Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1926, Page 21

EXPLOSION BLAMED FOR MINE DISASTER Death Toll in Wilkes-Barre Blast Remains at Seven. Eight Are Injured. By the Associated Press WILKES-BARR deain list, aresu explosion in the Peach Orchard mine of the Glen Alden Coal Co. at Parso s at seven. Of the eight othe j the condition of all but one was reported favorable. men lost their lives when a ter- vific concussion swept through the cop- > working. As most of the vietims were not burned the theory was at first accepted that the concussion followed an extensive cave-dn of the mine roof. The last two victims removed from the mine, however, were burned, and officials now are inclined to believe there had been a gas explosion Difficulty was experienced in carry- Ing on the rescue work. as the mine had heen iy damaged and the ventilating syste: oved. Rescuers could not safel 1ter the a until new doors and temporary had tructed air nd clear 's of es. Tt was aln 12 hours last the vietims was reached. A fall of roof had occurred, but it was heyond where the dead and injured were found Joseph J. Walsh. chief of the State Rureau of Mines: \W. W. Inglis. presi dent of the Glen Alden Coal ¢ S. D. Dimm p general man the mine offici spectors, enter the rescue wi 100 men w SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York, Daslight Saving Time. the . < and State mine in 1 the mine to direct rk. in which upward of re engaged ARRIVED Lapland—Antwerp Carmania—Harre Adriatic—Liverpool Calamares—Port Limon DUE TODA Do Grasse—Havre American Shipper—London Venezuela—san Franciseo DUE TUESDAY Orizaba—Havana 2 Metapan—Puerto Barrios. Olympin—Southampton YESTERDAY. aqiib Southern € Bridgeto Samar. ‘Anco; Berengari Cameronia—Glasgow rie—Liverpool Conte Biancomano—Geno: ante Alighieri— . —Port of Spain holm—Gothenburs Edison—Piraeus Finland—san Fraiciseo” . Hamburg—Hamburg Hellg Olav—Copenhagen ordonnais—Bordeaix Lituania—Danzig ... Minnewaska—London EAMERS. (Saling Hour, Dashight Saving Time) TODAY Columbus—Rremen TOMORROW. Aquitania—Sonthampton Carmania—TLondon Piraitente Wilon—Trisste . Midnight L 1:00AM Midnight 300 PM n-the-aiwr ATOP THE FARLE THE ONLY ROOF IN TOWN WITH A WOOD DANCE FLOOR sides A wonderful foor . Way up in the ajr at's why much cooler SWANEE SYNCOPATORS DIRECTION Al KAMONS Remember—You can_ see all of the fireworks from Swanee in the Air. 13th and E Sts. Mary Browne! ~to hand her this subtle tribute from The Evenin Star, Thursday, July 1, 1926, “There Goes Mary Browne! we must hand it to | r you see her s, g0 well dr it a matter of taste—or a clever buyer? I en the poise that the knowledge . of her chic appearance gives her, too. Yet John tells me that her hushand’s salary is much less than his P, S—Dear Mrs. Browne: Shall we let them in on the big secret—that you buy all your clothes at Jelleff’s? * S A FASHION INSTITUTION e Wamington . NewTrt MISS DOROTHY RUST SWOPE, Young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul | Swope, who has gone to Long Island | to join'a house party belng.entertained | by Miss Dorothea Maty. She will also visit_in North lina. CANADIAN RELIGIOUS | WORKER BURIED TODAY | o John James MacLaren. Dean Dominion’s Jurists, Dead Two | Days After 84th Birthday. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, July &. neral services wera held today for Hon. John James Maclaren, internationally known Sunday school worker and dean of Canadian jurists, who died suddenly at his home here Saturday. two da e his 4th birthd | Mr. Maclaren was formerly justice of the appellate division of the Su- | reme Court of Ontaric e al practice in his native province of | Quebec in 1868, was appointed judge in 1902, and retired, owing to advanced age, in 1925 Among the bodles of which served as president are the Toronto | Y. M. C. A., the Toronto Law | Order League, the Dominion Prohibi- | tory Alliance and the International Sundey School Associatlon. He w 1 member of various other organiza- | tons in connection with religious | movement. Brig. Gen. Landry Dies. QUEBEC, July 5 (®).—Brig. Gen J. P. Landry. commanding officer of the Quebec district of the Canadian| militia, dled at the military hospital | here today Belfast, Ireland, has placed a ban on all liquor advertisements In street care. A —— I ie&e,l{.’r 5 'FOUR DAY SPECIAL SELLING OF Every Pair of White Pumps Vamps Medium Long Short Bizes 2% to Widths AAA to Spike Spool Spanish Cuban Military Low Block Wear white shoes now and condi- tion your feet for the winter to come. Sorosis Shoe Dept.—First Floor Rear S A FASHION INSTITUTION Dars Waskngean Newlord i ing a union church meeting | tion of primary | activities of the Anti-Sa | ble the Anti-Saloon League.” AR R R AR SO RESARR THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1926. DRY AGENT DEFIED T0 PROVE CHARGES Anti-Saloon Chief Challenges Assertion U. S. Is Insincere About Prohibition. - By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloor. League, address- here last night, declared Edgar . R who resigned as prohibition administrator for western Pennsylvania because, he said, ‘“‘there is no intention on the part of the United States Government to enforce the eighteenth amend- ment.” should make public any infor- mation he has to “substantiate” his statement. The An aloon League officlal sald Ray's charges, as made in the an- nouncement of his resignation, were of “too general a nature and unqual- ifled for clear understanding and in- telligent discussion.” The chief difficulty in enforcement, McBride said, was in obtaining ad- ministrators who are in favor of pro- hibition, especially in the wet sections of the country. Referring 5%, he Senate investiga- expenditures, which has resulted in an inquiry into the oon League, MecRBride said the probe, as it affected the league, “is only a part of the pro- gram of the wets. Their aim is to break down enforcement, Introduce heer and discredit as much possi- UPSHAW DEFENDS POLICY. Acceptance of Pay for Prohibition Addresses Held Justified. ATLANT. a., July 5 (A).—An- swering ges brought out in the investigation by the Senate campaign funds committes of “honorariums’ paid prominent prohibition speakers, Representative Willlam D). Upshaw tefended the right of “overworked and underpaid” Representatives and Sen ators to receive money for “outside work." A_portion of th atement _issued Renovating Bathrooms —is a special feature of Colbert Plumbing service. fWe install Shower equipment and other modern facilities at consistently Reasonable Prices. AT Repairs of all kinds promptly made. urice J. Colbert Heating—Plumbing—Tinning 621 | Street Mite. 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Reed, chairman of the campaign funds committee. “As for Senator Reed, he is the last man who should point the finger of Indictment against any other mem- ber of Congress,” Upshaw declared. “I have a telegram from Boston de- claring that he received a fee ‘of 000 since he has been a United ates Senator for defending a notori- s criminal official whose office had become a rendezvous of thieves and & nest of crime and who was barred from practice of law because of his shocking crime.” Mr. Upshaw said he would name the “notorlous criminal official when the time is ripe.” “When 1 have finished my business here, whi¢h involves the burying of a couple of opponents, 1 shall be ready to meet Senator Reed on any stump in the United States and battle the question to a finish,” the Repre- sentative declared. He is a candidate for re-election from his district. “It is simply ridiculous.” Mr. U shaw said, “to expect a Representa- tive to go out virtually every Sunday, as I have been going for the past seven years, and invest time and vitality absolutely free. Doctors don't do it, teachers don’t do it and even preachers don't do it. If it be an- swered by our crities that a Repre- sentative’s salary do r_all_his DINE AND DANCE IN THE COUNTRY. aleau aradis . (] Je Holiday A short, refreshing drive onthe Washington-Balti- wmore Blvd.—Southern cuisine and dancing till 2 A M. to Meyer Davis Chateau Band. activities, I remind you that Congress does not pay its members to work on Sunday for the good of humanity, and Congress therefore has absolutely nothing to do with what I do with my time on the Sabbath. ‘“‘And, furthermore, as the wets don’t contribute any of the money to the case of the enforcement .of our constitutional laws, it is none of their business what we drys do with money we raise or receive as long as it is contributed and used for the majesty of the law and the beauty of personal and natlonal sobriety. “All this nolse about Congressmen being paid for their work has creat- ed a lot of sickening sentimentality which criticizes a member of Congress for seeking or receiving any sort of income besides his own salary.” Auto };shes Him Into Canal. ‘While enjoying the sunshine on the Grand Junction Canal Bridge, Fen- ney-Stratford, Englang. an elderly gentleman was suddeflly confronted by an automobile dashing up at high speed. Before he could escape he was caught and hurled to the parapet of the bridge, whence he fell 15 feet into the canal. He was rescued, sputtering with rage, but not seri- ously injured. AMERICANS UNHURT IN PARIS TRAIN WRECK Thirty Passengers of Liner Suf- fren Were in Rear Coaches. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, July 5.—Eighteen persone were killed and 97 injured in the wreck of the Havre-Paris express near Acheres Saturday evening. Thirty- two of these suffersd slight injuries. The express left the ralls in a ter- rific thunderstorm which caused a washout. The engine turned over, and five coaches piled up in a twisted mass. All those killed were French. No Americans were among the casualties. The first-class compartments at the rear of the train carried 30 passengers from the liner Suffren, from New York, who had failed to catch the regular boat train for Paris, but all escaped. Universally Admired The beauty of the Floral Designs is always remarked when Blackistone furnishes them. 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