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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3,1920
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WOMEN VOTERS REGISTER BY THOUSANDS; PITTSTON MINERS CALL A GENERAL STRIKE; REGISTRATION SHOWS REPUBLICAN SWEEP
HANGS SELF MAJORITY OF 9.000 WITHROPE   (^fy^l^REPUBLICANS
OF CLOTHES
Pmsperous Lumber Dealer of Trucksville Becomes De¬ spondent Over III Health
FEARED CANCER
BV SUFFRAGE ARMY
Female Voters of Tfiree Third- Class Cities of Luzerne County Register Their Preference
SPLENDID RESPONSE
'Unnerved at the hour of departure for the mountains, where he was being taken because of poor health, tYederick Stroud, 35 years old, m.arrlod, a pros¬ perous lumber dealpr of 'V\>st Trucks¬ ville, committed suicide yesterday at his home by hanging himself. He formed some old clothes into a noose and when he discovered that the im¬ provised haltpr was so long that hlis feet atill touched the floor, he doubled up hi.s legs and hung thpre until death.
Stroud had been In poor health for several years. Ho suffered a great deal from nervousne.«!s, his family Claimed, although It I3 believed that some of his illness waa imaginary. Members of his family attempted re¬ peatedly to relieve his mind but he wa.s continually despondent. His father died two years aso after an operation for cancer. After his death, the younger Stroud declared that he, too, sufTored from cfincer and visitad many physicLans. His nervous condition grew constantly worse with the result that relatives decided to t.ikp him to his mother's farm at Mooretown on the  North  Mountain.
Arrangements were made to make tho trip yesterday aftemoon. His brother, George Stroud of Luzerne, and another brother arrived at his home in We.st Triifksville shortly be¬ fore 2 o'rlork. Some time was spent | In conversation and then Stroud ex- j cUsed himself from h\^ brothers with the promise that he would be back In a few moments.
AVben he did not come back nfter quite an interval, his brothers investi¬ gated. Failing to find him in his own room they proceeded to the garret. D'scovery of the b'jdy was mado there. S.roud h.ad taken some old clothes nr.d out of them formed a rope. He fash¬ ioned a noose at one end and placed it over his head and tied the other end of the clothes to a rafter. 'When found, his limp body was partly sup¬ ported by his legs which had dropped to the floor.
The length of the clothes rope Indl-- cated that he could have knelt on the floor after putting the noose around hlB neck and still live. It waa believed that after attempting to strangle him¬ self he found th.at hia feet touched the floor and doubled them up under him. Dr. H. M. l«aing of Dallas was called. Stroud Ifl survived by his mother, his wife, several children and several brothecB and alstera
BORAH STILL IN DOUBT OF HARDING'S SUPPORT
Marion, O.. Oct. 2.—Senator Borah of Idaho will continue on the stump for Senator Harding, it waa aaid at Republican headquarters here tonight
Washington, Oct 2.—"I do not know who they have reference to." Senator Borah said here tpnight when Marion dispatches that said he would continue tbe stump for Senator Harding were read to him. "I have nothing to say," said Borah, when first asked about the dispatch. "Did any party leader get in touch with you?" he waa asked. "I do not know who they have reference to," he said, 'T know nothing about it at all."
HYDROPLANE PLUNGES; ^        AVIATOR IS DROWNED
Cake Bluff, III., Oct 2.—-The propel- lors boring into the water. Lieutenant Sidney Cedott, Chicago, pilot, was drowned today in I.Ake Michigan when the motor failed to stop and naval hy¬ droplane X-9 hit Into .1 nose dive.
Cedott and Harry B.itcheIor, Sagi¬ naw, Mich., were maneuvering above the Like between Fort Sheridan and tjake Forest. Aa the plane plunged toward tho water Batchelor was thrown out. Cedott, strapped in, fell with the ill-fated  wreckage.
Batchelor attempted to swim to the wreckage but it was sunk before he could release his companion. He was picked up by a second hydroplane a few minutes later.
The final registration of voters in the three third class cities of the county.—Wilkes-Baire, Pittston and Hazleton,—brought the total registra¬ tion for the three registration days in these three cities up to almost 30,000. Compared with years in which local contests are staged the registration is light, it being estimated that not more than seventy per cent, of the men have qualified and not more than forty per cent, of the women. With five dis¬ tricts missing the three cities show a total vote of 24,447.
But light as the registration is there is every indication in it of a prepon¬ derance of Republican sentiment. In all three cities of the county the Democrats made a miserable showing compared with the registration they rolled up last year. If the voters cast their ballots in the three third class cities as they registered there will be a majority of more than 9.000 for the Republican standard bearers in Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Pittston.
In. Wilkes-Barre returns were re¬ ceived from all but five districts. The total registration of men and women, not counting these missing districts, i.s 13.3fi9 and when the missing districts are In the registered strength will not be much in e.xcess of 14,000. Of this number over 6,000 men have registered as Republicans and almost 4,000 wo¬ men. The Democrats regl.stered only 2,373 men and 1,048 women. This is the poorest Democratic registration In almost twenty years.
Republican* Lead
The campaign conducted by Col. Miner and Secretarj' John Fine to qualll^ the womon brought excelJent results in all three cities of the coun¬ ty. The Republicans registered 6,430 women and the Democrats registered 2,592 in the three cities. The Bepub- llcans registered 17,194 voters In the three cities and the Democrats reg¬ istered 7,253.
More women Republicans registered In this city than Democratic men. In nttston the Democrats registered 1,378 men and 1063 women and the Republi¬ cans registered  1,012 and  59 S women.
In the Second district of the Tenth ward of this dty'ten more Republican women registered than Republican men- There are a few other districts also in which the women take the honors from the men.
The honor of securing the biggest registration in the city goes to the J Fourth district of the Fifteenth ward. In thla ward 749 voters are registered. This is also the banner Republican district of the city, the registration figures being 654 Kepublicans and I 81 Democrats, I
The big Democratic ward of the city' did not appear to make any effort to get out the vote. There are.alnoost aa many Republicans regristered in the two districts comprising Eaftt End as there are Democrats. It is hard to ac¬ count for this falling off unless It may be attributed to dissatisfaction with the League of Nations plank in the Democratic platform.
Yesterday was also the last day for the payments of taxes by those who
Pittston's Democratic Lead Is Cut Down and Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Add to Repub^ lican
IFCIIYMOSTMEET
Assessments on Women and Property May be Enlarged For Next Year
TOTALS ARE GIVEN
wish to vote.      Dorranceton    reported
last night that 1,180 woihen paid taxes. As there are 1,740 male voters in Dorranceton the West Side borough will have a vote of 2,900 at the coming election if all go to the polls.
WILKES-BARRE  TOTALS
Republican  Democratic W«r(] Mi>n Wim'-M    V'     \t«n ~:
1st W., 1st D. ...143        90        39 IS
1st W., 2d D 24G      ll.'J        tiy 19
2d W., Ist.D 136   64  l59 82
2d W.. 2d D 170   89  152 87
3d W., 1st D 123   24   ."iO 18
3d W., 2d D 89   24   65 14
3d W., 3d D 140   67   62 19
3d W., 4th D 76   50   62 28
4th Ward  252  207   77 56
Sth W., 1st D. . .100   41   36 11
r.th W., 2d D 114   37   67 19
6th W., 1st D. ...174   67   73 22
6th W., 2d D. ...128  105   2a 12
6th W., 3d D. ....125   84   25 19
7th Ward  132   93   29 25
8th W.. 1st D. ...115   36   80 20
8th W., 2d D 89   35   39 19
9th W., 1st D. ...133   91   43 24
9th W., 2d D. ..,173   98   79 44
Sth W.. 3d D 110   47   58 27
10th W., 1st D. ..245  168   55 40
10th Vf.,  2d D. ..148  158   40 28
llth W., 1st D. .. 90   25   55 34
llth W., 2d D. ... 75   27   52 4
llth W.. 3d D 100   31   35 6
12th W., 1st D. ..276  233   60 46
12th W., 2d D. ..120   75   30 14
12th W.. 3d D. ..152  132   28 12
12th W., 4th D. .. 60   14   39 8
13th W.,  1st D. ..110   20   67 10
13th W., 2d D.—Missing
13th W., sa D. ..166  117   «6 27
13th W., 4th D. -.136   24  62 13
13th W., 5th D.—Mi.'^sing
14th W.. lat D. ..195  115  307 70
14th W., 2d D.—Missing
14th W., 3d D.—Missing
14th W., 4th D. ..166  102   65 15
14th W., Sth D.—Missing
15th W., Ist D. ..209  153   57 35
15th W., 2d D. ..202  142   45 23
15th W., 3d D. ..194  168   25 15
15th W., 4th D. ..343  311   61 30
16th W., 1st D. ..154   91   63 33
16th ¦W'., 2d D. ...121   17   46 1
16th W., 3d D. .. 246  185  110 43
16th W,, 4th D, ..141   81   45 13
Totals     6269    3*79    2373 1048
PITTSTON CITY
1st Ward        17          5      158 9«
2d Ward       23       17       90 36
3d Ward  ...,.-..    73       24     105 88
4th Ward  ....... 130        87      112 69
5th Ward        63        27      147 45
6th W., 1st D. ..    76        39      138 113
6th W.. 2d D.  ..    71        51        79 80
7th Ward   112       89      116 129
Sth Ward  ._...    25         6       92 91
9th Ward  ... ,»    52        33      102 73
10th Ward     240      165      117 126
llth Ward     130       53      122 117
Totals    1012      696    1378 1063
HAZLETON CITY
The totals for Hasleton City nmi- plete are as follows:
Republicans—Men, 3483; women, 2156.    Total, 5638.
Democrats—Men, 910; women. 481. Total, 1391.
LIMIT IS REACHED
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Mayor MacSwiney Loses 70 Pounds
London. Oct 2.—Lord Mayor Mac¬ Swiney on the fifty-first day of his hunger strike in Brixton prison, was reported to be growing steadily weaker.
His sister Annie said this even¬ ing that he had wasted away to .1 mere skeleton and that prison phy¬ sicians estimated his weight nt only 80 pounds. His normal weight ife 150. The doctors again urged him to take food. He replied that his mind was made up and that he would not change it.
Since the newspapers hnve ceased to mention MacSwiney interest lu his case .save among the Irish ele¬ ment, has almost passed from the public mind in England.
In an attempt to have the anthracite coal wage award reopened for the pur¬ pose of securing better conditions for the men. representatives of the miners in the three anthracite coal districts will hold a conference with Secretarj' of Labor W. B. Wilson on Tuesday at Canton, Ohio. The time and place were fixed j-esterday when President Thomas Kennedy of the Hazleton dis¬ trict accepted the terms contained in a telegram sent to him by the secre¬ tary of labor.
Four representatives of each district will leave this city tomorrow for Pitts¬ burgh. In that city they will meet Vice President Phil Murray, of the United Mine Workers of Americaii The entire party will then  proceed to Canton.
It Is not known how long the con¬ ference will last. The representatives of the men are preparing several new demands that will include a plan for a larger increase in wages than the 17 per cent allowed in the majority award of the Anthracite Coal Commission. Other improvements are wanted in working conditions In the mines.
Secretarj- of Labor Wilson has prom¬ ised to give his support in an effort to promote satisfaction in the hard coal belt. The men are at woek but thej- are dissatisfied over the wage award. After it liad been approved by President Wil.son, the men In the three districts went out on a "vaca¬ tion" strike and remained idle until their policy committee promised to try <for tnjnovatsm.
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"Hej', Bo, look! Do yuh see any¬ thing?"
"Sure, pull up yer coat collar and say no more."
"Go slow—easy bo—we'll have some¬ thing pretty soon."
"Halt! In tho name of the law we demand you to stop. Climb up on the cart, Dennj-. Push over there, Jack, give 'em a seat."
All this happened within three blocks of the city police station, and with two city sleuths playing the principal roles.
What could it be? A truck creak¬ ing under the load of six well filled barrels. And not a revenue stamp on them—and no permit with the driver. Could a big truck like this come through the city in the midnight hour —and with only one man guarding it?
All these questions passed quickly through the minds of the two detec¬ tives. It waa their flrst catch since Mayor Daniel L Hart had set down the order that bootlegging must cease.
"these faithful mihions of the law wanted to help stop the illeifal traff¬ icking of the goods that VOlstead legis¬ lated out of the country.
"What's the mater, you? 'W'hjy you take me like this? I work for big com¬ pany, got lots of good peoples go my bail. I no breakin' speed laws, no do anythhig; for why should cops pinch me?"
Poor excited driver waa he to be im- (CaMilHiall On Prngk 9.)
General increases In salaries for .all city employees beginning with the new year are anticipated by the several hundred ofemployees. During the pns-t week petitions have been going the rounds which will be presented to the mayor and city cortimis-sioners asking for substantial increases for the com¬ ing year. The members of the police and fire departments are asking fof a 25 per cent, increase In wages. It is un¬ derstood. The firemen have presented their petition while the police will sub¬ mit their requests, by petition, on Tuesday. The city engineers have asked for the same scale of salaries as recommended by the National En¬ gineers' Journal.
It is understood the clerks, sten¬ ographers and others employed about the city hall will also submit a petition asking for the equalization of salaries and substantial increases. The men in the street and park departments, who <ire paid bj' the day, are also prepar¬ ing a paper to go before the city offi¬ cials.
As it stands today the members of the police department are paid four dollars per night of ten hours for ser¬ vice. They hold that they are forced to dress well and must support fam¬ ilies on sums that persons without de¬ pendents find it hard to get proper sus¬ tenance. The same rate of wage holds for the majoritj' of clerks in the city hall, while the stenographers, most of them wotnen. are paid a little better than half of this surh for thlr daily earninga. The men In the street and park dpartments, regarded as labor¬ ers, are paid on an average of $3.50 per day. They find it hard work with little pay. Most ot these men are the heads, of families, and cannot keep the' wolf from the door wi*i.h such beggerly wages.
Just what plan the city officials will follow is a question. It is known that the mayor has expressed himself as favoral^le to a substantial wage for the poiice. He holds that strong and cap¬ able men are asked to do patrol work, the most dangerous line' of service a man can be engaged in. yet the pay is Insufficient. He says that men rannot work half-hearted and that ia just what the city is asking them to do when paying low wages. The firemen are also engaged in arduous work. The men of the parks and streets are play¬ ing an important part in the service of the city ahd are also deserving of a living wage.
More Taxes  Needed
The task of providing sufficient funds for the increases rests with Su¬ perintendent of Finance Joseph (i. Schuler. Under the law the city is at its limit in the millage .levy, having assessed ten, although -other cltiea of the State have placed extra millage for certain contemplated improvements, bringing the millage up to 13 and 14 mills. The school districts, even in thia city, have been boosted beyond ten, while in outlying towns the millage has gone as high as 17, as in the case of West Pittston district ,and even higher in others.
Some of the heads of the depart¬ ments in this city are being paid as much as the citj' council, and when it is considered the lat{er pay cam¬ paign expenses, .some of the appoint¬ ments under municipal government are paying better than the offices of coun¬ cil. That such employees will be grant¬ ed further increases does not seem pos¬ sible, as the law fixes the salaries of the mayor and council, and It is not likely the local government will esr tabisJl the precedent hy giving ap¬ pointees more than the heads of the government are receiving.
Some ten years ago many positions in citj' hall were on an equal salary basis, but of late years the increa.ses have been steadier and in greater pro¬ portion for some bits of work than others. Because of this there has in previou.>» years been dissatisfaction each time the yearly budget wa-s an¬ nounced. The petitioners this year will ask for a stabilizing of .-ill posi¬ tions, urging that the salaries be equal, as each position is as important as another in the carrying on of city government.
NMf Year'a Budflet
It wili be the early pact of Novem¬ ber when the budget for next year is considered. City Solicitor Charles F. McHugh in a week-end opinion expressed the belief that women who are of voting age, and who have been granted suffrage privileges, can \ye assessed as the law makes no excep¬ tion in the sharing of the burdert of taxatiofL This may relieve the situa¬ tion for if thousands of women who have bee» assessed by the county are assessed by the city authorities thous¬ ands of dollars will come Into the coffers.
In 1921 the tri-ennlal assessment WUI begin under the setvlces of the city assessors. The plan is to re¬ adjust the assessments of all property In the city. The past year has proved to the city officials that the assessment placed by officials in'the past were not equitable and within keeping of what the owners of property valued their holdings at. Real estate deals prov^ this conclusively, officials say. A higher as6essmerit %ill teeah a lower
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FACE AN OVERTHROW BY PEASANT CUSSES
Washington and London Hear of New Revolution to Depose the Soviets
POLES GAIN GROUND
Washington, Oct. 2,—Russian peas¬ ants are plotting an uprising tb over¬ throw the Bolshevik regime, according to advices to the government today.
These advices come on the heels of press dispatches that a wave of anti- Bolshevist feeling Is speeding through Russia, coming apparently from fac¬ tory workers as well as peasants.
A definite organization of peasants for a revolution against, the Moscow government is taking shape, the advice^ state.
Recently emissaries of the union of peasants to Soviet Russia passed through Poland on their way to Paris and London to report to the allied gov¬ ernments the plans for a revolution, according  to government  information.
Military observers here now have lost all trace of the peasant envoys. It is assumed, however, that if the report of their journey through Poland was correct they are riow in France or Eftgland.
In the light of the government infor¬ mation military officials were interest¬ ed in dispatches, telling of the anti- Bolshevlk wave.
Military men believe the present sit¬ uation In soviet Russia marks the be¬ ginning of a new crisis for the Mos¬ cow regime, although they point out that Lenine and Trotzky may cling onto power for a long while yet Ac¬ cording to reports here, the peasant envoys to the allied capitals are not seeking material support from France and England. The peasants intend onlj' to report their plans to the allied governments to obtain their moral sup- I port
Government  in   Peril
London, Oct 2.—Complete overthrow of the Russian soviet government as the result of its present perilous inili- tary and economic situation was fore¬ cast in diplomatic circles here tonight.
Under pressure from the Poles on the west and General Wrangel on the south the Bolshevik armies were re» ported to be crumbling and in danger of utter collapse. The morale of the troops, according to advices from Hel- singfors, has been shattered by re¬ peated defeats and mass meetings are being held on the western front at which demands are made for immed¬ iate peace. A court martial is under¬ stood to have been ordered for Gen. Budenny, noted Russian cavalry lead¬ er who recently suffered a crushing defeat in the Lemberg region.
¦U'ith the military situation growing more gloomy, civilians in the interior are becoming restless, Helsingfors, re¬ ported. In Petrograd rhost of the workers were said to have gone on strike. Their announced reason was the shortage of bread but dispatches de¬ clared their real purpo.se wis over¬ throw of the soviet regime.
The obvious willingness cf the Rus- si.in delegate at the Riga peace con¬ ference to make additional concessions to Poland was accepted here as further Indication of the tenous hold Lenine and Trotsky have on the people.
The Poles since August 15 have re¬ gained about half the ground they yielded before the Russian advance which began early in July and was stemmed only after soviet troops had j hemmed Warsaw in on three side. |
"W'hen the Poles defense stiffened again.st the soviet drive in August they had been forced baok of the Danzig corridor and across the boundary line proposed by the allies. By the middle of September the Poles had regained the boundary line running through Grodno, Brest-Litovsk and southeast to Kamlnetz-Podolsk on the Hungar¬ ian border.
"tV'ithin the laftt Week the Poles, ob- viouslj' in an effort to aid their peace ' commissioners, at the Riga conference exerted themselves all along the line, pushing far beyond the allied bound¬ ary to a line running almost north and south from 'Vilna on the Lithuanian border to Kamineti-Podoista on the Hungarian border.
OPERATORS BLAMED AS WALK-OUT CALL GOES TO 10,000 MEN
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Contractors Elevated To Foreman's Places Are Rebuked and Company Representatives Arouse Public Indignation By Failing To Keep Agreement Made For Conference,
STRIKE EFFECTIVE MONDAY.
Miners employed by the Pennsyl¬ vania Coal Company in the Pittston district last night called a general strike of all men of that company to become effective tomorrow. The grievance committee of the men issued the strike order after two distinct promises by companjr officials to issue statements, had failed to bring a res¬ ponse froin the company.
Between 8,o0O and 10,000 miners from Hilldale to Dunmore will be af¬ fected. They will be the same men who last Monday ended a strike last¬ ing ten weeks. Meetings of local unions will be held today to perfect the strike organization and to instruct the men to remain at home tomorrow.
Business men of Pittston and sur¬ rounding towns in the affected district were disheartened by the strike order. They did not blame the men.^ What¬ ever responsibility exists for 'the new situation they flxed upon the company. One of the business men described the company's conduct in the last week since the original strike was settled as "abominable."
The order for a general strike was Issued by the grievance committee af¬ ter the men had been treated to two disappointments yesterday. Because of new trouble that has cropped out in the last few days over the presence of mine contractors in the various col¬ lieries, the grievance committee was scheduled to meet Superintendent W. J./Jenilings yesterday aftemoon at the Butler colliery-. The meeting was to be held for the purpose of securing the company's answer to the men's pro¬ test against the retention of the con¬ tractors.
The committee had been told that Superintendent Jennings would be at the colliery at 4 o'clock in thc after¬ noon. Members of th'e committee were met there at that hour by Colliery Su¬ perintendent Johnson, who told them that Superintendent Jennings wanted additional time to make the company's answer.    The rtlen wete told to return
to  the  Butler  mine at 7 O'clock last night.
Company  Offielala  Fail,
Promptly at that hour the men were again there but neither Jennir.gs nor Johnson appeared. A search through Pittston and vicinity and repeated tele¬ phone calls to the Dunmore offices of the company failed to locate either one of the officials. Without waiting anv longer the grievance committee cal'ed a meeting of their own. They were in session for two hours, at the end of which time they informed the Chamber of Commerce strike settlement com¬ mittee tbat another strike had been called.
The temper of the men indicates that they are ready to remain away from the mines until every one of their con¬ cessions is granted. After being on strike for more than two months be¬ cause they objected to their employ¬ ment by mine contractors, the men went back to work last Monday after continued efforts of business men and Judge Tracey of the State Departmev.t of Labor had drawn both strikers and company officials together in a settle¬ ment. Under terms of settlement, the men were to be allowed to select their own places in the mines and were to be beyond control of, the contractors.
The company took the contractors out of some of the collieries but ihey remained as mine foremen in No. 6, No. 14 and Butler collieries . As foremen they were pia-ced over miners, the men claim. Alleged unfair treatment o^- miners in the last few days led lyjmfe of the men to term the new foremen "white slave drivers."
Financial condition of many of the miners' families in the Pittston district is said to be critical. The original strike left some of them in straightened circumstances. In the case of several hundred miners, better conditions pre¬ vail because during the strike the men left Pittston and vicinity to secure em¬ ployment in other lines of work. One week afeo they were told to come back to the mines because of the settlement but now they face another strike.
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Nation Needs^ellgion He Says Farm   Wages  and Laborers
and  Warns on the Wane
of Prosperity
SILVER HORSESHOE GIFT
Pay Next to Drop Says One Chicago Expert
EXPLAINS CAUSES
BRITTON AND LEONARD BOUT AGAIN POSTPONED
The ten-round boxing bout between Jack   Britton,   champion   welterweight, and    Benny Leonard, champion light¬ weight scheduled last night for Cleve¬ land,   was   postponed.     The   fight  had i been postponed from Friday night be- : cause of bad weather.    jVs no future I date was announced for the fight it is | believed that it wUl be cancelled alto- . gether. i
GUN EXHIBIT EXPLODES,'     \ FAIR VISITOR KILLED
Trenton. N. J., Oct 2.—While stand¬ ing at the side of his wife and watch¬ ing a demonstration of a machine gun which was on display with the United States Arlfay exhibit at the Trenton fair late this aftemoon, Walter A. Rich, this city. Was kftied When the gun dis¬ charged a shot, "the back of Rich's head was practically blown off. Rich was married .-ibout a year ago. The gun has been on exhibit, all the week in some manner a loaded cap found Ita way into the magazine. Aa investiga¬ tion Is betas fraeeentad.
West Jefferson, O., Oct. 2.—Senator Harding was christened "Uncle War- reif' when he attended an old fashion¬ ed picnic in a grove at Wilson's Cor¬ ners near here today. As Harding stepped out of hia motorcar a gray bearded farmer back in the crowd shouted, "Hurrah for Uncle Warren." The farmers took it up and Harding Was "Uncle Warren" for the rest of the day.
Harding drove 50 miles from Marion arriving just in time to sit down at a big fried chicken dinner with all the country trimmings. Heads were bow¬ ed for a minute while a parson from a nearby village said gtace. Then every¬ one plunged into the heaping plates. Winding up with home made pie. Sen¬ ator Harding later dedicat^ a flag¬ pole, and then led the crowd over to a big tertt where he spoke.
"Uncle Sam" Robinson, the village blacksmith, presented the candidate with a silver horse shoe saying he hoped Harding would "pitch a ringer" Nov.  2.
A religious feeling pervaded the at¬ mosphere ^1 tho heart of Ohio's most 'Strongly   m'publican   dtsirlft.     Taking ' noto of thii.  .Seiiato    Harding Said  he i wants a solemn invocation :;poken from I the h'-j.-ts of all America if he W elect¬ ed presid."nf.
"We need a lot more religious rev¬ erence.' Ilardir.g said.
Although Harding dealt with many issues   he   placed   particular  emph.isia i on  his  statement    that    the    present prosperity may not continue indefin¬ itely.
DAMAGE SUIT FILED. Suit for $10,000 damages was flled yester^y by James H. Jenkins, of Avoca, against Edward K. Conrad. Jenkins brought the suit he claims, be¬ cause he was falsely arrested after he had bought an automobile from Con¬ rad and paid for it. He «ays his arrest damaged his personal and busineaa r^ntAtieh.
Chicago, Oct. 2.—Further reductiotia in food prices and in wages of common laborers and farm hands were pre¬ dicted In an interview here today by Hatry A. Wheeler, banker and former president of the United States Cham¬ ber of Commerce.
Wheeler declared It hla belief that the present decline in prices is the "feal thing" and Will probably con¬ tinue. He said, however, that h* ,did not believe prices would return to their pre-war level.
The supply has caught up with the demand. Is the reason 'Wheeler gave for the decline. High prices, he aaid, were caused by a shortage of the principal commodities due to the In¬ terrupted facilities during the war.
The result was that the shortage oc¬ casioned an abnormal demand, ¦ a de¬ mand greater than the actual needs he said. "Every buyer placed orders ^or two to three times the stuff he act¬ ually needed in expectation of getting hla requirements out of a portion of the crder pl.iced.
"Whi'e prices were ascending there was no need for li'iiii't.tion. Then when the supp'.v and <''.martd began to» equalize, the fear of lower prices caused cane 1!at;"n of orders rttid when the order mar'Ket was liquid.atid it waa fjund 'hut the supply haU overtaken the dem.and. The mar'aet haa. there¬ fore turned from a ».»llirg market to a buyers' market, which invariably jn- duce.i price receasiOn^"
The effect, V.'h • ie. said, will b« to cause a la.v off of labor and make the 8uppl}-'of common labor more plenti¬ ful.
This will also mean, he said, that more laborers will be available for the farm next year, enabling the farmers to turn out bigger crops which would tend to lower prices. As the supply of common labor and farm hands become more plentiful their wages will fkU, Wheeler said.
Wherfer declared he did not look for .iny wage reductions in skilled labor until the common laborers wages had
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