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THE WEATHER
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1924
Th«    Only    Sunday    Newspaper Covering   the   Wyoming   Valley
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
LABOR MAY BE CALLED INTO PRESIDENTIAL RACE; 12 LIVES SNUFFED OUT IN DOUBLE CLOUDBURST
DELUGE STRIKES SLEEPING TOWNS IN FREAK STORM
^ One Whole Family Drowned And Five Members Of Another Are Engulfed By Water That Tears Down Bridges And Throws Homes From Their Very Foundations
RICH FARM LANDS LAID WASTE
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Boy Meets Death Under Motor Car
Anthony ByanskI, five-year-old son of Mr. .nnd Mrs. Thomas Byan- ski. was in.stantly killed when run down hy an nutomohlle driven by .Jiimes Hnsklna on Main street, Avoca.' late yesterday. All are re.siilcnts of Avoca. Hasklns w.'is rclpuscd hy police on hla own I'ecoffnizance. Witnesses told police ho wa.s driving about fifteen miles an hour and .*;topped his car Imme¬ diately after the child   wns .struck.
Anthony run In front of the car despite his father's wnrnine, wit¬ nesses said. The father saw the car Just aa he and Anthony started out from bchincl another which was parked alonpr the curb. He cried, ".Stay back, Anthony." but the child failed lo heeil nnd inn directly In front of Hnskin's machine. Medical attention was secured In a few moments but the tot  wn-s dead.
DETERMINED TO STOP VANDALISM AT ALTAR
EUzabethton, Tenn., June 14.—^Two ominous black clouds, rolling a wam- Insr over the sleeping vlllaffea of the mountainous replons of Carter county, cliished today nnd twelve persons were dead and heavy property damage was done by the resulting double cloud¬ burst which de.scended on a half dozen towns.
The spectacular freak ot the ele- ment.s accompanied by blinding flash¬ es of lightning and deafening peals of thunder, deluged the countryside for miles aroiind.
Homes and buildings were carried away on the swirling murky torrents, bridges crajshed from their cement foundatiotu!, long stretches of railroad tracks were uprooted nnd tossed a^out on the crest of the flood, and thou¬ sands of acres of rich f.arm l.xnds laid wnste.
The known dead:
Mrs. Cecil I^ewls and her four chil¬ dren; Mr. and Mrs. Lura Smllh ajid the.ir two children; a daughter of Ncal Lewis and two unidentified workmen.
The big Blue Spring branch and Stony Creek went on a nirapage and joining with the Watauga river near Hunter, swept the bu.slness district of that Utile town. Streeta were Inun- djited and serious damage done lo the Dungan mill district. Churches and dwellings wore carried away by Ihe angry waters and the tmcks of the Southern   Railway   for   a   dLstance   of
700 feet were waahed from the road¬ bed.
A bridge near Hampton on the .Slate I.tne road was literally lifted from Ita foundation and hurled down¬ stream .leaving the road almost oblit¬ erated and lmpa.s.sahle. bead horses and ciittle, hou.sehold Rood.s and debris choked Stony Creek at this and other points in the flood zone.
A Southern railway bridge between Garden's Bluff and Slam, 80 feet high and 100 feet long, fell before the rear¬ ing torrents.
At Fish Springs only muddy wastes marked tho spot where the village church had stood a few hours before.
Many freaks ot the storm were re¬ ported.
Housoa Blown Down
Charlotte, N. C, June 14.—Heavy hall and windstorms sweeping the Piedmont section of North Carolina to¬ day caused considerable property dam¬ age.
A number of houa^es were blown down on the oiitsklrt.s of this city, wiro communic^ition waa seriously In¬ terrupted and hundreds of acres of young cropis were destroyed. No losM of life has been reported.
Morrlsvllle, David.son and a num¬ ber of other .smnll towns near here were reported hard hit.
Congressman Howard Admits He Paid Fine After Being Cfiarged By Police
NOT DRUNK HE SAYS
Oklahoma City, Okla., June 14.— Congressman E. B. Howard of Tulsa, candidate for the United States Senate in Oklahoma, was arrested and fined in police court here la.st Mon¬ day for alleged drunkenness, it wna di.sclosed tonight by police, nnd ad¬ mitted  by  the  congressman.
Howard, according to police, waa arrested with nine others In a raid on an apartment house here last Satur¬ day night after he had delivered a speech. With hla companions he wus released under bond and Monday the ten entered pleas of guilty and paid fines of $5 each.
Howard was booked under the name of "S. n. Thoinp.son."
In a long distance telephone con¬ versation wilh the United Pies.s to¬ night at Alius, Oklahoma, where he Is speaking on behalf ot hi.s senatorial candid.icy, the congressman .idniitted he had been arrested under an as¬ sumed name und paid a $5 fine for drunkenness. He added, however, that he wa.s an innocent victim of ciicumstancea, and that II wus piob- flhiy a frameup on the part of his political ene;'.iies.
"1 was not drinking, but Just hap¬ pened lo be at the apartment wllh some friends when the police made the raid." Howard .said. "I pleaded gulltly to a technical charge of drunk¬ enness and paid a small fine as the simplest way out of the affair.
"We were at'my pollllcal headquar¬ ters after my campaign addre.ss in Oklahoma City when a friend sug¬ gested I go lo his home and meet fcome .voters.
"I drove with him to the apartment Just to shake hand.s wilh the.se people and aHk thiir support, as 1 do in all my caBipalgna.
"We hud Iwen there only a few min¬ utes when police ciime and made the raid.
"It was an awful affair and I wjs an innocent victim.
I.. W. Decordove, captain of the police morals squad, .said tonight th.it the a'partment had been raided on complaint of nclshbors Ihal a disor¬ derly party was being staged.
UPON U.S, VESSELS
Cooiidge And Hughes Will Be Put    Under    Siege'   By ' Champion Of The Navy
OUR RANGE INFERIOR
Washington, June 14.—A showdown on the slate department's attitude to¬ ward elevation of guns on American battleships to increase their ranges wili be sought this summer by Repre¬ sentative Fred Britten, Republican, of Illinois.
Britten's flrst move will be to visit President Cooiidge Tuesday or Wed¬ nesday, asking a dellnite commitment of tho administration on the proposi¬ tion. Next) he wili call on Secretary ot the Navy Wilbur. If still neces¬ s.ary, he wili beard Hughes In his slate department office.
Britten today gnve advance notice that he wn.s on the war path when iiH sent word fo the While House that he wanted an appointment, staling exactly the purpose of his visit. He also warned the Judge advocate gen¬ eral of the navy, the legal advi.sor of the secretary, that he was coming to see Wilbur. He wanted them to he fully prepared to meet his arguments.
What Britten Is most fearful of In his drive is ".stalling" on the part of his quarry. The l.ssue, he claims, hdd been sidestepped even since the early days of the Harding administration after the arms conference, when the proposal w.as vetoed as a violation of the arms pact.
Gun elevation la essential, Britten argues, to bring the American navy on a parity of fighting strength with Great Britain. In tonnage and num¬ bers the two navies may be equal on paper, 'but so long as British guns can out.shoot American guns, the United Stales fleet Is interior. Only by rais¬ ing Ihe maximum elevation of the guns from 30 degrees to some higher figure can the difficulty be remedied, he  declarea.
SMl'TS   FACES  OKFEAT
London, June 14.—The Sunday Ex¬ press' corre.spondent at Capetown l>e- iieves there is little doubt, that General Smuts will be defeated in the gcneraJ elections to be held in South Africa.
.\ coalition of Dutch nationalists and laborites are resiion.sible for General Smut's expected defeat nt the polls.
In an effort to brealt tip the epidemic of vandalism In Cntholic churches of Wllkes-Barre nnd Wyo¬ ming Valley, CnScf of I'olice Michael Brown la.st night had detectives sta¬ tioned In the Catholic churches of the city to watch for Ihe night prowlers, who, it Is reported, visit the cdlflcoa between 3 nnd 4 o'clock In the morn¬ ing. The detectives were assigned to all Catholic churches by Chief Brown afler he had received a request from the pnstor of tho only Catholic church In the city which ha.:i not been entered and desecrated since the first vandalism was repoited several months ago.
Chief Brown announced la.st night that he believed the dcsecnition of the churches w.as the work of grown men, acting with systematic malice. He .said that the desecrations that hnve been committed in some of the local churches, especially St. Aloysius Church,   which   was   entered  on   Sat¬
urday mornmg. Is Incomprehensible, and while it mlKliI appear to be the work ol a fanatic, he l)c!levcs that as much the .same program hns been car¬ ried out in tho other clnirches. It Is the "lo.'ith.sonie emotion of a nnrrow, bigoted man or group of men."
St. Aloy.sius Church at Harney and Division street waa the last edifice where it was reported A-andals had entered. They got In through :\ cellar window and after damaging .sacred or- nanieiils and vestp^onts and commlt- ling savage depredations, loll aftor taking only a small amount of money which they obt.aincd from poor boxes in the  rear of the church.
In the la-st several weeks three Catholic churches nt Pittston woie entered and two at Sugar Notch were broken into. In this city In the la.st few weeks St. Nicholas t'hurch. Holy 'frinity t'hurch on Iho Heights and St. Aloysius Church have Ix-cn dise- craled.
First Klan Case Won By Defense
Ebensburg, Pa.. June 14.—The State thla evening lost Its flr.>rt murder case growing out of the Lilly riot of April li, when Samuel Evana of South Fork, a member of the Ku Klux Klan nnd Ihe first of the 31 defendants Imlicted for mur¬ der and manslaughter, wna acquit¬ ted. Evans was on trial for the death of Frank Mia-sco, one of the threo Lilly citleens mortally woundeil during tho shooting nf- fra y.
'I'he Commonwealth will go through with the other Indlctriicnla of murder .md manslaughter against tho other 30 defe.Ddunts. ac¬ cording to District Attorney D. P. Welmer. Court will recnnvene Monday morning.
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Secret Report Of Interstate Commerce Commission Suggests Way To Reduce
ATTACK EXPENSE SHEET
Washington, June 14.—A powerful argument Tor greater government regulation of railroads has Iwen ad¬ vanced from ft wholly unsuspected qu.arter — the Interstate Commerce Commission, it was dlsclo.sed here to¬ day.
In a confidential report to the Senate Interst.ato commerce committee on the ability of the commLssion lo enforce honest, eflflcient aad economical rale making under .section 15-A of tho Transportation act, a minority of the commission declares It cannot fio so and Ihat honest rale making prolKihly cannot bo assured unless there is wider government management of the carriers.
Tho report waa asked by the pro¬ gressive-controlled senate committee .as a preliminary to its scheduled a.s- sault on section 15-.^ the section of tho act which gives the commission power to fix rates which wili give tho carriers a return of 5 3-4 per cent, held as "reasonable."
The progressives contend that the roads charge ott exorbitant amounts for maintenance .repair and oper.ation expenses and by various subterfuges keep rates higher than they should be. They asked the commission if it thought it could cope with this sort ot thing.
A  Secret   Ueport
The majority of the commission re¬ ported to the senate committee that it felt entirely able to ascertain whether or not railroads were operating elH- ciently and  economically.
They .snld the system of accounting in force permitted them to do thl.s.
Commissioners Eastman, McMan- amy and Campbell, however, dis¬ sented and reported that the commis¬ sion with Its present field force and authority was unable to check the tendency ot .some railroads to try for high rules by Incurring high ex¬ penses. ¦ Eastman- went further and declared that the only way to con¬ trol ratfes based on guaranteeing a fair return lo the railroad was by re¬ luming lo government management.
The majority of the commission fell felt tliat tho tolal expenditure for maintenance in 1923, Vhough several hundred millions more than ever spent before in a single year, was ade¬ quately explained. With this the mi- Aorily, however, wns unable to agree.
The two i-eports of the commission were given the senate committee In confidence just before the end of the last session and will be studied by the commitlee momi>ors during the summer recess in preparation for consideration of railroad legislation at tbe winter session.
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TROLLEY POLE FALLS ON BYSTANDER'S HEAD
Handling Of Cleveland Con¬ vention a Source Of Worry To President And Advisers
BUTLER SUMMONED
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DEMOCRATS SEEK TEST FOR DA WES IN COMING FIGHT
Nominee For Vice President On Ticket Of The Opposition Party May Be Decided On The Dictation Of Or¬ ganized Labor When New York Convention Goes Into Session
McADOO IS REPORTED GAINING
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John Mooney of 56 Goodwin avenue. Kingston, employecf as a conductor on the Nanticoke line of the local trac¬ tion company, was slightly injured last niglit when he was struck on the head by a trolley pole from one of the pars standing at the Square terminal. The injured man was not on duty at the lime of the accident, according to reports. It is understood that the car had pulled into the Square and the trolley was being exchanged for the outbound trip when til* accident hap¬ pened.
Woshlngton, June 14—Worried over the almost complete estrangement of the "old guard" senators at the Cleve¬ land convention. President Coolldgo nnd his advisors tonight were study¬ ing means of bringing about a reconciliation.
The alternative faced by the 'White House is continuing along Ihe course ot cold disregard of Ihe "old guanl" and placing all the responsibility on Congress tor the "black marks" against the President's adniinistration.
Mr. Coolldgo Is giving a great deal ot thought lo the altualibn at Clev?- land where Wm. M. Butler, the Presi¬ dent's personal choice tor campaign manager, was charged with handling tho vice preaidential question so badly that the "old guard" bolted and noni- in.ated General Chaa. G. Dawes over those whom President Cooiidge more strongly desired.
The President had received a long report on this Inlerclne war from his secrclary, C. Blascom Slemp, who atKandoned a trip south he had plan¬ ned and hurried back lo Wushlngton to talk with his chief. It la admitted the situation Is ditflcuit for Slemp. The President's secretary naturally is a-ssumcd lo feel strongly about the alleged Butler fiasco. Butler, however, is a personal friend of Mr. Cooiidge and the President's personal choice for chairman of the Republican national committee President Cooiidge will gel Bullei-'s side,of the story when the campaign manager reaches*Washing¬ ton soon.
Week-End Conference
A further talk about the Cleveland epismie is expected toitake place on the Muyflowy, which I'rcsidcal and Mrs. Cooiidge, with Secretary of the Interior Work, Senator Reed Smoot, Utah, and former Representative Frank W. Mondell, permanent chair¬ man nl the Cleveland convention, as their guests, boarded Ihls afternoon for a week-end trip down the Polo- mac.
A continuance of the smoldering warfare between the White House and the "old guard" senators would be dangerous to the President's Inter¬ ests In the campaign, some of Mr. Coolldge's advisors and political ob- .servers believe. f-
Then, although President Cooiidge may come through the elections wilh entire safely, the business of govern¬ ment in Washington will be seriously hampered when Congress reassembles in December, if these co-ordiriuie branches still are al loggerheads. Congress is showing less and less dis¬ position to be dictated to from the White House, as evidenced al Cleve¬ land.
But when President Cooiidge nnd Mr. Butler assume an allitude Ihey do not change very easily and further developments of great interest in this situation are confidently looked for.
RETLIINS FROM CHICAGO
Willard Oppenhelm, of Westmoor, returned yesterday from Chicago, where he was called by Ihe unex¬ pected death of hla mother. His younger brolhei-s, Sol and Sydney, came with him to make their future home in this city. Mr.^Oppenheim is a nephew of M. A. Oppenhelm, direct¬ ing head ot the People's Outfitting Co., with which concern he also Is associated.
Junior 0. U. A. M. of Three;
' Districts Also Accept Three
Hundred New Members    I
AN INSPIRING EVENT
Sensation Staged In One Of City's Best Residential Dis¬ tricts Early This Morning
TWO WOMEN HELD
"Joe Beaverson Night" waa.obaei-ved by councils from distrlrts 28, 29 ahd 32, Jr. O. U. A. M., in tho armory building on South Main street, last night, wilh npproxim.itely a thousand representatives of tho Order In attend¬ ance The program was largely aa a testimonial to Joseph Beaverson, Jr., Pa.st State Councilor, of Vork, Pa., who ai.pcarcd as the principal speaker. One ot the outstanding features ot the demonstration was Ihe inillntlon ot a cla.ss of three hundred candidates into the organization. Tho closS waa known as the Beaverson cla.sa and rep- resentoil Ihe climax of a three months membership . camnuign conducted throughout tho three districts repre¬ sented.
District 28 comprises Pittston and vicinity; disli-lct 2!t, the city of Wilkes- Barre, while district 32 takes in the West Side from Plymouth lo Wyom¬ ing, Uiclustve.
National representative Fred Ellis, ot Kingston, presided at the ceremonies while hu also served us chairmun ot the county committee which miulc ar- rangetnents for the affair. He deliver¬ ed a forceful address and witli hint iimong the .speakers were Pusl Slate Councilor Cyrus Wei.^s, (»f this city; I'asl Slate Councilor E. 13. Baldwin, of PJUston; District Deputy Stato Coun¬ cilor W. W. Custer, ot West Nanti¬ coke, and William (1. .lenkins. usslst- ant county superintondenl of schools. Near the citvse of the program, Mr. Jenkins, on tichult of the West Side council.s, presenteii Mr. Beaverson with a beautiful coal clock. The recipient of tho gift responded with a tew well chosen remarks.
The Initiation of the large class of ciindidutcs \x'as conducted by Ihe de¬ gree team of district 29, captained by Harry Miller, and the work of the team was the subject of most favorable comment.
The drum corps of William J. Byara Council furnished music for the occes- ion Willie the entire assemblage Joined In the singing of several popular num¬ bers.
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ONE CASE OF TYPHOID BRINGS CAREFUL PROBE
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Steps to prevent an outbreak of typhoid fever at Nanticoke were taken yesteiday afternoon by the Iward of health of that borough in making a survey of sanitary condition.s. Only one case of the disease has been re¬ ported in the town, but authorities, recalling the ravaging epidemic of typhoid there some years ago, have ulieudy adopted methods of preven¬ tion.
In their inspection yesterday the health offlcial.s visited .so.ne of the wutersheds supplying Nanticoke with wtter. A l)Ud condilion was found at yard's form, where there is u cess¬ pool wilh human excrement 150 feet from a creek which flows inlo Har¬ vey's Creek. Tho laller stream Is one of the tributaries of the reservoir fur¬ nishing:   water to  Nanticoke.
OlBciuls who made the inspection were; Morgan Llewellyn, president of the Ixi.ird of he,alth; Stanley I'urry, .sccreluiy; .\dolph Gcisl. Dr. W. W. Wutres, Burgess P, G, Sajiowski and Pr. M, K. Davia.
Invading one of Ihe city's most ex- clu.sive realdentiul districts, a squad of police early today raided an alleged disorderly houae at 63 West Union street, corner of North Franklin street. Two women were found in the place nnd were taken to police cells where Ihey arc being held for hearings today. They gave their names as Poggy Graham, 33 yeara old, of the above address, and Charlotte Belles. 34 years old, of 714 Chestnut sireet, Nanticoke.
The raid was planned by Chief Michael Brown after Ihe West Union streel place hud been under aurvcll- lance for the last week. Complaints by neighbors first drew the uttenlion ot the police and when the hou.se waa Inter wnlched by p.ilrolmen. reports m.ide to the chief appeared to war- runt .a inid.
Accordingly the entire city detective force was mustered nt midnight and sent to the hniiding at 1 o'clock this morning. After gaining entrance, the detectives founrl the Graham and Bellea women hut a further search of the premises tailed lo reveal additional  inmatos.
Police are .said to he In po.saession ot the person In whose name the lease for the house appears but It was not ilivulged. A further invcsligation ot the case Is to be made. II waa Inti¬ mated at headquarter.s. however, trial a taxic<ib driver is being sought us a witness.
Oilier Raids
In a series of raids shortly before midnight last night, city detectives arrested eleven men and confl.scated four slot machines. Nine men, in¬ cluding the proprietor, were arrested in one of the places visited while the proprietor of a shoe shining stand where a slot machine wna <onfi.scjited was arrested and ordered to appear In police court  this  morning.
About 10 o'clock last night city de¬ tectives Olds and Kolus visited the shoe shining parlor of E.spy I'anopolos ut 22 B^a.st Market street and confiscated a slot machine The proprtetor wus ordered to appear in policu court this morning.
At 11:30 city detectives Olds, Kolls and .McCauley swooped down on the barber shop of John Hallerino, at 1.14 North Main street, where they ar¬ rested nlno men charged with gam¬ bling and confiscated three .slot machines. Ballerino was churgeil with maintaining a gambling houae and was released in $00 .security for a hearing this morning. The frequenters, who posted $5 security each for a hearing this morning, guve the fol¬ lowing numes: John Clark, aged 20, ot 41 East Chestnut sireet; Steve Blanger, ot 40 Scott street; Jack Adums, of 18 Weal Jackson street; street; Buck Harris, of 13 Hazle VVilliani I'carson, of 76!) North Main street; John Williams, of 10 West Jackson street; Curl Knops. of 30 Darling street; Guy Reel, of 145 Wil¬ low street, and Charles Meade, of 154 North Main street.
THO.MAS D. McOROARTV
Thomas D. McGrourfy, 70 \ear8 old, formerly a resident of Wilkes-Barre, died yesterday ul Retreat hospital. A complication of diseases was the cause of death. The funeral will lake place tomorrow morning ut 9:30 o'clock from the establishment of Undertaker Harry F., MOoney. A requiem ina.ss will be celebrated in St. Mary's churcsh. Interment will be at Uan- l«v«r.
Chicago. June 11.—Nomination of Charles Dawes by Ihe Republicana for the vice presidency hns resulted in a complete recanvassing of the Demo¬ cratic situation by Democratic lra<lnrs. They are strongly of the opinion now- thai whoever Is nominated to lead Ihe Democratic national Hcket, Ihe vice presidenti.al nominee should l>c ,a man commanding the coiitVience of organized labor and preferably, al the same time, .a man from the middle weat with strong .business background.
George Brennan, Illinois Democratic ^ chieftain, .already has conf<*rred with Tom Taggurl of Indiana on what .'diift in thu jiurty's convention pluns are neccHsary as a result ot Dawes being on the Repuplicun ticket. Tuesday Brennan leaves for New Ycffk to be on hurvl curly for general conferences with leaders from different States.
Brennan. of course, la for Smith, but the flrst ballot at Ihe New- Vork con¬ vention will ftnd Illinois di.stributing Its vole generously among the different candlilutes. Mc.\doo will get his nine Illinois delegates throughout, but the balance of the big delegation will he diatrlbuted among Senator Riilston ot Indiana, Governor Smith ot New Vork, nnd prolxibly John W. Davis of We.st Virginia, and Governor Sulzer of New Jersey.
Brennan la saying nothing, but there are   those   in   hla   following   who   say
that oa things stand now-. Smith's chances for nomination are losing ground and tho.se ot McAdoo are gain¬ ing steadily.
There are many reasons to believe that .1. compromise may well be effected on Davis. Tho present ten¬ dency of the ao-cnllcd "bos.ses" is to let the prosldcnlial race at New York l>c ,a free-for-all.
The importance the vice presidential c:imp»ign has u.ssumed with the nomlnut'lon of Dawes has :itarted po¬ litical leaders here in search ot a strong cunilidute to match Ihe general. First off. they ssiy, organized labor will slaughter iDawes nl the polla If the Democrats put up a man friendly to labor. FuHhermore, if Mc.\doo Is nominated, a.s appears increasingly likely—the ticket will need a/unnlng mate for him that will appeal to busi¬ ness interests.
There are several ot such men In mind now—each trom this section of ,the country—but it is yel too early to dl.scuss their relative potentiulties un¬ til afler Brenn:in has completed his canvass of the situation nfter reaching New  ^oik.
Sufflcc it to sny at this tim'e that Ihe nomination of Dawes by the Ttepubll- cans h.as resulted in Brennan and Taggart devoting fully as much at¬ tention to the second place on the ticket   .-us  lo   the  flrst.
DEADLY MATCHES
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STEALS PACKAGES
More Than Seventy Workers Thief Who Robs Postal De- In Colliery Of Tragedy Geti    livery Boy Also Gets Away
Warning Of Officials
PENALTY MADE CLEAR
Discovering scores of miners carry¬ ing ciguretles and matches ul tho col¬ liery where fourteen employes lost their lives in a. terrific explosion a week ago, officials of the Glen Alden Coal Comp.any were reported lust night lo huve i.ssued drustic orders in an effort to eliminute acts of careless¬ ness at the Loomis colliery near Nanticoke. Men who persist In smok¬ ing In the mine will be disml.ssed from the comiiany'a aervlce, according lo instructiuns given mine foreman.
Since the Loomis disaster, v,arioua Investigations have lieen under way lo determine the cause of the explo¬ sion which earned death nnd injury to many. One of these probes was conducted l)y Glen .\lden officials. They devote<l part of their time, II was said, lo an investigation ot u report thai the trageiiy followed somebody's careeasness in striking a match in the gaseous   workings  of   the   Loomis.
Seventy Danger Sources       '
Without declaring what their in¬ vestigation had revealed. Glen Alden oHiciuls determined to find out how- many men carried matches and to¬ bacco. .Mine foremen assisted in the test ami when it was completed, figures showed that more than sev¬ enty men at the Loomis had smoking materials In tlieir pockets. Immedi¬ ately Ihe company announced thwl i continuance of the practice would mean permanent discharge for all offenders.
Officials of the United Mine Work¬ ers are continuing their efforts to alleviate suffering among the sur¬ vivors of the fourteen victims.) The six children of .Mexander Grcsh of Bullonwood will be given other homes according to announcement last night by John B. Gallagher, district auditor for the union. Gallagher tried io arrange matters so Ihe children would remain together bul it has been de- cide^l to take all six youngsters ir.to Judge Fuller's court Wednesd:iy after¬ noon at which time a guardian will be named for each. They will lie placed in homes of recommended faoiiiiea.
With Man's Clothes
POLICE IN PURSUIT
Although the police on severaV 80- casions yesteiday were within several minutes of catching up to the thief, early this morning they had not ap¬ prehended the young man who yes¬ terday made away with a bicycle and special delivery nmil packages from in front of a South Main street busine.ss place. The police announced that they have several good clues as to the iilentity of the thief and expect to make un  arrest today.
The rider of the bicycle. Thomaa Dooley, a young man residing at 280 South Washington street, and a spe¬ cial ilelivery messenger for the local postoffice. w;i3 delivering a package on South Main street • when his bicycle was stolen. Seven packages which were lo be delivered on the young man's route were attached to the  bicycle
ATnong the packages was a gradua¬ tion dress and other w-earing apparel being sent to one of the girls at Mal- llnckrodt convent, who will graduate at Ihe commencenent exercises dur¬ ing the lycek. Another of the pack¬ ages contained a man's suit consigned to a resident  ot this city.
When Ihe theft was reported to po¬ lice headquarters. Chief of Police Brown immediately assigned detectives to vLsit the second-hand stores. At one second-hand store on North Main street it was found that the man's suit, which it is said was in one of the packages, had been sold. The detectives arrived only a few- minutes after tho young man who sold the suit had ileparted. At anolher store on North Main street it was found that a girl's di-ess and other wearing ap¬ parel had been sold only a few- minutes before  the  detectives arrived.
Both second-hand dealers told tho police  that  the  young  man  who sold
I the    articles   appeared   to   Ae   about twenty-five years of  age.    From an-
I other source the police learned tho young man who stole the bicycle and packages and visited the second-iiand stores appeared lo be about eighteen years of age. If it Is determined thaP" the guUly person is not more than eighteen years old the dealers wUi M
'liable  to  prusecutioo.