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Washington, August 27—IZastem Penna: Partlv' cloudy Sunday; Monday unsettled, probably show¬ ers;  moderate temperature.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA.. SUNDAY,   AUGUST 28, 1921
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EXPOSURE PROMISED 'BY BIEBLE
Says Bootleggers Forced Him To Leave Wilkes-Barre On Threat of Death
WILL NAME GUILTY
Prominent Men May Be Con¬ nected With Plots to Cheat The Prohibition Laws
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Fensallonal disclosures are expect- e»l  to  r« suit   when  a   lenghTy  .state¬ ment   Klven   to    government    officers yrs'orday by John  H   Bithle.  impris¬ oned   former  local   business  man.   Is ri.'nle public.    ltiellle was sent to Jail yesterday   without    ball    by    I'nifed t<(.u<'s     Commissioner     Roscoe      B. teiiuth following his arrest on Thurs- jd.iy in Trc-nfi r, N". J., but before en- f<-ring tho pri&on fhe man accused of ounterfeltliig     whiskey     seals    und fiMnk   envelopes   involved   local   men in the case.
^ Al least six men, who nre "promln- t nt." jucording fo Arthur Hamsdell, s|i,'i-ial invistlKator for the Ifp.-irt- %neiit of .Iiisflie. nre mentioned in llie statemiiit. Their full names ap- p>'ar tourther with the part each pl.-iNcil in the nlleircd <-onspiracy for which BieMe and .Io.soph W. Murphy, of .*<outh Main street, are under ur- rtst.
Besides gl\"lng th* namea of the local m«n, Bn-Me .-il.so charged that he left town suddenly last December without waltl-ig for trial, because he was threatened with death. He said flm sf'nie of the m^n mentioned by] him met him and fold him that tf he remained in Wilkes-Barre for an- othfr forty-eight hours he would be killed.
Hamsdell was nsked when the Ufa fement will bo made pubilc In full or the n.imc's of tho men mentioned announced. He said that the f.acts given out hy the prisoner will be fully Investigated. If   the   invo: tlpatlon
proves tho charges, he 8<iid. criminal prosecution will be sf.-irfed in the I'nited States Court arrainst the ac- ^iHL-d  "prominont" acv'-omplices.
Biehle cume back to thi-' city yes- Tordav handcuffed affer being miss¬ ing since last December. He was .ir¬ rested on Thursday In Trenton after K.imsdell and I»uis Cohen, his local ^ondsman, h.id forind him living un¬ tler the assumed name of Von Dres¬ sel. Since being away Bieblc had Ilv- ed<at differont time.s in Moxi«-o, To.vas, Now Orleans, Philadelphia, Ncw Yor';   Newark and Tronton.
Ills u:ill was picked up fresh last Week in rhiladelphia at 2S13 North Itro:id street where he had encaged a room for the Von Dordt Advertis- ln>; -Auency. From fhero Bamsdell and <'ohen Went fo 24S Ka.st Ilanover Ktroet. Trenton, where the mnin of¬ flre of the aeency was suposod to be Kitu:ttoii. Afler a wait of two hours liv Hamsdell. Bieble walked info the room to bo confronted with arrest. It w;is said th.-it besides starling fhe advertismir auency he had founded two other linancial schemes based on stock iiroinoflon.
<»n the w;ij- li.ick to this city, Bieble ulteinpfod suicide Friday ni^ht. l'n¬ der the gii:u'd of Hamsdell he ell.iniied cars on the Delaware, L<ack- :iwanii.i A- Western railroad at Stroudsburg. .lust as fhe train start¬ ed, be divod hoad first for a wln- liow. Ho W.IS hauled back. He t<dd llle officer that he wanted to end his I.f..
Boy Trespasser Hit By''Mermaid
While attempting to place a sig¬ nal cap on Jersey Central railroad tracks, near Gardner's switch al Parsons yesterday moming at 10 f)"clook, Joseph Haggerty, aged C, of Hollenback avenue,' was struck by fhe "Mermaid", a. fast Jersey Central train running between Scranton arid the north Jeraey coast resorts. He received lacer¬ ations about the scalp which were freatJ'd af his home by Dr. John J. McHugh of Parsons.
The youngster had been seen On the railroad tracks by other boys aftemptlng to place whal was said fo be a cap on the railroad tracks when he was struck by fhe train which was moving slowly. As is tho rule all eastbound trains on reaching Gardner's switch which runs info a blind siding must come to a stop until the switch Is thrown to allow fhem fo proceed on the main line.
The "Mermaid" had been stop¬ ped until the switch was thrown and had Just started when the boy was hit by the cow-catcher. He was noticed by the engineer who was on fhe opposite side of the en¬ gine cab but the train was slopped when witnesses saw the boy faU. The boy, evidently scared, picked himself up and ran lo his home. He was followed by tlje engineer and conductor of the train who summoned Dr. McHugh to dress his injuries.
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Clement Haggerty, of Pitts¬ ton, in Critical Condition and Others Slightly Hurt
STRIKE ON RAILROADS ^    IS AGAIN THREATENED
«"hicaco,    Aug.    27—Strike  threats rmnldod   through   the   railroad   world ^Mii^ht.    So serious wore the threats | ^h.if  r.iilroad   oflficers   botan   moviiic i il'.ri *ly     to     meet     possible     tronble. .\%.cing the workers the first dofinit* j .1  '.ion was the calling of a strike vote: I'V tho  federated  shop crafts  with a inomlH i-shiii of t',Oi>.00O.  other  unions. I v.hich the workers said niichf become involved, would bring the strength to I'.rtOCOOO.
Heads of the shop union have car¬ ried a strike vote around since the v.ago outs of last Ji.Iv and fhe recent decision of the federal labor board that .•>!! Sunilay work must be.paid for .If rogiil.ir r.itos, instead of as over timo, unless done on an emerg¬ ency, has led to a call for fhe vote. Tho federated shop crafts will not nil a strike until the vote of the big fou> railroad brofherhoods on the m'ostion of accepting a wage reduc¬ tion or calling a strike is taken.
One man was seriously hurt and several others slightly Injured last night at 10:31 o'clock when two au¬ tomobiles crashed at Wilson's Cor¬ ners In Plainsville. The machines came together with enough force to drive one of fhe cars against a tele¬ graph pole, splinforing it. Stato po¬ lice and thc authorities of Ilains Township wero called upon to un? I.lngle a traffic Jam extending along the road for a mile as the injured men were being taken to hospit.Tls.
Cloment Haggerty, of Charles street, I'iltston, formerly a school di¬ rector In ^hat city. Is In I'ittston State Hospit.'il suffering from a frac¬ tured skull. He is unconscious at in¬ tervals nnd if will rerjuire an X-ray before surgeons are ablo to fully de¬ termine his Injuries.
Williani McAndrew, 22 years old. of I'lT Mc.\lpine street, Duryea, was treated in City Hospital for lacera¬ tions nnd bruises to the scalp. He was allowed to go home at midnight. James McCurley of Pittston and two ofher young men, one named Kear¬ ney and the other Monah.in, were also In the accident, but their Injur¬ ies consisted of lacerations and they wor<» treated at home.
McAndrew was driving an aiifomo- bile containing all of the men who vere injured. .\f Wilson's Corners bis oar and a machine carrying li¬ cense No. 319-CS9 met head-on. Sev¬ oral of ihe passengers were thrown out as fhe machine carrying the Pittston and Duryea men was thrown \\\^ aeainst a telepiaph pole. McAn¬ drew was placed in an automobile and taken to Cify Hospital. The car carrying tbe above license was fem- noririly di.sabled but It was put In runnini; f>rdor within a few nilniifrs .".nd Haggerty was taken to Pittston hosiiit:iI.
The smash blocked nil traffic on tho rUilnsvUlo road. The usual heavy Saturday night traffic came to a sfandsflU for nearly a half hour. Ma¬ chines were stalled over a stretch of one mile before tho State police and tha Plains officials started the pro¬ cession again.
The nutborltles fieclared they were unable to secure the nnme of the driver whose car carried license Xo. 310-689. They will_ write to fhe State Highway Department at Har¬ risburg for his name as fhe most re- rent automobile registry received by the police docs not Incljude drivers beyond license No. 200,000.
HUNGARIAN  PREMIER  DEAD.
Budapest. Aug. 27.—Dr. .-Vlexander Wekerle. former premier of Hungary, died here today at the age of 73.
Dr. Wekerle was five times premier of Hungary. He headed the govern¬ ment flr.st in 1906 and later was four times premier during the war. In 1919 he was arrested, charged with impli¬ cation In a revolutionary plot, but was released.
IRISH HOPE
IS INDEXED BY GEORGE
Must Point To Union With England, Says British Pre¬ mier in Latest Address
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FINAL CHOICE NEAR
George Russell Appeals To Ulster To Join Republic For Ito Own Salvation
AMERICAN AID SOUGHT
Barnsley, Eng., August 27.—^AU hope of Irish settlement must be abandoned if Ireland Insists upon separation David Lloyd George, re¬ ceiving the freedom of the borough of Barnsley, declared today. The premier pleaded for common sense and exclaimed: "For God's sake, let us sweep aside all preju¬ dices! Britain has risen above projudices, lam proud lo say. The term.s are more generous than any ever before proposed. They are dif¬ feront from any other terms. They commend themselves to the whole of the civilized world.
Irish Optimism
Dublin, August 27.—"The situation is no worse than il was before Uloyd Gcorge'.s reply camo," a member of the l)ail i;ireann declared tonight, alter two inonientous meetings, one of tbe Sinn Foin cabinet, the othor of its parliament, had failed to come to detinile conclusion regarding the ne.xt step in  the Irish controversy.
The next «nove is up to Sinn Fein and it was believed here that De Valera and other Kepublican leaders wouid go to London next week for a conference with Lloyd George.
Dispute as to whal concessions on the part of Britain are io be consid¬ ered the basis for further negotia- flions could be obviated it was hinted at here by the Irish leaders, by sim¬ ply going to Downing stret and talk¬ ing the matter over after they get there.
This, or rejection of further dis¬ cussion and resumption of active warfare, was the only thing left to be done, it was agreed.
Among members of the Dail and tbe general public here, a fooling of optimism continued to be apparent. Its source could not be discovered, bul tts sincerity' was undoubted. The Irish people hope for the best and trust their leaders to gel the most posible for them.
This was the tone of the Irish press this afternoon, the Evening Telegram and Herald declaring thai the door of peace, however il may have been slammed, is not bolted and saying editorially that Ireland trusts her leaders lo seiile matters without further bloodshed.
Two important sesions were held here during the day. The inner cir¬ cle of Sinn Foin mel in secret. De¬ Valera, Griffith. O'Neil, Collins and Keough were among those present.
Little Girl Is Crushed To Death Under The Wheels Of Street Car
Caught by a trolley csu' aa she'darted across the street, Catherine Musante, three years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Musante of 75 East Northeimpton street, was fatally injured last night in an accident on South Washing¬ ton street. Her death occurred before she reached Mercy Hospital after a speedy trip in a high powered automobile.
The child received her fatal injuries at 9 o'clock in front of St. Mary's Church. With an older girl she had been walk¬ ing along South Washington street. Just in front of the church she left her companicxi to run across the street, it is said. An automobile standing along the curb blocked her view of an approaching Grove and Brown street car in charge of Conductor John Fritzgers and Motorman William H. Pascoe, both of Elast End.
As her companion stood horrified, the Musante child was struck by ftie front truck of the car. The motorman tried to stop his car, but the little victim was carried from the northern end of the church to a point in front of Rev. J. J. Curran's residence. A young man who witnessed the acci¬ dent picked up the battered form of the youngster from be¬ neath the front truck. She was placed in an automobile own- ed4>}' M. J. McLaughlin and rushed to the hospital. Sur¬ geons said she was dead when the hospital was reached. Her skull was fractured and hei^neck broken.
The child is survived by her father, who is proprietor of the Cut Price Tire and Sales Company of South Washington street; her mother, and one brother, Harry, Jr.
The members of the crew were told by the police to hold themselves in readiness for action by a coroner's jury.
OF BAi ACTIVITIES
Says Workers Should Halt In¬ vestments That Are Used To Aid Their Enemies
WANTON DESTRUCTION OF LIFE IS CHARGED TO TWO DISASTERS IN AMERICAN AIR EXPERIMENTS
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If Atlantic Ocean Had Been Ventured Only Impossible Weather Could Save Them
SENSATIONAL SACRIFICE
Ulster Holds the Key "Ulster could securo not only her rights but the prestige of settling the Irish question and making peace between England and Ileland", George Rus.sell, Irish poet and econ¬ omist, declared in au inter^ew to¬ night. "De Valera has Ut-clared that southern Ireland would accept a do¬ minion .status wilh the unity of lie- land", Kussell said.    "The reason why
Ulster objects  to  this are economic   ,f,p constitutional rights of the work
ors."
Atlantic City, N. J., August 27.— I The charge that the sa\-lngs of wage earners were being used to deprive them of fheir constitutional and economic rights, was made In a statement by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor In Fossion here today.
The council proposed to'Institute a campaign to Investlgafe the meth¬ ods used by banking institutions and Ipsurnnce companies in fhe handling of furids entrusted fo fhem by work¬ ers, according to the statement.
The executive council does not view the granting of corporate char¬ ters as a goverpmontal policy that should be "discouraged" said the statoment in part. "What deeply concerns fhe wage earners and citi¬ zens of our land is fhe unfair, unjust and unwarrantable discrimination that Is being made against the work¬ ers In denying fo them the same rigbfs and privileges offered by those in control of fhe corporate wealth of the nation.
"The ex'?cutlve council views the arrogant attitude and vicious prac¬ tice of the inrge corporate Industries of denying the wage earners their rlg'.it to collecfive action as unwar¬ ranted  and  unjustified."
Tho statement declared that the Kan.sas court of industrial relations In an "nftcmpf to deny the wage earners the right of organization and collective  decision.'
Says  Courts Are  Unfair
"Abuses have entered the Judicial department of both federal and state governments." continued the state¬ ment, "whiih have seriously impaired
j\dvance of Miners is Halted And Armed Men Return to Their Homes
Washington, Aug. 27.—Encouraged by reports from West Virginia indi¬ cating that threatened bloodshed there has been averted, officials here tonight saw Utile likelihood of the federal government mixing in the la¬ bor disputes there at present.
President Harding has studied fhe request for a conference of mine op¬ erators and labor leaders made by President John L. Lewis, of the Unit¬ ed Mine Workers, but had taken no action at a late hour tonight.
The suggestion l.o opposed by mine operators who .<wy fhey nre operating their mines and filling all orders. All they want, according to their view¬ point as outlined to officials here. Is protection from Interference by law¬ less elements.
President Harding can do no more than ln\-ife the two sides to meet in voluntary" conference and fhe opposi¬ tion of mine operators to this plan appealed very Ilkely to prevent any further steps in fhat direction.
Soy In Hospital With Gun Wounds
Refuses To Explain Their Cause
John Leciston. aged 12. son of Mr, and Mrs. Stephen Leciston, of 24 Dorrance lane, Dorranceton. is in Xesbitt West Side Ho-^pital suffer¬ ing from whal appears to be shot¬ id wounds in the arms and legs which hc received under mysterious circumslancea The boy was admit¬ ted lo the Institution yesterday morn¬ ing at 10 o'clock suffering much pain, but last night it was announced that his condition was favorable and that, he was resting comfortably, j
Kingston   polico   officials   and   tho hospital   authorities  have   been  un-1 aj^la to dotormine tbo exact cause ofl tlU InJnrlM rocoivod tiy tho boy.   At I
the  hospital   it  was  announced  that the boy said he had been pounding a dynamite cap when it exploded. An¬ other  sfory   was  circulated  by   resi¬ dents of the West Side was that the boy   was   fhe   target   of  a   discharge from  a  shotgun while   playing  near fhe Pettebone colliery of Glen .\lden I Coal   Conipany.     A    farmer   on   the' West   Side,   according   to   the   story, j flred at another boy with a shotgun | and fhe discharge hit young Leciston.. After   the   boy   was   admitted   to' Nesbitt West Side Hospital Coroner F. D. Thomas of    Forty    Fort    was, notlflod.    He notifled    the    police of Kincston and Dorranceton wbo   aro coaducUnc an Inveatlf ation.
and religious. The economic objec¬ tion lies iu the fear that if she joined a united lieland she might tind a custom's barrier beiween her and her market -England. Do Valera lias al¬ ready declared in tavor of free trade Willi" EiiKiaud. Thai, of course, is one of Lloyd George's points which requires  turUier e.\planation.
"Naiioiialist Ireland Is a real wealth choator. Economically it would be to the advantage of Ulster to enter a united Ireland. tJbe will have that forty per cent assessment of hers more e»iuitably spread out over the reat of Irelana. Further, she will avoid the fconomic boycott which tbe south imposes now tlirough resentment and will avoid the expense of duplicaUon of many minor boards whicli she needs as long as she maintains a sep¬ arate government.
"De Valera has accepted tho prin¬ ciple of free trade safeguarding Ul- sler's economic Interests. j
"The safeguarding ot her religious fears might be secured through an assurance such as given her under the last act.
"Thus secured she could send rep¬ resentatives to an all Ireland parlia¬ ment, exercising powers which havo hitherto been reserved at Westmin¬ ster.
'Thus her objections on religious and economic grounds are amply pro¬ vided for.
"I am quite certain that, if the British government really desires a settlement it can bring Its influence to bear upon Ulster leaders and per¬ suade them, their religious and eco¬ nomic interests being assured, to come inlo an all Ireland parliament.
"The pxecuflve council proposes
Charleston, W. Va.. Aug. 27.—Bri¬ gadier Ceneral H. H. Bandholz left here tonight for Washington satis¬ fied that threatened w..r in the Wesl Virginia hills has been averted.
"The Jig Is up", said the Oeneral prior fo his departure. A thorough In- vosfigation and .a personal inspec¬ tion of the "danger zone" convinced him fhat the miners moan to cause no further trouble.
Almost every train and Interurban coming Into Charleston tonight brought hundreds of miners from thefr abandoned march. Most of them still were armed.
A mass meeting scheduled for to¬ night was called off by order of fhe to I mayor   and   the   governor.      District
Hull, Eng., Aug. 27.—The official inquiry into the disaster to the ZR-2, which began today .at Howden. near here, will almost certainly produce a tremendous sensation, if fhe result of its findings  is made public.
It Is learned th.at evidence of a startling nature, showing that the giant dirigible which buckled, broke In two. exploded and fell into river Humber, was considered unsafe by most British airmen who knew her, has been placed before the board of inquiry. Written reports of airship experts to the effect fhat the ZR-2 was not strong enough were handed to certain author,ties before fhe fatal flight, if was learned.
Lieutenant Wann, na^igator of fhe wrecked   dirisrihle.   lying  on  his  bed' In the Infirmary horo, suffering from | serious   Injuries   received   when     tho ZU-2 exploded and  foil, today called for a polico inspector.
To him ho handed the following signed statement, which was to be laid before the inquiry court at How¬ den:
"The accident to the ZR-2 was due to structural weakness. I had in¬ tended this to be my last flight."
From whal is told today by British officers who are experienced in hand¬ ling "lighter than air" craft, it Is gathered that the view was general¬ ly held that the ZR-2 would never have  finished an Atlantic trip.
"Imrosslbly favorable weather conditions would have been neces¬ sary to assist her across, British airmen bolieved.
Many on board the ZR-2 on her fatal trip knew she was unsafe, many of thoir comrades said. They wished fo prove to the Americans the dirig¬ ible could rover mako fhe flight to America. They exp rted a break- dc^wn and went fo their doom bravely.
The admiralty is certainly to be told:
l_The ZR-2 was too lonp.
2—The dirigible was  to  weak.
3—It's girders were unable to boar the inevitable strain of navigation in rough  woathor.
4—Germany'.«i leading experts on dirigibles had expressed their cer¬ tainty that the ZR-2 was poorly built.
5—Written reports, made before the flghl. tcsfifiod to the doujt that Brit¬ ish experts felt as to the safety of navigating in  the  ZR-2.
The court of Inquiry which was presided over by Vice Air ^larshal Salmond, had an American, Lieuten¬ ant Dyer, on the board. Its session was private.
Congress To Probe
Washington, Aug. 27 — Con¬ gressional investigation of the ZR-2 will be favored unless the findings of the Briti.sh probe aro favorable to Congress, Senator King  declared  tonight.
Senators expressed amazement that the great airship should have been put to trial wilh "known" defects. They were also aroused over the prospects of tho United States paying $1,000,000 as her share of the loss of fhe dirigible.
Senator Polndexter, of Wash¬ ington, acting chairman of the Senate naval committee, de¬ nounced the contract under which the ship was purchased as "im¬ provident."
"The United States is undoubt¬ edly bound by the "contract", de¬ clared Senator King, a member of the Xaval affairs committee.
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SIXTY'HIGHER-UPS' WILL BE INDICTED
E DECLAfiESlODHOUSE
Aerial League President Tells Attorney General Daugh¬ erty of Fatal Flight
GOD WAS LIBELED
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Alleged Confession May Show Admissions By Leader of Intentions to Defraud
HEAVY BAIL FIXED
TWO DEAD IN WRECK OF PICNICKERS' TRUCK
Chicago, Augusl 27.—Sixty men. many of them leaders in banking and ofher businesses in their communi¬ ties, will be indicted In connection with the alleged Charles W. French $.50,000,000 "swindle trust," federal officials announced tonight.
Col. John V. Chnnln. assistant dis¬ trict attorney in charge of the In¬ vestigation, said he had sufficient evidence which would be presented to fhe grand Jury meeting next month ambulance, fo warrant the Indictments.
"I am a confidence man and I want you to have confidence in me," Charles K. Strobel, Cleveland, one of the accused men, quoted French as telling him when questioned by Clin- nih tonight.
Strobel made a clean breast of all his relations with French, Clinnin said.
French asked hl.<» "angel." Zebiilon W. Davis, millionaire manufacturer of Canton, Ohio, to put up $."ri).000 to defend momhers of the gang of alleg¬ ed "big business swindlers" against charges of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud.
The appeal was sent immediately after arraignment of nine accused membera of the gang before United States Court Commissioner James R. riiass In Chicago and a few hours aftor Davis was arrested at Canton.
When arraigned all members of the alleged     gang     waived     preliminary hearing and bond was placed at $10 000 each.
Dramatic scenes acompftnled the arraignment. Frenrh, in Jail, has beon sep.arated from others with whom he I ^^''^l  when  tht
X'ew York, Aug. 27.—Seven victims of the aerial tragedy at Morgentown, Md., last .May were killed in an il¬ legitimate "propaganda flight." Pres¬ ident Henry Wooilhouse of the Aerial League of Amorica, charged in a re¬ port to Attorney General Daugherty tonight.
Colonel Archie Miller and six others were killed when returning from Laugley tlold in an army ambulance plane and fhe machine crashed in a terrific storm.
"The flight" Woodhoiise charged, "were arranged by .-i clique of air¬ plane niaiiiif.Kturers for the purpose of spreading pro|ia;.Mnda among inenilieis of <'ongre.ss."
Woodiioii.so presinled iiis report as IKiri of an iiive.sii^-atinn reqile.-ilod by the Department of Justice into the destruction of Kovernment air planes and  other  j>roi>orTy.
"Even God was libelled," Wood- house wrote. >le declared that tho facts in the case were suppressed in the official report of the accident to the Secrttary ot War lo whom the tragedy was represented as "an act of God.'  '
The following points wero made in the   Woodhouse  report:
"The Eagle ambulance was an ex¬ perimental plane "illegally purchas¬ ed," withoui a call 'for bids.
"The air service did not need  tho as  a  special  aerial  am- bukince   had   been   developed   by   air service  engineers.
"To carry out its propaganda flight, Woodhouse charged, the plane was stripped of its fittings, which were replaced by loose camp stools, "on which the victims of this hor¬ rible tragedy sat iu fhe eventful flight whieh ended in fboir do.iths.
"On fho morning fliuht to L-ingley, fhe passenijer.s ineliided two mem¬ bers of Coiignss, i'liilip li. Camp¬ bell, of Kansas ,ind Joseph Walsh, of .M.i.s.s,i(hu«efts, who were invited guests."
•The fliglit was undertaken despite the warnings of the impending storm transmitted fo the L;ingley field and other avi.uion fields by the United States weather bureau. The morning flight from Washington to Langley field proved the airplane was unbalanced and the air "bumpy" and the loose stools used as seats were wabbly and the Congress¬ men and the Frenrh :iir attache Cap¬ tain Lavergne. wi.sely declined flying back to Wa.shington fhat afternoon."
'The   only   obvious   deductions   re¬ garding the rause.s of the tragedy are aeri;il ambulance ran
undortako rhe organization of local committeos to familiarize fhe public with what is going on and fo review the affifudos and activities of all groups and intorests as well as legis¬ lative enac'menfs and judicial en- aofmonts whlcb are destructive of tho workers' equal rights.
"The executive council further pro¬ poses to Inv»stlgate the methods used by the banking Institutions and In¬ surance companies In the handling of funds entrusted ,to their care foe Investment and safe-keeping by th^ wage eatTiers of our land," the state¬ ment concluded.
The executive council also formu¬ lated plans for a permanent non-par- ti!»an political organization to support candidates favorable to labor in lo¬ cal, state and national elections.
President Keeney had prepared for tho mooting prior to tho reconl out- liroak.
.Mrs. Sid Haffleld and .Mrs. Kd. Chambers, widows of fho men killed al Welch recently, were to have at¬ tended.
The tense feeling existing here over
Philadelphia,   Aug.    27.—Two   pic¬ nickers,   a   man   and   his  wife,   were doad fonight. and ten others wore in¬ jured,  nne  perhaps  fatally,   following an  accident af  Devon,  noar hero,  fo- | day   which   brought   a   tragic   ending j to tho annual outing at employes ofj the Koehler-Woyl B.iking Co.
Jamos Woods, 44. and his wife, Mary, 48. were killed when fho heavily loaded truck in which they with a dozen others, wore riding to Valley Forge for the picnic, crashed through  a stone  wall  at  Devon and
worked. French caught sight of Alva Harshman. his formor socrotary who "squealed" on tho oporafions of the alleged gang, declaring he had beon \ the "goal" of the genius gone wrong for many yoars. 1-Yeni'h looked ot Harshman contemptuously for a few minutes and turned hia back and stalked away.
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th©  outcome of  the  "invasion,"  was i tumbled down a 16-foot embankment
to a dry creek bod. Sylvia Czepllicka sustained a possible fractured skull and may not live.
The accident was caused by failure of the brakes on fhe truck to work.
given out by Governor Morgan as his reason for cancelling the meeting.
"I feel quite sure the majority of the citizens of Charleston as well as myself ar© pretty thoroughly advised as to the causes of the insurrection now subsiding and do not need any further Information along that line and It Is therefore unnecessarj* to at¬ tend a mass meeting for the purpose of receding funher information on fhe subject," he said in a formal statement tonight
Judd AJfbott Must Explain To Court
His Standing As County Candidate
Seek American Aid Xew 'i'orK, Aug. 27.—With a re¬ sumption of hostilitiea In Ireland In prospect, Americans tonight were ap¬ pealed to for further aid. Stephen Omara. mayor of Limerick, and spe¬ cial envoy of the Irish republic, asked that Irish interests be safeguarded at the coming disarmament conference, pleaded for Irish recognition, sub¬ scriptions for the second Irish loan, prevention of the "renewsU of the murderous atrocities which were per- pretated by our enemies against tho soldior* and pooplo of Ireland."
First local  application  of the  Act of 1895, known as    the    Controller's Act, came yesterday when a petition was presented to the local courts at¬ tacking the nomination papers flled by H. Judd Abbott of Xantlcoke, as¬ pirant for the Democratic   and   Re¬ publican nominations for the    office of  Counfy     Controller.     The    Court 1 granted a.- rule to show    cause    why ] his nomination  papers, bolh Repub- ¦ lican and Democratic, should not be ( declared null    and void.    A    hearing j will be held at 10 o'clock on Septem- j ber 1.
)     The attack    on    Abbott's    papers j was made by F. J. McCanna of Pitls- , ton, who Is also a candidate for the I Democratic nomination as a succes¬ sor to Fuller Hendershot.    McCanna was represented by Attorney  Daniel A. Fell.   The court was told that un¬ der the act of 1S95 no person holding
He served under former Collector Fred C. Klrkendall and when the latter went out of office, Abbott con¬ tinued to hold his Job'. He was one cf the flrst to announce himself as a candidato following Mr. Hendershofs death.
The court action came as a com¬ plete surprise to the Xanlicoke man and his supporters. He had been selected as fhe organization candi¬ date among the Democratic aspirants. Few people knew of the existence of the Controller's Act until McCanna dug it up. A stiff flght is expected to result when the court begins hearing the case.
Abbott's friends declare he will re¬ main in the race by virtue of the fact that his preseni position is merely one of appointment under a federal officer.    They say his status is that
offlco under the federal government j ot a clerk and thoroughly in agree- shall be eUgible to become County j ment with the Controller's Act. Xo Controller un-.il one year after hold-   fear is expressed by them as the re
ing such govemment office. At present Abbot baa beon a deputy
•ult of pera In
McCanna's appeal.    The pa- tbo caso were aerved on Mr.
1 rovonoo collootor In thv ioeal district. Abbott last evonlnc
BiE FEARS FATHER WHO KILLED PRIEST
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 27.—Alleg¬ ing she fears she is to be kidnapped, declared insane and sent to an asy¬ lum or done bodily injury to prevent her giving testimony in the trial of her father. Rev. Edwin R. Stephen¬ son, charged with killing Father James E. Coyle, Catholic priest, Mrs. Stephenson-Gussman late loday ask¬ ed for an injunction restraining po¬ lice officials, the sheriff, coroner or any other couniy or Alabama officer from molesting her.
Only a few hours earlier her hus¬ band, Pedro Gussman, whose mar¬ riage to Ruth Stephenson by Father Coyle precipitated the killing of the latter, had been freed from the coun¬ ty Jail. Gussman's liberation followed rect pt of a telegram from Peoria, 111., police declaring he was not the same man accused of killing his wife there a year ago.
Mrs. Gussman, in addition to charging mistreatment by her fath¬ er, prior to her marriage, alleged that threats have been made to kid¬ nap her. She further alleges friends of her' father will endeavor to nave her coiTiTiiffed to an insane asylum.
Her testimony is counted on by the •tato to bans Stephenson.
Chicago, Aug. 27.—.A. bomb which exploded a few minutes after mid¬ night, partially wrecked the rear of the Columbia theatre here. No on© was hurt. The explosion made a ter¬ rific nols© and caused great excite¬ ment In tho down town section.
A section of the rear wall of the theatre and the stage door entrance were reduced to ruins. The Planters' hotel, next door, was not damaged.
Police said the bomb had been apparently lo explode when persons would he leaving the theatre by the stage door.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Hands, It was re¬ ported, have been having trouble with the Columbia, where a new ahow was to open  September 4 .
into tho witiii storm near .Morgan- town before it inished. fho pilot flew low .inti circletl about seeking a landing pl.ice and as fhe aeroplane tipped and no.sod down, the looso I camp stools sliil forward, throwing the pajsengers forward In a heap on the pilot and the plant,' was plunged downward by their weight and struck tho ground.'
There Is evitlence, Woodhouse said, fhat "extraordinary influence" was brought to bear on officers and others who could have cleared up the mystery of the tragedy and that "unlawful practice" was resorted to In suppressing the _ evidence.
Woodhouse also charged the uso of intoxicants al Langley field prior to the return trip.
DRY AGENT DISCOVERS FORTUNE IN WHISKEY
Chicago, August 27.—John KJell- ander, prohibition director for tho Greal Lakes, personally seized a box car cortaining 34 large packing cases of whiskey valued at $125,000 in a raid today.
The liquor was consigned from an eastern rlly to James Mariner and labtjlled a^ empty packing boxes.
Plot To Raid Local Warehouse
Revealed In Tip To Policemen
¦Whether   Wilkes-Barre   city   police departmeni haa frustrated what was intended   to   be   one   of   the   biggest whiskey  hauls   since  prohibition  be¬ came   effective   will   best   be   deter- mined  with  the  arrival  of daybreak. | Until an early hour this morning the j special detail assigned to one of the > city's largest warehouses to offset any attempt    of    robbery,    reported    "all well." I
Early last evening a quiet tip was! furnished   Chief   of   Police   Leon   S.' Pitcher  that  whiskey  bandits  would make   an   Invasion   of   the   city   last nighl and would make a raid upon the i government warehouse in fhe central city.    Chief Pllcher immediately as¬ signed a detail of plain clothes offi- cer.^ to the place suspected as being the  goal  of  the   invaders.     Until  an early  hour  this  moming  there were no  suspicious  characters  in  tho  vi¬ cinity of the warehouse, and no causo
be kept to guard thousands of dollara worth of sliced liquors taken by the govemment officials in numerous raids within the past several months.
According to the tip gtven the po¬ lice a resident of this county whoso place of business was raided and mor© than on hundred cases of liquor seized, and who is seeking under a permit, so the story ia fold to recover his small fortune in contraband goods, heard that a movement was on foot to burglarize the local ware¬ house last nighl and to cart off all of the liquors  in  fhe quarters.
Just to what extent this plan of robbery was to be carried could not be learned, although ll would require experts to gel inlo the vaults which hold the liquors. However, the city police took no chances, and will bo ready If such an invasion is to take placo. Chief Pitcher believes that tho tip may have only been an Idle rumor. However,   he   has   taken   every   pro-
lor alarm,   Howovor, tho detail will, cauUoa to frustrato tvory offort.