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Washington,   June   9.—Eastern Pa.: Fair Sunday, warmer In north portion ; I   Monday cloudy and unsettled.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 10,1923
The   Only    Sunday   Newspaper Covering the   Wyoming   Valley
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
President Brennan Of District One Takes Engineer Dis¬ pute To a Successful End
HOURS ARE CUT
Men Who Signed Private Agreement Are Only Ones Left Out Of Benefits
WEILL'S DECISION
President William .T. Brcnntin of I Iti.'^trirt One. United Mine Workers. ; nfter months of hard battle, won a Kioat victorv ycsterd.TV for the loco¬ motive enjriheers and brakrmen em- I);oved at Xo. .n coUirry of tho Susquc- Via'inu Collieries Company at Nanti- toH" Mr. nrennan in his fis;lit (;;- t^hlislied thf rate of pay Kovprnm? this class of work on an elcht hour prr dav. instead of nine hour.«. as has lipon the cu.'^tom since the 1916 agrec- mnt became effective.
This Krivoancp w.'i.s won throUKh the opinion rendered by Umpire Charles V. Nri'.l and forwankd to this city last niRht .^n award of pay will come to the men of this class of work, datmg back to the hour the grievance was filed with the company oflicials.
The grievance was for the employes, n.itwithstanding the fact that 32 em- ploxfs .signed a .separate jigreemcnt which has ben held to he still bind¬ ing upon those who signed that agree¬ ment, hut all other employes holding th'\-<e positions are to be paid on the right hour rate per day. and will re- opivp back pay. estimated to be hun¬ dreds nf dollars, on the eight hour day. Thf docisinn is an imi>ortant one. and ono thiit has been bof<iro tho Concilia¬ tion Hoard for months. When the lOlfi agroomont was made between the operators an.I tho miners a rate of pay was established for mon working long¬ er than an eight hour day. but this • lass of workmen were laboring ten hours per day. They frooly entered Into an agreomont with F. H. Kohl- braker. .superintendent of the Susque¬ hanna Colliriies Company, to work nine hours with the ten hour per day rate of pay.
Since that timo many of these mon who .signed tho companys agreement havo left tho omiiloy of th<> company, or tho.se positions classified hy the sep.iiato agroomcnt. .\s a result new mon assumoil the duties. Thirty-two mon onirlove<l as brakomon and loco¬ motive engineors filed a griovanco with the Conciliation IJoard protesting again.st the rate of pay and hours ¦worked. In his opinion I'mpire Ncill holds that this agreement was ontored Into froelv. and without projudiee. and should bo" binding, but only upon those who signed it, and not tho recent em¬ ployes.    His opinion is as follows:
(irants Back Pay
"At the time the aRrcoment of May n, 1918, was entered into the po¬ sitions filled by the complainants In this case should have boon considered as nine hour positions, the occupants of whicli were working one hour over¬ time. The position.s, therefore, came binder Section (b) of Article First of the 1916 agreement and the new rates shoulil have boon compute<l and ap¬ plied in acconl.mco with that article and section. But it Is establi.shed by the testimony of a complainant who occupied one of the positions In con¬ troversy at the time of the 1916 agree¬ ment that upon the signing of that agi-eoment the superintendent in¬ vited these who filled the positions at is.sue In this case to his office for a conference for the purpose of reaching an understanding as to how the asrreement which had just been signed should be applied to these posi¬ tions.
'•The testimony in the case strongly shows that deci,sion as to what provi¬ sion of the agipcment was to be taken as covering tho positions  in  question was largely, if not entirely, left to tho wi:?hos  of   the   employees   concerned and that they .selected the provision of tho agreement under which they have since    boon    working.    The    decision reached at this  conference   was   em- bo<iied in a formal agreement reading: "It   Is   mutually   agreed   between F.   H.   Kohlhraker.   superintendent, and the undersigned employees, that all slope   and   locomotive   engineers anil  brakomon.   working   on   a   ton hour basis previous to .\pril  1. 1916, slinll be changeil from ten hours to nine   hours   per   da\.   and   shall   be piid   for   tho    nine    hour   day   the rate   established   under   the   agree¬ ment  of May 20,  1912. for a day of ten hours subject to an increase of three per cent." "This   agreement    was    signed    by thirty-two  employees.    A  number  of tho.se   who   .signed   this  agreement   In 1906   are   still   employed   in  the   same positions  and  some  of  them  are  sig¬ natories to the prosent grievance.    As already   stntod.     the   testimony     es- . tablishes that  this agreement  of  1916 j was  entero<l   into  freely  and   without any coercion  whatsoever, and that  it even appear.^ to have been in .accord¬ ance   with   preferences    of  cn ployees Involved to whom the choice was loft bl   the   management.     Nor  can   those who signed  it  contend  that  they  had no means of knowing that so^l other tContinued on Page 4. Sc"^
Pepper And Reed Visit Local G.O. P.
United States Senators George Wharton Pepper and David A. Reed, In the course of a tour through the northern tier counties of the State of Pennsylvania, will be met at Hotel Sterling this after¬ noon at 1:15 o'clock by the Repub¬ lican County Chairman, Attorney John S. Fine, and a group of pro¬ minent members of the Republican party, all of whom will accompany the two Pennsylvania representa¬ tives In the upper House of Con¬ gress to Hazleton where a reception is to be tenedcred at Hotel Lough- ran, starting at three o'clock. Sen¬ ators Pepper and Reed spent last night in Scranton. They are ac¬ companied by Charles Swope, sec¬ retary to Mr. Pepper.
The stop in Wilkes-Barre will be only for such period of time as it requires to assemble the Increased party of Republicans who will ac¬ company Senators Pepper and Reed to Hazleton. Those who wish to make the brief tour are asked to be at the Sterling promptly at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon and to havo automobiles provided for the journey to the Mountain City. The receptions prepared In several cities are consuming practically all the leisure time of the two Senators and it is very necessary that de¬ lays be avoided. The purpose of the tour of the statesmen is to gauge the sontimont of the people on national questions In those sec¬ tions where Republican counsellors have been advised of changing con¬ ditions. The start from Scranton wll be taken promptly at 12:30 o'clock.
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MINE WORKERS WIN ANOTHER EIGHT-HOUR AWARD; GOVERNMENT PLEDGES LABOR PEACE BY JULY 1
BACK PAY INCLUDED BY UMPIRE
HEADS OF RAILROADS
CALLED TO SESSIONS BY SECRETARY DAVIS
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Washington, June 9.—Complete In- 1 dustrial peace In tho United States, through settlement of every pending labor dispute by July 1, was the aim announced tonight by Secretary of Labor Davis. Davis will confer next week with high officials of the Le¬ high Valley Railroad, Including E. E. Loomis, the I'resident, In an effort to settle the strike of 1.800 to 2,000 Lehigh Valley shopmen who have been out since July 1, 1922. This is the biggest single labor difficulty in the country today, in point of men in¬ volved. A total of 53 other strikes are un.settled, a report to Davis by H. L. Kerwin, chief conciliator of the Labor Depaitment.  stated.
"By July 1." .said Davis tonight, "we want to have all labor controver¬ sies settled, cleanocl up and done with. Wo want complete industrial peace in America."
This program of Davis fits In with the administration's general plan of unity between capit.al and labor In a comprehensive program to eliminate frictions which Interrupt American prosperity.
One of the biggOBt strikes of those that have been pending for some time has been settled, the Department was informed this week. This was the .strike of 16,000 zinc miners in Kan¬ sas. Oklahoma and Missouri.
In a<ldition to the 53 pending strikes there are other labor disputes which have not reachdi the strike stage. Pending disputes involve waiters, boiler makers, clothing workers, dredgemcn. .^hopcraffs. miners, bak¬ ers, Iron and coal workers. In all, a relatively small number of workers are involved, though tho Department was unable tonight to give accurate figures. Most of the separate strikes, however, except that on the Lehigh, involves fewer than 1,000 workmen.
Wilkes-Barre Takes a For¬ ward Part In Celebration Staged In College Town
OLD GRADS RETURN
Eaaton, Pa., June 9.—.\s a climax to the greatest alumni day which Lafa¬ yette College has known since the great reunion of the seventy-fifth an¬ niversary In 1907. came the announce¬ ment of the largest gift made to the college in over fifty jears. when Pres¬ ident John Henry McCrackon an¬ nounced that John B. Larkin of Buff¬ alo had given two hundred thousand dollars for the establishment of the John B. and Francis H. Larkin pro¬ fessorship of chemistry. Four-fifths of the income from this fund is to be devoteil to tho establishment of an¬ nuities at ipiesent and the remaining one-fifth will be available for immcdi- .ite u.se. This is the largest gift lo Lafayette since 1870 when .\rio Par¬ dee gave the college nearly three hun¬ dred thousand dollars for the con¬ struction of Pai-dee Hall at Lafayette College.
.\ large number of Wilkes-Barre men have played a prominent part in the festivities of the commencement season, the culmination of which comes on Monday when the com¬ mencement exercises will be held in I'ardee Hall.. One of the most enjoy¬ able features of the week was the song-fcst held in front of the Hotel Karldon last night, in which practic¬ ally all the alumni who came back for the occasion were in attendance. The singing was conducted by E. A. Jones of Wilkes-Barre.
Local Men Leaders
He made the graduates sing better than they knew how, and he himself iang several solos, the most pleasing of which was "Love's Old Sweet Song" In which the crowd joined In the chorus. Another soloist was Col. Krnest G. Smith, commonly known to his fellow alumni as "Pop" Smith. He sang an old plantation song, "Mona" and the way the crowd joined in this old southern song with him leading them at the proper times, caused a furor^.
Today was alumni day, and the main feature was the parade of re¬ union classes. The first session of this parade was held in tho downtown section with Col. Smith as marshall. There were practically a thousand men in line, with nine b;inds. There were many grotesque costumes. Fol¬ lowing the downtown parade, the annual meeting of the alumni a.s.socia- tion was held in Pardee hall. It w.is at this meeting that the announce¬ ment of the Larkin gift was made. The principal speaker was Hon. John W. Griggs of the class of '68. former Governor of New Jersey and former U. S. .\ttorney General in the McKin¬ ley administration.
During the same meeting officers were elected and among the members of the executive board were Col. Smith and Judge William S. McLean Jr., of Wilkes-Barre. Judge Robert A. Stotz. who presided at the trial of Walter Moline at Easton. was elected president   of   tho   a.ssociation.
A Loyalty Fund
Col. Smilii i.M^k.iiiod tho establish- mont of a "I^oyalty Fund" for Liifayette Colloge, which it is hoped will provide I.afayette ample capital to round out many collegiate projects. The pUn is to solicit an annual gift from every alumntis every year and (Continued on Page 4, Sec. 1)
Lackawanna Problem
Twenty-five hundred men associat¬ ed with Lackav.anna shops from Kingstpn to Scranton, failed to answer the call of the "rump" convention for yesterday aiternoon at Scranton, ac¬ cording to tho news which leaked out late last nicht. It is understood cir¬ cular letters, signed by three strikers of the Machini.sts' union, were mailed to all of the strikers of the Lacka¬ wanna asking thom to attend a meet¬ ing yesterday afternoon. When the time came for the session only one of the "rump" committee appeared at the meeting hall, which was a differ¬ ent place than the regular place of mooting. It Is said that three private detoctlves were also at the meeting hall.
Two of the men whose names ap¬ peared on tho circular letter denied they authorized their names to bo used to call the convention. Strike loaders were investigated last night. The "rump" meeting which became a flivvor folowed closely tho action of the majority of .strikers of this rail¬ road on Friday night who voted to re¬ main on strike. Hugh Hanahan, chairman, prosiilod at this mooting, at which the strikers announced they were willing to listen to an honorable settlement. Emmet Adams of Wash¬ ington, D. C, an organizer, attended the meeting. There nro several hun¬ dred men at Kinjrston who wont on strike on July first, nearly a year ago. as   employees     of    the    Lackawanna
company,   who are  willing to accept only an "honorable" settle-nent. The End At Ashley
The last sign of the Ashley shop strike of the 1,200 Central Railroad employes was removed yesterday afternoon when a dozen commlsisary cars wero pulled from the yards and sent to the Elizabethport yards of the company. For more than eleven I months these commissary cars were the dining halls and sleeping quarters for hundreds of imports brought here by the railroad company. It is esti¬ mated more than 1,800 meals per day for more than 300 days were served by the company to Its new hired help.
James Young, master mechanic, announced last night that an order had been issued by the Central com¬ pany discontinuing the commissary service to the men who came here from other cities, and also that these men must secure boarding places throughout the valley. Mr. Young said that more than six hundred of i the old employes of the company, who I were on strike, arc back at their l>laces. Daily additional strikers nre being put at their old jobs. For the past week many of the imports have been quitting their posts and return¬ ing to Philadelphia and New York. It Is anticipated a greater exodus will be experienced tomorrow—pay day at the shops. Prior to the strike 1200 were employed at the .\shlpy shops. Mr. Young .said all of theso men, who have made applications for their jobs, will be taken back as soon as vacan¬ cies occur. Jlembers of the executive committee of the former strikers' unions have not made applications for re-instatement by the company. Mr. Voung said no discrimination is being practiced and most of the old employes liave been placed at their former positions.
The shops are operating on a nine hour day shift. However, by virtue of the old agreement time and a half Is being paid for the ninth hour.
There was little or no ceremony when the la.st traces of the long drawn labor controversy, the commissary cars, were withdrawn. Many em¬ ployees gathered In the yards and on the street to watch the train slowly pull out. Just what effect the new- order will have on the Imports Is not known. Soma out-of-town employees have secured lodging in Hanover Township and this city. The general belief In Ashley is that the majority of Imports will soon leave their posts and return to New York and Phila¬ delphia.
President Speaks
Milford, Del., June 9.—Received with acclaim wherever he went. Pre¬ sident Harding tonight wound up his day In Delaware by being made a Tall Cedar of Lebanon. In replying brieflv to addresses of welcome the President touched on labor problems, shortage,  Mr. Harding .said    that    he
Referring to the reported labor would "rather have three jobs for every workman in .Vmerica than three Idle men for every job". He com¬ mended Americanization activities and .said it was his "ever renewed resolu¬ tion" when he saw children on the streets through which he passed to "hand on lo thom the republic we In¬ herited  ourselves".
On Sunday morning a Navy avlalor will deliver the Sunday papers to Mr. Hardiiig aboard his yatch.
DEATH OF DAUGHTER
SADDENS THEIR HOME
On Saturday, June 2, occurred the death of Thurza, the six years and nine months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas, of 295 Madison street, city. Death was caused by diphtheria and was a severe shock to ceptionally bright and winsome child and loved by all who knew her. Her her host of friends .as she was an ex- loss is a ray of sunshine taken from tho neighborhood.
Besides her parents yhe Is survived by one brother, William, and a sister, Su.san. Tho funeral, which was priv¬ ate, was held on Monday afternoon and the profusion of flowers showed the esteem In which she was held. Services were conducted by Rev. Rob¬ ert F. Kline, rector of Calvary Episco¬ pal Church. Interment was maile in the family plot at Hanover Green cemetery.
ASHLEY GRADUATES ATTEND DINNER DANCE
WAGES ARE BOOSTED;
AN $8,000,000 GIFT
Chicago. Juno 9.—Wage Increases to maintenance of way employes were granted by two more railroacjg today A. F. Stoute, vice president of the Maintenance and Railway Shop labor¬ ers' Brotherhood, announced the Chi¬ cago and Northwestern had advanced pay to 15,000 men 1 to 6 cents an hour.
The Pennsylvania Railway notified the board it had advanced pay to 112,551 employes. The increases are effective as of May 1 and .^pril i."",. Maintenance and shop employes warehouse and store house and ele¬ vator men. stationery engineers are affected. The increase will cost the road about $8,575,665 annually
Women CauyhtFrom Blaziny Home; Two Burned In A Dariny Rescue
Mrs. Mary Hendricks and her guest, Miss Mary Judge, the latter of Minooka, had a narrow escape from death shortly after midnight this morning when they were trap¬ ped by flames that completely destroyed the Hendricks home at 50 ?oole street, Cork Lane, Pittston Township. The valiant and heroic sei'vice of neighbors saved them. Amborse Keiby and John Rariden braved the leaping flames as thty broke into the bedroom of Mrs. Hendricks and carried the two women through the fire to a place of safetj\ The blaze started at 12:30 o'clock this morning and totally destroyed the two two frame building. Mrs. Hendricks and JNIiss Judge were badly burned in their fight to escape. Ilie pair were asleep when they were awaken¬ ed by the cracking of the house timbers as the fire ate its way from tht kitchen on the first floor, through the stair¬ way and ceiling of the home. About the same time neigh¬ bors discovered the fire and an alarm was sounded.
The town? hip fire company responded and did heroic work. Rarifien and Kerby heard the screams of the women. For«etting their own safety the two men placed a ladder against the bedroom window of the women and darted into t) e roaring furnace. Both men were burned in their daring rescue. Dr. M. L. Connor of Pittston attended the women. The firemen did excellent work in saving the surrounding property, including an auto¬ mobile garagv: close by. The estimated loss is given as $6,500.
SUPPLY OF WATER IS SUDDENLY CUT BY ODD ACCIDENT
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Serious Accident On Ashley Boulevard Anici Anotlier On The Lackawanna Trail
THREE IN HOSPITAL
BY R. CAPPELINI
Members of the class of 1323 of .\shley High school, together with the high school faculty member.s, gathered
iat a liinncr and dance in Hotel Ster¬ ling last ni.ght as a climax to the com?
I mencement  activities at  that    school.
! .Arthur Jones, president of the gradu-
lating class, the members of which re¬ ceived thoir diplomas on Wednesday of l,->st week, presided as toastma.ster. A brief ad.ire.ss was given by Prof. A. P. Cope, supervising principal of the Ashloy schools, while, other members of the faculty, as well as .some of the graduates, responded with brief talks. There was no formal program.
Those who attended: Prof. A. P. Cope, Prof. Ted R. Griffith. Miss De¬ borah Pehle, Anna Bell, Samuel A. Oliver. Alice Thomas, George Hoff¬ man. William Fuller, Jessie Albert, Harrv Solomon, Irene Conniff. Martin W. Demspen, Marian A. Gower. Lucy Barklop Margiarct Powell. Ruth Stiv¬ e's. Willard Aver.s, Howard Tremayne, Arline S. Williams. John I.. Carey, Grace Eddinger. Mary B. West, Rob¬ ert Mctz, Kathrine Hughes, Wayne Bell. Evplvn Kemmer. Dorothy Green- "ald. Mary R. Johnson and Arthur Jone^
PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON AT NANTICOKE SUNDAY
A man who won International fame as a crusader for Prohibition will be the speaker at a public .session In the M. E. Church at Nanticoke on Next Sunday evening. June IT. Pus.svfoot Johnson, who lost the sight of oiio eve while carrying dry propaganda to Great Britain, will deliver a lecture which haa given him worid-wlde notiCA.
DEATH IS RESULT
OF STILL EXPLOSION
Bums received on Friday morning T^^l " J*'^ wiiiskey still exploded at th© boarding hou.se of Mrs. Antonette Kaplsh   on   Donnelly   street,   Durvea
^?"<f/J^ *i^^ ''^f ^ ?' ^°^^^^ Karoltchik of 641 Donnelly .st., aged 26, late last night at the Moses Taylor hospital in Scranton. Alex DelinskI, aged ' 33 years, another boarder,, who wag aJ-^o frightfully burned in the explosion of the Illicit machine is in a .serious con¬ dition at the same hospital.
Rariy on Friday morning the two boarders were making repairs to the still prior to starting it in operation In some unaccountable manner the still exploded. The two men were frightfully burned and the Kapish home was partially burned.
SIdoswiped by a h.^avler car and then loft to get from beneath their overturned auto, as bi-.st they could w!is the experience o? Wniliam Reiner and his sister. Elizabeth, of Hazle avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. James Dor- on, all of this city, as ihoy were about to a.scend the Ashley i)ouIevard about 7 o'clock last evening.
The local party. wi;h Mr. Reiner at the wheel of his Ford oar, had started for White Haven shortly before 7 o'clock. They were about to start up the .Ashley boulevard when a Buick car came tearing up |)he hill at a ter¬ rific rate of speed, According to Mr. Reiner. Two young men and two young women were in the Buick. Just as the heavier machin.'> was about to pass the Ford It sides.\ipcd the lighter car, forcing It toward the side of tho road. A second blow from the bigger car turned tha Ford completely over, pinning its occupants beneath the ov¬ erturned machine. Without even slacking their speed the Buick party sped along, leaving their victims on the side of the road.
Four men In another machine, who happened along shortly after, saw tl-.o upturned car and stopped to find that the four occupants w>:e held prison¬ ers beneath it. With the assistance of members of another ai:tomobile party they succeeded in lifting the machine from the local party when it was found that both Miss Reiner and Mrs. Doron were suffering from bruises and lacerations. The men escaped with minor bruises and lacerations. The car was badly damagefi. The injured members of the party were taken to their respective homes and in tho meantime the Ashley r-Jliee had been notified of the accident. Immediately word was sent on to the authorities at White Haven, Hazleton, Frceland and surrounding town.s, to be on the look¬ out for the party in a red Buick. I'p until an early hour thii< morning no arrests were made.
Three .'\re Injured
John Sweder of Mayf.eld, near Scranton, drivin.g an automobile on the Lackawanna Trail eirly la.st night furnished plenty of ocitemont and caused an accident that sent three of the members of his automobile party to the hospital, called out the fire department and landc i himself In prison.
Sweder. driving a nev; car and said to be intoxicated, was traveling with his party towards Binghamton. His car ¦i^'^s traveling at a good rate of speed along North CsMrk Summitt when the car leaped from the road- vay. rammed into the fence, broke oiffa dozen fence post.% < ut down a telegraph pole and then turned over, pinning the oci-UpantF under the machine. The car cau^iht fire. The Clark Summitt flre dejartment an¬ swered the alarm. Thrf ° young girls were injured and were aimitted to the Scranton  State  Hospital
Olga Roman, aged IS year«i. of Olrphant, is suffering from Injuries about the arms and leg, nnd Is more .serlouslv hurt than the others. Mary Kraynick. aged 16 years, suffers from burns about the body and arm.s, while Mary Seher, aged 17, hjis injuries to her thigh.
The Clark Summitt ofPcIals arrested Sweder and are holding him on sev¬ eral charges. A male a:ember of the party managed to cst;ap« in the excitement
Leader Of Radical Forces In Miners' Union Is Faced With Court Record
Giant Line Across The Susquehanna Between Plymouth And Wilkes-Barre Shattered Exactly One Year After Same Mishap Stopped Service In Summer Of 1922
DIVERS ARE MAKING REPAIRS
SEEKS PRESIDENCY
The United Mine Workers of Dis¬ trict One which includes tho major portion of Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, will be called upon Thursday of this week to elect district officers for the cjming two years. William J. Breenan. president of the district, is a candidate for re-election, and while he has devoted little or no time to the campaign, there seems little doubt but that he will be returned to office with a nice n ajority. Brennan i-efused to neglect his duties on the conciliation board where there were several Im¬ portant cass about to be decided, in¬ cluding the Hudson Coal Company check system, and the engineers case of the Siisquehanna Collieries which was decided in favor of the men yes- tcrda.v.
Both oi' those cases have caused the mine workers to fight bitterly and Brennan never lost faith In the out¬ come, but stayed on the job and has won both. In deciding who will be elected to the office of president of District One the mine workers have a clean cut fight before them. Either a man like Will Brennan who. like Ken¬ nedy and Golden, following In the footsteps of the late John Mitchell, who laid the groundwork of the Unit¬ ed Mine Workers, or a "radical" In the man of Cappallnl who has never shown dsslred regard for the signed contract of the mine worker.s, and who has openly boasted on many occa¬ sions of receiving $10,000 for the loss of his arm from tho Pennsylvania Coal Company, will be chosen. In speaking to one of the mine workers last evening on the election to be held, he 8ald:
False Statements
"President Brennan has paid no at¬ tention to the many false statements that are bein.g made against him dur¬ ing the pa.st several weeks, .saying his time Is taken up on more Important questions affecting the welfare of the mine worker.s. and believes the mem- ^ bership know his opt)onont as .is well as he doi.s. However, there arc still many mhio workere who believe Capa- lini when he said the Pennsylvania Co;:l ComiKiny gave him $10,000 for! the injur'os ho received about 10 years ago. While I do not say ho did not ' get the money from the company, the court records show Capalllnl and his mother settled their case on Septem¬ ber 14th, 1915, for the sum of $.S00 and to prove this 1 offer the court record w'lich follows:
Tlie Court Record Rinaldo '"appaliino,  through  his next friend   arid   mother.   Maria  Cappallino vs.  The  Pennsylvania Coal  Company.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne , County, Xo. 138, October Tei-m.  1912.
This indenture of agreement, made and executed, by and between Rinaldo Cappallino and his next friend and mother, .Maria Cappallino. of the first part,—and — The Pennsylvania Coal Company, of the second part, made this fourteefltk ta^ of fciHinbar, A. D.. 191.5, witaetfieth:
That t'le plahitiffn, for and In con¬ sideration o/ the .sum of fire hundred dollars ($.=iOn.OO) in ha.nd paid by the party of the second part, at and be¬ fore the ensealing and dellver>' hereof, the receifit whereof is hereby ack- knowledged. and for the further con¬ sideration of the agreement, covenant and prond.se upon the part of the de¬ fendant, to at al! times during the (Continued on Page 4; Sec. 1)      ,
Exactly one year to the day after a similar accident, the main water line of the Spring F?rook Water Com¬ pany, crossing the Susquehanna River at Plymouth, burst last night and shut off tha source of supply to a vast ter¬ ritory on both the East and West sides of Wyoming Valley. Pedestrians and motorists crossing tho new county bridge at I'lymouth were first to re¬ port the dLsaster, shortly after thoy had been startled by a sudden roar of the gushing flow, coincidental with the creation of a gigantic geyser that threw Itself up many feet above the surface of the river and continued until a message hud been sent to Spring Brook headquarters to thut the main valves.
Ward P. Davenport, West Side manager for the Spring Brook Water Company, was hastily summoned and ho btgan the Immediate recruiting cf a force of miii. whc, with the ail of divers, were set at work at midnlf;lit to icpair the broken main and respire the i;ormal water supply. Mr. Daven¬ port and other offlcerfi of the comp.Tiiy also prepared to establish emergency connections with resei-ve lines that they declared will be ample to accom¬ modate the people until the regular service is  re-established.
Water from the gigantic Ceasetown dam and other reservoirs on the Ply¬ mouth mountains is run Into Ply¬ mouth to Wilkes-Barre, the lines being laid In the river. One year ago yesterday th emain was shattered in the river and the same trouble that developed last night was the result. Divers were called In and repairs made, only to be followed by another break that temporarily shut off the water   supply.      The    condition   was
thoroughly analyzed and an eme^ gency line established on the surfac* of the county bridge. Finally, when divers and engineers had ordered re¬ construction of the river main It was believed that a permanent job had been made.
The break of last night came as a distinct surprise to water company officials and found them unprepared for the immediate conquest of the emergency. The auxiliary line on the bridge had been removed. The shock to the people of Plymouth and the southern section of Wilkes-Barre was extreme In its effect. Cold weather of tho pa.st few days had caused many to rebuild fires under steam boilers and many who had counted on ths source of comfort were called from their beda to draw out the coals when low water in the boilers threatened trouble. The Sund.iy Indi>pendent received many calls to explain the trouble and to Indicate when It would be ended.
At midnight the Spring Brook officials wore marshalling a corps of workers to establish the i)olnt of break and to close it. In the meantime, orders were directed to run auxiliary lines into the service pipes so that service to the affected territory might be resumed this morning. It was confidently expected that the emer¬ gency service would be available to¬ day and that repairs to the main lines would be finl.shed In the course of the week. The break a year ago caused a loss of fifteen thousand dollars, to the water company. Immense pres¬ sure is carried by the river mains which take the flow from the high- grade dams, especially that at Cease- town which is one of the greatest In the State.
CRASH OVER BRIDGE IN AUTO; 2 BADLY HURT
Palling fifty-five feet from the Wyo¬ ming bridge to the West Side flats farmland below, two men, believed to be James Boland, aged 35 years, of 31 South Washington street, and J. O. Flynn, aged 45 years, of Hotel Carte- ton, North Wasliington street, both of this city, lie in a precarious condi¬ tion, unconscious, at the Pittston Hospital at an early hour this morn¬ ing. The narrow escape from death of these two men, and the unexplain- able fortune of the third. Joseph Or- leskl, a garage man of Wyoming Borough, is the act of a kind Provi¬ dence, and tho result of an automo¬ bile accident at the Wyoming Bor¬ ough approach to the bridge at Eighth street.
Orle.skie. who was answering a dis¬ tressed automobilist .it I'ort Blanchard at 12:30 o'clock this morning, was driving an Overland car when he w.as met by a Chevrolet car. coming from the eastern side of the bridge. Just at tho flrst span of tho bridge. The car was approaching at a rapid rate, and was seen to swerve from one side to the other. Orle.skie made a valiant attempt to steer clear of the oncoming car, but before he was out of harm's way his car was sideswiped and pushed into a suspended i)osition. said to be forty degrees over the bridge.
The car hung suspended in the air. Orleskle   with   care   moved   from   the
over-hanging automobile. The fore* of the Impact of the cars sent the Chevrolet car spinning across the bridge, through the guard-rail.'^ and down over the bridge with a fall of 55 feet. The crash of tha two cars was heard for blocks away. The .screams of the men added to the ex¬ citement. Nclghlwrs rushed to the .scone, and a c;ill was sent to the State police barracks nearby. When found Boland was under the car, while his older companion lay acro.ss the over¬ turned machine—both unconscious. -V pii.ssing machine brought both In¬ jured mon to the hospital.
Identification cards in the clothet of the the two men gave the ad- dros.-^cs. The extent of thoir injuries could not bo ascertained at an early hour this morning, as both men wert In .a state of coma. The place where the accident occurred and where one car was suspended and the second fell over tho bridge, is the highest point above the farm-land. It Is a miracle all three men were not killed In the unusual   accident.
At 2:30 o'clock this morning Mr. Flynn regained his senses. He ia suf¬ fering from fractured ribs, and pos¬ sible internal injuries. Boland. at a later hour this morning, was still un¬ conscious. It is believed he ha.s a fracture of tho skull .and Is also suf¬ fering from infernal injuries. He Is the more seriously injured of the two.
REV.P.J.COLLIGAN OF PLYMOUTH HONORED
A program of special significance will be given tonight in the auditorium of the new St. A'inccnt High school at I'lymouth in honor of Rev. V. J. Colli- gan, pastor of St. Vincent's Church, and an invitation has boon extended for attendance from among tho gen¬ eral public. In addition to tho pro¬ gram there v.ill be distribution of autographed photographs of tho pastor of St. Vincent's and a general group flashlight photo will t>e made of the a.s.semblage for reproduction in a souv¬ enir booklet. The congregation is at present engaged In a campaign to raise the sum of forty thou.s<ind dol¬ lars for paying «ff the remaining debt on the new high sahool.
AN ODD rO.MPI..4INT
New York, June 9.—Hudson Maxim Inventor of loud and destructive ox- plosives, applied today for an injunc¬ tion against a dance hall proprietor on the ground that the jazz orchestra deafens him and keeps him awake n\ night. Tho dance hall js on an estate adjoining that of Maxim's.
GLEN LYON STARTS
AN OLD HOME WEEK
GROOME IS NAMED
PENITENTIARY HEAD
Philadelphia, June 9.—Colonel John C. Groome. former head of the Penn¬ sylvania State Poiico, has been elected warden of the Eastern penitentiary and has accepted the position, the board of prison Inspectors announced tonight. Colonel Groome succeeds Robert J. McKonty. whose resignation was accepted shortly after a grand jury inve.stigation began to probe into conditions in the penitentiary.
Elaborate preparations have been marie for the celebration of Old Home Week at Glen Lyon, beginning to¬ morrow and continuing for four days. The committees in charge have been working hard for some time an4 everything points to ono of the finest celeliiations of the kind that has ever been carried out in this part of the country.
Tomorrow there will be a parade of tho .school children and on Thursday there will be a general parade in ".'.iiich the American Legion will tak« the leading part.
This will be followed by a mam¬ moth ma.ss meeting at which ad- dies.sos will be delivered by Judge J. B. Woodward and State Comman¬ der Healoy of the American Legion. There wiil also be an excellent enter¬ tainment on the program, the leading pirticifiant in which will be the inimitable t.'on McCole. :
The metropolis of Newport Town¬ ship will ho gorgeously decorated for tho occasion and tho citizens of Glen Lyon are prepared to entertain the largest crowds In the town's history, (Jlen I>yon Is one of the most progres¬ sive mining communities In the an¬ thracite region.
ANNOYED YOUNG WOMEN
Edward Reed, colored, giving hit residence as Elast Northampton street, this city, was arrested by Kingston police last night charged with annoying three young white women on We.st Market street. The young women preferred the charges. Reed w.-is locked up in the Ktngstoa jail to await a hearing tomorraw nigbu