Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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The  Only   Sunday   Newspaper Covering the  Wyoming   Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1934
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PRICE TEN CENTS
CLERGYMAN
CALLING SHUTDOWN BID TO STRIKE
Acute Contortion Of Heart Found Cause Of Death In   Bout   Of   Fisticuffs
PUNCHER HELD
Argument Over iVIiner Wage Is Followed By Blows Between Former Friends
CORONER PROBES
A post-mortem examination last night of the body o£ Stanley ".Markle" Murchlewskl ot i'lymouth, who died after he was knocked down, allegedly by punches admin¬ istered by John,,.^lCt;u». also of Plymouth, revealed that death was caused by acute dilatation ot the heart due to exertion, MeCue will be charfc-ed with manslauKhter, no murder  Intent  beins aiiparent,
Marchlew'ski was 40 years old and resided at 114 Walnut street. Alc- Cue Is 30 and lives at 6S2 Fellow street, Lynwood, The latter told police he met Marchlewski yester¬ day at 11:30 near a barber shop at 62 Kast Main street. I'lymouth, that they engaged In ar argument In¬ volving the upholding ot wage scales by Anthracite Miners of Pennsyl¬ vania nnd United Mine Workers of America.
McCue said they began to walk and tho argument continued and upon reaching Martz Manor, March¬ lewski struck hlra. "Ho hit me sev¬ eral times," McCue said.
"Then I hit him twice In the face and he fell down,"
Having no know-ledae that the man he struck had died McCue walked away to get a drink uf water. Neighbors called police and found Marchlewski dead. When McCue waa Informed ot the man's death he surrendered to police and was taken Into custody by Chief of Police Lawrence Kendig, Patrolman Timothy Murray, High Constable Samuel Brokenshire, all of Ply¬ mouth, and by County Detectives Richard Powell and John Dempsey. State Troopers J, V. Bonfantl and W. Bader were called on the case and removed McCue to Wyoming Barracks,
The victim leaves his mother, Mrs. Catherine Marchlewski, and the following sisters: Mrs, Catherine KanlnskI of Nanticoke, Mrs. Frances Meloskl of Lynwood, Miss Martha Marchlewski and Mrs. Steven Felchak, Th« funeral will be held Tuesday at 9 oclock. A mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9:30 In St. Mary's ehurch, Plym¬ outh, and burial will be In the church cemetery.
Chronic   Heart  Trouble
The p--^st - mortem examination was conducted In the morgue of S. i, Gr*:itkow-skl at Plymouth by Counly Coroner I. C. Morgan, thn latter's secretary, .Mr. Rink, and l'l-. nenjamin S, Davis. The vic¬ tim, It Was reported, had a chronic heart condition.    He was examined
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Local Man Dead On Front Porch
John Murray was found dead last nleht at 9:25 oclock on tho porch ot his homo, located oppo¬ site Askam Hoso Company house Murray had lived alone for the past thirteen years. Frank Kelser, Askam flre truck driver Investigated a noise on the porch of the home across the way and found Murray there. He notified Hanover police and Dr, Joseph I'lerkarski ot Korn Krest, They in turn called Deputy Coroner Kmmett Brislin, who said death was due to a heart attack, Mr. Murray Is said tc be about sixty years old and has relatives liv¬ ing in Plains, The body was taken  to  tho Brlslin  morgue.
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Thousand In Reformatory Turn On Their Guards After A Baseball Game
ONE IS KILLED
Barrage Of Buckshot Used Against Boy Convicts In   Crowded   Institution
Whole Floor Crashes Under The Tremendous Force Of   An   Electrical   Bolt
HALF MILLION DAMAGE
Houghton, Mich., Aug. 18—UP— At least four women burled and be¬ lieved dead under the wreckage of Houghton County Infirmary, struck by a bolt of lightning tonight dur¬ ing a heavy electrical storm. The bolt struck the chimney atop the Infirmary and crashed through the roof, taking most ot the second floor with it. Nearly 75 persons were patients on the floor, although only tho four women were reported burled In the debris.
Rescue workers were hampered by lack ot light, the lightning hav¬ ing torn down the power line. Tele- phono service weat and south of Houghton was down. Service was out at Ironwood and between Duluth and  Milwaukee.
21 WOUNDED
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 18—UP— Slashing the twin cities region with cyclonic fury, the worst storm In 15 years severely Injured two persons tonight and caused damage esti¬ mated at half million dollars.
The storm swept down from northern Minnesota, striking with damaging effect in  a dozen areas.
SPECIAL LEGISLATURE IN MORTGAGE RELIEF
Albany, N. Y,, Aug. 19—(.«unday) —Legislative leaders agreed early today to pass et least three bills designed to accord relief to New- York State's 500,000 holders ot guaranteed mortgage certlllcate.s.
They failed, however, to reach a compromise on pending major billt. designed to create a State mort¬ gage authority or a temporary State  agency   to  aid   in  the  relief
Under one of the measures, hold¬ ers of guaranteed mortgage cer¬ tificates would be permitted to ob¬ tain Federal loans. Another pro vides for creation of a Stale cor¬ poration authorized to loan money to the holders. The other would penult banking Int-titutlons to ac¬ cept the certificates as collateral for loans  to  the State corporation.
The Senate was expected to pass the measures tlrst and send them to tho Assembly.
RARE AILMENT KILLS WEST PITTSTON BO Y
stricken at one oclock yesterday Ifternoon by a rare aliment, a West Pittston child died four hours later In a hospital. The death perplexed physicians to auch an extent that decision was reached to conduct a post-mortem. Examination reveal- "I that death wns provoked by an enlarged thymus.
The little victim was Joseph Werts, 81^ years old. He was a son of Mr, and Mrs. William Werts of H4 Washington sireet, West Pllts- »on. Romping In the yard with a '•VV companion! the child collapsed.
The pain was Intense and could not be relieved by a physician who was Immediately summoned. The doctor advised removal of the youngster to Pittston hospital. Hospital attaches exerted all efforts, together with physicians, to aid the boy, but he died at five oclock.
The thymus Is a ductless gland of uncertain function, develojied from the eiiltlieliiirn of one or more glll clefts of the embryo, and present at least in the young of nearly all vertebrates. In man It lies In the upper part of the thorax and low-er part of Uie throat.
Pontiac, 111., Aug. 18.—UP—War¬ den O. H. Lewis tonight launched a sweeping Investigation Into a bloody riot of prisoners in the State Reformatory, quelled only after one convict was killed, 21 wounded and tour guards beaten,
"I'm going to get to the bottom of this," the warden said upon his return to the prison tonight. He was absent this afternoon when the reformatory baseball team met a Springfield team In a game climax¬ ed by the riot.
"All ot those responsible for the outbreak will be placed In solitary confinement," he said, "I'm con¬ vinced the riot was pre-arranged."
The prisnner who died tonight of bullet wounds was Leo Blelek, sen¬ tenced In Chicago to a term of from one to ten years for larceny. Two other convicts who were sprayed by buckshot from the guns ot tho guards were in serious condition. Xone of the guards, who were man¬ handled by the convicts, was In ser¬ ious condition.
More than 1,000 prisoners vainly battled guards In a hand-to hand struggle for freedom. At least four priaoners and two guards were wounded during the affray. The prison print shop was burned by the Inmates with damage estimated at more than $100,000,
The prisoners, most ot them youthful offenders, suddenly at¬ tacked guards with clubs and pieces of plank as they w-ere marching back to their cells after a ball game.
The yard was In turmoil. Ouards retreated to the walls and began firing into the ranks of their at¬ tackers. The prison became a bedlam as Inmates shouted and screamed.
Prison officials could ascribe no specific reason for the outbrealt. The riot, they believed, had been pre-arranged. The prisoners w-ere unarmed except for hastily Inipro- vl.sed weapons.
The guards, backed againat the wall, fired round after round into the mob. The inmates retreated before the withering fire,
Frea-For-All  Battle
The fighting became general as the priaoners scattered. They raced about the grounds attacking guards and seeking avenues of escape. Prison officials announced that none got away.
Extra guards and police came lO the scene at the height of the riot¬ ing. Slowly the prisoners w-ere forced back into their cell blocks. Stragglers were rounded up and placed   behind   bars.
Burt Davenport, captain of the prl.son guards, attempted to rally his forces against the overwhelm¬ ing mob of screaming boys and was severely beaten. He was taker, to the prlsnn hospital blood stream¬ ing  from  his  face and  arms.
Several of the prisoners were seriously Injured, Dr. John H. Ryan, prison chaplain, said. Many others were slightly wounded.
"It was an unfortunate outbreak," Dr. Ryan said.
In describing the battle, one of the wounded guards said:
"They hit me from behind with a club, or maybe It was a ball bat. They were breaking up window- frames and using them to beat the guards.
"I was standing In the office, holding a handkerrhief to the wound
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Fall From Plane When Belts Snap
Maaslllon, Ohio, Aug. 18—UP —All airport manager and a police patrolman were hurled to death from an open cockpit plane today when their safety belts broke   during   stunt   maneuvers.
Their pUotless ship endanger¬ ed dow-ntow-n Masslllon as it careened on dizzily, upside down, for  a  mile  before  crashing.
The men were Albert A Meyer, 27, owner and manager of Meyer airport, and John Bur¬ well,   39,   patrolman.
Both  were veteran airmen.
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TIBALLI OF STRATOSPHERE
Record Is Believed Broken By Belgian Aeronauts Who May Be Martyred
CRAFT ADRIFT
Vienna, Sunday, Aug, 19,—UP—A frantic search for two Belgian stratosphere balloonlsts, who as¬ cended possibly close to a -world alti¬ tude record, spread through halt a dozen Balkan nations early today after fear was aroused that the scientific adventurers were uncon¬ scious or dead.
The balloon soared Into the upper atmosphere from Belgium, Saturday morning, carrying Max Cosyns and Neree Vanderest, It ascended until It was a speck In the sky—one re¬ port by radio hinted that it had broken the stratospher record of over 13 miles—and then drifted more than 700 miles southward over Europe.
Darkness hid the big bag from w-atchers on the ground as it passed at an altitude of some 40,000 feet over Austria and to Jugoslavia, but even betore dusk It appeared obvious that  something  was  wrong.
Experts believed the balloonlstj either could not land—being strand¬ ed by some freak ot the atmosphere or damage to the baloon—or that they were unconscious or dead tn the outer fringe of the atmosphere
Face  Serious   Hatard*
Radio communication with the balloonlsts also ceased and the search was a blind one over a wide area. Police forces on the ground were called upon to keep watch In Hungary, Jugoslavia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Greece and mountainous Albania, Radio operators through¬ out Europe listened for word from the missing balloon.
It was pointed out that after dusk the bag might have dropped and made a safe landing In some remote spot where communications were meagre. Or the scientists might have chosen to stand by their precious Instruments until dawn.
On the other hand, hazards of a night landing—if the scientists were able to descend and were alive— were great.
The bag might easily drift over Black Sea or the Adriatic. A late sighting at Gornjalendnve, near the Austria-Jugoslav border, would place the balloon in such a position that a changing wind might carry It over water in several directions before dawn.
In addition, fear was expressed that It might have come down in the Banat swamp.
Jugoslavia war and Interior offi¬ cials at Belgrade said there were no definite advices of the balloon over Jugoslavia, although many uncon¬ firmed and conflicting reports were received. Bucharest- reported no word of the balloon and at Sofia It was said nothing had been heard by offlclals, although the prevailing southerly wind would be likely to drive It In that direction.
TO STAY
President Tells General To Keep With Recovery To   Avert   A   Disruption
BLUE EAGLE SAVED
Critics And Opponents Of Administrator Are Foiled By   A   Roosevelt   Order
WILL CHANGE TITLE
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WEST PITTSTON FIRE DOES LITTLE DAMAGE
Chemicals were used by West Pittston flre department to extin¬ guish a blaze In a closet ot the home of Hermin Libowltz, 319 Spring etreet, A (iiiantlty of cloth¬ ing was destroyed. The flremen did not determine the cause of the blaze.
By LYLE A. BROOKOVER
(Copyright 1934 By United Press) Washington, Aug, 18—UP—Presi¬ dent Roosevelt today directed Gen¬ eral Hugh .S, Johnson to remain at the head of the National Recovery organization, thereby blocking a dis¬ ruption ot NRA which appeared Im¬ minent for some weeks. The Blue Eagle itself and the famous letters "NRA" might have disappeared In the contemplated  reorganization.
Business recently has been report¬ ed as nervous because ot uncertainty regarding NRA's future. From code authority groups have come Infor¬ mal objections against one proposed reorganization plan on the grounds that NRA was to be handed over to a brain trust administration.
The rip-snorting general seemed a changed man atter the President's one-man vote of confidence. He twirled his panama hat, joked, and said, "Of course, I'm staying," as he strode out of the White Houso.
A few hours before his call upon Mr. Roosevelt, General Johnson had been weary of the grind, and ready to go. Hla Blue Eagle code mak¬ ing was nearly completed. Internal strife and threats of strikes were petsterlng him. A return to pri¬ vate business, with the hope earning $100,000 a year, good  to the  general.
The possibility of his quitting the NRA had almost panicked his or¬ ganization. Numbers of his lead¬ ing advisers were ready to resign as soon as he did. These, It was believed, included Edward F. Mc- Grady, labor adviser, and Divisional Administrator George L, Berry, G. O.  Buckley and  Sol  A.  Rosenblatt.
They feared NRA would falter, should its affairs be turned over to a new administrative bnard, as Johnson had proposed.
To   Keep  Hot  Seat
Officials talked ot Democratic "workers" taking over NRA, dis¬ cussed abolition of that potent sym¬ bol, the Blue Eagle, and agreed that the most publicized ot all fhe New- Deal agencies was doomed to in¬ evitable decline If the general left the saddle, which, he said, some¬ times blistered his trousers.
All these considerations were be¬ lieved to have prompted the pat on the hack that Mr. Roosevelt gave General Johnson today. It immedi¬ ately quieted opponents of NRA, who had hinted these many months that the President did not approve ot the general's policies.
The general, at Jfi,000 a year, will keep his alrcooled office at the Commerce Departmerit as head man of the NRA, although hla title will be changed.
There will be an administrative board In charge of the organliatlon, bul Johnson will be chairman cf the board. He consequently will con¬ tinue to crack down on the chlselers keep nn making his famniis vitri¬ olic speeches and continue adding new worda to the nation'a vocab¬ ulary.
HANG AUSTRIAN  NAZI
Vienna. Austria, Aug. IS—I'P— Johann Domes, one nf the leaders of the Nazis w-lio occupied the gnv¬ ernment radio station during tbe July 25 uprising, was hanged to day. Tw-o ot his 14 accomplices will be given a new trial and tho others were sentencpd to life Im¬ prisonment at  hard  labor, I
Two Princesses Face Kidnapers
London, Sunday, Aug. 19—UI' —The Sunday Express corre¬ spondent at Glamls reported vil¬ lage gossip today that ths Duchess ot York had received anonymous letters threatening to kidnap Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, grand¬ daughters ot the King nd Queen. Princess Elizabeth Is third in Une in succession to the throne.
The rumor was attributed to the fact that unusually heavy police and game-keeper guard.i had been established at Glamis Castle where the princesses are vacationing with their grand¬ parents and also at Gannoehy, 25 miles away, where the Duke and Duchess are members of the J. Plerpont Morgan shooting party.
GLEN ALDEN MEN TO FORCE TERMS ON ABUSE CHARGE
ON STRIKE IVES
Take Plan To Washington For A Final Decision Before  September   First
625,000 AFFECTED
Hurry Vote For Walkout Rescinded By Anthracite Workers As Peace Effort Goes To Their President With Power For An Ultimatum Unless An Agreement Is Reached
PICKET PimPOSAL  TABLED
New York, Aug. 18—UP—Cam¬ paign plans tor a nation-wide strlk? of possibly 625,000 workers In the mammoth textile industry were placed In the hands ot a committeo of flve tonight by Executive Coun¬ cil of United Textile Workers ot America,
Ths executive council, meeting nfter the convention at large haa adjourneif until its next regular bi¬ ennial session, appointed the five- man hoard of strategy, which was ordered to proceed at once to Washington to confer with William Oreen, A. F. of L. president, and other  Federation   leaders.
The council disclosed that Wash¬ ington would be Its strike heac'- quartera. There, under direction of Vice President Francis J. Gorma.i, special departments of research, publicity and relief agencies will be ei tabllshed under supervision oK trained men.
The council meeting, destined to set definite date for the strike -n all cotton, woolen and w-orsted, silk and rayon mills In which the union is represented, adjourned shortlv before eight oclock tonight.
Date of the strike call was no>. announced. Leaders said the atrike notice would be Issued no sooner than 12 hours before the walkout The council, headed by Internat¬ ional I'resident Thomas F. Mc¬ Mahon, emphasized that no further meetings would be held pending the Washington conference VNltli Green, scheduled for Monday morning.
In a statement issued after the conference, the executive council said In part:
"The executive council assembled after the convention and mapped out the details to carry out the declared strike in the cotton textile industry on or before September 1, Mech¬ anics for carrying on the strike were dlscusaed and a preliminary plan agreed upon. The camiialgn will be under the direction of a com¬ mittee ot five headed by Vice-Presi¬ dent Francis J. Gorman.
"The other membera of the com¬ mittee are John H. Power.s, Paw¬ tucket, R, I.; Abraham Binn, New Bedford, Mass.; Emll Rleve, Phila¬ delphia; W, G, Watson, Salisbury, N. C.
Go To Waahington "This committee was given dis¬ cretionary powers to call other rep¬ resentatives of the Industry as oc¬ casion demands. The organizing activities will be supervised by vice presidents In the North, South, East and West,
President McMahon announced that the first move would be lo hold a conference with President Green ot the A F. L. In Washington. He said that Vice President Gorman would leave for Washington as soon as Iiossible. The committee of fivo w-ill go to Washington the early part   of  next  week.
"The executive council denied the statement of George A. Sloan, (president of Cotton Textile Insti¬ tute) that the union was gtrlklng against the code or government tContinued on Pa»e 8—Bee. 1)
General strike clouds lowered threateningly over the entire Glen Alden Coal Company system last night, only to vanish—for the time being at least—pending action on grievances to be submitted to Thomas Maloney, president ot United Anthracite Miners ot Penn¬ sylvania,
Simmering for the past two months, discontent among new union employes ot the Glen. Alden boiled over last night at a general grievance committee meeting In Union Hall that lasted three hours. Near Its conclusion delegates wero ready to vote on a motion to order a general strike effective tomorrow- morning with picketing ot I.oomis and Bliss collieries, the only Glen Alden mines listed on the work achedule.
Betore the motion could be voted upon, .John J. Borslk, an attache of District President Maloney, gained the floor and urged the delegates not to go through with such drastic action without first consulting the district president. He made a counter proposal that the general committee appoint a sub-committee to confer with Maloney tomorrow morning and submit to him a long list of grievances read out In the meeting by committeemen from all Glen  .Mden  operations.
Borslk's plea for delay was favor¬ ably received with the result that three delegates were named mem¬ bera of the sub-committee to met Maloney with the proviso included in the motion that some definite aetion be forthcoming w-ithln 72 hours. William Saxton of Plymouth, general body vice president who was chairman In the absence of John Washko, directed the general committee to reconvene here Wed¬ nesday night to hear the sub-com¬ mittee's report.
Abusea  Cited
Five times during the lengthy ses¬ sion, general strike demands w-ere made as delegatea recited alleged abuses at the hands ot the coal company. New union representa¬ tives from Lance. Maxwell, Bliss, Wanamie, and Hallstead collieries proposed a general strike as a means of "bringing action' and their agitation was climaxed by the later motion from the floor to order a general suspension  tomorrow-.
Pending reconvening of the gen¬ eral body Wednesday night, nearly all of the Glen Alden local unions will call aiiecial meetings to discuss developments. The Maxwell colliery local uninn delegates informed th" meeting they had planned to call a strike there at a special meeting last night, but because of the gen¬ eral committee meeting had pnst- IHined their session until Tueaday night.     Lnomis   colliery   No.   31   will
also  have  a  special  meeting  Tues¬ day night. It was announced, Oppoae Shutdown
In addition to the general atrllie threat, the general body laat night renewed its announced determina¬ tion ot going through with a general strike if the Glen Alden shuts down any of Its mines in Luzerne or Lack- awanna counties. Any colliery that Is in idleness three weeks or more will be considered closed by the general body and a wholesale bus- pension will be ordered, it was de¬ clared.
Rev. S. A. Dreler, pastor ot St. Jtary'a Polish church at Plymouth, was vigorously criticized by Stanley Edmunds, chairman ot the Lance colliery local union, for allegedly acting as an "agent" of the coal company In a manner that was dis¬ liked by employes, many ot whom are members ot his parish. Ed¬ munds, WUllam Adams, Frank Bunk, William Moore and Peter Strutzinger were appointed mem¬ bera ot a resolution committee that drew up an expresalon ot protest against Father Dreler's activities.
Edmunds, Strutzinger and Bunk were named members of the sub¬ committee that is to lay the Glen Alden charges before Maloney to¬ morrow. After the session adjourn¬ ed they prepared a digest ot the complaints made on the floor and will submit this to Maloney for study pending the report to be made Wednesday night.
The resolution criticizing Father Dreler read:
Criticize Clergyman
"Whereas, we, the General Griev¬ ance Committee of the Glen Aide* Coal Company met on SaturdaVi August 18, and adopted the follow Ing resolutions, after having hear! the reports of the various commit¬ tees representing all Glen Alden collieries,
"We make special note ot the Notliugham committee's report that Father Dreler is acting as an 'agent' for the Glen Alden Coal Company to help the company offl¬ clala to Influence the members of the new union at the colliery by the company threatening to close down Nottingham colliery unlesa they submit to the wishes ot George V. O'Hara for a better grade of coal, or in other words, a reduc¬ tion in wages,
"Therefore, be it resolved that w-e, the General Grievance body of the Glen Alden Coal Company, go on record against auch tactica which these men are using for th« Glen   Alden  Coal  Company.
"The general body wishes th» public to know that such actions will   not   be  tolerated   by   the  Glen
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GANGSTERS IN LABOR DENOUNCED BY GREEN
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 18—UP —Communists in the United .states, using "gangster metliods " and direc¬ ted by the Russian Third Interna¬ tionale, are attempting to capture the American Federation of Labor, William Green, president, charged tonight in a statement outlining a program for combatting extremist ariivitles.
"They seem to be of the opinion that control of the federntlon is a primary requisite to world levohi- tlon." Green said. "There can be no basis of aceommodations upon which CoiiiniunlBts and loyal mem¬ bers of trade unions can stand  "
He outlined three methods of combatting Communlam and carry¬
ing 'the fight squarely to it rather than to resist ... to make war."
The executive count-il decided to:
2—Call upon all units to ferret out  Comiminists and expel  them.
2—Call upon members of organii- ed labor to resist every attempt to impose Communism upon them through violence, force, Intlmidatioq or any other method.
3—Call up the Department of Labor to deport alien Communlata who are Illegally In the United States. In accordance with the law, •
"We hold that theer nre thouaandA of deportable Comniiinist aliens llf the I'nlted States who are out et sympathy with our form of govern¬ ment and who ousht to be sent back to the country from whirh they came," Oreen aald.