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The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
Is Steamship Size Limited.
kIyn Standard Union.

From the BROOKLYN Standard Union.
The suggestion that transatlantic YES
sells will not continue to grow in size in
definitely is contained in a dispatch from
Berlin stating that since the ImperatOr
began plowIng the seas observing officials
of steamship lines have become disin-
clned TO build anything larger. OF course,
there may be bigger vessels laid down
and possibly there are one or two now
building that are longer But the in
ference to be drawn from the Berlin re-
port is that the added revenue from eN-
cessively large ships does not equal the
increased cost of operation.
II the ImperatOr could always sail with
fun passenger list it would doubtless
be a welI-paying proposition. but when
empty the engines consume just about as
much coal and the wages OF the crew IS
not so much less than when every inch OF
space is used. That trims the profits
made on the trips when the rush season is
on.
These huge palaces are costly affairs to
keep going. so if the world wakes up
some morning within the next year or
two and learns that the steamship com
panies have come TO the final conclusion
that vessels the size of the Imperator
are good advertisements. but Indifferent
money makers. consequently the future
will see few more Of them. there should
be no surprise. The limit has got to
be reached some time, and it may be in
this decade.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
NUGGETS OF GOLD
FOUND In ALBERTA
John Gentle, Old Prospeetor, Make,
Discovery on the Banks of
Embarras River.

Edmonton. Alberta, Sept. 26.-Vet-
Grams of a dozen gold stampedes in
various parts of the United States
Canada. and Mexico are hocking from
Edmonton to the placer fields in the
Mcleod and Embarras River districts.
west Of here. to investigate the recent
discoveries by John Gentle, seventy
two years old, who has been pros
pecting in the NoEthern country since
1881. He brought to Edmonton a num-
ber of nuggets ranging from one TO
two ounces in weight.
The aged prospector found the mug
gets on the bank of the Embarras
River. south of Bickerdike. Alberta, on
the Alberta coal branch OF the Grand
Trunk Railway, where, residents of
the district say, much -four gold has
been panned during the last seven
months. He returned to his Eldorado
the night of September Is, with a
party Of acquaintances. including c. l.
Richardson, former city auditor of Ed
monton: J. S. Scrimgeour, barrister,
and A. C. Wilson. a structural engi-
neer, 10 stake claims.
Count Demo de SPetia, an expert min
eralogist. headed another party Of
twenty-fOur, including J. s. Lampson
and Jake" Hamer, who are known in
numerous camps throughout the coun-
try. c. J. Lincke. who has washed
gold in various parts of Washington
Idaho. and California. is head OF al
independent investigating party.
There is every reason to believe
that Gentle has found pay gold" said
Count Demo de Spetia before starting
for the field. and from what l have
heard of the country / should say that
many claims will be staked before the
end of the year"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
Another Alien Problem.

From the Rochester DemcIat-Chrunicle
The South has its negro problem. Cali
fornia has its Japanese problem, the
East thinks it has an alien problem of a
varied character. and now another sec
tion of the continent. British Columbia
is worried by an influx of strangers. The
Westminster Presbytery, in session last
week, passed a resolution deploring the
ever-increasing arrival of Orientals and
their influence on social. economic. and
moral conditions. Most of the new ar
rivals are men, and the Presbytery esti-
mated that one in every nine Of the pop
ulation of British Columbia was an ORR
entail, or one in every five men. 1t pro-
posed that Oriental laborers be excluded
until the proportion Of Orientals to Occi-
dentals should be reduced to one in thr-
ty of the population. AS the aliens come
to British Columbia largely from British
possessions, the problem Of excluding
them is an exceedingly delicate one.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
The Craze for LuNurIes.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The craze for Injuries is one of the pTe-
vailinE ills Of the times. II is perfectly
natural for men and women to want the
good things Of life, but it is mighty had
policy for them to attempt to get these
things when they have not got the
means.
This fact is emphasized by n report
from Boston. which says that many OF
the residents of that once conservative
city have sacrificed their homes in order
to indulge in the luxury Of motoring.
The story Of a man selling his home
for the purpose Of purchasing an auto
mobile was formerly regarded as a good
joke for the vaudeville artists. but now
ii has become a tragic fact
The report from the Hub may he ex-
aggeTated, but there is no reason to
doubt that thousands of persons go to
the wall every year in vain and fool
ish attempt to live beyond their means.
The desire to initiate those who are
richer than themselves is tine rock on
which many an otherwise happy home is
wrecked. Luxury once tasted seems to
get in the blood. and the only remedy is
a determined effort to get back to the
simple life.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
Counsel for SuIzer
Outlines the Defense

Albany. Sept "a complete detailed
outline Of the Sulzer defense was made
public today for the first time.
From one OF the impeached Governor S
counsel ii is learned that he proposes
TO admit the receipt of every campaign
contribution concerning which the i'm
peachment managers will present evil
dence.
Sulzer will 20 farther He will take
the stand and tell OF the receipt Of over
80 contributions OF which his accussers
have no knowledge. He will make public
on the witness stand the letters of these
donors.
His defense of all these contributions,
including those made public by the prose-
Cution, will be that they were gifts-gifts
from the people who recognized him as
a political hero and cast their tribute
of currency and checks at his feet.
He viii! admit that twelve of these
checks fell into the hands of Mrs Sui
zer and that she used them in the stock
market deals which have been charged
against him.
CIassed aS Gifts
The Schiff. Morgenthau, and Peck con-
tTibutions, amounting to $1,000 like the
rest, will be classed as gifts Samuel
Frankenstein, the former law partner of
Sulzer, who Jacob II. Schif yesterday
testified came to him and offered TO
make restitution, will take the stand
and tell of that proposal He will testify
that when the question of the Schiff do
nation was first raised by the Frawley
committee he suggested to the Governor
that if there was any misunderstanding
O. the part of Schiff the only honorable
course would be to return the gift.
Frankenstein will testify that he went
TO Schiff as the authorized agent of the
Governor and told him that if the money
had been given under. any misapprehen-
sion, the Governor desired to return il.
Frankenstein will swear that on the oc-
CasiOn Of that visit Schiff assured him
that the money was intended as a gift for
the personal use of Sulzer.
Admits Conversation.
Explaining to his counsel TODAY the
statement of Ambassador Morgenthau
that Sulzer had asked him TO be ssv''
in his testimony and treat the matter
between US as personal, the impeached
executive admitted this conversation. He
said, however. that Morsenthau had not
quoted him accurately and completely:
that he had offered to return the gift
If Morgenthau did not look upon it as
such.
The Peck contribution Of $500 Sulzer
also insists was a gift He will deny
fatty that he ever suggested to Peck
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27

main issue of Suffers guilt or inno-
cence by a cloud OF, ,technicalities, tes-
titled that Cox could state his inten-
tions. He asked for a vote. He was
sustained by 80 to II, the nearest ap-
proach to a division that has yet oc-
cmrred in the nroceedings.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
Letters for Trial.

From this number they have taken 800
for use al the trial
Gifts" of money accompanied all these
letters They were from people all over
the State The majority Of the donations
were s. or SO each.
From all recent councils Mrs. Sulzer
has been barred. Up to a week ago she
insisted upon sitting at the legal counsel
table but the attorneys have insisted
that she must withdraw because OF ner
attempt to dominate the councils.
Suzer. his friends say. is bearing up
well, though his nights are sleepless and
he is worried. Those who are with him
have urged that he call in a physician,
but he will not consent
Louis \. SareCky. now under subpoena
by the Impeachment managers, has been
at the executive mansion constantly for
the last four days aiding in the prepara-
tion in the statement of the testimony
Sulzer will give when called to the stand.
SareCkv will be called as a witness for
the defense il he is not put on the stand
by the prosecution. Sulzers attorneys
hope their opponents will call SaTeCky.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27

that he should deny making such a con-
tribution as Peck today testified.
SuIzer has been carefully preparing for
his appearance on the witness stand. This
work Of preparation is being directed by
Samuel Bell Thomas, Col Alexander Ba-
con. and Samuel Frankcnstein.
Thomas has been actively at work as
personal counsel for. SulzeT since his i'm
peachment by the Assembly.
During the past week these three attor-
neys. who have spent night and day at
the executive mansion. have gone
through 25.OOO letters of a personal nature.
which. it is said. Sulzer received between
the date OF his nomination and inaugura-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27
The Cost of Jewellery.

Prom the Boston Record.
Prosecution of the jewelry trust does
not interest husbands. They never saved
anything by restraint of trade.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-27

France is talking of taxing paintings
every time they change hands.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
LARGEST SHOW OF SEASON
COMING ON lily oS

The program of the Young Buff
falo Wild West, Vernon G. Seavers s
Hippodrome and Col. Cummins' Far
East, which will exhibit in Honesdale
on July %, is spicy and up-to-date
throughout. Mr.. Vernon G. Seaver
the general manager of the combin-
ed shows, claims that in making up
the program he had so much mater
ial to draw from that it was possi-
BILE for him to leave out everything
of the yellow leaf order and to in
clude only such members as were
new and assured successes. He says
that from the opening to the closing
numbers, everything shown will be
found to be fresh and original.
Among the features that are new
to America this season is the Eta
Myers Quartette, consisting of a
girl, pony, a dog and Tiny Mug
gins, the smallest elephant, who is
said to be an entire show himself.
Their performance includes a lot of
tricks hitherto unknown, among
them a football game that is said
to be a scream.
Another feature is Captain Har-
din's Cadets, a company of comely
Castillian maids who have been
trained to the fine point of perfec-
tion in military exercises and the
manual of arms by Captain N. F.
Hardin, world famous drillmaster.
Their work is said to be accurate
and precise to a degree rarely at
tanned outside of a crack military
school.
The comedy section of the COM
b1ned shows has been given careful
attention, with the result that it is
one of the most entertaining parts
of the aggregation. Such acts as
The Bounding Haystack, "The
Penobscot Rube," THE Taximeter'
and "The Dance of the Jungle" are
rarely seen in such numbers with a
tent show. Some turn of comedy
nature is kept in the arena from
first to last according to the pro-
gram.
A street parade over a mile long
VIII leave the show grounds at
1880 the day of the exhibition here.
The performances will start at 2 and
. p. M, and the doors will open an
hour before each.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
PRIMARY BILL NOW A LAW.

The state wide primary bill and
the municipal court bill, which ap-
plies only to Philadelphia, were
signed by Governor Tener Saturday
night.
The new primary law extends the
operation Of the popular primary to
all state offices and abolishes all
state conventions. 1t changes the
law in regard to the holding of pri-
maries in many respects and makes
more strict the requirements for
nomination petitions. By far it is
considered the most progressive piece
of election legislation passed in this
state since the uniform primary law
of 1906, which it supersedes.
The Tribune-Republican, of Scran-
ton, in an editorial on this important
legislation, advances the following
progressive thought:
Between now and the time when
the new primary law becomes opera
tive we advise that special attention
be given to close study of the pro-
visions and the rights and duties of
all voters under the act. 1t would
also be wise and patriotic thing
to do for those citizens who feel re-
sponsible for the guidance of the
rank and file of the people to ar
range meetings in which the new Or
der shall be explained with simplic-
ity and clearness by men who realize
how important it is that all the vot-
ers shall understand the methods
under which they must vote at the
primaries.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
WATSON'S NAME USED
WITHOUT HIS AUTHORITY.

County Chairman Albert Watson,
of the Washington party, the man
who led the Progressives of Lacka-
wanna county to victory last Fall,
gave out a statement last week in
which he emphatically states that
his name is being used in the stock
subscription plan for the financing of
the proposed Daily News, without
his authority.
Circulars in which the names of
number of the Washington party
leaders are used have been sent
broadcast by the promoters of the
paper. The circular makes num-
ber of promises to would-be subscrib-
ers, among others that the stock will
be paying investment.
In denying the use of his name in
connection with the venture, Mr..
Watson says:
never have been nor am 1 now
member of any newspaper COM
mittee. Where my name has been
used as vice chairman, or as mem
ber of such a committee, it has been
used without consulting me, and
without my knowledge. 1t would be
impossible for me to act in any such
capacity at this time. Scranton
Tribune-Republican.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18

States can long exist. Knowing this
the Diplomatic Corps in Mexico City,
the governments of Europe and the
Mexicans themselves are explaining
the refusal of the United States to
recognize the present Mexican gov
ernment solely on the assumption
that the United States desires that
the Huerta government be Destroy
ed. In Europe they have reached
the conviction that President Will
son and Mr.. Bryan are persisting in
their attitude with the deliberate i'll
tention of having conditions get so
very bad in Mexico that there will
be sufficient excuse for interference
With pressure being brought to
bear on the United States by other
governments, the Wilson administra-
ton finds itself in a most difficult sit
uation. The administration pinned
it's faith to the hope that Mexico
would not rise as a pressing problem
until tariff and currency could be
got out of the way and that after
the Mexican elections in October a
new government would come into Of
fee which the United States con-
sistently could recognize.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
BRYAN AND THE CHAUTAUOUA
PLATFORM.

Secretary of State w. ]. Bryan has
been forced by the numerous criti-
cisms to make a statement defending
his position in taking time away from
his official duties to lecture on the
Chautauqua platform.
One of Mr.. Bryan's defenses is that
the salary connected with the office
of Secretary of State is inadequate.
The present salary is $4,000 a year
and Mr.. Bryan says he cannot live
within that amount and must make
up the balance of his income to meet
his yearly expenses, hence the Chau-
tauqua lectures.
Just now the United States has
much need of the services of it's Sec
retary of State. Matters of grave i'm
port confront us. Foreign relations
and the Mexican problem are just
now at a critical state when there
should be some one at the helm to
guide the nation past the shoals of
disaster. 1t is unreasonable to sup
pose that Mr.. Bryan did not know
perfectly we'll what the salary of the
Secretary of State was before he
put his hat in the ring" for the Of
flee. He must have known that he
would be obliged to produce some
of his personal funds to meet expen-
ses. Yet he took the office, which
is one of the most important in the
government next to that of President,
with the understanding that ne would
devote his time to plotting the coun-
try's policy. And still he intends to
leave his post for six weeks to go
on the Chautauqua platform!
Boast not thyself of tomorrow,
for thou knowest not what a day may
bring FORTH
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18

co-wbrkers have completed arrange
ments for the picnic and everything
points to having the best time ever
on an outing of this kind. All'kinds
of amusements have been provided
for. Cast your eyes over the ad-
vertisement that appears in this is
sue of The Citizen for additional in
formation.
All of Honesdale's fans will be at
the picnic and root for the home
team against Carbondale in the fifth
game of the series between these
two towns. The game promises to
be most exciting and if Carbondale
wants to win the series she will
have to do some pretty tall base
ball playing. Come and see Homes
dale put it over Carbondale.
No better train service was ever
secured for a picnic than has been
engaged for the Business Mems out
ing on Wednesday next. The trans
portation committee has signed up
with the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany for two special trains out of
Honesdale and two returning. The
first train leaves the Union station
at 9:15 a. m. and the second at
1:15 p. M; returning from Lake Lo-
dore specials leave at 5:15 and
7:15 p. m. Excursionists from
Hawley and White Mills desiring to
join their Honesdale friends may do
so by taking advantage of the first
Erie train arriving in Honesdale at
sos a. m, which makes direct con-
nection with the special 9:15 D. &
H. train. In order that they can
reach home the same day a special
will leave Lodore at 5:15 p. M, max
ing connections with the o'clock
Erie at Honesdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
INVITATION EXTENDED BY
EDISON COMPANY.

The singing of Scranton's United
Choral club may soon be reproduced
on countless phonograph records. So
fine was their singing in the Pitts
burg eisteddfod, the big prize of
which they won, that the Edison
Phonograph company has been COM
municating with their director, John
7. Watkins, who has many friends in
Honesdale, in an effort to have the
choir taken to New York to sing for
some records.
The singing will not alone be re-
produced in records but the choir
may appear before the moving pic
ture camera, and they will be shown
through theatres over the entire
country. With the pictures will go
that newest invention of Thomas A.
Edison's, the talking-moving picture,
and so the people in every part of
the United States will be able to
hear and see the Scranton United
Choral club sing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18

ing in the treasury. The work of or
ganization developed early that the
funds were not sufficient if all the
states and counties that notified the
Exposition of their coming really
came. The capital stock was increas-
ed by $2,500,000, making the total
capitalization S3,500,000, with ST.
10000 fully subscribed. On top of
this it was decided to make another
bond issue of $S50,000 and this bond
issue has just been made. San
Diego, therefore, has all the money
she needs with which to finish her
exposition. Governments and states
will, of course, spend their own
funds.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
CHEAPER COFFEE is COMING.
wholesale Price Has Dropped Six
Cents Since January 1,

wholesale Price Has Dropped Six
Cents Since January 1.
Coffee drinkers, (and that in
cludes nearly everybody, will re-
joice over the prospect of substan-
tial decline in prices.
From the New York Sun we gath
er the following particulars:
Consumers may benefit soon by
the drop in the price of coffee, which
has amounted practically to six
cents a pound in the wholesale price
since the first of the year. If pres
ent low prices continue for a month
this drop may mean a decline of
from one to three cents a pound to
the consumer.
July 8 and 10 and the day before
coffee sold on the Coffee Exchange
in New York at new low record
prices for the last two years. The
low price for the September option
was S.34 cents pound on Wednes-
day. This was drop of n cents
since the high price of the year, on
January 2.
The roaster who had no long
stocks on hand when the decline be-
gan in early January, just before the
Governments order compelling the
sale of the 100000 bags of valoriza-
ton coffee held here, has been able
to get the benefit of the declining
prices.
Tight money and the end of the
Brazilian Valorization scheme are
blamed for the condition. The Bal
kan situation also has been felt, as
holders of coffee stocks and options
in Europe have been forced to
liquidate.
There is no unusually large sup
ply of coffee in sight. The visible
world supply on July l of 10,2S5,-
600 bags is the lowest in several
years. The new Brazilian crop now
coming to market during this month
is estimated to be one of about A.
100000 bags, which is not beyond
normal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
MEXICAN SITUATION.

President Wilson and Secretary
of State Bryan will be unable much
longer to ignore the situation in
Mexico as a grave and pressing in
ternational problem which the
United States as the responsible ma
ton in the Western Hemisphere
must squarely face. This became
evident from important develop
ments to-day
Every great foreign office in Eu-
rope is disgusted with the failure
of the United States to do anything
directly or indirectly to relieve the
frightful state of affairs in Mexico.
The European governments are Tex
tremely annoyed" as one Embassy
expresses it, at what seems to them
the inexplicable attitude of the
Wilson administration toward Mex
leo. The increase of anti?Ameri-
canism in Mexico has been really
welcomed by the European govern
ments in the hope that this bold ex-
hibition of hostility to Americans
and the American Embassy there
would goard the United States into
doing something.
1t is maxim in all Latin Ameri-
can countries that no government in
that part of the world which fails to
receive the recognition of the United
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
BUSINESS MEMS PICNIC JULY "a

That the Business Mems picnic to
Lake Lodore on Wednesday next,
July 23, will be a success is a fore
gone conclusion. Everybody is talk
ing picnic. That the day will be a
holiday in Honesdale is evinced by
the fact that all of the stores and
business places will be closed either
all day or at noon to allow the mer-
chants and employees to attend this
annual picnic. The employers of
factories have responded to the re-
quest of closing their respective
places and the day will be a gather
ing of the several families of
Honesdale.
The evening before the picnic
Jenkins boy band, who will accom-
pany the picnic on the 23rd, will give
a free band concert on the lawn near
the Delaware and Hudson depot
The public is especially invited to
attend this concert. Honesdale
feels proud of it's boy band; and why
shouldn't it when the boys discourse
such sweet and beautiful music?
Come out and listen to the concert
and then go to the picnic the fol-
lowing day.
Chairman c. e. Bates and efficient
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
FRIDAY, JULY 1S, 1913.

Let's all work for Greater Homes
dale. Why continue to be satisfied
with 5000 when 5000 or 10000 is
possibility? The Citizen has in
augurated the Greater Honesdale
campaign and it is going to keep
everlastingly pounding at it until the
victory is won. If Texas takes eX-
ceptions to annexation these columns
are open to reproduce any communi-
cations that may be sent us.