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I A GOOD EVENING te to UBht I th. one Jjltrays spell wrong. MOUNT GARMEL ITEM EXCLUSIVE LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES OF THE CNITED PRESS. GREATEST AFTERNOON NEWS ASSOCIATION WEATHER Cloudy, probably showers tonight and Saturday. MOUNT CARMEL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30.

1931. PRICE OlNIO. it Cadets Pay Honor BLOWN CONSTABLE TWO ENTOMBED MEN FOUND ALIVE, FOUR DEAD AT MOCANAQUA to AT ALASKA Miners In Good Shape After Being Imprisoned Since Saturday; Rescuers Broke Through Barrier Early This Morning TWO BUDDIES MED IN BLAST; BLACK DAMP SMOTHERS OTHERS fortable during the 132 hours they spent alone behind the barrier. They had food, water, light, room sleep and a raincoat to cover them. Some food and water remained and their lights were burning when they proceeded, unaided, to the surface to fall joyously into the arms of waiting relatives and friends, many of whom had never abandoned hope through the long vigil, The night shift had Just started III 1 -im- -mm.

An inspiring picture as they appear in rigid military formation, fellow cadets of the late Richard Brinsley Sheridan, are shown as they filed into the church at West Point, N. where funeral services were held for their comrade who died of an injury received in a football game against Yale. Below is shown Sheridan's father and sister Mrs. Catherine Herman as they arrived to see West Point accord their son and brother a hero's funeral. MP pa till 1 -v -I i I 5 I 4 A1 it.

5 POGOZELSKI IS ATTACKED Mount Carmel Township Of ficial Received Multiple Lacerations GUN DUEL REPORTED TO HAVE PRECEDED FIGHT Warrants Sworn Out by Constable Before Justice Dropeskey Warrants today were sworn out before Justice of the Peace Joseph J. Dropeskey for the arrest of two men who early this morning severely beat Constable John Zeno Pogozelskie of Mount Carmel Township. He received multiple lacerations and bruises of his head and both hands. What caused the trouble has not as yet been definitely learned today by local authorities. It was reported that there was gun play, at least two shots having been fired.

No one, however, was wounded. Pogozelskie was said to have been beaten in a scuffle following the gun duel. Residents In the neighborhood where the incident happened said they heard moaning early this morning and later found blood in a nearby alley. A doctor was called to treat the constable at his home about four a. m.

REPORT DETAILS OF MAN'S BARE-HANDED BATTLE WITH LION (Copyright 1931, by United Press) NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, Africa, Oct. 30, (U.R) W. H. Herren, railroad contractor of Aberdeen, who was killed in a bare-handed fight against a wounded lion, was cremated at Mwanza today. Mrs.

'Herren will leave for London by airplane with the ashes and thence will carry them to tne United States for interment in Aberdeen. Belated details of the tragedy were received here, revealing that Herren after the lion had been shot, was helping to film the scene when the em-aged animal charged and pinned him to the ground. He fought desperately with his hands against the maddened beast while his companions were helpless to shoot and save him because his body was tangled with that of the lion. The scene was in northern Tanganyika, where game of every sort abounds. It was the termination of an American big game safari which included Herren and his wife; W.

F. Colman, of Seattle; Gus Peret, of Portland, and two white hunters, Rutina and Holm. The tragedy occurred last Friday in the vicinity of a camp 18 miles from Ikoma. Herren, Peret and Holm, with a native gun-bearer, went to examine the lion bait they had set out when they spotted a big lion and lioness. Herren fired and hit the lion in the shoulder, bringing him to the ground with a second shot.

He was wounded but still dangerous. Herren and Peret approached, intending to finish him off, but decided to film the scene first. Meanwhile, the lion scrambled to his feet and started for some nearby trees, snarling. Peret began filming when suddenly the lion charged. Herren yelled, "Gus, he's got me." Peret sprang from the camera and seized his rifle from the native but Herren was on the ground under the lion, fighting him off.

Struggling to grip the lion's throat, Herren got his hands in the beast's mouth, striving to choke him and prevent being bitten to death. Peret closed in and at close range, managed to put a bullet In the lion's brain. Herren was terribly clawed and bitten, especially about the right leg. He was carried back to camp and at Ikoma the leg was amputated. The party then reached Musoma and embarked on Saturday for Mwanza, an Important station on Lake Victoria where proper medical aid could be obtained.

Herren died half an hour before the party reached Mwanza. CHALLENGE SEN. GLASS WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (U.R) Bishop James Cannon, Jr, has challenged Senator Carter Glass, long a political enemy, to a court fight over many charges the Virginia senator has made against the churchman. Cannon's action, followed a re cent statement from Glass that "If it were possible for any one to libel BlshoD Cannon I would not know how to go about It." Cannon's challenge was in the form of an invitation to Glass to publish in his two Lynohburg, Va, newspapers a series of 18 charges made or implied aganst the church man.

Cannon framed the allegations himself and said he would file suit against Glass If he publishes them and assumes full responsibility. Mrs. W. Franklin Fereday of Lansford is spending a vacation with her mother, Mrs. R.

M. 8purr, south Oak street. Mrs. Fereday was formerly Miss Elva Spurr. Charles Korzeniecki, 54, Mount CarmeL Killed By Dynamite HAD WORKED IN THE MINES THIRTY YEARS Deceased Leaves Mis widow And Two Children; No Official Report A miner of 30 years' experience today was Instantly killed in the Alaska mine of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com pany.

He was Charles Korzeniecki, 54 years old, 47 south Locust street, this city. How the man met his death was not mentioned in a report issued this afternoon by the company but it was said here that be had been caught in an explosion of dyna- r.ilte. The incident occurred at 8:30 this morning. The body, mangled, was remov ed to the morgue of Charles J. Lucas.

A widow and two children, Helen, at home, and Rev. Casimlr Korzeniecki, Flint, Michigan, one broth er, John, Mount Carmel and sever al other brothers and sisters in Europe, survive. MASONS FROM MANY TOWNS AT JOINT SESSION HERE An attendance estimated at 250 last night marked a special joint meeting here of Mount Carmel Lodge No. 378 and Cedar Lodge -No. 670 commemorating the bi-centenary or two hundredth anniversary of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania.

Masons from Shamokin, Sunbury, Elysburg, Ashland and Frackville were present. Speakers were Congressman Fred erick W. Magrady, of this city, and Rev. C. W.

Fields, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Congressman Magrady delivered a historical address while Rev. Fields spoke on "The Fundamental Teach ings of Free Masonry." A banquet also marked the ses sion held in Masonic Hall beginning at 7:30 p. m. Mrs.

Francis Dettrey, Misses Catherine and Aulean Dettrey and nj i ttn.li. u.u.xi Reading where they visited friends. Dr. B. J.

Millard and daughter Charlotte and Miss Martha Har- bold left today by motor for Baltl- It Dr. and Miss Millard will visit Oscar Millard, a student at Peabody In stitute. 50 FAMILIES GETRELIEF Salvation Army Had Previous ly Cared for Seventy. Five Families Many donations have been re ceived the last few days for the Sal vatlon Army Relief Station. Capt.

Anderson reports the following and many thanks are given the donors: W. H. Yoder, Dr. E. R.

Ikeler, $1.00: Louis Grossman Sons, H. O. Moser, Mrs. E. R.

Bas tress, $1.00: Dr. B. F. Bartho, H. H.

Otto. American Legion Auxiliary, Dr. E. B. Samuel, James A.

Dyke, Mary Hlggins Estate, Frank Lyons, H. M. Stecker, $2.00 and $3.00 in small contributions. Food has also been received from Mrs. yisick, Green Ridge; Mrs.

Harvey Koons both sending a bushel of potatoes, the Dallas Store south Maple street sent canned goods, American Store, Fifth and oac streets a barrel of fish; Simon Geist's Grocery, box of fish. The Army sin cerely appreciates the splendid sup port it has received and will continue to aid durlntr the period of need. Seventy families have been cared for dally since the opening one month ago. This number has now been reduced to 60 families the other 20 being able to care for themselves. All are urged to give liberally In the tag day thus help ing in this work.

Charles Masklel, of Exchange, was arrested by Deputy Game War den, John Wltmer, of Sunbury, on charges of trespassing, illegal hunt ing and illegal fishing. He was arraigned before 'Squire Hancock, of Shamokin. early today and was heavily fined. TO CONTEST EDISON WILL WILMINGTON. Del- Oct.

30. (U.R) William L. Edison, a son of I Thomas A. Edison by his first mar riage, said today that "action would be started to contest the will. He refused to state how soon action would be started, but revealed that he had consulted an attorney regarding the contest and that the "action likely would start shortly." drotWt are 5 Bloomsburg, families are using r.

A. Bernlnger wells there have or some time, some of Mne sources 01 wj mat ma LlDtathy.LwgeitHottelry In Delaware Section, Leveled DELAWARE WTO. 1 GAP mienrf Vinstlpl-V largest, swum" i till section of Pennsylvania, was kestroyed by fire today. Property Si was estimated at $500,000 jUthougn tne noi." uu w-i thA season several weeks ago, (even persons were sleeping In the tiding when the fire was discov- w. A.

nosers, cf Scranton. the wai driving his car along the ackawanna trail. He notified the jelanre Water Gap Fire Company, nfcened those In the structure and lided them to escape. Hie companies were summoned fcom Portland, Stroudsburg and East ttraidsburg. But the nre had gain-1 too much headway and the large tome structure was burned to the round.

The hotel which had a capacity of WO patrons, was owned by the John Mrdy Cope Hotel Company, of rhich John Purdy Cope is general nanager. The hotel stood above the Lacka-tanna railroad tracks and faced the Uckawanna Trail, Traffic on the railroad was tied jp tor several how's because of the burning embers from the building ailing over the tracks. Fire ap-paretui parked in the highway wised the roadway to become jammed With automobiles. The exact origin of the fire could sot be determined, but it was be-leved that it may have started in he boiler room. Two buildings near the hotel proper, a large garage and an annex Bn which employes lived, were saved from the flames.

tOUND DEAD ONTRACKS Father of Eiirhl Run Down By Train Near Mah-anoy City The bOdV of Han-v Mmiiw 51 famanend, near Mahanoy City was on tne railroad tracks a mile Iran his home. He had spent last sight visiting in Quakake, near by. ptw uuiaren survive. MT MANAGER SHOT AS GAS STATION IS HELD UP 13TH TIME "liouuRGH. Oct.

an. oi.ba "year-old bov. peparated from his father after the wa wounded, probably fatal- 'li aWDt in a hncnitol 1.1. ma today after an all-night vigil all beds rt The bov. a his mother, witnessed the ttag of hU father during the Mdlu station where Klrkland ww employed as night manager.

th. Was the same wno the station two weeks ago, Kirk- told noli i too K. no ecame 'shot thro He was wot three times hi the abdomen. -adit entered tne Klrkland one shot at the rcm eSCreamedandral Kkland, in another room, enter- buUeU toto his S3, fled toward hU parked near w. A "Palrman in a StatT1? attemPted to stop badit, threatening to ana flea "ent on to the machine from his fh 0 beBeParated Klrkland as eivAn "Pai.

The boy log fen nours 01 asleep early today. ntehtin (vta.n,on- 01 Centralia, yiiai. uioic xiw SliST DESTROYED BY $500,000 FIRE 1 LEADERS FOR MISS AMERICAN LEGION Margaret Magee 3,000 Betty Augustine 2640 Sophie Adzema 2,000 Leona Coyle 1,500 Catherine C. Chucoskl ....5,710 Catherine Fantini 3,000 Helen Shulskl 7,000 Catherine Landy 2,000 Anna Manley 3.500 Claire Startzel 2,000 Agnes Thomas 1.000 Josephine Tomtishin 5,000 MISS LEGION CONTEST FULL OF INTEREST More Organizations Give Donations for the Legion Celebration The popularity contest for the title of Miss American Legion in connection with the Armistice Day celebration here November 11 is waxing warm, members of the committee of Harry Geist Post No. 01, in charge of arrangements, said today.

"This fact is shown by the changes in the standing of entrants that have taken place within the last week," one official pointed out. "The race Is on its last lap and more changes are expected next week. It looks like anybody's contest to the last. The girls in general who are entered desire to thank the public for the hearty manner in which it has received them in their work." Complimentary prizes, it was stated, are to be given to all con testants. The committee, too, announced today the following contributions: West End Hose Company $10.00 United Spanish War Veterans.

10.00 nthracite Fire Company 5.00 Stars of Freedom 5.00 Responses, the committee also said, are being received daily from those who plan to participate in the Mummers' parade, one of the features of the day's celebration. Beginning tonight the collection of envelopes will begin, and the mem bers who collect them will wear i tag bearing the official seal of tl American Legion. The committee asks that you put your name and address on the envelope as all contributions will be published in the paper. STATE EXCUSES VOTERS HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 30 (U.R) Governor Plnchot today announc ed that employes who live 100 or more miles from Harrlsburg and who wish to go home to vote next Tuesday could be absent from their duties Monday.

No deduction will be made from the 15-day vacation period for such employes. TANK INVENTOR DIES PENNILESS BERLIN, Oct. 30. 01 Fried rich Wilhclm Goebel, recognized in Germany as the inventor of the mlUtary tank, died today without collecting th 10.000..WO rrnrks he demanded as compensation finm the Ministry of Defense for his Invention. His widow was left pen niless.

Goebel, old and poor at his death first exhibited his tank In 1913 when It climbed a 50 per cent grade amid the applause of many imperial officers. He maintained to the last that failure of the Kaiser's officers to recognize the importance of the tank caused Germany defeat in the war. The tank was one of a long list of Goebel's inventions, ranging ov er the fields of aviation, shipping, electricity and warfare. TRAIN WRECK NEAR TAMAQUA A freight train wreck blocked both tracks of the main line of the Read ing Company at Reynolds, south of Tamaqua, this afternoon. Six cars of fast freight No.

50, northbound, left the rails and tore down communication lines as they turned over, offices here report. It was not known whether any of the train crew had been Injured in the derailment. Traffic was at Port Clinton through Pottsville over the Schuylkill Valley Branch, to Tama qua. SHICKSHINNY, Oct. 30, (U.R) Patience won safety today for two miners of the six missing since Saturday night in the West End Coal Company mine at Mocanaqua, trapped by an explosion which wrecked the tunnel in which they had been working.

Rescuerers broke through the last rock barrier at 5:50 o'clock this morning to find John Tomashunas, 40, Shlckshinny, and John Moctoni, 22, alvie, fairly comfortable, and elated beyond the power of speech through their deliverance from the mine. Nearby lay the bodies of the oth er four. The blast killed two of them. The other two escaped the explo sion but died in trying to crawl through the rock barrier to safety. Jacob Tinus and Henry Ceglarski, Mocanaqua, working together as miner and laborer, were caught in the center of the explosion and were killed outright.

John Molitoris and Paul Novak, Mocanaqua, escaped the explosion safely but, impatient at the delay in rescue, tried to crawl through the tunnel. Deadly blackdamp, aftermath of a mine explosion asphyx iated them. Tomashunis, father of seven chil dren, and Moctoni, unmarried, pre ferred to wait and owed their rescue to their patience. They knew that a rescue party was driving its way toward them but until last night had no knowl edge of how close they were. Then one of several pipes pushed through the barrier penetrated to their place of refuge in the wrecked mine.

Joyfully they tapped on it to tell those driving steadily toward them through the tunnel of their safety. Three times more during the eight hours which intervened after that first word they sent messages to encourage the rescue party. The rescuerers needed no other encouragement than that first ms- sage. For five days and nights they had slowly, cautiously, but steadily pushed through 60 feet of torn. tumbled, loose and sliding rock and coal in a narrow tunnel At midnight they were six feet away.

In little less than six hours they finally removed the last of the rock and found Moctoni and Tamoshun-as waiting for them. The rescued men were taken to Nanticoke Hos pital to recover from the exposure they endured, the only discomfort they had suffered in the explosion and through the long wait. The two were comparatively com MAIL FLYER FORCED DOWN Night Flyer Lost Way and Searched 100 Miles for a Safe Landing Place James Morris, flying the night air mail eastward, circled fog-bound eastern Pennsylvania mountains, doubling and redoubling his tracks. for 100 miles today before he found a safe landing near Tamaqua. Morris ran into fog difficulties after leaving Bellefonte station on his way from Cleveland to Newark with 1450 pounds of mail.

Passing Tamaqua he received Instructions to land until the fog cleared. He headed for the next landing field at Easton. Unable to locate it in the fog, he flew back seeking a beacon light to guide his descent. He circled and recircled around places his charts indicated as land ing places but saw no lights. Finally througn the dense shroud he sighted the light at Hometown field near Tamaqua.

He came down in a safe landing and left after a two-hour wait to take the mail through to Newark. YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERTAINED BY MARION BURNETT The Young People's Choir, and their friends, of the Presbyterian church, were entertained with a masquerade party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Burnett at Green Ridge last evening. Those present were: Misses Ethel Persing, Pauline Fertig, Elizabeth Campbell, Betty Kehler, Clare Anthony, Dorothy Jeffery, Olive Delcamp, Anna Grinaway, Grace Jones, Marlon Burnett; Messers.

Bernard Doyle, Natty Joyce, Thorny as Thornton, John Dickson, James Adams, Francis Menapace, Russel Coffman, Tody Bordell, William Steinhart, Bobby Burnett, Billy Burnett; Mr. and Mrs. George Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burnett.

Rev. John Kealy, Chancellor of the Harrlsburg diocese of the Catholic church, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kealy at Mount Carmel Junction. to a operations when two miners broke through an old working and freed pocket of gas.

They had no time to warn the others, as the gas ignited. The explosion centered in the east dnit of the red ash vein. Workers in other section of the mine escaped entirely. Gabriel Skvartek and John Tagnani, Mocanaqua, nearer the slope, were blown 40 feet and escaped with burns. They are recovering at Nanticoke Hospital.

The other six were farther down the drift. The blast sent tons of rock and coal tumbling around them and blocked the only path by which they could escape. When Novak, who has a wife in Europe, and Molitoris, meo deaia iu their vain attempt to crawl over the barrier, Tomashunis and Moctoni settled down to wait. They had four full lunch cans to provide them with food; four freshly filled fater bottles; and sufficient carbide to provide light for many hours. By careful rationing they made their supplies stretch over the long wait.

The rescue work started immediately, with first four men and later twelve laboring in each relay in the narrow tunnel, pushing their way tnrough the tumbled, torn, loose and shifting mass of rock, coal and timber. Miners given a holiday through celebration of Mitchell Day yesterday augmented the rescue forces and two additional tunnels were started to speed the rescue. The workers in the main tunnel reached the entombed men and assisted them to the surface. The bodies were later brought to ths top and turned over to relatives The mine of the West End Coal Co. at Mocanaqua was the scene of two other big accidents within the last fifty years.

On August 11, 1885, in No. 1 drift ten men were suffocated by white damp arising from underground boiler fires when a fan was out et (Continued on Page Eleven) SNOW FLURRIES. MOVEEASTWARD Chicago Feels Freezing Temperatures While Far West Suffers Heat Wave CHICAGO, Oct. 30. (U.R) Snow flurries and freezing weather spread east into the Great Lakes District today while the far west reported a heat wave that carried temperatures to the 100 degree mark.

Snow and sleety rains were predicted generally by the weather bureau for the North Central States. In Northern Minnesota and the Da-kotas where snow fell yesterday, temperatures were slowly rising as the storm spread eastward. Freezing weather was expected by the weather bureau today in Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. The Pacific Coast heat wave shot temperatures to 100 degrees at Santa Ana while several forest fires were reported due to the unseasonable heat. Fires burned over 1,500 acres of brush and forest land" before being brought under control.

The most serious blaze In the Santa Lucia Mountains, north of San Luis Obispo, blackened 1,000 acres, destroyed telephone lines and threatened the Southern Pacific tracks being brought under control. A. blizzard which had raged In the Rocky Mountain area subsided without serious damage to large Colorado and Wyoming sugar beet crops which remain to be harvested. STATE OFFICES MERGED HARRISBURG, Oct. 30, (U.R) Merging of the Publicity and Publication Offices of the Department of Labor and Industry was an nounced today by Secretary John A.

McSparran. George F. Johnson, Camp Hill, publicity director and editor of the department for the last seven years, will head the merged bureau, Johnson has been In charge 4 the statistical bureau since the tiremcnt of L. H. Wlble, Camp Hill, last spring.

TOLAYPLANS FOR ROLL CALL OF RED CROSS ield Worker to Confer With Local Chapter in C. of C. Office Tonight Preparations are being made by the Mount Carmel Chapter American Red Cross for the fiftieth anniversary roll call which gets under way on Armistice Day-and continues until Thanksgiving. George Myer, special field repre sentative of the national organization will be here tonight and will hold conference with local Red Cross officials and volunteer workers in the Chamber of Commerce office. The meeting is called for 7:30 o' clock.

The purpose of Mr. Myer's visit is to assist the local chapter in mak ing plans for the Roll Call, which this year assumes greater importance than ever. With an emergency created due to the industrial depression, the Red Cross is attempting to do its bit to relieve needy families in this com munity. Funds are needed, how ever, to carry on the work and a goodly portion of the amount contributed will remain in this city. Only a small amount of the money donated for Red Cross memberships will be sent to the national organization.

FERRYBOATS CRASH IN FOG AT PHILA. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30, (U.R) Two ferryboats, operated by the Reading Railroad Company collided in the Delaware river today in the heavy fog which hung over the city. The boats, Chelsea and Philadel phia, bound for Philadelphia, both were badly damaged and general confusion reigned among the crews and passengers. The boats were dis entangled within an hour and pro ceeded to their destination under their own power.

The fog. the heaviest pnuaoei- phla has witnessed in some months, caused automobile traiiic 10 move slowly. Numerous minor automo bile accidents were reported. EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE The Right Rev. Wyatt Brown, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Harrlsburg, and Bishop Sanford of San Joaquin, Wednesday addressed the first of a series of regional conferences at Bloomsburg being sponsored by the Episcopal Church.

Attendance was estimated at 200, representing almost every city and town in the central part of Pennsylvania. AT MASQUERADE PARTY A number of the members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the American Legion of this city attended a mas-auerade party last evening in Sha mokin. The affair was held by the Shamokin Auxiliary to the Ameri can Legion. A large crowd attended the party from Mount carmel, Kulpmont and Centralis. BIO CROWD AT DANCE The dance held by the Mount Carmel A.

C. last night attracted a large crowd. The proceeds will be used to help defray the expenses of the season. KtHJSt 10 AK 1 111" A 1 1 IN AGAINST Fill CRANBERRY PLAYERS Ban is Due to Attack That Was Made on Football Referee at Hazleton. The Schuylkill-Carbon Football Officials' Association, yesterday.

voted to refuse to participate hi any football games In which four members of the Cranberry team of the Twin-County Football League parti cipate. The players named included Matt Rice and William Cooney, Gilberton; Edward Boyle, Hazleton; and Da derko, Summit Hill. Tie ban followed an attack of James Murray, former Syracuse University athlete, at Hazleton where he refereed a game between Hazleton and Cranberry. HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS Shamokin State Hospital yester day reported the following admis sions: Mrs. Mary Novitskie, Kulp-mont, abdominal; Harry Kruchin- skl.

Mount Carmel, tonsils and adenoids; Sam Pupo, Marion Heights, abdominal; Mrs. Margaret Slncav-age, Mount Carmel, abdominal; Ed ward Curran, Centralia, tonsils and adenoids. RENO DIVORCES SLUMP RENO, Oct. 30 (U.R) Only eight new divorce cases have been filed so far this week, instead of the customary 100 or more. "I'm glad to see the depression is on us," said Judge Thomas r.

Mor- an, one of the Washoe county's two divorce jurists. New suits included: Erwln against Emily B. Hund, Wllllamsport, married Nov 3, 1915, cruelty. PROCLAIMS TWO AUTO INSPECTION PERIODS HARRISBTJRG, Oct. 30 11 R) Governor Plnchot today announced two compulsory mo tor car inspection periods for 19S2 in Pennsylvania.

The first will extend from January 1 to March 31, Inclusive, and the other from July 1 to September 30. The period for arrests for non-Inspection will begin after the close of each Inspection period and will continue for three months. An official proclamation was issued by the governor establishing the two inspection periods..