Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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EiitcrcJ   nt   %Vlllii.K.narrB,    Pu., as   Hccond   Class   Mnll   Matter.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DEC. 30, 1923
Thn   Only    Buiulny   NpwsiiiTprr CuvurlriK   tlio   Wyomliitl   Vulloy
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
Mrs. James Custer Has Life Ground Out Under Wheels Of Street Car
CHILDREN WITNESSES
Trying To Catch One Vehicle She Gets Directly In Path Of Another
CREW HELPLESS
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Bcforp tho .-iRonlzlntr oys "f ii .''"" and iluiiKlit'^r, .Mi«. Jiinics \V. l'\ist.-r. BJ yeara old, o£ Ili North (Joiidwin street, Kins-iton, met death yesterday afternoon under the whecl.s ot a Luzerne trolley c;ir of tlie Wllke.s- Burre Hnilwiiy Company. An ontliound car struek lier as bIic ran to boar I another car bound for this cily. At tho timo of the trapeily tho wom in wa,s accompanied by her son, Itoliert. 11 years old, while her dausliti-r, Thelma, *.as a pa.ssenser on the c.-.r ¦ivhieh the victim was tryinn to reach. The death of Mrs. Cutter occui-.-id fc«- blocks away from the spot wh-5re Miss Leila Keitcr recently suffererl the amputation of a ien throuKh a colli- Bion of ciir.i. Ye.sterday's trasilc evi nt shocked tbe community In which the woin.i.n waa well known. Ilelalives luSt niKhl .announced that funeral ar- ranROmonts were being he'd In i.bey- nnee until the arrival of relati-/es from di.'itant ci'-ie.*.
Mrs. Custer, accompanied by her eon, left her home shortly after 2 oclock to com-) to this citv on a shop- ping trip. Ry arra-iwemen; the cfuple yiits to hoard a certain cir or whieh JIlHs Thelma Custer was trivclin;,' from Luzerne. Upon reaching tho Intersection ot Goodwin and M irkit Btrcets Mrs. Cu.'iter saw the car carry¬ ing her dauKhter approaching. With her .son close behiml siio darted nc.-os-s the traiks used ny outbound cars juit as a second Luzerne car, travellnB out ot Wilkes-Harre, arrived at the cro.ss- Intc.
Hralii-s .\p|>lied There was a prinillnK of hrakea at V'C motorm:ia trioil to brinir llie cnr to a slop. His effort, however, only nerved to Jolt the passenpors from their seats ami in a moment the -vhe-.da had passed over the prostrate w-om.ui. Crew and passcUfiers tried for some minutes lo reli-ase the woman befoi-L^ they were sucK-es.sful. Meantime the BQUad ot rescuers had been joined by tho son and dauKliter.
Mrs. Cu.ster, with a. Baplnn woun.l In  the head, was carried  to the oRlce
ro) Dr. N. it. Jenkins who luonouneed her dead. The body was removed to the family home. Coroner V. 1>. Thomas personally InvestlRated the dceideiit an.l will likely order an In- Quest.
I'ractic.dly all of Mrs. Custer's life waa spent in Wilkes-llarro and KinRs- ton although for a time she was a resi¬ dent of Nanticoke. She was an active church memlier and was hiRhly re- Bpected IScsides her husband she is survived by her motlier, .Mrs. Janvs Jonathan of Kingston, und by the fol- lowlUK children: Mrs. I'aul ¦ Iteading; M.s- Ernest rurnell Louis; Verna, VVashinston. V. t.: Mrs Kunkle Keller, KlnKston; Thelma, James nnd Hobert; also by the following lirothers and sis-ters J„.,eph H. Jonathan. South Hancock Btreet, citv; Mrs. Marlon Ho.skin.s. Nortli renn.sylvania avenuo, city; Ab- ner Los .V«'''<'«: ^""' ^ing.ston; D-ivid Hooversville, Ta.; William, Philadelphia; Mrs. Howell Jones, Kingston; Mrs. Kobert Uenshaw, Kingston, and Mrs. Harold Conner, Kingston.
Clock Goes Off; Finds Wife Gone
One of the most mysterious cases yet to have come before the Scran¬ ton police department cnme to light yesterday morning when Charles Maries, a Fieni-hman, living at Sni I'rospect avenu(-. ai>pearcd at polico lieadquarters and askeil for assist¬ ance in locatin:^: his twenty-two- year-old wife. Tlie distracted hus¬ band had with him at the tini! cf his appearance .it head(iuai-t-'rs, a tour-rnontli-old baby wliose crying awakeneil both himself and hl.-i wife about midnight. A tew hours l.-i'.er. Maries was awakened by an al-.irm clock and wns more than surnr\'.-1 lo tinil his wife mi.ssing. He is un¬ able to give any reason for her strange disappearance. The woman speaks very little Knglish and has only .1 few acipi.-iintances nt who.se home she mii;hl bo visiting. .\ checkup on these friends resulted in no trace of tho woman being found and up until nn early hour tills morning the pollen offleials were at a total loss to account for the woman's ab.';ence.
LA WS SHAFT SCENE OF DOUBLE MISHAP
Two mine workera met Instant death yesterday afternoon beneath a! fall ot rock in the Laws shaft of the I'ennsylvanla Coal Company nt Avoca.! Ke.scuo corps workeij feverishly for Malt an hour lirfore the bodies of tlic ; victims Were taken fi-om the death chamber. Offleials of the company were .said to have admitted th.-it the men were working without the pro¬ tection  of  supporting  limber.
Tiie Victims were:
Thomtis Tigue, 4,1 years old. miner, of South street, Avoca. He wa.s the father of four children.
.Michael .Moncliek, 38 years old. laborer, of 1.17 .\nn street, Duryea. He also left  four orphans.
The accident occurreil nt 1:1.') o'clock when Tigue and Monchec-k wei-e working together In one of the mine ehamlK'is. Due to a belief that the lop was firm, no props had been erected. Just ns tho two men were preparing to flre ,-i bla.st Ions of roof
I came down on Ihem. The roar of thei rushing coiil was heanl by other mine w-orkers w-ho formed a rescue corps. ' When the vi<-tiins w-ere reached, l-.otli were found to have been Instantly killeil.
Tiguo w-as prominently know-n in Avoca where he had lived lor mtiny year.s. He was a nu-niber of St. .Mary's Church and llio Holy Name Society, besides being an otilcer of tho St. Aloysius Society. He is sur¬ vived by his wife; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Tigue; four sons and-.l.-iiigh- ters, Mrs. I'aul Metilynn, Avoca; Joseph, Francis and Mildred at home; also by the following brothei-s and sisters;^ William, Margtiret. John, .loseph, Helen and Mi-s. Michael ^^us- ton.
Moneheck is sun-ivefl by his wife and four (hildren: I'alll, Michael, Mai-y and .\lina. He was a niember of  thi-  liussian  Catholic  Clniiili.
SALE OF LOCAL COAL COMPANY
FOR TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
WILL IN VOL VE FIVE COLLIERIES
IN M NEW YEAR
Politicians of Nation Wiil Be Busy Until Meeting Of Nat¬ ional Conventions
MORE CANDIDATES
Fori.
St.
MRS, n.Win O. JONKS
Tl,, Mth of Mrs. David (1. Jonea. a
well known and highly esteemed leiji- ri.-nl of riyia-.'utb, occuried at the f-.milv hone. 111 Walnut street, earl> yes e -dav nornin,,-, following a brief niiu-ss of conipli.-.itions. Mr.s Jones r' -ently »"s ad.nllte,! to City hosplta ' but there was pnii-iieally nothing that medic 1 .science could do to r.-lieyc her
"ufTering »'¦'' «•"""''„'"'"bou ¦> 45 home, yesierday morning, about ..4o o'clock. She was r. loguized tis a de¬ vout Christian and lor many years «he took an active pait in the affairs of VVel.-li I'resbyterian church, "she s survivsl by her husl.,md and two sistei-s, M.-S. John I'arry, "I l..^. . N V , and Mrs. Tliomas Jon. s of Kd- wat'isvlile: also by a brother, John R   rones, of Trucksville.
Th     fl nenii   will   b-   held  from   the
late home, at 1 •?« .'?•'^^'-•':',,^^^f'^ril dav nflernoon. Fuither .se \a.s viii bS conducted in the Welsh 'r;'-,'>'^[- tan chureh at 2 oclock and bmial will ke made in Foily Foil ce.aeteo.
Washington, Dec. 29. — With the coming of the new- year,- and the re¬ convening of Congres.s, ¦ rreaidenlial politics will have Iho right of way.
Kven the aetivities of Congresa, w-hich promise to be meagre in a leg¬ islative w-.-iy. w-ili bear directly upon the I'residential contest.
For one thing, the new year w-ill be marked by an increase in I>eniocratic activity. L'p to this time, the Ki-pii> lican campaigners havo been inucn more in the public eye than the Democrats. The Itepublican campaign was given its formal send-otf when tho Uepublii?aii national committee met here and selected Cleveland, Juno 10, HS tho place and dato for tho Hepublican national convention. Furtheiijo:-!-, the fact that Mr. Coolidge, aow I'resident, is seeking the nomination, has focused attention on the   Hepuhliean side  of the contest.
The Democrats will get under way January I-i. when their national com¬ mittee meets here to select the con¬ vention city .ind fix tho date. Tli.-it meeting nill affonl an opportunity for tho supporters of various candidates to do some ".scouting" and may cause a test of strength, just aa the He- publican meeting diil. by showln* tliat tlie Coolidge forces controlled on the  I.ssue  of Southern   repiesentation.
Hefore that meeting, James M. Cox, Democratic nominee in 1920, is ex- peeled lo avow himself again a can¬ didate. Cox Is .scheduled to speak at Jackson Day dinner in Columbus, Ohio, on January 8. Heporls reach¬ ing the Demoemlic circles here arc that Cox intends then to put nimself in the ling aa a Lcaffue ot Nations candidate.
Congrejrt An   Issue
In ("ong.-ess. the shaping of i.ssue.^ for the eampaign will get under way when the lending political orators of both camps gel back. The Hepublican tariff, thi' proposed tax leiluctions, the soldier Imiius tind inlrrnulional re- Ititions will llgure largely in the (lls- cu.ssions. The w-el and dry Issue ia in for a thorough airing in Congress also.
Senator lionih of Maho will deliver an Importtinl speech on the tax issue In New Vork. J.inunry r>, befoie the Voung .Mins Hepublican Club. In this speecli. Horah will attite his posi¬ tion definitely on the juoposals of Secreary .Mellon and on tax reduction generally.
Ohio will be the central btittle ground for two months, beginning next week.
Hiram Johnson, California senator, wiil ileelare his principles In his lirst ollh-lai e.iMitiaign speech in Cleveland next   Wl ¦iiKs-lay.
Senator Oscar Underwood of Ala¬ bama will follow Johnson Into Ohio with a spe«h at Akron the latter imrt of the month. He nlso may address another meeting ut Cleveland on the .s.ime trip. He will state the prin¬ ciples upon which he will opi-o.se Wil¬ li.im <;. .Mc.\doo for the Democratic nomination.
After him. Senator Jim W.-itson of Indiana, will .speak at Springtleld. Ohio, answering the- issues raised by Johnson and  I'liderwood.
Watson will express the atliludc of the administration. By that time he i, expuKd lo have withdrawn as a .andidate himsi If and pledged him- M-K to the full supjiort of I'rei.iJent CooiidBCk
Negotiations le.-iding lo the purehnse of Temple Coal Company by the We»-- ton-DiHlson Company of Hetlibliiin, largest individual ow-ners nf .-inthraii*" c-oal mines in the state hnve lu-en In progress for the Tttist few days. Temple Co.-il Company ojiet-.ites the llari-\- K. and Forty I-'ort collieries in Swojer- ville. Mount I.ookout at Wyoming, and the Sterri(-k Creek tind the North West eoilieiies of L.-ickaw-.-inn;i l.'ounty. It is s.-iid that the purchase price will be in the neighborhood of tw-enty mil¬ lion dollars, sixteen mlilion less thtm w.-is fiaid in the inin-hase of the Le¬ high and \Vilkes-l;arre Coal Company by the Heynolils Syndle.ate recently.
The Temple Coal Comp.'iny prepares and ships lo market about ROO.ono tons of eoal yearly. Over half of this timount is produced al the collieries ou the West Side.
The company was formed after the puri-hiiso of the Simpson and Watkin interests by the banking firm of J. I'jerponl Morgan to prevent the In¬ dependent coul operators from building a railroad to handle their ow-n shlp- nient.s and to escape the snuri-zing eut jiroeo.ss that w-as formerly in vogue with the large carriers of anthracite coal. The stoek of the company w-,-is afterwards distrthuted among the rail¬
road.s, prini-iptiliy the r.rading, in which the late J. I'ierpont .Morgtin wtis interested.
Later the government entered suit on tho grounds Ihtit the stock ilistrihii- 'ion was n. violation of the Sheiinan Trust act. Tho control of Teninle Coal Company, wliii-h was foriiii-d lo take over the Siiiip.son nnd Watkin collieries, came in Hie possession of t H. Thorne of Thorne-Neli Sales Company of New York City; F. H. Hemelright bee.inie manager and un¬ der his supervision the company de¬ veloped Into one of the gie/itest pro¬ ducers of anthracite coal. Later he was elevated to the presidency. He is a product of the lircaker jind in his youth picked siato at the Haddock colliery in Luzerne. The pasl year oi- so Mr. Hemelright h.-is not l-nen in llu- best of health, whli-h probably ai-- counts for the negotiations under way. Sew-ard K. lUitlon, former Cliief of the Department of Mines, Is penernl sup¬ erintendent of thia eomp.-my. Tho Weston-Dodson eomptiny has a number of coiilei-lea in the lower reg¬ ions nnd nlso has large holdings in the bituminous fleld. The main olllee Is at Bethlehem, and the manfigeiiient of the company Is carried on from the fnmoiia steel  tow-n.
TWO MINERS KILLED BY FALL OF ROOF COAL:
_WOMAN IS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY STREET CAR
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON FLATS
Wilkes-Barre Girl Grandma At 35; Honored By New England Governor
Boston, Dec. 29.—"/ beUeve in early marriages," de- clared Mrs. Rhoda E. O'Neal of Brockton, formerly Mha lihoda Crawford of }yilkes-Barre, Pa., in reply to a tjiury of (lOiirnor Ct)x at fhe State House thin afternoon. The occasion was ane of honor for .Mrs. O'Neal, she re¬ ceiving the coni/ratiilations of the Govei nor as the young¬ est grandmother in .\ew England. The young woman, of unusual beauty, is but '.I't years of age.
She smiled doun at her 19-year-old daughter and at the iree bil of babyhood nestling in her arms.
"At the .sf(/;i<' time I wouldn t adiise any young girl to get niarried as young as I did; that aas at 11. My daughter, Mrs. Cronsell, the baby's mother, was married when she uas IS, and I think that's ju.st about the right time."
"You arc looking at my hair," she challenged his e.x- cellency wilh a smile. "Yes, its' bobbed. Imanine a grandmother irith bobbed hair. But I didn't do 'it for style. I had the inlluenza a few years ago and it fell out so I had it cut to strengthen the growth. But I think the style is all right for youny people. It's very pretty and becoming.
Then they returned to the marriage of the youthful grandmother.
"Please tell me about il. How did you happen to get married at ll, and was there a real romance—perhapa an elopement'.'"
".\o, indeed," declared Mrs. O'Neal, shaking her head imphatically. "My parents arranged the marriage. M'e lived in Wilke:<-llarrc, Po. .My father iras William Craw¬ ford, a veteran of the Civil War.
"¦My mother iras delicate and ivhen .she wns told she might live only a year, she wanted to see me settled down."
".Mr. O'Neal waa several years older than I was, hut he was kind and a good worker, so mother thought I would be happy married to him. I suppose the idea seemed romantic to me at the time. . t girl of 11 really doesu'l knoir her own mind, so we were married.
".ind ue were very happy. We had two children. Evelyn, the baby's mother, and Victor, who is now IH. I am a widow now, hut the children have helped to make mc less lonesome the past few years."
SOON WILL RESIGN REQUEST TO BUY
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BLOW IS STRUCK AT HOLIDAY FLOW OF GREEN LIQUOR
^yilk('.'<^Barre Men Arrested Ry State Troopers In Raid Arv Found On Loneli/ Farm With Wide Variclij Of Materials And Two Gigantic Stills
TWO BEDS ONLY FURMTURE
state polico struck a stunning blow at ono of tho cliief sources contriiiut- Ing to tlie Ikioii of moonsiiine lii|uor eligulning Liizi-rne County late yes- li-i-iiay al'leriloiin, when Ihey raldi-d a "larin hou.so distillei-y neai- Sliii-k- sliinny. Itesides arresting two Wilkes- Harre men who were leading tl pioneer life at Ihe phii-o. till. 1-nlili-i-s conliscat¬ ed llii^ largest nioonsliinliig outllt , seized by aulhoHtles In moie tli.ni ai year.
Tho men arresled are^Fraiik Angel of ni Kust .N'lirthanipiiln street and Sam Solomon m' In K'a.-.l Noi-lliam|>lon' stn-et. They wnv cailglil in possession of ft Ills and luiuiir iiigi-eilleiits suf- lleleiit In voliiiin- to pi-iiiliii-e an nva- laiiilie of moiinsblnc. Supplies also taken by the police Indlcaleil tin; own¬ ers of Ihe oultlt had eililc.rked in the business  on a  wholesale scale.
The raid yesterday wns made lifter wei-ks of iiiiiel investigation inlo the .soiiii-e of iillelt liquor. Troopi'is .Ma- zonkey and l.ewis were assigned to llie   rase.      They    enli.sted    the   aid    of
lilt .Mi-Doiialil of Shieksliliiny. The trio lln.illy ili-cidid lliat iiiiii-b of l.u¬ zerne County's lum siipjily was com - ing from Iho former \i-aKer I'ariii sit¬ uated nt Heglster, In Huntington rownsblp. only ti. shoi-l dislaiu-e from Shiek.sbtnny.
.SiirreNnriil   Knid
I^ollco  closeil   In   on   the   pince  yes¬ terday nl.\   some houra of reconnoit¬ ring.     'I'lii y   bad   111)   Iroiibli'  gaining adniission and  iitliekly  had   Angel  and .Solntiioii   uiiili-r ai-1-i-..-l.    The   prtsonirs
of n long nimbling farm hou.so. Kvery evidence pointed to tho fact that .\ngel and Solomon were living In the crudest fashion. Two beds were tho only household furnishings In the place. There were no chaira or car- pel.-i.
However, every room was cluflered up with pariphiw-nalla and supplies needed In turning out .-i now- of moeii- sllilie. It reipdreil an hour for the po- Ilee to collect the enulpnient. When It was linally gtithered It represented ono of the l.irge.sl hauls ni.ule by authoi-i- lli-s hero. Tho conn.sctitcd stuff in¬ cluded:
12 b.-irrela of grape mtish.
1.^  one-hundred  pound sacks sugar.
2 b.-iri-elH of moonshine.
l.'i  gallons of  alcohol.
2 slills, each with a capacity of 50 gnilons.
I   itirge wnter pump. 4   gas  burner  plates.
3 oxygen  gasullne  tnnk.s. The   entire   assorlmint    was   carted
In the Wyoming barracks.    A padlock wtis plaei'd on the farmhouse.
(Hie other raid wtis mado hy State poiii-e yesterday. Two Knilons of inoonshine w-eio taken In a visit to tho homo of .Mrs. Mary I'etritus at tho corner of Seventh and lli-nnisou sli-i-i-ts, Wyoming borough. The wo¬ man paid n fli>e ot $!i.1 and coats pro¬ vided by Hie Wyoming borough oi-dl- nence.
Hiiiiiors w-ci-e current Inst nieht that
fediial   men   were     In      Wilkes-Hnrro
aialilng   plajis   to   cliei k    the   further
wi-l-e   lound   lo   be   the   snle   oeeupalltsi Mow- of inoon.sliiiio on New- Vejir's Hay.
Two Aiv Found Badly Wounded
After A Bitter Street Fight
rolicc of* Hanovor To\jnshlp fnrly ttiLs mornins wcro attcmpttnK to <le- tcriiiine tho cause of a street finht which t^ent two young mm to Mony Ho.spttiil .';iiff<'ring from sovoro wouu'Ls, Tlie rombatantH at the hosplta! ai-o Leo Cnnihy, 28 years ol'l, of ronn¬ sylvania avenuo, WIIUcs-Harro, and Charlr.s Krotlorick, 22 years old, of Hanover Oreon. Both have (loop scalp woundH but will recover, ucclrUing to HUPKoons.
Contlry nnd Predrrlck woro found just   bt'Iore  niidnli,'ht at a lonoly  point
ulonR- thn River roail In tho township. Holh wore exhausted and helpless fro latheir wound.';. (Ullcer Strry ni.ide the discovery and sniiunnned Chief Joseph lleuUus, who sent the two to tho hospital.
Neither   man   wa.s  ahlo   to   k^Ivo  any coherrnt   voi-slon of their tr<Mjt..lo.  The.
i KTouiid around wIhm-c they woro foimd hore evidence that the IlRht had wa^'erl
i furiously fro u considomhlo timo be¬ fore both combatants were finished. t,.'hief Koeku.s announced to<lay that ho was attenipldm to Imate .'.everal uit- no.sses  uiio  (led  fioiu  thi^ scene.
MiSS KOCNS HOSTESS LOST HIS TWO CO.ATS
TO DANCIMG CLASS BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN
Mi.ss Julia Janice Koons was hostess to a number of her dancing pupils at a Christmas party In the blue room ot Hotel Sterling, yesterday attirnoon. An excellent menu was served nnd the spacious room w-:ir. elaborately decor¬ ated tor the occasii I A large variety of favors, IncluiliiiK a iM-auttfully dressed snow doll, was given each guest.
Uiirlng tho dinner, thn tollow-Ing program waa given: Helen Hlazejew- akl, recitation and dance; Irene Drier and Kthel llers.'henfeld, IMronetle danoe; Alice Kozuhow.skl, ch.-irticter dance, Kll/Jibcl)i Kozlek, Interpretive dance; Irene Zepet^ki, I'avlova (invotle Hetty Fenton nnd Christine Weiss, dance ot wood sprites: Jean Dreier and Flora I.efkow-itz. Hlue Hird danc: Johtinna Kopicki, highland fling: Sybil Krauser, Hu.ssian dance, "llambalin.'i," by entire class.
and
MKS. TIIKKKSA .MAI.MtY
Mrs. Theresa -Malloy wns buried yea- teniay morning at 'J o'clock from her home at 3.') Alley street. A solemn high mass of reiiiiit-m was celebi-ated In St. Patricks Church. The olTicers of Ihe mass w-ere Hev. J. K. Lynott. celebrant; Hev. Wtilter (iormtm, dea¬ son. and Hev. .S. H. O'Connidl, sllb- deaciin. Rev. J. Carroll ot I'hila¬ delphia w-aa muster * ot ceremonies. Hall Iwarera w-ere Lynn I'etiehman, C.eorgo Keller, I'atrick llnnion. John Ue'-ry. Mat Duffy and William I.awali. Iliiri.il was in Sl. Mary's Cemetery at iialluver.
The finding of an overcoat nnd a .stick co.-il on Kast South street lato last night gave tho cily tioliee a bjiffl- Ing ease for a time but early this morning 11 w-aa learned by city detec- tlvea Dougherty and Higgins th.it the ow-ner of the co.ats w-aa at w-ork on a South Main street pool  room.
The coatH w-en: found by a man named ('olem.an of North M.-iln street, near the Dur.inl aervice sltition on Kust South street. He took them te police station w-here papers w-ere found giving tho name of an Kasl Knd resi¬ dent ,a» the probable ow-ner. Hellev- ,Ing that the man had been missing jfrom home and possibly commilted ; suicide the deti-ttives w-riit lo tin; Kast ! Knd homo and learned that he had : left etiriy in Ihe e\-ening lo work In lhl- iiool room. At the pool room the m.in w.-is found lo be on the job but he w-!is unable to explain bow Ins coats happened to bo found on South street.
TIIDM.VS   < niCISTOI'IIKK
The death of Thomas I'linstopher. a I w-ell-knov.-ii Harsons resident, oeeiir- : i-( d at the home ot his son, Anthony on South Main street. I'arsons, late Friday nlKlii, tollowing un illnexs of complications.
! Ho is survived by the following chil¬ dren: August, Martin, Frank, John, i Jo.seph, iind Anthony. The funeral will Im- held from the liome. tomorrow- morning with a requiem high m;isjv,in Doniinick's Chureh ;it !i:30 o'clock, iuuiial will be in Ut. Murv's Cemetery.
Failing Hcalih And Change In Britain's Government Are Given As Reasons
ILL A LONG TIME
Washington, Dee. 2!).—Sir Auckland Oedde.s, il is exjleeled in olllcltil c|liar- tera liere, smiii will resign as Hrllisli nmbtiss.-idor lo the Cnlled Slates. So far, neither the highest omel.-ds In the Sttito Depai'ne-nl nor Henry fi. Chil¬ ton, Hritish charge d'affaires bere, 'hiivo been ailvl.sed that (leddes actu¬ ally has resigned.
It Is iK-lievid lliat the American em¬ bassy ill l.iindoii has reported to the .State Dep.irlment that (ieddea Is giving up ills po.sl hi i-e, mentioning the name of ti pi-ohalile successor.
The liitist iiinH-t ciiiiei'i ning Crdde.^ was laililislird from London diitlng the pnst few- liiys and stated that he w-ns Hailing to riturn to his post hero on Jnnuary 2.
It Is known that the State Depart¬ ment has iM-i'ii in infoi-nial communic:.i- tlon with the Hrltlsh emlmssy here in an effot-t to ohttiln dniinite Information as to whether (ieddes Is resigning, but tho Hrtisli i-mhassy is alao w-lthout exact infoiination from London.
The only re.ison know-n tor fleddea roslgning is his ilelic.-ilo stale of health. .Iiisl before leaving fnr Kng¬ land on .-I'vaialiiin niiiny months ago, (ieddes sMff'-ri d a at toko which almost roaulted In  blinlne.ss.
Ho was kept in a completely dtirk- ened room undi-r physicians' care for somo wiiks .\fler the amlia.s.s.-idor's return to Knidand, howiver, letters hero iniliialid he was Improving steadily.
Cleddi-s h IS suffi-i-ed for a long timo with virtii;il l.liliihless in one eye. At the time of his illness hen- he lost the alght ot the other for a period. Liter, in Kngland. he was rei.iorted to have regained good sight In the first eye th.-it was iiffi-eled, so that his general vision  was gooil as ever.
.Sir Auckland flediles' trip to Iho ijniled States next week Is merely for the purpo.se of clearing up aff.iirs prior to hia retirement as Hritlsli aiii- b.-iss.idor, the Weekly Dispatch s;iid tonight.
There have I" en many nimors of late tlitit (lid'lis soon would resign the diplomtitii post becau.se of ill healtli, and also U-eaiiae, If a Uibor govei-nment goes Into power next month the new ri-glmc would prolxibly desire to put a new m:^ In Washing¬ ton. There his lieen some talk of Stanley llaldnin, the incuuilH-nt premier, bei oming .Vmbassador to tbo UuiteU tiialun.
Purchase In United States Will Be Permitted By The State Department
TO PUT DOWN REBELS
; Washington, Dec. 29. The Cnlled Sl.-iles govi-rnmenl has grtinted a re¬ quest of the Obregon government of Mexico to sell  it a "limited quunllly"
I ot w-ar materi.-il tor quelling Ihn revolt of Adolfo De La Hiierla, the Sl.-ile Department   ofllclally   announced    to-
1 night.
The tollowing statement was I.ssued by the depaiiTiient:
"The Mexican governmi iil has |ire- .seiiiid a request to this govi-niment lo sell it a llmllisl qiiantUy of war material. This government h.-is ex¬ pressed Its willingness to ni-ike the sale. In view of the lelaliona betwci-n thla goveinmenl and the Mrxli-an Koveiiiment, which was reeognl-zed laat September and of Ihe Inipoitanen of Ibe mtlillt.n.-ince of stability i^nd oiderly coiistiliitlon.-ii procedure in the neighboring republic,"
The following poviiinn on the quea¬ tlon was informally outlined by a high ollleiai:
"Til* bite I'ri-.'-i.li nl Hanlliig la.-.t year wrote to the War and Navy Dc.- paitnienls asking tlnni to adopt a policy of refusing lo sell Iheir surplus war siippliis to foreign governments that would likely employ siii-li inali r liils In hostilities and not In sell to private individuals who In tarn would sell   lo  foreign   gove-riimeiits."
"Tho Stale Department la the iigt'iey for liilei-pn ting Ihis policy and ci-l-tatn exceptions lo it must neees- sarily arise. The decision to .si || war supplies to Obregon Is cnnsiilerisl an exception to that general policy. The governmeni holds that It has every nei-esstiry    right    under    Inlernational
.law-  to  make  the stile  of  the  supplies
' to Mexico.
"I'resilient Obrei,'nn haa esl.-ibllshed fl siabh' governinent in .Mexico that h.-is remained In pow-er for tlirie years. The irnlled Slates is inleiisled In see¬ ing stability I'Very-where, and partie- uljiriy In Lilin America. There is no quest Inn of favoring Obn-goii as an Individual, but the d(-cision ot the I'nited States is In favor nf stability of govern nent in .Mexico. If the peo. llio ot Mexico wish to change their government they can by constitution¬ al procedure. The l'nited States con¬ sidered il an obligation to ijitin .Am¬ erica to make the .-aio of war buppiies |« Mexico."
HIT BY LIGHTNING A PROBABLE FA TE OF LOST DIXMUDE
Tunis, Dec. .1(1 (Sunday).—Clinging lo w-hat appeared to be a raft or a bit of w-riM-kage. three men who may h.-ive liien soi-vlvoi-s of the lost I''i-eneh dir¬ igible liiMiiiide, were sighted across storm swi|it, white (-.-iiqieil waters of the Meiliten-anean_|ne.-ir Cliebba by Ihe ei-ew of a sail bonI, which arrived al SInx   last   night.
So violent WIIS the tempest Ihat the sail Imtit's ei-i \^ waa uuablo to go Kj the  aid of the men.
I'ails, Dec. ;:i (iitidiially na stories of simple llshi-r folk and tin- iiinle evl-
di-ll f   Ihe   liirlgilile   Dxiliude's  dead
commander were piece.I together FraiK-e reeon.slmeted tonight the final inoliniits of Ihe fall fill fllglll of her losi qm-i-n of lln- .skies.
Helli f now exists In olTlclal circlea that the Dixmude, harried liy tempi sta and whirling aimlessly over the .Midi- terr.ini-aii. was slrui-k by lightiiirg shortly after 1 a. in.. S.iiiiiday, c.-iiighl lli-e, floated for a mlniili- In tin- storm torn iilglil .-ind then broke In two and
fell    Inlo   the   aea    bet-.veen    Sleily    and Sai-dllli.-l   tin   kilnllietiis  off  the   co.i.it.
Awe-stricken Sicilians, peering from rude shelters at the raging slorm that made hideous the night of December 21--2, saw- in Ihe sky "tw-o balls ot lli-i-" that Illing a motiii'iil and then fell   Inlo   Ihe   w-hit-cappiil   sea.     Tho
I ',   they  .said,   was .shortly  after  2
o'clock.
I.ondnn, Di'c. .in.- Thi; lll-fnted dlr- i,::llile Dlxiliuiie ^enl an "S. O. S." ciy for help to Ihe royal m.-ill ste-.imer Ta.-.so as Ihe latter pitclieil and wal¬ lowed ill moiinlainoiis Mi-diteir.-inean seas last week, ai-i;oiiiing to a htier received here today from Williaiii SpiiiUs.  Ibe ves.-el's  wli-1-les.s opi-ialor.
.sipinks, writing to bis wife, I0I41 of receiving tho Dixmude'a vain call .while tlie Ta.sso wna hiburing enrouto from Ciilii-alttir to .Malta.
Till- ll tlir. mailed on Chrlstm-is day, gave an idea of the terior ot Iho stoiiii.
"It was hell." Splllks wrote. "The g.ile was the woist I ever have cxper- leni-e^l.".       -
"The Tas.sa rolled nnd pltilKil so that It emptied the acid trom the valve b.itt.-rli-.-. over the i-.ilnti floor"
JURY SAYS SHOOTING
WAS JUSTIFIABLE ACT
Thtlt I'atsy I'alllltano shot in silt defi-nse. in i-oiiiiictlnii with the mur¬ der of .liwi-ph Tr.-ivillo. which oc¬ curred   in   the   I'.iiililatio   home  at   U2
Vine sll-iet. I'lllslntl. iiliolll two weeks ago. was Ihe vei-ilii-l arilvid .-it by a eorom-r's Jury which met in the olllee of Deputy Coroner Cliartis K. llowi-ll, of I'itlston. on Friday night. The verdict came after a few- iniiiilles de- Ilbi-railon following the eoneliislon ot testimony. The jury was compo.sed of r L. Carii-hiier, Fred Hinder. E. V. Smith    and    Deimty    Coroner   C    K.
HAS  LK«;  I'll.U'Tl KKI)
While al work yi-sterday at No, 7 colliery of the Silsqiielianna Col¬ lieries Comiitiny at Nanticok", Walter Slyczen, 20 years old, of St!l South Hanover street, Nantieoke. was I squeezed betw-ec n i-.-irs. His right leg jwas fraeiui-ed. He \^'TTS taken to Nan¬ ticoke  SI tlte   hospital.
THOMAS JONKS
Thomn.s, the elghteen-inonths-old son ot Mr. and Mrs. Henjamin Jones, died at Ihe fallliiy home. !»S Thomaa Htriet. Kdwunlsviile, Friday night, fol¬ lowing a brief Illneas of coniplleations. The funeral will be held from the home tomorrow- atterlloon al 2 o'cloik and buri.d will be In Forty Fort cemetery.
MHSrC'.Mll'KNTKK   WII.COX
Mrs. C.irpenter Wilcox who died Fri¬ day at Kiidieott, .New York, will be l)Urrled*rom the Chajiel at tho Hollen¬ back cemetery Monday afternoon at 2 I'. M. Mra. Wilcox waa a former resi¬ dent of I'lains and was widely known •nd bliihly respected.
AWARDS DAMAGES
ON CROSSING DEATH
New     Vork     Hupiome     Court     has
awarthd    $:).0()0   to   Eufiene    Hilcy   of
; Syraen: o  for tho  death  of his daUKh-
ter.  Mi«« Marjfaret, nsod  IS.  who  was
liilloU  on  a   New  Vork Central   grade
joro.ssinK In  Hyracuae,   N.   V.,  on July
H.    The  ca.so of  the  family of JuU:i
Caulny,  aKt'd  nine,  formerly of Noi-th
I Meade Htrvet,   thlH city,   who  was also
¦ kilied   ttt   the   aeiident   has   not   Inrri
I dcoi(I»Ml   hy   the   court.     The   Supreme
"i'ourt has upheld Iho claim that HaK-
I men  al   tho  Rrado  cropsinfi:  were   re-
' sponsible  for the  two deaths.
I I.AIUKI.   IJNK   CASK
I Seranton authorities have announr- j od that papers are bein^ prepared to btin^; I'et*r Itosatl. allef^ed lo.ider of tho IjuucI Lino bandits, from Ohio to Seranton for pnMCcution tn L;ickawan- na County. Kosati is now being hold for ••fuithor InvestiKation" in tho Ohio State Uuformatory at RIan.stleld.
Sl h^ KOK IHVOUCE
Victoria Saltonas Kimbert, of H3 Wellos stroet, Nantiooko. yesterilay fllod divorce proooodintfs agalnNt her hUNband. John Kimbert. t>f 137 Center street. Nantiooko. alkgins: that ho abused hor shoi-tly aftor they wore niarritd In July of this year and also that, on beveral occa.sions. ho Insult¬ ed her and assaulted her with his fists. Sho ciaimii that they lived together until Ooeombor 27, last week, when «lie wau furceil to leave her household.
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