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All the Latest Telegraph News THF Ti-K\rin:R FAIR SINP AY Foij/<>wi:!> in R.\rN AT Mt.HT FOUNDED 1906 WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS OVER FIV HAV Evangelist Tucked Under Bed Covers Grants Independent An Interview- Was Happy Over Results Of Yesterday's Meeting- "Had Liberty In Preaching" VOICE GREW MUCH STRONGER Tucked uiidiM- the bed covers, surrounded l;y liis abli' aides, with the musie of a Victrola soothing the jaded nerves, Rev. "Billy" Sun¬ day last niirht received a reporter of The Independent after the close ,of the s^Tvices at the Tahernacie. When the last convert trod the sawdust trail last ni^ht the total had passed tlie live housand mark and the evannrelist, ¦\vhile -^vorn and weary, was liappy "I never had sueh f,'reat liberty in preaehinir as 1 liad toniglit. ! talked freely and did not feel a bit tireci when 1 linished." It was indeed a remarkable sermon that he delivered last night as will he found elsewhere in tliis issue. At the start lie was a bit luervous. voice husky and strained and he frankly told the crowd that the strain of talking against the pattering rain drops on Friday af- ti-nioon had told on him. Ip .some manner, however, he grew strong- Jeras the sermon .proceeded land at the end he dallied longer than us- inal on the platform. ] Throngs of cliildren wlio had been in the chonis flocked about and he chatted and laupheil with them. One little girl told hiin ^he had been saved seven yeai's ago but she desired to shake him by Jthe hand and he at once becAme very friendly with lier. Others asked 'iim questions and all he gayl/ answered. The officers at the door as j^e departed for .his aiito. ware greeted in a cheery manner and he at Bance made for the hotel bed room where he waa later found by the eporter. Harry Lauder A\|as the artist who had made the Victrola 'tecord enjoyed by the j>reae|licr as he rested from lis labors. THE RpLL OF CONVERTS Yesterday was another Successful day for the preacher, although it was not up to some of thei other days of the week. Yesterday af- AfilERiCA'S MILLIONAIRE F.MHEY TODAY'S PR0GR.4M Moniiim, 10 to J0:;;()—Salijett, "Tlie .\iinel talKd \\ oiul'rfiil," \lt( iiK.on—.Vs s(Mui lis h'lildiiig is JllhHl (tor incii onl.v). Mibjcct. "H<»ozi> i)r (Jet <m iho Wattr \\ affon." ton ual M. !¦:. <linr<li—Miss Siixo tl) «onion only, liihio i-oatl- iiiff on tho "Stvond lOniiiiK of Chri.M." St. IjuUo's Rororinod Churoh— .Mrs. .\shor to wcnioii onl.v. Kvonins. " to 7::'.'l—Suhjoc-. •'The .\tononioiit,'' IK'Iirows 9:12- 11. "Voithor l;.v tlio Irhitnl of "oais and oaMos Imt hy his o",vn niodtl Ko ontoioil at onoo into Ih" !:«)!>¦ piaco. havin;; ohtifiiiod <"1ornal ro- (ton: pl ion ft)r us.'' I'or if Iho blood of hulls and of fioals and tho aslic ol' a hoifor siirinkliiif;- Ihi- oiKloan. sanotilloth to th,. pinifyiiiir of tl:o (lo-h. Hov, niiu-!i ninrv shall th" hlood of (hrisl. who llirnny:!! Ih.- otor- nal sjihii <'tT<T«'(l hinisolf vithoiU sp'.t to (iod. purffo vonr oon- soionoo from doad works to s«'f\o tho livin!; <;od " Tho aftoriioon sornioii is tho fa- nioiis assault upon tho ovits of drink that has hro:ijrht tho ;naii- ;ro!ist so iiiiich faino and 'ho ro- portoil hostility of tl:o liquor I'oroos. .\s h<. put it Ininsolf lio is iroins: to hand "tlint Inincli.' ni<-aniiiK tho licpior doalors. "n paoka«e" this aftenuwn ternoon 264 children signed take their stand to 1231. cards, bringing the totiil of little ones to U the evening service the plea that men forsake the evil ways broug it 176 more to the front of the platform, Tiis makes the total of conversions to date n.OUl. L0DGF1 "AMBERS PRESENT. P" The services last night were featured by the attendance of the Imembers of the Knights of Pythias lodges of the valley in a body, the r (delegation parading the central streets of the city headed by Rowley's band prior to entering the Tabernacle. The members took up the en¬ tire c-entrnl aisle section . There were a large number of lodge mem¬ bers among those to hit the trail last night, but not as many as ex- jwcted and once again the lodge delegation has disappointed the evangelist. EIGHTY PER CENT. CONVERTED, Forty yoting men comprising a delegation froTn Stairville occu¬ pied thp seats in the front of the building and when they departed for their homes,-fifteen miles from the city, along the Harvey's Lake traction line, it was with fully eighty per cent, of their members as converts to the call of the evangelist. They were the first to respond; their numbers kept increasing, a few who had previously visited the Tahernacie doing effective personal work. .Sweethearts came to¬ gether and it was a happy gathering of young men and women that departf>d +h'^ citv Inst nicrht. . (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) GOVERNMENT RIADE TEST Dr. Friedmann Holds Crowd Spellbound During Ordeal- Twenty-Three Treated (Tolcjenaph to Iiiao|i«n(lent>> New York, March 22.—Dr. F. F. PYledmann today held 160 men and women spell bound trith his hypoder¬ mic needles In the clinic amphitheater of Bell-^vue hospital. With exquLsite ."kill th.it called for the highest praise the young German savant treated 23 paiienlg selected by the .tfoverninent tor a. further lest of the turtle germ vaccine. The pa¬ tients ranged Irom a baby boy, a>?od 2, up on whom Dr. Friedmann per¬ formed an exceeding rare oper,ation. Eighteen of the case,'; were pulmorary In the second and third s'.ages for the mo.st part and five surgical tubercu¬ losis of the bone, joint, knee or gland. Eight of the case.s were girls and women. Seven patienLs who were treated by Dr. Kriedm.Tnn at Bellevue last Mon¬ day walked into the dinical chamber and publicly announced their thanks. TO OPPOSE iNCfli m Wealthy Men Supposed To Be Behind Fight On New Legislation MAY DELAY ACTION (Telegraph to Indei»enden!t) Washington. March ;;J.—A fight oa Inconxe ias. legislation, which may equal-the coming ba-tt'e on the tariff, has been fomenting in Washingtoa ana will break the convening of ih» tiSrci Congri'ss, according to those coinersaat with the situai.on her* to¬ day, Hehind tin- fight are be.ieved to b» some of the must wealthy men in lhe L'niled dtateji—men whose i'ortunes run iiuij lhe hundreds of millions and whose share of the income tax must iiLcesoarily bo heavy; 'that the^e forc¬ es will be able to lieci.snely defeat tho mea.sure was regarded loday as yn- possible, but it was thought that posi- ( ponemt-ni of income tax legislation and a final settlement upon a nuni- muVii tax might be accompi,«hed As the matter now stands ihe Dem¬ ocratic pany has gone on record aa favoring the enactment of this legis¬ lation, but there is yet to bo drafted a bil: defining the nature and amount of the tax to be levied upon fortunes. The construction of this bill is the point upon which the attack will b« made. In the pasLincome tax legis¬ lation has called fO^th much oratory and discussion with its atlendent de¬ lay Similar results were predicted today for the future The fact that the Senate carries but a slight Democratic majority and that a w:de difference of opinions exists among the legislators as to the exact amount of such a tax was also regard¬ ed as favorable to the campaign of the Interests. Anotjer feature taken into consid- At th^JliSfe*'""* ^y t'nose who have predicted a g standing discussion over thU itirJ l<ft>,i.il.itir.r. 1= »U„ *».,» .1,-. .1-- Members of the American multi-nijUionaire family who will be hard hit by Income tax legislation top from left to right are Andrew Cain^gie, John I). Rockefeller, ;ind J. P. Morgan. At the bottom from left*^(f^ right are Thomas Fortune Ryan, Geor^; J. Oould, (top> "William <r. rockefeller, (bortorn) and George F. Baker, the millionaire banker allied with th© J'org.in interfsts. The- asgTega;e an nual amoint the«e men stand to lose figuring on a 1 per cent Income tax b .i«ls, ie over half a million doHarf. Their aggregate wealth is estimated as' come lax^have been in the past among $1,050,000,000. . ' I ':**'* largest contributors to campaiga 'erf le"feislation is the fact that the me*r»^o wiU be hardest hit by aa in- SOM[ Of THE CAUSES THAT LEAD yOUNC GIRIS TO GO ASTRilY (Telegraph to Independeni.) Washington March 22.—These are the cau.ses fo" young working girls ' going astniy as submitted to the II- | linois Senate vice commission by ; prominent club women and -iihers at ] the bearing held here today: Men's! design; exumple of fashionablj wont-i en; starvation w.Tges; wrong eatly i training; lack of respect receive d ! from iKiys, high cost of livi-.is;: sug- ge.stive songs; rag dancing; joy rid-J ing; ma.shing; linancial inablli'y ofj men to miirry; fake advertisements. . The«e are the remedies: Single standard of purity; home 'raining; ; LIST OF CASES FOR THE SECOND - WEEK OFiRiiNAL COURT Slm^n Stiepowicn Wiif Have to Stand Trial on Monday, April 7^ Other Impojtani Cases. The following is a list of caies ar- '*nged for trial in criminal coi|rt be¬ ginning .Monday, .\pril 7. Jlonday -Vpril Simon .Shepowich, ar.son; {Toseph Schaler. pros. Ida May .411abaugh, I.,ar. a^ Ser.; Rhoda Timms, pros. Mike Wasiichick and ,Tosi'ph| Was- !lchick. robbery, Ignatz Knipjowicz proa. Joe Ferra. Fel. Campbell, pro.s. Felix Xookiti.s, '''arp, pro.s. Waclaw Kolesa. Aug. .\. •^'rs. Anna .Markow.«! i, prox. Woun.; Jals. H A. H. A, fa'se pretenc|e.<?; anld .\ndro-.v Podelka and John .srihram, j jnhn -^«r?. A. and R.: George Howie pros. -\ndrew .Shalafta and .Strpher Yep '!iak, rol,l.ery, Phillip Maile, pros. '"¦h,arl.\s Parter, A. and li.: Patrick 'Jibbon.s. pros. John .Skakiewicz, .\. and B.; Chas. Meriman. pros. B.; John Shema and .Stella Shema, and B.: Petronar Kordofsky, pros, Anthony ,Ioseph, larceny; Ffllmore, proa. Thomas .Marchukeetie, larceny; John T. Jones, pras. Anthony Lapolla. John Vassalo and .-•am .Spina; John T. Kiileen, pros. Mike l>entski, Kotsy Dhupis. John N'arkiin anrl .\dam Vo.salanskas, Agg. '.\. and B.; Jacob Frankof.cikl, pnrs. -Martin Kafchinskl, perjury; Peter Kan.iorski. proa. 1 Elmer Bloom, A. and B.; Helen Moyer. prox. John Kozloski, removing tickets j fmm mine cars; Mike I'nwoski, proa. Another patitnt almost dying when, ,j! minimum wage law; police ' nstruction in sex hygiene; whipping he received tlie injection six days ag " " "" *"" was wheeled in. The patients were questioned by Dr. Winters Branna of Bellevue. who after tach had told of his condition summed up the .situation for the clinics in these words: "The condition of the first injected patients i.s practically unchanged. Six have gained from throe <iuarters of a pound to four and one half jiounds in weight, i ,_. ... <¦ „ <• .v, , TV „ ¦ J 1 , .,; 1. 1 him to inv te ,a conference of thp vi . Dr. Friedmann look.s for a change . . , .. . o. . „j , . . . . . r„. commission of the various St.ites and under subjective treatment. The pa-^" ,' ., . v, i ™io j ». rv.t„v . , , , , ... ..the President had i)romised to thlnf tients certalnlv teel no worse. Weight .^ _,. *¦„,„„,„*:„., f„=ti 1 it over. The most interesting testi¬ mony was given by Stanley Finch, in or hanging as punishment for ?educ-; tion; votes for women; lost patrons ; of disorderly houses, | The hearing was held in the W!l- j 'ard Ho^el and was attended by about' 500 persons mostly women. . Earlier in the day the commission . called on President Wilson and asked \ novelist, "They are apart from these ferow.s ant: mere easily subjected to tempta- tioij," said Mr. Hnch. "I.'" a domisr.io i.s nretty, she attracts some menibar of he iiousehold. Then the diwneiUas are' not usually educated _as o:her girl.4," -\'rs. Archibald Hopkins said that go.ii housing will improve mor-als. ••i:\ery university should have a cnair of aygiene. But the main ¦ hlnir of couvse ;h the home. ¦¦'.Vhen 1 wa.s a child things ivere very strict We had to say ¦honored | seem.^^ probable that tho de.ith roll sir' ana etand up in the pre^^enc of ^111 be in ihe neighborhood of :.50 our paJ-ents and .all that .-ort of ^hlle probably from 500 to 600 per- thing. Now we have swung too far | grns have been injured. The damage ISINCREASiNG Reports Slow In Arriving— Some Queer Pranks Were Played By Wind Storm (Telo:xriiph to Independent.) St. Liouis. March 22.—Reports from the storm swept section of the central southern .-^tates continue to come in slowly owing to the interrupted tele¬ phone and telegraph facilities. Every report re *eived, however, tell of loss of lif» and great damage and it now funds in thfe United Jstates. .\^nions these are a number of con¬ tributors to both the Democratic and Kepublican war chests. _-.Hi The foiiowin? Uible has been o<raf^| piled slujwiag ths amount wliich may be collected from multi-millionaires most actively engaged In bu«in«8s and politic^). In aU cases the iioroplLation has been made upon the basis advo¬ cated in the last income tax bU! In Congres.i. This bill was introduced in 1912 and provided for a 1 per cent tax on all incomes over $50,000 ani nually. The figures used in estimating the fortunes of the men involved ar» regarded as conservative by tbos«r making the compilation. ( (Ontinueii ou jut^e 10.) MAY TAKE PLEAS IN GAMBLING RAID gains are not indic.T.tive. We count on a ,i;ain in weight here due to nurs¬ ing .'ind whoUsome food. Tlio Work Bogiii.x. With these cases out of the way.; :Dr, Friedmann began work. The! first patient was a raven haired little girl of 14 whose father had died ,if tuberculosis. She was in the second ((¦(iiHiiiuOil on I'ago :{.) P. J. Kiileen, A. and BJ :Sam- and B.; Jose- B.; Bridget : Josephine Evane.'lo Blaetiu.-- •lel .Soper. pros. Frank Diins.'i> age. .\ Phlnn Dan.savage. prox. MIcba"! Miin'ay, .\ and Munlev. prox. Che.ster fJilla, A. and B "ttaka. prox. Benjamin F. Goodman, eml ezzle- "•^nt as attornev: Celina Hnovcrl pro.\. TiieSIay, April 8. ! Wasi! Mia-i1r>wirz. I', and B.; Parsa- "a Liazszynski. prox. ' Edward Berkowitz. selling di^seased "i^at; H. P.. Church, pro.s. Angelo Bramaldi. Fel. \Voun. ^OK Xewcomb, pro3. Tonev Daley. Agg. A. and B •"wcomb. jirrvR. X Thos. A,rx;.nder Pap biganiv; H. B. *". prns. ^•¦'"'¦'1 Arfhnr. J.,.'^. M".-'hl o Pa- pros. .Savage, rape; I pro*,. Anthony Machinas, rape; ,T. T. Kii¬ leen, pros. L. H. Jifkins, fal.se pretenses; Rich¬ ard Powell, pro.si. .Stanley A'uralcavicz, A^^. .\. and B.; -Andrew Marchalunis, pro.s. Jflcbael Stock, A. and B.; Valeria ! Frankel. prox. } Joseph Koronkiewicz, A. and B.; .kiex Slahlnski, pros. Vo<|no>i(lny, .\prll 9, • R. T. Probst, L.ir. as .Ser.; William ' McCarron, pros. ; Township of Hanover, nuisance; I Peter V. Madden, pro.s. r Township of Hanover, nui.sance; ; Peter V. Madden, pros. I ICty of Pitt.ston. nulsancp; William ' Dane, proi-v City of Pittston, nuisance, Daniel ; Howell, pros. City of Pittston. nuisance; R. K. I Bennett, pro.s. j City of Pittston, nuisance; D. llow- !ell, pros. i .iVnn.a Rakatch. Fel. Woun.: Tom Ri.sivalc- pros. (Contiiiiiod Oil l»age :*,.) LOCAL MAN IS ARR Serious Allegations Brought Against Traveling Man And Young Woman After a chase covering several month.s. Treat .Vewman, of South Main street, thi.s cily, employed as a traveling salesman, was arrested at .Scranton yesterday afternoon. Mrs, f Bertels of the United Charities, act ing for the wife, caused the arrest of: tho man on a charge of non support' and an additional serious charge. j Mixed up in the affair and arrested I at the D. & H. station shortly after; the salesman was arrested at his place; of employment, is .Miss Fredia V'an Lov en of Blaekman street. West Pitts-. ton. -\ serious charge has also been brougiit against her. Constable Hawk, from the justice establishment of Edward Coleman, acted in the case. While waiting in the ante room of that office the young lady bocame frantic and cl.iimed that she hail been illegally detained. According to the statement of the officers, .N'ewman has been devoting considerable lime to the young lady recently tf> thf neglect of his wife and i child. Both were held under $&U0 i bail as a result of the hearing. charge of the department of justice's camiiaign against white slavery: Mrs .\r(biliald Hojtkins, president of the Woman's Welfare .Association; Mrs. Adolph Kahn, president of the Won-i- an's ,Iewish -Vs-sociation: Mrs. .-Tarvev Wiley, Mrs. J. P. S. Xelig, ma'ron o' neighborhood house, and Dr. W. C. Woodward, health officer of tbt. Dis¬ trict of Columbia. Tho Men to Blame. "To my mind. 00 per cont. if tbe .social evil is the fault of men," said Mrs. 1-Tnch. It does not .:ppe.v.- in our investigations that tb" white slave cases would have been jirevent- ¦ (1 bv a minimum wagf. law. ¦¦Men not only have the wnng at¬ titude and wrong disposition towards woni'^n. but they have so mucb monev with which to tempt them, "nless we can educate the men to appre¬ ciate the enormity of the offense, wo "Will have a problem before us, re¬ gardless what the wages of women may be. '¦What about the institution of rh-^ whipping post as a punishment of thi> crime of leading women astrav?" asked T.,ieut. Oovernor O'Hara of Il¬ linois, chairman ">f tbo comml:''ee. "My opinion hanging is none foi, good. In many cases it is Cirtainlv merited." "\\'hat of mashing'/" asliel Mr. O'lTnra. "Tt is a preliminary to betrayal." "Then you "uelii've that the biv wbo goes out innoctntiy to flirt is an aid to th.> cadets?" "Woll it is preparing the crirl for an easy approach bv the cade*." "If WP could clear the str.'^-t.s of the boy ma.shers. we could more easily clean up the c.Tdets?" "Certainly." Many l>omo-tl<'S Vti'tlni:^. Mr. Finch snid ibat in li>o!--i;ig ov r th,. records of ]iiO random rases he had found that TT, victims of th" white slavers came from the ranks if has be the dome.<;tics. ' .several •"Vbv ¦iihould tbis be sn?" inter- day, h the other way ;uid there is too ir.uc-i auumob'le riding." Ti'ain Uie Yonns. Mrs. Adolph Kahn maintained hat th« girls who don't work are 'us". &¦ ¦ likc.y to be victims as those uho do. ; ''Till' teaching of young boys :o lave pre per respect for their n!oth:'rs and \ sisters i.s the important thing,¦' she ' said. 'With girls it Is simply a riat- ¦ ter of temptat;on and the pviwer to ; resi.st It. Vor..' few girls go wion.g I because they want fine clothes. T;-ain ' th-.- ;;irl properly until she Is \r> O'- IS ; and there '^''" ^^ Httle chanc-- of her '. goiiK v.Tong." Senator Juul of the commissijn tool, eNception to Mrs. K;;hn >¦ aigu- mei.l that low wages didn't bave '. mu< b to do with a girl's morals. i "Couid a girl withstand teniuta'ion i on {:J.50 a week?" he asked bUuitlv. i "Yr's if her homg training h.id leon right." Mi-. Harvey W. Wiley was ap¬ plauded when she took the stand. "Tt lis liior..- difflcull for a girl ' .i r< sist ; temp;aLi9n when she has not ma.ginj , of nioney to provide comfort. ' .""ir'-,. ! Wiley said. "Hardships work <n the ner\i)us system. I believe w,- sh( uld dignity lomestic service. I belle e we should have police women In e\ery : city. Finally wt must have >otes for women We could raise the age of cons'Mt for one thing. A girl an't go into lusiness unftil she is of ige. b,it sho i:-rn sell her "body at 10." .Mr? Wiley sf.id $R a week wa? ;•- prop'V mininuini wage for gi>-ls and womi n. Dr Woodwarii presented fi'.'nres »o show that 77 J illegitimate bii.'is we "e regis! ,>rfd in Washington la-t year. Thes' were 10 :! 10 of all reporled birth;-. There were three births last year \<. i;!-year-old mothers .'.nd onj this \^i!r to a 12-year-old motber. Tf.-^ said tb It in a g--neral way tb<» blood of 40 :)er ctnt. of the men 's laiiei with di-?ease. to crops, timber and property of all i kinds wil' amount to approximately j $10,000,000. < Towns Kf fectod. ; A partial list of the towns in the j storm swept district of Alabama with I the casualtlt^ follows: I Peachtree, 40 killed and 70 hurt; ; Thomasvi'le, 24 killed and 30 hurt; Decatur. 6 killed and 9 hurt; Hunts¬ vliie. 4 killed and .S hurt; D.vsas. 4 ; killed and 10 hurt; Mission, 5 ' and one hurt. 1 I In Mis.'^issippi the casualty roll re-j i ported in Macon, 3 killed and 1 hurt; ; i Burnsville, 9 dead and 17 hurt;} i Ruralville, one dead and ten hurt; : Reinsie, .' killed and 16 hurt; Loui.s- ; lana's list of killed and injured so: far as reported follow.s: Leonard. 2- killed and 19 hurt; Saline, 3 killed i and 40 hurt: Weller, 1 killed and 2 hurt; Ida. 1 killed and 2 hurt; Burke j Place, 2 Ivilled and 1 hurt; Stilson, 6' hurt, one fatally. Badly frightened at the return of true bills the owners of the .^ambling'- machines captured during tlw big raid by the distriet attorney ar« se«lt- I ing a loop hole by which to escape j trial. Thi.s may be presented to them 1 through the plea of guiUy with parol* and payment of fine route. While District Attorney BI^bIow refused yesterday to make any stale- . ... .j ment to the Independent it has beea ' I learned about the court house that he has been asked to show leniency In these cases. A majority of the Indict¬ ed dealers are reported as ready t» enter the pleas come whal will rather than put the county to tho expense of a trial and then nin the rtek ot \ the court comin.g back at them la i the event of a conviction. I The wise ones are openly fleclar- i ing that the dealera will bavA » j chance to enter a plea and with the I payment of a small fine not excead- Mi.ssouri wiis touched by the wind,: an S5 mile gale hitting Poplar Bluff^ and vicinity caused $100,000 damage; and injuring a dozen persons seriously,' Te.'^phone and telegraph wires were', torn down. Hundreds of homes, bus-! iness houses and factories were dam¬ aged, roofs being blown <away and; thousands of windows -shattered. j .^. small church on Vinegar Hilli was carried 20 feet and sei down.! Other buildings were lifted off theiri foundations and crashed to the; ground. ¦ Tho dairy farm of John BrickeU- was ruined and he was hurt. Twi)' residences:, about eight large barns 1 and 1 blfick.smith .shojj on the James ' R. Hog.g farm were wrecked and aj I distillery. ing twent.v-flve dollar* they win b* paroled. The parole system Is Applic¬ able to their cases as it is the first offense. Thig raid was Inten-ded more as a warning than anything else and the next ones caught may not be givea this <liance of escape although tho present defendants are by no mettna sure of their ground In the matter. VICTORY FOR DETKOIT. Mobile. Ala,. -March 22 Detroit defeated .Mobile today 6 to a. , FOR RE.Vt! ' A modern seven room ho'ise wHH bath and all improvements; furnace. Trees in two orchards werej ^^- f'""'^ ^"d back porch, large csl- I torn out by the roots on this place. Medica' supplies and army .sur- ! geons were ordered to Peachtree lo- ' day from Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., by I Secretarv of War, Garrison in res¬ ponse to a plea for as.sistance wired to Presidont Wilson. The telegram lar and yard, at 289 .Madison streei. Inquire Meyer Pinskey, 431 Park a.v«- .\ l'r..\CE FOR KOHT.«\.\T. ( Cable to Indepondont. t I.,on lf>n, March L'2.—It is 'umored here tli:it H. H. Koh'saat. of f'hicago, has bein offered tbe post of .-\mb.as-! sador Xew saat. t. offered ; foi; iM;vr • 7-ro<im honse with modem im- j provements. 29:: Madison street. Five stated th'it the lown had been prac-j minute.s walk from PubMc .Siquare. ticalHy wiped out that many persons; Possession given April 1st. Rent $!S. met death and many were injured. j Inquire of Meyer Pinskey, 143 Park .\I1 food supplies were all destroyed. • avenue. Great damage was done throughout! New r'bone 1St-S. Aikansas particularly at Hoxie which! . was almost wiped out by the storm. 1 China. i'ork. Maich 22.—H. H. Kohl-I The extent of the loss of life and whf)m it -s rumored, has hi en number of per.sons hurt in that local- the amha'-sadorship to China. lt\ has a.^ yet not been learned. j niptefl Mrs. Owen Kildare, thejconditi -1 ill at the Holland Heii.se for days. Tt whs annoiinced to- 'vever, that Mr. Ki.hls.i.;,ls ¦ a has been much Improved, I Hundreds of telegraph poles were torn down and as a result all wire service is badly crippled. The rail¬ road senice haa also been crippled. FOR KKXT—Six large room house, newly papered and fainted. Rent a great bargain—only $16.50, 58 Hut- son street. -\lso a fine 7 room house with all modern improvements, strict¬ ly sanitary 2S9 Madison street. -Apply Myer Pinskey, 143 Park avenue, new phona ISBa.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The 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 | 1913-03-23 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Month | 03 |
Day | 23 |
Year | 1913 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The 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 | 1913-03-23 |
Date Digital | 2007-10-26 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 38065 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
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. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
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. |
Full Text |
All the Latest Telegraph News
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FOUNDED 1906
WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OVER FIV
HAV
Evangelist Tucked Under Bed Covers Grants Independent An Interview- Was Happy Over Results Of Yesterday's Meeting- "Had Liberty In Preaching"
VOICE GREW MUCH STRONGER
Tucked uiidiM- the bed covers, surrounded l;y liis abli' aides, with the musie of a Victrola soothing the jaded nerves, Rev. "Billy" Sun¬ day last niirht received a reporter of The Independent after the close ,of the s^Tvices at the Tahernacie. When the last convert trod the sawdust trail last ni^ht the total had passed tlie live housand mark and the evannrelist, ¦\vhile -^vorn and weary, was liappy
"I never had sueh f,'reat liberty in preaehinir as 1 liad toniglit. ! talked freely and did not feel a bit tireci when 1 linished."
It was indeed a remarkable sermon that he delivered last night as will he found elsewhere in tliis issue. At the start lie was a bit luervous. voice husky and strained and he frankly told the crowd that the strain of talking against the pattering rain drops on Friday af- ti-nioon had told on him. Ip .some manner, however, he grew strong- Jeras the sermon .proceeded land at the end he dallied longer than us- inal on the platform. ]
Throngs of cliildren wlio had been in the chonis flocked about
and he chatted and laupheil with them. One little girl told hiin
^he had been saved seven yeai's ago but she desired to shake him by
Jthe hand and he at once becAme very friendly with lier. Others asked
'iim questions and all he gayl/ answered. The officers at the door as
j^e departed for .his aiito. ware greeted in a cheery manner and he at
Bance made for the hotel bed room where he waa later found by the
eporter. Harry Lauder A\|as the artist who had made the Victrola
'tecord enjoyed by the j>reae|licr as he rested from lis labors.
THE RpLL OF CONVERTS
Yesterday was another Successful day for the preacher, although it was not up to some of thei other days of the week. Yesterday af-
AfilERiCA'S MILLIONAIRE F.MHEY
TODAY'S PR0GR.4M
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Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19130323_001.tif |
Month | 03 |
Day | 23 |
Year | 1913 |
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