Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SECRET WEDDING GIVES BROWNING CHILD WIFE
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Wvoming Valley's
Qreatcst
lioine Paper
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGR.\rH REPORT TO 3 .\. M. SUNDAY
The WEATHER
Waxhmston.  AprtI  1*—For Kaatem 'tniu^N lv;int«,     cloutly.     followed     by <      i i\ ;       t'older     Sunday M I ur antl colder.
fFIFTY-SIX PAGES
The  Onlv   Sunday   Newspaper L'overlnK tho WyomlnB Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA,, SUNDAY, APRIL 11,1926
Knloreil al   WllkeilUrr.-.  I'.i , u-.<   .Second   OIa'>> .Mull   M.i Iter
PRK I: EIGHT CENTS
HARD COAL WAGE SCALE WINS NEW PROTECTION; SENATE COMMITTEE OFFERS PRESIDENT POWER
TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN EVERY EMERGENCY
IIRL OF 15 S A BRIDE
IF MAN 5]
Frances Peaches Heenan Gay And Beautiful In Ceremony Held In Secret Fashion
SQUIRE OFFICIATES
License Obtained !n Plumbing Shop And Farm House Is Scene Of Nuptial Event
PARENTS CONSENT
Trolley Riders Near To Death
frew ami pajwcnpers of Ply¬ mouth car .N'o. 300 weiv literally -laveil hy inche.-i from po.s-sihlc death ir .serious injury in a near colli¬ sion with a D, & H. engine run¬ ning liglit at Hull Kun crosaint?, it ."1 o'clock yestenlay afternoon.
The car wa.s Inbound anil lhe motorman. William D, Williams. stopped in Ihc regular manner at the crosainff lo allow hi.s cxiniluclor, .leorpe Metal, to so aheail and clew Ihe railroad track. AccordlnK ;o report at the Wllkcs-Barre n.iil .lay Company ofilce. Metal imw the ¦nKine .approachinir at .some ili.s- lance, and slowly. Hc motioned .he engineer to stop and hl.s motor- man to brinff the car oyer the .Tcuslnff.
It la the theory tbat the engi¬ neer rry-sunderstooil the piprnnls and thoupht that the conductor was motionini? for him to come on. He Increaaed the speed of his enirinc 1.11(1 fortunately only nipped Ihe front of thc car. tearinff away the ripiit   hand grab liiuidie.
Invcstifratlons aro belnff mado by hoth traction compan.v and railroad .ifncial.s to determine Ihe rcpponsl- 1 Mly of llic near-di.sa.ster.
fCold Sprlngx, N. Y.. April 10 (UP) — iderellu and her Prince Charminr married tod-ay. Edward W. |rowninc. ffray-halreil real e.sti:te fealer who objects to belnff called old bl confesses to  .'." years,  and Fran-
I   Heenan.   slrlklncly  bi^autllul and
drove   c|Ulckly   to  thi.s  pretty  spot
the  Hudson  River thl.s attertlaon.
fhey  Mcuied   a  marriage   license  and
licked up a justice of thc peace.
hlrled three miles up thc old Albany
et   road  to  the  Grant   Wright  fami there.   In   Ihe   farm  house  llvlns-
jvm,   they  were  married.
Prances'    mother   and    father   and
out    six    other    people,    Including ^ow"nlng"s  secretary,   were   the   wit-
issea.
Whcro  they   were tonight  was  un-
rtum. but late  in the day. at lea.st
ey  still  were  at   tbe  Wrlffht farm.
1th  their   witnesses,   a  merry   party.
rractlcally no one  In  Cold  Sprincs
allzed that "Cinderella"' und her iPrlncc"' were in their mldnt -when Ihey rolled up lo thc plumbing: .shop biff   iui:oinobllc.      It    wua   only
hen    the    names    were    ffiven'   thut
rowninK   and   Kifincos   were   recoK- iseil.     They   were   married   nnd   had
lied away affiiln before hardly any- ne realized what wa.s Iranspirinff.
Then—whether by Itrownine's re- ¦Quest or otherwise—city clerk Forman closed the pIuinliLllK shop and slipped nway for the evcninK .tnd Justice of lhe I'eace Chri.stian locked up his of¬ fice anrl left word that he would not bo liack I Olla \.
barly   rrcparalioiw
U was found that Hrownlnff had leased the hoiK^c hcic throuffh a third iparty who did nol reveal thc identity of ills principal unlll today. The house is a biff ramblins place with fine ffrounds. known as the '"Roves i"Placcm" and la on Pauldlnff street where everyone In Cold Sprinff.s Is familiar with It.
Broivninff  and   Ills   bride,   however.
ere in Ihclr new" home lonlcht. Ii was undcr.sl.ooil much renovation wa-s to be done before it would be ready for occupancy. Where they went, no one kpciv.
Cold SprlnffM. which they have cho¬ sen for a home, is on the Hudson River about 30 minutes ride from New York and Is one of thc many towns overlooking tho river and the rali.sadcs beyond which are made up largely of luxurious homes of the well to do.
Browning and thc 10-year-old fflrl. whom hc met at a party ertven by a hlffh school society and who liec4mc the sweetheart Immediately of the 57- ycar-old man whose activities as "fairy ffodfather" to "Cinderella grirls" have brought him much attention, ¦lipped away to Cold Sprinffs from New York during the early .lilemoon.
At   3   P.   M.   they   appeared   at   the
plumbinff   shop   of   Gilbert    Forman.
Forman also ia the toc-n clerk. From
him they secured  a marriage license.
Story of Komance
The weddiliff loda> ot Brow ninff and Pran;es (Peaches) Heenan brings to a climax another volume of thc Browning fairy story.
Browning, whs .started life humbly and made a fortune counted in mil¬ lions through operations in New Vork real estate, came before the public less tban a year ago when he adver¬ tised for a girl to adopt. He desired a companion, hc said, to his little fos¬ ter daughter. Dorothy Sunshine Drowning.
.\fter days durin;; which appiica- ';5r.,. for .l.iCr'.i'" ^-.tme iium ali pans of the count.-y Browninff a.sscmbled newspapermen at his oflice and Intro¬ duced  them   to   Mary  Spas,  a  charm-
Coalia'jed on  Page  11,  Section 1
TWWKIllED
WET CASE IS RESTED FOR TIME
Evidence Given By Canadians Proves Sensational Against Operation Of Volstead Act
FAVOR CONTROL PLAN
Women Of Eight Organiza¬ tions Will Be Given Chance To Give Testimony Monday
I     VIOLATIONS FLAILED
Blue Lata Burgess Surrenders; Declares Crusade Flat Failure
"I'm througli." dt'clared HurpajB Wiiliiun KlinRer last iiJKlit at West Pitt.ston ns he vifliolally dot'larod an ond to lii.s I'fTorts to enforce obsolete Suniiii.v bluo liiws in his bor¬ ough. Toduy any legitimate bu.sines.s may be conducted without fear of the burgess or any of hi.s .special poiico interfering. There will be no further arrests for Sabbutli violalion.s.
Burgesa Klinger's surrender followed Judge H. A. Fuller's deci.sion tliat sales (if gasoline on ."sunday are not a violation of any law. The president .judge's ruling dim¬ med the .spotlight that the Imnnigh executive had lieen claiming since he dusted off the forgotten statutes. Four gasoline dealers were the onl.v oflcndei'a caught in the "ci'U.sadc."
"It's all over. I'm througli. Tliere won't be any more warrants," was the way Klinger siimmed up hi.s ill- starred campaign. From tlie start his move met with general condemnation amon.tr residents of West Piltston a.s well as fi'om residents of neighboring communities. Politics was the chief motive attributed to the I'.urgess when hc first announced his iliive against Sundny activit.v.
BILL TO PREVENT STRIKES IS FINALLY RECOMMENDED
Enforcement Agents Make Heaviest Haul In   Weeks
Right Near Ilcadt/uarters
Provides For Fact Finding In Regard To All Costs And Profits In Anthracite
T
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Mines Are Cause Of The Fatalities While injuries Result From Many Causes
CYCLIST UNCONSCIOUS
I Two dead and ten injured make up I the accident loll in Wyoming Vallry I within thc last forly-oijiht hours. liolh fatalitica accourrcd in the minen. I Witliam IJewollyii, nineteen. 120 Ab¬ bott Htn^et, I'luins, a il«or I»vy ut Dor- I mnce collier>*, f^ehlKh \ alley Coal i Company, was strink nnd killed by I a loadod  car.
j     Caufflit   honc;iIh   a  full  of  rork.  tho life of CJcorjie Sharnkk, twent.v-threo, of   33   West   Nobln   Mroet.    Nan!icoko, j WHH  snuffrd out   in   the  mino.s  of  tho I Suf^quohaiina  ColliorfoH  Compuny. j     Josnph   CnffiBras.     twrnly-.sevon       of SC7 State .«^trort, a lalwrer for Su.sqno- han;':i (,'olliortcs Company, roccivod in¬ juries to the head, hnck and neck when .caught l>oncalh a fall of top rock.    He I is in Nnnticoke fcilaio Hospital.
Caught undor a fall of rork T\hilo at work in tho mines of I>«^high & Wiikos-B^irre Coal Company, Micliarl koines, thirty, of 272 Miner avenuo, Wanamle, received inJuricH lo the left IVK. Ho i.s being treated at Nanticoke State Hospital.
: Joseph Shimbo.Tkl. forty-two. of 236 I Main M root Duryoa, is In rutrton , HoHpitiil whore hc wa5 taken aftor br- ; ing injured at Henocii colliery, Kchigh Valloy Coal Company. llo wa.s l»e- ¦ noath a fall of rork. Tn the same nc- I oidcnt, Carl Olethna of Duryoa, a la- I borer, also recolvod Injuries. He, too, I Is In Plttston Hof)pltul.
George   Hor.soman.   thirty-three,  9S1
Murcy .¦street.  Duryea. and Miws Anna
i Dickjn.son. of North stroot. West F»itts-
j ton    while  riding In an automobile at
Moosic, were hit by a D. & H. train.
(Continued  on   Tage  7—Sec. 3)
I Washington, April 10.—WeU rested their vigorous n.ssault upon prohibition iH'fore the Sonuto Invostiguting com¬ mittee tonlKht after .six days of revol¬ utions nf corruption in high places, in- li-mpoi-nneo amone lho ymm*j'. wMnliiT rnonihly, homo browin doli.tr bootleg indu.strv.
|cUnui««d t<>d«i- wilh u.-.m-..:-.   --j- Wni.  Stavoi-t, memlvr of the oripm.'! t^MiolxHT liquor comrTiis.sioii, and Krajn i \\'. Uu.sHoII. Winnipeg. Manitoba, Toiii- P<Tanc'e   l'nion.   who   ^aJd   tho   expeii- mont In prohibition to the north of Dh-
, United States has been a dismal fail¬ ure, but the change to government .sale of liQuor hud been a complete suc-
COKS.
Their  Hfti^'  system   has  emptied   Ui'* ' jull.s.    Increased    temperance,    stopped I bootlegging,   brought    revenue   to   tho ' government, settled the yoUQffer gener- ! ation  to   its  nen.se.s  ond  satisfied  the people,  they said. I     Monduy the drys will open *.i\c\r de¬ fense    of    prohibition    with    a    dozen I women \vltneH.'»e« of the Women's Na- I tional 'l,aw    Kiifoifoment    League    in oonvention hero,    .Vgreemont upon this . course   was   leaohed  ut  i» war confer- ence of dry leaders who ohtaineil con- j .sent of tho investigating committee for ! Interruption  of tho   west ca-so  to  pcr- [ mit thc womon to testify.    Thoy ropro- Hont a fo<leration of   12.000.OOO  wtfmen i In    thc   following   of   eight   organixu- tlons.
Thc Young Women's Christian Asso¬ ciation: The Nalional Congro.v.s of l\ir- : fnXH    and    Teachers;     Th"    Nutionul j Womcn'.s i'liristian Temporunco
't'nion: The National C'ouncU of Wom¬ en f Coum-ll of Women for Homo Ml?<- stons: Fedoratlon of Women'.s lloards of Koroign Missions in North America; The I^nda Hand Society and Inter- I national Otdor of King's Daughters.
The wetii will resume thfir ca^e Tue.silay for eight huur^ remaining of 1 thrir alloted time In tho trial of thc : national dry act b<'fr>re flvo promlnont ' juri.sts of 'In^ Senate judiciary com- j mittoo.
,     Wots  arr  Jubilant   over thclr .ihow- 1 ing thus fiT and piirtlcularly with thc j evidence of Sir William and Hussell. I \Vave o( (omiption
I     When   their   provinces   had   prohiM- I tion   sevenii   yours ago  conditions  de¬ veloped, thoy said, which arc like con ditions  in thc  states today—crime In¬ crea-sed.    young   folks   .spiritedly   vlo- 1 lated     law,     drunkenness     expanded, ! bootlepging   was   rife,   corruption   and (Continues!  on   Page  7—Hee.  3)
lORDRIVERS    IRAPPED IN HILLS CALLED 10 TASK  BY ARMED POSSES BY STAIE POLICE AFIER JAIL BREAK
Charged With The Tearing Two Of Seventeen Convicts Down Of Barriers And Arc Quickly Taken But Trespass On Boulevard Others Expect To Fight
Kcilrml  cnforrf mrni a«rnts di'l not ; h»v» lo .Itir out of th»lr own  ni>lirli burhoo<l lii--.t ni»ht tn mako the liiijr*'.'.! nild   In    ri'i-»nt    wrrkn.    TTirjr   wiilkrHl j iirronn Ihc ntrrrt from their liendgtmr trrs   hrro  Rli.l  ^^¦l/.¦•(l  n   Inrjre  qunillltv of mn and  IiirIi  tr.nt   ttrtr tn a  lunrh room  at  lhi>  comi-r of  Houth   \Vi\Bli   ' in*fton and Norlhiimpton ntrftrm,    Twk rtrrostw   wrm   muilr,
Thf" pmhihitlon nBrnl.i rrom thru omcf... In th" nKw Commerro iMiil.link' hiul kept waich on thf* rrstatirant for' Mov-rml <l«ya. They rtrcldnl on ni'iioii l,i.il nlKht nt S n"clock nml threi- ortl- I rrrr* ^ylllnterl•ll ncrofiH th** Ntrrrt to llir lunch room.    Ile.ilflo nomr patron^,
the mldern found Mlinn Rtnnlah. pro prietor, niul .llephcii Topov. Iwrtrml IT,   In   the   til.irr,
I'Vr the next one antl nne.hulf hour-, tho   offlcern   .Mejirchnl    tho    iilurr   nn.l trwtfd varloun llqul<l-i fnlinil thoro.     .M thr end of Ihrlr rxnmitiatlon tlirv  ,111 nounrrd  ronn.Hmtlon  of a  quantity of irln   ami   Firvrrul   Nirrrl«  of   Imti-  ntrt ta-lnlnir hlirh tilcnhohc ronlrnt,    Hlnn loh anil Topov vere plarml under, ur- roNt.
Thr plare flpirrd In a couple of prrvlouji ralda. ll »"> owned orlir¬ lnally liy Ijif.ijrrtlo Nip «hn InMl niKht told thr Hunday Indeprnilrnt hn Nold out hla liitrrrHt to Utiiiiirh Iwo monthn
HKO,
Night Of Horror In Ice Packs FolloiDs Blast Aboard Sealer
Child Killed In Auto Accident; Miner Dies From Broken Back
Two victims of ace-ldents died early this morning at Wilke.«-Barre General hospital. Injuries received when run down by an automobile resulted in the death of a Hix->ear-old girl. The other person to die uas a mine worker who was hurt at a <oIlier.\. A third accident that may result fatally wa.s also reported after a Pittaton man'a automobile .struck a child, cnuf<mg a fracture of the skull.
Sophie   KasmerovUch.   six   yeara,   of 60   Miner   street.   Min^ry   Mills,    died at   1:40 o'clock  this  morninjf  in  Gen¬ eral   hospital   from   tho   effects   of   a fractured   j-kull   Jind   internal   Injuries. She   w:i.^   run   down   la.st   Wedno.«d.iy ! momtng: on Main atreat. Miner.-* MiiLs. i The     .lutomobile     «as     ope.-iitod     by 1 .Tames  Brady  of  Mfado^land  avenue. King&ton.    Brady  took  the  young.ster j to  thc  hospital  and   thrn  notified   the [ police,   later   bcms   rclotuscd.     U     1« |
likely a charge of involuntary man¬ slaughter will be placed agalm>t him tomorrow'.
William Pazawaris. 51 years, of 80 Bt. Marys street. I'lains, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning in General Hon¬ pital. He \va» injured Thuraday at l*rosp«»ft rolllery of tho I^rhlffh V«Mey Coal Company. He was caught by a fall of rock following a bUutt. His liack was broken.
Bertha Manginello. four years, of 131 Gibson street. Hcranlon, Is in a critical condllioa in Scranton Slate Hospital us a rosult of belnc run down lui^t night by a machine oper¬ ated by wnUum McCadden, 3« years, of Hughestown. Plttston. McCadden placed the child in his maohtf*** ^r.d took her to the hobpitut Hc was ar¬ rested but released by Alderman Slat¬ tery under $000 bUI. Surgeons at tbe hospital said thc cbUd ham a fractured skulL
I It was learneil la«t nlffht that ac¬ tion Is being taken by the State High- 1 way patrol agnlnst oli-von Hutomobllt«-t-i land two motorcyclisi.s. for tre.sra.wlng lon Ihn Elast Knd boulevard soclon of I thr- State highway nn Kaster Sunda\. I whop barriers woro broken down an-l 'considerable damage done to the road- I bed in course of con.struction by tho Coons Constmction ("ompany. ! The ntunes have tioen In po.'^sesslou of Alderman Peter Mather of thin cily. ias well ns the license nunil>ors of th'" Imachinej^. Compluint wn.s launched by I the con.'t ruct lon company, which oh- I tained the Itconse numbers of tiie trcM- passing machine.H and placod them In ithe hands of the Highway Patrol. Of- i firer I^eahy Is acting as prosecutor. Through Alderman Mather, the tres- i pas!*ors were given notlvo that they ! had ten days In which to nppour be- fore warrants would tw issued for ! urrofit.
I Thoy are as follows: i .Tohn l/.-iino. 20 West Jarkson street. rlly; .lohn K resemin.skl. r.63 Orchard streot. Warrior Hun; .Tohn I*awrenro, SI Baltimore lano, city; Oordon Wat« J kins, 207 Conyngham frtroet, clly; I Charlos v. nnd ('harles A. Pokorney, [221 Korlh Main street, city; Jacob I Rims. ir.S High .street, ejty; Rlrhard T. I !*hoboy. 390 New Haneook stroet, city: I Mario Ringdon. R. D 2. Wilkes-Parpr; I Haymond H. I:.owl.s, Knst Knd boulo- vard. city; Kdwln Plankonbiish, r>l ' l*inden stropt. city; Hnssol ^ray, H7 I Storm Hill, Parsons; P. Hughes, 54 Custer street, clly. and Jo.seph HIndel. I 136 Diamond Thatch. ! TjnwrenoA. Kjm.s, T^heb^ and I.<ewis {appeared before Alderman Mather and i were fined each $25 and coetA.
TJesplte   the   fart     that    newspaper
I publicity has brought into pollco court
inn  increasing number of rlolatorw of
olty     tmfBc     ordinances       yesterday.
: forty-four  persons     whose     machines
; were tagged failed to answer wh^-n tlm
license   numbern   of     their     machines
were read yester«Iay morning.      Chief
Brown hax dedare-I that warranl.s are
being nuule out  for the offenders who
as yrt  havo  failed   to  moke their ap-
' pearanr^ liefore the polloe and that the
^campaign   of   rounding   them   up   will
{begin   tomorrow.
More   than   100   warnintn   are  tteing
' prepared  whioh   lnlud(>  the   3«  ownen*
I publlhhed   Kriday.   und   the   ndditlonui
I •! who failod to app<ar yesterday. The
; new list  ot license  numbers H as fol-
': low»:62:St2.     8d»3fi0.     77H252.     903095,
,X-li288. 680461, 703i:.0.  M709!.«254n
jR-74192, 258279. 7IS417, 687110. 485018.
{2S8281. 136637. 266332. 917912   4219S.
701123, 107720. 541&9. OdlCtlS. 379954,
,40361. 823990. 209471. 62*»272. 417409
,42193. 619100. 201582. 116127. 119295.
302621, €36822. 680463. T-Stl  763851.
11995. 805210. 107520. 958431.  401434,
96428.
I Alderman Thomas (to^^s usually |m- ; por.Ca u *»•!« uf #5 unti coais on all trafflc violators. If an offender is brought In on a warrant, the penalty ; wUl be $10 and coHts, or 15 more ¦than thc flne for voluntary appear- tasoa.
Nashville. T^nn.. April 10.—Tr-apped
in tho treacherous f.-iatnaHS of the east
Tnnne.sBpo   moiini;iln  oountry,   a  small
Iwind of esoHpi 1  convicts nre "dtggln;;
; in ¦ for tho IjhUIi: wilh posses who aro
j pi-oparing  to   march   on   the  fugitlv«»«'
Islronghoultl. according lo word ncelv-
od  by  authorities here.
I     Airplanes   dispatched     by     order  of
Governor Austin Peay circled overhead
and  motor police,  d**putleH and   pnsi.ti
I guards   consolidated    their   forco.s   fur
an  orffanlzcd  search   for tbo  fugitive'-
:i part of the  17 who esOapo<l from tin
Htale   prison   hon^   last   night   ufter   a
guard  had  botn  hold  up by  a   wooden
pl;stiil in tho hands of I>ee Allen, bunk
bandit.
Allen and two other long term pris- * oil'r»   v.cro   captured   during   the   Uuy land  tonight  wore   Imck   in   thrtr  cell.i, '^'Ullen   and   drtliint.     Thoy   mot   quof- Itions roKiirding thn  wholcuule delivery 'with a sne«r and impregnable silence. .Ml know  thu co-l'' of tho unden^orld and the futc that awaits  tho  "squeal¬ er."
, Allen was .shot dovvn In a park hero ; by V. I.. Mo^s, a private detactlvc. who on soetng thf l>and)t and Char¬ ley Whito, anothi r fuglti\r, had noti¬ fied pollco and th*y partlclputcMl In the buttle to capture tho p;iir.
Whilo and Allen u. r/i u. park potloe- I mail, whom ihey h^d duzinncd, aa a I uhloid and could hav«i .-'tood off th*' I pollco and their riot Kunn tnderinltrly I huii Mo.ss not circled bohiiid tho har- I icado ;ind old iiuich windmill ufid fired a shot into one of Allrn's logs.
dying for mercy, thc ring Icader of the Jall delivery with White sur¬ rendered.
A   few   houra   before   thclr   capture
word had come frt»m Bell  Buck near
[ here   that   a   bank   hail   Wew   robbe«J
there of $15,000 and tho escaped oon-
I \\vlii   were   believed   to   have   Ntopped
i there   enroute   to   tbe   shelter   of   tbe
muuntuinjs.
l-'our I'p Kor Murder I Seven ¦ men Kurlx-d in prmon grey were seen at Murphiet nl>oio near Bell i Huckle and MUthohtlo.<j of i he latter 1 place Informed prl«on officials that u ' tool house of th* NuAhvlIle, Chatla- ; nooga and St. Louis Ky. had Ifeen oponed und torches, crowbars and \ dynamite—tools uaed In the bank rob-
l»ery—stolen. I The fugttlrea, according to prison authorities, are propur»*d to gamble with their Iivoh for lh*lr lltxriy. four of them are serving life terms for murder and the rem^iinder are dolnir from flve to (Ifteen years on forgery robl>ery Hnd l>tr»«*ny Kor this res- ' .fon every precaution Is being taken. It was explained, to prevent unneceaaary lOf*s of life  to  peaiir officers.
Th*^ '  'ine of the
esrap- '-ets  hore
and   1 of   Allen
and Whu*;, le<id jK>Jitf lo believe that tho fugitives disbanded after their wild ride In a commandeered street cur ] that siooil in front of the prtsnn nu thf-y escaped.
Meanwhile the tnre«>tigutton Into the wholesale delivery continued at the pn-wn today.
Warden McCorkle. pressed by newii- i*ai»eiTncn lo'Juy, aOmtttca   r«Iuctantl>
flt. John's Newfoundland. April 10.. (\.'P)-—Tho horror of an explosion u\ I •.ra and a night rfiont on ho fimv I wore dlKOovered loday hy members of the sealing stojuiier Ponl which ai rlved here nfter their rc»cti« by the .•.truini r I'Vigle.
Sixty membors of the crew of the Seal were savo<J nnd only one. n flro- xr\*iT\ d(ed from thc terrific explosion which sank the vwisct yestenlay. Chief engineer Perez was badly burned and four other* less gravely.
The   fireman    waii   blamed   tnr   th*^ disaster.     Ho   put   gasoline   Instead   of keroMen^* into a lamp ond .m explosion i followed In  the  hold of  lho vr?w»el.    A flre   broke   out   and   flamei   ale   their way to a storeroom w here waa kept a ' suppl.v nf gasoline. Cartridges n.-'ofj for' .shooting  neals wen* explodeil and  thei forcft of the 4»last  h)**vr awny ono nldo
of thn  ahlp and mtft  no single  blork of timber Inlucl.
They hutl but a few minutns to make an OMcripe Hud the ship heen in clear wntur ib-ath by 'trow nlng would Imvc bwn InovltHblo but the HenI wna sur¬ rounded  ultli  ico.
Very  littlf  fotsl and  no clothing ex cept  what the men had nn thoir biickH waa mved.    The men m/iniLgisI (o tako nlong sis boats in raiw it borsme ner os.nnry  to  mnko   for tho nhnre.  should the Ice Hland float  down Imy.
Plnren were sent up ^y thc maroon- etl rnen, suffering Inlennely fnim rx pOKiirr, *l"lio stotuiier F^gln put i>iit Into Ihe dHngerous Ice and succeeded In   edging tlinnigh.    Other ivlief ves-
doli  were bloi'ked.
At midnight tho re-tciie was efTertrd and   the   Knglo   arrlvod   after   a   nIns
hour jniirnoy  through  tho floes.
PLAINS POLICE FORCE WOMAN FOUND DEAD:
CLOSING ALL SHOPS PNEUMONIA CAUSE
The entire police dopartment of Plains under direcllon of Chief Sidney Pattlson conducted a crumitio last night, tho oriual of wliloh hai* never Imrn wjtnr«sed In the township. I'p- wnnd of twenty buslne.Hn plareK. most¬ ly cigar MtoroH and pool rootnA wero ordf-red  closed.
Three weeks mo the Doari of Oom- misslonorM of I'lalns adopted sn ordi nanoo dr?>lgnrd to lm\o all bUMln**.-!*. places rWiispd nt midnight. Since puh- Hugo of tho tnojuture most proprietors Ignored the ortler but lost night Chtof Pattlson concludeil to enforce tho measure.
Scores of nvm were ordered lo leuve the plare« visited by police and It caimed a general commotion In the l>u.<klnesa aectlon of the township Crowds congrogaled'untll 2 o'clork at which hour pollen activity c^mo lo an end.
Numoroun complaints had rearbe.l the tlommisHloners In recent months concerning unnrc4'sitary noise crealeo by norturni visitors at certain placo** in Plains. Oa nrcount of these com¬ plalnta the measure wan pafwcd bjr th'-   Hoard   of Commiasloner'*.
SON   IH  BORN
The stork vl«lte<l Nesbitt We.-.r Mfif- hospltal last itlght at 0:50 o'clock and presented ;i Mti I thy sr)n to Mr. nn-! Mrs. M ' MS of 120 South L
nott »ii.    The motn) f
fore   III I.T  MlflM  Nun   Bmh
of  l!>jw;.pl-v ll!'"
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GRA.SH KIKK AT KINOSJON
A grasN fire on a vacant lot on Nttlberland  uvenuo,   Kingston,  at  9:40
la.'>t niirht u;i•! cxtnu'uisliij,] by mem- I i Tompuny wbo
an alarqn- Thut r- .! shortly l>efor'-
'.he h\uxf. (night havr (.arelessly thrown a livhiMl rn.itch Into the t.ill grusn, l^ the lM-ll(-f nf KlngMion  polli »¦
RAIIJIOAD .MAN KKTIHKs
After 38 yeurs of fitvIco. Mark f. Smith. puKORger agenl of Scrunton (iivitaioit, D. I.. & W. HaiiroiMl ('tni- pany. will retire on May 1. Ho will be succeeded by C. B. TinMman. of Kast Orunge. N. J., who has been city passenger agent for the l^cka- wunna Itallroud in New York City for several years. i
that nothing but ii Hoo«len pl^toi wa.<^ use<l by AIU n in holding up M. VV. I>odson •TijHrJ, who h.»* Aiim ami Howard Barr conversing In one wing 'of Ihe prbion. i
McCorkle aaUI he found the wooden! pisfol   on   the   outside   of   the     prison w:ills with  seveml  hack aaws u^ed by thc touviLtij In uavMntf thc Juii baiu.
Pnoumonla a aji given hy the coro¬ ner's office yr.ilerilay l\T^ tbe cautiQ of deuth of Mrs Criiii l^'iinkl. 46 >eurs. who witM found dead Ht her home nt 20 BrookMl'tn Mreet. The womun dlod withinil  bolng attende<| by n  phynti-lan.
An Inve.st luat lon by l»opu(y I'nronrr Wendell Hichnnis roveaha that noth¬ ing wiiriiiiiling n further probe wn.s apparent In the tanf.
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mriJAH S. JONKS
Wllliatn H. JntioH. formerly of Wllkes-Barre. d.'d Thursday ut the home of hlM Mi»n. Arthur Jonea, at Jemey City. New .hrnvy. Hf In nur¬ vlved hy four (hildren. Arthu", Htun¬ ley snd Ktorenie r.f .lersey Clly, nml Herbert., of Kingston The funenil wtll lie hold from Ihn homo of the lat. ter, 40 Houlh Ilennett 'rtroet. Monday j a'lcrncMjh  at   :i  i>'cl(H-k
MKS. Jl MA V;. SWKKNKV
\     Mrs.   .Itilia   K    S\^r.rir\,   of   Phila I dolphin,   'lied   I'riday   J't   '•"*   home   <ir her   da 11 ull ler.   MrN.   Tliomaw   .1    l4iw, I (if   273    Pierce   f.trect.    Klng^lon.   Hie had   l>or II    livlnt;    will)    Iter   «luughl' i for   sevorul   ninn thrt   and   made   many I frtonds    The funer.il will >»i held fiom ' the hom(! of Mm. Ijiw  .Mond^ty morn I Ing ut  6 o'clock and  the  remains will Im:    taken    to    Philadelphia    for    in terment.
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FLOOn OANCiKK OVER The flnal  flocid  danger of the  sea' ^•H-lttiir     to     \»»>nf her     bureau
-on
t.
Itains and a conunued £haw unt the stream bank full during the twelve hours ending at 8 a. m. yenterday. Krom that hour on the river dropiwd. Sections of Klrby Purk were still under water last night but these wllt likely drain off to<lay. No damage was done to the park. It waa aald by tityl oaiclal.". I
WILLIAM CECH DIES
AT SON'S RESIDENCE
VVilLini  Ceth.  aged   61.  of  Ituggle's i Hollow,   west   of   Harvey's   I.4ike,   died I luel night at  10:40 of complications ut | the   home  of  bis  son.  John  Cech.   of Columbia avenue.  .MIner'n Mills,      Mr. \ «Vfh   had conducted  a farm at   TX'v -Ie      Hallow for alMJUt   fourteen   :¦ iiM"i   -".im*   to   his   "on's   home  abuu
i I '¦ "d by bin \Mi':. 1
^ 'MS. Juhn C'ch. I
;. ''!;¦.-       Mills      SI..\..U
Church, and Hlcven Cech. who  r( at  the  family home  at   Ftuggle's  fi low.     The   funeral   will   be   held   fit>m the  son's  home at   Miner's  Mills  ut  ai Ume lu be aunounccd later.
DEADLOCK  PREVENTION
Failure Of Agreements Would Briny Remedy From Coal Board And Chief Executive
QUICK ACTION SOUGHT
Wtt^hlnlfton. D. C. ApHi 10- A nub- committee of :he senate committee on eilucation and lat>or. which han been studying coal measun's. h-.m declde«l to recommend thn bill of Senator I'ota- land, of Now Vork. with nMsliflcallons, I'tie Nub Mimmlttoo con^lMts of Senal- or>t  Boruh,  i'ni>etHnd  and   Metcaif.
Tho .fub rommlttee will report lha bill tn lhe full committee nn<! seek t*» havo thft meujiuni recomTnon<led to lha senate. Acllou thla i.c^ion wUl »>« sotight.
Tho Copeland bill wan Introduced March 18. and has three principal ffiit- UP'S. These aro fact finding, labor re- I luMons nnd emergency  prnvlHlons.
The bill pnwtdert for a cm\\ division I In the l>epHrUneul of C(>mmoree, !•» Imvo fact-finding dulieH. It would I giiiher, unalyxe and make public rt** I ports from ttmn to tlnio upon all w- I Mm Hal facts and condlllon.H relating IO I tho coal Industry, includlnjf costii. pric¬ es, profits, wagoi<, and working condt- tlon.s.
Title S of thn hill deala witji labor relatlona. Those prorlslotu are adapt- (mI from lho pending niilroad labor bill and look to peuceful settlement nf dls- putea bclween miners an<l operator" Prmlaions o( Fence
They are as follows: HtM-tlon 201 It shall be the duty of all employeea and employers engage*! In the coal InduMry to exert every reasonable effort to; nmke and maintain ugreemonls con¬ cerning wagon anil working condlllonn Jind to hettl(^ all disputes In the tnaklng of, or application of. agreements, in onler to prevent unreasonable i - atnitiits iiiwn or Interruptions of inw r- atate  coinioei i v.
"rtoitinn "ff~ In the event thut a dlhputo Itct wren employer und em¬ ployee or employers and employees in not Hottlod Ihrough "uoh machinery of c»ntrui*t  an' nt  «.•¦  they  may
mutually   • Pn rodent    i^t
atuhoriKtd, " Hon. to otnploy
aurh offioerti, uaritin or agencies aa may exlft. or um ho muy create, sult- nhle for lhat purpoiio, to medlute In ^•urh dlrpuie.'t. und If unable to bring the parties into jigr'-eoient, lo endeavor to iniluoo the.n to ^ubmlt to the con¬ troveray by voluntjiry agreement to tho decl.-iloM of arbitrators.
rresidont Itlven Poa »r
Section 20.1 In the event that any dispute or 'linputen not settled In <h*» ifiJiniior here! ufore provldod shall Ihroaten sulv<fnntlally to roMtraln or to Inferrupt Intei^alo commeree. tlm prenident l"^ authorized, empowered und directed to crcuto un cnaergaaty cuu I ls>anJ.
"The jaild bOiinl shall Investlgata and H'port t<i tlie president upon tho eontroverny within thirty days of th« date of i^H creation nnd shall r(»port specifically us to whether. If the toii- truverny in question remains unsettled. lha roMtilt wllt l>o to deprive the puhho of an ndf^quate .sufiply of coal, or otli- ' NubHtanttully to restrain or in- .1   tntorstate  commerce."
1 -ll.r the third iwirt of the bill, in event of un emergency threatening to deprive the publtc of an atloquute sup- ply of coal, the President may take over and operale ooul properties but only for the period of the emergency.
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A. O.  H. CONVENTION
The A. O. H. will hold a convention
IhlH ufternoon in    St.    Aloysius    Hall.
Sn-.ii Notch. A numb«»r of malter-i ini'>i taut lo the orgunl/alions of tba .. iill >    w ill   come   up   for   di»cuH.<tlon.
The .invention   will  l»e  open  to  ladies.
,'i. i.il »¦•,.•»«"»  wiii  IH'  nmue  liy   l-ather HC~
Hugli.   Hon.  John   J.   Cu^ey.   Attorney
Joneph Kvans    und    Mlaa    ShovUn    of
Plymouth.
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TWO S.MAI.L  yiHKH
Pltv     fC-onr-n     re-ponded     fo    thrvtt
ill' I"    v\  .-
A ctgaiotte
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lhe   (uiUiiL
->   ¦ I   on uiUii   t,t.t'ui.     1 hu   second
wns   In   a  fleld.    No  property   damag*
rt^ulicd.
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