Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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THE WEATHER
WasihlnRton, .\uff. 4.—Eastern Penn. Thundershowcrs probable Sunday, not
.'^o w.irm;  Monday (penenilly fair.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 5,1923
The   Only    Sunday    Newspaper Covering tho   Wyoming   Valley
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
Ball Parks And Race Tracks Join Theatres In * Paying Respect To Harding
CLOSE WEDNESDAY
Day Of Fimcral In National Capital To Be One of Uni¬ versal Mc'jrning
"" bJxing cancelled""
WILSON CANNOT ATTEND FUNERAL OF HARDING; DOCTORS DECLARE HEALTH WILL NOT PERMIT
TRIBUTES IN SILENT PROGRAMS
Is Fatally Hurt By Cycling Toy
Bowled over Iiy his hrothor whii" rkiinjj a velocipede, Alec Zebor.ski, three years old, ot 220 I'nion street, I.u,r. r:ie, received probably fatal injuries yeislerilay nfternoon. Sur- Ko'ons at Ihc Ne.sbllt West Side Hospital aiuiounced the jfoung-ster has a compound fraetiiro ot the skull. The Zabor.'^ki hoy rode out of the yard of his home on .1 velocipede and at tha pate collided with an older brother a.strlJn a bl- c,M Ie. Holh were thrown to the Fhlewnlk. but tho yovtr.^r-.r boy l.inded on his hea'l. AIlhouRh he fill a di.stance ot less than two fi'ot tho top of his head was cru.shed In at two different jilaccs.
EX-PRESIDENT TOLD TO REFUSE REQUEST TO ATTEND FUNERAL
¦U'asIiinKlon,   A'lg.   4.—'Ex-Pre,!ldent, President Coolidpe,    but    rsfrrets    his
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Woorlrow AVil.son wanted to tnke part tn the funrral horn for President Hiiniing', but tho danger that -would rt;.sult to hi.s own houith forced hirn to flrolino a .special Invitation from rro.sidont  Coolidpo.
Colonel C. O. Shorrill, military aldo to Iho President, announced this at the temporary Whito House in the Wiliard hotel hero tonight, as fol¬ low.s;
"I'ro.'^ident Coolidpre han conferred with ox-ProFidont" Wilson in order to a.-'^certain his wi.'^he.i in reference to attondin?r tho funeral exrrol.«e.s over the remains of tlie lalo President Har- dinpT and offorinir to make nny Rr- ranpenients atiroeablo to Mr. Wilson for his participation  in  tho exerciKos.
"Mr. AVilson ha.s Indicated his ^xyt- proei itinn of th*- courtosy r^.-trnd'^d hy
inability to participate on nccount of the condition of his health. Admiral Grayson Is in cnmmmiication with Mr. Wilson nnd indlrat'-'s that, ^\¦¦hilc the fx-President will not )io nlilo to participato in the ceremonies, ho is in a ntififactory state of lionlth."
Mr. "v'il^^nn"? phy.«i|alan, Roar Ad¬ miral ('.ir>^T. Gray»n. Insi.stod thnt the fornuM- IM'esidoi-](r n^fuso the invi¬ tation liof.ause of  his  health.
According to Admiral (Irayson, tho former President was preatly shockeil and prioved by tho dc;ilh of Mr. llardinp:.
^Ir. Wilson was fo moved that it WIS fra-nd t-j-.n .strain and rmotion \<r- which he would be subjoctod in Iho funoral ceremonies would endanpor his own health nnd misht even lirinp on a pud'lrn collnps'^.
Child Is Killed By Motor Car
Run down by nn automohilo In front of her lu.nie, Anna /Uutry- mowltz, four years old, of South M.iln .street. Duryea, died four hours aft. r the accidc^nt, afi-ordijiB to a report last niKht lo tho cor¬ oner's ollk-e. .\ police inve.nliRation of the accident will he made prior lo .in Inquest Ihat will l,c in charge of Dr. Stanley M. Winlir of I>iiiyca. deputy coroui r. The jjiil willi .sev¬ eral comp.inioris in the .•street near her homo when an automobile driven by ,1 man n.imed Welnheri; of Kerauton, nmu-iiaihed. Faiim.; to see the niacliin' il-.i' clii d.irtrd In front of it. T«o \\ heels imased ov*"'!" her abdomen. t<ho died In Taylor Ho.spital.
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Jitw Tork. Au». 4.—Th* whole country will set ssMo all forms of jlay nnd amusement In silent tributo to ono of recreation's most staunch lupporters nert Wcdne.'iday, while funeral services «.r© belnff held In W.ishlngton for the late rresident H.Trdinij, If leaders of the sports nnd Rmuscmcnt world hero h.ave their way.
New Tork will  lead th« way.
Theatres, motion piclure houses, baceli.aJl parks, boxing eluhs, pn!f courses and tennis courls will suspentl for thn whole day or for one hour while the services aro belnff conducted.
Throuch J. F. Ilyers, I'resiilent of tho rniled States (Jolt Arsociatlon, of which the lato I'resldent was an hon¬ orary member of tho execntlvo com¬ mittre, issued nn appeal todny nskini; frolfers all over tho nation to pul nslde their clubs for one hour durlnc; the services.
All bnxInK bout.s scheduled for Wedne.sday nlsht In Xew York State. were ordered postponeil today by the Stato  HoxiUR: I'ommi.salon.
In krepins with thn orfler of Com¬ missioner I.andis that nil major nnd minnr leapuo baseball p.'irks should lie clnprd on tho afternoon of tho fun¬ enil, there will be no frame at tho Y.inkoo  stadium,
Tho Saratosra race track, where thousands aro (rnthered for Ihe Aupust meetini:?, will nlso he closed on the orders of tho stewards ot the Joelioy club.
.Municipal polf courses and tennis courts also will he closod durinif the afternoon.
Aiicustus Thomn.s, Will Hays nnd I/>n Sl'.ubert, head of tho theatres nn<l tnolinn piclure houses, have not Is¬ sued closlnit orders but they h.ive heen In conferenco nnd It Is certain thnt all hou.ses on Hi-oadway wlU be dark.
Originator Of Sahara Legis¬ lation Refuses To Be Quoted On His Abstinence
SEES NO SALOONS
Neu* York, Auff. 4—Now York City is bone dry,—at least that ir. tho ver¬ dict of Andrew J. \'oljstead, former Conffre.R.eman from Minne.«:ota nnd father of the national dry act hoarin?r his name. Volstead, before mailing- to¬ day for Ooponhapon to attmd the In¬ ternational t'oncros.s nc:ain,'-t alnohol. spoilt two diiy,*; invostiq-attnq- New Vork and failed to find a .sini^lf H.iloon. drink or drunk, so lie told newspaper- mori.
So Impres-^ed Is VoLstead with tho success of prohibitina horo that b*^ plajis to make the follow ins' roport to t'ongrrss on his reluru from Copen- | hapen.
That all Now York .saloon.s nre clos¬ ed tiK^ht; tl;at no drinks are to bo hail horo; that thoro nro no drinks to bo had horo; that thei-o are no more Ka.'^t
10 dUIT CABINET I I^ADE CANDIDATE
General's    Health Brought Out For Sheriff Ancl Anrl   Burdened   By     James   Is   Endorsed   For
District Attorney
Attorney Poor Loss Of His Former Chief
IN m CSLLISl
Officers Returning From The Camp Of 109th Regiment Rammed By Second Car
ALL WILL RECOVER
WASHINGTON PREPARES FOR A SAD HOMECOMING OF PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN
PUBLIC TOVIEW LATE PRESIDENT
TO PRESS RESIGNATION
AtKj.ird I'rc.ddent Hardlnj; Funeral Tnun, Ainru.st 4.—.Attomey Oeneral Harry JI. Pauqherty will be tho flrst of tho late rresldcnt's cabinet mem¬ bers to retire from tho CoollJ^o cab¬ inet, close friends of DnuRherty on the funeral train  Indicated tonipht
All members of the rablnet wdll, ot
course,  tender their  resl;7n.atlon5,  hut
will   bo   n.'^ked   to   rem.ain.     But   tho
Kiilo dives:  that, as n. consequence of j Attorney rjencrnl's stay In the cabinet
STACK FOR JUDGE
m:\v  TIIKATHK  M.\N.\nKR
roti^r Pchacffcr. until recently on the Scranton staff of thn I'omcrford Amusement Co., has been named man- Krer of tho new Irvlns Thcatro here formerly tho Majestic. Mr. Bchaeffer has assumed his new duties. Thn Ir¬ ving will feature ro.ad shows, takini,- the  place  of the  (Ir.md.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Wildwood,   N.   J.,   Aupriist   4.— Four hien and  a  hoy wero  Instantly killed i «hen   an   automobile   In   which   they. Were   ridlnK   wa.s   struck   by   a   I'enn- fylvani.i    Railroad    express    tnun    at Iliirleich   (;ro.s3inc   lato    today.      The victims   were   memhers   of   a   flshlnK | Party   nnd    were   loluininK:   lo   their' •iiimc.H in two machines.    One machino •lopped   at   tho   Ki-ado   crossinff  while jhii   second   nttcmptcd   lo   cross   the wrks and wus struck broadside.
The de.ad: Frederick r. Frobst. 3S. filoiuesier, N. .T.; Kdward I'rohst, In. Ron of I'^rcderick I'rob.st; Albert Itoe- "ler, 24, Wcslville, N. J.; .lames r'iei'co, 66, Gloucester, N. J. and Herb¬ ert riorce, 32, son of James I'ierce.
HOLDUP WAS A JOKE: A RATHER FOOLISH ONE
the rlprld enforcement ot thn dry law.s New Vork Is more pro.sperous than evf^r.
Tho forCK-oinpr will be part of his re¬ port to Confjress on the prohibition situalion In tho I'nited States.
Chicago also is doinir very ^\ell, Vol- ste.id .said. He found that there has not been (t "lecltiniale" c.uso of de¬ lirium tremens there in two year.".
After tellinK the reporters he had spent two d.iys looking Inlo New York's behavior, he sild; "Have been on Fifth avenuo nnd I hnvo been on Uroadway and 1 want fo tell you that thero aro no more dninks In New Vork."
Volstead balked and (rrew nnpry when hn wius asked whether he dnink lutoxlcatins llfpior. After evadinir answer, a reporter nsked him to answer yes or no to "do you or do you noi drink."
With tho heated reply that It was nono of tho reporter's biL«inc.ss, Vol- steiid pulled his hat over his faco fo thwart photoRraphcrs and dashed luto his stato room.
will he brief. Ho Is hard hit by Mr. HardiiiB's death, as they were un¬ usually close friend.s. Pauphcrty's he.dth la poor nnd, now th.at his friend  Is pone,   ho will  step out.    Hn
Thomas Kennedy of Hazielon, pres¬ ident of district No. 7, I'nileil Mine Workers of .\mcrlca and chairman of tho .scale conimitleo to nepotlato a new agreement with anthracito oper- .ators, was last nieht unanimously endorsed hy Non-I'artl.san I'olilical l.eapue to .aspire for Ihe ollico of slieriff of I.uzerne county at tho com¬ inp election. Allhouch Mr. Kennedy has not announced hts Inlenliona, officers of Ihe leapue will po lo Hazle¬ ton this morninp lo prevail upon tho president of district No. 7 to nccept tho endoi-sement and Ihrow his hat Into tho Iiolitlcal  rlni,'.
Tho leaffuo nt n four hour session ndopted a de<-laration of prlncijiles nnd   endorsed   tlin^o   men   for   county
h'nur person.s.  two of Ilirm   ofUcnrs reiurninp rrciiu tlie artllllei'y encamp meat at   Mount llrelna,   were  Injurcil ! yestcrd;iy afl'TiKion at r, o'clock In an ^ .autiinmlulo  cra.-^h  at    the    comer    iif | South   leranklln  and   Sullivan   streets. One  of the  m.icliines  was  ovcrtunted and completely demolished.
The victims of tho laiiash are Cap-
' tain Willinm Weiss.  41  years old, 2fi.^
! Park a\'iuue, l.icer'itloris to rii;-ht arm
land flnpers;    his son,    William,    Jr.,
four }-ears old,  face anil jcalp lacei-u-
I lions;  I.leulrnant Austin I.ine. ,'i Kllza-
i belh    street,    bruises',    and    lleorpo   Z.
Slolrey,     527     North     River    street,
liruist i^.
Funci'al Train's Arrival On Tuesday Will Be Marked By Nation's Homage
PLANS OF liURihL"^ ^
Washint^ton, Aupr. 4.-Hom.mo. ovo?i troater than was ;;iven In life, wjU I'O paid by the nation's Capital to tho rnorliU remains of Warron O. Har¬ ding, rians were rushed to complo- lion tonipht for frovornmont offlrials and citi/.i'na to proporly show th»ir respeot whon the train bo;irinj? Mi Hnnling's body rcachoa hero ne,\; weok.
I're.sident r*nc)lids:e today slRTied nn oxecutivo ordor. ono of his tlrst, pro¬ viding f'T the ('L-remonies in connoe- tion with the reception of the hody. its resting in state at the Capitol and I tlKi solemn pro('os;;lon down I 'ennsyl¬ vania aventie, the ronte of th'i most joyful nnd tho most .sorrowful parados in tlia history nf thu Ilopuhlii!.
The train bearing- tlio remains nnd the membors of tho i»arly whioh left hero  Juno   2(»   on   the  fateful   trip   to
2 Fathers Saiv Sons President
-.Tohn Cool- IInp  are  thi
Wa.'shlnpton, Aur. 4.- Mpe and (Jcoit-e H:i;-'! only two men In hl.sjory who lived lo .'.ee their sons become I'resident of tho United St.itcs. Oeorpe Il.ird- inp. physician of Marlon, C, oiit- llveil Mr. Hardinpnnd .saw his name po ilcnvu on Inimorlal papes as a I'lcsidcut m.Tlyred to his cause, .lohn l/oolldpo ndministered the oath of ofnCM to hi.s fi.,ii hi the. c.ly hours before dawn in Ihe lillle parlor of the {.nny ho\i;e in the Oreen .Mounlain.i. I'alviu Coolidpe is (he .vci-oiid l'ie.>;Mi(.nt io come from   Ihe  .Stale  of   \ermont.     Ju.st
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^^  'in^tb.- \lco rresldency upon the ¦':i '       t.'i      i ......iL'.ii.      c'T*! ;,.
.Man Arthur liecatue rresident Sip- lember 2n.l,'!KI, upon the death of I'resldent I'iilllleld. Calvin Cunlldpe became rresident .¦\upli...t 3. 1!12:(, upon Ihe d<-,itli of I're.sidi nt Hard¬ in p.
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Bears Up Well Under Great Strain As Sad Journey Is Made Eastward
BUT IS RELIGIOUS
Ala.sk:i.   Is scheduled  to    reach   Fnion I PfesidCnt'S     PaStOr     EXplalnS station at 1   30 p. m. Tuesday.    It will k,,..     ¦      .
His Attitude In Also Keep-
bo firreetod by mourners In sad con¬ trast to tho hapr)y cheorlnpr rrowd that bado tho rresident (lod-speed when lie left that same spot on tho journey that ende<l in death.
Tho train will  bo mot by  Presldrnt
offlces.    It wns decided tliat the leapue feels ho haa  piven enouk'h of himself | \\jii not enter tho county rommi^sion-
er  fiprhts   or  endorse   mon   for   ofTlees other   than   jud^e,   dl.strict   aftorney,
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
TO DANCING KIDDIES
Kthel Rlckert won tho dancinp con¬ test for children under twelve yrars of ape. ciinduclcd in connection »1th Iho repular Salurday afternoon per¬ formance at roll's. Mi.ss Hlckert did a whlilwitid too dance, pradiiatiup In to   syncoiiation   that    took   tho
ludienc- by storm. Mary I'onlon won second placo with a fancy dance and Irish Jips. Marie Perhiilf won third placo with her Chinese hilliKen dance. Kach of tho children Is nine ye.irs ot ape. The prices were S.l. t'i and $2.    The audience acted as judges.
and li.-'o the Justice Depaiiment or- Kanlned so well Ihat it could function without Its titular head fi>r an In- dellnitc ]ierio<I,  If necess.ary, he says.
The funeral train to.lay I'assed larpely throuph desert country with small collections of pcoplo at houses and water t.anks here and thore. At all points with human habitat lon.s, thero wero tho people with bared, bowed head.s, as the ilearl went by. Most of them had never seen him livinp.
Mrs. Hardinp busied herself all day \\ith prep.arations and small iletails of funer.il arranpenicnts nt Marion and Washinpton. .She had littlo sleep last nlpht hut rested a whilo this after¬ noon.
Oeorpe R Christian, Secretary to Iho I'resldent, wiis constantly with her, helpinp her. Mrs. Hardinp seenis to be Icaninp on "Oeorpe", whom she has alw.iys treated as though he wero her own son.
It wa.s Clirlslian who stood with her at the bedside of the oiien casket In tho I'alaco hotel as tho minister spoko out tho funeral woids Intended to lie con.soliup. Christian's arm steadied her once as It scemeil sho would larpe I waver     and     fall.       Christian     loved
Capiain Weiss, his son and T.leiiten- ' Coolidpe, members of tho cabinet, ant I.ino were tr.aveliup smilh on : Chief Ju.stice T.ift, Senator Curtis of Franklin sireet In a Joid.in car afler , Kans.as. acl Inp presiilent pro tempore hnvlnp been relieved of duty wilh the I of the Senate and many olher hiph loath Field Ariillery which relumed t offi,.|,iis_ and by a v.isl throng, heads frnm Mount Cntua yeslerday after-I |)ared. no.iii. Slolrey was driving a liuick j ]i,.;„iprt hy cast on Sullivan streit. funeral   iiarly
sheriff and coroner.
Attorney James M. Stack of this city was endorsed by tho leapuo as a candidate for judpe of I.uzerne coun¬ ty. Arthur H. James who has been district attorney for the last four >e.ars was emlorsed for re-election. T'ho delepates were unable to apree un .a candidato for tho ofllco of cor¬ oner nnd It was decided lo call a sr>eclal meet inp next Salurday night to make the endorsemr-nt, Kennedy Calletl
The leacue was unanimous In sup-i _,.,|-r, ,« |i\||iiDCn portinrr the name of Thom.is Kennedy UnlVth lO IIMJUncU of  Hazleton   for  sh-riff.     It   was   e.\   , RAPPIO.  V^'ITH   AUTOS
Plained   that   Mr.   Kennedy   is   orto  of hAUIiJU   V. 11 H  HUlUO
The two machines camo topether with trrriilc impact at the middle of the sireet int. r.-eeiIon. C.i|ilaln Wei."Ji' car was struck binadside. Tho force ot the collision was .siilllcient>to com¬ pletely overturn the heavy machino, spillinp tho occupiiuls into the street.
SloUey's car escaiied with only small damape, but the machine of Weiss was piacllcally .scrapped. lis fenders wen- cronipled, wheels torn off nnd the body demolished. Il wa.s tow¬ el to a panipe.
C.iplaln Weiss to-rether with his son and Slolrey wrre aided by W. J. Jones nnd others who placed Ihem" In Ihe automobile of Itev. 11. K. Pavie.s. They were taken lo .\li icy Uo: pital where Slntrey and the Weiss boy "d'C treat¬ ed and allowed to po home.
Hardinp and to Mrs. Hanling ho seems I'omehow like a link with yes- lcrda>- the yrstcrday when her hus¬ hand  was alive and  well.
In their cotumoii misery, Mrs. Har¬ dinp and Oeorpe Christian are helping each olher lH*ar their piief by work¬ ing topether over the last small sei- vlco they can do beforo they put , .away from sipht forever Iho last KNOCKED OUT BY  CHALK  vestiges ot the man both loved.
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Iho best known men in Northeaslern I'ennsylvaiiia ami that tho lalH-irinp men of l.u/erne c'onnlv, especially Ihe members of Iho miners' orpani/ation. aix) clamoring fnr Mr. Kenne<iy to aspire lo the oIYlce. Durinp the week Mr. Kennedy was Informed of tho desire of the miners of liiizcrne County to h.avo him announce his candidacy but It is said that tho lower end dis¬ trict pre.sident Siiiil he did not w.ant tho job, nllhouRh he did not refuse to accept tho endorsement. When offlcers  of Ihn  leapuo  po  to  Hazleton
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I.osiTip control while racinp on C.irey o'clock this ninriiinp, J 10 years old.  of  i;
ut ejnobile avenue at 2 :30 hn Kapalan.ski, Wyoniinp street, I.eo'I'ark, w.is injuied when Ihe ma¬ chine crushed Into a pole. Surpeons at Mercy Hospital dei'laied that he was not liadly hurt, his injuries con- sl.slinp ot  abrasions  a;iil  lacerations.
Kapalanskl was drivinp south on Carey avenue and resuonded to a challoupe fron the driver of hnother rar fm   a   i-.u-e.     ISolli   ni.uhlnes   pro-
lililary escort, the will move slowly fnini the depot to Ihe While House, 'llie I'resident, Chief Justice nnd others will occupy automobiles directly be¬ hind that of Mrs. Hardinp.
Tho casket v.ill rest 'IMiesdny nlpht In Iho great Kast room where Mr. Hardinp recMveil thousands In plillei- inp stato receptions when the miphty of far and near came lo salute Ihe I're.sident of the I'nlie.l Ktate.s. Only a. fc'v will visit tho bier Ihere. A privalo .sei-vico will bo conducteil. but tins Is not yet certain.
FiiiierHl  Arrangeinpnts At  10 o'cloek We.jlie.Mday tile cortege ^\ill  start   from   I lie   X'^liite   M.iuse Ihe   Caliltol.   •(Ieneral   reisliiiip, inaiider-in-Chlef ^ot   thn   armies,   Wfll rido   at   Iho ^head   as   grand   marshal. TIVM column will  pu.ss down   rennsyl¬ vania avenuo.
Children will. path>r wlM flowers In
the llelds slirr.inn.linp the city.    Thrse
Will   bo   thrown   into   tho   avenue   to
I blanket  it.
11.-«,; ™  tor
incj Out Of Fraternities DEEP CONVICTIONS
Washineton, Aup. 4.—To the pastor of the man upon whom fate has thru-st 111"* eru.shinp burden of tho rresldency. no   man   eould    bo    moro   thorouphb fltlorl, Spiritually and tomporamontally. I for the tiu^k than Calvin Coolid^o.    Dr. i Jason N'oblo rieree,  Domineo of Kirst ConK-roR-ational t'hurch, where for tho' pa.st two    years    tho    C'oolidftes    have! worshipped,   so declared   in  an   exclu- i .sivo iriterviow ti^-day. }
I'iori'o, himsrif ji N'ew Knplandor, j is a cn-trustoo nf Amhorst C'oiloKr-; with Prosidont I'liftlidce, whonoo thov| both Bi-aduato(I, i'nnlidee in '!*.'i an'l' riorco in''02, Thoir frlenti^hip lone antodaten thn timo when J'ierco be- . came pastor of the Inoal Kli-st ('oimro- i eation.il I'huivh with tho thm \ico [ ['resident a nuniln'r uf thi' congroga- ti'in.
The nbidini; faith ((f Dr. Tloroo In! the ability of Calvin (*oohdir'^ to pilot Iho ship of .statr, i.s basod on a boljof In tho new IMosidi'nt'.s uncompromis¬ ing stand for duly, his dovnut rcvor- enre and  his rs.-^ential justice.
"To C.ilvin    Coolid;io.    Cod    is    thf* fat hor anil all mon arc brothers.    It is
LONELTTOivirtiVlPiTnON
Racing cn.stwarrt across ^."rvada wa^to lan.ls, tho fresldential .special today w.as bearing hack to Washinpton and homo the remains oC tho nation's honored leader. Heslde tho flag- draped coffin In the re.ir car rat the silent, bowe.l figure of Mrs. Warren C.amallel Hardinp. Throughout the lonp ilay as the train thundered across arid desert wuiitcs, or slowed In Its rush to pass through tho little towm where reverent groups gathered bare¬ headed to pny fleeting respect to the 'lead chieftain, tho quiet, grlet- iiicken lady kept faithful vlgll. Some¬ times, as was her wish, ahe remained ajono with the casket, with tho cxcep. tlon of the puard of honor.
What th.iuphls occuplr.I thn de.ad President's .wife, she alono knew but tho frionds that ha.l accompanied her and Iho I'resident on the lung ea.'^t- w.inl Journey that started so bravely and, who now admiring her calm strenpth, soupht to do wh.at they could lo comfort her. recaJllnp her fears that the strain of tho I'lcsidency would brinp just this disaster lo the Harding
,.   , , , , , in Ihls attltudo Ihal he approaches the
(h'ders   havo   heen   Issued    for   the , ,.„„„„^ih„j,V,    of    the    PresLlen following
troops     to     comiKiso puar.| of honor;
f)no s<iuadi'iin ot cavalry;   one  Kit-! talion   of   fleld   .irlill.ry;   one   bripade I
ney.
GIRL LOSES RIGHT EYE;
this   morning   wilh   Ihe   endorsement | ceode.l  down  the  strret   at   breakneck of the Non-Partisan  League, they he-j speed until the 1)1.1  I.a.lies   Home waa lieve   that   Mr.   Kennedy   will   accept   olachi.l. and  announce his candidacy.
li.re the lost control of the whe hounciir.' "\ '¦ I!" cm'. Inlu a I
"jirk    man I. his machine
^iill   : icislling
^''¦mo.-Ies of Iho recent robbery on 'no Laurol l.lno caused a decide.l Hurry in local polite circles about 8 "Clock last night, when a report was received to the effect that a holdup "as being staged at the Hoffman House on Soulh Main stint. Heforo 'he police had time tn start for the scene of the alleged holdup anojh.-r Jail   was   received   to   the   effect   Ihat
„ ,,™   "'•¦'*   no   truth   to   the   original
Call.
In Fpitfl of this. Chief Brown sent IJJ'o of his detectives lo investigate. Jne offlcers found that a neighbor had entered the place and as a pr.ictical J"Ke. pieked up a clear hot i-inlain- 'f>P i.itne Ih.in,;... .'^liortly a'r. i" ml. ^ money and box were returned and
.\ T'lece ot chalk hurled by a mis¬ chievous schoolmate cost Kvelyn Hock.'U. l.'i .vears old, il.iughter of Mrs. (Irace Curtis Hocken ot ISH West Proad stnet, Nantieoke, the sipht ot her ripht eye. >ler Injury W.IS followe.l by nervous shock which necessitates medical allcntion at her home.
Tho Hocken pirl hecame the victim of the practical Joke several days ago, althouph the facts In the case were not made public until last night. While she was alien.ling a session of summer school, some students bepan throwinp chalk nround the rpom. One piece broke a window and a .second struck the victim on the hack. As «hc fiime.l around to discover the perpetrator, she was struck squarely in the eye by a third mlssle. Despite iaimcdiate treatment, nothinrr ciuld lie doii^ to ^.ive the richt eye. The inci.leni will likely be lnves:!patcd by Nantieoke school autlioritiea.
STREET CAR RAIvIS AUTO; BABE IS BADLY HURT
MRS. V/ILLIAM LEWIS
OF PARSONS IS DEAD
Mrs. William I..ewis. 4t years old, ,a prominent resi.lent ot I'arsons, died yestenlay morning at 11 o'clock in Mercj^ hnspital of comidicalions. l!eforo marriage sho was Theresa Wilson of Hllgar Nolch. Mrs. I.,ewls Is survived by her husband nnd four dauphters: Heatrice. Mary, Klizabelh and Theresa: also her father, Daniel Wilson of Sugar Notch, and by four sisters:
Mrs. John Amend, Upper I.ehigh: Mrs. Mary Curley. Mauch Chunk; Mrs.    Martin    Ijjvelle,    Wllkes-Barre,
'and   Mrs.   Walter   Dibcrt,   Nantieoke.
iThe    funeral    will    be    held   Tuesday
I morning with  a  requiem  mass  In  Pt.
I DnmlnlcU's   Church, at    n . 30   o'clock.
I Interment will be in St. Mai-/a cAAs-
Itery at UanovKk
In endorsing Mr. Kennedy for sheriff an.l .\rthur J.ames f.ir di.stricl attorney ho leapue Is breakinp In on arranpements which it Is sfiid were mado lietween Mr. James and Hem- mel W. Labar of this city, who is a neptilili.an candidate for sheriff. It Is said that men who are supporting Mr.] Tiieir auluihol.ile r.iniiurd by a trol- James were responsible for .Mr. Lahar ]py f..,^ j„s| :,., tluy starte.l on a vaca- Ihrowlng his hat into the ring ns a ; ,j„j, ,,.;,, m,.. and .Mrs. Charles Wolfe can.liilato for sheriff. During lheL,|^,'| jnf;i„t chlM, ri.'idinp on i:nlon discussion last nipht the name of John ; j^^^p^.^^ Klnpsi.in, narrowly escaped H. Dando was mentioned as a pioli-[ i^p.,tii'|:i:.i nlpht ;t King: ton. They able candidate ior judge as was lhei„,.,.p .sb.i.vere.l with bniUi n class I ut name of Jerry <i. Dunn, of riymouth. ] p,|ff,,|-r.|  only l.i. eralions,   it wus sjihl.
responsihilities
^^^ ' Dr.   I'ierce declare.l,   shortly after  re-
' turning from    the    temporary    White
House nt Ihe Willanl Hol.l, \yhere he
hn.l been summoned by Ihe new  I'resl-
j denl.
marines,  bluo jackets and  engineers. "Calvin Is devoutly rellpious, yet not
In  adilillon   Iho  following organi/a-j ns other men are.    He never misses a
tlons will bo In line:    (Jnin.l Army of i i^„„ii.,y  „t  rhiirch,   \et   h.'   has  never
tho   Hepublic;   Indian   war   veterans; ! jnine,) the church.    To my knowledge.
Loyal I.epion; \elirans of tlie Spanish-American war; \\orl.l war veloran.s. wounded snhliers. the Sal¬ vation Army. Knipht.i of Columbus; Jewish Welfare lioard: He.l Cross and many paliintic an.l civic .societies. A I'uhlic View I'n.ler Ihe pie.a .lome in Ihe rotun¬ da of Ihe Capitnl. on the same calafal- ipie whi.h hel.l the caskets of Lincoln an.l Ml Kiiihy, the cuinn will hi? placid, i'.iur wreaths
as probably obtaining the endorsement for sheriff.
Cappellhii Spriiks There was a heate<l discu.s.sion on tho possibility of tho league endors¬ ing can.11.tales f.>r Ihe olHce of county commissioner an.l other eoiinty oflicew hut a motion prevaile.i rescinding a motion adopted at a former meeting that the leapue endorse h full slate. RIn.'iIdo Cappelini, president of district No. 1, L'nile.l Mine Workers of Ameri¬ ca, a member of the sub-co-nmittee which presented the recommendation that Thomas Kennedy be endor»e<l as a canduiale for sheriff,  wa.3  respon.oi-
]   tContlnued on Pa*e 4-A, l«t Sea)  lautgiooblla.
I'o'ae of the West Side began an In¬ vest ipal ion ot the accl.lent.
The machine containing the wijlfo family ha'l just started on a tour that was to lie their s^lmmer vacation. On Market street. Kingston, n. Wilkes- Harre Hallway car approached them. It was a Kingston car hut Instead of following the usual route, the trolley car su.ldenly swervel Into the Kd- ward.svllle switch. The Wolfe car was struck and nearly overturned.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe nnd their one year old son «ere taken to I.'ie offlce of Dr. D. II. Lake hy liuy Vv. M.,oie and John Ha'danreich in Mr. Mopre's
Coolidpe has as steailfastly refused to Join   the   chuich   as   ho   has   resisted every     overture     to     Join     fraternal 'order.s;
j "Calvin believes with us Conprepn- Ulonallsts In freedom of helief. He will I flpht as much for freedom of belirf I fur 11 Catholic, Jew or a Hindu as lie would tor his own ripht to biiieve. It ;is his es.sentlal Justice. Mr. Coolidpe I is a man, who <»ce having resolved I .. , „"¦"   w'     .   '""r"" .'"¦"¦'all  the  elements ot a matter nf prin-
l.ier,    hose of .Mr... Har.hup, T'lesldent   ^., j^  „,.,^  Inesorably.     The  etfect  ou I ooli.ipe,     Ihe    Supreme    Court    .'lu-r Conpre.ss.    All  ollur    floral    nrteriups
must be pl.iee.l    at    the    sides,    even   ,^^j j,_.  ^.„„,i,,„ ,akes Ihe Presi.lency I expres.sion of her grief.    For days yet those fiuni  Ihe diplomatic corps. dllflcult   time.     The   tenancy   ot  „., the  funeral   train  roars along the
A fhoit  fiiueral service will be con-j j.^pui.lieans is expecird to e:.pii e ' bomeward   route,   .she   mu.st   bear  up.
ducted  by  the   Hey.  A.   Freeman   An-;   "^       " ,,  „,^,„  ,h,.,e   she cannot  sorrow as she mu.st want
ilir.son, acting pastor of I a vary liap-   "i"""  '^ '
Iild Church, which th.. late President i «'11 Iv a candidacy open. an cer- atlcn.le.i. assisi,,! by llie Lev. Jame.s,'¦¦"'< ' ""> "~^,^ '" -^"V'nK 'hat smh .S. MonlKum.ry. Chaplain ot „,e '» M''- ^•""ll''«-'\'"an.cler that there ,[„uj^ I will never ho a time when he will act
At' the  four comers  of  Ihe   bier  In   «Hh    ll'ut   candidacy    in    mind.      Of
 e unmindful of it.
himself  Is  never considered.
"I   believe    I    am   right   in   saying
nor re;
¦t ns  sho  lu e,1s  to
tho Capitol, soldiers, .sailors and mur¬ ines, ar.ns groun.lcd, will watch over the remains of Ihe late pi-csi.|ent.
For two hours, between 4 und 6 o'clock Wednes.l:iy afternoon the pub¬ lic will lie permitted to view the Ixsly of President Haixlinp. Thou.saniLs of high ami low placci in life are ixprct- ed to pace the catafalque, Amiiassa- dors of great foreign i»owers as well as m.any of the plain mass of people.
The doors of the Capitol will close nt *> o'clo'-k nn.l one h.vilr l:.ter. Ihe tnun iicaring the body will leave for , ,^ariOQ.t Otiio,
course he will not
hut  ho  will act as  though it did not
exist.
"Mr. Coolidpe Is a man who believes that  ripht   wins  out and  that  wrong never does.    He believes that destiny is   Cod.     On   hearing   that   I'resldent Harding Is dead,  he  remarked:   1  am confldent that God will guide the des¬ tinies   of  the   nation.'     Supported   by that belief with a  fervently  prayerful I nature and an abldins ta.th. Mr. Coo!- ' i'tee   lakes   ihe   Presidencv'.   a   stronp I man, in wbom the nation may pla.:c Itaitb."
to  sorrow ; rest.
Train   .Speeds  Kast
Th" train kept steadily to Its schedule tivlay. I*ulling out ot San Francisco la.st eveninp. slowly gather¬ ing spee.l past thft thousands lining the tracks to silently bid farewell. It was soon rushing into the night at Its fullest speed.
Redwood City, Stockton, Nlica and smali'^r places tunicl out their citi¬ zens to watch Its passing. Kven In the midnight darkness there were places along the line where thoso awake at Ihat hour .saw faces, under flickering d-^pot lights, iieering at the tlumderinp   tniln.
By    d.iwu    the    Ncva.la    line    wa«
(Contiiiucd pa Face 4-A, l»t See,).
s
hous.hold.
The w:iiehlnp woman to whom tho nalioii's sympathy and that of tho worl.l went oul loilay and had enter- laine.l no ambitions .save those borno of her inorillnato prldo In her husband. She wi.iil.l have been as proud of Mr. Hanling m some humbler roh*.
Tliroiiphout all tho .sorrowed and hurrie.i prei.arallous for departuro from the western shore, to which tho I'resident had briurpht his mes.snpe on lnterii.itioniI afl'ilrs which he was not permitte.l to deliver in pci-son, the dignity nf Mrs. Hanling. her t.irebear- ance In her own grief, had made thinps easier for Ihose alioar.l.
"1 wil not break down," she .said In .San Francisco, when the blow tell— and today, as In the tlrst tragic hours, sho was kerplnp her ttust. A Itntve Woman Others ot the parly, who ha.l known nnd .sei-ved nn.l l.ive.l President Hard¬ inp well, were far more worn with sorrow an.l lo.ss of sleep to-day than the quiet woman who sat beside the ca.sk et.
For  the   most  part   they  .slept  Inte
nnd rested.    The grief of many of the
party     was    great—.Mtorney  Oeneral
Daupheiiy,     plain     "Hariy"     to     hla
frien.l "Warren." .seeme.l Inconsolable.
j He  ha.l reache.l  Iho    brd.dde    ot    his
I chief  and  fiicn.l  a  rdiort tlmo  before
I the end.
Herbert Hoover, Dr. Work and Sec- I retary Wallace al.so wero bowed with I sorrow whicii prevente.l tho inevitable i plans they must shortly mako for the |carr\inp on iu Ihe w.ay President f% I Hanlinp had Id, but under tho new jleuiler installed iu Waidiinpton awalt- j inp their return. These cabinet offlcers : rosipn aulomalically, but aro expecteii to carr.v on when Pre.s;Jcnt Coolldge, as he has indicated he will, decline to accept their lesipnatlons. I Attorney (ieneral Daugherty, who ' has lonp wishe.l to quit his post, may leave  the  cabinet.
P.ut, f.ir to-<lay, w ith full re.ollzatlon of their peitional losit :is well as that of the nation, they mourned the Presi¬ dent's passln.p.
To .Mrs. Hurling, though, waa de¬ nied even the privilege ot full private
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