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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

After the Gurney Electric Eleva-
tor company shall have moved its
machinery and equipment into the
magnificent new building just dedi-
Gated the hum of wheels will con-
tinue to be heard at the Eleventh
street plant. President H. F. Cur
ney, who has just been elected gen.
eral manager of the Air Brake COM
pany, of New York city, informed
a Citizen representative today that it
is his expectation to manufacture a
new safety device for stopping eleva-
tor cars. This device applies the
brake to the guards alongside the
elevator carriage and is equivalent
to the Westinghouse air brake,
which grabs the wheels of railroad
car. 1t is claimed, however, to be
better than the Westinghouse pat
ent in that the device is so attached
as to take immediate hold of the
guards and does not slip nor slide
as do the wheels of car on a track.
There is no other device like this
manufactured in the United States,
and it's being made in Honesdale will
prove to be another acquisition that
this town will have occasion to feel
proud of. A new company will be
VI SdulZSu " IdhS CelS VI Cnlo uSW
business. In addition to the above,
elevator signals will also be manu-
factured at the old Gurney plant.
Mr.. Gurney stated that this patent
is one that has been applied for by
the companys patent attorney, E.
w. Marshall, of New York City. The
signal has been worked out and per-
fected by Alexis Leblanc, expert
electrical engineer, who has charge
of the experimental department un-
der William M. Cummiskey.
The elevator signal device is an
important factor in the man
facture of high speed eleva-
tors, like those manufactured
at the Gurney plant. In a 100000
job in one of the large New York
city buildings, a large percentage
of the amount was represented in
signals. When Mr.. Gurney built
the new plant he said he would not
! allow the old factory to remain idle.
AS a result Mr.. Gurney is making
two blades of grass grow where one
grew before.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
or CHILD WAS DUE TO
PNEUMONIA
CORONER PETERSON CALLS IN
VESTIGATION INTO CAUSE OF
DEATH OF INFANT CHILD.
DIR. John ID. Wilson, of the State
Hospital, Scranton, Examines the
Heart, Lungs and Liver and Says
Death Was Due to Pneumonia.

DIR. John ID. Wilson, of the State
Hospital, Scranton, Examines the
Heart, Lungs and Liver and Says
Death Was Due to Pneumonia.
Coroner Peterson received word
from DR.. Wilson Wednesday after
noon to the effect that the latter
had made an examination of the
lungs of he child and thatshrdll
lungs of David Hopkins and that
there could be no doubt as to the
cause of death. He said that the
child had died of pneumonia. Mr..
Peterson reconvened the jury today
and they found a verdict of death
by pneumonia thereby clearing up
the mystery surrounding the death
of David Hopkins, two months old
son of Laura Gibson. There were
circumstances connected with the
case that caused Coroner Peterson
to have an autopsy held.
Monday morning about five o'clock
the two months old son of Laura
ellison, who is employed in the home
of VIM. l.. Hopkins, near Aldenville,
was found dead in bed. The child
had been adopted by Mr.. Hopkins
about a month ago, having taken the
, legal steps necessary in the courts
here so that the child would bear his
name. The child's name was chang
ed from David Gibson to David Hop
kins.
Monday morning Mr.. Hopkins
came to Honesdale to see Coroner
Peterson and to get a death certifi-
cate and burial permit and he told
the coroner that the child had died
of pneumonia. The coroner refus-
ed to grant a permit until he salts
fed himself as to the facts in the
| case so he went to Aldenville that
afternoon to Investigate. A jury
composed of Floyd Bennett, Frank
Roe, Frank Foley, Oliver Frear,
George O'Dell and c. L. Dunning
was empanelled by Coroner Peterson
and they viewed the body. Testi-
mony Of several witnesses was heard
and among them were Mrs. Hopkins
and Joe Welsh. They testified that
the baby had not been sick. The Gill
son girl and Hopkins testified that
the baby had had very bad cold
for several days. Drs. E. w. Burns
and P. E. Peterson performed an
autopsy and sent the heart, lungs and
liver to DR.. John D. Wilson, patholo-
gist of the State hospital, Scranton,
for an analysis of their contents and
the jury adjourned until the report
from DR.. Wilson was received.
In September of last year an in
fant child belonging to the same
woman and adopted in the regular
way by w. L. Hopkins in the courts
of this county, died suddenly from
an overdose of laudanum which had
been administered accidentally, so
the coroner was informed.
The funeral and burial took place
Tuesday afternoon at Aldenville.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
Homer Greene's Address.

Mr.. McCarty next introduced
Homer Greene who returned from
New York late last evening. He
spoke of what the others had said
and the work of the Board of Trade
on acquiring this great plant here
and then launched INTO the main
part of his address. II was not ask
ed to come here,' said Mr.. Greene,
II was merely notified that l must
be here. During my thirty-six years
here do not remember of ever see
ing so great an outpouring of the
people on an occasion of this kind.
This event is bound to become his
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
Judge Robert Carey's Address.

Burgess C. A. McCarty introduce
ed to the large assemblage Judge
Robert Carey, of Jersey City, as the
next speaker. In making the intro
duction, Mr.. McCarty stated that
Judge Carey was brother-in-law OF
Mr.. Gurney and had had much to do
with the legal part of the work of
the Gurney Electric Elevator Com
pany. Judge Carey is an orator of
no mean ability and held the atten-
tion of his audience throughout his
discourse. He said that he came to
speak for Mr.. Gurney. He said that
the company was happy in the COM
pletion of their plant and happy at
this demonstration of good will on
the part of the people of Honesdale.
The company made no mistake
when it finally decided to locate here
and the cooperation shown to them
is the kind of spirit that is essen
tial for the best development of any
enterprise.
This plant represents a big in
vestment of money but it isn't going
to be an idle investment. Every dol
lar invested here is going to work
not only for the good of the COM
pany but for the good of Honesdale
where most of the stock and bonds
of the company are held. No man
can live for himself alone in the
world. Neither can the company
live for itself. Its failure would
mean blight to the community; its
success would mean prosperity to
you.
This is the way the Gurney Elec-
trio Elevator company feels toward
Honesdale. 1t takes money to build
factories, and make it success but
we have found both here and on this
occasion / want to express publicly
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

to the people of Honesdale the graft
tude of the company. Your Board
of Trade cultivated and developed
the spirit which kept this business
here. Your banks splendidly CO.
operated to finance this undertaking
and your town officials in their lib.
eral treatment of the company made
it possible for us to get this fine
location. Mr.. Gurney did not have
to go out of town for a dollar to
build this plant. This company is a.
Honesdale proposition pure and sim
pie, and has no entangling alliances
with trusts"
In closing HTr. Carey said: "Some-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

Last Week Interesting Trip Was
Made From Equinunk to Borden
town-Raft 21OX54 and Valued at
$1,000.
What will probably be the last
raft of timber to go down the Della
ware was started from Equinunk last
week by Albert and Arthur Mitchell
of Callicoon. Its destination was
Bordentown, n. j., and the reason
that it will probably be the last is
because there is no more timber to
be cut. Never more will the hun
dreds of RATS float to tide water
every freshet as in years gone by,
manned by men who knew the river
as they did their own home towns,
and who were as robust as their
calling, making trip after trip as
fast as the RATS could travel and
sometimes continuing night and day
in order to market the large amount
of timber cut during the winter.
The raft was 210 feet long and "a
feet wide and was made up of spile
lumber. At the market price the
raft was worth over 1000. 1t was
made up in the river at Dillon's,
three miles above Louisville. Ar
thur Mitchell was the steersman,
WITH William Skinner OF MllanVllle,
assisting on the stern oar. Albert
Mitchell and Ralph Bush piled the
forward oars. At Equinunk Mr.. and
Mrs. Oakley Tyner, Miss Grace Bull
lock and Claude Williams Joined the
party.
Mr.. Skinner is the last steersman
now able to navigate the Delaware,
all the former steersmen either being
too old to undertake the work or
dead. He is direct descendant of
Daniel Skinner who ran the first raft
down the Delaware river in 1894.
He conceived the idea of binding to-
gether a number of big pine tree
logs and floating the timber to Phil
adelphia where he found ready
market for it as masts of vessels.
Since that time the Skinner family
have always been represented on the
river and have always bore the rep
utation of being fine steersmen, and
the last of them, William Skinner,
bears that reputation to-day. The
family had the great distinction of
running the first and last RATS that
fioated to tide-water on the Della
ware, nearly a century and half
apart.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
NEW MAIL DELIVERY.

Beginning Thursday, April "a, an
additional mail delivery was effect
ed on Main street. The service will
include the Main streets between the
State bridge at the corner OF Twelfth
street to Fifth street. This delivery
gives the business men excellent SER
1880 Erie and 3;15 d. & H. trains.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

one has said that today is better
than yesterday. Men live and ad-
vance and are not afraid to trust the
future. Tomorrow is better than to-
day because in it lies the future of
untold prosperity and happiness for
Honesdale."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

D. w. Manning, travelling freight
agent of the Erie railroad, attended
the dedication of the new elevator
plant on Wednesday evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

toric for it is without a doubt one
of the greatest events in the history
of Honesdale. l have spoken on
many occasions. ! have been pres
ent at dedications of churches and
discoursed on the peace, law and
order as the forces and influence ex-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
THE OLD PLANT WILL CONTINUE IN OPERATION

Enthusiastic Speeches OF Welcome Behalf Of
Honesdae Delivered BY Judge Seare, Bur-
CESS McCarty and the Author-LaWyer Homer
Greene. Remarkably Happy Response for Mr..
Gurney by Judge Robert Carey, of Jersey City.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
W. C. Blakney and J. D. Weston.

Out of town guests: D. ]. O'Con-
nell, New York; c. B. Paul. New
York; E. w. Marshall, New York:
Geo. E. Bates, Scranton; Supt. of d.
& H., c. e. Burr, Carbondaie; C. N.
Lauer, Philadelphia; j. N. Kennedy,
Philadelphia; N. Roosevelt, Philadel-
phia; A. Natres, Philadelphia; Peter
Herbric, Philadelphia.
Burgess Chas. A. McCarty, as pre-
siding officer of the evening, gave
the address of welcome, and intro
duced the other speakers.
Mr.. McCarty said in part:
The presence here tonight of this
magnificent audience representing as
it does not only the municipality of
Honesdale officially, but the financial,
industrial, agricultural and commerci-
al life of our community is fraught
with deep significance, and augers
well for the future of our town.
You are not attracted by idle curl
osity but with a deep conviction that
you have business here, and that your
presence will add to the occasion in
some degree, that influence which on
the whole must be far reaching and ef-
fective.
Large numbers of people have from
time to time through all the ages as
sembled at irregular intervals, and
different places for the accomplish
ment of almost innumerable purposes.
Sometimes to celebrate the corna-
tion of a king, sometimes for the in
auguration of a president, and then
to protest against wrong and injustice,
and then to celebrate and perpetuate
some important event in history. 1t
is for this last purpose we are as
sembled here tonight to celebrate the
completion and official opening of the
Gurney Electric Elevator Works. Thus
we see approval or protest may be
made manifest by the assembling of
crowd. Hi
This meeting here tonight together
with the occasion which calls it forth
is destined to become historic, and all
those who have the privilege of taking
part in these proceedings shall, by
their very act, stamp their names in
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
MANY BUSINESS PLACES GAY WITH FLAGS

The Parade was Composed of the Entire Gurney
Force, Honesdae Borough Officials, Bank
Representatives, Speakers OF the Evening",
Prominent Citizens and D. & II. Officials. II
was the Maple City's Most Important Event.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

The occasion that has been long I
looked forward to, the event of the
largest Importance to the commun-
ity of Honesdale, is now thing OF
the past. The opening of the new
Gurney Electric Elevator plant is
now a part of the historic life of
Honesdale and it will hold a place
in the minds of men for many years
to come as marking the beginning of
a great industrial activity and pros
perity for the borough.
Wednesday evening the crowds
thronged the curbing the entire
length of Honesdale's Main street to
watch the parade of automobiles
which bore the speakers, business
men and the members of the Board
of Trade ard their wives to the Cur
ney Electric Elevator plant at the
received by a committee made up of
employees of the plant and the
mechanism of the big plant was
demonstrated. 1t is estimated that
four thousand people followed in
the wake of the parade last night
and thronged through the building
when the doors were opened.
The reception committee was COM
posed of the following: F. S. Mer-
ritt, A. R. Little, w. M. Cummiskey,
A. Leblanc, F. H. Thompson, Wal
ter O'Connell, ]. ]. Mcclure, Leon
Ross, Benjamin Hessling, Charles
Reury, George Leest Rex Nicholson,
Gustave Deiner, Earl Benjamin,
Ernest Dudley, w. B. Bennett, Nor
man Taylor, John Roeschlau, Fred
Truman, William Loris, Russell Den
mis-, R. T. Bracey, Stephen Hotten-
roth, Walter Brown, VIM. Pethick,
Fred Hattler and ]. M. Archer.
A large platform had been erect
ed in the rear of the main room and
in front of this seats were placed
for the accommodation of the ladies.
On the platform were the speakers,
the officers and salesmen of the
company, the members of the bor-
ough council and the directors of
the four banks of Honesdale. Those
who were on the platform were:
G. A. McCarty, Judge Carey, HON.
er Greene, Judge Searle, H. F. Cur
ney, F. S. Merritt, w. NJ. Cummis-
key, G. R. Galloway, A. R. Little.
Construction and Sales Depart
ment: w. l.. O'Connell, e. X. Little,
H. S. Houpt, E. w. Evans, w. D.
MacQueston, P. v. Dudley, A. E.
Petit, H. Truman, M. o. Sykes, F.
H. Thowler, E. T. Stevens.
Town Council: M. Caufield, John
Erik, T. Canivan, William Kreitner,
G. III. Rettew, S. T. Ham, George
Penwarden, w. H. Lee.
Bank Directors: w. B. Holmes, T.
B. Clark, w. F. Suydam, w. w. Suy-
dam, E. w. Gammell, H. T. Conger,
G. j. Smith, H. S. Salmon, J. w. Far
ley, F. B. Kimble, H. z. Russell, H.
T. Menner, l.. j. Dorflinger, ]. c..
Birdsall, E. B. Hardenbergh, P. R.
Murray, l.. A. Howell, E. C. Mum
ford, w. F. Riefier, E. D. Penwar-
den, Joel ]. Hill, Silas A. McMullen,
Jacob F. Katz, Warren E. Per-
ham, B. F. Haines, H. B. Ely, C. NJ.
Pethick, j. A. Fisch, G. l.. Wright,
M. E. Simons, ]. S. Brown, John
Weaver, c. A. Emery. John Krantz,
G. w. Sell, o. e. Bunnell, M. j. Han
Ian, F. w. Kreitner, w. M. Fowler.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25
SKINNER STEERS LAST RAFT
DOWN DELAWARE
MILANVILLE VETERAN LUMBER
MAN is LAST STEERSMAN
ON THE DELAWARE.

Last Week Interesting Trip Was
Made From Equinunlk to Borden
town-Raft 21OX54 and Valued at
$1,000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

Every Advertisement
per is NEWS and Ever,
Gle is an Advertisemel
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

When You Have Finished Read
ing Our Boom Number Pass ii on to
Some Friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
PAvEmENTS WILL
NOT Be TAKEN UP
Mayor Harry M. Schriver Gives
Interview on Connecting Up
Water Service.

Property owners must have their
water and sewer service extended to
the curb line at once on streets where
paving is contemplated declared
Mayor II. NJ Schriver today TO a rep
resentGtive CT The Argus. After the
pavement is laid, it will not be taken
UP for those desiring water and sewer
connections.
Even people owning lots on which
no improvements have been made
should see that the water and sewer
mains to the curb are installed now.
Ordinarily people do not discover they
want these necessities until after the
pavements have been laid Much harm
has resulted in the past from the tear
ing up Of the streets, and this will
have to be stopped if we want our
pavements to look good and wear a
long time. Now is the time to have
these matters attended to-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
TO BRING COWDRY
BACK FOR TRIAL
Deputy Sheriff Siemon Leaves
Monday After Prisoners at
Joliet.

Ernest B. Cowdry, convicted of in
cest, the complaining witness being
his daughter, Rose, is to be
brought back the first of the week for
retrial from the state penitentiary at
Joliet
1t will be remembered he was gent
to the penitentiaTy under the indeter-
inmate act, but States attorney Floyd
e. Thompson discovered that the sU-
preme court holds that the jury should
have fixed the sentences in cases of
this character, and therefore confess
ed error, and it was remanded by the
supreme court back for trial. Deputy
Sheriff George Siemon will leave Mon
day for Cowdry, and he will be held
at the county jail until the September
term.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
COUPLE DROWNED
BY UPSET CANOE
Cyrus Johnson and Miss Grace
GLADDEN. Lose Their Lives in
the River.
GIRLS POCKETBOOK FOUND
Had Been at Suburban Island and on
Way Home When Graft Over
turns With Fatal Results.

An overturned canoe found this
morning near Suburban island gave a
clew t. the death of two prominent
young people of Davenport. Cyrus
Johnson, mail clerk, aged % employ
ed by the Davenport Times, and Miss
Grace GLADDEN., aged %, employed as
a clerk in the Harned-Von Maur store,
are the victims. Their bodies had not
been recovered this afternoon.
The young people left Suburban is
land in canoe at $3.50 last evening.
That was the last seen of them. This
morning the overturned boat was
found and hanging to a seat was the
handle of purse owned by Miss
GLADDEN..
An effort has been made to recover
the bodies, but the search has been
frultless thus far. Both were popular
and had many friends who will be
grieved to know of the tragedy. The
young woman lived on West Fourth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
ON EVANGELICAL WORK

At the German Evangelical church
Of Peace, corner Twelfth street and
Twelfth avenue, tomorrow evening
will be given a stereopticon lecture on
Our Church and. Her Work." depict
ing the history, activity and achieve
ments of the German Evangelical SYN
cd in America. There will be shown
l20 superb views, original photographs
from the home and foreign mission
fields, seminaries, Sunday schools, hos
pitfalls, asylums, publishing houses, etc,
with number of views of the recent
food in Ohio, also maps and charts.
The lecture will be given by two stu
dents from the Eden theological sem
mary at st. Louis. No admission will
be charged, but there will be a free
will offering for UNCONVENTIONAL work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
CICARET FIEND
is COMING HERE
Nose, 21-year old Boy Weighs
but 40 Pounds-Driven
Out of New York.

Nose, the cigaret fiend, a mere boy
Of p, who has been a slave to the
deadly paper pipe since he was six
years of age, will be seen in Rock
Island next Monday night, when the
Kelly-Clifton shows open at Exposition
park for siX-day engagement under
the auspices of the Rock Island Amuse-
ment company. Pale, thin and enact
ated, Nose puffs the deadly cigaret
necessarily, rolling fresh pill as rap
idly as ne has consumed the last one
The nicotine has Slapped his entire
vitality, and at present he weighs but
40 pounds. So weakened is he, that
a trained nurse attends him at all
times.
Nose has never worked in his life,
the rice paper fumes having effectu-
ally blunted his intellect and nullified
all ambition. Should he be deprived OF
cigaret for 10 minutes, he would go
to pieces and become a nervous wreck.
Nose was driven out of New York
City by the Anti-Cigaret league, and
since that time has been on the road.
Various church organizations have in
duced him to appear in sanctuaries all
over the country, and the young boys
have Oeen brought there by parents
to witness the ravages of the cigaret.
Nose, realizing that his life is wreck
ed, is now endeavoring to guide 9TH
ers along the right pathway, and feels
that if others can be saved by his
example, his life has not been in vain.
At each and every exhibit a noted
lecturer delivers an address on the
evils of cigaret smoking, and the fea-
ture is proving of vast educational
benefit. Nose will be seen in Rock Is
land with the Kelly-Clifton shows,
along with the many other high grade
attractions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
Three ARE milne
FOR SCHOOL BOARD
Cleaveland and Anderson for
Reelection-Sperry for
Vacancy.

Next Tuesday the voters of Rock
Island will choose three members of
the board of education. All of the
city precinct polling places will be
open for the purpose of registering
the ballots.
The retiring members of the board
are H. H. Cleaveland, A. G. Anderson
and S. R. Kenworthy, the latter having
resigned a year in advance of the ex-
piration of his term because of his
removal from the Rock Island school
district.
Messrs. Cleaveland and Anderson
have consented to stand for reelec-
ton on condition that other qualified
citizens will not be seekers for the po.
sEtions, while A d. Sperry has
acquiesed to the wishes of his friends
30 enter the field as a candidate for
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mr.. Kenworthy. Messrs. Cleave-
land and Anderson are republicans
and Mr.. Sperry is a democrat Thus
the ticket presented for the consider
alton Of the electorate continues the
nonpartisan complexion of the board
personnel.
In behalf of the retention of Messrs.
Cleaveland and Anderson their sup
porters are urging that it would be to
the best interests of the schools that
they be continued at least another
term that they may be able to com
plete certain improvements and inno-
vations that have been inaugurated
during their incumbency.
1t is announced that the socialist
party will have a complete ticket in
the field Tuesday. In the event Of
its success the socialists would secure
control of the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21
FOURTEEN YEAR SENTENCE IS GIVEN SLAYER OF BANKER CR0WDR
JURY THAT DECIDED
GUILT OF STATION

Leonard Washburn, Rock Island,
street car conductor.
r. Walker, Rock Island, street ca.
motorman.
r. A. Lynch, Moline, clerk Deere &
Co.
Sidney Pearson, Rock Island, second
hand man.
S. A. LaVanway, Rock Island, agent
Illinois Oil company.
U. 3. Bell, siIvis, proprietor pool
hall.
William Earle. Rock Island, profess
sional ball player.
L. M. Bennett, Rock Island, street
car motorman.
George w. cradaII, Rock Island,
plumber.
M. NJ. 5aIIentine, Moline, clerk Mo.
line PIow company.
c. n. Eranger, Moline, salesman.
J. r. Huette, Moline, coremaker
Williams, White & Co.