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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
UNCLE SAM TO DEPOSIT
MONEY IN "OLD RELIABLE"
PART OF S1O,OOO,OOO OF FEEDER
AL FUNDS TO BE PLACED IN
LOCAL BANK.

Honesdale National One of Fifty-SiX
Banks in State To Receive Govern
ment Money-Shows Progressive
ness of Bank.
The Importance of Honesdale's S
banking institutions, and especially
that of the Honesdale National bank,
was demonstrated Monday when
President Russell received a letter
from Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo, stating that their bank would
be one of the few banks of the
country to be chosen for part
of the 100000 of fed
eral funds which the Treasury De-
partment will deposit in the National
banks.
Cashier Howell stated Monday
morning that the Honesdale National
bank would receive part of the de-
posit at 2 per cent. interest. Just
what part of the 100000 will be
received in Honesdale is not known.
I'VE will not turn it down." Cashier
Howell said.
The stockholders, directors and
customers of the Honesdale National
will be much gratified to realize that
by reason of the exceptionally good
management, the government has de-
cided to deposit with the local bank
some of the public funds.
Secretary McAdoo announced last
week the distribution by states OF
the additional $10,000,00O federal
funds which the Treasury Depart
ment will deposit in the national
banks. His statement also discussed
the manner in which the banks had
received the recent order that two
per cent. interest yearly be charged
on all government deposits.
Under the distribution of the new
deposits, the six New England States
will receive S945,000 placed in So
banks in AZ cities. The five eastern
states, $2,79S,000 in III banks il
S3 cities; the thirteen southern
states, $2,9O2,000 in 159 banks il
1877 cities; the eight middle states
$2,932,000 in "a banks in 1913 cit
les; the nine western states, $3.50,
90 in 70 banks in 60 cities; and the
seven Pacific states, $1,054,500 il
AZ banks in $40 cities.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
WESTON TRAVELS ALONG
DELAWARE SATURDAY
LONG DISTANCE WALKER MAX
ING LONG STRIDES TOWARD
WESTEN GOAL.

Stopped at Hancock, N. V, Few
Minutes-Arrived There at 300,
Left at 3 O'clock for Deposit
Where He Spent Sunday.
Edward Payson Weston, the long
distance walker who in the seventy
fifth year of his life has undertaken
the task of making the trip between
New York city and Minneapolis on
foot, left Port Jervis Friday after
remaining there all day. Weston is
walking along the Erie tracks and
Saturday passed along the Delaware
towns on the border of Wayne coun-
ty. He expects to be in Minneapolis
in time to lay the cornerstone for
the Athletic Clubs 100000 build
ing
Weston left Hankins at 8 a. m.
Saturday morning and had breakfast
in Louisville at $40. He rested
there two hours and then resumed
his journey toward Hancock, N. Y.
He was delayed by the storm out
side of that village and reached the
town at 1855 Sturday afternoon. A
great crowd of people gathered to-
gether to greet him on his arrival.
After the greetings were over Wes-
ton drank bowl of coffee prepared
at jays restaurant. He expected to
remain in Hancock two hours, but
| having been delayed by the storm
he pushed on at three o'clock. He
was accompanied by Track Supervis-
or of Erie, F. S. Wheeler, who will
go from Callicoon to Susquehanna
in advance of Weston on the track
motor. Weston's auto and supplies
left for Deposit at 3:15 that after
noon. He spent Sunday quietly at
Deposit and Monday morning early
continued the journey to Susquehan-
ma, which place he was scheduled to
reach sometime in the afternoon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
MAYOR MCCARTHY RUN DOWN.
Bicyclist without Light and Bell
Struck Honesdale's Official on
Thursday Night.

AS Mayor Charles A. McCarty was
crossing street uptown on his way
to attend the regular monthly meet
ing of the borough council, Thurs
day evening, bicyclist collided with
him, injuring his arm quite badly.
The man dismounted, apologized to
the mayor, and returned home. Mr..
McCarty was able, however, to at
tend the council meeting, but suffer-
ed excruciating pain during the
evening.
AS a matter of fact there are a
number of borough ordinances that
are daily violated in Honesdale. The
roads are in good condition, but not
withstanding this children continual
ly ride upon the sidewalks and per-
sistently ring their bells Chose that
have them) for pedestrians to step
one side to allow them to pass. Bor-
ough Ordinance No. states that it is
unlawful for bicyclists to ride upon
public walks, in public parks; also
it is unlawful to ride without a bell,
upon cross-walks. 1t is also unlaw-
full to ride without a light. Section
four of the ordinance reads: "Any
person violating any of the provis-
ions of this ordinance, shall, on con-
viction, be liable to a fine or pen
atty of $1.00 for the first offence,
and not less than 50 nor more than
So for each subsequent offence"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
DOLMETSCH-SEELY.

The marriage of Miss Marguerite
Dolmetsch, daughter of Mrs. H. q.
Russell, of Honesdale, and Mr.. Hart
Irving Seely, of Waverly, N. Y, was
solemnized at the Hotel Seville,
New York city, on Saturday evening
at six o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Houghton of
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION
performed the ceremony. A recep-
tion and dinner was given at Hotel
Seville by Mrs. John A. Gale as hos
tess in honor of the bride and
groom. Miss Blakeslee Gale acted
as maid of honor. The ceremony was
performed in a suite at the hotel and
was beautifully decorated for the oc-
casion.
H. q. Russell and daughter, Miss
Lucy, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis A. Howell, motored to New
York city on Saturday to attend the
wedding. Among other Honesdale
guests present were: Miss Julia Dol
metsch, Miss G. Lou Hardenbergh
and Miss Mae Penwarden. The
young couple will spend their honey
moon on boat trip to Nova Scotia
and Eastern Canada. After their
return, they will spend the summer
in Spencer, N. Y, and later take
up their residence in Waverly, N. Y.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
TWO HONESDALERS AT
SAND PIT DISASTER,

Just as Mrs. Chas. L. Bassett
reached Peckville last Saturday at
p m. on the street car from Scran-
ton, the motorman stopped the car
and ran to the O'Brien sand pit,
near the Mott Haven hotel, where
two boys were partly covered by the
sand and gravel slide. All the pas
sengers aboard the cars and many
other people from that vicinity were
quickly on the scene and when told
by one of the boys, who was FORUM
ate to be spared from complete bur
ial, that there were others under him
the rescuing party quickly unearth-
ed four other boys from the pit, one
of whom was dead and the others
were removed to the Mid-Valley Hos
pital which is located near the ac-
cident.
At few minutes after the rescu-
ing of the five boys G. l.. Bassett, a
representative of The Citizen, stood
talking to H. P. Woodward, editor
of the Peckville Journal, on the very
ground underneath which lay anoth-
er unfortunate child, the Scanlon
boy, who was found between and
z o'clock that evening. The heavy
load of sand had crushed his life out
before he had time to straighten up
from his position he was playing in.
In looking at the sand and gravel
bank it hardly seemed possible for
an to 10 foot bank of it's kind to
cave in and completely submerge six
children whose ages are from six to
thirteen years. AS the news spread
of the accident and the Scanlon
boys father remarked that his boy
might be there, he was assured by a
fellow workmen that his boy was not
there and gave him the names OF
the five discovered boys. On hearing
it he said Thank God" but on
| reaching home he found his boy not
there and thus accounted for the sec
ond searching party finding the sixth
| boy in the evening.
The boys who lost their lives are
John Gallagher, aged s years.
Leonard Scanlon, aged sever
years.
The other boys caught in thu
slide were Walter McKelvey, aged 1:
years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
McKelvey; Thomas Mitchell, son o
Richard Mitchell; John and Alber
Kazmisky, aged ~ and Z respective
ly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
ATTEMPT TO BURGLARIZE
JEWELRY STORE, FAILS.
Rowland's Store Escapes Rifiing at
Hands of Unknown Man-Plate
Glass Window Cut and Broken

. An attempt to burglarize the
store of H. G. Rowland was evident
ly made some time during the early
hours of Saturday morning, and that
it would have been successful, if they
had not been frightened away, was
evident from the large deep cuts
made on the large plate glass win
dow in the front of the store. The
cuts and scratches were made with a
diamond.
About 2 o'clock Saturday morning
Miss Elizabeth Schuerholz, who lives
above Rowland's ieweley store, heard
the sound of breaking glass and
pounding and the next moment she
heard some one running away. She
did not see any one. The man was
probably frightened away before he
had finished the work.
The plate glass window in front
of the store was badly cracked and
in the center from the bottom of the
window there could be seen the
marks of the diamond. An oblong
space had been cut and then the in
side Of the space was hit a heavy
blow, which cracked the glass in all
directions from the point that was
struck.
Jewels of considerable value were
displayed in the window on the pre-
ceding evening but Mr.. Rowland had
removed most of the more valuable
articles before leaving the store. He
has insurance on the plate glass win
dow.
The authorities as yet have no
clue. When they find the man that
did this they will also locate the
man who has been marking and
scratching plate glass windows in
Honesdale for some time past
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
HONESDALE LOSES FIRST
GAME To CARBONDALE
RAIN EARLY IN AFTERNOON
THREATENS TO POSTPONE
GAME.

CarbondaIe Won by a Score of to
Good Playing Featured Both
Teams-Game Called After -Four
O'Clock.
Carbondale won the first of the SER
les of games with Honesdale on Sat
urday by a score of to 1 on the To-
cal grounds. For a long time early
in the afternoon it looked as though
there would not be a game as
severe shower blew in about 1880
and it rained hard, so that the
grounds were thoroughly soaked,
and the Carbondale team did not
leave home until the rain had stop
ped, so that it was 4:15 before UNI
pire, John Boyle, of White Mills,
called play" The indications were
good that there would have been
record breaking crowd on hand, for
Notwithstanding the cold, raw and
damp weather, very large and at
times enthusiastic crowd turned out
to support Connie Mack" Spencer
and his band of trusty Athletes. The
fact that Carbondale won seemed to
be taken with the spirit of well get
you next time" and everybody was
well pleased with the showing made
by the locals in their first game, for
they have had practically no prac-
tice, while Carbondale has been play
ing for about a month, and we would
have won at that with even breaks
of the game for we outhit the Car
bondale team almost two to one.
The work of Mangan and Sandy at
the bat and Lolls pitching were the
bright spots in the locals lineup.
Southpaw Watkins seemed to have
the Indian sign on Weaver, Dudley,
Schilling and Lawson, in fact his
pitching, and Pat Fees catching
were the features of Carbondale's S
playing. Carbondale scored first in
the fourth. Honesdale made their
first and only one in the sixth when
Brader was given a base on balls
and was advanced on hits by Sandy
and Weaver. The lineup and score I:
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Mary Murtha of Scranton,
is spending a few days with her
mother on Erie street.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. Kelly and
children of Deposit, N. Y, returned
home Sunday after few days visit
here.
Mrs. James Miller and daughter
returned Saturday evening from a
weeks visit spent with her mother
at Waymart.
Harry Freeman, who has been
visiting relatives and friends here
for some time, left for his home in
New York City Monday.
Misses Vera Tuman, Mabel God
dard, Anastasia Kelley and Mar
guerite Barrett, all of Scranton,
spent Sunday with Honesdale friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Fisch went
to Scranton on Monday morning to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Fisch's
niece, Lucille Waldner, the eighteen
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Waldner, who died in Scranton
Friday evening.
Fred w. Kreitner is the possessor
of a new Chalmers Six, five passen-
ger touring car, flfty-four horse
power The machine Is also equip
ped with self-starter, tire pump at
tachment, and electric lights. The
car is one OF the latest productions
on the market and is as near to per-
fection as car can be built.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
JUNE GRAND JURY
ORGANIZED MONDAY
CONSTABLES' RETURNS CALLED
NO VIOLATIONS RECORD
ED DURING 3 MONTHS.

Judge Searle Calls Attention of
Constables to Two New Laws Pass
r~7ed by Legislature Regarding Gig
arettes.
Court opened Monday afternoon
with Judge Searle on the bench and
the constables' returns were read.
There were no violations of the law
reported. Judge Searle. called the
constables attention to two new laws
that have been passed by the legisla-
ture. The first was the law relating
to the sale of cigarettes to minors.
Making it a misdemeanor to sell
these articles, also that if minor be
found with a cigarette and cigarette
paper in his possession and refuse to
tell where he received it, he will be
guilty of a misdemeanor and sub
ject to a fine Of IS or Imprisonment
of five days.
The other law was relating to con-
stables visiting places where spiritu-
Gus liquor was sold in their jurisdic-
tion in the county. Heretofore the
constables have not received any
compensation for these visits. An
act of assembly passed on May IA,
1913, makes the fees of the con-
stables twenty-five cents for each
visit and six cents per mile for each
mile travelled in making the visits.
The fees to be paid by the treasurer
of the county. These visits are to
be made at least once per month.
The grand Jury for the June term
of court was organized Monday af-
ternoon with David l.. Hopkins OF
Damascus, foreman.
G. w. Collins, of Cherry Ridge
was appointed constable of the grand
jury and c. H. Digert, of Damascus
F. E. Rohrbacker, of Dreher, and j
w. Copperwaith, of Clinton, were
appointed to wait upon court next
week.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
DEATH OF FORMER
HONESDALE EDITOR.

Mark H. Cobb, a contemporary of
Horace Greeley in newspaper work,
and private secretary to Simon Cam
eron, when the latter was secretary
Of war and for more than forty years
an official of the United States mint
in Philadelphia, died at his home
there Sunday. He was born in 1928
in Colebrook, Conn.
In 1853 Mr.. Cobb founded a
weekly newspaper in Honesdale
which was called the New Dawn"
The paper was published by Mr..
Cobb for about year when he sus-
pended publication. Mr.. Cobb was
we'll known in Honesdale in the ear
ly fifties and the older residents will
remember him well. He was a close
friend of Edward A. Penniman oi
this place.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
SCRANTON man DROWNED
IN WATERS OF LAKE
THREE OTHERS IN BOAT WHEN
1T CAPSLZED-SAVED BY A
PRIEST IN ANOTHER BOAT.
Many Excursionists at Lake Lodore
Picnic Witness the Tipping of the
Boat and See Rescue.

PlCmC witness Une Tipping VI uuS
Boat and See Rescue.
Michael Konpalski, of Scranton,
was drowned in the waters of Lake
Lodore Thursday afternoon when a
boat in which he and three others
were in, capsized The other three
persons in the boat were John Bor-
torsnok and Michael Knopp and the
latter's son, Michael, Jr.
The party went to Lake Lodore
Thursday when st. Wolodomyr's
church congregation held a picnic
there. They engaged a boat and
had rowed once around the lake. At
point farthest from the picnic
grounds the boat capsized for some
reason and the occupants were
thrown into the water. Just how the
boat happened to upset is not known
but people on the shores say that it
looked as if some one in the party
had been rocking the boat
Rev. Vladimir DerZyduka, of
Scranton, with his wife were in a
boat and happened to be near the
other boat at the time of the acci-
dent and when the men were thrown
out into the water he managed to
rescue three of them. Konpalski
went down, however, and did not
come up again. Young Michael
Knopp managed to crawl to the top
of the capsized boat and cling on
there until the other boat could be
picked up.
A crowd of excursionists stood on
the shores of the lake and watched
the man go down and they also wit
messed the heroic rescue of the 9TH
er three persons by the priest.
The lake has been dragged with
graphing hooks but no trace of the
body has yet been found. Justice of
the Peace Weed of South Canaan has
charge of the case with power of
coroner.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
RILEYVILLE CHEESE
FACTORY BURNS,

Shortly before IL o'clock Monday
morning flames were discovered on
the roof of the Rileyville cheese fac
tory, near the smokestack. Very lit
tie of the contents were saved. Six
ty new cheeses were burned as also
were about $500 worth of cheese
boxes. No insurance was carried up
on the stock. Insurance to the
amount of $1,100 was carried on the
factory and equipment. The build
ing was 30x70 feet and was owned
by the farmers of that section of the
country. The stock or product has
been purchased several years by G.
Smith & Sons. The factory employ
ed two men.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
RAILROADS ARE TRUE
INDICATORS OF PROSPERITY.

The activity of the railroads are
|lways good indexes of the industrial
condition and they are all showing
Unusual activity. The Great South
|rn system has just issued state
bent showing an. increase OF over
| 100000 in earnings during the
|ast ten months. This is most
|ratifying showing and indicates the
fidespread prosperity throughout
he south, and the western, eastern
md northern roads are showing a
[ood increase also.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
CHILDREN IN MERRY GLEE.

Sunday was Children's Day in the
Honesdale Presbyterian church. An
excellent program was rendered in
which several little tots and juniors
participated. The subject was "The
Bread of Life" The front of the
pulpit and railing of the organ loft
was beautifully trimmed with noun
tain laurel and made a very pleasing
effect. The day was ideal and the
hearts of the little ones were filled
with joy and delight and rendered
their respective recitations and songs
with much enthusiasm. Seated upon
the platform with Rev. Jesse Herr
mann were Andrew Thompson, SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school,
who announced the program, AS
sistant Superintendent R. M. Stocker
and H. Scott Salmon.
Rev. DR.. w. H. Swift, whose voice
for the past few weeks has not been
heard in public, conducted the bap-
tismal services. The candidates
were two children, Hilda Anna,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Dilmuth, and Marjorie Fryer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Ross.
Rev. Jesse Hermann, at the close
of the exercises, made a few appro-
pirate remarks on the child. He
spoke of it in the home, church,
school, community and the child it.
self.
Considerable credit is due the
teachers in charge of training the
children in song and recitation work
and also to the pupils who all rem
| dered their respective parts in very
clever and praiseworthy manner
For lack of time we are unable to
publish the program in full.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
DON'T WAIT-ACT NOW.

The condition OF the LackaWaXen
river at the Farnham bridge, Homes
dale side, is in need of immediate in
spection. At this particular point
sewerage is collected and stands in
an unsanitary. condition. The rails
ing of the splash boards on the Her
mann dam would be one way to
remedy it. 1t would cause the wa
ter to back up, thus covering the ex-
posed river bed.
1t has been suggested that a dam
be built above or near the fair
grounds and once week flush the
Lackawaxen river. This would re-
lieve the river of all it's impurities
1t would also do away with a posi-.
BILE epidemic which might develop.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
FAILS IN ACETATE TANK.

A Polander, working on the night
shift in Riefier & Sons acid factory
at Tanners Falls, fell into tank of
acetate of lime shortly after one
o'clock Monday morning and before
he could be removed his body had
been badly burned. DR.. Ely, of this
place was called and arrived in Tan
ners Falls about two o'clock and rem
dered aid to the suffering man. He
has wife and two children living
at Tanners Falls. His condition is
very serious, but it is thought that
he will live.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
ATTORNEY So ,KER'S
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
WAS SITTING IN ROOM AS BOLT
OF LIGHTNING STRUCK
CHIMNEY.

Electric Fluid Splinters Rafters--
Bolt Forks, Part Going to Cellar
and Balance Out the Roof-Was
Not Injured.
During Saturdays severe electri-
cal storm Attorney r. NJ. Stocker
miraculously escaped with his life.
He was seated in the kitchen of his
home when bolt of lightning struck
the house. Mr.. Stocker was unaware
of the fact that his house was struck
until told by his son, Mortimore,
who was outside getting some chick
ems out of the wet. Mr.. Stocker then
made an examination and found that
the bolt followed the chimney for a
short distance and then forked, part
of the fluid going down to the ground
while the balance took right angle
course and went out through the
roof. The rafters were badly splin-
tered but did not take fire. The roof
shingles were of asbestos, which un-
doubtedly prevented a conflagration.
The force of the lightning as it made
its exit forced shingles off the roof.
No other damage was done except
slightly affecting the chimney. A
metal covering on the chimney is
ouppooSu W nave dIll etCISu tho pOlI'
Mortimore said he saw what was
like ball of fire when the lightning
glanced off the roof.
Further examination showed that
the fork going to the ground forced
some SCOT from the chimney, but
outside of this no damage was done.
Mr.. Stocker was seated in front
of the kitchen range at the time
his home was struck and did not
feel a shock although neighbors in
the vicinity of block felt the in
| fluence of the lightning.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
Menu for Auxiliary supper.

The following will be the menu at
the supper given by the young La
dies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
church, Thursday eveing, June 12,
Veal loaf, cold ham, creamed po-
tatoes, egg salad, rolls, brown bread,
jelly, pickles, coffee and strawberry
short cake. First table at $3.50.
Price of supper 40 cents. Everybody
welcome. asf ed
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
HONESDALE.

Next Saturday the strong Arch
bald team will play and the locals
by hard practice this week expect
to give them a good game. From
present indications we will have
good base ball here this year. Car
bondale has a good team and the
series will prove very interesting.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
DEEDS RECORDED.

Andrew Thompson, surviving exc
cutor of the John Torrey estate, to
Elizabeth Chambers Lindsay, land in
Honesdale; consideration 1850.
r. b. Osterhout ct ux., of Ulster
N. Y, to John B. Robinson, of Homes
dale. land in Willow Park allotment
East Honesdale; consideration 81.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10
GET IN TRAINING, BOYS.

There will be good prizes offered
to boys who are good at sprinting,
jumping and doing other athletic
stunts. The Business Mems Picnic
is coming and the boy who can run
just a little faster than his chum
is the fellow who will get the prize.
Practice, boys. For information
watch the columns of this paper.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10

William n. Heft, Jr., of Deposit.
N. Y, is visiting his grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heft of this
place.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-10

Miss Rose Corners, of Scranton,
was visitor in Honesdale over Sun
day.