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Ai! the Latest Telejrraph News FOUNDED 1906 WK-^THER FaTR si ND.\T \M> M(>M>\V: T.uan Wl .sT wixns. WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS rppf^ii^ n^\ VARSin CORNE! KES MAIN EVENT IN REGATTA EOND, TAKES FLRST 1VMSIT N HUDSON RIVER; FOUR AND FRESHMAN EIGHT James Faiining Steps On Live Wire At Pert Blanchard Last Night AND LY KILLED While Prone Acros? Clotlie? Aifi l^nits'l And Flesh ^iirned AUCHT FOR RAIF WM SteppiEiT upon a proiiuited live j wive, at Port Rlanehard. at d\ o'elocl< last nijrhl. .Jaine-; Kariiin? ¦ aged 2S ye.-ir.s. was killed. Wliilp IrieiuK souffht to have the cur¬ rent -..'lit off. the hndy took tire )D(I for .'t half hour was a liuiiiin torch while huiuircds stood hy helpI-.'Sb. Finally when the v.ire was harmle-s the victim was pick-' ed Ul" luit the hod.\' v.as 1)2dly burned, \ AcOordin? to the story told of the affair it scfiii^; tliat Fanninir iras walking aloiiir tlio highway ?i:out two hur,(h'ed yards above the Kutlcdge Hotel when he eame in contact with the wire. It is stated that sonio time lu'fnre he bad heen h)okin2 at the wire which was on the «rround and ^'ivinsr forth vparks. The wire was a part tothe service line of the Citizen's Electric Company at Pittston Ciy. The shock tliat ended Fanninsr's life threw him to the irroiind aud directly aero.-^s the heavily charg¬ ed wire. The sparks ijrnitod the clothipg and soon tlie hody was aUo seared hy the current. Fear of sharinpr his fate prevoiited on¬ lookers from rcscuinsr the rcinainp from this position until word had been gotten tn the station at Pitts- OD and the wire rendered harm¬ less. . Tiie ^ctim wa.s sTnffTe and iip to a few years ago had lived at Larksvilh- rcmovinsr at that tim" to Port Blanchard where he ha-s since made his home. He has one sister. Mrs. P. F. Kinney of Ph-moiith, The remain.s an- at the Murrav morcru*^ in Pittston. WRISE Winning Crew Came From Behind And Won By A Steady Pul! WAS TKE DARK HORSE .\b«)Vi- i.-i rihown tliP victorious Syracuse \ar^-it,^ ci'.;lit that won tlio h'lg rcgrfUa yt'sicnliij- by a si-n<JUloiia 1 pull not fav'-.ritPs. Hoolw is shown the i'orneU ^•r<n^. winners of tho ,s«'«-oiul placv and ii|> this jr«r %1t"tors in this anniiK! e^cnt 1 i-oni hciiinil u!t«l tM-iiti ng out ("orm-ll and t'oliimbia, the AI II CLOSING XJiliECISl/ITUM Friends Of The Snycjer Bill H ope To Pass It This Week Thereby Blocking The Commission Form Gov¬ ernment Measure—Will There Be Any Labor Legislation? 1 U- if iiil-J 2 WITH THE HOUS Wilson Message On Currency Reform Will Be Read At Joint Session. (Telegrsi)li to InUeoondent.) Was'ningLon. .June -1-—Becau.se of the demand of the Deniocratif- cau-?us on the tariff bill today's session of the senate including an executive session, consumed only an hour and a half. A reply was received from At¬ torney General McReynold.s to the Norris resolution stating that the de- Partmeni of juftice did not iin-ow who purchased the valorized ooff'^e held in New York, the su;x against whi-^^h was dismisstd i-ecently. The Vice President was enip-iwer- ed to ajjpoint a committee of nine to represent the Senate at the oOih an¬ niversary of the battle of Gettysburg. TTte Senait alEo agreed to meet wiili the House M<.nday lo hear Frtsidenl ^M'rson's message on currency reform- Senator ijmoot denoun<-cd the l>-em- ocrati'.- administration for publishing i-leged erronejus figures wiih ref¬ erence to inip-orts and exports. The committee on prl.nling attempted to •"•Id a n.eeting to consider the .-ip- Wntinent of Cornelius Ford, of .\ew •*•*«>-, to be public printer, but -was unable to obtain a quorum. The .-,en- •^te r*i-cived in executive session an I'bitration treaty with Norway iden- vc.-ti with the pending treaties with ^eat Brluin and other countries. The treaty was referred to the com- ^ttie on foreign elations. Senator "orks introduced a comnilutionaJ amendment to prohibit the manufac- ™re or sale of all distiUed liquors. The House was not in session. Senator Kenyon introduced a bill ii-_^prevent the abuse of the franking l-nv-.ese. It was inspired by the re- !""• "f t^he recent lobby investigation. J^'ial stamps for the uae ot Con- sressmen are provided. approval of Governor Tener. -Vmong the elect on bill that will be pas^oJ Is tho party enrollment measure and the non-parti.san judge- .ship m^asu'e. .Some big bills that looked like win¬ ners at the' openifig nf the session the! are now seen -.o stand little ch.incf I of passag.-. Amonp them is the State I fjir bii: Inr Congressional, sonator- i ^al and 1> :;i;--iat've TO HOLD SO<'I.\I,. Next Friday night on the grounds of tl*'*' '''''¦^'¦side hospital the ladies clj, \.',°«^'tution wi 1 hold a lawn so- the The proceeds will be devoted to The io^fi, ''''^^ "f the hospital. »«itutio» ,, ^„jn^ effective wt,rk- in Zjr*'"° """^ '"'' "'^" "orthv the •upport of the public. t^J -^ "^''"- '"" '^^ Ptirt tim.e-, »meonp „.>,„ ,„ ambitious enough ant to better hi<= condition. To •^ "eht party I b,ve a good opening, looms ;4 Laning HuUding, city. (Special to Indeiipnd«'nt.) Haj-rlsburg. June 21.—The I-egisla¬ ture Is making a terrific effort to clear its decks .-md get away by June 2G, the date upon whlo the House has d-'fided for final adjournment. While the .Senate has held up resolution to quit on that date, its acti-on in continuing in ser.-!>ion until, „,„,,-.- , .-...¦ . „ . -3' •'"'! '• -'i-i-'O've apportionment ye-nerday and its indention to m*^*'^ niea-sur.-s. the minimum wage t.ill and again Monday afcernoon mste-ad 'f-tu,. c-onstitiiti.':;al <-onv.-ntion hill. Monday niKht- Indicates that the upi)er: It is apparent Itiat opponents of house has deci-ded 'lO get away in the the Clarki Commi.=-sioji form of ov- shortef:t i>o.'?sible time. ' ernment bill, now in the go\ernor's The ?tate-v,ide prlmarj' ^I'l 'ind the hands, are ;oing to attempt to get workmen'^ f-omiiensation bill*-- are the tl.rough the House thu Snyder home bones of contention. The cl-. ction rule for citie.s hill, which has been nieasurcK seems in a fair Wfv to early passed by the Henatc This hill wouid settlc-ment in a somewhat change<l permit cities to govern themselves form but in the main bearing the according to thei.- own needs and de- stamp of the administration. The out- sires so long as they kept within the look when the Lcg'>lat-ure ad.iourned terms of the ,«:t-r!tp and national con- for the week wo;-- by no eans bright .^tltutions. for the comprriftition bill, henator Crov.- and his followers in the S?enate are standing out boldly a-jain.^t the elimination of the elective clrtuse in¬ serted by the Senate and whic-h labor holds will make the bill ineffective ajid there is no mean.n at this time of foreseein.e the out<;ome. 1'hi.s is Governor Tener's i)et measure and he is givin.g it all of the support he is Cities Would Hij'.e Choice. This me-'.-iUje wo.ild enable such cities as desire the commission ."orm to adopt the terms of the Clark bill but would permit the cities that were content with tho pre;:ent form or a modification thereof to be gov¬ erned according to their own wishes. Friends of thp Pnyder bill point out that it i.= foly to lay down one s^t ANOTHER RUN | TWO KILLED JWO INJURED BY DOWNBYAUTO! MINE AND RAILEOA Boy Has Arm Broken When: Patrick H.Farringion, West Side Driver Boss Struck By Huried to Sosth Main «^ Pave by Big Trwk- Paul Everett!, u-ged li: years, of 29 'I'Xelll lane sustained a broken arm Runaway f^rs And Fatally Injured—Two Compan¬ ions At Hospital—Ed vard Murray Decapi¬ tated At Geor getown Columbia Foys Spent From Effort To Win, Fall Below Third WAS AN EXCITING RACE Varsity Hffht Oared Race Syracuse, first, Cornell, second. Washington, third. Wisroiisin, fourth. Columbia, fifth. I'erinsyl-.,-inia, sixth. (Official Time.) P.^racuse. 19;-() 3-5. Cornell. 19:31. W'asliinglrm. I'^.ZZ. V,'i.<!Cf nsin, 19:36. Columbia. 19:r.S 1-5. I'-nn-=.\hr,ni;^. 20; 11 1-3. FYeslinian Kisht Oared Race. Coriiell. tirst. Wisconsin, second. Syrai-use, third. PienPLsyhani.-i, fourth, Columbia, fifth. (Official Time.) Cornell. 10:04 4-5. ^Ai.sconsin, 10:07. Syracuse. 10:14. ^ Penn.sylvania, 10:2.t 2-5. Co'umbii. in:-:9, \arstty Four Oared Race. Cornell, first. Pennsvlvania. second. Columbia, third, WL-^coiisin, fourth. Washington, fifth. Syracus"', sixth. (OfIt(-lal Time.) Cornel'. 10:47 2-5. Pennii^-ivani-ri. 10:52 1-5. Columbia. 10:54 4-5. Wisconsin, 10:,t8 4-5,- Washington. 12:0S 3-5. Syracuse, not taken. (TPlograPli to Independent.) BV D.VMOX KrWOX Highland."", X. Y., June 21.—-"Syra¬ cuse first, Cornell, secoiid; Washing¬ ton third." There you have the result olV tha yesterday afternoon when run down; Runaway cars at th" Torty Fort I Gardner and Mi.ss Clara Two broth- by an auto owned hy Edward C^ colliery yest^-rday afternoon killed I ors. Anthony and Michael and one Rrown the lix-al drayman. The; Patrick TI. Varriniton. dri\er boss i sister, Mrs. Michael Tobias a'so aur- machine was In charge of Kd-J and seriously injured .Me< .'^akinsky \ vjve. The funeral will be held Tues- inler-collertate boat race. Tech ward C. Brown .Ir., (colored) eon of and Andrew Ual-dastick- The former i day morning with services at Holy _._^, ^ .^ _ __ ,_ _. .^ the owner. The victim of the acci-| had a foot smash-'d and the latter I Vame Church. Interment will be in dent which it i.s .stated was unavoid-¦ su-stained a fractured leg, j Carbondale, T'ndert;i):er .\lcl,rfiughlin able,'was rushed to tho Cil.v hospital,! At (Georgetown enrly thi.s inorning. . of thi.s city will have charge, where his condition Is reported as'an unident'fied m.nn was found -with; Man Decapitated. good Ihi.s head cut off on the risht of wa.yj jt •v\-:is .shortly before 2 o'clock thi.=' The story rt the accident, a.*" told by of the Central mud. It- Is thought I onlookei-s is to the effect that young, that he was struck '-'v a trip of cars. i Brown, who wai? driving a motori TTic Mine .-Xccident. j morninp that the lifeless body of tho ¦infortunnte who met death on the truck. wa.s going down {-South M;Un; Fnrrington was .Tsred Ki yoJir? anod .strtft and when a. few hundred yards' w:!S cmp'oyed af the col-iery rs a driv- I'bI-iw .Vol iliampton street the boy ran er boss- Yesterday afternoon at at'out out frfm the .sidewalk directly in I four o'clock he was standing with his f.-ont >>f the machine, i Injured companions at the foot of the This move on his part came with- s'ope when the cirs, runnine from out a!:y w.irning -.o the driver of theiabfoit three qtiarters way up the In- truck, wh-o made heroic efforts, how- I dine str\i(^k him. He was injured ever, to halt the heavy machine. He w.us un.successful and the boy rras -trucK by the f. nder of the machine am! hu.-led to one side. In falling he foil on his right arm, which was frac¬ tured* in that fashion. Brown gave hintself up to the officer on the beat, who relc:i.^ed him with a notice to .ap¬ pear at a hearing to be held <at 9:30 oclot-k t.his morning. and fellow employes Tt"ho came *" the aid of the injured trio saw that he ! was in a bad w-ay, Ke wa.s rushed to ; the Mercy Hospital but the end could ] not he delayed and h.-' died a short j time after being'ao.-nitted. j The family homo is at ir.2fi Wyvm- i -all was di.seovered. News of the find j ¦,vas given Coroner Marley v.ho gave ^ orders to Tnler^aker Mooney to take j charge of the body. It was remaved | ¦io the Mooney morsue late this morn¬ ing. Was K-<Iwar<1 >Iun-ny. Identification at 3 o'clock this mom'ing established the \'i<-tim ao Ed¬ ward Mtin-ay and he was run do-wn ,^-ithiM one hundred feet of his home. The train that caused his death was backing up to the Red .\sh colliery to remove the output of the day. Murray Is .survived hy a w-fe Beffeles 1 ¦tw'o children, li-pp''thers -ind ing avenue. For:y Fort, his widow he i.s survivrd tiv tlC-ee daughters, all residents of Cirbon^^nle township. Mrs. .Toshua Whitington. M-s. St;,}-ey foot racer. and He also had bro- .•liFteTF In "Wilke.s-Barre He wa.s w-ell known a,s a able to bring to bear. Labor leaders "f li«s f"^"" '-he government of an inland railroad cit,v. The Harrisburg o!- Altoona and a maritime town like Krie, Tiiey will attempt to get the Snyder bill through this week but .".I-r- by no means ''onfident of suc¬ cess. There are all manner of I'ospibllities for oycitement 'n -he closing hour?, T'noxpected developnir nfs mav come at any mcm^nt or the TToii'o mav be Indnt-ed to tiack dov-n suffic:ent:y to permit tha Senate to (-arry out thn programme it Is Imth upon and whii-b it now seems to have the pow¬ er fn enact if It st.inds by its guns. from all parts of the st.-ite are ;n constant session here and pressure ia being brougiit to hear on the Senate from many pourees Tho .Xppritpriation Bills. The Senate wiil vote on .Monday on more than 350 appropriation Mils, many cf them schrdu'ed to go throuTh without comment, bu-f a debate bite and there may i:e expected. The Wal¬ nut child labor bill will a;l-=-o be p!i.<i.s'd in much ihe .same form a.s advocated by the Pennsylvania Manufaoturer.s' .^-K-sociation. It 1.-= i- <ompanion measure to th"-- Walnut Female Employment bill pa.ssed la.st wceU. Both of 1h°S' measures will be rejected In th.fl.'- present form 1).\ the House and will th«-n go to conference committee for final adjustment, but there is rea- ^on to beicK > that they will go to th» governor practically as they st in.i ¦While ad\ocates of the measures as they w-tre introduced are loud in thoir ci<!idt rnnation of the changes made .y tl.o .'^.•r.nie, the fact of the matter !s i;i,it labri really do:>,-j win! •a sulstautldl victory in them, in ih;tj th.^ legf, 1 u,-.rkii;g w.ek in Penn-^yl- vania Is reuoc-.-d from 6C to 5-1 hout-s I f ,r wonieo and min: rs, with a ten ¦V\''ilKt.'i and his party were lost hour vvi^iklng day and half-holidav: more thfo eti hour tonight while at- on Saturday, T:i .".doitlon, vith th--] fcmpiing to reach Baltitnore after at- e:<C(r,;i-,n of c.inneiier over-time is tendinjr the Jlc^doo-McCorrnick wed- forbidden ex( cj.t to make up for a j ding at Brookland AVood, Md.. this holirt-;y or in ca-c of a break down i afternoon. All roads lending into Baltimore SUNDAY USHERS AYE AN OUTING ¦Ji-ju- WOULD INCREASE MAN'S S' MANY JAPS PATRONIZ A LL SHARKS Tfenvr Roads Bro->i?lit Ahout By rhe I Rains <'au-'^d >Ir Wilson's (liaur- 1 I'uci To l.o-e His Way. (Telegmph U» Independent,) Washing ton, .luno 21. —President for then the 54 hour, ^^^^_^^^^.^.^,|y ,.^,.„ „^,^^ impassible be maintained. 1 j,^. ,^0 heavy rains and in seeking of machinery .and wco\- avera.tie ntus-t Xiimcrou.s .'-afcriL-irds will be thrown ! about fcr the best route, the Presi- rlvisig i.copb- by the new ' dent's chr«nffeiir l>ec.ime confused acd The advocates of the child lost fhe road to Baltimor it.'-- onginal shape will : partv had taken a ... u- .\- . .-. . t . - . . -j.^- abo'-tt \. .stai-jcs. lal'o.- ;-ill in strive oil Monda.v '•. ha\e the S'^nat. ins.ri the -"¦ liOi.r wock t-alu.se, rnblic I'Dlitics. Tiie p'jb!i(- uti;i-:ies commission iiill is sure tc- be enacted in effectixe form. There hns been much sKir- n-ii:^h'n x over detaila in the past week but in iiie end th.- mcasur* will get .\fter tl-.e ^fiigo trom a storm uud'-r a brid.ce thty v.ere found by Fr.-mk Primroi-r of Carons-v-lllc, wV.., was driving along the road with his family. "I get you to Baltimore'" said Piiir rose. "But a goo<l thing you stop¬ ped as th>- road is dangerou.s." Primrose at ted guide for t,he i'resi- The Men « ho Aided the \otcd llvan- gci;<t III His \\<Jik In 'Hiis City \isit \uai"j;()lii end I-"oi-in .\ IVrniaiK't Org<ii!iuili!>ii '¦Jhe ushers who did duty at the ; tabe'-niclr in this city durirT the Ri,-v. ' "Ki.Iy' [Sunday revival to th" n-imber ¦ of lt-0 w:nt to Ijako Xuangola yes- terday where they had -^ day'.s O'liing , and 8, dclifrhtfrl day of recreation it proved to be. j | The pi-.rty left here at 1;::0 and re- ¦ turred at 10 o'clock last night. When: all had assembled at the L.al<e t'ne 1 pastor of the Wel.«h Presbyterian ; Church on th" Heights delivered an ; appropriate uddrci;;. .\t its conclu- I Eion it was dfi-ided to fi.irm a per- j manent organi-iation, J. W. Raeder ' uas elected pre,sidcnt. The re.;t of th ¦ ^.fl-'rnoon was spont in pleasure of various kinds—a .g:imc of basebal:, pitchin;,- quoits, etc. The : I'shc-rs' team defeated the .\'una- ' gola nine by a si-urc of 11 to 5, lhe | I'sher.-i' tPam was as follows: Jones, ss, 1 Pricier, c. Kverhart. p. Closterman 1 lb.. Herring. 21i,. Voung, Sb. I'nt-le I It-reiiiy, of. Reader, rf. cng. If. j While hunting for lilies Charles ' Saundvrs of .N'orth .Main street this city fell into the Inke. out -vas res¬ cued ami beyond a good ducking was none the v.tu.'je for the mlshai). ¦ (T..e^.,>l, to I.,de,.-edon.) l^^::};.,lf-^^}:^:^ '^:^?r'%o:r Rocher,t-r, N. Y,, .lune -'-" ¦-*-^^"''-i „ip.sa<>s": tahetls containing boric j M-.ilberry rie'lfi-.^ ".-ksl-i.tic OrlenTal j i^cid, a good eye remedy wpre sold ; Eye \Va.--h" tr; he rtiad? for 50c a'to cu.stomers in Syracuse for 50c andi barrel ani sc,l:i for a dollar a bottl.', j to p',>r--on'' by m.-iil for JIS a box. j had r.o'bing on the Okola Company j Th- Cartilage iCo. .-wp-.s ^formed to tablet;', wnich. v-itiy other tablets has | catch p. man di.s.satisifled w-ith his ler] to tb/i ind;"tinent of the men In ; ht-iglit. The comiJany promised to I three lar^;? mall order companies j [r^oiiease the height of the person] her-, Pi'-puty F. S, Marshals, this! from onp to seven inehes. The .lap- mcTning arrested on ". charge ofjnnese wero great buyers of the rem- fra'Utiijierit .ise of the 'r.v.ilp. r>r. John ; gOy, I., Cor:sb. K. Virg-l >:o,-i (alia.s Li;i-! The Institute for science sold hooks mor.t fc'aae) and Wni- F.. Scott., of i professing to teach hypnotism. New York Citv and Thomas F, Ad- | The post office inspeotors have heen kin. ChP.:-s, ."='. Clark, K. I-ee Minges | working a year to obtain evidence and Dr. John i? Read, Ihey nepre-; .igainst the thre.° companies which sented the New York I-vstlttrte of did a business of hiindred.s of dollars Scir-nce. the <''arli!,i4e Ci^i,, and Ihe through the malls. '3 STRANGERS! IGIiRT Chargeil with having burglar ttxiis in thoir possfssion -u".o uien who gave their n;:'>-;:-.s a." Frank Th.oma.-? snd .lan-.e.s V\ar.i w-re arTO!;:i?d yester¬ day afterci-n -.^.t Pitl.sti.ii by Chi. f of Police Xewcomb. ''J'he two men i arrived in Pi'-.s'un on 'niurstiay aft ly placcj under arrest and on search- i.i;r the ;-^u.t cwto it was found to con¬ tain nil Ki'.-ids cf files, a quart- of nitro-glycerine. two revolvers, a larjt^ number of dynamite caps and f-Jses, and several post office directories, ihcy v.-ere rt ni-indi-^-d to county jail 11 wait a furth-r he:iring. MFRCHAXT .VRR^>;^Kn. A w.^ll kni>wn merchant w.as arrest¬ ed on Ro.^.s street al an eraly hour this morning charged with acting sus¬ piciously :ind carrying conceale.i ; weapons. When searched at the .sta- w.\s i)i,-(.Ki>n;!.v. the suspicion of^ti„„ j,^^^^ several ihou.sand dollars th:-jiuifc in .siiaj.e that will meet the dent for two houss. CharBed with being drunk and dis¬ orderly at his ht>me, John i^he.ber, of 15 Rope Lane, was arrested last ev i-ning and lodged in the station house :;'M- a hearing at police court this inorning, when his wife will appear against him. crnoon rr.d aro:: ^^:rV{;i^'^j^%^ :n't^e^;f ^^ii^-'^ - Trrt^'^ ^^-"^ ^-^ ^'^ '¦'"¦ Th-. rsdav evenihg the> left the town i ^"^'"^ ='"'* ^c left sccjrity for hi.s ap- but left their suit case at the I-ehigh I pearance at pohcc court this morn- i; j Vailrv depot. The chief on learning! ing, Hi.s action aroused a certain well this imm-diately kept an officer on kr,c\x-n msn the v.-atch for their return and y-ss-; j^^. terday allei nr-i-ii thev ; a:ne back to in that neiehhi.>rhood and informed the officer on the b-al the lily ;ii.tt-r visitirig som" town'^f^ 't^ ¦'^-'¦'' arrested and Sent to tht up the river. They were Inuraeriiate- station house. nically described, as th** university- eight oared shells a-t four m'.lep. There, too, you have in a. few words one of the bigge.st surprises of the college athletic yca.r. . At a moment when the long, lean racing shells manned by the brawny boys of Cornell end Columbia weirft lajJilng down the r:vpr brow to brow iind the i-aice eeemed between these two alone, the lads from Syracuse suddenly commenced a mighty pull that brought a mad yell of exulta¬ tion from the .spectators along tha liver banlvs. Inch by inch the .'harp healt of th«i up-state crew crept forward and soon everj-one realizod thai this was no mere spurt, but a sustained drive tor A"iotory, Soon the fe-yratniee crew -was on even terms with the fh-lne twain and then In the last few hundred ^aTds of the c.ourf<», they slipped out: ahead and on to -v-ictorj-. Co7TieU,h«n» to the last, but the i?olTimbia men spent find exhausted, skipped a-way until the boys from the far north-weet closing with a grand epuit. flnisheiU ahead of the Xew York cit:* cml)«9> Iana. It was r.xiher e^cpected. that Cornell, when the big race -wa« rcxwied, ¦would again sweep tlii." raoe bJbo. T8l»! betting today favored Cornell. The varsity four -won the first ra<o»; to(;a>- with Penn .second and OohuB- bia thdrd. C-«;>rnell also won the freahmaai, eight aXter a hard race. It look«d Ilfcel a field day for CouTtney- but tfmJglhl:) the S.vra-cuse war cry Is soijndtng everjwhere. The spell of th© -nrlZBffd' of the Hudson Is broken for a, t«^ 1 minutes at Itast. That final drtva of; the Syracuse boys is something to r*- I memtier and taJk about- Penn, never in tha race aft«r tto« st-artang splash, was compltrtel-y dja-; tanced and finished in th© -wash of fh* etewards' jac'ht. It was .-iy.acuse's tfrst vftrst-ty -vto—1 tory since 1908. It .was some littl» time before it was rea.iized by the -t-aat^ crowds on the river's bank that S-yra- cuse had won and that the new-c-om«r from the fa,r west was "inside," but when tne official result was mega- I>hone<cl and reached everj'bodr. thft cheers of the people mingled with a pandemonium of whistles that echo¬ ed throtigh tht> sleepy fa.stne«e of thft (7aU)kill3 and the AdirondacKs. ¦ » ¦ M WILSON IS NAMED Daughter of President tj*'t~ an Ap- pointmenl I'rom (,ov. Sulwr. .V.ii.mv. X. v., Jur.f' '.'l —(jovernor ;?ulz«ir today appointed Mies Margaret Vv ilson. dau.ghter of the President, a member of the commispion t-. investi¬ gate the affairs and manig-'Uient of prisons aad refora'ories of the atate. V
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 | 1913-06-22 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 06 |
Day | 22 |
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 | 1913-06-22 |
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 38637 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 |
Ai! the Latest Telejrraph News
FOUNDED 1906
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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VARSin CORNE!
KES MAIN EVENT IN REGATTA EOND, TAKES FLRST 1VMSIT
N HUDSON RIVER;
FOUR AND FRESHMAN EIGHT
James Faiining Steps On Live
Wire At Pert Blanchard
Last Night
AND
LY KILLED
While Prone Acros? Clotlie? Aifi l^nits'l And Flesh ^iirned
AUCHT FOR RAIF WM
SteppiEiT upon a proiiuited live j wive, at Port Rlanehard. at d\ o'elocl< last nijrhl. .Jaine-; Kariiin? ¦ aged 2S ye.-ir.s. was killed. Wliilp IrieiuK souffht to have the cur¬ rent -..'lit off. the hndy took tire )D(I for .'t half hour was a liuiiiin torch while huiuircds stood hy helpI-.'Sb. Finally when the v.ire was harmle-s the victim was pick-' ed Ul" luit the hod.\' v.as 1)2dly burned, \
AcOordin? to the story told of the affair it scfiii^; tliat Fanninir iras walking aloiiir tlio highway ?i:out two hur,(h'ed yards above the Kutlcdge Hotel when he eame in contact with the wire. It is stated that sonio time lu'fnre he bad heen h)okin2 at the wire which was on the «rround and ^'ivinsr forth vparks. The wire was a part tothe service line of the Citizen's Electric Company at Pittston Ciy.
The shock tliat ended Fanninsr's life threw him to the irroiind aud directly aero.-^s the heavily charg¬ ed wire. The sparks ijrnitod the clothipg and soon tlie hody was aUo seared hy the current. Fear of sharinpr his fate prevoiited on¬ lookers from rcscuinsr the rcinainp from this position until word had been gotten tn the station at Pitts- OD and the wire rendered harm¬ less. .
Tiie ^ctim wa.s sTnffTe and iip to a few years ago had lived at Larksvilh- rcmovinsr at that tim" to Port Blanchard where he ha-s since made his home. He has one sister. Mrs. P. F. Kinney of Ph-moiith, The remain.s an- at the Murrav morcru*^ in Pittston.
WRISE
Winning Crew Came From
Behind And Won By A
Steady Pul!
WAS TKE DARK HORSE
.\b«)Vi- i.-i rihown tliP victorious Syracuse \ar^-it,^ ci'.;lit that won tlio h'lg rcgrfUa yt'sicnliij- by a si-n |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19130622_001.tif |
Month | 06 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1913 |
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