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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1925
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IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS ON WEST SIDE
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Airplane Crashes Into House And Two Men Aboard It Are Saved Frcn^ Death
WAR GAME ON
Beer Is Scarce On Raid Report
Beer uupplle!., coming from hrew- erlen thnt h.ive heen violating the prohibition Irm-, were reported nt lo|w ehh all dny yestenlay and Ia.st night In «]l aecllona of I.uzerne (ounly. From ths undsrground sources that bring Information of expected raids It w-ns reported *that re-teral omdals -^-cre about to make a ganeral sweep of thn county. As a r«8ult the Illegal brewers shut off production and delivery. The hotte..t weather of the Spring, conduclvs to n ru.sh of beer customers, founil supplies poon exhniistod and the Imhlherta left thlr.>;ty.
tand And Sea Forces Are Gathered In Hawaii And Off Coast To Test Strength
MAJOR ENQAQEMENT
LITTLE BOYS VICTIMS OF RAILWAY TRAGEDY
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Rbnchdn. JLmV 18'—CBy Itaidlo from j tr»ift»4  Pre«i  Staff  OorreBponilent).— UliUtT 'war foroaa ct aea, l&n<l and air ' «*r* at iTtpa tbim afternoon ftn- tlie' poaaaaBlon ot th» Ha^ratlan ijHenda.
A. major engafmnvnt of "Blue" and ¦Blacit" forom -ma rai>orted between Ois Ixla-nda of Molohat and I>anal.
Ths trend of nM battla, In -wlilch a Toreljm foe" neelcs to hold Hawaii, thn cros.iroods of the racine, agnlnst American recapture, la yet unknow-n.
Thn contoet marks the approaching climax of the "wivr rame," the man- euvcra In w-hl 3h tTi« Navy and Army tm co-orerotlng.
Ths flnrt aotnal oaanalty te the "TUttIn of (Dahu" oocurr«id late this af- tsmnon, when a Da Havlland plane cra«hed Into a limi»« at Fort Shafter, to which It waa carrying a messagn In cennectUin wtth tha tna.nauvera.
lylsutenant   Raymond   Morrla,   pUot.
tnfTered   a  broken   arm   and   Internal
Irjurlsa.    Bta     Bargeant Hnmlln   -was
[with him In iha-^plans and waa un-
[ hurt.
At    liM    fl'clook    this    aftsmoon, I "Tilua" Buhtnarlnss from the attacking I fleet w^re reported reconnolterlng on the aoutheast coast of ths l..<Iand. with thn purpoee of eatabllshing land ba.ses on the Islands of Molokal and lAnaJ. ' from   -n-hlch   operations   could   be   di¬ rected against the Hawaiian defenses.
Reports said the "enemy" In nn at¬ tempt to land amaJl boats at Honaton was attacked by a flight of "black " planea and the landing torce beaten off.
"Rlac1i;~ aircraft and aubmarlnes •to reconcentrating In an offort to flnd thn I.£uiglsy. mother Fhlp for the "blue" air squadron. In the hope of crippling her and reduclnir the cffoc- tlvonofiB of the "blues' he Tore thoy launch a great air attack agalnsl Oahu. centering at Pearl Harbor.
If the "hlax'k" defenders against the ^hin" American forces are successful In thla aim, it would leave the "bluo" fleet without aJr offenses other than thoss of ths scouting plane.s from the eleven battleships In the attacking squadron.
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BTRrrK    BY    TROI.T.FT
HAS     NAKKOW     ESCAPE
Stspplng In front of a moving trolley car, Mary Vclcosky, 23 years old, of 86 Mountain stroet, Mallby, narrowly escaped helm? killed last night at 10 o'dortf nt KiUKslon Comers. Both onklcs wero Bpralncd nn.l she wa.s lacerated hut not seriously hurt. She ¦ivas nble to go to her homo.
The ynung xioman alighted from a Forty Fort, car in tho safely zone at Klng.«ton Corners. .She walkod around the roar end of the car just a.-? a We.-^t Pittston ear bound for the city came •Jong. She -vv-as knocked down but missed heing drawn undor the wheels, ¦nie victim was treated at the olllce of Dr. M. C. Rumbaugh.
New England Professor Gives Out Some New Information On Their Care-Free Habits
Rfopplng from behind a frelglit trnin whloh h,-nl Just passed, going noHh on thei D L,. & W. tracks at Ri¬ ley's I.,ene. upper Forty Fort, yester¬ dny after.ioon at ntiout 1 :4S o'clock, (horpn Mo.ser, 0. so-i of Mr nnd Mrs. ,Tohn Mos^r of in.'i Owen Rtreet, Malt¬ by, nn.l l.,eonaril Wl.n.skorkle, !>, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Anthony Wiensoskle of I,averlik nvenue, Pw o^e|-ville, were lnsl,intly killed. The youngsters. In Ihoir hurry to got over the railroad ci-o.s.«liic III tlio point, me lielleved to hnvo run directly Into Ihe path of a pay  train   traveltng  south.
ilin victims wero carried along for a   dl.st.-uice   of   about   a   hundieil   feet
side of the tracks as thn engine -^ilth Ila one car train came to a stop. A group of hoys happened along nt the time and they recognized thn txxly ot young Moser as nne of their play- motes. They Immediately Informeil a nearby re.sl.lont of the Identity nf the one youn,'.ster and the father of the hoy wns Infoi-med. by telephone, of the sad accident. In the meantime. Dr. F. Donald Thom.n.s. County Coroner, had hron notlfled and he was on the acene nnd lnve.it ig;ite<l the clrcumatancea surrounding ihe .-xccldent before the bodies were moved.
Ijiter the remains of the Moser child
w>»n» tajteio to the McLoughlln tinder- tnjtlng parlors In this city whllo th^ Wlenso.skle body was taken to the un¬ dertaking eRt.ibllshment of Peter ne<1- narskl. at Wyoming, where It Is tielng prepared for burial.
Bealdes his parenta the Moser child Is aurvlred  by  Iho following brothers ^ and slatera:     Anna,    John.    Madeline, j I.eo and Helen.    Ths 'W'lensoskle sur¬ vivors are tho parents and Ihe follow¬ ing   brothers   nnd   sl.^tor.s:    .Tohn,   Jo- ! scph, 'Willi im. Stelli. and Clara. i
MAN < TT IN TWO An   unl'l'Mitiflod   man   wm.h  killed   nt 1 :4.^ o'cioi-k this morning on thn P. 1,. &   'W.    rallroa.l    near   thn   Woodwanl ....iii»t-v    In    Edwanlsvllle.    Thn    liody caa found  hy the cre.v of a shifting engine.    Tlin  victim  was cut  tn  half. Search   of  thn   clothing   rsfcealed   sev¬ eral bills from Rlwirds ft Company of Kingston.    On thes^ bills thn niunn of Miss   Anna   Thomas  appeared  but   no • ndilress w.is i^lven. !
I'ndertakor Hugh Jones took charge of the liody.    The  man wore  a black fedora   hat.   a   black  tie,   white  ehli-t, ; dark    clothe.s.    and    new    black    laco ! shoes.     Ho   appeared   nhout   five   frot j aeven Inches In height.   OfTlcers Do vln. "Harris and Klerle of the Fldwardsvllle polico    ivers    Investigating    tho   cnsr I early today.
Padding Mine  Worker's PayroU Leads To Trouhle In Income Tax
Income tax returns Improperly made by several miners employed by Alden Coal Company wero reported last night to be the Jbasis of an investigation that may uncover a scheme by which someone in authority at tho mines has been usinjr the miners to enrich himself. Witnesses were said to have been called to New York City, while a petty official was declared to have been ordered to turn in his resignation.
The unofTlclal statement of the case Is that several miners were sho\\Ti on the payrolls to have received pay in the pa.st ,^'ear ranging lietween five thousand and six thou.'^and dollars. However, when reporting fnr income lax, the inen refused to admit receiving so large an amount and also refused to pay t.ix accordingly. Inquiry, it is reported, caused them to admit that they had been com- peiifj Lu lu'iTi over part of Ih" Ustod pm-nings to the petty official.
The Intimation wss that the petty offlcial had been crediting to the men a larger amount of money than waa duo them and had compelled them to tum over the e.xcesa for his own benefit.
KELLOGG PLEDGES
SUPPORT OF PLAN
TO OUTLAW WARS
Audience Of Noted Men Gathered In Washington Hears Coolidge's Chief Adviser In Plea For An Internat¬ ional Tribunal That Will End Bloodshed By Calm Discussion
INVOKES RULE OF CONSCIENCE
MUCH DRUNKENNESS
DEMENTED MAN FOUND IN RAID UPON LIQUOR
A dem'-utod man. a liquor siill and • large q.in'itlty of "pri-oon" whi.skcy 'lore found last night by I'lymouth po¬ lice whon Ihey raided the homo of Martin K.amin.skl i\t 012 West Main «ti-eot, I'lymouth. The owner of the Pli ce wns brought before -Mderman fi.ink n. Brown here who held him for  lho  no.it  .-rrand Jury.
Whon Chief of Police Domlnick Mangan, Deputy Sheriff Hosey and Patrolman Wagner enterod the Ka- minskl place they dl.scoveied Kostic V'.-ichof.^kl, 50 years old. In a helpless condition. It u;us i-aid that tho man's ( «ifo dlsnppearcd a yoar ngo. taking Wilh her two childron. Sinee then Wai'hofski's mind had heen affected. Ho "as placed In a cell at Uiiough honilquai-tcri.
lioine Ume later a diiiiKhtor. 14 years old. who'has licon living with l"'ichtiors since hor mother dlsap- Peaird, vi.siled her father. II ia un¬ derstood that informalion funiished by her   was   largely   responsible   for   the
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New Tortc, April 2S.—The Puritan IJyed In an ego of Jar^ despite his reputed nuntority and stem virtues.
HLstory doosn't soy so. Hut his¬ tory nn.l the dinrles of our formi.lable New  Knglnnd  ancestors  di.sngroe.
Henry W. lyaw-ronce, Jr.. professor of history at Connecticut Collcgo. has delyed Into a dusty po.st and unearth¬ ed eoucluHlvo proof that the I¦^lrlt^n waa nither a fle.^hlesa doml-god. nor an ascetic, but a bibulous nnd con- Tlral soul, with laughter In his heart.
Thn flrst American sheik and slioba flourished In the vicinity of Plymouth Rock. And ths doings of rilgram Papas and Mayflower Mommas make the preaent "Ja7.z ugo" look Ilge a long step towmrd tho millenium.
•"We all know Cotton Mather's rtews on -witchcraft." said Professor Iaw- rence. In an Interview with tho United Press today. "Dut why hnvo -we not been freely Informed of how- he nnr- rcmly escaped a breach ot promise suite whiln courting his second wife? We w-lll not love them lo.ss, theso fore¬ fathers of ours. It wc sce them gay as wrll ns grave: and we may ceaso to t;ilnk of them as largely the crea¬ tures of a raomlizod and provincial mythology.
"Why shouldti't the puritan have been a nfan of jollity? Thhik of his immoasiirnble n.lV'i'itaio over us of today. Tho prohiliilion amendment was then nearly Ihi-ee centuries In the future and ahunilunt sources of the Jovial mood wci- n. ilhor outlawed nor reduced to an Incffoctlvo wrakncss. Drunkenness rommon
We hnve 11 on lho authority of Mather lilmsnlf "tluit stninjrors said Ihey had seen more drunkenneiss In New England In half .a year than In England In nil thoir ye.-irs.'
In hU diary. Cotton Mather, he of the two-liundrod h/u-sopowr r con¬ .science. dc.icriho'i his nlmo.st broach of proml.so ca.so as "a voi-y a.slonlshing trial." Bul nccordlng to I'lofessor Irfiw-renoe there Is unml.stnkalile evi¬ dence that "thn d-ar. gornl reverend doctor" enloyod tho squabble ejior- mj.u.sly. Fir^ In-lic.ition that tho Pur¬ itan preacher was more than casually Intoi-osted In a certain voung lady Is found In his diary as follows:
"There Is a young gontlewoman of Incomparabl- nc-co'nplishmonts. She Is ono of r.iro wit and s^-nso and of comely aspect and extremely winning In hor conversation."
Here he roaliz's he has been gush¬ ing a bit and adds: "And she has a mother of extraordinary character for her piety."
This girl was 20. Mather was 40. A few w.'clcs aftor this was recorded In his diary. Malher'.s wife died. And almost imm'i'diat'-ly afterward, the girl came to tho Uo.-erond Puritan's home and  propo.sed to him.
Then, with the celerity of a movie .scenario, this violont wooing develops othor vory modern symptoms. Mather's solf-styled ..'wooth'oart came again and again, begging him to make her his wife. .\nd each time hn refu.sed hor as "tcnderiN-"' ns ho could. Knd tu Konianre
An entry dated three weeks later shows that the community had taken notice and liegan to talk about this astonishing romance.
"Satan has raised an horrid storm upon me." he wrolo. "hoth for my earnestness in courting a gentle¬ woman and especlaily for my courting pof a porson whom thoy generally ap¬ prehend so disagreoable to my chnr¬ acter. Thorn Is no danger of my dying suddenly, with smothered griof.s and fea r.s "
Cotlon .Mather nvolded the breach of promise suit only by asking a rjuick decision to nip his romance in the bud. according to Prnfossor Lawrence. Finding pubilc opiaion much agtiinst Uie iiroiioscd match the alarmed divine
DUNN QUALIFIED II
CAUSE IHE INJURY
PADLOCKDRDER^  SIREEICLEANING GOINTOEFFECI   IN WILKES-BARRE
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' 'Washington, April 2S.—Secretary of [ .«^tatn KelloKu In an address here to¬ night, to th<' American Hoclety ot In- ternallonnl l.aw-, declare.I himself un¬ reservedly In favor of submission ot I nil Inlernatlonnl disputes to an Inter- natlonnl tribunal. Kellogg In no por¬ tion ot his nddi-oss referred speclflcal-
Lackawanna County Sheriff Big Job Holders Of County Told To Draw Bars On Linked With Effort To Get Nineteen Former Salons Control Of Contract
District And International Of¬ ficers Asks Edmunds Fac¬ tion To Turn Over Records
One Machine Overturned And Two Completely Wrecked In Mishaps Here Saturday
ISAACS DISSENTS
Offlcial bulletins went out from dis¬ trict hnadnunrters ot the I'nited Mine Workers yesterday Informing the rank and flie of the union that Adam Dunn Is the duly elected president ot the local tinlon at Woodward colliery In Edwardsville. His entire slate of aub- offlcials is also lo bo recognized. It wns anounced. Within a dny or so another ordor will be sent from hoad- qunrters ordering Stanley Edmunds and his followers to turn the soal and charter ot the Woodward local over to the Dunn faction.
liosults of the special election held Tridny havo already won recognition from tho district nn-l Internallonal of- Itcinls. an.l this dovclopment alone l.s belloved .sufflclent to bring- an early end to the trouliles nt the Woodward mine. The dlslriit oi-gnnizatlon offl¬ cially honored tho outcome of the election through the bulletins posted yestordny at tho ordor ot President Kinaldo Cappellini. Tho favorable altitu'le of International President John Ij. Lewis toward tlie Dunn tac¬ tion Is .seen In his refu.sal to Interfere with plans for the special election w-hen Jill apponl was i;ent to Indlan- a.pol's hy fi-i.'nd.s of l.>imunds.
Dunn. In a stntement last night de- nIod vai-lpiis clalm.s made by the op¬ posing faction.     Ho  declared  that hla own  slale   received   10:^2   vote.s  out  ot an approxlmnlo lotal of l.'.OO.    He em- pha-slzcd tlie claim that Edmunds was | not nhle to muster any moro than 452 j men   for  tho   impromptu   parade   holl j Friday.     Dunn   al.so   snld   that   In   the parade wero som^mlne workers from coUicrios   otiior   than   the   Woodward.! Ho  rocalled that during the  time Ed¬ munds  w-as  In   control   nt  the  Woofl- -wnrd 11 .strikes were called within 90 days. I
(ieorge Isaacs, district vice presi¬ dent, an.l a supporter of Edmunds, re- . futod some ot the claims mado by Dunn. Isaacs told the Sunday Inde¬ pendent that tho Edmunds slate tilll continue lo control West Side mine affairs. "The election managed by ('appcUlnl." said Isaacs, "will never bring peace aa it Is a violation ot the Intornational law-. Wo took the name and numlier ot every man who votcl and thero waa not any ballot box .stuffing.
Following Is the Dunn slate elected at Iho offlcial election: President. Adam Dunn: vice president, Michael Wallo: recording secretary; Felix Snyder: financial secretnrle.s. William Motzgar and John Cox; treasuror, Albert Tucker: trustees, James E. Jonos, Jr., G. nolitis and Stanley Sko- vitch: door keeper, ,Simon Lannick: compensation   secretary,   John   Evans.
The ojiposlng group elected: Presi¬ dent, Frank Sobers; company man financial soct-elary. Charles T*aw-; triisloe.s, flriirgo riuniti.s, 1). Keefer an.l  Shelilon   Davis.
wrote a letter to the girl's mother. .\nd no further mention ot the mnt¬ ter Is made in his diary.
Digging doopnr into Ihe records ot Pui-ilaU'..sm. Professor I.awrenco re¬ veals paradoxical djta on lhe college life   of   that   "liulier-thaa-Uiou"   ei'u.
BOYS ESCAPE DEATH
One ms-n n-as hurt and two nuto- mobllns were ciompletnly wrecked ear ly today In a collision nt the comer of Slocum and I''iilaskl streets, Kingstnn. .\ndrew Domhroskl of 4BS Second nv¬ enue, Plym.iuth, was bruised nml lac- ernted wh-n his auto tumed over aftor being rammed by a machine .Irtvrn by f;,^argT Toiilos of 340 Wnlnut .street, I.T/o.-n,-". Toi-tl»s was reloAsod to appear tor a henring liefore Burgess Turpin tomorrow- night.
Dombro.^kt was drl-.-lng a Ford coupe north on Slocum street nnd attempted to turn Into Pula.skl street. At that moment Torll"S c.amo nlong In a Chevrolet which, according to the po¬ lice WIS traveling at Ifl miles cn hour. Tortles bo vied over the Ford nn.l then continued 140 feet before bumping in¬ to a pole. The socon'l cnish tore a wheel from Tortles' car which hirchod cn for ano'h.'r 30 feet beforo coming to a stop. Domhroski was treated by Dr. H. W. Croop brfor.i goli-g homo. The machines were  reduced to scrap.
Three boy-s w-ere Injured by nulo- moblles yesterday . Two of the youths -were victims of the samo accident, while the third came to grief when hl:i bicycle collided  with  an nulonmiiiio.
Ralph Cnstner. 12 years oM. nnl Vincent Hiazo. 14 years old, bnlli re¬ siding nn Second street. Larksviile, narrowly mKsed de.ath during the aft¬ ernoon when run dow-n on East Main sireet, Plymouth. While crossing tho street to enter a movie theatre, they were hit by a truck owned by Jack Cooper, Plymouth contractor. Tho machine was driven by Cooper"s son. The Ca.stner boy lost ae\-eral teeth and received aevere brul.ses. Tlie Hiazo boy appeared the mom serlou.sly In¬ jured but no aerlous developments arc expected.
Randall Campbell. 18 yeara old. of 49 RoUand street, was run down near his home -while riding a bicycle. His left leg w-as broken. He Is In Mercy hospital.
PLYMOITII   M.4.N'  FOlNlT
ST.ABHKI)  <»N   STKERT
With blood flowing from hnlf a dozen wounds. Jo.seph Valcovllch, 27 years old. w-aa found helpless nt 1 o'clock this momlng on Reynolds street, Plymouth. He gavo Infnrma. tlon to the borough police that re¬ sulted In the arrest of Joseph Shlmko ot 240 Reynolds street: nnd Nicholas Grippich an.l Anthony Millish. Iho Int¬ ter two being boarders at Shimko's home.
Valcovltch told the police that he had returned to Shimko's place tor his clothes after securing a new hoarding placo. The three mon attacked him, ho said. One ot hla ns.sailaiits usod a knife and then Valcovltch was thrown out on the street. His most serious wounds ai-e a deep Incision on tho neck, a g.'ish under the left eye and cuts on soveral Mngers that were almo.st  severed  In  tho attnek.
Driinkonne.ss was tar moro in-ev.ilent nmong sludenls in Ihe "cool old diiy.s" than ut present, ho .said. Hoth Hnr- vard and -i'.ale hold tales of parties wilder than the wildc;-! of today, bis icEcarcli shows.
DELAY IS MET
Foimal orders calling on t^herltT Jim P.cap of lAckw-anna Oounty to pad¬ lock nineteen saitxins In Scrnnton and other parts ot the county, agreed up¬ nn In .fudge T^tajtey'a private offlce on Thursdny, renched the sherifTs offlce Just before closing time yestnrday.
Due to tho Istenens ot thn hour st w-hlch thn court's decree wns received ond hecause the sheriff mu.st flrst go out and huy a lot nt padlocks and ar¬ range for tho printing of cnrds to lie idaced on lho window- or door ot each .saloon onlered closed. It may be a couple ot days before the actual pad- loc-king takes place.
The .sheriff In several Instances will find vacant store rooms when he makes his rounds, a number ot the nc- eu.sed hotelmen hnvlng already quit business. They surronderod their lense.'i on April 1. four days Imfore the Slate. City ot Scranton and liackn- wanna County joined In tho move to close tho saloons.
Mnyor John Durkan of Scrnnton Is lo continue ths crusade on behalf ot law entorcrment. He nnnounced yes¬ terday that he Is prepared to go Into court and licgln court proceedings ngnlnst more than fifteen nddltionnl saloons In Pcranton w-hero It Is al¬ leged hard iK-voragea are being dis¬ pensed. Tho evl.lonc« ngnlnst the proprietors hns been irathered by the Scranton   police.
Tho Lackawanna county court de¬ cree closing nineteen saloona In the county reads:
C'Inslne OrdiT
Now. April 23. 192.1. upon agreement ot counsel In open court, the flnal de¬ cree  Is  made  as, foil ows:
1. The  defendant Is ordered to re- ^•move forthwith from the premises de¬ scribed  In  the  bin  the bar,  back  bar, and   all   flxlures   connected   therewith.
2. No Intoxicating liquors shall ho manufactured, sold, offered for salo, bartered, furnished or possessed tor bevemgo purpo.ses upon the preml.scs described In tho bill.
3. After giving defendant a reonon- ohln opportunity to remove personal.s oTecta thorctrom, tho sheriff shall forthw-lth securely lock and keep lock¬ ed until further order of court, not, however, exceeding a period of threo calendar months, thn barroom upon tho iiromlsi'S nf ores iid and In order to li'suro that said bar room shall nnt be occupied or used during snld period, nnd. ns nolico to the public, shall po.sl In the window or door of said room a notice to he provided by tho plaintiff tn the cff.'ct that said premises nre closed bocauso of vlo!-itlons of the slate prohibition law.
4. It Is further decreed that thn defendant oe and Is hereby enjoined In personem from miuiufocturing. selling. offering for sal", bartering, fiirnlshlna or possessing nny Intoxicating liquors contrary t/> tho pro/1 <l5n3 nf the slats prohibition law- nt any place within tho county ot l.rfickawanna, the In- jtincln personem lo be In force tor one yiar from this date.
That tho di'fon.lant pay the costs of thla  priK-eodings.
BY  THE  COtTRT.
carV) of* th.^nks
Andre-iv An.lrojko and family of 49 Sco<t street, .Swoyerv-llie. express thnnks to friends for sympathy and assistance In their recent bereavcmenL
COUNCIL MUST ACT
Wllkes-Ttarre irtreet cleaning con¬ trnct, which will como up for dec'slon tomorrow, has precipitated one ot the liveliest political liattles that has evor engiigod the Interest ot T'lty Hall. For many years Ihls contract h.is boen held hy Cumow A Murray, which flrm owing to the advanlagn of being In po.ssoKslon of the cleaning equipment required for thn work, hns hnd little illfTli-iilly In underbidding all com¬ petitors.
Hut this year a new and what Is regarded ns a powerful pollllcnl com¬ binntlon hns nppeared upon the scene. ITnder certain methoils ot street cleaning, this flrm, which expects to begin opeiatlons under tho flmi name ot K. A. Davis & Compnny, Is low- In the bidding, despite the fnct that It must expend at least $60,000 on atreet donning equipment It It hopes to be In posilion to begin work nt the time spocidcd.
Tiio loading member and spokesman ot the now- flrm ot political slreet- clennors Is nono olher than Thomas T. Thomas, county tax collector by gr.ace of (^'ounty Commissioner Rossor at a salary ot $.10,000 a yeax, county highway contractor and al.so a recent bi.ldor on city sewer work. So It will bo seen that Thomas is unusually amtiitlous.
Tho advent of the new flrm Is an nftoi-m.ith ot the last municipal elec¬ tion, ono of the results ot which was tho election of James Cilbbons aa coun¬ cilman. Mr. Ctlbljon Is In charge ot the streets of the city nn.l thn street cleaning contract will lie under his supervision. County Tax Collector Thomas stands ns close to Councilman (liliiion at the CJty Hall as he doe.s to County Commissioner Rosaer at tho Court House. Ho Is cheok by Jowl with both, personally and politically, and It begins to look as though the alllliation is profltable. clhnan  the  flrat   thing he did  was  to
When .Mr. CJIbbon was elected coun- niipoint Tliomas T. Thomas superin¬ tendent of city streets. Mr. Thomas fllled the offlce one week and then re¬ sinned to accept the $30,000 joii be¬ sl owed upon htm by his friend at the Court Houso. Ho could hardly be censoreil for this.
LookhiK Fin- More
Blncje taking over tho lucrative Job ot collecting tnJ(eA trom tho people ot Wilkes-liarre Mr. Thomas hns liranch- cd out ux one ot the leading mon In politics and contracts at the Court House and the City HaU. He Is cred¬ ited with being one ot the principal owners of a atone quarry at Hunlock Creek that Is said to furni.Hh most ot tho crushed stone that Is uaed by county road contractors. One or two prominent politicians at the Court House are reported as Important memliers ot the quarry flrm. So, having come Into contact with all the I big things Bt the Court House It Is Inot surprising to flnd County Col- i lector Thomas looking about for other matters of a profltable publlo naturo to conquer. Henco his appearani-e at the City Hall jus a new bidder for the street work his friend and political bed-follow Mr. Cilbbon will be In charge ot the next three yeara.
'i'he t'lty Hall an.l court house have long been tho hatching place for all Rort.s ot ^schemes and deals ot a politi¬ cal nature, but this Is the flrst time In the hijlory of city nnd county politics thai a coterie o£ politicians, who, aflcr
ly to ths worl.l court.
"1 am heartily In favor of a Judicial tribunal to which nations msy present Ihelr prnlileiTus nn.l their International disputes." said  Kellogg.
¦"I would be In favor of submitting all Ju.stinabln questions to an inter- natlonnl trllninnl.""
Kellogg snld ho did nol expect auch an ndvnnced view- to be accepted at once because hn did not believe the world tar ennugh advanced.
'"nut," said Kellogg. "If ws get tho trlbunnl nn.l tho world comes to think morn In terms of Intenintlonal Inw- tlian In force, morn and more jiistl- i flnble questions will lie submitted to It,'"
j     Thn  society today   bi <vpte,l  tho  1n-
Tltatlon   ot thn   I<engun of Nntlona  to
j collohorate with   Its committee  of ex-
I ports for thn  development   of  thn  co-
dlflcatlon of International In-w*. Charles
¦ E.  Hughes, former socretnry of state,
announced tonight,
Kollngg snld he belloTed much of thn opposition to n worM court Is duo to a misunderstanding as to what It would havo to decide, what que:<tlons would bo put up to It. Ho explained thnt they would Includo alleged viola¬ tions of troatios and In no case political questions, any more than .\morlcan courts consider political questions.
One Example
The stain secretary pointed -wdth pride to tho fact thnt the United States and England for UO years havo settle.l by diplomacy or arbitration every question arising |-ietw-een tho tw-o countries.
•"I believo in a few years.'" he aald. "that the many problems thnt havo caused ^^¦ars In the past w-lll be sub¬ mitted to InlernallonnI tribunals.
"Isn't It timo the consciousness of the w-nrld bo aw-akened to the tact that thero Is n bolter w-ay to settle disputes botwoon nations Ihan by going to war''
""Aro we going to prepare for an¬ other war? Aro we going to build armaments, land and naval? Are wo going to Inculcate In tho minds of the peoplo that they must settle disputes by wnr or aro wo wolng to teach them Ihoy may bo settle.l by peaceful Inter¬ national  tributlals?
""There Is a groat opportunity for the lawyers. They can do more than any other  class ot  poopln.     They are
leadera In pubilc life by education and training.'" ,
Tho secretary of state.s report to tho League of Nations will be sub¬ mitted lii-st to its membership nnd then by Its council to tho League not later than October l.'i.
A N«te«l AiMlience Kellogg's aiidionco was laixly pro¬ fessors ot International law. though it Inclu'lo.l two formor secretaries uf slate, Ijansing au.l Hughe.s, an-l many diplomaLa, Ho spoke cxtcmparene- OU.sly,
Because ot Its character, he stress¬ ed the Importanco of the teaching na well as lho codification ot lutcrua- tlonal  law.
"'.Schools should teach more Interna¬ tional law; tho more It Ls taught, ths greater It will become," hc .said. "It Is the greatest instrumentality ot peace. Wc must teach tlie interna¬ tional mind to think In terms ot law and not In forco. The worM must lie ! taught It Is better to submit to courts I than to tho arbitramont -of iirm.s. I 1 Ixdieve thoroughly In these ctforts to codify and develop Intornational law, it hough It Mill lie alow. Many new j que.stlons will nrise with the develop¬ ment of new- Instrumentalities ot wiir- faro. the submarine nn.l the airplane." (.ithi-r speakers Incliidod Sir Esme How-aid, Uritlsh Ambawador. Jonk- heor A. C. D. De Graoff, minister of Iho Netherlands and Judgo Honry Anderson of \'lrglnla., American mem¬ lier of tho Moxican-.Vmoric.in mixed claims commission. Howard said that If all nations would appoint a world court and its deci.slons were respected to tho degree that decisions ot the supreme court aro respectc.i, people would learn to rely upon It for tho settlement ot disputes. De Graeft spoko ot tho Importance of Inter¬ national law to neutrals In time of w a r.
Judge Andreson Injected pessimism Inio the speeches, declaring all law, whothor domestic or internatlon.al, is tut lln in limes ot great emotions. He said tho pooplo should not be deluded into biMleving the way to peace lay throuch • law- nnd nrt. but rather Ilirough Inculcating Into the hcajt of tho Individual undorstanding, consider¬ ation and respect for peoplo ot other n.ations. Nevertheless, ho R.ald striv¬ ings for peaceful settlement of dis¬ putes should go on for such matters as could bo settled In this way.
Hughes jiroslded ius toastmaster. His announcement of tho co-operntlon ot tho society with tho League of Nations was tempered with a blunt statement that tho act wiia ""without regard tor the question ot whether the Unlta# States should adhere to the covenant ot tho league."
picking up nil the choice morsels nt tho court house, hns turned Its atten¬ tion to tho City Hail.
County t'onneethms
It Is quite slgnlflcant In thUs con¬ nocllon that all the competitors ot tho Curnow & Murray fli-m have come trom the county road department ot the court house. In addition to Thomas thorn is Harry Casseily. who Is ono of the assistant superintendents on tho county highways and Joseph Banks, who l.s at pre.sent consti-ucting a county highway. Tho only onn who Is missing Is EniKh Thomas, another assistant supcrlndendent ot county highways, eald to be tho silent member ot tho flrm ot the Sheldon Dilloy Company, which picka up a county contract trom Commissioner Rosser every tow months.
Tlie bids, ns compiled by the city engineer and prepared In blue print form, show that the total for machine broom cleaning for a three year period as presented by tho R. A. Davis Com¬ pany, Is $176,448.82. Totals of Cur¬ now & Murray wore $61,913.61 for one yonr. $r.'9.R27 20 for two years, and $19'1,740 SO tor three years.
For cleaning with a flusher the Davis bid w,as $110,727.43 tor three yoars. c'urnow & Murray bid $55,- 983.SO for ono year, $118,754.73 tor two years aud $173,312.77 for three years. Harry .\. Cassedy bid $72,- .¦i9S.97 for one yenr, $140,655.58 for two yoars and $196,296.81 for three years.
ITnder tho heading "uny Improved method" which iloes not include flushing, Curnow & Murray bid $18,- 440.28 tor one year, $96,880.55 for two years and $145,320.81 for three years. The flrm plans to U.se horse-drawn muchmcrir.
The Davis company bid $196,608.71 tor a three-year contract, using an Elgin pick-up sw-eopcr. Joseph Banks ot Academy street, bidding on this method, submitted a proposal of $172,727.50 for three years using an Austin motor pick-up sweeper.
INTOXICATED WOMAN STRUCK BY MOTORCAR
staggering from the sidewalk Into the road last night nt 8:15, Mrs. Ber-
! tha TergoskI, aged 45, of Ea.st Hol¬ lenback   avenue,   w.-us    struck   by   nn
I automobile driven by Rea A. Burnett of 600 'West 116th Street, New 'Vork City, at North River and Chestnut streets.    The   w-oman  was   plcke-d  up
j by Mr. Burnett and taken to C.eneral hospital where It was fouml that she suffered   no  Injury  but  that   she  was
j Intoxicated. The police wore notiflefl and the woman    wa.s    arrested    nnd
I taken to headquarters for tho night.
¦ R.indall Campbell, ncod ir>. ot 4(1 Rolland street. Is In Storey Hospital suffering from a leg injury received yesterday afternoon nt 1 o'clock when ¦while riding his bicycle ho was pinned between   an   automobile   truck   nnd   a
I Ford   coupe   on   South     Main     street.
Whiln on the bicycle    the    boy    waa
I hanging on the rear of a Sheldon Axle
I Works truck going down  South Main
I street.     Below   South   street,   Richard
I Brolley, ot 334 Hazle street,  driver of
ithe truck, pulled Into the side to park
I In front of a lunch room an.J the boy
In the rear wa.s squeezed between the
truck and a Ford i oupe.    Brolley was
taken  to   police   headquarters  but   re-
¦ lEu^cd to appear it wanted.