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WILKES-BARRE. PA.. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4,  1914.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
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THE navy;s leading mtor
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THE ATLANTIC SEA60ARC
Suramer Resorts Along Jersey Coast and I-o"? CHECK PASSER
BADLY WANTED
Investigators Said To Have Found Queer Con¬ ditions
  •..wvMvii   Atvui     jiiv   111511   >-'t*l«      i«"C      UllOiUj
will   MAKE   report;   At Atlantic City Kffled In Rescue Adi^Xltii?^!?''
Islaad Sound Is Also Threatened With D«s- tniction From The High Sea. Life Guard
The skfll   1,, ^yjj^ J,
ficult ai^i(\„\-,\,,
Mexico   Js   1
attention   td^i
U. S. KJeet i    ^   which  the  dif
International sani-
FIjT7r  mecliaiiic, student    of RHODK 11 law,   socity    man   diplomatist,
j tarian.  ai. a few more.       Of course,
some   navl   officers   are   deficient   in
i certain  of hese  points and
-T j eertciiii   ui. \n-oc   ^v^**.i.o .^..^   make   u;.
Ffiday   FleUThe   east   coast   of j f^^   their   'Ck    by   excellent   in   otli- ventor of m<!,:,,iij.,|    has   called ' ers.        I-'lether   is   great   in   all   tlip.-e'. a   most   eff ,;:ama.ider   of   the) lines aiid i addition he has added tof ear almiral Frank   the effider^ of our navy   by a scri- ho   is   a  great   in-   Ics   ot, r*m|iyB>le  Inventions, rdhai. .  as well as      Some" ^I'ficer. ineet 3l>owii   his  present
tiM^ head fc^lng. A flagship, th and  the   co ^^j"
tlai*l^
The  navy] m;n  tod
•lery ag
!<ist  valuable contri-
Hejvanceis   in is^   . ..oard   craft   of   our
next 1 fleets  oris'ited    n   hia  fertile   brain.
HC' will Itg br known among na\ y
ihip Xhode Island, i men—If   h. dlen    tomorrow   for   tlie
I I'letcher   l>rsch   -losing mechanism —
this, will  pi lajily  la.st  many decadps.
The device t a  wonder of efficiency.
Is  co; >idarable   of mur;   be  a sailor.
It
gain and tlons
Tl
he bv oh of a rapid fire » quit .St imaginable time ^'', the    t.wfsc    possible    mo-
ar
on     i:       •     p-.,
to.  r< 1. to
|jpa» \«
upon He
of  tor
the t" scnge; reeled
iias :i    ented a gun mount, "men      of   truncated   cones by   which    friction u h   a   point    that   a _    thousands   of   lbs. 11 rally with one fing- 1   iii.'-tantly   to   fix   it
«d npt
"•set.
so   revolutionized  the   use
With  his  researches   into c.f  these  dreaded   mes-
Ac   sea.        He   hiM   cor- " grievous errors of range.
""Tk SL5 £* " Ml'HOrElS WRECKED BY FUliy OF WIND
m GAMILING HOUSE m MAYtR KOSEK'S
eads Goihy zni Draw^^^yy Fine With Order to Move»AIleg ed Disorderly House ^ted on North State Stred- Prov ed to be (Jub House.   Mayor Told . lo'/hargetheFine
ling thej f peclacubr gambling i.f the fb^mer adii.,nistrations lice force latt night acting un- lei    directi"n    of 'Mayor    Kosek
t'hree allt ged gambling houses i- good nicisure went to a place rth State slr^t alleged to be .rly.       At  the latter place  five
¦• und while :it the gamb-# ^
r
we e
i>ri     a."* claimed I i-a^      et    captured i-oig u it   : ¦>
pecf id       oor |tre< ..        learings tie )
.Main 3tr»pi hopae. It wa.s a ;;oose chai-e, hovftr^as ihe proprietor who gave "his r'M e «a John Honus anr' one men wer- I >und there. No <ards v.(T. in r t an I no pamblinp apr plicances w e ! i sight. The two were .hauled to t     station house, however.
vention
!'or thrae weeks member.s of a committee appcinted to inv^.^tiirati- the nllegvd packing of the .Miners' -Na¬ tional Convention against .John Mit¬ chell has been quietly .it wfJik itl,t_hi8 region. .Statement.w made Ini^t niefit were to the effect that the results of. Iheir work here will be t)rese:ited to i the next Nathinal Convention which ' convenes at Tnflianapolls in the near future. Tn addition to this charges against some of the locil progressive lenders a nd especially Thomas I>avls. of Nanticoke. will al.-^o l)o aired at the same time. The latter c harges a deal with the manner in which certain let¬ ters dealing with the last district cam¬ paign were written and sent on to the national   headf|uarters.
RoaIvps Old ln<l<lent. The Mitchell matter revives the oM incident   when   the   former leader   of thr miner.-? was  asked to resign  from the Civic Federation.     The job he held nt  that   time  was worth  a large  sum per   year   and   it   is   clalnifd   that   the plan of the man who had the  conven¬ tion  make such  a move nas to   have the  former  National  p.^eiident  forced out  of the organization.     They   reas¬ oned   th3t  he would   fii;f  the   miners i rather than  give up thi  good  paying job. l)ut he fi.oled  then and  pave up the   job   In.stead.
At the time ch.qrg* were freely made that the convoHn'ion had been packed so us to secui? the passage of this resolution. Th-jnivestigation was i ordered and the st r'es told of what i (**¦;:--m.^-7Trf!!r>l|^l''-hii.regloii .nre In- ! terming. VV.ae.', *o'The < 'that ' i^.p-.trcK '».y> :ijf-t:' i ¦ fopmp.-¦d. It i ¦ .' " '-JKtF* >>lif \        *^?V^  rrn !e '¦>••  '•
t- a *'"^' IV*ta«^ /'''*'#' artairs of V\tt^ inlners n^f f ¦ raf years ago. Ssreral -Hier» wlt^ .V <i.J|Jipce dlpd are ,t''--o s-.ifl to have been connected up wltli the deal. Men who held down lobs as national organizers In the re¬ gion, but some of whom have since drawn down political Jobs, are also said  to be involved   in  the deal.
Yesterday district officers refused to discuss the case. The stor\- that the protograph reposed at district head- ouarters ready for the big fight for the Mitchell vindication at the next hl<^ session WIS Insistent. TTie story was also to the efect that the money sent here had come from the Pltts- btirgh di.strlct where the flght against ^litchell was bitter.
Now in West WARRANT "sent
OUT
Wanter here hy the staie pottca to answer a charge of forgery made br the Trader's Bank of Scranton,  Tiie»- ley  Hawley,   of Sweet Valley, an in-. «u ranee agent was arrested two days ago a Neaahe,   Missouri.    The arrest was made upon telegraphic advice by Private I^awrence Ryan, of Trooif B., Wyoming,   who   had   worked   on    the case several weeks.    The police claim the prisoner passed  fradiHent checks upon  scores  of  merchajits  in  Lacka¬ wanna,  L/uzerne  and  "Wyoming coun¬ ties.    His principal victims being bus¬ iness   men   n   Wilkes-Barre,   Plttston. Nanticoke and Scranton.
It Is said by the state poUoe tihat they have many oomplainta from men who claim to have been rogned by the Sweet Valley agent. Many morei charges will undoubtedly be entered against Mr. Hawley, the state police state. Private Ryan has gone to tha West to secure his prisoner and twins him   back  for a hearing.
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ji   total    of  'ill   concerr The plaxies visited  '"^ the ch Market.   .'54   South  ling hou.« and     r,6    South  action  an re hold at: a"   order  i oMce at&tioi'  court  room  the man.
itf 1.
fnes    v.ifilng    In   ¦< Mounts   Im-
11 o'clo. k ^.g rapped on the doors at sr, i,arket street. Here fi'fteen ni.'n.^jjgj^rity of them w.;l! kn.wf. the city and one a hotel 11 . I leigiitg ^-ere cap¬ tured.' hi ^jup ^-ere several men w't o 1,,^ claimed were -,      , . . ^1 profesSJoiial     -i^ A   few    strav
the  police  and when a   unged to the surprise of sale*-?ii p.us:   „i„„t <„ the ciu
.    Honus   Pleaded   gttilty ^^re   l.H-lude   '"tca^^ ^ ^'^^'^^l
of  conducting  a  gainb- „..ve   fieticbni!      u        ? t   '
The Mayor took prompt before   11  ¦   T f^     "   brought
$50   fine   together  Mth ^Ive   his   >r.n ¦    ^   f"-"I>';'f'»>-
qui.   town   wa..   .    en to „ear approacl    right n-me   Of
lie  promised to o ,..y  the ,hp   »„ jr^   ,„,      ^        Z,"'®-   "'
. d up.       This wa.. , he big r^^'Tvi 'Z7 ho' LT
he   nighl   as   the   police ^^^ „  ,,,_        tne  hotise en-, nee on  l,im.                         Ir^f^.M    t ''""*^-       ^''«'
we  IX-urMOU tiirely paid m, e.- imposed    He   I
,g. raid took a.<._light va-I ^^^^  ^i^^^  ,.,,     ; .^J,^^'^"^^       Several  of the Iar,,'e.^t  locals In  (he
his and the police  went. ^.^^  ,-  ,^„,,   ,.„p ^"^ oth wilkes-Barre   di.strlct   met   la.s.   night '
, su.e  street,   diagonallyl     ^j,^ ,, in ,„e Savoy huiMing for the purport
,OreK fro,, me .station ,,,, /,,,„.„       "^^     TJ'' ''"'^'"^ ^"^'^^''   «"   ^'n>vafice
' ''''' W' !'^'^'']\ Of tho men a  ,,i ulJ!/1 ''"^^»'ittee« ;,nd then le.rn ,l,e differ- Tfi of I club thai h;id this name^ wc ' 'ronfihl in.    Ihree of^.j^^.,,, ^^„^,^ I, its #iPtere.     Their names (he niiinhfi worp dl.srhargod and the ^.^^^^^ ,,, ^
. 1  on  1*> club book and the, others finrti J "^ eacli.     Both jKiid up. ^.^ j,jp j,^-„ aridih7 \Tflvnr'c*"*i ^"'' '" ''^'^pvent  if rto.s.siblp the pef jpr.1   It  once  for  lack  ofi ho Biff Visit Hudci the he '^•''"¦"'¦''''*¦    T^p tlrlrpaten Rave thfii ¦ .
order and surprist" '.start of the raiding   tour came   had   no   (
10 o'clf ;k  .wli^n   iiif officers
n   per OS  l>y  < i: -r   Roberts 'f .'^'U h  Main street. Eleven  cation  aft J jre found  here. They  to  2,";
PREVENTION OF STRIKES
'(DolpgHtrs   l>oni   Mine   Tiocals   IHscuh.s Matter---Honm   l-'oAvlrr's CanHidtiry
(Telegraph to Independent.)
.Vtl.'UilicCity, \. J., Jan o.—One man is dead tiiid seven others have been injured as a result of th(^ lerril'if storm which has swept Atlantic City jiihI adjoiinnir towns for the past twelve hours. Scoi-es ha\ (^ been (Ir ^^^r from their homes and con sideral)le damage hi <¦ leen done to property along the beach,
.V hirge jiortion oi" Young's pier was carried nwnx ;uid Tajitain John Young's old home was wrecked. Part of tl e jetty protecting the steel pier was carried away.
(icorgo Eadford, n Federal life guard, died as a result of injuri(^s received while assisting in res¬ cuing families at Ocein City two miles below here Great Dania;?e at Heabright Xew York, Jan. 3.—The storm which has been sweeping the Long Island and Xew Jersey coasts during the day, greatly increased in velocity early tonight and several points alopg these   coasts are in danger of being washed awai. The situation Is most grave at Seabright, K. J., where   the heavy waves have washed away almost every vesLige of the seawall and bulk-heads leaving a large por- I  tion of the town including hotels a'nd costly suni- jtiffhK lilt's, exposed'to the seA.
Early this evening the velocity of the wind at Seabright was between GO and 70 miles an hour. The Octagon Hotel at Seabright, which was one of the lieaviest sufferers during the recent stcTim, was practically a total wreck tonight. The dining room collapsed this afternoon and as the waves crashed over this portion of the building all of the portiims Mhicli remained standingw^ere nn
dermined.   George M. Sandt, the proprietor, esti-  """ '«j'""^«° terms ne proteete mntrd tl.nt the da«„a3-<- .already done will exceed TZZ'^lTj:,1°^:.:'^ .?s<."').000.    Haley's fish market and numerous other body m th plncc-; of business were demolished    while    the wrecks of magnificent summer   homes,   line  the beach for miles.
Oontlnned on   I'a^e   Two
"BIGBOFHELl FORROBB]
City Detectives Shoi To Hold  Tl
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"Blg^ ^oy** Ronlctt*, a styflsht tired   riSgro  waiter  la  at  *he 001 Jan. In   company   with   "Jark" nlngham   an   uncouth   fUJow   of ] same color both  chargea wltJi IT. robbed   a  white man a.t  th« Ovt| Club  on  the nlglit  of/Decembu "Big   Boy"   who.st   sl:^e   eai-ned the   nar:»e.  was   clad   In   a   black with  -   nloe  blue  chinchilla  ovei and Is polished terms he proteete
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The gan
So
NO FURTHER LIGHT SHED
«   city  who   would   g-J ball or take hi« part.
The hearing the case was rond\ yestsrda:' afternoon  b«for« Aide Brown who hea.rd the storj- of Booney,   a   local   boy   of North street.      Charles it 8eem.<? had the  club   and   he   descrij^d   howl Other two men  aft| had  fallen  asleep getting about tenj
j>roaghii' o the, ftniiim house' i\croSf .f:
h dPVfldi'Cd^thtt they wore all house.   I'
I
-SoAiSte >\»>aa ^\n-i->
ce  K<« V«nt to (fvft South.'chase  \t\1o
ho Biff Visit ,   .  ,
T\\ex\ ciu-ui   ve climax of the uIrW
'I'^Slod     i,e'«n,"'  "^-"'^^'^'"^^' ^'"f''^-^'^^'   '"   haridh'ng ,._  „ 's.anfl tn to nrevent
ed<
If RF ADJUST JJOiTROUBLE
•rk for miners in the - ACkawanna Coal Com- ¦(S by the terms of an
i«d ye.sterday with the
compifcry. While the ' »d   fJ-om   the
the  workings
WORKfiEN RESCUE COMi^ FROM UNDER FAU OMY IN BRICK YARD AT ISONS
r said -ctiarge^ ""^"'^'^" '" genera! Ihe sHfe and sviT-i
orjEra.ni:^af ion    in    p'eneral, |
        The question nf the election -if the I
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J^thtsj^;
Burie work y l)rickyj
ak.  a;
anla    . ¦
ines in this vallty l)-lworkr »«rardsvllle,    Plymomh I he to
afftth a  landslWe while at
,y evening in the Parson
arsons.   Charles   Homan-
of   .SSfi  North   Pennsyl-
e, was  rescued  by  fellow
TJe   laborers with   whom
,,„ked  frantically  for sev-
e.xtrlcate him fro Rushed to the serious condton, i time that he wo stated at an earlyj that his chanee.s, good.     The   injure'
;h the claj-. ipital In a lught for a lut   it   was
lis morning 'Very are suffering
fanticoke'will also he   eral minutes ^fore they were able to | from depre.s.sion a£, ¦Tnj.'rles^
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e past  maeliine work, t I ham been in progress Am Valley  and  to a thla region.     By thig ' «t any amount of coal S
fen  as  high  as   forty the coal thus cut   By '   1 imber of miners were' »  rk.
¦j-jBCajapparent Injuscice and ••^ »«» taken
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a
in- !ien i.n,v
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.1 d.'.-.: rtlcla
atiLfi
f Mclals.
up   -with the Tesierday    an i
DEATH COMES TODR.BUSCH
Xatioiial Board member Wr.s taUen up. The delegate.^ believe that the election is between Thoma-s Davis of Nanti¬ coke and David Powler of Scranton. After a l)rief di.sscussion Mr. Fowler was endorsed l>y the meeting and from the general views will he elected board meniher of this district. For Davis to ¦ win tie wotild need the complete sup- I port of tin- Wilke.sF^ai re diiitriet and the meeting last night .allows he will not   get  it.
LOCALSTOTE VERY EARLY
;iPresident Says Visit of lind Was Merely FtiedxQ^tvsl B Dams Wi» Be We-O&er Bevelo^y- ments id the Ne vs of the Day
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(By Telegraph to Independent)
I'ass Christian. iMiss., Jan. 3.—N'o additional ray of light has been cast upon the .Mexican jir()l)lem as a re¬ sult of President Wil.sou's .statement regarding hi.s conference with envoy Ijind aboard the Chester yesterday. Only the fait that th»' preflent policy is to be contitiued, that Mr. 1 Jnd's ) hurried journey to Pa-ss Christian was not caused by any serious develop- ment.s In the situation that the con¬ ference was Jiwt a "neighborly visit." Thi.s was all that resulted from the interview.
Mr. Wilson laughingly .said  to-night that    "
ed   down   the  river.
I.iateJ't telephone advices received to¬ night are to the eiTect that they are 25 miles away and still marching south¬ ward in the direction of Jfatamoros from   wheu'-e   they   came.
Some of the finest machine gun op¬ erations ever witne-s.qed took place dur¬ ing the different battles. One gim- nrr alone, a Prerichman, mowed down forty federals wh. had him cut off.
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More TronWe Pne
((Table to Tndependent)
Mexico  City,   Jan.   .1—Reports  per-
1 «\^
)hj mej
! held!
jtlve the  c{ the   of hearlni
the   event   was   of   no   i>articular ; sLst   that   the   Zapatistas   hav«   tot        •        . -<
__    ,       ,    . , importance  and seemed  to  think  the   o„pmavaea    »k- Z. taken   ournlng rapidly in  the Insulating oJ
Three   locals  m   th"  Pitt.ston   region . joke  was  on   the   newspapermen       He       "^"'^'^'^'^   ^^^  southern   gateway to   ^artment  shortly   aftor  8   o'clock   Ia^
'-'    ¦   -  'h»  e.„.,.i    K...   .».. 'night.       HUs  quick  action  in   turn
The Hazard Rope works mi been destroyed by fire last night not Charles Mohan, of ICewport Atrel
.^n employe, discovered a pile of wa	
burning rapidly in  the insulating <i«^
have Io.«!t their right to take part in the election of the national board member for District 1, V. M. W. of ,\.     The election for that office starts
'U reached by which the n abolish  such a system.
Bnftalo  iHi >>{>*»
S»VB
Succumbs to  Can-
failed   to Him.
miners >• Jiven tl
«»© of fit
Bumci
the
"baric
f   work   in   thej
work each  to
fett or if the
"nt  to allow  of  ^'
¦te to be mar. J   f
r"owler, now   a
)»wr ^.
pil board- member   „ In the lUrht for   c
1
^'-^^-''^--^-J-;^;"   hopeless almost death  tW wa^     ^^^^^^^^^^     ^
'*^M;''«.ate   Can^I^abor- ,   of   tlie   ?:a^^     .^l^etlm  of in   this 1 city"  "'*' in   til
»„„,„, . J "•- -"I'L-- ^-Liiri.s rt-ui-raiK  nave  .AJU i
tomorrow but the three local mention- h ^ra."hHTgt<itr.-J«r ¦« —B Th    H-'T ¦.VT^'^I •"'¦"^ *''''''¦ '¦"'^•¦= '^t"'the War Department  Indi
thedist'lot headquarters at Scranton., advantages  for the Mexican'Federala , the  government   Is   sendinir  700   rr,»
do was brought in|o save his life but without av:Veeks ago he submitted to .i^on under the direction of r,^ ^ ^^,. ley In Which ,i.i,^ ^, ,^,. i^m  was used, but | failed.
(Telegraph u. .dent)
Philadelphia,   Pa._senator ^''"'""''^¦^P**"^^™"""^ ^^^ ">'"- Boies Penrose in cor'v     v T^"'    ^^^P^'^ ^^^ the  effect  thaL
today suff    • ^"''.h's home   the  administration   is  behind   Fowler
"ering fronfects of a '^ .Scranton man and that he is the severe coM. ^pon * his uhv-' H^,''" ^'^'^"^ ^"'' '^^ J°^- ^" the cislan the Senator I '^^^ 1 Plymouth region the past week .«:aw bonse  for .e *" Id   hls|mucr   work   doij  in   the   interest   of
^ 2'"^1  d.^)ni^L^it' Jame= Maguire, ^a    resident    of   that i2PLBiB^,i,„.fc^^^Hfc. j town.     He has a^HX u
jestingly   Indicated   they   owed   him debt   of   gratitude   for   providing much  copy on  vacation.
Federals Have Adianlase
^   the  capital,   but   the  government   re-, ,0 , fuaes   to  either confirm   or deny  the' ^^ i report
'Wi^^^MWd^^l T
 ina
an   alarm   from   box   36   at   South
All communlcatlona to r^,—.  ^^^^^   '""'^   ^"^   '''^''''^   brought   th« nav^r.   Ho.      K '^**""W to Ca<»,.^,ycompan:es to the scene, the laram
navaca  have   been   cut   off.       In.r.-^c1IBfct   general   one. ^
cate di.-<tinct   «P""8e to appea
)eaJS fo
for re-enforcements
Of course thev will be dl.»reg,'rded and not counted with the official returns that will come in after next Friday
The election   which  is to   fii!  a  va¬ cancy cans   " " '   ^ John
at Ojlnaga aiMi I.aredo
tion   ba-sed "on  the   expert
of United   t.^ates army officers.     This i. '   "
does  sustain,   according   to  the  army ; ^.'' '" advisable not to  reduc^the gar-
the late j experts,  the  theory 'rou.si^S I Pass  Chri.«;t!an  that
withciU  hope  of   ultimate success.
r7-ols^^^:^- '"^'*«»M*^t* ^liy. officers.     This i  ''"^'"   ^^'^^   ^^«"  ««"*  becaule  it ...^   to_ the  army    ^.'" '^ advan'cejl     frgm   '''^¦'^' H u e^fas armT is* "* ^^
l"aze   si^^ased cau.^ed by spontan quickly extinguished
The  aitta and but little da-nage
have  been
lyuUustlon wa«
has
(Tclesrajiii  in  Tiidonendent!) Rebels in Retreat.
I.a.redo, Tex., Jan. 3—.ifter a two days ass.ault on the federal entrench¬ ment of Neuvo  Laredo in a futile at-        -.,	
tempt  to   capture  that"  city   the   rehel_.v>ires <iavj
ison here.
>-tt-e cl#inillttRI#l#fi ^ h San Luis 1 otosi for a short time Joday. The city has not fallen, but is in extreme nger. 'TftS ^aSlo^al •Railway lines v^ere cut today at San Felipe, -84 kilo- nietres south of San Luis.
No  news  was  received   today  from
Tampico,   Monterey,      or  Saltiila,     aJi
beet
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REYBURN DEAI
Washington,   Jan.   4.—For Wayor ^vburn, of Pliilade died ai^t^ m. Bvlo*