Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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FIFTY PAGES
Th« iSnlT Punday Newspaper Coverlny the Wyomloc Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 16,1927
'inrra^ Pa.. .1  Matter
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
TROUBLE WITH MEXICO AT CRITICAL STAGE; MILITARY MOVES ARE BROUGHT TO PROTEST
COLDEST OF SEASON THE GENERAL REPORT OF SA TURD A Y STORM
WIDETElrORV VALLEY EiRGES FEELING EFFECT FROM OlFFiCULIY OF WINTER BLAST: OF FLAKY DELOGE
Twenty Dcati's Are Recorded'Transportation Lines Encoun- And Great Sutfering Is In-; ter Delays But Promise flicted By Weather's Turn     Schedule Time Today
Hundred Miners Have Close Call
Des Moines, la., Jan. 15—One bundiT d mlnerH barely escaped nith their liTe.i when Bloomfleld Mine No. 5, locatctl n^ar hero, caved In. Property valued ul $50.- OOO wa.i burled in I he mine. Tho workmen atoo«l waUini; about the shaft to be lowered Into thc mint; uhen A low rumbltnK Found antJ black clouds of du.it from the shaft named ihem of Ihe "Hqueer.e." .\ roll rajl disclosed thut none had entered prior to the cave tn, whUh mtffht havn resulted In on*' of the country'."! jrrcut(^st minn dlsiuttorfl. Eleven   mulen  were  killed.
CHAPLIN'S COLLAPSE
Famous Comedian Forced To Bed And Physician Orders All Outsiders Kept Away
HEAVY  SNOWFALL
The country from tho Middle ¦West to tho Atlantic ScaboarJ Buffered last ;' nlghl from the most general cold spell ! ot tho winter, with below lero tcm- peraturr.H reported from many sec- [ tlons nnd heavy snowstorms Interfer- i Ing with traffic and communications. I S.. ..1 'lie Su.iii/ South" suffered and I In Atlanta tho M«>'or ordered the coal i yards kept opon Sumliiy to tUlevlnto I suflerlnK. 'Woather buit-au forcca.its I predicted that the cold wavo would I be of short duration nnd would be l over In many places by tonight or i Monday. United Press despatches L from representative cities gavo the ^   folloninsr summary ot conditions:
A tool ot snow covered most ot the central part ot tho country. It waa 54 below In lown. 9 below In Chlcairo. ono below In Kansas Cltr. nnd 10 below In St. I'aul.
Five deaths were attributed to thfi ooW In St. Pattl nnil Minneapolis In¬ cluding deaths from trafBc Occidents due lo tho snow, .1 toll of I'D more lives In tho wholo country was attrib¬ uted Indirectly to thc wenthet.
In Philadelphia and St. Paul tenants were driven Into tho storm by apart¬ ment house fires.
The coldest spot officially recorded on the continent waa at 'WTilte River. Ont.. where It wa.s B4 below. Chapleau, Ont.. was a close second with Bl.
A miniature blizzard struck New Tork City with several Inches ot snow, which piled Into drifts and Interfered with traffic. Many accidents wero reported.
Shipping In Long liland Sound ¦was tied up, most vessels faking to port fo rMa out tho storm.
CboUectlcut was under seven to eight Inches of snow with tho wind heaping its Into drifts and Interfering with trolley and trains.
Soma trains to thc Ea.-st from the South and 'West wcro running as much as two hours late.
Eiastcrn nnd Northern New Tork were experiencing a near blizzard with Intense cold, tl was one below In Buffalo, and eight below In Toronto. Most ot New England experienced Intense cold.
Zero temperatures wero recordetj In ¦Western    i -"nsylvanlo.    In    Eastern renn-sylvania It ranged from  lerj to ^15 above, with a heavy snowfall. '    Nashville, Tenn., reported 3 degreea above zero, thc coldest In three years. Atlanta reported nine above, and Iho cold   was   general   In   the   South,   ex- | tending 'jven  to thc summery shores' of the  Florida winter  resorts,   where frosts were reported. I
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WORRIED BY SUIT
RELIEF PROMISED
Sectional Reports
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 15.—Con¬ necticut was blanketed under from five to eight Inchca of snow tonlsrht and wind.s of blizzard Intensity were} heaping It Into drifts, slowing up' trains and trolloyfi and Interfering; with wire communication.
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Washington, Jan. 15.—Break-up of Iho cold wave over tho eajstcm half of tho nation Kunday was heralded by tho weather bureau tonlsht. Snon and colder weather would continue hi New KnglanA until Monday, however, It wa.s stated. Storm warnings were posted along the Atlantic seaboard from Cape Hatteras to Eaatport, Maine.
A twelve hour snow storm that at tlme.<i upi-roached the blizzard stage swept over ^Vyoming Vulley yester¬ day, lenving in Its wake a cold wavo that la expected to molerato today. Five inches of snow fell in the moun¬ tain regions and rural districts ac¬ cording to crew.s ot railroad trains thnt limp"d into tho city terminals completely covered with ice nnd enow. TVaffic on tninsportation lines whs severely checked by tho storm but alt
moving, according to reports given out by tho various companies early this morning.
The snow T\-as accompanied by a cold wind *hat bent the mercury down. Streets in the central city had fewer pedestrian.** than on any Satur¬ day night this winter. At midnight the cold wave wos reported severest at Mountain Top whci;e the thermometer showed ono degree above zero. Other readings throughout the valley were:
West Plttston     6 above
Kingston     6 above
Ntij'tiiJoko       7 above
EdwonlsvlUe ,   8 above
Wilkes-Barre    11 above
riymouth   12 above
During the afternoon and early eve¬ ning .the Ftorm held a .serious threat for trolley lines ,third rail, systems and railroad companies. Vehicular truffle In tlio cities ami towns of t':' vWley h.id littlo dllTlculty. OfflclaKs of the Wilke.s-riarre Railway Company called out their giant sweepers bnt dl.scov- ered they were not needed. Troley earn will bo running on schedule on all <livi.sions today, they declared.
Train No. 29. on the Lehigh Valley, duo here at 9; 30 V. M. from New York, arrived in the city two hours later, after encountering severe storm conditions in thc r.'tountains. Electric motor trains on th. Bowman's Creek division of the same company carried :i thick coating of ice as they ended their luns. Other railroads experienced similar trouble. The laurel Line and the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Com¬ pany kept trains running and an¬ nounced al lines open for resumption of Kcr\'ice this morning.
HAS FAINTING SPELI.
Seized by a fainting spell on Tubilc Square, George Taylor of Water*own, N. Y.. was removed lo General Hos¬ pital by police. His condition Is «j*c- ported   to   be   improved.
Raid On Old Rockaway At Old Forge Leads To Action By The Sheriff
AVERTS CONFISCATION
Charges Of Wife Resented And Friends Vainly Strive To Restore Him To Calm
CLOSELY GUARDED
TRUE STORY IS SUED FOR $100,000 AGAIN
An eleventh hour decision of Ccasare Mastantino to pay Sheriff Oomer C. Davis, of Scranton $1,081.70 yeMerday stayed for tho time being, at lea^t, a sherlffK .sale of Mastanttno's property In OKI Forge once known as the "Old Rockuway" hotel and in more recent times as "Tho Belvidcrc" and "Thc Cinderella."
Maslanttno went bjiit in the sum of J300 each for fl\T» gul;* arre.sted as hmijite«* of an alleged CM I-ViKt.- i»it\»il.v house and tho monoy paiti the .*hei iif yesterrjay repre.**cnts tho bail Jumped hy thc girl.s, plu.s the court costs. Jt is said that the .sheriff must stlU col¬ lect $800 sHld to be uue in the way of bail furnished by Mastantlnb in two other cases.
In criminal court last month, Pres- UUnt Judge E. C. Newcomb whon In¬ formed that the several defendants for whom Mastantino qualified as surely, were not on hand for trial, directed the dl.strlct attorney's offlce to proceed immediately to enter judgment against Mastantlno. This paved the way for ihe iwndsmnn'a property being made ready for sale by the sheriff.
Sale Potilponed
The snle originally scheduled for a week ago wn.s put ovor until yester¬ day morning at 10 o'clock. John Me- molo, for Mastuntir.o. piraded for a further delay. He was given until the afternoon to straighten things out. When nothing was done, the shertflf proceeded to usk for bids. Stanley M. Kvana, for a pro.spective piirrlixser. whose Identity was not <Ii^rIo.sed. sent tho price up to $16,000. Mr. Memolo went him $2:. lM*tter and It was sold to him for this jirlce. Then acconl- Ing to the pheriff, Mr. Memolo changed his mind, asked Ihjit his bid l>e with¬ drawn nnd proceeded to arrange the settlement secured tod:iy when the forfeited bail njid costs waa placed In thc hands of tho sheriff.
A prior salo of Mastantino's real estate holding.s In Old Forge and In OakfonI court, this city, to collect on judgments held by a local automobile credit concern, has been stayed by an order  Issued  by Judge  Watson.
PUWCROl'Sn   MtSiC   ^
The music committee of Wyoming Valley Flaygrount; As.soclatlon will hold a special meelmg loniprrow after¬ noon In the parochial residence of Kt. Mary's Church. South Washington street. Rev. J. J. Curran of St. Mary> Is chairman of the committee. The meeting is called for one o'clock.
New York. Jan. li—IT—Charles ChapUn, whose screen antics hnvo rocked the world with laughter, was prostratwl tonight, \mder a physician' care and the victim of a nervous breakdown which frlemls said was brought on by worry over the charges mado by his wife, Lita Orey Chaplin, in  her suit  for dlvorco.
His physician. Dr. OilBtav Tieck. note«l nerve Hi)eclaliKt. told thc t'nited I'ress thc comedian \vii.s "a very sick j man." and that altliouKh lils conrlitlon ' was not dungrr<>TiH at present, it miKht become critical unless he In given the be.'it   of care. '  J
High above the traffic of Fifth Avenu?, t hapiin lay in the fourU-rtith i
rinnr Imelielor npartmrnt of his I la'.vyer, Nathan Uurkon. with a tem¬ peniture which Dr. TIeck reported wan llll tifter hl.s final visit of the day. lato in the afternoon. Hts pulse was extremely rapid, 95, Indltatlnj a dis¬ organized nervous state.
Late tonight, 11 wos reported that thc comedian was resting easily and there was no change in his condition.
Burkan said he expected Chaplin would be ill a week or trn days. Tho comedian's trunk.s were bruiight to the apartment from tho Grand Central Station anJ prcpaialions made for what apparently v.ns expected to bo an illne-H of :;omc duration. Closely (iiianlrd
Burkan's apartment on the four- tenth floor of tin; big. apartment build¬ ing was clo-si^ly guanled tonight. Re¬ porters and photographers took refuge rfom tho .snowMtitrm in the downstairs lobby, but pot no further.
Thc apartm*siU is rrarhe^l liy a pri¬ vate elevator und Burkan's stafr oft half a. dox^n Jap-i.e.sc servants ua.s on guard to sec tlmt no one approach¬ ed it. Burkan has a luxurious Mcven i*oom bachelor apartment and th<* comofllan is assured of complete rest in ono of tho big bedroooms, i\lier'^ the noises from thc street do not pen¬ etrate.
Chuplln's little jHpanese secrUnry. Tashiro Kono. broke down and wept whfin ho learned of the seriousness of bi.M employer's condition.
Burkan secme<l optimistic of Chap¬ lin's recovery. Ho tiaid that when the comedian \a well enough ajiil his New ] Vork affairs adjuewlcd, he will return j to (Juhfornia lo tight his wife's divort-'c charges and attempt to gain custody of th^tr two children.
Burkan said ho would go along In pn advisory capacity, hnx. thai'ihe de
Big Liquor Haul At Lodge Rooms
Pltuburth, Jan. U ~\Yorkln« with ti.lllitry precision. F*d*rtl rrohlbltlon afenta this afttrnoon I'uldrd lod(*s of th* I'nitornal Order ot Eiigira In ten wfstern I'ennsyl- vitnin tu»n<. iirrestlnt sixty offltsia on ohar|t«H of uale anO po,:.*>ulOn .^f   liiiui'i       I'l... : ¦.¦;i'l>'  all   were   it-
li-.i-i. : 1.;   1.     <1   '.all for 3t hear-
iin; l,HM..'if il I'll te.l St**--* t^om- misi*luniir iiere. The aienta. were s«n'. out trom here \\'.*l\ italeJ or¬ ders anil tlio lodti's ivt*i-e rMlile.l sluiuU«ne.ju."»l.v. Till' lowns whera Ihe raids wei-c condm tnl are ritt.i- lime. Duquesne. UruiiJock. M>-- Keetport, t'uiionsburic, L'onnclls- vllle. Johnstown.. rnioiitovMi. Now llrlRliton anil Nrv\ Keiislnirton. The MlUIri XM^i-o plalinoil hv .lohn II. IVll- nlnxtnn, prohihltioii inlnilnlslriilor for Westeni lVnn-> l\ nnla anil West XiiRlnlii, who is .1 nilreil naviil Clinker. It wan I'emilimlons thlnl wholesale move uciiln.tl fraternal onlers. other raids hnvliiz been conducted against liKl|en of the Moose, KIks and oiher orpinlxa- lions. W. II. Murray. Aasistnnt rrohibltlon Administrator an¬ nounced tonliiht that his men selseil either whlakny or lieer or both in all of Ihe ten lodiroii. In I'unoiishurff. a "wliii rat" brewery was found, he salil, nml over I,Ouo bottles ot lieer were reaily for hhIc.
NEIGHBORING REPUBLIC
CHARGES USE OF FORCE
E AI OOEFR ENDING IN HIGHER COURI
Sentence Upon Teacher Is Annulled But Law Itsell Is Affirmed By Decision
FINE STRICKEN OFF
ilFISHER'S CABINET ABOUI COMPLEIE IS REPORI MADE
Formal Announcement To Be Given  ir Governor's Secretary
Pilliduciijnia   dV
MINE OFFICE IN DOUBT
riillndelphia. Jnn. ir. —The reporteil appointment of Mrs. K. H. MrCauley ot llenver county, lo stirceed Dr. Ki¬ len ('. I'otter n« secretary ot* public welfare, and the last-minute decision to appoint Charles K. Waters of (ler- mantown. to the pert of secretary of lalxir and luduslries by tlovernor- elect John S. Klaher In forming lii.i cabinet, was the chief topic of conter- .sation in Republican cirrtes here tod.iy u» the Indicated time nenred for the formal announcement of ihe iniikoup of the cabinet.
A IJoyd Hamilton, Kinher's Hvi-rc- laiy, will return hero Hiiiidiiy from Harrlsburg and make the formal an¬ nouncement of the IInI of iippolnt- mrnta at the slnte hcinlqii.'irterfl uf tho Republican imiiy tiinmrrow nlftht. liccordlnff lo reliable rei>orts. The (lovcrnor-elrct, who li nt his homo al Inilluna, nlll mvt return to make the announcement.H. It Is Miid.
Thc makeup of the cahinet, accorH- Ini; to seml-oHlt'ial reimrts hero today will Include the. following:
Secretary of iiRrli-iiIture, Rev. Chas. Uonlon;   balnry  tS.OOO.
Secretary of Ihe commonncalth, Charles JohnKon, Montgomery county; mlary,  $t.0«0.
'.'ommlssloner of luinklnir, I'eter (1. Catneron.  retalne'l;  salaiy,  llO.OOi).
Attorney geneiul. Thoma.s J. llnld- ridice,   niHl'* county;   Ktiliiry  II?,ftOO,
Uupeiintcndent uf public Instruction.
Nashville.   Tenn.,   Jan.   15   (I'.I'.)  -
The  caxe   nf   the   ittatn   nf Tennessee
niralnst   John   T.   Kcoiieji,   u ho   taught
tlii\ forbidden  law of evolution,  today
wa.s  withdrawn   from  the  roiirts.  The
Siinrenio   Court   of  the   Slate   ilecUled
iliirlnir   Its   mornlnn:   siMiion   that   thf
! antl.evolution law Is riitintllullonal but
Snipes'  citnvlt'tlon wns  reversej on u
teclinlcnilty.
I     In   the  lu.Mt   moments of the  sfler-
I noon session, when the court chamlier
' ha.l  lieen  empllr-d of newspap*^r men
I and specltttoiM.  the  closing woril  was
j written.     Ati   order  of   nolle   prosequi
wus enterrtl and the cam* dismissed.       \
Thn ilerlklon.   while   It   ai-lually   re- j
versed  lh»» ciinvirtton of Scopes on n
lei'hnlciillty.   was  rLKartlPd as a ilefeiit
for   Ihe   Scopes  fon'es.   nho were nnx-
inuK to cany the rase  lo Ihe  higheat
trtbanni In the land lo set a precedent
Ihat   would   hold   good   for   all   stales
j whero   passngn  of  a  similar law  hna
[ iH'en agitated.
• Thc cottrt, only on» n :;».- fiv* JiiNtlcea dissenting. heM thef ¦(¦sp.. nnx convicted Illegally becaiisn the Iiu provliles that llm tenehing of ''voliitinn l.s a mi.silemeiiiuir. the mnx- i Imum nne for which In this gUt« Is 160.    Scopes wiu» flued 4100.   ¦
"All of us ngree," aaid Juallce Oreen In reading llie decisinn. "Ihal nollilnit Is to Iki Riilni-d liy proloniring Ihls hlsarre cnse."
In holding the law eonutitutloDal, the Justices Inti-i pn-leil 11 a* meaning that the teiii'liliiK i,f niij' theory hold¬ ing Ihat man was evolved from lower forms of life, even as .. tHenry. whm reoh'b!!?!!. Juntlco Mi-ivinney, who dissented, held that Ihe l<iw wna vague in Ils meaning nnd should be Invall- dnted.
No IMigloua (iround
"We are not utile to nee." tha ma- jorlty opinion sal-l. "how the pfulilbl- thm of teuchlnir that man has des¬ cended from 11 lower onler of animals given preferenco lo any iellglous ca- talillsliineiit or ino<le of worship."
'iho ilefensn had iiltiiiked Ihe law on the gmunil Ihat It made a statute out   of  a   purely   rellglotJH   matter.
Today's fleclsinn was the iifiermnth of tho fiimoiin Scoi>es fvoliitlon trial ul Day ton. Tenn, In July, U25. Tho evolution law was ilmfteil hy J. W. nuller. a /armer-leglslulnr. who ex- presHCd alarm at t*ie growth of "Infl- drllty  and  airnoslIcism"   In  the  state.
It was piiiw«etl by tlie Irglatatllre lifter bitter iirgument nn.l signed by the  tlovernor.
Tho law provided Ihat It tvaa a mla- ilemeonor tor teachera In universities, normal or public schoc'.a, to teach "any theory thut denies the -rto.-/ of divine creation of man iia taught In the fjihio and to teach that a man de- Hcende*! i'rom the lower  forma of nnt-
Mcxico Cily, Jan. !.¦; (11") -The hewr|iaper eXt-eUlor toilay i-luirg»l that Mexico was confronted with a liremetlinted American itlen to forco her into war with the I'nttetl States, an.l itiHt all that wna needed waa "a .Maine to set off the  spark".
Tho newMMMier said the .situation todny t»cs similar tn that existing be¬ tween Siialii and the Ignited States Just iM^fore the Hpanlsh-Amcrlcan wur.
\\ hlle Kxcelslor editbrlally warnetl of this alleged plan for war. the news¬ paper Ihlversul, alao a powerful dul¬ ly, deniiinile.l the ac' ' " : ator Wlllluin I-:. Il|>i < that I nlte,| Htates dir; i. vico un.l NIcarairua In aubiiillliMl lu arbltrsllon.
Meantime rebellion continued today to rxtai't Ita toll of life In tha reputi- llc, antl the M.ixlran government re- Iterateil Ita accusation that praltes of tho Catholic church had actively foM"nteil Ihe present disorder.
The numlier of Jirlests kllle<l by fe- tlerul troops In Itattles with rebels was Increased to two today, tho fedei.il.s r*'|iorteil. Miirller this week a priest wiui reported to huve Imen killed ut Arandaa.      (Mhers,    according   to   Ihe
government,    wer* cupliired  \. Thirty I ' Sunttugo   I        . . Ing   reliellion,   were
spureil    although
i: priests held In .11 ged with Incit- ...» ....».,..»,.. «.-... releaseil toilay when Ihey prmtucoil proof that thoy had r.n rs-.n-n-x i.; -rrii!•!:•.;:: activltl. n. The authorities stlniilute.1. how^v.«r_ that the prlesta would have to report lu l(H-al government offlclala dally Until further notice.
It was expected thnt Ihe 21 priests remaining in prison would be releas¬ ed early next week.
I'. S. orrirlal M amd
Mexico City. Jun I.'. Tim Se. re. lary of the .Ameili-un KmUisay was warned III a m.^.^>iu^e lislay from a lelsil leuder niieralhig In the .Man Ml- (fuel region not to attemiit to visit the Mexico City Country Club theie.
The Kralxutx-y staff h.-nied ine warn Ing and r.«ritalned at home, fearing a vlalt lo the club might result in an Inchleiit which would lead to Inter¬ national  (.'omplicatKuu.
CharcM Art l'.nterr<l
niiieflelda. Nicaragua. Jan. 1., i !• — Ulieials ihalge.l tislay that Iho t-'onaervallve river vessel Seven Utura, CBplalne.1 by the I.ilieral (leneral Mena on the Kmondl.lu lliver near Vrula de I'un. curried a'-ms and am. munition In iiddltlun to u largo numb- ir iif Hirk   Conserviillva aoMlers.
The ^ll k men have ariived here ul.iiuril a Isiat whli li took them off thn river bank where Ihey were debrirk- ed by thn Liberals after Iho Seven Mtar.i was selxefl. Tho Seven Stars Was enroiitn from fumu to llliieDelil.s. ItaniH was added this week to the Nli'uragiiu area whoae neutrality wii« proclaimed und wa« being enforced by United Stales sailors and muiiiies. Similar capture of the Conservative hospital Mea l.lon was reiwrted yester day.
Itome
The tlOO.OOO uamaee action planned by Miss Agutha Samuels of Scran¬ ton. against the True Story magazine, because her named appeared iu a story published In a recent Issue, gained fur¬ ther impetus yesterday when it became know'n that miother claim '.vlll bo filed ngalnst tho magnzine. The 'newest plaintiff to enter the case U Mark Hcllingcr, New York newspaperman, also one of the charaoters In ,'The Revealing Kiss." Helllngei. through Uttorney.s, declares ho ' itn!.' ilOO.OOO for the uso of his name. His decision to sue biiogs tho total damages de¬ manded to I'X'er thc quarter million mark.
When "The Revealing KKs" ap¬ peared In tho mnf^zine .it created a sensation that gTlpped Luzei-no county as well aj Lackawanna because of tbo
prominence of the people mentioned. Immediately Miss Samuels anil her sl.s- ter. Eleanor Samuels, engaged coun¬ sel to stio for libel.
Heltiitger's entrance Into the ca^e became known yesterday when At- toiiiey William Al. KilcuUen .repre- .senting the plaintiffs .explained fur¬ ther steps in the suit. Thc New York reporter Is personally acquainted with Milo Curclo. author of'the al- 1 lege.l libel, and feels that the u.se of his name has emb,arrasscd him.
Counsel also Intends to include the name   ol  Curclo  In  the   official  com¬ plaint asalDst tbe magazine .it was de¬ clared.    Curclo  will   not   , plaintiff   bul   he   will   !. to show that he knew i- jieople  whose^namea ap|>euieU  in tin: colorful story'ot New Vbrk nicbt life.
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Pinchot Guards Charter Rights
Governor I'inchot yesterday re¬ fused to grajit charters to a num¬ ber of Arms in variouM pai';» of the State. The local concerns denied rhnrters are: {..iiurel M^uiufuctur- ing Company, Wilke.«*-Barre; IJn- den Munufacttiring Company. Hcranton; Kir.-t .-Vid Syrup Com¬ pany. Hazleton. and I'ower City Manufacturing Company, Hazleton.
The Governo.- announce-J his ac¬ tion in a letter to Alvan Connarro*-. Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which be faid from time to time hft had received and declined to act "n Hppiications for charters to this "Almost without exception.'" I'lcfl, "the wording of these ra was such as would have I- .nii'ted *hc establishment of new brjwcrlc:^."
I Dr. Krank W. Wriiiht, of Maveachan- tails of the suit would \to handled hy j pttn. formerly of Uharon, I'a.; salary. Uoyd Wright of Cluiplin'M coast legal 1 $12,M0.
staff.
Plans Fur Future
George Kelly. Vice-1'refttdcnt of the United Artists and personal represent¬ ative of Chaplin, discusaed with two newKpai>er men the comedian's plans for the  future.
"After this thing hos Wown over," he said. "Chaplin will Hnlsh The Clr- cu.s' and then perliup.'s he'll direct his efforts toward the one hlg. .lerlous pic¬ ture that it in hin ambition to make. It will probahly l»c a pieture about Napoleon, with Chaplin In the role of tho  French  Emperor."
Tomorrow will l»c the first Sunilay since l.lta Grey fileii her bill and the first opportunity that preachers will have    to    dlficusa    th«    ruM.       The
.Secretary of health. Dr. Theodore B. | Appift,  I^ncaster:  salary. tlO.OOO. I
Fish commissioner,  Nathan K. Duf- ler,  retalncil'.   saiury,  $-1,000. i
"cTetary of forests end waters, ! Chitries E. Dorworth, Center county; t Hulary, $10,000.
Secretary of public welfare, Mrs. E. ! H. MfCauley, Deaver county; salary,! $10,000. I
Secretary of labor and Induistry, I Charles E. Waters, Germantown; sal-' ury. $10,000.
Insurance ccmmUsloner, M. H. TaK- gurt, Sunlmry; salary $7,fiOO. i
Secretary of highway-. J. L. StlUiit. I
Allegheny:   salary.  $12,000. 1
The Mine (hlrf '
8o far th<* name uf the mnn selected
comedian's representatives here are < by Fisher to fterve as serretary of intrrestcd as to whal will bo said mines ha.-i not l»cen reveui'-d, l-ut It Is' about the divorce suit In pulpit di.-^-i understood the offlciut i\llt come cuselons. from the soft coal ficdd.    It has 'wrn
A New York movte house, deciding{known for weeks tliat the hitumtnnri' to test   public  .sentiment  In  the  rr.      ' '  ive  bem  tryin;; to  land a
will   iM'g.n   ^howillg   tomorrow   o::- ..tn   in   the   pli»r p   iwiw   l>e-
Iho  tineht   pi'turcH  in   which   Ch;^, y Joseph Wahli, of WillMS-i
appeared. The nam© of the forgotten i llarre. I'u. There i^ alM> a belief two-rect pie slinging siapstirk is 'The |lhat the two fields wil! »»e divided with Hounder." made l*y him for Keystone ia man tn each. No announcement ba-'k in  1*14. | Is  expected   for  :.*'v»r;il   dayw. '
Mis Nerves Gone i     Mrs. MrCaule?   '^ ji,um!nent !n pol- i
Nathan Durkan mode the following I itica In the  weHteni end of Ihc state I (Continued on I'uffc I4—Scc. 2)      1       (Continued oa I'a^e 11—Sec »       I
, .^inaxlng Trial
Bcope**. then 2i. was   abloli.v;^   :	
er In the Dayton High School, lie de¬ rided to test the I»w, read from a hook on evolution to his rl(u<« nnd was In- dlcteil by a firand Jury.
The trial was one of the most smax- ing In history and a^tntrled world wide attention. Th« hitA Wllltnm Jennings Bryan, mn  ' \ cxr>onent
of     "four rientalisra,
Jolaed the  ; • h.
.Clarence liorrow,     AH bur    OarfleM HnvM.  Dudley   FlftM Malnn* .^nd oth«r
 -.In
¦ ar- ¦ ' ¦ Lie in Ihe stuffy lift;** <^»url r<«nn at l>ttyton The court refused to admit the testi¬ mony of M' Tlie Jury decided that Scop*' 'y and lir was fln*'d. T!i' promptly ap- ji^'aled.
ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY RESULTS IN FAILURE
Pope  Nevks  Advlien
Home,   Jnn.   15      I'ope    Plus    tmliiy
riHiuoi.te.1 pufial  nuncios ut  Wiislilnir-
tun and  In  •'"ntral  and  Knu'h   .Ame
rira to Inform him ilally and In detail
(Continued on Page H~8ec. 2)
Wa.,!ilnKton. Jan. 15-lT —Tw» prominent Uepubllcan leader* IMa ".rtenioon   undertook   to   v m
cnmproini.'.e   lx-tw">cn   I'rr Idlto an.l I'lialrman Hornh n.
at" I'"oreign nelatlons Cuinmlite* lo ameliorat* the Nlcaragtiun Mexican criHis.
Nicholas Murray llutler, Presidoit of Columbia I'nlverslty, and Wllliain Allen White. Kansas editor. conferrMl first with llorah and then with tha President, urgl' '    ii of a modl-
Ili'd   form   of   ' ceueo   plan,
llu'ler Is a Wl        i u-uesl.
While no comment upon tho ncgo- liiillona would bo mado by nny ot tha parlies,  Ihn  t'nited I'r-ss  l- i.it
llutler   ami   White   nro   .1 r
agreeable    form    of   arhlti..  .¦.h
Mexico In the oil land dlnpuio and • constitutional methoil of olitalnlnr • netv election to quell ths NIcanicuail revolution.
There were no deflnlte Indlrattona that the suggested coiniiromlso wotild prove agreeabin lo the ndmlnistration but Ihiiuii In .1 posllinn to know Iba hiliiiillnn exiiressed optimism over tha Iimible outcome. Uranwhlla develop- menta In tha tknate moved Inte Ik ntnlemnte.
»•¦" '    ¦   ¦¦   ¦         '       -"K
toil 'fix
yrNleiuiiy     M>-     .->f|-lei,ily     Ul     f^lllie     Kcl-
Ingg  Iwfora    Ihe     Koreign     rtelatloni, Ciiniinlttee.  Kellnffj^M own ¦tennvranh* |er took the testimony and Kellent [ since   revi.Hcd   11   to  nis own  con' lence.    The    slalemeiit     wa.1 a  deal widening ot the breach between Borah and Kellogg.
"I have no authority lo mnke pub¬ llo tbe hearing, aa it waa held tn «e> crM ami In conlldenca nt tim requaat bf tho Hecretary of Htate," Borall stated. "The committeo decided to hear him In that way, and it aloaa can   l-cmove  the  seal   of  secrecy."
Tho committee will be .i.<.ke,l Ifttep 10 decide whnt should ne .luno con¬ cerning Kellngf's requeil fur pub. Ilelty, Borah a.-Mrd. »
The UeTelopniriiU
Other developinents of the day ti( tlie 8<)n>it« Inrluled:
I.—An   attiii'k   ur'''   •¦      ¦ • .,
plan  ca  fur  as  It   . ' >.
rniide by Henator (nn .,t,
Miiwiiii'liusctta, strong udiiuulatralloii sllliporler.
J. - Iteiterallon  by    Henator    TT    • IlemoiTat.   Alnbuma,  of    the    , s thill   tiie   KiiiHiiin   of   i'oiuinbii- "funientinK    Htrlfo"    and    "aeaklof ttt' lead U.I Illlo war with Mexico."
3     Denial  ut  tint  llellin  charge  by Meiiiitur   Wiilsli,   Ueinixnii.   Mont       ' who  rend  denliila of Catholic ¦* ho said they wero opposed to of toi't-o.
i    I'   ^-1    .¦¦-¦-
Nlll I quill «hevl..t i.cilvitK,., and ioiHli.:dln^4
"Tho Hol.-thevlKts will get you tf don't  wiitgh out."
(•Illette told the Kenate tha* admlnlst rut ion's action wa.s the ¦ "UMervntlvo ot tho allernatlvea con- ri..iiiing the government ;n the sltua- tiull.
A new election, Wi proposed by Bo-
.¦•uh,   would   lie  exercising  even   soars
pr>"'"r thiin  we now do. Qlllctta
(Continued on Page 14—Seo. S)
$25,000 FIRE OCCURS IN CITY OF SCRANTON
¦ of A. J. ' MM fletii 1   bv   thie\
Chief    of    )
traiUniE i%{
ry   I'attiaon   Is
Fi: ridow   gtaas   manufse-
ttirtng  vlaut  at  Scranton  shortly  he- fore midnight did damage tc the ex¬ tent  of   twenty-five   thousand   doilara. A two-alarm call summoned sfven fire Kor   ft     time     thr-     Iarg<' i.h   warehouHe     wliUli     a<' daniaged      building      wti.^ tiireuttfied   by   tho  nainr:i.
The fire wai* discovered by n wnteh- m:in   employed   nt   tl; '      'i
u»re hou.ie.    Ho  hut: alitrm.     When   fire   hj : i
considerable difHc^uHy was rxperi^nced in getting rIo«« to tha seen** of tho blaze.     Jt   ¦ ¦
¦ippuratUH  ' win   llailro.i!
than   a   regular   crunsing   in   order   tu
K>^t Ilu* equipment ut points of advant-
'lewn   across  the
I  to hold up twu
1 nur.
The  tiuildmg  In   \*liich  the  flre  was dlAcovercd  iu  a  one-story   brick   aod
frame structure, five hundred fe#»t !o«* and alwut two i '.•¦   ;;--
tore  the   fire   -^
trol   the   roof   n- . -,       ^ ^ ; t.i.u
M-ctlons   of   the   vail   fell   In   on   tb« dpbrlM.     FlrePTT^n   foiin-hr   vnllftntly   to
iij*i uuLii »t:verni months ago was oc¬ cupied by the I^nnsylvanitt Hide A l..eathcr Compimy.
An air of my^tt-ry seenus    to    sur¬ round   the   pre.s'-nt   ownetHlmt   ..r   thm damaged btiiMlti^.    .\ flr# a  r*Hp*>rt''r  ihut   h**  was  iii.
¦I    by    .L  in >e   nanie   Ti i
i no watihni..n ua duty al lh« plant. A light in ths building  wns  seen  at  six  o'clock   IaM
Scranton.
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.mi
Public Press Declares That Mexico Has Been Placed in Same Position .is Spain Before Maine Di.'taster Coolidge Policies Are Brought Under Efforts Of Mediation
MORE DISORDERS ARE REPORTED
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