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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCT. 15,1922
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LABOR BOARD BOOSTS WAGES 22
PRESIDENT AGAIN HALTS BAN
ISHZRS" BARS OPEN 1 ON HARDING EDICT
GEORGE
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
MILLIONli UPON LIQUOR
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RAISES SWORD
British Premier Says He Is One Christian Who Is Never Afraid To Fight
DENOUNCES FRANCE
$75,000 Fire Loss Hitjs Bloomsburg
Tells Countrymen He Is Glad To Quit His Office When Elections Defeat Him
A FIERY ADDRESS
Damage estimated at |7S,000 re¬ sulted yesterday aftemoon from a (Ire thut destroyed the plant of the Bloontaburg Paper Company. Lack of flre protection doomed the building after tbe flames bad spread beyond the control of aoma volunteer fire fighters. About twenty men wero thrown out of work by tbe blaze. The flre broke out at 8 o'clock In the engrine room of tha mill. It had been buming for about a hnlf bour v^hen dis- oorored by aeverai employees. They attempted to play a stream of hose on It, but the rapid spread of the blaze drove them back. Tbe mill wsu situated about two miles distant from the town of Blooms¬ burg and was entirely without flre protection. A telephone call ¦was sent to Bloomsburg for apparatus but the entire plant had been re¬ duced to ashes before relief could be given. The destroyed building was a large frame structure built aomo years ago when a number of Bloom.'^burg men formed a conv- pany for the manufacture of wrap¬ ping iMiper. Thflr largest loss waa through the destructioa of paper atocka and machinery.
Injunction Pending In Courts Cause Award Of Another Week Of Grace
MAY MODIFY LAW
Manchester, Eng., Oct. 14,—"As lonr M I have a sword In hand and Qod ^rea me strength to uso It I will." Premier Lloyd Oeorge declared her* today In a speech In defense of hla Near Ea."!t policy. Tho flery Welsh¬ man stilted that his policy which •verted another war had the following fbr IU objecttrea:
1—Freedom of tbe BtmttB of tbe Bosphorus and DardoixeUea.
1—^To prevent tha war between tba Oreeka an dtbo Turka from spreading toto Europe.
8—To prevetit a repetition In Oon- atantlnople and Thrace of the unutter¬ able horrora In Aisla Minor.
'The wax of 1914 started la tbe Balkana," tha I'remier reminded his audience at the National Reform Club, "and we hnd to act quickly."
Pointing out tliat the Turks since X914 olaugbtered In cold blood 150,000 Armenians and 600.000 Greeks, the Prime Minister statod that he had baen advi.sed by Sir Charles Haring¬ ton, British Commander-ln-Chl<>f In the Near Kast. that If re-cnforcements had not been ru.shed to tho sceen "flfteen or twenty thousand armed and fanatical Turks residing in Con- atantlnople were ready to act."
Tho Premier was in tho beat of form and the populnce of Manches¬ ter—his birthplace—gave him a roua- Ing reception when he denotmced hli orldcs and stated that his policy waa the only one which would have pre¬ vented bloody warfare In the Near Xaat.
Calls France Deserter
He frankly charged that Franca had deserted Kngland In tbo crl!<ls. He aaid that France at flrst sont a mes¬ sage declaiing that the AlUea would raslst, with fori'e. If nece.'isary, at- tampta of tbe Turka to crosa tba •traita.
"Now wa know." be saM, "tbat tbe Beaaaga of tho Prencb was only lo,- tanded for one side."
"When the Turkse advanced tom-ard na, the French retired and tho Ital¬ ians followed closely on their heels. Suppose we woiild have followed tbem meekly? The Turks would havo been 1& Chanak.
"A weak Scncgalrso Ixittallon bold Oalllpoli and were ordered not to flre on the Turks.
"Both sides of the straits would bave been  In tho h-ands of Kemal."
He atated th.it It was not mere threats that barred the Turks from Constnntlnoplo and ridiculed tho pro¬ ponents of a non-resistance policy while the Turks were massacring Cbrls tlons.
HU riiristlanlty
"I am not th.tt kind of Christian," he 8houte<L '•.V.s long as I have a awonl in my hand and God gives mc atrength to U50 it I will.
'There Is no u.so trying to bluff a first cl.-iss flghting anima!. Tjie Tt:rks know we meant It and that Is why we I^ave peace now."
He defended his ministry by say¬ ing: "We have not been war mon¬ gers, but peace makers."
Lloyd George exhorted his critics. ".\Kquith toid us to emulate the Greek.''' patient and forel>earing policy toward the Germans In 1914." he do- dared. "I do not blame anyone for 1914, but Asquith and Grey should have patience and forebearance with tbclr own countrymen as well as with the Germ.Tns."
Fears No Klertlon
Speaking of a general election, be said: "If there l.s to be a ch.inge no man will welcome It more than 1. I've had a ver>- long spell. I nover sought or retained a position, but I will serve ¦ay country  in any capacity.
"I'll watch and see how we will for¬ give Germany her rcparation.s, yet make France love u.s. I'll watch how we'll pay the United Statea all we owe, J'et forgive every other country all tbey owo us. It will be Interesting to see t la one
The Premier stated that his course was not clear to him but that he would support .any government which will not inflict permanent injury on the country-.
"I e.i.'it my.self on the people whose confldence I have nover betrayed in my 32 years In publio life," he stated.
More Scandal Threatens In Pursuit Of Clues To The Han-Mills Tragedy
STATE READY TO ACT
>wo us. It will be interestmg ""- """ tbo work done by others. Tbere<''"f "«»' joy I h.ave in store." ,   ¦'
New Bnraswick, N. X, Oct 14.—St'¬ ory Investigative power of the State will be uaed to solve the Hall-Mills murder mystery In the event Attorney General McOran takes charge, he an¬ notmced tonight In a message from Ne^-ark. E. H. Parker, a prominent ¦tata detaotlve, will be called In, he In¬ timated. Charlotte Mills, duughter of tlM slain woman, ten days ago ap¬ pealed to Parker In ferreting out her mother's murderer.
Supreme Court Juatlce Parker will make Ids decision Monday on whether he will instruct the .attorney General to tuke leadership of the Investigation, It was leamed tonight
Following a conference between Prosecutors Beekman and Strieker and Justice Parker, it was persistently reported late today that at the prose¬ cutor's reque.s'. Justice Parker will risk the Attorney General to take ohorge.
Govemor Edwards on his way to Mount Holly tonight, waa quoted as stating that he wiil do everything In his power to clear up the case.
Influential membera of the flock of the Church of St. Jobn the Evangelist, whose shepherd, the Reverend Doctor Edward Wheeler Hall, was found munlered in a lonely spot with Mrs. Eleanor Mills, choir leader, were quizzed In the probe of the snkrled mystery today. Two vestrymen, hlgb in the councils of the exclusive church and who enjoyed <he confldence of their rector ,were grilled In art effort', to throw light on the strange caae. Anotber Scandal
One of thtse vestrymen, whose nan. ¦ Is withheld, apenly admitted that he had been riding with the "prettiest girl of the church choir" the night Mrs. Mills and the Rev. Hall were slain.
ADMIRAL SIMS SAYS
LITTLE AS HE RETIRES
Newport R- T.. Oct. 14.—On tbe eve of his retirement from the United States N.Tvy after 43 years of service. Rear Admiral William .*^. Sims bad little to say when mterviewed bere to¬ day.
"I bave seen It stated that upon my retirement I would bave some decided Ylews to expres-s," he said. "I have never had such intentlon.s. What do I know .about the European situation more than anyone else?"
Admlml Sims Is to be retired to¬ morrow upon reaching tho age limit for service.
Admiral C. S. William will succeed him as Pi-esld»nt of the Naval Board
ho mot the girl at the Y. M. C. A. and drove her home In his automobile. He denied he had been anywhere near the rhillips farm and protested vehement¬ ly that he was withholding no facta from the authorities.
The other vestryman, an older man. was quizzed to determine whether or not Dr. Hall's flock knew of the. al¬ leged Infatuation between him and the wife of church Janitor, James Mills.
'There was no affair between Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills," he said, "al¬ though many persons,—falsely,—be¬ lieved that one existed.
'The crime against our rector may have been hatched in New Bruns¬ wick's underworld. I do not believe jealousy was the motive. I do not believe that murder was contemplated but was the outgrowth of something that hapt>ened suddenly.
'The Rev. Hall would not have been blackmailed. He was a two-flsted man even though a rector. He was always a flghter—and that's the way he went to his death. His knuckles, the autopsy showed, were bruised in death struggle.
not possihle that some one wanted to make the minister the target for the old-fashioned "con game'." Is it not possible that he was lured to his death?"
Both Mrs. Hall, the minister's ¦widow, and James Mills, husband of the slain singer, demanded that they be cleared of any intimations that they have any knowledge of the double murder.
More T.tngles
Mrs. Hall, through her attomey, de¬ manded that the Governor step In and make the State assume the probe. This demand .seemingly hore fruit, for .soon after it was made, prosecutors Beekman and Strieker conferred with Supreme Court Justice Parker. It was reliably reported after the conference that it had l)e«n decided that Parker designate Attomey General McCran to take charge of the quiz.
The meek James Mills appeared at the prosecutor's ofTlce and registered a protest against rumors that be had something to do witb the slaying of his wife and minister. He also denied that he had struck bis daughter. Charlotte, when the latter defended the virtues of her dead mother.
In spite of the release of Clifford Hayes, who was falsely accused of the murder by his paL Ray Crhncider. (CoHtlnued on Page 2, First Section)
Washington, Oct 14.—The order for John Barleycorn to walk the plank from American ships throughout the world, and from foreign ships In American territorial waters, has been -stayed for a woek by order of Presi¬ dent Harding. Injunctions pending In New York agaln.st the drastic Daugh¬ erty ruling again.st liquor on -Ameri¬ can and foreign ships caused the fed¬ eral government to hold up tho en¬ forcement order until next Saturday. It was due to go Into effect today.
As a result of the postponement no American ship with liquor aboard can leave a foreign or American port after October ll, and no foreign ship with liquor aboard leaving a foreign port after that date can enter American territorial water.
Meanwhile, foreseeing a delicate In¬ ternational tangle with some of the powers most friendly to America and a great blow to the commerce of the Insular possessions of the United States as a result of the ruling. Pres¬ ident Harding and his advisors are considering a recommendation to con¬ gress for legislation modifying the V^olstead law so that the liquor ben need not be enforced so drastically because of Supreme Court decisions upholding the Daugherty fmdlng the belief prevails that only In thla way can the ruling be modified.
Provision for continued Importation of Ilquor by diplomats will be recom¬ mended to the Secretary of the Treas¬ ury by the Prohibition Bureau, It was stated today.
Believing the unwritten law of dip¬ lomatic courtesy requires modifica¬ tion of the Daugherty ruling, to per¬ mit such Importation, the Prohibition Bureau will recommend a sj'stem of sealed consignments of Ilquor, trans¬ ported without Interference Into American ports.
Proper safeguards will be suggested to prevent tbls liquor from falling into other hands, it was stated.
Conflict of the Daugherty ruling with French, Italian and Spanish laws requiring a wine ration for crews will be Ironed out In conferences between the Secretaries of the Treasury and the State, In a desire to avert Inter¬ national complications, it was an¬ nounced.
Passage Cancellations On American Ships In All Wat¬ ers Are Reported Heavy
AMEND VOLSTEAD
Unskilled Workers Win Increase In Hourly Rates Upon Railroads
Vsw York. Oct lA^^-Eeary cwTwn>»
tlon of passages on American sblpa sailing under new "dry regulations- were officially reported today aa ateam- shlp companies mobilized legsd forces to flght the Daugherty order.
From a half dozen to 75 peraona cancelled reservation on each Ameri¬ can ship that haa sailed. It was stated.
Frank P, Munson, head of the Mun¬ son Steam.shlp Co, announced that 100 passages were cancelled on tho Shipping Board liner Pan America which sailed today for Buenoa Alrea.
Twenty-flve passages were cancelled on the United States liner President Roosevelt which sailed with the amall¬ est list on record.
"I agree with the President tbat we must have on amendment to the Vol¬ stead Act," said Munson just before sailing for Brazil. 'Things like this will lose for ua the things we gained commercially after tho war."
Munson declared that poasengara who cancelled .said they preferred to go on British boats to "get wines when they wanted them."
Tha shipping line bead declared all Information of the cancellations had been forwarded tp President Harding and that "I have the greatest confi¬ dence tn President Harding and our cabinet and belleva the whole matter will be handled so as not to cause In¬ ternational complications."
Discussing the matter as to foreign ships within the three mile limit, and privately owned American ships he snld It should be left to a decision of the U. S. Supreme court "before any rigid rules are enforced."
Hearing on two applications for per¬ manent injunctions to restrain .Attor¬ ney General Daugherty's regulations will be held Tuesday by Judge Learn¬ ed Hand of tbe U. S. District Court
Injunctions were nsked by the Com- pagnie Goneral Tnins-Atlantlc and White Star line. The Holland-Ameri¬ can line Is al.so preparing similar ac¬ tion. It was announced.
WOOSTER DEFEATS CASE
Cleveland, O., Oct. 14.—Sma.shlng through the Case line at will, Wooster smothered Case bere today, 27 to 0,
Chlcagro, Oct. 14^—The United States Railroad Labor Board, in increaBing wages of maintenance of way workers 2 cents an hoar, effective Oct. 16, has taken the first step to re-adjust wages of raifaroad employes, following the pro¬ test of workers againat the heavy slashes previous to July 1. The maintenance of way unions was promised an im¬ mediate hearing on their request for an advance, provided they <Ud not Join the shopmen in the July 1 strike. The advance was not what the workers had asked but it will be satisfactory, according to union leaders here. The decision of the boani, announced today after being held up for sev¬ eral weeks, broke a deadlock among the members over the advance. The public representatives on the board had fa¬ vored an advance of two cents; labor members asked a higher amount and railroad representatives opposed any increase. The switch of one labor member and one rail¬ road representative to favor the 2c increase broke the deadlock.
Under the decision the railroads will be forced to pay their unskilled labor approximately $22,125,000 more a year than under the old scale. While' the advance of 2 cents an hour estabUshes a minimum scale of pay of 25 to 87 cents an hour for various classes of maintenance of way labor, some railroads including the New Havep are already paying a higher wage. In other instances, wiiere individual roads, especially in the south, reached separate agreements with the union without going to the Labor Board, a lower scale will be effective.
Dr. Adelaide Hunt Of Clark's Summit Is Found By Party Of Searchers
WAS LOST SIX DAYS
OFLOMLMFTS
City Police Also Enter Pick¬ pocket And Shoplifting Charges On Two Suspects
MANY HOMES VIOLATED
City detectives and police w-orklng on the bu.'-glaries that have been per¬ petrated in nearly twenty bomes of the Dana, Hazle and McCarragher streets section of the city during the past week yesterday arrested on sus¬ picion a young man giving his name
,_. ,      , .   _„„„_   ,„„..j,j   _ »»»,< .fis August Szymczlyk who resides In
This church offlcer, married,  stated \*^^ Mayflower section of the city. He
Is being held pending Investigation of his whereabouts on the nights the robberies were committed.
City detectl\-»s after grilling the young man for several hours last night announced that he is unable to give a clear account of his where¬ abouts on last Thuraday night and early Friday moming when the ma¬ jority of the burglaries were com¬ mitted. A number of other young men residing in the Newtown section have been suspected of complicity In the robberies and it Is believed they will be apprehended today.
It Is the opinion of the police that the work Is that of Inexperienced young ,-nen as only a total of )25 was taken from the eight homes which were visited. Among the homes en¬ tered were the residences of Mrs. J. C. Bell, 102 Dana street; residence of Burt Bryant, 133 Dana street; resi¬ dence of Charles Reddick, 63 McCar¬ ragher street; residence of Leo Fry, 160 McCarragher street; residence of Robert Gillman, 67 McCarragher street, residence of George Hoats, 45 McCarragher street and residence of Raymond Brotherton, 25 McCarragher street
During the early part of the week several burglaries were reported from this section. Purse snatching was also prev.ilent. City detectives were on duty in the vicinity all of Friday and last night and remained until daybreak on Saturday niorning but no sign of lawbreaking was discovered.
Yesterday afternoon while on duty on the central city streets Detectives McCauley and Nolan arre.sted a man in front of l.iindau.s music store on South Main street charged with pick¬ ing pockets. He gave his name as Jack Handel, agotl 21, of 500 West 172n'1 street. New York City. He car¬ ried more than $50 in small bills, and a band bag.
Last night Detectives Nolan and Dougherty arrested a woman charged with shoplifting in central city stores. She gave her name as Mrs. Mary Cap- ral, aged J7, of 515 Luzeme street, lArksville.
OFtlSTMR
Negotiations Are Started To Turn Over Local Control To Famous Group
AGENTS VISIT CITY
DUPO.NT BOY MISSING
Mr. and Mrs. Teter Golya. of Lacka¬ wanna avenue. Dupout. last night ap¬ pealed to the police officials of that place and Pittston for assistance .In locating their son, Peter, Jr., wHo has been missing from home for the past four daya.
Although nothing definite could be leamed It was announced last night that negotiations are under way for the E. M. Statler Hotel Sj stem to take over the control and management of Hotel Redington. The Statler Hotel System, which Is known us the last wonl In hotel management, controls Hotel Pennsylvania, In New York City, the largest and best managed hotel In the world, together with the leading hotels In Detroit, Cleveland, St Louis, Buffalo and other large cit¬ ies of the country.
John A. Redington, Sr., owner and manager of Hotel Redington, la.st night admitted that negotiations had been started foe the System to obtain control of the hotel, but refused to give any details as he said no definite action one way or the other had been taken. Mr. Redington referred his in¬ terrogator to a Mr, Wardman, an In¬ vestigator for the Statler system, who was stopping at Hotel Redington.
At Hotel Redington Mr. Waniman also admitted that there was a possi¬ bility of the hotel coming under the jurisdiction of the Statler Syste.-n and also announced that nothing definite had been done. He .said: "While there has been talk of the System taking over the hotel nothing has been done to Justify a conclusion that it will be done. I can say that there Is a pos¬ sibility of the Institution coming un¬ der our jurtsdlytion."
Prominent persons of the city who have heard In the past several days, of th'e possibility of the Statler System controlling Hotel Redington are of the opinion that the Introduction of the company's service would be a big boo.st for the city. They .said that Statler service is known the world over for the efficient management of its hotels and the highest degree of courtesy afforded thejr guests.
The Statler System Is controlled by E. M. Statler, who opened a hotel a number of years ago In Cleveland, O. With this as a start Mr. Statler soon erectwl or gained central of large ho¬ tels In other cities and today con¬ trols the large hotela of Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Buffalo and New- York. A new hotel recently erected by Mr. Statler is to be opened shortly in Buffalo. "When Hotel Pennsyl¬ vania, the largest in the world, was erected in New York City a number of years ago, Mr. Statler obtained the lease from Pennsylvania Kailroad Company and through his .efficient service he has made it v hotel inter nationally famous.
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DESTROYERS ARRIVE
Oibraltar, Oct. 14.—Twelve destroy¬ ers of the United States Navy, arrived here today on their wny to the Near
East
At tbe edge of deatb from aUrva- tlon and exposure. Dr. Adelaide Hunt seventy-elght-year-old woman physi¬ cian, lost since last Sunday from ber homo at Clark's Sumlt was found alive and conscious yesterday after¬ noon In a clump of brush on West Mountain, near Scranton.
She waa In a critical condition at the Scranton State Hospital last night but with a fair chance for re¬ covery. Physicians, who claim ahe spent the entire six days In the moun¬ tain without food or protection against cold and rainy weather, declare her case Is one of the most amazing ever encountered by them.
Dr. Hunt disappeared a week ago from the home of her niece, Mrs. W. J. Armstrong, with whom she had been living alnce retiring from prac¬ tice at Providence, R. I. She suffered frequently from falling memory. When she failed to return home Sunday evening, search for her waa tmder- taken.
No trace of ber waa found until yes¬ terday morning when a resident ot Clark's Summit told of seeing a woman walking toward West Moun¬ tain at the hour of Dr. Hunt's disap¬ pearance. He told the police that the woman stopped him. admitting, her poor memory, and asked for Informa¬ tion to aid her in reaching her niece's home.
With this clue as the first real dIS' covery In the week-old hunt. State troopers, Scranton police and deputy sheriffs yesterday began ocorlng West Mountain. At noon iVliile following a poorly defined path leading to the densest part of the woods, the search¬ ers discovered a rubber overshoe Iden¬ tified as belonging to the missing physician.
'    Traced By Rescuera
A short time later the officers found a blue and tan silk ahlrtwatat A white linen handkerchief waa next picked up. Realizing that the trail was growing warmer, the officers spread out mvesUgating every foot of ground.
Finally Motorcycle Patrolman Jack McCloskey heard a slight noise In a clump of bushes. Parting the under¬ growth he discovered Dr. Hunt lylnn on the ground partly clothed. She was fully conscious and had pur¬ posely made the noise tbat attracted the officer's attention.
When the other searchera arrived, they attempted to pick her up but she atopped them with a groan of pain. "Why did you come here If you only wanted to hurt me?" she asked. One of her legs appeared to be injured, but a subsequent examina¬ tion bo hospital authorities showed there was no fracture. For a time the only thing the aged woman would take was a small quantity of water.
The place where Dr. Hunt waa found is several miles distant froni the nearest house. She Is believed to havo tramped through the mountain woods for days until ahe finally fell from exhaustion. During the time she was missing, all sorts of weather came and passed. She waa subjected to the suns heat rain and the flrst frosts of the Fall.	
LOCAL MEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES IN JERSEY
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HEALTH VIOUTION
John Tobin In Mercy Hospital With Skull Broken By Blunt Instrument
TONGUE LACERATED
ABOLISH STRIKES BY WAGE JUSTICE IS HARDING PLAN
Secretary Of Labor Davis Would Wipe Out Railway Board And Says President De¬ sires Two Appointive Bodies To Deal Sep^ arately With Rails And Coal   ,
CRITICIZES MEDDLING OFFICIALS
Athens, 0., Oct 14.—The United States Railroad Labor Board should be abolished," Secretary of Labor Davis declared in a speech from his train which passed through here today. Davis advocated a federal board ;^t which railroad executives and employes can meet '•man to man and thresh out their grievances."
"The Railroad Labor Board," Davis declared, "has proved powerless to settle railroad strikes. For this powerfess futility of quasi governmental interference I would substitute the fairness of the average man in dealing with his fellows. For the pitiful quasi govem¬ ment weakness I would substitute the powerful force of the common interest Avhich exists between employer and employee."
Secretary Davis said President Harding favors a wage for all industries that will make strikes unneces¬ sary. He said he \> ould favor two new boards, one for the rail and the other for the coal industry. Both, he said, should be appointed by the President.
"Meddling officials should not be allowed to cast their little influence to one side or the other," Da vis said and urged that so far as possible^ all difference between workers and their employes be settled locally.
John Tobin, one of the city's health officers. Is in llercy Hospital suffer¬ ing from the effects of a severe beat¬ ing said to have been administered by George A. Nasser, aged 28* of \i Mill street ibortly otter o o'clock yester¬ day afternoon, Nasser Is being held at local polieo headquarters without bail pending the outcome of Tobin's mjuries. Isiiac Sullivan, aged 49, of 14 Mill street, was taken into custody as a witness to the as.sault on Mr. Tobln but was released In $500 bail to appear when wanted.
The trouble Is aaid to have started when the health officer, who Is com¬ missioned as a member of the police department served notice on Nasser concerning the sanitary conditions of his promises. He was arrested yes¬ terday afternoon and taken before Al¬ derman C. P. Heckman of the Fif¬ teenth Ward. In the alderman's office on South Main street the matter was adjusted. While on the retum home from tho offico. It Is said that a con¬ troversy developed, resulting In a quarrel which led to the attack on Mr. Tobln.
Mr. Tobm was taken to Mercy Hos- pltil where It is believed he may be suffering from a fractured skull. A largo hole was found m the back of Mr. Tobin's head and although noth¬ ing could be found. It Is believed that Mr. Tobln was struck by a blunt in¬ strument Before the police arrived Dr. Doyle of Hazle street was caHc-d and revived Mr. Tobin. Beside the hole in. tho back of his head and the possible fractured skull it was neces¬ sary for Dr. Doyle to stitch the back of Mr. Tobin's tongue which was ripped In an .unknown manner. At the hospital early this moming It was reported that Mr. Tobin's waa farvorable.
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TO OLD KTIGE IN ALLIED EUROPE
Agreements In Effect At Mid¬ night Are Believed To Have Been Carried Out
THEFT OE GLANDS
TROOPS ON THE MOVE
city Detective John Williams last night retumed from Penns Grove, N. J., with PhUlp Bergstrasser, aged 22, of 211 Hazle street and Walter Wil¬ son, nged 26, of 237 South Mam street who are charged with stealing a num¬ ber of tires from automobiles \n this city several weeks ago. The men were arrested by I'enns Grove author¬ ities on Friday on warrants issued ]r> the local police department They will be given a bearmg on Monday.
COX SEES VICTORY
FOR'THE DEMOCRATS
Cambridge, O., Oct 14.—^James M. Cox. former Democratic Presidential candidate, pleaded for a Democratic landslide this fall in the flrst political address since his defeat at the State Democratio ox roast bere thla after¬ noon.
The former Governor declared that America would soon leam her mistake in withdrawing from European af¬ fairs.
Cox's romarka dealt chiefly with State candidates. "If you people want to help send Senator Newberry back to Michigan Instead of back to Con¬ gress you will elect Vlo Oonaby your next Govemor." he said.
Cox flayed Governor Harry 1* Davis for "giving Ohio a grossly expensive administration."
RELIEF IN DISASTERS
PAST MILLION MARK
Washington. Oct 14.—Approximate¬ ly $1,600,000 was expended by the American Congress for disaster relief for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1922, according to a statement made public by th organization.
Disasters In which the Red Croas took an active part in relief work caused damage estimated at more than $30,000,000 and rendered more than 145,000 persons homeless or depend¬ ent, the statement said.
Greatest toll of life w-as caused by hurricanes and tomadoes. Breaking of dams and severe Talnstorms drove the greatest number of persons from their homes. Flre exacted a large tribute In life and property damage.
The disasters, according to the re¬ ported. Included 26 floods, 19 torna¬ does or storms, 15 fires, four epidem¬ ics, two theatre collapses, two ship- weeks, (one an airship), u bridge col¬ lapse. nUne explosion, railway colli¬ sion and a drought. It was pointed out In the report,  however,  that
Constantinople, Oct 14.—First allied military steps to bring the Crescent back to Europe amid almost as much glory as the Turks enjoyed for many decades prior to the world war, began tonight.
The Greeks signed the Mudania pro¬ tocol and evacuated an initial sector In Eastern Thrace In compliance with terms of the Near E,ast armistice.
As the Greek.s, crushed by the Ke¬ mal nationalists, moved out Italian troops marched in. This Is in accord¬ ance with tha agreement that allied troops are to occupy the territory for 30 days before Turkish authorities set up civil rule.
The Mudania armistice becomes ef¬ fective at midnight These two out¬ standing developments instilled confl¬ dence in the Billed chiefs here that the provisions of the temporary pence pact would be carried out without a hitch:
1—The evacuation of Thrace by the condition U?™*'*^ '^as already smarted. The [Greek govemment boa commandeered railroads iu the lost province and troops and nationals will be evacuated to the ports where transports are awaiting tbeoL The flrst evacuation was begun early tonight
2—xThe Kemalists have kept their pledge with the allies that tbey would withdraw troops from the present oc¬ cupations In the neutral zones. The withdrawal In the Chanak area of the Dardanelles zone is already under way and troops who penetrated the Ismld area near thej Bosphorous two days ago, are ^>?lthcirawing.
The allied high commission Is to leave here tomorrow for Guebze where It will supervise the carrymg out of the Mudania pact
It waa not believed In allied circles here tonight that the Greek military generals would seriously embarrasp tbe fulflllment of the armistice. Even though several generals threatened to pursue the war In Thrace to the end. It waa evident that the Greek cabinet will induce them to comform to its expressed concurrence in the Mudania pact
It was reliably reported here that Mustapha Kemal. the stormy leader of tho Turkish nationalists and the most powerful militarist in the Mos¬ lem empire were well pleased with the Mudania agreement
OF EXPERT CUTTER
Old Men Who Cannot Buy Youth Are Served By The Piracy Among Surgeons
WAR VETERAN VICTIM
London, Oct 14.—British officials were confldent the Mudania agreement would became effective at midnight without a hitch. The foreign office is¬ sued a statement In which it was stated that it was clear the Kenrmlist.<< do not Intend to Invade the neutral zone.
The communique also contained the Information that the high inter-allied commission which has been sitting in Constantirople will go to Guebae to¬ morrow to enforce the withdrawal of the Turks. It was stated that the Nationalist forces have started their evacuation of the Chanak area of the neutral zone, which is near the straits of the Dardanelles.
Athens,    Greece,   Oct    14.—Fonnet Premier Venizelos tonight asked    the United States to increase   thut   coun¬ try's quota for Greek immigrants   so the j that part of the refugees fiom Thrace
Chicago, Oct. 14.—Police and medi¬ cal authorities combined tonight to solve the mystery of Chicago's gland theft.—the first such case recorded In modem crime annals.
Fearing that an epidemic of gland piracy would follow the operation i>er- formed on Jo.seph Woaniak, husky war veteran, authorities made vig¬ orous efforts to tmscrambla the strange cnse.
Search for a companion of Wosnlak whom, police beUeve, may have suf¬ fered a similar fate, engaged the ser¬ vices of a corps of detectives.
According to Wo.snlak. a second mnn. Leo Pronchlnski, accompanied him to the barroom where they were entertained by four men who later abducted him. he says^ and chloro¬ formed  him.
Lieutenant Jobn Coughlin led a squad of police in a house to housa canvas in the district where Pron¬ chlnski Hved, after a woman had called the police station and said her husband had beeu attacked in tha same maimer as Wosnlak.
Lieutenant Coughlin expressed tha belief that the strange gland theft would probably l>o followed by an epi¬ demic of such cusas.
"We may be confronted wltb tha same situation that faced the authori¬ ties in China 2.000 years ago," ha said. "The Chinese at that time had learned to graft the thyroid gland la a rejuvenation operation and no healthy young man was aafe on- tha streeta."
The wlerd ca.se has created a aen- s.atlon among the medical fratemity, which advances various theortea in explanation  of the  crime.
Dr. A. H. Sampolinskl, who la at¬ tending Wosnlak, declared the opera¬ tion was the work of an expert sur¬ geon, who waa probably retained by some wealthy and aged patient with a desire for rejuvenation.
t'nable to purchase a gland for tha operatloa the doctor u.sed the kid¬ napping method to accomplish hla ends.
Drs. Miller and Crile. chief operat¬ ing surgeons at tbe Nazareth Hospi¬ tal, also coincided in this theorj*.
Dr. victor Lesplnasse, world ra- nowned gland surgeon, described tha operation as the work of a lunatic. He said many men have a perversion for gland operations. They aro not doctors, but hai'e studle<l the procesa until they know more about it thaa many physlctana.
Some of the.ne peraons could hava performed the operatl<*J aa skilfully as a doctor, he said.
Wodniak was tonight rapidly recov¬ ering at hla home after leaving tha hospital.
number of killed and injured frora thej ond Asia Minor may be    allowed disasters comparatively was law. jflee to America.
HAKTMAN RESIGNS
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his po.sition t_o embark in tbe autoni .- bile buslne.«3*somewherp. In the Mid'lM West or on the I'acific Coast.    Before* coming to Wilkes-Barre Mr. Hartman
to   was employed by street railwiiy^com- ' panies in Detroit and Pittsburg^