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THE SCR ANTON REPUBLICAN THURSDAY, t. ADMITS MURDER OF MAN LONG MISSING Silverstein Urges Audit In His Office Relief Given Sufferers in Stricken Area Prisoner In Detroit Jail Reveals Crime Collection Of Taxes Wipes Out Shortage Facing City Budget Silverstein's Report on Payments Lops Off $15, 000 of $16,300 Difference Between Budget Requirements and Estimated Revenue Parker Murder Case Is Likely To Reach Jury By Noon Today Closing Pleas, and Judge's Charge Scheduled for This Morning Accused Man's Testimony of Attacks, and Threats Corroborated By Witness John Morgan, 34, of 517 North Garfield avenue, star witness for the defense, yesterday afternoon corroborated the testimony of John Parker, alleged murderer, that the defendant had been attacked by pickets before he drew his gun and fired the shot that fatally wounded Stephen Papinchak at West Linden street and North Ninth avenue on Oct. 22. Difficulties confronting members of council in the preparation of the city's 1929 budget were eliminated yesterday afternoon, when City Con troller Edward Eisele, after City Treasurer Ro'oert P. Silverstein had reported cn tax collections for November and December, agreed to increase his estimate of revenue by $15,000.

Peter Kudzinowski Informs Michigan Authorities He Murdered Harry Quinn, of Minooka, Following Fight Over Bottle of Whiskey Confession Is Being Checked Up Here Four years ago last March, Harry Quinn, then twenty jcars old, son of Mrs. Mary Quinn, of 31C5 Birney avenue, Minooki, left his intended to go to Spring Brook to Since this boost of the revenue expected reduces the difference between the amount to be available and the total of requested appropriations to $1,330, the city fathers will have an easy task whipping the budget schedule into shape. An actual start on the perparation of the appropriation measure will be made this afternoon, when the city fathers will begin the work of going over the hundreds of items which make up the list. The courftilmen are confident that the ordinance ca bo closed within a week. Mayor Meets With Council Mayor E.

B. Jermyn, City Treasurer Silverstein and Controller Eisele sat in with the city legislators yesterday, when the origin of the $30,000 deficit accounted for by the controller Corridor Policed For Parker Trial Privates Vastine and Kerr, of the state police, and deputy sheriffs have thrown a deadline in the corridor near the court room where the Parker trial is in session. None but witnesses, newspapermen and members of the bar are allowed to pass. The state troopers were brought here at the instance of C. J.

Mirtz, chief deputy sheriff, to avert congestion in the court room. The trial has excited great interest in mine union circles and the authorities have decided not to take any chances of an outbreak between the factional forces. Would Have Treasurer's Account Checked Every Fotyr Years NO ACTION IS TAKEN Outstanding Warrants For Years Past May Be Cancelled By City City Treasurer Robert P. yesterday recommended to council that provision b3 made for an audit, in the final year of every city administration, of the records In the city treasurer's office, urging the move as protection for both the municipality and for the treasurer. He 'pointed cut that thrs far In his term, his ofTio? has handled abaut $9,000,000, and while he expressed satisfaction that the records are all correct, he suggested the audiit by a certified accountant to guarantee this.

No action was taken on the pro posal. City Controller Edward Eisele argued that a thorough audit wouia involve a heavy expense, since it would involve the checking of each of the thousands of outstanding tax items which ore carried on the treasurer's bsoks for many years back. The controller even went so far as to express the vbw that an effort to check these Items by sending notices by mail to the taxpayers concerned would orobably entail a greater outlay than it would produce through the collection of these old The discussion also involved the disposition of hundreds of warrants which have been drawn against the city during the past fifteen and twenty years, but which have not been called for by the parties to whom the money was due. It is expected that legislation authorizing the controller to cancel these warrants, declaring the bills outlawed prior to eight or ten years ago, will be drafted and in troduced in council in the near future. Two Diyisions Are Combined Consolidation cf the traffic departments of the Pennsylvania and Susquehanna divisions of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad company, with head nuarters in this city In charge of J.

J. Coy's, division freight and passenger agent, has been announced at the headquarters of the road in Albany, N. Y. Traffic offices at Oneonta.i N. be abolished, and A.

W. iAckley, who was in charge there, is made sssistant New England freight agent with offices in Boston, Mass. The territory of the local office now will extend to Albany. N. the other terminal being Wilkes Barre.

Other promotions announced arc: W. O. Story, to be senior general freight agent; N. V. Beckslidt, to be junior general freight agent; C.

S. Hai lenback, to be assistant general freight and W. J. Beal. to be chief of the traffic bureau.

The changes do not affect the status of T. J. McNa mara, traveling freight and passenger rre. BUS OWNERS TO MEET MAYOR ON STAND WRANGLE Cily Executive Arranges Conference With Operators TO DISCUSS TERMINAL Bus Lines Have Refused To Comply With Orders On Linden Street Side Representatives of all bus lines operating in the city with the exception of the Scranton Bus company, which is controlled by the Scranton Railway company are to meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Mayor E. B.

Jermyn and other city officials to discuss the establishment of a terminal in the central city. City Solicitor C. B. Little and Director of Public Safety James Arigonl are expected to sit in at the meeting, while the Great Lakes Stages and the Martz bus lines will be represented, as will the lines operating buses to Moscow, Honesdale and other nearby points. The conference is expected to bring about an end to the dispute which began when the bus companies refused to comply with instructions issued by Director of Public Safety Arlgoni, making the southerly side of the 500 block of Linden street a terminal for all of the buses.

It is understood that the mayor has been legally advised that the city has the power to designate the locations for bus terminals, and that the police power 'may be exercised to compel compliance with any instructions cov ering the matter. Since tne Linden street stand was fixed by the city officials, the bus companies have continued to make the 600 block of Lackawanna avenue their terminal, loading and unloading their passengers there, where both the Great Lakes and the Martz concerns have established waiting rooms. was explained. Administration officials had anticipated a surplus. Both the councllmen and the controller were loud in their praise of tha accomplishments of the administration departments this year, and Mr.

Eisele pointed out that had it not been for the excellent tax collections reported by Treasurer Silverstein the deficit would have been $30,000 instead of $30,000. In estimating tax collections for November and December, the controller had placed the figure at $70, 000. Mr. Silverstein reported yesterday that the November payments were $39,800, and that he is confident that $46,000 will be collected this month. This brings the total $15,000 higher than the estimate, and this $15,000 will practically wipe out the $16,300 difference between the estimated revenue and the requested appropriations.

Had not the water rate case necessitated an appropriation of $26,400 by the city as its share of the expense of the litigation, there would have been practically no deficiency. Controller Eisele pointed out. Councilman Harry E. Apgar also called attention to the fact that the controller's estimate of revenue for this year was based on a levy which was subsequently reduced slightly, so that the tax revenue was $20,000 less than had been estimated. Mayor Jermyn and Treasurer Silverstein pointed out that the departments had exercised the utmost economy, accounting for $22,000 in unexpended balances and $18,000 in a surplus of revenue.

For the coming year, the departments have requested $38,000 less than the amount allowed them for 1928. Police fines, estimated at $70,000, will run beyond the $80,000 mark, and tax collections have been ahead of those for 1927. Report Received by Local Chapter on Red Cross Work In Hurricane Swept District BIG PROPERTY DAMAGE Local Contributions To $5, 000,000 Emergency Fund Aggregate 7,177.83 Of Interest to Scranton and Lackawanna county citizens whose contributions, with the $5,000 from the Community Chest made up a total of $7,177.83 in donations for the emergency catastrophe, 13 the re port of the American Red Cross on West Indian hurricane relief, made public yesterday by Colonel David J. Davis', chairman of the local chapter. The report follows: "The number of persons affected by the West In dian hurricane in septemDer causing heavy loss of life and property destruction in Florida, Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands is placed at 580,000.

With a relief fund of approximately $5,567,00 the Red Cross is engaged in a reconstruction program in the affected territory which is said to be next to the largest disaster relief task the organization has ever faced in this country. Only following the great Mississippi Valley flood of 1927 has it ever before been called upon to administer to the relief needs of as many sufferere from one catastrophe. Deaths Total 21 Reported deaths In Porto Rico are given as 271, while more than 3,000 persons were injured. In Florida more than 1,800 were killed, mostly by drowning, ana aoout th same nage tital in a ss sr number injured. Property was extensive in both areas, of 136,994 homes and other ings being destroyed or dair Porto Rico, while 31,615 su similar fate in Florida.

In to this, Porto Rico suffered of approximately 9,300 head stock and 220,000 chickens p.r. poultry. So heavy was the c' tion on the islands that not less a half million persons were left destitute. "All emergency relief work in both disaster areas has been completed, and the organization is concentrating its efforts on reconstruction measures, looking toward the permanent reestab lishment of families. Chief among these are assistance in rebuilding and repairing damaged structures, providing household effects, making special provisions for widows and orphans left destitute by the disaster, and the extension of special assistance to farmers.

In Porto Rico the organization is helping to repair or rebuild upwards of 50,000 homes and has furnished emergency to approximately 60, (Ccntinued on Page Six.) IW RIVIERA THEATER TO BE OPENED TODAY "Lilac Time" Is Attraction For Opening Of House TO USE SOUND FILMS Theater Is Latest Addition To String Of Comcrford Houses Built at "a cost of $300,000, the Riviera, the latest addition to the huge chain of Comerford theaters, lo cated in the 500 block of Lackawanna avenue, will be thrown open this morning at 11 o'clock. "Lilac Time," starring coiieen Moore, has been chosen as the opening attraction, and will be presented at the Riviera with complete sound effects. The new theater has been designed and constructed for sound pictures and its equipment and ac coustics have been planned to bring to its audiences greater enjoyment of these films. A Model Theater. In furnishings and appointments, the Riviera is considered a model of Its kind.

Soft lights, luxurious gur roundingss provide a restful atmosphere. The interior has been done in the Spanish style? Rest rooms, smoking rooms and check rooms are contained In the building. Talking pictures open a new world to the one seeking entertainment and diversion. They present a complete action aided by the human voice and the sounds of nature. The sense of sight is assisted by the sound of the human voice.

Opera Stan Sing By this medium the stars of the opera companies of the world, the celebrities of every field, the stage and screen successes move and speak before the public. Because of them, nothing Is impossible to present and the realism of life is an actuality. It is because of this super entertainment that a beautiful, perfectly apoointed and thoroughly equipped theater such as the Riviera is necessary. No expense has been spared in its decoration, equipment or safety provisions. Rfid At Organ Today Featuring' the new Riviera Is the super organ, and in order that this beautiful instrument may be presented to the public In all Its sweetness and delicacy, Lawson Rcid, who enjoys a countrywide reputation as an organist, will preside at Its keyboard on the opening day.

Tnis Deautiiui ana powerrm instrument has a range from the rear of a cathedral anthem to the thin, clear pitch of a child's voice. There are three keyboards to the console to be played by hand. Normally, It Is a six manual, railing for six rows of keys, numbering 366. This being ImDosslble the hand of invention came to the rescue, and the system used on the Riviera organ is called "The first and second touch." The organist plays two combinations of five with each hand, solo and accompaniment with one hand and color and obllgato with the other. At the same time, he accompanies himself with his feet through seven toe pistons, each controlling specialized sound effects, with sets of "tremu (Continued on Page Six) 16 Christmas shopping days Morgan was the last witness Arter ne leit tne stana aDouc o'clock last night, adournment was taken to allow counsel to prepare their closing pleas this morning.

The case will go to the jury before noon and a verdict is expected later In the day. Morgan, under cross examination of James J. Powell, of the defendant's counsel, told the jury that he had witnessed the scuffle that led to the shooting. Morgan stated that he left his home that morning to seek work at the Diamond mine. He parked his automobile, he said, at West Linden street and Chestnut avenue, and walked slowly down the Linden street hill towards the corner where the shooting occurred.

Tells of Death Threat The witness declared he was fifty feet from the intersection when he saw two colored men (Parker and John Bestby) accosted by ten or more men, Two of the men, Morgan declared, carried sticks which said resembled sledge hammer handles. Pour of the pickets, he further testified, grabbed FarKer. One of them, he said, exclaimed, "Didn't I tell you I would kill you if you tried to go to work?" Morgan said he heard the shot, saw the men disperse and then did the vanishing act himself. Morgan's testimony cama like a bombshell. It was thought that the only eye witnesses were the six pick eters who took the stand Tuesday and whose testimony did not bear out any self defense pleas of District Attorney Harold A.

Scrag? gained from Morgan the fact that he did not report the affair to the police and remained silent on his observations. Morgan, in answer to Scragg's questions, stated that he did not wish to be implicated in any polio? investigations and on that account preferred to stay silent. When asked if he did not read of the murder in the press, Morgan replied "I do not read the papers." Parker Tells Life Story Parker took the stand earlv In the He testified that he was forty five years of age, was born in Alabama, and started to work in the mines in his native state at the age of fifteen. He went to the West Virginia coal fields in 1919 and came' here In "1926. He said that he was a had never received any schooling and that he was the father of a daughter and one son who were attending the local public schools He had been working in the Diamond Drift for two years as a miner's laborer.

On Friday, Oct. 19, three days prior to the murder, Parker said that he was stopped by about fifteen pickets and told to stay home from work as there was a strike at the Diamond mine. Parker said that he was not informed of union strike action and went to the mine to inquire into it. He worked that day. On the following morning (Saturday) Parker testified that he was hailed at the same place near the West Linden street bridge by a group of men on picket duty and jostled his way through.

He testified further that four or five of men yelled, "you will not get by here again." He testified that Papinchak was among the Parksr said that on Sunday he was informed that the insurgents of the Diamond local had conferred on the preceeding evening and decided to shut down the colliery. The defendant declared that he heard that the insurgents were to bring 500 men from Pittston to assist in enforcing the strike. The defendant on the morning of the shooting (Monday, October 22), said that he left his home about 5:20 o'clock. John Fernandez, one of the picketers, stopped him on North Ninth avenue and told him that he had bet ter stay home from work. Parker said that in company with Restby he walked north over Ninth avenue with Fernandez about 150 feet in front of them.

Says He Was Attacked At the West Linden street bridge Parker stated that their passage was cut off by ten or twelve men. Four of them grabbed him, he said, and another swung a stick at his head. He said he deflected the blow by dodging and the club struck him over the back. His coat sleeve, he said, was torn In the scuffle and he fought to luonunuea on wge sir' Personalities xioward M. Curry, manager of the Beneficial Loan society, of Scranton, who on Tuesday night was elected worshipful Master of the Peter Williamson lodge.

No. 323, F. it A. is one of the most active members in Jocal Masonic fraternity circles. Be3ides holding the highest office In the Williamson lodge, he is most excellent high priest of Lackawanna chapter, No.

185, Royal Arch of Masons; thrice illustrious master of Scranton council. No. 44, Royal and Select Master Masons, and is prominently identified with Keystone consistory, A. A. R.

the Ireme Temple shrine. Mr. Curry la a native Philadcl phian and a graduate of Drexel Institute of Philadelphia. He was born on July 21, 1887, the son of Mrs. and the late Samuel Curry.

After leaving Drexel he became afflicted with the Western Electric company and following two years of service with this concern left In 1908 to join the Beneficial Loan societies firm. In 1918 he was transferred to this city as manager of the local branch of the organization. In August. 1911. he married the former Beatrice Gilpin, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Merton Gilpin, of this city. The marriage ceremony took place In Scranton and for the next five years the couple made their home in Philadelphia. He Is the father of two children, Howard, a student at Central High school, and Emily, a pupil at the John Audobon Public school, No. 43.

His residence Is at 1420 Linden gtreet. P.MM 1 Homey, inc. ilSIWyu.filnA. i Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Uetal Coritwon Adv. a to to rea the a fire the had it the last oust the on the on treto W.

home, telling his family that he seek a job with the Spring Brook With him was a youth known to Quinn's relatives at Peter Kudzinowski, alias Ray Racers, alias Roy Lambert. In the years that have passed since that night in March, Quinn never has been heard from or seen by his relatives. A year ago, when his father died, his brothers and cisters appealed to him through newspaper advertisements to come home. In Detroit yesterday Kudzinowski, who had been arrested for drunkenness, confessed to the authorities that he had killed Quinn during a fight over a stolen bottle of whiskey, Kudzinowski said that he had crushed Quinn's head with a stone, and had made his es cape. For four years afterwards, he worked in the Lackawanna railroad yards in Secaucus, N.

but on Nov. 7 of this year, he added another murder to his list, killing a six year old Italian boy in New York city. Body Never Found Telegraphic correspondence betwesn the police of this city and Detroit last night failed to clear up some of ta i details of the alleged killing. Lcca' police recordsshow nothing conc vn ing the murder, and Quinn's body It. never been found.

Kudzinowski told the Detroit authorities that th3 nr. der occurred "in Scranton," but formation furnished by Quinn's famJy Indicates that if the prisoner's story is true the killing took place at Spring Brock, where the two men had gone seeking employment. Quinn was last seen on March 7, 1924, and Kudzinowski in his confession said that he killed him on March 8 or 9. Sunerintendent of Police James W. Henshaw last night wired to Edward H.

Fox, chlsf of detectives at Detroit, requesting him to question Kudzinowski as to exactly where the crime wa3 committed, and as to how the body was disposed of. Up to an early hour this morning, he had not received a reply. Kudzinowski has been in Scranton since the time of Quinn's sudden disappearance. Mary Quinn, Harry's sister, saw him in the central city a year ago, she said last night. Made Chance Remark The prisoner's confession of the two killings as the result of a rhance remark.

Kudzinowski, now 26 years old, was arrested four days ago as a drunk, and under the "golden rule policy of the Detroit police, was scheduled for release when he had completely sobered up. Two Detroit detectives were amused yesterday at Kudzinowski's amateurish efforts to get out of his cell, and they asked him if he had ever been in jail before. "No, I never was, and if you knew what I've done In my time, I'd never Sat out of here, either," he repiicd. The sieuths pressed him as to his meaning, but he denied that hi3 remark had any significance. He was taken before Inspector Fred Frahm, head of the Detroit homicide squad, who, grilled him for an hour, finally evoking the confession.

Kudzinowski said that he "wanted to clear his conscience." Quarellcd Over Liquor He said that on the night of which the murder, he and Quinn quarreled over a bottle of liquor which they had stolen, and that he used a stone to crush his victim's skull. He escaped from the scene of the crime, he said, but was arrested that night by state police when, drunk, he created a disorder at a farmhouse about twenty miles away. Through the influence of his brother, he secured his release, he said, and, with $20 which his brother gave him, went to New York. He hid in the Bowery for two days, and then went to Secaucus, where he obtained a Job in the railroad yard. A month ago, he told Inspector Frahm.

he went to New York city, where he saw a six year old boy playing in the street. He enticed the boy to a place near Susquehanna bridge, where he cut the lad's throat with a pocketknife. He left the body lying In the field, and went back to the city. He left that night for Buffalo, and on November 19, arrived In Detroit, where he has since been living. Quinn Left Her; In 1924.

With the receipt of a telegram last night from Detective Fox. Superintendent Henshaw wired that Quinn had left with Kudzinowski on March 7, 1924, but that the police have no record of the murder. "Question prisoner further, asking him where murder took place and disposition of body," Superintendent Henshaw said in his message. New York police. Informed of Kud 7lnowskI's confession of the murder of a boy there, expressed the belief that the victim was Joseph Storelll, 7, of Jersey City, who disappeared on Nov.

17. No trace of the body has ever been found, however. Quinn was well kmwn In Minooka. His father, Thomas, died in July, 1927, and at that time, efforts were made to locate him, but without success. His mother, and the following brothers and sisters all reside in Minooka and South Scranton: Patrick, Mary, John, Joseph, Mrs, Thomas Corcoran, Jule, Alice and Paul.

"They will probably electrocute me for what I have told today, but at last my mind and conscience are at rest. I'm glad I told it all," Kudzinowski told reporters as hs was led back to his cell after making his confession. Would Lodge New Charge Against Oil Magnate WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (P) The indictment of Harry M. Blackmer, Denver oil man, for conspiracy to defraud the government on Income tax returns was proposed here today by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, who said he believed France would accede to requests for extradition to tills country on such a charge.

Water Supply company. Harry Quinn Would Judge Still Sellers Law Violators Federal Prohibition; Department to Punish Manufacturers TEST CASE IS MADE Three Philadclphians Discharged By Commissioner, But Indicted By Jury Persons and concerns who are engaged in selling or manufacturing of liquor making equipment and supplies are liable to prosecution as violators of the prohibition law, if legal steps initiated by the federal enforcement department are upheld in court, it became known here yesterday. Headed by Col. Samuel O. Wynne, prohibition administrator with super vision over the enforcement of tne dry law in Scranton, the federal tin thorities have started legal action with a test case in their effort to have court adjudge sellers of stills as violators of the prohibition law.

A federal grand Jury has returned an Indictment, and tne district court upholds the Jurors' finding, it will establish a precedent tnat will be of nation wide scope for whole' sale prosecutions, federal prohibition men paint out. The test case relates to two owners and an employe of the National Can company, Philadelphia, who were ais charged when arraigned before a United States commissioner on charge of manufacturing stills. At the behest of Col. Wynne, the case was brought before a grand Jury and indictment subsequently returned, The defendants were accused of sell ing stills, extracts and other paraphernalia for use in the manufac turing of moonshine and home brew. At the hearing before the commissioner last week, they were discharg ed on the grounds that no evidence had been presented which showed them to be guilty of any violations.

Col Wynne, together with Alexand er MacPhee, assistant administrator, prepared the case for the grand Jury. Mr. MacPhee consulted Assistant U. S. District Attorney E.

Washington Rhoads, with the result that the case was speedily acted upon. Following the indictments, Col. Wynne issued a statement in which he attacked the legality of the commissioner's ruling. Decided Question of Law "The commissioner," he said, "evidently passed upon a question of law fcnd not of fact. As I understand the commissioner's power, it is not his duty to pass on a question of law.

When a prima facia case is made out, the defendants are to be held for the grand Jury. "The National Can company is the most Important case ever before this office. It was most far reaching in violating the prohibition law. The records show that it told great numbers of stills in almost every state in the country. The evidence placed before the commissioner was clear and convincing and it evidently made a prima facie case.

Much to our sur price, the commissioner discharged the As a result, we carried the case to the grand Jury. The case has attracted considerable attention because of the fact that it Involves the right of merchants to sell articles which could be used In the manufacture of alcoholic liquors. The present case, it Is expected, will be used as a test before the courts for a determination of that right. Minnie Davis, Notary Public, Scranton Republican Office, 334 36 Washington Ave.Adv 4 if ri.n mm Fumes Nearly Fatal to Man J. V.

Davcv, Scranton Business Man, Snatched From Death In Garage A carbon monoxide fatality, many of which are recorded during the winter months of each year, was averted by seconds Tuesday afternoon and J. P. Davey, a Scranton business man residing in Factoryville, today can thank for his being alive the discovery of his wife and the promptness of two men, one of them an employe of The Republican. Walter Dillon, employed as a solicitor by the circulation department of this newspaper, while walking along Factoryville street, shortly after 4 o'clock, heard a cry for help sounded by Mrs. Davey, whom he saw running the front of her home.

Being apprised of the trouble, Mr. Dillon rushed to" the garage in the rear of the home and found" Mi Davey stretched death like upon the floor with the motor of his car running. Mr. Dillon was followed by a Mr. O'Neil, said to be a Factoryville resident, and together they dragged Mr.

Davey Into the fresh air. Mr. Dillon removed part of the man's clothing and immediately applied respiration. The deadly exhaust fumes of the car had taken such effect that It required fully twenty minutes of feverish work revive Mr. Davey.

Later a physician' was called and further treatment was administered. Yesterday Mrs. Davey said that her husband virtually had recovered. The absence of Mr. Davey from the house prompted his wife to search for him, and upon entering the garage she discovered his limp body.

Mr. Davey until a few months ago was meat buyer for the Grand Union Stores company, a firm with which he had been connected for a number of years. Recently he resigned to accept a responsible position with a local chain store corporation. He is well known in Scranton and vicinity. Probe of Lake Fires to Open Barn, Silo And Cottage Destroyed at Winola Hint Incendiarism State Fire Marshal John J.

Broskie to day will begin investigation of two fires which resulted in $10,000 loss at Lake Winola. The first, which occur late Tuesday nignt, destroyed a barn and silo stocked with grain, while second, which broke out at 6:45 o'clock yesterday morning, levelled the cottage of Edward Jones, of 1212 Luzerne street, this city. John Thomas is the owner of the barn and silo, which is located about mile from the lake, toward LaGrange. Fireme of Clark's Summit, Dalton and Lake Winola saved a nearby cottage and rescued four horses from the barn. The Jones cottage is situated In the "cove" on the Wilkes Barre side of the lake, near the postoffice.

The same companies battled the flames, but cottage burned to the ground. It been unoccupied since August, although members of the family had visited it about two weeks ago to board up for the winter. Authorities who conducted a preliminary Investigation are satisfied that fires were of incendiary origin. Marshal Broskie was out of town yesterday, but he told The Republican night that the probe will open today. COUNCIL DOWNS CHYLAK'S VETO Borough Solon Pass Measure Removing Electric riant Officials Olyphant council last nieht.

bv an eight to four vote, carried an ordinance over Burgess George Chylak's veto to the board of managers of the Olyphant electric plant. The services of old board members will terminate Jan. 1. New board members will be named at January meeting or at a special meeting to be called during the last week of this month. Early in November, after the Kwlatak faction gained control of council and named Joseph Kwlatak chairman, an ordinance removing the electric plant board managers was passed.

Burgess Chylak vetoed the measure November 21. Last night the two thirds vote necessary to overcome the was in line. The board of managers to be ousted Is made up of Nestor Chylak, sen of Burgess Chylak; John Turko, William Novojoskl, Frank Butler, and M. T. O'Malley.

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