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ut is clear to the whole country
that the tariff duties must be altered.
They must be changed to meet the
radical alteration in the conditions of
our economic life which the country
has witnessed within the last genera
ton. While the whole face and meth
cd of our industrial and commercial
life were being changed beyond rec
ognition the tariff schedules have re-
MANNED what they were before the
change began, or have moved in the
direction they were given when no
large circumstance of our industrial
development was what it is today.
.'"Our task is to square them with
the actual facts. The sooner that is
done the sooner We shall escape from
suffering from the facts and the soon
er our men of business will be free to
thrive by the law of nature (the ma
ture of free business) instead OF by
the law of legislation and artificial
arrangement.
q, "We have seen tariff legislation
wander very far afield in our day
very far indeed from the field in
which our prosperity might have had
normal growth and Stimulation. No
one who looks the facts squarelys in
the face or knows anything that lies
beneath the surface of action can fail
to perceive the principles upon which
recent tariff legislation has been
based. We long ago passed beyond
the modest notion of protecting
the industries of the country and
moved boldly forward to the idea that
they were entitled to the direct pat
ronage of the. government. For a
long time a time so long that the
men now active in public policy hard
ly remember the conditions that pre-
ceded tive have sought in our tar
if schedules to give each group of
manufacturers or producers what
they themselves thought that they
needed in order to maintain practi-
cally exclusive market as against the
rest of the world.
@ Consciously or unconsciously, we
have built up set of privileges and
exemptions from competition behind
which it was easy. by any, even the
crudest, forms Of combination to or
4.
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PETITION fREEL Y SIGNED.
Business Men Seem to Favor $1,000
Liquor License For Bemidji
Saloons.
MOVE MEETS WITH APPROVAL

49, s - j = q
The petition presented to the couh-
Gil at the meeting last evening, indi-
Gates that the business interests
want only what is considered fair to
all concerned. The council acted
upon this petition although, some
were Of the opinion that the license
should remain at the figures first set.
The petition and its signers is as
follows:
To the Honorable Common Council,
City of Bemidji:
We, the undersigned citizens and
property owners of Bemidjf, do re-
spec fully, yet earnestly, urge your
honorable body not to fix the fee for
license to sell intoxicating liquors n
said city, In any amount greater than
One Thousand Dollars. ($1,OO0.O09. 4
We urge this after a full and
careful consideration of what we
think is the best interest of Bemidji
and its people.
w. L. Brooks, George w. Rhea,
Harley A. Hanson, George w. Noll,
W. F. Marcum, l.. F. Johnson, John
c. Tennstrom, E. F. Netzer, H. Doran,
A. R. Erickson, j. X. Given, R. l..
Given, John Graham, A. G. Wedge,
Jr.; (for $1,000 license), R. H. schu-
maker (for 900 license), E. r.
.
Getchell, A. Klein, J. p, Pogue, M. F.
Wilson, John Hermann, C. J. Wood
mansee, G. Akerberg, D. H. Fisk, j.,
A. Mcdonald, John Goodman, H. H.
Mayer, e. A. Barker, 1. Blooston, o.
U. Schwandt, F.. G. Troppman, Chas.
Nangle, T. J. Burke, Chas Cominsky,
A. J. Abercrombie, T. J. Crane & Co.,
Ct. J. Crane), j. T. Tuomy, David
Gill, A. P. White, H. G.. Baer, Gust
Brown; L. P. Eckstron, c. e. BATTLES,
Geo. Anderson, A. Doran, J. P. Lahr,
Nelson & Thorson, L. G. Crothers,
Geo. Kreatz, Matt Phibbs, Roland
Gilmore. :.
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HOUSE HAS BACK BONE
Manahan, Alfalfa Bill. Murray
Eight Hour Nolan Are
: - .gEs-s -. 5ssS % HI IS
Conspicuous.
OVER HUNDRED NEW FACES

Washington, April S-Even though
the national legislature has lost such
picturesque figures as uncle joe
Cannon, ""Son-in-laW'' Nicholas
Longworth, "Boss'' John Dalzell and
others, the new house of representa-.
tives contains score or more Of re-
cruit lawmakers whose regulations
"back home indicate they will be in.
teresting personalities here.
In the seats left vacant by the III
members. who failed to return, and
the seats provided for the additional
members under the e-apportionment
plan, are mingled progressives and
regulars of both parties Most of the
new representatives are graduates
from state legislatures, but there are
lawyers, editors, business men, mer-
chants and few trade union organ
iZers. - s-4E
Possibly the most picturesque fig
ure will be alfalfa Bill'' Murray,
father of the Oklahoma constitution
Murray. He doesn't wear a silk hat
or billed shirt because he prefers
loose clothes and a black sombrero.
Minnesota sends James Manahan
who won the suit that compelled the
Pullman company to reduce the price
OF upper berths. He is out for the
recall of judges.
! Then there is Eight Hour" Nolan
recently secretary Of the San Fran
cisco Labor Council. Wage earning
women in California thank him fol
the eight hour law in that state
while Los Angeles remembers him al
organizer Of the metal trades workers
whose strike eliminated in the Nc.
Namara tragedy. Attacking him vii
be Albert IS. Johnson of Hoquiam
Wash, who runs an anti-labor and
anti-socialist journal. s-
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET
All Members Were Present With the
Exception Of Clementson.

The regular meeting of the county
board of commissioners was called at
the court house this morning. In
addition to the regular routine of
business large number of road ap-
preparations were called for. The
county road fund is not large enough
to appropriate money for the con-
struction Of all the roads petitioned
and the commissioners must use their
Judgment for those most needed.
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Special Privileges Must Be Abolished
and Good Business
Encouraged.
DEALS WITH BANKING LAWS
Says It Would Be Unwise to Move
Forward With Reckless
Haste.

TO the Senate and House Of Represent
tatives:
Il have called the congress togeth-
Ell in extraordinary session because a
duty was laid upon the party now in
power at the recent elections which it
ought to perform promptly, in order
that the burden carried by the people
under existing law may be Hghtened
as soon as possible and in order, also,
that the business interests of the
country may not be kept too long in
suspense as to what the seal changes
are to be to which they will be re-
quired to adjust themselves.
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THREE IN MUNICIPAL COURT

Three DRINKS were arranged in po-
lice court this morning before Judge
Crowell. The first was Frank Ray
nard who plead guilty to being
drunk. Raynard has been employed
as porter at the Brinkman and his
sentence was suspended on the con-
ditiOn that he return to work and
stay Sober.
with being drunk. He plead guilty
but was released on condition that he
remain in good behavior during his
stay in Bemidji.
Mike Preble was arrested on the
same charge and was given until six
thirty, tonight to leave town. . o.
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EXAMINE SCHOOL CHILDREN
Doctors Clark and Chesley Here Con-
Quoting Examinations.

Under lie dire> lion of the state
board of health Doctors Clark and
Chesley made an examination of the
eyes of the school, children in the
city for the purpose of discovering
any possible trace of trachoma.. They
completed their work this morning.
With the possible exception Of one
single and extremely mild case, nc
form of the disease was found. ..
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Unable to Handle Rush Short Time
After Station Opens" Says
- DR.. Sehleusner. |
CATCH ONTO CODE QUICKLY
Wireless Telephone Will Make Direct
Communication Possible,
Says Doctor.
BY CARLTON TEN EYCK
Special to The Pioneer.

Special to The Pioneer.
New York, April 7.-Communica.
ton with the spirit world by means
of wireless telegraph apparatus is
the latest sensation reported in New
York psychical circles. Within the
last few days complete wireless
station has been installed in the
Temple of Modern Spiritualism and,
according to it's pastor, the Rev. DR.
Richard R. 'Schleusner, regular mes
sages have been transmitted to and
received from "those on the other
side" 49,;
DR.. Schleusner and others connect
ed with the Temple explain that the
sending apparatus is operated by a
weakened current to prevent it's mes
sages from being picked up by the
regular wireless stations around the
clay: But the spirit operators are SO
sensitive to the wireless waves that
they can read the fafntest messages
sent out and their responses, while
feeble, are entirely intlligible to the
receiving operator at the terrestrial
end of the wireless.
At first, it is said, there was no re-
Spouse to messages sent out from the
church. This was explained by the
fact that the spirits had not ''prac-
ticed" the code and could not read
the messages as well as they could
send ;them-an explanation that
would appear reasonable to anyone
who has practiced: ordinary Morse
telegraphy. But owing to their
keener faculties, the spirits quickly
became experts in sending both Morse
and Continental codes. -. ..
eve operate our station by placing
one or more OF our mediums beside
the telegraph OPERATOR explained
one of the officials of the Temple.
The medium attracts the spirits or
controls, as we call them, within the
radius of our wireless currents.
"When the medium has established
the proximity of control a message
is given the operator and he sends it
in the ordinary manner. Almost in
stantly the reply comes and CONVEX
sation between the medium and the
controls continues without Interrupt
ton for several minutes. Then the
communication becomes confused by
the efforts of other controls to trans
nit messages of their own and the
station has to shut down, for awhile
until the spirits stop crowding
around ~ -s5..Ez r.: - : =. III,
DR.. Schleusner said that the sue
cess with the wireless telegraph APP
paratus had convinced him that, by
means Of the wireless telephone, d.
rect communication by speech with
the spirit world is possible.
DR.: Sch1eusner said the Temple
must not be confused with the fakirs
that have brought discredit upon
spiritualism. He said his organiza-
4
tion is doing everything it can to pro-
mote the scientific advancement Of
his faith IS ss
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ELAND TOWN OFFICERS.

- At the last election of the annual
town meeting, held in the town of
Eland, the following officers were
elected:
Supervisor, Nels Nelson. -:
Clerk, G.. H. Smith. =@s.:..
Treasurer, John Lingvall. - -, . ~:
Assessor, N. J. Nelson. U
Constab BILE, N. J. Nelson: -
Road overseer, M. B. Olson. 2*..
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eGOnllnueds On last spagol.
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FLOOD HORRORS
BY MRS. sTONE'R | |
Writes From Dayton, o., Describing
Condition in Flooded
District.
MAKES. MAI $ ALL ONE BIG FAMILY Il
Diamonds, Cut Glass, Jewelry, Silks,
ETC., Found in the Mud
and Slime.
nrAmry rYcm 1vArurn mr,n
DEATH LIST EXAGGERATED
Will Reach Four Hundred Mark and
Still Growing Three Hundred
Horses Were Drowned.

A letter directly from resident of
the city of Dayton, Ohio, was receiv-
ed by Mrs. M. D.. Stoner Monday
morning. The letter was written by
Mrs. E. F. Stoner who is a sister in
law of Mr.. Stoner's. She describes
some Of the conditions and is best
told by reprintirg her letter. The
letter follows: r
s, Dayton, Onio, April 3, 1913.
Mrs. NJ. d. stoner,
Bemidji, Mimi.
My Dear Sister and Family:
We know you must feel very anx-
ious about the Dayton friends in this
awful food We have heard from all
of them now and they are safe. Some
hadSto be taken out in boats, like the
rest, but are now back cleaning mud
and slime out of their homes. The
building May was in was condemned,
as were many others, that are still
STANDING Their foundations were
washed badly or they were damned
soaAeway SO they are unsafe for dwell
lings., May moved to Norman street,
this side of Maud's four Or five
squares. Fifteen were taken out Of
that building. You remember how
high it was there The boat just
went in the stairway and they waded
On the landing into the boat. e.
& Our beautiful city is in ruins. The
water was fifteen feet at the court
house. Down Main street, diamonds,
cut glass, silks, satins, costly wraps.
furniture, provisions iii cans and
from lower floors, all rep
resenting fortunes, are in, the street
in the mud and slime. They have re-
moved three hundred dead horses
from the streets. The human death
list is now four hundred, but they
fear more will be found when the
collapsed buildings are removed, as
more people are missing. Some chung
to the rafters in their houses to keep
from drowning. Others carried away
everything they could to the attic,
saved all their bed clothes and many
other things, and hurriedly took
some provisions up to remain there
until the boats could take them, out.
Some were there two days and two
nigths. Others saved nothing, as they
had to fee for their lives, their
houses being on low ground, many Of
these were swept away. The death
list in the papers is exaggerated but
The destruction cannot be exaggerat-
ed. / am so sorry Morris did not see
Dayton while it was the pride of the
west. Maude and Effie have their
house full of refugees, as many 9TH
ers have.who live up high. High land
now will be very valuable. Our little
town little York; was badly, hit
We lost three men there: Mr.. Wool
~, Mr.: Jess Wort and Mr.. Davis.
The York bridge was taken away
The water was six feet higher at
York than ever before. It was up
over the green house benches at
Yicks. We worked there for three
days. had three with me for
awhile. Now We are baking bread
and sewing, and in fact, doing every
thing we can for Dayton sufferers.
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OPERATE ON G. G.. CROSS.
=. c. c. Cross, an employee OF the
Crookston Lumber company was OPP
Grated on for appendicitis at mid
night last night. The operation was
performed at the St. Antohny's hos
pital. 1.s.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-03
THREE CONVENTIONS IN THREE
DAYS.
(Contributed.)

Last week was convention week in
part Of Wayne county. Three con-
ventions in three successive days!
Yet the Bull Moose, the Elephant
and the Donkey were all conspicu-
Gus by their absence, and no shouts
of "Votes for Women" marred the
peacefulness of the gatherings. Wild
animals were not allowed, and the
women had all the votes they need
ed for these were Sunday school con-
ventions. They were held in Sterl-
ing, Hawley and Damascus districts
respectively.
You see 1 know all about it. The
president of the Wayne County Sun
day School Association attended
these conventions in his official ca
pacity, also in his automobile. Now
this automobile is a roomy, hospi-
table machine. 1t might almost be
called the S. S. bus. Last Sunday
for example, it conveyed eleven of
us safely to Sunday school.
Consequently, the small conven-
ton party composed of the county
president, his wife, and the pastor
| of the Damascus M. E. church, felt
that it needed recruits. So 1t hap
pened that l attended the conven-
tions in an unofficial capacity, enjoy
ed them heartily and realized more
than ever before the interest OF
Wayne county in Sunday school
work.
From Damascus, we travelled over
fairly good roads through Fallsdale
Girdland, Honesdale, Prompton and
Waymart to South Canaan.
There we enjoyed a delightful
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Under
wood. Those who know Mr.. Under
woodland they are many in mum
ber-know the magnificent work he
has to his credit in Wyoming confer
ence. With all his other duties, h'
finds time to give his hearty support
and sympathy to the new methods
of Sunday school work.
After leaving Mr.. Underwood
we journeyed through Gravity t
Sterling where the first convention
was held Tuesday, May 20.
The Methodist church at Sterling
with it's beautiful memorial window
, is a building of which the peopl
may we'll be proud. This church ha
; lately welcomed Rev. John Tuttle a
| its pastor.
J Some of the Sunday school work
, ers feared that the men would b
kept from attendance because of tn
farm work at home, nevertheless
J number of men were present, par
: ticularly in the afternoon and even
. ing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-03
MILANVILLE.
MilanYille, May -

j. ]. Mccullough landed wall
eyed pike weighing nine pounds
while w. R. Skinner caught two
very large ones the same day.
Miss Myrtle Lassley, who has been
studying music in Chicago during
the winter, arrived home Saturday.
Mrs. BENZ. Kays entertained a
number of ladies from the Milan
Vile Aid society on Thursday last,
Owing to the rainy day many who
would have been present were COM
PEELED to forego the pleasure. The
afternoon was pleasantly spent en-
joying the music of piano and violin,
the latter being played by the host.
Mrs. Kays is the possessor Of many
beautiful heirlooms. A bountiful
supper was served.
The following is from the Caznovia
Republican: The address given by
DR.. Charles Drake Skinner, of the
! Seminary, on Education for Eff
ciency," before the Caznovia Busi-
ness Mems Association at their an
! nual banquet was one Of the finest
addresses, if not the finest address
upon education ever delivered in
this village.
Mrs. w. B. Yerkes spent a few
days last week in Port Jervis. She
was accompanied home by Miss May
Boucher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pierce and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dexter have
| infant sons while Mr.. and Mrs.
Odell have baby daughter.
Three horses belonging to Earl
Barnes are having distemper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merlin Illman, OF
Narrowsburg, were in town last
week. Mr.. Illman wishes to locate
in Milanville if he can purchase q
property.
Mrs. John Pulls and sons returned
to Binghamton Friday last.
Several from here attended the
Union Memorial services at the M
E. church Sunday and were favor
ably impressed by Rev. Renville's
address.
Mrs. w. D. Yerkes went to Port
Jervis Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Page spent
Wednesday at Bethel.
Mrs. Mogridge and son Malnel
spent the week with the formers
, parents at Lookout.
Miss Sue Rockwell returned Il
Jersey City Monday after a pleasan
visit with the Mesdames Connor anC
Nichols.
Mrs. Mary Appley has returned t.
, her home at Damascus.
Mrs. David Calkins, of Boyds Mill
, and Mrs. Joseph Reynolds, of Milan
) vile, have gone to Binghamton II
) see their sister, Mrs. Reeves Samp
son, who recently underwent a crit
: cal operation at the Lestershire hos
4 nital Mrs Samnson's many friend
3 hope for her speedy recovery.
4 Mrs. Ethel Edwards and Mrs
: Alec Wood have been under the car
of DR.. MacCrae during the pas
week Mrs. Wood is still very i'll.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-03

The convention proceedings were
in charge of Friend Robacker of
Newfoundland, who has been the
faithful president of Sterling dis
trict during the past year.
State worker, Rev. George Dewey,
arrived from Scranton, and address
ed the convention afternoon and
evening. Mr.. Dowey's presence was
an aspiration to all three conventions
He showed us how little we have
done compared with the great
amount that we might do.
At the close of the morning, and
afternoon sessions, the ladies of
Sterling served bountiful meals in
their church basement where every
one gave the visitors a cordial well
come.
Our party was entertained for the
night at the hospitable homes of j.
E. and S. N. Cross. The next morn
| ing, with our number increased by
! the addition of Rev. George Dewey,
we journeyed to Gravity, the scene of
the next convention.
The beautiful weather of the first
part of our trip had changed into
a cold, dismal rain. In spite of that
fact, however, the P. o. S. of A. hall
at Gravity was well filled with en-
thusiastic S. S. workers. This con-
vention somewhat resembled a min
isterial meeting for we had with us
the following clergymen: Under
wood, Kopp, Slicker, Treat, Tuttle,
Renville, Hanton and Dewey.
George zimmerman, the president
! of the Hawley district, who resides
at Gravity, has the work much at
heart.
The Gravity ladies certainly sus-
tanned their reputation as generous
hostesses.
The addresses of the different
sessions were listened to with close
attention and every one left the con-
vention with new interest in S. s.
work.
Thursday morning, we were rid
ing over wet, muddy roads to Calkins
in our own district of Damascus
We reached there to find Rev. r. d
Minch of the Damascus Baptist
church, leading an enthusiastic sons
service. Although the weather was
: most unfavorable, some delegate!
: drove eight or ten miles to reacf
, the convention.
The absence of the Calkins la
dies from the morning session wal
Iully dCCOuulGu lOI WuSu We SuLSl
ed the Grange hall where very ap
petizing meals were served.
A new feature Of this convention
! was the informal talk on graded
: S. work given by Rev. Dewey t.
some teachers who had asked TO
special instruction. His evening ad
! dress, The Winning of 100000,
closed the last convention of tn
. three.
: No one, after attending these con
: ventions, could doubt that Wayn
! county is intensely interested in
= S. work. At the same time, W
= must be on our guard or we vii
= be going backward.
: In 1911 Wayne county received
I front line banner at the State con
q vention. In order to retain tha
y banner, at least 81 schools of our 10
n or more, must have fully qualitie
e teacher training classes that hav
# passed one examination. Has tn
7, teacher training class in your schoc
a been dissolved or allowed to fall in
l. to oblivion. If so, resurrect it, @
e organize a new one. See that tn
class answers the State requirement.
: Then when the State conventio
e meets in Williamsport in Octobe
and the roll of front line counties
g called, Wayne may answer with a
IL the enthusiasm at her command
a Present."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-03
Z H !;a5] ]z!;!I'I|;(7@ NJ
j ri J 4 IRE ! y
BTNGHAMTON. N. Y.

A CCOUNT of P. ]. Keary, guardian
n of Kate Carey, person Of
feeble mind, now deceased. Notice
is hereby given that the first and
final account of the guardian above
named will be presented to the court
of Common Pleas of Wayne county,
for approval, on the third Monday of
June, and will be confirmed absolute
ly by said Court (sec. reg) on
Thursday, June Is, 1913, unless ex-
ceptions are filed.
WALLACE J. BARNES,
Prothonotary.
Honesdale, Pa, May 26, 1913.