Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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MAMMOTH   PROSPERITY   BOOSTER   EDITION   READY   NEXT   SUNDAY
All the Latset Telegraph News
Irvdependent
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FOUNDED 1906
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 19l'3.
PRICE FIVE CENT5
FORMER BURGESS SON ON PLYIVIOUTH ST
ERS L TRAINS IN
A BAD WRECK
John N. Thomas Shoots Down William, El¬ dest Child When Dared To - Father Claims Misspent Life Of Off¬ spring Led To Deed.
PARENT IS 73TLAIN MAN 46
BOYS FORM BAD GANG
" IViTil^h' T(mIiI.v*" UniHli
At  IMyiiioiidi I{r(>lv<'ii
Ip B.v Officer.
BOOSTER EDITION REAOy: TO APPEAR m]
John M. Thomas, aged 73 years, former burgess of Plymouth Borough, shot and fatally wounded his eldest son, William, aged 46 years, on Main street, that town at 10:23 o clock last night. A. misspent life upon the part of the son, a neglect of his father culminating in his daring the aged parent to shoot him when they met last night is the motive assigned for the crime, the father, a prisoner in the Plymouth lockup, declaring last night to a group that gathered at his cell door: 'I was driven to it, that's all and the wonder is that I did not do it sooner. Is he dead." He then asked, continuing, "I heard some one say that ho died while another said he had been taken to the hospital. None of the group cared to face the task of informing the man whose few remaining locks are iron grey that the life he had given almost a half century ago had been taken by his own hand.
STORY OF SHOOTING.
Assistant Chie^ John Wagner, of the Plymouth force, tells a connected story of the affair and bears out the claim that there had been no violent quarrel between the two principals in the tragedy that has shocked Plymouth r.s never before in its histork. At 10:20 the police re¬ cords show that a report had been entered by Wagner from the box at the corner of Main street aad Center avenue. The officer stated that he had just closed the hox and was standing with his hack toward the street when the shot rang out. "It was more like the roar of a can¬ non, " he said, "and I ran at once for the other side of the street. There was Will on his back with the old man holding the smoking gun. What is the trouble Mr. Thomas, I asked. The aged man replied  I shot Billy.' "
"What was your reason,"asked the officer,   "did he strike you."'
"Fo," he replied, "but he was no good. I left the fire in his care but he did not look after it and I looked for him yesterday." By this time the officer had qxiietly removed the gun fnm the hand of his prisoner doing this without starting any trouble as by that time thc crowd aliout the little group had grown to mammoth proportions.
Continuing the conversation the officer said: "I hope it isn't serious," whereat the father cahnly replied: "John I haven't had any good from him. he hasn't used me right. I think I got him near the heart." He was right as the lead pellet had entered near the seventh rib and glanced upward plowing through the heart and causing death twenty minutes later. With this conversation concluded the aged man over the three score and ten mark was led away to a cell at the town lockup.
(('i»iUiini04l im^*:iC<'_2J	
«'i>mpii.«o(J ut" fift> member.", ji band f; .voiiths tlfsisn^tins thcrn.solvcs :!.¦< "Th" Terribl-^ Teddy nun<h." hii.x b. cn diseovered at Plymmith by TiiLint Offieer Henry .Tono.s. The al¬ leged leaders of thi.s >outhfti! band cliHrsjed by this same ofiicer .vith rob- 1 eries and goneral mi.siondiict were before Judge Fuller ye.-terday morn¬ inK in .Iiivenile Court. .\t first the judse directed that they he tnUen to reformatories I)ut the pleas of moth¬ ers made with tonrful emphasis led to the eourt ohangins this to a parole under the strictest of gu.ird. The defendants were sriven to elearly un¬ derstand that at the first digression fi( ni thi- path of duty ana proper conduct  they  would   be  committed.
r>fli<-er Jones discussed condition.s at IM> mouth with The Inaependent <'OUrt reporter yesterday and stated that this band had friV'n l.inV ron¬ siderable trouble for tlie past year. Petty thefts would be reported and the indieations generally jiointed to the Kuilt of this band but he eould r.ever .=eeure any evidence against them. T'nder the lead of ^';ck Bu.s- l:nrt. .l(7tin McnadonsUi. Frank Matal- anis and Joe .Mar ilonis a large crowd of boys, numbering fvilly half a hun¬ dred, were- roaming the tov.'i. refus¬ ing to attend y(-hool sessio-.-i.s <)wing to his activity against them he al¬ leges that the boys have threatened his life unless he gave up th-^ htmt for 1 them.
The  lAt^t  Kolilxry. The  capture of  the  boySj  liowever. was elfected beoause of the VoT>bery of the Ciuod sioresju-ihe PUlllps Jjuild- |. ing  on   Main slrtul,   Plyawiuth.     This j l.s  a je-welry  estalilishment   and  early j in the present month an enlrrnee was, (< DiitiniKMl on Ta^e 2) >
Final Details Worked Out For Biggest Publica¬ tion of Kind in History of City- Some Fine Illustrations a Feature.
By Gcji'^e Ilai'ri-, Donoliiio
Onc   «cel-.    more    and    the    PI'.OS- PF^UITV     MUtKSTKl:     KDITIO.V    O::"
THK   IXDEfPJXDKNT   will   be   i-.-ady for your iiLjpcctiuii.
At  the    or.-s'jat    time    the    pi.turj idates and mr'.s.-i ot descriptive matter iir<-   in  tiu!  hands   of   the     make-uii men  wht'se Utiiy  it  is to .see tha'.  the finest pj;(.);:pi:ritv BOOSTl-:i:  r;DI- TION ever co;r.pi!'-<! in this section of thc  .State   i.s    prof.-erly    put    together- rnd   alih.iu.,'h   it   will   mean   working Might ant; day froji' no^v on until nc.Ml i-'u.-'day    m.n-:i'ng,    yet    THI3    JXUE-) I'liXUKNT will come out on schedule time, and wli.-a you see it you will de¬ clare thai our effort has at leas; some merit in  it.
It wa.s origin.i!'..- intended to pro¬ duce the PRO;SI-KRlTY BOO.STER ] KDITIOX .5undj.y .January 12th,—bui right at the time when we thought e\ery feature had been thoroughly covered it wjis discovered that 'here ¦na-s still a • olume of matter whicn had been entire'y overlooked and in order to .icrommodate several score of interes;ed ;.;<»Ot;TERS it was found necessary to halt operations and prac- tit-ally bef^in -iM over a.gain.
Xow. however, ihe work is conclud¬ ed and outsiJe of a few ¦f--caltering de- tiil.s ever-tiling :^ ready for the i om- j)tIation if 'he < dition which -^^hen r-roduced next i-unday mornirtg wi'.'^ conclude he woric oi the BOOt^TERS iajpoKtect .wra '.Vilkes-Barre feighl v.-eek ago.
Inciden ai:.-.-. If there ever ^•..¦,s a town thiit reeded BOQSTTXF..— \\ ill^es-B; ri-..—is  the   pla:-e,     Tl e   :.\-
eragc busins-.s msn here seeii\s t > imagine that this i.s the most c:;icn- sively adverMs-?-] town on the fa.-e of the map. v.hen r:.-: a matter of fatf, the real fame of Wilkes-Barre is cen¬ tered in the minds of the people who live here.
Some day perhaps, tliere will be an awakening, an.! :hi- really inerit^-nous features jf Wllkes-Barre may oe wafted to disti;it parts and theu per- hiips a group of real live oapitT-isLi-3 wires nmy di:icc er Wilkes-Barre and come up here and take a look.—but after talkinsf with the repre.sertativp business men of this city for the past two nionths I i;m convinced tha' l)e- yond the na:i:'n.,l circulation w nicti | the IXDEPE.VDEXT will have next; Sunday, \Vilk->s-Barre will be per¬ mitted to Iro 3 b.-!ck into her old ru'. —and the .) Id jiait of it all is. thci the represent lli >e business men. are rather proud of that fact.
.Somebody told me the other day that a pe'.ino'i v-mid be circu'.ate 1 shortly asking the railroads to e )uip their trains with rubber tires, in or¬ der that the gerci-al peace and r^-ilfui ¦"juiet of '\Vilkc?3-Barre might not iie hampered, ali of which i.s a most pleasing idea .is tr.king it for granted the railroad c- i-ipanies -will hasten t') comply wil'n the i>etitioners reaueat. :.hen some ot your representaiive Irusi- ness men \« Hi ba-* e the long sought 'or opportunity of enjoying a perpet¬ ual snooz.e.
However, 'this rioes not  mean   thp.t
al!  the bu.^ines? nien  of '\Vil.-:es-Barre
:ire dead up to their necks and .ibso-
uiely unal'.ve to the mnltirude of op-|
(Continued on Va^r 2) I
Wooden Cars Fired And
All Passengers Have
Narrow Escapes
i POLICEMAN IS KILLED
(Trl«-grai>h   to   ln«lo|)ondciit.)
Xew York. Jan. l',t.—.\t least one man wa.s killed and a dozen or mor<» of men, women and children, were injured at :;::!0 o'clock this afternoon. liy the craiUu of two elevated trains on the Third avenue ••!.'• structuie near 3 3nd street.
Immediately after tho colllsiin flamea caused by a slinrt <-irc'j!t, burst out in the two wrecked -wooden ears and threatened the lives of the occupant.s. The motorman in the rear trHin wji.s badl.v burned and es¬ caped through a car wMndow just m time to save bi.s life.
The ixwd.
J. .M. Gleasf>n. tialiolman. The  Injured.
Jlich.-iel Hearn. "(^ years of agi», motorman. burned and (-ut aboui head   and  body.
Mrs. Bessie .Soavardy, .•suffering from shock and legs cut.
.Mis-s Regina Kupler, contusion.s of body.
I-Yank .M. E. Strom, electrical en.gi- neer, contagion of le^s.
.\1   Shu'tlesworth.   cut   about   Iread - and legs.
Gleason. who was a yotmg police¬ man and not in uniform, wa.s crush.'d between the motorinan's box ¦^nd the side of the first ear of the rear train. Identification was made by means of ' card.s and letters found in his poc- ' keta.
A  Brave  Pri«»3t.
Re\/ Father .Sinnoit. of St. Stephens Church, a short distance ,away, waa in hus study when he heard tho crash of the colliding trains. ¦Run¬ ning Lo the scene, he climbed to the structure by means of a ladder and making his way toward tho panic- stricken people in the burning ^trst ear of the second train shouted:
¦Be  quiet.     Move  cpiickl.v.    I   ^liall i^ stay  here  until  you  are all  out  and (Continued on Va-j.o 2)
mORlY'S ATTACKS ON ClERfiYlN
IN NEWPORT CASE HALTS HEARINIi
No Testimony Taken Ilntil Judge is at Hand
To Rule on Questions- Question
Jurisdiction.
TERMS ACCraiE QUARTER CENTURY
MANY NEW APPLICANTS IN WILKES-BARRE CITY
Suoyi'isvillc .Mno Has I sual   ()nola    Desirous of
IJihTinj; Liijiioi Trade—Ihc lAsi  For
lho KntiiM' Couiily.
Declaring    that    th.*    method.« em-j .statement upon the fact lhat tliey ha J
Pioye.l by Attornoy T.  1). .Shea were
unfair to his witnes.s Rev.  K. V. Cor-, ,^,^^_^  ^^  ^^^,  ^^^.^^      ^^.^^^ Griffith   ,.s
about the .same age as Mi.ss Craiar and her lestimony wa,s to the effect that she  had   been   told   by   the   defendant
hearing  in  the  '•^^vvport, ^l^__^  ^^^   ^^^^^  defendant*   wa.s  under
nell of Xorth Main street this city. At¬ torney Em C Jones yes-.erday morn- ins hailed
school toard injunction cxse until a judge eould be secured to rule on .he quesi;ons to be asked. Owing to ih'- aniiuni of work that confronted th.- jucigt.s the testimony in this case '.vas ^ireciet' to be taken by a. .«teno- Srapner. but .\ttorney Jones shortly i;«ine noon after the clergyman had l^cen on ihe ^.-lill for about half an hour called this form of procedure t.< a h:ilt and th.e '.'taring was continued 'inti! the :.;;err.oon. Ke\. Cornell anl the, lUtonie,- had rian.\ verbal clashe-*. At th:it .sij^.'-^on thc testimony of Sfvoral was taken in relation to the age ot a y..uug lady teaching in the town.'^;hip y.-hool.s and the habits nf another of the male teaeher.-i. Tb.- light ct Ilic local (ourts to deciile 'h':8 lasl matt, r was one of the items ¦'¦ltai-!;e,l b; Attoiney T. I), and Charles A. Shi a who app-ared for the ie.',chei.s   aii'.l   the   school   bo-^.r'!. '   H
Wilkes-Bane   city   takes   the   lead I thi.s year in   point  of appMcation.s for new   lirpior  licenses,   forty-three   hav¬ ing   been   entered   with   ("lerk   of   the Court.s Keiser from the  various wards i Iof  the  city.     This is an   unusual   con-! ' dition   and   tbe   fact   that   five   of   tbe wards    are    without    an\-    applicants! makes   the   conditions   all    the    more! 'startling. i
)     In     proportion   to   the     populalion. j however.    .Swoyersville    again     heads I 'the   list   with   thirty-tour  applications j j from   the   west   side   town.     I'or   the j past  few  years that   municipality  has' occupied  a   pro:niiient   position   in  the affair." of the license court.    T'lis \earl is  to   be  no  exception.     Plains  town ship  also has a large  list   of ncw  ap plicants   while   Plymouth,   which   wa
' mix-oH   vcsto.-,!.,,    I       .1 . !i!ways  well   U))   In   the   li.-'t    of   town
mixed   ye.sierda\    ov   tli'-t-e   iuriir^Q   r.r . .. ..'.,
I, •      ¦        '^^    toages   olj,,.,p    |,„f    three    applicants.      Wilkes
I thc  county bench  in disposin.sr of the j Rarre  townsh,p is also a thir.sty .sec
had  children  born  at about the sa"'e i p|.jj^j)H(.|'j^  j|)  J^oCal ("OllllS
tinu-.    They had been life long neigh-1
(ivi Seven' Senlef^res.
(Xhers Paroled.
•Mercy   and   severity     wcr»     oddly
t;;rhtecn years.
Jr. relation to Barrett, tlie board hat. refused to hear testimony th<at covered the period prior to  tho open-
:"^te«Ly'?i:e'ba:^'-re"e?':;ol:^a:d I numerous     prisoners     that  had   heen ition judging fr  ,he fact that twenty
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Chief Wind: and Patrolman Robert.s vi .Nanticoke. testified to his having of Xanlicoke, gave damaging tetimony .\s .stated owing to the dispute ov.^r the  jurisdiction   of  the   court  the  d<--
< ision  for or against an injunction asj.p rity were on th"ir way  b.i prayed   for   hiis   been   withheld    until    jaji.   to   depart   from   there
< onvicted   during   the   last     week     of,, ,.    ,  <,„,.,:„„
criminal court,    (.ver a score of pris-{ ^'"""^  '^''  ^"" oners were marshalled, in the various i court   rooms,   yesterday   morning,   all to receixe sentence.    .\t noon the ma-
k  to the
for    the
one applications    have    been    enti-rcd
next       week.       Judges     Fuller     and j Kastern PenifentiiT.v. while their more j Strauss are .-.cling in the cano. j fortunate .-onipan-...ns had been given
    ^ I  ! the benefits of the T>arole act and had |
l\  .Ml^>l<^ll^¦ < ••'  Bl'HN-'^- j been  returned  to their families.  u|ion j
III honor of the l.-4lh anniversary j j,romi.se to do betler in tbe futur". | of the birih of Kobert niirr.«. the Cal-• Hcspite the numerous par-Ies thus I edimian Club of this eity held a ba.li-j -iven. the minimnni sentences im, | (iuet at their hall on South f'nmklin | posed upon tho;:;- judged guilty of of-j .«;rci-t   liist   nighl.     The  menu  was ap-j tcn.ses    that     should  be imni-hed.  ag- •
by
thei
'^•i.s cia iiieii tl.at the peiiiioiicr.  II. Voung had another remedy at law forj
petizimt   ami   was     served Daughters  of  .Si!oll.and.
Tho program carru-d out was as fol- this  matter  : rid   that   th.-   courts   :iad!,i„w.s: in right to take up the c,a.so j Remarks   . .James Lindsay, Caliirman
A.i a  Ksull  the   decision   has   be-n j clansman  Jame.s  .M.  Cranston	
loJtiKned   until   next   week   at  whi( h :   Chaplain
till!,' it IS < <p< cted that a final hear- I'n^viil i-.e li«.ld and a decLsion reu-"h- f-OS to v.-.iothd or not the injunc:i>n hiSiieC, lo ie;.;train the teachers from -being allowed to enter their school '¦ooms will   be   eiiher  granted   or  re-
f'.KWi.
IliM ory  of  Ca-^'.
The   ui^itlei-!;.   involved   in   this   suit-       	
Were  hefore   the   school   board   some, .Song—.Selected
Toastmaster   	
 Judge John  M.  Garman
"Unmin Ttobin,"    David Wilson
'The   Day   We   Celebrate,-	
 Dr.  Outhrie
"J-'low C.entl.\   Sweet  .\fton"	
gregate over a iiuarter o*" a century, or twent.v-Pive y(-ar.s and six months, while the maximum terms will re:M h over twice that  period.
Tiio SexrroM niow 11 was iipf.n Slanle.\- .Sboema l.i^r. convicted of causing the depth of :\Ii- < hael Woodp. that the seve; est blow lell. His attorneys tried to secure .'i stay of sentence on a motion for a new trial,  alleging  improper remarks
"The  Land   We
upon the part    of    District    Attorney Bigel.iv,-.  In this, lhey failed -is Judge ..Miss .\nnetta Maijon   (i-Royle  refused  the new trii' and  at:
heft"            once   imjiosed   a   senten.-e  of  not   le.ss I
..   Capt.  Janies  .Mo.r| than   six   years   and   not   move   thanj . ...    Will.   I-ivingstonj ,v^-eivc  years in  the  Kastern  Peniten. i
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time and the teachers  under fire are] -The   ban<l   of  loir  Adoption
tiary.     The case will
earried  to
¦Bonnie
I'atriek Barrett and   T.eah  .May Craig, j   ^   ..
I^ connection   wiih  the  age     of    tn'.>|.Song
'aifer.   Mrs.  Kdgar Itodger.s,   .Mrs.  Kd-|
'¦arfl    noViiiis    I'nd     Mi-s    Margaret! "What   I   Think of Burn.s".
'Grifith  si.i;efl   th.U thev  had  alwaj-sj ''-I'MI  the  r.;---   o'  fb--   sirl  nnd   that; i-^on.- •¦'¦^ v,-:i-, ui.l.M-  :-i.:>  ¦.•;;'.1   liiiiit  ror)Mir-j '^ t)y  i:ic  -:odc      They     ha.Kjd     this   "Tii--
Selc. ted
lx.s.sie'
Daniel   Ke'lihigh  court nn the strength .if the re-
.Sweet Bess"          j marks alleged  to have  been  made  by
    Ceorge   Perry! ^i^o district  attorn.>>-.
l,«K-al Siiibhiiis Ci-e. Iieiie   Kelteii.   the   iie'.;re.-s  v.ho   .'id¬ niitted stabbing PJchard .Iohi>-on. was ; ^i\en   .1   ch.ince     '"to     .-ool     her     hot (Coiiliniicd on I'ag-e ->
....   Dr.   P.  T-aylor
Miss   IloIclICi-   ITaC::<t.i.-
 J udsc Garman
Th.' I,i^l. I
Ye'-.e|-ii;;y the I ndepr-iuiciii re-j porter secured access lo the records in the otfi-.-e of the clerks wilii thc result that the following list of the number of ai'l'licant.-^ from the vari¬ ou.s municipalities was secured: .\shley  .        7
.\VOCH         T
Conyngham To" nship        ;;
"Courtdale   	
"¦Tialla.'^ Tovv usiiip	
Dorrance Township   	
l>ui-;.en    	
lOdwardsville    	
l-:xeti r     	
Kxeter  Township   	
I'orty   Kort   	
l-'o.'^ter Township	
Hanover Tcn\ nship	
!la;;letoii   	
Ilir/.le Townsiiip   	
, 11 ugliesto-5\-n 	
.lenkins Township   	
K;ng;--tin     	
l.ake Township   	
K-irksvilb-	
l.uzerne	
Miner's Mill.-;  	
'   .\;intif-oke  	
Xewpori  Townshi-,1   	
Parsonr^	
T'laitis   	
pitt.ston	
Pittston  Tiiu iishi)	
Piyiiiontb   	
Plvuioiiih   Township    	
Pvinglc   .	
s;ilckshinn\    	
*>locum Township	
.^ugarloif Townsliip	
Sugar  Xotch   	
.«woyer.'iville    	
Warrior Hun  	
Wesl  Wyoming   	
Wilke:-Harre  Township   ..
Wright   Township   	
Wyoming    •. .
Wilkefkitiirre  t'ity   	
Ist   \\ ard   	
.'ml   Vrard   	
:;rd  \Aard  	
tnh Ward   	
llth    W'ard    	
ICth  Ward   	
i:'.ih Ward   	
1 tth" Ward   	
1 .'lib '\'ard   	
! (1th   iN'ard   	
Some   I'orc«iste. T!ii.«   indicates   that   there   will    be some liveb- times aheaii for the judges as far a.s the remonstranie end of the session   is   concern(-d.      l-'or   instance, Kuzcriic  Horougli  has always rc>;ulied in   a   jirolcst  against  nejiv   place.s  and itne   large   number   from   that   R':'Clioii will   natur.-illy   bring   the   tempi ranco f".'-.-ces   into   court   as   usual.     Jn   thisj city the lower cntl section  of the city l has always brought in a delegation ofi the   fei-.iab-   chur.-h   workers   to   enter! their protest againsl such a move upon | the part ol"  thc court.    Despite a dc- ; feat received last year it is undoi.stood' that   the   t sual   remon.strance   will   be; j tiV-d  this  .\ear.     In  the  township sec-I ! lions,   however,   the   protest   is   not   soi ! Iironounced.   with     the     rc-sult     th it ¦ tliere ean not be much trouble in that: ! direction.     .\mong   the   strange   fea-i j tures  of  tie   ses.'^ion   this  year  is   the I fact    th!!'    I'reeiand   horough   u-uially i marked   l-\   a   lon.g  list   of new  appli-! i cants, does nol have a single new one i .\ear.       ^
CITY SKELETONS ARE
RAniED BY LENAHAN
Li^hl ('ompany Fijjht Resiilts in Heviviiiij Fhiiioiik l>nber.> Case—Deei sioii Kxpeefed Fiom Judge Gai'iuaii Tomorrow,
That  electric light v.ire fight cime. {)ef'i.'c   the   court   yesterday   morning for a hearing and    in    opposing    tbc! light of the Wilkes-Barre Ijight Com- 1 my   (new  company)   to   cro.=s South iV-j.shington street. .Mtorney John    T. Lenahan  rattled a   few (ity and com- o.iny skeletons.     He  was  al  his   best •n the .sarcasm line and declared tha'. the   plaintiff   in   the   action   was   the I'ompany that  had brought the name :.nd   fame  of  the  city-into     disrepute through  efforls  at   bribery.     He  also claimed   that  the   move   now   on   foot AV.-.ji   not  for the   purpo.s.i  of  permitt-! ing thc  residence   of  Dr.  Sweeney  to ke lighted  but to give the new con- '¦:rn   ar   entrance   inlo  the   block   aa th-j southerly side of the street namel .= 0  tiiat  the  residents  in   lhat se-:tion < ould be supplied  with  current. OiH'ning cif Battle, It   'vas-  an  interesting  gathering  :n Court   Jloom   Xo.   2   at   lOilTi   o'docii .vesterday  morning  when  Judge  Gar¬ man called the case.    Attorne.vs Tres- o-3tt   and   K.   <;.   Butler  appeared   for t;ie  new  company  which  had   named: thc   city  and   Mayor  ,fohn   V.   Kosek I as the defendants in the action.    At¬ torney McMugli aupeared for the ?iiy| an.l Mr. Jjpnahan for Hie mayor.
Before the case was started Attor- ¦ n.-'V Ijcn.-ihan attacked the right of. the plaintiffs to bring the action he-| fl.re Judgo tlarman. This was biised; on a court rule to the effo-.-t that the' 1. otion judge for thc -week sh-iuld- hear all motions. It was claimed iViat ivrant    thi;t   the   proceedings   should
have been started before .TitdjjB O'Boyle who had luen as.signed that work for the past -w-eck. Jvdge Gar-«i r.ian luled, however, that it was a matter ir equity and that while t'no rule had been e.stablished it had b«en for the sake of conveni(-nce and that he had never as yet If possi':3!» refu!<- ed a motion in equity prixieedinss. He cautioned attornejs. however, against disregarding this rule of the court. Stopy  of  Case.
With this preliminary skirmish dis-- liosed   of  and   honors   with   the   new- company   the   battle   opened   In   r«al. earnest.     Attorney   Trescott   outline'l . the  conditions surrounding the  man¬ ner in which the pipe had been drivea under      .South      Washington     street. Briefly   his   claim   was   to   the>  effect that Vt. Sweeney and    Dr.    Mayock, owner.s    of    properties    facinir    each other  on   that  street -were  o-wners  :n fee simtile of the land to  tho center of the street and  that  therefore they had   the   right   to   drive   the   pipe   in the  nianner that  marked their opera¬ tion.s.     The story of how the mayor. personally directed  the c-ity forei* that* forcibly    entered    the    home    nt Tir. ¦ Sweene.v, disconnected the pipes, etc., was also told.
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WlT^n  this had  been concluded  At-^ tl rney I.,enahan was to tho front.   1ti» I at   once   attacked   the    new   comp.-my' by  saying  that   "the  real   plaintiff  in, '• this c.if.e  is  that company -which  ha.s bl ought di.sgrace upon the fair n-amn and  fame  ..f  tiii.-^ < it>-  through efforts (Contimirrt on race 21
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.New     VmU.     Jau.     L'"..-   "Hr i-gi  " Wel.ber.   who   has   been   living   in   s:*- clusion foliowing his testimon.e in tlie Jtosenthal   murder   case.   dis.Tppearcd mysteriously  Thursday   evening.     (m Ihi'  follow ng  da>   h.^  took- a   ^ti:'mer for   Panantn.     To  several  oM   friends he   eontidc !   lhat  he   was     geing     to open   a   gaiiibling     house     a*     i'olon. ; Webber   pl ins  to  invest     $-.'.'i.On.:i     iu I luxurioii.s cuarter.s.     Ile b:is inte! este.l ' I.ther     weiilthy     gamblers       in       the Schema I
OXYGEN PUMPED THROUGF[ COAL SAVED MAN'S LIFE
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Plii!;«<le!nlr». .lan. -•'»,—To" laiik< of ox.\gcii pum(K-<l througl ton* of coa' under wlii<-li U*' wa< buried, ^ineil the lifc of .lo-^epli KcioiestPT, a  laborer at a  league Ulaiul power lion-e today.
stationed at an oi»"ii cliuli- Ilirougli wliii ii coal wa» ]ia-.iing. 1'ore-^ ter mi»><'<l hi- f'loliiig and -Ild imo the iiitma.^. \ workman -;iw liini drop and calleil for iicl| . Tlic «-.-ml was ^liut ofi' fmin uImim- hut not I <ifore much had pounded <lo«n upon roerc-ter- Ixidy. « illinni Itiler. ciiief ho.pilal -Icward. had .- niic inch iron pip<'. capped "ilh a piei-c of jiaste- board lo Ue«-p out the ga-. driven I'liougli Ih'- <c,al unli! il was jiiileeii il nni-t !unc reai bed locn-ler. The pa-t«lioanl wa- Ilicii piiiiifurcil with H piece of wire aud wliile workmen dug llie coal out of llie biiiik- .Ts oxygon «as pumi>"l 'lirongli the pipe. I'.cifsicr w.n- laken oul im- .tMiM-iou-  but  ali^e.     No hone-  were  lu-oken.
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