The Plain Speaker du lieu suivant : Hazleton, Pennsylvania • 1

THE WEATHER. Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday; possibly local thundershowers tonight; not much change in temperature. ASSOCIATED PRESS DOUBLE TRUNK WIRE SERVICE FIFTY-SECOND YEAR. HAZLETON, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 5, 1934. TWO CENTS A COPY.

TIE Oar New "Assistant President' DENIES NEW TRIAL T01SJT01 Court Refuses Appeal of Mother Who is Doomed to Die in Chair at Sing Sing. New York Refuses Marriage License To Siamese Twin Von Papen To Lose Post He Now Holds For Minor Place: Anti-Jewish Drive Started COMPARE BLOOD STAI Clerk Who Has Been Iron-Nerved About Cupid's Affairs Taken Off His Feet When Application Is Made. PROMPT "NO" FROM COUNSEL -1 1 -A fi Www itmmt, li Three camera studies of Donald R. Richberg, NRA counsel, named by the President to be director of the Industrial Emergency Commission, a post tantamount to "Assistant President of the United Serving under the ormer Chicago lawyer will be Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Secretary of Labor Perkins, Recovery Administrator Johnson and Relief Administrator Hopkins. West Point Can 't Accept Statue From Hanfstaengl Without Washington O.

K. Chief of Foreign Press Section of German Government Won't Get Any Official Reception If He Appears. House Occupied at Oneida by Hero of Tomhicken Disaster Damaged by Blast. The home of Henry Kirchdoerfer, hero of the Tomhicken flood eight years ago, was dynamited at about 10 o'clock last night at Oneida, where he is now a foreman for the Wolfe Collieries Co, The blast was set off under the front porch of a double house the other side of which is occupied by Russell Ullschaeffer. A stick of dynamite was evidently used but it was not set off with a fuse.

A shooting cracker is believed to have been set off to detonate the dynamite, the plotter taking advantage of Fourth of July to avert suspicion when the explosion occurred. The porch was considerably damaged and all but three panes in the windows of the front room were shattered. The ceiling of the porch was also damaged. Some windows in the neighbor's house were broken. Mrs.

Kirchdoerfer was in the back yard at the time and her daughter Grace was in the kitchen. Five children were also in the house but nobody was injured. The state troopers at Tamaqua were notified and are working on the case. About a year ago a man thrown out of a job at the operation where Mr. Kirchdoerfer is a foreman is said to have threatened to blow the Kirchdoerfer home up.

He is being sought as a suspect. At the time of the Tomhicken flood Mr. Kirchdoerfer was a foreman for the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. He and a number of miners were entombed for a week and were believed to have perished. They got to safety by using an old passageway led by Kirchdoerfer.

He moved some time ago from Tomhicken to Oneida. HELEN JACOBS WINS WAY INTO FINALS WIMBLEDON, July 6. VP) The ranking women tennis players of England and the United States, Dorothy Round and Helen Hull Jacobs, respectively, today won their way to the final round of the all-England tennis championships. Miss Jacobs easily put out the Australian titleholder, young Joan Hartigan, 6-2, 6-2, but Miss Round had a battle on her hands in the ranking French veteran, Mme. Rene Mathieu, triumphing onl yafter three hard-fought sets, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.

LITTLE SCRATCH COSTS 5 YEAR GlflL'S LIFE NEW YORK, July 5 (JP) It was only a minute scratch on 5-year-old Carmen Calvo's leg, but it cost her life. Carmen decided it needed treatment and plunged out a window in trying to climb up to the medicine cabinet in her home. She suffered the scratch while playing in a park where her parents had taken her to make sure nothing would happen to the child on the Fourth of July. Hindenburg Receives King. NEUDECK, Germany, July 6.

(JP) President von Hindenburg, slightly pale and showing the effects of recent events in the Fatherland, received the king and queen of Siam at noon today at his East Prussian estate. ALBANY, N. July 5. (JP) County Judge Earl H. Gallup today denied a motion for a new trial for Mrs.

Anna Antonio, mother of three children and held in the death house at Sing Sing prison after conviction with two men of slaying her husband two years ago. Mrs. Antonio the two men, Vincent Saetta and Sam Faraci, twice had been given last minute reprieves by Governor Lehman on the nights they were scheduled to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing. A statement by Saetta on the night of June 28,1 one hour before the trio was scheduled to pay with their lives for the insurance slaying off Salvatore Antonio, caused Governor Lehman to stay the execution 24 hours. Saetta made another statement the next night, exonerating Mrs.

Antonio of any blame in the slaying which the state, at the trial in Albany County Court, contended she plotted. Later Saetta made a statement that District Attorney John T. De-laney had "double crossed" his (Saet-ta's) family on a promise he would be given a commutation of sentence. The district aUorney, in arguing against the new trial motion of Daniel H. Prior, Mrs.

Antonio's counsel, declared Saetta's statements were made solely to gain a delay for himself and possibly to influence the governor to delay the execution until a new trial was granted. Mr. Prior announced after Judge Gallup's decision today that he would appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals. This he must do before the week of July 9 when the trio again is scheduled to die unless the governor grants a third reprieve. VISIT TO HAITI Leaves Cruiser to Come Ashore and in Short Speech Says U.

S. Marines Are to Go. CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, July S. (JP) President Roosevelt left the cruiser Houston this morning and came ashore in this island republic, his first stop enroute to the Pacific ocean. In brief address at the Union Club the American president, speaking partly in French, said American marines would be withdrawn from Haiti in about a month or six weeks and that he hoped they would always be remembered as friends who tried to help Haiti.

A large barge prepared by Haitians and draped with Haitian and American colors brought the president ashore. He was met at the dock by President Senio Vincent and Haitian officials en masse. A 21-gun salute was fired, after which the two presidents proceeded on a tour of the city streets, packed with cheering crowds and draped with color. Norman Armour, American minister to Haiti, arrived by plane from Port Au Prince, but was ill with dengue fever and was unable to take part in the ceremonies. An hour after his arrival President Roosevelt returned to the Houston.

At noon President Vincent called on President Roosevelt aboard the cruiser. Hanged For American's Murder. BAGHDAD, Irak, July 5 (JP, Three of the four Arabs sentenced to death for the murder last March of Ray Fisher, University of Cincinnati graduate, were reliably reported today to have been hanged on June 28. No official announcement, however, has been made. Military Rites For Slayer.

COLUMBIA, July 5. (JP) Carl Kauffman, war veteran Vexecuted for at murder in Kansas City, was buried with military rites in accordance with his last request. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, left by air Vice Chancellor to Remain In German Cabinet as Saar Commissioner Office Stripped of Papers and Home Raided Again. CARDINAL SAID TO BE PRISONER Reports Received of Growing Unrest and Dissatisfaction In Provincial Sections of Country. (Copvright 1934, Associated Press.) BERLIN, July 6 (IP) Franz von Papen, the burr under the saddle ol the Nazi regime, will be stripped of the vice chancellory, the foreign department of the Nazi party indicated today, but he will be permitted to remain in the cabinet as Saar commissioner.

With the puzzling problem of the vice chancellor's disposition thus for the first time somewhat clarified, reports indicating that the Nazis have reopened a vigorous anti-Jewish campaign in provincial centers claimed major attention. Along with these reports were rumors that Cardinal Michael Faul-haber, archbishop of Munich, was being held prisoner. These reports -shared with others less well substantiated of a growing unrest and dissatisfaction outside the capital, pointing to growing dissension and fear. Vice Chancellor von Papen's office, next to that of Hitler, was stripped of its papers and furnishings from top to bottom, and all his belongings taken to his private home, where his. secretary said his office henceforth will be.

The Associated Press learned from Frau von Papen that their home, too, was raided again last night. i Even the furniture was removed from von Papen's old office and scaffolding erected outside the building lor alterations and a thor- ough cleaning. A party spokesman said an entire Nazi staff would replace von Papen's men in the vice chancellory. Von Papen himself declined to be interviewed saying his position would not be definitely fixed until after discussions with the chancellor. (Continued on Page 8.) BUT 113 INJURED PHILADELPHIA, July 5.

(JP) Philadelphia's prohibition on the sale of fireworks perhaps kept Independence Day free of fatalities from the explosives, but 103 persons were injured by them in the city, hospital records show. Casualties in adjacent towns, where in most cases the fireworks were sold legally, probably equalled the city's figure. New Arrivals. A son was born today at the Cor-rigan Materity Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.

John Jordan, of 309 East Diamond avenue. A daughter was born at the Cerrigan Maternity Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. George Belusko, of Jeanes-ville. A daughter was born to Mr.

and Mrs. reter rotenney oi buck mountain. The father is a musician in the Marina Coast Guard, stationed at New London, Conn. The mother is residing with her mother, Mrs. Mi-chael Wassil at Buck Mountain.

A daughter was born at the Hazle-ton State Hospital, to Mr. and Joseph Matz, of 607 Cleveland street this city. A son was born at the State Hospital, to Mr. nd Mrs. Michael Cabell, of 867 North Vine street, city.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neuklis, of 315 North Elizabeth street, Tamaqua, at the Corrigan Maternity Hospital, Tuesday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

-laurice Spangenberg, of Car'jon- UOIC, Kb HIV UWIIIC VI parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wright, of 235 Allan street. West Hazleton. The mother of the child was for merly Miss Beatrice Wright, of West Hazleton.

A son was born at the Hazleton State Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. An drew Kalinak, of Coaldale. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Anthony B. DeCosmo, of Grant street, this city. Mrs. DeCosmo was formerly Miss Singley, of North Lo cust street, city. The child will be given the name of James Goyne De Cosmo.

A son has been born to Major and Mrs. S. McDonald, of Berwick, who are frequent visitors to Hazleton. Over a year ago the couple gained much notoriety in the trade of wives that occurred between them and another couple, the husband in each case being pnminent in army circles. DELAYS HEARING Young Man Charged With Picketing Former Senator's Son Appeals Sentence.

JERSEY CITY. N. July 5. (JP) The hearing of Corliss Lamont on. charges of disorderly conduct lor picketing was continued over defence objections until July 14 by Police Judge William J.

McGovern today. Lamont, the son of Thomas W. Lamont, J. P. Morgan Co.

partner, and Alfred Bingham, son of the former U. S. senator from Connecticut, were arrested as pickets in the campaign of the American Civil Liberties Union to test the right of "peaceful picketing" at a local fur- I niture factory, where a union dis pute out no siriKe exists. Bingham has already been convicted of loitering and obstructing traffic and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail. He appealed the sentence, but the appeal hearing, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed until July 25.

SPEECH CUTOFF Told by Listener That Criticism of Administration Was Banned by Station WJAR. WASHINGTON, July 5 VP) Senator Borah said today he was informed by a Providence, R. I. radio listener his speech last night criticizing some administration policies had been cut off the air by station WJAR, Providence. The Idaho Senator said F.

S. Skinner of Providence had telegraphed that the speech was cut off and termed the action "outrageous." Borah told newspapermen, however, that he did not know of any of the circumstances. A few days ago Borah told newspapermen that in his last radio speech on March 22, when he also criticized administration policies he had been cut off throughout the entire northwest section of the country. In discussing that incident Borah said he did not know whether it had been done intentionally. Representative Britten said in a statement today that Borah's speech was "the first real appeal for the protection of the man who pays." "Roosevelt's policies have given birth to price-fixing monopolies which in turn have set prices up much faster than wages," Britten said.

"The production of everything a man eats and wears should not be artificially suppressed when adults are out of employment and 16,000,000 people are on the federal relief rolls with barely enough food to keep body and soul together. "Borah is right." Power Breakdown Says Co. PROVIDENCE, R. July 5 (JP) A power breakdown caused suspension of broadcasting at radio station WJAR from 11:26 last night to 12:50 a. m.

during which period Senator William E. Borah was speaking, it was announced this morning by the Outlet Company, owners of the station. Three other programs were cut off by the breakdown. Byrd Impulse Rings Liberty Bell. PHILADELPHIA, July 5.

(JP) A radio impulse sent by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd from the Antarctic tapped the Liberty Bell with a rubber mallet last night inhabitants in 1920 dwindling to 12.831 in 1930. The emergency resolutions declared that due to the unemployment and consequent financial distress "both the city and the county are unable to carry on the functions of government, leaving the population in a dependent and distressed condition." Loss of the cigar manufacturing industry which once employed ten thousand persons was cited as one of the chief causes of the city's plight Added to this was a shifting away from Key West of trade routes, abandonment of the naval base, reduction in military and coast guard personnel, destruction of the pineapple canning industry and decline of the fishing and sponge business. The FERA has spent as much of its reduced funds as possible in relief of the inhabitants. Stone de clared.

He said only drastic action could remedy the situation. Clothing of Woman Found Slain at Stroudsburg and Cushions of Car to Be Matched. ROANOKE, July 9. (JP) The blood-stained clothing of Mrs. Mary Jane Hastings, late operator of the Blue Ridge Springs Hotel who wa buried here yesterday, and cushions in the automobile of Major Robert Craig Kent, held in connection with her death, are to be closely compared to give the federal government a "lead" as to whether reported blood-stains on the latter are similar to those on the clothing.

Meantime it was learned that state officers had turned over to the Department of Justice all avail able evidence, including a diary of the prominently connected world war veteran. J. W. Clements, Botetourt County Justice of the Peace, said that on June 19, Kent made an entry in the diary after a conversation with Mr. Clements concerning the Skyline drive and the formation of a stock company which would purchase the resort property.

The Justice of the Peace said that among the articles believed in Kent's automobile, the contents of which federal authorities have removed, is an army blanket which Kent took with him to "keep from dirtying his clothes," he said, "in case of a flat tire." Federal authorities are attempting to piece together all the evidence, and among other things to identify the sender of a telegram signed with the name of Mrs. Hastings. The telegram bearing the name of Mrs, Hastings was received by Charles Stewart, a negro employee at the hotel, who on the advice of an attoriney refused to turn over the property to Kent. The latest attack of illness suffered by Kent came while he was in a barber shop, in custody of a government officer, to get a shaveTTwo negro trustees carried him baek to his cell where he was, revived. ROOSEVELT TO START BACK HOME ASHEVILLE, N.

July 5 (JP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the company of two friends, Miss Nancy Cook and Miss Marion rtickpni of Hyde Park, N. planned today to ena a snort vacation here and start back to Washington. Mrs.

Roosevelt and hpr fripnHs arrived Tuesday night and the First Laay spent the Fourth of July inspecting weaving, toymaking and other handcraft industries indigenous to the western North Carolina mountain country. NEGRO HELD AT EASTON IDENTIFIED AS SLAYER PITTSBURGH, July S. (JP) A negro arrested at Easton, on a vagrancy charge, has been identified as the slayer of a Pittsburgh grocer. Max Terin saw a picture of the negro, Lee Jones, 32, and said he is the man who fatally shot his son, Charles Terin, in a holdup of the grocery store June 24. Hindenburg Rejuvenated? VIENNA, July 6.

(IP) The official Wiener Zeitung today quoted diplomatic circles as saying they had "assurance" that President Paul Von Hindenburg, of Germany had taken a rejuvenation treatment. cialists, have been the backbone of the Hitler movement. At present both the large landowner, such as are found in East Pomerania and Mecklenburg, and the small farmer, are known to have grievances against the Nazi program. The large landowner resents a tendency to cut up the big estates, claiming this in many cases is being carried out without regard to economic principles. He also has been asked to take on more help than he considers necesscry.

His credit facilities have been impaired. He has been obligated to quarter voluntary labor corps units. Although the hereditary farm program safeguards ownership for the small man, it makes credit difficult, since the property cannot be mortgaged. The program furthermore imposes unusual economic burdens in that farms cannot be divided among several heirs. Fixed prices for agricultural products are credited by persons in close touch with the situation with a boomerang effect, is that public consumption of various products, including meats, has diminished.

Girls Have Been Joined Together Since Birth and Hope For Better Luck In New Jersey. NEW YORK, July 5. (JP) Unable to decide on the plural aspect of the situation, perplexed authorities of the city marriage license bureau today refused a marriage license to one of the much publicized "Siamese twins." The whole thing shattered th aplomb of Chief Clerk Julius Bro-sen, usually iron nerved about mar. riage matters, and he threw up hit hands in despair after listening to plural answers to singular questions. The question of how many people were getting married was handed to the city corporation counsel's office.

In no time at all, back came th ruling: "No license." No explanation of the processes of legal reasoning accompanied the decision. It was just "no." The corporation counsel later announced the decision was based on the idea that it is illegal to issue a marriage license to "two persons." The quest for a license is to be taken to New Jersey, where ths twins joined together since birth-hope for better luck. The twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, 26 years old wanted to marry, or, rather that is to say, Violet wanted to marry what is meant is, that Violet and Daisy wanted Violet to marry The license was to have been tak. en out in Violet's name, to simplify things. There was only one prospective bridegroom named Maurice Jy Lambert, 29 year old orchestra leader, who lives at the same Central Park West Apartment building as the twins; Daisy said she already had a fiancee Harry Mason, a pugilist, who, she added, is at present in England.

They announced, before Clerk Brosen bogged down in the intricacies, that they intended to have Violet and Lambert married at once by a deputy city clerk. Lambert echoed their sentiments. He said he was a widower, born in Westernport, ML, the son of WU-liam J. Lambert. The twins gave Violet's occupation as an actress; said they are four feet 11 inches tall, weigh 198 pounds, and are joined physically at the hips.

Marie Dressier Unchanged. SANTA BARBARA, Calif, July 5. (JP) With virtually no change in her condition since she passed a major crisis a week ago, Marie Dressier, 62, film star, continued to rest comfortably today at the C. K. G.

Billings estate here, where she is critically ill from a complication of ailments. Killed Removing CartridEe1 NEW CASTLE, July 6. MV Charles Aslanis. 35. was friend attempted to aid him in re-moving a cartridge from a pistoL Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, mostly cloudy tonight and Friday; possibly local thundershowers tonight and in south portion Friday; not much change in temperature.

Western Pennsylvania, mostl-cloudy, local showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday; slightly cooler nsar Lake Erie tonight Maryland and Delaware, local thundershowers probably tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. Sandy Hook to Hatteras, gentle to moderate shifting winds over north portion and gentle to moderate southwest or west over south portion; partly overcast weather tonight and Friday with probably local showers over north portion. High pressure, central off the south Atlantic coast, has been it-tended by mostly fair weather over the Atlantic and Gulf states and the middle and lower portions of the Mississippi Valley. A weak crest of high pressure extends from the Florida "high" northwesterly over Minnesota, separating a low pressure area central north of the Great Lake region from another "low" central over the northern plains. These have caused scattered thunderstorms over the Lake region, the central plains and ihe north and middle Rockies.

Temperature over the entire country is hot and npartir snmoo-hat 'maL WEST POINT, N. July 5. (IP) Dr. Ernst F. S.

Hanfstaengl, chief of the foreign press section of the German ministry will not be received officially at the United States-- Military Academy, should he come here today to- present a bust of President Paul von Hindenburg, the adjutant's office announced. "The Academy has not been notified officially," the officer on duty said. "Consequently no action will be taken." It was suggested that Hanfstaengl might come to the Academy as any other visitor to see the sights but that has no meaning to anyone. "Any action regarding the accept ance of a gift," the officer said, "must come from Washington. A bust of von Hindenburg could not be presented, much less accepted, with out orders from Washington." NEW YORK, July 5.

(JP) From the peace of his Harvard class reunion, Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl turned to New York today, and possibly an attempt to present a statue of President Paul von Hindenburg to the United States Military Academy. Hanfstaengl, friend and adviser of BOARD CALLS IN Those Who Haven't Filed Bonds to Pay Producers Face Disbarment From Business. HARRISBURG, July 5 JP) Dealers who have failed to file bonds insuring payment for milk purchased from producers are being called before the milk control board to show cause why they should not be barred from obtaining licenses. They also face fines for unlicensed operation.

The milk control law provides no dealer officially may be refused a license until he has been given a hearing. Beginning Tuesday, a series of hearings will be held. About 100 dealers will be arraigned. Each has not filed a bond and, as a result, has been unable to get a license. The hearings will establish whether the dealers have been operating and, if so, why they have not filed the required bonds.

Once the board has refused to license a dealer after a hearing, the dealer is subject to a fine of $100 a day if he continues to operate. To date the board has licensed about 3,000 dealers. Executors Get Fat MT. HOLLY, N. July 6.

(JP) A fee of $1,921,067 for administrations of the estate of the late Dr. John T. Dorrance from 1930 to 1932 has been allowed the executors, an accounting filed here shows. Killed In Collision. BURLINGTON, July S.

(JP) Miss Nancy Jean Applegate, 26, of Lansdowne, Pa, was killed and six other persons injured today in a collision of three automobiles. plane late yesterday from Beverly, where he has been the guest of Louis Agissiz Shaw. The Shaw home said that he had coma to New York City. The chief of the Nazi foreign press section was expected to fly to West Point today, there to attempt to present the statue of von Hindenburg, who commanded the German armies in the World War. Among the few statues that ever have been accepted by the Academy is one presented by members of Hanfstaengl's family that of Gen eral John Sedgwick, Hanfstaengl's grandfather, who was killed in the Civil War.

When Hanfstaengl landed in New York June 18, his baggage included three packing cases, containing varnished plaster busts of von Hin denburg, Arthur Schopenhauer, the philosopher, and Christoph Wilibald von Gluck, the eomposer. The von Hindenburg bust was left New York, while the other two were carried onto Harvard one for the Department of Philosophy and the other for the music school. Hanfstaengl has announced that he will sail for Germany July 8. Was Last Seen in Dam and it is Feared He May Have Been Drowned. Michael Potchessa, aged 25 or 26 years, of 323 Ridge avenue, West Hazleton, who attended aj outing at Farmer's Spring near Humboldt yesterday is missing and the Wolff's Run dam nearby is being dragged because it is possible he may have been drowned.

A friend says he was swimming with him in the dam nd that when he reached the bank Potchessa had disappeared. However four groundhog hunters on the other side of the dam state that they saw a naked man come out of the -water near them. A checkup shows footprints of bare feet at the spot they mentioned. Potchessa's shoes were found last and his clothes this morning. He did not return home last night Potchessa is a single man and lived with his sister at West Hazleton.

Same Offer Open To Others. BERLIN, July 6 A Reichsbank official said "the same way is open to other countries" by which Great Britain and Germany reached a debt agreement assuring English holders of interest payment on Young and Dawes loan bonds. Notre Dame Has New President. SOUTH BEND. July 5 (JP) The Rev.

John F. O'Hara, S. C. today sat in the president's chair at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a student .25 years ago. He succeeds the late Rev.

Charles L. O'Donnell who died a month ago after a long illness. Real Anti-Nazi Threat From Rural Germany Key West Goes Broke: Asks For "New Deal" BERLIN, July 5. (JP) Reports of disturbances in Bavaria and Silesia encouraged belief in many circles today that the real threat to Nazi domination will come from country districts if economic adversity continues. It is the farmer, not the industrial worker, it was pointed out, who will be the most difficult to placate if conditions of their pocketbooks grow worse.

In the absence of limited press reports from the provinces, little has been heard from the German farmer during the present political uncertainty. His possible share in rumors of party derangement in Bavaria and Silesia so far is conjectural. An early summer drought which may seriously curtail crops has sharpened the economic crisis. There is a growing conviction in informed circles that the agriculturist will before long make a determined protest. His demands might make a serious drain on the flattening reserves of the treasury.

Small farms, receptive from the start to promises of the National So KEY WEST, July 5 (JP) This picturesque city, at the southernmost tip of the United States, has declared a state of emergency because of economic adversities and called on the state and federal governments for a "new deal." Left stranded by a gradual shift of trade and industry, Key West and its county, Monroe, adopted resolutions surrendering all their legal powers to Governor Dave Sholtz. They are the first to do so in the history of Florida. More than half their population is unemployed. The governor was asked to take charge and in turn he requested the federal emergency relief administration to accept "the responsibility necessarily arising." Julias S. Stone Florida administrator, and the governor will confer at Jacksonville tomorrow.

Once the largest city in Florida. Key West has slowly lost ground in recent years, a population of 18,749.