Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Washington, Feb. ,t—Kaat^m Penn.' I/lBht rain or unow and warmer Sun¬ day; Monday mostly cloudy and some¬ what colder.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEB. 10,1924
The   Only    Sunday    New.spaper CoverlnB   the   Wyoming   Valley
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
DEATH VERDICT RETURNED IN HOLD-UP KILLINGS
MILLION DOLLAR FRAUDS
Buyers Of Synthetic Booze In Pennsylvania   Are   Given "   VerySuddenSurpriia-—
PLOT IS CHARGED
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Enforcement Officials Say They Have Broken Up Big Ring Of Violators
SET NEW PRECEDENT
rhlladelphla. Feb. ».—Prohibition officials tonight lielieve they havo broken up a $1,000,000 mall order boolleiiBlrtp buslnes.^.
Iwiac Bulllfant, who Is ch.arpred with havlnpr been the "hniins" of the plot, Ls nllcced to haye conduc.ted thc mail order lioollcir business under the KUise ot the Novclly Ola.ssware Company. Thc allci;cd con.-iplracy was flrst dis¬ covered last .summer when prohibition nsent.s obtained a catalojr. waid to havo been .sent out by lUiIlifante, de- scrlblnpr many tempting brands of ¦whiskey, pin and other liquors, prom- l.slns .shipment by express. Hotel owners throuKhout the country were Bwamped with the.sc catalogs and an invcstipntlon  was started.
rroliililtion apenis learned that liquor was belns shipped from a ware¬ house here.
The orders, nccordlnfr to .\sslstant Dii^trict Atlomey Friedman, were taken also from .sjilcsmcn and thc hootch was bottled In a warehouse here nnd shipped by express to all parts of the countr)'.
The purchxsers pot the .lame con¬ coction, no matter what they ordered, Bccordins to Friedman. This w.ih a synthetic mixture of alcohol, water and colorlnp. Hulllfantc was Indicted on 2;> counts. If convicted on all the counts and piven a maximum sen¬ tence he Is liable to 101 years in jail nnd to pay u fine of J.iOO.OOO.
Joseph .DcIJrccht, New York, said to be a salesman for liullifantc, was Indicted on IS counts nnd therefore faces a possilile tolal Kcntcnc. of 61 years In jail nnd fines of $32(1.000.
Charles DeWitt, Sr,, a botlie man- tlfMCturrr of Baltimore, Md.. charped with furni.shinp Bullifante with names of prominent pre-Volstoad whiskies blown Into the plass, was indicted on four counts.
Purchasers  Iiidlcte<l
Ja'Ties Jamicson. of I'liilad<n|ihla, charped with manufacturinp thc al¬ cohol which was colored and solil by Hullifanle as .Scotch and rye whsikics, nnd J. Watson C.raco, anothor bottle maniifacluior, were named In four in¬ dictments.
Kor Ihc flrst time In history 22 pur¬ cliasers ot liquor were Idicled. Thoy nro ,T. U. Sanlmoyor, Connollsvillo; J K. Mapee, Uniontown, I'n.; William C. Kirmer, Sandusky, Ohio; W. J. Sands, Glovorsville; Wm. Bums, Houtzdalc, I'a,; J. A. Davenport, rillsburph; Clarence J. Black, Ty¬ rone, I'a,; C. A. Howell. Columbus, Ohio; J. A. Sweet, Kverett, Pa.; .lohn n. Miller, Cumberland, Md,; Kloyd VanDuscn, Worcester, N. Y.; K. J- filavin, I'ort Clinton, Ohio; Robert J. Sinplolon, runxsulawncy, I'a.; Oeo. H. lohman, Kverett, I'a.; I.ouis Dag- pott, Bush House, BcUofonto, I'a.; Hobort J. Slzcr, I..uther r. Hhoffor and Tony Sorpono, of Cumberland; M. Hicks, Aitoona, Pn.; A. J. Sindlar, 111.; and H. S. Craves, CnlumbuH, O.
Herotofore only the dislrihulors of liquor havo boon arrestod by Invest 1- patnrs, the purchasers invariably es- capinp punishment, althouph thoy woro equnlly puiity, according to thc prohibition law.
Warrants for tho ari-osis of all men Involved who aro not within the Juris¬ diction of tho 1'. S, District court of Eastern ronnsylvanla have been sent to United Slates Marshals In the dis¬ tricts Involved.
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PINCHOT HANDS OVT PM M
n. M. Darrow, former sheriff of Sus- quohnnna county, wa.s named yester¬ day by Oovornor I'inchot lo tho post ot Kuporvlsing factory inspector. His Iieadquarters will bo in Scranton and lli.s aulhoiily wili cxlend over sevon- toou counties in Northoa.storn I'enn¬ sylvania. Darrow siiccooda Bus.sell I'. Carllnp of Weatherly. Pa., who took the place soveral monlhs npo as suc¬ cessor lo S. (}. Kltch of Scranlon. Car¬ llnp will become faclory inspeclor with henilquarters  at  Waverly.
snn'  SINKii;   CKKW  .S.WiCII
Lisbon, l''eh. O.-Tlio American Htoanier "I'acillc" with a cnrpo of oil, .sank today aflor being driven upon the   rocks  ot   Lisbon   bar.
'Ilie entire crew was  roscuoil.
Aflor a liro.ik down ot hor onpines the ship drifted holple.s.sly and wjs driven by wind on the rocks.
Falls 4 Stories But Still Alive
Falllnp from- the fourlh floor ot a now building to the ground, Georpe Endler, 19 years old, ot 9J Loomis stroet, wns In Mercy hos¬ pilal yesterday after a miraculous e.sc.ipe from death. His back was injured in the long plunge, but It will require X-ray plates lo deler- mino it the spinal column Ij broken. Thc only othor injuries re¬ ceived wore bruises to the arms. Endlor was one of a corps of workmen onpaped on the new bulldlnp being erected on Eaat Union stroot for H. A. Wlilleiiian. It was while at work in a fourth floor window that he lost his foot- ;;.,;. Atta.*^ .,:: .firmot; .s'l-v him* drop toward the ground but could not help him. They expected to flnd liim dead hut Endler was con¬ scious, altliough helpless, whon flnally reached. Hc was taken at once to the hospital -whore sur¬ geons aro clo.sely studying develop¬ ments In his ca.sc.
LABOR TAKES A HAND WITH NE W SENS A TION ON ALASKAN LEASES
E AFTER COPS RAID
New Wife Of Old Millionaire Is Named By Police In An Apartment Party
RELEASED ON BAIL
Washington, Feb. fl.—Congressional Investigation ot the government's Alaskan railroad may be asked as ,i result ot data submitted by labor leaders who last year made a secret trip to Ala.ska to study the railroad, i'. waa  slated  tonight.
That Is what Timothy Healy, New- York, I'resident ot tho Firomons' and Oilers' Union, meant when ho said to¬ day In Cleveland that tho Alaskan rallrpad steal will be the next great i^r;-. rf.-! ,*„.;,ci "id.".! ^^
Healy refused to oxplainnls stnte? ment. B. M. Jewell, head of th" rail¬ road employees department ot '.he American Federation of Labor, .said Healy's .statement was surprising to him.
San Sutherland, delegate In Con¬ gress from Alaska, said he ha<l nn "Inkling ot what Is coming.    It might
cause a lot of trouble," Sutherland said.
Intimations have beon heard for somo time that the oil .scindals would eventually take in an Inquiry Inlo Alaskan leases ot both oils and timbor. The Alaskan railroad question has re¬ cently boon broupht tn the attentio i of the President by John Baliaino of Seattle, \*lio chargci that a secret aprooment existed between povern¬ ment officials connected with ndminis¬ tratlon   ot  the   railroad   and  Ctuppon-
ol'm int-.*Sffr-in .V'i;..-V."„..lv.'i:,»i.,-:,r ti the railroad.
Hugh Wall.ice, former U. S. Ambas- .sador to France; I'ostmaster fJonoral New; Albert B. Fall, central flpuro in Ihc Teapot Dome scandal; and Socro¬ tary of the Navy Denby, aic promin¬ ently mentioned In tho Alaskan sc:indal.
OOE TO STRIKE
Attacked By Cow He Befriended; Hanover Man Has Narrow Escape
Trampled by an infuriated cow which he had fried to aid, Thomas Hayes, 50 years old, of Golf road, Hanover Township, received fractures of aeveral ribs and other injuries in the most unusual accident reported to author¬ ities here in years. He escaped death only through his ability to finally subdue the animal despite his injuries. Hayes is at his home recovering from effects of the e.xperience. Hayes, who is employed as engineer at the Buttonwood colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre, stepped into the path of danger when he went to the rescue of the bovine. While in a pasture bordering the Hayes home, the animal became trapped by a rail fence. Her tail ha^ been caught between rails of the fence and the harder she pulled, the more fuTnly ii^, the cow be¬ come a prisoner. The animal's bellowing attracted t'he attention of Hayes, who tried to release it. The moment the animal had been freed, she turned on Hayes, knock¬ ing him to the ground. The prostrate man next felt the full weight of the cow, and before the victim could save himself, hc teas being trampled underfoot. Several min¬ utes passed before Hayes could plant his feet firmly against the animal and lift her clear of the ground. Neighbors went to his help and aided the victim to hia home.   Dr. William Davis gave medical treatment.
DIAMOND GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE OF BRUTAL CRIME
New York Jury Deliberates Less Than An Hour Before Reaching A Solu¬ tion Of The Killing Of Two Bank Messengers With Bandit Theft Of $43,000,
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Union Officers Also Hear Of Bureau Head Is Again Men
Locl<out Caused By a Fail¬ ure Of Profits
EXPECT SETTLEMENTS
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 9.—A woman said by chief of police Be.ivers to be Mrs. Asa G. Candler, pretty young wife of the aped multi-inillionairo soft drink manufacturer, and two young men wore arrested In an apartment here tonight.
They wore released on $100 bond each and tri.-il set for Tuesday morn¬ ing in municipal court. Bond '.vas fur¬ nished by W, .1, Stoddard, prominent young business man w-ho, ^vith G. M. Keeling, was arroste<l at thc time.
Tho llirco wero charged with viola¬ tion of a city ordinance which defines a disorderly houso. I^iquor was found on a tablo in tho npartmont, according to Chief of I'olice Beavers and Captain Holcomb,   the   arresting   otflcors.
Beavers declared that the woman admitted that she was tho bride of seven months of 70-year old .-Vsii G. Candler, Ho declared the Identity was established by an acquaintance ot Mrs. Candler's.
"We wore just having a Utile parly, there was no harm in it, the apart¬ ment belonged to a friend cf mino," Chief Beavers quoted the woman as saying.
Whon police entered the apartment the woman nnd two men were seated about the room. They wcro taktn to police headquarters in the chicrs auto¬ mobilo and docketed. They p:ivc bcnd and thon were driven by Chief Beav¬ ers back to the apartment whero they entered an automobile and drove away.
None ot tho threo arrested wns un¬ der the influence ot liquor, police said. Candler Is Mum
Efforls to locate Mrs. A.sa Candler for a statoment wero fruitless tonight and hor husband nnd relatives denied any information.
Candler .said that his wife was not at homo and that he did not know where she was but denied any know¬ ledpe that she had been arrostod, and refused to comment in any way. His biothers, Judpe C.indler and Bishop Candler,  al.so   refu.sed  to talk.
Attorneys for A.sa Candler s;ild they did not care to make any statement.
Stoddard could not be localed either at his homo or office.
"I asked her if she wasn't ashamed of hor.solf—a' woman In her position beinp arrested nnil tnken to police hoadquartoi-s." Chief Boavers told thc ITnlted I'ress tonight In discussing the case.
"Sho said there wn.s no harm that they were just having a party."
Mrs. Asa Candler w-as formerly Miss May Ella Hepan, a stenographer. She became the 'jrldo of tho aped multi¬ millionaire loss than a year ago and shortly after Mrs. Onozima Do Bou- chel. Now Orleans beauty, flied suit for $500,000 apalnst the Coca Cola king, charging broach of promise Tho BUit of Mrs. Dc Boucliol was hoard In fod¬ eral court here early this week and diimagos  denied.
I>ii|ilicute Sensutiuiis
Mr;j. Do Bouchel In hor suit claimed that ihoir engagement was broken while sho was "walling at tho church," by a loiter ot hor lotharlo, .saylnp ho had rocoivoil reliable Information that she onlortained visitors in her hotel room here w-hilo sho w-as sponsor for Iho Confederate Veterans re-union.
Candler and his son havo flgured prominenlly in sensations hero durinp the past few yoars. Shortly after the engagement of tho older Candier lo Mrs, De Bouchel was announced, a .son, Waltei-, was sued for $100,000 by .Mrs. Continued   on   I'age   1,   Sccliou   3
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Driver buys -ivore responsible for a striko that yesterday crippled the Delaware colliery of Hudson Coal Company at Hudson. The striko was announced last nipht by officials of the United Mine Worker.s who expect to settle it without much lo.ss of time. The union loaders nlso made public stops to resume opoi-atlons nt another colliery Idle for nearly two months, besides successful negotintions with operators that rosulte.l In amicnble scttlomont ot a number ot other dis¬ putes.
Tho Delaware strike went inlo effect yostordiy moruing when a number of driver boys ciiarttod thoy wore the vi.^- tlms of <liscr lination. They enlisted the sympathy of other drivers and thoy quit tlicir posts in a body. The scarcity of drivers subsequently forced several hundrod miners lo re. turn to their homes. Anthony Fig- lock, organizer for the union, la.^t night expressed the belief that the trouble will bo adjusted by tomorrow.
Figlock also announced plans to hold a meeting this afternoon at Key¬ stone whore employees of tho Traders Coal Conipany have been idle since Christma.s. Manager Schlager of he company has declared the mine can¬ not be profltably oporated on the pre.sent scale paid the minors. He asked thom to "lurn back" one shift each week. Figlock explalnod this sy.stem meant the miners would work one day a week free. Thc union or¬ ganizer will address the men at Key¬ stone in an effort to arrive at some solution.
President Rinaldo Cappelinl and Fipiock also met yesterday with Hud¬ son officials over, the Laflin colliery troublo whore .several men wcro re¬ cently discharged. Their discharge cauaed a strike at the timo but the other miners returnod to work. Com¬ pany officials yesterday apreed to re¬ instate the dl.scharged mon Tue.sday morning. Soveral olher conferences with conipany officials, Includlnp the Glen Allien and tho Lehigh Valloy companies. aro being arranged. Fittoen cases of grievances presented by Hudson company employees will 1)0 heard by the conciliation board during tha fore Art of the week in Scranton. *
IN VETERAN CASES WIELLON TAX PLAN 'IMMIGRANT LAW
MAY BE DEFEATED NEWLY PROPOSED
IS BIG REDUCTION
OTHERS^ARE AWAITJNG TRIAL
tioned   In  Disclosures  Of Investigating Committee
ASK 2,000 DISCHARGES
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II.WII.S UAUIA nilllSKI)
While at work yesterday for the I'ittston .Stove Compiiny. I'laroiH'c Wachs. iO yeara old. of 18.') William streot, I'lttaton, received severe bruises to the liaiida. A piece ot heavy ma¬ terial fell on him. He was Removed to I'itts'.on hospital.
KI)\V.\Un KYEUMAN IM.
Kdward Eyorriian. city assessor, has beon conflned to his home on Charles streel. since .Monday last, by an at¬ tack of grip. His condition is good but it will lx> a fow days beforo Mr. Eyerman will be able to resume his duties.
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TEACHER IS MARRIED;
DIRECTORS FIRE HER
Because she went on her wedding trip Mitbout notifying tho school board. Mr.s, Dorolhy E. Woodring- Uborroth has bocn dlsml.s.se(l as a teacher in thc West Hazleton schools. Sho waa married January 27 to Hev. Mr, rbonulh. pastor of tho Kiloruicd (.'hurch al St, Johna. School dlroclors declared Ihoy bad not In'on told about the widdi'i-; wilh Ihe r-osult that the llli,I.''s class \ias Icll tcnpoiarlly without a leucbei-.
Waahington, Fob. 9.—Denunciation ot "wretched incompetence, waste and dishonesty In the veterans' bureau during the administration ot former Director Charles R. Forbes, marked a second report submitted to the Sen¬ ate today by tho enmmittoe that spent nine months investigating tho bureau.
Accompanying the committee report was <a separate report made by Gon- er.al John F. O'Ryan, committee coun¬ sel, in w-hich Forbes was denounced In .strong terms as a "buccaneer."
The "disheartening truth," tho committee's report said, "is that many of the men who had charge of the buroiiu during that period flouted tho sacred tru.st that had boon imposed in thom nnd their treatment of lho dis¬ abled soldier.'i and .sailors was harsh, unfair,  and  often  brutal."
At tho time ch.arges apainst Forbes contained In the committee's report w-cro mado public here, an indictment again.st Forbes was being sought be¬ fore a grand jury In Chicago, The court action there Is biised on the ov- idonco unearthed by the investigation conducted  by  the co.nmltteo.
The committee, composed of Sen¬ ators Reed, Penn.sylvania; Walsh, Mas.sachu-setts; and Oddie, Nevada, commended highly Ac soriices ot the apecial counsel headed by O'Ryan, which assisted In the nivcsligation. O'Ryan secured the evidence of more than L.flOO law-yers, doctors and load¬ ers of .soldier.s' organizations in every section of the country to a.ssist him. A  Character  Atliu-li
Tho O'Ryan report was forwarded to Ihe Sonnle with thc statoment that the committee agreed with nearly all his conclusions.
O'Ryan attacked Forbes' personal character and habits, accused him of ontorlng Into a conspiracy to ward hospital construction to favored con¬ tractors, chargoil that ho sold surplus supplies lit Perryvllle, Md,, for far le.ss than thejr proper valuo and de¬ clared that he was primarily respon¬ sible for the failure.ot the bureau to function proporly.
"Colonel Forbes was neither able nor honorable in tho conduct of his offlco," said O'Ryan, "Tho testimony of witnoss.>a ,lho exhibita, the records of tho bureau, ail tell a story of al¬ most unparalleled wu.ste, recklos.sneHs and  misconduct."
Legislative rocommondatioii.s made by tho committee were iii<-roporated in tho Hist preliminary report of Iho coininittce which urged preator cen¬ tralization of responsibility In the di¬ roctor. O'Hyans report further rec¬ ommended the discharge ot 2,000 present I'mployees and Ihe increaso of salaries of executives In order to attract abler men.
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PATRICK N. WALSH,
WARRIOR RUN, DEAD
Amendment Of Sur Tax Is Indicated To President By Leader In House
COOLIDGE IS OPPOSED
Washington, Fob. 9.—Tt will 'le "physically impossible" to get the Mellon pi-ovision for a maximum sur tax of 25 per cent through Congress, I'rosident Coolidpe was Informed to¬ night  by  House  loaders.
Representative longworth, Ohio, Hou.se majority lea der, and Ropro- sont.ativc Snoll, New York, rules commlttoe chairman, discussed the whole legislative situation In a long conferenco with the I'resident and warned him tho Mellon plan ^vlU bo amended In this vital spot.
Mr. Cooiidge has already served notico publicly ho wouM not agree to amendment of tho Mellon plan "In any vital  particular,"
Longworth told tho Prosldont that the sur lax rates would lie somewhere betwoen 25 nnd 44 per cont with b5 per cent nppcaring tho most likely compromise
The legislative prOiTram as discussed at the conferonco. inrludes four major methods lo bo taken up In the follow¬ inp order:
Tax hill; Immigration; Muscle Shoals; Bonua.
Adjournment of Congress on June 1 Is tho loaders' plan, Longworth said.
Longworth said no railroad legisla¬ tion harl been introducod up till now but that somo might come later nnd ,an effort would bo made to get It In before Juno 1.
About throe and one-half or four weeks will be required to pass tho tnx bill. Longworth said. Thc principal fight will 1)0 ovor the sur tax and after it has beon decided the remain¬ der of tho bill should bo adopted easily hc predicted.
Immigration legislation must be cleared before Juno 30, Longworth pointed out, because the present law expires then. ITnloas an agreement can be renchod It is proposed to con¬ tinue the prosent law.
If it Is found llio flght on the tnx bill will bo stretched out. It will bo shelved temporarily to allow Congress to pass tho appropriation bills, I,,ong- worlh said. Tiio tax bill will bo re- poil.ed Monday and probably will be considered  Tues-.lay,   hc added.
RUN DOWN BY WOMAN; AUTO VICTIM MAY DIE
Patrick N. Walah, 17 yoars old, of Clark's t-ross-roada. Warrior Run, died yesterday morning at 8;3U o'clock in Nanticoko State Hospital. Death followed an operation for appendicitis. He was a son of Nicholas Walsh and was a highly esloemcd youth. Beside hia Iiarents he la survived by a half lirothor, Elmer Burbuski. The funer¬ al will be hold Tuesday morning at !) o'cltK-k. A requiem mass will be (clc- bratod in St. Charles' Church. .Sugar Notch. Final servicis will lako iilace at tho grave in St. Fl-ancLs' cemetery, Nautk'oku.
Thomas Perkins, fifl years old. of 596 South Main sireet, ia In Mercy hosiiital in a sim'Ious condition duo to injurios received l.ivt night witon run down by an automobile. Tlio machine was driven by Blanche Aston ot 35 B'lizaboth streot, who posted bail at police beadquartera for her appea.« ance.
According to the ¦authorities, I>r- kina was eroasinp on foot at the cor¬ ner of South .Main and Wood sireets at 7 o'clock. Ho w:is knocked to tho ground by the woman's machine. Ono of tho w-hools passed over hlm, it is bolieved. Whon lakon to tho hospital Perkins w-aa found suffering from soveral fractured ribs and prolKible fat:tl iiijuriea. Tho .-Xaton woman w-as held undor $1,000 bail to await the uulcumc uf the man's injuilca.
Average Number Admitted To Country Will Be Cut In Half If It Passes
BACK TO 1890 CENSUS
Washington, Feb. 9.—Tho Immigra¬ tion policy propoaed In the Johnson bill Is designed to remove "the menace to the social, political nnd economic life ot tho country," by slow-|ng dow-n the stream ot aliens w-ho are not easily a.ssimllatcd.
This explanation of the rigid re- strlction.s laid down In tho new bill, which bases a two per cent, quota on the 1890 censu.s, was mado to<lay In the report of the House Immigration committee. The present law pliLces quot;us on thc 1920 census. The re¬ port was signed by all mombers ex¬ cept Repre.sentativo Bacon, New York, who urged a 2 por cent, quota on tho 1910  census. I
"An Impoillng reaaon tor the chVngo in thc quota basis," the commilteo re¬ ports stated, "ia that it Is desired to slow down tho streams ot tho types of Immlgiiints which aro not easily a.salmilatcd. The now type crowda In tho larger cities. It is exploited. It gains but a alight knowledge ot America and American Inatitutions. It haa grown to be a groat undigested miuss of alien thought, alien sym¬ pathy and alien punioae. It creates alarm und apprehension. It broods racial hatreds which should not exist In tho United Statos and which need not exist w-hon the balance aha.ll huvo been restored."
Unless the bill Is enacted. It was stated that tho largest mlgration#in the history of the world might bo ex¬ pected to begin July 1, when tho prosent 3 per cent law expires. The bill, which Is estimated to admit 169,000 Immigrants annually against 350,000 under tho present la*-, pro¬ vides :
1.—Preliminary examination over¬ seas.
2.—Excepts wives and children un¬ der 18 nnd parenta over 55 ot Ameri¬ can citizens.
3,—Excludes Japanese. Chinese nnd Hindus as inoiigiblo to citizenship.
4.—Admits arf non quota immigrants residents of ton years preceding ap¬ plication for admission in Canada, .vioxlco, Cuba or Latin  Americans.
In justification ot the oriental ex¬ clusion provision which was ba.sed on the Supreme Court decision, lho report says:
"Clearly thore should not como to the United Statos porsons who cannot becomo citizens and who must con¬ tinue in the United Statea to owe al¬ legiance to a foreign government."
THIRTY-FIVE SALOONS
RAIDED AT SCRANTON
Thirty-five saloons In .Scranlon wore niided yesterday by a .squad ot State police and city authorities. In moat ot the places, moonshine and wine wore conflscaled and Ihe owners or¬ dered to appear. Tho Stato polico were sent to tho city nflor Mayor Durkan hnd again notified Governor Pinchot of his intcntioa ti> muke Scrauton tictuully dry.
New York, Feb. 9.—Morris Barlow Diamond was found guilty of murder in the first degree in connection with the Brooklyn bank messenger hold-up muidtM's by a jury in Justice Cropsey's court tonight.
The jury returned its verdict at 10:17 p. m.
The verdict came after .'39 minutes deliberation. The jury retumed from dinner at 9:18 and immediately retired to the jury room, announcing its verdict in one minute less than an hour laler.
Diamond received the verdict stoically and answered ques¬ tions of the court clerk with only a slight falter.
Retail minutes aflor the verdict kt? v.ashtn hi" way hack to his cell.
Diamond was accused by the State of being the "brains" of a gang which murdered two Westei-n bank messengers on an "L" platform in Brooklyn, Nov. 15, and escaped with ?43,000. With his brother, Joseph, he vyas detected in Philadelphia in the company of two chorus girls and was ari'ested in Cleveland where he had deposited part of the money.
Indicted with the Diamond brothers for first degree mur¬ der were two gunmen dope fiends.
The State rested its case against Diamond at noon. It pro¬ duced transcript of questions and answers "taken after Dia¬ mond's arrest, in which the accused told a story reminiscent of that involving "John T. King" in the Anderson forgery case. He said he was seated at his garage, where he dealt in stolen automobiles, when two men, dashing past, flung a package of bloody money into his lap.
The defense was drawing Diamond's story from him this afternoon when the defendant became hysterical. Weeping, shrieking, sobbing and wavir^.T his hands, he denied that he was a murderer. Particularly was he upset at the charge connect¬ ing his brother Joseph with the crime. Diamond was finally quieted, but his answers to questions became more and more en-atic.
The summations started late in the afternoon and a ver¬ dict was expected tonight.
The jury retired at 7:1.'j p. m.
Justice Cropsy annourfced sentenced will be imposed later, naming no definite date.
Diamond's sisters, forbidden by the court to enter the building, received the news outside and hurried weeping to a nearby building where their mother was waiting. The aged woman was hysterical.
"My Joel my little Joey; him too," she sobbed.
GERMANY'S TROUBLES BABE FALLS IN WATER;
NEARER TO SOLUTION        IS SCALDED TO DEATH
Berlin, Feb. 9,—.\c.cordiiig to the governmont understanding hero to¬ night, the committee ot exports head¬ ed by General Charles G. ("Holl and Maria") Dawes, have agreed that Germany muat have economic control ot tho Bhino and thc Ruhr.
Othor Important agreements reach¬ ed by the committee, as Berlin under¬ stands It, arc:
Germany  must have a moratorium,
Germany must have outside loans, tho proceeds of w-hith shall be de¬ voted directly and exclusively to pay¬ mont of French  roparationa.
Tlie committee announced tonight its .agreement with tho plan for a gold bank put forward by Herr Schacht, director of the Kelchabank.
The committee's plan is slight ly dif¬ ferent, how-over, alnce it proposes:
With tho rientonbenk and Reisch- bank. This disposes of Schacht's own propo.sal. but he Informed the com¬ mittee he considers It quite applicable to conditions  in Germany.
The commlttoe will recommend that Germany will be required to mako a heavy cut In the war budget as well as cut heavily thc appropriations to unemployed.
It has Iioen loarned that the govern¬ ment has decided to continue to pay the occupation costs in the Ithlneland and It is reported that the exports will agreo that the gold bank plan sboulil not bo troubled with the oc¬ cupation payments.
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Many frioml.s and relatives attended the funeral of .Mrs. Harry I.owe hold yostorday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from hor homo. 14 Charles streot, Aahley. Services were conducted by Rov. W. H. Crawfoni. There wore numerous floral tributes, 'I'ho pall boii.ors wore II. A, Dill, Charlos (iothicre, Storiiiig Bruiior. Claience Cameron. S. Eroh and William Bigga. Interment was in Ashley Cemetery.
Scalds resulting from a piiingo Into ,1 tub (if boiling water brouglit tbe death ot Raymond Alberlge. two yeai-s old. of 236 Lone street, Cork Lane, la.st night In PitLston Stale Hospital. The youngster was left alone in the kilchen ot his parents' home yester¬ day afternoon. He managed to reach a container filled with hot water and in somo  unknown  manner fell   In.
His mother was attracted by the in¬ fant's scroama but beforo she could assist, tho child had been scalded from hoad to foot. Medical attention wa.s secured and then tho victim was rushed to I'ittston HoapitiU where death followed last night at 10:30 o'clock.
SAY JUDGE IS DRUNK WHILE HOLDING COURT
Anderson, S, C, Feb. 9.—The county grand jury flied into court here thi.i aflornoon with a prcsentmont charg¬ ing that spociai judge Charlos Carroll Sinims, presiding in criminal courl, has boon "undor the Influenco ot liquor while sitting on tho bench nnd out of court during the present week,"
An unusual legal situation prevailed as tbe grand jury found no competent authority willing to receive and pub¬ lish tho pro.sontiiiont. J. H. Tato, fore¬ man ot tho graml jury, authorized publicity for thc flndings. *
Judge Sinima couid not be locateil for a statement, although a number of important murder cuses aro on the docKct for noxt week.
The grand Jury action followed charges resulting from the arrest ln.st night of an attorney i-harginl w-'lh driving an automobile while under tho influonco of liquor . Ftei'iorts were cir¬ culated that Judgo Slmma waa an oc¬ cupant of the car.
Tho sr-and jury tu<lay rocommcndod to the chief Justice of South Carolina that Judgo Slmm.s' commission be re¬ voked immediately and a porson of "sobriety" be commiasiuncd tu liiLlflll tbe duties ot special Judse. ^^s,..