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FOl -Fi^Ie^raph fidependent ra^k#%^t^h^l^l^^W%^^>^^»^^iW^»^*^^^l^h^k^l^lM^V<* T?CE WKATHB31 Sno>w«4n north<rm and w«»t«m pn ;tlon; rain or snow In sonthem po tlon Sonclay with high northwpst ' northwoaflt winds. Monday fair. =«= :D n)06 WILKES-BARRE. PA.. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1914. N PRICE FIVE CENTS ^< ^-PN THE navy;s leading mtor C STORni i 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. » 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 » "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 < 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 i 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^ I 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 I'AS a in- !ien i.n,v '1 t' ¦.v:t! N ¦ .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 i (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. -•" 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 » » REYBURN DEAI Washington, Jan. 4.—For Wayor ^vburn, of Pliilade died ai^t^ m. Bvlo*
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday 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 | 1914-01-04 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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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. |
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Month | 01 |
Day | 04 |
Year | 1914 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday 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 | 1914-01-04 |
Date Digital | 2008-03-31 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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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. |
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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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