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IIGHTNING FIRES OIL STA TION DURING STORM HERE
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Entered   at   Wilkes Barre.   Pa, aa   Second   Clasn   Ifall   Matter
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1925
The   Onl7   Sunday   Newspaper Covering   the   Wyoming   Valley
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lESTROYS BUILDING
Flash From Sky Causes Blaze That Gives Firemen Hard Struggle To Overcome      i
OIL TANKS IN DAMGER    |
Bursting Of Pipe Line Stops
Flow Of Blazing Fluid At I
' Atlantic Plant j
SPECTACULAR SIGHT
Itour Nantiooke flre companies foafbt a atubbom blaaa last night at Ihe plant of the Atlantlo Beflnliig CJom- raiiy, located In Ne-wport To'wnshlp, Bear the Nantlcoke Borotign Une. lightning la gupposed to have strtick a two atory brick structure used as an cfflce and receiving statloiL Firemen tattled v\t1\ ths flames for two hours lefore fetting control and -ivorked In Imminent danger every minute until the blaze va.i subdued by explosion of i [ilpo formlnif a line between the re¬ ceiving Btatlon and the main tank. The loss Is estimated at se-veral hun¬ dred dollars. The small building iraa totally deatroyeiL
An alarm was sounded at 10:48 o'clock and two firs oompanles r»- (ponded. A general alarm v-as later entered tnd every piece of apparatus In Xanllcokn was rushed totho soene. More than thrre score firemen battled with the strong blaze and due entirely to Btrenuou.s efforts of flre fighters the flames were confined to a brick stnicture and a pipe line.
It Is reported the flre started in the rccolvlnR station. Kxnct nature of Its beplnnlnB Is not determined. For a half hour, fear waa held that one ot the main tanks might explode. Fortunately, the pipe forming a line bttween ths main tank and the re¬ ceiving station burst, causing a cessa¬ tion of the flow of flaming oil to tho tank and automatically served to ex¬ tinguish the flames.
Firemen report that blaze flurried tinder ths large t.ank for several min¬ utes and only bursting of the main line avoided a terrinc explosion.
Thousands of gallons of oil Is stored 'n the mammoth tanks and belief was held for a period that a frightful ex¬ plosion Would occur.
The plant of the Atlantlo Refining Company Is located opposite the build¬ ings of the Susquehanna Brewing Company.
The flames Illuminated the sky aJong <h« nearby countryside and hundreds of persons In automobiles were at¬ tracted t(f tlio scene. Nanticoke po¬ lice were kept busy keeping the on* lookers a sate distance from the flames.
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ST. CHARLES CHURCH
PICNIC AT OAK GROVE.
ParlRhoners  of  St.   Charles'   Church
•« Sugar Notch, headed by Rev. H. G.
"urkin,   aa.si.stant   pa.stor,   as   general
fhalrman,   are   planning   a   mammoth
»"l-time picnic  to  be     held    at    Oak
]J°^~ Sugar Notch, Tuesday. August
'¦    The   following:    committees    uro
,7 planning a program that will be
"t  ntere.n to young and old alike and
^fi ch Will Include many entertaining
li.IT'' ^ "'•*' of which will be pub¬ lished later.
Keneral Committee—Ja.'^. J. Rooney,
Chairman;     .j.  j.     Monahan.     Manus
^f^ney, Jo.seph Talbot.   Stephen  Rod-
S"a and   I'halom   Henry.
i„*'"*3—Fred   Harkin.s.     chairman;
7h  "'     "'''¦"' '^"'J  Jan^i'^   rodgers. p.„^'"'''''smg    and     Print Ing—Manus
Ja.  T't^'^'"™'''": j. j. Monohan and
Di«!' l'"""' and T1cket.s — Preston in'"\; „ ^rf. Jnhn I,ehman. Ml.ss I'orettap'rr'"'' ^''"''- H^I'lat-ker. Mrs.
Mr, V ['"• *'"' i-avlna Burke. Sir,' i'"^"''''' Toole, Mr.s. David Lewi.s. Xir,' ^"Wrence rmn. Central District: Mrs' i'n'""" '^'''"¦'". -^Ii-s- M. J Malloy. Carl'ln m" ^'orrlson. Mrs. Michael Eistrin, "¦ ^''''-trick Conway. -Western An'tlinn „ '"^' James Roonoy. Mrs. Mr "^p^y,, Cooney, Mrs. John Kane. Mrs' p I ^""e- Southern District; Miss An J ;, ^''"¦''' Daniel McElwee. M-arn„?"i "^rklns. Miss Anna  Riley.
Talbot ^I?"^^'¦¦'',¦:'"=    ^I"-   •To^'^Ph
Chus  't Corneliu.s     Brislln.     Mrs.
The  ,      '  ^''¦^'   Stephen   Rodgers.
kome m^^ ^''"'^'" Sodtility, while the »o the p^',S ^''"''¦es «111 be given over The n. , '° Daughters of America. *111 ho\ ...'"""'"^ of 1" commiltc-e? K lor tin I'? ^'¦"^^y evening, August - '"r nnal arangements.
8 Million Made In Seven Hours
LOST
Miami Fla., Aug. «.—N. B. T. Roney, multl-mlllonalre real estate operator and land developer, es¬ tablished a worM's record for sales¬ manship ard Incidentally made a proflt of IS,OOO,000 In seven and a ha!f' hours today. Ten days ago Roney purchased Seminole Beach, a tract of Uo acres for 13,000,000, making .>\ rash payment of Jl.OOO.- 000. Saturday ths tract was placed on the market, sub-dlvlded Into 700 lota Within seven and a half hours after the sale opened eager buyers had purcha-sed the lots at a total of J10.9D7,000. V.^	
SWALLOWED IN SLIDE THAT OPENS GROUND
OVER COAL working;^
FIGHTTO RETAIN
Pretty Mary Louise Is Turned Over To Matron Named By District Attorney
OTHER GIRL HAPPY
ISngulfed by a mine cave, Thomaa Rattle, 60 years old, of Carbondale, wns carried to his death yesterday .ifternoon while repairing damage caused hy nn earlier eubsldence at Carbondale. Three o'her men narrow¬ ly escaped a like fate. BBtlle's Vxvly had not t>cen recovered early todjxy although a score of Hudson Coal Com¬ pnny omidoyes have been working con-itnptly since thn tragedy.
The doath of Battle was duo to n double cave which occurred In the vicinity of Pundaff .street, Carbondalr, over tho workings of the Hudson Coal Company. Tho llrst settling took place shortly after noon an.] threatened to spread to a viaduct used for he.avy trafflc.
Kmploycs ot the coal company were sent Immediately to fill In the cavity. The repair crew consisted of B.ittle a.s forom.iu and three laborers. They discovered the surface had dropped forty feet Into the mines. For several hours   flll and culm wero thrown Into
the cave and toward evening the sur¬ face   hnd  heen   replaced.
While the three laborers were gfath- erlng up their tools. Battle started a final Investipitlon. He wns walking across the fliled-ln are.i, when the .second cave occurred. As the ground started to drop, he m.idc a frantic ef¬ fort to reach solid ground but fniled. He W.1S carried out of sight In an Instant.
An   nlarm   w;is   sounded   for   rescue %vorkers.    After    .'tn    hour    they    had pcntrated   lo   a   depth   of   twelve   feet when  evidence of u further cavo  was discovered.    After a cojiforence of en- : glncers a frame shaft was constructed and   dropped   Into   the   opening.    This devlcod  ncted  as a shield   against  the walls  rollupsing but  it  retarded  work seriously.    Kiirly this morninp tbe res- | cuers   wero   still   at   their  t.-xsk   but    it was   believed   that   Battle's   body   li.-is i heen  carried down  forty feet   Into  tho mine.    The   vlctlin   I.i   f,'jr:-[\""\   ^y   a wife  nnd several  sons and  daughtcr.s, | all  adults.
Kills Boarder; Wife Ako Shot
Durham, K. C. Aug. t.—^Victim of her husband's Jentouay, Mrs. Robert Wiles, of Columbia, 8. C. was reported dying In the Durham hospital tonight. 'One bullet pen¬ etrated ths left breast Just above the heart." an announcement from Ihe hospital physician sold. "Her condition Is critlc.-il and wn do not expect her lo live throughout thc night. The husband. Robert Wiles, nlso of Columblix, wa.i held In thc jail without tKind, charged with murdering R. 15. flordon. a board¬ er. The tragedy occurred In-the house into which the Wiles moved > month ago. Mrs. Wiles. Oordon ind llio former's two children sat do\sn for the noon meal when the door suddenly opened nnd several shots rang out. There wns no warning. At Iho flrst shot Mrs. Wiles sprang to her feet and at¬ tempted to disarm her husband, according to the story told the po¬ lice by the children. Wiles, how¬ ever, flreil repeatedly and Cordon fell to the floor, dying almost In¬ stantly. A moment Inter Mrs. Wiles fell.
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GATHERING OF KLANSMEN TAKEN CALMLY BY PUBLIC
OF CAPITAL CIIY
Klansmen Meet With Mo In-
^ terference During Spectacle
They Stage In Washington
MASKS LEFT OFF
Barton, "\t, August «.—Dorothy Sunshine Browning, the adopted daughter of EMward Browning of New York, who attempted to adopt Mary Louise Spaa, today was lnter\'lewed by Vincent P. Pisarra, -ivho Introduced himself as an ofllcial of the New 'i'ork Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Children, At the close of the Inter¬ view he Indicated he found Dorothy waa well cared for.
The Interview took place on the ver¬ anda ot a atimmer camp here where Dorothy la a members of a girls school party. Miss Clara Colbume, in charge of the company, was present. Ml.ss Colbumn Incidentally said that she be¬ lieves that no girl has a more "de¬ voted father" than Browning has been to Dorothy.
TROOPER'S AOIO   SHEA TO RETIRE SEVERELY HURTS   FROM NANTICOKE
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Conductor Of Street Car Run Down While Trying To Turn Signal Light
New Tfork. August 8.—"The hour of midnight struck, the coach turned again Into a pumpl<in, the horses in their gorgeous traiiping became black mice and Cinderella's finery changed to rags." The golden dreams of New- York's modern Cimlerella Mary Loul.se Browning, were rudely shattered to- d.'iy when she was taken from her new "daddy." Kdward W. Qrowonlng. and placed In the care of an unnamed matron, by order ot thc District At¬ torney of Queens county.
Mary Louise Hod nbout her age.— "bamboozled Browning." Is the -vvay District Attorney Newcombe expre.ssed It, nnd y she probably will be sent back to her parents In Astoria, whose homo she left to become the adopted daughter of thc millionaire.
A storm that has been brdvlng ever slnee the pretty Bohemian girl capti¬ vated Browning with her generous smile and prolden curls and caused him to choose her from nmong 12,000 applications,  broke  tonight.
Mary Louise was taken from the District Attorney's otHco to the pala¬ tial suite fitted out for her at Kew Cardena and selectc/1 a few things from among the finery with -which her new foster-father had showered her. Then she was driven to the home of a friend of Attorney Francis C. Dale, perhaps her last ride in the fairy coach. In this case a Rolls Royce.
On next Tue.sday, Newcombe and Bird Color. Commissioner of Public Safety, will lay before Surrogate Noble the facts they gleaned in three hours of searching questioning this after¬ noon. They will recommend that the adoption be Invalidatwl und that Mary. Louise go back to her parents who. In broken English, expressed a willing¬ ness to receive her again In their com¬ paratively   humble   home.
lyied  About   Age
It Is not yet certain, Newcombe said, what action the Surrogate who approved the adoption will take. Tho DLstrlct Attorney pointed out that the girl, bv saying she was 16, when, as a matter ot f.-ict, she was :i, ha.l brought the trouble upon herself. Browning, believing her 16, adopted her under a statute different from that provided for cases whero tho person adopted   Is   over  21.
Mary Loulso, who had gone with he- ne'w falrv godfather to Kew Car- den, attempted to swallow a portion of iodine. After .she had been saved from temporary Indisposition, hy doc¬ tors and nurse.s. Mary said she tried to commit .suicide becnuse of the pic¬ tures showing her sitting on the mil¬ lionaire's lap.
The millionaire. -Hho began to flnd the publicity surrounding his adoption of the girl a bit more th.an he had bargained for. sought to tnke Mnry Louise away "on a little week-end • our" Rut thc District Attorney, who had listened to .stories of the Kirl's parents and had been advised of the proposed intervention of other Inter¬ ested parties, summoned Browning to (Continued on i'age 4, Section  1)
Darting across Publlo Square In front of Capitol Theatre la.st night at 11; 10, John Smelk of 734 North 'Wash¬ ington street waa hit by an automobile driven by H. A. GIngell of 525 North JIain street, a member of the State Highway I'atrol. C.lngcll picked the man up and rushed him to Wllkes- Barre ncneral Hospital where four stitches -\\-erc necess.ary to closea lacer¬ ation in the bark of his head. At ]1;30 an automobile driven by I^ouls Savltt. violinist at Capitol- Theatre, was hit by .1 Duryea street car on North Main streot near Public Square. The automobile and the car were traveling slowly. Tho machine was slightly d.imaged.
Harold Mangan of 218 Elizabeth street. IMttston. .a conductor on thc Wilkes-Barre Riiilway Company, was Injured lasl night when run dotvn hy ajj automobile. The accident happeni-d ¦at 9;.^0 o'clock .at the corner of Swal¬ low- and Main streets. Pittston. Man¬ gan had Just stepped from the car to turn ix signal light when the niachlne flrivcn by a man named Howarrl. re¬ siding at Harrisburg, hit him. Thc In¬ jured man was taken to Wilkos-Barre General hospital where an examina¬ tion showc'l he had received a deep laceration on one leg. He was re¬ moved home after treatment.
Announces Intention With Adoption Of Resolutions That Will Guide Future
IS TO ESTABLISH A BIBLE DEFENSE
One Hundred Thousand Dol¬ lars Is Devoted To Promo¬ tion Of Christian Education
WILL MADE PUBLIC
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DAVE
San Francisco, ral., Aug. «.— I)a^-e .Sliade, welterweight title runner-up, outpointed Frankie Srhooll of RufTaln in a close de¬ rision (en rouml flpht here io- nittht. Shade tociU live rounds, Iwo were eveji and the others went to Sriioell   hy   a   narrow  niargin.
.Shade was plainly the better of Ihe lH(i hoys, i-hasliig the Kiiffalo s(-rapppr amund the ring, knocking him down in the flrst round and staggering him twice after Ihat. The Sliade-S<dmp|| contest tonight was the griatest 10 round flcht seen here since decision linxing be- rame   legal   in   Cnlifoniia.
Sdiocll started in gooil shape and appeared to lie going gwxl but Sliade showed superior strength and his stamina overcame llie Huffalo fighter's early lead. Shade slarlp<l a vicious attacli in t'he sixth and S<'ho«ll clearly began to sa« in the seventh round.
Referee Boliliy .lohnson's de.rtsion differed from newswriters i|. that he gave some of the rounds ns even. Johnson tlecid<>d that the flrst, sixth, seventh and flnal rounds were Sliudr's. It was the •tcneral opinion of fans, however, that it was the closest fought ring battle of the year. ^  .
Attorney Thomaa D. Ghea -ndll re¬ tire as a member of the hoard of trus¬ tees of tha N.antlcoko State Hospital on August 18. He made this an¬ nouncement yesterday when tho trus¬ tees held a four hour session In a further effort to Iron out some of the dimcultles confronting the Institution since charges of mismanagement were made against Dr. K. O. Heyer, super¬ intendent   of  the   hospital.
Aside from the news of Mr. Shea's Intended withdrawal from the board, yesterday's meeting was principally noted for n resolution which was pass¬ ed calling upon Dr. Heyer to file a detailed statement of all money re¬ ceived by him or due the hosplt.-i-l since he has been superintendent. .\ special meeting will be held by the trustees within the next ten days to receive and p;iss upon the contents of   Dr.  Heyer's  accounting.
The truste.ss met at 8 o'clock and did not adjourn until 7 o'clock. They departed from their usual rule of hold¬ ing their se.'^slons on Sundny, but de¬ spite this change' all trustees were present except Governor Pinchot's woman representative oi^ the board. Shortly after convening, Mr. Shea an¬ nounced that he is ready to sever his connection with the board after be¬ ing a member for more than fourteen years. He has lysen tha principal op¬ ponent to Dr. Heyer through all the hospital   controversy.
His' term expires August ]g, Mr. Shea explained-. Beforo that time comes he wants tho affairs of the hospital placed In such a position that the question of responsibility for al¬ leged irregularities will not confront him later. After setting forth his at¬ titude, he presented the following reso¬ lution demanding a financial account¬ ing from Superintendent Heyer: Resolutions  .\doplesd
"That Dr. K. O. Heyer. Joseph C. Smith and Kllz.abeth Ritter be requir¬ ed to give a list of the names of nil patients from whom he collected fees and the amount of tees collected by said Dr. K. C. Heyer from said pa¬ tients during the time that he has been superintendent of the Nanticoko State hospital, together -Rlth a state- men of hospital bills of each of said patients; and further. If It appears that hospital bills of said patients have hot been paid. In whole or In part, that the .said Dr. E. G. Heyer be required to pay Into the hospital treasury the amount shown to be due; and also, that said statement together with the amounts shown to be due, he submitted and paid In at a special meeting of the board, to be held prior to August 18, 1925.
"Said .statement and amounts shown to tie due to be In writing and to be flled among the records ot the hos¬ pital."
This motion was carried by a vote of four to three. Trustees -who voted In favor of It were . Bennett. Shea, Shifka. Kutikl. Those who voted "no" were Wa'sh.  Sheeder nnd  Kohl.
Mr. Shea al.so presented a second resolution, which was carried, calling for added details in the  financial  his-
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Mlnml. Fla., Aug. R.^The flght of William .lennlngs Bryan against "un¬ believers" will be c.'irrled on through a provision the Commoner mads In his will which was filed fur probate here today.
The fundamental!.'^ leader, who died after a vigorous defense of tho Bible on the scene of tlie Scopes evolution trial In Dayton,-Tenn., left nearly a hundred thousand dollars to various Institutions for iiromotlon ot "Chris¬ tian education."
Though Bryan ivas reputed to have mude vast sums in Florld,a real estate, he wns worth ni'tually only $600,000 his wiil revealed. One-third of this nmount goes to the widow, nfter which one-fourth Is to be spent for Christian education nnd the balance divided among relatives nnd servants.
Thc will l.s .a long document written on both sides of several sheets of legal paper in Hryan's own hand. In spite of his care in designating bene¬ ficiaries, he failed lo name an execu¬ tor but the probate court ordered the w-ldow to serve In this capacity.
Bryan's estato at -Marymont, Cocoa- nut Grove, was bequeathed his widow, 5Iary   Baird,   Bryan,     "my    congenial conir.ade and comranlon nnd my faith¬ ful helpmeet for mora than 40 years."
The will left one.fourth of tho re¬ mainder to each of Ills three children, WMUiam Jennings Bryan, Jr., Ruth Bryan Owen and Grace Bryan Har- greaves.
A fourth part of the residue was set aside for Christian education, amounting to approximately $100,000. This Includes "Fairview," Bryan's NohrasUa home which, before his death, ho donated to ths Methodist Church for a hospllnl. The money win he spent to establlshe an academy for boys, "preferably under control of the Presbylirian Church," the wdll read. "Or for education of boys under Chrl.stlan  leadership."
Each of his grandchildren and great grandchildren  receives $2,000,
The sum of $1,000 was bequeathed to tho First Presbyterian Church of Miami and a like sura to the Coco¬ nut flrove Temple, which, since Bryan's death, has been named the "William Jennings Brynn Memorial Temple."
Other religious nnd public Instttu- tlonv were awarded sums ranging from $250 to $600. All hLs servants were remembered.
Wm. E. Thompson, his private sec¬ retary, and Wm. E. McCartney, chauffeur, "the man who Is taking care of my wife at the time of my death, driving her car and carrying her—will receive $100 fpr each year or part of the year they have been la her service," the will said.
The document ended with the -words:
"In  the name of God,  farewell."
The will was probated In the court house yard during a drizzling rain. Mrs. Bryan, an invalid, unablo to get from her machino Into tho ofllce of Judge W. F. Blanton. sat in the front stat. next to her attorney. Walter H. Beckham. The judge arid William Jen¬ nings Uryan, jr., stoocPln the rain at the side of the car as the papers were signed.
McCartney, the chauffeur, and Thompson, private secrcary, witnessed the paper.
Washington, August 8.—Cen.soless rythmic footfalls of klinsmen on th" mnrch thundered down Pennsylvania .ivenuo from tho cnpltol to the Wash¬ ington monument this afternoon in a colorful parade.
Wearing tho long white robes of the Ku Klux Klan with conical hoods and faces unmasked, the brilliant hooded army. more thnn 1^.000 strong, tramped more than a mile through the historic thoroughfsres -nhlch hns been I thc scene of many spfctnculnr paradeji of hl.Ttory.
Like endless white -waves, sprayed with nil colors of the rainbow which fringed their costumes, thc camo with arms folded looking straight ahead with no •ttentlon to tha applauding crowds.
Not a single untoward Incident mar¬ red the spectacle which had caused extreme police precautions and nrou.sed fears of authorities.
Scores of marchers wer» orercome In ths stifling atmosphere, but no- whera along the line of march was there any adverse dlsplny. Instead, the thousand! who hung out from hotel windows and points of vantage down the avenue, cheered the march¬ ers on.
With flags flying and bands playing tho army which had gathered here from sections throughout ths south, east and middlovvcst, moved silently and  solemnly   through  Its  maneuvers.
At the end of the line of mnrch they congregated, just na ths sun dejit down over tho Virginia hills be¬ yond the I'otomac, al the fooT of the Washington monument. They est In the dusk in full regalia, upon the grass of the nntural amphitheatre for cere¬ monies of the ordrr.
Colorful Sliowlnf
The line of ni.irch was colorful. At the head a robed horseman bore a big American flag and by his side rode two other robed horsemen with rifles In militant array.
Behind were endless surging waves ot -white robed men and women with capes of scarlet, purple, hlue and gold marching thirty-two abreast. Here nnd there a bnnd In white played mili¬ tant and religious marches. Thn fav¬ orite plsca was "Onward Christian Soldiers." In ths front rank marched Hiram 'W. Evan.s, Imperial Wizard, and members ot his Klonciiium.
Drill teams In black puttees formed varied humnn cro.sses, shifting this -way and thnt. War veterr.ns withj robes and trench helmets of the Amer¬ ican forces In France, marched In the torm of a cross.
Behind them came delegations from New York, Virginia, Delaware, Mary¬ land, New Jersey, Pennsylvania M/lii- gan, Illinois. North Carolina, Kiorida, Georgia,   Mississippi  and other states.
One delegate carried a banner read¬ ing: "It you want to know what flod thinks  ot  us   read   Revelation   8-17."
Tho delegates were garbed In their white robed regalia.
At the conclusion of ths parade In their white assembled costume In the sylvan theatre down In Potomac park behind tho White house for speeches and ceremonials.
Elaborate protection -was granted the marchers.
Imperial Wizard Speaks For Klan
Washington, Aug. 8.—Ths Ku Klux Klan camo to Washinglon today primarily to vindicate the right ot freo assembly which h.as been denied It in yeveral states, Hiram W. Evans, Imperial 'Wizard of the hooded order, declared In on exclusive Interview with the Unit¬ ed   I'ress,
Evans explnlneil that tho cele¬ bration today originated as a p'jrely local nffair, to which outsiders were invited. So attmctlvo were tho op- portunltliM to thpse ilcnled the right "to mnrch as tho Ku Klux Klan In other cities, how-ever, that they flockeil to tho capital ,eager to partlcipato, he sahl. "Polico and others havo told me today In tiilmie to ths organization," he said, "thnt our parade was tho mo.st orderly demonstration ever held here, in ths aKsencs of drunkenness, drinking njid flRhtlng, as compared with other parades that hnvo taken place."
Oath Taken At Washington Monument For One Flag, One School And Language
GROSSES ON DISPLAY
Washington,  Aug. 8.—In    a    densa and   rainy   darkness,   broken   only   by shuddcis   of   thunder   and   flashes   of lightning, remnants of the white army of the  Ku  Klux  Klan  tonignt  held a wlerd rendezvous nt the foot of Wash¬ ington monument on the banks of the Potomac   river,   that  marked   the   end y ! ot ths  Klan's greate.st  demonstration. A   glimmering  electric  light  over  a ! speakers'   stand     faintly     Illuminated ghostly hordes of white robed  flgures thnt   stood   around   the   natural   am¬ phitheatre    aa     Rev.   R.   A.  Gulledge. minister  of    the   Church     of    Christ. I Columbus,    Ohio,    exhorted    them    to I keep the Klan Ideal of "one language, onn school and one flag."
Eriere thn ghost-like remainder ot the army of 50,noo that marched in gnia parade down Pennsylvania ave- I nue all afternoon stood In rain and ! gloom   ot   low   hanging   storm   cloud.s
Swampscott,   Maaa-   Aug.   8.—Pres- > to witness a brlct ceremonial.
Ident Coolidge Is going to give the illrlglble a chance to mako good In commerce. Hs has directed Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Secretary ot War Weeks and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur to consider plans to turn the mammoth Txis Angeles over to a pri¬ vate concern for commercial use.
TTin line will extend from N'ew Tork or Boston wcst-w-ard to Chicago, St. Louis, or Omaha, according to flrst plans  placed   beforo  ths   President.
The craft w-ould be manned and op¬ erated by tho Navy the same as It Is now.
President Coolidge and his adminis¬ tration nro heartily In favor of trying to turn the Ixis Angeles Into new flelds w-hlch they hope will prove profitable and  mean  a  tremendous  development
Weary and footsore, tens of thou¬ sands   forsook   the   pageant   for   rest.
Ixjoklng up at the big monument to the flrst President of the United Stntej, black In the darkness, Gulledgo said:
".Mr. Washington, wo remember how you said a century and a half ago, 'ijut none but Americans on guai-d'. We ha've not forgotten those words.
"Wo swear to you that we w-III bring nbout the day when none but Amer¬ icans aro on guard hero. Our Ideal Is one Ideal, one language, one school and one flag."
Gulledge prayed that the Klan might continue In peace and harmony. When he concluded,  the Mas.sachusetts dele-
of American aircraft aa a national de- i gallon flled  up  and asked his special
tense reserve. Presi<lcnt Coolldgo Is not especially prejudiced in favor of lighter thnn air craft over ths air¬ plane, but he Is In favor of giving both types a full chance to prove their worth.
Tho President would not tolerate a plan for government operation of such a sky line because he thinks that such enterprises—and   practically   all   other
prayers for them. As he prayed the rain kept beating down faster and faster and Its patter ngainst earth and trees smothered his voice. No Disorder ¦When he had flnished this prayer tho meeting was hastily adjourned. This concluded activities of visitors for tho day.
From  the  time  ths  Klansmen  first
lines   ot commerce   and   industry—nre i Invaded   thn   sidewalks   this   morning tor private capital to exploit, not tho I until   tho   ceremony   enndcd   not   tho
government.
The first proposal -was made In ten- !
slightest disorder was reported.
Ths NatlonaJ Guard ot ths District
talivs   form   to   tho   President   at   the   ot   Columbia   had   been   ordered    a»- summer White  House  today by John i sembled and went through drills with Hays   Hammond,   Jr.,   noted   Inventor, '• no thought that It would be called Into Herbert   Satterlee,   New   York   lawyer, ! service, and   Fred   Hardcs-ty,    nn   engineer   of [ Washington.    Other offers will  bo re
ceived and considered by tho govern¬ ment If any one elso wdshcs to com¬ pete for the giant aircraft. Secretary Hoover, v.ho participated in the con¬ ferencn nnnounced.
KLAN' SPECiAl TRAIN
DUE HERE AT ELEVEN
WARNS AGAINST GYPSIES
Many  residents  of    this    city    and nearby towns have l>cne victimized hy j a clever ring    of    gypsies    operating j throughout the Valley during the past j few   weeks.     Chief   of   police   Michael Brown Isued a statement list night to the  effect that    approximately    $.i000 had   been   obtained   by   gypsy   women The most  recent  caso which came to the attention of the police authorities Involves a  Mrs.  Michael    Labado    of Plymouth,   who  lost   $1,070 on  Friday by  a clever  ruse  on  the  part of two gypsy   women   w-ho   visited   her  home on 'Wednesday last.
WEST SIDE WOMEN
WILL MEET TUESDAY
A search Is being mado for John Mizok, 75 years old, of 473 Holden street. West Wyoming, who has been missing since Friday morning. Police of various towns throughout Wyoming Valley were asked yesterday to aid in the hunt but up to last night nothing had been discovered concerning thc man. MIzak when last seen was wear¬ ing a dark shirt, dark trousejs and black shoes.    He had no coat sr hat.
Upward of one thousand Wyoming Valley Knights of the Ku Klux Klan boarded a ten car special train at the Lehigh Valley station shortly nfter one o'clock Saturday morning, bound for Washington to participate In the mammoth parade held In the Capital yesterday. It Is reported ths Klan has four registered "klavenis" throughout tho Valley. The return Journey of the special train Is expected to end at Lehigh Valley station at eleven o'clock this morning.
FOUR HUNDrId STRIKE AT PARSONS COLLIERY
i Before adjournment of tlic» park j meeting, Mueller announced that at 2 p. m. Sunday tho Klan would con¬ gregate across tho river In the Ar¬ lington hcrse show grounds for a cere¬ monial. Initiations and burnings of crosses were understood to havo beea postponed until tomorrow night.
Ths New York delegation carried a big American flag and across the relief of bluo -was a red cross and an In- scrlp:
"By this sign we conquer." Another read:   "God give us men.
In an automobile was erected an eight toot cros.s. Red globed electric lights on It flashed like fire In the sun¬ light.
Four Hour Pmrude The parade started from the plaza of the capital at 2:4S p. m. and It v-ns C;55 p. m. beforo all had flnally passed the starting point. It required three hours and ten minutes for the porada to pass. It wna dusk whoa tho flnal delegation swung out,
Tho crowds that had lined ths ave¬ nue had partially broken up by that time and only a few rem.ilned to see the line ot blue coated police which trailed along at the end of the njiu-ca. The day started wdth a tragedy. Two Cumberland klansmen enroute to Washington from their home  In their
Upward of four hundred men em¬ ployed nt Laurel Run Colliery at Par¬ sons, an operation ot the Hudson Coal Company,   have   been   on   strike  since
Friday morning.   Tho walkout, it is re- automobile -were killed when 'tiieir car ported,   was provoked  by dismissal  ef    skidded   on   tho   pike   near   llockvUle
one of the union men. Tho officers of tho colliery local contend discrimina¬ tion was evinced by the dismissal and they demand tho worker's reinstate¬ ment.
A grievance between workers and the company last October, presumably amicably settled, will again como up for di.scusslon. This afternoon mem¬ liers ot ths local union will meet at Odd Fellows Hall, Parsons. Probably tho men will return to work on Mon¬ day It the differences can be Ironed out at today's session.
and overturned. They were Clarence Lyons. 21, who died Instantly; and James H. Frant. 39. who died a short time after the accident In Georgetowii hospital.
For others, however, tho day wfts a bigger occasion than a Klin celebra¬ tion. Charlea E. Harris, 40, and Mil¬ dred L. House, 23, both of Utlca, N. Y., appeared at the District court house In Klan robes an.l wero gi-anled a marriago license. Harris marc'.ied In tho parade. Me v.as marred tonl:;bt bjr the  Rev. Carroll .Maddex.
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