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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1913.
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Local Resident Tries To End £ife At Buffalo - Mayor Vetoes; Another Crossing Crash-Thaw Given Surprise-Death At Jail
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J. S. Edwards, Arrives At Buffalo Thursday From This City And Is Found Unconscious Yester¬ day Afternoon-Police Claim Suicide Attempt
«A Y RECOVER FROM OVERDOSE OF THE DRUG
(SPECIAL TC INDEPENDENT.) Buffalo. A;ior. o(».—J. S. Edwards. ?iviiiir his lioiiie as Wilkes- BiTi't'. Pa, was found imconscious here today in his room at a tioard- injr hoi\so, l.i.s Swan street.   The police declare that lie endeavored to take his ovni life with an ovrrdo.se of   morphine.
He was i-iishcd to the Emergency Hospital, wliei-e tlie pliysirians 'worked ever liiin for four hours. At the end of tli_at time tliey were able t(' slate IliHthe had a fitrhling ehanee for his life, but were not aiiv to > hopeful 'if his recovers.
The ])olii'e slate that the victim of the morphine arrived here on Thui'sriay nighr. coming from the Pennsylvania town. lie engaged a rooi'i on Friday night and did not go out yesteiday morning. Late this ;j|ternoon the discovery of his unconscious form was made and the efforts tt) save his life followed.
Editor's Xote -It was late this morning wIumi this message was received at The Independent ofl'iee. .Vn e.xaiuinanon of the direelory fo" 1^1 •! failed to disclose any individual of thai name. It was al- !leged that a yoiuig man of that name was reeenlly connected with a leading Imsijiess house in this city and also worked as an insiuance agent wldle here. It is believed that he Mas a roamer and but re¬ cently located in this eity and then only ti-mjiorarily.
GRADE CROSSING SMASH AIMOSnWED EAIAl
Driver Caught on Central RaSroad Hurled From Seat With Little Son—Both Are Badly Bruised But Alive. Wagon Is D emolished
THE TROUBLE MAKER
IN THE MEXICAN PROBLEM
i.liit
General  Huerta.
Another prade crossing accident or-
curred yesterday in Hanover townshir
hut  a  short   distance  from  th*>   ^icpn •
of the   fatal  auto accident,  of several
weeks  ago.      David  Oplinger and   his
.son in his teens are the victim.s of the
latest accident in -vs'hich a Central en-
. jrine  hacking up the  spurt  track  to-
I ward  the  Empire hreaker caused  the
' damage.       Both   are   alive   but   badly
hru'sed   and   had   narrow  escapes   the
father   grabbing   the   youngster   from
tht' seat and leaping to safety.
.^ccording to the story told Opling¬ er seated upon a ¦wagon owned by Contractor Klopper w-as driving a wagon down a steep approach to the rrade crossing.     There  is a  bad  tarn
ind he was upon the crossing before lie noted th<> train backing toward him. Before he could clear the tracks the rear end of the wagon was struck and without delay he grab¬ bed the child as stated and leaped.
Th<^ outfit wa.o demolished and the ruins piled up in the yard of William r.a-'in, the tov.n.ship tax collector; a fence in front of the property being pushed ov'»r in this process. ,
The accident h.xppened at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The train was in charge of Engineer .lohn¬ son and Conductor .Meyers. Oplinger sustained Injuries about the hips while the hoy  had  hody  bruises.
MEXICO MUST SETTLE FOR
ALL OF AMERICAN DAMAGE
JEROME DEALS BODY BLOW TO THAW CASE IN NEW WRIT
Move Made With Vermont Captor as Applicant Expected to Af^ DELIVERY Land Harry Back Over the Border-Lawyer Proves Tricky in Choosing Time When His Counsel
Was Absent-They Declare All a Bluff and Will Fight to The End
ON YESTERDAY;
IT WAS LEGAL
PREMIER IS SAID TO H AVE AIDED THEM M MOVE
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International Commission Will be Set at Work Ascertain¬ ing the Value of Property that Civil War In South¬ ern Republic   Has Destroyed
.Sherbrooke, -Aug. 30.—Harry K. "'h:i^' was dealt a tiody blow today by his inplacai'ie fne. Wm. Ti'a\era Je- loine.
Jerome, who practlca;iy admitted ycstert'ay that his "wings had i)een clippeu," threw Tliaw and his uolerie cf c^inadian coun.sei into a panic by swearlnfe out a new writ of hatjea.s corpu.5 Ijy which he hopes to get Thaw out of the Matter's cyclane cillar in the j'ail here and into the hands of Ihe immigliation officials who will romp  htm across the  border.
.\ideU. il is stated, by tht- influence of Premier Borden himself. Jerome, tliiouiih a;torney .Xicholl and Jacob, Canadian liarristers represt-nting N'ew York State, swore out a writ calling tor thr appearance of Thaw in Super- li.r Cotirt here at 10 o'clock Tuesday niornicg.
The petitioner is John Boudreau, chief of police of Coalic(»oke, who ar rested Thaw and swore to the fauI'Ly commltmen: which Thaw had relief upon to kieep him in jail until the Oc¬ tober term of court of King.s* bench. Boudreau asks that Thaw be released instant.y and requests permission to wlthdray   his   complaint.
Boudreau states in  the petition that
1 e fears that  Thaw  will sue him for
falfce   arrest   and    he   dtsires   that   the
Vr'sontr be released  for his own pro-
I tction.
I     Jerome   turned   to   Goudreau   after ' having  failed   in   efforts  to   persuade : "'lagistrate .\. I..  Dupuis of Coaticooke I tn come to Sherhronke. hold a hearing ¦ and order Thaw's relea."!^.    Dupiris' at¬ titude was shaped by his wife, who Is I a stronir snpporter of Thaw's cause. Thaw's iMwycTs Werf* .\bsent. Jer'mes necotiatlon '    'vith     Boud¬ reau wf re conducted with abso lite se¬ crecy.     The   time   for   presenting   the petitioi   was chosen on  the very day I
•n which Superior Court Justlca Hutchinson returned for the opening ; f the jn<)icial year and a day when :'ll of Thaw'.s lawyers were absent from   the   city.
Judge Hutchinson slgnej the writ .vithou: (|Me.«tion and Is said to be at pres>-nt inclined to force Thaw's re¬ lease Tuesday. Immedialt-ly after the i.'suance cjf tbe -writ. frantic wires sent to F. \V. Greenshields and F. C. XfeKei wn. Thaw's chief counse . Mc- Kcown boiling over with rage, hur¬ ried b.':ck to .Sserbrooke. He de- .-ioun<'ed .Jerome's action a sa subter- fudge aiid declared taht a "gentle¬ men's agreement" had bf-en entered into b»-iween Thaw. Jerom"^ and the immagration interest.s that no action was to he taken until next Wednes¬ day.
"Even the Immigration authoi^ttf-s had left town, expecting nothing to happo until Wednesday." a.sserted the Thaw attorney. 'They were vic¬ tims of rhis subterfuge as well as we otirsehe.c."
nalms Tt  Is Only Bluff.
"Th'!-' writ Is purely a bluff." con¬ tinued McKeown hotly. "I am sure Thaw will not be relea.sed through an InsfruT'ent such as this. Mark my word.s. Thaw wilt be In tall and In his ire.°ent  p.isltlon  Tuesday night.
'•We sha'l attack the -writ on the rroimd that Boudreau Is not an in- fereste''' party and has no right to sue o.ut a writ. TIsn't It ridiculous for Boudreau to state taht he Is liable for damages from Tha'w?'*
Well satisfied 'with the day's step .Terom left for Quebec thie afternoon, fcccomptinled by Deputy .Xttnrney Oen- fral Frnnt<lln Kennedy, of N'ew Torki State Both denied tha: the trip had -ny bejiTlng upon the pr<»sent situa¬ tion.
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Judge Garman Signs Order Freeing Seventeen Pris¬ oners for Labor Day
CLERK WAS THOUGHTFUL
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There was a jail delivery yestertJay but it was all done in a legal manner and with the order of .Judge Garman. Seventten men walked away free from the big doora on Water srtreet aa a re.>.ult of the deliberations of the grand Jtjry during the past weeki This detail of the work of the district at¬ torney'* office does not generally get tttention until the week following the aessiona This week, however, FYank Black, secretary to District Attorney Bibelow, had In mind the fact that Monday was a holiday and he had the men turned loose yesterday morning on an order signed by Judge Garman.
The men were h»i4 at th» jail on piinor charges the variety conalsti'nK ••f larceny, assault and battery and aggravated assault and batterj'. Tho men who were thus freed ar»:
John Maluskl. William Kummell. Joseph Scochish. Mike Mahnni. Char>« Fabian. Frank Kaspowurtz, Michael Hart. Alex Smith, TJzzla Ko- watch. George Getsey. Franklin (;>ld«, Raymond Olds. Ale-xander Tonitoo. .¦*ndrew Zash. Stanley Hiduck. Ste¬ phen  Hayden.   .Anthy Kolofsky.
DIES IN CELL      iPOUCE ARE TOLD
AT COUNTY JAIL
Luzerne Man Ran About the
Streets Tearing off His
Clothes
HOW TO CURE A HICCOUGH CASE
(Tslosrrapli 1<» Independelnt.)
Washington. .\ug. ::0—Mexico will have to settle to the last cent for million of dollars damage done to .American properties in the southern repub!i<- when the night of rebellion liegan three years ago. During the present lull in negotiations between the l'nited States and the Huerta gov¬ ernment the st.ite department is turn¬ ing its attention to the itnmrnse in- de'otodnesB that Huerta i.s (liling up to he  settled  by  bi.« succt»Fsr>rs.
.An International "^ommis-sion would ascertain this Indebtedness, it wtjs definitely stated to the International Vews .siervice today. Officials of the State department said tcday by reas¬ on of the .Madero rebellion and the present disturbance .Americans al¬ ready   had   su.staiiied   damages  of  five
hundred  million  dollars.
The int-rnai innal commission will he charged  with  ascertaining:
First—The original value of the property: second—its depreciation; third—what would have been its pres¬ ent  value.
The same oflicial.s say that a fair international commission in determin¬ ing a claim would lake these three Items at thiir f\ill value for the reas¬ on that both Madero and Huerta were given full opportimity to make arrest of de|ireci.'.tion liy the restoration of 1)1 ace tn  the country.
There is now a .so-called commis- .slcn .sitting ,it .Mexico, but it Is com¬ posed entirely of .Mexican and they it i.s said are m.iking the minimum of progress: In other words, that very tev,- claims have reached the st.age of settlement.
Committed to the county Jail to recover from the ^-ffects of a pro¬ tracted spree that had temporarily robbed him of his reason, Henrj' ^H- lerbrook, aged 68 years, of Luzerne died last night at that place. Death was due to heart failure, the excesses of .he pajst week having proved too much for his constitution. He was committed on Augu.st 27 by Pquire Barry of that town.
Ija-st night when communicated with the West .Side Justice stated that he had been reque.sted by the employer of the dead man, to place him in safe keeping becau.se of the condition of mind. This move wft.s the result of the spree which ended In the man tearing his clothes and making threats against his own life.
In c'>mmitting him to the care of the authorities at the county prison It wa.s the intention to remove him to Retreat as soon a.^; the violence that marked his conduct had subsided. The interference of death, however, makes thia Impossible.
MASSAGE flcientifically taught. Legal diploma guaranteed. Other courea» leading to various degrees. Com¬ municate Box 155 P. C, Wilkes- Barre, Pa.
That .story to the effect that a local i girl had been seized with an attack lof hiccough.s has brought a suggestion of relief from Hornell, N. T. Thej victim has heen handed a "I/emon" or at least is advi.sed tn the case that a hard froy.en bit of ice cream fails that she take th" juice of two of the yellow  backed  bits of fruit.
The letter bearing this remedy was as follows and was received by Chief Zoeller:
Hornell, N'. Y., Aug.   28,   191.3 Dear   .Sir:—I   read   in   the   evening paprr.s  that  a   young lady  in   Wilkes- Barre   was   suffering:   from   hiccoughs and as I  happened  to know of a case that   was cured   when the doctors had j given   up   hopes   [   will  suggest   .same tn  you.      Tt  is  one   pint   of  ice  cre.nm J frozen   lery  hard   and   another  <^x<el- len*,     remedy    Is    the    juloe    of    two lemon."?.
.'Sincerely  Yours.
Mrs.  Ch.arles   Fggle.ston, 5 Conklln .'street. Hornell. .V. V.
TRACTOR PURCHASEAPPROVED; FOUR RESOLUTIONS UNDER BAN; MAYOR KOSEK GIVES REASONS
HOLD WITNESS FOR LARCENY
t'CiR SALK—Beautiful mahogany up¬ right piano used some, but as good IS new; cost $37n; must have cash at "oce; will .sacrifice for $10n spot ca.sh. "ano in storagie at m E. Northamp¬ ton street., Wilkea-Barre.
TTannah J. Williams, one of the viciini.s of the side room crusade has been released from the county jail where she was sent on a thirty day sentence. Her testimonv is badly needed against some of the hotel men in further proceedings that arc con¬ templated and the police of the city desire to keep an eye on her or at least know thai she is where they can
Mayoi Kosek officiall.v approved me of the measures of the city councils' last night and di.'-approved four others when he returned the ineASure.s signed or unsigned to the '.Tiembers of the common coimcl: in .special session. The puichase of a Christy tractor for the fire depart¬ ment is ai)pro\ed of whil.- the otlier T. eas.tres disapproved of are the transfsr lo an heir of the Banker es- .sate th' property tha the city securej througl' a forced tax sale, the abate¬ ment of a nuisance on Holland street, thf erection of a sewer on Terrace street and the erection of a retaining .val.   ard seps on  Kidiier street.
On the Banker proposition it is ¦, oir.ted out that the ciLy wili soon I eed the land in question for ex;cn- sion of a street while the abattment < f the nui.sance in the Holland .street mater was cited as a plea of guilty that could be utilized In a damage .''uit. The obje<':ion to the .sewer ine was .somewhat similar in that it would be the acceptan.'e of the street which i? unde.>iirab!e becau.se it is one sided. The fourth matter was disappraved of
get hicr w'nen  they want  her.
.As a result she was picked tip last evening shortly after being released and charg'''d with larcent of a watch. The watch it is alleged was taken from A. -t. l.ymul of .South fennsylva- nla av.enue. In default of bail she was sent back to the iail.
because the money to pay for the work Is not at hand.
'•wing to the absence of a quorum in both branches of the councils the ri'solut.ons   were   receiv> d     and     laid
• ver until a special ses.sion before the regular meeting. This wil be on the niiht of .Sppi»,nber 9th. In the Cl ir.non branch \Villiam H. Kes-sler U'as the only member present and the nicMsnre.s di,i no; go before that body.
Hanker I->tatt\ The vetf. on the miitter of the pay- rjient of the taxc.s  on the  Banker  es-
• ate in   part   tra.s as follows:
"Thii., land in question exlcnd.s from tne present t.rminuy of Prie.stly .street to P.ivei street and it wil b eneces- .'ary for the city to own this land in order to open Priestly .street as It Is bound to do in a very .short time. This being the case it would  be fool-
• ;irdy to convey this land and then 1 ave t ) buy it back again at a large cost.
The person named in the resolu¬ tion is only one of ;he heirs of the original owner and I can see no rea- bon why the city should benefit one of the  heirs and   not  the others.
It is a matter of equity and ju.<rticft the citv sees fit to recompense the helns of Philip W. Banker this may ric rior.'' w'thout conveying to them the 'and which l| is important for the (ity   tr)  own.
To    o((    Hs    the    resolution    requlre.f
(Contlnoed on page 8.)
MURRAY MURDER TRIAL SET FORJEPTEMBER 9TH
List for First Week in Criminal Court Contains Two  Other Homicides in Addition to Local Hotel Case—Im¬ portant Issu es   Included
BIG[LOW TALKED TO flRST^AIDERS
District  Attorney Presents
Medals and Pennants To
Contest Winners
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l>uring the week beginning Septem- i ber   S,   the   first  of   the   fall   term   of criminal court  three   murders will be j called to face juries.    The  Hotel Tri-j poll murder in this city will be aired ; on  Tuesday.  September  9,   when  Jos- : eph Jluiray will be called for trial on the    charge    of    hvalng   caused   the \ death     of     Edward     Cardiff     in    the | drinking   rooms   of   the    local    hotel. This  wa.s  ihc  murder  ihat  led  to  thei crusade againet  the side  room evil of! the city,     .\nthony  .Mascurro will also i be tried for murder in same week, the ca.se being called  for tri.al on   .Monday. The   third   case   is   that   against   Mike Bur.shi.s,   who   killed   the   foreman   of the   Spring   Brook    Water    Company section gang ou the mountain back of ir'l\ moutli.
The list as made pulilic yesterday by District .attorney Bigelow contains a number of other important casee, ¦ including the ar.son ca.se from Prin- ; gle town.=hlp, where it is claimed a house was fired to secure revenge for the 10S.S of a law suit in which the de- .stroyed property was involved ;
" Frank Thomas and James Ward, the alleged yeggs captured at I'iti.ston, will be calle dfor trial a.s will Jo.seph Bul- kiczecy. captured al Har.leton. The trio have iieea charged with having burglar tools in their po.s.session. Tbe i.ii.<t.
The list at< made up i.s as follows; .Monday, September 8.
.\iilhon\    .Ma.scurro,   murder;   James I'.  Trice,  proe.
.'Vndrt-w   Lewi.s.  larceny;  E. ft. Z'>el-
ler, pros.
Fred  Flynn, larceny;   E.  S.   Zoeller, ;
j pros.
Thomas   .Smith.   P.   P.   &   1 Xoeller, pros.
Con  -Manley,  larceny;  K.  S
pros.
John    .Mahon Wolfe, pros.
Adam Szvilpa, bigamy; .\palona l>a-
tone. pros.
John  Waska. a.sf:ault with  intent »o rob;   -N.  K.  Hentz.  pros.
Joseph Wil.son and Jlazleton Wilson, disorderly   hoiuse;   E.  t-.  Zoeller,   pro.s.
John    C.ilinsky.    attempt    to    rape 'ijaJii Brouitowftkl. uiom.
.;   E.   S. Zoeller,
Fel.    Woun.;    Henry
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August T.,. Kreig, larceny; E. P. Zoel¬ ler, pros.
Frank   Kubitsky.   a.ssault   aad   bat¬ tery:  Veronica Kuiitsky,   pros. Tuesday. Srpiember ».
Joseph Murray, murder; E. S. Zoel¬ ler, proa.
Frank Thomas and James Ward, having burglar's tools In their pos¬ session.   Thomas   Xewcomb,   pros.
Joseph Biilklczecy, having burglar's tools in his po.sBeasion; Edward R. Turnbach, pros.
r.alph E. Ercoh, Fel. Woun.; D. T. .McKelvey,  pros.
George Denman, alias Devon, faU>e pretences;  Harry  I>evy,  pros.
George Denman alias Devon, false pretences; C. .V. .\llabaugh. pros.
John Bohinekl, larceny; Kev. A. lA- pinski. pros.
Stephen .Shroba, C. C. D. W.; Rob¬ ert Franklin, pros.
William yiynn, larceny; John J. Gallagher,  proe.
John .-^tepms. burglary; Jacob Si¬ mon, pros.
L. B. Willi.s. attempted breaking; Tom C.  Hill.  proe.
.Iohn lee. larceny: L. R. Lutes, pros.
Thomas Welsh, F. & B.: Mary Qoo3- win.  pros.
Howard Ftowlands, F. & B.; Etlza- hs-in  Ml t.iHughlin, prox.
Bernard (Jlenn. F & B.; Julia Ken¬ nedy,  prox.
Sttwan H'josie. F. i B.; Eva Flynn, prox.
Samuel Battero, C. C. D. W.; J. K. Downs,  pros.
Patrick Quinn, larceny; " eter Michaels, pros.
Jn.-e,ih Piigh and .\lbert Thomas, .\. &  B.; John Hughee. pros.
.\nthony Serrafln and .Annie Serra- fin. A. & B.: l^eon Przidiscowski, pros.
Jo.seph Maloney. Mike Maloney, Hob?ri Howe. Frances .Malone and Thomris Kennedy, A. & B.; Polly Be- nef.sky. pros.
Wetlnesday. September  1ft.
Mike Btirshis. murder; Daniel T. McKelvey.   pros.
Lewis Wltchey, .\. & B.; Joseph Orme«9, pro?
(Cnnt.lnnfd  on j^ase   ILJ
For   the   second   year   a   Plymouth first aid rorp of the I>>high & Wllkes- Barre   Coal   Company   won   the   chief- event   at   th*   annual   field   day  event*  .' conducted yesterday    at    Sans    Soucl; Park.      This   honor  was  captured   by ' the Xottingham  outside  corps  of col¬ liery  IS.      In  the finals    two    teams from that town were entered, the en-' tries   being   made   up   of  the   wHirer* of the   first   seven   events.      Tt  ¦was  *. big day  fOj. the  men  of the  mines,  a big   lunch   following   the    concIiisloBB; of the ^y^v.tf in which the work of the i first   aid   'wa.s   fully   demonstrated.
The me'mbers of the  winning tea^ are   William   James.     captain;     Joffn ¦ Prltchard.    James    Colbert.    'Wllltanr; Berkhelser.    Michael   Ruble   an<J   An- ' thony   Adzoskl. '
While the w^nne^s of the prellmtn-, ary   events   were   known   as   soon   as thie last event was on  the medal win- ¦ ners  were   kept   In   suspense  until   af¬ ter   ^ ' dinner had  bean   disposed   of. • Then  Manager Huber arose  and  call-' ed   for   order.     He  stated  that   it   was not  the  Intention   of the  management' to keep the men for a long after din-! ner program  Imt thev had  as a  guest, Di.strict    .Mtorney    Bigelow   who   had. consented   to   make   the   preeenration. speech. I
The prosecuting official vtar greeted: with the strains of "He's a Jolly goodj fello'w."     Tn his speech he dwelt npon' the pleasure  ft  had  gU-t?n him to Be«j men In eont'\sts where the motive was not   that   of   greed   or  gain.      Instead] the  men   of  the  mines  were lengaged, In  a   contest the ob.1ect  of which wasi the help of humanity and the carlnj? for   their   fellow   man.      H-*   dwelt   at; some   length   upon   th?   fact   that   In the days when there vras an effort to pit  capital against  labor It was  grat-1 Ifj'ing  to   find   an   emploj'er   going  so far  be\-nnd   the   demands   of  the   laxir, and   spending   money   with   so   lavlstk, a  hand that th.^ Interest of this worlOj designed to care for the stricken might be  advanced.      He closed  with   a  re- que.st   that   tb«>   captains   of   the   win- (Contlnned on pace  11.)
anotheFson at kosek home
-Another son, Mayor and Mrs. las yesterday a w^nt to the si: the seafion and here last night. doing nicely an that Judreshio
the third, was born to John V. Kosek at Dal-' ft'>rnoon. The family immer home early In the news w^.>» received Mother and son are d the mayor goes Into fight with added vtm.
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