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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
WHERE WATER Is PLENTY.
Damage Resulting from Heavy Rainfall
at Various Localities.

Easton. Pa, April 9.-The rains last
night and today have caused the Della
ware. Lehigh and Bushkill rivers at
Easton to rise rapidly andoverfiow their
banks. The water in the Delaware
here showed TWEEN ty-fve feet above low
water mark this evening, and it is still
rising.
The dwellings and mills on the Bush
kill creek are inundated on the lower
floors and much damage has resulted.
Kingston, n. Y, April "a heavy
flood has been raging in the Hudson
river and the streams in this section
caused by steady rain that fell for
twenty-four hours. Many outbuildings
have been carried away. People are
moving into the upper stories of their
houses at Eddyville, Rosendale, High
Falls and other places.
Port Jervis, ". Y. April 9.--The most
disastrous flood that has visited this
section for seventeen years Is now pre-
vailng The Neversink and the Della
ware rivers have overflowed their
banks and fields for miles along their
course are submerged. Farmers along
the Neversink from this village to oak
land have suffered great damage from
destruction Of buildings. A large num-
Der of bridges have been swept away.
Lambertville, N. j., April 9.--The
Delaware river has risen fourteen feet
during the past twelve hours, and the
water Is still rising. Cellars are flood
ed and any families are moving their
goods to higher grounds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
FATE OF FRANK LEM.
1t Is Thought That lie May BE Prisoner
in the Hands of the koords

New York, Ajril Am important ca
BILE dispatch was received today by DR..
j. II. Worman, which may throw some
light on the fate of the missing bi-
cyclist, Frank G. Lenz.
l.enz went on a bicycle tour around
the world. He left New York on June
4, 1922, and went through China. India.
Burnah and Persia He was last seen
between Tabriz and Erzroum in Ar
mena, A correspondent of Outing sue
ceeded some time ago in tracing Lenz
as far as Chilgan, a village on the
plains Of Aiashgird.
The cablegram received today by DR..
Worman from the same CORRESPONDENT
announces that Lenz arrived at Chill
gani safely about May ., 1898 He be-
came the guest of a man named Abak
Parsagh and was in good health and
excellent spirits. The inhabitants came
to see his bicycle. at which they mar
yelled greatly. He left Chilgani the
following morning and told his host he
was going to ErZeroum. A month
later the villagers heard that he had
been killed in the vicinity of the vii
lage of Koord Ali.
Kuord Ali was one of the villages in
the mountains through which LEM had
to PASS when crossing the mountains to
Deli Baba, which is the first village i'm
the mountains and which is about five
miles from the Armenian village of
Xedikan, the last Armenian village on
the plains.
DR. Worman, who was seen at the
Hotel Majestic, said he did not think
LEM was dead: l"I think Lenz was
carried away by the Koords to captiv-
ity and they are waiting for him to be
ramomed. l have hopes that he will
turn up all right"
LEM is a native of Pittsburg and is
about q years old
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10

Hodgekins of Boston. and Linn, Hart
ranft, son of the dead commander
made speeches at the reunion camp fire
of Hartranfts division, Ninth corps,
Army of the Potomac. In the hall of the
house of representatives this evening
The place was packed,
During the day the surviving vet
Grams held their regimental and divis-
sion business meetings, the division
electing these officers, president, Major
|. Il. Brown, Harrisburg: vice president,
Henry Cox. Wellsboro; secretary, d. T.,
Meredith Steelton; assistant secretary,
d. l.. Hurst. Newville; treasurer II. j..
Link Willamsport.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10

nearly the whole OF last night in tour
of the Milwaukee tenderloin district.
They were accompanied by a well
known man about town, and they saw
things, Mr.. Patton says. that eclipsed
for moral depravity anything he has
ever seen, and he has made investiga-
tlons Of the same kind in Chicago and
New York.
The many who piloted the preachers
says he spent $50, and that the preach
ers' trip cost them less than 50 each.
They not only saw the cancan but
visited the gambling houses, where they
We're taken for "hot sports and invited
to try their luck ON the turn Of card or
wheel. Mr.. Patton intimates that the
evidence he secured will be used in
campaign against vice that has been
mapped out by well known people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
FLASHED OVER THE WIRES.

For failure to play In M. B. Leavitts
Denver theater, Mrs. Langtry has been
sued for 81 200 damages.
The American university will receive n
bequest Of $40. 600 from the estate of the
late Rev. DR.. w. s. Birch, of Kokomo, Ind.
George j. Gould and wife were among
the many prominent mourners at Mrs.
Paran Stevens funeral in New York yes
terday.
The collapse of an orchard street build
ing In New York and the killing OF five
men caused Building Inspector Il. ]. Orms-
by to be Indicted for manslaughter
William f.. Warner, n Philadelphia,
was yesterday at New York sentenced to
eighteen months in the state prison for
giving checks In payment for a saloon on
banks where he had no funds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
NANTlC0KE EXPLOSION.
six Men Are Severely Burned at No. =
Slope of the Susquehanna Coal Com.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, April Am eX-
plosiOn Of gas occurred at Nanticoke
in No 3 slope operated by the Susque-
hanna Coal company at noon today 1t
was caused by a naked lamp carried
by one of the miners. A number of
men were at work in the slope at the
time, six of whom We're burned.
The injured men are: Simon Marcn-
kevits, miner aged 30, married, and
has n wife and one child Stanley Zureof
miner aged ~ married, wife and one
child: Stanley Kcrchinsliey. married
aged 32, wife and one child; Waddick
Gozdikslli, laborer, aged 25, single; Mar
rian Kicoskey, laborer, aged 35 mar
ried, wife and one child in Poland
Frank KopchinsN laborer aged 2S.
married wife and one child in Poland.
on being brought from the mine they
were taken to their homes in ambu-
lances and cared for by physicians.
who We're at once sent to their assist
ance. They were all burned about the
hands and face and will soon recover.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION.
Members of the Society Meet at Phiiadei'
phia TO Commemorate the Thirticih
Anniversary OF Lees Surrender.


Philadelphia, April 9.-In commem-
grafton of the thirtieth anniversary OF
the surrender of Lee to Grant ut Appo-
mattoX, the annual convention of the
National Medal Of Honor legion was
held today at Dooner's hotel, In this
city. Among the distinguished mill
tary men in attendance We're General
Charles H. II. Coils, of New York, com
mander of the Legion; Cornelius Cron-
in, Brooklyn, junior Vice-commander;
Major General Francis j. Heron, of
New York; General l., G.. Estes, of
Alexandria. Va, Hon. Amos j. Cum
mings, of New York; General Wheelock
G. Neazey, eX-commander in chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic: Gen
eral George w. Mndll, Of Brooklyn;
Major James II. Durham, of Washing
ton; Alexander Mack, of Connecticut,
and others, upon whom congress has
conferred medals of honor for heroic
service. Captain John C. Delaney, su-
perlntendent of public buildings, anu
medal-holder, also attended. Tonight q
banquet was rendered the members of
the Legion, and tomorrow Mayor War
wick and the presidents of council VIII
give them ~ reception in Independence
hall.
officers We're elected today as follows
Commander, Colonel Charles +. Belts
of Philadelphia: senior Vice-command-
er, John X. Cook, of New York; Junior
vice-commander, Richard S. Stout, of
Oswego. N. Y; chaplain, Captain Ed
mund English, of Philadelphia.
Just before the convention adjourned
for lunch, Commander Belts an
nounced the appointment of w. j.
Wray as adjutant general and the re-
appointment of James L. Durham as
quartermaster. A resolution was adopt
ed requesting the secretary of war to
allow the wives of comrades of the
army and navy to be buried in the ma
tional cemeteries.
The next annual convention will be
held in Boston.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
WILL COMPANY G DISBAND ?
Members VIII Re.cnlist AT the Expira.
tiOu of Their Terms


tion of Their Terms.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Montrose, April 9.-Company G, Thir-
teenth regiment, National Guard of
Pennsylvania. will, on May 5, be three
years old. Whether or not 1t will live
is question now being agitated
among its members. The total strength
of the company is hfty-fve officers and
men and the three years term Of SER
vice will, on the date above mentioned,
expire for about half its members.
Many business men of Montrose have
interfered with the advancement of the
company by refusing to employ mem
bers Of the National Guard In many
cases men who would re-enlist are
fearful of 50 doing on account OF the
firm stand taken by their employers.
First Lieutenant r. James McCaus-
land was seen by The Tribune corre-
spondent and in reply to the question
as to whether he would accept the cap
taincy of Company G said: 'In the
first place Captain Ainey's resignation
has not been accepted and again / have
not been asked to take command in
cdtAc IL SiIoulu De. 1 ne SuDJeCl Is pre-
mature and while I have every inter-
est of our organization at heart | will
state that under the existing circum-
stances I will not accept the captaincy
of the company" Lieutenant George
s. Jessup also spoke of the good fellow
ship which from the start had existed
among Company Gs members, and
hoped that those whose term of service
will expire ON May will continue the
service.
to become their captain.
Most of the liberal-minded citizens
of this vicinity hope for the continu-
ance of Company G so that its perpetu-
alton will rank us among the towns
of Pennsylvania which are classified as
patriotic, even if small In stature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
INCOME TAX MuDDLE.
Legal Lights Arc staggered by the Atti
tudc of the Supreme Court business
for the Lawyers.

Washington, April 9.-The scope and
effect of the decision of the supreme
court in the income tax cases. so far as
they relate to the collection of the tax
upon incomes other than those derived
from rents and interest on state NUM-
cipal bonds, are the subject of general
discussion. A wide diversity of opinion
exists upon this point, and the various
expressions tend to confuse the average
mind Attorney General Olney, for in
stance, is quoted as saying:
so far as lower courts are concerned,
the division of the supreme court is as
binding as if the whole court had been
unanimous i'm its favor. | cannot be
lleve that any judge would grant an
injunction to prevent collector from
collecting the tax on incomes derived
from other sources than rents or state
and municipal bonds in the face of the
supreme courts action. The only way
can see by which persons who object
to paying the tax can secure judicial
action is by their paying the tax under
protest and entering suit for its recoV-
cry"
But there are other lawyers equally
familiar with the practical effect OF de-
cisions of the supreme court OF the
United States. who say that the action
of the court yesterday binds no judge
in respect of the points as to when
the court Is evenly divided, not even
the circuit court for the southern dis
tlict of New York, in which the cases
originated.
An Attorneys Opinion
SHOULD a circuit court Judge decide
that the law was unconstitutional
said an attorney this afternoon. who
has q large practice in the supreme
court of the United States, land issue
an injunction against the collection OF
the tax, which. however, is rather inn
probable. in view of the general prac-
tice of courts, that would stand as the
law for that circuit. because it could
noe be overturned by q divided court.
Until there is a full bench, however,
there does not appear to be much prob
ability of relief from the operation of
the law against incomes other than
those derived from lands and municipal
and state bonds. Even should a court
render a Judgment in favor of a man
for the amount of the tax he had paid
under protest, there is no provision in
the law for q refund in such a case,
and the litigant would have to wait
for congress to appropriate the money
before he could get it back, unless the
official tc whom it was paid, or his
bondsmen, should voluntarily recoup
the payer. All the same, however, /
look upon the decision Of the court yes
terday as only the beginning of litiga-
tlon. respecting the law, and believe
there will be much business for the law
yerS"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
STATE NE WIS NUGGETS.

Lebanon's health officer uses n green
flag as a scarlet fever sign, and the sons
of Erin are indignant.
The annual convention Of the state grand
lodge, Knights of Pythas, viii be held at
Reading beginning Aug. 20.
The State EDITORIAL association will try
to increase It's membership at meeting
to be held at Harrisburg April 23.
Thinking an electric car would stop at
street crossing. John Roberts, of Pitts
burg. started to cross in front of 1t and
was killed.
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dislodge him proved unavailing. sal
mon induced Fraser's wife to accom-
pany the posse, telling .her he would
protect her husband from the enraged
neighbors of Bell, who were anxious to
lynch the murderer.
As soon as the officers came In sight
Fraser opened fire, and an engagement,
in which about 100 shots were eX-
changed, followed. Two of the posse
We're dangerously wounded before the
officers could close in on Fraser, who
was knocked insensible and manacled,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
CAUGHT FROM THE CABLE.

England declines to espouss the cause
of Hawail's ex-queen.
Italian troops in Africa have captured
Salama and occupied ALBANIA.
Sir William Harcourt has reintroduced
in the house of commons his local veto
license bill.
The Hova works near Tamatave, NADIA
gascar. were bombarded by French cruis-
ers on April L.
No reply has as yet been received in Lon
don to Great Britains demand that Vene-
zuela explain recent insult to the British
flag.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
WRECKED BY WASHOUT.
An Engineer and Fireman killed and a
Brakeman Injured.

Bradford, Pa, April "a bad wreck
occurred on the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pitsburg railroad early this morning
between Punxsutawney and Big Run.
The official account of the accident, re-
ceived from the company, is that a
train struck a washout and left the
rails, piling up the locomotive and
eighteen empty cars
Engineer Taylor and Fireman Shea
were buried under the wreck and killed,
and Brakeman Robbins was severely
injured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
ILL.GOTTEN RICHES VANISH.
An American Railroad Bond Swindlcr
Arrested in Paris.

Paris, April g.--The Temps says that
an American swindler named Wing has
been arrested in Paris for obtaining
advances upon the bogus securities Of
the Rock Island, Peoria and st. Louis
railway a concern which, according to
the railway authorities, has no exist
ence.
Wing formerly occupied grand apart
ments in the Hotel Continental, but
when he was arrested he had only
about 40 cents on his person.
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GRADY RE.ARRESTED.
The Cashier. Unable to Furn ish Bail, Is
Taken to Philadelphia.

Lancaster. Pa, April 0.-Thomas NJ.
Grady. the defaulting cashier of the
First National bank Of Marietta. was
re-arrested today by order of the United
States authorities and given hear
ing this afternoon on charges of em-
bezzling the funds of a national bank,
making false entries in the books and
misappropriating the funds of the bank.
Cashier Bowman. Gradys successor,
testified that the shortage was $780, O0s.
Grady was held In $4,000 bail. which
he was unable to furnish, and he was
taken to Philadelphia to await trial.
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COLONEL'S CHECK NO GOOD.
WiIkcs-Bnrrc Landlord Is Looking for an
Absent Guest.

Wilkes Barre. Pa, April 9.-Colonel
Brennan, of Hawaii, who has been in
this city for month past. is missing
and his whereabouts is unknown
While here he was guest at the Ex
change hotel. Yesterday he Informed
Landlord Smith that he was going out
of town for a few days, and then pre-
sented his check for S1l0, drawn on
bank In Pottsville. After deductng his
board bill he was given $50 in change.
Today the check came back marked
worthless. Detectives are now looking
for the colonel
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
Sent Rnck TO Germany.

Washington, April 9.--F'ranz Emil Spever
and Franz August Bossler, who came to
this country under contract to work for
the Wilkes-Barre. Pa, Lace company,
have been ordered deported to Germany
by Commission General Stump. Suit has
been instituted against the lace company
by the government for violating the alien
contract labor law
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
TWENTY.ONE MEN KILLED.
Terrible Results of an Explosion in 4
Washington Coal Mine.

New Mexico, Wash. April "a terri
BILE explosion took place last night in
Blue Canon coal mine. ten miles from
here, and of twenty-three men who
were at work in the shaft at the time
twenty-one were killed. The two men
who escaped were uninjured. The
bodies of a number of the killed are
still In the mine. but rescuing parties
are at work looking for them.
The explosion was caused by tapping
q pocket filed with damp. which ignit-
ed. The mine was inspected q few
weeks ago and was pronounced safe.
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Z;mmermauw win wed.

, Troy. N. Y. April 9-It Is announced
that Arthur A. Zimmerman, the champion
bicyclist, will wed in June next, Miss
Grace Riley, OF this city. The wedding
trip will extend to different parts of the
world where Zimmerman Is entered to con-
test in bicycle races.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
Silver the Remedy

Harrisburg. April 9-Charles Hebor
Clark, secretary of the Manufacturers
club, of Philadelphia, addressed large
audience In the senate chamber tonight
on the financial situation. He favors sill
yer as the remedy for all the ills of the
nation
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
PREACHERS VISIT DENs.

Secure Evidence TO Be Used in Cam.
paign Against the Evil.
milwaukee,, April 9.-Rev. Walter j.
Patton, or Asbury Methodist Episcopal
church, and another preacher. whose
name is not positively known. spent
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Republicans Carry New Jersey.

Trenton, n, j., April 9.-In the municipal
elections throughout this state today the
Republicans carried Newark, New Bruns-
wick, Passaic, Jersey City, Camden and
this city The Democrats carried Pater-
son and some of the smaller towns
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Annapolis, Md, April 9--John IT,
Knowles a sailor who made himself ia
nous during the naval engagement In Mo-
bile bay by lashing Admiral Farragut TO
the rigging of the Hartford, died here to-
day. He had been in the navy forty-fve
years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
The Way to stop Loans.

My fellow citizens, the way to stop
loans is to stop deficiencies, loans and
deficiencies have come to be inseparable
from the Democratic party. and we
should ever remember that we cannot
replenish the treasury of a govern
ment by impoverishing the people who
sustain the government. The Republi-
can party has never lowered the flag
or the credit of the government, but has
always exalted both and will ever con-
tnue to do So
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
TWO BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
Father Park, Vicar General, and ".
s. Prichard Are Killed.
SEVERAL PERSONS MISSING
without Warning Two of the Hand
soonest structures in Wheeling Fall to
the Ground, Burying Several
Men in the Ruins.

Wheeling, Va, April 9.-At SO
O'Clock this morning one of the most
fearful disasters in the history of
Wheeling occurred. Two of the hand
soonest buildings in the city fell in with
scarcely moments warning, burying
about Il dozen men within the ruins.
The structures were each five stories
high, and were occupied by Il. II. Hutch
inson g. Co, wholesale dealers in leather
and hardware, and w. IL. Chapman d
Sons, dealers in painters and builders
supplies.
The Chapman building was begun
last fall, and was just nearing compile
tion when the accident occurred. The
two buildings are adjoining. At the
hour mentioned the employees heard an
ominous cracking, the big structure
gave a convulsive tremble, and with
crash the south wall fell, tearing down
the flooring and structural work.
At the same time G. A. Clifton, a car
penter at work in Chapman's, noticed
the sand falling out Of the wall separat-
ing the two buildings. He at once gave
the alarm and started for the door. Be
fore he could reach it the bricks and
mortar were falling down in showers,
and just as he got outside the crash
came. William II. Chapman, Walter
Chapman and Newton Wilson, the pro-
prietors, also escaped without injury
other than being bruised by the falling
bricks.
The Ruins on Fire.
The ruins caught fire and before the
fire department arrived, were giving
rise to u dense, binding smoke, which
made the work of rescue very difficult.
At noon the following men had been
taken out dead.
Father f. Park, vicar general; w. S.
Prchard, merchant Buchanan, w. Va.
Those thought to be lost are: Michael
Moran; Eugene Burke, an employe of
Hutchinson &t Co.. Robert Wincher.
boy, employe of Hutchinson & Co.;
Harry Cowl, Western Union messen-
ger.
The injured are: T. II. Hutchinson,
senior member of the firm, one rib
broken and internal injuries. will prob
ably recover.
E. q. Williams, carpenter, severe cuts
on head, not serious; NJ. j. Ford, sales
man, hip broken.
The cause of the accident was the de-
fective construction of the Hutchinson
pulldlng, which was weakened year
or so ago by the addition of two stories.
Father Park was the Oldest Catholic
priesV III this uiocese'
buildings Entirely Destroyed.
The fireman did not get the flames
under control until this evening, but
II Will be morning before the blaze
VIII be completely eNtinguished. Both
puiiulngs' tosether with the Stocks are
tolai loss a more complete Wlplng
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
Mine Idle Again.

Pittsburg. April 0.--Robbns' mine, OF
which resumed yesterday with
about fifteen men at the G0-cent rate Is
die today. The strikers were successful
in getting the men to quit work,
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NfRANFT's DIVISION.

brs Elected at the Campfire at
Harrisburg.
frisburg. Pa, April 9.-Governor
lingsi Major |. y. Brown, Major
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-10
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania. fair.