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r '\ MOST COMPLETE SPOHl^ SECTION IX THE CITY SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY N THE WEATHER Washington, June 5.—East¬ ern Penna. Fair Sunday; Monday ncreasing cloudiness v. PpTpP ¦PIVF' P'P'MTQ The Only Sunda.v Newspaper 1 XVXV-Li X X V 1^ \^XJill X O Published in Luzerne Count.v WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1915 Entered at Wilkes-Barre. Pa, as Second Class .Mail Malter. PRICE FIVE CENTS GSmm FLEET IN SURPRISE AH ACK STRIKES AT GULF HEART OF RUSSIA BOY DESPERADOES CAPTURED AND ARE SERIOUSLY ACCUSED Drunkenness and Highway Robbery Are Crimes Mentioned In Arrest of Six Youths In This City and Nanticoke-Mem- bers of One Gang Had Already Been In Juvenile Court WHISKY AND MONEY FOUND IN POLICE SEARCH Boy criminals whose misdeeds range between drunken¬ ness and highway robbery gave the police of this city and Nanticoke unusual difficulties yesterday. In the local case four lads; the oldest 12 years and the youngest just turned eight years, while under the influence of whisky they carried in a bottie stolen from an Blast Market street store admitted a series of thefts and led the officers to a "cache" in the rear of Sovi*^h Main street where more than a score of stolen articles were found. F ISM BELIEF iW 10 EMPIRE MILLS I L BY SPEEDING MO WHOSE OWNER FLED Day and Night Shifts Now Nanticoke Accident Believed to Operating But Orders Are Have Been Caused by Resi- Still Piling Up BIG BOOM dent of This City STARTED OPERATION TO SAVE LIFE GULF OF RIGA ENTERED AFTER 700 MILE DASH While Petrograd Admits Naval Coup London Believes Ger¬ mans and Austrians Have Made Good Their Prepara¬ tions to Follow Up Recapture of Przemysl With Hard Blow at Lemberg FRENCH ANNOUNCE GAIN IN WESTERN FIGHTING Tomorrow Probably Will Wit- j ness Final Report on the I Case and Commutation Is I Expected iSOLICITOR WILL OBJECT Traffic officer Harkins and Policeman leff Ruddy were trailing a clue to sev- >ral Ihefls from South Main sireet stor- ss whon they found the four young des¬ peradoes and rect)finized them as mem¬ ber.s ol a gang of ten recently taken liefore Judge Fuller and dismissed wilh reprimands. Al the station house it was noticed all were under the in- fliicn';e of liquor and a quart bottle, almost empty, was found on the old¬ est, l-'recly they admitted their of- fen.ses and agreed to uncover their "snuck" in the officers would accom¬ pany them to a place in the rear of the business thoroughfare. Babies shoes, jiistols, baseball-s and a varied assort¬ ment of toys were discovered. Mrs. Mr-riels ha.s laken charge of the case and lhe boys will be taken before Judge Puller again to-morrow. The Nanlicoke case was even more serious than that of the Wilkes-Barre boys. Thomas Kozak, fourien years old, of West I'nion street, that town and Ldward Tyburski, twelve years old. are beinj; held on charges that in- iltide the very serious one of highway iiihber.\. for the lads are accused of holding up a West Nanlicoke girl on the bridge connecting that town wilh West .Nanticoke and robbing her of a small sum of monev. .\ prominent .salonkeeper of N.T.nticoke was robbed of $40, according to the police, through the machinations of Kozak and Tybur¬ ski and the Kirby store of this city ia said lo have suffered the loss of about $.")0 worth of goods when the lads visit¬ ed il on circus day. Chief of Police CJarrison and Police¬ man Ben Wieneski have drawn a. com¬ plele case about the activities of the Nanticoke boys. Thefts the lads are supposed to have committed include bicycles, automobile goods, tools, pro¬ visions and auto lamps. One of the bikes was stolen in this city and the olher was taken from Adolp Leventhal, who also was deprived of a good auto pump. Two Xanticoke bakeries were robbed of cakes and pies. Next to the attack on the ¦•We.'rt Nanlicoke girl the most serious charge brought against Kozak and Tyburski involves the theft of $40 from a Nanti¬ coke saloonman. His ten-year-old son was taken Into partnership by the boys for this crime, according to the police, but the money is supposed to have been evenly divided between the orignial two. Tybur.^ki said he spent his share, but Kozak led Garrison and Wieneski to an abandoned cellar and dug up a lin can containing most of his. Mrs. Bertels will lake the boys before Judge Fuller tomorrow. .Mlanta, Oa.. .lune ^p.-The State pri¬ son commission is expected to hand down its decision on the plea of Leo .M. Krank for communtalion of his death sentence lo life imprisonmenl early next week, probably on Monday. The three members of the commission left Atlanta to-day lo spend Sunday at their homes and as chairman Davi¬ son s.aid; "To pray over the Frank case." It is authoritatively reported that the commission will report in favor of com¬ mutation. Two commissioners, follow¬ ing the hearing last .Monday was in favor of commiintation. ll Is said that the third commissioner was in doubt. The opinion of tjie majority is based largely upon the latier from .ludge Roan and that of .ludge Roan's broth¬ er. Following receipt o fthe prison hoards recommendation, (lovernor Slaton will give a hearing lo those for and against commutation. It is stated that solicitor Dorsey wll! appear before the governor lo make a personal protest against commutation Confidence in business prospects has prompted the owners of the Wilkes¬ Barre Silk company to prepare for the erection of a large addition lo the com¬ pany's mills at the Kmpire. Plans are Iieing pre()ered by a Scranton architect and it is expected that these will be fin¬ ished so that work may be started with¬ in a short time. The addition contem¬ plated Is to be 50 by 70 feet and four stories in height, the height of the com¬ pany's present building. It is to be Joined to the side of the present build¬ ing facing the central city. For some time past Manager George MacFarlane of the company has seen prospects of a bright business future for the local mills. Through his ef¬ forts the mill has been increasing its volume of business by leaps and bounds. Of lale the employees have been working day and nighl to fill orders so the addition being planned has now be¬ come an urgent necessilN. By building the addition the company will provide room for employment of a number of additional hands. I Entertained At Tobyhanna Carl .Stegmaier, .lames McDermott, Richard ."VlcAndrew and Hugh Price motored to Tobyhanna yesterday after¬ noon and were entertained there by Captain Smith, in honor of Mr. Steg- maier's birthday. They made the trip in Mr. Stegmaiers automoble. SLOVAK UNION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR Leaving his son Albert, aged 3 years, alone in his automobile sianding in front of the home of a patient in West Nanticoke whom he visited, Dr. .1. A. Norstedt, of 32 North Broad street re¬ turned to the machine a few minutes later to find the boy had been run over and seriously injured by a touring car said to he owned by a residen' of this city who failed to slop. The child re¬ ceiving a fracture of the skull. He is in the Nanticoke Slate Hospilal in a seriou.s condition. While the physician was in the house with his patient the ><)ungster climbed out of lhe machine and began lo play with some boys in the streel. Accord¬ ing lo eye witnesses, a touring car came along striking the Norstedt child and Continuing along the road at high speed. The father, attracted by cries, rush¬ ed inlo the street, picked up the child and seeing he was seriously injured, rushed him to the .Vanticoke State Hospital. An operation was at once i performed and at an early hour this morning it was slated that the i)oy had I regained consciousness and unle.ss com- I plications set in would recover I If is said Ihal Dr. Nor.stedi learned the license number carried by the ca.r that ran down the boy but he refused to make the number public. He stated however, that it is held by a resident of this city. STRAY BOY DISCOVERED IN CAR OF DYNAMITE Petrograd, June 5.—The War office tonight issued the following official statement: "A strong fleet of German warships has exchanged shots with the Russian fleet near the Gulf of Riga!" The Gulf of Riga is about 700 miles northeast of Kiel, the German naval base. Ii is a practically landlocked arm oi the Baltic and is a Russian naval base for the protection of the Gulf of Finland on which are locatad the fortresses of Petrograd and Kronstadt. Not Thomas, But James. Included In the list of sub-assessor.s appointed during the week b* the coimty board of assessors Is .lames Dougherty, the bottler of Kingston, who has been named for the second, third and fourth wards of King.ston. Dally new.spapers printed the name as Thomas Dougherty In error. ^ PRZEMSYL DECIDES SUCCESS OR FAILURE ITALIANS GAINING STEADILY AND EAGERLY SEEKING BATTLE The I'ennsylvania Slovak t'nion closed, their annual convention at f Scranton yesterday afternoon by elect- I Ing the following officers to serve for the ensuiiur year: President. .Michael j Lapchak. of Hazleton; vice-president, .loseph Ridilla of Dawson; spiritual advisor. Rev. .Nicholas Molchanny of Kingston; secretary, .lohn Kencak of this lily; recording secretary, Andrew Ondek of Freeland; treasurer. John i^higo of Freeland; manager of the Bralsvo. Kdmund I'ffalussy. tJecirge Tomaschi of this city was elecied chairman of the auditing committee, one of the mosl important in the or¬ ganization. Military Expert Believes Ger¬ mans Will Attempt to Strengthen It Against the Future Austrians Are Driven Before the Violent Rushes of Emman¬ uel's Troops and King Remains at Front to Accept the Chances of Fortune—Sea Battle Would Be Relished But Enemy Fleet Disappears Henry Kurlosky. a fourteen-year-old boy. found in a car of dynamite yes¬ terday afternoon by Captain Booth .)f the railroad detectives at Coxton. The boy got inside of the car to steal a ride when he was spied liy the officer and brought to this city. He was taken to lhe l'nited Charities and will go l)e- fore .luvenile court tomorrow morning London, .June. 0. -The .Xustro-tJer- man armies advancing from I'rzemysl, have broken the Russian resistance on the heights of Medyka, according to of¬ ficial advices from \ienna, and again are sweeping forward toward Lemberg. The action ai .Medyka, however, il is believed here, was merely a rear guard aclion on the part of the Rus.-iians lo hamper the Teuton advance while the Czars forces strengthened their lines in the Grodek lakes region. At this point Petrograd, claims, the Teutons are "cer- taiti lo meet strenuous opposition, due in part to the natural strength of the Russian positions and to the fact thai heavy re-enforcements have been broughi up to stiffen the Ru.«=sian lines. Russians in Bad Way. Berlin.h owever. declares that the armies under (Jeneral Linslngen which broke the Russian defense at Slryj and effected a crossing of the river in the Lake region are now moving north¬ eastward. If the Russians offer re¬ sistance here, it is asserted by German miliuiry e.xperts. they will find them¬ selves in a trap from which escape will be difflcull and perilous. Meanwhile the Austrian forces under General Hoehme-ErmoUi. advancing from the souili have reached Mosciska This advance is gaining nioiucntum diiy by day. following the check adm'nis- lered in the fighting around Przemsy' where the Teuton circle around the for¬ tress as yet incomplete, because of jBoehme-Ermolli failure lo gain the pos- I itions he was ordered lo take. i Despite the German victory at Prze- j mysl and the successes following i' [there is still no sign of a weakening ir, the Russian lines. TY\e czars troops arr I preserving an unbroken front in the i whole tialician theatre and although ¦ according to Berlin and Vienna, they jare retreating rapidly their fighting I lines on both sides ot the railway tc ] Lemberg are intact. ! The Austro- German armies, alfo I now, have an unbroken front. p^'Xtpg succeeded in Joining^ their i^JsSS^^S* that the difficCIt position of the north I wing ha.«! been relieved. Along their whole line, they are advancing east- I ward, some times as much as fifteen I miles a day. Lemberg is approximate- 1 Iy sixty miles fr.>m Przemysl. Garrison Escaped. Berlin today reported ihai Przemy.sl I had suffered litlle from ihe Russian I occupation. It was admitied that the j Russians had succeeded in withdraw¬ ing practicall.v all of the garrison be¬ fore the fall of the fort, but huge. str>res of provisions anri a greai quan- (Continued on Page 2.) TWO HURT IN RUNAWAY COSTS $50,000 A YEAR TO KEEP ASTOR'S THREE YEAR OLD CHILD PREPARATIONS FOR RESISTANCE NEAR TRENT MUST WIN IT TO INVADE London, .lune :.. -While it is too f-arly to give an opinion of the im- ('oriancc of the ro-capture of Przem.\ sl on tho ultimate result of the war, yet it is safe to a.-suifle that this event mu.«t f-.xercise a very important influer|ce on the military situation in western Gali- i-i,-'. The future defense of the place is likely to be organized with far greater method liy the German staff that, its original defense by the .\ustrians and il is prodnent to assume It will be en¬ dowed witli artillery at least as power¬ ful as any that may be brought against il. Great exertions d(Uil)tlcss will be made to supply the new garrison with .•¦lores of food and munitions and wilh all lhe modern auxiliaries of siege war¬ fare sucli as air craft, moior cars and iiiaciiino guns. It may also be pre- ilicled that the garrison will be suil- :ible and ihal the commandment of the ph'ce wil be carefully chosen. .An interval must olap.se before these preparations can be made effective. If tb.e Russians hud been left ju5t a liltle more leisure there is no reason to doubt that they would have made Przemysl .IS hard to rei'aplure as Warsaw and Ivangorod proved to the German offen¬ sive. Circumsir.nces therefoie point to a fierce struggle in the open Held whose focus will be in the triangle of Lem¬ berg, .laroslav and Przemysl, but which will extend far to the flanks. The •¦i-iL-ule will be for a tactical victory which will decide the superiority of oin' .11 lllc other combatant in those regions. If this victory is gained by the Rus¬ sians within the next iwo or three weeks, they may hope to recover the lost fortress in a fresh forward rush before the Germanir forces have made It secure, just as the Germans recov¬ ered il before the Russians secured their prize by methodical preparations aeainst the formidable attack which look them by surprise. Przemysl liars the railroads leading (Continued on Page 2.) Italian frontier says that two Italian cruisers with a couple of torpedo boats arrived in front of the island of Lissa, and renewed biimbardment, completing the destruction of the Austrian bar¬ racks. Marines were disembarked and made the whole garrison prisoners. The commander surrendering upon realiz¬ ing tbe impossibility of further re¬ sistance. Three hundred prisoners were laken and were afterward em¬ barked for Ancona. Rome, .lune 5.—Thre hundred thous¬ and Italians have now l>en massed against the Austrians on th- lefl bank of the Isonzo. Two hundred thousand Austrians it Is estimated ,-iere are manning the hostile works. The battle is raging wilh extreme violence. The main Italian attack is being pressed on the for slopes of Monte Nero and lhe neighboring Austrian artillery positions. These command the approaches to Tolmino. generally Considered the key to the gateway of Trieste. I'pon this battle largely de- pemls the fate of the whole Isonzo camiKtlgn of the Kalians. .Meapwhile. on the Tyrolean front, the Italians are making slow but steady progres in the liireetiun of Rovereto. lOither the Austrians are making ex¬ tensive preparations for a desperate defense of Trent or they are con¬ templating withdrawal farther within their borders. Refugees report that the Austrians are rapidly evacuating Garda and Toron where the populations jof the towns have hoisted the ItaTian j colors. The civil population of the j southern Tyrol region is fast being 1 removed inlo the interior. .\ll the in- I habitants of .Mori have been trans- I ferred under military direction to the i town of Innsbruck. Scattered reports Taking fright on Kast Main sireet. Miner's .Mills, a horse owned by .loseph Tischler. a baker, of 228 Kast .Market sireet this city, ran away lale Friday, knocking (lown a child who was unable throwing the driver into the street. The horse ran into a. window in the hard¬ ware store conducted by fieorge Burt before it was stopped al P'inn's cor¬ ners. Anna, a daughter of Mr. and Mr.s. Michael Baron, of Walnut street, .Min¬ er's Mlll.s. was run down by the horse to gel out of the animal's pa<h and ^ One of her leg,s and one of her armsi^o'"' *ho will not was broken ! year.s. of 34 Rose lane, who was driv- t^ year accordine fleet is unmeasurable Ihough Ihey are I jng the animal and who was unabhe to j ' ' Widow of Titantic Victim Appeals to Court to Grant Her Ad¬ ditional Allowance of $23,000 So That Her Baby Might PEACE lERMS READY FOR PRESENIAIl BY UNITED STATES Be Assured the Comforts His Station In Ufe Demand of Germany May Abandon Idea of New Sea Port Along With I Eastern Colonies SLASHER AUTHORITY I,,,„3 aRE' USELESS Her CITES HUSBAND'S Paris, June .").— .\ telegram from the {day from Toronto, who.se constituency represents in Parliament said: "The enthusiasm of officers and men of the New York, June n.--John Jacob As-infant ample to secure everything for be three years old ^^^ comfort, welfare and education of Harry Schindel, aged 42 ! until Augu.st 14. cannot live on $20.000'¦'""''^ '"'""' '*''*' ""'"^^' ''""'*' f^rovide' lo Mrs. Madeline disappointed that the Austrian fleet j control it. sustained painful Injuries |''"'"'"^^^® Force-Astor. his molher, will not accept battle The Austrian, to his back and severe lacerations | ^'idow of Colonel John Jacob Astor, fleet is not now .at Pola but in one of ^bout the head. The horse escaped jwho went down with the Titantic. Washinglon, .lune ^.—The new note i M « . <¦ J .1. I to Germanv will not be sent beiore to- I -Mrs. .\slor informed the surrogate! " ¦ o i •¦ . <rin. om.ie lo jthat she has the use for life of .\o. ;'""'¦'¦"'^' =" '^e earliest. The best in- •«(• I ifilt iiNcnjc. lilies.- she n oiarrics = formation olnainable is that il is still the channels of the archipolago Ad miral D'Abruzzi's only chance lo engage them lies In the possibility of over¬ taking the Austrian ships while they are returning to their naval base An eye witness writing about the ac¬ tivities of the king at the front says: "The King is everywhere, especially where the Alpine cimtingents are sta¬ tioned King Victor daily inspects a part of lhe front and visits the new position.s riding in a different automo¬ bile daily" An officer Writing from the front says: "The troops receive the king wilh the great enthusiasm crowding about raising their muskets and crj'ing 'Hurrah" The officer says that to-day the King rode into—followed by his aides. Di¬ rectly the news spread the camp was in an uproar of joy. Some regiments had jusl returned frum the firing line and others were going, yet all rushed lo the king, removing their caps and cheering. The king was much moved and turn¬ ing to an aide said: "What a grand spectacle; 1 guess they want me also to cry "Hurrah." with slight Injuries but the wagon was Iwdly damaged PATRICK O'DAY DEAD AFTER ILLNESS OF WEEK Mrs. Astor tiled an accounting today in the surrogate's court of her expendi¬ tures for her son since his birth on August 14, 1912, and as a result of the j flgures, she presented, showing that it I costs lo maintain a youthful and pros- 1 peclive millionaire she probably will Patrick O'Dea, aged 79 years, one of 1 apply in the near future for an in- the best known residents of this city,-crease in her son's allowance, died at his home, 456 Scolt street, at 2 | The surrogate has executive control o'clock yesterday afternoon after one ' over the money that shall be spent, week's illness of general debility. Mr. j But although the little fellow only O'Dea's son died six weeks ago and the i had $20,000 yearly with which to for the past 46 years and has always ' struggle along, his mother made it laken an active part in local politics, j plain that she saw he did not suffer, being tax collector in Wilkes-Barre [ but paid the additional $23,000 it cost Township for a number of years. Mr. I to provide him with proper surround- O'Dea's son died six weeks ago and he | 'ngs out of her own income, father has been failing in health since. 1 Under a clause in the will of the Besides his wife he is survived by his i 'ate Colonel Astor, $3,000,000 was set sons, .lohn. a local policeman; Patrick, ! aside for his prospective heir, whose Jr., William, Thomas, of Watertown N. v.; Kdward, of Klizabethport, N. J.; two daughters. Mary and Bea; and one i nialntainance. The Income amounts i sister, Mrs. .lulian Mellet, of this city. | *" more than $140,000 annually, but his The time ot the '.'uneral will be an-j'""t^**'"' "*» guardian, ha.s been per- nounced latar I mitted by the surrogate to spend only I $20,000 a year, the remainder accumu- in which event it will pass to William at the White House and that the Prcsi- A'incent Astor , her step son and that 1 the cost of maintainance the establish- j^*""' '^ engaged In pulling the finish- ment is very great. She shows that|ing touches on it. The assistants at from August 1912 lo Jan. 1, la.sl $50,000 i the Slate Department whose task it is was expended for emplovees services, | supplies, general upkeep and other l'" P'" ""'''' docu.nents into code for ufLOf^rtry e.vpi'iises. This was in ad¬ dition to the taxes which aiioMt $32. li),! a year. -Mrs. Astor charged her son one third of the cost of maintainance of tthe Fifth avenue house on the advise of her counsel. She adds that she paid transmission said this evening that they had not received it. A consideration of importance which It Is understood will not attect the note which is about to lie senl but may have a bearing on the negotiations thai 'arrival had been anticipated and the income from this was to be used for bis TED Luzerne County will get three new- mine inspectors as a result of the ap- SPECIAL MENTION MOTORCYCLE F'OR SALE. Twin cyl- inders, two speed 1914 Model with I tandem attachment. In first class con- ' dition. Owner leaving town; a bargain to the quick buyer. Call at 54 North : Main street. I WANTED, Nursery Agents. Perman- HOLD FIELD MASS TODAY FOR WYOMING PARISHES lating for the benefit of the boy I During the period between Aug. 14, i]912 and January 1, of this year, Mrs. Astor has received $40,000 for the use of her son and $20,000 more will be paid v,,^. .. ^i. ..u her before .^ug. 14 next month. In her I ^^"^ '"/*^^ ^.^'^^ "' .i^L''^\ "^ '^^ accounts -she has charged again.st him i ^*'"''^;' beginning at 10:30 oclock this morning and the various Catholic con- from the front and from the coast tell proval of the bill giving the Anthra of developments which indicate that | cite coal counties six additional inspec- lialy is losing no time in her aggres- ; tors. Lackawanna County will get fwo sive campaign. .Already the military iand Schuylkill County one. authorities have confiscated under the j No announcements have .vet been provisions of the royal decree fifty-imade of the result of the examination seven Austrian and (German steamships recently held in this city, but it is ex- wit h a total of 216.770 tons. [pected that a sucient number will Professor Oipalma. who returned to- '. qualify to fill the places. $64,000. In her petition Mrs. Astor states: "From my accounting it will bp seen ent position al good wages. Now is i t''*'^ ^^^ benfeit for the said infant arei time to start. First .Vational Nurser- ' f^'" '" excess of the mfmey received by ies Rochester, N. Y. Jne. as appears in the chedule. "By the provisions made in the will out of her own account about $5,000 for i*^'"*" almost certain lo follow, has de- clothing supplies and toys for the ex- j ¦^'^'oP^'J within the last twelve hours period mentioned and she made nolThese came with the realization that charge against him for the rent of their 'w-hcn the questior of peace between tht Bar Harbor summer home, traveling i European belligei .its is lakn up, Ger- expenses, upkeep of automobiles andjmany's principal demand will be one other incidentals. jon which the l'nited States will be in complete accord with her and whic^ this government will be just as inter¬ ested in bringing about. This is free¬ dom of the seas, for the lack of which the Tnited States now has several is¬ sues pending with England. The fact that the day will come When the two governments will be 1 n- terested in obtainnig the same guar¬ antees, is suggested as an important reason why a beak between Uio L'nited Slfile.s and Germany should not be per¬ mitted to occur. Authoritative inf>ini;-.- tion already obtained nere i.s that the l'nited States, If on friendiv ttrins w.th all the belligerenLs will be called on Within three monlhs t-i .>:ounJ out a!! A lield mass will be celebrated to¬ day by Father P. F. Quinnun .rector of St. Cecelia'.s Churcli, Wyoming, in hon¬ or of the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi which fell on Thurs¬ day but which is being observed in all Catholic Churches today. A field mass is something unusual in this vi- gregaliona of the town will participate. I ^""f'""**,"!"."?*^ ''"''J'!" "^ "^''' • The proce.s.sion will precede the ser-j J„7"^„^"'""'"-' "' '^^-' ''^*'^- "^"^'•' vices. Brief sermons will be preach- ' ed in English. .Slavish, Polish and Italian hy rectors of the respective churches. Following the mass the par- WA.NTED: High class man to lell trees, j of my late husband for the creation of^''*" '*''" proceed to St. .lohns Church shrub.s, ro.ses vines, berry bushes, la trust fund of $.1,000,000 for the ben- '" '"'Xeter. Temporary altars have been bulbs, elc. Good wages—Permanent, j efii of each child of nine that might '''"•''¦Ifd on porches along the route of Exclusive territory. survive him. It clearly appears that it n^"" march from which benediction of Brown Brothers .Nurseries. wa.s his intention lo provide a sum for I'he Blessed Sacrament will be pro- Rochester, New Tork. ! the maintainance and support of such Inounced. dipl imatic .tir non lie.s, a clear and complete outlme of t'ls terms on which Germany will consent to moke peace has be»n ol>'.ained. Her oropi->8als will h.^: 1—Freedom of the seas to all cont. merce. in nar as well n- .i peic» r af least freedom of the seas to pri¬ vate propert\. I—The restor.Tti'ii oi' Poland as .'in (Continued on Page 2.)
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1915-06-06 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Month | 06 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1915 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1915-06-06 |
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Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
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MOST COMPLETE
SPOHl^ SECTION IX THE CITY
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
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THE WEATHER
Washington, June 5.—East¬ ern Penna. Fair Sunday; Monday ncreasing cloudiness
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PpTpP ¦PIVF' P'P'MTQ The Only Sunda.v Newspaper
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1915
Entered at Wilkes-Barre. Pa, as Second Class .Mail Malter.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GSmm FLEET IN SURPRISE AH ACK STRIKES AT GULF HEART OF RUSSIA
BOY DESPERADOES CAPTURED AND ARE SERIOUSLY ACCUSED
Drunkenness and Highway Robbery Are Crimes Mentioned In Arrest of Six Youths In This City and Nanticoke-Mem- bers of One Gang Had Already Been In Juvenile Court
WHISKY AND MONEY FOUND IN POLICE SEARCH
Boy criminals whose misdeeds range between drunken¬ ness and highway robbery gave the police of this city and Nanticoke unusual difficulties yesterday. In the local case four lads; the oldest 12 years and the youngest just turned eight years, while under the influence of whisky they carried in a bottie stolen from an Blast Market street store admitted a series of thefts and led the officers to a "cache" in the rear of Sovi*^h Main street where more than a score of stolen articles were found.
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10 EMPIRE MILLS
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BY SPEEDING MO WHOSE OWNER FLED
Day and Night Shifts Now Nanticoke Accident Believed to Operating But Orders Are Have Been Caused by Resi-
Still Piling Up
BIG
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dent of This City
STARTED OPERATION TO SAVE LIFE
GULF OF RIGA ENTERED AFTER 700 MILE DASH
While Petrograd Admits Naval Coup London Believes Ger¬ mans and Austrians Have Made Good Their Prepara¬ tions to Follow Up Recapture of Przemysl With Hard Blow at Lemberg
FRENCH ANNOUNCE GAIN IN WESTERN FIGHTING
Tomorrow Probably Will Wit- j ness Final Report on the I Case and Commutation Is I Expected
iSOLICITOR WILL OBJECT
Traffic officer Harkins and Policeman leff Ruddy were trailing a clue to sev- >ral Ihefls from South Main sireet stor- ss whon they found the four young des¬ peradoes and rect)finized them as mem¬ ber.s ol a gang of ten recently taken liefore Judge Fuller and dismissed wilh reprimands. Al the station house it was noticed all were under the in- fliicn';e of liquor and a quart bottle, almost empty, was found on the old¬ est, l-'recly they admitted their of- fen.ses and agreed to uncover their "snuck" in the officers would accom¬ pany them to a place in the rear of the business thoroughfare. Babies shoes, jiistols, baseball-s and a varied assort¬ ment of toys were discovered. Mrs. Mr-riels ha.s laken charge of the case and lhe boys will be taken before Judge Puller again to-morrow.
The Nanlicoke case was even more serious than that of the Wilkes-Barre boys. Thomas Kozak, fourien years old, of West I'nion street, that town and Ldward Tyburski, twelve years old. are beinj; held on charges that in- iltide the very serious one of highway iiihber.\. for the lads are accused of holding up a West Nanlicoke girl on the bridge connecting that town wilh West .Nanticoke and robbing her of a small sum of monev. .\ prominent
.salonkeeper of N.T.nticoke was robbed of $40, according to the police, through the machinations of Kozak and Tybur¬ ski and the Kirby store of this city ia said lo have suffered the loss of about $.")0 worth of goods when the lads visit¬ ed il on circus day.
Chief of Police CJarrison and Police¬ man Ben Wieneski have drawn a. com¬ plele case about the activities of the Nanticoke boys. Thefts the lads are supposed to have committed include bicycles, automobile goods, tools, pro¬ visions and auto lamps. One of the bikes was stolen in this city and the olher was taken from Adolp Leventhal, who also was deprived of a good auto pump. Two Xanticoke bakeries were robbed of cakes and pies.
Next to the attack on the ¦•We.'rt Nanlicoke girl the most serious charge brought against Kozak and Tyburski involves the theft of $40 from a Nanti¬ coke saloonman. His ten-year-old son was taken Into partnership by the boys for this crime, according to the police, but the money is supposed to have been evenly divided between the orignial two. Tybur.^ki said he spent his share, but Kozak led Garrison and Wieneski to an abandoned cellar and dug up a lin can containing most of his. Mrs. Bertels will lake the boys before Judge Fuller tomorrow.
.Mlanta, Oa.. .lune ^p.-The State pri¬ son commission is expected to hand down its decision on the plea of Leo .M. Krank for communtalion of his death sentence lo life imprisonmenl early next week, probably on Monday.
The three members of the commission left Atlanta to-day lo spend Sunday at their homes and as chairman Davi¬ son s.aid; "To pray over the Frank case."
It is authoritatively reported that the commission will report in favor of com¬ mutation. Two commissioners, follow¬ ing the hearing last .Monday was in favor of commiintation. ll Is said that the third commissioner was in doubt. The opinion of tjie majority is based largely upon the latier from .ludge Roan and that of .ludge Roan's broth¬ er.
Following receipt o fthe prison hoards recommendation, (lovernor Slaton will give a hearing lo those for and against commutation.
It is stated that solicitor Dorsey wll! appear before the governor lo make a personal protest against commutation
Confidence in business prospects has prompted the owners of the Wilkes¬ Barre Silk company to prepare for the erection of a large addition lo the com¬ pany's mills at the Kmpire. Plans are Iieing pre()ered by a Scranton architect and it is expected that these will be fin¬ ished so that work may be started with¬ in a short time. The addition contem¬ plated Is to be 50 by 70 feet and four stories in height, the height of the com¬ pany's present building. It is to be Joined to the side of the present build¬ ing facing the central city.
For some time past Manager George MacFarlane of the company has seen prospects of a bright business future for the local mills. Through his ef¬ forts the mill has been increasing its volume of business by leaps and bounds.
Of lale the employees have been working day and nighl to fill orders so the addition being planned has now be¬ come an urgent necessilN. By building the addition the company will provide room for employment of a number of additional hands.
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Entertained At Tobyhanna
Carl .Stegmaier, .lames McDermott, Richard ."VlcAndrew and Hugh Price motored to Tobyhanna yesterday after¬ noon and were entertained there by Captain Smith, in honor of Mr. Steg- maier's birthday. They made the trip in Mr. Stegmaiers automoble.
SLOVAK UNION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
Leaving his son Albert, aged 3 years, alone in his automobile sianding in front of the home of a patient in West Nanticoke whom he visited, Dr. .1. A. Norstedt, of 32 North Broad street re¬ turned to the machine a few minutes later to find the boy had been run over and seriously injured by a touring car said to he owned by a residen' of this city who failed to slop. The child re¬ ceiving a fracture of the skull. He is in the Nanticoke Slate Hospilal in a seriou.s condition.
While the physician was in the house with his patient the ><)ungster climbed out of lhe machine and began lo play with some boys in the streel. Accord¬ ing lo eye witnesses, a touring car came along striking the Norstedt child and Continuing along the road at high speed. The father, attracted by cries, rush¬ ed inlo the street, picked up the child and seeing he was seriously injured, rushed him to the .Vanticoke State Hospital. An operation was at once i performed and at an early hour this morning it was slated that the i)oy had I regained consciousness and unle.ss com- I plications set in would recover I If is said Ihal Dr. Nor.stedi learned the license number carried by the ca.r that ran down the boy but he refused to make the number public. He stated however, that it is held by a resident of this city.
STRAY BOY DISCOVERED
IN CAR OF DYNAMITE
Petrograd, June 5.—The War office tonight issued the following official statement:
"A strong fleet of German warships has exchanged shots with the Russian fleet near the Gulf of Riga!"
The Gulf of Riga is about 700 miles northeast of Kiel, the German naval base. Ii is a practically landlocked arm oi the Baltic and is a Russian naval base for the protection of the Gulf of Finland on which are locatad the fortresses of Petrograd and Kronstadt.
Not Thomas, But James.
Included In the list of sub-assessor.s appointed during the week b* the coimty board of assessors Is .lames Dougherty, the bottler of Kingston, who has been named for the second, third and fourth wards of King.ston. Dally new.spapers printed the name as Thomas Dougherty In error. ^
PRZEMSYL DECIDES SUCCESS OR FAILURE
ITALIANS GAINING STEADILY AND EAGERLY SEEKING BATTLE
The I'ennsylvania Slovak t'nion closed, their annual convention at f Scranton yesterday afternoon by elect- I Ing the following officers to serve for the ensuiiur year: President. .Michael j Lapchak. of Hazleton; vice-president, .loseph Ridilla of Dawson; spiritual advisor. Rev. .Nicholas Molchanny of Kingston; secretary, .lohn Kencak of this lily; recording secretary, Andrew Ondek of Freeland; treasurer. John i^higo of Freeland; manager of the Bralsvo. Kdmund I'ffalussy. tJecirge Tomaschi of this city was elecied chairman of the auditing committee, one of the mosl important in the or¬ ganization.
Military Expert Believes Ger¬ mans Will Attempt to Strengthen It Against the Future
Austrians Are Driven Before the Violent Rushes of Emman¬ uel's Troops and King Remains at Front to Accept the Chances of Fortune—Sea Battle Would Be Relished But Enemy Fleet Disappears
Henry Kurlosky. a fourteen-year-old boy. found in a car of dynamite yes¬ terday afternoon by Captain Booth .)f the railroad detectives at Coxton. The boy got inside of the car to steal a ride when he was spied liy the officer and brought to this city. He was taken to lhe l'nited Charities and will go l)e- fore .luvenile court tomorrow morning
London, .June. 0. -The .Xustro-tJer- man armies advancing from I'rzemysl, have broken the Russian resistance on the heights of Medyka, according to of¬ ficial advices from \ienna, and again are sweeping forward toward Lemberg. The action ai .Medyka, however, il is believed here, was merely a rear guard aclion on the part of the Rus.-iians lo hamper the Teuton advance while the Czars forces strengthened their lines in the Grodek lakes region. At this point Petrograd, claims, the Teutons are "cer- taiti lo meet strenuous opposition, due in part to the natural strength of the Russian positions and to the fact thai heavy re-enforcements have been broughi up to stiffen the Ru.«=sian lines. Russians in Bad Way.
Berlin.h owever. declares that the armies under (Jeneral Linslngen which broke the Russian defense at Slryj and effected a crossing of the river in the Lake region are now moving north¬ eastward. If the Russians offer re¬ sistance here, it is asserted by German miliuiry e.xperts. they will find them¬ selves in a trap from which escape will be difflcull and perilous.
Meanwhile the Austrian forces under General Hoehme-ErmoUi. advancing from the souili have reached Mosciska This advance is gaining nioiucntum diiy by day. following the check adm'nis-
lered in the fighting around Przemsy' where the Teuton circle around the for¬ tress as yet incomplete, because of jBoehme-Ermolli failure lo gain the pos-
I itions he was ordered lo take. i Despite the German victory at Prze- j mysl and the successes following i' [there is still no sign of a weakening ir, the Russian lines. TY\e czars troops arr I preserving an unbroken front in the i whole tialician theatre and although ¦ according to Berlin and Vienna, they jare retreating rapidly their fighting I lines on both sides ot the railway tc ] Lemberg are intact. ! The Austro- German armies, alfo I now, have an unbroken front. p^'Xtpg succeeded in Joining^ their i^JsSS^^S* that the difficCIt position of the north I wing ha.«! been relieved. Along their whole line, they are advancing east- I ward, some times as much as fifteen I miles a day. Lemberg is approximate- 1 Iy sixty miles fr.>m Przemysl. Garrison Escaped. Berlin today reported ihai Przemy.sl I had suffered litlle from ihe Russian I occupation. It was admitied that the j Russians had succeeded in withdraw¬ ing practicall.v all of the garrison be¬ fore the fall of the fort, but huge. str>res of provisions anri a greai quan- (Continued on Page 2.)
TWO HURT IN RUNAWAY
COSTS $50,000 A YEAR TO KEEP ASTOR'S THREE YEAR OLD CHILD
PREPARATIONS FOR RESISTANCE NEAR TRENT
MUST WIN IT TO INVADE
London, .lune :.. -While it is too f-arly to give an opinion of the im- ('oriancc of the ro-capture of Przem.\ sl on tho ultimate result of the war, yet it is safe to a.-suifle that this event mu.«t f-.xercise a very important influer|ce on the military situation in western Gali- i-i,-'.
The future defense of the place is likely to be organized with far greater method liy the German staff that, its original defense by the .\ustrians and il is prodnent to assume It will be en¬ dowed witli artillery at least as power¬ ful as any that may be brought against il.
Great exertions d(Uil)tlcss will be made to supply the new garrison with .•¦lores of food and munitions and wilh all lhe modern auxiliaries of siege war¬ fare sucli as air craft, moior cars and iiiaciiino guns. It may also be pre- ilicled that the garrison will be suil- :ible and ihal the commandment of the ph'ce wil be carefully chosen.
.An interval must olap.se before these preparations can be made effective. If tb.e Russians hud been left ju5t a liltle more leisure there is no reason to doubt that they would have made Przemysl .IS hard to rei'aplure as Warsaw and Ivangorod proved to the German offen¬ sive.
Circumsir.nces therefoie point to a fierce struggle in the open Held whose focus will be in the triangle of Lem¬ berg, .laroslav and Przemysl, but which will extend far to the flanks. The •¦i-iL-ule will be for a tactical victory which will decide the superiority of oin' .11 lllc other combatant in those regions.
If this victory is gained by the Rus¬ sians within the next iwo or three weeks, they may hope to recover the lost fortress in a fresh forward rush before the Germanir forces have made It secure, just as the Germans recov¬ ered il before the Russians secured their prize by methodical preparations aeainst the formidable attack which look them by surprise.
Przemysl liars the railroads leading (Continued on Page 2.)
Italian frontier says that two Italian cruisers with a couple of torpedo boats arrived in front of the island of Lissa, and renewed biimbardment, completing the destruction of the Austrian bar¬ racks. Marines were disembarked and made the whole garrison prisoners. The commander surrendering upon realiz¬ ing tbe impossibility of further re¬ sistance. Three hundred prisoners were laken and were afterward em¬ barked for Ancona.
Rome, .lune 5.—Thre hundred thous¬ and Italians have now l>en massed against the Austrians on th- lefl bank of the Isonzo. Two hundred thousand Austrians it Is estimated ,-iere are manning the hostile works. The battle is raging wilh extreme violence.
The main Italian attack is being pressed on the for slopes of Monte Nero and lhe neighboring Austrian artillery positions. These command the approaches to Tolmino. generally Considered the key to the gateway of Trieste. I'pon this battle largely de- pemls the fate of the whole Isonzo camiKtlgn of the Kalians.
.Meapwhile. on the Tyrolean front, the Italians are making slow but steady progres in the liireetiun of Rovereto.
lOither the Austrians are making ex¬ tensive preparations for a desperate defense of Trent or they are con¬ templating withdrawal farther within their borders. Refugees report that the Austrians are rapidly evacuating Garda and Toron where the populations jof the towns have hoisted the ItaTian j colors. The civil population of the j southern Tyrol region is fast being 1 removed inlo the interior. .\ll the in- I habitants of .Mori have been trans- I ferred under military direction to the i town of Innsbruck. Scattered reports
Taking fright on Kast Main sireet. Miner's .Mills, a horse owned by .loseph Tischler. a baker, of 228 Kast .Market sireet this city, ran away lale Friday, knocking (lown a child who was unable throwing the driver into the street. The horse ran into a. window in the hard¬ ware store conducted by fieorge Burt before it was stopped al P'inn's cor¬ ners.
Anna, a daughter of Mr. and Mr.s. Michael Baron, of Walnut street, .Min¬ er's Mlll.s. was run down by the horse to gel out of the animal's pa |
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