Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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MURDERERS OF MINISTER ARE SOUGHT HERE
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Tho   Only   Sunday    NeTTHpaMr CovcTlng   th«   Wyoming   Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1936
Hntercd   if.    Wllkea-Rarre,    P«. A*   Second   Clas*   Mnil   Mailer
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. Aunt Of Wife Of Rudy Vallee Is  Victim  Of A Death Stroke At Side Of Fay Webb's Casket
Santa Monica, Calif,, Nov, 21 j Vallee, Webb, who had been his 'UP) —Death struck again in the daughter's constant companion Webb family today while sorrowing i during the courtroom ordeals relatives and friends were attend- j which culminated in her divorce ing funeral services for Fay Webb   and while she was ill of peritonitis,
body
'NATIONAL
Vallee, The new victim was Miss Winifred Webb, aunt of the dead girl, who collapsed as she stood weeping beside the casket of her niece.   Her  sudden   death   was   at-
carried his sister's body through the throng in the funeral chapel to an ante room.
Physicians   determined   that   she had died of a heart attack. News
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tributed to an attack of heart dis- j of the death spread quickly, at- ease, induced by grief. She was 66 . tracting increasing numbers of ShlllllflkGr  y*^""^ °'''- curious  person.s  to  the  chape!
Reverend  c.  u. vjimmarxvi    ^jj^^ ^^^^^ ^i^j ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^^
Shot  Down   In  Cold  Blood  her   brother,    Clarence   E,   Webb,
father of Fay, who already was be- in   Coal   Company   Office  reaved,  his wife  having  died  sev-
  eral months ago.
The tragedy occurred whil* hun¬ dreds of men and women were fil¬ ing past the open coffin in which
GRUDGE IS TRACED
Last   View   Fatal
Later Webb ordered the body of his daughter taken to Woodlawn cemetery. An honorary escort of police opened a passage through the crowd and the cortege moved away.
The    funeral   service   had   been
Mrs,   Vallee's   head   rested   on   a i held   before   Miss   Winifred   Webb
Telephone   Wires   Severed I'.^^LpJ""-.!!".' 'J.r..!!?^ 1?^!^ I ""?.^1'; ^"" "'^ """ "'"'" By  Assailants  Guilty
by    her    former    husband,    Rudy i
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Accused of scattering gasoline through her home, Mrs. Anna Lasky, .50, was under arrest last night as police investigated her .alleged threat to burn her own home on Turner street, Plymouth. Authorities said a dispute over rent, between Mrs, La.sUy and a son-in- law, was the cause of the trouble. While being held at Plymouth po¬ lice station the woman was treated by Dr, Benjamin S. Davis for in¬ juries to her right wrist, believed to have been wrenched in a quarrel Victim    Of    A    Conspiracy   ».' home just before the poUce ar-
SayS A. F. Of L. Statement Pollce were called to Mrs. Lasky's   ; home at 6:30 oclock when head¬ quarters was told that an attempt was to be made to burn the dwell¬ ing. The officers i'ound a quantity of gasoline had been sprinkled in a cellar-way leading to the first floor. The alleged fire plot was dis-
West Side Woman Held By Police    BRITAIN ANGERED Who Report Gasoline Is Spread   ^stt- y-iT^n After Home Quarrel Over Rent BY OPEN THREATS
IN COAST WATERS
Labor Spy Investigation
HINTS WAR WITH THUGS
Of  An  Atrocious  Crime
MONEY NOT TAKEN
Brutal and mysteriou*. th* mur¬ der  ot  a  70-year-old   retired  Con- .        gregational   minister,   engaged   for I        the past twelve years as an indc- L      pendent coal operator near Blakeiy. I     Lackawanna County, last night had i     mobilized  into  a^ tion  one   of   the '      most   far-flUtl^  manhunt*   In   the history   of   northeastern   Pennsyl¬ vania.
The victim, tlje Rev. E. E. Shu- maker, 70, of Glenburn, brilliantly educated cleric and author, was shot down in <old blood early yes¬ terday afternon in the office of Pure Coal C'M.ipany, a small mining concern he owned and operated on the mountainside about two miles west of  Blakely  Borough,
His slayer first cut telephone wires leading to the small office in which the Rev, Shumaker was shot through the head and back.
First belief that Shumaker was murdered by a lone bandit was dis¬ carded as the investigation pro¬ gressed laat night, the new theory being that a killer with a personal grudge against the aged clergyman was responsible.
Money and Jewelry 8»fe Examination of the slain man's clothing revealed that a wallet con¬ taining $40, which he carried in a trousers pocket, was not disturbed and a valuable gold watch chain, prominently displayed across hi* vest, was likewise untouched.
Most significant of clues reported to police last night as that a small sedan, bearing New York license j plates, W.IS parked in front of the j coal company office for several hours yesterday. It was reported that employes of the slain minister said he had recently had difficulties with partners in his mining ven¬ tures, some of whom reside in New York City,
The murder occurred within ten minutes after ,Toseph D,ish, 16, of Sixth street, Blakeiy, one of the coal pocket employees, had left Rev. Shumaker alone in the office. Peter Smith, a watchman for the company, entered the office about ten minutes after D.ish had de¬ parted and found th body sprawl-1 ed on the floor.
Knew  Victim's  Huliits Police last night expressed belief that whoever committed the crime was  aware  of   the   fact  that  Rev. Shumaker was usually alone in his office  about   m-d-d:iy.   Tiiey  ques¬ tioned gas station operators in th- I    vicinity   in   an   effort   to   learn I (Continued Or. P.a:;c A-1'!.'
HITCH-HIKER KILLED ON ASHLEY HIGHWA Y
Business Leaders In Demand For An Early Tightening Of   Federal   Pocketbook
covered before there was a chance to touch a match to the gasoline- soaked wood and there was no need for firemen. —	
According    to    the    police,    Mrs.     y-j . . *»¦¦*¦ * r^
Lasky and h* son-ln law. George    /^t/SSfd/l   AmtS    And   MCn   Are   SCCn Carr,   have   been   in   frequent  dis- , "*       ^    >s-'*-'v/»*
putcs   over   Carr's   alleged   failure ¦ to  pay  rent.  The  quarrel was  re- | sumed  last night and it was then ; that   the   woman   is  said   to   have threatened  to  burn  the  house.  As she   was   scattering   the   gasoline, police said, her son-in-law grabbed her.    In   the   scuffle   Mrs.   Lasky's wrist was badly wrenched. i
After being taken to police head- i quarters Mrs. Lasky waa believed to have received a fracture of the arm but treatment by Dr. Ben Davis revealed that she was suf¬ fering from a badly wrenched | wrist. Police said a hearing will be held Monday.
Upon Side Of Spanish Defense As Germans Advance Ships To Within Reach Of Iberian Ports And London Orders Hands Off
WARN AMERICANS TO SAFETY
Brest,   France,   Nov,   21   (UP)—j tears  and  nearly  all were  hungry
EYES ON JOHN LEWIS
2 UNIONS JOIN STRIKE; WIN U. S. CONCESSION
Upholds Penalty On Senator Clark
Philadelphia, Nov. Jl. (UP)-- The Supreme Court of Penn¬ sylvania today refused the peti¬ tion of State Senator William H. Clark, convicted on charge.s of attempted extortion and bribery, for an allowance of ai appeal from the State Superior Court,
James Patterson McHugh, 60, Run Down By Auto During Poorhouse Leave
OTHER MISHAPS
REPOSE 10 LEAVE
!    An elderly hitch-hiker who over-
J stayed  his  leave  of  absence   from
i a poorhouse was instantly killed by
I an   automobile   last   night   on   the
I Ashley boulevard.   Two hours after
the  accident  he  was  identified  as
I James   Patterson   McHugh,   about
' 60, whose last known residence was
; Main  street.  Old   Forge,   Prior  to
November  10  he  had  been  an  in-
I mate of the Hillside Home for Men
; in Lackawanna County but for the
'. last ten days he had been marked
"missing on leave,"
The car that killed McHugh was driven by Paul Stoner of 292 Chapel street, Swoyerville, The only passenger waa Ambrose Rey¬ nolds of 15 John street, city, Stoner
Pparp   PnnfPPPnr.P   AdiOUmS  '^"^   Reynolds   brought   the   victim reace   UOnierenue   HU)UUIIIJ>  ^^j   Wyoming   Valley   Homeopathic
To Allow Participants hospital but he wa* declared dead ..   _ on arrival there.
To   See   A   Football   Game      state   highway   patrolmen   were
informed by Stoner that he and Reynolds were traveling at Moun¬ tain Top toward Wilkes-Barre when their headlights picked out the form of the elderly hitch-hiker. Whether McHugh attempted to hitch a ride or became confused by the headlights, the two men said they did not know, but the victim appeared to step in front of the oncoming automobile. He had spent Friday night in Hazleton as a police lodger, authorities an¬ nounced.
TRESPASS CHARGED
South Bend, Ind,, Nov, 21, (UP) —A proposal that 1,000 men and women workers leave Bendix Pro¬ ducts plants, where they have lived for five days and nights, was un¬ der consideration tonight by the "shut-ins."
The proposition, one of the points on which continuation of the employe-employer peace nego¬ tiations depend, was submitted by Homer  Martin,  youthful  president
McHugh was knocked a consid¬ erable distance and was apparently lifeless when picked up. He was placed in the car and brought to this city but at Homeopathic hos
of United  Automobile  Workers  of i P'l"' '' "'as announced that he was
America,   He was to return to the plants for a decision tonight.
Representatives of the manage¬ ment, the union and Federal con¬ ciliators adjourned a conference to attend the Notre Dame-Northwest¬ ern football game. They admitted that except for the continued pre
already    dead    from    a    fractured skull and internal injuries.
It was not until after 8 oclock that hospital attaches and Deputy Coroner Emmet Brislin definitely identified the victim. Cards in his pocket gave the name of McHugh and  showed   he   had  been   treated
sence of the workers in the plants, j at Scranton State hospital dispen
the   only   major   issue   holding   up if  settl?meiit was that concerning dis- (Continued  on  Page  B-9)
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DECREASE IN CRIMES MARKED IN AMERICA
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Washington, Nov, :;!, (UP)-- Americans are becoming more law- abiding, Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investi¬ gation reported tonight. Police forces of the nation have made wide gains in strong drives against criminals In recent years and these gains have been nccelcrated in 1933, Hoover said in -.i survey of crime conditions.
These gains are reflected against virtually every form of crime. Murders during the first nine months of this lear decreased from 1,017 in the same period last year »nd from 1,144 in the first nine jnonths of 1934. Kidnapers and tisnk ro!jber.'<, asain.'it whom the *^BI   has   waged   unrelciiUng   war.
have decreased almost to zero. The wave of kidnapings which swept the country in 1933 and 1934 has virtually ended.
Bank Holdups, a major source of income for criminals, likewise de¬ creased. There were only two bank robberies in cities of more than 100,000 population during the first nine months of this year. Robberies decreased from 14,716 in 1931 to 8,32,') this year. Automobile thefts fell from 64,738 in 1931 to 34,859 in 1936, a reduction of 46.2 percent. Larcenies reached a high point of 123,321 in 1935 in cities included in the report. In the first nine months of this year they dropped to 112,- 602. Only two classes of crime rape and aggravated assault -did not  drop.
sary and also had been an inmate of the Hillside Home at Clark's Summit, Inquiry at the latter In¬ stitution revealed that McHugh had been granted a leave of ab¬ sence that expired ten days ago but that he failed to return. Earlier he was an inmate of the Ransom Home and !eft there for Hillside on October 31. Relatives include his mother, Mrs. Catherine? McHugh at 1000 Main street, Old Forge, and a brother, Thomas, In Scranton.
GiMi Hurt* Two
An explosion of gas yesterday at Monarch Coal Company near Parsons sent two mine workers to Nesbitt Memorial hospital, Louis Kaneski, 46, of 414 George avenue. Parsons, received burns of the face and hands, Ernest Malino, 31, of 14 Flick street. Parsons, was burned on the face and neck. Both men will recover. It was said at the   hospital.
Believed to have been struck by stray shots from a hunter's gun, Otis Alien, 14, Alderson, was treat¬ ed at Wilkcs-Barre General hos¬ pital. Two pellets entered his left liand. The lead was removed and (Continued On Page A-ll.)
Tampa, Fla,, Nov, 21, (UP) — American Federation of Labor charged tonight that an "enormous Conspiracy," backed by millions of dollars and guided by "adroit lobbyists, was seeking to end the U. S, Senate labor spy investiga¬ tion.
Calling upon Labor and all its friends to demand lhat Congrejs provide additional funds for the I.^Folette Committee inquiry, offi¬ cers of the Federation's legislation committee asserted that there al¬ ready "has been crime" involved in efforts to frustrate the investi¬ gation of secret arming by cor¬ poration   employers,
"The LaFolettc Committee has made only a beginning in dragging into the light the underworld that serves the biggest businesses; the spies and thugs whose profession is wrecking unions or even mur¬ dering workers," Chairman I, M, Ornburn, of the legislation com¬ mittee, said in a statement,
"The United States is being driven toward actual internal com¬ bat with arms. Employers are buy¬ ing arms for the sinister purpose of shooting to kill. , , , What fills the situation with double danger is the fact that, in some cases, workers, resolved not to die with¬ out defense in kind, are prepar¬ ing for the day they believe their employers are forcing upon them. "It is clear that certain great employing interests would rather shoot than bargain. . , , Our onl.v refuge is completion of the La- Follette   investigation."
Battle For Lewis The charges, signed by Ornburn and Gilbert E. Hyatt, secretary of the committee, were issued while the Federation's 56th annual convention prepared for ne.'it week's clash on suspension of unions in the John L. Lewis Com¬ mltte for Indu.^trial Organization. With the convention apparently prepared to conlirm the suspension of the rebel unions, a committee of seven Lewis sympathizers took over defense of the insurgents, Ths committee was contacting delegates favorable to the C.I.O. arid plan¬ ning the speeches and maneuvers in an effort to rein.'it,'\te the sus¬ pended groups when the battle reaches the floor of the convention Monday or Tuesday.
Y/ith a few exceptions, the rebel
sympathizers wero delegates having
only  one  vote  and  admitted  they
would be heavily out-numbered in
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Diggers Of Grave Ready For Strike
San Francisco, Nov. 21, (UP) -One hundred and ninety or¬ ganized grave diggers in San Francisco threatened tonight to call a strike next week unless cemetery owners and associates grant them a wage increase. It was reported they planned to prevent   burials.
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JOIN lliTH IITE lOlLOAO'EASI
Want 'Old Guard' Removed From Republican Party So Westerners May Rule
Masters, Mates, Pilots And Engineers In Walk-Out Starting   Monday   Noon
LABOR BOARD RULES
Washington, Nov. 21, (UP)—The National Labor Relations Board to¬ night reaffirmed an order insisting that the Delaware-New Jersey Ferry Co., Wilmington, Del., cease refusal to bargain collectively with Marine Engineers' Beneficial Asso¬ ciation.
The board, following a court order to allow the ferry company another hearing at which it might introduce further evidence, dis¬ missed a written contract between the company and a committee of three licensed engineers, claiming to have superseded the union.
The reaffirmed order assailed "the obvious machinations of re¬ spondent to dictate terms from the top, despite Its ludicrously trans¬ parent effort to simulate the pro cess of coUectiv* bargaining."
Four German torpedo boats, en route to the Mediterranean, asked and received permission to enter this port today. The German ships, named the Wolf, Tiger, litis and Jaguar, were bound for Spanish waters to relieve the German squa¬ dron already there. They put in at Brest because the Wolf was unable to continue the voyage after her steering gear had been damaged.
and undernourished.
Rome, Nov, 21 (UP)—The news¬ paper Giornale d'ltalia reported from Tangier, Morocco, today that 200 Russian airplanes had landed at Barcelona and Alicante, Spain, The machines, the paper said, are equipped with machine-guns and retractable wheels, Russian
.¦Money Demand Ignored
Paris, Nov. 21. (UP)~-The Bank of France Intends to disregard th* demands of General Francisco Franco, Spanish Rebel leader, that it return to Sp.iin gold exported by the Madrid Government, because, a spokesman said tonight. Franc* recognizes the Caballero regime aa the only legal Spanish Government Franco had warned that "grav* Franco-Spanish complications" i* threatened unless the Bank of France gave up the gold.
London, Nov, 21, (UP)—An authentic neutral source toid th* Other alleged i United Press by telephone tonight supplies included several that the Madrid Government still scores of two-engined bombers and has plenty of equipment and air- several hundred armored cars with planes and that the Capital's food Russian mechanics. The paper re- supply appears more abundant than ported many Russian soldiers and i in  recent  weeks    'because  a  very
officers at Alicante.
BID FOR LIBERALS
Topeka, Kan,, Nov, 21, (UP) — Two Liberal leaders In th* Repub¬ lican Party come here tonight for week-end conferences with Gov, Alf M. Landon, the G, O, P, standard bearer. From these con¬ ferences may issue the broad out¬ line of the defeated party on social legislation and a hint of the Re¬ publican platform in 1940.
Gov. Landon's conference tonight with William Allen White, the Em¬ poria, Kan., editor, and Gov, Gif¬ ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, is the second the Kansas executive has held with party leaders since the Roosevelt landslide. Recently he discussed party organization with John D. M. Hamilton, Repub¬ lican National Chairman, at Kan¬ sas   City,
Pinchot   Knows   All
Before conferring with Landon, Pinchot said tho lesson of the last election  was  "perfectly  clear,"
Two Kfore Walkouts
New York, Nov, 21. (UP)—OfH- clals of two powerful maritime unions—the Masters, Mates and Pilots Association and the Marine Engineers Beneficial As.sociation— announced tonight that their mem¬ bers would strike on all coasts Monday noon,
James J, Delaney, national presi¬ dent of the Masters, Mates and Pilots; and William S. Brown, national president of the Marine Engineers, issued the strike an¬ nouncements,
Delaney said the call would affect nearly 5,000 members of his organ¬ ization in Atlantic and Gulf ports In addition to members already on strike on the West Coast, The marine engineers walkout will affect as many or more workers, it was said.
Next    week's    strikes    will    be
Russia Aids Spain
Lisbon, Nov, 21, (UP)—Two Rus¬ sian generals are directing Madrid';; defense against besieging Rebel forces, according to Loyalist de¬ serters, O Seculo's correspondent v/ith the Insurgent army on the Madrid front reported today. The names of the generals were not given. News of their activities, ac¬ cording to the correspondent, wns revealed by a Loyalist major and soldiers who deserted to the Na¬ tionalists,
The Malaga radio station broad¬ cast an announcement that inter¬ ception of a coded radiogram dis¬ closed the expected arrival shortly at Barcelona nf five Russian ships loaded with airplanes and abundant war material of the most modern types for the Loyalists, The radio said the message also revealed a great number of Russian aviators were aboard the vessels.
large quantity has arrived from Russia by the Valencia highway," The informant said the Ru,ssia'n supplies were coming partly by railroad from the east coast and were transferred into Madrid by motor trucks.
He declared there is no disorder in the Capital and that the fire* caused by Insurgent aerial bom¬ bardment are under control. Ther* has been no military or aerial ac¬ tivity today, the informant said.
Madrid, Nov. 21, (UP)-ThT evacuation of women and children from Madrid was speeded up tod,\y as the capital, hemmed in by In¬ surgent armies, prepared to face total destruction rather than sur¬ render.
Socialists   and   Communists   de¬ manded that Madrid be cleared of non-combatants so that a struggle to   the   death   could   be   fought   in which one side or the other would be annihilated. In consequence, refugees streamed "separate   and   distinct"   from   the \ eastward  along  the   roads  leading West Coast seamen's walliout and  to the Mediterranean coast.    They
British Would Fight
London, Nov. 21, (UP)—Britain took a stern stand today on th* matter of interference with British vessels In any attempted blockad* of Spanish ports by the Insurgent Government of Gen. Francisco Franco,
The British position was that since the Franco administration ia recognized neither as a legal gov- ernment nor a belligerent. Rebel warships which halt, seize, search or sink British vessels inside or outside Spanish territorial waters, would bo regarded as pirates and treated accordingly. In other words, they would be fired on and sunk.
the unofficial seamen's trike here, Delaney said.
The demands of the two organ¬ izations, he added, are the same,
"We   are   demanding   a   $20   a
¦The  American   people   arc   pro-  month increase over the old agree
carried a few pitiful possessions in their arms as they huddled in buses and   charabancs.     Many   were   in
Americans  Ordered  Out
Washington, Nov, 21 (UP)— State Department officials stood by tonight in momentary anticipatioa of word that the American Em¬ bassy at Madrid and the American Consulate at Barcelona were aban¬ doned.
The Spanish Capital has under¬ gone 18 days of siege, cannonading and aerial bombardment and con¬ ditions have become so grave that officials here would be relieved l( (Continued On Page A-14.)
grcssive,"    he    said,    "They    voted (Continued On Page A-14.)
Mrs. Addle Barber, reputed to be the oldest native of Plains Town¬ ship, died last night at the age of 87 years. Her death occurred at seven oclock at the home of her son, Charles Miller, 26 North Main street, city. She was taken ill six weeks ago. Until a few days ago her condition was not considered serious but gradually tlie effects of general debility brought on death.
In addition to her other distinc¬ tions as a pioneer resident, Mrs, Barber was one of the community's few great - great - grandmothers. Among her survivors are two grand
ment, and $1.25 an hour for over¬ time instead of $1." he said. "Wc are also insisting that the optional overtime clause, which makes it possible to give time off instead of cash for overtime, be thrown out. We demand all cash,"
Say Truce I* Ignored Delaney asserted  that  "we have been trying for 18 months to get a contract with the ship owners.    A week  ago  we  sent  them   a  letter Mrs. Barber was born in Plains-   asking   for   a   conference   with   a ville   before   railroads   and   street  view to negotiating an  agreement
MOURN PLAINS WOMAN OF RARE DISTINCTION
NEW FLOOD CONTROL HITS THE UTILITIES
cars entered that territory, the chief means of travel for any dis¬ tance being the old Wilkes-Barre canal. For fifty-five years she was a member of Little Brick Churdh in Plains and for seventy-one years maintained her residence in township. Sixteen years ago took up residence with her son In this city.
Her sturdy childhood gave her unusual health and until a year ago she frequently walked the distance
Harrisburg, Nov. 21. (UP)—A i ments, rights-of-way and watev hint that the Earle Administration \ courses except those devoted to would   ask   the    1937   Legislature,   public   or   quasi-public
and asking that they reply within the week. We got nothing but silence."
The union head said he regretted the necessity for strike,
"But  our  men  demanded  action
the  and  there  was   considerable   criti-
she I cism   because  we  h^d   delayed   so
long   in   the   hope   of   a   peaceful
settlement," he said,
"Things .settled before trouble oc¬ curs arc always settled better," he added.    "Then there Is no ill will."
The   Masters,   Mates   and   Pilots
from  her son's home to Plains to
visit her grand-nephe\v. Undertaker j are affiliated with American Fed- children, five great-grandchildren Jack Miller. The only immediate i eration of Labor and the marine and two' great-crcas-juandchildren, 1 survivor is her son, Charlei Miller. I        (Continued On Page A-14,)
convening January 5, to give the State full power of eminent do¬ main in acquiring Flood Control sites, was given today by Dr. James V. Bogardus, State Secre¬ tary  of  Forests  and  Waters.
Such right was provided in the flood prevention program sponsor¬ ed by the Democratic Administrn- tio.i at the special legislative ses¬ sion last Summer, the Cabinet ofti- ccr said, but "was stricken from the bill by the Republican-con¬ trolled Senate on outside pres¬ sure exerted by the public utility companies,"
The amended bill conferred upon the State Water and Power Re¬ sources Board, of which Bogardus is chairman, the power of eminc.it
purposes.
"This, of course, was saying lit effect that rights-of-way and water courses owned by public utilities could not be touched, which placed an unwarranted restriction on th* power of eminent doman," Bo¬ gardus said,
"Eminent doman, long considered the 'sacred cow' of the Pennsyl¬ vania legislative body, has reailjr been the pas.sion of the Republican- dominated Senate simply becaus* the public utilities stood guard to keep intact the enormous publio holdings they have secured by right or might over a long period of years."
Democrats will be In control of the House ami S;nate at the ntxt session   for   th*   first   tim*   la   M
domain  to  acquire  property  ease-1 years.