Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              ER JUR Y DEADLOCKED ON 2nd DEGREE MURDER
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Entoreil   at   Wiikcs-Burre,    V'u., as   Second   CliiBs   Mull   Matter.
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JAN. 6, 1924
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THE WEATHER
Waahln^on, Jua J—Ka»t«rn Prnna.! Fair and caid Smrftny, Monday f»tr, with rLilng tcmf.crHluro.
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The    Only    Runilay    Newsp.ipur Covering   tho   Wyoming   Valloy
PRICE EIGHT CENTJ
LING CRUSADE STARTS WITH HEAVY HAUL: OUNTRY IS SWEPT BY A SUDDEN COLD SPELL
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County Detective ApState Police Mal<e Visitfl Pool Rooms And Hotel ;
SOME TIPPED
truck Load Of Slot And Other Good Out of Plymouth
POLICE SHAKE-lfl
New Man Named Chief Of Hudson
A, M. Kino of Scranlon yesterdny
wns  nami'l  siicrissor   to   Charles
Dorrance  wlirj hn.s  announced   his
re.slenatlon uk vico preWilont of the
Hudaon Coal fnmrwny.    Whllo the
omcini tltlp hrl,I   i,y  Mr,   Dorrance
haa not yet Ix-rn irnnsferred tp Mr.
Fine,  the  lattir   will   have   direct
.super\'i.slon   of   iiie   finnncial    nc-
j countInK   nnd   iiijiTha.^ing  depart-
I  mcntH an well ,is i.c reaponaiblc for
I  the operutine division.
VERDICT IS MISSING AFTER LONG DEBATE
PEACE DELEGATES IIES
Grievances Of 25,000 Miners Will Be Tal<en Into Confer¬ ence With Companies
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Gnmbllng and  other fori lc».snesH Nvero given a se% P^ last niKhl when police auth_ vuded I'lymoutli and proceedi series of raids in thc t-u.^iiner of tho to«n.    At the end thc  ruidcra  had suflicient warrant the arrest of j.roprK large   motor   truck   was transport  the  conflscated  go sistinK prVi.rlpnlly of slot ma tho   Wyoming   barracks  of pollen.
Hcporis early this morning] that  tho   raiders   hail  visited lowing places:    Michael Bosnol lisUm-nt,  formerly  a hotel; time,   Kuni;;onl3'   clg.ar   aton Jones'   clKar   store   and   the   ei ment of William Jeffries.    All places   nro   Bliuatcd   ott   Malnl I'lymouth.
Th.! start of the raids was tho zero hour. Braving tho flrat cold wave at a tlfti* i«- mercury was dropping towa two Biiite policemen, acconip. Detective Thomaa AllOTdycc, the raids nl iiiidnighl. They fast but thoroughly and reaul ¦oou evident.
Tip Was Givisn The five place.s meiitioncil we: itod lu rapid succession as thc ment   ot   conll.scated   uoods   ke creasing.    However,  al several .llehroents   where   gambling   bH> rampant,   uccording  to  .strc there was no sign ot lawbroiikl tlvity,  leadinfc'    to    lho    report BomeoiiG   had   tipped  oft  the   pn tor<.
So ihorouBli was thc search bjr. raiders  that tho troopers njid Ivo  All<;rdyco     had     to  hire truck from tho  Krank  Marlz Thla was piled high -with  all r.r   slot   machines   and   punch Koxes  of   candy  offered   as   prl: players   of   tliCMo   devices   wor taken.    While  the.«o articles con the greater imrt of the conflacat AVB."*   nlso   reriort.^d   that   soma ha.l bren  Kcizcd in the raids an this  had  also  been placed aboa niacliiuo   as   evidence.     It   wa.>Ji tn;ii some of thc proprietors h; taken    Imemdiatoly    to    thu ol jMstiCB William Smith foi; early lag hearings,
Tho raids were considered by to bo a pi-ologuo to u. general up In tho I'lymouth police depar scheduled   for    tomorrow    niglit. new borough Council will meet al time.    11 is  known that the  nui] of   policemen   Including    the    I chief    aud    assistant    chief    wll dropped.    The  rald.s.  It  was  repi wcro sponsored  by    men   anxlo' provo In aiivance of the shake-up' tho present force ha-s not attemp suppress  vico   in   I'lymouth.    Mli    ^ Hosark, owner of one   of   tho   p^^,  ,,n„.iic visited. Is thc f'lther ot Assistant <3h|,j. ^ysi,.,,, Michael Liosac»» Jr.
SEEKING HARMONY
Delegates repre.sentlng approximate¬ ly S.'i,nno mino \v,irl<ers employed hy the (iien Allien Cn.il Company an<l the Hud.son Coal Conip.my held two meet- ing.s yestrniaj and last nighl at which they delerniined on future ac¬ tion to have v;irlou;; grrievances ad- Justed. Tho (Jl.n .Mden men at a so.sslon In Kdwanl.svllle orgiuiized a general grelvanco rommlttee having jurl..-diclion over all miners of that compnny In two counties.
At a meeting In Scranton the Hud¬ son men made a nrnv draft of com¬ plaints In antlclp.iUnn of a confer- erice tomo.-row wi;h .-.inipmiy offlciala. At the timo the;<e meetings were In progi-es.s, Hiiialdo I'appellnl, district president of the Inlted Mine Workers, annniinr.»(i ;; ccritlnuuiioe of idans to iron 'jUt all colliery di.oputes without resorting to .strike votes.
More than a dozen local unions were represented nt tho meeting cif (Jlen Alden men hust night in Old Fellows' hail, KdwMrdsvllle. Becaus.^ of tho wide ranKc of grelvances af¬ fecting a rrnjorlfy of tho collieries. It wa.s dncidrd to establish a general grievance commilteo with pov.er to act  for   all   Glen   .Vlden   mind's   cn-
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Coal  Co. t the   Bll.ss fheck dork- iian. Thos. niad..  sci- bo formal- ilii' ,'™|\iirrlpva|feR.    it |h tlio program of the >... .nittee to hold al¬ ternating  meetings  in   the U\n cnun- tio.s.    The secon.l ni"eiin(f will he hcM noxt  .Satunlay  I" .^minton. Ileniuiid  Setllpiiient The Hu.lson    grievance    eommilleo ,niet durlne the nftf-rnoon In Scninton jnnd repealed a .leiniiiid tor early set- Iflenient   of   soevral  disputes.     It   wns i.-iigtliy session thit did not adjourn ntil   after   7   o'clock    lust     evening. iflegato!; wore tnld that Charles Dor¬ 's nee,   retiring vice  pre.ildent  ot  the ompany,  will po«lllvely meet district fflelals     tomorrow    ufternoon     ut     4 lock   lu   his   (iffli'o.    The   grievance ommlttee will   reconvene Tuesday   to lear   a   report   of  the   meeting   with )orrance. Ill Ihelr ll.sl of IroiiMe.s, tlw Hud.smi en  stress  the  Importnnce of  having hn  conpany   liii-contiinio  its   practice f   having  clo.se  supervi.sion   in   cftei-t t   the   mines.    Thoy ilaim  tho   work f miners Is boing intorfored  with by ection    loreinon   and   under-offlcials ho are coiistanlly w;>tchlng thc  men Ihe  cliainl>or.    Th workers  iirolesi ,.   as  closely   resembling   n They Ills" otijoct  to tho ampanvs  use of a Ptenogrupher  at n   meetings   with  ralnoin.     It   Is   as- 1i-ted    tho    Conciliiillen    Hoanl    has ,>wneil on siuii a prJOtiee,  but  that
.'MMlCCe TU/n  nCATU"  Hf'l'^'^" '""'I'""*' I""'"""'''-  Among' CAUSES TWO  DEATHp pilevancos heam were some  fro i. i^   Uiurei   nun.  W-ware   and   No. ;ollieri«s.
( oiiferMiccs Arranged Ve.sl.lpnt   Cappelinl announced   last ¦ht'a  schedulo of conferences  with clals of varlnus (•<«"£""',''; •et   tomorrow
Philadelphia, Jan. 5.—After delib¬ erating eight hours and fifteen min¬ utes without reachlni; a verdict, the Jury trying .Mrs. Catherine Miller for the murder of Harry K.ihorniwrie, her sweetheart, was ordorsd lucked up for tho night.
Judfje McDevitt,. «h'n word was brought to him at 11 oclock tonight that a verdict was not In sight, or¬ dered that court bo n.ljourned until 10 o'clock  Sunduy  niorning.
The deadlocked Jury iluring their deliberations, twice cime in and asked Judge McDevitt for Instructions as to what constitutes second degree raur- de-.
The  fate  of  Mrs. Catherine  Miller, 32,   charged   with   the murdor   of   her { lover, Harry Kabernajle, 30, Is in the hands of the Jury.
The woman, who fomiTly risided In Wllkes-narre, I'a., fat calmly in a room adjoining the court of Oyer and Terminer, while twelvo men delib¬ erated .OS to her fate.
Mrs. Miller conducted a rooming house at thc time of the tragedy and Kabernablo, whose home was In Lan."?- downe, Md. had lived with her for some time.
Kabernagle, a chlropractlce student at night and employed in the office of inspectors ot steum vessels, wbo wjts -shot to deatli on the night of Octolier 11, 1923, by the woman on Walnut street, because he was ubout to dis¬ card her.
A.ssl.stant District Attorney Spei.ser. pro.sccuto- has a.skeii the Jury to re¬ turn a first degree murder verdict., "in order to givo notice to the woman ot I'hiladelphia that they have no right to go out and take human life and then come in iind say '1 doa't re¬ member.* "
Attorney Schoflel.l, chief counsel for Mrs. Miller, aske<l Ihe Jury to return a verdict of "not guilty." He vje- tureil his client as In.sane with Jealousy when she flrci^ the fatal shots and de- .scribed Kabernagle as a "Dr. Jekyl aud Mr. Hjde."
HALF MILLION DOLLAR DEAL PUTS BIG WEST SIDE FIRM IN CONTROL OF LOCAL MEN
Second Attempt Made To Kill Rulers Of Japanese Empire
Tcikio, Jan. 5.—A bomb explosion at the entrance of the imperial palace late today marked the second criminal attack ajrainst the rulers of the empire within a fortnight. An unitientified man believed to be a Korean, who placed the boPib, was an-ested immediately after the explosion. The piilace entrance was not damaged. Confusion result¬ ing from the explosion was quicitly suppressed b.v the police. Only a few daj's ago an attempt was made to assa.ssinace Crown Prince Ilirohito, Kegent. HirohitC' was not inj ured and liis assailant wae arrested. This at¬ tempted assassination caused the resignation of the Ya- mamoto government and the new Hiyoura government had not yet .settled down to its task wlien today's attack oc¬ curred. The man was about 40 years old. He refused to give his name or explain his desire to damage the palace. He seemed to have no accomplices.
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Negotiations leadlnsr to the purehase of tho A. J. Roat Hanlware Connpany of Kingston, the lar/.-cst nf its kind ia Noi-theast/ern T'enntjiv nila, by the Wlilto Hardware Compmy of Bast -Market Sltreet, Wilkcs-Barre, are alvjut completed.
The option for the ultimate purchase of the mammoth e.stiihi:..;hnient of Real's was consummated ye.sterday after several weeks of frequent con¬ ferences betwoen E\an anil J.imes Harris, the two brotlifTs In control of the Whltn Hardware firm nnd .\. J. and Mu      y Riiat.
ideratlon is roported to be $42j,0' i .ich docs nm involve aiiy ui" the ncKuti .ble uccounts of !he Kont flrm. The husiness of iliis in.stltution is vast as they nre laiiie Jobbers of farming nnd mining ntiterial as well plumbing and heatinK supplies. It Is said that those acoounts will reach over or.e hundr-ed thouiv-nd ilollars.
Koundliig of the .\. .1. Hoat flrm ci.me In 1 STS, by A. J. Ko,|, who came from Danville and or*ncd up a black¬ smith shop on Wyoming avenue di¬ rectly opposite to thr present hand¬ some building ot thc Wost Siile Trust Company. His two pon.s, Harry and .Muri'ay, who later boiame his suc- ce.s.sors, aiso lojirned this trade.
The flrst establishment of thc Roat hardware flrm was in the old wooden structure that waa torn ilo^vn it Kingston Corners to make way for th.t Fonl garage ovneil hy C, A. Vaplo. It was at thil corner that tho lioats' business career rninmonced. Wig ConsolltUtiou
Tho present stiucure, which takes Iu a big section of Imul ahout Kings¬ ton ("orner, w.is oroclod In 1;>0I. ll idorcd   to  lie oue  nf the   finest
Iniildinis  on   the  Wost  Sido  and  can many fine homea.
lie   compared   with   any   In   Luzerne County.
''n the right of the building along Main sireet i.s a largo lot which can he utilized tor further expansion of the busine.ss. This land is also In¬ volved in the deal. The Roats also own a large warehouse on Schuvler avenue with splendid railroad facilities.
The comcn'ing of tlie hardware flrm of White and Company with Roats will give tho Ii_nrrls boys control of the greate.st busTness of Its kind in the United States.
The .success of the Roats Is Inter¬ woven with the thought that "no matter what you need In the hard¬ ware lino yiHi can get it at Roats." It wa.s their inimen.'^ stork Ihat gave them such a wide reputation in North¬ eastern fennsylvania. Immense stocks of farming rr.'^"hlnery were carrlt-d. Under the man igement of A. J. Roat aud MLrray r.oat, the two sons of the founder, the business grew to Immense proportions.
Boats Will Krtire
The Harris brothers' ri.se In the IiardAvare line ha;: been very raidd and their control of the Roat finn will bring them to the front as great lo.id- ers of industry In Wyoming Valle.v. Both  make  their homes  In  Kingston.
It is said that the reason for the retirement of Murniy and Harry Roat from tho buslno.ss Is due to a desire for a complete rest. Both mon are close to sixty and feel that after many yeai-s of stienuous business life thoy arc entltleil to a vacation. Hoth hive large holdings of property in Kings¬ ton.
Thla largo deal further causes at¬ tention to be riveted on the We.st Side as a preat center ot Indu.strial devol- opmc^it,   as   well   ns   the   location   of
EXPLOSION Or STILL
ROBBED OF SAVINGS j MRS. DAVID S. JONES
BY MEN WITH AUTO IS VICTIM OF DEATH
Automobile    bandiu  yeaterday   es-1     Mrs.  David R. Jones,  38 years old, capod   with   $1,010  in cash  after  n.s-  died  suddenly  late  last  night  at  her
.saulting Joseph Sarwatka, 31 years old. of 306 Theodore street, Scranton. Sarwatka didn't bcll.ve In banks. He carrioil his life's .siivings in his pockets. WItilo walking near his homo, he was aecoateJ !>>¦ two men in an automobile. One of them hit him over tlie head with a heavy club and the other rifled the victim's pockets. Refore Sarwatka couM mako an out¬ cry both robbers had escaped.  .J,.	
NICHOLAS H. WEISS,
HOTEL MAN, IS DEAD
home. 82 Eaat South street, after an illnesis of complications. Although In III health tor a short time, her dea-h was a shock to memliers of her family and fiiends. Mrs. Jones had Ix'en a resident of this city for two years, formerly Iieing Mi.ss Anna llrown of West IMttston. Sho is sur- viveU by her husband, three children: I.,averne, Thomaa and Malcolm, also by her father, Learder Simonson.
EMERGENCY BATTERY
A LOCAL INVENTION
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EVEN THE SOUTH FEELS THE GItIP OF WINTER WINDl
Some Districts of County Report Loiii Thermotneter Readings In Tiventy-I\ Years And Others Have Severest cl Known In Period Of Five Years
FLOODS BROUGHT TO A HALT
Kansas  aty.   Mo, Jan.   «.—Slowly i will    probably     make     sk.itlPi rising temperatuifs brought some  re-   favorite outdoor si-ort during th
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port   ro  shor fuel as the abnormally warm of  the  season  thus far  hns  kq demand far below that of otheJ
Runs Upon Grade Crossings Temperatures a Little Above
Anci   Flight  Takes   Place Over Ties And Rails
ONLY TIRE SUFFERS
Zero Are   Scheduled Still Another Fall
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Pursued  .ilonff  K.   .allroad   track  by a Jersey Central  locomotive,   Earl  D. Piatt,  23 yo.-iis old  ,if 629  Blackman street,   Wilkis-Barrfc   Township,    late ye.stcrday dv '" his automobile bound- ' ing  ovrr  rails and   '.'os   until   he   had j escaped   liialli.     HLs   wild   flight   took' place  at   the  lUackiuan   street  oross-1 ing  of the  Cl iitral   Railio;itl  of  New i Jersey.     At   tlie   surio   crossing   two I yoars ago Ihico othe.   members ot his family were si \'erely hurt when their m.^clllne was struck by a train.
I'iatt W.IS driving toward Wilkcs- Barre yesterday and at u fair rate of speed appinaihed the unprotected grade crossiiiij. Just as his machine was upon tlio tracks he discovered a light engine liearlng down on him. Realizing that he could not clear the cro.s.slng tho .voung man whirled Ills car to the riulit and mapped out an avenue of e.sr i;i8 along the tracka.
For thirty fut the race between the autoniohiie anl locomotive continued and then thc locomotive won. Piatt's machino was struck, but only slightly dania.sred. H>th automobile and loco¬ motive slopped at the same time. More frightened tiian hurt, the driver aided the engine in \v In pushing thc auto¬ mobilo back to the road. Tho only sign of diUiiiiBo to the car was a blown rear tire.
Two years aijo, the youths parents, Mr. and .Mis. .lames Ii. I'iatt, together with Mr.s. I'latl's father, wero riding iu an aiUiiiiioliiie when struck by a freisht tllill. Their cr was demol- islie-i. The Ihreo passengers were liinncd in tlio wreckage until after the entire train had pasaed. All were Injured al that time.
WARMER TOMORROW
Accompanied by biting wind, a sev¬ ere cold wave rode Into Wyoming Val¬ ley lato yesterday afternoon and by to¬ night It Is predicted that It will nave U.I sections of northeastern I'ennsyl¬ vania v.cli la its ip-iv. Warmer tem¬ peratures are forecast for toniorrow.
Temperatures ranging from a few Jewries above zero to several degrees
iief tonight from the , ffxtremo cold I part ot tho weelt wave which has onilmLceil tho south- Coal dealer.s' n- west the past 24 hours.
Zero weather prevailed In Kansas and Missouri points which during the day had EUffered froni temperatures ranging from ftve to 23 below, as icy winds which centered here shifted eastward. In Kansiis City the mer¬ cury dropped to 15 degrees blow zero, the lowest In six years. In Salina It was  23 below.
Streot car trafflc hrre was delayed, hundreds ot motor cars frozen and a record number of flre alarms turned In as a result ot overheated atoves and furnaces.
Local weather officials expected fur¬ ther rises in temperature durlug the night.
Chicago, Jan. 5.—Winter pierced Its icy fangs into the henrt of the middle west today, taking a toll of a dozen lives and leaving demoralized rail and wire communications in Ita wake, aa It swept ea.stward.
Temperatures as low aa 31 degreea below were iticonleil in several cities in the great lakes region. Other sec¬ tions reported the mercury atandine variously between zero and 26 degrees below.
No relief Is In sight for at least 24 houra, the Weather Bureau hero an¬ nounced tonight.
Seven persons wero frozen to death In ChicaKo,  two in !St.  leouls,   one  In
Poor Are Assisted
Columbii.s,   O.,   Jan.   5.—OhlJ temperature ranging as low as f groes lielow zero Sunday, the Bureau   here  stated  tonight, coal   diaioi-s   worked   inertime Ishlng fuel stocks in private hcj
Retail   coal    is    plentiful sumera  bogged  for fuel  at  i toduy   when   dealei-s  cxpcrli i culty making deliveries bee. Inton.se cold.
Prozen radiators intcrfenj truck hauling early in the da dealers anr.oimccd today ha agreed, tiij work late Into i making la.st minute deliveries orders for delivery before wen. iQcing turned down.
Welfaro organlzatlon.i .s.iM In the poorer district ot th been reduced to "il mini: cases ot destitution were !¦ looked in the rush of cliari'l stated.
below prevailed in tlllo sev-tloii at miu-
night.    Accoi-ding to the Pr^'i;;}'"^^ J^f  cievei^"d and'ontMn'southBcnd.'ln.i: „„.„..,„„..    g^^^^^ ^j other persons were severely frcst  bitten.
William M. Dudley, government weather man at Scranton thermomet¬ ers in all sections of the northeastern part ot the State should sink to zero lovel or lower by tonight.
Tho unexpected cold snap which came from the weal and northwest showed Its effect on central city streets last night. Purlng the early houra ot the evening the decrease in the number of Saturday night shop¬ pers was notic€!abIe while al midnight ll..' stre<ns were practically deserted .save for a few scivttered couples h'jrry- Ing home from dances.
The tollowing temperature readings were obtained at mldni,;hl: Beers'  Store,  W. Market St.   .7   above
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White Hardware Store
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Sterling Hotol  	
Olen  Summit   	
Tunkhannock   	
White Haven  	
I'lttaton   	
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 1 lielow
Snow accompanied the cold blasts In a few sections but over most of the middle weat thc skies were clear. Strong winds »ere roported almost uniformly over tho bolt. Many Kires
In addition to intense suffering In the tenement districts of the large cilies, many flies brought exposure, pain and consiJerublo property dam¬ age.
At Reinlieek. O.. ftre swept nino buildings in the down town district be¬ fore flrc flshters could brlag It under control.
A temperature of 18 desrrees below zero  added  to the dilflcultlcs  of flre-
Damago tvos estimated at $13&, 000
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He will with rrosiileni   Ingiis
¦ortain   conditions Karly   In   the
i'ho explosion of a still In tho hi of Michael Tinko, Third strtet, Tayj on li'riday night, claimed Its seci' victim yostorday afternoon when & Michael Tinko, aged ST., died ot bu In  tiic Taylor hospltnl. ., .,^   	
The two year old aon of Mrs. TljPtthe (lion -Mden '""' i''"l-ibitendont died In Taylor ho.spital enriy on SatUBonixs of tlie l-cti'"'' ^ ""•">¦ t'ora- day morning. On l-'riday night. w(|ttiy, relative to th« ten g.iiion still whicii she ijJBpoHOd on the men opei-ating exploded and set lire lo ttpk he will also take up with 1 enu- wrunan'a clothes, her Urst thought Hji.vania Conl *^'<""J''p'|,j„^''**'", "^'''''' of the baby who was asleep. Not w«t' troubles of N" » ' "'J^ '?, *""* Ina to extinguish her burning dothi^MO yesterday resuraea »orR auer a the woman ran to 4he child's bedgfcMrt strike, aud carried him out cf the hou.se.   v)„  Wednesday the uni"" president
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Taylor    pnlj^k   ho  I the    wiecked   .s|jj)ons   "t   the making   an   invosllgation   iifl^' two persons had been admitted the hospital.
Nicholaa H. Weiss, IS years old Well known cafe proprietor, died early'la exiiected to hav this morning at hi.i home, 34 East Northanpton street, following a short illness. Paralysis of tho throat that divoloped from an Infoction waa the cause of death. He had licen Ul only since Janunry 2.
The   fhimes   enveloped   both   niul|ii|    nppear    liofoie
and child, causing burns which resiSflrd   at   Scranton ed    in    tholr    deaths,      Taylor    mXk   ho  P"¦>•""'">• '"f""""'  •;?" •uihorltles   foun.l    the    wiockod   Xn    "'   ''-  T«''» "'''; L"'"'™''"" while   making   an   Inviallgatioii   a STannouncod h'^j^^ ^;'."o"  HcZ' thd two Iiersons had beon ,„i,«i„„,,^Hno    sone    objectlonaDic    cireum-
so no Ihore.
Mr. Weiss was widely known aa a hotelman. For twenly years he had been in buslnesa lu the central city. He is survived hy his wife and the following chlldreu: Prod, Albert. Nicholas, Jr., Naomi Esther, Russell, Thelma; two adopted children, Dor¬ othy and Jack; one brother. Frank Weiss of South Washington street, nnd by thren sisters. Mrs. Frank Kline, Mrs. (ieorgo He'frh'k and Mrs. Ueorge  Rollman.
COOK KOSKS HIS Sl IT
Fort Worth, Tix., Jan. .1 — Suit for »1,000,000 damages aeuin.st the Fort Worth Pres^ by Dr. Krederick .A. Cook former a relic explor, r. ^ns disml.ssed In district court here toilay. Thc suit, flied   last   February,  followed  publica
An emergency liattery-terminal thnt widespread eftect among u.sers of stonige liatterle.s, has been patented by J. T. Leedock. of 35 Rist South street, this city. He ha.s applied to Washington "for lettera patent and tho papers aro expected in a short time.
Mechanical experts who have pa.ssed jjudgment on Keedocks invention be¬ lieve it will Und a largo demand when ready for sale. Its purposo is to or battery maintenance cost. T mlnnl Is a three piece con which can be aUached to the post. Becau.se of'its .sectional up, the terminal can be replaco In part or In whole al small lo acid contained In the battery c away tbe pre.sent one-piece t Tho new equipment has metal.
Deedock   worked   on  the six  months.    He has also pe twttery   protector   of   much merit.
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CAR  IS  WRKCKEl
A Durant touring car said
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
REACH A HIGH RECORD
Ilariisliiir;;. I'u., Jan. 5.- Avoidable accidents ti.k u toll ot 4,015 lives In I'ennsyivaii.a list year.
Fisurcs for 1023 complied by State agencies sliow that fatal accidents in the mines and workshops, on the high¬ ways anl aloni: tile railroads, at grade cro.ssinss. increased 85 pcr cent over 1922 reconis.
The Stall' Highway Department to¬ night called atlention to the fact that last  month "iilmost  as many  persons! were killed on the hlghwaya of I'enn-' sylvania.   cni liislve   ot   municipalities, | ILS In   autoni.ilide    accidents    ot    1906 throughout tin' entire at .ate."
.Bast y.ar tlicre were l,,^i5n deaths due to ai'ii'li'i'S on the highways, ac¬ cording to roinrds of the State De¬ part mont lit Hialth. In 1906 there were lil Vitalities for this cause.
In 192: tlure were 1197 highway ac¬ cidents caiisinc death.
Industrial   o'"cidents    caused    2,412 f,ir   winch   compensation   was
Mo.st  ot  the  fires reported  through
the  middle  west,  it was stated,   wero
duo lo overheated .stoves nnd furnaces^
',¦'^[["J,^, j The Chicago flre department answered
/.'¦ro'''* alarms in 36 IioUiS.- ¦ X below i Temperatures in many Instances V above'*''"'"" "'"""I" »' '°"8; atanding. In Iciili KO mo mercury reached 23 below, p*Bak;.is ail •.¦"¦•ifls snee 1S53. Somo i'ltlef rep. : 1 .hornioraetcr readings I;. : .-.v juiythir, ; .in record.
HURT  AT  LOCAL  SHOPS       '   ' '' *°^  » nductcd rxtens-
nUni    HI    t-^^f^^   •^"^^'^Avely by ch.^nULbleu:Avlylaore»n,zt,.
~~  tlons   In   th.'   i irj^io   dj^cs      Chii-ago's
James C'Brien, 2S yoars  old, of :!"   ,„unicipiU lodging hoti^wiu I,., nnened North Wa.shington street, employed as I,^i.   ,,„,   ^^.s!   tinn-   tills    winter    an I
.scores of unemplnse.l wiil ln> Bhcit«.._^^., Jails   wore   fliied   with   vag   iiniia 'j„
LEHIGH VALLEY WORKER
ash pit tender, was injured at 2 o'clock i this moiuing at the Wiikes-Bano shops of tho Lehigh Valley railroad. He wus saueezed between a locomotive und the pit. O'Brien was given medi¬ cal aid at tho shops after which ar¬ rangement.s were mado to remove him to Mercy Hospital.
South Hard llil
Atlanta.    Gu.,    Jan. weather  gripped    tho    soutj Willi  pro.spects of lower teij tomorrow.
From Northwestern Tei| KIcrid.a thc ,';evcro cold way the lower tempeniltr-e^ r.f and. in many cises, the co!. er In flve years, swept intd cau.sing sufferins to manj pairing communicatlon.s.
Nashville   was   the   coldi^ the   territory   with   a   ten three above zero and in  ^l temiier.iture dropped to siJ
In Atlanta the temperatj dined to IS degrees and ing with the We;ither Bn Ing It would reach ftve dj cr by dawn tomorrow.
Freezing weather wus felttanoit' ern  Florida, where it WO-s foiwtst tli" temperature woud bo 15 d> Jites alie". during  tho   night   aud   poisflily lower tumorrow.
The situation In Nashvilh wu mnrio moie critical when tbo CanHjerl.inl river overflow <d its banks forcing fam¬ ilies in the low lands i» Sit* 'f"'" their shelter into the e»a to .•-ec'ii Eaftty.    Itlll servlcs wus pstilju-d
FINDS $200 IN WRECK; LEAVES IT TO ANOTHER
Samuel Davis and wife of Plymouth hul a curious experience while motor¬ ing a week ago to Binghamton to tho New Year's Uay ei.steddfod won by the Orpheus Glee Society and tho Sheldon Chorus of this city. The in¬ cident served to emphasize two .sides of human nature.
When the Davis party was still twenty miles distant from Binghamton iitomoblle
Floods Halted
Cincinnati, o., Jan. 5--'Jhe rise of th? Ohi'j river Hl:ick:n«l tonight ani government ineteorologtsti said zero temperatures und clear >kies 'navo averted ,i flooil disaster.
The  crest   stase   Qt   KC feet will 1>« reached during Ihc nisht or eaf'y Sun day nfter which thc.  water« "ill liegin to   recede   tho   Weather Bun au  pre- ,;.. i.d.
I I'O cold wave an4 prospects ftw Iti
*'"•! ¦•KMi   -irt*   expected to  preveViU
¦  in  the  wntets which nowy W»,f. ot. accorthng to Wllllain ".'^T****««   v.:  t'.'il   Statos  meteor-
itlnuwrlWli w-rate through Central   I nio:i     •:<!<...-*  —.
W. J. KIL.UAI.,I.ON BKTTEn
ho  condition  of  Attorney  Wlllin Jjvi.gallon,   prominent IMttston  bail oincial.  who has been seriously ni th* family home,  w.is ix-porled ai ingj mucli improved last nlghU /
SMGHT KIBB AT ASHI.KV
--nrrdthti.^--"^^""
' Uaniage *»»
•1
- property of a Mr.   Fagan
tlon ot .1 story In which the Press was ^.^n, „y^^  ^   ^,g<,p    omban
alleged to have referred to Cook as a Temperance Hill,  Plymouth fakir, fllni-flammer and fraud artlat."
Cook was recently convicted In fed- oril court on oil stuck selling fraud churficA
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afternoon   and    was   badly Several    of    the    occupant bniisas but none required I tentlon.
search of warmth.
ComTPUnicatlon hy wire was a totnlly destroyed over a  large   . of the middle west and tralu scheduli .^ wore almost totally destroyed.
Trains frou nil directions into Chi¬ cago  were many  liours  late.
Passengers suffi red intensely from the cold, despite efforta of tho roads to heal  their coaches.
Relirf is nn tlio wny the woather bureau roportiMl. citinK somewhat higher i mperatiirea today In Canadian ] and the far northwest by Monday, thc experts say, will be climbing to higher levels.
Nn Coal Shortace
Now Vork, Jan. 5. — Low ering tem¬ peratures and  liclit   flurries   of   anow
were fore-runners   of   a    cold    wave |(]o,vn to 3 above at « along the Atlantic   Seaboard   tonight. The WeJither Bureau predictions calls thermometer    readings    nnd
ologlst
Trains
up  to  the  tr.i
did   not   hamper   tralllc.
Reports f.'i.'m  «p  sjreum" lands   of  sever.ii     river    tow-i'i^ip i.,„ noved  livestock  and  personal   beP i .  ' ings to higher grouiiii, but that tl. was no suffering.
 J,.,
Huntsville, Ala., Jatt. 5.—Below rero weather and a new col! weather rec- oi'd for 20 years were in prospect fo«,.' North'-rn    Alabama    tou',.ht.    A  new copl   wavo  carried     the    temperatum
BITTER IS DEAD; A LIFE LONG RESIDENT
Bitter, ll former leading paint-
iMiiaotiir lind life long resident of
citv,   pa.ssed   away   yesterday   nt
limily iTSiilonce, 23 Wright .street.
age nf "1* years.    Mr. Itittcr was
[and ra:s''i! in this city, lieing tho
Stein-
!d by  his
son, as
Iter   I.f
cker,
Jilda
this
titter
will bo
at   3
be   In   the
back cemetery.
ii'clock. S'.i   f.»at   liamago   i\a-s  anticipated, froicn automobile raJialors and burst i.aier pipes beiiitf the worst.
they discovereil a wrecked
in   a   fleld   a  short  distance  from   thelf''"¦
highway.    Believing that  the accident I '"  ^  .       ,,,    ,    . ...    ,
had Ju.st happened and that occupants I «""»'   '"at    will   last   lUUll    tomorrow
of    the    car    needed   help,   Mr.  Davis | "'ornlng.
stopped  his own  machino  and  inves- j     Monday    morning    is   expected    to
tigated. bring  clear  coid   weather   which   will   ...„  _., 	
Instead ot flndlng injured occupant.s,   last  for two or throo days, according j found In on alley so near death that the Plymouth man found the car had j to the Weather Bureau. Lflorts  lo  warm  him failed.    Uo had
been  conipietely  abandoned.     On   the ]     The po.sjsiblUtiea of sub-zero weather I iwen  drinking, ground, however,   oaa JiOO in  bills of' The   position
Birmingham, Ala;, Jan. 5.—The cold wave clainiisl one fatality hers to¬ night  wlicn aa unWifiiiuW nejro »R»
various   denominations.
<ilRI. KKACTIIRKS ARM
Yolanda l<olo.s.ir, 12 years old. of 397 North Wiushington street, suffered a fractured arm >e.st,.play In a fall do',va riome   .'itaii*s   at   her  home.     .She   is   a
of the  money   indicatod    that   it    had dropper from the pocketa ot the car's occupants   when   tumbled   arotmil. While Mr. Davia was examining the
wreck,  a farmer   .Irove   up.    .Sightiii.g   —'"";', ..^........ .......... --....    ^     ,^    j,^.,^
the   money,   the   farmer   asked   if   the i """<"   •'"^"'^   '"   ^er  home.     .She   Is   a i „^^,,^    .   . i'lvmouth    man    intended    taking    |t. i A'sught.jr   ot   Michael  Koie.-ur.  an   nt-ip,,,, Mr. Davis answered  that   he  Intended; tacho of the county controller's ofHce.   riior
leaving    It     where    tho     owuer    hud;  ¦—        • -    —
dropped   It   as   thc  driver  ot  the   mu- MRS.  PI\('Hf)T (Jl'K.ST
Mrs.   Gilford   Pinchot,   wife   of   the : Governor,   was   a   visitor   in   Scranton I "-^ yesterday as a  guest   if  Mrs.  Worth- jj.y'^, Ing'ton  Scranton.    A  number of social (     iiotn   a; i.ftalrs  wei'e given  for her durlugr tiMlpHal    wh. afternoon nnd evening. ' restliii^ •¦'"i
MfXK \V0KK>:K8 HIRT
Struck bv a piece ot rock whlla enipKned m the mine." of the ilndeir* Hill     colliery.     yestenUiy     afternooo.
chine would likely return. I'oasessing less conscience, tho farmer blandly picked up the money and drove off.
Mr. Davis and Ms wife continued to Binghamton where tho former waa winner in tho tiarltotje, solo competi¬ tion. I I
Mth
Jlenry   street.
i.jii   nr one  "'
ihlch   rn
fall  of rt" k
collici'y of tbe Hudson