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ROOSEVELTS ARE LASHED IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT
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LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 8 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Wa.ihlngton. March 33.—Sutera I'enna: rartly cloudy 8un<]ay and Monday;  mo.1emts tcmpera,ture.
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Kntered   nt   Wilke.s-Barre,   Pa., us   Second   ClaB.i   Mali   Matter.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1924
The   Only   Sunday   Newspaper Covering   the   Wyoming   Vailey
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
Says Archie Roosevelt Was Taken Into His Company And-Proveci'^Tailure
PAID A BIG SALARY
Issues Statement On Refusal To Testify Before The Committee On Oil Probe
$25,000 FALL LOAN
¦Washington, March 2!.—Harry P". einclnlr todny defled tho Senate oil committee iind tho Ftonnte Itself to make him t.ilk, and then In a state¬ ment nssailln^ his ncciLsers, answered como of tho questions tho Senate probers wanted to nsk him.
His refus.tl to testify beforft the conimitteo was followed hy a report to thc Senate by Senntor I.rfidd. com¬ mitteo chairman, ln>ln>; the fonnda- tion thero for contempt proceedings again.st .Sinclair. Kiniii declRlon whether ho will bo cited for contempt awaits return lo Washington of Atlee 3'omerene and Owen J. Rotierts, .spe¬ cial coun.sel In the oil cases.
Siuclair admitted In his stntetnent that he had loaned $;r..000 In bomlH to former Secretary of Tntrrior I'^ill in t'.i:3: that he hiid hired Fall nnd had Riven him $10,000 cxpcn.ses to go to Hu.'-isla after h" left the calilnet.
Tho outcome of Sinclair's refusal to testify may he a liinsr court fljiht In which th'> rlsht of an consrcsslon.i! Invcstifcatini* conimittro to .summon and  quiz witnesses  may be thc  issue.
When Sinclair w.is ordered to take the witness stand by unanimous vote of tlio commltteu thi.s niorninp, hc said:
"I shall rrser\*e any evidence T m.'iy bo al.»l9 to Kive f(ir those courts to which you have dolih<iralely rrfprred Bll questions of which you had nny Jurl.sdiction and shall respectfully do- clino any questions propounded by your committee."
Henator \V.ilsh th<>n .nsk'si a few formal qiicstlon.s nhout the story that Findnir kuvo Will Il.iys 7.').000 shares ol' oil stock for thc Kepulilican cam¬ jialgn deficit; when Slnclcar had flrst talked to Kail abou' the leases; if he ti'ansferrcd a liirsre sum of money from New York to Washington as rumored In connection with slush fund reports.
Attacks Roosevelts
Sinclair declined to answer all of them on tho ground—not that it would incriminate him—but that his coun.sel advised him not to.
Sinclair was then excused and Mar¬ tin Littleton, his attorney, bowed away from tho committee with this parting  saJly:
"Thank you, gentlemen."
Soon after leaving Ihe committee Binclnir gave out ills voluntary state¬ ment  in  which   hc  salil:
1.—G. D. Wahlbcrg, his former .scc- retnrj', had Ixen framed by tho Hoosevelt family to testify.
2.—Arehic and ("oloncl Roo.'cvelt bad attempted "assiusslnation ot my character."
3.—Ho' paid a million dollars to Fred CJ. rionflls ot Denver, for invnl- Idatod claims to Teapot Dome, lic- catiKO bis lawyers so atlvlscd. He stat¬ ed if there wa.s "any fraudulent rep- resent.-itions or lilackniail" proper re¬ dress will bo sought in tho courts.
•«.—Ho did not enter into negoti¬ ations with Kail for thc lease of Tea¬ pot Dome as early as .March, 1921, the month Kail took ofllce. (Several witnesses   have   Indicated   this).
Sinclair told In his statement how- he ciinie to hire Kail. He .said he be¬ lieved Kali WIUS a good lawyer.
"As he was thin a private citizen and ready to resume the practice ot his profession." said i-llnclalr, "I saw- no reason why I shouid not employ hlm as legal coun.sel in thc negotia¬ tions wc were about to undertake with the Ru.ssian government."
Speaking of young Archie Roosevelt, who   tlrst   arousid   the   suspicions   of tho   investigating   committee   against Sinclair, tho oil miignato siiid: Archie a Failure
"Notwithstanding all the opportuni¬ ties and encouragement that I had given him. hc never would and never could  make good."
Sinclair rcvoalrd that young Roose- veit'a salary from the time hc was first employed graduated steadily from $5,000 uii to $15,000.
Ag-ain he .said; 'This is the man who
nttempted to as.sa.ssinate my character
by   offering   as   testimony   liefore   the
committee suspicious and as.sumptions
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Lived 3 Years Under Ground
New York, March 22.—A human mole, who had lived njid slept In New York's vast subway systems for three years, was dragged from an underground station today and S'-ntencpii to six months In prison. He liad in his possession bank books showing d<'pasits between $5,000 and  $fi.OOO.
The man gave liis name aa Nich¬ olas RItumana. His only bome, ho said, was the subways and he had not slept In a lied for^mmr .„« two ycars.,.^Jic ...aiiomoney by r'l'''-:.iig up disc^ifled newspapers in tho suhway, .selling them for $1..'0 a hundrod pounds. Otflcials of tho Interborough Rapid Transit I'ompany cau.sed his arrest, saying he had slept on their bencheo and wnlked their track,') for several years.
SHOTS FIRED IN CHASE ENDING IN HOSPITAL;
PRESIDENT TAKES ACTION ON HONDURAS WAR
SINCLAIR
AHACKS
> WITNESS
MISSED BY BULLETS; HURT IN STREET FALL
IKE A PROTEST
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Declare Ten Thousand Ve¬ hicles Are Counted Passing On Carey Avenue In Day
DRAW UP PETITION
Republican women ot the city yes¬ terday started circulation of petitions protnsting .igalnst the inlentlon of Wilkea-Barre School directors to pur¬ chase a plot of ground on Carey nvenuo as a site for a new junior high school. ,\ dozen petitions wero going tlie rounds in various parts of the city last night and. according to a .spokes¬ man for tlie \vomen. hundreds ot sign¬ ers wore easily being secured. The written protest will bo submitted to tlie school directors nt their meeting toniorrow atteiiioon when it Is likely the pui-chase will como up for final action.
The petitions circuiatctl by the woth- en came as t he newest development in the camiKiign being directed upon the directors. It wa.'i explained l:u^t night Ihat tho Hc|iulill(-.'i,n women's org:inl- zation of tbe city a.ssumed thc task of getting the signatures. Ejicli of the paiiers lieing signctl contains tlic following short preamble:
Women's reliilon
"To the Members of tho City School Itoanl:
"The und'^rsigneil citizens of Wilkes- T?arre rrspoctfully protest agtiinst tho projiosiKl purchiuic of the Carey avenue site for a junior high school because ot cost and location nnd urge the acquirement of suflicient ground along thc Old River Road from tho City ot Wilkes-Barro ond adjoining owners for such purpo.se."
In explaining their action, one of the women declared that they are fully In accoril with Director John Nobel who was the lone member ot the lioard to c:tst a dl.ssenting vote on tho pro¬ posed purchiise. She described tho board's action as a "put up Joli."
It was nlso learned that the statt of thc Riverside hospital will appear nt tomorrow'.s meeting of the bonrd to add their opiiosition to the Ixiard. One of tho objections niiscd is that Carey nvenue has too much trafflc tor a pro- tier school .site. A watcher placed there yesterdny between the hours of 7 a. m. and 5 p. m., reported that hc had counted 10,000 vehicles pa.-iSing within those hours.
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TROOPERS IVIAKE RAIDS AT SHICKSHINNY BORO
An assortment of moonshine liquor, high poiKercd beer and gambling de¬ vices was seized yestci-day by .state I'olice In n scries of raids in Shick shinny and Mocanaqua. Three owners ot establishments were helil under ball for thc next grand jury. Hy making the raids, thc State Tolice in- dicatcfi their determination to continue bringing moonshine cases Into the district attorney's offlce dwpite the con.stant refusal ot grand Juries to issue indictmenfs in such casts.
The afternoon's crusiidc wiui con¬ ducted by Corporal Heintz and I'riv- ntes Craig, Annich and l.oeb from thr Wyoming luirrucks. At the saloon of Simon Dulchun in Shickshinny. the raiders confiscated .a quart and a pint of moonshine. lOntcring the store of Henry Uucig at .Mocanaqua tlie police discovered t-.vo cases of beer and a pint ot moonshine. They ajso seized a gallon ot moonshine and two punc: boards at the store of Anthony Sar- day.
The defendants were taken befon* Justice Seward at Shicltsiiiiuiy who held each of them undei- $l,oiiO bail. .\n ailditional iienalty ot a $25 tine was levied on Sanlay for the punch lioards found  In  his cstatblishmcnt.
A  series  of exciting Incidents that ' startwl   with   an   automobile   accident and   ended   In   a   police   chnso  during which   several   shots   were   flreil,   pre- sniitrd a tangled situation early today Mhich   Wilkes-Harre    aulhorities    de- ) elarcd wouid have to be threshed out I lu  police court  this morning.     Patrol¬ man tjeorge Mushaway will nppear os prosecutor  against   Herliert   Ellis,   25 s  t^W^^oE   'i\   %Vc»t   .d;.'^Pff^--ii\i>Lt, who  is lieing lield  in  a cell at police hendqunrters   on   a   charge   of   disor¬ derly conduft.
During tho .stirring Interval which led np to Kills' ari-est, I'atrolman Mushaway iR-licved he hnd woundcl tho prisoner. Kills nlso thought the snniii until he had been ru.she<l to City hospital where sui-grons con¬ vinced him that tho bullets flie<l by thc  offlcer  had  not stnick  him.
At 1 o'clock this morning an auto¬ mobile truck driven by Kills crashed into a polo .it t,he corner ot North nnl Water streets, opposite the court hou.se. Patrolman .Mushaway claim.s he went to the ilriver's a.sslstance. Ths trouble started at thnt point. Shot!)   Fireil
The pollcemnn claims thnt while h^" was attempting to push the wrecked mnchine to one side of the road. Kills
struck him over lho head. The blow- was administered from behind, Mush¬ away oinims, and when ho got to hi.- feet Kills was running up Wat. r street. Tlie offlccr pulled his revolv. ' and discharged a couple of shot.-i into thc air.
Ju.st as the shots were flivd, PIMis fell. Hotil thc offlcer and thc lleeing man believed the latter had been shot in tli.i ^"(Wre-. .As rv;d-i--,t '••jl^ it-- Bcntcii a bleeding arm. The police patrol was called and carrlerl the prisoner to the lio.spitai. I'p to that time other offlci rs who responded with 'he patrol were convinced thai it wa!^ plainly a caso of shooting.
Thc Iiollce were prepared to leave Flllis at the hospital for treatment when surgeons discovered tliat tlie prisoner wns suffering from nothing moro than a lacerated elliow. It was then learned that as Mushaway clis¬ charged   his  gun.   Kills   stumbled.
In failing he stniek his elbow agaln.st a sharp stone. Thc sleeve of his overcoat wa-s torn but there wn.sn't any bullet mnrk on Kills' arm. Chang¬ ing their minds aliout the real nature of thc case, the police advised Kills to accompany them to headquarters where he w-ns placed In a cell for a hearing this Tnoming.
RADIO SERVICE HERE STOPPED BY ORDERS BASED UPON PATENT
A dispute over terms of a lea.se governing the use ot nidlo eqtiipment hns ended, temporarily at least, the flrst effort to broadc;ist speeches de¬ llvored at banquets in WilHcs-Barre. Offleials of the Hell Telephone Com¬ pany last night admit te<l having ordered n suspension of activity by thc I'ublic Address System, a hroadca.sting servleo oper.ited locally by John H. Stengcr and Allen Alexander.
For tho present, aftcr-dlnncr speeches and entertainment numljcrs given at banquets in liotels here w-ill lie heartl only by the guests nt the banquet tables. Radio tans in Wyom- Valley and clsew-here recently llsteneil to thc programs given at the North¬ eastern Pennsylvania Engineers' l>an- quct and at several other nffairs through thc service offered by station WI!.\.X but until the present ilispute Is adjusted there will be no more Wilkes-Harre banquets heard on th'^ outside.
C. H. Smith, of Scranton. one of the leading olllcials of tho Hell Telephone Comiiany in this district, last nighl announced thc reason for ordering the Public Addres.s System to suspend bro;idcasting. Hc admitted that cables furnished by his company to nssist Stengcr anil Alexander sell their .sci-vice had iieen withdr.aw-n at th" suggestion ot the Westinghouse Kiec¬ tric Company.
Cause of Dispute
Accoixling to Mr. Smith's statement Stcnger ami Alexander, in starting the
Public Address System, lease<l from the We3tinghou.se Company an ap¬ paratus similar to the one erected In Public Squuro park during the auto¬ mobile show at Forty Fort some weeks ago. That p.-iptlcular type of machin.- la used only .is a long distance lou 1 spenker and not ns a radio broad caster. Such a machine would cost approximately $1,000. while anotliei machine, fully protected, costs ap¬ proximately $4,000.
.^fter securing the machine, the Public Address System founders llnke 1 it up with Hotel Sterling for banquet purposes. 11 was also linked up will^ the Cinderella ball room for the pur¬ pose of bro.adcasting ilancc proRt-ani.". The Hell Teleplione Company supplle.I cables running from thesi' places to thc WUAX studio on CJildcr.slecvc street.
For somo Weeks the programs wen- given but eventually the Westing- hou.se people were informeii that th" apparatus w-as being U8e<l for broad¬ casting although the lease held by the local men prohibited it being useil in r.idio service, it was said. Tlie West inghousc flrm asked thc telephone company to notify WBAX of the ica.sc violation.
When tho attention of Stengcr and Alexander was called to the condit ions of the icitse they agreed to dl.scontlnuc service. Accordingly, thc cables were removed. There w-ero rumora last night that nn injunction may b sought to restrain further intei-fercnci hut  the.se could not be verifled.
VANDERLIP IS CANNED;
GLAD OF IT HE SAYS
Wiusliington, March 22.—As a result of his statement concerning thc sale ot the Marion Stnr. Fnink A. Vander¬ lip has resigned trom the Hoard of the Continental Can Company of Syracuse, N.  Y.
Vnnderlip. in a sUitcment tonight, said his resignation was brought about by another member ot the board who took exception to his statement rela¬ tive to the s;ile of the paper ownwl by the  late I'resident  Harding.
"The other member of the board said th.it if 1 did not resign he would. I resigned nnd was glad to. because I have something more worth while to do now-."
EIGHT SOLDIERS FREED FROM FEDERAL PRISON
I.*avenw-orth, Kans., March 22. — Eight soldiers convicteil of war time offenses nnd sentenced to long terms tn federal prison here, wero pardoned this afternoon.
The punlons, it was under.stood. were granted on the recommendations of a commission appointed to rcview the ca.ses wilh the object ot extending executive clemency.
Those pardoned, acconling to pri¬ .son offleials, are: Daniel Muza, New-- ary, N. J.; Tho-n.as FleiiLs, I.exington, Ky.; John Fitzgerald, San Francl.sco: Samuei Jackson, Divine, Pa.: William C Halley, Iloser Hlankenshlp, Wil¬ liam Tijddy und Ed Redman, adresscs not  given.
Halley has beene conflned in th fcdei-al disciplinary barracks here, uuthorities said.
All thc men were given transpor¬ tation  homi' and   $5  cash.
Thc charges aguinst tlicm ranged from  robbery  to murder.
TRAPPED BY FLAIVIES MERCHANT SMOTHERED
Plaintield, N. J., March 22.—With flames licking around him, John E. Mcttlcr, strained at a broken window through heavy Iron bars for a brcatii ot fresh air while firemen fought against time to rescue him from his concrete walled toilet goods store.
An oil stove explosion trapped Mct¬ tlcr in the rear of the building where he had cst.ibiishcd living quarters, thc iM'tti'i- to prepare for tho grand open¬ ing of his shop today.
.\s the llremen strove to wedge the bars apart with an iron crowbar, young Mettler pleaded for speed. .\ hurry c;ill wius -ieni tor nn acctalync torch as Mcttler's cries become .sub- ducil. Hut by tho time the acetalynu torch arrived, flremen had put out tlie blaze.
As the flremen went to rescue hlm, Mcttlcr fell uncon.sclous to the floor and died later at a ho.spital.
Mcttlcr came here from Easton, Pa -J ^	
WIFE TRIES MURDER
AT PICTURE THEATRE
Detroit, Mich, March 22.—Walking down thc aisle ot a crowded neighbor¬ hood niovio theatre late today, the estranged wife ot Slgmund D. Rosen, 21, organist, flred three shots into hla Ijody as he was playing a inarch.
.¦\s Rosen collapsed, fatally wound¬ ed, lho wife, Mrs. Harriet Rosen, 27, drained u vial of poison and (eil to tiic floor.
Tho audience, thrilled at the west¬ ern drama on the screen, found it.self dazed by thc real tragedy.
Then, panic stricken, as women and children .screamed, the crowd rushed for the  exits.
Police dispersed the mob and carried the two victi ns to an ambulance.
Free State Runs Doivn Guilty In Murder Of British Soldiers
Dublin, Marcli 22.—Ttie identity of four Irisli rebels who fired on British soldiers at Qucenstown has been learned hut the authorities icill not reveal their names. The murder car from uhich, with a machine gun, they mowed down 28 Tommies, liilling two and injuring more than a score, has heen traced to Middletown in County Cork. .1 military cordon has been thrown around thc dinlrict where thc murderers are believed to be hiding and their arrest is expected momentarily. Two women T^«!»wtitft.i' L'ii-thc rutch'r^e nug^ Hvf arejnthe Iwspital with thc English soldiers, several of whom have "Tftld ltb>^ amputated as a result of wounds. (Government officials have announced receipt of a telegram from Premier Mc¬ Donald, expressing horror and detestation at the mur¬ der and cowardly attack vn the Hritish soldiers and civilians. "I sympathize icith you in this outrage against peace and order in the Free State," the Premier wired.
WASFIRSTVICTIM  COOUDGETOFIRE E
ARMS EMBARGO BY THIS COUNTRY MA Y HURRY PEACE
Three Political Factions In Honduras Stir Up War And Washington Is Informed That Conditions Are So Grave As To Hequirel^rompt ArUt Stern Action
INNOCENT PERSONS FIRED UPON
Links Martyrdom Of Late Republican Progressives Hear President With Those Back a Fiery Speech From Chief Of Great Oil Scandal Executive Of Wisconsin
WANTS ALL EXPOSED
Miami, Fla., Mnrch 22.—"Tho na¬ tional nttack on Woodrow Wilson" was linked wltli the present oil scan¬ dal, "as a practical iletail In a mon¬ strous plot" in a speech hero lieforo tho Ohio society by formor fJovernor James .\1. t-'ox of Ohio, Democratic I'resiilentiiU caadidate in tho 1S20 campaign.
"Thc objective was tho control ot the goveinnient." Cox chai-geil.
"Conspiracy" killed Wilson, Cox said, adding that a repenting nation realized that pillage and plunder h.id walked  liand  in   hand.
"In due lillle we will appreciate that the country has suffered quito as much from intellectual dishonesty as from financial dishonesty. Cox de- dared^ "The elements ot both tas- te«cd theni.sclves into affairs flve or six years ago.
".Never wa.s human ingenuity more overworked than in tho plan for a partl.san victory. It began before tlic world war was cndol. It was nitfully engineered and faliulously subsidi-/.(vj. Even tlie national attack on Woodrow- \\'ilson was lliiaiiced. It was simply n practical detail in a monstrous plot. Thc olijcclivo was the control ot the government.
"Corporate greed was appealed to In w-oriis that must have carried an Im¬ plied obligation. I'litold and even to this day unaccounted for millions ot dollars were advanced not aa contribu¬ tions, but as investments. The Awakenhii;
"Tlio country had lieen driven into a mania and a cried tlial wouid hjivo shocked the voters under normal con¬ ditions was preached by candi/iates for higii oHlce. .Such an orgy in thought and temper could  havo but one  end.
"Within one recent week the awak¬ ening came. The death of Wooilrow Wilson gave immortal touch to tho lamp of idcallsni lie had so resolutely carried and giuisliy scandals prcscntca themselves aa thc fruits ot inater- iallsm.
"\ repent ent nation stood at thc tomb ot iiiiii that conspiracy had killed and realized that iiillage nnd plunder had walked hand in lian/1 wit.h a.s.siussln.ation.
"C.overnment mu.st lio taken trom thoso who havo despoiled it, and honest liusiness, and indi.spcn.sable means of commodity exchange, must bu saved from those who have dis¬ graced  It."
Cox iieclai*d that thc task ot most Immediate importance is "re-cslabiish- ing faith  in  our  government."
"Organic disoi-ders arc deep rooted and superflclai treatment will bo but a temporizing mciusute of  relief.
Hc said "hushing up" matters be¬ cause business will be affected is dan¬ gerous, "iiecause it Is quite as essen¬ tial to gain public conflilence In busi¬ ness as in government."
Diagnosis must precede treatment and the very depths ot governmental dl.sease must be sounded "betoix- healthful recovery Is possible."
CHAKl.KS  M.  SKAKHIS8
Thc deatli of Charles M. Searfoss. 58 years old, ot this cily, occurnsl yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in City hospital. A complication of dl.seases was the cause. .Mr. Scni-foss is survived by ills wife and one daughter residing in I'lains. Tlie funeral will take place Tuesday after¬ noon trom Knlffen's clK'.pel. Inter¬ ment   will   Ijc  in  city  cemetery.
BACKS LAFOLLETTE
PI.VMOL'TII C()NST.*BLKS
Tho constables of Plymouth will meet at the offlce ot .Milerman Smith at    I'lymouth    this    aflernoon    at    2
u'cluck.
Chicago. Mnrch S2.—"Hna Attorney npneral Daugherty. with his corps ot secret service ngetns and splea. the power to blackmail President Cool- id gcT'
Oovernor John J. Hlaine. of Wis¬ consin, asked this in a speech nt a Ropiibllcan Trogresslvo rally here tonight.
"Does tho President fear that, if I Daugheity is removeil, Daugherty has j revelations of ndditionai frauds and I gin ft that would damn the Republican I party forever?" he continued. I "Is Daugherty feared liy tho Presi- Idem?"
j "If Daugherty has n skeleton In the clcset thc people ought to know about It," Governor Hlaine continucil. . <\tt.'icking the niitinnal aniiinistrn- tion for "failing to act in the niidst of thn greatest scanrtnl the cmintry ever has known." (.overiior Ulalnc de¬ nounced iniiivlilu.il offlclnls at Wnsh¬ ington and their friends in what turned out to lie the overshndow ing address of a meeting Intended to pi-o- iiiiite the Presidentiai boom of Senator Rnlinrt M. l.aFolktte and the cam¬ paign tor thc Ilepublican Senatorial nomination of Newton "W. JonUlns.
"The I'residenl has made no move to pro.secute the frauds perpetrated ngainst our government., except as Congress hns forced hlm to move," Hlaine   declared.
"Denby, Secretary of the Navy, has resigned, but he did not resign until Congress demandeil   his   resignation.
"Hasconi Slemp. w-ho w-ent to Palm Reach and conferred with Fall and Mcl.ean at a timo when they were in a conspiracy planning on lies and per¬ jury to suppress facts betoro the in¬ vestigating commltteo, la still secre¬ tary  to the President.
"Attorney fieneral Daugherty. who has betrayed the people and violated his oatii lif ofllce and who Ls guilty of the gros.sest misconduct, is still iu President Coolldge's cabinet. Daugh¬ erty, with a brazeiiness sui-pn.ssing that of a Imndit, deflantly challenges thc   Pi-psiilent  to  remove  him.
"It is true that I'resldent Coolldgo inherited Daugherty. Ho inherited him before thc present investigation at Washington. Yel he still retains him aud has retainisl him for nionths, in laco ot tbe proven charges ugainst Daugherty."
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TWO CARS OVERTURN
IN AVENUE CRASH
Michael Koes ot K05 Main street. Duryea, wius urrestcd by Private Stone of tho Stale Highway Patrol, about 5 o'clock lu.sl evening, after his maeliin had crushed into the Hupmobile roadster owned and driven by Dr. M. Clarke Johnson of SH" Wyoming ave¬ nue , at the inti-rsei'tion of Pettibone street and Wyoniiiig avenue, in Wyoming. Koes will be given a hear¬ ing before Hurgess Lawson, of Wyom ing, tomorrow- evening charged witl reckless driving.
It appears that the Duryea man. ilriving a Nash touring i-ar. w-us driving south on Wyoming avenue when the lioctor drove on to the ave¬ nue from Pettclxmc .street. The Koes machine cra.sheil into the doctor's car and both machines were overturne.1. Fortunately both drivers, the only occupants of thc cars, escuiMid wiC minor injuries, although the muchine.s wore badly damaged.
It was reported that Doctor Johnson had the right ot way and he was not placed under .'irrcst although he wil lie required to appear and testlfi against the defendant ut tho hearing tomorrow night.
WashiiiKton, Mareh 22.—rresldent Coolidffe tonigrht issued a proclamation doclarinjr an embargo on the sale or shipm«»nt of aiTiis or ammunition to Honduras, wliore a civil war is in pro¬ gress.
Tiie proclamation was issued because of conditions in the South American i-epublic, reported to the State Department by American Jlinister Morales to be "very grave."
Continued fighting by three political factions sinee Jan¬ uary 1 had reached a point where the defacto goveitiment, or¬ ganized by members of the last cabinet after the overthrow of their government, has no control over the situation.
Americans were ordered into a compound by Morales and even in this neutral zone have been lired upon by the various factions.
Two American stores were reported looted during the early part of the week. This report was followed in 24 hours by a report that both the American Legation .ind consulate had been fired upon by dmnken soldiers of the defacto government forces.
It was on receipt of this report that t\ dct.i.chmont of nine offlcers and 167 sailors were ordered to Tegucigalpa, capital of the country, from the ci-uiser Milwaukee  in  Amapala  harbor.
Repoils to the Navy Department Thursday slated that this detachment had been fired upon enroute to the capital.
Latest reports showed that reljel forces under Ferrera wore attacking the city and were within si.x milos of it.s out¬ skirts.
No government lioing in power, this government could lodge no complaints against outrages against American life and property. There was nothing loft for it to do but send the anncd force, it was stated at the State Department.
This government hopes tliat an eml)ai'go on arma and muni¬ tions will cause a cessation of warfaie and selection of a govern¬ ment in 1 Idiiduras.
LOCi
Union Officers Effect a Settle¬ ment Of Trouble At Max¬ well Number Twenty
DISPUTE OVER DUES
One thous.and mincra will go bnck to w-ork tomorroiv at Maxwell No. 20 colliery ot the Ixiliigh & Wilkes-Harre Coal Company at Ashley nfter a strike lasting two days. Announce¬ ment that nil dlfllcultles hnd Iieen se'llcd was itfade last night by George Isaacs of this city, district vice pres¬ ident of thc Initeij Mine Workers of .\merica. Ho ileclan'd that nnrmai production would Iki resuned immed¬ iately at tho Ashley mine.
Thc Maxwell miners quit work Fri¬ day morning when their colliery com¬ mltteo discovered tliat a half dozen employees had failed to pay union ilucs. Thc non-members had liecn warned previously that union buttons should U' secured. At the expiration ot the time given in which to meet 4inion obligations, the coinmittce dis¬ covered that the halt dozen workers ronuilned obstinate in their dcter.nlna- tion lo rlay  out ot thc orgiuiization.
Thc striko was immediately brought to the attention of district union ot¬ flcials who dispatched Vice President Isaacs to the case. The delinquent men wera interviewed ye.sterday aft¬ ernoon by Isaacs, who secui'cd their promise lo immediately take out fully paid    cards in the union.
Taken To Hospital And Is Be¬ lieved To Be Suffering a Skull Fracture
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH
Plunging from a second story win. dow- ot ills home during delirium caused by influenza, <"harles Stifter. 18 years old. a high school student residing on North Wasliington street, was taken to Wyoming \'alley Home¬ opathic Hospital yestcixlay suffering from a probable fracture ot tho skull. His condition last night was seriou.s, acconling to an announcement liy hos¬ pital authorities who will make X-ray pictures ot the patient toilay.
Stifter Wius taken ill .several days ago. He was conflned to bi.i nt his i home liy a cold which is reported to have ilevelopcd into influenza. From that time his ailment becume grad¬ ually woi-se and at times he was ex¬ tremely   delirious  from   fever.
Members of his family kept a care¬ ful watch over him but during a short interval in w-hich he was left alone, the voung man crawled from bed. Ho managed to reach a w-indow and the next instant had dropped to the ground, a distance ot fifteen feet. Ho struck on his head. He w.as uncon¬ scious when {o'and and Dr. O. K. Grter of West Vnion strcol was summoned. The physician ordered the Imy re¬ moved to the Dana street hospital.  ^	
INCREASED WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF VALLEY
Morbid because of 111 health, Joseph Mellon. 12 years old, of Liiurel stroet, Difkson City, ended his lite yesterday by suvailowing a quantity of Paris green. His death occurred within an hour. The fatal dose was taken after the man had locked him-self in his l>edroom. Mellon was unmarried and resided  with  his aged  mother.
Ofllciais ot the I.ehigh Vnlley Rail¬ road announce.'! yesterday that a vol¬ untary wagfc increase of four and four and a iialf cents an hour, retroactive to March 1«, hus been granted engi¬ neers,  flremen and hostlers.
The four and a half cent raise affects freight engineers and flremen, whil* pa.ssenger and yard engineers and liostleis will be affected by the four cent increase. Both increases tif effective along thc entire system.