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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07
HIS RISE
TO
POWER
By Henry Russell Miller,
Author Of
"The Man Higher Up"
Copyright, 1911, by the Bobbs-MerriIl
Company
Copyright, 1911, by the Bobbs-MerriIl
Company
SYNOPSIS

Senator Murchell, leader of the state
machine, and Sheehan, local boss Of New
Chelsea, offer the nomination for district
attorney to John Dunmeade. Dunmeade
m independent in his political ideas.
Dunmeade will accept the nomination
His father. a partisan judge, congratu-
hates him. His Aunt Roberta urges John
to call on Katherine Hampden, daughter
Of a capitalist.
Katherine Hampden is a worshiper of
success. She and John are friends Jere-
my Applegate, political dependent, cam
peisns for John and the state ticket.
In NeR Chelsea lives Warren Blake, a
model young bank cashier, connected with
Bampden in "high finance" They try
without success for Johns aid.
The rottenness of politics in his state
and party as revealed in his campaign dis
5--s IJoo.>=-- IIA calls upon Katherine.
Katherine's peril in a runaway re-
veals to her and John their unspoken
olive. John publicly turns down
the machine of his party.
John will not compromise with his
conscience even for the sake of win
ming Katherine, and the two part.
The course of his son is disapproved by
Judge Dunmeade. John is elected and
puts Sheehan on trial for political corrup-
ton.
Sheehan is convicted and fees. John
meets Haig, novelist who is introduced
to him by Warren Blake.
Haig and John visit the Hampdens.
Blake proposes to Katherine and is re-
Jected. He praises John to her. Murchell
has visitor.
The visitor is Sackett, head of the
Atlantic railroad, trying to keep the
Michigan out of the Steel City. He
wants Murchell to retire. The lat
ter cannot induce John to stop his
attacks on the machine. John and
Kat crime meet
She still thinks John follower of i'm
possible ideals He loses in his fight for
cleanliness in state politics and falls ill.,
Murchell offers financial aid to the Dun.
meades.
John recovers and continues his fight,
aided by Haig. In the Steel City he meets
Katherine, who is courted by Gregg, a
financially successful man.
Murchell loses control of the machine to
Sherrod and retires nominally from poll
tics. Sherrod gets drunk, and a messen-
ger is sent to Murchell for aid
Sherrod has embezzled 100000 of state
money. Murchell resumes control after
aiding his foe to conceal the crime and
make re ktution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

wonderment became fear Beads of
sweat stood out on his forehead He
shook visibly. The defiant attitude sud
denly dissolved.
Perhaps" said Murchell grimly,
"Mr. Sherrod would prefer to make
this statement himself"
There was an instant of painful 81
lence. Sherrod's mouth worked as
though he were trying to speak. But
no sound fell.
Parrott came to his relief. "Gentle-
men," he said solemnly, "AIr. Sherrod
has withdrawn his candidacy"
'In favor of Dunmeade," supple
mented Greene.
The reporters looked inquiringly at
Senator Murchell.
He nodded. "That's the statement"
Without a single backward glance
he went out of the room. Greene and
the reporters followed him, leaving
Sherrod and Parrott alone to get what
comfort they could out of their plight
and to settle certain accounts, a scene
upon which we considerably draw the
curtain.
A man around whom a battle had
been fought leaned on a rail fence,
gazing off at the undulating line where
the azure of sky curved down to meet
the green of hills. He had been there
most of the afternoon, in fight from
the kindly but obtrusive interest of
his neighbors.
A state was acclaiming him, and he
was not uplifted. He had read the
news Of the morning and knew that at
that very hour several hundred of his
fellow citizens in convention assem-
bled were naming him to high honor,
and he took no joy in it. For the ac-
clamatlon was but the schooled chorus
of a tractable stage mob. And the
victory was not for IN, nor for the
principle he had ,.sed, but for man
whom he had condemned, for an In
stitutioE- E-be.- -heteged. TO. be wrong. He
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07
WI ayne Common Pleas: Trial List
w March Term, 1913.

VNT ayne Common Pleas: Trial List
w March Term, 1918.
1. Kordman VS.. Denio.
2. Sellick VS.. DeBreun.
3. Wilcox VS.. Mumford.
4. Hittinger VS.. Erie r. R. Co.
5. Wayne Concrete Supply G Con.
Co. VS.. Cortright.
6. Kreitner VS.. Cortright.
Z. Mead VS.. Starrucca Borough.
8. Leonard VS.. Starrucca Boro.
8. Spangenberg VS.. Wayne Coal
Co.
10. Gerety VS.. Columbian Protec-
tive Association.
II. Congdon VS.. Columbian Pro-
tective Association.
12. Cromwell VS.. Weed.
13. Jordan VS.. Lake Lodore Imp
Co.
IA. Gauser VS.. Rohrhuber.
Is. Leine VS.. Home Ins. Co.
16. Leine VS.. German Alliance Ins
Co.
II. Leine VS.. Ins. Co. of State oi
Pa.
18. Leine VS.. Fire Assn. of Phila
10. Leine VS.. Svea Fire & Life
Ins. Co.
20 Noble VS.. Glanville.
81. Redington VS.. Lake Lodore
Imp. Co.
w. ]. BARNES, Clerk.
Honesdale, Pa, Feb. 20, 1918.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07
ADMINISTRATIVE SALE - THE

ADMINISTRATIVE SALE - THE
undersigned will sell at the farm
of the late Thos. Genza in Salem
township, Wednesday, March 12,
1913, at 10 o'clock a. m, instead Of
Feb. 27, as formerly advertised, the
following articles: 10 COWS, eight of
them fresh; bull, good farm team,
heavy farm wagon, spring wagon,
two pigs, three plows, 2 sets of
double harness, 2 sets of single har-
ness, 100 bushels of oats, five tons of
hay, ton of straw, so bushels of ap
pies, two sets of bob sleighs, cutter,
and other farm implements too uu-
merous to mention. Annie Genza,
admX. 1862
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

''wbo IS going to make me with
draw" Sherrod sneered again.
didn't Paine give you my message? ?
John Heathr'
"who," demanded Parrott, sis John
Health"
Murchell pointed to Sherrod's face,
which had suddenly turned pale. "He
is a gentleman of whom Sherrod is
very much afraid Parrot, did you
ever hear why l came to the capital
last March? / came because 1 heard
Sherrod here was drunk and threaten
ing to throw himself into the river. /
found out why-he had embezzled
100000 Of state moneys. We fixed
the matter up temporarily" He
paused, Strengthened up in his chair,
eyed Sherrod for moment and went
on quietly: eff your name goes before
the convention. I will take the floor
and tell all about that transaction.
don't think you will be nominated.
And, if you are. I'm quite sure you
won't be elected. Do you withdrawn
81 do notr'
Every we'll" Murchell rose to indi.
rate that the conference was at an end
"Come on, Parrott" Sherrod wheel
ed and marched toward the door. But
PARROT did not follow Instead, he
dropped weakly into a chair, his glance
shifting uncertainty from Murchell to
the departing Sherrod and back again
Sherrod's hand was already on the
jloorknob when he noticed PARROTS
Tefection. He stopped, looking back.
"Come along" he repeated impa
tently.
81 think" said Parrott slowly, "I'1
stay here. I've had one gold brick too
many"
"Whatr' Sherrod turned sharply ant
strode over to the vacillating governor
"You BOBBY! Scared by a cheap bluff
| like that! Do you think he means it
He daren't use it. Here, I'll prove it tC
you" He whirled to face Murchell
pointing. "There is the door, Bill
Murchell, and on the other side of it {
half dozen reporters. Don't wait fol
fhe convention. Call 'em in. Make
good your bluff, if you dare"
For a moment the senator looked in
tently at the ugly, passionate face.
Call them in, Greene" he sale
quietly.
Greene went to the door, opened i
and beckoned to the reporters. They
fled into the parlor promptly. Murchel
turned to them.
Gentlemen, want to dictate a state
ment' Notebooks were flashed fortl
and pencils poised. But Murchell die
not continue. and the reporters did no
look at him. Their eyes were riveteC
on Sherrod. upon whose face had faller
a look of unbelieving wonderment. Th
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

before the people OF MS StaIe
H1IfjFT lonely figure, almost for
khfklD gotten amid the tumult Of
discussion that ragged over the respec-
tive merits of Sherrod and jenkins.
On the next few heads turned ques-
tioningly toward him, few newspa-
pers began darkly to hint that his can
didacy might be more formidable than
had been supposed. The eXigencies
of the party case. it seemed, demand
ed that Jerry Brent be met with a
candidate of equal or greater fitness,
and neither Jenkins nor Sherrod was
entirely palatable to the people. Other
molders of opinion followed suit. Soon
a small host of them were shrieking
that John Dunmeade must be nomi-
mated. The times required it, the peo-
pie demanded it, no one else could
beat Jerry Brent. In short, if these
members of the press were to be be-
lieved, the party was in danger of de-
feat and had experienced a timely
conviction of sin. Within a few days
half the newspapers of the state were
loudly trumpeting that Dunmeade's
services to his party must be reward
ed; the other half labOriously denying
that service had been rendered and
sneeringly pointing to the late pri-
maries in Benton county as evidence
of his popular weakness.
Nd one suspected a prompter. The
people, so insistently told that they
demanded the choice of the young re-
former, began to believe it. A surpris-
ing number suddenly discovered that
they chad always been for Dunmeade
anyway" they were exceedingly proud
of the fact The thing was contagious.
Gradual. but swift as the rising Chi
nook. it swept over the state, a flood
of enthusiasm. Part of il was genu-
inc. Far down in their hearts, be-
meath the calloused crust, the moral
sluggishness that hated change, lay q
terminating civic consciousness i'm
planted by the very man who had be-
come hero overnight. The politi-
cians-all but few-were astounded
Supporters of jenkins and Sherrod
alike were profoundly alarmed.
Two days before the convention the
Hon. G. Washington jenkins bowed
to the storm
81 yield" he said, ''to a spontaneous
demand of the people"
Sentiment" declared Murchell sol
emnly, "has crystallized. Dunmeade's
the man" He explained that this de
cision had been reached by him in
view of the evident wish Of the peo'
pie, and he added truthfully that he
had not seen nor discussed the ap'
preaching convention with John Dun
meade. The Murchell men In the OF
Qanization whooped with. delight. =
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

OEARLE & SALMON,
y ATTORNEYS q CoUNsELoRs-AT-LAw
Offices lately occupied by Judge Searle
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

CHESTER A. GARRATT,
" ATTORNEY d CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw
Ofice-D lmmick Building, Honesdale, Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

The Citizen wants a good, live
ly correspondent in every village in
Wayne county. Will you DE one?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

III WILSON,
Ill. ATTORNEY 4 CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw
Office in Dimmick Bldg. 9Th st., Honesdale
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys-at-Law.

nj E. SIMONS,
M. ATTORNEY ooUNsELoR-AT-LAw
Office in the Court House, Honesdale
Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

WM. H. LEE,
" ATTORNEY CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw.
Office, Foster Building. All legal busine ss
promptly attended to. Honesdale, Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07
BHAPTER Xxx.
The Big Life.

~ day John Dunmeade stood
before the people of his state
a lonely figure, almost for
gotten amid the tumult Of
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

Senator Murchell leader of the state
machine, and Sheehan, local boss OF New
Chelsea, offer the nomination for district
attorney to John Dunmeade. Dunmeade
m independent in his political IDEAS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

Continued in Next Fridays Issue.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

MUMFORD & MUMFORD,
III ATTORNEYS & CoUNsELoRs-AT-LAw
Office - Liberty Hall building. Honesdale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
WORKING GIRLS OBJECT
They Are Against the Minimum
Wage Bill.

Sixty-fiVe working girls and wom-
en- employed at the Warren NJ Crosby
store signed a petition today pro-
testing against the bill before the
legislature providing for a minimum
wage of nine dollars a week. The
petition, however. favors that portion
of the bill that would make eight
hours constitute a days work
The resolution reads in part:
'"The minimum of 50 per week
would mean the reduction of wages
tc experienced and higher class SER
vice-there can be no justice in pIac-
ing all kinds of labor upon the same
basis. All trades and labor unions
recognize the truth of this and grad
uate the pay of laborers according to
the character of work performed
Some employees are engaged in a
class of work for which the employ
ers can not afford to pay $500 per
week Hence, the employer is re-
cuced to the necessity of dispensing
with such help or reducing the wages
employees, in order to run his bust
ness upon a profitable basis. If the
first alternative is taken then this
class of help loses its employment,
and is left idle and unproductive.
Boys can be hired to discharge their
duties"
This afternoon meeting is being
held at the Y. w. c. A by working
girls from various industrial! institu-
tons and stores of Topeka 1t is
understood that the sentiment of the
meeting is strongly opposed to the
Dill which was Introduced by ReDre-
sentative Riddle through Mrs. Lila
Day Monroe of the Good Government
club. Representative will be an
pointed at this meeting to confer
with the house end senate commits
tees Monday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
GOES TO THE JURY.
Mrs. Bradshaw Is Charged With
killing Her Husband.

The arguments of attorneys in the
Carrie Bradshaw murder trial were
finished late this morning and the
case has been submitted to the jury.
Inasmuch as a mass of evidence has
been introduced it is believed likely
that it will require several hours for
the jury to arrive at verdict The
woman is charged with shooting and
killing her husband, Charles w.
Bradshaw, former deputy marshal Of
the county court, when Bradshaw had
called upon her to accuse her of
stealing a lock from his door.
suit for divorce was pending at
the time of the killing, which had
been brought by Bradshaw against
his wife. The defendant in her own
behalf told of many alleged acts of
cruelty on the part of Bradshaw, and
insisted that she feared for her life
when he was around.
This morning Attorneys John J..
Schenck and w. 1. Jamison closed for
the defense and County Attorney W.
e. Atchison closed for the state. The
first argument for the state was made
by Assistant County Attorney Thomas
NJ Lillard, and was followed by At
torney Ed D. McKeever for the de-
Tense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
A JAY GOULD MAP.
o. Z. Walker Has One Made by Finan-
cier When Surveyor.

Jay Gould, father of Helen Gould,
who was recently married with such
Ella borate preparations at Irvington-on-
Hudson, began life as a civil engineer
and trundled about Delaware county
in New York with his surveying kit
in wheelbarrow. A map of the
county, bearing the inscription From
actual survey by Jay Could" and the
date 1885,, is the property of 0. E.
Walker, who inherited the publication
from his grandfather and keeps it
locked in a vault.
The map is a large one, almost five
| feet wide, and drawn up on scale of
one inch to the mile. 1t is most com
pIete has a table of population and
list of agricultural statistics. The top
margin is decorated with queer pen
and-ink sketches of various hotels,
academies, banks and residences in
the county.
Mr.. Walker declares that Jay Gould S
energy in making this intricate map
prophesied the vigor with which he
would attack the problems that beset
him later in life. The financier was,
in fact, noted for his great activity
and shrewdness. He was born IN
Delaware county-in Roxbury, in 1888
about &c years before the publica-
ton of his map. He was brought up
on his fathers farm and attained
much proficiency in mathematics and
surveying when he attended Hobart
college.
Delaware county is exceedingly diff
ficult to traverse with a wheelbarrow.
1t is rocky and mountainous and crisis
crossed with innumerable rivers. The
younger surveyor had no easy time.
Mr. Walkers home was in Tompkins
township, in the eastern part of the
county bordering on Chenango. His
fathers house, the names of his neigh
bors the district school and the old
sawmill were all faithfully located by
young Jay Gould. Tompkins was one
of the larger townships, and at the
time of the publication of the map
had over 5000 inhabitants. The
population of the entire county was
only 49, 49 in the year 1856.
The map is absolutely priceless to
anyone who lived in Delaware county
in the latter half of the nineteenth
century. Every farm house, brook
and county institution is depicted with
the utmost care.
Beside this, the ap-has- some his
torica1 value, and the name of Jay
Gould, in quaint script at the top, has
a peculiar significance to those inter-
ested in the man who tramped
through forests with a surveying kit
and later travelled the same country
in his private car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25

Elsie Thomas. aged Is years, and
Edward Graham, aged 10 years, were
arrested this morning and are being
held for burglary They We're found
in the cellar of the HON eof J. E..
Wilson at 319 Elmwood in Potwin.
One of the boys of the family left
the house and started toward the barn
to milk the cow. He noticed the cell
lar door open and after making an in
veStigation, found the two boys in
the cellar. The young Mr.. Wilson no
titled his father and the police, and
held the two men at the point of a
gun. Mr. Wilson went home and he
and his son then started toward the
police station with the two boys. The
boys were unable to explain why they
were in the cellar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
Oppose Abolishment Labor office.

The Economic Study club and the In.
dustr1al Council had a joint meeting at
the Industrial Council hall, SIS Kansas
avenue, Friday night. The following leg
lslatlve representatives were Present: 4,
{. Blakely. Mr.. Shuey. Mr.. Dawley. Mr.
Bunger and Mr.. Tannahill. The subject
Tor discussion was the state pubIica ito !,
OF school text books. Each of the repre-
sentat1Ves made short address and de
clared themselves in favor of state pub
hcation- A resolution was read anc
adopted relative to Governor G. II
Hodges aboiishing the labor comrn1ssio1,-
ers office as it is now, and a committee
was appointed to wait on the governor
and protest against taking the labor COM
missioner office away from organized Ia
Dor and placing it in the hands of poll
hcians. The members of the committee
are: W. f. Bush, Mr.. Amos, Dr. A c.
Sloan, E. w Hutchins. E. G. Baird w
L. Carter and Mr.. Woodruff. Representa-
tive Bunser stated that organized labor
should have the privilege of appointing
their own commissioner.
The Economic Study club will hold
their next meeting Friday night of next
week with DR. Eva Harding at her office
on Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
Plan to Enlarge City Park.

Mayor J. E. Billiard and Commits
sioner E. B. stotts spent most of the
morning in the Harrison street sta
ton, west of the city park The tract
bordering the park is owned by Nor
man Wear, and it is the desire OF the
mayor to either purchase or exchange
it and add it to the land belonging to
the park. 1t will be filled and graded
with the dirt excavated from the south
side of the Melan arch bridge.
No arrangements were competed
this morning, and the plan will prob
ably he discussed at the meeting OF
the city commissioners on Monday.
We are anxious to enlarge the city
park, and to utilize the dirt from IN
der the bridge" said Mr.. Billiard.
Although no definite arrangements
have been made, we think the plan
will be successful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
what's new for Easter and SPRING"

whats new for Easter and Spring.
querici Mari.
'Small-al small-but the most artistic
ever. The girls in Paris are cutting off
what little natural hair they have SO a s
to get the little turbans on. Won't do 1t
here, though. Girls too sensible.
Came forth then slight dream of won-
anhood to don the turbanS.
Beautiful-why, man would pawn MS
steam radiator in the dead of winter TO
buy any hat after seeing it on her,
thought Mari.
After short session at the glass she
shone from under jeanette leghorn. It's Il
simple dashng affair-plain, straw-co.-
ored, old leghorn crown and brim. But
there is a quill just a foot long in which
20 yards of orange malines, SO piled.
yard upon yard, that only half inch
fringe of it shows around a black center.
1t has worlds of speed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25

Then came black straws which tire
makers call hoods and which are styled
various highbrow names when Mrs. P. de
Minis Tully comes to buy them-red stra rs
with small flower trims, plain StraWs
with black and yellow pompons.
why there isn't a big hat in the
BUNCH walled Mari.
mot this year. Small, all small" said
the clerk, rushing mephisto to the fore.
The mephisto is a straw crown built high
with fold on fold of ribbon, and from tie
front there tapers skyward lone feather.
There'n be no switches puffS undei
the new hats. There'I be no room for
'em. The biscuit rolls over the ear just
have to be worn and with some of the
hats the hair must be tucked down their
back somewhere.
But Mari and Catharine figure that
with Easter the earliest it ever was this
year the hats will keep their ears warm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
BREAK IN THE LEVEE.
Mississippi Appears to Be in for An
other Disastrous Flood.

Vicksburg, Jan. 25.-The Beulah levee
on the east side of the river, near
Greenville, Miss, broke today and the
flood waters are pouring over some
of the finest farming land in that sec
ton. The crevasse resulted from a
settling of the foundation in the new
leVee.
Trains Run Through Water.
Cairo, ILL.,, Jan. 25.-The flood has
become so serious around Belmont,
Mo-, that the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern railway today discontinued
service on it's Belmont branch.
The Cotton Belt railway is running
its trains through water to get into
Birds Point, Mo-, in many places the
water is running over the Cotton Belt
tracks. The water which has broken
through the Mississippi river levee is
flooding much wheat land in south
eastern Missouri Government engi-
neers inspected the drainage district
levees yesterday and found them in
good condition. The Ohio river here
today stood at 4S.7 feet. The crest
of the flood may exceed 40 feet.