Johns
! cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
EXEMPLIFIED RECORD OF WILL
FILED.

An exemplified record of the last
Alden, who died at her late home in
Passaic, N. j., was filed in the office
of w. B. Lesher, register of wills, on
Friday. The will was probated in
Passaic. N. j., but copy was filed
in the courts here so that there
would be a record of the title in the
event of the sale of some land in
Wayne county. James s. Alden and
Mabel Blanche Alden are the exc
cutors.
Mrs. Lois Morse Alden was the
wife of the late, Levi H. Alden,
formerly of Aldenville. The local
ity, in fact, derived its name from
him. having been one of the leading
men there for many years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
PAUPACK MAN KILLED BY
COAL TRAIN EARLY SUNDAY
BODY FOUND LYING NEAR
TRACK ON ERIE & WYOMING,
TWO MILES FROM HOADLEYS

Inquest Held and Verdict of Acci-
dental Death Reached John
Cronn Leaves a Wife and Two
Small Children.
John Cronn, aged about thirty
years, and a resident of Paupack
township, was instantly killed about
two o'clock Sunday morning about
two miles from Hoadleys station,
having been struck by an Erie &
Wyoming coal train. The news of
the mans death was not known un-
til five o'clock that morning when
the body was seen by the engineer
on one of the trains. The informa-
ton was wired to Dunmore and then
the tower man at Clemo received the
news. Section men found the body
later lying near the track where it
/ had been thrown by the coal train
when it was struck.
Mr.. Cronn had been to a dance in
the neighborhood Saturday night
and started home late. He took the
track in walking home and it is sup
posed that he became tired and lay
down on the rails. He presumably
went to sleep and when the coal
train came along the noise wakened
I him and he raised his head. Before
! he could realize his dangerous posi-
. ton he was struck in the head and
hurled to the side of the track where
his body was found the next morn
4 ing.
4 Coroner Peterson, of Honesdale,
I was notified and went at once to the
scene of the accident. The following
men were empanelled as jury: L.
rs. Partridge, e. w. Collins, H. H.
Belknap, B. F. Caring, Clarence
Gromich and John Folly. A verdict
of death by being struck by train
was reached and the body was re-
moved to his home, where under
taker Teeter, of Hawley, took charge
of the remains and prepared them
for burial.
Mr.. Cronn had recently gone to
work for w. ]. Cobb, who does an
extensive business in numbering in
Adelia and the surrounding section
He is survived by his wife and two
small children.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
NEW INDUSTRIAL AGENT FOR
THE ID. & III,

Announcement has been made at
the Albany main office of the Della
WARE & Hudson company, that
Harry B. Weatherwax formerly chief
tlerk in the general traffic manager s
|bffice, has been named Industrial
agent The latter succeeds Ira H.
Shoemaker, who resigned on account
lbf i'll health.
Mr.. Weatherwax is perhaps one of
1he youngest industrial agents in the
Employ of any railroad in the coun-
&ry. He is 32 years of age.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
DOES SHE LIVE IN HoNEsDALE?

A young man residing between
this village and Corbett recently
struck up a Irritation in novel way.
On a dollar bill which he had in his
ing in Pennsylvania town. He
wrote to her and found that she was
too early to determine just how the
affair will end or whether, in time
Cupid will eventually get in some
fine work.-Downvill News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
PRISONER KILLED
THREE MEN.
Now at Farview-Has to be Strap.
ped to His Bed.

Jacob Koosach, of Clearfleld coun-
ty, is at the State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane at Farview. 1t is
alleged that he murdered three men.
When first tried for murder he was
adjudged insane and was committed
to an asylum where he later killed
two of the prison attendants. For
the past two years he has been strap
ped to his bed.
The man at times talks nationally
but he is said to be one of the
criminal insane of the worst type.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Emily Hagaman.

The remains of Mrs. Emily Haga-
man, formerly a resident of Homes
dale, who died in Philadelphia, ar
rived here Monday afternoon for
burial. The funeral will take place
here Tuesday. Mrs. Hagaman left
rHonesdale about five years ago for
Philadelphia, where she had since
resided. Before coming to Homes
dale she was a resident of White
Mills. She is survived by two sons
and was about sixty years of age.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
PIANO FALLS OVER.
jures Two East Branch Ladies Who
Try to Move 1t.

While Mrs. j. e. Cassidy and Mrs.
pie were moving Mrs. Cassidy S
ano from one side Of the parlor
the other last week, a castor came
BIT, partially overturning the piano
I'D pinning both women fast for a
bile. Mrs. Cassidy soon extricated
krself without any very serious
|uises, the worse being her ear torn
|ose for little way, and she, to-
|ther with a caller, who happened
be there succeeded in getting ii
II of Mrs. Cole, who was already
|ue in the face. Her neck has been
|nsiderably swollen ever since but
9TH are getting along all right
3llivan County, N. Y, Review.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
CHEMICAL PLANT sUsPENDs.

The Keery Chemical Company has
again closed their acid factory at
Fish's Eddy, this time permanently.
The factory has not been paying
proposition for some time past, ow-
ing to the worn-out condition of the
machinery, and the management
have concluded that it is cheaper to
ship what wood they have to the
Cadosia factory than to repair this
factory and put it on a paying basis
again.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
LETTERS UNCALLED FOR.

Letters remaining uncalled for al
the Honesdale office for week begin
ming May 12: H. Bergman, Mrs
Elmer Beardsley, Lee M. Newham
Mrs. Nelson e. Saunders. Persons
calling for above will say "Advertis-
ed" M. B. Allen, Postmaster.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
BISHOP DOANE DIES.

Bishop William Croswell Doane,
bishop of Albany diocese of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church, died at the
Hotel Manhattan, New York, on Sat
urday. He was eighty-one years
old.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
FIRST HEAT CAST FRIDAY.
New Gurney Electric Elevator Plant
Now Omen for Business.

Now Open for Business.
The first heat in the new Gurney
foundry was successfully cast on
Friday last. This important part OF
the elevator shops was moved on
Friday, Saturday and Monday, from
the old shops to the new without
losing a single days cast, showing
some "tall'' hustling on the part OF
the management.
Only one machine has been NOV
ed from the machine shop proper
the balance will follow as fast as
possible.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Dies i'm Port Jervis, N. Y.

Thomas Malie died Saturday night
his home in Port Jervis. He is
3rvived by one daughter, Hazel, of
hwley, Pa. The body will be
bought to Hawley from where the
5neral will take place Tuesday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
OILING THE STREETS.

Wilkes-Barre is oiling it's streets
using 2,400 gallons of oil day.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-11-07
Northern Liqhts Make Noise.

German scientists are greatly inter
ested in a discussion regarding new
phenomena revealed by the aurora bo
reals, according to recent Norwegian
and German observers. People living
in the northern part Of Norway main
tanned that they often hear sounds &C
companying the northern lights. These
sounds are described by some as SINH
lar to the cracking of flames. Ac
cordingly German and Norwegian sci
entists started out to investigate the
phenomena, and one of them Ola'
Aabakken, has spent a long time al
the Hallde observatory in Finmarken
Aabakken thinks that it is very un
likely that any sound is to. be heard
from the northern lights. He main
tains that the human senses are not to
be relied on, especially regarding the
phenomena of sight. He says that the
idea Of sound connected with the
northern lights may result from thu
fact that these lights look like flames
and as people are accustomed to asso
ciate the cracking sound with flames
the rather uncritical observer of the
blazing movements Of the aurora bore
Ills is apt to think that he really hears
he sound of those flames.