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VICE RING HERE SMASHED BY JAIL SENTENCES Wyoming Valley's Qreatest Home Paper SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGR.^PH REPORT TO 3 .\. M. SUNDAY The W^EATHER \V»»lilnil.>n. April 17. — Ea.ifcrn TVnnR: F-alr In north and Incn-n/ilnit I In »outh portion Sumlay: llr. -- j FIFTY-TWO PAGES The Onl> Sunday N?w»T»T>»r Coverlntt the WsomliiK Vnllty WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1926 ICntered at W:'l. ILi M»»cond Cl.i PRK i: FKiHT CENTS MELLON FIGHTS AGAINST OUSTER OF DRY CZAR; EDUCATORS AND BUSINESS MEN JOIN DEFENSE ONE GIRL IWO MEN TRAPPED Luring Of Scranton Young Woman To Detroit Leads To Conviction And Prison *(' VICTIM RESCUED One Member Of Group Has Sentence Reduced By Giv¬ ing Confession Of Plot WHITE SLAVE CASE Three members of an alleged white slave ring which i,s said to have oper- uted In this region within tho past year, yesterday were aentonced to terms of impri.sonment by United States District Court at Detroit. Mlch- Ifa'an. Alice Oordon, twenty-four of Noxrn. waa given thirty months in tho Cbi- cjigo House of Correction; Holsrl Whitehall, twenty-flve. also of Noxen. was Hontenccd to serve thirty montlis in Ix^avcnworth penitentiary. The third defendant, Harold Klock, re¬ ceived n term of one year and a day in tho samo prison. His lighter sen- t ence waa due to tho fact that he l)leaded gullly. Sentences were pro¬ nounced by Judgo Hough of Colum¬ bus, Oblo. All three took Ethel Boughton. eighteen, of Scranton, to Detroit, whero she was piven Into a life of shorac. According to testimony In tho i-jise the thn-»i defendants induced the Houghton girl to drive with them from Scranton to Detroit. Upon her arrival she found herself an unwilling Inmate of a di.sopderly house on Kast C.rand Boulovanl, pa¬ tronized by free ^r^ndera f\nd known as one of the most notorious resorts in lhat city until its closing recently when agents of the department of jus¬ tice mudo nrrest.s. According to the Federal officers, the convicted trio belong to a white slave ring which ha.s been working in this city nnd Scranton. A representative of the Travelers Aid Society In conjunction with the welfare worker shadowed an nllegeil operator of a white slave ring In this city at various times. Several months ago a stylishly gowned woman had l>een wont to met pas.senger trains at the I^hlgh Valley .station and at dif¬ ferent Intervals had been seen greet¬ ing young girls as they would alight from a train. I.ater the well dressed woman would enter a taxicab. with the girl she had met and soon disappear m thc maze of traffic on Public Square. Kfforts of welfare workers to definitely connect thi**.styllsbly gowned woman with a white slave ring never proved lo be entirely successful; nevertheless they held thc opinion that a ring waa in operation here. The caae in United States District Court at Detroit yester¬ day somewhat confirms the belief held by the local welfare workers. Peaches Loses Her Spring Hat New Tork. April 17—Fifteen year old 'I'eaches' Heenan Browning en¬ joyed another shopping trip to<la>. but the publicity attendant upon her entrances into cxclualvo mil¬ linery llternlly cau.se<l her <lownfall at one time. The bride of t^Iwnrd Urownlnff, millionaire re.-iltor. *pss emerging from a hat store with a nice new cloche model in a ba;: under her arm when a crowd of curiou-s, easily numbering 2,000. swept around her. Thoso In front were pushed forward until *'Peach- es" was knocked down. Two hnsky chauffeurs and tho timely nrrlvnl of poiico saved her from f^erlous in¬ jury, but the hat wns ruined. "I*caches" was driven off In her motor car to her hushand's office nnd they soon left, prtssumahly for the Bronx ville hotel, wlvro they havo spent the past few day.s. Browning today denied reports that every morning ho tucked a new $1,000 bill under his bride's pillow. "I givo her everything she wants, but not that much", Browning ex¬ postulated. NECESSITY OT BRIDGE REVIEWED Rosser Explains That Stub- bom Opposition Can Be Traced To Money Interests ANALYZES TRAFFIC Unfairness Hinted In The At¬ titude Taken By One Of The - Luzerne County Judges E Breaker Is Destmycd By Fifv: Nine Hundi-ed Are Thrown idle .\ conflajrration believed to havo start<>il fn'ni a brush lire liust niRht toUUly destroyed the Alaska breaker of the Philadelphia & Keading Coal & Iron C<)nip;uiy at Mount Camiel. Tlio .structure, one of thc larjri'st in tiio lower •inthr.icitc n-jrion, was left a heap of .sniouldorin}; ruins two liours aftor tlio flairu-s wi-iv first di.scovcriHL I'noiii- cial cstimato.s of the lo.ss place it at $2lM»,(tO(). Nino hun¬ dred and fifty mine workers will be thrown idle. \ watchman fii-st found the firt^ at 8:;?0 o'clock. Ilo pnt in a call for thc company'.s fire fisjhtinjr o<iuipmont at the mine but the flames were soon boyond control. A summons for more holp wa.s .sent to Mount (\inriol. Wlicn reinforcomont"?'arrived, tho fnimo stmctuiv w.'us alrojidy doomed. Firemen devoted thoir effort.s to preventing the fl.imop, Fpro.Tlinjr to othor buildings. Tlie bl.azo wai» attributed to bnish fires that hnve been buminpr in the vicinity of Mount Camiol for sovoral days. At ¦various tjjnos those have roaohod moiincinjr proportions. Telophone communication with lhe Philadrlpliia & Kend- inp'a offices ^t that town List nijrht broujrht lho announce¬ ment that »:spark from a locomotive mijrht havo started the fire. Tlie breaker was erected in 188,") and had boen recently improved. DECLARE VOLSTEAD ACT IS SALVATION OF YOUTH\ UNIVERSITY IN F CMOFffiST Valley Police Take Train Rider And He Is Lodged In Prison Without Bail Thomajs Ryan, ftfty-fivti of New ' Y'ork City, who t^hlgh Valloy poiico say is a smooth-fingered fellow, was ! arraigned before Alderman Prank Brow n yesterday afternoon on a charge of larceny. He wjis committed to the county jall without bail for a further , hearing on Tuesday. i Captain Arihur Keamey of the rail- Irood police, together with Officers Joo Mc!>ane and Andrew Gabriel, arrested Ryan has been attached lo a string of nlshoil with a description of tbe man. After he was taken into custody the police communicated with the Nalional Bureau of Identification nt Waflhing- '¦ ton, also with Now York and Phlla- ! delphia poiico and wero informed that Ryan iias been attachd to a string of , larceny charges. Ho ifl reported as having four aliases. j Compl.'iiJits has been received by I I.rf^hlgh Vulley police t.hnt a gang of ; four pickpockets had been operating ! between Scranton and this city. A riescrlplion of tho men wuh fumLshed by persons having fallen victlma to the smoolh-finK<'red artists. One man who Iwarded a Lehig-h I Valley train at Pittston was relieved iof twenty dollars nfter he arose from \ hla seat to leave the train In thla city. i Another man was relieved of forty- ; five dollars and as a result was stranded wllh his wife In thla city until they secured money from friends. JOHN WIIJJAM HHtNKR John William, I'-n-mnnth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hi mer. 116 Dana street, Forty F-orl, dic^l Satur¬ day morning following an illness of complications. P -.'^ide his parents hr- Is Hurvlvwl by one sister. The funeral will be held Monday aftomoon at " oclock. Ser\'lce«( will be conducted at the residence and Interment will be at Evergreen cemetery, Shavertown. POLICEMAN'S CHARGE GOES BEFORE MA YOR Complaints th.->t cortain members of the Wilkes-Uarre hureau of polloo are too offlrtou.s m.ay cryst.Tllize Into for¬ mal nrtlon tomorrow afternoon at a hearlns before Mayor Daniel L. Hart. Tho principal.'! in the hearing will be r.ltrolman Harry Toole antl Jerome A. Walsh. .1 new.spaperm;in of the city. The two men are ln-/olvc(l In a dis¬ pute orlKlnally listed for poUce court hut transferred by Chief of Police Michael Hrown to the mayor'a cham¬ bers. Unusual Interest will be center¬ ed In tho outcome of the hearing, due to Councllmal. Joseph G. Bchuler's un- : .-xpected move yesterday In urgmff upon the m.ayor various cbanECS in. police regulation. The trouhle between piitrolman i Toole .JiJ Sir. Walsh atarted Thurs¬ day nlffht in a Snuth Main street ball j room durins the progress of a card, party. The »econd chapter of the i wtnry wn« to have been wr-lten Fridaitj mornlnB In police court with Toole | , prcferrlnB a charpe of disonlerly con-i "luct a(rain.''t the newspajiennan. How- , e'ver. cla.ma by WaLsh that the patrol¬ man wa.s Intoxicated caased a audden ¦ turning of the tjibles in the relative • poaltlon of prosecutor and defendant | ^ with the result th.tt Chief Brown In¬ structed both men to appear before Mayor Hart tomorrow afternoon. A formal report of the caj« made to both tho chief and mayor declares that Futroiman Toole caused a commotion at the I'hursday night card party by ordering men and women to romain out of one section of the ball room becauae the building was unsafe. Con.siderabk' confTL-^ion resulted. Wulsh claims he first tried to intercede with tho poIJc^man at the request of the hall management, Cpon t*eing In¬ formed of the patrolman's reason for clearing part of the auditorium, Wal.-^h saya he next made inquiries as a newspaperman to determine If the building had been actually condemned. Further questioning of the policeman brought u command for the reporter to leave the ^lall. Reporter Arrrsted "Walah obeyed and a moment later was surprised to find that Patrolman Toole had followed him outside for the purpose of arre.'Jting him. The patrol was called and tbe newspaperman »-^.de to police headquarters. The drlv- i:T of the patrol upon recogniaang the Continued on Pace 1, Sec 3 OPPOSES BOULEVARD Speaking lo memt>ors of the Crafts¬ man Club last night In response to a request to explain the bridge contro¬ versy. County Commissioner David M. RosHor explained tho only avenue of relief will come through a tempomry bridge nt Union stieet which wtll bo followed by a sul>stantial and perman¬ ent structure ut North .street, ' At a recent session of tbe club's for¬ um, a number of questions were di¬ rected toward the county commissioner for hi;; views nnd la-st nlglit he lucidly explained dl.sndvHntuges of ercctln;,- eltlur u lenipornry bridge or perman¬ ent bridge ut any location other than Union and Norih streets. He pointed out tbRt seventy per cent of the traffic entering the city from the West Side over both bridges trav¬ els between North and Northampton streets, that Ifi per cent of it travcl.s east on South street and the remalnlnc: ir> per cent travels south. He cited this jnirvey to attest necessity of new- bridges al Norih and Mirket streets. A new bridge nt Courtright avemiR would nol be a timely nor economical expenditure at this time; however, the comml.ssioner ndmltted that In the fut¬ ure, say ten of more years, construc¬ tion of a bridge at that point mipht be a requisite. Commls-sioner Uosser stated that a hridgt' at Courtright ave¬ nue wouhl cnat the couniy In the neighborhood of one and one-half mil¬ lion dollars. Ho pointed out that ten years lntere.it on this money, with an¬ nual reductions on the loan which the county would bo obliged to make, fig¬ ured at a rate of 5 per cent, would aggregate one-hulf million dollars, making tho total cost of the expend¬ iture aboul two million dollara. i Temporary Cost Cost of n temrxiniry bridge at Union street would not mount to more than $197,000. The commissioner stateil the public has gained the Inrvpresslon that the temporary structure will cost ID.-O.OOO. He said the lutter amount will erect llie bridge nnd alno l»e suf¬ ficient to dismantle It upon comple¬ tion of tho North street structure. Mr. Ro-sser related thut although prrmi.ssion has been secured from the city lo erect a lemr>orary bridge at Union street, the commissioners are confronting opposition on the part of a number nf property owners. How¬ ever, he ex.plalned, he felt the court would decide in favor of the com¬ missioners relative to the recent op¬ position. The speaker r>oInted OTit that the judgea of I.<uzcme county have failed to approve plans for a bridge at North sticel. He said ono of the judges Is Buppo«rd to h:ive stated he w^oald sign papers of approval for a structure at North street If every man In the county appeared before him and made tho request. Coal TiLxes Important "WTio is really responsible for the holdup." the sp'-aker was asked. After considerable cogitation he stated that ho thought the orgajrlzed Interesta wero the real objectora •'What per¬ centage of taxes Ls paid by the coal companies?*' was another question flred at the commissioner. He re¬ joined with the statement, 'T under¬ stand tho coal comj)anles pay about seventy per c'-nt of the taxfa In Lu¬ zeme county." FigTires compiled by the Sunday In¬ dependent show the coal companies paying 51 per cent of tho^ taxes In this county. There la a ca-se hanging flre at this time in the courts Insti¬ tuted by the coal companies for the purpose of securlnif a reduction In their as.ses.smcnts. They aro asking* for a 20 per r*nt redu<"»ton. When it; to tho gr I event a p> : at that point, M.-. iU>oa«r related thai the plans cover an arrangement to grade and widen the street which (Continued on P«s» ft—See 1) WE ARE DEAD; ELEVEN ARE HURI IN MMS HERE Child Is Fatally Scalded Whiie Motors And IVIincs Run Up A Tragic Toll .. : E FLAY BILL VARE FOR ENEMY ACTS Charged With Defeat Of Mea¬ sure That W^uld Have Bet¬ tered Compenea'iion Law OVER-EXERTION FATAL QUESTION CANDIDATES Three dead nnd eleven injured make up the accident toll In Wyoming Val¬ ley within the pa.st forty-eight hours. Ono man died as a rewult of Injuries ' received sevenil week.s ngo, unother succumbed to a heart attack caused by over-exertion and a thtrd a three-year- old boy died from burns. Three of thti Injured were victims of automobile mishaps whllo eight wore Injured whllo al work In the mine.s. I Henry Hurysh, twenty-two, of Ply- I mouth, dlod In Nesbitt West Kido Hos- pit.ll yesterday morning as u resuU of ; Injuries received s<>veral wei ka ngo at No. 4 Colliery, Hudson oCul Com¬ pany, He Is survived by his wife and parents, Mr. and Mr.s. Frank Hurysh, ulso by two sisters, Mrs, Nicholas i Stokes of Mllford, Del.. Jo-eplilne, j and one brother. Clement, The funeral I will t>c hold from the home of his par- : ent.-!, SIO Kast Main street, liymouth, Tije.Mlay morning at 10.80 o'clock. In¬ terment will be at fit. Mary's cemetery, Plymoulh. I Prank Olatz. 63 yenrs old. of 92 ! W^alnut street, Kingston, died .sudden- ! Iy yesterday whilo at work ut tho INd- I trlx)ne colliery of Olen Alden Coal i Company. Ho was eng:i+:ed In unloud- j Ins lumber whortly after 7 o'clock , In the momlng when stricken. Ho ' dlod In a few moments. Overexer¬ tion led to heurt troublo, It was said, ¦ although the re.sulta of a post mortem examination performed yestenlay af- ! temoon have nol yet Iwen announced. I Mr. niatz hjul worked at the Petto- I bon mine for forty years. He was bom at Wyoming, January 17. 1863, jand had resided on tho West Ride all I his life. He 1.^ survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. I>cvl Harris, lof Kingston: also a brother, William, land a sister, Mrs. Ira Hepperly of Altoona. The funeral will tnke place I Tuealay aftemoon ut 2 o'clock with burial m Forty Fort cemetery. HeAli^eid to Xh'vUh FalUng Into a tub of boiling water, .Tohn Vljclk, three years, of 734 North Washington street received scujtls that resulted In his death early tciay. The child was playing tn tbe kitchen of his home last evening. His mother, had pLu-ed a tub on the fh^ir while she w;us pre[)arlng supiK-r. When hr. stumbled into tho water, the victim was entirely submerged and the scalds covered hla entire Insly. His par^mts carrted him to Wilkes-Barre General Ho.spllu.1 where ho was admitted %.t 7 fc'cloi k. Ids doath occurred al 12:!5 o'clock this momlng. Three cars were damaged, one be¬ yond repair, last night at 11 o'clock when John W. Obltz. aged 22. of 160 Woo*l street, traveling north on South Klver street, cnl across the street and stnick two automobiles which were traveling south. The accidents occur¬ red at the InteraecUon of Northamp¬ ton street. More than 200 representatives of various mine local unions and local I unions of other lubor crafts In \ax- ' zeme Couniy met in Union Hall last night und appointed a commltteo to ¦ Investlgnta the niertta of the usplrants ¦ tor various offices to be filled nt tlui coming elections nnd to submit a re¬ port for en<lorsement8 nl a meeting ' to lie held nn Haturday nlnlit. May 1. I ninaldo Cjipr>elllnl, prcshlent t»f Ols ; trict No, 1, Cnited Mine Workers of ' Amertc'i, was mude chairman of the . meeting nnd Thonms Mullen of Ash- ' ley. secretary. After the list cf tuindl- dates for the various offices bud been \ n'ud a commltten representing each leglslatlvo district was ii|)polnted to m-'iko the recommendations for «n- I dorsi'mont, I James F. Marley, who wa» name<1 I as representative of seventh legisia- ' tivo dl.'rtrlct was made chairman nf the endorsemr-nt committee. Other i membi-rs of the commltlee ar© John j Yourlshln of Hazleton. secretary of I di.strict N<v 7, I'nU.-d Mine Workers iof AmertcI^ repn.s.iiMng first legis¬ lative district; Th'-rrris I>avt^ repre¬ senting second legislative district; Thomas Ixjugbrry, representing thin! ^ legtdative district; Jr»hn Kmetz of iNMiitlcoke, npresenting fourth legls- i l;itive di.strict; Thomas Keiitlng of ' I>.irkHVlllp, representing fifth district; (Charles Irfihr of Kxeter, representlnif : sixth leglshLtlve district; William r Ijeonanl, r*'pres«'ntlng P-ulldlng Trades I Council, nnd Charle« W. Civtry, secre- ! tary of Intematlonai Typographical . Union. repreaentinif misorllaneous { trudes. I Followlnir the appointment of the ; committees there were several hot I dl-sriissinna on the merits of various ' cun<Iidates which kept the del^gutes In session until 12.30 t his momlng Pre.'^ldejit Cappelllnl made the dsHa- • ratloa that men friendly to lai»or '. : could be elf ctr<l |n P< nn.sylva/ila and j { In I*tKcrTie county If the lat»(>ring men ; would unite and voto as units, He | I expressed the opinion that laixniug | I men had a wonderful opportunity to elect me^ friendly tr> t!u r cause at tho comins- primary el<r-t,,,n. f>hje4tlnn To PIrMlwt Inasmuch as Untt«d Mine Workers of America hnve endoraed flovernor linchot for *• " ^ •¦ . . <V;,t#?fi Senator H -ites al Ia.Ht nlr' ^g to go along on ! ¦ .ou until William J. Kroir 'Menfntlve of IJri-wery ann . .: ,.,.,,«. Wurkt^m union, contended that Oovernor Pin* | rhnt h-.d n'» i^f-n friendly to labor In ' ^! I charged that flov- • iii-ti l.u .-.erions had ht-i(K*d to defent • 1 compen- '•aMon law, the - hour law for women r amend¬ ment. He , (he iTn- . t..ii -..tnMr -., printing • tit a ujiiuii siiop but that ' three years ll has been Plead For Enforcement And Insist That Students Are Proof Of Benefits Gained FREEDOM ABUSED ' WH.'<hlnitfon. April 17.-T«o men. ' plenile.l before tho Senate prohibition roiiinilitee toilay to keep VolKleaitlam In forw. The one, Alonyo RIbkk. t'ni¬ versity of ttilroKO nllileti.- illri.'tnr. ti.l.l the ronirnlltr' th.it the "It. aklin: , .lown of tho home" aivl the lrrrHi...nMi ; blllty of parenta towanl their ohiljri'n 1 formed tho probletn of lod.iy ¦ not thr VnlHten.l art. "l'rt)hll)ltlon. eyen In Ifa half heart- e.1 enforrement". h« anl'l. hna lienefll- tol nilllii>ii« of people. A wlila rnnii" nf fn-etlom. he .mllnned. hmi raiiixil c-on.litionH iitio'il whi.h ri>Ik..i of toihiy eoniplnlned. hut he pli-a.livl for folka to "play Hie (ptiiio" tintl iiiMe*!: I "Ooil only knowa wlmt conrtltlonn wouM tM. along with this enlarfeil fr<-e<lnin nf RrowInK lioyn and Klrln. If the prohibition law were nnl In effect. "The sl:'' " ' pmhlhltlon hne pro.liir.it • 'U«»l« J»,^),|i. ul'- KUt'llty iiti ' '•¦ " Tha oihcr l.'niverslty msn, Prof~«or Irvlnit Kl.iher of Vale, one of Ilia leail- Inir eduralom of the day. ailmllle.l pro¬ hlhitlon hiul created a d.fiant iitllllldo In llnlvernlly men and there w;ui ron- i aldenible flrinkUiK thoro but he deemed | ¦ tt generally a siieceaa and held It ahould be retained for eennomlo reaa¬ ona. If for no olher re.iaon. I ThB ."tatemenl of thnw two Uni¬ versity men maile a profound Imprea¬ slon upon ttui commlttea. CnnvlnrinK ArgiimcnU I Bpeaklnit wll hmit [.iiaiilon and with • no attempt at the dnunatln Uiey drove home their arsrmenla wllh an effectlvenea.1 whlrh many wllnewiea In the paat fortnliflil had fulled to achieve. I Thta teatimony oame durlnir the aftemoon seRaion of tha Banalo pro- ! hibltion committee. i SliMTR. a fine iipatandlnic mnn, known wherever athletli-a are IndulKfl pictured nn improvement under pro¬ hibilion. "In my expertene^ of S4 yeam nl the llnlvemlty", 8tajrx aald. "I mn aay wlUi alianlute hmii-Hty that oois rtltlona at the Unlverxlty hava Im¬ proved a im'at deal and therw la not much drtnklnK. an.l very Illlla to ei- ceaa, amonir the atudimlji. "Tha Unlvenilty hna alwaya tnuirhl airalnnt drlnklnc amonit the atiidinii and we bad fiMiirht with an linnainil deirree of Buet'i-aii even liefore iirntit bltlon. It la not, however, anything like tba problem before prohibition I caina. | "Furthennore, T am convinced that ; there la not anythlnir like the amount of drlnklnir aniiuiir the younir»!r gen eratlob tbat thara waa before prohl- ; ttlUon. j "We an know tlwt there hnTfi been | tremendoua chanRea alnce the war In the younger Kenenitlon but theae chanirea have not come about aa a i i^ault of prohlbltton. They have come : almiit IM a reauit of the breaklnir down of the home and the ireneni! frtswlom which younir jn'ople Kuve l..i'l slnco the w.ir. i Too Much Freeik>m j •n la my opinion thai, wtth tbe en¬ larged free<lom which young people have. If prohibition were not In ck- I ' " " ltd tm an Imniearmr- I'iunt of dninkennefiH 'han there la now. In f.u^t. It la my conviction that It la the greate.'rt aort of tileaslng that prohibi¬ tion haa been a law durtng thlu un- ' etable period when tha youlh of itiei '!,iy l-n- Mi.-h vn.it freadOMi. It l.'< Una' < '.wn of lha boiiu> und thi*! >ty on the part of the par- I ' ¦ ¦ -1 their ehlldPen which rre-I alea the prot>Iem of today, and not the : ¦VoMend net Ford And Others Faiytr Dry Laws Waahlngton, April IT, RpeMkIng tonight by ra.llo, Wayne II, Wheel¬ er. antl-S.iloon I,eiii;uo counm-l, quoted big buKlne.sN i-tiieflalns aa fuvorlng prohlblliiin thua: ll.nry Konl "Our men are wnrk- Inir more, working N'tler, waating ll .".• and ativing more, IVfora pni- hihitlon. 4.000 men failed lo report ench Mon.iay morning N'.'aune ihey t- ¦ I I. er. drinking. Such ubaeiiceM 11.1 l'iu:.r occur." l.i'liM. (lary of the TT, S Steel t'.ir|..imli,in 'I havo no hcslintlon In wiylng with emphaala thnt tho Vnlateuil Act haa been very bene¬ ficial lo tha workmen and tbelr fiunlllea," John n Rnckefeller, .Tr -There bim lieen great Incn'n.se^ In nnvlnga nn.l iminiiveiiiint In murulo alnco pnililbiii.in." rniHiiUiit n, H. Srott. neo Motor Oimpany "No difference nnw be¬ tween lhe day after pay day and the day lieforo." iOeS'SPEECH IN BEER'S FAVOR DEALT IN FACI! Secretary Of Treasury Sayi None But A Hypocrite Could Have Altered Report RESIGWATION SOUGHT STRIP AUCTION PARTY IS RAIDED BY POLICE VViLihIngton, April IT.—Secretary of tho Treiuiury Mellon anld tonight Ihut ha would "Imck" hia chief prohibition enfori^emenl omcer. Oenenil Lincoln C. An.lrowB, to the limit, denpite de. in.inda mnde by thoueanda of "drya" in all parta of tho country that th* "dry raar" he miateil from nlTloi, Slnco n,s^l.<ltnnt Recretury of tha Tleaaury Andn-wn made a atatement (lloureater, Miuia, April IT-Rurl |'" "'" "•'•"'•e I>rolilliltiiin ioininlM..n fnrriill'a now famnu.n Uith lub party 1 "'*' '*'" '""' '*"*"l'l I'e eaaler to .n- wna reprmluced with vuilatlona at ii '"'"''" 'f Ught beer wem leguli/.d. locul theatre -and It coat Mut Henna, i **''""" *"" received tbounanda of l.i- managiir of the ahow, %it, In court ' '"'''' '^om iM-mona In nil wulka nf nr.., to-day, I demanding that he dlacharge An.! . \^ ., The life of tho party In thla In- j Andrew'a realgnutlon wn.s deinnn.e.i alance wua a "atrip miction". ¦ ^'^ Henator McKellnr. rvmorriit of Vlolu Iievoni, blllml IUI one of thei'''""""""••• '" * atatement laaued lat* ten reaennn why you ahould aee 1'"''"y- "Henna and Hla NIftlea", wna atuirl "Andrewa", Ihe McKellnr atatement tioneer. The auction didn't luat longTanld, "hna no a)mpalhy with tho pm. becauae Vlnlu, It wn.i dlacliiae.l In j hibltion la«f|i aa evidenced by hla tea. luln'l have much to eell evrn ; llmony (wMm fhe Iirl. at Ihe lu'glnnlng. .Siinate Judiciary Hhe hnd lota leaa "ub-comnijttee, "Ho hua not rven N'cn on when iiollce woman Malxl Cauff- trying lo enforce pmhlblilnn" .Mr- m.in broke up the ahow, Kellar charg^-d. Kor two dollara VIolu'a hnt went ' under tbo hammer, ll.r iln-na lirr.iirhl fourteen dollnra. Police W.HKnn I'.niff man leatiried that a anltor bought Vlola'a gartera for a ten eiiot. Vtolii'i, atorklnga, ahoea and llnge rte all wera knocked down at i hulie pricea It waa at thla rather advancefl atage tbat police womnn ('aiiffman rung down Iho curtain of cenaorahlp Mra. Senna, wife of the mannrer. aald tho ahow wna alawiluiely hnrmleaa becauae "even when Ihe police womnn Intervened Vlolu atlll hnu hor bloom era on." Henna pnld hla f!5 flna. FAMOUS CAFE CLOSES WITH WET GOODS OUT -{.naeliam'a Waabington. April IT. a nationally fumnua i— forever tonight. I'n.I although There la no i. Wnlln win hou.10 a halHTiLinliery Thomna II. Mnrehiill. the owner. asId huvo long eald llmt JII lomr an wei.n |(een the lli|uor tn- lerenla In chnrgYi of enfomement there wnuld tx no efflcienl enforcement of tba law. ¦Tn lb* T»ry natnra of Mr. Mellon'* eltiiatloii. "being no grently Intereated In the liinior bimlneu hlmaelf, no one could renlly eE.pe<:t an efficient en¬ forcement of the hiw frnm him or nny orgnnlrj»tlon un.ler hlm," liana ifyiHM'fiay Mellon Willi thai "nn nne h,i( a hypo, crlle" would h.ive nn.iworeil the qne-. lion put to Andrewa by the n,„.,,. commiltee In any olher w-iv n .. Hecretary wild Ihal be and . reiary of the Tre.isurer U i C.me over Iho ".try czar*:. .::;.,.> ' v.rv carefully and they were conrtilent .\n.irewH wna not nilvncnilnir nio.linrn- tinn of the prohlM. rio, Treiiaiiry'a aland r. ; ,,. ' veraal of poalUon fr.n , aiel 'I'biiraday when iidmlnl.slrMllon epokea- men wero piriiie.i ut lhe ".Iry caiir' aa innklng no aecret of the llkellhiod that I ho would have to walk the rnrpei. _ . . .. 1 "Where could we get another mun Mo h^ lir ;, TJ*"" *•";'.° **^ '" "¦- -'• ^«-""' "•""•^»i ^ lie haa not left it ^nce, and ho re- .|,.^„^" winHt.m eald fuaea even to try for a laat gllmpae ,evi rnl yrura fo "We Innkid for prnctlcal mun to lake charge of the work lieforo An¬ drewa took the Job, Ha h.ia mudo progreaa and we are aulHfled with Illm. "Our oonfUenca In Oeneral An- drowM la nol dertroyed. In fact w« are poalllv* lhat ho la alneere In hla work nnd doing a good Job. Andrewa _ _ ,,. j 'lua the full euppnrt of the Hecretary Tom Colllna • battle of mugty , of lho Treaaury ond mynelf.' ale, and bunn'iefa. todny, "Sn, I wnnt tn remember It aa It wna", the old man aal.l. "Aa If waa memorlea of the 4:30 p. m. 'cocktail hnur- of the old duya with tha frocked. dlHtlngulahi.l alnlemnen of an older day Ilrnni Apple llloa- "om IIoHM'a Neck, .... Hil¬ ver Fla. .... ain Itlcky "Ilul the iK.it.im ilmpped out of bual- neaM when prnhiliiil'in came." M.'imhall continued to ill on bla -throne", on a r^icker chair on a plat¬ form overlook I Ml,- tho pluc". The "men only" rule .-imtinueil to openito and tho prtvate n^itmnint for laillea with aa- corta wmi con.luctod np atalra. Treaaury on.I my« Meunllma^ Andrewa, nearly worn out from lha unfnvnnible rcncilon Ihe U'leatlnn of Iho Kenite committee cniieed among "dry ho-ita.'' tnok a •.vcek-end vacation In New York City, Defore leaving, he dnifteil a pro. gram to arrange a new treaty wllh fireat llrlt.iln In onler to mop tha (Continued on Page S- .Section 1) BLINDED BY BULLET DEA TH BRINGS RELIEF HI.I eye.«ight dealrnyed hy a bullet fired with midldal Intent. Prank Pief- fer, 41 yearn old, of 24J Dully'a alley, Plymn.ilh, died ln«t n,Iflll In M- Hoapital after four weelu of torn II' .1' Itll the atreet and hit tne machlno driven eoulhward by Clement I>ro»iow«kl of I3» Weat Noble atre<:t, .Vantltoke, Continued On Pj(e 1, Sect, i the hJZii ;ui-(:i.nlt;niil..i i.i til.iatlon wu« Cootloued on I'as* 1—iiactlun t with prohibition la not Itaelf, but thnf It hne not not to play it crookt-diy. 11 l.i a ¦ to cul out their eeiriKhneaa an.l !¦¦ iiiipprovivnit^at of Itm ivocatl. ecmiui Cuntlnuod on faco t- 8<ctU>o 1 c'lrred at li:JO o. ' hli family had coiii- nta to havo him re- '' lupae aet theai. plana 1 1 Itlll fomlly lo l.e hur- I to th* hoapital to 'h.; end, '• r, who hod llTod In Plymouth rty a quarter of a century, ahot r in the right temple March 1.1. I reiiiened hnme frnrn the Vul- had re- attempt ,-.... InMtea.l of cuuaiiiK inatont death, I'leffer blind¬ ed hlinaijir. Tb* bullet aliuttertjU Ibu optio nervo, Wben taken lo Memy Hoapital, tbe aerlouaneaa of the wound prevenle.l aurgeona f-om proMng for the hull..! nnd It wna permltte.l to re- m'l hea.l. Cr.i.ltially ntrength. Hla eight . . it It waa believed r«- iiiovui home would help hl.i cr.n.lUlon. Hla wife and children arranK'itl Krt- of the hospital set tn. rr.T 1.1 surrlTed by livii cliililren: ^Ittrguret, Jennie, Ituth. Kvelyn and Dunlel; alio by bla f ' - Mn, Owin Wllllama of • '. und tho following ais- • l'>el!.i Chapman, Chicago; RIi.,, \\ .;iium Jone.i, Mra, Kermall, Mr.i, Harry AndcM, Mra. Dowey CXrr. ull of Wilk.illarre; Mrs. Daniel Pox. Ilun vilte; alao by one brother, EMword ^icffer of this cily. X \ { ±L
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1926-04-18 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1926 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1926-04-18 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1926 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
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Page | 1 |
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Date Digital | 2008-11-06 |
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VICE RING HERE SMASHED BY JAIL SENTENCES
Wyoming Valley's
Qreatest
Home Paper
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGR.^PH REPORT TO 3 .\. M. SUNDAY
The W^EATHER
\V»»lilnil.>n. April 17. — Ea.ifcrn TVnnR: F-alr In north and Incn-n/ilnit
I In »outh portion Sumlay:
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FIFTY-TWO PAGES
The Onl> Sunday N?w»T»T>»r Coverlntt the WsomliiK Vnllty
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1926
ICntered at W:'l. ILi M»»cond Cl.i
PRK i: FKiHT CENTS
MELLON FIGHTS AGAINST OUSTER OF DRY CZAR; EDUCATORS AND BUSINESS MEN JOIN DEFENSE
ONE GIRL IWO MEN TRAPPED
Luring Of Scranton Young Woman To Detroit Leads To Conviction And Prison
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VICTIM RESCUED
One Member Of Group Has Sentence Reduced By Giv¬ ing Confession Of Plot
WHITE SLAVE CASE
Three members of an alleged white slave ring which i,s said to have oper- uted In this region within tho past year, yesterday were aentonced to terms of impri.sonment by United States District Court at Detroit. Mlch- Ifa'an.
Alice Oordon, twenty-four of Noxrn. waa given thirty months in tho Cbi- cjigo House of Correction; Holsrl Whitehall, twenty-flve. also of Noxen. was Hontenccd to serve thirty montlis in Ix^avcnworth penitentiary. The third defendant, Harold Klock, re¬ ceived n term of one year and a day in tho samo prison. His lighter sen- t ence waa due to tho fact that he l)leaded gullly. Sentences were pro¬ nounced by Judgo Hough of Colum¬ bus, Oblo.
All three took Ethel Boughton. eighteen, of Scranton, to Detroit, whero she was piven Into a life of shorac. According to testimony In tho i-jise the thn-»i defendants induced the Houghton girl to drive with them from Scranton to Detroit.
Upon her arrival she found herself an unwilling Inmate of a di.sopderly house on Kast C.rand Boulovanl, pa¬ tronized by free ^r^ndera f\nd known as one of the most notorious resorts in lhat city until its closing recently when agents of the department of jus¬ tice mudo nrrest.s.
According to the Federal officers, the convicted trio belong to a white slave ring which ha.s been working in this city nnd Scranton.
A representative of the Travelers Aid Society In conjunction with the welfare worker shadowed an nllegeil operator of a white slave ring In this city at various times. Several months ago a stylishly gowned woman had l>een wont to met pas.senger trains at the I^hlgh Valley .station and at dif¬ ferent Intervals had been seen greet¬ ing young girls as they would alight from a train. I.ater the well dressed woman would enter a taxicab. with the girl she had met and soon disappear m thc maze of traffic on Public Square. Kfforts of welfare workers to definitely connect thi**.styllsbly gowned woman with a white slave ring never proved lo be entirely successful; nevertheless they held thc opinion that a ring waa in operation here. The caae in United States District Court at Detroit yester¬ day somewhat confirms the belief held by the local welfare workers.
Peaches Loses Her Spring Hat
New Tork. April 17—Fifteen year old 'I'eaches' Heenan Browning en¬ joyed another shopping trip to |
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