Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              BRENNAN FIRED BY LEWIS: CAPPELLINI ACCUSED
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THE WEATHER
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¦Washington. Feb. •7.—Bijstem Pa.: Increpsing cloudiness with mild temp¬ erature Sunday; Monday unsettled probably rain.
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Entered   at   Wllkes-llarre,   Pa., as   Second   Cla.ss    Mall    Matter.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEB. 8,1925
The    Only    Sunday    Newspaper Covering   tho   'W'yoming   Valley.
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
FORCES CLOSING OF TWO SCHO
DEMPSEY MARRIES ESTELLE
Ceremony Comes Very Sud¬ denly And Is Performed In San Diego M. E. Church
FEW WITNESSES
Heavyweight Champion Says He Will Not Retire Until After Few More Fights
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Dies In Hospital After 800 Days
Mrs. Evan T. GrlfHths, B8 years old, of Market street, Kingston, died la.st evening nt 6::o o'clock at City Ho.ipltai nfter a lingering 11!- ness of complications. She had been an Invalid for many yc.or.s. Hospital records show that she had been In the Institution eight hun- dreii day.s. She was admitted there during July,  1922.
Mrs. Grimihs w.as woH known on llio West Side where she resided Tor many years. Her husliand died three years ago. Sho is sur^'ived hy two daughters: Mrs. Clinton Kvan.s. with whom sho lived prior to illness, and Mrs. R. R Fiussett Df Kast Brady, Pa.; also by live slster.s, Mra. .Tames Addis, Mrs. Joseph Smith. Mrs. Lends Kdwards, Mrs. Reese Jones, all of Kingston, ajid Mrs. James DeMun ot Wilkes- Barre.        -
DELEGATES OF UNION SCENT A CONSPIPACl PRECEDING ELECTIONS
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HONEYMOON DELAYED
Ran Diego. Cal., Feb. 7.—Estelle Taylor, mcrecn actress, ' became the hrldo of Jack Dempsey, the heavy¬ weight boxlns champion, here to¬ night Tho ceremony was performed Rt tho Flr.st Methodl.st Episcopal Chureh by Rev. I,. R Hamilton. Joe Benjamin was best man and Heleh Taylor, the bride's sister, acted as the maid of honor.
Others  present  were    Mrs.    Cecilia Dempsey, tho champion's mother;  Mr. nnd Mrs. Eupcno Norm.il of Tia Juanal and   Frank  Jones,   San   Francisco.
Tho wedilmg occurred immediately nfter Dempsey's party returned from Tia Juana, where they spent the afternoon at the races.
Friends who expected tho ceremony to oi^cur later In tho evening missed the party and It was not until after .lack nnd hl.i bride returned to their hotel that their marrlaco waa re¬ vealed.
The bride wore a black and white ' nscmble. Dempsey waa clad In a (lark blue business suit.
After the ceremony tho party motored to tho 1'. S. Orant Hotel, where Demp.sey h.as re.qei-ved the bridal suite for the week-end. A battery of cameramen besieged tho happy couple and both Estelle and Jack smiled penerou.sly as they posed for photo¬ graphs.
"I ara terribly happy." said Mrs. Dempsey. "So'm T, honey," echoed the champion A bnnouet was then Fpread In tho bridal suite for the party nnly immedinto friends nnd relatives being Invited. Among thn flrst of the congratulatory telegrams received were n joint message from Teddy Hayes, J.-ick's trainer, nnd Jack Kenrns. his mnn.iger. It rend; "Be.st wishes from two of your best friends." Mr. and Mr.s. Dempsey will return Monday to 1.0S Anireles where they will stop for several weeks at tho Barbara Hotel which the champion owmv
"There will be no honeymoon for at least three montlis." Dempsey said. "I hnve some business to attend to first." he .said. Dmpsey snld nfter the wedding his marriage would in no way conflict with his flght plans. "E.stelle wants me to retire from the flght game but that's the wny with these women," he said. "Sho won't object to a few more fights. Wo might need the dough."
Wilmingrton, Del., Feb. 7.—Mrs. Harry Boylan. mother of Estelle Taylor, received word that her dnugh¬ ter had become Mrs. Jack Dempsey tonight,  through  the United Press.
SWOYEBVIIXE CHILD DIES
Jo.seph Dlazza, nged six month-!, child of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sane DInzza, nf •4! Pettebone street, Swoyerville, died nt S o'clock last night, following a brief Illness. The funeral will b(f held Monday nfternoon at 2 o'cloek from Ihe family home with Interment in Pringle.
lliNGiNGSm IS THE FAREWELL OFREP. SHERWOOD
Ends Fifty-Two Years In Con¬ gress With Assault Upon Degradation In America
FINDS TWO CAUSES
FIVE MEET DEATH
IN RAILWAY CRASH
K:insns City, Kn.s., Feb. 7.—With the death of D. R. Wise, fireman. Council lllurrs, la., fhc number of dead in the crash of two Missouri Paciflc trains nt Nenrman, Kns.,' near here, late to¬ day, was raised to flve tonight. Wise died In a ho.spital here.
Three others, seriously Injured, nre In hospitals. These are aoMiers from Fort I.envenworth, Kas.. Jack Painter, Dillon Caulston and Kenneth Bunker. Eight other persons sustained minor Injuries.
Tho wreck wn.s caused when pas¬ senger train No. 104. Omaha to Knnsa^ City, crashed into a freight train. The pa.ssenger locomotive Jumped the track ns it approached the fiei,t;lit which was on a siding nnd plowed into tho freight locomotive.
The dead: R. J. Jones, fireman. Fall City, Neb.; Marvin C. Wodell, engi¬ neer. Kansas City; W. E. C.ardner, engineer, Kan.sas City; nn unidentlfled soldier riding on the "blinds"; D. R. Wise,  fireman.
A number ot persons In the coaches »=.¦» slightly iaiurcd.
Washington, Feb. 7-—With a vig¬ orous a.ssault on modern ways of life and a warning against the growth of crime. Representative Isaac R. Sher¬ wood, Democrat of Ohio, bade farewell to his colleagues In his final speech in the House today.
DjeCeatad for re-election, the 90-year- old veteran of the Union forces will pns.s forever from the halls of Con¬ gress on March 4.
In his leave taking he contrasted life when ho flrst entered the'House 52 years ago and as he leaves It now.
Representative Steadman, North Carolina Democrat, surviving Confed¬ erate veteran In the Hou.se, led cheer¬ ing for the aged man lus he concluded his speech nnd stood In his place while the House roso In tribute.
Sherwood's last words were Ihat thn chief crimo breeders are the Antt- Saloon League and tho bootleggers' union.
"It Is 52 years since I flrat drifted Into this honored body." Sherwood snid. "That %vn^ the 43rd Congress. I am almost the Inst leaf on tho tree. Of tho 242 Representatives and 74 Senators of that day, only Uncle Joe Cannon  nnd  I are alive.
"Cicneral drant was just starting on his .second term. I remember the ap¬ propriations fnr the salary, clerk hire, and upkeep of the Whlto Houso that year wns $43,500. This year we gave our I'resident $500,000, Including tho Mayflower.
"At thnt time ¦we hnd fo tnke our pens In hand to answer kicking letters from sore constituents. There were no typewriters. Wc iiad sleeriiiK com¬ mitteo running down to tho White Hou.10 to flnd out wh.at legislation the President f;ivnred.
A   IlilTereiit   Country
"We had no turiff experts to confuse rudimentary Conjrivss. Wo had no Secretary of Agriculture; hence the farmers were contented and reason¬ ably prosperous.
"The country had no automobiles, no wirele.ss, no airplanes, no cinned music. Prlzo fighting was not then our popular entertainment. We hnd no moving pictures. Painted actresses were tTot then our popular stars of the stage.    We hnd no jazz music.
"The grand plays of Shakespeare and plnys of high moral Import had n»t lieen supplanted by the vulgar and smutty vaudeville.
"Wo hnve today tho murder record ofthe world. Last year wo hnd twelve times as many murders as England. Tho record of banditry and robbery and all crimes against tho person and property  Is   alarming.
"Thero is a spirit of Indifference toward the soldiers of the world war, the only war of our six wnrsthat has produced no President. Wo are evi¬ dently short on patriotism."
Musing on other custoins gone, Sherwomi recalled when Utah was rep¬ resented by the Mormon elder Cannon and how his four wives sat in the House gallery "as uncomplaining as four planted oysters in Lynn Haven bay."
Concluding in a (luaverlng voice, Sherwood said:
"I am reminded that this may be my last talk on this floor. During my remaining short span of life, the years I spent in comradship with so many splendid gentlemen in this historic chamber  will   be   my  most   delightful
and .sacred memories."
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I,EG BROKEN IN ACCIDENT
Edmund Smith, 23 years old, of 136 Lambert street, Pitt.ston, was injured yester'lay in a mishap at No, 9 col¬ liery of the I'ennsylvania Coal Com¬ pany. Examination at PitLMon hos¬ pital revealed t'l" le.tt leg had been liroken.
William J. Brennan of Scranton, former president of the United Mine W.orkers In District No. 1, was ou.sled yesterday from the offlco of interna¬ tional organizer for tho union. His dis¬ missal was the resuU of his refu.stl to accept a transfer from the locnl field to tho Pittsburgh district. A telegrTm Informing him of his removal was sent by International President John L. Lewis.
Announcement of Brennan's di.rmls- .sal was mado last night nt the samo time 200 mine delegates were holdin,? a spirited session In Union Hall at which they charged District President Cappellini with "railroading" n recent election of union officers of Woodward coUierv local. These two develnriments furnished the opening guns in tho start of the campaign preceding the biennial election of miners' district offieers. Tho election wlll tako plnce In May and the issue will be "Cappel¬ lini."
The removal of Brennan -was ex¬ pected, according to miners' spokes¬ men. Since he retired from the district presidency following his defeat by Cnppellini, Brennan has fliled the post of international organizer. At the time strike clouds hovered over the district a month ago the Scranton mnn was put forward again ns a can¬ didate for his old post. A .short time later Brenn.nn was notifled that he had been transferred to Pittsburgh. His friends immediately charged that It w.-us a political move. They claimed he was being sent away to eliminate him as a contender. Brennan, how¬ ever, went to Pittsburgh, whero he told   tho   union  officials  he   would   not
accept thvtran.sfer and then returned home.    After the telegram from Lewis i wna   received- yesterdaj',   Brennan   di.'- claied ll  wa.s u I lick by Cappelllnl to "get rid of him."
Assail PresWent
The meeting of the general mine committee In Union Hnll last nlcht furnished plenty of verbal fireworks for the two hundred delegates prr.-^- ent. They, chnrged Cappelllnl with "collusion flnd conspiracy" In engin¬ eering the recent election of Woodwnrd l/ocal officers. At thnt election Adnm Dunn  wns elevnted to the presiilenry
The.deiegntes charged that Cappelini nrranged the special meeting at which the Dunn forces were relumed to poM-er for the flrst time !ti three venrs. Only certain mlnera knew of the meeting. It wns snld. The nnly formal notion tnken last night wns .a decision thnt nil delegates return to their local unions nnd mnke public the methods used In turning out the former admln- istrntlon at the Wooilwnrd.
More trouble for Cappelini came his way yostenlay nfternoon when the penernl committee of Hudson Cnal Compnny employes nt a meeting In Scranton renewe<l their charges of neglect. They declared that the dls- trico president has again faliid to mnke good his promlso to correct working conditions, despite his gunr- nnte.- of a settlement a month ago. Tho Hudson men passed n resolution stating th.at in the future when n grievance cannot bo adjusted through negotiations with the colliery superii>- ten'lent, the matter will ho taken direct to the conciliation iHianl. Tn this way the entire staff of district ofllciuls wlll  be Ignored by thn miners.
Boy Loses One Hand In Accident By Pounding Dynamite  Cap
A dynamite cap tore oft the left hnnd of little Jo.seph Tupco, flvo years old, of Plokawny, nenr tho Boston Settlement, yeslerdny when the young¬ ster pounded the explosive. The four fingers nnd thumb were ripped oft by the force of the hlnst. Surgeons who amputnted the torn hand at the wrist, declared the victim's condition Is critical.
Young Tupco founa « dyniunlte cap that Is lielleved to have droppeil from his father's pockets when the latter .started for the mines nt Boston .Set¬ tlement. Securing a hammer, the youngster struck tho strange object. A blinding flash maimed tho bny for life besides causing somo damnge to the family's dwelling. The victim was taken to Pittston Stato Hospital.
FIND WHITE GIRL EGRO LIVING IN HAYLOFT HERE
Police Visit Lincoln Street Barn And Make Arrest Of Strange Young Couple
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BOTH SENT TO JAIL
John Oliver Meets Tragic Sur¬ prise On Return To His Home From Day's Work
POLICE IN SEARCH
Taken before Judgo Fuller yesterday afternoon, Edward VanAlstyne, aged 35, a negro, and Theresa Ottesmnn, aged 19, white, were committed to Lu¬ zerne County Jail on a serious chargo after It was brought out that the coupio had lived together In a hay loft in the rear ot 220 Lincoln street for the past three weeks. The coupio wil] be brought before tho court on Monday when  they will  he  sentenced.
The unusual cnse of depravity was tinearthed on Friday night when tho city police raided the upper story of a barn In the rear of 229 Lincoln street. Tho negro nnd thn wlilte girl were taken to polico stal lon and yesterday mornin.iir when arraigned before police magistrate Mather, were held In $2,000 hnil for court. The Ottesmnn girl had flfty cents as her sole possession nnd her negro companion, who has flgured in the police courts on numerous oc¬ casions, wns penniless when arraigned. The negro .said that he had fitted up the hay loft as nn aliode at tho sug¬ gestion of thn girl and that they had permission to occupy It.
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JACOB ROZZAK DIES
AT HOME IN LUZERNE
Whipping For Boys Who Do Wrong; Police Court Revives The Paddle
Tlie old-fashioned wooden paddle beat a' merry tattoo in Plymoutli poliee station as the result of a deci.sion on the part of Burgess George Gwilliam to find a more con¬ vincing form of correction of juvenile crime than that brouglit about by reformatories and court lectures. Two boys, one thirteen years old and the other nine yeara old, whose names are omitted from the public records for the sake of their future, were the first to receive the change of treatment.
Both cases were brought to tho attention of Burgess Gwllliam by parents. Tho thirteen-year-old boy had stolen eighteen dollars from the home of a Cameron street family, neighbors of his parents, and when su.spectod of the theft he had fled. Pursued by High Constable Sam Brokenshire and Assistant Chief of Police Tliomas Hitmen, the boy was trapped on Main street and taken to the police station.
Burgess Gwilliam heard tlie accusation and ordered the boy searched. In his pockets there was eleven dollars and some change, a new pocket knife and a recently purchased I'laniioriic-i- The knife and musical instrument were con- fi.scated and returnetl to tiie htoie.s Ihal sold them, the money being paid back. The recovered funds were given to the family to which they originally belonged.
Having had repeated charges against boys sent to the juvenile courts. Burgess Gwilliam decided that it was time to use the paddle. Tho boy's father consented. Accord¬ ingly, the little defcnd,*int was taken to a rear room of Town Hall, ordered to bend over the knee of his father and thore received eighteen sound whacks, one for each dollar stolen. He made a plea for mercy, followed by a promise to never steal again.
A few minutes later, another boy, nine years old, was brought into police court and admitted theft of two dollars from his parents. He was taken to the same rear room and given two doses of the stinging medicine. Considerable interest attends the experiment in Plymouth and the belief is that the new form of punishment will prove more effective than reprimands and probationary treatment.
One Boy Tangled Under a Street Car And Dragged But Is Found Unhurt
FLAYED AS JOKE
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ONE LOSES FINGER
Jacob Rozzak, aged 57, passod away at the family home, 795 Charles .street, Luzerne, last night at 9 o'clock after being iil for some time of com- lilications. Decejisod had been a resi¬ dent of Luzerne for tlio past thirty years and was well known and liked thr'oughout the borough. He is sur¬ vived by his wifo nnd the following children: Mrs. Joseph Chedanek, Mrs. Joseph Stutitch, Alexander, Liilie, Edwanl, Alfred, Mildred, Ches¬ ter and Eleanor. The funeral an¬ nouncement will be mad* later.
Returning from his work on the Lehigh Valley nRllroad la.st evening, John Oliver, residing at 19 Garnet I.,anc, discovered thnt a great change had come over his homcllfe since he bade good bye to his wlfo and five children oariy In the moming. Inste.id of tho customary greeting from his happy llttlo flock ho found his home deserted excepting for a seven year oid boy who h.appcned to he at play when the mother nnd the rest ot the family left for parts unknown.
With them left a boanler. John Pa- tony, 28, who had been staying nt the Oliver homo for the past several month.s. Inquiry among neighbors failed to furni.Hh nny clue as to the whereabouts of tho ml.ssing couple with four children, two boy.s 10 and 12 years old respectively and two girls of 3 and 6 years respectively.
A subsequent Investigation revealed that the wife nnd mother not only took the four children antl ?omc of the homefumishings, but sho also took with hor $900, tho husband's life savings which he had given her only a fe wdnys ago with which to pay off the mortgage on their little home.
Fully appreciating tho significance of tho boarder's absence, the dis¬ tracted husband reported at local po¬ lice headquarters and told his story. He said that he had not even sus¬ pected his wife of being unfaithful to him and In spite of convincing proof to the contrary he expressed the hope that sho and his four children would return to him in the near future.
In the meantime he was left with the ono child and only eighty cents with which to provide for the two un¬ til his next pay. The local police are Investigating tho case and aro making an effort to locate tbe miaslns family.
Coasting accidents claimed a new ll.st of young victims yesterday, ac¬ cording to hospital reports compiled last night. Two of the accidents oc¬ curred at Pitt.ston nnd one nt Nnntl¬ coke, A Scrnnton boy nnd his .sled becnme wedged ynder a trolley car but when excited crew members and pass¬ engers re.scued him. the youngster w.is discovered to bo more frightened th:in hurt.
Charles Chuzis, 12 years old, of «0 Wclr.h street, Selin.stopol. wos Injured while coasting on a hill at the rear of Pittston Hospital. His sled got beyond control und dashed Into a rock. The boy's left hand was badly crush¬ ed. Attendants at tho hospital car¬ ried him to the operating room, where one of his fingers was amputated.
John San Angelo, 11 years old, of 28 Railroad street, Pitt.ston, suffered se¬ vere contusions yesterday moming in a sledding mishap on Vine street, Pittston. He ran Into an automoliile driven by E. J. Kintz of 549 Mont¬ gomery avenue. West Pittston. The boy w.as taken to Pittston hospital.
Charles Cuprlzln.skI, four years old of 5 Loomis Pass, suffered a fnicture of the right leg when his sled carried him ngfiinst a tree. Ho is In Nant! coke Slate hospital. Tho accident hap¬ pened at 4:30 o'clock.
Georgo Weldner, 12 years old, of Scranton, was carried half a block be¬ neath a trolley car ln.st night when his ^led took him into the car's path. When tho car was Jacked up, the boy was found only bruised.
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UNMARRIED MOTHER
STABS BABE TO DEATH
Wa.shlngton, Feb. 7.—An unwanted baby was .stabbed to death here today hy ita unwed mother who sought to dispose ot the body by burning it In a furnace.
Leona Holman, 26, went to the Janitor of her apartment houso and lusked permission to hurn a pacitnge. Receiving it, she crammed the bundle Into the fiery grate. Her nervousness arou.sed the Janitor's suspicions. He investigated and found the baby's body. It had been stabbed with a long pair of scissors.
Horrified, he notifled the owner of the apartment who called police. Detectives arrested tiie young woman, who is a Trensury Department em¬ ploye, and took her to tho Hou.so of Detention and later to the hospital, completely unnerved.
Body Formed By President Harding Is Declared To Have Been Utterly Useless
COST MUCH; DID NOTHING
Washington, Feb. 7.—Heated and acrimonious debate followeil tho In¬ troduction In tho House of Represent¬ atives by Congressman Edgar R. Kicss ot Williamsport, Pa., of a resolution to provide ^or tho printing of 5.000 copies of Ihc report of the llnited .States Coai Commission on the an¬ thracite and bituminous coal Imlustry.
Represenlntivo BInnton of Texas launched a bitter nttack on tho reso¬ lution and on the work of tho coal commission when Mr. Kel.ss an¬ nounced that tho cost of printing the report would lie $17,902.45. The or¬ iginal e.stimated cost of printing the document, Mr. Kiess said, was $22,000, but by eliminating certain sections, the cost could be cut some $5,000. Harding   Nametl   ('nmnilsKlon
Tho United Stntes Conl Commission which was appointed by the late I'res¬ ident HardiiW^ at the ime of the co.iI famine, cost tho government nearly $600,000, and accomplished nothing worth while, Mr. Bianton declared.
"Ever since wo spent that money, coal has been climbing up higher and higher," the Texas congressman said. "It has not caused one ton ot coal to be decrea.scd In price to the American pulilic, but tho American people have been paying moro and more for It every month sinco we wasted that $600,000  of the  people's  money."
Ttie coal commission mnde an ex- hnuslive .study of the coai industry and its report when printed will make a volume.
"I dare say there will not be a per¬ son In tho IJnlted .States who will read it after you have spent this $17,000 to print it," Mr. Bianton added.
Representative Lozicr ot Missouri joined Representative Bianton in the attack.
Calls Work a .loke
"Obviously, tho details of this re¬ port will bo studied by so very few jieople that ils publication Is not justi¬ fied," he said. "It can not be con¬ sidered as affording accurate and de¬ pendable information as to the cost ot production and transportation at the present time, because slnco the work ot this commission was com¬ pleted thero has been .a tremendous chango In economic conditions and in the cost of productions and transpor¬ tation.
"I do not lielleve that either the coal companies or the miners care to have this voluminous report published at nn expense to the government of $17,000," Mr. Lozier continued. "Liko most commissions, this commission has ac¬ complished little, and In fact has done
CA VE SITU A TION BARS CLASSROOM TO 1,000 PUPILS
Sudden Dropping Of Surface At Larksvllle Brings Prompt Orders To Abandon Buildings At Nesbitt Corners And All Fires And Service Connections Are Shut Off
HOPE FOR REOPENING TUESDA Y
Two pubilc school buildings at I-inrksvllle wero ordered closed yester¬ day nfter dl.'icnv-ry that n mine cave of wide proportions is imminent. More than one thou.sand students, who in recnt weeks have suffered from cramped accommodations due to pre¬ vious surface settlings, nre affecli'd by the latest crisis. There will bo no cla.sses   for   them   tomorrow. «¦
Tho two buildings likely to tw af¬ fected by nn early subsidence nro the temporary high .school structure and its annex, both situated at Nesbitt Corners. Onn of the.se structures hns been used as a high school slnco a cavo followed by flro destroyed the liorough's largest building a few years ago. Both of the newly condemned buildings, containing twenty rooms, have been u.sed on double time in re¬ cent  months.
The latest warning of a serious cave enme yesterday from Superin¬ tendent Jacob Britton of the Hudson Coal Compnny. Ho served notice on Attorney Felix Bolowlcz, secretary of tho Larksvllle school district, that the two buildings at Nesbitt Comers are no longer safe. Britton explained that the start of a settling had been found twenty fnet distant from the emer¬ gency high school. A crevice an Inch wide extending fnr a distance of 100 yards was found by company Inspte- tors. Their Investigation convinced them that a mino "squeeze" will oc¬ cur ut any time.
Klres Are Drawn
Thomas Connole, cutodinn for the district, wns Immcdintely ordered to have all flres In the two buildings drawn. Water mains and electric service wires were also shut off. Mean¬ time, reprepresentatives of the school district made an Investigntion of thplr
own. They discovered the nrea men¬ tioned in the coal companys report had already dropped flvo in.ehei hut (hi y believed the drop wus toward the Su.squehnnna river and not toward the school properties. A spokesman for the school board expres.sed the belief that the danger of a cave Is not im- medi.ate and tho schools will reopen Tuesday.
Ivuksvllle's school system has been hard hit In the la.st fow years by sur¬ face dlsturbnnccs resulting from mine operation.s. The flrst heuvy blow w.aa felt when the large high .school build¬ ing near tho borough liall park waa dropped by a settling. A ruined build¬ ing was later burned to the ground. Ten days ago a building adjoining the original high school site ua.s rocked by il ".squeeze" in the Hud.son com¬ pany's operations. Two hundred chil¬ dren rusheil from the building unin¬ jured while sixteen miners under¬ ground were injured, one of tho few instances where a cave has had both surface and underground effect. Na¬ than Dickson, one of the injured metu died  Friday  night.
A severe housing situation con¬ fronts the borough .school district. The two buildings reporteil in danger yes¬ terday have been u.sed on double schefiule as a iast resort to keep c'nsa schedules Intact. Wilh one thou.sand children dismissed from classes by the latest lievelotiment and other proper¬ ties rendered unsafe, there Is a keen prob.ablllty that the town's pubilc school system may soon bo entirely helples.s.
It wiui nlso reported last night that Hudson Coal Conipany may clci-e sec¬ tions of the Boston and ,No. 3 mines .and order all miners to reiriain away from the.se sections until the danger of cavo or squeeze has pa.ssed.
FORTY ARE IN LOCKUP AFTER RAIDS BY COPS
In raids conducted shortlj' before midnight, the city police visited two alleged speakeasies, confiscating a quantity ot liquor and evidences of gambling nnd arrested the proprietors and twenty-four frequenters. The night was one of the busiest experi¬ enced at police headquarters In some time, more than forty prisoners being arrested. It was necessary to place two or thi-eo in each ceil.
The proprietors ot tho alleged speak¬ easies were released for a hearing this morning when they posted $102.50 .se¬ curity which will be the amount of the fine whether or not they put in their appearance. A number of the fre¬ quenters wero released when they spent tho night in Iho lockup.
The pinces raided were the pool rooms of Peter Riley, nged S.l, nt Sher¬ man and Conl striets. and the pool room of Anthony Shiblcki, nged 30, of Coal and Mende streets. Sergt. Thomas and a squad of patrolmen and detec¬ tives handled the raid at the Rlley es¬ tablishment where three quart bottles of liquor were confiscated and thirteen men and the proprietor arrested. In¬ spector of police J. Russell Taylor was In charge ot the raid nt the Shiblcki establishment where a two gallon Jug of liquor was confl.scated. evidences of gambling secui-ed and eleven frequent¬ ers mill the proprietor arrested.
When tho police visited the Riley establishment one of the frequenters was holding a dog under his arm which he had purchased several hours before. As the men were being loaded into the police patrol the man was ad¬
vised by Sergeant Thomas to leave the dog behind, but he protested, .say¬ ing that he had iiaid $50 for it. The dog was allowed to make the trip in tho police patrol with Its owner and la.st night slept alongside ot him in tha police cell.
At the Riley establishment tho ar¬ rests were listed as follows: John Buckwitz. aged 35, 79 North Empiie street; Mike Rusii. nnvn 25. 103 Coil street, Georgo Zonic, aged 34, 43 Car¬ bon Lane: Frank Riley, 32, 117 Nortji Sherman street; John Turniti.s. aged 2.t, 66 North Fulton street; Bernard McDowell, 94 Baltimore Farm; Dan¬ iel Mally, aged 38, 52 Sheridan street; William Elliott, nged 48, 48 North Grant street; Mike LIvlsclean, aged 17, 119 Coal street; Patrick Mellctt, aged 35, 33 North Sherman street; Frank Lynch, aged 16, South Meale streot; Chester Georglo. aged 17, 89 North Empire street; Ben Ochman, aged 16, 89 Coal street.
At tho Shiblcki pool room the fol¬ lowing were li.sted: Frank Veloskl, aged 30, 135 North Empire street; Stanley Lavlnski, nged 2S, 47 North Empire street; John Smith, aged 32. 24 Custer street; Frank Barber, ngod 30, 128 Diamond Patch; Nicholas Kim- Id, aged 30, 125 Logan street; Peter Koltowitch, aged 2S, 128 Diamond Patch; Joe Kryzent, aged 52, 131 North Meade street; Joe Wata, agod 29, 122 North Meade street; Felix Shabitski, aged 60. 131 North Meade .street; Frank Growskl, aged 29. 104 North Fulton street; and William Brown, aged 27, Coal and M»!!de streets.
nothing toward a permanent settle¬ ment of the fuel and mining problems. The American people, the coal com¬ panies and the miners realize that the United States coal commis.sion was a great Joke and has utterly failed to Justify its creation." ¦ Representatlvo Treadwny. of Mas¬ sachusetts, came to the defense of the Kiess resolution. "The coal commis¬ sion did good work, and congre.ss and the American peopl© aro entitled to have the results of that work In such torm that It can be conveniently used," he said.
Congressman Stevenson, of South Carolina, declared th.at In future con¬ troversies with the people who produco
coal, It would be of Inestimable value to the people ot the country to be able to lay their hands on the items which go Into the cost of producing and transporting coal as disclosed in the report.
In  spite  of the determined opposi¬ tion,  the resolution  was pa.ssed.
MINER BADI.Y INaLHED
Struck by a runaway motor, Jac.f. Doneski,     22     years  old,   of   189   N< Road,   Wanamie,   received   a   fractu:-- ot  the   right  leg nnd  Injurlr.s  to   ho' arms.    The  accident  happened  i.i   '. 18 mine of the Lehigh & Wllker I;   •< Coal Company.    Doneski wus tak' u to Nanticoke State Hospital.