Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Fair  Sunday  and  Monday;   rfl^l'lr warmer Monday.
Entered   at   Wilkc»-n.->rre,   ra., as   Second   Class   Mali   Matter.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1924
The   Only    Sunday   Newspaper Coverins   the   Wyoming   Valley
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
48 ARE DEAD, MANY OVERCOME BY HOT WEATHER
BRUTAL ATTACK ON GIRL
Beaten With Hammer By Youth Who Claimed Her As His Sweetheart
Governor Smith Wins 15 To One
ABANDONED ON ROAD
Found By Passerby She Reveals Name of Assail¬ ant And His Arrest Follows
DEATH MAY RESULT
New Brunswick, N. J., June 21.— George Meier, 17 year old mechanic, was arrested here tonight charged with a brutal attack on his former Bweethcaj't, Veronica Schultz, who waa found unconscious on a lonely lane at noon today, her head terribly beaten by a hammer.
Meier wiia takeji after his mother had pulded police to a spot from which he telephoned her. He la alleged to have admitted striking the girl with a hammer and hurling her from hl.s motor car.
Miss Schultz. pretty Plalnfleld girl, and also 17 years old, was in a hos¬ pital here and at midnight physicians said she seemed to be at the point of death.
Meier attacked her while they were riding after a party at a roadliouso between Plalnfleld and New Bruns¬ wick lu.st night.
Tho girl was found at noon today, ^fter men walking along the road had followed a bloody trail, finding her two Bllppora (smeared with blood and the blood stained hammer. She was lying In u clump of bushes.
Taken to a hospital, the girl re¬ covered sulflclently to whisper Melei's name ns that of her assailant and his arrest tonight followed.
Mi.ss Schultz was formerly Meier's iweelheart.
"Wo stopped off at a roadhousc," •he said, "and the man had sever.il drinks. I took a drink, too, and after that  I don't remember very well.
"I'm HO tired."
Physicians would not allow tho police to question her further after the name of the man hud been learned.
Acqueduct Race Track, N. Y.. .June 21.—Governor Smith, a raco horse,which never won a race be- foro in its life, captured the sixth evpnt at Acqueduct todfty, and paid IS to 1. The race was for maiden three year olil.s and upwards.
When advised of the fact. Gov¬ ernor Smith said; "That's a mijfhty good omen, but I didn't Ii.ive a bet on him."
LOCAL HPION OF MME RING EASILY DEFEATED
state Contest Conducted At Allentown Puts Crown Upon Head Of Chester Boy
KEEN COMPETITION
WOMAN CONCEALS MILLIONS
Loot Taken From Mail Train Is Believed To Be Kept! With Her Knowledge '
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HUSBAND INDICTED
Scalding Fatal To Little Girl
Stella Smith, four years old, dauffhter of ilr. und Mrs. Edward Smith of 158 Uazie atreet, died last night at 7:80 o'clock In City Ho.s- pltal of scalds. Her .death followed an accjdent nt home shortly before noon ye.sterd.iy. The j'oun>r?ter w,i.i romping about'the kitchen of her home when she fell backwards into a pall of IwiliOB water. Her mother. hearing the child's Kcraams, rushed to her aid but the little victim had l>een frightfully scalded about tbe back and limliB. When sho wita admitted to the hospital her condition was such that a skin grafting operation would hjve been needed if she re¬ covered.' but after lingering seven hours the child died. Her parents -survive.
nil    U r I  n   ^^^ ^^^^ Death U I L   n L L U   From High Fall
AS CAUSE OF PLOTS
Murder of Socialist Deputy In Italy Is Involved With The Sinclair Contracts
BODY NOT FOUND
Police Question Mrs. Newton But She Persists In Pro¬ tests On Her Innocence
Allentown, Pa., June 21.—Edward McGInnls, of Chester, a freckle-faced, typical American boy, won the championship of Pennsylvania In the marble rings here tWay after a long and hoUy contested series of matches with the repre.sentatlves of twenty other cities. The ranks were thinned down to two, tho opponent of Edward In tho finals being: 'U'!IIIam Thomas ¦Wlttlng.s of Darby, who surprised a largo crowd of spectators with his re¬ markable ability.
Tho final match consumed the bet¬ ter part of two hours. The advan¬ tage see-aawed from one boy to an¬ other and at one time during the course ot the flnuLs the entire group of participants were taken to the Elks' Home to dine.     The    play    was    re-
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Girl Chlorolormed
D.TlIa.s, Texii.s, Juno 21.—.\ story of how she wa.s chlororormed, kidnapped and placed on a train tor Dallas, waa told authorities tonight by Jessie Clark, 17 year old daughter of W. E. Clark,   New   Vork  contriictor.
Miss Clark said her ndventure began June 10 when bandits held up the D. K. Peyron.ijian Rug Store, New York, where sho was employed. After robbing the store, she said the bnndlts left, wtrnlng her not to tell police.
A week later aa .she stepped In the vestibule of a building, she was seized and chloroformed, she declared. From then on, Mis.s Olark said, she did not remember anything until she awoke on a train bound for Chicago. She had money, a new outfit ot clothes and a ticket for Dalla-s, she said. She kept on to Dallas and ou arriving thero told police her story and wired her father.
Clark Is sending her return railroad tare, police said.
Cll.iVIUiUU  WITH  INSANITY
Believed to he demented, I'eter Kel¬ ler ot Wr .j's Corners, Plains, was arrested last night by Kingston poliee. He was found hiding In the rear of the Dorrance home on Yyomlng ave. When taken Into custody he told ot having been In a fight at Kingston but authorities declared he was bothered by an hallucination.
MISS HELEN LUKESH
BRIDE OF DURYEA MAN
MlsH Helen I^uke.sh, daushtcr of Mr. und Mrs. Joseph I^ukesh ot Wyoming avenue, Wyoming, became the bride of llernard Plorkow.ski, son of Mrs. Const.ince I'iorkowski of Duryea, lust evening at 7:00 o'cIock, the ceremony hoving been peitormed by Hev. V. Medvccsky at the St. Mic.h.ael's Greek Catholic church, I'ittston.
The coupio were attended by MUs Katherlne Lukesh, a sister of the bride, and by Joseph A. I'iorkowski, .i brother of the bridegroom.
The bride was attired in a gown ot ¦white canton tiepe with a picture h<il to match. She carried a shower bou¬ quet of Sunburst rosea. The brides¬ maid wore a gown In honeydow Keorgette with picture hat to match. Bhe carried Oiihelia roses.
A reception wa.s held at the home of the bride and following it the couple left on a wedding tour to •Vashington, Atlantic City and other places ot interest.
Mr. Piorkowski is employed at tho Luzerne county treasurer's office at Wilkes-Barre. The couple will be ut home after July 6, at 202 Lackawanna »veoue. DvuvcA.
sumed  upon  their   return    and Chester lad breezed In ahead.
Alex Klinger, the 'Wilkes-Barre en¬ try, was eliminated in his first time In the ring. He came to the tournament .xccompanlcd by Norrls Keely and was pitted against Carl 8. Ellerman of Reading. Ale.x won the first game with ease but dropped the .second by a clo.so score. He came back strong in tho third, however, hut went down in the fourth. The fifth and deciding match .saw the Reading youth hop Into the lead.
The entries were divided Into classes according to the population of their cities. Class .\ Included cities of 700,- 000 or more; Cla.ss B, 80,000 to 70,- 000; CIa.ss C. 11,000 to 80,000, and Class D less than 11,000.
In the cla.ss In which ¦Wilkes-Barre was included, Reading defeated Wilkes-Barre, and Philadelphia de¬ feated Berks County and Allentown. The two played for the title In this cla.ss and Philadelphia won. In Class B. York eliminated Lancaster, while Che.ster defeatnd Wtlllamsport. York then defeated Bethlehem and Chester won the Class B crown by trouncing York. In Class C, Contesvllle was eliminated by Mahanoy City and Pottstown lost the final; to Mahanoy. In Group D, Darby won the tttl.T hy defeating Conshocken and Carll.sle after the former had eliminated Plioenlxville.
The four cla.ss champIon.s, Wil¬ liam Brown, Philadelphia; Edward McGInnls, Chester; Vincent Lutzskus, Mahanoy City, and ¦William Wittlngs, Darby, then paired off for the semi¬ finals. Che.ster eliminated Philadel¬ phia, while Darby defeated Mahanoy City. In the final, Chester won the honors.
The grind was a hard one for the boys. ¦With a hot sun beating down upon players and spectators and the strain of Iheir activities, they were de¬ cidedly tired at the finish. Tho finalists. In particular, were weary, as they shot continuously from 10 o'clock In the morning until lato In the after¬ noon. Thoy were taken to the BUk.s' Home for luncheon and after the finals were concluded they had nn auto trip to the game preserves and fish hatchery ot Gen. Harry C. Trex- ler.
TRACE PHONE CALL
Chicago, June 21.—Police, seeking the $3,000,001 loot in tho Rondout, III., mail robbery of last week, tonight wero tenaciously quizzing a woman, believed to know where the money is hidden.
But the womiTJi, equally tenacious, rofu.sixl to tell what police are certain she knows.
Mrs. I.«uls6 Newton, wife of one ot ten men Indicted by a federal grand jury for the robbery, stood her ground against her questioners atid repeated again and again that she knows noth¬ ing.
Mrs. Nen-ton, ncoording to authori¬ ties, received n telephone cull trom her hu.sband shortly after the robbery In which .she was onlercd to Joliet. III. As It was near Joliet that police found a portion of the loot, they are convinced thut it wa.s Mrs. Newton who rifled the stolen mail pouches njid, after tjiking all that looked valuable, threw the re¬ maining bags away. They believe she has hidden the main portion ot the loot where it Is to be retrieved by the bandit band at some later date.
aieanwhlie. Ernest Fontana, last su.spoct arrested in connection with tho daring holdup ot a Chicago, Mil¬ waukee and St, I'uul mall tniln, was being held pending po.ssible Identifica¬ tion by members ot the train crew. He stoutly denied any knowledge of or participation In the robbery.
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Maimed for life as a result of an .ircident while delivering news, papers, Francis Seeley, eleven years old. of 74 Carroll street, Pittston, is In a critical condition in I'itt.ston .State Hospital. Hi.s left arm was amputated yester<lay by surgeons.
Young See.Ioy was Injured Friday night while making his rounds aa a newsp.aper caiTler In I'itt.ston. He wa.s walking along a thinl story liorch in tlj" rear of Levlne butcher ¦hop on North Main street. In *one unaccountable manner he loat Mis footing nnd plunged to the -round, a distance of fifty feet.
His left arm was crushed under lim. Surgeons yesterday decided lis only chance for recovery lay In inpututlon end tho operation was lertormed.
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SUMMER STARTS WITH HEAVY TOLL OF HUMAN LIVES
Deaths And Prostrations From Heat Are Reported From A Dozen States While In Others There Is A* Count Of Twenty'Eight Tragedies Due To Terrific Storms Which Occurred
N CENTRAL CIIY
Officials At Rome Announce That Agreements Can Be Cancelled After a Survey
GRAFT CHARGED
Surprise Visit Ends With Arrests Of Proprietors And Confiscation Of Wet Goods
CASES GO TO COURT
Rome, June 21.—The contract be¬ tween the Italian government nnd the Sinclair oil'group in the Unitod States, which IS believed to have been the in¬ direct cause of the murder of the So- Li.-ill.st deputy Matteoti, ia efCii-tivo only so fur us a geoioKicnl survey is ooncerni'il and will not lie binding un¬ til riitilled by the Chamber of Deputies and tho Senate, it was announced to¬ night.
An offlcial commnnkiue said the Bovirnment will a.sk the Chnniber to liegin delvite immedlat' ly on the royal decree under which the contract \va.s approved. A bitter exchange between the Sociall.sts and Fascisti is expected, as the Maltfoti inciilont is almost cer¬ tain  to be brought  Into  the  debate.
Mattooti, it is alleged, had prepared a bitter attack on the contract tor delivery In thn Chamber and it was for this rea.son he was kidnapped and munlcred by Fa.icistl ngeiits. His .speech, according lo tho Socialist press, made charges against tormcr Bub-Hecretary ot interior Finzi, ac¬ cusing Flnzi ot accepting graft In connection with the agreement. Finzl resipied as soon as the chargea against him were made public fol¬ lowing   MatteoU's  disappearance.
Se.irch for the body ot the murdered •Socialist continued tonight, but there was little hope he will be found. Po¬ lice believed t.i.e corpse may have been burned, as Amerlco Duminl, former , pre."^a att:ichQ ot the ministry ot in- On the strength j tj>,.ju,. .i,,,! a  confessed member ot the
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A detail ot State troopers headed by David O. Trout, visited three alleged speakeasies on North Main street, near the central city, on Frldayafter- noon, placed the proprietors under arrest, and later, at a hearing before Alderman George Y'cncha, in his offloe on East North street, succeedM In having each of the defendants held In the sum ot J1,000 bail tor a fur¬ ther hearing in court.
The Arrow Cafe, at i'l North Main street,    was   the    fliBt   place    visited. Testimony   presented   at   the   hearing before tho local alderman was to the effect that one ot tho officers had pur¬ chased    liquor   at    the   establishment earlier In the month. On Friday, how¬ ever,   they  tailed  to secure  any  ilU'.'it liquor In the place ot the  testimony,   the  proprietor  w.is j murder band,  told them, held .in   the   sum   ot   »1,000   b,-ul   for      'iumini's confes.sion   cause.1   a   tre- ,        ,    ,       .. ' mendous      sen.sation      in    Rome   and
court on charges of violating the pro-i,j,,,,,^,„,^^y,   „,„y      ^^^.   ,^,,,   ^^^^,   ^^^^
visions of the Woner Act. jsliiyei-s wero hired   by    Cesare    Ro.ssI,
The lunoh room conducted by Jones I Fillip Filllpelli and Marlnclli, all high
and Uelger, at 5i2 North Main street, : in  the  FascI:^ councils.
Passengers On Early Morning Train Are Horrified Wit¬ nesses of Peculiar Accident
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Grain Marketing Companies Hope To Get Co-operation Of 5,000 Farm Agencies
CUT MIDDLE MEN
MRS, i-^IANK Ml'NDY
Runeral services for Mrs. Frank Mundy will be held tomorrow after¬ noon at 2 o'clock at her home, rear of 117 E!a.st Shawnee avenue, Plymouth. Further services will Im conducted in Pilgrim Congregational church and will be followed by Interment ;a Bhawnee cemetery.
Chicago, June 21.—Merger of five natlomilly known gVuIn marketing companies ot Chicago with the 6,000 farmers' cooperative agencies ot tho country, appeared Imminent hero to¬ night. Tho American Farm Bureau Federation, held to be the prime fnc- street where tor In the proposed consolidntion. Is¬ sued u statement regai-ded as favor¬ able to the plan.
A committee ot the federation, with President Bradfute as chairman now Is con.sidering the feasibility of the mer¬ ger. Under the plan the Armour Grain company, Rosenbnum Brothers, Bart- lett, Fnizier and company, J. c. Hh.-vf- fcr and company and the Rosenbaum Grain corporation would sell their ma¬ chinery and other assets to the farmer organizations. The deal would Involve some $25,000,000 it is esUmuted and would handle nlvjut 75 per c^nt ot the entire grain out|)ut ot the country.
Bradfute Issued u statement point Ing out the desirability of a great co¬ operative agency. An agency ot this sort might bring about the long- sought shorter channel between pro¬ duced and consumer, he said.
"We marke two-thirds of the entire tobacco crop through co-operative channels,"  Bradfute said.
was the next place visited. Here aUo drink had been purcliascd during the early part of the month, accordingly to the testimony, but the offlcers failed to find any liquor on their visit on Friday. Each ot the proprietors was held iu the sum ot $1,000 ball for a further hearing in court.
At tJie hotel conducted by Harry Vran, at tho corner of North and Washington streets, the troopers con- liscalcd a quantity ot liquor. Among the Mutt seized was 20 gallons ot whiskey, 10 gallons ot gin, 12 halt b.urela ot high voltage beer, and 9 quarts ot whiskey. Besides placing the proprietor under arrest, the ofllcers also took into custody two bartenders and aii three wero held In the sum of Jl.OOO bail tor a further hearing In court.
The raiders then Journeyed to I'lalns where they visited'tho place conducle.l by Mary Satoskl at 37 East Carey buy.s" also were taken during thu raid and a slot machine •was conlisoated. On charges of main¬ taining gambling devices, tho defend- unl was fined JIO and costs while she was held in the sum ot $1,000 buil tor court for an alleged violation ot tho ¦Woner Act.
Tho visits resulted from a carefully laid plan and they were made in .'. most systemmalic manner. Thero waa absolutely nothing out ot the ordinury happened to Indicate the tact that a raid waa In progress and neigh¬ bors in closo proximity to the places knew nothing whatever of the pro¬ ceedings.
WANTED  KOR THKKT
Police of Wost Side Towns liust night were a^ked to search for Louis Lasin- ski, 30 years old, who Is charged with larceny. Laainski w,is recently given employment by Wiliiara Abrams, a shoemaker, nt 933 Market street, King¬ ston.
.\brams returned to the shop last night after a short absence und dis¬ covered that his h-'iper had disappear¬ ed with an electric tiui, a gold watch and an assortment ot cubtomers' t hoes.
.\ blazing cross that could be seen for miles was erected by the Ku Klux KUui  last   night  on Tillbury  Knob  ut .., West  Nanticoke,  one   ot   the   highest
The bulk of the Cilifornla rojsin j points in Luzerne county. The deni- crop and many other crops are mar- onstration waa a reproduction ot the keted   through   co-operative   ngencle.-
KLAN CROSS BURNED
ON TILLBURY KNOB
There were four men besides Du¬ minl. They seized Mattootl. dragged Mm into un uutomobile and stabbed him to death, hiding the body in a wood  near  Lake \'lco.
Duniini then hurried bnck to Rome and notified Filiippelli of the crime, the Fascist leader ordering the men to drive to.the spot und dispose of the body, which prisumubly waa burned.
Fillippell and Marinelli were being questioned tonight in an effort to sub¬ stantiate the confession.
A report thut Rossi had been nr- restod near Bari has not been con¬ firmed.
Many rumors that Matteoti's body hus been found by police and the news concealed because ot-tear of a popiihir outbreak brought nn olllcial denial from tlie goveinmint tonight.
"The police have lieen unable to find any tract! of the body despite the most careful und systematic effort," the communique  said.
CORNELIUS McCOLE
OF EAST END, DEAD
Cornelius McCole. «2 years old, a resident ot East End for nearly a quarter ot a century, died ye.steiilav afternoon ut the hone of his niphew. John   Kennedy,   301   Scott   street.
Pneumonia, from which he had sut- fered ten days, was the cause of death. Mr. McCoie resided in the Hazleton region oriKin:Uly but more than twenty years ago came to this city. He is survived by two sisters: Mr.s. Bridget Kennedy of Ku.st End. and Mrs. Thomu.s Moore of Ireland. Funeral .services will be held tomor¬ row morning with a requiem mass at !» o'clock in Holy Savior Church. Final sei-vices will be conducted at St. .Mary's Cemetery ut Hanover.
RUNS FROM RESCUERS
Within a few Inches of ccrt.iln death. C.eorgo Azora, 16 years old. of 609 .Main street, HiKdale, wius dragged beneath a moving Laurel Lino train early today nt Hilid.alo while pas.sen¬ gers on two coaches shouted for the cr'w to stop tho train. After escap¬ ing trom a teiritle fate, either from the dead third r:ill or the wheels of tho cars, the >oiith broke away from rescuers, who attempted to tako him to a hospital, and ran home. Medical examiners were dispatched an hour later by Ihe company to determine tha real  extent ot tho boy's Injuries.
Azoia's miraculous escape trom death occurred at 12:45 o'clock as a south-bound train reached the Hill- dalo station. In company with hla father, the youth attempted to alight before a full s'op had been reached. His coat caught on thn door und het was burled beneath the second coach.
Pa.ssengers who saw him disappear, thought he h.id met Instant death. Women shrieked and men ran to the crew to slop the train. Meanwhile, Azoru's .screams could be heard above the din.
Membera of the crew were the first to reach the victim. They found him wedged beneath one of the contact brushes connecting the second coach with the third rail. A few inches away trom his head was the third rail, while the wheels had grazed his scalp.
Trainmen and the boy's father raised him to hla feet, and In reply to their queries us to whellier he wus hurt, Azora simply shook his head. When (he conductor grasped his arm and told him that he must take him to a Wilkes-Barro hospital, .\zora broke away and nin off Into the darkness. No attempt was mude to stop him.
The father, after a good deal ot questioning by the conductor, finally gave, his son's name and address and promised thut he would be home when the doctor arrived.
The train was run lo this city where a report ot the areident waa made by ths crow. Al that time uriangements were made to send medical aid to the boy's home. I'assengers who sivw him pulled trom beneath . tho train said his injuries consisted only ot a tew larerations and bruises. His clothing ¦iMus lorn.
HIGH TEMPERA TURES REIGN
New York, June 21.—Severe heat and humidity which has prevailed tliroughout more than a dozen States and the District of Columbia durinp the week ha.s taken a toll of forty-eight lives and caused more than 100 prostrations, according to figures compiled by the United Press tonight.
Ohio waa the heaviest suflFerer with   18 dead  and  2.'S pros¬ trated.
Pennsylvania reported eight dead and a dozen overcome, and Illinois four dead and 20 prostrated.
Of the dead a dozen were drowned in. an effort to find re¬ lief from the oppressive temperature.
Storms which swept much of the affected area today, causing heavy property damage, afforded some relief although many cities still reported high temperatures and great humidity tonight.
Storms prevailed in many parts of the country throughout the week.
Two tornadoes which swept parts of South Dakota during the week killed 28 persons, injured a large number and caused great damage to property and crops.
In Wisconsin a tornado struck Racine, injuring 17 persona and damaging property.
Missouri, Kan.sas, Texas and the old South reported high temperatures—more than 100 degrees in many cities—but no deaths nor prostrations.
Deaths From Heat
Reports from States and towns of deaths and prostrations caused by the heat wave included:
Ohio, 18 dead and 25 prostrated.
Illinois, four dead and 20 prostrated.
Minnesota, four persons drowned while seeking relief from heat.
West Virginia, one dead.
Indianapolis, Ind., one dead from heat and six prostrated.
Washington, D. C, five dead, three drowned and nine prostrated.
Philadelphia, two prostratad.
Baltimore, one drowned and 16 prostrations.
Buffalo, one dead and four prostrations.
Harrlsburg, Pa., three overcome by heat.
Pittsburgh, five dead from heat and three drowned.
Beaver Falls, Pa., one drowned.
In Wheeling, W. Va., a man committed suicide because of the heat, and in New York one man was reported overcome by heat.
^lichigan suffered from both heat and storms. One per¬ son died from the heat and eight were prostrated. Two were killed in a storm and two injured by lightning.
T WILL BE BLAID
WILL REDUCE PRICES
AT LOCAL THEATRES
and there Is no reason why all other farm crops cannot be marketed through sImlL'ir agencies.
"We are seeking a .shorter channel between the producers and consumers. Wo feel that the resources ot these large grain companies may be i-o utilized ;i.s to result in many econ- omie.s fii overhejid operation and in many other ways cut the cost of mer- chandLsing  grain."
I recent   klan    activity    on
AdmlHHion prices not exceeding fifty Campbell's' cents   will   be   cut   ut   ull   the.itrcs   in
AMERICA AND FRANCE
TO CONSIDER RUSSIA
Washington, June 21.—An exchange ot views on recognition ot Bussia hns Ix-en Initiated between the Unlt<*:l States and France.
The aim of the exchange, begun by France, is clearly to detlno tho Amer¬ ican position toward recognition of the present Russian government, it la un¬ derstood tonight.
Details ot the exchange nnd motives behind it ure not made clear. The state depurtment refuses to discu.ss It in any wuy. while the French emba.ssy limits itself to stating thut Premier Ilerriot has merely communicated his views on tho subject to thia country.
Belief prevails here, however, that Herrlot has a definite object in mind in his action und that it is to seek, it  possible,   a  common   understanding
Glen Alden Company And Em¬ ployees To Share Respon¬ sibility In Inspectors Report
CREAT KOKKST .\BLAZK
Anchorage, .\Iusku, June 21.—The entire Susitma delta. 12 miles east of here, eontalninx one ot the finest birch forests in Ala.ska, wus ablaze toniglit. and It Is feared that several prospec¬ tors livini; in the delta have been cut oft trom esciipe and may be tn danger of losing their Uvea-
Ledge above I'iltston. The cross used j Wilkes-Barre July 2. awordlng to an- in both inytunces mea.sured about 18 i nouiiceinent made yesterday by thea- feet  in height and  ITi feet acros.s. Iter     managers     here.       The     federal   «" the question
Advance information of last night's amusement tux under the bill recently ilemonstration had been noised around j siened by I'resident Cooiidge comes off Nanticoke through secret channels on that date and Ihe controlling com¬ bat there was no attempt lo prevent Puni(>s have already arranged a,new it.     Shortly   utter   9   o'clock   hundreds   scale of prices.
ot persons saw flame burst forth from | The Comertoid Amusement Com¬ pany, whloll operates sixty-five sho^v houses throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New York State,   has   made   public   the   following,
ot   revised   prices   at   the   box j JUSEPil KNAl'ER
the top ot Tillbury Knob. A moment later the whole form ot the blazing cross stood out  In bold relief.
One  thousand   men  and  women,  at¬ tracted  by the  sight.  lined  the  bridge connecting Na^nticokc anl   West   Nan¬ ticoke  for  halt  un  hour and  watched the blazing emblem.    It was  reported that   three   men   traveling   in   a   high j powered  car   owned    In   Wilkes-Barre I mountainside.     No  truce  was .seen  of ^them  after the cross becan  burning.
KILLKU IN PI.ANK (HASH
Ponona. Calif. June 21.—Jack Kleimunil. Los Angeles uviutor, was instantly killed late today and hia pa.s- fcnger, Lester Hoieman of Watts, was perhaps fatally injured when their plane crash to the ground near the country club.
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The funeral of Jo.--ciih Knauer will take place Tuesday morning trom his home at 156 Blackman street. .\ re¬ quiem mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock in St. Boniface church. Inter- | ment  will  be  In  St.  Mary's cemetery
SAFETY CONFERENCE
iat Hanover.
nesponsibility for the recent disaster nt the LooTiis colliery of the Glen .\\- den Coal Company, In which fourteen mine workers lost their lives, will be shared by* both company and men in tho olficlal report by the mine Inspec¬ tors who probed tho explosion. Thi." Information was revealed last night from an uuthorttatlve source. It was announced that the inspectors prac¬ tically tini.-'heil their Investigation yesterday and In the next few days will whip it into shape for offlcal pre¬ sentation to tha State Bureau of Mines.
When pre.^enteil for publication, the findings of the Inspectors will, it Is .siiid, hold the (lien Alden and the men who were <it work In the mine as contributing factors in the di.s.aster. I.;ick of proper bundling ot a gaseous situation will be placed again.st both parties. In their probe, the inspec¬ tors visited the mine several times and al.so had exhaustive recourse to State mining laws The final report will include excerpts from these laws showing partial violations, it is claimed.
A safety conference wUl be called tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock by Joseph J. Walsh, chief of the State Mine Bureau. It will take place in the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre's auditorium and will be attended by about fifty in.spectors and representatives of the various prodvicing companie.s. While the conference if one of a series ar¬ ranged hy Chief Walsh since he has been in office. It may have particu¬ lar hearlne on the   tm«edy    at    the
ARE PREDICTED BY DR. NOBLES
Man Who Foresaw Disaster In Japan Says World Will Again Meet Troubles
EXPLAINS CONDITIONS
Philadelphia, June 21.—Catastrophl- cal earthquakes and severe seismic disturbances within a short time, at least in Italy, were predicted tonight by Dr. M. A. Nobles, student ot me¬ teorological and seismic conditions, who claims to have predicted the Jap¬ anese earthquake ot last year.
"Indications are that there will be volcanic crevasses in Italy. If they occur in the northern part ot Italy less ot lite will be smnll owing to the mountains und sparsely settlci'l condi¬ tions, but it the outb.-euks occur In the southern part of the country wo may expect tho loss ot life positively to run Into the hundreds ot thousands," Dr. Nobles .said.
"The volcanic range running from Italy northward through France Into the Scandinavian countries, across Iceland und Creenland. thence Into the North -American continent, down the Pacific Coast to the South Sea Islands, through Southern India and across Southern Europe bacJc to Italy, is showing disturbances at various points."
The present atmospherio condition ot great humidity in the United States Is attributed to volcanic outcropping Iceland  and  northern  Cana/Ia,  ac-
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cording to Dr. Nobles.
"The volcanic outcropping Is heat¬ ing the air." he wild. "The cold air which at this period of the year blo»fS down trom the north is warm and does not temper the warm oir blowing up from Soutb America."