Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Previous | 1 of 20 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
:[ WATCH FOR THE GREATER WILKES-BARRE PROSPERITY BOOSTER EDITION AH the Latset r Telegraph News FOUNDED 1906 TKe Irvdependent L -»ri ->~i ~''^~'~-^—~r~ii~rM->rMm. THB WE.ATHER. WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1913. R.VTK SrVDAT OOJiMuH AT -MfTHT MOVP AY F.MK PRICE nVE CENTS POLICE CAPTURE TRIO IN LOCAL BURGLARIES WOMAN STIRR[D UP SENAK COMMITTEE AT HEARING Buttonwood Youth of Fourteen Used By Older Boys For Entering Tran¬ soms- Confessions Secured Give Details of Operations In This Valley. HAD JUST COME FROM BUFFALO ESTABllStlED In the airest of Arthui- Hush. .lolin Hush and Jo.sopli Sjisophou. all of Buttonwood. tlio local imlicf havo soivod llu''lM:r},'iai- mystory 'that has kept them busy, for several weeks, (.'oufesious have beeu ' »eeured lhat fully establish the jruilt of tiie prisoners the police el»im and in the person of John Biisli. a;red 14. a second Oliver Twiet the famous Diekeus charaeler. has Iteen unearthed. The ' arrests were made last ni?ht shortly after tho trip had rctm-ned f from Huffalo where they had pone for a trip after ."TJO in cash had beer, secured from tlie Kice store on Soutli Mam street. \ceording to the claims of the polic»> they have captured a trio that operated throughout this section and in a manner that stopped at nothinp. Loot of all sorts was taken by them, entrance being forced to stores, liomes and even bicycles alouf; the streets ¦ were picked up for what eould ln' gotten out of them. Thc vounRcr Hush was tiie agency tlirouf.'li whicii the officci-s secured the "goods" ou the two older prison.-rs both of wliom are about "M years of ape. Ilis ea|>tin'e was tirst seeured an«l when Lthe pofice'confronted him with the e\idence they iiad apaiiist him bf broke down and made a full confes.sion. When l>rou>,'bt m the [. other two al.so admitted their jruilt. Toli^'e officers are confident that they will be able to convict'^liem of liie eriiues. OUvcr Twist Method When details as to tlie ni,inner in which houses were cnteri'd were jought by the detectives coniiuctinR ihe examination ihcy Irarneil lhat the smallness of Uu- .vouneer Rush ^•d hroupht him to the bantl. Tho tiier and Urgor ones were ofu-n nn- tble to *ttter a place and then tho nnnllt-r tfjr w-kMutcd pvfi; tho j thi>tK)ys took a tri iranasm and opened the door for Uio - — . roller l>ercn<>c. In their Ueron.«e the ofticer? claim they had knowjedne of tlio idoiitit.v of the auilty ones but that lhey - WCTC tmablo to make a quick capture owins ti> the faot that thc bo.v.-< left the town a.s soon as they got «n:)UKh rash out of thc robbery of th«. Kice store oil South Main .street. At th:it jilaeo a $;;00 rash rcKister was broken to onable them to jjet at the eortonts of tho same. Thi.s amounted to $2" 'n c-ish_and with this at their command ) to llufT.tlo. A Bold Job. drown contldent at the apparent i-.i.=e «ith whirl! they manaK<'(l to roI> ripht aud left the KanK (fontlntHMl on Pace 3) Senate Upsets Tradition On Liquor Biil- The Details Of Day. (Telt'Rrairti to lnde|Mni(U>nt.) Washiutniin. Jan. 11.—The .Senate today violated on? of il.« i-herished pretedenis and esiablished a new one. U ."et a.«!ue a unanimous consent aprreenient. The ouestion came up over the unanimou.s consent yiven yes¬ terday to vote on the Kenyon liquor bill on Jan. "0. Today Senator .Smoot made a reijuest that the chair re¬ submit tho proposition. President pro tem Bacon by a vote of 4 0 to 17, was directed to comply and Senator .Smoot who was asleep at his post yesterday <entered his objection. Im¬ mediately .ScnaUir Oallingcr, who up- settinK an .Senatorial precedent. s<ib- milted a re<|uest lo vote on the bill ont I'eb. 1<> and it was agreed to. Senator Koot pvcisented a resolution which was agreed to, directing the eonimitle" on rule< to make arrange-1 ni'-nts for a m«nii>rial Jierv ice ior the late Vice President Sherman. I Tho .Senate fi.xed 1 o'clock .Monday to volo on the impeachin'^nt of Judcfc | Uolicrt \V. .\r<hba!d of thc Oommerco ' Court. Tile cimference report on tin- ."o- called I'-Kin shark" bill affeetiuK the District of Columbia was agreed to and thc Senate in exe'«itive se.><sion confirmed the nomination of .Maj. Gen. James B. .\leshire. to be chief of the uuurtermaiiters division and TJrie. Gen. Goo. H. Torney to h«'iur- j;eon a«w||;|t^ of Ike. *rin*^.-t^-«8»*«i:- Stand I'at. " '^ The >»<?nate l>oniocrftts*in caucus :>i.e<>d to «fand pnt on the Taft noml- and elude the police . nations offering no oi>po.«iition to heralded their return to th© j diplomatic and <irm,>^ and navy ap- t (t'ontiiiued on l*as<* '^) ATTEMPT ABDUCTION OF ALLENTOWN GIRL State Offical and Lehigh Ssudent Under Arrest As A Result. (Telesraph t<» Independent.) AUento^-n, Pa, Jan. 11—iselzed as the was entering her home by the tnan whom ehe had jilted and a con¬ federate, M189 .\nna H. feteckeU onl.v :MId of her aged wealthy father. \ leuben P. Steckcl, and a Vassar eraduatc, wa.1 saved from al>duction Iat« today by the chauffeur of tho taxi In which she was being driven Samuel Sincla r, supervising .inspec- ilSI MEN HAVEN'T fiOT A CHANCEJAYS WUSON l»!Tsi(loii(-»'l«*H Koads ( aiistir Busines.s I.i'Hun' to IJi^ Business Men »triii<aj;o—.Must Abolish .Alonopoly. (Jne of these man nuiy In; President of France after January ITth of next Week. At the top on tin' left is lieorge c'leoieneeau.\. a fonuer I'rimc iiiini.'.-ter. on the right is .M. Delcassc, the popular forimr minister of mar¬ ine. Al ihi' l)(.!ti>iii on the left i.s Prime mini, i juund I'oiiiciic - ''s;?«Bd-rfu the ; .. . ex-Premro'r Cal- lau:i. CHANfiE BOOSIf R DATE: ICE SCOPE Of tor of state highways, who is known Commercial to have been ma Miss SInclalre. and Chicago. Jan. 11.—"Tho hjnest meo cf this country haven't got a chance," said President-elect Wilson in his spee<-h beforo ,, ... . , ,,, (Governor bemoaned dly mfatuated with ... ditions surroundmg < ru a. lie s P.. Walter .Starr, u Sentor at T.,ehich I'nivers ty. are in Jtll toniarht char3:ed with attempting to abduct the ><iiinj: woman. Tli<)ii;:ht it .lake. Miss fcteckel. who s a handsome hrunetle, tho leader of the younger •et. thought she w.as a vi<'t:m of a Joke when the men rushed her from the \c8tl1uile of her homo to a wait- -ng ta.Ticab and sent the machine •peeding inm the conntry. When they kound and gauged her a|id threw a Hianket o\er her hi-ad, she scieam<<l •nd fought until the <hau(Teur. C. W. Sherer became a!:'rm<'d and hcadeil the taxi for tbe p"lic.- slalioji. Near lhe station he met « policeman, j'^'^'.^^l^^^^ |, •topped and bad the two men ar- ' ' rrsted. Till' young woman was sent U> her home In a slate of collap.*"'. fhe Is undiT the yar: if ;-. iihy.»lcian. To l>wclve l-atlnT. .smiair told the police .N'iss .Sii'<U- el had agreed to elope with him and W't married and had ennseiited to be kidnapped in order to deceive her father Tsho olij«-cted to the match. Her fri'-nds corrolxjrate the statement of Miss St.ckel that siie had rciiuls.d Sinclair's attentions and forbade h'.m 'n eall on her at her house. Sinclair 1st "0 \eHrs ond and a mduate of Swarthmore (College 500 membe^.^ of the Club hero tonight. The tho unccual con- g huslness in Am¬ id that compciitiofl has have approached it for rights in forest reserves. Aater. reserves and mineral TO fORTirV CNISLE United States to Use as Protection For The Rush of Copy Makes it Impossible to Carry Out Panama Canal I Original Plans- New Ones Call For ........ I Big Improvements (Telegraph to liide|H-ndeut.) I O t Washington, Jan. II.—Secretary ^Z::L'^r:^^^JT^^TltS. By GEORGE HARIS DONOHUE. today that Guantanaino. Cuba. w;us to I hi^lit wcck.s Hjfo. u'lu'ii it W.is tjrst (lolfmiiiUMl to produce a fortify the easiern entrance to the (^ J>J>()S(>Hl; [TV liOOSTKK I^DITIjOX ill COiuuioi'atioli of lllc SEV- Panama Canal a.s the Pearl Harbor, p.>^..pj, AN.VIXKIISAK V UF THE I.NDEPE.VDE.NT il wa.S ffgurcd that !<iiii<lay .Jaiiiiary 12th, Ii'l:} would i»o tlie very day most pro- pituoiis to present to tlie world iu general a eollaiiorative sympo- .siiini of all the ffood thing.s to lie found in Wilkes-Barre and the AVyoiiiinf,' V'alley a.s well—^but wo reekoned too fast, with tiie result tiiat today finds us all up to our r-ans in a injiss of pictures«|ue1y interest in? material. whi<-h has all coueerned on the giies-siug fortifications in Hawaii protect the western entrance. He said that a re¬ cent treaty had been entered into be- and (J^uba under I'RIXCKTOX \UXS. (Te|e.sr»plt lo litde|M'iid<'iit.l N'ew Y..rk. Jan. 11.—Tlie Princeton hoeKey tfam defeated Cornell toniglit "t the .St. .Nicholas rink by the score of S to 0. ••Ilobev" Ha ker. Ihe crack TiB<T foot ball player was the star of tho «\rnin-'. |>l:i\inu :i fin.-«ill around j ('mm'-nt :it ^^¦.lsllil)gl'>n has 5i«»ir. 1 tremulously auspicious of tho« 1 1 ecu ••ntlr'^ly eliminated in some fields 1 and the business men were un.xble to I ;;et .-1 fool hold. "We must see to it i lhat business is set free of, every feature of monopoly," he added. And then after a short pause, ho ^aid: •'! notice you do not applaud. " Indeed, among his audiiors were practically a'l of the big nicn of <'hi¬ cago. including beef jiackers, railroad magnates an.l bankers. .\mong them were J. Ogden .^r- moiir, Ijiiiis V. Swift, 10. J. Karling, I're.-ideiit of the Milwaukee Kailroad; John \V. I'.irwell, nailti-miliionalre; S. .M. I'.ltoii, president of ihe Gre;it .\. Delano, president of the W.ibash: Mar\in Hughitt, presi- tlent of the .Northwestern; Cyrus Mc¬ Cormick. head of the Harvester Trust; .lames A. Patten, the wheat king; George .M. Keynolds. president of the Continental and Commerchd Xational Kank: Julius Kosenwald and John .S. Kunnells, president of the Pullman Co. Thf President-elect pVoceeded to read a <'austi<' lecture to these gentle¬ men that sileiii-ed this applause. "X am not here to tell you vvhat T am going to do." he said. "The business future of this country does not de¬ pend uixm the gf)vernment of thc l'nited Stales: it depends upon busi- j ness men (>f the country. The busi- n^ss men have devoted their thought to exploiting the resources of .Am- ericM. bul yory few have devi.)ted their th<oight to husbanding the iesourc<Sj of Ihf < fointry. T'ntll the\' do so,' some "f the priiblems .hat lace us will lie dilliciilt of sid'iliiin. The gov - j been who I tween this country whi<'h Cuba grants the right to the l'nited .states government I', purcha^ie the hill land back of the (iuantanamo naval .station and in these bil's the jtovernment proposes lo place the! bench as to just how <|iiieklv we eaii Strdiu'hten out the tau^le '¦^^^;,o„^;.t >,en a. Disadvantage. 1 ^rc::u"v";r;tdT\" mnutiee' ''' "^' -":¦ ^V' ^""'^ P';<l<>"-»^,.-"tion today wlneh much more "They have looked v.ilh suspicion| that In hi.s .ludffment whatever con-j ^'''*".^<''»'- up to the expectations ol our mo.st ardent supi)orlers. upon every applicant. The thing i fm-i, ii,;., -,,\crnment may have in'^'"' '" Hildilioii tothe host of .vrood things we lia<l counted on. that ha.s to be done is: The materia^^the fulure wo-.ild be setllcd eiiher at'there couies along another mas^of matter which has lipse"! all cal- of the country must be at the di.s-] the eastern or western end of iheU-uiations and it iiow means that ill order to accommodate all oi,r "1 want to take the slern_|i*.ss out of „,aking this declaration the views ofi ' '*''^' ' ' |->1K»> I hK hUl I ID.N. We Will have to hold off for at lea.st this country," said thc .speaker. "I ,hc naval strategy board. The secre-a COlipie of weeks hefore \ve can present to vou. <me of thrt finest ni want to remove suspicion. As mat- ,an- wa.s prepared to tell the commit-. J>HOSI'HUlTY BOO.STKK EDITION'S evor compiled in this SCC- I w ters now slaml. p< rfectly honest, up- ,pj, what was needed in thc way "f j fioji of Pennsylvania right men whom everybody could pick I np,y Imttleship.--, but wa.s interruidcd i u , ,, :,. ' ' , ^, , ,, „ ¦ „ .,.-., oul are at a di.s.'xdv anlage in this: hy the demand of the Hou.se lo ' ' "'" ^''*•" '^ '^ "^ ^VOuder that til ¦• Inusiness men of W llkes-Barrc country because business conditions | q,,,,,.,,^, jje will continue his ,'et q.iorum. mony .Monday. KILLKN GETS TH[if IN SIORE are not trusted by the people as aj whole. That is unfair lo you or to; aiivbody that business touches. Thej people don't belle o in the Tnlted .states. The rank and file of our people do nol believe that men of, every kind arc upon an /-tiualitv. not; onlv" in their access to 'he ic-^ourcci: of lhc couniry, hut a.s to the justice of; tho country. j "It is believed in this country that; riiief Killecn made an imporUint the. poor niau lias a le.jj chance to Kct ' (.j,ptuic at L' o'clock this morning ju.stice Ih.iii the rich man. God fur-. .^.h^,, ,,„ caught Charles Kleuish in Ilid that that should lie g.'iierally true.! ,h,. act ol rob'oiug Kmss' drug sloif Hut .-^o long as lhat is true, the belief, .,t j,„^t.,.np. _\i the lime of his arrej.t constitutes a IhrcHiening fact. ; he had on his i cr.son a local uiiiou •1 have been told by .-jome penile-j ^^^^^^. ,,.„ nilocal .".TH, si„'ned by .-^cc- nien with whom 1 have de"it in poll- retary .\. J. Galla.gher as well as a tics that I am not treating Mum fair- ^,^ ,,j dominoes, one automatic stamp, ly becaiiso I understand Hn 'r motives, jpf, |,r,..scription envciopcs, :;l money and the general p ibilc does not un- order envelopes lor .\dams E.vpre.ss derstand their motives. The belief of ^.^, ..y ivhich .Mr Koss is the local the people that you are not actins agent ,ind .several doctors pads. Ho But then it's no wonder that lip testi-l'*^'*^1 ^'"' siuroundinjf territory arc grasping this oppoi'tunity to 'place theniselves and their products before an outside dan who will view the effori v.ith the keenest of criticism.—becuuse it will be readily appreciatcil by jiny business man. wherever he may lie, thai in Wilke.s-Harre the germ of individual ami collective prog¬ ression is lieep rooted. The remarkable part of :ill thi.v to nif is, t'ne mariner in whii'h the cr>ii- .¦¦ervative, sedate nnd solid business men havj. .-juddenly wakened up to the iioHsibilitics of the rdan now un¬ der way to BnoST \VI1.,KKS-B.\KUK. Somehow oi: other it seemed to be the ^•eneral inclination, when we finit .•-•tartefl our work here, for tho aver- aire lua.i nl affairs to hold back on the basis,—"ivet WiUie do it first"—but Charges Secretary Fish¬ er With Lying In Murder Case. AHACK ON SENATOR (Telegraph tn Indc-pcndent.) TVashington, Jan. II.—Charging, that a murder had beon committed <>n the t:!row Indian reserv:itlon in Montana and that SecreUiry of fh« liiterioj- Fisher made no invemKa.tion, although hi- knew of tlie kllHns. Mrs. Jfclen Picrci'-Gray, representing tn«- Indian Kights Association, stirred th» me<-ting of the Senate comndttee on Indian affairs loday. rklrs. Gray incidentally put Senator Joseph M. Di.von, of AIan*.ana, ami Secretary Kisher in the .Ananias Club. Ilor charges were made while Mrs. Gray was laboring under stress of «w- citi'inent incident to a wrangle shf» got Into with Secretary l-lsh r and weTO general in charaeter. Pinned down to the murder charge, she .said the victim was an Indiait named .Mexander tlpshaw and that when he had sided with her Agaln«t her opixments he was lured to the Grand Hotel in Billings. Moiy.. and made ilrnnk. His head waa then crushi'd in. she said. Woman .\tnsry. 'As she rambled along with her story Secretarj- Kisher smiled. Mrs. Gray then lost control of herself and poundin;? the table with her fists whn cried: "You sit there and »mile and snicker. Secretary Kisher. Tou hava stated things here that are not true. Yon have made statements deliberate¬ ly that you know ars not true." Secretary Fisher protested MMteflt permitting Mrs. Gray to continue her "reckless statements." Chairman Cliijui sought to .smooth oi t mattera hy Raying h* kmew of Mrs. t^ .-ay's •In¬ firmities" and thought prog ew would (h'S mado if she wore nol interrupted. *^^en ^_.- ;; Ij p.i.p- -•? ih th« Indiiin office in order to spe.eliy h«» charges. Secretary Fteher ^Id thia opportunity had already been afford-* cd. without the charges being 8trt>- stantiatcd. ^^' LOWERS RECORD Oldfield Breaks His Owi Mark For Mile- Wins Race Easily (TfleKraph to Tndcpcndent.> liO.i Angeles. Jan. II.—Two new worlds records .':nd the defeat of Teddy Teizlaff by Barney Oldfield 1« the first heat of .-i match race, th» r«-« inarsing Jieats of which will bo run off tomorrow, featured thc first Mloo meet held under the auspices of the We.stern .\utomobile As-soclation at the Motordrome thi.s aftemoon. A crowd of 5.000 witne.ssed the running off of a program of five olher event* in which the most prominent drtvera. on the coast participated. Oldfield drow a 30O h. p. Chrl»ti». car while Tetzlaff handled a Piat« ••<-.vclone." .\t the *tart of the Tnile; heat. Tetzlaff unfortunately ran over, a l.nrge oil spot in fhe tracli and be-j fore he recovered - himself, Oldfield> had a commanding lead. Oldfield 1 finished the mile in the worlds record?] time of 36 l-o seeond.s. The fot mef i record of nfi.'JJ was held by OldfleW himself. Oldfield predicts that h« ill make a mile in .".5 second* fl»t. Kelix Mag-fCone, Tetzlaff.s mechan-j ii.ian drove his tirst race In the ftv»| mile free for all and established a. ncw worlds record hy winning QiAJ race in three minutes and lf> 1-5 onds. The record -wtuf 3.7. columns of proof, wrote seven columns I''" descriptive matler and arranged hl.s weekly reiKirt on the stock mar¬ ket 'Pop' remarked—"I'll be danged' If this town aint too blamed fresh." rfaiiio way with Colonel Mullen, the poet lareat of tbe Chicago Journ.il who has been sin^^ing his trouble to' t le syitiiiathetic Jimmy I'oland. Col. Oan came to the conclusion a <ouple ¦(veeks «go that somehow or other he I', s. i/H\<;irE .iG.Arv. . « (TelcRraph to Independent.) Chicago. Jan. 11.—Plans for reihab*^ ilitaton the T'nited HtateH Bftseihallt [..eaguo are now under way wMh th<»1 ' men who promoted the lea.gru« l«st] ni.siht again in control. W. If. Whlte.^ man has been elected pre.3ldent and Is now directing hl.s effr^rts to-ward* se-l i curing financial baokini?. The cltl«0' !to -make up the circuit are: Ohioa^PDvi ICinc'nnati. Pittsburg, .Milwattkee, In-*j now tha: the reaction has .set in,; wished 1iis feet would suddenly strike thiugs are .just the reverse, and now a four mile clip aloni* Michii;.iii boule- everyboJy wants to be fir.st, and the vards. That was about thc time of .K(-iaiMlile and «rgument is in ordtr, his memorabl(« argument wllh Dan Kan.«a.s City. upon high iiioti\'»'s is the underlying beiicf of the 'Vay they vote. You have uot to clear your.selves before the general jury. "I hi've been reflecting as I sat here tonUht that il would be futile for me to iiri-ti-iid th.ll tbt-. ciiief routes itf thought run through Chi¬ cago. But that I Wi'.nt lo indu- e you if 1 may to Uavel, or perhaps I should s.-iy. to folri-cast some of the (Continued on iMiftc 'i.) wa.s locked up in the and will be ,s;\i-n morning. poMce sta Lion a hearing this PHYSU IANS .MIK lil.s^. j for the iiest position obtainable in the I IMUi.^^PKItlTV HooSTKPv Kl>ITR>.V Kven "Pop* Kell..- has caught the fever. P(>p" .served hi.s apprentici- shili in the newspaper business in Wall .Street somewhcres about forty year.< a,;o and he i." praelically bomb proof against .surprise, agitation or excitemeni; and a couple weel<s ago he j Ph.\>'icians are kiept busv admiiiis- J tering to the many people lhat .ire • ill in (onsermenee of Ihe unsearoii- 1 was to do in able weather. Grip is the pn-vaillng | walking ii| his sb-ep, but yesterday . allni'-nl. .\ season of stcid.v eold j after he Iiad interviewed seventeen I weather would improve condiiions. | different'busincsa men, read twel\o llart about Gyp the Blood' and the Irisliing Colonel ,nrrived at the con- ilusion that your facetious City Treas¬ urer was .siiringing some sort of a pun. l-tom the life of inactiviuy to one if twenty hours a day hustle is now tbe fate ofthe Gifted Daniel and yes-''ecommendation. terday after an aU day .session with] Hours. 3 to 10 j.. m. Katiinlays and CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM J. I). >n:LviD Troubled persons promptl.v relieve<l. or anyliiing >'wu may wish. .\a a sp(cialist have neve;- failed. Satisfac¬ tion guaranteed. A long, suices.sful career is the be.st remarked that he c-ould do all there the head worker.s of your publii- util-1 Sutid;-..\ s: U'ilkes-Barre v.hile, ities during which time he arranged I P- "'• ob'T <i:iys from to 10 half a dor.en pa.ccs of descriptive m-it-- on the sfirrows of the working mau iat (Ointinuetl un iKigc :>.) 89 NORTH MAIN STREET feecond I'liM/f. .1
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 | 1913-01-12 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
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. |
Month | 01 |
Day | 12 |
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 | 1913-01-12 |
Date Digital | 2007-10-27 |
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 |
:[ WATCH FOR THE GREATER WILKES-BARRE PROSPERITY BOOSTER EDITION
AH the Latset r Telegraph News
FOUNDED 1906
TKe Irvdependent
L -»ri ->~i ~''^~'~-^—~r~ii~rM->rMm.
THB WE.ATHER.
WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1913.
R.VTK SrVDAT
OOJiMuH AT -MfTHT
MOVP AY F.MK
PRICE nVE CENTS
POLICE CAPTURE TRIO IN LOCAL BURGLARIES
WOMAN STIRR[D UP SENAK
COMMITTEE AT HEARING
Buttonwood Youth of Fourteen Used By Older Boys For Entering Tran¬ soms- Confessions Secured Give Details of Operations In This Valley.
HAD JUST COME FROM BUFFALO
ESTABllStlED
In the airest of Arthui- Hush. .lolin Hush and Jo.sopli Sjisophou.
all of Buttonwood. tlio local imlicf havo soivod llu''lM:r},'iai- mystory
'that has kept them busy, for several weeks, (.'oufesious have beeu
' »eeured lhat fully establish the jruilt of tiie prisoners the police
el»im and in the person of John Biisli. a;red 14. a second Oliver
Twiet the famous Diekeus charaeler. has Iteen unearthed. The
' arrests were made last ni?ht shortly after tho trip had rctm-ned
f from Huffalo where they had pone for a trip after ."TJO in cash had
beer, secured from tlie Kice store on Soutli Mam street.
\ceording to the claims of the polic»> they have captured a trio that operated throughout this section and in a manner that stopped at nothinp. Loot of all sorts was taken by them, entrance being forced to stores, liomes and even bicycles alouf; the streets ¦ were picked up for what eould ln' gotten out of them.
Thc vounRcr Hush was tiie agency tlirouf.'li whicii the officci-s
secured the "goods" ou the two older prison.-rs both of wliom are
about "M years of ape. Ilis ea|>tin'e was tirst seeured an«l when
Lthe pofice'confronted him with the e\idence they iiad apaiiist him
bf broke down and made a full confes.sion. When l>rou>,'bt m the
[. other two al.so admitted their jruilt. Toli^'e officers are confident
that they will be able to convict'^liem of liie eriiues.
OUvcr Twist Method
When details as to tlie ni,inner in which houses were cnteri'd were jought by the detectives coniiuctinR ihe examination ihcy Irarneil lhat the smallness of Uu- .vouneer Rush ^•d hroupht him to the bantl. Tho tiier and Urgor ones were ofu-n nn- tble to *ttter a place and then tho
nnnllt-r tfjr w-kMutcd pvfi; tho j thi>tK)ys took a tri iranasm and opened the door for Uio - — .
roller l>ercn<>c. In their Ueron.«e the ofticer? claim they had knowjedne of tlio idoiitit.v of the auilty ones but that lhey -
WCTC
tmablo to make a quick capture owins ti> the faot that thc bo.v.-< left the town a.s soon as they got «n:)UKh rash out of thc robbery of th«. Kice store oil South Main .street. At th:it jilaeo a $;;00 rash rcKister was broken to onable them to jjet at the eortonts of tho same. Thi.s amounted to $2" 'n c-ish_and with this at their command ) to llufT.tlo. A Bold Job. drown contldent at the apparent i-.i.=e «ith whirl! they manaK<'(l to roI> ripht aud left the KanK
(fontlntHMl on Pace 3)
Senate Upsets Tradition
On Liquor Biil- The
Details Of Day.
(Telt'Rrairti to lnde|Mni(U>nt.)
Washiutniin. Jan. 11.—The .Senate today violated on? of il.« i-herished pretedenis and esiablished a new one. U ."et a.«!ue a unanimous consent aprreenient. The ouestion came up over the unanimou.s consent yiven yes¬ terday to vote on the Kenyon liquor bill on Jan. "0. Today Senator .Smoot made a reijuest that the chair re¬ submit tho proposition. President pro tem Bacon by a vote of 4 0 to 17, was directed to comply and Senator .Smoot who was asleep at his post yesterday |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19130112_001.tif |
Month | 01 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1913 |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent