Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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THE WEATHER
VrUhixtgtoa, Apatl 1. —Saatara Penaaylvania. Tetr. with ala<wly ria* log temparatw-e Sanday. Monda^V fair and warmer.
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PRICE EIGHT CENTS
Entered    at    Wllkes-Barre.   Pa. aa   Becond   Class   Mall   Matter
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,   APRIL 2,1922
The   Oaly   Bunday   Newspaper Publlabed   ta   Luseme   County
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
CRAZED BY DEATH OF HIS CHILD
Plymouth Man Attempts Xo. End His Life in Grief Over | Loss of Daughter I
CUTS HIS THROAT
Discover Sorrowing Parent at Point of Death While Preparing For Funeral
CONDITION CRITICAL
TTnwlllIng   fo   live   after   his   only I ehlld   had   died.   Frank   Ri( hards,   26 : years old.  of  SR  Wall  street,   Plym¬ outh, tried to end his life last night i hy rutting  hia   throat  with  a  razor. He  had  Inflicted  a  deep   wound   he¬ fore he was foun.l.   He Is in a critical condition at Xesbitt West .Side Hos- piUl.
Richards and bla wife lost their i daughter. Kliraheth Irene Richards.. ' threa years oUi. yesterday morning ahortly after 10 o'clock, following a brief lllneea. Tht l>ereavement proa- tmted Mra. Richarda and the young husband was olniously weighted down hy hia grief.
While friends and relatives were In the house last night making ar¬ rangements for the ehlld's funeral tn he held this afternoon, Rlrhnrds ah- aented himself. Hf went to hl.s room. ''Wlien he did not return in a reason¬ able time,  investigation was made.
He was found tin«on«cioii« from the effects of self-inflicted wmindK on his neck. It Is ."laid ihat he used a razor. The Instrument wss found near him. r>r r. L. Ashley of Plymouth treat¬ ed Richards before he was taken to the hospital.
WIFE STANDS GUARD WHILE HUSBAND ROBS
Store Dynamited; Thought It a Joke
"That's very interesting, but I don't fall for April fool Jokes, any- moref' laughed Charles Manga- niello. when a friend telephoned him at home laat night that the rear of his business place at 81 North Main street, Pittston, had been dynamited. Ten minutes later somebody else called him. with the eame information and then he did believe it.
Manganiello rushed to his store to discover that a ba< k door had been shattered by a small quan- tlty of explosive placed there by aome unknown per.><on. A large crowd had gathered before he ar¬ rived.
The dynamiting occurred at 8:50 o'clo<k. Manganlello's place is used as a srock brokerage and olive oil station and It was empty of all employees ut the time. The dis¬ charge was heard for two city blocks. Police authorities found that only the rear door had been wrecked, although several nearby windows were broken.
Chief of Police Leo Tierney, county detectives and other police declared that the explosion had been caused by either a dynamite cap or half a stick of the explosive. They place the blame on boys. No arrests have been made.
FIRE GUTS BIG PLANT OF NELSON
Local Firemen Have Stubborn Flght With Flames in Fac¬ tory on Baltimore Street
HEAVY LOSS RESULTS
WILL ICT HOTEL NEXTTOSeUNG
Charles Weissman and Jos¬ eph Bittenbender to Im¬ prove West Market St. Plot
TO START AT ONCE
Crossed Wires Believed to Be Cause and Excelsior Gives Blaze Rapid Spread
ASSISTANT CHIEF HURT
Chicago,  April   1. -That  a)ie aid"d
her husband In ji «eries of 860 alleged 	
robberies  I., can.-.-  she  and  h.r b«b.v jhasbcW littlo Increase "in hotel room'
.To8«.ph S. Blftpnl>ender and Charles H. Weissman, well known dealers in auto accessories, have completed plana that will materially add to the hotel arrommodatlona of Wilkes- Harre. There haa been a growing need of accommodations for the trav¬ eling public In this city the past few years. Despite the rapid increase in populntitin and the steady growth of Wilkfa-B;trr«> aa the chief business center of thc anthracite region there
nf«ded   food   und   cIofhinK,   \Na8   the       Mr. Weiaamanrecogniaed thla'conl .•onfeslon mud., tonight by Mrs. Paul   di„on ^^ j,,, time he purchased valu-
Ilartung. according to Michael Hughes, d<>t»ctiv.» chief.
Mra. Hartung. 3i. held her baby cloae to licr an she sobbed her story.
"My husband was out uf work," she s«ld. "We spent all our .tavinpa and were hungry. We appealed to rel.n- ilvea but got no aid. Finally I be- csme dewpf-rate lest tho baby would sturve.
¦We put the baby in tlio carriage null started down the streets. T et'Hxl outside >>t homes while I'aul mtered and robbed ico boxes of food."
Police were puzzled over HartunK's ItnrglurieS. Valiiubles in many homes were overlooked while he took food   and  little  hoUMehol.t   trinket:".
>Ir«. HartiiiiK was allowwl to go to lu-r liome li.'c.iuso she is soon lo be- «<»nic :i iii.ilhei-. No churgeN have • •.¦I n pluccil .'tKainst her. Hartung if chiirKcd  with  burglary.
0 0
OF BOOZE PATROL
able property adjoining the Hotel Sterling. Although he hud an up-lo- dato hotel In mind at the time, he kept thc matter to himself until a few weeks aTo. when he and Mr. Bitten¬ bender joined in the promotion of a hotel entriprise that will be operated under the name of Hotel Plaza at 51- 65-S" West Market Blrett.
The ground floors will be occupied by mercantile establi^'hnlenfs, but all the upper floors will be trunsfurmod into modem hotel rooms and apart¬ ments. No nioney has been spared in providing furnishings for the aoventy- five rooms into which the upper floors wilj be divided. There will be spe-i cia! desiKued Uinimons beds in the rooms, ateo hot and cold water and lavatories tn all the rooms, and more than two-thirds of the rooms will be I)rovlded with private hatha
There will also be in each room vacuum water bottles that will be kept tilled with Ulen Summit water,
PIre of undetermined origin last night bady gutted the fourth' floor of the mattress factor>- c«)erated by Nelson Brothers on Baltimore street, opposite the passenger elation of Central Railroad of New .Tersey. Stock and machinery on the three lower floors of the building were badly damaged by water and it was announced last night by one of the members of the firm that the damage will run inlo thousands of dollars.
When the flre ^vafl first discovered coming through a window In the front of the fourth floor, a telephone cal! was aent to N'o. 2 engine houae. When the flremen from No. 2 house arrived at the scene an alarm was sent in from Box 21. Northampton street at Central Railroad tracks, and several companies  responded.
For a tima It looked a.<? If the fire would spread to the other floors of the building and the rear portion of tho fourth floor. Smoke was com¬ ing out of all the windows on the fourth floor and it looked so danger¬ ous for a time that residents in a block of houses on Lincoln street back of the mattress factory had carried beds .ml hou-isehold belong¬ ings to the street.
Find Twe Blazea It  was announced  by  the  firemen who   reached   the   fourth   floor   tirst that  two  separate  tires  were  found burning in different sections near the front  of the  building.    Both  of the flres  they   believe   started   in   excel¬ sior   which   was     WTapped     around thou:«andB of brass and enamel bed¬ steads   which   were   stored   on   thatj floor.     The   flrerapn   announced   last j night   that  .in   fnv.'stisiitio:!   wiii  be
Mine Fire Starts At Bootleg StiU
A mine flre that is eating into coal veins of the Butler colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Company at Boston Settlement Is blamed upon bootleggers who operated a still In a- cave hole. The flre Is being combatted by three shifts of men working eight hours daily but it has already assumed men¬ acing proportions.
The existence of the flre became known last night when officials of the United Mine Workers Is¬ sued a permit to the fire flghters lo continue their work during the anthracite   coal   suspension.
The company learned of the flre a short time ago when a super¬ intendent at Boston Settlement traced some smoke he saw issuing from a cave hole. He found that some of the outcropping veins were burning flercely. Further investigation showed that a liquor still had been erected In the cave and had been In recent operation.
Three squads of men were ln»- medlately placed at work. They were also given the use of a steam shovel. In aaking the union for permission to have the flre flght¬ ers remain on the ground, the company officials declared that a withdrawal of the forces would result In hea^T damage to un- mlned coal.
Police authorities have begun a search for the still owners. They are convinced that the fire was started by the still. Ths device has been conflscated.
OWNERS FEAR EXODUS OF TRAINED MINERS; FORCED CONCLUSION OF ANTHRACITE TIE-UP IS OPTIMISTIC FORECAST OF WAGE MEETING
Would Include Oil Gas and Water in Legislation That He Will Recommend
ASSAILS COAL BARONS
Washington, Ap^il 1.—Public own¬ ership of all "God's monopolies"— coal, oil, gas anC water power—is Included in a lecisiative program now being worked out by Senator Borah, Idaho, chairman of the Senate Labor committee.
The coal strike may cause Borah to lay his program t)efore Congress earlier than he intended. He believe* the strike will create public senti¬ ment for such a program by show¬ ing that It is th« Inevitable solu¬ tion, unless those controlling natural resources themselves institute re¬ forms.
Borah is n ot reidy to discuss de- taiia of his program but in a general way his position is bused upon the puramountcy not only of the public's interest, but the public's inherent right as well. That is why Borah calls these things "Ood's monopolies." •Almighty God put them where they are and now a comparatively few men control them and parcel them out to the vest at wbatevor prices please them." is the way he put it.
The fonunea In ."oal, oil, gaa and water rights have been acquired in the flrst Instance by discovery, he pointed out.
Borah    recognizei.s   the   difficulty of  making a  publi';  ownership  pro¬ gram efectivp.    This difficulty arises, 1 he says,  from  these  causes: ,     1—Public disappointment  over  the -That  trouble comes in  threes was result of the warime control  of the
evidenced  last     ' "	
oclock
man
wa.s  ba
containhiK $6 .stolen on Barney street
a short distance from her home, Mii«
Early Agreement upon Wage Scale Prophesied by Mine Union Leaders
New York, April I.—Settlement of the anthracite wa«e dispute will come quickly. Philip Murray, international vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, declared tonight. "Migration abroad of alien miners reported from Pennaylvania ia a atrong point in our favor," Murray declared. "It will help bring the operators to terms. Anthracite mining reqtiires skilled labor and the industry ia not overaupplied," he added.
Union leaders of the anthracite region meet <q>«rators here Monday to yesume negotiations on the hard coal wage scale. A big increaae in the number of striking miners will come during the first week of the nation-wide tie-up, Murray declared. ''Monday will be the first real day of the strike," Murray aaid. "-We expect many non-union miners to join us and then the number will steadily incresufe."
NO FEDERAL TROOPS TO BE ORDERED OUT
Secretary of War Declares Governors of States Must Depend on Own Militia
SEES LITTLE DANGER
E
Mourning Death of Two Members of Family Mrs. Wideman is Thief's Victim
A BRUTAL AHACK
OF FUEL RESERVES
Doniestic Supplies Must Be Curtailed to Carry Over a Period of Two Months
LEWIS TO TESTIFY
Wideman buriud a son abont a wuek Kso. wbjie 'sst night after beiag ct-
control <>f coal, oil und uther natural njo««po*;e(».
2- Pjlitics and red tap«.    The dif-
misslon efTicient is a great one. Borah says, because interests with large In¬ vestments  in   the  jroperty  or  busi
made today to detcrtnine  if the  Are ^ l!;:^-' ^ ^ "f ^"'^ "-^^.^l^ "'="'^.^'"^ i"^'''"^. * .ovemment^com^ wa.   starte^d    by     crossed     electric ^fve Is lylnVdTal "'*^*' ""^'^^
When the flremen first reached the ho^l^^l'^^niKhl'when^^^^nV^^ o/^/,- ^^'^ *« «^^ ^''"'™'' building they broke into the tirst out on the sidewalk from in front of Politically, of the government corn¬ floor and climbed the steps to a win- a (roe at 109 Barney street. When mission. In this tl ey have in the dow on the fourth floor near where a Nanticoke cur passed the man P*^*^ succeeded, he .»ays. But, Borah the fire was raging. They lowered a ¦ grabbed her handbag, which waa fas- holds, a few government officials rope and hoisted a line of hose and tened to her wrist with a strap. After ought to be able to run the coal busi- through     remarkable     work     during ' tugging for some time the strap broke ness at least as well from the stand
more than an hour they confined the I and Mrs. Wideman screamed.    When' point of public interest and  the  in-
fires to the sections where they orig-] this occurred the man hit Mrs. Wide-  terest of  labor  as  a. clasa,   aa have
inated and kept the roof from catch-   man several blows in the face with the little group of "coal barons" in
ing fire. i his   fist   and   ran   across   the   sireet,, whose hands is concentrated the con-
It is estimated that thousands    of' through a yard and made his escape j trol of the nation's coal fields,
the  bedsteads which  were     wrapped ; "» RoHin .street.
In excelsior were damdged. The mat- |    Mrs. Wideman was knocked to the
trees rooms and the machinery on the  ground and picked up by neighbors.
flrst, second  and  third    floors    w«re   She was carried to her home and lay
badly damaged by the water    which  on a couch adjoining the room occu-
flooded down from the fourth floor.      pied by the corpse while a physician' Btatea from  Naples April 8,  accord- Thomas    Flannery,    assistant    fire  was  administering    treatment.     She ing to a cablegram received here to- The  carpets  und  furniture  will  also j chief, received an ugly laceration    to  was later removed to the home of a jay
he of special design and luxurious in 1 his left hand In opening one of the  neighbor. 	
tomfort   and   appearance.     Macbeth | windows of the fourth floor to hoist
Indianapolis. Ind., April 1 —The nation began eating into its 850.000.- 000 ton coal reserve today, while more than half a million miners quit work, lieing up 6,000 minea.
Official estimatea said .the reserve will carry industry and ultiities through a period of more than two months if domestic consumption is reduced by warm weather.
"Nearly two million tons are al¬ ready gone", declared John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Work¬ ers and field marshal of the strikers, ct heaquarters here tonight. Daily (ionsumption during the winter slightly exceeds 1,500,000 tons.
Union miners dropped their picks In twenty states. Lewis claimed, and Thousands ot unorganized workers poined them. Men in botli union and oi)en ahop fields have not worked on .April 1 since 1898, when the eight hour day was Inaugurated and the •effectiveness of the atrlke will not be known before Monday morning.
"There is no doubt th.nt they will respond to a man," Lewis declared. He said the miners wiil not return to work until operators withdraw from their   stand   against   meeting   union
BACKING OF PEOPLE
GHT
First Break in Ranks of Union Occurs When Men in Illin¬ ois Accept Old Scale
EYES ON WASHINGTON
With «00,000 miners on strike, 6000, mines   tied   up  and   IBM   non-union (
Washington. April 1—federal troops will not be u.sed to quell dis¬ turbances during the coai strike, ex¬ cept in the gravest emergency. 8e<- retary of War Week* said today.
The  federal  government  takes th«» position  that tlie national guards of the   various   States   should   be   used 'first to put down any diaordcra.
This policy is in accordance with the decision of the administration to maintain a "Tiands off" policy for th-? present.
The Department of Justice is watching closely for any boosting ot coal prices and plans to taJta prompt action against proflteering. Officials are hoping for mild weather all over tho country during the early part of the strike so as to prevent any coal buying rush, which might send coal prices still higher.
Attorney Oeneral Daugherty pre¬ pared a statement on the position of the government, but late today de¬ cided not to issue IL
In a statement aa to tbe uaa of troopa, Weeks said: "The War De¬ partment aees no reason to believe that the strike Mltuatlon will become
mines working overtime to maintain the nation's coal reeerve, both work- era and operatora have atarted a drive for public support.
The full effect of the wulkout will not be made nmnifest until Monday, as April Ist is a miner's liollday. But United Mine Workera" leaders are confldent the tie-up will be just aa tight next week as now.
The flrst gun lu the battle for pub¬ lic sympathy was flred In Washing¬ ton, when Alfred M. Ogle of Terre Haute, vice president of the National' Coal Association, presented the op¬ erators' aide to the House labor com¬ mittee.
John L. Lewis, international Presi¬ dent of the Mine Workers' Union, left Indianapolis for Washington tonight to present the mlnera' side to a Con¬ gressional committee.
Meanwhile fksnator Borah In Washington announced he had a plan for government operation of the coal mines as well as for other "Ood'a monopolies," oil, gaa, otc, and It was understood  the coal   walkout   might
representatives    in    Interstate    wage j hasten its introduction in Congress. j conferences,     as     provided    by     tho
CAROIfML O'CONNELL SAILS
Boston Mass., April 1.—William Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston,    will    sail   for    the    United
lampa will be used in lighting the hostelry and nothing wili he spared to make the P)aza a plate in which roomers will be free of the annoy¬ ances BO common in the average hotfl.
When  th»« improvements are coin-
plotod  llie inveetment will represent
an   expenditure   of   IT.'^.UOO.     M«ssrs.
' Hillenberiler and Weissman will give
tlieir   personal  attention   to  this  eii-
i lerprisp   and   will   do   everything   in
i theh   |>ower  to  make  the   I'laaa  one
of    the    most   attra«tive    hotels   ii
NorUieaaiei II Pennsylvania,
pected the hottfl will be thrown open to the traveling public June 1.
SCRANTON MAN SHOT
BY STREET ASSASSIN
Timi*. ri;i.. .\iiiil 1 'rvv<niy-two vlien.s. iwti'ons of llle KiKantii- aniut;- gling 8>stcni aliliit; Ihe All.intic sea¬ board, wore eaiinireil Int. today by federal officer* off Tarpon Springs, near her«.
The men—Spanish  «^reek and tSei- iiiun-wero attcinpiing  lo  enter this fiiuntiy   through   tho   "under  giound I route",    authorities    declared.    They were brought hero and placed In jail I ponding   inve8tir<ition   by   Inimigia-' 'ion authorities. I
Federal    revuiiiie    offcials    behevc i they wore placed aboard A  vr.ssel at i aome   Cuban   or   Weat   Indian   port, j The in*n ilaim they paid from J40 t IIOii each lo be brought to the I Htates.    They expected to make ak-ay into tbe interior through I'lorida.
Collector Webbter l^iilh. who made llie ca|Kure. was tipped off by a ligiu- huuse keeper near here.
The f'ederal authorities stationed throughout Klorida arc concentrat¬ ing their efforts on "human sniug- iding" followdig several recent cup- turea uf Chinese und other foreigners Ltfing brought into the atate.
Revenue officers, dispatched in several "flying squadrons" to Floiida to stop the great booze smuggling in¬ dustry, are assiating local customs officials in running* down the "human smun^ars".
Prohibition agenta captured ten Chinamen aboard tbe vessel Kdna off I street had stopped without provoca- Miami aeveral nights ago and eleven I tion and one of them fired. He gave of the orientala were taken by federal | tha nam* of Barroco as his compan- officers near here aavsral montlia ago.   ion.   Barroco was found at his home.
a line of hoiie.
AMUNDSEN IN FLIGHT New York, April 1 —Flying in rain and into the teeth of 30-mile head winds. Captain Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, returned today frona Washington in thc JL-6. all metal nionoplane. The flight look two hours.
With him were John M. Larsen, designer of the machine, a pilot, me¬ chanic and Lieutenant Omarel, Nor-
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Amundsen conferred In Washing¬ ton with scientists relative to his flight over ths nortb polar regions.
Shot near the heart, Dominick Fe- rina, 31 years old. of 614 Chllo street, *„ii.. 1 ! Hcranton, was found mortally wound- IhTil *'<* 'a*"^ "'K*** ""^ ^* o'clock at the cor- ' ner of Diamond avenue and Wood street. Scranton. He is in the State Hospital. He has only a slight chance for recovery.
Police arrested Tony Barroco, 34 years old, of 1209 Diamond avenue. Barroco is said to have been with Ferina when the shooting occurted. He denies having flred the shot, al¬ though he fled from the scene of the assault, but was later taken Into cus- tmly.
Ferina was found in a pool of blood by Patrolman Bernard Brown, who heard the shot whllo at his home .a short distance away. The injured man was conscious when found. He said   two   men  walking    along    the
FRA
FROM NAVAL TREATY
Ons of the neighbors who witnessed the attack from a distance told Motorcycle Policeman Lynch who re¬ sponded that the man appeared to be about 5 feet 10 inches, weighing 180 pounds and wore a cap and overcoat of dark material.
The hold-up is the second to occur in th.tt section in the past several weeks. About a week ago a watch¬ man named Quinn of Westminster street was held up at 7 o'clock in the morning while on his way to work.
. THE MACKEREL FLEET Cape .May, N. J., April 1.—The schoonfer Dixie, vangiiard of the mackerel fleet, with ^ptaii> Jones in charge, reached f'ape Ma.v Harbor today. The ship brought 300 niacli- erel which sold at $1 to 11.50 oach. The fleet will number 200 vessels wben it puts to sea.
EAMONN DE VALERA
FOR FREE MEETINGS
Dublin, April 1.—Eamonn Do Val¬ era today declared in fayor of free meetings and free speech durinff the Irish free slate elections.
The former "President of the Irish
republic",     whose    radical followers
Premier   ^'*'^*"^^" *<* ^^*'" <lown ^le provisional
Paris. April 1.—"I-Vance Is entitled lo reservations   on   tbe   five-power naval limitations treaty as much as is   the   American   Senate,' Poincare  declared in   the   ^.u^uiuti : ^   resolution   "deploring  the   agree
V^L   r^T^J^K*"" I government of the free state, signed
the     Chamber!;     reunlntlnr,     "A^nlr.^ir.ar     »,»    00.....0.
this afternoon.
ClQslng the debate upon France's foreign policy, the Premier said inter¬ pellations regarding the Washington oonference were useless at this time; i
UCE WORKERS WJLL REMAIN ON JOB STRIKE VOTE FAILS OF A MAJORIH
\, A largely attended meeting of tha •mrlayea of the Wilkee-Barre Laoe Company waa held in Owls' Hull oa K«^t Market street last night for tha
but a small number of votes. Had tho strike vote been passed it would have thrown idle a large number or employes, ea both of the company'a mills  in this oity ara concerned ta
purpass   of   deuidins    what    avtioo  the order. {
uould he taken iu regard to thc pn»-      P.  J   Dutfy, repmaenLaiive of tha posed    wage    cut    of   appro^nui^ly   American FedJaratlon of Labor, U ef.' Mvcn .uid a half por cent, to become   peeled In  town from New York Cltyi effective tomorrow,  according to aa tomorrow to Iook over tbo situation. I ;ipnoi4pctnunt roada by the comgsay: -Another meeting will be conducted la on Frida>. <^wla'  Hall  on  Tuesda>   evening at
Tboufh no deflnite deei^n waa 7 30 oclock. wben, it is expected, a jirrived ai l.isl night. !  Is nnderataod definite do- !$»on will be arrived «t t .¦,'. il.c ihi^f-foijrth^ nwJufUy H'^wkvcr. bo;h nHUs will op«.ri*l9 *a ztt-cosaary tOk declare a ainiko UckMli Miual uaul tiie uuiX uxwaof at ltask«
for Parliament had not yet taken up diacusaion of the accords reaahed at tho arma conference.
"When the time for such discussion arrivaa," Poincare aaid, "we can have our reservations, if we deajre them."
A warm tribute to the initiative) of President Handing in calling the Wushington conference was heartily applauded by deputies.
Fonner Premier Briand defended tha flve-power treaty, declaring lYance's naval rights had not been sacrificed and that she was free to have what navy she wished.
Referring to France's foreign policy in connection with the Genoa economic conference. Poincare de¬ clared that whatever decisions were reached there regarding the aoviet government. Frunoe would maintain complete liberty of acUaa.
•We shall reaerve the right nat ta endorse the conference's dcciaiona," the Premier said. 'Our lotns to RuBwa, it must he remembered, wen nwde to assure the Franoo-Russlan jliis'jvp whicb ihcs» same Bol«ht\ik> beirai'ed."
ment reached by the free slate repre sentatives and the Ulster leaders to bring    ahftut    an    end    to    border troubles."
A report from Cookstown, county Tyrone, said an Irish republican army trooper was killed and a number wounded in a battle with Ulster po¬ lice last night. Other border skirm¬ ishes were indicated. ! The death of a Belfast bomb vlc- • tim yesterday brought the total of fatal casualties for March to 65.
COMMITS SUICIDE
AFTER KILLING TWO
Camden, X. J.. April 1.—David .SparM, 60. shot and killed his daugh¬ ter, Mrs. Edna Toi bert, 38, and her ten months old bahy girl, early to¬ night at her home ut Ijuurel Springs and then committ'd suit:ide. The crime was discover, d by Harry '1*01- hert husband of tiio slain woman. Wlien he returned from Philadelphiu tonight he found m. one on tho flrst floor. He called his wife. There was no answer. Then ha saw his wife lying dead half way up thc stairs. Bhe had been shot through the head.
He carried her limp body to a bed¬ room and on a smaU cot lay the tiny form of his baby. She hud been shut through  the h .ad.
It was believed the shooting was due to the mentkl condition of Sparks.
FORD PURCHASES HOME OF JOHN BURROUGHS
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., April 1.—The boyhood home of lohn Burroughs. America's greatest naturalist, to be used as a memoria;, was purchased for memorial    purpodes    by
agreement  which  expired   last  mid-1 night, I
Despite the April 1 holiday, 15001 mines in the open shop regions worked at full iipeed today, according to reports to union headquarters. They will produce between three and five million tons a week during the strike and this will make It tinneces- sary to draw upon the reserve to a great extent.
Lewia To Taatify
Lewis    and    Secretary    Treasurer wfflTam E. Green were In a flnal "wari councU" late today.
Firat Braak in Ranka Danville,   III.,   April   1.—One Jiun- dred miners tonight boiled the solid ranks of the United   Mine   Workers when they signed an agreement with operators to work at^the old scale of wages until a new contract is signed, j The miners were employed by tho | Western Brick Comjiany, which fur- nibhes coal for three big brick plants here.
so grave that the use of troopa will become necesaary. but should aerious trouble come it will be up to thu govemora to call on their national guard unlta. The government troops would act only in the caae of tho gravest emergency."
Meanwhile the House Irfibor com¬ mittee f ontinuea it.s hearinga on th-* coal strike with little hopa of ac¬ complishing real results. The com- i mittee will resume its hearinga Mon¬ day on the Bland resolution pro¬ viding for a federal commiaaion to Investigate tha aituation in tha ooal uinea of the country.
John I... Lewis, president of ttic United Mine Workers, is scheduled to appear at that time to present the   side  of  the  miners.
Th« views of the operatora of tha central competitive field were pre¬ sented yesterday by Alfred M. Ogl*- Of Terre Haute, Ind.. vice president of the  Xational Coal  .Association.
In the face of rontinuul fire from members of the eommittee. lie lield to his position that the contract witli the miners wliich included a provi¬ sion for a general meeting beforn April 1 had been ahroKated by th.- minara at the CleveUuid conferaiicn in September,   1920.
Non-Union Men Work Pittsburgh, Pa., April 1.—Reports They agreed on 1 here tonight indicated that 76,000 no plan by whicii the strike could be, coal miners in Western Pennbylvania ended, however, and Lewis left atj are on strike. Few non-union miners r.:40 o'clock for Washington, where'joined the walkout, however. Fayette he  wjll  tell  the  miners'   story  Mon-; County, a strong non-union field, re-
day to the Congressional committee investigating tbe suspension.
Green left for his home in Coshoc¬ ton, O. Both declared the miners wiil not need a leader in the fight. They suld the men were inspired by a purpose to aspire to an "American standard of living."
Green characleriaed as absurd the testimony of Alfred Ogle. Terre Haute. Ind., mine operator, who told the committee the opcruloia ot the central competitive field were not bound ipgally or morally to meet the union men. He axhibited the original (opy of the two organizations which {•rovided for an interstate meeting before April 19J'2.
Govcrnmant agents are watching J.eadquiwters here and government troops were being nioved into bome of the territories to prevent violence.
Green said tU« acti/an of a. hundred niiners in signing a contract at Dan¬ ville. Ills., was "all right" because it nrob.ibly was Liken to meet local conditions not affecting the niipe wur at large.
Ford.   Judge   A.   T.   Clearwater   an¬ nounced today appropos to the dedi- \ cation of the bronze tablet to be un¬ veiled   Monday   on   a   boulder   neari which the naturalist s body is buried.
HARRY  SMITH   DEAD
_ Charlotte,   N-   C,     April   1.—J.   N.
Henry I "Handsome     Harry"       Smith,     star
ported 500 men, or less than two per cent, idle today.
In Kastern Ohio, twenty thousand union miners were out, but no addi¬ tions reported from nun union rankb.
Situation in Ohio
Columbus. Ohio, April 1—Union members and Ohio operators settled down tonigiit to fight out their con- tioversy which caused a shutdown in tlie mlnlntf industry today.
With SC.OOO union workera out in Ohio, the firat day of the strike passed without an overt act.
The strike was one hundred per cent, effective, with oniy pumpers remaining on the job to prevent flooding of operations, according to report at union headguarters.
Full Production
Caiarleston. W. Va , April 1.— With the exception of tho union coal fields, W«Mt Virginia mines today producc4 100 per csnt. produciion, according lo a statamem issued to¬ night by W. S. Cunningham. Hunt¬ ington, Becretary of the West Vir¬ ginia Coal As.sociation which includes all West Virginia fields.
In   the   non-union   fields,   workers
POISON GAS RESEARCH NOT TO BE ABANDONED
Washington, April 1.—The Wsr Department does not intend to aban¬ don the researci) work of the < henii- ral warfare servic^ despite the tre;ity produced by the Wushington con¬ ference prohibiting thfr use of poison¬ ous gas in future warfare, it wu.-< leame.l  today.
Authorities pointed out that th.* War l>epartment has aaked i.'ongrers for t»00.000 to coptiiiiie this resell'' I' work. While there is nu thought of violating the poison gas ti.-aly. it i.>» held by the War Department to »•<» unwise to give up all investigation in poisonous gases because i>eacetinie chemical industries <an be so easily diverted to the pro<luction of poison gases for war. and it is buliev»''i necessaj'V for this government lo !>  thoroughly informed on all possible usea of these gaaaa.
GIRL FAILS AS BRIDE WHEN MONEY IS MISSED
catcher of the Charlotte south Allan production   to   suoh   an
League baae ball team, died In a, j^™° ,     '    »^
tic
hosi^af^here   tonTght,   afte^T 'fouTj^tent  that  they offset  lack of pro
days   illness   of   pneumonia.     Smith came to Charlotte from the Reading
Mr. and Mr.=. Henry Ford, Mr. and  club of the International League. He
Mrs. Thomas Edisin, liamlin Gar land, Harvey S. Firestone, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Burroughs and a coterie of literary people from the American Academy of .\rt8 h.ave accepted in¬ vitations iQ the dedication April 8.
was   wiih   the   Xew   York  Giants   in 1915.    His home was in New  York.
UNION MEN VOLUNTEER AS GUARDS FOR MINE WORKINGS IN THIS OTT
A voluntary offar to protect coal company property against damage during the anthracite suspension was made yesterday by members Of I^cal l7nion. No. 1688, of the United Mine Workers of America at a meeting In this city.
The offer was conveyed in the fol¬ lowing cpran^unicatlon s^dressed to Mayor Danie I* Hftrt and Superin¬ tendent   nynn   of  the  Hudson   Coal
< ompaay. drawn up during th* meet- i of i^ai
of all mine workers in the anthracite re^on sUrting today. Local Union, No. 1«8». of Wilke.s-B.irre in mass meeting as.sembled this ifternoon decided to offer services of any and of all membera of this Local IJnfon to you or the Hudsorj Coal Company officials for the purpose of protect¬ ing all property of the Hudson CoaJ Company. This Includes the No. 5 Baltimore colliery. "Respeptfully simmltted on behalf
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Union.    Xo. president;
1689.    Jacob MKhael     B.
CREDIT EXTENSIONS
URGED FOR FARMERS
'Owing to the general suspension j Campbell,  recording  secretao'.'
Washington, April 1.—Extension of credits to farmers waa urged by Secretary of Agriculljire Wallape jn a speech here tonight.
"A careful examination of the country leads one to the conclusion that they have been devised In the interest of industry and commerce," Wallace dec'ared. *'WUh the excep- •tion of the fedsral farm loan system the needs of agriculture have little attention.
'having in mind that agriculture is aur basic lndustr>- and that It can¬ not be conducted efficiently la tha absence of facilities aultable lo :ts reeds, there abould be no forgetting that short tioaa loann should he as cHFilv and cheaply avall.^h^e to the fanner a* they ara ta taAuatry.'
Felio Bruno, aged 16. of Oupoir and Michael Dcjole. also of tliat town left home yesterday ^flemoon f<>r Scranton, appaienlly furyhe>purr>ose of being manit.'d. Xothing hup|>ened to interrupt the ajtpiratioiis of ,the h^PPV R^ir until tbcy reached Scran¬ toa whan police ofAclais of that tow.n were notified by the father of the girl ta atop the uiuplu and hold them until he made his appearance. «
The officials compiled w4^ the re¬ quest as far as the daugroer was concerned but when she was located no trace of her Intended husbiUid nor  of  (SO   abuut   which   the   father
SHIP GOES ASHORE I *" "".'^ «=«"«««^«d V»""^ ^J'*''?^
Newport, R. I., April l.-Driven In The girj la alleged to have taken the by it terriflc sea during a blizzard, i ?noney from her father prior to th*" an unidentified schooner went ashore' t^P »<> Scranton. It ia believed that on Bonnet reef here today. Coast the "nearly wed" left for Buffalo .uid guard crews have gone to her assist- i took witb him the rooney said to ance. ' hava beea stolen by thc girl.
dustioB   in   the   state Cunningham said.
union   fields.
BOr DROPS THROUCH THE FLOORING OF ROTTING SOUTH STREET BRIDGE
Lack of repairs to the Houth street |tb« grouo4 twenty-flve feet l«elow. bridge is said to have been respon- j TMrectly over the spot where he wa.-* sible for seriou. Injuries to fr^i^lf^t^^'^:^:::^,^'^^!!,^',^:^ Xowski, 18 years old. Of 167 Park, feet in len^h and twenty inches ir avenue, yoaterduy aftamoon whan he' widtfa.
fell through a hols in ttu: flooring of, ITcr aome months ttie bridge ha.i tho bridge. He U In Mercy Hospital, j been dowtd to vehicular traffic ii»- Surgeons believe fae ta injured ii^-1 cause of it!> weakened condition, teriially ' Hed«Hrun8  aera allowed te use    it.
Th« boy was found uneoneclous oa Rcmdeata of the Heights frequently railroad tracks under the bridge. As complalntd against the condttfon but tar aa the pohee could learn there they wera told by city oSlcial^ thni '.v.is no wlfn''««'>« who viw lum nim- funds for the repair* are not avail- iila Irow tha dilaittdatad atruviura tu, able.