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Waahlngton. December Jl.—ESastem Penna.: Partly cloudy Sunday; Mon¬ day generally fair.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,      JANUARY 1,1922       ISSii^^JT ^""TJi^:
The   Only    Sunday    Xewnpaper County
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
. S. SENATOR PENROSE IS DEAD
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Two Friend;
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IN HOSPIT/
Tear** celehratli a early
kd   in   the   shooting    of 1
two   of     thprn   wounded ¦
an   attempt   to   shoot er.    Two men  wore ac- ' Dl at Swoyerville, while • man -n-as shot aa the ; loon brawl.
Icha.  ai;ed  ±8  years, of | jtrpet. Plains, is «hot In ,
is at fi local hospital, \ of a flsht in a saloon Miln street. Plains, fil- Year's eve dance. John 5 years, also o ^'".ains L-U\g held by th . i<iins It the result of m
occurred    aboui fiominK.    It Is not  ¦
fight   Ktfirtei.    Bl ^nce ill   T;.e  vlcjnlt; after   t le  dance \ to the  hotd    LoU In  < .'>  heat of thei Ue?  i that the bar- \x a gun and flred. Pllibre stfuck Blacha Th.> Plains police >ne  of the ofttcen. It ^ted to arrest the nwin ahootlnp, when Jjulka I pulled his gun    How¬ ie  officer waa  quicker |Ung   iron,   having   his j the bartender, at the Iving   the    cimntand I
HARRY BUTTS NAMED TO APPRAISER PLACE
Plains Educator Honored in Selections Made by Auditor General Lewis at Harris- burg
SUCCEEDS GEORGE ROSS
THE late: senator PENROSE
STATE'S MASTER MIND IN NATION'S POLITICS DIES VERY SUDDENLY
The next mercantile appraiser for Luzerne County will be Harry T. Butte, of Plains. In the list of mer¬ cantile appraisement places handed down yesterday by Auditor General Lewis, Mr. Butts is named as the svccesaor of George Ross, of Luzerne, who served two years aa mercantile appraiser through appointment by ex- Aiiditor General Snyde:-.
The new mercantile appraiser Is employed as an instructor of mathe-. matics in Plains township hig-n school. Previous to entering Bloomsburg Nor¬ mal to prepare for the teaching pro¬ fession he was a well known rail¬ roader on the Lehigh Valley for sev¬ eral years.
Mr. Butts has always taken an ac¬ tive pert in Republican politics, both in Plains township and in the county. Although always willing to do his part in assisting others to secure public offices he never sought politi¬ cal preferment himself. He is a na¬ tive of Plains and has always re¬ sided there.
Mercantile appraisers were ap¬ pointed yesterday by Auditor Gen¬ eral Lewis in all of the counties of the State except Philadelphia and Allegheny.
The other selections for Northeaat- em Pennsylvania are aa follows:
Lackawanna,    Jacob    F.    Huester;
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YEAR FOR OPTIMISM PREDICTED FOR 1922 BY NATION'S LEADERS
Delegates at Washington Conferenpe Are Sure That Prosperity is on Way Back
WAR SPIRIT IS DEAD
Washington.   Dec.   81.—The   world stands  on  the  eve of a  new era  of ' I srood feeling, Ij the opinion of lead- } ] ing   8tatesmen| now   in   the   national capital. I
Xew Tear's tfreetings given out to- 1 night breathe Optimism for 1922. De- .<<pite the troubles in which the arma- | ment  conferen-e  Is  enmeshed   confl-
Crisis of Unrest and Unemployment Believed To Be Past and Return To Normalcy Is Expected To Result From Co-operation Between Peace and Industry (in America)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IMPORTANT
A number of distinguished men I and women, thinkers and leaders, dence was exfTessed by many dele- I were a.^ked for their opinions on the gates that it ias already marked a \ outlook for 1922. Their predictions milestone of injternational propr-^ss.     ; ^^   ^°'". ^^^   "^"st     part     optimistic.
President Ha'cding end high admin- i ^^^ °' them see better times ahead
as a result of the ^Nashington arms
Istration   offlcLnls   believe     the     new i
conference    achievements    and
By Thomas E. Wilson President Wilson Packing Company Chicago—Packing, the second larg¬ est industry in the United Stales, fin¬ ished the year with normal produc¬ tion, all of which went into trade the  channels—not into warehouse—a good
HARRY T, BUTTS
Bradford, Bly Biddle. Cerbon, NKth- an C. Pollock; Columbia, William Vial: Lehigh, Hugh Porter; Monroe, A M. Stackhouse; Pike. Charles Mar¬ vin; Sullivan. H. W. Osier; Sussjue- hanna, J. M. Decker; Wayne, Wal¬ ter D. Robinson; Wyoming, B. E. Brundage.
Auditor General Lewis also direct¬ ed yesterday that four deputy ap¬ praisers in La-ckawanna County be dropped from the payroll. Tbeae Jour | are Sanford Phillips. John Kelly, David Rees and Louis Wolfe.
n«r!^.w'J?t f^^Tr'f?   ''t',"''"   !° ¦ si'ri'deVm^de^towa^^d'nV^malcy'" during I auguVy"Vr'\Tu87ness"rrBe7eral. normalcy with Industrial troubles pet-i the last twelve months    "'•--'----     i
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tied, farm depCession wiped out and | ments follow:
general   confldonce  restored. } By Chauncey M. Depew
Admiral  Baron  Kato,   head  of  the Japane.<>e deIegf|tion. declared the con-
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(     Washington,    Dec.    81. — Senator      "Boss" Penrose, he was called. But
the     Plains   Boies Penrose, of Pennsylvania, died  he detested the word "Boss."
la morning, at  11:10 o'clock tonight  in his hotel; Disliked Bos* Title
nd he wae| apartment here, after a \ritt il'iicss. '     "Our    enemies    .ire    'bosses';    o tr
Lulka wae' S«nat'>J' Penrose wa« ac« l*iiiji-i! by hie  frlonds 'leaders.' " he used to say.   "l
it  it    said I friends and conceded by liia enemies ; have  never been a boss consciously.
orable. ; to be the moat powerful leader of the 11 have   never   aspired to be a boss.
3 . conseoaUve element of the HepubU-   ¦^\re have come nearer to the popular
iccldentaJly  ^^5 l^arty. .      ..   ^        „.     r\i\e in  Pennsylvania  than have  the
r a  bullet Ini ,  From the time he entered the poUt- j ^.^ters in any other state."
' ^^ Bwoyer-, ^i •-««*.• » ^t^fl-^lf 'r. ^^,^^      Senator Penrose's princi
Celebrators Are Few and Pro¬ hibition Accounts For Ab¬ sence of Usual intoxication
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ativii from the eighth district of elphia in 1S84. supported by iw Quay—then boss of Penn- a—Penrose gave his attention nmint of political power rather
MANY AWAIT MONDAY
principal diver¬ sions were smoking, sailing and hunt¬ ing. The Atlantic seaboard and the mountains of Montana and Idaho knew him well. He cared little for gh office. i theatres,  cards or the usual capital
as first known as a reformer  amusements.
till practicing law before be- Death came to the veteran Senator coming an office holder. He wrote a I from Pensylvania at 11:40 o'clock in book in collaboration with Edwin P. j his apartment here. Allison, on municipal reform. It was For the last few days Penrose has not long afterward, however, before been seriously ill, his friends ad- he b. came associated with Dan Cam- mitted tonight. An acute case of|^*'« '^^' remains that eron and .Matt Quay and following bronchitis had affected the Senator's 1 c^l'^bration in the city was far from his.le, [ion to the Pennsylvania Ugis-, he.irt and death was due to heart equallrg the enthusiastic demonstra- lat!:r.'. bo was never out of office. trouble.    The end  came rather .-sud-   tions conducted in the past In observ-
Th.    RepubUcan     organization     in  dcnly to the   aged   politician,    while Pern ylvania '» beld as an example  throughout   the  ap.artment    hotel    in
merri-
The advent of 1922 was marked by a noticeable swrdty of that which in the past has made the New Tear's Eve celebrations In Wilkes-Barre among the biggest events of the year. Whether it was due to prohibition, whether due to the present Industrial condit ons, or whether it wa» because New Year's Eve fell on Saturday night this year, is hard to decide but last    night's
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EXCEPT WHEREIIE-yP IS CAUSED BY STRIKE
Pennsylvania Operations Are Only Exception and Plea is Made on Lost Markets
ference. even though it may fail in some of its objoctlves. has inaugurat¬ ed a forward n'ovement which is "ir- reslstable and ^jriumnhant."
The French; delegation, through Albert Sarrauti expressed the hope that the new year will usher in a "will to peacet" and better under¬ standing betwet/n all peoples. Cabinet members, senalors and representa¬ tives re-echoed;this tonight.
Some of the JNew Year statements follow: ;
Baron Katoij: "The world as a whole has goodj sound reason to look
By Jack Dcmpsey San    FrantiHco.—"rm    happy    be- New York -It i.s being said that the j cause   I'm   stiil   heavyweight   cham- economic     situation    has    improved.   P'on;   because  I  whipoed Carpentier,
Germany and France are reaching a ' and be< uu.se there an* still other peo- businesa agreement. A solution of j P'e Jn the world I think I can lick." the Irish question is in sight. We in J"'"** Ead How, "Millionaire Hobo" the United States need only a foreign I '^an >• ninciscn-I am happy hv- market for our surplus to establish | fause In 1^-2 America may awake to trade and equahty credit.    The con- i *^® suffering of the six million out of
wurK and uu suuicthing constructive
for them.
ference is making great progress. The people of the world will find a basiu of adjustment and begin to build successfully on this foundation. The year 1921 has begun this move toward prosperity. 1922 will help it along.
By David  Belaeco. New York.—We are going to enter a ten-year holiday from war.   Let us hope that we will spend our holiday
By Julius  Rosenwald President Sears-Roebuck Company Chicago—My    new    ye<ir    will    be happy   because   it   promises   a   more peaceful and prosperous world. David  R. Forgan,
Banker. (^
Chicago—It api.ears as thougict tSi
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of  th-;  most efficient and    thorough | which   he   lived   New   Year's political combination in the country.;/ncnt was In full swing. Its .Lccomplishment was the work of j An   Unusual  Career
Senator I'enrose. With    Penrose when  death    came
He never tired of detail and when was only his physician. Dr. Roy ho had completed his work In the Adams. The Senator had suffered state he turned bis attention to the severe coughing spells and each one nation. In a study of a situation that seemed to further weaken his heart, would enable him to grasp every an- 1 Penrose who was 61 years old. con- gle of national politics. ducted  his work aa chairman of the
Senator Penrose was born In Phila- Powerful Senate Finance Committee, delphla Nov. 1, 1860. He w;ia educated "P ""^" 'Y"^ Thursday The bron- :in  the  8cho.JlB of  that  city  and was <'hial trouble began  to develop then
ing the arrival of the new year.
Some even went so far as to say that they were of the opinion that last night's crowd about the central city wasn't equal to the ordinary Sat¬ urday night turnout. At 10:30 o'clock the streets were practically deserted though many of the revelers reap¬ peared on the streets later.
The hotels of the city were as free from the usual New Tear's festivities as were the streets, with the exception of   Hotel  Redington   where  the   only
Iseat  of If
I this morr istrous i Al   tw Jimea hfi I < |n .M;'l f3 ¦tic .   . Ji actu •, *¦ nen     i Pu    1 n I coi    <
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.craduated from Harvard in  l<!!!i   He   °""^ "'" ' uiiuiiiuu  nan ai uu tunc ir- i scheduled   program     was   conducted.
.entrance  to  the   Pennsylv.vnia  ie£s-  „„^Xent a   the WaX-^n Park Ini  ' «   "'^""•'^   ^"^^   continued   until   mid-
¦lalure was in 1884 and after ^-orvlng^Srun imttl .a shorfure be?ore h^^   "'^ht-   The large ball room was arti.s-
two    years    as      assemblyman    was S^trs^emed tf brim^t^ving^^^ tlcally   decorated  for    the    oc^ on
elected Stato Senator and was presl-       His  brother   Dr   Charles   B    Pen-   while music was furnished by Kleln-
a ; dent pro tempore. | ^j Philadelphia, visited him yes-   >cauf s orchestra.   At the Sterling the
2;,-       } I, \^^    elected    to    the      ^^,.    ^ut   the   Senator's   condition   regutar Saturday night patrons gath-
4|^Lnited  States   Senate  to succeed Jl^t.-p:;   _ueh   improvement   that  Dr    ered  excepting   :hat   the crowd  was
'XZ^S^'ll\^Z    TZ ^\7^^3   PenTot retumXhJ^r" "^^   -omewhat larger than usual.
' !?"^ Despite his fast falling health, the      Tonight   the   Sterling   conducts   a
L.    J.     .    .«..•* e Senator during the  present  term  of   special dinner from 6 until 11 o'clock.
Harding 8 Chief Sponsor Congress has taken an active part In   Beginning at 12 o'clock midnight, the
Penrose was expected to    hold    a  ^y^ .^ork of the Senate.   His old time : regular  New  Tear's  celebration  will
'dominant position In the RepubUcan, "^T^^ „„^ flehtinr oualitle^ were rone I take  place.    The   Sterling orchestra,
,,  naUon.al convention.    He ^'^ ^xu^\A^'^?J^^Llt^^\^^^^^Lr^J^^ »  «P««^*'  ^*''' ^""^^ orchestra,
",to attend,  however,  on    accoun?    of   ^"^ ^* f^^^^l Vy!rrt^tr^.l^r^t'^'^^^ '""^•»'* """"= '°'" *ia"'="'B. which
serious   illness   which   attacked   him   >«<*   '\/';^"'"*^/r^/!^'!^ jr^.r' ^'" ^*^" *^^- ''"^'"^''"'^x^^^^
several  months  before  the    conven-   *'"  '^^^'^^  ^"* Into effect at mid-  time later     ArtIsts  from  .New York
Oon.   But from his sick-bed ii, Phil-   «!<**• ^"   prc-vlde   suitable   entertainment
adelphia  he  kept  In  touch  w:th  the      L^s* ^^"^ ^^ presided at hearings   for the occasion.
I doings  of  the  convention    by    long i on the tariff revision bill.    He made      in   past  years  an  unusually  large distance telephone and m.iny believe I brief spewhes In the Senate just be-   number of Intoxicated persons stag- .•^that  Warren   G.   Harding s  selection j fore  the   Christmas   adjournment   of   gering about the streets of the cen- V-4«8 the Republican    standard    bearer  lai;t Wednesday. tral city was quite a common  sight
nrsa larcelv influenced bv   Pon.-il-. .      . on New Year 8 Eve.   Last night there
FW ADDCore'Ttrttel^  cLned out by Ws^?n^^^^^      ^*^ "^""^   '"   American   political  ^ere less than a half dozen such in- tW ARRESTS fifTHf^droTthP^Lf Senator-   ufe have had-a career equal to that' dl>iduals seen about the streets from
¦   \^LT'^!ir>l:ly.^titil^,,r. ¦ o* Penrose.    Some of the most bitter • earlv evening until after midnight.
T^*..^w.""r?i^^!''?-^^r-'J.£'" ^?» P^- ' attacks In the history of politics have!     with  the arri^-al of the zero hour
^Ith spart- located be¬ ll the poBt-
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CALLS
An effort to have work supplied to idle miners of the Pennsylvania Coal Company In the Pittston district will be made by members of a sub-griev¬ ance committee appointed last night at a meeting of tl^e workless rnen. At present some colnerles of the com¬ pany are idle and the remainder are working everj- day. It Is the desire of the men to have company offiolals distribute the wofk in such a manner that men of all collieries will be feble to earn something every week until the market permits a return to nor¬ mal conditions.
The sub-grievanro committee ap¬ pointed last night has the same men who have .served for the last year. At the meeting, which took place in Pittston, the committee was instruct¬ ed to meet on Tuesday with district oflTiclals of the union. The uiilon leaders will be asked at that confer¬ ence to arrange a meeting with rep- resentr lives of the company.
Since the partial closing of the Pennsylvania Coal Compeny s col¬ lieries, the mines in the Scranton dis¬ trict have worked every day. In Pittston and vicinity ail mines were idle until a few d.iys ago, when No. 9 colliery at HiiRhestown was started up.
and great intej-natlonal accomplish¬ ment. It Is triie that differences of opinion come ui from time to time as the conference] progresses, but It Is even more true, that it does progress. Its forward mch-ement Is irreslstable and triumphant. It may not accom¬ plish every detijll of Its splendid pro¬ gram but it hasjdone away with much
to work, to love our work so much that we might play at it. Let us hope that tlie new year will bring added faii.h and courage to all those who labor toward the welfare of mankind.
By Francis H. Sitson
Vice President Guaranty Trust Co.
New York.—The new year offers a
Ignorance and ^misunderstanding and' happier prospect than that of 1921, has brought otA great sympathy and |because business rests upon a sounder good will. Abiive all the conference foundation than It did twelve months has shown tha' the nations In gen-i ago. 1D22 should be a constructive eral are sincere In their desire for an I year. Although business interests end to all the dauscs of war that can 'will buMd more slowly, they will build be eliminated Ind ready to unite in , with mor j as&ur.ance of stable rtaults determined  effdrt to gain that ben-  than in 1921.
By Elbert H. Gary Chairman U. S. St^el Corporation New  York,—The signs which    are apparent indicate that conditions. In- ; conditions Ai manifested chiefly in dustrial, commercial, financial, social; lower level of prices
By  E. M. Baker be more satisfactory during 1922 than   p,„id„„t Cleveland Stg they were during 1921.   Of course the      Cleveland—A
beset with that buslr that th«
OfTlcial.") of the company explain   pro.iperity  Krerter than  ever  before, this by the fact  th^it  the  New  Kng- land market and other coal ronnum- Inp centers, usually  supplied  by  the Pittston mines, have been lost h>- the
strikes.
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Pro«penty to Return
Sarraut: "^;.ay the year 1922 see ushered In a nejv era of 'good will to¬ ward peace and a better understand-
'"le"c?et"af>"of] war   Weeks:      'The I l-d PoHtical rre impro^;ing and will Industrial   and!  social   upheaval  re¬ sulting from  the   war    reached    its ^ ^ ,.     „ „ crisis    during  ;the    old    year.      The' situation may be changed by failure period has beei} trj'ing for the people j of the Washington conference by un- and governmeni alike but the rapidity j favorable legislation or by neglect to with which theJAmerican people have i thoroughly and continuously maintain put their affair* In order the last six i order and law.   We have no present months has majde the outlook for In- | reason for expecting either of dustrial re-adjustment and lesultlng prosperity   dur'ng   the   coming year very  bright.     ;
'The greatest achievement of the old year It seems to me. Is the con¬ ference on the imitation of armament now in session; in Washington. The world Is a»sur«»d a reduction in n'lval armament. Fcjr the first time In the history of the Vrorld the un.selfishness and altniLsm of America are known to all peoples sf the earth. America played an impc'irtant part in winning the war but t*day is rendering hu¬ manity even a <rreater service In lead¬ ing the nations of the world In the paths of peace".
Attorney Gereral Daugherty: "The prospect la bijghter for the future than It wa.^ af year ago. With pa¬ tience, confldeijce. industry, economy
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new blessings to the  world in 1922,
By   Louis  Swift,
President Swift and Company,
Chicago—The country  has    turned
the corner.    Now  let us ail work so
that  1922  will  see  the  fulfillment  of
our best hopes and desires.
By James Wellborn, Governor Sixth District Federal Re¬ serve dank. Atlanta—The business outlook for the corning ye.tr is ' a great deal brighter than itswas a ^ear ago. \i\ my .opinion v\e have passed thrinigh the severest p.-irt of a depression which has profoundly affected the en¬ tire civilized wofld. Business con¬ cerns generally have had opportunity to    adjust    themselves    to    changed
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With the arrests of two suspects, brothers, who are local men, the in¬ timation is given that the city police will not only clear up the robberies reported a week ago yesterday, but al.so   clear   up   numerous   other
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been   leveled   at   him,   but   he   never could be beaten in his home State. Served  Quarter Century For nearly twenty-five years he has been   a   PennsyU-ania   Ser:.itor   and
New.tented by his health from t.iking a ppy vfcry active part in the campaign, but >CF- istued frequent statements and "was llie coi.oulted by the leaders Hia own in. re-election waa by one of the I.trf^eat •f majorities ever given a Senatorial jsy.! can4date In Pennsylvania, tnd:     pe»rose    was  an   enormous    man
'r" . physically, an even his enemies con- I times he won the Senatorial seat from
"",ced.?d  to   him   a   powerful   intellect, i his   people—last   f.nll   by   the   largest
He sto«d six feet four.   He was never ' majority  ever  accorded.
'<^ *t  a talkalve man, but when he opened !     Penrose  was at  the  height  of his
=«,«       1^'" ".""^ "*" '^'^ ^*'"*^* "°°'" "r on i power     when     Theodore    Roosevelt
fdv '^H ' ^^^ "^ « h""* ''.^ ^'^l'^ '^^"' P<"='tively; bolted the Republican party In 1912.
sts"'irl*S?      f„^"" H ^'^i^i-»,    ** ^^^^"^ the] He  had always  stood  with the "old SIS  .or I "pussyfoo^r.    denied he was      ¦
this country will grow and glow and. I     ...      ,
due   time.   America   will   enjoy   a ' will   al.so   clear   up
¦ h.in  ever before. ; P*-tty    thefts   experienced   the
Let   us   have   faith   and   be   of   good    two months.
cheer, but meapfime work." |     There   i.s   much  secrecy   about   the
More; Employment arre. t of the two 8u.spect.s. who were
Secretary ofiL-ibor Davis: "W^ith brou;;ht in last night. It Is said that comnanv because of pa.«t strikes, the business slnifs .somewhat clouded ,„m.h of the reported loot stolen from while the centers supplied by the a New Tear gijeetlng Is apt to take a two local stores as well as from a Scranton mines are still controlled to more serious t4ne. There is one last - physician's office, has been recover- a certain extent by the Pennsylmnl*  tug through dl|lcultle.s before we can „^^ officials when asked about
I re^'of^';U*s',1a^u.';;^"anTFe^?urr.' , ^^t>,-^":^'"ivroT"aTtiou?h'it w'n'
months of most un-   nothing to give out. although it w.ns
o the workers of the   gotten from a reliable source th.at one
•ull through and have   of the brothers confessed to several
faith.    Just be-ond this last bog lies j robberies.
the firm grour,d of revived business       j^ j^. ^^^^ ^¦^^^^ ^^^ police within the
(no-rt twA (iflvs will have solved the
.^¦^..  ...^   ^.-  -      In the'
_   .best of times, January and Februarj' , the    arrests Working    conditions    in    L.i|»;eme, ^^^ ^j^^^yj,  jj^-- - _-.i. __ ._ -
County mines will improve on Tues- , employment day, when all of the Glen Alrten op-   country I sav eratlons  will  resume.    At  the  eame
time the Lehigh Valley coUlerieF not	
and re-employment',
affected by the strike called by em ploves at eight collieries of that cor¬ poration, will also return. Sonle of the strikers met last night at Exe¬ ter and repeated their former dec¬ laration that all collieries tied up by the strike must be put In operation at the same time.
BURGESS OF LUZERNE DEFIES REFORM LEAGUE
last
carol singers started on their annual tours about the city and several of
Defying anyone to produce evidence of general lawlessness. Bru.-e B. Shultz,   retiring  burgess  of  Luzerne
To business leaders and employers,' next two days „„<..,«
I earnestly counsel give work to the daring robberies The a"esta fathers, so thst the children may night bear out the claim of the city stay In the heme and the school., detectives made early In th'* weea Give employmrnt wherever you can.; that the robberies were committd by At least to soiJie extent start your'local parties, because of their famll- nrills. Where :you are flatly unable larity with the houses which were to do this, orgfSnlze and see to It that, burglarized.
no actual disti^ss shall come to the.     .pj^^ story is given color In the fact '^t'"''*'""    »     L      ...^v T' that two of the city detecUves were
Senatoi- Bor^h:    "The new year. I ¦ ^j^^^^^ to the hiding place, outside hope, will mar<    a complete    escape-^J"^^ ^^^^ of the loot
from the psychology    of war.   Three   "'¦ ^'r.r: '• „   ^ ,v,„, ,, -pnulred sev- ' years have corhe and gone sine- the, was hidden, and that it required 8e% war and yet o^r national and partic-', oral hours of work to locate the ar
ticlea.
afternoon In this city by Detective* Michael Kittrick and Leo Dougherty. Smith is being held at local head- "luarters.
A preliminary hearing will be ar¬ ranged by the police, at which Smith nast I *'" '*'' chariteil with engineering the attempted robl>ery of Jerome Meyer, loc.-il jewek-r, .several months ago sit the lA'hlgh Valley st.-itlon. The pris¬ oner Is also wanted In Scranton for alleged participation in the murder of Harry P. Weldman, biseball pool agent In that city on August 22.
Unless Smith expresses a will¬ ingness to enter a plea of guilty to the charge of attempted robbery, the police will use the testimony of Her¬ man Sadowski, of Nantlcoke, and John Gaffney, of Syracuse, N. Y., both of whom are now serving sentences of eighteen months each in the i>enl- tentlary. When they were arrested for having a part In the attack on Mr. Meyer, they said Smith had led them into the plot.
TWO MONTHS MARRIED; IN HURRY FOR FREEDOM
the churches were represented among i gorough, gave a bristling ars^-rer to
the singers.    At 11 o'clock the Sal patlon Army band made a tour of the
during   much   of that  time" was  the I <=?"''?^^"^' P^*^"* ^^ ^^"^ °^"=^^'*
dominant figure In the Senate.    Five
pace en.:ssariee" of calls.
ier gave the :>o- a:i dance h  Us
—   - — a boss
.i,k«   1 *'*'"'y  and  class«t    party  reformers    with aitnoi (Th     the  partyTenetades. having no use for '^'  either.    He was  a  fitting  successor to  Simon  Cimeron,  Matt Quay and the big merwho ruled the iron-rib¬ bed Republican commonwealth.     He be closed at   fcej fought  the  p^presslve  split    under order Was c r- i Roosevelt as l^terly as he fought th« er   Huniireds  9f j Democrats.       \
d fceen  in   th ;je      Penrose v.-a8\)roud of his sterling
ow hou.';*>s until I Republican anceitry. His grandfather.
It the    .Id    a-ndMlharles     B      P^irose.   was     Simon
a «ar nartr   nl Ameron's camiia^n manager ta the
^ jwty Ji|^,  senatorial o«ipalm.
guard"  and  fought  strongly against Roosevelt.
The probable effect of Penrose's death on the administration and Its leadership in Conyress Is difficult to predict at this time.
He held one of the most influential posts in Congress, the chairmanship of the powerful Senate finance com¬ mittee. Undoubtedly there wlU be a battle between the old guard Re¬ publicans an A'the progressive farmer wine In the Senate to win the (Continued en page 19)
about the 8tt<jets.
It is generally believed that the real celebration will begin In earnest at midnight tonight when Hotel Sterl¬ ing and the Elks' Home on North River street will feature celebra¬ tions which will not be Interrupted by Sunday. Tomorrow afternoon and evening both the Sterling and the Redlngton will continue their cele¬ brations.
RAILROAD jIfN WIN
Washington. Biir.,Js'!lBir^Ail i
fleers and dif Burlington an its   subsidiarie: the Interstate today to hold than one road. The   applJca with tlM ecniOfiKieii;
. ?^L.:.j% ^jr.'^^3u.:^^rrt^.-tL^aKm
he  of-
Ch'.cago, ad and zed by mission
on more
filed a, BLi nawf;
the founders of the Men's Law-abld Ing League, a civic organization just formed    in    the    West    Side    town. Founders  of the  league   claim   it  le
ularly our International policies are colored and shaped by the old pas¬ sions and hatreds and intolerances of war. Unless we escape from these conditions  there  are    great    misery
and  suffering ahead.    Eurepe    is    a l ^^^^^^ yn^prstood. -    ,^ . wreck  tod,ay   lecause  of  intolerance i .„_„    - r-ui^r ij.nn
necessary because of widespread vice j and  vicious  pcUcles.    There    is    no''^^^ °' '" , ,. r^°" and crime In Luzerne. • j^^y to intervene other than to turn' members of the dete.
"I defy any man  or woman,  mln-i our face to the'future and devote our ister or priest .to show that laws are  whole faith and all our efforts to re-
Two months of married life In Wilkes-Barre were sufficient fer Mrs. Carl W. Braun, 19 years old, who filed papers In Chicago yesterday asking separate maintenance. She had been a resident of Chicago since
er. the or-
not being endorced in the borough, said Burgess Schultz last nlghi- "Luzerne is one of the best and moi^t law-abiding towns In the county. No one can find any trace of gambllnfif. There have been no burglaries or rob¬ beries except those cleared up through the arrest of toys. Tills ta!'< about hotels selling liquor Is non¬ sense. If the reformers wish to tinfi out the cause of whatever drlnUOg does exist let them go into the homes of boys where parents are violating the Eighteenth Amendment every week."
Burgess   Shultz   Is office and will be suece' UeweUyc     Thomas onsted as Otittt of poUeSb
building and re-constructing. This Is to me the beat hope of the new year." j
Senator Cat>per, Kansas: "We have passed through the worst of our after war troubles. Therefore we may expecp better things In the new year."
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KILLED IN SHIP FIGHT
San  Pedro,   CaL,  Dec.    31.—Alfred Henry Oehls, 24, a chief petty officer of the Navy, is dead al>oard the U. S. Idaho today foUowiag   a    quarrel th a •htpma> in which Oehls was ick ovar ttte head    fay   a marlin ^e and killed.
Just why the police rerjse to dl- ,; i^m • September, when she left thla vulge the story of the arrests. In; city. Her husband, who has been vlew^ of confe«i8ions being given, and living in an apartment at 200 South much  of the plunder recovered can-   .franklin street Is 22 years old.    He
•      -    Is said to have an income from an estate^
The Brauns were married tn Chicago last July. On their honey¬ moon they decided to come to this city to live. A cozy apartment la the South Franklin street house was St fixed up and to that place Braun brought his wife.
The young couple appeare4 happy and contented until one day the youthful husband returned to tha apartnMnt He found hi* wife pack¬ ing her olothea and some of the wed¬ ding presents, it is said. Wltliout los¬ ing any time Mrs. Braun boarded a train for Chicago and has since been living there.
Her suit for maintenance Is based
on the belief that Braun has suhstan^
tlal resotirces and that his Income Is
large enough to support two of theta
[ia their widely separated real dene—.
held the news of the The   safe   robbery home on the Height erick   Job   jewelo' week   last   Friday   n daring and came on as the murder of  S< Heights   Chinese   la police  do  not  bellevi of last nivht have murder clues but. fimated that the pa teen sufficient to u shortly  may  lead pects In the Jung Testimony   by serving terms in the tiary will be used b; In prosecuting Walt old.  ot Scranton,  f (lee,   who
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