Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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LOCAL WOMAN IN MURDER DENIED NEW TRIAL
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Washington, April S.—Ea."itern Pa.: Mostly cloudy, proliably showers Sun¬ duy:   Monday  fair and  cooler.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 6,1924
The    Only    Sunday    Newspaper Covering   tho   Wyoming   Valley
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DEAD, 13 WOUNDED IN PENNSYLVANIA KLAN RIOT; VALLEY POLICEMEN ROUND UP DEADLY MOONSHINE
BAD BOOZE CAUSES 19 ARRESTS
tp!^Jail Sentence For One And Heavy hiiiu?ToT Othcvii At Quick Hearings
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DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
¦atalities And Blindness Due To Home Distilling Are Acted On By Authorities
STATE POLICE HELP
.Spurred to action by the mounting leath toll.bi-liig exacted by moonshine ftlBkey throughout Wyoming Valley. | lollCo authorities  yesterday  struck  at 1 ircea  of   thc   poison   in   two   towns, tinetcen arrests were made In a seriis raids that swept Uupont and  I'ly-! flMfh    partly    freo    ot    moonshining j iJvlty.     Hpoedy  Justice   was  handed ; Jt to tho victims caught In thc drive, it Plymouth heavy lines were Imposed l>y Burge.ss George Uwilliam on uil thc defendants,   one   ot   them   being   com¬ mitted to a prison cell, while the Du¬ pont   prisoners   were   held   under   bail for court.
Btato  I'olico  conducted  the  Dupont raids    at    the    direcllon    ot    Captain William   A.   Clark,    who   for   several day.s    had    Ix-en    collecting    cvidcnco. fourteen  places,  including stores and hotels, were suspected ot violating the prohibition  laws.    Shortly  after noon yesterday   nearly   a   score   of   ollk-er.s tjeft Wyoming barracks.   Their descent {upon  the   town   caused  excitement   lO ^run   high.    At   certain   places   clfort.s ' -wero mado to dl.sposo ot telltale evi¬ dence   through   windows   and   sewers but the attempts were frustrated. Plenty of Seizures .^summary given out last night at the   barrack.i   revealed   that   tho   Du- jionl   raids   had   netted  lourtcen   pri.'J- oner.s,    30   gallon.s   of   moonshine,   50 gallons ot alcohol, 10 gallons of elder, 7   atllla,   SOO   gallons   oC   mash   and   b barrels   of   beer.     Tho   owners   were Immediately taken beforo Justice J. 11. <9nklus at West rittston  where each -as held under $1,000 bail. The list of difendants und their ad- rosses  follows:   Nicholas  Just,   hatel, 21 Smith strut, Uupont; Mary I'om- ¦le,   Btore,   STiS   Main   street;   Andrew tosky,   hotel   and     rcstaur.int.     Main treet; AllKirt  l.ilialko, hotel, ::0l  I.in- :oln street; John Kuszinas, hotel, cor- HiT ot  til-ant  and     Ulncoln     streets; Stanley Hollick, hotel, GIT Main street; John Ziguiund, hotel, 502 Main street; Blago Uruzzo, grocer, 118 Main Htreet; Georgo Tyhiiko, cigar store, 606 Main Street;   I'aul Ti dlock,  hotel,  270 Main Street; H.  L. l-'ricnd, grocer, 422 Muin street; James Blanco, hotel. Grant and Smith .streeta;    Anthony   Jukobuwicz, dwelling,  112 Everhart    strut;     John Kosimui, hoti-l, 126 Main street. Plyiiioulli lialds Tho   I'lymoutli    raids    followed    an edict  by  Iturge.ss  Gwilliam  that  resi¬ dents ot thi- lower end borough  must Bdhere rigidly to tho prohibition laws. In recent weeks nuineroua ciuses of In¬ sanity in thai  town have been attrib¬ uted  to   moonshine   concoctions.       To back   up   tile   ultimatum,   the   burgess yesterday  alterniion   handed   warrants to Chief  of  I'oiici-   Uoiiiiiiii-k   Mangan und .\ssistaiil   I'hii-t  Thnmas   Hainan, with  inslruclions  to  begin  raiding at once.
Within a abort tlmo live raids had been made. .V .still was found tit thc home of Anthony KoslowskI, Mountain Hoad. A fine ot J60 was Imposed in this ca.se. I.udwig .Shaklun, proprietor of thc Central Hotel, was arrested tor selling liquor and was fined $100. r.cnny rUrowski ot Kast .Main .sti-cet was found in po.'--Mcssion of a still and waa fined $7,"). .\ similar fine was Im¬ po.sed ou Thomas Vondufi'a ot I..ee street alter tin- raidci.s found a stiil there. M^hcii lli-iiiiy Vancoski ot Mess street was uiialile lo p:iy a tine ot $75 for opcratiiit; a still, liurgess Gwilliam committed liiiii to a cell at the Ply¬ mouth lockup.
liliiidiiess KeiMirliHl Police oi this city last night wjrc Investigating ii repoi t that a man had gone blind on a I'lymouth trolley car Jitter having drunk somv. bad liquor. According to the rumor, Ihe iiassen- ger asked Ihe ninductor to be e.M-orted to Mercy hospital, (-xplaiiiing that he had lost his sight aller Imariling the car. Attaches at the hospital de¬ clared ihey had not rfcclved the cuse.
WINS A TOI KINti ( .\K
AX  Till-;  AK.MtlHY  t'lKClS
Harry Hoat of 236 College avenue, Kingston, was declared the winner of ttie Buick touring car offered us the chief prize at the Knl;;hts of .Malta circus. The alfalr was conducted dur¬ ing the week in thc Wilkes-IJarre Ar¬ mory. It came to an cud la.st night with' the award of Ihe mat-hine. M. J. <«riQa of .Nnrth Hiver street wus annouiUed as thc winner ot an elec¬ trlo SWteDCI.
Noted Merchan t Is Honored Here
When George Powler, Sr., of Hinghamton, stepped Into the exec- utivo olllces ot thc Uoston Store yesterday morning ho was greeted by Miss Anna Mackin bearing a lurge basket ot beautiful pink roses. Thero were forty-flve ot Ihem, each Indicating a milestone in the history ot thc store.
Miss Mackin made a brief, In- rnrmal presentation ot the flowers lo Mr. Fowler on behalf ot thc em- (iloyi'cs. Mr. Fowler accepted them with a few Informal remarks to thc small gathering ot executives, very ';.-,; r-r.', ^£^'>ilr«**,   be lieht In his eyes and the rcmTniscent expression' that stole acro,ss his beaming coun¬ tenance sutllcing tor what might have been lacking In words on the '>cca.sion.
Mr. Fowler Is the sole surviving member ot tho original tlrm ot Fowler, Dick & Walker, which on .April 5. 1879, established the Bos¬ ton Store at Its present location. The start wa-s modest enough. In¬ deed, as Mr. Fow-ler might have recounted yesterday, but what be¬ gan In Wilkes-Barre that day wus not only parent to the Boston Storo of today but also the nucleus of other mercantile enterprises which combine in making one ot Iho nation's greatest wholesaling and retailing forces, with branches in   many cities.
Miss Mackln, who mnde the prcsent.atlou to Mr. Fowler, is the oldest employee of the Boston Store. She has been engaged there continuously tor the past thirty yea Co,
Mr. Fowler spent the day busily engaged nt the storo nnd returned last evening to his home In New- York  Slate.
TO EXPOSE secret' OF DOUBLE DEALS
KATHERINE MILLER MUST PA Y PENALTY FOR LOVER'S DEATH
j I'hiladelphia. April 5.—A new trial was denied today by Judge McDevlU tor Katherlne Miller of Wilkes-Barre, ; who was found guilty of second degree j murder on January 7 for killing her sweetheart, Harry Kabernagle. Sho has been sentenced to ten to twenty years In thc county pri.son.
The motion tor a new trial was ba.sed   chiefly   on   the   attitude   attrlb-
a friend" of Kabernaglc. The Judge hchl today that a jury could not im¬ peach its own verdict nnd declared that every element necessary for a verdict ot tlrst degree murder was present in the defendant's case.
Tho alleged "friend ot the decea.sed friend" wus said to bo John Over- dorff. South Cone.stoga sireet, who served as Juror seven on the Miller Jury. Thc deten.se lawyers ftirther avcrrt-il the Jury stood 8 to 4 for ac- (luittal during most ot Us deliberations and that it was Ovcrdorffs influence which llnaliy swung the second degree verdict.
It was alleged Overdorft withheld from the court and the defense lawyers the fact that ho «-9s a per¬ sonal friend ot Ihe president of the college which Kabernaglc attended and had discussed the whole ca.se with him.
Defends Jury System
Kabernaglc. ,-i government clerk and a student of Chiropractic, w-as shot and killed at Fortieth and Walnut streets on October II, after he had tried to end his friendship tor miss Miller.
Thc entire Jury .system would he imperiled. Judge McDevitt stated, it the contentions ot defense counsel could bo su.stained.
"Tho  court   Is asked  to  surmise or conjecture   that   Iho   verdict   was   the illegitimate   pi-oduct    of     sinister    in¬ fluence executed  by an alleged  preju¬ diced Juror, who took nn oiUh to make. a true  deliverance  between  thc  Coin- : inonw-ealth and Ihc defendant, but,  by | unusual  po ver.s,  coerced  or persuided | eleven   co-Jurors   to   return   a   verdic* [ which some would  now  Impeach," the .-.ir;r.li'P^^gyj^-d,    "If thc first, which Is' the   most   Important   reaso'ii   ¦k.i„;if,V.o:i ' by counsel,  can  be .sustained, the en¬ tire Jury system   which,     up    to    the present,   has  proven   thc   most   satis¬ factory   legal   achievement   of   civili¬ zation, Hill 1)6 Imperiled,
Action  Too Late
The opinion stated further: "If the defendant's counsel concluded when the statement concerning the Juror was made that she could not have a fair trial, they .shuuld have laid the matter Immediately before thc court and requested that the Jury lie discharged. They .should not have taken the chance ot a verdict in their favor and kept In reserve their mo¬ tion for a new trial."
Judgo McDevitt al.so quoted a  num¬ ber of court  decisions  In  disposing  uf an objection  th.at  he  hri,d  not cliargi-d j the Jury  on  manslaughter. I
When It seemed that tho Miller Jury had been deadlocked, one Juror in¬ formed the court that It seemed oii< ot Ihc Jurors was a. friend of the ilcad man. The juror who made this .state-j ment said h<3 did not believe a verdict could be reached. i
The  Judge   charged  the  Jury  again, explaining their duties and the second degree verdict w-as rcache<l after forty-i eight  hours  of di-libeiatioii. '
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FROM WASHINGTON FLOOD DISTRICTS OF MOTOR TRAFFIC
Influence Of Money And Liquor Releases To Come Into The National Probe
NEW   WITNESSES
FLOOD
OFTHE
Washington, April 5.—Six witnesses reputed to know sonicthing ol' the ac¬ tivities of the late Jake llanion at tbe last Hepubllcnn national convention will take the .stand In Lho oil Inquiry ngixt  week.
Senator Walsh notifle.-l lliem tonight to appear Momlay when the hearing is resumed.
WtUsh expects through them lo provo there was nn agi-ecmcnt at t.he convention covering the appointment ot a Secri-tary of the Interior and the consequent leasing ot thc naval, oil reserves to private  interests.
Tho six  Include:
W. I.. Kistler of Tnls,t, Okla,, con¬ nected with thc Producers' and Hc- flners' Company.
Jack .Smith of Paris, Texas.
J, F, Baughun, Harlingcn, Texas,
H,  W.  Ballard,  l.os  Angeles.
Hobert   Wolfe,   ('olumbus,   O.
3.  B.  French of Oklahoma City.
Kilsii-r is to tako the .stand Hrst.
Walsh has received a copy of an in¬ terview- with Ballard In which the lat¬ ter was quoted as saying:
"Hamon told me when he came back from the Hepubllcacn National convention: "Well, they put it over on mc. The convention i-ost me $150,000 to $200,000. Ifs no use. Sin¬ clair is going lo get Teapot Dome and Full will be Sii-ri-tary of the Interior"," Will Kxpose Se<-rels
Determination tn bare the secrets of thc "little green house on K sireet," the Senate Daughcrty prolicrs next w-eek w-ill put on tho stand ii new "star witness," How-ni-d Mannington, former tenant of the house. It was in Manninglon's house, previous wit¬ nesses have testified, that Uaughcrty, Jesse .Smith and other tlgiircs in W.-usbington's odlciiil life mct those on the fringe ot officialdom, whose names and dealings have llgured in the in- vi-stigation.
.Mannington, who was brought biu-k from Kumiie to testify by the good oflices ot thc State Department, Is due back In the I'nlted States shorlly, and Is to he called to the .stand as early as  po.ssible,   comnlttee   members .-^aid.
Miinningiim will be qite.stloned par¬ ticularly about liquor deals, Chainnan Brook-hart said lonight. John Gorini. New York wholesale druggist, testi¬ fied that Mannington was getting a $4 "cut" on each case ot 'iquor with- diiiw-n from bond under permils se¬ cured through his political influence and was splitting wtlh Jesse Smith and an unnamed man,
"Wc will put Mannington on the stand just a:', soon as In- hits town," .said Brookhart. "We want to know- all  nbout   the  'little  green   house'  and
tContlnucd on I'age 4, Section 1)
Water Supply And Food Lacking While Hundreds Are Robbed Of Homes
Street Car Strike At Scranton Brought To End By Arbitration
street car service was resumed on the lines of the Scranton Railway Company yesterday afternoon follow¬ ing a settlement of the strike that had been in effect since last Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock. Hlore than fifty cars were operating i/csterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, while this morning it is expected that regular schedules wil he maintained on all lines.
The strike came tn an end at 12:10 o'clock in the episcopal residence of fit. licr. liishop M. J. Unban, where Jilson J. Coleman, general manager of the Scran- ¦i-jfi nmir!\xi; ¦'¦;>(!;pcaif.; \i!.i:lli^,T.}}\,.Mnii, sijj^erintendent of transportation; Laurence F. Hart .business agent for the Street Car Men's Union; and John J. lirennan, union president, met with liishop Hohan, E. J. Lyneit, editor of Scranton Times; Col. L. A. Watres, president nf Scranton Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Jnhn Durkan, T. F. Finn, John Davis and Ij. R. Thnmas, federal medi- atnrs, and Matthew P. Frederick, State mediator, repre¬ senting Governor Pinchot.
The principal terms of the strike settlement are the submission nf the request for an increase of seventeen cents an hour tn a hoard of arbitration; a one year con¬ tract and a compromise nn the suing shift issue to which the men strenuously objected.
The follnwing compromise was reached on tlie swing shift issue:
First—That rush hour Iripprr runs operated in the morning shall be paid at the regular rate of wages for the first fnur hours or any part thereof.
Two—After eight hours' continuous time, after schedule time of leaving barn, thc rate of wages shall be paid at thc rate of lime and one-half per hour.
Three—No tripper runs shall exceed thirleen (13) hours from time of leaving barn in ihe morning.
Four—.1/ motor men and conductors assigned to regular tripper runs shall be guaranteed eight (S) hours pay at the rates specified in clause No. 2 of this proposal. •-  i
Three Children Dying Of Scalds Caused By Hot Water And Coffee
KLANSMEN SHOOT WHEN TOWN FOLK RESIST A PARADE
Five Hundred Hooded Marchers Are Met By Citizens With Hose And When Water Is Turned On Them They Open Fire That Has Very DeadlyJEffpct   ..^ 	
MINER AND LABORER KILLED
RED CROSS ON JOB
Cars Have To Be Forced On Sidewalks To Clear Way For Department Chief
FLAGRANT VIOLATION
Washington, April 5,—An account of presenl conditions In the flood- sw-ept districts of w-estern Maryland where six persons lost their lives w-hen the swollen I'otomac w-ent on a ram¬ page and caused $,1,000,000 propei-,ty damage. Is contained in the following di,spatch to tho Washington Daily Now-s:
"Piedmont, W. Va., April 5.—The Rod Cro.ss and the State Health De- liartnient are making a despci-ate flght to prevent disca.se from ravaging Ihe territory near here, so cruelly stricken by the recent  Hoods.
"Uy.stentory hn.s broken out at Hldgeley, across the river from Cum¬ berland, Md., and tbe menace from tyiihoid fever and pneiiinonia hangs heavily over the group of flood-swept towns.
"In Western Port, Md,, thc situa¬ tion is aggravated by a shortage of drinking water. Flre hose, strung across Ihe river from Piedmont, sup¬ plies all the w-ater for a tow-n of 1,500. The Ked Cross ha.s issued a warning to boil all water used (or drinking.
".\t Kilznilller a serious shortage ot milk for babies developed. This has been temporarily relieved by It. A. Harlan ct Washington and flve a.sslst- ants who were the flrst to break through into the flooded area with a Hed  Cross   relief truck.
".\ll thc river towns near here were swept by thc flood and are making heroic efforts to dig their way out of a blanket  of  silt  and  debris.
"Kilzmiller bore the crest ot the flood. The I'otomac, swept out ot lis cour.se, cm directly through the town and left only two stores and six dwellings   untouched.
"Peoiilc driven from their homes are living in tents af bed clothing and shacks hastily built from wreckage. Regular fuel supplies arc all cut olT and bonflres, surrounded by groups of homeless people, shine out in the cold night.s.
"Yesterday thc bodies ot Samuel Beeman and his father, Lemuel, were rcscueil a mile and a half from where they lost their lives. The liolies ot Bceman's wife and two chiliin-n were recovered earlier. The family lia<l taken refuge In a tree which was up¬ rooted.
"William Shell, another Kltzmlller residr-nt, is also believed lost. He was last   seen   last   Sunday.
"In the river trout section of lied- monl. mud and wreckage are three j feet deep. Most ot the houses along thc water front are desertcil. One span ^ of thi? bridge between Pledmond and. Western  I'ort was-left standing.
"Damage    from    tloo<l    has    pa.ssed. The  menace from disease and the dl-| reel  hik of food and   slulter   are   the; pi-rlls whii-h   the   stricken    people    ot this section »re lighting today." I
Aji explosion ot a small quantity ot oil last night at the Lehigh Valley railroad roundhouse on Norlh Penn¬ sylvania avenuo contributed to the wor.st trafllc Jam thc cenlral city has i-ver tried to untangle. The tie-up oc¬ curred on South Wa.shlngton street near Market street during the busiest hour of the Saturday nicht trafllc. II involved Fire t^h^ef Frank Hnchrcitei's Stutz car. a halt dozen trolley airs, approximately one humlred automo¬ biles and excited policemen and pcilcs- tri.'us.
Thc flrc on the r:illrond properly w-as only a slight blnzo which was extinguished with chemicals, but one mile distant In the centnil cily It caused a turmoil. When the alarm sounded Chief Hochrelter started north on Wushlngton street .ifti-r leaving No. I engine house on Hoss street. Between NoiilianiFilon and Market streets the chiefs Slut/, found further progi^ess Impossible. Automo¬ biles were parked on both sides ot the street. Two trolley cars were moving south, taking up the only available  space   remaining.
With the siren on his machine tied dow-n and its .strident tones audible for blocks In all directions. Hochrelter tried to get the right of way. Tho blasts of the gong only made- matters worse. The trolley cars stopped. Au¬ tomobiles that had been crawling along came to a stop, the drivers believing Mre upparatus wus thundering along somewhere
Invade SliloniilUs
As matters stood, the jam w-a.s com¬ plete but It was made worse when a (-ouple more trolley cans were allowed lo Innocently blunder Into thc nilxup. Meanwhile, poilce ofllcers attracted by the contlnuoiLs sounding of tho chiefs siren, arrived on thn scene. They found all traffic on K.ist .Market streel bitween I'ublic Square and tho I,i high Valley tracks at a standstill. Machiiiis and trolley airs wero In a solid jam on Washington street between Market and Northamiiton streets while more automobiles wi.-re biia-ked far up on North   Washington   street.
For ten minutes the flre chiefs car kept up its S. O, S, Some cop's agile brain finally found the solution. He -llrected that all automobiles that could tie moved, should lie pushed up on tho sidewalks on either side of Washing¬ ton street. Tho operation took up an¬ ther flvo minutes but the end of the trouble   found   the   sidewalks   clogged
(Continued ou I'uge 4,  Section 1)
Three children were on Ihe danger list at Nanticoke Stale Iiuspital lasl nighl a.s ,1 result of lieing sciildeil al Ihelr homes yesterday. Two ot lln- vii-tim.s are sisters who have only a small chance of recovery. They are Catherine Terzasko, three years old, and Sophia, flve years old, ot Fulr- niuunt Springs. According tn hospital i-ccoril.s,   they   were   in   the  kitchen  ot
their home when one of them pulled over a pnt containing hot cofTce. Both youiigslcis were scalded from head to toot.
Irene Kozlowski, six years old. of Ncwimrt Township, fell Into ,-i tub of boiling water at liei^ home. il^^r mother rescued her from certain death but not before the child had received scalds ot piobably tal.il nature.
SMITH FOR PRESIDENT OFFICIALL Y LA UNCHED; PARTY CHIEFS ACTIVE
New- York, April fi. — Frank P, Walsh, fnrnier chairman ot the I.'nlled Stales (-ommiltee on Indiislrl.al relu- tlon.s. threw the hat cif (iovernor .M Smilh in the ring for the Democratic Presidential noniination In a political speech here today .-mil, at the same time, warned the i^irly ugainst re- actinnarles  within   its ranks.
Pi-ogrosslve Democracy, Walsh lold a meeting nf the NatioiKil Democratic t-'lul). dciiiands a man of .Smith's type for Ifs I'resident ial cuiiilidate and will flght against any attempt by reac¬ tionaries to steal control of nominees and   platform   of  t.ho   party.
If the re;icllonaries should seize con¬ trol, Walsh said, then tlie failure or success of either of Ihe great parties would lie a niatter of Indifference and the great mass ot people would hall ghidly tho advent of a new party,
"But. with progressive Democracy controlling noniini-es and platfonn," Walsh said, "we will go forward tothe greati'st victory in the history of the party."
"From coast to coast, the spirit of true, progressive Democracy never w-us so active and alert," ,W,-ilsh said, adding that."the leader that best typifles that spirit in tliuugl tion is the Governor of stale."
Walsh ,saw In the victory of Smith over W, G. McAiloo in the Wiscon.sin primaries this week a poiuilar <-x|ircs- sioii w-hlch "should furnish no sur¬ prise, except that it burst through the reslrictivc limits of lho logical elecllon laws ot that state."
, A genenil lack ot Interest wus ap¬ parent, flection olllcials predicting less th.an slxt.v thnusand vote,s would be cast in Wayne ceiiiity In bnlh Hepub¬ lican and Democratic primarirs,
Tho New-berry Issue has popped up ugiiln In un indirei-t fashion as a re¬ sult of scathing cnminents hy Gover¬ nor Alex J. (iroeslieck, head of Ihe Cooiidge force.s. and others, on Sen¬ ntor John.snii's f.iiiuie to vote on the question of ousting Senator Truinan H, Newberry,
<'noll(l;;c-Johnson
Detroit, .Mich., April .1.- Adherents of President Cooiidge and Senator Hiram John.son, rival candidates in the .Michigan Kepublican preferential primary Monday, ended their labors tonight, both : ides expressing coii- llde.u-e In the final outcome. The vote uuiti-ucts delegates. who arc to be picked later  by  Stute conventions.
The Third Piirly
Washington, Aprtl .'i.- Hipubllcans ot th« northwest tonlcht i-rossed sw-ords over the chances ot a third pai-ty  In  that   part of the country.
Hepiying to Ihe Btati-ment yesterday at the White House by Governor PreuS ot Minnesota, who lunched with President Cooiidge, that I.:il-'olli-tte, ut the head of a third iiarty, could sweep the entire norlhw-est. Representative L-irsen issui-d a .slatenieni tonight stating that "Preus Imagines that Magnus Is sllll  chasing him,"
Karller in the day Representative Young, North Dakota, called on Presi¬ dent Cooiidge also to dispute Preu,s' prediction,
"I will not undirtake to say what will happen In the states other than Minnesota U'Xt .NovemlK-r, but 1 am confident that .Minnesota will he found In the Coolid'-Tc t:olunin." I.ar.sen said. "It is truo tliat there Is some political discointent linJong the people of my state, partlcuhirly among the farmers. but It is on the wane. The farmers bcdlove that Cooiidge Is sincerely do- iiig his work to relieve them in their present economic plight. I do not know- what Governor Preus' purpo.se was by throwing Ihls scare Into the public-."
Out   for McAiloo
Springfleld, Mo., April 5.—William O. McAdoo will receive the support of
Lilly, Pa., April 5.—In a battle hero tonight between townsfolk and members of the Ku Klux Klan, two men were shot to death and 13 wounded.
The dead are:
Philip Conrad, 25, a aborer.
Floyd Paul, 28, a minor.
The Klansmen, in full rojralia and 500 strong, held a meeting on a hill ovt'i'looking the town. After the ceremony the members of the organization marched toward the rail¬ road station.
A crowd of more than 1,000 porsons had gathered at the station to soe tho unusual sight.
Without warning a revolver shot was fired and a battle between the two factions started, according to reports made to police.
Polico were unable to cope with the situation and the revolver battle raged until thc Klansmen fought their way to a waiting railroad train and departed.
When the e.vcitemeiit subsided it was discovered Conrad and Paul had been shot and killed.
Authorities learned that someone had turned a hose on thc Klansmen as they marched to the station and this led to he firing of the first shot.
The injured, somo in a critical condition, were taken to the office of Dr. Geiser.
After being given first aid treatment by Dr. Geiser the more seriously iiijurod of the riot victims wero taken to a hospital at Aitoona, Pa. Three members of the Ku Klux Klan wore reported wounded but this could not be verified as it is belioved tlio injured Klansmen were carried away by their companions.
The special train wliich took the Klan members away from the city was chartered as far as Johnstown, Pa., by the organization.
When the train arrived at Johnstown, twenty persons on the train wore arrested and held for investigation, it was re- porttMl here.
PLENTY OF GASOLINE t B.
IS HELD IN STORAGE
Y. 0. B. MAY MEAN BRING YOUR OLD BUDDY
WashUigtnn, April ri—Hefiiiei y and gjisoline .stoi-age companies arc prc- piircd for a record breaking motor sea.son this year.
Despite the fact that a total ot 107,- 709,603 gallons of ga-sollno were con¬ sumed by motors during thc month ot February, a decided Increa.se over the consumption ot thc previous month und ul.so over figures ot a year ago, there wero on hand March 1 In various .stoi-age lanks 1,371,221,,S'.i.S gallons, 'rills amount exceeds all previous storage records. A high mark was reached in A|>rll. rJ2;i, when records showed l,33ii,I17,S7I gallons on hand,
tJasolinc produced during the month ot Febniary amounted tn 67",71il,31S gallons, or an average dally output of 23,370,3.'i5 gallons, statistics comiillcd I by the Bureau of MUK'M showed today, 'rhere abso was an Increase In exporta lion of pnsoline over January flgures ot more than  14,000.000 gallons.      ^J
Thero was a slight  dec-i-ea.se  lr>^^^ output   of   kein.senc   during   February [ but decided increa.ses were rctlectcd lu j thc prcMluctlon ot gas and fuel oils and lubricants.
Washington, .\pril j.—Secretar.y of War Weeks takes the invitation to the reserve ofllcers banquet in New Vork Monday night, asking guests to "b.\\)b," a.s a huge Joke.
While it Is generally believed tho four letters mean "bring your own bottle," they also may mean "bring your old buddy,"  Weeks said.
Weeks udmittccl that he hacl been inviled to thc clinncr. but said ho had notlfled thc ofllcers hu was unable to do so.
".Vnyway, they are reserve ofllcers and I have no control over them un- i less they ure ou duty," said Weeks. "They cun do what thciy pleaso as far as tho War Department Is con¬ cerned."
FINKI) ON IIK.VI.TH L.WVS
Charged with violating liorough health law-s, Joe Ijcv.v. a merchant on Kast Main street, Plymouth, was ar¬ rested yi^Hterday by Sanitary Offlccr Haub. At a hearing last night before Burgess Gwilliam, Levy paid a flne ot J7.60,
the Missouri dclegatoin at the Demo¬ cratic National convention. Democrat¬ ic Ic-aders declared today. prell:nlnary to the state convention  here April  15.
An unln.structed delegation will at¬ tend the convention, leaders said, acld- ing "this will be clone so that there will be no trampling on the toes ot Sen.'itor James Heed."
'rhe entire delegation will support Mc.-\doo,   howevt-r.   leaders  asserted.
Four men and four women will compose  the  delcgatiua.
DUiVIPED HOT ASHES
IN LIVING QUARTERS
Apartment house Iw.llei-s may draw a strong moral frorti the experience ot Henry Brown of Fourth street, Wyo¬ ming, who Ia.st night paid a flne of $10 for setting flrc to his boardl-.ig house. In addition he must repair the damage done by the flames.
Hciiry occupied a room at the dwel¬ ling and store ot Angelo Castlctlne on Fourth street. He was given permld- sion to erect a small stove In his ttuar- ters. Everything went well until the owner ot the place di.scovered Henry w-as dumping Ihc ashes In one corner ot thj room instead of carrying them to tho backyard. The landlorcfs pa¬ tience flnally became exhausted yes¬ terday when some hot ashes set flro to thc floor.
The arrest ot Brown was onlered by Burgess Low-son who. w-hen not pre¬ siding In thc borough court, is the flre chief of Wyoming. At a hi-arlng liuJt night Henry paid |10 tor thc In- forination that there is a place for everything,  particularly  ashes,
V1SITOR.S AT CAPITAL
Misses Anna Herron, Frances M. Smith and Helen Shields left on Bat- unlay night to spend two wcelu at Wasbinirton. O. C,