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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
TO OPEN TOWER OF LONDON
DUNGEONS TO THE PUBLIC
Visitors Soon to Be Allowed Where
Kings Were Murdered.

With nearly a thousand years of
craven history around them, the au-
thorities at the Tower of London are
not disposed to make important
changes quickly The Pail Mall Ga
zette states, however, that within the
next few months the dungeons of the
White Tower and the Bloody Tower,
two intensely interesting historical
parts of the tower, will be thrown
open to the public for the first time.
The dungeons lie deep beneath the
White Tower, eerie, gloomy, mys-
terious. In the wall dividing two of
them is narrow, black cagelike re-
cess, in which Guy Fawkes was i'm
INJURED between the periods of torture
on the rack. All around are instru-
ments of torture-rack and thumb
screw, temple bands and soaring
irons-now hanging rusty and forgot
ten, the grim relics of bygone ages.
Only a few yards away a small
tomblike recess marks the place where,
according to the well established tradi-
ton, Sir Walter Raleigh spent ten
years of his life, and, as If by the
irony of fate, almost overlooking the
spot stands an equestrian model of
Queen Elizabeth, displaying the gor-
geous state robes in which she went to
st. Paul's to celebrate the triumph of
her fleet over the Armada.
The Bloody Tower is situated nearly
opposite Traitors Gate, and entrance
to the inner ward is gained by passing
underneath This tower dates from
the reigns of Edward III. and Richard
II. and was called by its present name
as early as 1897 being popularity be
lieved to be the scene Of the murder
of Edward V. and his brother, the
Duke of York, as well as Henry VI.
The grooves for working the mas.
sive portcullis, which was raised by
chains and windlass, are still to be
seen, and the chains and windlass are
preserved in an upper floor.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
WOMEN'S LOWEST PAY FIXED.
Oregon Welfare Commission Says De-
cent Living Requires 1925 Week.

Oregon Welfare Commission Says De-
cent Living Requires 1925 Week.
A ruling by the Oregon state well
fare commission prescribes a mini
mum scale of $S.25 a week for all wo-
men employed in industrial occupa-
tons in the state of Oregon and fixes
fifty-four hours as the maximum they
may be employed in any one week.
The time Of employment before a wo-
man shall be considered an experienc-
ed worker and entitled to the mini
mum wage is fixed at one year. and
the wage for the apprentice period is
fixed at So week.
1--WE deem that the minimum sum
required to sustain a self supporting
woman in frugal but decent condi-
tions of living is $S.25 a week." says
the report of the conference on which
the commissions ruling was based.
The conference was composed OF
three representatives each of the en-
ployees, employers and the general
nublic.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
HERE'S RADIUM FOR ALL.
Reported Discovery of Cheap Method
of Getting Metal.

of Getting Metal.
A London newspaper ascribes to the
German professor, Rudolf Sommer, the
discovery of an important new process
of extracting radium quickly from I'M
expected sources. 1t says the discov-
cry is now we'll on the way to a prac-
tical working basis, and before many
months the worlds hospitals will be
able to get supplies of the precious
metal, for which they now cry in vain,
Professor SOmmer has been expert
menting for five years at Neulengbach,
near Vienna, where he devised n proc.
ess of extracting the precious metal
from the rough ore in from three to
four months as compared with the
processes previously known which take
from ten to eighteen months.
The source of radium heretofore, as
is well known, has been mainly pitch,
blende, the supply of which is compar,
atively small. Professor Sommer gets
it from poor ore, such as carnotite, of
which big supplies are available. He
has already produced three-quarters of
a gram, which is worth at the current
price 100000.
The ordinary processes Of extraction
involve Inevitable loss. Professor Som.
mems process is so economical and the
loss so small that he is able to treat
Tes containing minute quantities OF
radium and extract from them an
amount less than the amount lost by
other processes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
RAILROADS ARE STARVING"
Seeking Higher Rates, Say Earnings
Are Less Despite Increased Revenues.

Seeking Higher Rates, Say Earnings
Are Less Despite Increased Revenues.
While their revenues have increased
earnings have been less, declare the
forty-nine railroads east of the Missis-
sippi, which use this argument in ask
Ing an increase of 5 per cent in freight
rates. Testimony to this effect was Civ
en- before the interstate commerce
commission in Washington before that
body adjourned to meet Dec. TO-
The burden of the evidence rendered
is that while the roads generally are
enjoying an increased business the re-
turns from operations are continuously
decreasing until, as General Traffic
Manager Maxwell of the Wabash said
'The situation is becoming daily
more serious. We are suffering from
slow starvation"
When the commission meets on Dec
10 shippers protesting against the high
er RACES will be represented by counsc
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
WOMEN BREAK EGG MARKET.
Orange IN. J.) League Makes Dealers
Offer Fresh Laid at 81 Cents. --

OHeT FfeSn Lalu at 81 cents. .. r
In an effort to break the prevailing
high price fifty crates of high grade
storage eggs were offered for sale by
the Housewives league of Orange, n.
j. The eggs were sold at 33 cents a
dozen against SO to 80 cents charged
by the local retailers.
Wealthy women bought large guam
titles. Such large crowds gathered
about the store that grocers in the
neighborhood advertised fresh eggs at
81 cents a dozen, which was less than
the price paid by the league, but didn't
get the business.
Mrs. Julian Heath, national president
of the Housewives league, says that
the work accomplished by the women
of the Oranges in breaking the Orange
egg market will undoubtedly cause
other branches of the league to follow
their example.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30

DEGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice
LII hereby given that the accountari
herein named have settled their respectl
accounts in the office of the Register of WIN
OF Wayne County, Pa. and that the same vi
be presented at the Orphans, Court Of 81
county for confirmation, at the Court HoIf
in Honesdale, on the third Monday
Jan. neXt-YlZ:
First and final account of G
Curtis, Laura NJ. Rude and A.
Curtis, administrators of the estsl
of Louisa Curtis, Clinton.
First and final account of Chary
e. Collins, executor of the estate
Philander w. Collins, Lake.
First and final account of G2
F. Roney, administrator of the +
tate of Lorenzo Roberts, Buckii
ham.
First and final account of H.
Megargel, administrator of the =
tate of o. B. Megargel, Sterling
First and final account of ThoDs
f Moran and Michael Moran, eXed
tors of the estate of Margaret M
an, Preston.
First and final account of John
Buckingham, executor of the estd
of John S. Dexter, Damascus.
First and final account of j.
Vaudeville, executor of the estate
Azuba Vaudeville, Honesdale.
First and partial account of Pal
inc M. Horst, eXecutrix of the esta
of Frederick Horst, Texas,
First and final account of B.
Raymond, administrator of the {
tate of James Van Valkenburg, SEQ
First and final account of B.
Raymond, executor of the estate
John B. Leonard, Scott
First and final account of Edl
M. Vandervort, Administrative of t
estate of Ralph r. Haling, Lake.
First and final account of Jt
samine Carlton, administrators of t
estate of Emma Beecher, Dreher.
First and final account of Clara
Borchers, executriX of the estate
Nathan Griswold, Clinton.
First and final account of Charl
A. McCarty, administrator of the {
tate of Kern Ward, Palmyra.
w. B. LESHER, Recorder
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
+ Re- 6

to every new subscriber who
pays $1.5o in advance for a
years subscription. Don't
wait for a Citizen representa-
tive to call on you, but call at
the office, or send in your sub
scription at once so that you
will begin right away to receive
the brightest, newsiest and
most up-to-date local newspa-
per in Wayne county in your
home twice a week, and at the
same time get FREE copy of
and is handsomely and sub
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
The Citizen Publishing Co.
HonesdaIe, Pa.
ELECTION NOTICE.

Meeting of the stockholders of t
Honesdale National Bank will
held in the banking house of 4
said bank in the borough of Hony
dale TUESDAY, JANUARY 1871
1914, between the hours of and
p. m, for the purpose of electing /
rectors and transacting any 9th
business that may be brought befo
the stockholders.
L. A. HOWELL,
Secretary.
Honesdale, Pa, Dec. II, 1913.
102w4. 4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30

Motner, Lawyer and Charity Worker.
Mrs. Flora Groden of Brooklyn.
who has just been admitted to the
bar, will perform her home duties as
heretofore, practice her profession and
continue her charity work. She says
she will make use Of her knowledge cf
law to enable poor persons to receive
justice In the courts
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
THE citizen OFFERS YOU
THIS ILLUSTRATED BOOK 1
: !
DR.. Cooks Book

is just out, spic and span new.| !
In it he tells the complete storyi
of his journey to the top of the
Earth. 1t is a thriller, and The
Citizen is going to sell it. Al
lot of the books are on the wayI
hot from the publishers. All
though the book sells for a doll
lar, and is as large and fine as
books that sell for twice that
sum, The Citizen will present.
a copy
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-30
IN XECUToR's NOTICE.
u Estate of
ANNA A. COLE,

ANINA a. OOIDI
Late of Clinton, deceased.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate are notified to make immediate
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against the said
estate are notified to present them
duly attested for settlement.
JOLINE H. STEPHENSON,
Executor.
Waymart, Dec. 22, 1913.
Douglas Island news., 1913-12-03
Fxperienced

During an Episcopal convention in Boston. one of the bishops had an ex- perience be will long remem Der. He was a portly man, weighing over 300 pounds. One afternoon, while walking through the Boston Commons he sat down on one of the benches to rest. When he attempted to get up he failed in the attempt. He tried again and failed. About this time little girl, poorly dressed, came along and was attracted by the struggles of the bish- op. Stepping up to him she exclaim- ed.
 "Don't you want me to give you a HftP"
 The bishop gazed at Der in amaze ment and exclaimed:
 "Why you can't help me, you are too little"
 aNo, ] am not, she exclaimed. I have helped my pa get up many times when he vas drunker thanyon are."
Douglas Island news., 1913-12-03
TH for Tat

A few days ago two young ladies hailed a trolley, entered it, and found only standing room. One of them whispered to her companion:
 "l'm going to get @ seat from one of these men, You take notice"
 She looked down the row of men and selected a sedate gentleman who bore the general settled appearance of married man. She went up to him and opened Are:
 "My dear Mir. Green Howdelighted am to meet youI You are almost stranRer. Will l accept your seatf Well, do feel tired, l heartily admit. Thank you, so much"
 The sedate gentleman-a total stran. ser, of course-looked, listened, and- then quietly arose and gave her his seat, saying:
 "Sit down, Jane, my girl. Don't often see you out on a washing day. You must feel tired, Pm sure. How's your mistressf"
 The young lady got her seat, but lost her vivacity.
Douglas Island news., 1913-12-03
Quite a Predicament

Henry was at college. He had been spending somewhat Zoo freely, and he was short. It was near the holidays and he hated to write home for money. As a last resort he pawned bis dress suit to tide him over.
 When the time came to leave for home the suit was still unredeemed. He knew he would need it at home. He burriedly redeemed it at the last mo- ment, packed it in his grip and was off.
 His mother was helping him unpack. She came to the coat.
 aHenry," she asked, "what is this ticket on your coat foff"
 "Why, mother" he replied, "I went to dance the other evening and had my coat checked.s
 She continued putting away his gar ments. Finally she lifted out the trousers. They, too, were ticketed.
 "Henry," she exclaimed, "what kind of dance was that2"
Douglas Island news., 1913-12-03
NationalForest Timberfor Sale

Sealed bids win be received by Che District Forester, Portland, Oregon, up to and including January 3, 1914, for 150,O00 linear feet, more or less, of spruce and hemlock piling upon a de. signated area on the north shore of Tenakee Inlet, B miles northeast of Teuakee, ChichaRof Island, Tongass National Forest, Alaska No bid of less than }zc per linear foot for piline pp to aud including 75 feet will be con- sidered. Deposit with bid $500 The right to reject any aEd als bids reser- Ved. Before bids arc submitted full information concerning the tim Der, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alaeka
Douglas Island news., 1913-12-03

Fairbanks hns produced S63,5OO,0OO in gold in a single decade. But Fair bauks, notwithstanding, is not entitled to mine coal from just one little mine It is the conservationists who have been footing Alaska-Ex.
 "sITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom-. modations, American or European plan. For terms apply to Dr. P. l.. Goddard Sanitariam, Alaska.
 Universal percolators, aluminum tea balls, coal oil stoves, electric stoves, al- cohol stoves. See Jensen's window display.
 Jensen has on display some very nice hand-painted china in several designs which make very appropriate presents to any one.
 A Taku wind should remind you to go to Jeusen's and it your home with storm windows.
Douglas Island news., 1913-12-03

The reward of S5,O0O in cash offered by the Yukon Gold company for the information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who dynamit- ed the company's dredge, has been dis tributed amony thirty one men and a woman. Incidently, Jacob Nelson was convicted of the crime and sen. fenced to twenty years in the peniten- tiary.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06

light vote, the cost OF the primary was
dollar for each vote cast thercat.
When it is remembered that these
primaries, besides costing that enormous
amount of money, made in New York
absolutely no change in the tickets that
were already before the people, that had
been selected by voluntary committees
without any reference to the primary
law whatever, the futility Of the pri'
mary is evident The fusion managers
had put their candidates into the field
before the primaries were held. Tam
many had done the same. Other or
ganizations, as the Hearst party and
the Gaynor element, had their tickets
in the field, and in every case tho pri-
mary ratified the fboss'' or "ieader'
selections made beforehand. IT changed
nothing, it merely ratified voluntary Sc
lections that had been made before, and
did this at the cost Of S2SS,000.
The primaries, therefore, were abso-
lutely useless, as well rs enormously
costly. What a farce it was to have
any primary election at all
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
SEPTEMBER INTERPRETATIONS.

There is sad falling of in tho CAPT
tai of interpretations fled in the East
ern States, as shown in the report of
the Same given by the Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin Of New
York. From this presentation of the
case, it is seen that incorporation pa
pers filed in the Eastern States with an
authorized capital Of 100000 or over,
in September, represent only $43, $780,
600, being a decrease of $l9,750, 900, as
compared with August Of this year This
is $33,254,000 less than the like filings
in September of last year. 1t is the
most pronounced evidence that has been
shown in any direction Of the slowing
down Of business under the Democratic
tariff revision, and the threat Of hold
ing corporations to be criminal enter,
prises that should be constantly sued
and their officers sent to jail. The in
corporations for September represent
far less value than the filings for any
month in the last three years. Compar-
ative figures of such filings are given
by our New York contemporary as fol
lows.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
CANADA'S IMMIGRATION.

Canada is getting great benefits from
the immigration induced by the oppor
tuuities that she offers, and which are
denied by our officials in response to
the conservation fads that prevail, and
which deny to the citizens Of this
country their legal right to home
steads, or to have recognition of their
States. Up to within a few years past,
citizens Of the United States were al
lowed TO go upon the public lands, not
only without remonstrance. but with
the active encouragement of the Fed
eral officials, and the law opened the
public domain for various purposes, to
make homesteads, TO plant forests, to
open mines of various sorts, TO develop
stone quarrles, to operate WATERFOWL
ers, and IN general to do everything
necessary in the settlement and devel-
opment OF the regions in which pioneers
would settle and engage in the activi-
ties of civilization. But within n few
years all these opportunities have been
shut Off
1t is true that Dominally homestead
ers may even now file upon land for
homesteads; but practically any one
who IS able to fight the opposition of
the Federal bureaucrats who object to
such filings, and force the recognition
of his homestead claim, will find it
good deal cheaper to buy land from
private owners than to obtain it as
gift from the government.
But Canada offers liberal advantages
to landseekers, it invites them, it en-
courages them, it gives them active
help. The consequence is that Ameri-
cans by the hundreds of thousands are
pouring into Canada and have been
doing so for years past. They take
tens of millions of dollars with them.
and Canada is being enriched by Ameri-
can activity and American wealth,
which are denied all opportunity for
| employment in their own country.
Emigrations from this country to
| Canada last year amounted to 10000.
Emigrants to the number of 150,542
came from other parts Of the British
| Empire to Canada. So that OF immi-
grafton to Canada last year about
three-fourths of all We're English-speak-
| ing people, of the same general stock
as ourselves, Of the same ideas of gov
ernment, Of the same invincible re-
solve for personal liberty and Of the
same energetic minds and courageous
hearts; the reign-speaking immigrants
numbering l12,SS1.
The immigration to the United
States, on the other hand, was largely
Of foreign-speaking folk, those who
came here not to settle permanently or
to become citizens, but to make their
stake and go back to their European
homes, taking with them all the money
that they can earn in America So that
the United States is losing on two ac.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
PRIMARY USELESS AND COSTLY.

That the primary is costly toy as
well as an ineffective one, and a useless
one, in that it does not bring out the
popular vote, and is mere routine, is
something that has been fully demon
strated wherever tried. The new pri-
mary law in New York is no exception
TO the rule that primaries cost large
amounts of money to no real purpose.
Illustrating this point, it is reported
that counting the cost per vote at
the recent primaries in New York City,
where there were only 144,0S6 votes
cast, being less than one-fourth of the
total vote, the cost Of each vote cast,
was about two dollars to the city. The
total cost of the primary election was
$2SS, 900, compared with the cost Of $40.
900 for nominations under the old sys-
ten In Philadelphia, with shamefully
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
TIE TARIFF LAW PUZZLES.

During the consideration of the tariff
bill, which has now become law, there
were many warnings that it was incon-
sistent. that it ought to be thoroughly
revised by some competent person, to
eliminate the puzzles, contradictions,
and jokers contained therein. But the
partisan pressure was too great to give
due consideration to these warnings,
and the bill was pushed through in
crude form, regardless of warnings and
of consequences.
One of these warnings related spe.
cifcally to the breaking of treaties that
would necessarily follow upon the pas
sage of this bill, provided the Treasury
Department undertook to enforce it, as
it was evidently meant to be enforced,
as discrimination in favor of Ameri-
can shipping The idea, evidently, of
those who incorporated in the bill the
proposition that foreign goods imported
in American ships should have favor
ing remission of per cent Of the du
ties, was to provide q sop for the
benefit Of American shipping. It was
pointed out, however, during the con-
sidcration of the bill, by this paper. as
we'll as by many others, that the bill
so interpreted would be a clear infrac-
tion of the commercial treaties which
we have with all the principal powers,
save only Russia. These treaties uni
forn1ly provide that the shipping of
the nations with which we have the
fro bnn nc ba ho CT q n
the most favored nation, and on the
same basis as our own.
But the wild and woody effort to ia
vor American shipping, in spite of the
treaties, was put through. And now the
Treasury Department is Cup against
it, To construe the new law literally,
and in line with the treaties would give
the per cent remission Of duties to
the shipping of all the nations with
which we have these commercial treat
les. But this would be to deprive the
American shipping Of every advantage
which the promoters of this section of
the treaty wished to extend to it, as
well as to operate as fat remission
of per cent on all imports; but with
out that Interpretation the law is nee
essarily to be construed as violating the
treaties, and in so far as they might be
thus violated, it would necessarily have
TO be declared invalid.
This is only one Of the points of the
criticism made against the bill while it
was pending. Others were also urged,
and will undoubtedly be discovered
from time to time as the Treasury un-
dertakes to give practical effect to the
law The bill was drawn in slipshod,
partisan manner, by persons not expert
in tariff lore, and undoubtedly it will
be found to be at once defective, con-
Trajectory, and unwieldy.
1t is an interesting problem to see
how the Treasury is going TO get out
Of the difficulty with regard to the at
tempt to favor American shipping. as
made in the bill 1t looks as though
there will have to be repeal almost at
once Of this provision, or we shall have
an immediate clash with all the COM
mercial nations of the world, which will
hold it to be clear violation Of their
treaty rights.