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All the Latset Te!eg:raph News TK e Independent I lAWVYWV ^-wwwwyyyyy^^ rilH mUTHltt. LY 'VIR .sr.M)\V .\M> ^U)Sm IMVj tX)liI)ini 3IOM).Vi" FOUNDED 1906 WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAV, JANUARY 5, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS PLEADS fOR UNITY AMONG PARTY MEMBERS «ide«t h Swan Song .t Admlnlstra-JijOBBEO HOME OF tion Defends His Record- Predicts Democratic Failure- Makes Veil¬ ed Thrusts At The Colonel HAS SYMPATHY FOR MASSES EX COUNCILMAN (Telesraph t<i Inrtonemlent.) New Ycrk, Jan. 4.—Speaking he- ion 1 500 Repu ilicans of nation-wide rji-ominence. probably the largest as¬ sembly of the G. t\ P. ever gathered t< RCthc at a banquet, Presideni Taft i.day fang the swan scng of the ud- rimBi'st'rtion and uttered a prophety I of the bright future which he saw in note for the Republican party. "It is not very usual," commenced Itbe President, "for the deceased to f iwrticipate in the wake, but I think t^at a few remarks about the charac- •er of the deceased and the manner of his taking off, may not be amiss." II The President then summed up the fc achievements of his administration, i defending his stand in the tariff leK- F islation fight and referring to the cerporaticn tax as "the hest form of income tax ever devised." • "'It has been charged against me," Siio the President, "that I am an aristocrat and that I havt no sym- , pathy with the common people and I |*!ljave no doubt that this impre.s-sion ^ lia* gone abroad and has settled deep .r the minds of the people. -Now. I lon't think it is true. 1 am :is sym¬ pathetic with the common iKople as f'l am earnestly desirous of tlieir hap¬ piness aud welfare. 1 believe most profoundly that popular government! not a renson :..r joining or .criv..-ig up te the best governmenc that we can | the party. It is the principle thit :he ilia\e and I am greatly concerned that t part.v .-idvoca.e.- that should C5ntr->1 ! onc in its siippcrt. "We are not bitter: we are not oast .spirit and with so little of the disap pointment and humiliation supposed to accunipany i)i>litical disa.«ter'.' Is it not that in siiiie of the defeat re corded at the election in November we were still victorious in saving our couniry from an administration whose policy involved ihe sapping of the foundations of democratic constitu¬ tional repri'.sentalive government whose appeals to the public were cal¬ culated to induce hatred that hag 1 eretoforo been the ruin of popclar government and whose contempt for tl.e limitations of constitutional law and the guaranties of civil liberiy promised chaos and anarchy in a country that has until this time been the model of individual freedom and effective popular government. .4s to Ihe l-Hiture. "Now it has been sutrgested that the Republican party can unite again v.ith many of the Progressive party if only a different rub- can be put into force through the convention or na¬ ticnal cjmr.iitfo by which tht> reduc tifin of Houtherii ri-prt»sentation would be secured ar.d n fairer methoi (f s?'e'-tlr!g the fimlidate for Pr'-sident by the R^ publi-:an party cou'd be de¬ vised. I haven't nny objection ti any •"ethoa .vhich shall be fair. Thit is ril shrill continue and shall be success l^tul In !?ivinB to the public a measur« individual liberty on the on^ hand Mi4 th« 5rs«t«st-j?r|ictic«l,jiJific4ency -peopi» ot t*e t.ulted'States can stand the ether. Shot at Koosevrft. "We were beaten in the last elec¬ tion. We ran third in the race. Why Is it that we gather here with y-o much down: we ara not xengeful; iS tbe a Democratic administration for onp. two or more terms, we certainly shall r.ot object for their cap.icity for en¬ durance in this regard, but what w.- (Continueil on Page 10.) Professionals Ransack South Franklin Street House- Got Jewels and Cash wa.-s se- e local po- Professional second storv tnen forced an entrance to the home of former Councilman C. W Sturdevant. at .-,lti inouth I'ranklin. sire.-t. last night. Jeivelry and cash to the value of Several hundred dollars cured by the rubbers. Th liee were informed ol the theft wilhin a short time a.fter the dis'ovei-y by tho family and the detective force is now at wi.rk on tho case Kntr.-tncc vva.« secured by means of a window whiih thi- men forced open. f>nce they gained the Intel ior of the house they started ;i systematie search of the rooms and only articles of value Wfro taken. The.\- ransacked the rooms on the tirst and .econd floors, and the rapidity with which lhey worked and the thorough manner in whjih everv eorner was co\-ered, eonvineed lho detectives that the fel- lo-vs are professional.*. The home was deserted but for two yoims boys who at the time were at play in the basement of (he house. They did not hear the men .-it work and only learned of the visit when thpy came to the first floor and found the disorder. Detectives T^aBar. ITeim and .''niitli wore detailed on the c;\s They found tra' ks about the houso 'winv to the reeent .snow fall. These indicate that tow men did the job. Th" trail, how¬ ever, waslost when the offieers reach¬ ed the sidewalk-. Patrolm< n h.'i\ o been notified to watch for the pre--i nce of strangers In the city while the s^i- NOTICE Ro^oral ~|K-ciu1 feature- are Ineor- p«>i'a«<'il ill TlM- imiependent and tho reatl<MS an' pcatirsU'd t(» make tiiii-f that tliey set e\ery ><'etion of tUe pul>ll<-alioii,. Tlie index r«r llic same is as follows: S«-cti»>n 1—Telegraph and Utoal new.. 10 l*»s:«->. StM'lion -2—Sports, forre.-pontlenoe and theatrical neA»-s ..10 Pagew .>la;:a/.ine Section IS P»B«B Conik- Siipplciiiont * Pages Toial 1-i Pagvs HART AND HUBER DISCUSS REPORT; SCHOOL DIRECTORS REMAIN SILENT; AUDITORS SCORE LOCAL METHODS City Treasurer Explains Credits On Coal Company Taxes and General Manager Tells of How Matter Was Sent Into Court's Hands BOY CAUGHT: ((JAIL PUSHER ENGINE INJURES FARMER William Wall of CarvertGU Thrown From Farm Wagon at Forty Fort Crossing of the city. Tl REAI BOOSTERS COMING TO THE TRONT WITH A RCSH All Anxious To Get In The Special Edition Of Independent- To Accommodate Ail Publication Day Is Delayed. By Oeorge Harris Donohue Ow-ing to the tremendous amount Of matte;- which has piled up during he past few days it is now found Jiece.ssary to I'ostpone the publication »f The IXDEPl'ENDENT'S BOO.STER EDITIOX which was to have been ready r'or your inspection next .Sun¬ day morning. tj-iis Idstponemcnt, however, will ad^ materially to the general appear- amo of the BOOSTER as at praeiical- 1;- the jost moment, just before we had begun to arrange the classifica¬ tion of the- thousand and one things vhich ordinarily prevail in the ar- lanpement of a specially prepared rublicatior such as it was intended THE TNDEPEXDENT'.S BOOSTER EDITIO.N' should be, there suddenly arrived by mail, telephone and ces- sengers enough extra copy to make practically a new newspaper in it¬ self. .As it is onr intention to properly BOOST Wllkes-Barre, there was noth¬ ing lefl lor us to do but .start in and arran>!e an entirely new schedule of events which are now in their pro¬ cess of tabulation, and as this will entail tho work of sevo'-al men for several days, it is safe to predict that the BOOSTER EDITION will not make its appearance for at least two or three weeks at tho earliest. This, however, argues very w^ell for iho progressives of Will-<'S-Barre. THE IXDEPE.NDEXT now has assurances from practically every large com- percial house and commercial con¬ cern in the Wyoming Valley all of JPhom 'lave signified their willingness jlo prop'-rl> co-operate with The IN¬ DEPENDENT in (renins out the me-?t breditable Br)r,sTER prBI.TCATI )N isver sent brf.adcast from this sec¬ on of tho Stato. The men a.s.sociated with me in rfecting THE INDEPENDE.NT OOSTEI! EDITION were greatly _»urprise.l ;it the sudden turn of the business interests as it had boon fig- »lred o-ui .several days ago lhat V\'ilkes Barre and the entire Wyoming Valley for that niatter had been very com¬ pletely gone (A-'r. and that about ^verjthi.ng worth collecting had been made ready for tho pr'ntor. Then canie Mio sud(l< n revense or¬ der of tiling.-^: re.piests fron. nianu- factcrinjr plant.s from nearly every seclion .•! Uuzc-ne county to the ef¬ feet lhat they wanted to ha\t; their special representation in the BOOST¬ ER EDITION;—some wrote as though we had overlool^ed them pur¬ posely while others, who had been holding back until the last minute suddenly decided to apply for three or four lime.s the space thcy had origi¬ nally applied for. TH'S INDEPE.NDENT takes par¬ donable pride in recounting the faet lhat the business interests of Wilkcs- Barre and of the \\yoming Valley as well have voluntarily como forward prepiired to BOO.ST WIKES-BARRE TO TME Dl.MlT. There is now no one sidcdness about our effort to spread tho virtues f'l Willi,-s-Barre bioadeast—(ho task bas virtually boen taken from us and fioin now- on until we are ready to go tl i.ro.s.^ th»- roal work of BooSTINO \VII,KI->;-P,AIMM-: .\ND THE WVOM- INC VAI.LEV will be in th* hi'nifo of the REAL BOOSTERS whose reluigis will result in the general jirosperity of this immediate seclion. Whon the REAL TOWN BOO.STER gets on the job, there is little left fnr the ne-wspaper mnn tf> do but follow- the procession and tako note hore .and thero of the many mar\elous things the READ TtJW.N BtJOSTERS are ac- lomplishing. The points nfiw under active consideration right now among the big business intcresUs of mediate section are summed up as fol¬ lows - How to bring Wilkes-Barro !• 11- front—QIICKDV. The cias,s <if industrial concerns, and th.'ir number, which should be given preference in the BtJOSTEIi EDITIO.N. Character of the factory output, the number of pooplo employed in a given number of the largest concern.^, and tho average wage scale as com¬ pared with simi'ar concerns locaied elsewhere. The ¦ liniate and health of the city, with a uiort.ality estimate based on ci-mparisons with other inland cities ot this size nad class. The financial .stability of iuo:,! iiank- ing i nstitutions on a comparative plane based on our por capita of Ijojiuhition. TIII-;-^!-: -li'- on!;, s-.i.i- n| ill..- pcr- tCoutiiiucd uu I'iific 'iy WILSON SHOPS; TOOK HIS TURN (Teles««pli to Indepondent.) Piincet n, N. J.. J;iii. 4. I'residont- ele(-t W Cson workoil awa.v in his stud.\ foi five conse(|uetivc hours ov¬ er letters and documents of state and thon swung out into the open air for M brisk hour's exorcise. He was not disturbed b.v callers throughout the d;,iy and seemed relieved that h«r had boon able to do a little ouiet research work by himself. Tho go"\ ernor walked vivroroiisly, stopriing here and there to greet friends, calling at tho post offico to mail some letters and hiked out to the outskirts of town. On the way liack ho directed his course ihrough the university over which he had for so many years presided. It was ap¬ parent that the old scenes wero dear tf> him. --How T w-ish 1 had been an architect." he evclaimed. casting his eye -over tho beautiful ar<-hiti( tural scheme of the university. -'That is native stone over thore," he .said, as ho pointed with his cane to Cuylor hall, being erectt d in memorj- of Cor¬ nelius C. Cu.vler, '79, a cla.ss mate of Covornor Wilson'.", killed in an auto¬ mobile accident in Franco two years ago. The President-oloet ox)i1.-iined the construction and purposes of all tho buildings to the correspondi-nts who w-alked with him. "It has been said that tho l.iibl- ings of Princeton are planned for fif¬ ty years ahead," ono of tho corre¬ spondents asked. --Ves." replied tb'- ibiveinor. -'That's true as T helped plan them myself." On I hi- wa\ home, the Governor droppeii in at a hardware storo. He insi.stod that tho fither patrons bo watted on ahead of him. Thon ho bought a ball of twini- for hous'-hob! uso. Tomorrow the President-elect will sjiend at homo. \Villiam \\hII. a Carverton farmer, was thrown from his wag->r at the Forty Fort crossing of the I.(ehigh Valley Railroad at 7 o'clock last night. _ ir I II n • i" f^*'P'"'^* from the Xesbitt Hospital this Luzerne Youth Has Dner h^ ¦'^"'"^ ^^^^ •¦^ "^^^ ^"'•'^' 'i"^* ^'^ I was in a serious condition. I .According to the stor}' tokl of the accident the farmer was driving along Wyoming avenue homewf^rd bound. .\ pusher engine was approaching the crossing at the some time and the farmer, uui^ware of its proximity, drove onto the track. The rate at vvhich tiie engine was going at the time was such that Wall wa« burled frcpm his seat several foot into the air. He fell upon his head, sustaining lae- eration.s. He w-ae removed to the of¬ fice of the D. & H. .Vulo Company near by where a hurried examination t,y Dr. Davison, iif DoiTanceton. uhower! that the in.iuries were of a serious nature. He wa.« then removeil lo th;^ Nesbitt Hospital. The wagon Was demolished, while the team es- < aped injury. BOARD TO TAKE ACTION AT TOMORROW'S MEETING Liberty—Sought Clothes On Father's Store Account WRITES FILLPANT NOTE .Aft.-r twontx-four hou'-s of lil>erty galned nfter a thrilling es*>npe from the l.uzerne Borougii lockup, Frank l-'ernot is back in the hauls of the law. He is at the local .station house where he was lodgel by the Kingslon police, who feared to take a chance with him. they placing handfuffs on biiti. The trip to lhis cilv w-as also made with manacles on h'8»hands. while Michael Kiileen. tho "on of the I.-.i7.erne chief, an active vouth, was detailed to guard him. Femot lalk'ed freely at the local I)rison of the manner in which he managed to work his way out of the Duzerne bastile. When Chief Kiileen brought him Jiis sm)|ier lu- n ul a hob- dug in the flCM^r of the cedi so that he could crawl out. The iiriivnl of the Reviewing the work of the 'Oilk.^s- Barre school board for the fiscal vear ending June nO. 19U', the auditors ap¬ pointed by the court filed a report \ es¬ terday that criticiso.s methods in vogue here and also revised credits as allow¬ ed to City Treasurer D. D latler total the sum of duo a,s follows: On duplicate of 1!>0P On duplicate 1!H0 .% !l:.,«.^2.S6 j iS.84 i tions are also being watch >'i in tb . . . . . ^ e^«rt'+^m^¦HM>-rolW'.fT!rrT^ 1« .r.,^or|«^*^^«^?' *e-m«U^preTl»«ted- hw-e*» cape at that time but h'- co\ered up th.< hole by throwing his coit ovor it. In that fashion ho was able to eover up nntil tho opportune time fijr the departure from the cell SENATOR AFTER SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR from what ho know of the m.nttor had 'been made on the advice of their counsel. Tho collection of thee« taxes was Impossible owing to th« fact that they were involved in liti¬ gation. The malter rests with the Hart. Thei oourt and in the- event that the case !7,<?.L't;s;.S4. j is won by the district then collection I may not bo ihrough my hanils. In tha iM.nts.72, event that it is then I wouid likie to 11.901.119 I make the collection as T get a porcen- •.'9,66.'i.27 I tage on fhe same. If the ease goes agftinst the dLstrict then it is cnially as clear that I will not owe the di.s- tri<-t. then -w-hy should this 'oe.charged against mo? "Third" of a MUlioii. Th.-(t "third" of a millon is mado up by the fact that the 1912 duplicate Is included. This is over $.100,000 and should not have been included In tlvjs audit. This duplicate is not to be setV tied llnally until the ond of .Tune thi.s^ year. The duplicate ca-no into my bands on June .1. and T did not start rollections until Juno 7. lust three days l>efi)re' the term that the audit covers termin.ates. In vie-.v of that faot this .should not he charged against me in this fashion and should not have been made capiial of for the- headline writers. I havo made every effort to collect the school taxes as due from coal companies and an offer On duplicate Iflll On duplicate 1912 Total Tn connection with these the board has allowed the city official credits due to the fact that greater part of the sums named are involved in litiga¬ tion of one sort or another and the balance made up of returns ;is impos¬ sible of collection. The auditors in their report to the court recuse to al- I low- the (-redits as made b^.- tbe board and In their accounts return the same as a Iralance due to the district from the collector. narf.* Ko|)l.T. Following the filing of the report City Treasurer Hart w-as interviewed by an Independent reporter concern¬ ing the claims as .iot forth. He had at the time a copy of one of the ev¬ ening papers containing a .story of the report. In glaring hoiidlines It wag ! of settlement -without the added pen- staled that he had failed to collect a allies was refused. (Telegraph Jo In(lPi>on(lfMit,) \Aashington. .lan. 4.—Senator Ash¬ urst. of .VriKona. called on Secretar.v •if the Interior Fisher today to pro- Hi- capture was .secured through M'^'" ag.iinM a ruling that overturned J jj,,,^ j(,,, ; previous i.:i-ii:,'s of th.- department foi thirty years standing, .\fter ask¬ ing Secrei •^.^ Fisher a number of .I'.t.'Stions, .*<enator .Xsburst, smiling I.Mr.n.jJy and gooO naturedly told him he corta;nly was incompetent for his T'osition. "Why." explained Secre¬ tary l^ifln-r after he got his breath, -'th;-,t is an insult lo a cabinet officer." "Not at all." retorted tho .\rizona .-&enator. "T am only speaking the truth. You admit by what you have told mo that you know nothing of the I ondiiions in the mining states; that ou know nothing of mining law and lhat .\ou never tried a mining case. I bave asked vou if you know the moaning of a dozen terms used in mining and you said you don't. IXm't that prove your incompetency?" The secretary u.sed some forceful an.guape. but Senator -Ashurst u.sed nis rood nature and repeated his orig¬ inal K!atem«nt. r-.eCTftary Fisher said there could I e no prospecting fcr valuable miner¬ als .as practiced for more than a cen¬ tury: that tho minor must discover it on the surface and not .•>ink shafts. The man for whom the Senator the fact that he boldly walk store of the Kingston Cmil Conioany at tl.at place and asked for- i-lotbint and shoos <m tho jiccoimt of his fath¬ or. The i-lerks Informed tho police who hiu-ried to tho sto-e .md captured him. .\lth(uigh surrodnded '.)\- the niod- .^rn avtpliances. ho has not los; his (ri>ntinii<'(l on pag- 10.) biga¥yTharge AGAINST ATEN Local PoHee Aid in Capture of Man Hunted for Over Two Years JriMJE .\S UIT\E<:S. .\r«'lilmld*s .\«.srM-iHte Tell-of ilic Helm I'onferenees. (T«'lcgra|>li lo Indepondent.) ^\¦ashington. Jan. 1 —^ludiro :M;ir1in .\. Knai'p. chief justice of tho Court of Commerco, before the 'onate sitting as an impeachment court in tho case against Judge Robert W. .rrchbald, today told the Senate tha Judge Arch¬ bald had told no mcmbr of the cm rt of his private ooinmunicntion with Bruce Helm, lawyer interested in a case pending before the court. This testimany borl upon lhat charge lhat Archbald had been guilty of imjiropor conducl in having conferred with Helm concerning cort.-i'n evidence iifter the case had boon .losed and was under consideration l-.v the court. .A number of witnesses vere on the stand toda.v to give evidence relative to the alleged valtie of th"- various culm banks in which .\rchbald vv as in- ti-resled, Th.- t'-stiniouv- vvill i-oni-ludo .Monibiy wbru the ,iuil::rf- will be put upv^ii tht; stand in hi:} ovo. dafi'.iutf>. i .After a two years' hunt the .\lonon- gehola polico through the aid of tho local police have landed G. C. Ateu, who has been living in this city for some time. In addition to charges of de.sertion and non-sufvport they have also entered the more se^'ous one of bigiimy against tho man who was ar¬ rested hero Friday night by Detectives IjC'Bar and Brown. Thoy claim that two years ago .Aten sl ¦ii)ped out of the city in the western part of the State, leaving behind a wife and sever.al childron. .^ince then ho b.-is. it is alleged by thcin. been liv¬ ing in this (ity with another woman ried or represented as iKing his wifo. riod or roprosontor as bein ghis wife. This is the ground on which the charge of bigamy will bo prosecuted. -An otticer from the wr^storn city is in the lity, having arrived last ntght, Th<- return trip will be mad" this ev- oTiinrr. ARRESTS MADE IN THEFT CASE Docal police last night cleared up a robberj- rep«>rted early in the wt-ek riid three young men and a w,->nian are held prisoners in th" case. The men are Earl McDermott. C'arcnce Jones and .fohn Linder. T1-;' woti an i< I.Iilion Eltf>n. who is Witi'ed as ;i V. itness. The arrest is made upon the com- pb-inl of a local man who (lii.Tis t'nat be vvas robbed of a w-ati-h at a lo'-al hotel. The Elton woman who ro- ci-ntl.v ligured in a police cas.' frc.,ii Pittston. witnessed tho renoval of the |i- e piece it is claimed an ' *h.' of- f:.-ors want hor testimon.v fo the Co ri. .NicD.-i-motI was released -.t; h:>il kist night whilo tho other *>•'•' - °ro I'.M Tlure is n fourth mau win'c-1 :.iid tlie w.irr.int lor bis arrv-:'. 's no'^ out. ^ "third" of a million due In taxes, the greater part of which was due from tho coal companies. .\sked for a statement concerning the matter the city official s;xid: ''I am certainly surprised at this state¬ ment. It Is ridiculous. On the face the statement that I exonerated is wrong. T have no such power. Churclies. etc-., are included in my ex¬ oneration list is another of the claims while a school bov ought io know Ih.-it the institutions named are exempt from taxes." Reverting to the prop-^sition of the coal company taxatio the troa.surer stated that "the credit.'! allowed him w-rro maiU-- by the hoard and that Muher's View. Manager Hulx-r, of the t.eh!gb fc Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, the cor¬ poration who.se refu.s.il to pny taxes' -^n the assessed -.-alnntlons uft mad"- has caused this stato of aff.iirs In tha account of the ehool district was also Interviewed on the matter. He sj\id that the attack of the city ¦.rea»ur<?fij was unfair in that ho had put fortfi P"* evory oflfort to collect tho tnxes and that the company had also acted in an open and alxivc board manner the entire matter. "There has been no v.ork done the dark." he said, "tho board, its at¬ torney and tb. rei.resontati'.- ..f th« (Continned on page 10.) Ill . I- SHEPOWITZ TQ BE TRI McHULTY ALSO LISTES District Attorney Bigelow Prepared Cases for First Week of the January Criminal Court™AH Are From Other Terms made the fight was Hoval A. .^mith, an ardent Taft Republican who made the race for the I'nited States .'Senate against Mr. Ashur.st. Senator ."^moot. of Ftah, also has protested against this ruling and the pcjsitlon of these two Senaturi« bas been backed up by every Senator from a mining .state. ^Secretary I'isher's ruling is said to be in the interest of the corporations nnd acainst the poor miner. suretybonds may be taken (Telegraph lo Independent,) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 4.—Thero is a possibility that surety bonds, oven indemnified bonds and bonds executed by sureties who are not resid-'nts of the district of Indiana, ma\ bo accept¬ ed for the convicted dynamite mon. f. .S. Attorne>- Miller in ch.arge of the prosecution of thc case s.-iys he does not think it likely that he will oppose bonds of the kind indicated, althougti he \\il! insist that the bonds be good and tho bondsmen be satisfactory. The federal statutes do not permit cash bonds, liut if money i.s raised by tho friends and attorneys for the de¬ fendants it may be put in 'he hands of surety comp.anieS c)r other bondsmen to indemnify them againsl loss if the bonds are forfeited. "If some of thoso men are released on bond,' said Mr. Miller today, liopo the others will be released, vvould not like lo see men liko Cun naiie. Painter and McCain, for in Simon .^K^TOwich. lhe former shoe merchanl. of fcouth .Main street, is cnce a^ain listed fcjr trial. This case has repeatedly boon cm the list but ) .-stponc-monts were always secured.| District .Attorney Bigelow seems to be in oai-nesl this time as the case heads I th"' list for the first week ol criminal court starling .Monday, Jan. D"). The following day John J. JIcNulty, the Pittslon school director, charged with perjury, will be called for trial. The ror a.ne'er of the list is made up of cases that have boon continued from other terms . f criminal c ourt. M«.nda.v. .lanuary I'i. I Thc list as made up is as foUows: Si|non Suepowich. arson; Joseph Schuler, pros. Stanley Mazeski. Toney Duda, .-^tan- ley Duda and George Gillman, felon¬ ious wotindinar, Alf. Solomon, pros. l.iester Reiley. Ernest Hughes, Ben¬ jamin Krothe, Ralph Smith and Stan¬ ley Matornowski. robbery, E. S. Zoel¬ ler. pros. .\dolpb Leventhal an<J David Jack- I ier. conspiracy. Morris T. l^evy. pros. R. T. Brobst. larceny as servant, William .McCarron, pros. Fred .'schultz, larceny by baib-e, W. H. Rcisencrance. pros. Joe Rapinski, breaking and lar- conv-. Herbert Smith. John Phillips and Charles .McDer¬ mott. larceny. John Pugh, Jr.. jiros. I.^o Gratanko. larceny, Wa.sil Cher- nakavicz, pros. Adam Suit, adultery, Mary Masca- vitz, pros. Tues<lay. January II. John J. .McNulty, perjury, .lames W. Holman, pros. James .\. Walsh and Fred K. Mil¬ ler, selling diseased meat. Dr. H. R. Church, pros. Edward Berkowit-/., selling diseased I j meat, H. R. Cliurch. pros. I 1 Joseph Sevan, larceny, Josej)h W, Shaughness>-, pros. Jo.seph Seva. buying from niinor.'^ 1 r- A\'assi| deadly weap.ms. Walter Wint. pros. F'rank Ducb-k. malicious mise hiet Frank .vlankiewic/.. pros. Simon Kavalanick. larcenv. Stanley \Aashok, pros. Peter Kanjorski. perjury, .Martin Kafchinskl. jiros. .Alex Br.idic, robbery. Ch.irle.? I>^wro. pios. John l-'arr.'ll and John .MulU-n. lar¬ cenv, H. I,. F.oolh. pros. Wetlnesday. Ja,niiar.v tH. Edwin Grigg, carrying concealed doiidly weapons. James Price, pros. Edwin Grigg and John Dooner. at-« f.'inpted robbery. James Price, prois, John Dooner. P. P. and P.. Jamc* Price, pro.s. Wa-s-sil l-'eduili. Fuicock, pros. Ch.irles lloo)»ei-. ("harles .S. lyowery. pros. H. C Johnson. larceny 1... R. Houston, pros. .Anna Rakatch, felonious ing. Tom Rickaic, pros. Charles Adams, embezzlemc-nt. Jo.s. Enovich. pros. Philip I.«Hck. a.ssault and battery-, S.vlvester Watkiewicz, pros. Selvester .Moroski, as.sauli and bat¬ tery. Peter Nowiak. pros. John O'Braitis, as.saiiU and battery, John Karpowicz. pros. John Zelinski, assault and b.ittery, Charles Zutaulla. pros. Joe Buckalo and Tciney "ii'ti.shki!^ assault and battery, Charles CuK-in-* ski, pros. Peter Mich, assault and buttery-, William Robilichi.s. pros. T!iiir>da.v. January i.-). Bert Post, false pretencc^s, Frank P, Gilliaan, pros. Bert Post, larceny, James H. C.imp* bell, prf>s. Steven Olmstead, faliie prctences» Nichola-^ I.acrasto, prosecutor. Harry Van Why. F. ^ B., K-at- oi. kiliin.e roiiin.s. by bailoo, ¦" wound- .i ... 1 Joseph W. .«haughne«sy, pros. wm, pros. .Mike Hoolick. larceny. Mike I; ..b r.ciis. pros. .11 >s-» stance. koi>t in the prison because of. innbilitv to givo bond while Tvietmoej Eouis Zcwnc, .StanU-y Krowsavage. , Br-.mo Broz;i. omhezzlmeent. and Clancv guiltv ius thev can be. arej robbery. James H. Campbcdl. pro.s. ; ,.ph Binkosky, pros. out on bond And T believe that T\-ic-t-: Patrick Brann. \dam Chicksno.«, | Georae Krokimis. a.s.sauH and bat- moe and Clancy, the worst of'the lot. j as.sault and battery. Ducy Bulkensav-] tcry. Micha.-l Toporcher. pro.«. able to furnish bond, regard-I age. pros. I i-'rank Galla, a.^.'-ault and biittery, that might be, Oscar Bittnor. lar.eny. Harry Hors-i i;, rth i G;illa. prox. vvould b l"ss of an\ placed on the of the boni." re.'stnet ions nature a nd character j ker. '/tr.is-. lanata I'ric;!.-, tarryintj conceak .1 Jij>'-l.l-. Dobkiii, felonious vvoiindin^ (Continued ou vafo ! *')
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1913-01-05 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Month | 01 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1913 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1913-01-05 |
Date Digital | 2007-10-27 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 38065 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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FOUNDED 1906
WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAV, JANUARY 5, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PLEADS fOR UNITY AMONG PARTY MEMBERS
«ide«t h Swan Song .t Admlnlstra-JijOBBEO HOME OF tion Defends His Record- Predicts
Democratic Failure- Makes Veil¬ ed Thrusts At The Colonel
HAS SYMPATHY FOR MASSES
EX COUNCILMAN
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! onc in its siippcrt.
"We are not bitter: we are not oast
.spirit and with so little of the disap pointment and humiliation supposed to accunipany i)i>litical disa.«ter'.' Is it not that in siiiie of the defeat re corded at the election in November we were still victorious in saving our couniry from an administration whose policy involved ihe sapping of the foundations of democratic constitu¬ tional repri'.sentalive government whose appeals to the public were cal¬ culated to induce hatred that hag 1 eretoforo been the ruin of popclar government and whose contempt for tl.e limitations of constitutional law and the guaranties of civil liberiy promised chaos and anarchy in a country that has until this time been the model of individual freedom and effective popular government. .4s to Ihe l-Hiture. "Now it has been sutrgested that the Republican party can unite again v.ith many of the Progressive party if only a different rub- can be put into force through the convention or na¬ ticnal cjmr.iitfo by which tht> reduc tifin of Houtherii ri-prt»sentation would be secured ar.d n fairer methoi (f s?'e'-tlr!g the fimlidate for Pr'-sident by the R^ publi-:an party cou'd be de¬ vised. I haven't nny objection ti any •"ethoa .vhich shall be fair. Thit is
ril shrill continue and shall be success l^tul In !?ivinB to the public a measur« individual liberty on the on^ hand
Mi4 th« 5rs«t«st-j?r|ictic«l,jiJific4ency -peopi» ot t*e t.ulted'States can stand
the ether.
Shot at Koosevrft.
"We were beaten in the last elec¬ tion. We ran third in the race. Why Is it that we gather here with y-o much
down: we ara not xengeful; iS tbe
a Democratic administration for onp. two or more terms, we certainly shall r.ot object for their cap.icity for en¬ durance in this regard, but what w.- (Continueil on Page 10.)
Professionals Ransack South Franklin Street House- Got Jewels and Cash
wa.-s se- e local po-
Professional second storv tnen forced an entrance to the home of former Councilman C. W Sturdevant. at .-,lti inouth I'ranklin. sire.-t. last night. Jeivelry and cash to the value of Several hundred dollars cured by the rubbers. Th liee were informed ol the theft wilhin a short time a.fter the dis'ovei-y by tho family and the detective force is now at wi.rk on tho case
Kntr.-tncc vva.« secured by means of a window whiih thi- men forced open. f>nce they gained the Intel ior of the house they started ;i systematie search of the rooms and only articles of value Wfro taken. The.\- ransacked the rooms on the tirst and .econd floors, and the rapidity with which lhey worked and the thorough manner in whjih everv eorner was co\-ered, eonvineed lho detectives that the fel- lo-vs are professional.*.
The home was deserted but for two yoims boys who at the time were at play in the basement of (he house. They did not hear the men .-it work and only learned of the visit when thpy came to the first floor and found the disorder.
Detectives T^aBar. ITeim and .''niitli wore detailed on the c;\s They found tra' ks about the houso 'winv to the reeent .snow fall. These indicate that tow men did the job. Th" trail, how¬ ever, waslost when the offieers reach¬ ed the sidewalk-. Patrolm< n h.'i\ o been notified to watch for the pre--i nce of strangers In the city while the s^i-
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Month | 01 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1913 |
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