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WILKES-BARRE, PA.,   SUNDAY,   APRIL 16, 1922
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FREE STATE OF IRELAND NEAR TEST
Troops of Coiiins and Griffith Are on Guard at Every Strategic Point
DE VALERA DEFIANT
Issues an Easter Manifesto Calling Upon Followers to Strike For Real Republic
FOUR COURTS LOST
Dublin, April IB.—^Eamonn De V.tI- m, former "president of the Irish republic," today Issued an KaBter manifesto.
De Valera calls upon the youuK men and women of Ireland to "carry on."
"Tours Is the faith that moves mountains," the mauifesto rend. "And the love tnai besol the Kaster cnltr- prtse of IPJf
"Ttyr- gonl is in night.
Toun   men   and   wvmea   of   Ire- ^l-»nd- forwijrtl! •    "Ireland   is   yours   for   the  taklu:.
¦Tuke It:"
Picked Free State troops held every Btraterlo iwint In Dublin tonight.
An tnsurgrent coup d'et.it. antici¬ pated for tomorrow or 1-^stor Mon¬ day, anniversary of the 1916 rebel¬ lion, was to b« met with all the armed forces of the provlslotuU govprnment.
Every point seised by rebels la 1916 was closely guarded tonight, except the four court."!, whloh the In- surRents held. Hotels, public bulld- lnK», railway terminals and the post office, which controls all tt-lephone and telegraph linos, were tilled with Frw Stale troopa. heavily armed. I>e Valera's manifesto calling on the youth of Ireland to t.ako possession of their country and referring to the ".<«pirlt of 1916," has given rise to still further alarm
Killed By Motor At Church Doors
Jnst as he left church last even¬ ing to go home. John laillcs, 10 years old, of 41 Jones street. Hud¬ son, wns struck and Instantly killed \>y an automobile truck. The machine wii.s driven by Louis Lang, a merchant of Oak street, Miner'.s Mills. Police authorities of I'lalrp Township arrested Lung until he tould Becure a bondsman. A coroner's Jury will decide whether he was suilty of negli¬ gence, although witnesses de¬ clare his machine was being driven at a. low rate of speed.
The fatal accident occurred at r. o'clock In front of St. Joseph's Church on Hudson road. Hudson. The Lulles bi-y. with other young¬ aters, had emerged from the church, where they had been pre¬ paring for Easter. In an effort to cross the street the boy stepped in the psth of a Republic truck driven by liang. One of the front fenders struck him In the lace. The blow fractured his skull.
John Tomshack of Hudson, who witnessed the accident, carried the boy tu the office of Dr. A. A. Barton, but he was beyond medl¬ oal aid. The victim Is survived by his i):ireiils and several broth¬ ers and sisters.
LOCAL LABOR ADOPTS A DRASTIC PLATFORM
Calls For Return of Beer and Wine and Federal Owner¬ ship of Coal Mines
ATTACKS CONSTABULARY
AGIST YALE'S BEST
lAbor, aroused to definite action by the presence ol aJmost two hun¬ dred delegates of local unions In Union Hall last nighl. drafted a platform for the Congressional and Legislative contests to be waged at the May primaries and the November I general election. John Dougherty, an i executive board member of District Xo. 7, United Mine Workers of America, personally represented Pres¬ ident Thomas Kennedy of that dis¬ trict, who was compulsorlly absent because of duties at the conference In New Tork City. He declared him¬ self and his district wholly In sup¬ port of action laken by the non-par¬ tisan committee. P. F. Duffy, organ¬ izer of the American Federation of Labor, made a brief speech that out¬ lined the general beneflts to be ob¬ tained.
Prominent in the platform adopted last night as labor's claim upon the law-making interests Is condemna¬ tion of the Kighteenlh Amendment to the Constitution, drafted withoui the voice of the people, and demand that the Volsteaa act, which was branded as an exciting cause of law- breaking, be amended so as to per¬ mit the manufacture of light wine and   beer.     The   Stato   constabulary
Demand is Also Made That Railroad Be Given Back to government Control
WOULD CURB JUDGE
lawry and enslavement. The pro¬ gram of the American Federation for the relief of unemployment Is given a blanket Indorsement.
Election of Judges of all descrip¬ tions by popular vote Is demanded as a cure for Injunction rule. I^abcr unions as the protectors of democ¬ racy are aligned against the com¬ bine?, of capital to destroy them and a tendency Is noted on the part of iRw-m.-ikcra to assist In the breaking down of unionised ranks. This Is to be  opposed whole-heartedly.
E-ttensIon of credit to agricultural interests is encouraged. The Indus¬ trial Court of Kansas Is attacked and labor arraigns Itself against any form of compulsory tribunal. Colective bargaining .ind extended conclllla- tion are indorsed. The present sys¬ tem of railroad operation Is con¬ demned and government ownership with a ^.-reater degree of democratic management is urged. It Is demand¬ ed that the letting out of railroad repair T\ork to private or lndepen-1- ent contractors controlled by the railroads r.lir.ll be stopped and th3 work turned over to the regular shops.
Coal as the basis of American pro- press and safety is declared to be the victim of wa.steful management and as   a   substitute   system.   Labor   In-
English Coach of Eli Oarsmen
IS   bWepi   un   l/dltUldllUnS j biuty for the candidacy of   John    J.
by Three Defeats
FAST TIME MADE
Philadelphia.     April     15.—Rowln* majestically down the Henley course In  Schuylkill river tho Unlver.Mty of (k-neral   O'Connor,   commander   of i Penn«.ylvania crew made history late the insurgent armv. tonighl dtxlared i  , ,      " ».      ;» .„„„ „ii  >,,„„
h« did not know l>e Valera's iKjllcy, jthia afternoon when it won all three but that if the rebels "would follow ; r.-ices from Tale. This !.¦» the flrst time any |K>IitIcal leader. De Valera is the '    .^^ ^^^ j^^^ ^^^^ p.^^ ^^, ^^^^ fini.-h-
man
Arthur Griffith received an en¬ thusiastic send-off as be departed for Sligo to deliver u speech In favor of the FYee SUte In the very heart of rebel territory. ^ - The Irish Free State faces the ¦ *se\ erest test of ils exibtence with the
All  Ireland
ed first In all three boat races In a Hingle afternoon.
Coach   Joe   Wright's   varsity   with R. H.  MatUson, of Rochester,  in  the sstoke    seat,  beat    Coach lerry's Tale flrst eight
is condemned for vicious activltits j dorae.s nation.-iUzation of the coal and advocacy of nationalization of | mines In accordance with the flnd- the coal industry is outlined. I '"K" "' t>"^ research committee of the
'miner'.s organieation. It  is demanded
The  Labor    delegates,    supporting i ^^^^ ^ ^^^       j,^,i ^.^ ^^dg of mining
the artlon of the Non-Partl^an pom-   ^^y ^ fact-finding and fact-publishing
committee.
Prohibition is condemned as a re¬ vision to the constitution without the will ot the people nnd the VoLstead Act Is branded as an encouragement to disobedience to law. As a remedial law It is pledged that labor stands for the manufacture of Ught wines and beer In accordance with the wishes lot .-i majority of the people. The State
I Casey for Congress and urged his election as a man friendly to labor's cause and labor's Interests. A re¬ view of the efforta to gel Mr. Caaey Into the race includes his refusal to submit at flrst and his final entry through the filing of nomination pa¬ pers by special messenger to Han-is-
I conslablunry is condemned for actions
Tho  decision of the    Labor    dele-!j„ jj,^ western part fo the State and
gates,  coupled  wilh  the   platform  Inij^^^or stands opposed to any increaso
full,  was ordered  sent  to the    Pre*  ,„ „,^ numbers of troopers placed In
Jind to the printer for broadca-sting to  p~nf,i.,,n„nt
the public, and thousands of special'     ,P   •..    .  ',         _.,„»,¦„„   #.,,   <,<,,.
 ,__  J,; ,__  ,_ .,,__ ,,    „„j.      Readjusted   compersation   for   ser¬ vice rnen ts indorsed as well as a re-
copies will .soon be In the malls and in the hall.'? of local unl«)ns. Briefly summarized the platform is as fol¬ lows:
Pledge Candidates
Eight Cent Charge For Car Fare Upheld By Service Commission
Legality of wartitne tariffs still being charged to the pub¬ lic by traction interests was eatablished yesterday according to an interpretation placed upon a decision by the Public Service Commission granting privilege to the Scranton Rail¬ way Compciny to collect an 8-cent fare for an indefinite period. Although the decision applies particularly to Scran¬ ton, it is scud to apply to all other Pennsylvania cities, includ¬ ing Wilkes-Barre, where a minimum fare of eight cents is charged.
For some month:t efforts have been made to have the commission order a reduction in street car fares. The per¬ mission previously granted to the Scranton company to levy the alleged high taiff v/ould expire next month. After that time, various civic agencies hoped to secure a reduction.
The commission blasted hope of the return of the five- cent fare yesterday when in a decree issued from Harrisburg, it gave permission to tlie Scrantog company to continue inde¬ finitely the 8-cent fare The compsmy recently filed a state¬ ment of its operating tosts. Its rates provide for the sale of four tickets for 30 cents, and this rate was foimd justified by the commission.
The fau--reaching effect of the order will be felt in Wilkes-Barre cmd other cities having the same tariff. About a year ago the Wilkes-Barre Railway Company was told to file an additional statement vnth the commission. That statement appsu-ently satisfied the members of the commission and nothing more was ever heard of the far discussion here. It is the claim of traction companies that they cannot make a profit on a lower feu-e. In the last year considerable new rolling stock was purchased by the Wilke»-BaiTe Company.
BRYAN CAOSES SPLIT
Request to Invite Him Back on International Program is Bitterly Fought
CALLED UNDIGNIFIED
>.   T.        .r.      '<    l.*bor shall 1 ch  Jim    Cor-U^^^^^^^j^^j
by two and a'who will subs
adjustniont   of   the   workmen's   coni- !>en.sation law.    Old age pensions are pledged support.    Olher policies  put j ^<'2.'^"* forward   are   the   right   to   orgiinize,      """ l.Abor shall lend ils support to only' the right to strike, opposition to con¬ es for legisUllvc offices   slderation of labor as a property right, scribe to  the    platform  elimination of injunctions, the initia-
Kansas City, April 15,-—W. J. ¦Rryan's fight cn Darwin's thertry that man de.scended from the mohkny, split forcea In the International Sunday School AsBoclntion, one of the world's greatest religious organisations, here
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Sudden Rise of Nine Cents in May Price is an Indication of the Results
BIG INTERESTS JOINED
RAIDS UPON HOMES UNCOVER WIDE USE OF WHISKEY STILLS
West Side Police Make Thirteen Arrests and Most Offenders Select Jail Sentence As Preferable To Payment of Fines and Costs. No Loss In Idleness They Say,
SOME ASK FOR EASTER LIQUOR
Rather than pay fines and costs, flve;     John   Cobeck.   lf>9   Jackson   street Edwardavillo   men   with   families   toj EdwardsviUe.   He attempted to  con- support went to the Luzerne County! ceal still In the house of a neighbor Jail last night after their homes had  He went to jail, been  raided   and   liquor  stills  found; there.    One prl.soner left a wife and'
eight children behind as he went to
prison because he refused to pay $50
and costs.    Dismayed at the prospect
of spending Easter behind bars, some
of the prisoners pleaded for a small ,
quantity of the moonshine liquor thatl'¦^'=*"">'     P*****''!     »>y     Edwardsvill.j
Story ef Raids
The raids were made by Chief of Police Williams. l»atroImen Arthur Hatton and FVed Bryant and Special Officer Lewis. They acted upon authority  conferred  by an  ordlnanc*
they might take It with them, but in each Instance the plea was Ignored by the police.
The fave men who preferred jail were among thirteen E^dwardsville, men whose homes were raided by EdwardsvlUe police yesterday after¬ noon. One of the thirteen was dis¬ charged because of lack of evidence. Two paid their flnes and went home. Five others were not taken Into cus¬ tody, hut will be given hearings in the next few days.
The arrests were  made  in  one  of
councllmen giving borough polic" practically the same authority as that of federal prohibition  'nforcement agents. Under the terms of tho ordi¬ nance the money collected as a resuk of raids goes Into the borough treas ury.
As the raids were made all of the parnphernnlia was loaded upon ;• mo. or truck and carried to the towti hall. There It was piled up aa evi¬ dence against the varioua defendants^ when called for trial before Burgess Harry Jones.    In each case the bur¬
gess levied the maximum penalty, a
..     , ^ . .              flne of $50 and costs with a Jail sen-
the largest drives instituted by "WTest tence of one month as the alternative
Side authorities against the domestic still menace.    A list of the raid vic¬ tims given bearings follows: Walter Krowlsky,   70  Cook  Btreet,
In selecting prison terms rather than pay the cash penalty, some ot the defendants announced that :tH minors   they   are   out   of   work   ne-
Edwardsville.    Police 'found whiskey : cause   of   the   anthracite   suspensio-i still.   Paid $60 and costs. ^'^  -^"^ •* i*" **"" meant no Iosm
Andrew     Krechek,     EdwardsvUle.'«'   ^"'"'^   *"**>*"¦    J^'^""   ""'/^'f
Whiskey StlU and ke* of 'Vhlte' ?"^" "^f" ^^ ' "^ *** T.',,'""! ** '" -, 1 ., i ^ 7. - T^. , """•' take with tnem some of the home • mule found. Defendant hae wife njudc liquor po they could hol<l In ¦ and eight children. He went to Jail, dividual Easter partlea In prison. Oeorge Kopeck, Bunny   lane,    E.1-' However, all of the Ilquor conflscated
Still found.    He went to
wardsville.
jail
y    Teofil Polechnik. 76 1-2 Church St., .  Edwardsvllle.    Still found.    He went
to Jail. April    15.—War   in    the      Metro Anthony,    37   Short    street, between   the   millionaire  Edwardsvllle.    Pipes, tubing and ap-
Chicago,
wheat   pit
.\rmour Packing and drain inlerest.i   paratus for still found  on  premises, lin serving warrants on a dosen resl-
agiUnst huge money Interests headed  Paid iHO and costs after being locked' dents of Luzerne whose hornet  wen
was   left   in   the   EdwardsvUle   town hall.
Other developments In prohibition enforcement yeaterday Indicated tho determination of police authorities* and federal agents to stamp out tho still evil.    State police were engageri
I by James A. Patten, grain king, was seen here tonight. Traders  In  the  wheat  market  de-
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diiwn   of   Easter   week
wan apprehensive tonight. half lengths in 6 minutes. .'iS seconds. | and who    sufficiently    prove    them-j tive and  referendum,    taking    away
The   crl!>ls    may    como   at    Sligo. ]     jn   the   junior   varsity   race   Penn I selves In agreement with the policies. | from the courts the right  to declare which rebel Republicans have turned I jj.j^  a  lensih  and  three-quarters to 1 LAbor announces itself opposed to the | a   law   unconstitutional,   administra- into   an   armed   camp.      They    have ., pparc over the Blue, the time being aetsed   and   fortified   all   the   public   ^.^j j.5
buildincs and clofed down the local . Karnhart stroked the Penn 130- pm>er, besides establishment of head-I pQun^^^g to a <lean-iut victory In quarters In thetown. ^ ^    .u-it^ie opening r.ace by two full lengths.
These     lightweights   mado   tho   re.
Arthur Cirifflth. preaident of the ^ Pail Eireann, tonight re-iterated hisi n,;irkable time of 6:.5. This v*-a.s the Intention of going lo SUgo to deliver i fastest time In any of the races, but a speech in favor of the Free State. 1 was accounted for by the fact that a ll is almoat certain that Orlfritha i stiff breeze was blowing almo.st meeting will be broken up even if no directly down the course, further harm comea to him. '     -More than 20,000 persons HnM the
Dublin was imrtlcularly anxious to-   ea.st and west river drives and it ts
.""       "      '        K^iii ,     « k^o^in r>T,   est mated that more than 5.000 auto-
night. with open rebellion to begin on   ^^ ^.^^    ^^^^^, ^^^^ ^^^ „^,^j^
••niack    Monday.      because    of   the „,. ^„„«^^a the races.
presence of 400 rebels, who still held       ,,,.„„   n .turally     had   the    biggest
the four courU and a nearby hotel.       turnout,  hut  thousands of  Blue stu-
Republlcan extremist outrages In various parts of the south have In¬ creaaed within the last tew days. Fol¬ lowing a break down In the negotia¬ tions at Dublin, Insurgents have raid¬ ed and robl>od trains, flred ui>on po¬ lice and have driven the population of many towns to extreme precau- tiona in fear of civil w\r
FRANK IS MISSING
WHEN TRIAL STARTS
Herbert, alias Frank Schubert, for mer local song writer who cdndncled
dents and ulumnl came her© from all  parta of tho countrj-.
Lunghorne CJIbaon, son of Charlo.i Danu Glb.von. the noted artist, c-tp- tainud and rowed No. 6 In tho Vule varsity .
It was .1 keen set-back for Co.*- derry and his. followers. The young EiiKilshmnn. who Kucceedi'ci r.uy Xirkells l.ist :.'ar just a fev w< rks before the H.trvard race and then made good with a conque"t over the I'rimson .-^t .New Lonnon, foll'iwed all three races in ¦» power boat :;nd (uw his crews virtually outcUpsed Ii was Ihe tiffh time In the seve.n years boi-n   coaching   at
The convention committee   of   100 scored   the    International   sub-com¬ mittee    for    deleting    Bryan's name from the convention program here In June and  passed  resolutions  asklngr that he be re-invlted.   The resolution will    be    presented    to th© supreme •   ¦..¦..••WUl .,        J      I   . ,        ,, , ., J   general  program  committee at  Col-
opinion that it should be outlawed orj tion of credit as a public trust, and   ^j^tua April 25 or 26 enslaved.      Re-aciionary    legialallon. 1 Immediate repeal of all anti-combina-       ... ..   .   .,"" '        ...       _ _
it is charged, already threatens out- ' tion or so-called conspiracy laws.        j ..,^,^^^^^,^„eV'ed. ^toITgir'^hoV':"  1 ing were made following Its passage.
BIG    NAVY    FORCES     WIN    AN an?o^nSe"nnoTD^r^"*rh^e'r ^^^'
I man, chairman, that he would over- i r.ile any discussion of Bryan's : theory, the literary teachings of the ' Bible, or the Darwin theory. This ! choked  oft  hot  discussion,    it    wus
up for aeveral hours.
Ignatz    Seemuns.    53  Short street. Edwardsvllle.     Automobile    load    of
clared the sudden rise of nine cents a ¦ pipes found by police.    Prisoner   was buBhcl In May wheat amid wild ex-   discharged  because  police  could   not citement     today,   was    due   to    the  prove  violation, struggle   for   control   of   millions   of, _ Frank   Jocey.   160   Church   street.
bushels of grain by the Armour In¬ terests flghting the Patten combine. Patten   who,   years   ago,   made   a
Edwardsvllle. Police found foils. 20 empty quart bottle and 40 Jugs filled with whiskey.  He went to jail after
INCREASE OVER FIRST PLAN
song shop nthe Uberiy Market for'that Wright ha.s bo. n coachnis « »met*me, failed to nppear wh.-n caU- PennHylvnnla thMt ui: var<,.:y crew 1 for trial ut Allentown to answer. have won .'lom ^ ale and th3 s.coi.
BOY LOSES HIS LIFE
UNDER MOTOR TRUCK
John Klocek, aged 11. of 831 Car¬ son street, Hazleton, died yesterday morning a few  minutes after being
publican Houae leaders for the reduc¬ tion of 67,000 men, as provided In the bill approved by the House appro- pri.-itions committee.
At present the naval strength Is slightly in excess of 100,000 men. The refusal of the House to cut to 67,000 men will mean at least an additional expenditure of $14,500,000, this amount being provided In the amend¬ ment of Representative MoArthur, Oregon.
Tbe debate centered around what would be anadequate personnel to maintain the navy on the 5-6-3 ratio with England and Japan, as provided by the arms conference. The Navy Department and Harding Insisted 86.000 was the minimum number to keep America's ratio from dropping below flve.
The little navy forces asserted 67,- 000 was adequate for America to maintain her position and presented
up their position.
Five Hour Debate
For nearly five hours this after- noor the big and little navy forces pitted their most forceful orators ag.iirst each other In what appo.irod to he a give and take battlo. with odds «»ven.
Leading the flght for the reduction
to 67 000 men were Kepublican leader
iUm.leU, Chairman Kelley, Michigin
of  the  naval  sub -committee on  np-
IndiananoUs   InU.   April IB.—Every 1 and droppe.1 their picks. proj.ripticns. and Chairman  Madden.
.u,"-unro..     mine     -fading     eastern i     Coke pn.duction around Pittsburgh of  the appropriations  comtnlttee  on
2kerwlurclose.l in the nation-   is  gradually  being  paral>-2ed.  Green  on  the  Republican  side ^andRepre-
-•'•le strike before it enJa, \Villiam E. I claimed,  and    this    i
of    the i plants to close their doors.
Washigton. April 15.—"Big navy" properly America's eighteen battle- forces were victorious In the House ships, us provided by the arms con- late today when the lower branch of ference.
Congress approved a naval strength Cheered  But Defeated,
of gS.OOO men for the next fiscal year. ^     The House  cheered hlni  to a man
"Uttle navy members, standing for when    h.!  flnished    and  then    voted a cut to 67,000 men, were defeated by I against him. a vote of 177 to 130. j     Kelley   scathingly   denounced   offi-
The vote cam© after nearly a week, cials of the Navy Depariment and of dramatic debates, such as havo Ueclared that in drafting the naval been rarely witnessed In the House, bill tha sub-committee on appropria- In recent years. j tions had been unable to rely on the
Preaident Harding, It is admitted. | information of naval officials, gave the big navy men their larg«; Of Admiral Koonta, chief of naval majority of 47 votes by writing a let-: opefation^ Kelley said: •'No ^.Tian ter In which he came out flatly for a | ought to be the military head of the nav>- of 86.000 men. This action was, navy, who would appear before two taken in the face of the stand of Re-1 eommittees of Conj,'ross in the same
agreed.    Proponents of the resolution said it didn't uphold Bryan.
"killing" when he cornered the com j testifying that a woman friend had market, was reported in association ' taught him the distilling art and that with Arthur Cutten, a leading Chi- *>« intended to keep the moonshine cago dealer: Julius Barnes, former <™'y 'or hJs own use. head of the grain department of the federal food administration, and two Winnipeg grain  men.
Arrayed agaJnst them were the huge Armolir Interests, holding mil¬ lions of bushels of wheat in all sec¬ tions of the country. According to the reports. Patten and hls associates were holders of huge amounts of May
raided a week ago. The aid of th.^ troopers was necessary because th.i staff of Mr. R. G. Davidson, chl< ' enforcement officer here, was bu», on other work.
Two other men were sent to jail by United States Commissioner Ros¬ coe B. Smith for operating stills in their homes In West Wyoming. They were arret;ted by federal agents. The imprisoned men are John Chlmpa and Michael Jamble. They were unable to get bail. A third realdent of Weat Wyoming arrested on a slmilai charge secured a bondsman.
JOHN MCCORMACK IS MAKING A BRAVE FIGHT
New Tork, April 15.—John McCor» mack, world famoua Irish tenor, bat* tied for life tonight. The laryngitis with   which      M«Cormack     became
Bryan's stand was to ban teaching. Armour   Interests !afflicted a week a«o, nearly prevent-^
evolution In schools, but it placed the 1 t.    .     .,   ... .   .      »_ _ < ^a ui. v      .u.       -  J «"=<"•/  i"ovciii
committee on r-cord in favor of his ! ^«'"«   '^°''^   *»'   »''«   market.     Prom , ed his breathing today and he    was stand for "rellgioua freedom."    The 1 the action of the market today It was  operated upon for the third time. The
former Secretary of State, now the I agreed that the "longs" had the country's most noted Sunday school 1 "shorts** In an embarrassing post¬ man, started  the disturbance within I ^j^j,,
the association when he spoii-sored j _'_ »_.^^„_ r«~.i- r^^^...^.,.., >.». Al. T.r _», 1... kin I, I _ .\. T» _ The Armour Grain Company has the Kentucky bill banning the Dar- »,„_„ i..i_„,.,„ «„„„»j„„„ki„ %„v,oof ir. win theory in 8( hools In that state. ^t.1 '"••"^'ns,^0"8««'^'^ab e wheat to He had previously been invited to Chicago from the Missouri river mar- address the convention, but (he sub- I •<*'"   l"   '^^P^^   ""   «a'«8-     However,
month as Koontz did and give such I
fomet
• trial ut Allentown to ans' '     chargoa of polnlinK a plsto) with in- j .-tr.ilgl.t y^ar. ^ent  to  kill,   MgKravated  asaiiull  and i ^battery and numerous other charges. ^Tfank became liifiituaied with Helen
S. Hasaril. the daui:hter of iui Allen¬ town newspaper man and wht*n she
spurned   his   attentions   he  whipped
out a revolver and attemtued to sho«)i i her. His am whs bad, however. Ue ' then turned the weapon on himself, ^__^ ^  _
Uut    only    inflicted    a    slight  l^l"sh j pj^.J^'^j"''„,^ from beneath a truck on
wound. I w hich   he   was  riding  to  the  public
He was held  for trial and  placed , jii„-ai-y  to  get   a  book  to  read  over
under   $2.6i>0   ball,   which   wa.s   de- j faster Sunday.    The little   lad   had
clared  forfeited   by  the  non appear-   jumped  on  the  running  board  of a
aiue.   He Is said to be In Canada and   heavy  truck owned hy the Pennsyl-
measures will be taken to have him    vania   Ceittral    Brewing    Company.
extradlcted.    Frank  Is  married  to a  in  going over a bump the boy was
local  girl  and  is  the  fath.r  of  two   jarred from the step and landed be-
children. Only recently his wife sued  neath  the  wheels of  the heavy car.
him    for    non-8upiK,rt    and he was   Unaware of the accident   the driver     ^.   ^	
placed   under  l>ond   by   Judge   Gar-   of the  truck  passed  on  for a short   tj^^les   of   flgures   to   back
man to support her.   He Is also under    distance   before   his   attention .was
arrest  for  passing worihless  checks   called to what had happened   Pedes-
fTa local young man.    His new ball  trians picked the injured lad up btit
has been fixed at $3,400 In case he Is   he .lied before they  hM.l a chance to
apprehended. «=end him to a hospital.
Closing of Every Non-Union Mine Next Move In The Suspension
Order
treasurer
forcing steel *=entatlve Byrnes, South CaroUna. for the Democrats. Directing the appeal for a bigger, Workers were notified last night of
S-!^ M!r.rWoVke'ii'cUlmed'today. I'  The union is concentrating its ef_^
He   said   reports   to   headquarter. 11^^ ^^^^^^^ bec= noniunToS ;;;;.'s..;y trma"n7.in'the 6-5-3 ™t|o here   show   that   union   mmers   .--re I ^_, ,„   ,^^_   ^ „.     ,^.^    consumers  were McArthur. Oregon:   Longworth.
opinions   on   naval
varying    widely matters."
"We are  loavlng   the   officer per¬ sonnel where it is," Kelley said, "and the Department want.s SG.OOO men so , il  can  kee))  200 extra destroyers in ' C'hrlstian world.
commission.    There are 1,600 officers j 	
on these destroyers and If they were laid up the Xavy Department is wondering where It can find a place for the officers."
RepubUcan  Leader Mondel, urging the 67.000   personnel,   declared   that voting a large navy would make the arms  conference  treaty a  "scrap of ' paper."
In his speech. Padgett of Tennes- -see, i^big navy" man. pointed out that the 5-5-3 ratio of the arras confer¬ enoe was based entirely on the ton¬ nage of shlp.« and did not take Into reckoning gun  power or speed.
Kahn of California, chairman of the military affairs committee, warn¬ ed the House against the "frightful lesson of 1916."
"We must keep our navy up," he declared. "We know not when we will have to flght, or who our enemy will be. In the late war it took ua 13 months to get prepared with land troops. Fortunately for us, England and France were prepared and they stemmed the tide until we were ready. We learned our lesson and we should remember it."
committee held that his famous st.ite- ment '"Darwin i;in't make a monkey out of me," was undignified, war¬ ranting cancell.ation of the invitation. Antagonism of theologists and scientists was also arouse<l by his stand.     Today's    resolution    recom-
I the  bulls are raid to be banking on the   shortage   of   storage     space    to
singer's condition was critical tonight Anti-toxin wrs being administered.
A bulletin from his doctors upon which membera of the McCormick family declined to ampUfy, said:
"Mr. McCormick passed a very restless night. At 7:30 a. m. in¬ creased difficulty In breathing. At 8 a.  m.  operated on  by  Dr.  Smith, i
HUSBAND AND WIFE
APART IN OWN HOME
handle the <-hipped grain which will ¦ assisted by Dr. Monro.    Opened the
mendod, however, that Bryan be In- ' vlted to speak "In view of his spirit \ and ability and for the good and en- ' courngement    for    workers    in    ths
CHILDREN SHOW SKILL IN THE TRACEY STUDIO
Little Louise Bore of Pittston andl
b:inillcap efforts to bring in enough wheat to "br-er.k the corner.' '
The Armours are said to own 1.- 300.000 bushels of wheat at Kansas City which they are attempting to bring to Chicago. Vessel bottoms have been chartered for transport of 1.000,000 bushela of wheat from Du¬ luth to Chicago to "feed the buUe."
Officials of the board of trade to¬ night scoffed at stories of the comer, pointing to the rigid rule against "cornering." They refuse to admit any attempt at manipulation has been nwide, but agree there is some¬ thing unusual In the air.
Ruth Rush of West Pittston took flrstj WATER A MILE HIGH
prize yesterday afternoon in a maa-i PURSUES   THE   CARMANIA
<iuerade  Easter  party,  held  by Ter¬
renes Tracey for his dancing pupils from this city, Pittston and i'lymouth. More than two hundred children par-
upper part of the phamyx. At 1 o'clock p. m. anU-toxin, 1000 i-nlts administered."
It was signed by Drs. Dapont. Smith and Coakley.
Thousands of messagea ef cheer and good wishes have been received at McCormlck's home, many of tham being from Ireland.
"Mr. McCormick raUled from the effects of the operation early this evening and now seems to be resting as well as can be expected and Is cheerful," was the statement given out at 8 o'clock tonight
Physicians decUned to commit themselves to a prophecy but friends, waiting   anxiously     at   the     singer's
New   Tork.   April   15.—A   gigantic home, said the surgeons generally ex
water spout, over a mile high, swept  presped themselves aa believing that.
down   upon   the   Cunard   Uner   Car-  unless compUcatlons set In,  McCor-
mcnia when the vessel was three days mick would soon be on the road to ticipaled   in   the   event   and   parents | out from port and  for half an  hour recovery.
taxed the studio over the  Orpheum terrified passengers and threatened to ac^iigr> gn«M an t^ »
theatre to capacity.   Ten prizes in aU; engulf the vessel. _».    *^*''^'' ^"OM SUICIDE
were  awarded,   flve   of   them   being!    The etory was told today when the      The attempt made by Joseph Ben- beautiful Easier baskets, four of them Carmania   docked   at   the   end  of  a ^fl^I'tv-      i''^'"^ "'**' °'."L/*'*!?'*
dolls and one an Easter egg. The cos- ; round trip to the Near East / may be «S«°rful   nhvl^.TiL"?* .1f:   °""n.ura, v,onn.. ana ner sister, .Mis.^
tumes were distinctly originai and a;     The water spout whlriing up out of ^^^^ Hosnitaf^^d last niBht       -rht I ^<^"»   ^   ^>aHh.   Columbia   student, revelation  to  those who  were  priv-1 the ocean ran along in the wake of ^/j,.g condition is critical I New Tork City, were instantly kill-U
ileged to witness the ffair. j the  vessel and for a time seemed to      Bencerowlcz hanged himself la his ' *¦'*   today   when   an   engine   struck
Mr. Tracey Is preparing now for a| be overtaking it For a time it seemed room at the home of Ignatz Cugnaskl ' their automobile nsar here. Ths si»- juvenile carnival show which will be the great spout was actually pursu- after being told to pay his board ters were siendlng the holidays hers staged In this city some time In May. I ing the Carmania, officials said. Cap- bill or secure new lodgings. He was and had left the automobile a th jrt Two hundred and flfty children \?111 tain Nelson quieted the paasengers discovered unconscious and when cut distance down the track while they take part in the show, comprising Mr.'and signaled for full speed ahead and down removed to the hospital. | picked   flowers.
Tracey's pupils from this city, Pitts-1 the vessel out-distanced    the    great
"Man and wife in name only" might be the title of a domestic tangle that was pre.sented In Luzerne County court yesterday and unraveled by Judge Benjamin R. Jones who reach¬ ed a decision that la one of the strangest In court history. Judge Jones ordered Mrs. Clarence Fox of Dallas to return to the home provid¬ ed by her husband but he Informed the husband that the rooms to be oc¬ cupied by Mrs. Fox mast be separaiM and apart from those used by him¬ self.
The complexity of the court's de¬ cision waa further Indicated in judi¬ cial division of Mr. Fox's salary of $130 a month. Mr. Fox was dtrecte.i by Judge Jones to deposit In the bank one dollar for every day of the month and to reservu for his own use the sum of five doUars every two weeks. The remainder of the money Is to he given Mrs. Fox for the upkeep of the household and for th« supi»ort of two children, a boy of ssTen years and a girl of four yeaj-s Under the arrangement Mr. Fox Is to have only thirty-six cents a dsy for spending money.
The difficulties between Mr. snd Mrs. Clarence Fox were brought to thu court when the wife asked for custody of the children and the hus¬ band made known his willingness for reconciliation. Mrs. Vox refused to be reconciled to her husband. Thsn Judge Jones mads his unl^iis dsci- sion.
SISTERS ARE KILLED l«kewcod. N. J., April 15.—Return- ing in an automobile afts ra trip Into the woods to pick violets for Kns'er decorations, Mrs. Oenevieve Smith Nash, of Shlppens Point, suburb of Stamford, Conn., and her sister, .Mil
ton and Hazleton.
Treasurer of Union Local Gone;
So Is Money Entrusted To Him
navy   on   the   grounds   that   it   was
the aUeged disappearance of Michael
Malaski,   residing   at   the   corner   of
SwaUow  and   Church     streets.    Ed-
 —        I .. TJ ,,      ,    wardsville. who is said to have had
,.   .     ,   „.  .       .,,^,   o„..^,..,i,„   ,. I terests.  especially  the  United  States, CaUfornla. Republicans, ana i-aagett.   ,9qq ^j {u^^g Ij^jo^j j .
lnited   States   Steel   Corporation   '-^ I ^teel Corporation, are backing mine I Tennessee. Democrat, for eight years I--
making heavy inroads into the open 1 shop  regions    and    that    even    tks
fields   there   supply     big      „        .. ^ .- ,
with fuel.   Green said Wall Street ln-|Ohio: Vare. Pennsylvania, and K-ihn,
feeling the pin.h of the .>iu.-^peiision.
Ureena desk was Uttered with let¬ ters reporting "progress" as he con¬ ferred with organizers who came to In.lianapolis (or insiructiona. Among them was Lawrence Dwyer. mem- livr of the international executive boiird from West Virginia, who left today lor his home after tolling Green Ihat two-thirds of the non-union nu- \ In the West  Virginia flelds have
have'^o.nt-J lb" L"nit...I  .Mim   Work.-rs'   »¦(!.
chairman of the House naval affairs
committee.
Party lines were cast aside In  the
vote which wss by tellers.   A record
vote mav be taken in the House la ter.
but it l.« admitted the result will not men  are   striking   now,   75.000   morsj''e ch.4ngrd.
than   started   when   the  wage   scales      Kelley made a powerful speeoh 'or .,.„„„„ ,», ^ ^
-xpircd April 1. Of theae 117,000 arc the smaUfr navy at the end of the; ^no*n among the miners after audi- i.on-unlon men and men who have debate, attacking sharply the argi. ¦ | to. s worked on his books for several joined the union sice tbe strike start-i ments   of  his  opponent* that   67.0nn 1 weeks.    Some time ago members of
owners in their refusal to meet union representatives In wage conference and he was pleased to think they were the tii'sl to suffer from fuel shortage. Green  claimed   that   nearly  650.04M
men   would  aoi  bo  enofgh   10   aum i the union heard that hs was short.
District officers of the United Mine WTien aaked about  it, the  treasurer
admitted that he had used so;ne of the money, but declared that It would be returned by a brother-in-law. Further Investigation showed that he had. It is charged, approprlateo $125 additional and collected fron. the members when they received thsir last pay.
A relative la said to have Ir-cated the missing treasurer in Pittston. Be promised to come out of conceal .nent but when he did not appear last night tho district officers were infovmsd. They announced that the surety com¬ pany must make good the logs, five thousand dollars In bonda own. d by the local was not disturbed.
No. 1138. A surely company acting as bondsman for Malaski was notifled by WlUlam E. Evans, president of the local, that the organization must be reimbursed for any loss. Tbe miss- sing man acted as treasurer of the locaL
Malaski's    di^'appearance    became
column of water.
MRS. T. B. SAXE DIES; IS BURIED AT BETHEL
Auto Drops Through Old Bridge
George Southard Instantly Killed
Funeral services for the late Mrs. T. B. Saxe, who died In Waverly. When his automobile dropped peratsly In sn effort to keep the New Tork, were held at the Bethel through an abandoned bridge and machine to the road The speed of M. E. Church at one o'clock on Fri- landed In a creek thirty feet below,: ths csr carried ii upon an abandoned day afternoon. Mrs. Saxe formerly re- <5«orge Southard, salesman of gliJ • bridge used formerly by the Lacka- sided in Bethel and her high character ^'orth Irving avenue, Dunmore, and i wanna TUJlroad. The automobile and loving sincerity were attested by ; 'o*" ^tteen years a r-jsldent of Wilkes- : pHuiged througli the defective stru.- a great outpouring of frienda who ^ ^arre. wna killed yesterday nfter- ture. It Janded overturned In ¦ .reek witnessed the last sad rites. Mrs. Saxe "oon. was taken  Ul
LSI MU r.v« jnrs  oaxe '^*»* acldent happened on the  J>*|*7- J^*^ distance from the bridg
of pneumonia In   her i ^f^*^''*""* ^t''  *\ «*  ^^i"*   three i^o^^^ ¦t'«am *" estimated at thirty ,1^ .nH ,<i«,i ,.„ vr,^„_! miles north of Nicholson. ¦"!.._     _,.        .
According to WUUam Scott of Nicholson who witnessed the acci¬ dent, Southard was driving alone In his machine. He was employed aa a Sewing machine salesman and was reluming to Dunmore from Montmae. Ju3t above' Nicholson he waa forced
to rake a sloping detour because of   where  for   many  years  he  was  en road detours. gaged In  the sewing machine trad'-
Brakes  on ths machlns failed   to   Several    years    ago    he    movfd    ti» work  when  the grade  was reached.   I.«ckawanna  County,   since   »h»n   he i Southard was seen  to struggle des-   had made Dunmore his renidcnce.
home at Waverly and died on Mon¬ day night. The body was brought to Bethel, where the mother, Mrs. Clara TaJcott, resides. Burial was made In Bethel M- E. Cemetery.
Mrs. Saxe is survived by her mother Mra. Clara Talcott, by her husband and one son, Doyle, by her brothers. Harland of Harvey^ille; H£.rry, of "IVUlkes-Barre; B. V. Harrison, ot MosS^'Ule and by one sister, Mrs. Jennie Long, of HunlO<* Creek.
After witnessing the accident, Scott ran to Southard's aid. The victim wa« pulled from the wreckage alive but In a few minutes he died A phy.ilclan did not arrive untU after dea'h. The body was taken to a morgue In Montrose.
Southard   is  known   in   thia   clt^.