Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. ^JNDAY
W'ashington. March 24.—Eastern Pa.: Fair ami colder Sunday; Monday clcudy, probably rain in south and rain or snow in north portion.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCl| 25, 1923
The  Only    Sunday   Newspaper Covering the   Wyoming   Valley
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Ten Thousand Dollars In Wet Goods Seized By Harry Williams And Agents
MANY ARRESTED
Woman Tries To Balk Fed¬ eral Men And Answers A More Serious Charge
Rail Equipment Gets Bad Report
W;ushington, March 24.—Inter- .•^tate Commerce Commission in¬ spectors found tit per cent of ull locomotives inspected during Feb- niarj' defective, a report to Presi¬ dent Hai-ding oo-the condition of the countr>-'s rjiilroad equipment, by the commission, revealed todav. The report. w:us .submitted in com¬ pliance with tho I.«a Follette resolu¬ tion adopted by the Senate roquir- inp: the <;ommi;*ion to make mon¬ thly reports on the condition of railroad equipment to the Senate when it Ls in ses.sion and to, the President whon it is not. The reso- 'ution also provides that the report must be piven immediatelv to the DUblic. Ol' -1.138 locomotives in- i.pected 2654 locomotives were found defective and 57 were order- J?'l out of service. Thirty-two vases involving 199 violations of the fafefy apr>lianco act were trans- hiittcJ to various United States at- Somcys for prosecution during *""ebruary, the report iilso revealed.
50 CARS OF COAL 90 PERCENT SHALE
FLOURISHED A GUN
With two ntids on Sugar. Notch hotels completing the busiest day ITohibition agents havo had in months. Chief Enforcement Officer Harry Wil¬ liams and his deputies last night were in pos.sessions of approximately $10,000 worth Ol" liquo'-, wmc and moonshine ingredients. Other raids made by Wil¬ liam.s' men with the assistance of the State i)olice took pleace in the north¬ ern ."section of Wilkes-Barrc City, Hudson and Plains.
.\ totiil of fifteen raids for the day was announced last night. In the previous twenty-four hours the re¬ venue men had discovered liquor in j ejaht hotels in this city. The total of twrnly-ono raids within two days fonstituti's a full calendar for the next term of fnited States Court at Har¬ risburg althou.gh the current .session of court in Scranton has not yet been adjourn oil.
Although the two Sugar Notch hot.el.s were the la:-t to be raided, ono of them .\ ielded the biggest haul of ! the (lay. Twenty barrels of grape wine and a quantity of moonshine whi.'-key were found in tho hotel of .Vnthony Phillipini at 66! Main street. .Ml of the stuff was confiscated. The other raid in the town wa-s directed al .VnttKiny Cuk.ibezki, proprietor of a hotel at 638 Main .street, where two Pillions of whiskey were discovered. Both defendants were taken before -Alderman Frank B. Brown by the St.ite police. Kach furnished jl.OOO bail lor further henrings.
Wumaji I'ses Gun
The remaining thirteen raids took place in this city and Plains Town¬ ship. I'niike the raids of Friday, yes¬ terday's cru.sade took on a rather sen¬ sational .'Lspect in some instances. En¬ tering the tlrst place, the offlcers were < onf routed by the woman of the house, Mrs. Andrew I'up.savage, of n:» F^t street. Plains, who was arm- eil wilh a revolver. Thru.sting the weapon against Officer Owens, one of the prohibition agents .the woman de¬ fied the party to enter further into the premises. While some of the party engaged the v,oman in conversation, others quietly made their way behind her and seized the weapon. Litter she entered tho home armed with an axe and again threatened the ofBcors with bodily harm. She wa.s di.'iarmeil the second time and tomorrow morn¬ ing when she appears, with tho other offendcr.s, before United States Com¬ mi.ssioner Roscoe F>. Smith, she will be faced ^v1th an additional charge of threatening to kill.
The place.s visited yesterday and the liquor confiscated in each case were jls follows:
Alex Eukuski, 96 Hudson street. Plain.s, five gallon jug of whiskey and a quart of coloring fluid.
Alex Oleziwski, Hudson Road. Plains, Ooe gallon of whi.skey.
Stanley Foremcicvicj^. hotel, 118 Tilne strirct, I'arsons, three ca.ses of boor, one giUlon of wine and one bot¬ tle of coloring fluid.
tTrank Bouewicz, hotel, 150 Hudson ¦treet. Plains, one quart of whiskey.
Steven Shura. home, 179 pSrst .street. Plains Township, a quantity of Horke Vino and whisky.
Edwanl B.iucr, home. .150 River .street. Plains, flve gallon jug ot Mhiskey. live gallon jug of moon¬ shine, and a iivc g:illon jug of alco¬ hol.
Stanley "VVolskl, home, .141 Moffatt street. Plains, a quantity of whiskey an<l a bottle of flavoring fluid.
.\ndrew Dopichuk,-home, 34 Cleve¬ land street, Hudson, five h)ottles of Horke Nino and a quantity of whis¬ key.
HariT Ru.scnko, hotel, 805 North I'ennsylvania avenue, city, a large assortment of whiskey, gin and equip¬ ment for handling the liquor.
Julia Warakumaki. 779 North Washington street, city, two barrels of wine and a tifteen gallon jug of wine.
.'Viidrew Popichak. 34 Cleveland street. Hudson, one of the ofltenders, waa released from jail only Thursday, according to Mr.  Williams.
Several other places were visitW and in some cases no liquor was found.
IxN'al   Heanngs
Yesterday morning, a number of local hotel propnetors whose places of business were r;ude<l on Friday, appeared before United States Com¬ missioner Smith, waiving heanngs anil furnishing the necessary bail for further hearings in Federal court in Harrisburg or else for a further hear¬ ing before the commissioner. Those who appeared and the disposition in each ca.se,  were as follows:
Boyle Brothers, Public Square, Ber- naixl Boyle, proprietor; Con Brislin and John (.'assedy, bartenders. Waiv¬ ed a hearing, each held under $1,000 b:iil for court.
Joseph l>oyle. 137 South Main street. Furnished $1,000 bbil for sourt. Waiv¬ ed a hearing.
John Uembroski.  31S Ea.st    Market street.     Cave   $1,000   bail   for  further lieanng. (Continued on I*acc 1, Second Section)
Not One Dissenting Vote Cast On Resolution Sent To All Legislators
MISS JOHNSON REBUKED
The Woraen'.s Republican Club of Luaemc County yesterday repudiated the action of Miss Emily Johnson in sending a telegram to the I>egislature stating that tho women of I.,uzemp County are not in sympathy with or¬ ganized Republican women of the State in giving Governor linchot all the support possible in his efforts to put the Prohibition Enforcement measure through the Hou.se. Early in the pa.st week Miss John.son, who is the .secr-nary of President Judge Pujler, caused a mild sensation by having here telegram read in the House by Repre.sentative Miller of Hazleton, one of the most pronounced "wets"  in  the  Luzeme delegation.
The action of Miss Johnson, whose home is in the "(irj" town of West Pittston, where for .several years she has been an ardent .supporter of Senator Joyce, caused indignation in the ranks of tho Republican women of this county. Mrs. John D. Farn¬ ham, president of the Luzeme women's organization, immediately issued a aiU for a special meeting, which was held yesterday in the rooms of the Woman's Cltib on North River street.
Sixty women from all parts of the county were in attendance and after several of them had expr&ssed them¬ selves forcibly on the unauthorized action of MLss Johnson the following resolution, which was introduced by Mi-s. \V. S. Tompkins and seconded by a half ilo7.en other women, was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved. that the Republican Womiin's organization of l.,uzome County send tel»>frnims to our repre¬ sentatives at Harrisburg requesting them to vote for the linchot Enforce¬ ment bill now beforo the legislature and inform Ihem that we are in favor of the adoption of the whole I'inchot program."
The bill wTII be on second reading tomorrow iiight and on Tuesdav it will come iv for third reading 'and final passajre.
Boston, Mass., March 24.—The flrst .seizure of "fire-proof coal to be made under the new M:issachu.setts law which went into cfTect today, upon its being signed this morning by Gover¬ nor Channing Cox, took place this af¬ ternoon when Jacob Bitzer, special agent of Attorney General Jay Ben¬ ton, Dr. J. L. Durey of the State De¬ partment of Health and Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles A. Ab- l>ott of Somcrville, went to the Adams Coal Yards on Beacon street. Somcr¬ ville, and seized fifty cars of coal ship¬ ped there from Wilkes-Barre. Pa., which was tested by the State Depart¬ ment of Health and shown to contain ninety per cent, shaie.
The oflicials were g ven the order for seizure by Dr. .Bernard Carey, deputy commissioner' of health. Mr. Bitzcr, who was in ch^irgc of the seiz¬ ure, said that if there was any salvage from the fire-proof co^l, tho money would go to the .\t:ams Coal Com¬ pany, otherwise the fifty tons would represent a total los.'. .'\dams Coal Company  was  recently indicted on  a
number of counts by the Middlesex County grand jury and has also been up in Suffolk County for selling "fire- proof coal.
OflScials of the Adams Coal Com¬ pany have been trying to secure .some manner of redress from the Wilkes- Barre flrm from whom they purchas¬ ed the coal, but as in other cases, Washington advises there can be no action other than civil. Several of the smaller coal firms in this section have been wiped out through the cash pur¬ chase of "flre-proof coal from Wilkes- Barre and Scranton firms and more than one individual has ben forced in¬ to bankruptcy. More than twelve hundred dollars in demura.ge charges accumulated on the flfty cars consign¬ ed to the Adams Coal Company which were seized today. The company oflicials announced today that they had paid for the worthless coal, had settled the demunige charges with the railroad and would refund on any oth¬ er coal of similar grade which had been delivered to any of their custo¬ mers. V
TOMCOiyEST
News Of High School Victory In Basketball Turns Whole Town Sleepless
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WILD DEMONSTRATION
President's Investigator Ar¬ rives To Compile Statistics For Next Mine Contract
RESULTS JULY FIRST
FIRE AT FORTY FORT WRECKS WIDOW'S HOME
Nanticoke was turned suddenly from a thriving busine.ss community into a college town posse.s.sing all the fevor and enthusiasm of youth last i night when worvl wa.s received of the success of Nanticoke high school in winning the State basketball cham¬ pionship at Penn Statj College. The Nanticoke team earned its title of be¬ ing above all other scholastic teams in the State by defeating Moneissen high school by the score of 23 to 21.
As soon as th" victory wa.s flashed over the telephone wires to Nanticoke from Stato Collepo where a large group of Nanticoke students accom¬ panies! their stalwarts, the town ex¬ pressed its exulation in no mean way. Students, who had be<!n waiting im¬ patiently for the news-, organized a street parade. Auto trucks were se¬ cured and after the.se ^ad been leaded to more than capacity-, hundre<is of other students marched behind, cheer¬ ing, singing and yelling'. Banners pro¬ claiming Nanticoke's supremacy were hastily constructed. Tlie enthusiasm spread to men and women whose .school days passetJ years ago and they too. joined in the borough-wide frolic.
.^fter the marchers liad determined that their home town was in a frenzy of enthusiasm that atigiired little sleep for the niP'it, they advanced nn Wilkes-Barre with the Sunday Inae- pendent establishment on South Washington .street as their objective. They gathered ouLsido this oflic by the hundreds. Again tbeir cheers and songs were given. During a lull, the cheer leaders put their heads together and coined ajiew yell that wa-s given with a vim. It was: "Wc want a write-up."
There is a big celebration waiting in Nanticoke for the victorious basket ball players when they return tonight. They are expected back home at 7 o'clock. They will be met at the Penn.sylvania station by .several thous¬ and persons who will parade them through the town and then Ciirry them to a hall where they will be feted and toasted.
Fire starting shortly before S o'clock la.st night wrecked tho home of Mrs. .Anna McAfee, a widow, on Owens street. Forty Fort. The sole occupant of the houso was absent when the fire broke out and before she returned the whole structure had been gutted. The amounted to $1,000.
Nearby r<'.sidenfs saw flames i.ssuing from the rear windows of tho hou.se, where it is believe<l they started frotn a kitchen ringe. When Forty Fort flremen arrived they were forced to break through a door because of the abserjce of Mrs. McAfee. Before the flames could be checked they had swept through the two floors of the house. Th(! property is owned by Mrs. Margaret Brady of Forty Fort.
LOCAL GIRL NAMED
FOR COLLEGE HONORS
KNIGHTS OBSERVE
For the purpose of compiling inti¬ mate facts concerning the anthracite region, Dr. Edward T. Devine, I'h. D., a member of President Harding's United States Coal Commission, ar¬ rived in tho hard coal flelds yesterday to remain a short time. It is the first timo the fact finding body has been represented in the heart of the indus¬ try anci United Mine AVorkers as well as openitors regard his visit ;is highly significant.
Dr. D.-'vinc first reached Scranton whero he i^pent several hours inter¬ viewing busines.'^ men and social workers in an effort to determine the exact industrial, economic and social conditions of minei-s. He declared his vi.sit is "unoflacial" but also admitted that the informatinn dug up by him will be u.sed by the commis.sion in its recommendation of new wage scales for the industry. He intends to vi.sit Wilkes-Barre and other districts of the region, it was said.
Under the act of Congress creating the commission .it.s report must be in the hands of President Harding by July 1. .After that il will tie used as the basis in a new scale to be agreed upon betwen operators and miners by September 1, the date of expiration of the present agreement.
Production, mine eaves, rates of pay and conditions in the mines are among the subjects which' the com¬ mi.ssion members are investigating.
Tran.sportation difficulties and how they affect the supply and price of coal will be reported upon in detail and operators and railroad manage¬ ments will be interviewed but not by Dr. Devine on this visit. It is hoped, ho .said, to be able to present a com¬ plete and authoritative report on min¬ ing co.st-s, prolit.s, dividends, average wago and gcner^al working conditions when the investigation is linished.
Dr.  Devine  was  formerly  editor of Survey   and   was   professor   of   social economy  at  Columbia.     In" 1917  and i 1918   he  was  chief  of  tho   bureau  of] refugees   and   home   relief   under  the; -American   Red   Cro.ss   commission   to i France and was special repre.sentative of the- Red Cross  in  charge of  relief at San FranciJtco in 1906.    He is now editor of Social Welfare Library and is   a   lecturer  on   many   topics.    His homo is in Ncw York.
DYNAMITES STORE WHEN REFUSED A DRINK; JLINDED AND MUTILATED ^Y HIS OWN BLAST
DRY RAIDS IN VALLEY 15 IN DAY
Local Boy Brekks Speed Record; 250 Miles An Hour In Airplane
•ByjUnited Press Washington, March- 24.—The War Department today claimed a new aii'plane-f'peed record for one of its flyers. According to an official statement, Major Leo G. Heffer- nan covered a distance of 75 miles in 18 minutes, or at the rate of 250 miles an hour. The flight was made on March 11, between Columbus, N. M., and Fort Bliss, Texas, in a blinding sandstorm, Heffeman piloted a DH-4-B, He had a high velocity wind behind him, although the flight was through a blinding sandstorm. While Heffeman had an observer with him, the War Department will not ask that the record be recognized as official, because no official ob¬ servers timed the flight.
JIajor Heffeman is a son of Mrs. Andrew Heffeman of 256 Horton St., Wilkes-Barre. He was bom in PljTn¬ outh and was educated in the public schools and at West Point.
CRAZED REVENGE OF EX-HOTELMAN MAY PROVE FATAL
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Glen Lyon Couple Caught At Station Here And Charges Are Preferred
BRINGING STATE
MOTHER-IN-LAW WINS
elope    V ith a neiglji'jr,
Tv\in girls two years of age ptrved no handicap to Mrs. .Andrew Ht'j- chiak, aged 21, of 10 Main str-et. Glen Lyon, when she decider, to leave her hu.sband and Andrew Woyida, aged 27, ye.sterday morning.
Waiting until her husband hadSkft his home for work in the mines, J^- terday morning, Mrs. HarcJfak dressed the two youngsters, paiS^ed two suit cases and started off" -i.ih Woyida for this city. Before lea\^ig, however,  she  had   written   a  notoj to
her mother,  telling her that she  |.as
Massachusetts Governor Ad¬ dresses Governor Pinchot On Robber Coal Practices
NEW ENGLAND HARD HIT
Boston, Mass., March 24.—In an ex¬ change of correspondence between Governor Channing H. Cox and Gov¬ ernor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania regarding inter-Stale problems of highways and water power. Governor Cox devoted a part of his letter writ¬ ten thia mornin.g to warning Governor Pinchot and the Keystone State of the equal if not greater importance of better relations between Pennsylvania and New PJngland and Ncw York States regarding their coal supply.
Writing  in   defcn.se  of  the  peoples
of Now England and Ncw York State leaving for parts unknown. With^.he j who arc quoted as being outraged by discovery of the note some time loif.cr, {the I'ennsylvania coal policy, ovcrnor the mother immediately got in tojch I Cox warned the Pennsylvania oxecu- A-ith her son-in-law and the; (two ) live tliat such policy was leading to started on  a  search for  the  m.sj^ng j disaster.
Proprietor Of Bar Where Two Men Died From Poison Served Them Is Chief Actor In Another Tragic Drama That Causes /n- juries To Three
FIRES EXPLOSIVE IN HAND
Angered because he was refused a drink of liquor. Adam Barofsky, 31 years old. of 743 Boulevard avenue, Dickson City, totiched a match to a package contaiting approximately twenty-five dynamite caps and then held them until they exploded. The blast wrecked a store and sent two other men hurtling through the air to the .street. Barofsky is in Scran¬ ton State Hospital in a dying condi¬ tion due to the loss of his left arm, blinding of both eyes and terrible lacerations ove^ his entire body.
The deed, police authorities said last night, was due to Barofsky's un¬ successful search for employment fol¬ lowing his own retirement'from the saloon busines.s. Two months ago he owned .a barroom in Dickson City but unknowingly served bar polish in mistake for liquor to two cu.stomers. Both died within a few minutes. Their deaths resulted in Barofsky being forced to close his place.
He left home yesterday morning to seek work. He visited various mills and shops without flnding a job and then began to totir saloons in Dick¬ son City. He finally reached the grocery .store of Walter Novak, sit¬ uated on Boulevaiil avenue, Dickson City. He appeared to be under the influence of liquor.
Barofsky asked the proprietor to serve drinks to himself and another man.    Novak,     th.j    owner,     refused.
Fumbling in his pocketai BarDrsflry pulled out a small package. Tho pro¬ prietor and the third man in the store believed the intoxicated man was after a cigarette. They .saw him strike a match but instead of producing a cig-.irette, he .-ipplied the match to the package in  his h.and.
A montent later there was a deaf¬ ening roar as the dynamite caps ex¬ ploded.- The intoxicated man's left arm wa.s blown off at the elbow. Fragments of the caps dug into his eyes and .skin. In addition, he'was hurled against a wall with .sufficient fo;x-o to  cause  internal  injuries.
Novak and the third man in th« placo were shot Uirough a door, land¬ ing in the street Novak received in¬ juries to his chest and head. B«th he nnd Barofsky were taken to the ho.spital, Novak later being discharged. The (hird man although bniised did not require hospital tr«itment.
The interior of the store w.os wr»»ck- ed. Walls and shelves containing merchandise wero cnicked and splint¬ ered. The .stock of the gro<:ery store Wiis .scattered around the building. Ail windows in the place were shattered. The roar of the explo.sion attracted a crowd that required police h.indling.
E.Triy today surgeon.s at tho State Hospital held little hope for Barofsky's recovery. Police havo been unable to determine the .source of his dynamite supply.
LOSSES TO RUN
wife and children. liCaming' t»nat Woyida also left home about iihc same time, the possibility of an <ylipe- ment came to the minds of 'Ahe searchers at  once. '^
It was atx)ut noon when a telephiine call was received at the office •>f Al¬ derman Frank Brown, in this ci'y. to whom the circumstances surround ng the case were related. After obtain¬ ing a description of the missing p lir. Alderman Brown detailed his c:)n- .stable, Thomas McHale, who w;ith Lieutenant Kearney of the Lehigh Valley Railrpad police, had little dif- flcultv in picking the Glen Lyon couple from the pa.ssengers abcut to tK)ard a V.illey train al>out to leave for New York City at 12:20 o'clock yesterday   noon.
When questioned as to their plans, Mrs. Harchiak .stated that she was going to visit a brother in Trenton though the railroad tickets which al¬ ready had been purchased, were for New" York City. Instead of boardi.ng the  train  the  pair,   each    carrying a
Several pungent sentences are con¬ tained in Governor Cox's letter which says, in part:
"In compliance with your letter of February 10, urging Massachusetts to send i-epresentatives to a conference on March 23 and 21, dealing with the inter-State problems of highways, and your letter of March 9, asking specifi¬ cally that the chief highway engineer of the public works department be delegated to attend the conference.
"I am impressed by the statement in your letter of Feb. 10 that the high¬ way problem is an inter-State prol>- lem, as I was by your recent ex¬ change of communications with the Governor of New York in which you point out the inter-State relation to water power rights.
"I most heartily approve laf the po¬ sition which you have taken in the latter instance and stand ready to co- opci-atc in all proper efCbrts to secure general recognition of the principles which you so well enunciated. I read your inaugural address witB interest, as I have    other    statements    outlin-
So Says Clarence Saunders In Statement Explaining Call For Stock
youngster were taken to the oflice of I ing your policy of administration in .Alderman Brown where they were | Pennsylvania. Because 1 am con- given a hearing a short time faterjvinced of your sincerity of purpose when the hu.sban<l and mother-in-iaw i and of your desire to bring a better
i understanding between the states and to secure concerted action wherever possible, I am prompted to address you on a matter of intense    interest,
Wellesley. Mass.! March 24.—The re¬ sult of the all-college elections of Wellesly College were announced this evening at an informal ceremony out¬ side the chapel .steps by President Ellen F. Pendleton. Ono of the inter¬ esting features was the election of two sisters, Margaret EJlack and Isobel Black, loth -sophomores and daugh¬ ters of Dr. Hugh Black, of Newark. N. J. Margaret Black will be the sec¬ ond vice president of the athletic as¬ .sociation, and Isobel Black will h^ treasurer of the same organization.
At the exercises Hope Parker. 1923. of Newton, introduced her successor to tho villajsre. .Tosephinc Atkinson of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., who will he the vice president of the college govern¬ ment a.ssociation. Miss -Atkinson is one of the most prominent juniors at Wellesley and has been unusually ac¬ tive in the student gowrnmcnt as.so¬ ciatlon and other matters for the benefit, of the student body which numbers over two tbou^^incL
AT GREAT SESSION
.About 500 members of Wilkes-Barro Council. No. 302. Knights of Coium¬ bu.s. last night attended un excellent entertainment in the council rooms which was produced under the head¬ ing "Irish Night." The affair was one of a series, conducted at intervals dur¬ ing the winter months.
The program consisted of a real Irish luncheon served by William .T. Rooney of the Clover restaurant while the souvenirs were clay pipes and small packages of tobacco. There were Irish music, IrLsli tlancing and talks on the Irish nation.
Edward F. Harwood of Pittston, an actor who has been on thf -stage for a number of years, gave a number of musical oddities on the piano. Mr. Harwood with his wife became fa¬ mous several vears ago when a mem¬ ber of tho "Midnight Follies" on the roof of the New Xmstenlam Theatre at Now York with a famous trick of playing musical numbers on a carpen¬ ter's saw with his wife aticompanying him on the harp.
Rev. Francis P. McHugh. a curate at Holy Savior Church o! East End, and who while .serving ai: a chaplain :n the American army during the Worlli War spent considerable lime in Ireland, gave an interesting talk on conditions in tho new nation. -An Irish orchestra compo.sed of .Anthony Thompson, Richard E. Cronin. Den¬ nis Coyle and George Kirwin gave an excel lent  pnigram of Irish  music.
The remainder of the program con- sustcd of vocal  solos by Jack  Walsh,
DE.NY   LOCOMOTIVE
niLL INTO RIVER
Rumors that a locomotive had dropped into the Susquehanna river somoivhere between Wilkes-Barre and Pittston were heard last night but were immediately denied by railroad executives.
BOY RELEASES BRAKE; . TRUCK BREAKS HIS LEG
In attempting to stop a ijjrge tn>ck which he had aecidently started. Fer¬ ris Thoma.s. aged 8. of 370 North Washington street yesterday received a fracture of the leg when be was caught between the curb and tbe truck. He was taken to Mercy Hos¬ pital where it is reported his condi¬ tion is not serious.
The truck was driven by the boy's grandfather,   elmer  Cook,     and    was owned by .Atlantic Refining Company. Mr.  Cook  left the  truck  standing  in front of his home on Nor*h Washing¬ ton  street  while  he  went    into    the | house.    It is -said the boy pushed the front wheel out from the curb and it started  down   the   incline.    He   made ail  effort to stop  it  by  grabbing the wheel    and    continued iti his efforts down the .street until  he was pianed against the    curb    and    injured.    T.' .Tames  Berry of 35.')  .Vorth   Washing- I ton   -«;treet.   who   w.as   coming   up  \he\ street to his home, saw the truck go- down the street unguided and jumped, onto the drivers seat and applied the I hrake.s.
arrived to press the charges.
Mrs. Harchiak w;.s charged wi^h wilful neglect of tier children while Wovida was charged with adult'T.v. During the hearing Mr.s. Harchiak's mother stood by her son-in-law Mid reprimanded her daughter for ber cjii- duct.
Woyida is a 'professional wrestler and (luring the summer months he trivels from town to town challen rii g all comers as a special carnival teat- ure. .At the conclusion of the hearing, the wrestler was held in the sum of JoOO bail for a further hearing before Alderman Brown on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In default of bail he wss eirlanded to the Luzerne County jail
Mrs. Harchiak was dismissed in the cu-stody of her mother to appear aj;aiQ when wanted.
CRITICIZES EXCHANGE
not alone to the citizens of Mas-sa- chu-setts. but to all the New England and northern states which use anthra¬ cite coal.
Hays Coal Tax "I am informed that while the low¬ er branch of the Pennsylvania I.,egis- lattire has approved a    bill    repealing the Pennsylvania law which levies   a direct tax of one and    one-half    per cent,  of the value of each ton of an- | thracite coal mined and prepared for ; market you    nevertheless    have    an- | nounced your firm opposition to such i repeal.    One of our -state departments , informs me that  under    the    present! rate  of  consumption  at  your  present tax.  New England    and    New    York would be aaBcased three million, four hundred  and  fifty    thousand    doilars ($3,400,000)  for the    gov M-nmcnt    ex
PRIZE AUTOMOBILES
» I n<?T   BY   WINNFRS'Pcnses of the  state of Penn.sylvania,
% LUO I    Dl    '*«'^"^C^nO,.^^ ^^.^^ ^^j^^^j^^.j.p„^ ^^^re of this
 " i tax upon the    anthracite    which    its
Automobiles valued at hundred.^ of. citizens con.sume would amount to i dollars apparently have no appeal t) about eight hundre<l and twenty-five, those who can secure them for f niy thousand dollars (J825,000) per year. I a few cents. This was the announce- "jp addition to this particular tax I ment made la.st night by two Ci>.n- upon a>ithracite coal, it is to be re-' mittees in charge of recent camival.% j membered that Pennsylvania collects - when the winners of motor cars tad j property, corporation, excise and oth- j failed to appeSir to claim the machii. es. ^ er taxes, as well    as    royalties    from j
.After  waiting  one  whole  week   for, those    in the    coal    industry.    I    am | the rightful winner to claim a Hupiao-   further informed that county offlcials j bile car awarded at a bazaar held in j in Pennsylvania are also beginning to Falcon Hall, Nanticoke, by St. Mary's i appreciate  that  levying a tax on an- Polish   congregation,   a   committee   of | thracite is an easy method of obtain- members  last  night   picked  a  second [ jng revenue.
winner Under the new award *h.! j "in ray judgment the policy of your machine goes to Miss Celia Layn;.in, State to use its natural resources to an attache of the Nanticoke Sfite build up I'ennsylvania at the expense Hospital. She had ticket No; 6-r)3--lG. | „f less fortunate States is most dan- The holder of ticket No. 6-58-17. thc'gerous. .As tho nations non-replace- winning combination, failed to appear able natural  resources   become    more
Patnck Conwell. Anthony Conwell. Jac-k .Morns of Kingston, Charies Gal¬ lagher, Anthony Walsh. Master Ea- w.ani Tracy. Frank ONeill Edward Boland and .Mart;n Bednarick; songs ana -step dancing by Dennis Coyle; clog dancing by James Hornsby, Mrs. .Ierinmg.s. Patrick McGowan. Wiliam Bluter Boyle and Thomas Hanni¬ gan. and an accordion solo by George Kir»ia. '
within the time stipulated by the com¬ mittee. .
A similar exT>enence is being en¬ countered by Wilkes-Barre shop strik¬ ers who have been holding a Chevro¬ let car since Wednesday night. The winning number was announced on Wednesdav night at fhe close of their carnival in Harmonic Hall, btit the holder of No. 10,554 has not appeared.
A third car went begging for .^v-
Memphis, Tenn., March 24.—Clar¬ ence Saunders, "Piggly-Wiggly king," who found speculators napping when he suddenly called for delivery of 23,- 000 shares of Piggly Wiggly stot'es stock on the New York Stock Ex¬ change, tonight, e.stimated Jhat the shorts h.ad lost approximately $10,- 000,000 during the last week's trading.
Saunders, who termed the methods used in stock operations on the ex¬ change, as bad us those of a "Cuban lottery", stated' that the shorts must suffer for every penny of this huge amount, in addition to facing Hie pos¬ sibility of Congrc^ssional action to purify the exchange.
Referring to reports that the stock exchange would extend the timo limit of the shorts to Monday, in order for them to make delivery of tho 22,000 shares still out, Saiuiders declared:
"I've got them in a hole they can't wiggle out of new."
Saunders declartd that the .Stock Exchange would Ik: violating a provis¬ ion of its constitution if it allowed trading in the stock to continue until Monday.
"The New York -Stock Exchange go^¦ so busy to make ji new ruie to let lose the shorts so they wouldn't have to pay for selling .something they didn't havo that they forgot or, if they didn't forget, thought' no one would find out tha" they had failed to regatrl one of tneir constitutional provisions, Saundei-s said.
"This prffvi.slon. which has not been abrog.ited or suspjnded, in subtance. means that, when i stock is suspend¬ ed from trading, no members of the New- York Stock Exchange can do any further trading in that stock, cither on or off the exchange without facing tbepenalty of Ijeing expelled from the exchange.''
Saunders declared that, unlo.w afl the stock bought from him yesterday at $100 a share cannot be used for delivery against the .stock due him at the time of call.for delivery, he will refuse to accept any of the 22,000 shares due him until the Stock Ex¬ change furnished him with detailed proof of shares on hand at the time of call.
Public sentiment demands that the law of the land be made supreme over the activities of the New York Stock Elxchange, Saunders said.
"I would be willing to g6 on the floor of the United States .Senate and do everj-thina tn niy power to secure this legislation." stiid Saunders. "A new* era of untarnished prosperity, untouched by unsci-upulous gamblers and welchers will result, if such laws are enacted."
Conference With Hoover Establishes New Wave Lengths For Their Use
PLAN IS EXPLAINED
completely  discovered  and  developed, such a policy of discrimination would re.sult   in   an   economic     disaster.     If continued, it will  lead, I ara sure, to a nation-wide issiie as to whether or | not a State may have .supreme control | of natural resource.s which happen to j l>o  located   within   its   boundaries   or ) whether  these   re.sources  arc  for  the i common" use of the entire nation. i
'I earnestly hope that Pennsylvania
eral  weeks at  Liberty  Market where   may lead the way in establishing bet- a conte.st was held recently for a KtHrj ter   relations   between   the   States   by Several   numl)crs     were    dr-v.-n ; repealing the direct  tonnage tax upon was found. 'coal.    WbiJ« I'eansylvaQia misUt lose
car.
before a winner
in revenue, I am sure hor people would derive far gxeater .satisfaction in thcMealization that they had led the wa^to right settlement of a ques¬ tion which may otherwise precipitate a national calamity.
"In view of your desire <o havo co¬ operative action from other States with reference to highways an<l water power. I knew you wll uni^r- .stand the earne.5tne-s.<!r with which I plead for what my citizens believe to ; be equitable trcatnricut with i-'-apeci lo coal." '
Wa.shington, March 24.—The bu^ aboo of radio broadcasting—inter¬ ference—has been "tuned out" by the national radio conference, and fi new radio era is at hand, it was an¬ nounced today. Recommendations submitted by the conference to .Secre¬ tary Hoover, after a week of delib- orations, provide for a new allocation of wave leng{hs between broadcast¬ ing stations, eliminating the aerial clashes hitherto cxperienc?d.
The succe.s.sful effort of tho con¬ ference to "bring order out of ethereal chaos" w.as ascribed to the relea-se b.v tho government of a large number of wave lengths hilliorto set aside for its exclusive use. In place of threo wave bands at present .set aside for SSS broadc-isting stalion.% regardless of their iiower, the con¬ ference has created ;i broad zone of wave bands, which is to be divided between high power continuously operated stations and stations of lea¬ ser importance.
.Vnnouncinig the result of il-<?work, tho conference statc<l: Previously all broadcasting was concentrated on threo wave lengths, rjBO; 400 .-ind 485 metei^. .A now field extending from 222 meters to ,"145 meters cm be creat- eil for the puii>ose. The high power class "A" station.s correspond to the presont class "B" stations and can use the wave lengths between 288 and TA', meters, while lower stations. (class B) can use the waves from 222 to 28G.
This will enable the higher power stations distributed in 50 loailitie.s and comprehensively covering the Unite*! States to be within the reach of every listener. Tho report urges that th(» fleld of amateur activity bo extended by alloting a hand extending from 150 meters to 222 meters in place of tho waves up to 200 meters now u.sed.
Tbe band from 200 to 222 meters can be reser\-e'l for high continuous wave telegraph transmitting .stition.s operating under special licen.se. The report provides that ships u.'ing 450 meters waves keep silent between 7 and 11 p. m. and, as soon as possible, re-adjast *heir equipment for trans¬ mission on wave lengths about 600 meters.
"Provision is made for a new^ fleld of ship telephone service, enabling persons on shore to talk, to those aboarfl ship. The reading 4i|r tdegrafn.i or letters by broadcasting stations should be permitteti," .sjiys the report, "so long as the signer is not address¬ ed in rxrson and ao long as the text matter is of general interest."
POLICE RAID HOME
FOR DISORDERLINESS
City detectives last night at ll:3t raided an alleged di.sorderly house at 182 Lehigh street and arrested tw« women and thrpe men. one of the metl being colored. They will he given a hearing in police court this mornins Tho alle;red proprietres.ses gave thei( names as Mrs. Anna .lone.s aged 5^ and Rose Adlene, agfid 4n. The me« gave their names as lA'n Wesley c4 182 High s-re"!: .foI»r .Sov.<ri«, »i-« 43, and Johu Kuhl, aged 2S,
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