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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Eaitfrn Ppnnnylvtnia: Of-nTally fair, except scattered afternoon thiinder- ¦bowera Sunday and probably Monday; not     much     chanffff     In     temperature.
FORTY-EIGHT PAGES
I'ha   Only   Sunday   Newapaper Cox^lDK   the  Wyoming   \ alley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1936
Kniered   at   Wilkea-Barre,    I'a. A*   Second   Claaa   Mall   Matter
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MASSACRE BREAKS OUT IN SPAIN AS REBELS WEAKEN LOYALISTS
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POOL GEIS POST LEFT
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West Side School Director Named'Republican County Chairman At Convention
CANDIDATES SPEAK
Brisbane Fights m,000 Tax Bill
Washington, July 25, (UP) — Arthur Brisbane, general edi¬ torial director for the Hear.'it newspaper organization, appeal¬ ed to the Board of Tax Appeals tonight for redetermination of an alleged Federal income tax deficiency totalling $70,021 for the years  1931  and  1932.
The deficiency, which was filed against Brisbane and his wife, Phoebe C. Brisbane, both of Farmingdale^ N. J., was coun¬ tered by a claim for a refund of $2,500 for taxes allegedly overpaid in 1932.
Brisbane paid no Federal in¬ come taxes in either of the two years for which the claims were asserted. He listed certain losses allegedly incurred by him in 1930 to offset his reported net income of $256,500. These in¬ cluded $188,299 allegedly lost in real estate operations and $25,317 lost in the maintenance nf the Allaire   stable.-,.
Sportsmen Of State Show Skill At Meeting Here
Senator Davis Asserts Ad- \ ministration  Program  Is Retarding Prosperity Here'
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THOUSANDS ATTEND
AFTERIUMBLE
Accidents Send Several Vic¬ tims Of Day To Hospitals In Very Serious Condition
AUTO MISHAPS
.«?t^te,,,flPJfial«  joined  with mem-1 bers of United Sportsmen of Penn¬ .sylvania   in   their   annual   conven¬ tion at Harrison's Park, Blakeslee.
First row, left to right: Joseph Marcinkus, Hazleton; F. E. Hao- gele, Hazleton; H. S. Smith, Wiikes- Barre; O. M. Deibler, Commission¬ er of Fisheries, Harrisburg; J. Q. Creveling, Wilkes-Barre; S. J. Trus-
cott. Board of Fish Commissioners, Dalton; Dr. J. F. Bogardus, Secre¬ tary of Forests and Waters, Har¬ risburg; Scth Gordon, Executive Secretary, Board of Game Com¬ missioners, Harrisburg; E. F. Smith, Wilkes-Barrc; Ray Woollen, Sugar Notch; Steve Emanuel, president of Wilkes-Barre Branch. Second row:    Bert Colley, Dr. C.
A. Matii0VM>,a Jdorri* Kemmerer, Abe Lewis, P. M. Skierka, Stanley Mesavage, Allen Bacon sr., Antonio Petrcrio, Greenwood; Joseph Po- tocki. Greenwood; Harry Nichol¬ son, J. T. Neiger, Scranton; Floyd Baker, Scranton; John Lizstus, Fred Goeringer, Luther Kniffen, Otis Skid. Third row:   Paul Milbrodt, Floyd
Ramage, West Pittston; Thomas Hewitt, Wilkea-Barre; P. J. Con¬ nor, Swoyerville; Joseph Fole.v, Georgetown; Allen Bacon jr., Thomas Bradshaw, Sugar Notch; Joseph Sokolewski, Henry Fasselt, Meshoppen; Floyd T. Scnsinbach, White Haven; Michael Ripa, King¬ ston; Clinton Ide, Dallas; John Chechourak, Duryea; M. F. Teri- sinski, C. R. Kelchner, Forty Fort.
HKiSBV  POOL
Republican county committeemen. In biennial session yesterday after¬ noon at Fernbrook parK, unani¬ mously elected J. Henry Pool of Kingston as county chairman. He Bucceeds Counly Controller Wilham W. Multer who announced to party chieftains on Thursday he would not aspire for re-election. Pool is a member of the Kingston Board of Education, an insurance broker and broadly known through the county. Chairman Pool did not at¬ tend the convention because of ab- •cnce on vacation.
Approximately ten thousand G. O. P, adherents assembled at the park and heard U. S. Senator James J. Davis score the Federal adminis¬ tration for its free trade policies. The relief setup In Pennsylvania also evoked scorching criticism from the senator. Chairman Multer opened the session and later turned over the gavel to former District Attorney Thoma.s M. Lewis.
Attorney Lewis briefly discussed •ome of the coming issues in the presidential campaign. He also lauded the acceptance speech of Governor Alf Landon.
Turpin Loud* Attack
Congressman C. Murray Turpin, candidate for re-election on the Re¬ publican ticket, was given a rous¬ ing ovation as he ro.se lo speak. Thousands on the outside of pavilion were able to hear each word of the ¦pcakers through amplifiers.
Congressman     Turpin     assailed Democratic administrution  policies In   reference   lo reciprocity  agree¬ ments    with    other    nations.      He 'Continued on Page A-3)
An upper counly youth was killed yesterday afternoon, a city I child fell from the second floor of | her home, two mine workers were injured when struck by a run¬ away mine car and several ouier mishaps were reported last night by local hospitals.
Edward Palonis, 17, died at Pitts¬ ton hospital yesterday afternoon. He was injured in an odd accident at Yatesville. The youth's home is at 57 Mitchell street, Sebastopol section of Jenkins Township. Palonis bad been picking coai at I the Frabazio slrippings as work¬ men set off a blast. A large piece of rock, hurled a distance of 200 feet, struck the youlh on the head. His skull was fractured. The re¬ port was filed by Deputy Coroner Charles E. Burns of Pittston. The young victim was removed lo the hospital by William Thomas, 1222 Murray street, Forty Fort, a truck driver employed by the Frabazio concern.
Child Escape! Death
Eleanor Shades, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shades, 249 Bowman street, wa.i critically injured at 7 oclock laot nighl when she fell from a second .story window at her home. The child, admitted to Mercy hospital, suffered head injuries. An X-ray examination revealed a skull frac¬ ture. Th? child lost hor balance in some manner while passing th? window and fell against a screen that yielded under her weight, plunging the liil,; victim to the ground, a drop of about 15 feet. Di.scovcred by a neighbor who notified   the   parents  the  girl  was
I hurried lo the hospital. Dr. G. N. Fluegel   was   called   to   treat   th?
I injured child.
I     Two mme worker.s, struck by a
! runaway car in the mine of Flynn Coal Company, were admitted lo Nesbitt Memorial Hospital yester¬ day afternoon. Claude Newhart, 40, of Trucksville, suffered con¬ tusions of both legs and his left hand was injured. Samuel Pollock. 53, of 28 Allen street, Luzerne, is (Continued  on  Page A-3)
EVENTS HELD
RATTLESNAKE KILLER SA YS ACCUSER 'CRAZY'
Los Angeles, July 25 (UP) -Rob- •rt S. James, convicted of murder¬ ing hia seventh wife by drowning after letting a rattlesnake bite her, Was under constant guard in hia Jail cell tonight while his attorneys prepared an appeal . to the State Supreme Court.
The discovery last night that James had a razor blade in liis jail clothing   prompted   Jailers   ft   re-
Lmove everything from his cell ex¬ cept his clothing. During the day Jamef muttered I      .
his anger against Charles Hope, confessed accomplice of James in the brutal murder of Mrs. Mary Busch James, attractive young wife of the man who was charged with placing her bare leg mlo a box containing two deadly rattlesnakes.
"Hope's story is crazy," James said. "He just imagines he saw rattle-snakes at my house."
In addition tp facing the gallows foi the death of his wife, Jamea is under sentence of 1,50 years in prison on morals charges Involving Loi« Wright, his young niece.       jy
Sked Wins In Sweepstakes Shoot But Then Loses Special Match To Colley
KNIFFEN IS VICTOR
Seventy-five gunners participat¬ ed in the sweepstakes shooting match sponsored by the United Sportsmen's state convention yes¬ terday at Harrison Park, Blakes¬ lee. The sessions, which began yesterday and which will continue through toda.v, were under the auspices of Wilkes-Barre camp. No. 103.
The convention was called to order at 10 oclock yesterday morn¬ ing and the day's activities were climaxed by a banquet in the park's dining room. Speakers were Dr. J. F. Bogardus, secretary of forests and waters; Lynn Eemerick chief state forester; O. M. Deibler, commissioner of fisheries; and Selh Gordon, executive secretary, board of game commissioners.
Winner of the sweepstakes was Otis Sked of this city, who scored a" 49 out of a possible 50. Runners up were Abe Lewis and Bert, Colley. also of this city, who scored] 48. In a special shoot between Colley and Sked, Colley came out victor with a perfect score of 26.
Fly casting drew a large repre¬ sentation, with the Weaver bass bug contest the most popular. There were 15 contestants. The first pl.ice in accuracy in casting went to David Dixon, wllh Fred Jones, Wiiiiam Ammerman and F. Brockman coming in second. Am¬ merman won in the deciding con¬ test.
Luther Kniffen, former sheriff, won the contest for distance cast¬ ing wilh a fling of 70 feet. Ed Baehman was second with a cast of 65  feet.
Today's concluding program will feature the 50-bird merchandise thoot. All sportsmen are invited to attend the day's activities.
SHARK KILLS YOUTH A T BA THING BEACH
New Betlford, Mass., July 25. (UP)—Several hours after his left leg was virtually torn off by a huge fish— possibly a shark—Joseph C. Troy jr., 16, of Dorchester died at a hospital here tonight of shock following an emer¬ gency operation.
The youth, son of a Boston school official, was swim¬ ming some 300 feet off shore in Au Coot Bay at nearby Mattapoisett beach when attacked.
Dr. E. 0. Gardiner, who performed the emergency operation, said the youth told him before he died he was bitten by a large fish, but did not know whether it was a shark.
First reports said the youth, his leg badly mangled, was pulled from the water uncon.scious by two companions following him in a boat.
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OF HIS ACCUSER
Counsel Demands Harris Be Kept Away From Gro¬ howskl And Any Others
MOBS RUN WILD WITH AMERICANS FLEEING COUNTRY
FAMILY TAKEN TO A SAFE PORT
ARE TRAINED UPON CLERGY
British   Warships   Aid   In; Refugees  Declare  Loyalist
Evacuating Foreigners As Rebels Attack New Fronts
MORE AID READY
INTERVENTION ASKED
BY LEAGUE HEADS FOR WATER PACT
28ih Division Expects Gov- Decide He Had No Authority ernor Earle, Thousands Of I To Enter Into Contract Visitors At Grand Display     For  Water Organization
ROUTE OUTLINED
.MEXICAN   STRIKE   ENDS
Mexico Cily, July 25. (UPl~Tho electricians' strike which darkened Mexico Cily for nine nights and inconvenienced 4.000,000 inhabitants of the Federal dislritt and seven central Mexican States, ended to¬ day when the Mexican Light and Power Company and the strikers agreed to settlement terms.
(Special to Sunday Indcp?ndent)
Indiantown, July 25. — National Guardsmen of the 28th Division, now encamped at Indiantown Mili¬ tary Reservation, arc preparing to receive thousands of visitors, friends and relatives of the 9 000 soldiers tomorrow. Roadways are being marked to guide the visitors lo the 3,000-acre reservation to witness the review before Governor Gcorgs H. Earle, which is scheduled to start tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 oclock (EST). Slate highway patrolmen and military police will handle traffic. It is expected that close lo 2,000 persons from Wyoming Valley will make the trip, many of them friends and relatives of the 600 enlisted men and oflicers of 109th Field Artillery.
Today the guardsmen made final preparation to look and act their best for the governor. Command¬ ing officers ordered routine drills and firing relaxed so that troops will have ample time to get equip- (Coiitinued  on  Page A-3)
SUIT IMPENDS
Terming published reports of a settlement with Scranton Spring- Brook Water Company, as a "mis¬ leading slatement of facts," trustees and directors of Municipal Ownership Water League of Wyoming Valley, Inc., last night drafted plans to enter formal pro¬ test wilh the Public Service Com¬ mission. They also decided to take legal action against Joseph Lipko, jjre.sidcnt of the organization; Ray Faust, treasurer and other oflicers of the Water League who signed th agreement, termed by the latter as "a satisfactory settlement." They charge that Lipko, Faust and the others overstepped their r^ithority, as they had no right to enter into any agreement without the dircctor'a approval.
Among those present at the ses¬ sion   were   representatives   of   the Water  League,   ofhcials  of  Nnnti-" coke   Property   Owners   and   Tax- ' payers' Assoi ialion and officials of i Ihc  Citizens'  Protective  League  of j Wilkes-Barre. John Kryslofik, with I John   Stavitski,   secretary   of   the Continued ouAfage A-1) >
The Valentine motor car bombing quiz entered a new channel last night with the sending of a tele¬ gram to District Altorney Leon Schwartz by Arthur J. Sullivan, at¬ torney for Emerson Jennings, de¬ manding assurance that Charles Harris, confessed bomber who on Friday repudiated a guilty plea en¬ tered before Judge John S. Fine on September 27, 1935, not be intim¬ idated and that he be provided counsel when taken inlo court next Wednesday. Harris will ask per¬ mission to change his plea, entered the day before he "escaped" from Leo Grohowskl, suspended county detective.
When arrested in Horuell, N. Y., Thursday afternoon, Harris said the dynamiting charge against Jen¬ nings was a 'frameup."^ He told Hornell police he "just walked away" while dining with Grohowskl at Jade Inn, Hanover Township. Harris linked Thomas McHale of Scranton, a private investigator, with the alleged "frameup" against Jennings. The prisoner said yester¬ day neither he nor Jennings had anything lo do with placement of the bomb in the Valentine motor car. Jennings posted $15,000 bail shortly after his arrest but he has not yet been called to trial.
The following is a copy of the telegram senl last night to the dis¬ trict altorney by Attorney Sullivan:
"I tried to see you today at your office but you were unavailable. We demand assurance that Harris will not be approached or intimidated by Leo Grohowskl. former county detective, or others. Wc request that arrangements be made for an Interview of Harris at once by im¬ partial persons to avoid possibility of intimidation. In addition, we suggest you lake into custody Thomas Lynolt, Orient theatre building, Dunmore, Pennsylvania, who was originally arrested in this case as 'Thomas McHale,' as this man is an important witness and one whom we had under subpoena to prove a frameup on last Sep¬ tember 30, the first date set for trial of the case. This case is break- (Continued on Pa^ft A-3)
Washington, July 25 (UP)--The State Department tonight made public a list of Americans evac¬ uated from various Spanish ports by rescue vessels.
Americans evacuated from Bar¬ celona and arrived at Marseilles:
Mary Starr West and -Mnw*^ chil¬ dren, Sewickley, Pa.; Cari C. Long, wife and child, Barcelona, birth¬ place, Scranton, Pa.; Elizabeth Mc- Conken, Park, N. J.; Bessie F. Robinson, Fredericksburg, Va.; Edith S. Lowther, Barcelona, birth¬ place, Philadelphia; Gertrude Net- cher, Barcelona, birthplace, Phil¬ adelphia; Dorothy M. Temp and two children, Richmond, Va.; Ruby S. Beach and child, Barcelona, birthplace, Rome, N. Y,
Arrived at Marseilles from Spain via British warships:
Aboard H, M. S. Gallant July 24, John T. Fitzpatrick, lea. Pa.
Aboard H. M. S. Gipsey, July 24: Bernard G. Gottlieb and Eugenie GottUeb; Walter W. Cook; Miss Margaret Jean Cla'rkson and Wil¬ liam R. Clarkson; Chandler R. Post, Campi, Mass.; Mildred Knapp Kendall; Alston Hurd Chase, Mel¬ rose, Mass,
Aboard H. M. S. Gallant, July 25: Miss Pricilia Wrightson, Chevy Chase, Md.
Americans evacuated afternoon of July 25 from Malaga to Gibral¬ tar by H. M. S. Brazen: Miss Agnes Anters, Luis Kantor, Miss Patricia Ywker, Miss Elizabeth Healy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Matez, Miss Marietrice McDermott and Robert A, Conquest, all of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Boyce and Miss Lillian Boyce, Boston; Gladys Bowler and Miss Ann Fairohild Bowler, Noroton, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bush, and Charles Bush, Dorch*ster, Mass.; John Stevens, Province- town, Mass,
Misses Isabelle C. Barry and Madeline McGuire, both of Boston were evacuated from Malaga for Gibraltar,  July  21.
New   Vesaei   Arrive*
Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron¬ tier, July 25. (UP)—The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Cayuga, acting under advices from U. S. An>bassador Claude G. Bowers, tonight relieved the U. S. S. Oklahoma as Ameri¬ can station ship oft San Sebastian.
The   Oklahoma   was   rushed   to Bilbao    to    evacuate    endangered i Americans there while the Cayuga i stood by as a rebel gunboat shelled | San     Sebastian,     Spain's     bullet-1 riddled summer capital which again was       subjected       to       insurgent assault.
After taking endangered Ameri¬ cans  at  Bilbao  aboard,  the  Okla- (Continued  on  Page  A-4)
Followers, Minus Leaders, Are Killing Many Civilians
REBELS SHELLED
(Copyright, 1936, By I'nited Frees)
Gibraltar, July 26—(Sunday) — (UP)—Frenzied mobs, armed with Machine guns, pistols and knives, are running berserk in Malaga and Huelva, rounding up priests and prominent men and executing them en masse, American, Britisli and French refugees from the revolt-torn cities reported today upon  arrival  here.
Two British destroyers reached here today with terror-stricken refugees. The destroyer Brazen brought 148 from Malaga and the Boreas  arrived  from  Huelva.
Crowds of maddened men, with little semblance of leadership, are roaming the streets of Mii'.c^c., murdering and looting. Most of the rioters wore red armlets of the loyalists who have engaged the Fascist rebels in vicious fighting for several days, the refugees said. Priests Mowed  Down
The mob rounded up the priests in tbe city, herded them into a iot and turned a machine gun upon them. Other crowds foraged about, murdering indiscriminately with revolvers and knives.
The cathedral at Malaga was not damaged but many of the princi¬ pal buildings were burned.
Refugees from Malaga included John Churchill, nephew of Wins¬ ton Churchill, historian. The Brazen immediately returned to Malaga to bring more refugees here.
The 102 British citizens brought here by the Boreas told of similar incidents in Huelva. They said Loyalists controlled that city now. Miners were rioting and mobs of workers from the, mines swept into the city, burned dhurches and held mass executions of priests.
The Huelva rioters, having dis¬ posed of the churches and priests, turned on the homes of wealthy residents. They sacked the homes, smashed the furnishings and set fire to many buildings.
The refugees said that wholesale slaughter was  being committed in that southwestern Spanish port. Warships SheU  Rebela
Gibraltar, July 25. (UP)—Soar¬ ing high over Loyalist Spanish warships shelling rebel fortresses on the north coast of Africa, flying boats today transported 500 fierce Moorish troops to peninsular Spain for a rebel attack on Malaga.
The Moors, enlisted by Gen. Francisco Franco, insurgent com¬ mander in Spanish Morocco, wera to be used lo subdue popular front forces at Malaga and then join rebel columns pushing on to Mad¬ rid from the south.
Other   rebel   planes,   meanwhile, (Continued on Page A-4)
SEEK CHECK PASSER; HE'S FROMSLICKVILLE
A bad check passer representing himself as a promoter of wealthy oil interests was sought by State Police and Hazleton uuthorities last night after swindling a hotel and clothing house there.
The fugitive is described as Col¬ onel Avery C. Sickels, 65, flve feet, ten inches in height and about 18U pounds.
He registered at tho Baehman House in Hazleton on June 27 and remained there until July 19. In checking out he offered the desk clerk a check for $250 drawn on the Rutherford Trust Company of Rutherford, N. J., asked that his $40 board bill be deducted and $25 •dvaMed on the balance.   Me told
the clerk that he would return for the balance later.
The   day   before,   police  learned.
Colonel Sickels purchased an entire
outfit  of  clothing  and  accessoriei
from   the   Hub   Clothing   store   in
Hazleton.   tendering   a   check   for
$61.75 drawn on the Firat National
I Bank of Sclinsgrove.
I    Both checks were found to be no
I good,  but  not  unlil  after  Colonel
' Sickels  had  left  by  bus  for  Ber-
I wick  at  which   place   he  inquired
j the way to Selinsgrove.
The missing man gave Berwielc, j Canton. Pa., and Slickvllle. Weat- I moreland county, as his native I home at various time* while ia 1 Hazleton.