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Washington, June 16.—Eastern Pa.: Fair Sunday and Monday; somewhat warmer.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 17,1923 ^
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HEADQUARTERS CRANTON'S CLAIM
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OPTIMISM IN BUDGET OF TAXES
Work Of Wiping Out Six Hun¬ dred Million Dollar Deficit Ends With a Surplus
SEEK NEW RECORD
President Harding And Direc¬ tor Lord Hope To Enforce New Economies This Year
SUCCESS FORECASTED
Washington, June 18—Amid the op¬ timism that goes with well lined pockets, the fifth semi-annual meet- irg of the business organization of the government will bo convened . here Monday by President Harding and Budget Director Lord.
Instead of the talo that there will be .a deficit on the govemmenf.s l)al- Rnce sheets that has been laid before them at the four previous meetings, the story of how a $600,000,000 hole In the government's fln.ancial prospects has been turned Into a surplus of nearly $200,000,000, will bo told the assembled cabinet officers and bureau heads by the President and Director Lord.
Pointing to the record of the past year as evidence of what may be ac- comrlishM by penny watching and learn work, both the President and the cashier of the business corporation will call on lhr> fli-m for repetition If not betterment of the record in the co-n ing fiscal yrar.
The government entered the pres- pii' fl.scal year on .luly 1. 10:2. with a drflcit r.stimat(>d :it $000,000,000. By liint of mercilrs.'- whittling of expendi- tup'vs the expected deficit wius cut to $92.oi)0,<iOO by January of this year. Kncoiiniged by this rosult tho bus¬ iness organization, lod by Lord, set out to rid tho ledger of red ink entirely this ye.ir. Continued economies, sup¬ ported by increaseil reports on returns from taxation und other revenues did tho work.
On April 1 it became apparent there would be a sii'plus by the end of the fi.<:cal year. How great this would l)C coulil not bo prodictod. Director Lord opened the estimate with one of $6,-,.000.000. Secretary of the Trea.sury Mellon followed with one of $12,"),000,- 000. A recent estimate by a big administiution official close to iTie financial machinery of the government placed  it ut nearly  $200,000,000.
At the meeting on Mond:iy the les¬ sons dran-n from the year's achieve¬ ment will be cle.irly pointed out by l«5th the Pre.sident and Director I.,ord. With a defi<-it of only $30,000,000 estimated for tho coming fiscal year, the bureau heads will be exhorted to engulf it early in tho yo.ar, so th.at a drive for .a lar.sor .surplus next July may commence immediately.
Director Lord will outline oon.slder- ations which ho believes should guide bureau chiefs in drafting their esti¬ mates for the fiscal year 1925, soon to be prepared.
AiTOMOBii.i: stoi.p:x
Charles M. P.e.lfonl. of 32 West- min.ster street, reported to the police that his automobile was stolen from South Main streei near Public Square l;i.st night at 9 o'clock. The machine Is an Overland ond carries license 623-482.
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LARKSVILLE THEFTS
ARE BELIEVED SOLVED
Charge*! with burglarizing a number of West Side liomes in recent weeks, Joseph Kovit, 20 years old, of Upper Yark-sville, was under arrest last night by l..arksville police. A confession admitting two burglaries was alleged to have been made by him. The au¬ thorities believe his arrest solves a .series of house robberies which have Ixjthered West Side police for the last month.
Kavit's arrcj^t was made a^ a re¬ sult of investigation of a burglary committed Thursday night at the home of Richanl McGowan on Wilson street, I«irksvillo. A small amount of money and some clothes were taken. Two weeks ago the dwelling of Rich¬ ard Houlihan on State street was en¬ tered while the family was absent.
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STILI. IS CONFISCATED
City Detectives Olds. Kolis and Nol¬ an last night at 9 o'clock raided the home of Joseph Wroblesky at 112 North Meado street and confiscated a still and a quantity of mash. He will bo arraigned in police court this morn¬ ing charged with operating the still In violation of a city ordinance.
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Dropped Nickel; Dived After It
New Tork, June 17. — Harry Brown, 40, believed he dropped a nickel overboard today while cross¬ ing East river In a boat and dived in after It. He was rescued from drowning by Thomas Kabok, who pulled him out with a boat hook. "Let me go back," said Brown whon he regained consciousness at a hospital. "I got only a nickel. Cive me another chance and I'll get the other one." He Is under obser.'ation.
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NON-PARTISAN MEN HOLD HOT SESSION
Charges That a Million Mur¬ ders a Year Come Under a Humanitarian Act
OFFERS SECRET COURT
Denver, Colo., June 16.—A million unborn babes are murdered each year in the United State.s, Judge Ben B. Lind.say, noted Juvenile court justice, declared toniglit as he prepared to aid in enforcing Colorado's pioneer legi.s- lation for protection of infant.s. Un¬ born children will be adopted and cared for by the State under the new "legislative experiment".
A million unborn children would be saved and their mother.s in many cases would be kept from the con¬ demnation of society If the Colorado law, effective Monday, were ;idopted by the states, Llnd.say a-sscrted.
"It Is tho first step toward an ac¬ ceptance of the duty of the Stato to guarantee that no child .shall suffer becau.';e of the sin. Ignorance or pov¬ erty of the parents", Judge Lindsay asserted.
"The State's obligation Is to chil¬ dren, not to women, and this law acknowlefigcs the super-parenthood of the State".
Prospective mothers, married or un¬ wed, under tho law, may petition the Juvenile court for. assistjince in the cases of illigltimate or uneconomical motherhood and the .state will be re¬ quired to pay "the same sums found necessary by the court lo care for the children, for not cxcee<}ing six months before and six months after their birth."
Secret Proree<lings
Court procecdinars in such cnses will he held secret and confidential. .Tudse I>inysay explained, thus alleviating tho fear of either poverty or lo.ss of self respect and lifting the child from the menace of its "two greatest ene¬ mies,—poverty and fear".
Declaring that society, while openly frowning on illegal operations, en¬ courages their practice by marking for ruin the illegitimate mother aJid her child, tho judge pointed to the "mur¬ der of .a milli-m unborn children an¬ nually which passed unnoticed."
"W'e freely di.scuss the murder of one born child, but it Is taboo In tho case of the million children unborn," he continued. "Colorado's new law is an antidote to society's own poisons. By providing the expen.ses for un¬ married mothers to save their babies and their self respect from the Ig¬ norance and cruelty of society, the death of the child can bo elimin;itoil.
"It is the first explicit declaration of any State that its children needing assistance against their greatest enemies, poverty and fear, shall in¬ clude all children from the time of their conception and during the months after birth.
"Thus Colorado .says to mothers: 'Add nin(! months to the age of your children; when they are assailed by the enemies, fear. Ignorance and pov¬ erty, I am coming to their rescue as they will come to mine when I too, In turn, shall be assailed by my enemies, from within or without; our duties are reciprocal,—for I am the child, and the child,—It Is I."
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TWO AUTOS DAMAGED
Two automobiles collided early this morning on the River road In Him- over Township. One of the machines was driven by W. J. vVilUams of Hanover Township. The driver of the other machine refused to give his name. Williams reported the case to the State police. He claimed the other driver was Intoxicated. No one was injured, although both cars were damaged.
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BICHLORIDE VICTIM
LIKELY TO RECOVER
After a stormy two-hour session I during which per.sons, who It is said : did not have proper credentials, re¬ fused to abide by parliamentary j>ro- cedure and launched a visorous cam¬ paign of criticism, last night's meeting of Non-Parti.san I'olitical League adjourned rather abruptly when Bemard A, Callahan, the president, tendered his resignation. With con¬ fusion prevailing, it was announced that a meeting of the executive board will be held next Saturday night while on Saturday night, June 30, the league will meet to take action on the request of Mr. Callahan that another man be appointed to preside over the destinies of the organization.
Rinaldo Cappelini of Hilldale. who according to the unofficial tabulation of votes Is to be the noxt president of district No. ], United Mine Workers of America, look up the greater part of the evening telling of the r snt miners' election and how he was re¬ turned victorious. Mr. Cappelini told of the alleged oppo.sifion which he re¬ ceived from somo of the members of the league nnd denied st.atements which he said a number of persons were making that he w.as a "radical."
While Mr. Cappelini proceeded in a parliamentary fashion the meetin.g was converted Into a fiery session by a score or more of Cappelini's follow¬ ers from the Pittston district. It is said that the mon were not duly accredited delegates and refused to acknowledge any advice from the chair. Time and again President Callahan poundod hi.s g-avel In an at¬ tempt to restore order and compel a man to talk on the qucr^lion before the hou.se but wa.s unsucoessful. President Krsigns
When one of the delegates would flnish his talk the monologue was tak¬ en up by another con.stiiuent and car¬ ried on in spite of the efforts qf the president to restore order. After much offnri Mr. f'allahan was able to talk and informed the upper end dele¬ gation that he was elected chairman
Reports from the Pittston Hospital to which institution Frank Lawier, aged 26, of 92 Oak street, Pittston, was removed after it was reported he had taken some bichloride of mercury tablets in an effort lo end his life on Friday ni:;ht. are to the effect that the young man will recover. Lawier, who is married, is an ex-service man and his parents i-cside on Church street, Kingston. No reason for his attempt at self-destruction has been advanced.
of the lea.gue and given the powers to regulate debate according to parlia¬ mentary rules and that as long as they insisted on running a meeting In whatever manner they pleased he would tender his resignation.
It is said that several of the upper end Bpeakers cast insinuations on the officers of the league and the latter were Irritated. The delegation Insist¬ ed that a secretary be elected to fill the place held by John J. Noonan of Plymouth who was unable to attend last night's session. It Is said that the upper end delegation believed Mr. Noonan worked against the insurgent forces in the minors' election ami they deman'ied that his place be fllled by another man on account of his ab¬ sence last night. This question was tabled unlil Saturday night. June 30. when I'resi'lent Callahan's resignation will be considered.
Cappalini's $10,000
A motion was adopted by the meet¬ ing designating a committee to meet the editor of a local paper and de¬ mand that he satisfactorily explain stories which have been printed by him in the past several weeks regarding $10,000 which It is said Pennsylvania Coal Company paid Mr. Cappelini. C.appelini explained that fhe stories in¬ ferred that he had received the money from the coal company through some shady deal.
He said that he received the $10,000 from the coal company in settlement of a suit brought against the company for breach of contract. He continued that in 190S after he had lo.st an arm wiiile employed by the company he signed a contract to give him a certain amount of money for the loss of his arm and to give him whatever work he could do aroun<l the collieries.
Following a .strike at that time he said the company discharged him. Cappelini Immediately started a suit for breach of contract but it was set¬ tled out of court when the company paid him $10,000, he said last night.
Students Resist T^e Removal
Of The President Of Amherst
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'Amher.<^, Mass., June 16.—'Or. Alexander Meikeljohn, President of Amherst College fofl" nearly eleven years, is to be removed oy the board of trufJtees, it was reported from an authoritj'.tive soui'ce tonight,- Although members of the board of ti-ustees, who hurijiedly. gathered today, de¬ clined to make any statement, atinouncement of the end of Dr. Meikeljohn's administration' is expected following the regular board session next Tuesday. Trustees have been in continuous session here all da<y and members of the fac¬ ulty have appeared before the board in executive session. The fate of Dr. Meikeljohn, it vi^s reported, depends on the attitude of the faculty. Wliale the directors are divid¬ ed over the fitness of Dr. MeikfJljohn to preside over Am¬ herst the erftire student body is^ in favor of his retention. The undergraduates and alumni* aroused over the reports that President Jleikeljohn will be removed, quietl.v listened when he addressed them. "Ouii trustees have a big prob¬ lem to decide," he told the gathering, "and they are work¬ ing mighty 'lard on it, but do n^)t let the situation take any of the joy out of commenceifnent et the fairest college of them all.' At the conclusiouiof his remarks, the stud¬ ents broke into cheers that lasted for several minutes. The College newspaper, in tonignt's issue, in speaking of the issue, said: "We must haw co-operation at the col¬ lege, but haiTiiony at the sacrifice of President Meikeljohn is too dearly bought."
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ENTIRE REFORM IN DISTRICT ONE IS NOW PLEDGED
Successful Aspirant For Chief Of Anthracite Workers Will Rip Out Appointive Officers And Put Com¬ pensation Work On New Basis He Says In Interview.
SEES END OF PETTY STRIKES
UMACIES Fi BY POUCE HERE
Proprietor Of Shop Also Held On Charge Of Having Boys As Patrons
THEFT CLUES FOUND
A pTinch boaiTJ and a slot m.achine were confiscated by City Detectives Olds and Kolis last night at 11 o'clock in a raid on the pool room and res¬ taurant of James Doukas at 167 Kast Market street. The proprietor and three boys under 16 years of age wero ordered to report for a hearing In po¬ lice court this morning. Aside from the gambling phase, the proprietor will 1)6 charged with allowing tho'boys to frequent his establishment.
A week ago la.st night Mr. Doukas' pool room was entered by two young men now In jail and a large quantity of cigarets and cigars wero stolon.
Yesterday afternoon the caretaker at City Cometory found the battered and broken mechanical part of a slot machine which It is believed was stolen from a store in the northern section of the city and abandoned after the thieves had confiscated the money. The part was found hidden between two graves along the river end of the cemetery. About three weeks ago the caretaker found the casing of a slot machine In a dif¬ ferent section of the burial ground.
John Adams Succeeds Him As Assistant Postmaster For Nanticoke Borough
LOYALTY HONORED
OP mi STREET AFTEI! COLLAPSES
Failure Of Firm With Record OJ Seventy Years Is Cause Of Alarm
HELP IS PROMISED
COURT THIS Week
Judge Fuller will have charge -of argument court which opens tomor¬ row, while Judge McLean will pre¬ side In equity court, .\rguments on motions for new trials will be heard by the five judges sitting as cour en banc on Tuesday. Judge Jones will preside in naturalization court on Wednesday and possibly on Thursday as there are approximately SOO aliens listed for examination at this term of court.
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WINS AN AUTOMOBILE
AT FIREMAN BAZAAR
F. W. Woolworth. Shickshinny ga¬ rage proprietor, won a Ford touring car offered as the principal prize of the carnival conducted during the past week by the Lape Hose Com¬ pany and the Pioneer Hook and Lad¬ der Company of Nanticoke. The car was disposed of la.st night as the week's festivities came to an end in the Broad street fire house. Other major awards of the night were won by William Crotzer, Nanticoke jeweler, who secured a cedar chest, and Felix Dombrow.ski, who became the pos¬ sessor of a large china closet.
William Geo^g^ who has served as assistant postmaster of Nanticoke for the pa.st sixteen years, was notified yesterday of his appointment as a postal inspector. The territory to be covered by him has not been announc¬ ed yet but his appointment will be¬ come effective July 1. He will l>e suc¬ ceeded as assistant postmaster by John Adams, veteran mail carrier.
Mr. George waa the only one of a large group of candidates to pass a competitive test given for the purpose of securing a postal inspector. He was recommended for the place by Attorney John S. Fine, Republican county chairman, and by former Con¬ gressman Clarence D. Coughlin. Dur¬ ing his long service in the post of as¬ sistant, Mr. George established an enviable reputation for faithful work and courteous service. He has at all times been considered one of the most efficient workers In the Nanticoke/ post ofHce and his wide experience in handling postal affairs contributed to his success In the recent test.
Mr. Adams, who will advance to the assistant postmastership on July i, has been In the -service for more than twenty years. He wa.s one of the first carriers to be named following the es¬ tablishing of the Nanticoke post office. His promotion Is also recognized as merited.
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CRISPELL. WINS CABINET
Clarence Crispell, of WeKtmin.ster street, won the Hoosier Kitchen Cabi¬ net given away by the Great House of Benesch & Sons as the closing feature of Hqpsier Kitchen Cabinet Week last night. Several hundred people were entered in the contest for the cabinet
RUN DOWN BY TRUCK
G. B. Thompson, prominent real estate man of West Pittston, is con¬ fined to his home on Susquehanna Av¬ enue, at that place, aa a result of in¬ juries received when he was struck by an auto truck at the Intersection of Water and Main streets, Pittston shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday after¬ noon. The driver bf the rtuck a Wilkes-Barro man, was placed under arrest and will be given a hearing be¬ fore a Pittston alderman tomorrow- night. Mr. Thompson's injuries which consist largely of bruises and lacer¬ ations are not considered serious.
New Tork, June 16.—New fears be- .set Wall Street tonight' with the col¬ lapse of the New York Stock Ex¬ change brokerage firm of Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne. The house has been In business for seventy years and was considered conservative and un¬ shakable.
Financial Interests were deeply con¬ cerned by this failure ,the flrst on the "big board" In a long time. It clim¬ axed a scries of f.iilurcs on the Con¬ solidated and Curb which started last year, involving a total of more than $100,000,000.
The Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne failure involves liabilities estimated at $11,000,000. Members of the firm esti¬ mate assets at the same flgure.
Powerful support was reported In the market. Wall Street loaders fear that the effect of a. "big board" failure, combined wilh the reactionary tenden¬ cy of tho market for the past few month.s, would be to shake public con¬ fidence. Despite the announcement at the market opening of the closing of the brokerage firm's doors, stocks dis¬ played a strong tone. This was In¬ ferred to mean support from strong quarters which feared a demoralized market and a further blow to the pub¬ lic confidence.
Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne also are international bankers of note and dealt heavily in German marks. Fol¬ lowing the granting of a petition In bankruptcy to croditor.s, James Shaw, member of the firm, said that every obligation would bo met. Failure of the firm was attributed to the steady decline in the market as a whole and oil stocks In particular. The ho\;se was heavily Interested In a number of oil stocks, mo.st of which suffered re¬ actions, ranging up to 60 points. Cer¬ tain promotions sponsored by the house turned out badly, aiding In the collapse.
Financial Interests fear tho with¬ drawal of public money from enter¬ prises of Wall Street as well as public traders from the market. This would have a tendency to endanger more brokerage and flnancial firms. For this reason strong flnancial support I is being arranged for the Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne firm In order to get it back on Its feet again.
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HOLD DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR MOTOR VICTIMS
SAY LOCAL POLICE
Tv^o Men Are Mentioned In Attempt To Explain Case Of Miss George
ONE IS ARRESTED
Police of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and- New York were yesterday re¬ queued by the local authorities to as¬ sist In locating Miss Anna George, aged 14, who has been missing from her home, 654 South Main street, since Friday. At flrst it was believed that the girl had been kidnapped but now It Is the belief of the authorities that she ran away and her where¬ abouts Is known either by a man who is now in police station or by another man whom the police have been try¬ ing iO locate In Johnstown or in New York City.
Fcllowlng the disappearance of the girl the police arrested Angelo Baslle, aged 38, of 15 West Jackson street, who was a friend of the girl and who was found lolterlnj near the glrl'a hom(i early yesterday morning. Bas- lie was given a hearing before Alder¬ man P. M. Mather yesterday morning and was fined $15 and costs and held in $2,000 bail for court. Unable to obtain a bondsman he was remanded to jail to await further developments in tbe case.
Th-^ girl who appears to be at least 20 years of age, left her home at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon to work in a store. When she did not return at 10 o'clock that night the police were notified. A boarder at the home of tbe girl, giving the name of Joe WasVa, aged 29 has been missing for several weeks and it Is believed he knows something of the whereabouts of ths girl. Several persons told the girl's, father that they eaw the girl In ccmpany with Wasko on Friday night in front of the store where tho girl worked.
Wilkes-Barre, as well as Rinaldo Cappalini, is winner in the results of the union elections of District Number One, United Mine Workers of America. Cappalini, assured a victory in his candidacy for the office of District President, announced last night that his first act as chief executive for seventy-five thou¬ sand anthracite workers will be to order the removal of head¬ quarters' offices from Scranton and designate Wilkes-Barre as the correct center of District Number One and therefore the official home of district oflicers.
According to revised figures made public by the Cappalini adherents, his victory over William Brennan for tlie office of president of District One is made safe by a margin of at least eleven thousand votes. Some who tabulated unofficial returns predicted the majority of Cappalini to be even greater, but the Hilldale mine leader himself was conservative in his figures and said eleven thousand votes represent his lead. However, he called attention to some charges of illegal voting that will be probed if there is occasion for a contest, which at the present appears doubtful.
tjntil he has assumed the presidency, Mr. Cappalini, accord¬ ing to his statements last night, will make no announcement as to men who are to receive appointments on the official staff ot Disti'ict Number One.
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HAS PERFECT RECORD 12 YEARS IN SCHOOL
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Richardson. who met death In a railroad collision at Woodlawn Beacli, N. Y., on Thurs¬ day night, will ba buried from the home of Mrs. Hattie Richardson, at 92 Lambert street, I'ittston, tomorrow af¬ temoon at 3:30 o'clock. The remains are expected to arrive in Pittston this morning, fitid a double funeral service will be conducted. Rev. H. M. Kelly, pastor of the Broad Street M. E. Church, of Pittston, and Rev. A. 1'. Decker, of this city, formerly of Pitts¬ ton, will officiate. Burial will be in i Pittston cemetei-y. |
Whtit Is believed to be a State recorci for public school attendance ha.q been established by Miss Mabel Johns^on, daughter of mine inspector and Mrs. Robert Johnson of Plank street, Pittston, who completed her twelfth year of attendance a public school, without as much as a half day's absence when she was graduated from the Pitt.ston high school on Friday Bight.' Of the twelve years, Mi:.s John.s<in attended the schools of I'itts-, ton for the past seven year.s. I'rior to that she ran yp a flve year record in the I'liins cshools.
Punctuality appears to be one of the charac'teristics of the Johnson family since a sister of Isabel, Miss Margaret Johnson, who graduated with the class of 1S22 at the name echool, attended school for ten years without having missed as much as a half diiy.
Miss. Mary Walsh, who gratftiates with this year's clas.s at St. John's high school at' I'ittston tomorrow momir-g, almost equalled Miss John¬ son's record. She attended .school v.ith a perf(>ct attendance record until sev¬ eral W4;eks ago when illne;,s prevented her be'ng in class for a half day.
"Ono thing you can say," declared the successful candidates, "is that I am going to rip out every man hold¬ ing an appointive job at the present time. There won't be one of thom left when I assume charge of the dis¬ trict. Wilkes-Darre is lho big coal town of the anthracite field and will get the headquarters offices, and just as sure as that change Is to be mado I will see to it that the men who are running the district at the present time will be taken out of their jobs. They don't belong there. Tbey belong to the minority and the minority was discredited by the stupendous vote of the rank and file."
May Retain Devers
Among those who are slated tn be dropped from the offlcial rolls and salary lists, according lo Cappalini, are .\uditor John B. Gallagher and .all district organizers, and possibly At¬ torney Roger Devers, who is legal counsel to the mine workers of Dis¬ tricts One, Seven and Nine at tlic present tUne, "I am not so sure about Devers," said Mr. Cappalini. "But If we want him moved there will be no question about him going. He Is hired by the three anthracite districts and paid by them, but Dis¬ trict Ono turns over most of the revenue he receives and if this district does not want Devers it will be a simple matter to indicate to Districts Seven and Nine that we are through and stop our share of Devers' r-alary. We can then name our own attorney and If the other two districts think they can afford to pay the whole salary of Devers It will be up to them to do so. But. thoy are very likoly to follow our decision In the matter.' Ho indicated, however, that thero is a po.ssibility of Devers being retained. Reform  Compensation
Ono reform upon which Mr. Cappa¬ lini is insi.stent and which ho will a.sk to be put into effect when he as¬ sumes the presidency of the district, is In the compensation department ot union affairs. He charges that loose practices at the pre.sent time are re¬ sponsible for the loss of forty per cent of the legal amount of paymont.s that are owed to injured mine work¬ er.s. He declares that there is no .safe system of following up reports of ac¬ cidents and that in forly per c<-nt of the cases neglect robs the injured worker of money that is due him.
"I favor appointment of a special officer of the district to follow up compensation cases," said Mr. Cap¬ palini. "I stand for one hundred per cent. Justice to the injured worker and I am going to see that he gets it. I want ono man to have nothing else to do but attend to this work. I will see to it that accidents are reported to this offlcial and he will be required to show results after every accident. The law calls for payment of compen¬ sation. I have reports of enough omissions of justice to show that thousands of dollars are lost every year which should be in the pockets of injured men or entrusted to their families. They're going to get every dollar coming to theai from this time on.
"The practice at present Is for the secretaries of locals to furnish infor¬ mation and there Is no one but the attorney and auditor lo follow up. Under the new sy.stem there will be one man whose duly is lo get the in¬ formation first hand and he  will be
held responsible. The forty per cent of lo.sscs will bo wiped out and there will be one hundred per cent of legal bonoflts to very man to whom they are owed."
The Conciliation Board
Advisci-s of Jlr. Cappalini corrobor¬ ated his state.Tienls on neglect of com¬ pen.sation. They laid the blame partly with the charge that the'Companies aro not anxious to pay, despite the law, unless dcnrumds are made upon thom. Somo worken;, they said, are unfamiliar with the methods of pro- sedure .and neglect Is therefor* th* cause of .soaie losses.
Still another reform for which Mr, Cappalini stands Is the naming of Wilkes-B.arre as tho meeting place of tho Conciliation Boarrl. "We have to send tho workers' representatives to Philadelphia al the present time," said Mr. Caiipalini, "hecause Samuel W.irrinrr has his offices in Philadel¬ phia. But we shall ask Mr. Warriner to como hore ^here the majority ar« handy. As m.atters sland the com¬ pany rcprcsont.atlves on the Concil¬ iation Board are saving money and the T'nion is spending II. By telling Mr. Warriner ho must hold the meetings in Wilkcs-Barre, whore they were held somo yoars ago, ho Vill have his cli.ance to .abide by the will of the ma¬ jority or else tender his resignation and allow a Wilkos-Barre operator to take bis place. There is no rea¬ son why the full cost of holding meet¬ ings should bo i>ald by the Union." To End Outlaw Strikes
The newspapers and th3 public ar* booke<l for a surprise by the new ad¬ ministration of union affairs in District Number Ono, according to Mr. Cap¬ pelini. "They have l)een calling me a nidical and accusing me of creating outlaw strilios and petty lockouts," he .said. "ThoKe are false accusations. Tho re.ason for petty strikes Is wholly with the noglcct of the present district offlcora. It Is the duty of the presi¬ dent to net for tho men of the locals and whore there is a grievance the president of the district ought to know -ill about It. Mr. Brennan re¬ fu.sed to act in the case of the strik* nt tho Butler. He said he was too busy with other matters. I will never be too busy to act for the locals and I will know the truth about every grievance. When I find a grievance I will fight to have It corrected and I proml.se you that there will be fewer strikes under my administration than there are under the present ofBcers of the district."
Charges Intimidation
Mr. Cappelini Is considering th* advi.sabillty of having attached to headquarters in Wilkcs-Barre a gen¬ eral secretary with newspaper train¬ ing, whose duly will be to give out the mine workers' side of all matters i--^)^r discussion. At present there Is no such agency, although the opera- lui.s ol thf coal mines are in the habit of i.ssuing all information to the publlo through a central publicity head¬ quarters.
.i,s victory was laid by Mr. Cap¬ pelini to tbe refusal of the union chiefs in District One to take the rank and file into their confldence. He said th* agent.s of coal companies wer* attempting to defeat him and h* charged that in the Nanlicoke district there wa-s overseeing of the vote by a mine   boss   who   held    the    jobs    of
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