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ANOTHER FAKE LOTTERY PLANT FOUND HERE
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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FORTY-SIX PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1938
PRICE TEN CENTS
CITY POLICE CAPTURE GUNMAN FRANCE CALLS HITLER'S BLUFF
PRINTED LOnERY TICKETS
Thousands Found Ready for
Shipment When Plant on
State Street is Raided
TWO MEN ARRESTED
Louis Hoffman and Walter
C. Williains, Kingston;
Moved from Passaic
The rich and illicit rewards of t f»ke lottery mill were halted here ye»terdB,v afternoon when Wilkes-Barre detectives and Chief of Police JuRan of Plains raided 1 printery at 172 South Slate streel. Two men were arrested and thousands of worthless tickets, the number of which indicated the extent of the business and the value of the stakes, were confis¬ cated.
Said to be operators and held on charges of fraud are Walter C. Williems, ,12, of South Landon avenue, Kinifston. and I.,oui.s Hoff¬ man, «1. of 90 I>oveland avenue, Kingston.
Wilkes-Barre detectives who made the raid were Olds, Nolan and Rurke. As a result, a weekly In- rnme which must have mounted into high brackets and all of whirh was taken from duped (ramblers,  was   halted.
Came   from   Passaic
The tickets, called "Fair Play." were being: printed here and re¬ portedly sold in Pennsylvania and other states. Prices varied from ten cents to flfty, while winnings were  listed   from   $200   lo   $5,800.
According to detectives, the local plant has been in existence since the first of the year and was formerly established in Passaic. IVew .Jersey. ".N'o ihanre was given players of this lottery," said De- tlve   Olds   who   led   the   raid.
Proof of his statements was given hy a glance at the list of supposed winners, all of whom were fictitious Such names as Quaker rity. Wizard, Penn Local. New Deal. Fair Play. Whiz Rang. •f'V. tnok every cash award No addresses of winners were mark¬ ed.
Thousands of TickrU Found
Both men were remanded to Jail for further Investigation. The at¬ torney for Hoffman visited the prisoner last night and Intimated that the fake names may have been used only for information to the agents, who In turn notified winners.
According lo Chief Taylor, the establishment appears to he the printery for many surh lotteries operating in the valley and out¬ side territories. Lottery tlekets confiscated In the raid proved to he "treasury hnlani-e," "Fair Piny" snd many others known here for some lime and others which have J'ist sppenred.
Maybe Whole
World h Wrong
Boston, Feb. 26. (UP)--Clif- ford Bowen. ,38, paid $l.Ji,'> to insert this advertisement three times in the Boston Herald- Traveler.
"A lazy, dishonest, unreliable married man needs a job; big pay, short hours. Call Stadium fi471."
Tonight Bowen, father of two children, considered offers of .3,'> jobs ranging from janitor to bank clerk at salaries from $18 lo  $100 weekly.
Britain's New Sea Fighter Slips into Water
HUGE PROFITS IN
E BROKEN UP HERE
state Men Put Monthly In¬ come of Man Arrested in City   at   $60,000
EVIDENCE FOUND
Great Britain's assurance for the I the launching of three new sub-1 Unity, as the undersea craft took Empire's tense anxiety caused byLmarines at Barrow - in - Furness, to the water, amid cheers of on- Ihe tangled European situation was | Kngland.   This Is one of them, the | lookers.
Arrest of Thomas Gulnane, alias Thomas, alias Macy, 45, of 43 Per¬ kins street. Plains township, by agenls of the Slate Insurance De¬ partment and Plains police yester¬ day brought to a head investigation in this area of a widespread "in¬ surance racket" that has mulcted gullible persons of thousands of dollars monthly throughout the eastern  part of the United Slates.
Joseph J. Maguire and Harold B. Foulkrod, the Insurance Depart¬ ment agenls who made the arrest, said lasl night that Guinane's "lake" during a month, after pay¬ ing some of the expenses, was in excess of $60,000. His arrest yes¬ terday came on the heels of con¬ fiscation of ticket stubs, letters and more than $1,000 in checks at the American Railway Express office, consigned lo Gulnane.
Promised Insurance
Gulnane was connected by Mr. Maguire wilh the Mason brothers of Easton, Earl, Floyd and Russell, who are under arrest at that city. Gulnane was described as a parole violator and as having been in pre- viou.s  scrapes  on  various  charges.
The insurance racket connected with Gulnane is In connection with tickets issued by "The Veterans of Hariford Club," which sell for fifty cents each and which list an imposing array of prizes, ranging from a grand prize of $8,000, through $4,000, $2,000, down lo 9,990 prizes for $5. Persons purchasing the tickets regularly each month are promised certairi benefits in case of death, after the second month. In the third month the club promises to pay $,50. until after fhe eighth month the sum of $200 would be paid the ticket-holder. In case of total disability after eight months of "membership" the club promised to pay the holder of the ticket $14 per week for 14 weeks. Tliousands of daims
Prescribed forms were issued and
thousands    of   such    claims    were
filed wilh  the syndicate  operating
the  racket,  said  Mr.  Maguire.  but
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RYBOTYCKI IS FOUND UNDER FEATHER TICK
Man Who Shot Wife, Alder¬ man and Friend in Home of Old Boarding Boss
VICTIMS ARE 'FAIR'
Dauphin Court Expected to Wipe Out Luzerne's New Legislative District
Thu year's representative battles In Luzerne county will be fought under the same division of dis¬ tricts that existed in 1936, un- cmcial, though reliable, informa¬ tion from Harrisburg being to the effect that the Dauphin county eourt will make permanent the temporary injunction recently granted to prevent the election of members of the House of Repre¬ sentatives al Harrisburg In arcord- inee with the provisions of the •¦Mpportionment measure enacted ouring the 19,17 .session of the legi,-,- l»ture.
Thu means there will be no B'lBhlh legislative districi in ^Jwrne and that the seven dis- "'"s into which the county has "•«n divided for many vears will remain in force for the November •lection.
Called Unreasonable Alliens familiar wilh the Penn- •y vania Constitution are not sur- P"«ed at the well authenticated "port that the 19.37 reapportion¬ ment of legislative districts will be
lative situation la likely to result. The 1938 act was intended lo give a decided advantage lo the Demo¬ crats of the county in thfir plans to retain a majority of the assem¬ blymen. They planned lo give the Republicans only one more districi and to bring this aboul the new Republican district created ran from the boundary line of Wyo¬ ming coui^iy to the boundary lines of Sullivan, Schuylkill, Columbia and  Cnrhon   counties.
Chnngea Party Chances The di.-itricls that will be most affected by this upset are the .Second, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh. The Second was regarded as de- cidedl.v Democratic under the new bill. It will be doubtful again by a return to the old situation. The Fourth also is likely lo produce fifly-fifly contests. The Sixth will as of old be overwhelmingly Re¬ publican. The Wilkes-Barre dis¬ trict lost Miners Mills and Parsons under   the   1938   act.
These two municipalities will re¬ main   in   the  Seventh   as  a   result
•on" h"^"*' '"^'¦''^ "¦'"' nothing rea- | of the expeclod decision frnm the onabl, in the manner In which i Dauphin court, making Ihe Seventn ne  rounty  wa.,  divided. once  more a normally Republican
'^ radical  change   In   the   legli-' district
Not in the cave holes and woods near Scranton Patch where police first searched for him, but in bed at the horn^ of a former boarding boss, Joseph Rybotycki was caught yesterday   afternoon   at   3:50.
Hiding in bed under a big, old- fashioned feather tick in the house of Ben Patchick, 58 Cu.ster street, city. Officers Leonard, Schaub and Doughertv of the Wilkes-Barrc force captured the 2.TO - pound former miner who on Friday nighl went berserk in the office of Alderman Thomas Donahue cf Parsons, shooting his wife and the alderman, rushing out then to enter the home of a friend, Alex Orleski, and shoot him, too, before he   disappeared.
Alderman Donahue, who was shot twice In the abdomen, and the wife, who has wounds In the abdomen and breast, were reported as fair last nighl al General Hos¬ pital. Orleski suffered flesh wounds on  the  face  and  thigh.
Neighbor Gives Tip A neighbor, who knew where Rybotycki often went during the many squabbles with his wife, gave police the tip. The three went In while Officers Bart and Walters kept   watch   outside.
Patchick admitted at once that he had recently seen the fugitive but denied he was in the house at the time. But while Dougherty was questioning him, Schaub and Leonard searched the place and, while the former was on the way upstairs, the 12-year-old daughter of the household, Mary, gave it Kway,
"He's in bed." she said and the three officers rushed to the room. Without removing the heavy bed¬ cover they leaped on top of the heap and overcame the man in short  order.
Held By Police Taken to the police station, Rybotycki will he held pending the outcome of the wounds suffered by his wife and Alderman Donahue. Patchick was released when police were convinced he knew nothing of the latest reason why his friend was anxious tc be away from home. He thought il another family fight. The hunted man had been there the night hefore committing the crime and Patchick claims he be¬ lieved the gun-wielder had merely failed to make amends and was reporting for another night's lodg¬ ing.
Detectives traced the flight of the fugitive from the lime he left Alderman Donahue's oflice and learned that he first returned lo his home. After obtaining a search¬ light and hatchet, he said goodbye to the six children, telling Ihem he was leaving and that Iheir god¬ parent* would care for them.   Ex-
peeling to find him hidden in th« woods or cave-holes near home, a city police detail of about twenty- five men was sent to scour the area.
Wife Also Knew It was only after their search was practically given up that the police Inquired for relatives in the vicinity. A friend of the family, who thought the boarding boss for a relative, set officials on the right trail.
In the meantime, other detectives had contacted Genevieve Rybo¬ tycki wounded wife of the fugitive. They also were told to search the Patchick homes and appeared! there shortly after Rybotycki had been   taken   Into   custody.
A broken back, suffered In a mine accident eight years ago. Is believed the cause of Rybotycki's troubles. He had been unable to work since and ii often despon¬ dent, frequently In trouble, most of whleh Is of his own making.
Rybotycki  was married  fourteen
years  ago,  while residing in  West
Virginia.   Shortly after they moved
lo this section, where six children
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ARE PREDICTED FROM spy PLOT
Plan to Murder U. S. Army
Officer Revealed When
Three Are Arrested
NAZIS OF
AUSTRIA DEFIANT
Refuse  to  Curb  Activities
and Make Demand For
Recognition of Hitler
GIVE SHOW OF POWER
Force Authorities to Tal<c
Bacl< 4 Men Discharged
After Demonstrations
MORE BAD PASSPORTS
New York, Feb. 26. <UP)--An international spy plot, described as one of the gravest in American history, was uncovered today with the arrest of three persons, in¬ cluding a red-haired young woman, on charges of stealing Ameriran war secrets and selling them to a European  power.
Federal agents, immediately after the arrests, set out on the trail of other known suspects In the ring, which has been under surveillance for nearly two years. They said that "more arrests will follow."
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KENNEDY STATEMENT TO COME THIS WEEK
Lieut.-Governor   Says   He
Has Had Hundreds of
Requests to Run
COUNTY IN SPOTLIGHT
Thomas Kennedy, Lieutenant- Governor of Pennsylvania and high ranking offlcial in the United Mine Workers, informed the Sun¬ day Independent last nighl from his Hazleton home he would re¬ lease a statement this week as to whether he will be a candidate for the  governorship.
"I will neither confirm nor deny the reports circulated throughout the state that I will be a candi¬ date," he said, "I will make a statement later In the week." (teta  Hundreds  of   Requn>t«
When asked if labor was Inter¬ ested in the governorship, he added:
"Hundreds of messages and reso¬ lutions from labor unions in every section of the stale asking me to be a candidate have been received at  my  home   and  at  the  national! cratic
headquarters   of   the   United   Mine Workers." *
The Hazleton man has been re¬ ceiving national attention for the past several weeks because of the demand made by John L. Lewis, CIO leader and president of the United  Mine   Workers,   that  he   be
the leaders, through the stale committee, were able to unani¬ mously endorse a slate of candi¬ dates to he nominated in the Ma.y primaries, eompletely Ignoring the claims  of Lewis  for  recognition.
The statement to be released this week by Lieutenant-Governor Thoma.s Kenned.v will have far- reaching significance. As a candi¬ date, it would mean lhat Lewis will enter Pennsylvania to test the power of his leadership against the Democratic organization. Suc¬ cess, it Is viewed in political circles, would mean labor would be In a favorable position lo have a sa.v in the selection of the next Presi¬ dent  of the  United  Slates.
Defeat, on the other hand, would mean the eclipse of Lewis from tho politieal horizon. j
Highly   Interesting   is   the   politl-^ cal   recognition   that   has   come   to; three  distinguished  citizens  of  Lu-! zerne    county    whn    were    former breaker boys.   Judce Arthur James. Repuhliran  oreranization  choice  for the  governorship,  as  n   boy  picked slate   in   one   of   the   breaker..   In PIvmouth.
Senator   Leo   C.   Mundy.   Demo- nrganlzatlon    selection    for
Lieutenant-Governor is also a for¬ mer slate picker. Kennedv. who now enjoys the attention of the state and nation, has filled prac¬ tically all of the jobs In and out¬ side of the mines. Tn a few davs he may he a candidate for the Democratic   nomination    for   Gov-
selected by the Democratic leaders ! ernor   supported   by   union   leaders as their candidate for Governor.     I evorvwhere.
Tes* for .Inhn  I^ewU Luzerne    county,    for    fhe    first
For a while, the Insistence ofitlmi- In history, has become th" I>ewl« nearly disrupted the party i center of state attention, from three leaderihiD.    However,   on   Friday, | former slate pickers.
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By WEBB .DULLER
fnlt<'d Pre«» Staff ('orrespondent (Copyright 1938, hy tnited Press)
Vienna, Feb. 26.—Nazis in the province of Styria, defying Chancel¬ lor Kurt Schuschnigg's efforts lo curb their activities, proclaimed tonight that "the hour has struck to fulfill the united will of the National  Socialist  population."
Schuschnigg, determined to main¬ tain Austria's independence against Nazi encroachments, had issued nationwide orders to the police to prevent demonstrations and dis¬ tribution   of  propagandii.
From their stronghold at Graz, in Styria, Nazis nevertheless pro¬ claimed their challenge In pam¬ phlets  which  said:
"We will not .vield until our de¬ mands are complied with." Defiant Demands
Then followed a series of de¬ mands, which  included:
1. - Every profession of Nazi faith must henceforth be completely free and unhampered—A demand lhat they be permitted lo hold demon strations.
2.—Intimidation and persecution of officials professing Nazi ideas must cease-Apparently referring to the forced resignation of Mayor Hans Sohmid of Graz. The "times of anti-(jerman terrorism are past."
3.—All parlies opposing the nat¬ ural Au.stro-German unity must disappear from  puhlic  life.
4.- The han on public meetings must be lifted permanentl.y. "We will show that we are the masters of  the  sireets."
,"5.- Freedom of th# pres.s for re¬ ports of the manifestations of the will of the Nazi population.
fi.—Prevent the Communists from forming a popular front.
"The fate of the country Is given into your hands. Show yourself worthy of the great honor and worthy of the leader of all the Germans, Adolf Hitler," the pam¬ phlet  said.
Nazis Strong In Provincea
While    monarchists,    Jews    and I leftist    elements    were    united    lo support Schuschnigg in Vienna, the Nazi reaction in the provinces was increasingly efiergelic.
At Linz, 3,000 Nazi demonstrators' gathered in front of the Chamber of Labor and forced authorities to take bark four Nazi employees, who were dismissed yesterday be¬ cause they took prominent parts in anli-Schuschnigg demonstrations.
Police arrested a few anti-gov¬ ernment demonstrators for display¬ ing huge Nazi emblems al Linz but many wearers of Nazi button-hole emblems  went  unmolested.
After torchlight processions to¬ night, in which Nazis claimed 50,000 participated, they wired Dr. Arthur von Eeyss-lnquart, Minister of Interior, of their "faith and un¬ mistakable profession of faith in the overwhelming greatness of National Socialist  ideology."
They also telegraphed Hitler that "forty thousand Linz Nazis thank the Fuehrer for his great accom¬ plishment which restores us to freedom and honor."
In the city of Graz. with a popu¬ lation of l,5n.nnn and the capital of Styria, many officials appeared at their offices wearing swastikas, although the emblem is legally forbidden.
Student* Show  Patriotism
In Vienna, about .500 Fatherland Front  youths gathered tonight he¬ fore  the  opera  house,  just  as  the (Continued on Page A-5)
FIGHTS END MEETING OF GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND
Milwaukee. Wis.. Feb. 26 lUP) ¦ Fist fights and chair-swinging in lerrupted a German-American Volksbund meeting in the Milwau¬ kee auditorium tonight. Four per¬ song were arrested.
U. S. studies
Huge Planes
Washington, Feb. 26. (UP) — Naval aviation engineers are .itiidying plans for a new flying fortress, mounting deadly guns capable of firing 200 two-inch shells a minute, a high navy spokesman   disclosed   tonight.
It was revealed also that the navy has placed orders with two commercial airplane com¬ panies »or 54 fighting flying boata to be the most effective of their type in the world. II is understood they will be simi¬ lar to the huge four-motored Sikorsky flying dreadnaughl now   undergoing   secret   tests.
The rapid-fire guns now be¬ ing studied would be about twice as large as any weapon mounted at preaent on Ameri¬ can   fighting  aircraft.
ISSOLINI MAKES FRIENDLY GESTURE TO GREAT BRITAIN
Announces    Reduction    Of
Armed Force in Lubia;
Welcomes Halifax
SEE ACCORD CERTAIN
Rome, Feb. 26. (UP) -Premier Benito Mussolini has decided that one of the chief points nf new, friendlier relations with Great Britain ia the reduction of the Italian garrisons in Lubia, Fascist diplomats asserted tonight.
Officially, the soldiers who have applied for a leave on "legitimate motives" have been granted a three I months furlough on condition they return at a "moment's notice" if recalled.
Word of the "furlough.s" became known only after announcement that Anglo-italian discussions would be resumed, an announcement made after Anthony Eden, retiring foreign secrelary and bitter foe of Mussolini, had givon up his office. Welcome Halifax High Fascist quarters have stated that the substitution of Eden's "idealism" hy Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's "realism" has been a "victory for Mussolini." Eden resigned rather than "give in to the dictators" and his place has been laken by Viscount Hali¬ fax, who, the Fascists think, will take a more conciliatory attitude toward Europe's totalitarian states. The conviction was expressed that Halifax will ultimately suc¬ ceed in reaching accords with Italy and Germany if 'Britain is capable of restoring confidence and har¬ mony among the four great powers in Europe."
In connection wilh the proposed Anglo-Italian discussions, now be¬ ing considered by the respective ambassadors with their govern¬ ments, it was said that the troop recall is moro or less "indefinite," and that the three months fur¬ loughs "may he extended." Clear Statement <illven Significant with the Anglo- Italian moves was the announce¬ ment that the 'furloughs" com¬ menced two weeks ago—a week be¬ fore Eden quit.
Officially il was staled lhat these measures  were taken because:
1. Of the likelihood of a friendly understanding between Italy and Britain.
2.—Training    of    the    troops    in desert warfare has been completed (Continued on  Page A-12i
NAZI CLAIM ON CZECHS IS REJECTED
French  Chamber Votes to
Resist All Changes of
European Boundaries
TO ACT IN SPAIN
Preserves   Friendship  with
Great Britain and Pact
With Soviet Russia
Pans, Feb, 27 (Sunday) (UP)— The French government, refusing to renounce its foreign policy "un¬ der menace," was given an over¬ whelming mandate by the Chamber of Deputies early today to resist any changes In European boun¬ daries nnd prevent foreign foot¬ holds in Spain.
The chamber voted 439 to 2 in support of the government, which reaffirmed its policies in view o( the Nazi moves for expansion and the British decision to seek an ua><iS derstanding with Italy. -IH
France Will Not Retreat Climaxing two days of histori» debate. Premier Camille Chautempi and F'oreign Minister Yvon Delboi served notice on dictators that they would nol retreat from the tradi¬ tional French foreign policy, whicii they outlined as follows:
1.—France rejects the claim of Germany regarding German min¬ orities beyond her frontiers and will aid Czechoslovakia in event of aggression.
2. -France preserves her solidar¬ ity Willi Great Britain and is not opposed lo rapprochement with otner powers on ^onuilion that guarantees are given regarding Spain and the Mediterranean.
3.—France will maintain her pact Willi .Soviet Russia, whereby cacll guarantees the other assistance in thl event of aggression.
4.- France continues to support the League of Nations and main¬ tain the doctrine of collective se¬ curity as the real instrument of peace.
Ready to Back England Wilh the chamlier's mandate, Chauteirfps and Delbos were abla lo notify Premier Neville Cham¬ berlain of Great Britain that the Frencli government is now in • position lo encourage Anglo-Italian and Anglo-German conversations. The opposition of Pierre Etienne Flandin collapsed under the hitler heckling of Socialists and Com¬ munists and the chainlicr spurned his plea lhat France reverse her policy, turn her back on Europe, withdraw wilhin the frontiers and make peace with f e dictators,
Th followers of Flandin abstain¬ ed from voting. The two lone dis¬ sident voices were Rene Dom- mange and Dr. George Cousin, both conservatives.
In an impa.ssioned speech Prem- i      Camille Chautemps said: Will  Aid Czechoslovakia "France  won't  withdraw  her !»• terest  in Cenlral  Europe,  she will not  fail  to  carry  out  all   engage¬ ments   to   protect   Czechoslovakia and she will not allow any foreign powers to get a foothold in Spain." The vote gave the government k free    hand    lo    negotiate    without ommilmenls,  except  not  to scrap French    alliances    and    lo    obtain guar.intres    rc?';'din;    Spain    and (Continued on Page A-5)
County WPA Total to Reach 19,600 Largest Since Program Was Started
Orders to increase the local WPA payroll to 19,600 workers, the largest allotment of relief labor ever given Lurerne county since the federal government started its huge program, yesterday were re¬ ceived by Joseph G. Schuler, man- anger of the Wiikes-Barre office of Works Progress Administration.
Starling Tuesday, 1.200 additional, men   and   women   will   be   put   to work   here.     Labor   for  a  number ^ of new sewing projects is included In  the  grant,   but   the  supplement | Is mostly for male labor. |
Payroll  of  the   local  office,  as  a result  of  the  new  hiring,  will   in-i crease     by    approximately    $84,000! per month.    Thia swells  the huge'
amount of monthly wages paid local WPA  to $1,400,000.
Reason for extra hiring at thla time IS the slump in many local mines due lo a mild winter, accord¬ ing to report. Scranton also will benefit, but will have 3.000 fewer laborers than given the cily ofllce. This is despite the fact that Con¬ gressman Boland last week spent considerable time with the stata WPA chieftain relative to securing a bigger working force for Lacka- v.anna  county.
Working force under the local WPA office at the present time numbers 18.400. From three to four per cent of the 1.200 new men lo be hired, according to Mr. Schuler, will be supervisory «¦• ployees.