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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1922
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LIGHTNING KILLS LOCAL BOY IN BASEBALL GAME MINE LEADER BILL BLIZZARD IS FREED BY JURY
REPLY IS MADE TO CARAWAY
Attorney General Declares Army Surgeons and Others Ordered Morse's Release
DEATH WAS FEARED
Petition With Seventy Thou¬ sand f\iames Recommended Action Now Challenged
2 Homes Burned In West Pittston
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PROBE WAR FRAUDS
WaahinBton, May T". — Attorney General Daugherty tonight replied further to Sen:i'.or Caraway's charge that James \V. Morse's release from Atlanta penitentiary on tbe grounds of physical illness constituted a fraud on thc government.
In a long statement Dausbcrty .said thc records in the Mor.se case show that Morse's rclca.se was ba.sed on re¬ ports "of reputable pbysiii.ins and l.'nited States army surgeons showing him to be suffering from a serious Illness."
".Mr. Morse was rolea.sed solely on the icports of medical examiner^,'" Duuf;hcrty"s statement continued.
"Doctors found Morse was sufTering from chronic valvuliir heart disea.se, chronic Uright's disea.se nnd slight iirtico sclerosis. This was the report of un army medical board," Daugherty ftd.lcd.
• 'iting a letter from James .\. Finch who, at the time of Mor.se's release, was pardon attorney for the Ju.stice I)ep;iitment, Daugherty saiil that 70,- (HIO persons asked for .\lors"'K release, among them 4000 state sena¬ tors. 166 lawyers and judges, ],"61 Isinker.s, S65 nc«spapcrinen, CO I lergymen and physicians and a large iiuml>er of uianufacturer.s, mcichanl.?, buslncsy^mrn. governors and mayor.s.
D.iU^herty said Ihat so much mis¬ information recently has Ikcu made public uith ro.<pect to the Morse ca.se that it will perhaps be of .some public interest*^ have a brief resume of the ca«e as dloclused in the official files.
Daugherty then appended state¬ ments from physicians who examined Morse, including private piiysicians end army surgeons and the rt>port of the specially constituted army medical board. He also included a letter from Surgeon General Torney. stating bis concurrence in the boanl's report and nnd predicting Morse's death if he re¬ mained in prison.
War Frauds Probe It appeared practically certain to¬ night that tbe demand for a war fraud Investigation will be transferred to thc Senate prot>ably next week, after all attempts to secure action in the House bave failed. Chairman Camp- boll. Kansa.s. of the Hou.se rules com¬ mittee, haa refused to report tho war fraud resolution to the Hou.se. al¬ though Instructed to do so by a six to five vote of his committee on May 3. He ha-s called another meeting of the committee for next Thur.sday uhen be will move for reconsideration of pre¬ vious action. Two members of the committee who originally voted in fa¬ vor of reporting tho resolution bave tvcn induced to "switch." it is re¬ ported, and so the consideration moet¬ ing will only result in an oflTlplal fun¬ eral for probe movemont in the lower branch of Congress. • If it happens. Woedniff and John¬ son said to-night that they will then bave the resolution introduced nt tbe other end of the capitoi \shcre chances of getting a vole are more favorable.
Carmway Defiant D.*ugherty's statement followed a further attack on the .\ttorney Gen¬ era! in the Senate by Senator Car.i¬ way, who read a telegram from a personal friend stating that Daugherty bud sent nn agent to Arkansas to look luto  his  record.
This telegram, signed "J. H. An- «Ierson." aaid that a man named Mat¬ thews, claiming to represent the Jus¬ tice Department, wu^ in Arkansas Iook^.^g up his record.
Mat'news, the tclegiT.m .said, ¦u-as operating' in Littie Rock, Hot Springs a.-5d olae.-.here in th? Str.t-?.
Caraway  said  Daugherty  was wel¬ come  lo  put cicufhs on  his tr.'iil.  "if he   wants   to   .idojit   that   cowardly melhod  to keep  mc  from telling the truth   about   him."     He   asked   how- much or thc $500,000 oppropriated lori Daugberty's use In catching and con-1 Vict ing war graft ?r3  wi\.s to be  used | In shadowing Sen.".tcrs .ind how much ; in p-.ittlng criminals in prison. |
"1 do uot know wh^t Sen.itor Wat- j •on  viU do cbout  placing  the  biT.ud I of Ananias on his brow by Daugher- ] t>." continued Cai-away.    "But  I be¬ lieve it   was done to shield himself."
I'iio, of unKT.own orisin, but whicii l.i belicve<l to have beeu (au?;ed by .i dife<-tivo» chimney, completely desroyed the double frame hoTi.se occupied on oue side by VVi!!iam S. Kearney tind family, and ou the' other side by James Kicbnrdiion and family, on St.'.n'- ton  street,  We.st  Pittston,   .shortly
.nftor noou yesterday. When the flames were first discovered tho West Pitt.'^ton fire department was summoned Icit yoon after arrival on the scene it wa.s quite apparent th.it the lt\:.7.p w.i.s be.'ond control and a gencnil alarm was turned in. The Pilstton department respond¬ ed an<!, although the combin«^ iomp.iUiC.s failed lo save the houses in v.hiih the fire onginate<l, they did exceptionally good work in
•oonfluin:; tht ria-n<'s to the one house.
FMONSIEPS
UNION CHIEF WINS IN TREASON TRIAL
the  defendant in  the  indict-
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civil War Veteran and Pioneer Resident of Kingston Vic¬ tim of Tragic Accident
SERVED WITH 143RD
Chailt.-<town, W. Va.. Ma>f ::..— W'illlam Lllizziud. youlhlul We.« Vir- I ginia minei-s" leader, was acquitted by [a jury tonight of the charge ot treu- Isoii. The jury reported shortly after '3::i0 aftor being out three hours and :a half.
j .V hush fell over the room when the ijuiy returned to the box. The fore- ' man. D. Brady Shoemaker, arose and !announced:
j "Vour honor, -we have reached a , vo.'dict."
I     .A. slip of paper was then h.indcd to tho   judge,   who   read   it   .slow ly   and ' solemnly:
I "We. the jury, find Inot guilty as charged ¦ nieiU."
I     The  verdict  w;is  a bi.g  victory  for ' union miners.    The charges grew out I of the mine war last summer. Dlizzard hail  tho  solid  backing  of the I'nited Mine Workers,  while the coal opera¬ tor:,   of   West   Virginia   backed   the prosecution,   even   to   the   extent   of paying State's witne.sses expenses and attorney.s" foes, to testify at the trial. A  wild  demon.stration  in   the  little crowded court room followed the an¬ nouncement of the verdict.
re more than 60 years ago Drown of Kan.sas was .'.en- death after his raid on Har¬ pers  Ferry.
I'rior warni.irs of tho court ngaiust manifestations wore disrc.g.i.-de 1 by the throng of spectators who remain¬ ed in thc court loom all thc tnno thc jury was out.
Tonight's verdict ended one of the greatest legal haltles in the State. IJlizzanl, a young minor prosilont, was accused of trea.son in connection with the miners march on Kogi'.n County lust summer. Blizzard was the first of more than MIO defendants to 1)0 put on trial. Blizzard's defense was based ou the
British Premier Holds an Im¬ portant Conference With Lcac'srs of Free State
DISORDERS CONTINUE
Falling down a flight of stairs lead¬ ing to the cellar of his home at 26S Rutter avenue. Kingston, about S o'clock Friday evening, Elias Robbins, .igOil 78, and a resilient of Kingston for the past 76 years, received in¬ juries which resulted in his death at the family bome at 5:15 o'clock last evening In falling down the stairs the aged m.in struck his head on the concrete floor with such force that his skull was fractured and bo never re¬ gained con.sciousness.
l'p until the time of the accident ho was   exceptionally   .iitive   eonsidering j his  age.     Eailier   in   th>-  d.iy   he   had I walked     to    and     trom     i.'io    circus] grounds and was in thc best of spirits. | Being a  Civil   War  Veteran,   be  w;is' particularly    interested   in    th'-   c re-| I monies  to  bo conducted  on  Tu.   I'ay. | 'and   Wiis   looking   forward   with   Keen 'anticipation to the coming event. j     Ho was one of the pioneer residents [of the valloy and was one of tho most highly esteemed men ot" tho commun¬ ity In wliich  he lived.    He was  born in   Owogo,   X.   Y..   in   istt   and   two years   later   his   parents   migratc<l   to Wyoming   Valley   coming   down    the Susquehanna  river on  a   raft.     Since then  .Mr.  Robbins made  his home on the West Side.
At tbo age of 17 he enlisted in the service of his country with Co. B, of the 113d Rogi., Volunteer Infantry. He served throughout tho entire Civil War with the exception of about six weeks, during which he was confined to a hospital witb an attack of yellow fever. He .saw action at Gettysburg, Bull Run. Frodorick.sburg. Emitts- burgh. Spotsylvania Court Hou.se and several other major operations. He participated in the grand review of the army at Washington on May 23, 1865, and was honorably discharged from tbe service shortly afterward. His brolber, John, was killed in action at Harper's Ferry.
Following his di.scbarge from the service be was employed by the D., L. & W. Railroad and was one of the pioneer niilroaders of this section. La¬ ter he was employed by the Woodward Coal Company with which concern he worked for twenty-eight years.
O.u July 4, 1S70, he was married to Miss Emily I*ros.ser. of Shickshinny, and she with the following children survive: Edwin, Elias. Jr.. and .\buer, .nil of Kingston: :'.Iso fhirleen grandchildren. Mr. Robbins was a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., Order of K. K. Conductors, and Conyngham I'ost.  No.  97. G. .V.  R.    He attended
the Methodist Episcop:»l Church.    N'o ,  —	
definite arrangements have been made i ^  gjQ EXCURSION
for Uic funeral though It Is certain I a special train consisting of four- that he will bo buried in the family! teen cars was required to carry t'^ie plot in   Forty   Fort   Cemetery   where {excursionists   from  this   city   to  New
claim that be did not go into Korean County with treasonalile intent,^'it to induce the miners to abaudou tht-ir march.
The state charged he was one of the loaders of the minors" army a:id thai it was to him that' the men looked for lea<lership. Witnesses for the state told how miners in the "army" had spoken of Blizzard ns the man from whom their orders came.
Blizzard's acquittal at the very out¬ set of the iiro.secution of the indicted miners. Indicates it will be difficult to convict other defendants, as the State believed it had a particularly stroi* case acain.st him and elected to try him first.
In the domon.stration after, the de- cis;on,enthused spectators threw tbeir hats in the air. ^
Although Judge Woods previously had warned against undue celebration, he smiled when the crowd hurled straw hats to the ceiling and war whooped for more than a minute.
Scores of excited fnends of Blizzard leaped ovor tho railing about the coun.scl stand and shook his hand.
"I'm so glad; I know they couldn't flnd my husband guilty," said Mrs. Blizzard, in tears as she hugged her little boy and girl.
"It's just as I expected,"' smiled Blizzard as he accepted the enthusias- tis congratulations of the crowd.
Afterward. Blizzard was hoisted on the shoulders of his admirers and car¬ ried from the court room. He made a speech to his fellows in front of the old court house, thankin.g them for sticking by him. It has not yet been decided wh.at will bo taken up Monday morning. Some prosecution attorneys favor taking up a murder case after a wcek"s recess, while others are in fa¬ vor of adjourning until August, The matter will be decided upon Monday.
Trap Of Police Fails To Spring; Would-Be Wife-Stealers Go Free
I..ondon, Mny 27.—Lloyd George tackled the Irish crisis tonight, while reports of murder, arson and terror¬ ism reached London from all parts of Ireland.
The I'rcmier's conference was held at 10 Downing street and lasted for an hour and a half. It was attended by Lloyd George. AiAten Chamber¬ lain, Lord Birkenhead. Winston Churchill, Sir Laming Worthington Evans. Sir HamaV Greenwood, .\rthur Griffith, -Michael Collins and other provisional Free State leaders.
Reports from Dublin told of pn out¬ break of terrorism in the south. For¬ mer constable Greer was killed and his son wounded at Cootsball by a party of armi-d men, believed to h.ive Ijeen Irish army mutineers.
Southern Ireland bad been quiet since the Collins-De Valora agiecmcnt.
In Belfast, war between Sinn Fein- cis and Protestants brought the week's deaihroll to 33. Arson squads carried on their operations in broad daylight, while snipers were firing from house- lops.
Dublin, May "7.—The southern pro¬ visional government today announced th.-\t July 1 Is the date set for the Iri.-h Free State elections.
DEAD OF FRENCH ARMY KNOWN TO LAST MAN
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Paris. May 17.—By Mail—French army losses in the World War wore 1,358,539, according to statistics re¬ cently compiled which enable th'e exact casualties to become known.
Of the.se figures infantry losses were 1,188,065 men being killed or approx¬ imately SO per cent, of the m.en en¬ listed in this branch of the service. The percentage of killed among offi¬ cers in aviation follows closely, the deaths amounting to 21.6 per cent of the number enlisted in that branch.
The figures which give officers and enlisted men .separately show a higher percentage of mortality among offi¬ cers in almost all branches of service. Cavalry officers lost were 10.3 per cent, whilo cavalry troops lost amounted to 7.6 per cent cf number enlisted. The number of engineer of¬ Hcers killed amounted to 9.3 per cent., while tiio engineers who fell amounted to only 6 per cent, of tho.se enlisted. Artillery officers losses were 9.2 per cent, and troops 6 per cent.
The yearly class which suffered the greatest lo.sses was the class called to the colors in 1914, which sulTered losses amounting to 29.2 per cent.
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After waitinjr for two hours in a secluded spot on East Market street near wiiere Sl.OOO was to be placed in ac¬ cordance witli a IMack Hand letter received by a Heights resident several days ago, city detectives last night an¬ nounced that the letter was a "dud." The detectives had watched for several n'.ghts but the time limit specified in the letter expired at 10:30 last night and no person at¬ tempted to look for th;! bundle which was supposed to con¬ tain the money. •
The letter which was received by a Heights young man whose identity tire police refuse to reveal, saifl that the man's wife would be kidnapped providing $1,000 v.as not placed in the desij-nated spot before 10:30 last night. The man received the letter on Wednesday and eacli ni-ht detectives watched thej named spot.
The letter was signed "Your unknown friend and gang"' and Vas decora'^ed with skulls and cross bones and numerous black hiinds. It was written by a person v. ho liad become greatly infatuated with the Heights young man's wife and whose .sole ambition it appears is to kidnap the young woman and make her "qUeen of our gang" which has headquarters "far, far away." Chief of Police Michael Brown ha.", possession of the letter which read?:
"Dear Sir:—I hale to tell you about this little stunt but I will. I am going to ask you to put $1,000 by the front of Stegmaiej's brewery on the step in a corner. Jf you fail I and my friends will kidnap your blue eyed baby that is your wjfe v hosft first name I only know is Anna. I had never spoken to her, never, but I see her walking along Sherman or T-Iarket streets at least once a wfeek. M.v heart breaks. She looks so innocent, her big blue eyes touches the bottom of -my heart, her red cheeks and lips makes mc feel jusfe liko grabbing her and taking her far far away where w-i sti-y and make her queen of our gang which nobody knows.
"I did never speak to her but I came from far away and happened to see ht-r and followed her. I cannot wait until I have her golden curls in my clutches. Remember old pal something tells me she is too nice for you. Her smile is too good for you. I've only seen her about one month ago and I can never forget her. So remember old pal if you fail to put the money there by Saturday night at 10:30 that's ju:',t what's going to happen to your blue eyed baby. And if you ever report this letter to the police J'OU will be sorry.   So remember.
"Your unknown friend and gang."
^BOLT FROM SKIES STRIKES BOY DEAD ON BALL DIAMOND
Single Shaft of Lightning Preceding
Brief Storm Finds Walter Daniels
Of Georgetown As   Target and
Youthful Athlete Falls Dead As
He Ends Run On Third Base
NO MARKS UPON BODY
PARDON OF HENWOOD IS CAUSE OF PROTEST
Denver, Colo.. May 27.—Widespread protest was mado tonight agiiinst par¬ don of Harold Henwood. Denver so¬ ciety favorite, who murdi red :?ylves- ter (Tony) Von Phul In a biirroom flght over Jilrs. John W. Sprirger, a woman of exceptional beauty.
Judge Charles Butler, the trial jurist in Henwood's cas^;, w-ote a letter to Governor Shoup, who signed the pardon, effective Sunday, 'leclar- ing "life" in Colorado is alrea.iy too cheap."
GIRL IS KIDN.\PFKD
Pittsburg. Pa., May 27.—Miss Marie Rubino, pretty 17-year-old Itali.an girl, was abducted by an unidcntifled white man on the North Side i.ist to¬ day. The girl -.vas walking home from ;: '"movie"' with p sister and Ji girl companion whon a t.ixicab drew up to the curb. She ""'as forced in jnJ it ilicd away.
BI^KE LANDS S.\FELY
Lyons, Franco, May 27.—Imperilled by fog on the second leg of his flight around the world. Major W. T. Blake, British airman, piloted his giant De Haviland plane to a safe landing here today.
Forty ho    had    iinticipatcd    attending    th< Memorial Day ceremonies cn Tuesday
e I Vork early this morning.
Can You Write A Limerick?
$5 PRIZE FOR THE BEST LAST LINE
LI^IERICK NO. 6 A flippant young flapper named 3Iargo Could drink (so they say) quite a car^of
She stopped (don't you tell)
At a bootleg hotel—
TMN By POLICE
.\ bolt of lightning killed Walter Daniels, 15 years old, of 124 Ander.son street. Georgetown, yesterday after¬ noon while he was playing baseball with other school boys at Stanton HiM. Just as he was rounding third ba.se after a hit that was still being ch-jeroJ by his teammates, the young- -ster sagged to the ground. He was barely breathing when taken to' the Georgetown Settlement House where he died.
Added to the unusual nature of the tragedy was the fact that tew of the youthful ball players realized what happened. Only one or two of them saw the lightning, which was not of the average vividness because of the low visibility of an overcast sky. No one else In the gume was touched by the electricity although several other boys wore just a few feet away.
Daniels was a member of the Stan¬ ton Hill Juniors, a team that had been given a franchi.se in a junior recreational league. The flrst league game was .scheduled for this afternoon and to prepare for it the school boy had led his team on the Stanton Hill diamond yesterday afternoon for a practice game with the Heights Daisies, another schoolboy outflt.
Several Innings of the game had been played when a lone .storm cloud was noticed in the sky. The boys at¬ tempted to hurry along thoir game. A short time before there had been a
single clap of thunder but no light-' ning wus noticed. Just at 4:15 o'clock young Daniels came to bat. He knock¬ ed the ball and it rolled beyond the outflclders a.« he raced around the bases.    It was easily a three-bagger.
A few feet from third baae and while Daniels was still running at fui; speed, he was noticed to stop sudden¬ ly. His arms fell limp at his sidp and his knees refused to support him. H« rolled in the dust and lay there.
The other.s thought he haxl becomt suddenly exhausted through over-ex¬ ertion. Several adults went to his aid. Frank Boris, a commissioner of Wilkes-Barre Township, carried him to the Georgeto\>n Settlement House. There Dr. F. P. McGinty attended him. Death occurred within a couple of minutes. Dr. McGinty ilcclared that death had been caused by lightning. Father Cudbach of St. Mary's Polish Church on Park avenue was at th<» boy's side when he died.
The boy was the soa of Sir. and Mrs. Stanley Daniels. Hs waa thi eldest child and is survived by four sisters and two brothers: Bridget, Mary, Anna, Julia, Joseph and Stao- ley.
Deputy Coroner Daniel P. MullinrvH viewed tbe body. .Me will likely ca3 an ir.o.uest. It is said the body wcl witiiout  any  marks.
Brookside Man is Balked in Efforts to Carry on Opera¬ tions at Home
SEVERAL RAIDS MADE
Here's an easy one, this Limerick about Margo. who, wh< n .sh;? stepped into a hotel of the ilk mentioned had a habit of making things disappear. Her ho.st will tell you what happened when Margo dropped around, because he ran the bar. Last lines must bq in by Wednesday at 5 p. m. Don't submit more than five and ad-' dre.ss all communications to the Limerick Editor, Sunday IndepenJ dent, 22 South Washington street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. )
FIVE KILLKU BY BL.VST
Bueno.s .\iicti. May 27.—i<'ive meif were killed and C- injured when a boil^-r in a s;iw iri:i at Bclgrans, .Ar¬ gentine, exploded Ute today. Tho cover of the l>oilfr, weighing several tons, was hurled througli the roof of the saw mill, falling upon a bouse, completely  wrecking the dwelling.
SI^GE
ON PRESIDENT BY CHILD CRUSADERS
THIRTY DRY AGENTS i
KILLED BY VIOLATORS!
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W'B^hinglon, May "'.—Thirty dry j ftgcuts were killed by iKiotleggers dur- | Ing the paat yeo-r. Prohibition Com- j i=;ss:ouer Haynea stated tonight.! Hayues stated these killings as the; "-Hiwa Xor arming prohibition wjik-i-i.'
y 27.—Picketing of is the next step in
Wa?hingt;>n.  M the White House
thc cumpaign ol' the '"children crusad¬ er*" lor release of their fathers held in jail for politica! offenses, it was an¬ nounced tonight.
Mrs. Kate O'Hare, leader of the "crusaders." declared that in view of the President's refusal to give a per- soU'jI inten'iew to the children, ""the ouiy couise left open tor thom is to p;cket the White House."*
SIK.  AJL'rEB REPLIES
West Chester, Pa., May 27.—tJeorge E. .Mter, defeated candidate for the Republican nominctttitT for Governor, has refu.sed Indignantly to pay a $23 ho.«!pital bill for the removal of one of his campaign buttons from the stom¬ ach of Jacob Perlman, of West Ches- j ter.
i Mr. -Mter thinks it was not his I fault the child swallowed the button. i He replied as follows after gravely j weighing Mr. Perlman's appeal: i •"! received your letter of May 17, ; and in compliance with your request, am returning the photograph you sent
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"Vour suggestio.-i that I pay the bill of $23 resulting from your child hwr.llowmg oae of the campaign but¬ tons I'Ut out by my friends, doe.? not seem to me to have any reason vvhat- ever to support it. Upon the same theory, I suppose that you v.ould have r.iade claim agamst the United States government if the bad swallov.cu a i dune."
LAST SUNDAY'S WINNER
For Quota you'll find there's no sub, But why organize? Here's the rub; The women who mingle As members are single— What use can THEY have for a "Club"?
One stil! and several barrels of mash were seized last night in two different raids conducted by city de¬ tectives in different sections of the city. At one of the places visited the still had beon removed before the de¬ tectives arrived but the name of the owner was learned and a warrant will be sworn out today for his arrest.
For the third time within the pa-st tW'^ months a still was conflscated la«it night in the home of Mike Tur- n««t.ski, aged 45, at 747 North Wa.sh- iUh'ton .street. About two months ago th'! policor say a still was taken from this residence while another was talien from the place several weeks ago when about thirty city patrolmen raided flfteen difterent places in the Biookside  section.
The still Last night was confl.scated by detectives Nolan and Dougherty. It was di.scovered "with much difficult/ buried in the ground under a wooden fl(ior in the cellar of the home. A fi\ e gallon barrel of mash was found bi'ried in the ground under the base- m^-n floor together with several bot¬ tles of white mule and other liquor. T'lrnetski was arrested and released in bail for a hearing this morning.
.\bout 10:30 o'clock last night de¬ tectives Olds and Kolis visited the home of Joe Grobleski, at 113 North Meade street, where two ten gallon biirrels of mash were confl.scated. The still was removed from the hou.se, tbe police learning that it was taken to the home of Mr. Grobleski's uncle. A warrant will be sworn out for the u:icle this morning.
CASH REGISTER STOLEN AND RIFLED BY THIEVES
NURSES TO GRADUATE
While he went out to visit neigh¬ bors several minutes last night at 10 o'clock the store of M. Rutstein at 85 East Northampton street was entered a^d the cash register rifled of about $30. Chief of Police Michael B.'own a.ssigned Detectives Williams and Kit¬ trick to the case but up until early this morning no arrests had been made.
Mr. Rutstein clo.sed his stire about 9:30 o'clock and after putting the day's receipts in his pocket went out to visit neighbors and left the rear door of the store open. When he re¬ turned Mr. Rutstein noticed that dif¬ ferent articles had been disturbed and that the cash register was mi.ssing. On the arrival of the detectives the Cash register was found at the foot of the basement steps where the thief carried  it to steal  the contents.
ROiVI LOCAL HOSPITAL
The eighth annual commencement exercises of the training school for nurses at the Wyoming Valley Home¬ opathic Hospital will be held next Wcdne.s<Iay evening. May 31, In the ball room of Hotel Redington, Three graduates will receive diplomas. They .-tie Miss Dorothy B. Williamson, ot West I'ittston: Miss Helen G. John- I .son. of Kingston, and Miss Mary L. Courtright. of Trucksville.
Attorney George R. McLean will be chairman. Judge B. R. Jones will de¬ liver the address to the gradu.'itcs. In¬ vocation will be asked by Rev. L. D. Ulrich. pa.stor of St. John"s Lutheran Churcli. The exercises will be started at S o'clock and "will be followed by a banouet and dance. An Invitation has been extended to the public to at¬ tend the exercises.
VILCAN STRIKE STILL ON
•Rumors that a settlement had been reached in the strike of metail trades workers employed by the Vulcan Iron \i'orks were denied la.'-t night by Uiiion leaders. They said there has been no change in the situation since approximately 17 moulders and their helpers returned to work a week ago.
Arthur L. Poor, H2 Fort street. Forty Fort, submitted tlTfe win- ning last line for Limerick No>. 5. apparently the hardest yet printed. Most of the contestants got a rhyme out of the jingle but; little reason, so the numt>er of better last lines was smalf in com-^ parison to those on previous Limerick.s. A few of the best ones were "So to mingle tho.se single must "club"". submitted by James P. Donnelly, 90 Eiist Carev street. Plains; "It'.s a poor substitute for a •Hub"", by Martha G. Millard. 15 North Fran4vlin street, city; ""And all earn their own gowns and grub," by George MacCleery, 84 Lock¬ hart street, city; "They don't need a husband to *Club" ", by Calvin Cease, 40 Prospect street, citv; ".Vnd have no hubbies to "club"", by LoretUi Moran. 145 Manhattan street. Ashley; ""Who think «very man is a '«lub'", by Mi.ss E. L. Robinson. 3ft William street. Plana; "If they weren't they'd be home with 'hub" ', by D. L. Edwarda, 94 Sambourne street, city.
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JOHN dIrUIN dying
John Durbin, one of Plymouth's niost,prominent residents, and father of Druggi-st George J. Durbin, was re¬ ported as l>€ing in a critical condition at his summer home at Harvey's Lake last nighf. .\lthough his death was expected hourly no deflnite report of his death had been received up until midnight.
Mr. Durbin had been ill for th« past tliree weeks and was believed to be on t:je way to a speedy recovery when the family left for the Lake on Fri¬ d.iy. At 10 o'clock Friday night be was stricken by paralysis. Jtmce whlcb time be has been in an unconscious conditioo.
SENATOR  CROW  VERY  ILL
Uniontown. Pa.. May 27.—U. S. Senator William E. Crow, a patient at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, since early in January, was removed to his summer home at Chalk Hill, about nine miles from here tonight. The trip from I'lttsburgh to Uniontown was made in a special train. Crow was so weak he had to be assisted in¬ to his automobile.
ALCOHOL KILLS TWO
Philadelphia, I'a., May 27.—As a re¬ sult of drinking wooil alcohol they found today in the hold of the steam¬ ship City of Eureka, John J. Dona¬ hue, of this city, a stevedore, and John Frees, a meml)cr of the crew, ol Baltimore, are dead.
Donahue died In the Methodist hos¬ pital within a half hour. Frees died oa the way.
Headlong Plunge From Motor Under Probe By State Police
state police last night wero attempt¬ ing to discover the circumstances sur¬ rounding an odd automobile accident at Nanticoke in which Morgan Rich- artls, 37 year* old. of 5 Love street, Kingston, received serious injuries. A companion of the injured man told the troopers that he rose from the .seat of a moving automobile and took a high dive into the street. Richarrb) is  in  tbe  Nanticoke  State  hospital.
Richards was picl#d up unconscious yesterday afternoon at a pr^nt where the tracks of the Wilkes-Barre Rail¬ way  Company  cross  the  main  high¬
way entering Nanticoke. He had deep lacerations on the .scalp. Sur¬ geons were not able to .say last night whether his skull had been fractured. Joseph Trotter, of 53 Jackson street this city, told the troopers tha' ue und Richards were riding togetbe. in un automobile toward Nanticoke. Just as the .street car tracks were reached. Trotter claimed, his companion atood up in the automobile. Without any word to hi" friend, the Kingston man dived head flrst for the .street pave¬ ment. Trotter immediately stopped his automobile and assisted in taking the injured mun to the hospitak
John Roberts Made Chairman By G. 0. P.  Of Fourth District
In one of the most spirited of the i The name of Roberts was placed district battles that have been in pro- i before the convention by Worthy gress the past week for control of the j Carver and Sutliff was placed in nom-
dii-trict Republican organizations John Roberts, of Nanticoke, defeated Dana Sutliff, of Ross Township, for the cbair.nanship of the Fourth District by a vote of 27 to 25. The result was in doubt until tbe last vote had been ca.«t.
Tbe convention waa held at Stack- house Hotel, Shickshinny. and was attended by all the Republican lead¬ ers of the di.strict. Delbert Opllnger, district chairman, called the 'conven¬ tion to order.
ination by W. C. -Culver. Roberts landed fourteen of the votes of Nan¬ ticoke and Sutliff secured three. But in the country districts Sutliff was in I the lead.
{ The new chairman, Mr. Roberts, ta I one of the best known young Repub- I licans of the Nanticoke section. He always haa taken an active part in I Republican politics. Much of tbo i credit of the victory should go to Dr. j Summa, of Nanticoke, and Josepb Hughes, of Moconawi^