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Washington, Oct 16—Eastern Penn.: Fair Sunday and Monday; gentle to moderate winds.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY OCTOBER 17, 1920
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GOVERNMENT CRUSADE UPON COAL PROFITS SHOWS PROGRESS IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS
DR. SPERLING DEAD AFTER LONG CAREER
Was Tutor to Royal Family of Germany and Served Ex¬ plorer in Arctics
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WAS 89 YEARS OLD
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A remarkable career waa elided by death when Dr. John G. Sperling, 89 years old, died last night at 7 ocloek at his home, 17 Walnut street. Forty Fort, rieath was caused by general de¬ bility. For fhe past year he had heen in poor health and his silment had caused him to he confined to his bed for the past three months. Puring his life he had been an ;ir(tic explorer, a tutor fo the royal family of Germany, a .^olrlif.^. and nne of the pioneer fam¬ ily  physlrians of  Wyoming  Valley.
Dr. Pperling was born in Riinzen Berlin. Oetober 9. 1832. He studied In the common school until 10 years of age. A few hours were devoted to reeitafions, fhe remaining hours were Fpenf ill cutting or carrying wood to sehool .Tnd wor!<ing af some trade. Be¬ ing dissatisfied at home, he ran away and beeame friends with neighbors and soldiers who made a new home for him at the barracks near Berlin. At the age of sixteen he attended th^ Woorms College and it was here he became popular -with the Emperor's family. He was tutor for King F'red- '¦rii-k. of Germany. Af this college the <l(>ctor studied medic-ine in the morn- i'iC and tailoring in the afternoon. Tills was llie custom, fhat students slioidd study several trades. Later he i-iilir<d thf T'niversitv of Breslau nnd finisli.il the college at the age of 22, having obtiiined his degree of doctor of ino.'liciiie. He sprint fhe summer travellint; and working on the farms in uor<hrrn G<->rm'iny. In fhe fall he began to pi-.uliie ini'dicine in Ihe office of 1 >r, A. I.iifzi, faking up the study of I lomeop.itliii-   meilieine.
In IS.".;t he W.IS appointed by the Mor- isvian congregation to go with a Ivon- dor.   coirii>any   and   lead   .i   missionary party to    tlie    Arctic    region,    having lieadi|uartei-s    af     I.alundor.      Having journeyed  several   months,    the    party reached  Labrador iu   fhe spring.    For four   \ears   the   missionaries   worked' amons the  Esqiiimau.x.     Havin-^ made j tiome   importnnt   discoveries   atia   new! iiiaps,  the comjiany  returned  to  Eng- | i'and and reported   their   explorations, i On  his return  to Germany  the  doctor \ received several  nppoiutmenfs  for  his faithful aer^-ice.    He was m'dical chief of the insane asylum at  Kraschourtz. Two yoars later he was appointed sur- g.'Ou-iii (.-hief  in   the   King's  regiment, in a few n-orths a war broke out be¬ tween   Denmark  and  (Jermany.     Here Is   where  a  severe   battle   was  fought nnd every officer had to fight for iiLs life.    It was while the doctor -was car¬ ing  for  thi;  injured  that  he  was sev¬ erely   iiijund.     He   was   s-liot   in   the bhoiililer and also in the left leg.
Thc bullets toie .a large portion of the limb awav and there still remained i\\(» lari;e grooves where the bullet plowed the flesh away. In a few weeks he was .iblc to resume his duty in the regimert. attending daily to the in- jvjcd. .\t the a.t;'* of 31, he was 'ap- piinted private ;-ecretary to l'» -icess Molslein Glitckeuburg. This nob i^ady was ine of the most chnrltable rulers ill F.ui-Oj.e and was a sister to the King of U iimark.
In 18t>r> he Cil me to America. Shortly •ifter loniPig to this country, the doc¬ tors fame spread all over the valley and and soon lie made money rapidly. .\ few .\ears later he became ill with what doctors diagnosed consumption, so upon advice of his physician he went to Milwaukee. In a few months he gained in iva'th and began practicing in thc above city. Not having a de- islrabie localicn for his office, he built the i-.ir,ni- Sperling Apartment House in wiiich he had his offices. A few vcarf later he returned to Luzerne county, I'a., where he has since been practicing. ,  ^      ,,
In 1*«76 he married Margaret Schwartz. From 1877 to 1881 he was chairman oT the Prohibition party of • North! astern Pennsylvania; 1S80-1881 he hud the Temperance Hotel at As¬ bury Park. Owing to poor health he eold out and went to .Minnesota for thc winter and in the spring he went to CHliforiiia. Soon after this he made a tour around the world; returning to Wyoming Valley about 188: to resume practice, then went to Pittston, Scran¬ ton and lastly came to Wilkes-B.irre where lie located. He had charge of two epidemics of smallpox, the last being at Wyoming. It was during the epidemic that the doctor was arrested for travel¬ ing from an infected district to Kings¬ ton. When he was summoned before the justice of the peace, upon staling fhat he had just come from patients suffering from smallpox, the magis¬ trate and witnesses crawled out through the windo-vi-s and never arrest¬ ed the doctor again. He was medical Inspector for the government nnd Iri- surance companies and served many years    as    president   of   the  board of
health.        ^ .,«....
Great in Charity
For the past twenty years of active practice. Dr. Sperling had been a doc¬ tor of homeopathy and devoted most of his time to a special study of chronic diseases. In this work he was assisted by his son, Dr. Fned .1. E. Sperling. While practicing allopathy he was so impressed hy homeopathy and by re¬ sults of practice under the laws of similars that he turned his entire at¬ tention to homeopathy. With the as¬ sistance of Dr. A. Lutzl. he advanced in the study and practice of the pro¬ fession. He was a member of the Lu¬ zerne County Homeopathic Society, Pennsylvania State Homeopathic So¬ ciety, the American Institute of Home¬ opathy and the .\merlcan Association of Progressive Medicine.
Dr. Sperling was fundamentally a family physician. Ha\ing started prao- ttice here many years age he waa known as one of the oldest practition¬ ers In tho valley. When he flrat open¬ ed an office In Wyoming Valley he was ona of three physlclann who gave their (Coatlaned Ob Vage fl.)
Operators Advised To Reduce Prices; Coal Situation   Very Badly Jumbled
New York, Oct. 16.—With winter approaching, the coal situation in the United States ranges from an oversupply In aome arts of the north¬ west to practically famine conditions in other sections, according to re¬ ports gathered tonight. Prices vary from $9 a ton in Pittsburgh to $2S in San BYancisco. In the region of New York City and New England, where the greatest scarcity exists, prices extend from $13 to $20. Al¬ though there is said to he a general shortage of anthracite, owing to the frequent "vacations" taken by the miners, it was indicated that the prin¬ cipal cause of an undersupply In the affected districts is Inadequate transportation.
The situation in New York City was described as "serious." The con¬ tinued warm weather has allowed a coal surplus to pile up in the middle west, with the exception of some portions of Ohio. At the suggestion of IT. a. District Attorney Kline, a committee of dealers has been appointed in Chicago to fix a fair price for coal. Meantime, the federal grand jury is watching for profiteers. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul were reported oversupplied with anthracite. In Dallas and vicinity, indicatidns were for an adequate supply throughout the winter, at prices from $16 to $18. The supply in the Pittsburgh yards was said to,be "good."
Throughout New England fuel supplies were very low. Many cities alreadv have undertaken economy measures. Charles Allen, secretary of the "wholesale Coal Trade Association of New York, predicted that the recent decline in prices for bituminous will be followed by a bigger de¬ cline shortly owing to a telegram sent by Attorney General Palmer to Everett Drennan, chairman of the northern West Virginia operators' com¬ mittee. "Referriag to your report as chairman of a committee of bitu¬ minous coal operators from the northern district of West Virginia, that prices in that district have been recently substantially reduced on the adoption of resolutions by your committee." Palmer wired: "I would say that this is gratifying, but does not afford relief to the rest of the country. "It is of the highest Importance tfha the reduction in prices thus be¬ gun should be extended so as to include operations in olher districts on coal for delivery throughout the country. I am desirous (hat such action should he taken by yourself and other operators throughout the country BS will be to the best interests of the country and will lighten the work of the Department of Justice by reducing the number of prosecutions to be instituted for -violation of the Lever act in charging unreasonable prices."'
Allen said It was the opinion of New York wholesalers that Palmer has decided to give the operators an opportunity to remedy conditions at the source of supply and If this Is not forthcoming, they see a sugges¬ tion that prosecutions to end high prices will follow. The northern West Virginia operators reduced the rice of coal at the mines, not already un¬ der contract at low prices, from $14 to $6 a ton.
RIOT CALLS FIRE FORCE AS RESCUER
Public Square Fracas Has Strange Turn When Trooper Blackjacks a Prisoner
POLICE KEPT BUSY
COX AT CLEVELAND REVEALS AN EFFORT TO EMBARRASS Hi
Charges Coleman Dupont as | Urges Friendship For Mexico Ambitious to Become thei   and Southern Republics who
Krupp of America
Cleveland, O., Oct., 16—Senator Harding, because of a "wobbling at¬ titude" toward the league of n.itions, "Is now in no mati's land, yelling "kam- erad!" "kamerad!" to the host of peace". Governor James M. Cox stated here tonight, in concluding the tenth week of one of the most extensive pres¬ idential stump campaigns ever under¬ taken.
Confidently predicting his election, the Governor said: "The people are for the league of nations. By his twelve somersaults on the league of nations. Senator Harding has lost the con¬ fidence of the people", he continued.
In two large meetings Cox denounced the Senators position on the question of peace and directed his flre especially at T. Coleman Dupont, calling him the "Krupp of America", and George Sylvester Veireck former publisher of the Fatherland.
Dupont is fighting him, the gover- noi» claimed, because the League of Nation declares against private manu¬ facture of munitions as -well as for in¬ ternational disarmament. He declared that Dupont is trying to organize traveling men against him by using an editorial in Cox's paper in 1914 against .salesmen which was written by an as¬ sistant editor, but promptly retracted.
Dupont is head of the Republican Traveling Men's bureau. "I think everyone understands," Cox said, "that Dupont Is not <a traveling man and has no public Interest at stake in this cam¬ paign. I c&n understand how he would undertake to organize groups and stir up prejudices to encompasses my de¬ feat, because as the Krupp of America, a member of the great munitions fam¬ ily he knows what It means should I be elected and secure the ratification of tho treaty and the Leagrue of Nations.
This family has gro-wn financially fat and Insolent on the profits of war. 'I'lie league definitely provides against
Are Eager For Trade SEEKS NEW MARKETS
Coliseum, St. Louis. Mo., Oct. 16—A deafening thirty minute demonstration by a crowd of 16,000 that packed the Coliseum greeted Senator Warren G. Harding as he came out on the plat¬ form to wind up his last big campaign tour tonight.
Senator Spencer of Missouri, chair¬ man, spent five minutes bringing the tumultous gathering to silence . The ovation far outstripped any of his cam¬ paign.
A new era in our relations with Mex¬ ico in the future was forecast by Hard¬ ing in urging developement of closer trade relations with that country and all south and central America.
America's foreign markets must be developed largely in South America, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, Harding said, but this must be on a basis of equal advantage to all, not exploitation.
"I foresee at no distant time under a wise and steadfast foreign policy a new era In our relations with Mexico, a new epoch of development for all regions of the Caribbean and beyond. That development must be along lines representing the advantage of all who shall participate in it," Harding said. "We   will   not  seek   anything   like   the
A fight that started on the north side of Public Square brought out t{ie biggest part of the city police depart¬ ment and all of the central city fire companies last night about 10:30 o'clock when some citizen turned In an alarm from box No. 61, North Main street and Public Square, In his zeal to quell the disturbance. Within the short space of a few minutes Companies Nos. 1, 2 and 6 were on the scene, while the other companies were sending ap- paarfus, fearing that a big (ire had broken out in the business district of the city.
As is customary the police responded to the central city fire alarm, but when the alarm was sounding in the police station a telephone call came that a small riot was in action on Public Square. All the plain clothes officers, motorcycle men, house men, sergeants and the chief of police responded. Hundreds had gathered and for a few minutes there was a lively time. The troublemakers had apparently disap¬ peared unti! one police officer learned that two of the participants of the struggle were In one of the North Side hotels.
The police under Sergeant Frank Redington went in to the hotel. In a riom of the hotel was a young man, crvin.r pitifully, his clothes torn, and hi.«! face bruised. He gave his name as Frank Sprow, aged 25 years, of Au- biirn street. At the same time a man in plain clothes flashed a St.<ite police badge on the officer and told him that he was the one who hit the trouble¬ maker. He too was brought to the police station.
According to his story he was com¬ ing through  F'ublic Square Park When he noticed the hi?; crowd gathered.    He j said  he pushed through  th^  mob  and ! made an effort to arrest the participants | i in the trouble, one a local man and the (olher a fellow from Hudson, who made his escape.   He s-iid that about fifteen persons  pounced on  him and  he  was forced to use his blackjack on Sprow.
Wl^en asKed by the Sergeant of Police why he didn't make the arrest he said he couldn't because of the moh. Others at the police station, who fol¬ lowed the prisoner over, said the State! Trooper was not forced to use his club. The name of the State Trooper could not be learned. Chief of Police Leon S. Pitcher ordered the State Trooper to e.ppear in police court this morning. Just before midnight he was in com¬ munication -with Captain Clarke of Troop B. Sprow was also released for his appearance in the morning. Police Overworked.
Last night was a busy one for the police. With all of the cells filled in the station house before the midnight hour, and witli the police anticipating more arrests before daylight, all of the minions of the law were kept busy.
Early    in     the    evening    Detective
Take In Boarders Miners Are Told
Bosses employed by the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company have adopted a plan under which they hope to -secure a sufficient la¬ bor supply for the mines as the re¬ sult of the sudden increase in immi¬ gration figures, according to state¬ ments made yesterday by employes of that company. The plan Is to have local miners take in as board¬ ers In their homes the men just ar¬ riving in this country.
ImTlgratlon statistics show that In i-ecent weeks the number of ad- m-sslons to this country of men from foreign lands has jumped be¬ yond previous proportions. Spurred to action by a shortage of mine la¬ bor, the bosses of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Company, evidently acting on orders from officials high¬ er up, went among the men at vari¬ ous collieries during the past week explaining the proposed system.
The miners were asked whether they had any extra rooms In their homes. They were told that board¬ ers could be secured for them pro¬ vided the proper accommodations were furnished. The drive was made particularly upon the foreign- speaking men who were told that men of their own nationality would be sent into their homes.
Many of tho miners are said to have agreed to enlargement of their families because of the extra money it would mean for fhem. The successful working out of the uni¬ que plan is expected to mean a boost In population besides an increased income for the miners having their own homes. In the event that enough boarding p laces are secur¬ ed, the coal company will likfly get In touch with immigration author¬ ities at Philadelphia, Washington and New "i'ork and make arrange- . ments to have the new arrivals sent to Wyoming Valley.
LOCAL MINE UNIONS
LONDON GOES UNDER WAR TIME HANDICAP DURING MINE STRIKE
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Sessions in Shamokin Have Important Bearing Upon En¬ tire Anthracite Field
LEADERS TO CONFER
Future policy of the local mine work¬ ers in dealing with the coal operators | may come of the convention  to be held at
Churchill Calls Walk-Oat of Million Colliers a Surrender To Bolshevism and Lloyd George Pleads For Public Co-operation To Meet Crisis That Threatens Britain's Safety.
OTHER UNIONS IN BAD MOOD.
Dundee, Scotland, Oct. 16.—Winston Churchill In a speech here this after¬ noon declared: "There are Lenlns and Trotskys waiting In England for re¬ ports from their delegates to Russia," in referring to the political aspects of the miners' strike.
"Russia is dying of starvation on ac¬ count of communism," he said. "The Russian people have had no self-de¬ termination, hut rather self-extermina¬ tion under the iron despotism of Lenin and others."
In regard to the Irish situation, Churchill said: "The government will break up the murderous gangs in Ire¬ land as sure as the sun rises In the morning. The kingdom possesses the resources to liberate and restore Ire¬ land."
Churchill maintained that the differ¬ ences between the Grey and Asquith plans for solution of the Irish problem do not matter because De Valera will not accept either. He said it will be time for a complete and permanent settlement of the Irish question "when the reign of terror is suppressed." In his belief, he said, if the north and south of Ireland are left to settle their differences organized civil war will fol¬ low.
Lloyd George  Defiant
London. 'Jet. itj.—A million miners went on strike today, cutting off the national fuel sujiply and threatening the Qouiitry with industrial paralysis. Speaking for the government. Premier Idoyd George Immediatedy accepted the challenge through an official state- 1 lent in which lic placed all respon¬ sibilities upon t!ic miners and urged tl.e people to co-operate in defeatinK the strike.
London, in the first throes of an In¬ dustrial war tonight, resembeled the I.ondon of the woild war. The streett: iu tho heart oi" the city were darkened as on the night of an air raid as a ^    , ^   ,^ ^   , result of the order to cut off display
be  determined   through   the  out-j lightjug to conserve coal.
All   elecuic   siisiia   in   i'lcadilly   Clr- Shamokin  beginning tomorrow by the   ••^.'* ^""^ Leicester ft.iuaie were tuiued
. .^. . -.. ' i-ii, giving those iamou.s piuces what is United .Mine Workers of District No. ...„^ associated wiih a martial air. 9.    Although the miners of this district' titieet iightiiij; aUo was cui tailed, as in
win not take an active part in thte .Shamokin session, they believe that the iower end men will decide on certain i-sies to be presented to the operators
at the meeting in Philadelphia on Octo¬ ber 26.
all  other   tW.i^iihli  cities.
in many uti;i.i way.-, ilic siiuation in ijuiiUuii wab rciuia.sceui. uf Wai time. ...to iiunituuus i.uuii I'tgaiuliuii^ alou bc- >..iiiie oUeclive  uutymatlciuii   with  the
I aiuitiiig ol liie iilii;»','. .SeNtlal Special 1 war lime •iepa.-iUiui.ib oi tiie tjovern- The Shamokin men besides electing ment were reviveu ibr the occasion. President Chris Golden for another ] .\lthough not Kchrduied to tako ef- term. will give consideration to the feet until the shiftK changed this charges of discrimination filed hy some ! ui ternoon, the strike really beg,-ln yes- of the miners in District No. 9. The j terday. when the afternoon shifts fail- miners claim tliat a number ofjcd to report in Nottinghamshire and monthly men lost their positions with 1'^w^am. This morning, the miners. the companies because they joined in j ^'^S'''" 'o initiate their test ot strength the recent "vacation" strike.   The dele-   "'^h  the  ijoverninent,  started  pouring
I uut  uf  the  pits  like  ants  from  a  hill.
t:hort!y  after  noon     it  was  estimated
that   practically   every   miner   in   the
i"nited Kingdom pad quit work.
.      Only the engineering and maintaln-
scale was put Into effect. j j^^^.^  staffs  remained.   These   were  to
gates to the convention will likely refer
the matter to the I'hiladelphia confer-i
ence  along  with   other  questions  that
have  cropped up  since  the  nej*'  wage!
Flnnerty      arrested    three    Larksville privilege of mere exploitation,   ll must | young  men,  charged  with   larceny  of be our aim to give generously of op- I valuable  automobile  parts  during  the portunlty  and advantage  to  those  by i afternoon from the garage of Murphy whose development we would hope In 1 and   McGinty   on   South   Main   street, reasonable   part   to   profit.     We   must   The men arrested gave their names as make    our  friends  and     neighbors  of   John Lescavage, 21. Ihi Poplar street; Latin-America all   the  way   from   the   Stephen Wavchak, 23    of    85    Second Rio Grande  to Cape Horn understand   street, and Peter Busick, 22, of 92 See- that we seek    no advantage    for our-   ond street.
selves that shall not imply at least an       Possibly   the   strangest   of   all   inci- cqual measure of advantage for them,   dents  of  the   night  was   the   caper  of I  believe we can be useful and help-   four young men who drove to the po- -,. «^..    ..... .«  -«.,,..,^
h"«nf?„   /n*!!" " ^^«»'«^^ they can be   1,^^   ^t^^j^^   ^^^^ut   ten   o'clock.     The   .^We  to whip their new  deuMuds  into i LOCAL MAN    S FOUND
helpful   and  usual  to  us.     More  than minutes ner-   '^uch   shape  as  to  eliminate  all  delay   •-^^"'- '""'¦  '^
such a full mutuality of interest we do. y°""8r men ror ium  nve minutes per
not and never will seek " i formed in cake walk style across North   posH.oie.
Gateway to South ' State   street.     The   noticeable   number [     While the miners are attempting to
Immedi.itely after the convention ad¬ journs tho leaders of all three districts will get together and proceed with the miners' scale committee to Philadel- Iihla, where they will hold a. confer¬ ence before going into the session with the operators. By following this pro¬ gram, the leaders believe thev will l^
prevent flooding of tlie mines or de¬ terioration of the machinery. Industries Shut Down.. The attitude of most of the tnen was sullen and determined. Many readily admitted the probability of defeat, but they declared they could hold out for
six weeks at least. No-disturbances were reported.
The effect on industry was Instant¬ aneous. Despite the fact there was suf¬ ficient fuel in reserve to last a few days, iron and steel mills in the York¬ shire district closed voluntarily. It was estimated that, in the Tee-side district more than 10.000 metal workers would be idle Monday.
An em.bargo on coal exports was in effect. This also applied to bunker coal for foreign vessels and only coastwise vessels were receiving their quota to¬ day. It was planned to have trans- ,\tlantic steamers carry only sufficient fuel for a one-way trip, recoaling on the other side.
Individuals and corporations began practicing economy in the use of light, heat and power generated from coal, in accordance with the plans outlined by the government. Shipment of non-es¬ sential freight was banned. Passenger traffic was not expected to be seriously affected for a few days.
In his statement Lloyd George re- rlfed the progress of negotiations be¬ tween the miners and owners, wilh the part played by the government. His statement was supplemented by <a speech )n Dundee by Winston Churchill, who severely arraigned the miners for insisting on a flat wage in¬ crease of fifty cents a. day, instead of accepting a scale based on Increased production, as proposed by the govern¬ ment.
Other Unions May Join
An ominous development was a statement by the executive committee of the railroad workers which'warned of fhe "serious situation" that would result from the defeat of the miners' and declared conditions necessitated calling a special conference of dele¬ gates for Wednesday to decide what action shall be taken. The transport workers are scheduled to hold a simi¬ lar meeting Monday. The railway m^'n and transport workers who, with the miners, form the triple alliance, are bound by a "treaty" to aid each othf-r in just such circumstances as ha. e arisen. They form what is proba - the most powerful organized la body in the world. If they should i- elde to act in concert they could 1 ill iiractically every industrial wheel .n England.
The government holds to the beliei that tlie triple alliance will act only .-is a last re.sort, as the le.aders realize thu seriousness of such a strike.
Hundreds of middle class volunteers presented themselves at the ministry of transportation today, offering any assistance needed. Many of them also turned over their automobiles, adding to the already considerable metor transport which the government will use for transportation of food in the event of a railway tie-up.
Should the railway men and trf»is- port workers decide to caet their lot with the miners, the fear is exressed that the strike would drift Into a struggle between organized labor and the unorganized masses as represented by the middle class workers who vol¬ unteered their services to the govern¬ ment today.
step ment and war  prevention.  It declares ugainst the manufacture of munitions."
The German Vote
Then attacking Verelck, he said: "George Velrick, leader of the profes¬ sional pro-Germans In America, the man who applauded when the Lusi- tanla went down, said n few days ago he had six million jiro-tJerman Am- t-rlcan votes nnd with them he would be elfcted a I'resident. He has de¬ clared for .Senator Harding. Men like Velrick, tho junker of America, have brought unhappine?s to hundreds of thousands <~f loyal Americans who have German blood in their veins. The test of Americ-inism is not the blood in your veine but service and loyalty to the flag."
Cox charged that th© Republican campaign has been deliberately vague and meaningless. "In t he face of the greatest issue in all the centuries, it waa pathetic to see the Senator wig¬ gle himself into the presidency. The spectacle has been tragic for weeks and every community now has turned the tongue of ridicule upon him. I was convinced when I left the great western country that a storm of indignation and protetfl was growing. It Is here and Senator Harding Is helpless In no man's land, bereft of public confidence. This morning he left his dugout, held his handa to high heaven and yelled 'kamerad: kamerad!' to the host of peace."
Por the first time during his travels Cox here tonight was heckled regard¬ ing tha Shantung provision of the peace treaty,
"Jaiuiii is under pledge to give Shan¬ tung back to crhlna after a certain number of years and we will see to It that she doe« jL" the Governor re¬ plied, .    ,
water ways to  facilitate cheap trans- ¦ portatloi:  for this commerce.    Europe ' v.'lll not absorb American commodities as she did before the war and hence ^ new markets must be found in tbe less ' aeveloped quarters of the globe, Ha.d- [ ing said.   He warned that America will only get these markets in face of fierce competition   by   Europe  and  the  .Am¬ erican  government  therefore,  he  said, should  offer    all    possible    assistance short of making up deficits, or assum¬ ing a paternalistic attitude.
aged 22; Harry James, 25, of 162 Grove \ Department    of    Justice    in    sending street;   John   Hanno.  22, of  148 Grove   agents into the hard coal fields for the
street, and Ralph Wrillams, 24, of 142 Madison street a,nd they were placed In the station house to answer a charge this morning.
Straoge Liquor Found j     An   examination   of   the   automobile
revealed a quart bottle less than half | coal. E. Lowry Humes, special assist- , fllled with whisky that po.i.sessed the ant to Attorney General A. Mitchell ¦ odor of a cross between ether and nat- P.almer, will not announce until to- ural gas. An even more serious charge j morrow whether his investigators j may be preferred against the younir | have .secured enough evidence to per- ' men, aa the license tags on the car and i mit the ca.se against the operators to Harding again scored the course of the make of the machine do not corre- I go before the federal grand jur>', which President Wilson In keeping the United spond with the regiatration of the ' will sit at Scranton during the coming Slates out of war in 1916. State.    The license tags are for a Jef- ! week.
"I preach the gospel of avoiding war,   frey car, said to be owned by a central; —- "
but I reach It In all years, the same  dty woman, while the automobile is a as  In    presidential    years,"    Harding   Chevrolet.
said.    "1 don't want America kept out,     ^ number of prisoners were taken of war Just to win an election." |In charged with drunkenness and die-.
WITH FRACTURED SKULL
purpose   of   conducting   an   investiga lion into alleged profiteering method.-^ i employed by the companies.    The pro¬ flteerlng   charged   against   the   opera¬ tors Is said to be contained in the ar¬ bitrary increase placed on the price of
HAY WAGON ABLAZE;
TWO FALSE ALARMS
No Article Ten
orderly conduct.    Among those enter-
.   .     ,   ,        ,   J ,T    J. ,..._.   ^d °" tbe dockets are:    Charlea Zyal- ,
A heckelr asked Harding what he Is og^l,   26,   Stanton  stret I;   Edward  Er- i
going to do with the league of naUons. band. 32, Brookside. and Anthony Alls- '
"Put him out," yelled the crowd, cavage, 32, Stanton street, arrested by ;
"No,"  Harding shouted.    "Don't put Officer   Poepperling   on   Sute   street; '
anybody out.   The Democratic party Is Ralph Markham. 34, 135 Park avenue,
all we are going to put out" arrested    by    Pesevento,    on    Public
"I want to promise you now I will Square; Joseph Norlhum   32   Midvale.
never lay the covenant before the Senate with Article X in It," Harding replied.
"Thank you," the heckler shouted.
"It la perfectly futile to talk about the league," Harding continuod. "The league has been rejected, but I am will
In a kiddlsh prank a little boy on Barney street yesterday aftemoon touched a match to a load of hay on a wagon going south on the street. The hay caupr. into a quick blaze, and the driver wl-'se name was not learned, was forced to make a hasty retreat from his lofty position on the -wagon. An alarm of fire was sent In from box 46 at the corner of Horton street. Com¬ panies Nos. 1 and 7 responded. The damage was slighL
A still alarm was sent into Company No.   1  early  in  the  evening.    A small
arrested on North River street by Of- fic sr Herb, and Harry Bushman, 28, of 57 Brookside street, arrested on North Pennsylvania avenue by Officer OBrlea
Under Captains Michael Brown and   .,„. Joseph Mangan with Inspector Taylor, j flre was discovered in the "broom fac .    „        . .u    .u-        .,. .the detectives made flying trips over! tory on West Ross street.   The build¬
ing to accept the things that are good the city. Just after midnight the po- ing is owned by the Wideman estete. A in It, and the things that are bad will lice conducted a raid on an alleged I false alarm was sent in from box 814 be rejected. I believe in some society gambling house at 284 South Main near the city's contagious disease hOB- or association or league, call it what .street, just below Ro.ss street Where I pital. and Companies Nos. 1 and 7 re- you will." five bgys. four of them under 16 years   sponded.     The   second   false   alarm   of
"What about the Hitchcock reserva-   ot .ige.   and   the  other  aged   23.  were j the  night  came  at   10:30  o'clock   last tion?" a man in the gallery called out. I*'*'*"-   They were relae.sed on security ! night from box 61. corner   North Main
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Mystery surrounds the finding of Alexander Decker, aged 35 years, of 86 Loomis street, this city, In Swoyerville early last night. Decker Is at the Nes¬ bitt West Side Hospital suffering from a double fracture of the skull, and Is reported in a serious condition.
Decker was found unconscious lying in an out of the way street by two young men of the city named Mendel¬ sohn and Gretchel. Dr. Judge of Kings¬ ton was called and he hurried the man to the hospital, where an X-Ray ex¬ amination revealed he had a double fracture. The ftian, who is a Syrian peddler, when he regained conscious¬ ness late last night could not recol¬ lect the happenings of the evening.
He said he was at Sw^oyerville dis¬ posing  of  .articles  and   that  he  had  a
JCHN T. JETER DEAD
AT HOME IN DALLAS
-After an Illness lasting several weeks, John T. Jeter, 61 years old, died yes¬ terday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home in Dallas. His Illness was caus¬ ed by a complication of diseases. Born in Philadelphia, he had moved to this city in 1881 where he remained a resi¬ dent until 1806. In that year he and his family took up their residence at Dal¬ las.
Mr. Jeter was graduated from Le¬ high University m 1880 and was n member of Phi Chi fraternity there. Since 1004 he had been connected -with Vulcan Iron M'o^ks. He was a mem¬ ber of St. Stephrn'.s Episcopal church.
He is survived by his wife and the following children: Miss Bessie of Bethlehem, private secretary for Bishop    Ethelbert    Talbot;     John    T.
horse and wagon, yet the police, until i ^^^f- J*-- "' P^^i^^' "^^"'^''^y"' "' an early hour this morning, could not i f^aterson, N. J; Mrs E. I- Stearns, of find these. Dr. Judge said he Is not CaMwell, N. J.; William B. Jeter, of certain whether the Injury was caused P^"^- *"^ Everett Z Jeter, of Beth- by a blunt Instrument, bul It may have : '«hem;  also by two sisters, Mrs. J. R.
been caused by the man falling from his wagon, possibly when the horse ran away.'
The Kingston physician called the city oolice to aid In the search of the man's relatives and Motorcycle officer .Xolan located his brother. Just when the latter with a party of men was t.bout to start a search. Later Dr. .!udg^ ommunii-ated with the Swoyer¬ ville police. It is likely an operation will be performed on Mr. Decker today.
Robeson,    of    Bennington,   N.  J.,   and Mrs. Paul H. Boyer of Bayonne, N. J,
HOUSE NUMBERS FAULTY An ordinance to compel thc proper numbering of homes may be brought out by Wilkes-P.arre Council as the result of numero is complaints made by physici-ms, me.ssentrers and deliv¬ ery agents Some houses carry no numbers at all, others have numbers that cannot be «ieen becau.<»e they are eitlxsr too siaabby pr wrongly placed.
JOHN   M'CALL   MAKES   HIT
John McCall of the Heights, who Is well known locally, because of his fre¬ quent appearances on the entertain¬ ment stage, last nlgbt ended thc first week of an engagement with the Blaney Players In the Nesbitt Theatre. He played the part of Rev. Smollet In "The Eternal Magdalene." He won many r.:ore admirers by bis clever work. He wil ll>e seen In other pro¬ ductions this season.
HAROLD GREGORY FUNERAL
The funeral of Harold Gregory of Plains, who was accidentally shot and I kilitd at hlH home, will be held toi^r- I row afternoon at 2 o'clock from tho I home of bis aunt, Mrs. John Gregory, on George avenue. Parsons. Interment I WlU be In Mount G^nwood Cemetery.
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