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FOUM ED 1 ;06
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY
191?
FIVE CENTS
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QUARTET OF SOUTHERN BEAUTIES
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Empire Day Celebration In Will W
¦ California Marred By Acc!=
dent Caused By Rysli Of 	
Crowd After Parade Passed ^n'' ^'""'1'', ^"H J' ^'
  ^ rrontiiien! !ii .Hnnual Reuii-
SPECTATORS HAMPER RESCUE        '"^ Of Grey Wearers
<Telcgi-aph tolndependent.) Los Angele.^. Calif.. -May 2-i.—Thirty-seven persons wimv kill¬ ed and 11" injured shortly hefore noon totiay when tho prom¬ enade leading: from the ^Municipal pier iit l.oiip: Beach to the Municipal auditorium collapsetl under lhe wvijilit of a throng crowdin? into the auditorium for the exerci.ses there in celehra- tion of Empire <iay. the anniversary of the birth of Queen X'ie¬ toria. hv Hritish residents of sotith«rn   California.
Deaths of the fatally  injured will prolmlily increase the death
roll to r)0.
THE DEAD.
The unofticial  list   of  dead  I'ceojrnized   and   identified:
MRS.  FRANK   MATTIIKWS. Los Angeles.
MRS^  SARAH   CllKSIlIRK, Los  Antreh-;.
DAVID BLOCK. 7 years old. Lon?   Hep. !i.
MRS   1)\N  TH'tMAS.  Lon? Reach.
MRS   L. I). SPARRON.  Lon- Beach.
MRS   R   G   DOWLK.   Pasadena.
MRS' Ai'Gl'ST 1L\RT. Lon? Beach.
FANNIE  B.   M'KEF.   Ijou? Beach.
SCOTT BLACK.  K' years old.  Olendale.
MRS  R   S.  IIOL.MFS. addre-s  unknouu.
M.VKTHA G. BURNETT. Long Beach.
D  M. SPEARS. Long Beach.
MRS. A. J. HILL. Orau.sre.
MRS   D   -L  LOMAS.  addres.; uu!.:no\vn.
MRS   ('   F. THOMAS.  Long R.-ach.
MRS  AIARTHA J. BI'RNETt. Long Beach.
PEARL B. SETT.
MRS  A. C. PHELPS.
MRS. D. E. WALLACE. Long Beach.
Nearly all the victims are former Britons or the children of Britc^'  and most   of  them  wer,.   revid-iit':  nf  T.os  Angeles. RUSHED AFTf.r PARADERS
The parade of ih*^ l'nited E„slisii. Seot'-ii. .\ustralian and New Zealand societies had .ius| pa.ssed over the promenade into the auditorimn and the crowd mgssed     there  surged  forward  af-
(ContJnued  on   pape  3.)
(TolografJh  to  Indriviident) j
ChattHnnopn, .M:i\ :;4. — l-'our 'ery beautiful youns; women vi:] fisjre ver\ prominently when the twt uly- 1 third annual '•eimion of th > I'nilcd j Confederate \ctf-rans opens here on I Tue.^day. ("^h> f , f ihe.qe i.": Mi=s K-ate I Daffan. of .\ustiii, Tcxa.s, who has I been chosen as spo'nsor tor the wholes .South by Ceneral Bennett II. Vouns. i . Commiudcr of the rnited t^onfedi rate ! Veteran?. <
Mii.5   l>affan   '.=;     ono   of   th"     n\.st I prominent .\ounp women of the Slate ! of   Te.vas.     She   is     a   former     ^;tate I pre.sidfnt of the Dau.t;hters of the (^on- ¦ federacy   and   was   the   first   KUperin- 1 tendent   of   the   Confederate   Women'.'! ; Home at .\ustin.     Mi.^-! Iiaffan  1.=; al?o i i well  known  in   the  field   of  literature.^ I having   been   the     author   of     several! books. I
.Mis.»i   .\nne   lieney. |
Miss   .\nne   Henry.     .Mi^.-^     I>affan's j chief  aid.   is  a   daughter    of  General '. Patrick   Henr>-.     commander     of   the Mi.s.sissippi L^ivision of V. C. V.. and i.s '¦ a grand  daughter of General  Patrick i ! Henry of antebellum days. j      It is felt  that  Chattanooea   was thei j most appropriate place to hold the re- ' j union   this   year   because   of   the   f.ict I that  it  is  the   fift;eth   anniversary   of jthe   battle.i  of   Mi.s.si()nar>    Riil!?c   aud ^ I of  lyookout   Mountain. I
1      One   of   the   prlnc;i)al     subjects   of discussion  at  the cominti reunion wil! i'he the propo.sed building of a memor-j j ial   hall   to. th«'  soldler.s  of  the   north! jand south. General Bonm tt H. Youngj ' !.¦; an  advocate of the plin  to erect a I memorial   arch   to   cost   ?J,000.000   in i memorj"  ff  the   men   who     fought  In I both  armies of 'he Civil  War.     A'isil- j ors from  all  over the south are pres- I ent  in Chattanooga today  for the  ro- i union which is to last until Thursday.
mm STRICKEN IN RING;
lART mmi CAUSE Of ms deaih
Kept All Night Vigil At Spot
V/herdGirl Was Found in
Hope of Assailani s
Return.
The large picture i.-i that of .\Ii3» Kate I.>affan. sponsor foi the whoi South at the United Cnnftderiti V< t- erans' Heunion at Chattanooga, and considered one of tht most he.iutiful girls of the .South. .\t the right to the top is Mrs. Z. C. I'atten, Jr., of Chattanogga, and below her Miss .\nne Henry, of Brandon, Mis.o. In the center Is Mtsa Amelia Kussell, of t"Tiattanooga. They are all to a<'t aa aides to Mias I>affan.
FORHTAKETHE THREATENED PRESIDENT WILSON'S
ChaiBpion Winked At Mana¬ ger Thirty Seconds Before. . Preacher Spoke At Start
PEKY IS UNDER ARREST
PLAN REPUBLICAN PARTY'S
REGENERATION IN COUNTY
Committees Representing Old Liners And Progressives To jTejeg.aprt«^.>c„dcn.) HoW Confereocc This Week-To Decide On Man
four easy punches from Arthur Pelky. FOr   Filth   JudgCShip
liuther    .McCarty,    recognized     white 	
heavyweight       chainpion       of       the
>,World, broke out from  a    clinch    In        Regenertitlon      of   th«   ReipitMloan, Interesstlng Conditions,
'Which   no   hiow.s   were   struck,   raised! jiarty  in  Luzerne counts- Ls thei    pro-        Who     wil!   be  named   for  the   fifth
.tis hands, and  tuppled  backward     lo j gram  no-w outlined  hy old    line    and   judge?    This is  the  hig ijuestion  and
:.lh? canvas.    Referee  Ed.   \V.    Smith,! progressive    leaders.       Seven     reipre-, the Democrats are  reconciled  to    the
' of Chicago, was so surprised that, for | sentatlves from the splits of the G. n, ! ifact  that  If  an  appointment  is made
»tJionnni, he    forgoi    lo    start    the! P. are  to  hold  a    conference     wMthin   that It will be a Republican.   There Ls
toj.nt.     Will   McCarty's  breath  com-; the  next two weeks with  the Imnic.d-I some  talk,   however,   of  the  governor
^'K   in    (|UicI<,    short     gasps,    Smith ; late ohject of agrreelrLg upon a candi- ! not takinu any hand in the game and
counted the fatal ten and pronounced j datt  for the fifth  judgeship    In    the   letting    the     matter    go     hefore  the
McCarty   mit.     Hi.-;     second     rea<'hed ' event  that .'^ich   an  office  Is    created    people in   the  fall   primary camiiaign.
the falltii man quickly and    at    once' h.s now .>?eem.s cerUiln. , Another .story   is   to   the   effe<"t     that
**«Iizfed   tli.'.t   Ei;mething   was     wron.if ¦      This   is   to   be   the   Immediate   nee-| the  appointment -will   be  delayed  and
Whilu Billy  ML-Carney,  his     manager, | essity of reuniting the party    In    this'the aot .<»o amended  in the Senate  as
l^oeijan to shi'iit   "iJet a    doctor,     he's' county   but   the   fall   campaign     with! to enable the a|>polntee to hold  down
t;*o.d and stjff.    Kor <}od's sake get a' three offices to he filled In  the court   the  offioe for two  years    and     three
j.floctor." I hou.se  i.ci  al.so  an   Incentive  for  united    months or at  Icast   for one year    and
:.   Several medical men at once cl.am- j action.     The   move   here   la   In   unity
.oered  through   the   ropes  and   did  all; with   the  pl.in  a.s  outlined     In     other
111 IhtIr jiower lo resuscitate the ath
EXAMINATIONS
For   Professional   Teacher
Certificate Good For Three
Year Term-Those Listed
, LIFE IF HE DIDN'T GET MONEY
Richard Lindsay, A Chicago P lumber, Placed Under Arrest hi Philadelphia, Charged With Mailing The Hold- Up Letters To Washington
sections of the Kt.ate and nation.
lete. The  ciowd   began   to   pres.s  for-j      Chairman   Hal.^ey    of    the    countv'
ninft montJi.s. This would give the man named a donation of almost $"0,00i) with which to embark into tho campaign  for electiim  and  wou'd'
cUnil ing  over ecats  and   pre.^s' organization and Oiairman  Rosser  ofi .nlso give additional time for the heal-, terms
>ard,
.'i"k'£,  'ortakiu-   the telegraphic  cou-; the  Washington     party    liranch.    are i lag of the poUtics.1 .sores created
.nectiuns in  the;     tr.ad scramh'e  to  oo\ reported  as having  held  h  (vinference j tho progressive moveiiu ill.
.« at the finish.     The police at once! during the  week  at  -which  thia  mat-| Jiidi<-:al PcwMhllillos.
took charge  and   tried  hard   to  force
them    back    to    give air to .McCarty.:
J^ailing in  this,   .McCarty   was   picked,
^i> and carried to the open air where
''«   died   In
¦twent
FVirty   teachers    from   all   parts   of the  county  took   the  examination   for teachers'   professional   cerlituates     at the   Kingston   High   School   yesterday afternoon.     They   were   examined   on the folio-wing subjects:  f.pe.ling.  read¬ ing,    writing,    arithmetic,    geu.graphy, grammar.   1'.  S.     history,     physokigy. I rivll     government.      algebra.       \'ocal I music,   method   of  teaching,   drawing, ; English    literature,    botany.      general history,  zoology,    geometry,     physics, ; physical   geograph.v.     The   certidcate.s I will   hold   good   for   three   years   and i tho.se   receiving  them   wi 1   not  he   re- j quired    to   taki>   another   examination until    191<;   and   then   they   will   only , have  to  takie  up   two   additional  sub¬ jects. Prof.  Hooper had charse of the examinatiim.    The teachers w ho took ! , the   examination   have   hoen   tcviching j from three to nine years.
The following took     the    e.xHitiina- I tion:
Miss  .Vor.i   c;rimes.   Wc-fmoor.   who 1 htis been teaching 3 years. j       Mis.s  .\nna   I.ittle.   Avoca,   fi  terms. I      -Mice W'orthington.  Dallas.   '. terms. .Mable   VZ.   l.,obe.   Wesl     Pitt.ston,     4
(Toi igraph to Tndepdiidont.)
Philad.'iphia.      .May       24.— Richard TJndsay. a plumber of Chlcaco,  living
; at 43n4 'iermantown  avenue   wis ar¬ rested    ly   secret   service    .agents   to-
I night   ot.   a   charge     of     thrta'ening
i harm    t(;   President   Wilson president's   j)rlvate   secretary
came   to   Philadelphia   and   went   to
Ihe     t?ermantown       avenue     address
where his married sister haa     roo-ms.
The second   letter is dated  May  20,
and a reply is demanded  by May  2 7.
and    tho I This letter was  sent by the Washing-
.loseph I ton authorities to Matthew F. Griffin.
Tumulty      IJndsay  was  t.iken   to  tho |
chii>f   of  the  secret service  :n  Phlla- Moyameaslng  prison  ^nd "the' federal j il'^lphla.   with   Instructions   to   arrest officials  will  ask   that   a   lunacy  ,.om-i ¦ •'"f'-'^'iJ" mi.ssion -be   appointed!   to   pass   on  his
sanity.
In tw^^ letters written to the presi¬ dent. Ivi'id.say, it is alleged, gave the pre.slder-   his  choice of turning    over
to   him   $;iO0.OnO   or   taking   the   con-    flcu:ty Jn   locating sequences.
¦•If   I   don't   receive   JSOO.OOO."   the
ington and fix you both."
.Vccording to the secret servic-- men Lindsay wrote his first letter to Presidert Wilson on May 7. Ho Wius , then in Chicago and requested thnt Inary heanng. Lindsays sister. Mrs. to him on May 14. | Margaret Pinkie, knew nothing of the Tandsay ¦' man's   letters   to   the   president.
Lindsay's address was plainly writ¬ ten In his letters and he signed him¬ .self.   "Richard Ijndsay.   the   lion."
I.'indsay had been so open in hla letters that Chief Griffin had no dif- him. .\ warrant flrst Issued hy United States • 'ommissioner Craig on a charge of using the mnila In a .schemR to de¬ fraud.
Lindsay offered no resistance but In.sisted that ho would compel Presi¬ dent  WiLson to testify at tht   prelim
mrm IS RESTING WEU
Suffering intense agony. on the verge of lapsing into unconscious- ' nes-=. .s!;:-year-old .4nsrellna Sande:e- ! vlch, of Plains, was found vester¬ day in a clump of hushes at th" edge of the river hank at Painsv-.i;e. The spot where the stricken girl was fnund is within sight of her home, owing tr, Its commanding posiUon, al¬ though .come distance away, and the officers claim to have gone over the ground since Tuesda-^. the dav of her disappearance.
To two Italian boys, whos- names were not secured in the eTci.--r»nt. ^goes the credit for the tir'^elv dia- .covery of the child. While ai pl.av a ong the river hank they not.ced the flutter of the little calico dress with which she was attired. Thev kne-w the girl who had heen mis-ng and ^ hen they crept closer made positive that   it   was   her.
Kcaring    that    th-    man    that    had enticed    her   away   might    b--.   fn   th-» vicinity   they    turned    and    hed    until they reached  a group of .Stat'>  troop¬ ers   who   were  aiding  Chief   Keliy  in the search.     To  the   officers they  re¬ lated   the  news  and   the  enuie   party went   post   haste   to   the   river   banio I where  they found the Uttle girl.    Sho ; ^ia.« in a weakened  condition and  the. : horror of the  entire affair was added , to  when,   after Dr.   Barton  had   made ; an   examination,    he   stated   that   she ; had  been the victim of a cruel, flend- \ ish   assault   and   that   her   life   might ; he  the   price   paid.
PoIlco Thoory. i Chief Kelly \v.n.-! nt the Independ- ent officr. late la^t night and stated that he held to the theory that the girl's a.-i-sallant had taken her awa.v Tuesday afternoon, accomplished hla foul purpose, and then fled. ¦!eanng his victim for dead or alive In the« bushes. The little one had then lapsed int<-. uncon»piou»ness and had only been brou.ght to hy th.-- falling rain of f>iday. When found, he .stated her clothes were wet through, an indication that she had heen "'•s.^ posed to that chilling rainfall.       .-^f^3
The  police  are at sea o-wlng to  the conflicting  stories     and     dencrl-ptlon* given   of   the  ma-tter.     Tet  they  fewi     \ I confident   that   It  Is  no   stranger and i that -some  member  of  the  T'ttle  for¬ eign colony in that vicinity ;» respon- ! sible for the crime.    Today they will ¦ round   up  all   the  men  of th?  region, I and   have   the     little     hrottKT     who j watched  his  sl.ster  go  with   the  man I tr>- and   plck> out   the  man   renponel- I hie.    There la also some tallc of hav- I ine the little  girl -i-le-w the man. pre-" I viding  that   her  condition   fs  nuch  to» . ! -warrant  the  ordeal. '
i Kept   a   Witch,
Farly thl.« morning th° Tndepenflwrt ', received word from Plilmi to the ef- ¦ feet that !?everal of the State troop- i ers had gone to the river bank and had hidden ' 1n the vicinity of th» '• hrush where the girl wa,<» foimd. Tht« was done In the hope that the man • sought -might he hrourht to the spot ¦ to Investigate as to -whether the gtrl ' (Continncfl   on   t>bsc  S.)
HEIGHTS BOY BIT TORPEDO
the presdent rep y
.N'o    letti-r   was   received.
so
hy]      .Tessie   .\.   Ly(-ns. j terms.
Kathryn 'I'onr-v ille.
Kort>
K.>rt.
P ains.
Luther
;e     dls-
one   bhrw,     a
k o   sna ppy   left
ter   wae  fully     diwu.s.sed.     The     plan;      General   sentiment   Is   to   the   effect' ferm.a.
was endorsed by both and the najning | that     former     .Iudge     Benjamin     R.'      Lillian    K.    Mould,    Porrameton,
of    the    seven    committeemen    from ! .I()ne.s of thus city,  can  have the  post
ea<-h  liranch  will  be  d'me this    week j by appointment  if he so desires.     He
unless  plaits  miscarry. I (iontinucil  on  itngv  lOi
(Conlrmcd   on  piVpi"   10)
AHACKSm AT BUTTONWOOD
fifteen  minutes,    ahout -five minute.s after he  fell. Valvular  Heait  Trouble.
The  doctors  declared     Ihal     death *ae due to  heart  trouble.    They .«ay that JlcCarty must have had valvular heart trouble and   thl.<;  had  been   ag¬ gravated    by    the    excitement.      The crowd of (j,.-ino  gave  Pelky  twice the 'eception McCarty got.     Luther,  used JO the adulation  of the  puhlic.  plain- y felt this and, when Pelky began to '«nd his blows with precision, «fceniingly was unable to    jud «nce and  landed   onl Slanclng one.
Pelky  ha.l   landed   tw j^''?^ •'"'";' i^ straight  left    as     McCarty
Pe*k-* '"'" "* clinch.    They broke and, of Hanover .street a-s his victim ^¦ici 4 ^'^"' "  short right  hook  t<-v thej local  girl,   however,   while     s:uhjec.fed ("Im^i.^^"^ "^^  heart.     McCarty again | to a trying experience wa.« not as un ^'inched  nnd blow
,1
S IDENTIFIED
Placing   his   hand   over  her   mouth
he dragged her into some bu.shes near
liy   but   ¦wa.s   frightened   away   l.y   the
ii.pproach   of  .some   people  aiong     the
highway.     He quietly fled    while     the
:ittle  girl,   loo   weak  from   the  fright,
wa.s   un.nbie   to   call   a     warning     that
  I would  have     brou.ght     about    ipur.sult
,,.,   ,        .   , .  _.       ,.      . , .   I and possible capture. ,
While  ministering hand.s were aid-,      ^^^^^^^     ,,,^,   r..,-»ched   her  home  .<.-he i at  the  MaHey  mocgue  at   E^st
Ing  the  little  victim   of a   ravlsher  at! tf,]^ j^^r i-arrnts of ihe occurence andl The   dead   man   l.s Peter     Buaki     of
Plain.-;,  another     human     fiend     -was! she  wa.s  ru.'sh'd  to  the     central     city j Georgetown,   aged 1'4     yeai-s.     .-iingle.
abroad  at the southern   end     of    this, where   Or.   Mendelsohn   made   an   ex-| He   was  employed at   the     Ked     .Vsh city   with   .-\nna Anderson,     aged     1 (» . amination.        Be.vond     a     few     slight
PLAINS POLICE
CAPTUREGHOST
KNIFFEN FOUND
''things dull
.Sheriff Kniffen nnd his deputies made a tour of the east and west side sections     last
and       found Dnly   one  vlo- iati.-in of the law was unearthed. That was  at   Wyoming.        .\   foreigner  was agitateri   the     towii.«!hip     during    the   ,.aught  for the second   time  conduct-
' ing a speakea.sy.       He waJS arrested a
night P.tro,man    Corcoran of the   Plains | things   rather   quiet police,   -olved  the  ghost   my!»tery  that
It
week.      I'he gho.*:! appeared  one  week
ago   las-   night   and  <onsid('rabU--  agl- | jj, Alleged   a   keg  of  beer   was  found lollowed   as   the   officers  made, in the place, al.so some  men drinking
talion
Lfite   Ia.st   evening the   third   rail
week   ago.   so  the  deputies said
><1   a   keg  of  beer
lace, also some  me
I heer        The   projirietor wa.s  not   then
f! aficarci. but failed to find the woman, .^^,.j^   j^^^,,   (.ll.stody^   he   promising   to
iwho  walked   the   streets in  white  a--j .appear   at   the   .'Sheriff's   office   early
victim   were   identified    ure ant; iu  bare feet. ' | Mnnday morning. ^	
the officer -was inain-|        ' • ' '
the   remains
Rnd.
POMCE .>L\RF R\IT>
year.s, daughter of Charle.s  .^nderson,' .scnitchcs she was unharmed
The;  ¦   .	
hey   broke  wltht>ut     a J fortimate a^   the other victim- j
'  being .struck      It  was  then  that!      According  to  the .storv  told   of   the' -<;t.arty toppiert   to. the   floor
JU   ¦     •   ¦  Ii.-•!   l.i. cm:   iioor.     .\.fter:
him *¦'"''''''"•'' ^"^'^  ''"*'" working over' m for Hboul  ten   minute.,,   Dr.   Auil
tat«    Z*"''"   ^'^-O-riy   wa.s     hreathlng *=   ""¦£">¦      and     would     seen     come; "•'<'•    .^ hyporermic -wrif!    injected,- 't  faikd   to   nrivP   any   effct   and' to t (Contii'ue^l   on   Hnge   10.) '
affair   the   little   girl    Icfi    li,r
yesterday  afternoon   bound
Buttonwood   colliery   to     secure     her i "'^re sold
hrother'.s  pay.    As she left  the car at i ".''   "*'  "''^   .sections,   th
Oxford  .street she   was   followed   b\   a
colliery   ;ind   the   friends     who     made Ihe   identification   arc   unabic   lo     ex¬ plain hww he h-ippencd to stray upon the   third   rail.     The   bod\-  was  found It   .\.sli'ev   along  the   tracks     of    the r.ne  of  the   largest  ex-ursions   ,hat | ^V-ll^-Btrre ^-  Ha.lelou   Railw-.iy. ever left   this citv w cnt  out  last  night        THiring   la.st   evening     a     part.v      of the   Pennsylvania    Railroad    for    I'lains men vi.^.ted the morgue.    A ru-
bk; kxcvksiox.
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I
liMiiie   o\->>r for    the I Wa.shingfin,    .!>    C.        IJ.OOti    ti(-ke1,i I mor had  .spread   through  that section The excursion was made
that   the   rail   victim   wa.s   the   Italian
first   leaxing j jifmght   for  murder  in   that   township.
This  surmi.se   proved   incrirrcct  and   a
short time after the Plains men     had
a     point      where   the   houses  are 1 i.^n^^VFo'clock   this evening an.l  ar-i '"f'   '^^'^   identification   was  .niade     by 1 ci^e.  and   pro,,,ised   to   keep  a careful
1 the Ceorgetowf -—¦
stranger and when she had proceeded
the   city   at    11    o'clock    aod   the   last one   at   4   o'clock   this    n-,orning.   Thej
returning   train    will   Iea\-c   Washina-
I.iasl < night taining i watch as he had done overy | night d iring the wcei*. The patience! he manifested wa^ rewarded when. ^.j^^ police raided a house at fiH about 11 o'clock, he siw a ¦»"man! ]r;a.st Jackson street last evening, al- ciuning along Xorth .Main street head- i leged to he conducted hy .Margaret ed for" he Laurel Line .station. .She i I^uxen, ajid found two nun and one h<d on a white garment and when hei woman th»-re. Thry were brought to .    ,   u      ^, .-   If   n-i^   n   sleen   ^^f Station hoiuse and given a heanng
ac.-osled   her  he  .^iw   it   ^x as   a   sleep   ^^^.^^^^    ^^^^,^^   ^^^^^_      ^^,^_^   ^^^^   .^^
walker.    The girl was hare footc^l and | ^j.^pj.,,.j^g^j,      u,j(]f.r    $1,00(1    bail    for hail  On  only :i  night gown. ; court,  charged  with keeping a  bavdy
He aivakened her and found that!f,f,u5p and she will now hav»- to face she wa- a Poii.sh girl of that .seition. ! two charges of the same nature as He e.sc-ii-ed he'- to her home andi a true bill wa.s found again.st her by informwl her mother of the circum-1 the ret-eni grand jury .stances. The family was unaware of her   addiction   to   this  form   of   exer-
Third Member Of Lewis Fam¬ ily Sustains  Peculiar In¬ jury Within Year
Biting into a torpedo cap, ITomwa' Lewis, aged 9 years, of 173 South lleade street. suatain>_'d eerlous In¬ juries about the mouth and face yes- : terday afternoon. Th« little felkrw < had been at play with a grro-up of children on thn Ftreet anri on« of them handed him the explosive. TTn- aware of the nature of tha gift he placed It In his mouth artd sunk his teeth Into the hidden explosive. There- was a report and the flre That flashed inflicted hirrns that I>. T>iMa» fears ma.v yet prove dangerr.ue. Ev¬ ery medical prp<-jnr<:imi to gttsrd the child from posslblft developments have heen taken.
This is the third accident that haa me rred the Tjew-is fhmlly within a. year. Th"^ fir.st -was wh»n an older hrother wa.s struck hy a stray hullet from a target gun -which tvas dis¬ charged In the neigh*)orho<vd of th» home. T.,ater the mother. Mrs. Oavld I.rf'wls. had one of her finge"^ cut off <when  preparinsr hread for a meal.
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BT'STXES,S   OPPORTTN'TTrKS
WAXTKr»—Party   with   $?;.onn  to  in¬ vest  in   hip proposition.     J.ii.OO     a week     guaranteed.     S.   &   B..   Poland Hotel.
W.^XTK^>—Toung lady to rrake ap¬ pointments for artist: good wages. ¦\pply room fiOt. Pun.iay and Mon¬ day. Hotel P.edlfigton. Ask for Mr. LIppincott.
scattered he quickly overtook her.
nve home early  to.morro-wr morning.
watoh upon her in the future.
tnd   she   will to  stand   trial   at   the  nt-xt   i-ri- niinal   court.     The   other   Inmates   ofj the hou.se were  fined  S-.-'jO  and   costs I on   the  charge  of   frequenting   a   dis- |
"n'.AXTKTT—High   cla.<c5     man   to   seXl trees, .shrubs,  roses,    vine^.     berry b.;ishes.   hulhs.      etc.     Good     'W^sj^es— Perm.Rnent.     Hxclusive territory. Brown Brn'hprs N'ursfeHeB, He«*ellteT.
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