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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1. 1920
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Abolition of Trial by Jury Ex¬ pected  as a  Measure of British Retaliation
BISHOP MANNIX SAILS  '
Dublin, July 31.—There was a wide¬ spread renewal of outbreaks of law¬ lessness In various parts of Ireland to¬ night, according to dispatches reach¬ ing here.
Two policemen were att.acked, dis¬ armed and mortally wounded at Upper Church, where there was intermittent fighting and bomb throwing yesterday.
A mall train from Sligo was held up and searched for official mail. Sinn Feiners wrecked Orange hall at Strangford, County Down, and tore up a British flag.
Police barracks at Brawney, BaUy- castle and Kilcumen were burned. A Smlthborough train was halted and the engineer and guards were kidnapped.
County Tlpperary has also been the scene of many outbreaks. Both police and military, reports say, continue the wild deeds of terrorism.
Upper Church   has   almost   entirely been  wiped  out.    Extensive  creamery bjildings  in  the    neighborhood    have liecn   destroyed.     Residents  are  terror stricken at the sight of burned home¬ steads.    Constant rifle fire and bomb explosions   have   forced   hundreds   to | flee    from    their    homes    In    County i Limerick.     Several   have   been   killed! ind many wounded.   An official stnte- j ment wiis made tonight bv authorities. here   regarding    the   fray   at    Bruree,: Lilmerkk.      Fifty    men    ambushed    a' military patrol, which took refugee In j :"ottages and held off the attackers un- ! -il reinforcement.<( arrived.   One civilian was killed and others wounded. i
Bishop Mannix Leaves
New     York.     July     31.—Archbishop '< t>aniel Mannix, after a turbulent f;ire- I S'cU,  was  enroute   to  Ireland  tonight, letermined to land at (Jneenstown, de¬ spite the opposition of the British gov¬ ernment.
A.s the fighting Australian prelate boi>rded the White Star liner Baltic, he waa given a demonstration the equal of which has seldom been seen in this city, noted for its pro-Irish exuber¬ ance.
A mob of 5000 cheering and yelling swarmed over the dock, broke through police  lines  and  climbed  up  the  side of the giant liner before an extra squad | of  police  could obtain control  of the. situation. {
Just    as    Archbishop    Manni.x    wasj crossing the gang planks, Joseph Shaw,: of  Leeds.  Kngland,  standing    on    thej promenade deck, leaning over the rail j-houted   "traitor" and spat  insultingly I Kt the crowd around the prelate. Shaw's wife W.IS standing beside him and with | R crowd of others on the deck booing. A  crowd of stevedores  wearing green ribbons  went  up over the side  of the ! vessel to where the Shaws were stand- | ing  and   rushed   the   Englishman    and \ his   wife   l>elow   deck,   after   they   had: sevi-rely  beaten  Shaw. I
Thf arcliliishop. before sailing, i.^siied I a  .statement  in  which  he thanked  the I Amf-ricans   for   their   kin(lin:;.H   nIiowu him duriiiK his stuy m this country.
When tlio ;iri liiii.shop left the homo of Archbishop Hays for the dock, hfi wa.s accompanied by I-lamon de Valera, president of the Irish republic: Arch¬ bishop Uays and many Catholic digni- taiios. After going aboard with the p^el.^te. De Valera returned to the dock und remained there until the Baltic cast off its lines.
President Asks All Mine Workers
To Return To Their Employment
WILSON'S MESSAGE
President WiLson liaa issued a statement to the United Mine Work¬ ers of America with special refer¬ ence to the situation in the we.stem soft coal region.s, where unauthor¬ ized strikes have caused a general suspension of work, in which he ap- peal.s to the strikers to return to work, and President Lewis of the United Mine Workera has recog¬ nized the President's appeal by is- sxUng a call on all the strikers to return to their places. It is very generally regarded that the situa¬ tion in the Pittston district today is much similar to that In the west and that President Wilson's urgent plea to the miners, backed by Presi¬ dent Lewis' order directing the men to return, applies with equal force to the anthracite men who 4re on strike without authorization of the district union organization. Presi¬ dent Wilson in his appeal to the miners, stated:
"I am distressed, not only be¬ cause your action In refusing to mine coal upon the terms which you had accepted may result in great suffering in many households dur¬ ing the coming winter and Inter¬ fere with the continuation of in¬ dustrial and agricultural activity, which is the basis of the prosperity which you in common with the bal¬ ance of our people have been en¬ joying, but also, and what is of far more importance, because of viola¬ tion of the terms of your solemn obligation impairs your good name, destroys the confidence which is the basis of all mutual agreement, and threatens the very foundation of fair industrial relations. No gov¬ ernment, no employer, _ no person having any reputation ' to protect can afford to enter into contractual relations with any organization which systematically or repeatedly violates ita contracts.
"The United Mine Workers of America is the largest single labor organization in the United States, if not In the world, but no organiza¬ tion can long endure that sets up its own strength as being superior to its plighted faith or its duty to so¬ ciety at large. It has in the past built up an enviable reputation for abiding by its contracts, which has been   one  of  its  most  valuable  as
ITALIAN   TRANSLATION
II Messagio del Presldente Wilson, a 1 "United Mine Workers of Amer¬ ica"
II Presidente Wilson ieri faceva la seguente dichlarazlone a 1. "United Mine Workers of America." Dlcendo "che e un profondo dis- piacere, avendo scoprite che molto degli mcm*)ri del Union dl Minatori, sono In sclopero, in violazlone di un contratto gia stabilito tra gli operai le compagnle operando le miniere.
"n Presidente fa un appello a gli operai di cominclare lavoro e dice, fra altro;" Mi Displace non sola- mente del azione fatto, rifiutando di miner are il carbone su il patto stabilito fra vol ed le compagnle, ed ancora le sofferenze che dovra sof- frire il popolo nelle abitazione dur- mte I'inverno, e quanto impedlsce quest sclopero I'axtlvita industriale e commerciale, la quale e la base della prosperita che vol insieme con tutto 11 popolo ha ricevuto. ed an¬ cora riceve, ma ancora, di piu im- portanza, e che avete violate, i ter¬ mini diuE trattato ftssato con le piu eolenne obligazione, che distrugge 11 vostro boon nome, e distrugge la conlldenza riposato in vol, la base dl tutto 11 ben essere del mondo; ed minaccie II fondo di giuste relazioni industriale."
"Nessun Govemo, Nessun Impie- gatore, Nessuno, avendo cura della propria reputazione, puo entrare In relazione contrattuale con un or- ganizazlone che sistematicamente e episso viola i suoi contratti."
"n 'United Mine Workers of America' e la piu grande unione, or- ganizizlone di lavoratorl in Ameri¬ ca se non che nel mondo, Pero nes- suna organizazione puo durare lun- go che mette la propria forza, su- periore a 1 suoi solenni oblighi, op- uro la fede messK) ne i suoi pattl, neppur' la propria forza puo pro- lungare la sua vita contro gli ob- blighi dovendo alia sodeta umana." "Ha nel passato acquistato una reputazione da invidiarso. perche se stava rigorsa mente sotto potto ai suoi contratti, che ha state uno degli piu valoroso attlvita che ha posseduto per acquistare per i suoi membri, contratti do lavoro di gran valore."
"Ancora potra fare d^ guadagni temporajieo pero ricevendo vantaggi delle   propria   necesita   del   prapolo.
sets in making wage agreements. It | ^el violare 1 suoi obbllghi, pero che may not make temporar>' gains  by i dira I'Awenire?
taking advantage of the. dire ne cessities of the balance of the peo¬ ple througii the violation <.>f the^c contracts, but what of the future? How can it expect wage contracts with the employers to be continued, in the face of such violation, when normal conditions have been re¬ stored and the country is free from the immediate shortage of coal? Nor will it be able to resist the claims of the operators in the future to take advantage of precedent, which the miners have established, and de¬ crease wage rates in the middle of a wage contract under the plea that they are unable to sell the coal at the then existing cost of production? A mere statement ot these questions ought to be sufficient to awaken the
"Pero come quo queata organiza¦{ zlon^ cradere che <juet,ti 4^ritratt{ ¦narajino tr^'p'tbfuaia, r.e':... ftcvl.i uf queatff^violazioni, quando le condtf zioni Saranno normale, ed la nazlon^ ^ e Ubera dalla immediata mancanza del carbone?
"Come potra resistere 1 reclaml degli impiegatore nel awenire, quando si pllianno x-antaggggio die precedenti stabilito da loro, i min.a- torl, e diminulre la glomata del la~ voratorl nel proprio centre della eslstenza dl un contratto: sotto I'Appello che 11 carbone non si puo vender* conslderando il costo di produzlone?
"Una sempllce dichlarazlone di questl principii dovrebbe essere sofficiente  di svegliare  i  lavoratorl
mine    workers    to    the    dangerous ^ minerarii,   al   corso   pericolo.so   che course  they  are   pursuing  and  the   seguitanno ed 1 danni che si inflig-
injuries they are inflicting upon themselves, and the country at large by the adoption of these unwarrant¬ ed strike policiea"
The President concludes with the following appeal: "I must, there¬ fore, insist th.it the striking mine workers return to work, thereby demon.strallng their good faith in keeping their contracts."
gono su loro proprio, ed al popolo generalmente, con I'Addozione di questi principU. di sclopero senza alcune raggioni."
, II presidente conclude con il seg uente appello: "Percio lo deve in- sistere che i aciop«^rando lavoratorl minerarii ritornono al lavoro. cosi dimonstrando la lor bon fede nel mentenimento del proprU contratti."
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Abolish Jury Trial
London. July 31.—Trial by Jury,— keystone of Anglo-Saxon jurispru¬ dence.—will be abolished and court- martial substituted by the "Restora¬ tion of order in Ireland bill." which is to be Bubmlttod to the cabinet Monday and •lo  parliament probably Thursday
In an authentic statement by an offi¬ cer of the inner circle of government. It was learned the bill was framed primarily to restore and maintsJn or¬ der throughout Ireland, and to meet the paralysis of Justice rki.ulting from Sinn Fein terrorism.
The bill provides for trial for civilians regardless of the nature of otfunti by court martial or military commission, and authorizes the issuance of orders in council of most elastic bills to en¬ able authorities to "take any action de¬ sirable to prevent disorders and to punish lawbreakers who interfere with the e.xecutiun of the laws.''
The biU authorizes com-t martial for any offense, regardless of its charac¬ ter.
The official declared the British gov¬ ernment is determined to put down lawlessness with a mercKess iron hand in Ireland directed against mtirder gangs, but at the same time offering an open hand to Sinn Fein leaders.
Dcrwning street admits the policy in •quiv.ilent to martial Uw. It ia eig- nificaiit that in the list fortnight four Boldiers have been kiUcd. whereas pre¬ vious killings were directed at the con¬ stabulary.
Serious Charge is Preferred Against Man Accused of Be¬ ing Her Jailer
WILL BE PRESENTED F
Raiding an abandoned house In Hill-
Welfare Organization Stands as Sponsor for Mine Worker Now In Poverty
Precedents In the trying of local com-
dale. State troopws yesterday after- P«BMtlon cases will be established to- noon rescued Stella Stenkewich. aged \ morrow when the claim of .Stanley 14, of Surar Notch, who told the offl-
! Pankwicz, aged 40, of Brookl>-n, N. T., j formerly of Luzerne, .tgainst the Had-
cers that .she nad been forcibly held a prisoner there for more than a week by John Silimski, aged 35, of Hilldale. a miner, who is one of the striking em¬ ployees of the Pennsylvania Coal Com- IMiny. The girl was Uken to the Unit¬ ed Charities in this city and Silimski was committed to the county jail with¬ out bail on a .serious charge. j part In workmen's demands for dam-
The house where the girl was found i ages, was an old dwelling in HilldaJe which I     Miss Jessica W. Birdsell, represent- had   been   vHcaJit   for   some   months,   ing the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
dock Coal Company. wiU be heard be¬ fore Referee Asa Lewis in the Coal Exchange building. The plaintifTs claim will be argued by the representa¬ tive of an outside welfare or,'aulzation. It will be the first time that an agency from a distant city ever took an active
COURT ORDERS ALIMONY Judge t'XiUer made an order yester¬ day in the suit of William T. Lewis against Ekiith A. Lewis for divorce, the court making absolute the rule for counsel fees and alimony. Counsel foes aro fixed aX $50. the amount of alimony to be determined upon further testimony. Fyrther proceedings are stayed until payment of counsel fees, but the request for a Jury trial is not considered in the absence of a formal
Residents of the town became aware of a new tenant when they saw a strange man entering and leaving the place several times. Information wa.s given to the State pollc*. The raid was man¬ aged bj- Corporal Cameron.
After entranc- had been gained, tho young giii and .¦^'illmski were found in¬ side There were no furnishings In the housr except some rags piled in one corner that served as a bed. Scraps of food IndiQ^tod that meals had oc¬ casionally been brought into the place. The ciuple were immediately taken be¬ fore .Iiistice of the Peace Hess at Wyo¬ ming.
In her te.stimony the girl claimed that since both parents were dead, she had teen emplcyed as a domestic in the home of a family'at Sugar Notch. On .Tuly "9 while seated -.n.a moving pic¬ ture theatre on Public Square, she was accosted by .«?ilimski. After a brief conversation both left tfie place. Short- (Continuod on Pago Two)
has been sent here to handle Pank- wicz'a case. She will offer evidence to show that after the man was injured in the Haddock iplne more than two years ago the company after paying compensation amounting to |38.40, stopped further pa>'ments. The com¬ pany alleged at the time that the miner was able to return to work.
The Brooklyn welfare worker has facts to argue that after Pankwicz was treated in City Hospital hert^ he was unable to secure work and moved his wife and four children to Brooklyn. One of the children died the»«. "nie injured man underwent further treat¬ ment in the Ruptured and Crippled Hospital in Brooklyn and in the mean¬ time spent his life earnings of $3000 to support hi* family.
Tlie case came to the attentiodi of tho Brooklyn Bureau of Charities when the landlord    of    Pankwicz    reported    the
HIGH FARE WILL RULE IN VALLEY
Coal Road and Intercity Elec¬ tric Lines Are Benefitted by the New Rates
TARIFFS ARE READY
ONE AND ONE-HALF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE ADDED TO NATION'S RAILROAD RATES
DISORDERS SPREADING IN IRELAND
Permission given by the Interstate Commerce Commission last night to railroads to increase freight, passenger and Pullman rates, will have an im¬ portant influence on local branches of the rail industrj-. It will serve to in¬ crease the annual revenue of inter- urban lines and local coal carrying roads by thousands of dollars. En¬ forcement of the increased rates in Wyoming Valley was made certain by the commission's act in placing elec¬ trical and coal roads in special classes.
The electrical inter-urban roads that will be permitted to advance their pas¬ senger and freight rates are the Laurel Line system, operated by the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rail¬ road Company between this city and i Scranton. and the WUkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway system between Wllkes-Barre and Hazleton. Both of these roads handle interestate com¬ merce through connections made with other roads. v
Local railroad companies, which were recently charged by the United Mine Workers at the wage award hearings In Scranton with being members of a huge financial combine, will be per¬ mitted, to have a special rating in the new increase because of the desire to facilitate the shipping of anthracite coal.
General Manager P. J. Murphy, of the Laurel Line system, when notified of the action of the commission, an¬ nounced that his road wiU take adv.an- tage of the increase. His company will comply with the commission's instruc¬ tions to file a copy of the new rates with th»t body, the new tariff to be¬ come «ifrecttve fixe divi? .'uite.*- unTess. "h-re iH «:^otfeiit-. Th;.-; company is particular fttted to be included in tbe terms of the award as it does both an inter-urban electrical business and handles shipments of freight from and for points outside of Pennsylvania.
Already the Laurel Line system has filed with the PubUc Service Commis¬ sion at Harrisburg, a new tariff of pas- senged fares between this city and Scranton and all way stations. It be¬ comes effective the latter part of this month. The round trip fare between the two cities will be $1.22 insteal of $1.08,   an   increase   of   15   cents,   or   7
3 Billions Added To Average Costs
Wa.shington, July 31.—The Inter¬ state Commerce Comniission today glinted these increases in railroad rates:
hYeight rates: IDastern territory, 40 per cent; western territory, 35 per cent; southern territory, 25 per cent. •
Pas.senger rates: All lines In¬ cluding interurban, 20 per cent.
Pullman rates: A 50 per cent sur¬ charge to go to the railroad and not to the I»ullman Company.
The estimated total increase is $1,- 500,000,000. Tis will mean $3,000,- 000,000 added to commodity prices generally according to principles in¬ volved.
The rates are effective five days after the roads have filed a report with thp commission, until March 31, 1922.
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BIG BUSINESS DEAL AFFORDS LOCAL FIRM
J. D. Levay and Samuel Stone Take Control of Section of Mears Building
PUBLIC MUST STAND THE EXTREME COSTS OF RECENT AWARDS
T OF EM REVENUE
Railroad Stocks Are Expected to Soar When Business is Resumed Monday
FAR REACHING EFFECTS
By obtaining possesskm of one of the foremost business sites In the city of Scranton, the firm of Levay-Stone has demonstrated the abUity of Wilkes- Barre commercial interests to domin¬ ate the buying field of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A deal closed yesterday brought into possession of J. D. Levay and Samuel Stone the three-floor in¬ terests in the Mears building at Scran¬ ton, formerly controlled for twenty-flve years by the Lansing Hardware Com¬ pany, and gives to the enterprising I>evay-Stone firm exclusive right over a long term of years to the main busi¬ ness properly at 142-144 North Wash¬ ington avenue, corner of Washington avenue and Spruce streets, in the county seat of Lackawani^a, ,
J. D. Levay, in announcing the con¬ clusion of bis firm's contract, made known te.Hterday tho e.«tabllshment of a business that will bring to Wilkes- Barre's sister city a merchandising service that has proved itself prom¬ inent amons^ the commercial enter¬ prises of Luzenie County. A total of nineteen thousand square feet of floor space Is thrown open to the Wilkes-^ Barre concern, and a store, even larger than that which has operated on South Main street in the business heart of Wilkes-Barre wiU be the principal re¬ sult of the deal. The three floors wUl be connected by passenger elevators.'
In accordance with the policy jjur- sued In this city the Levay-Stone firm
New Tork, July 31.—A big jump In the cost of living, which probably will make itself felt Immediately, and a boom In all stocks listed in Wall street, probably will be the lmm.ediate effects of the increased railway tariffs, au¬ thorized late today by the Interstate Commission.
All prominent New York railroad officials were out of the city when tfie rate increase announcement was made and their statements were not avail¬ able, but Wall street men were of the opinion that the market and the H. C. L. would show the effect of the I. C. C. decision at once.
When the New York Stock Exchange opens  Monday morning,  railroads  are expected to soar. Brokers look for it to be one of the biggest railroad days in the history of the    market.    Ralls are expected    to carry other    shares    up with them.    Eastern roads, which re¬ ceived the 40 per cent freight rate In- i crease,   probably will  lead.    The  flrst j hour, the experts predict there will ba i a slight break which, however, will re- I suit in a rebound.    It was pointed out ! a    market  cannot    break  unless    big I blocks of stocks are dumped and that, j assured by  the rate raise,  rail atotks ' will start paying comfortable dividends j quickly, holders of these securities will j will not sell and the market is cxpect- j cd to remain firm.
I As for the nigh cost ot living, the I price of everything that is transported by freight probably will be affected ! very shortly. The expenses of firms [ which employ big staffs of traveling I salesmen also will go up and will be [ passed along to the ultimate consumer. It is expected.
EXCEDSBESIHOPES
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Freight, Passenger and Pull¬ man Charges Are All Affect¬ ed by the Changes
HIGHEST IN EAST
cents oneway. The fare between way •will cater to the wishes of the women stations wiU be proportionately increas- [ and misses, offering the specialities in ed. In the future the basic fare will! apparel that have won such patronage be three cents per mile instead of two as to make the new extension possible. and one-half cents. Where seven, The special service of the Wilkes- cents was formerly charged for .a short: Barre concern is in line with the sale ride, eight cent% will be the new fare. "f coat .suits, skirts, blouses, dresses. Coal Ratea Go Up furs, lingerie, petticoats and Millinery-
The freight rate increase of ihc same A iterations of an extensive scope are comp.iny will likely be even greater necess'iry at the Scranton place of than the passenger increase. The com- business and It is anticipated that fhe mission will leave the individual com-1 opening will take pl.ace about Octo- paiiy to work out Its own  new rates,   her 15.
Officials of the Laurel Line system and Plans for the new enterprise have the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton road will! 'leyn drawn by the architect firm of not be able for several days to deter-I Knapp & Bosworth of this city and mine how much additional they will' among the improvements to be made charge. Ii will be necessary to place •' are a scheme of decorations and the accountants on the books of both com-1 installation of display cases that will panies for the purpose of computing j be uniformly built from Circ.issian the effect on company earnings of the' walnut. A prominent New York City new wage increase given the men ten .firm has this part of the contract and days ago. After it is seen how much I the building of the special equipment the companies will require to pay the Is scheduled to be completed before increased wages and still earn a profit., the date of formal opening. the new rates will be filed in Wash- j As senior partner of the Levay-Stone ington. ,        I interests, J. D .Levay has demonstrat-
Particular importance attaches to a,ed the results of his two and one-half fpecial' clause in tho commission's i years of business practice in this city award that will permit companies en- '' coupled with his long standing as a {.-aged in the shipping of anthracite \ manufacturer of women's apparel. Mr. coal to boost freight rates. Companies Levay is still, associated with promin- doing this kind of business in Wyo- ent intersts in New York who mai-.e mlng Valley are instructed by the com-' s specialty of designing for women's mission th.'it they are grouped in an In-1 needs and In contracting for the dls- dfvndual class where special rates may .tribution of model goods in keeping be charged for the convenience of the ^'vith the accepted fashions. Knowing shipper. The speeding up of coal ship- both ends of the caterin,? service to ments is believed to be the thought be- women and misses Mr. Levay is pecu- hind this paragraph in the decision,     iliarly fltteri to the bu.sine«s in m-hich he
It h.as not been determined whether ] i« engaged and which haa taken hold the attention of the commission was in the two main cities of northeastern drawn to the charges preferred against j Pennsylvania.
these coal carrjing roads by the of- i The prestige which follows perform- flcials and spokesmen of the United \ ance,—the reputation which comes Mine Workers during the recent wage' through deeds performed,—has estab- award hearings held in Scranton be- \ lished a standard which has en- fore a federal conmilssion. At that \ trenched this Wilkes-Barre concern in \ time the miners charged that the coal j the regard r,f patrons. No exceptlorul companies here and the local railroads; opportunity was afforded and the suc- are in league with one another: that cess which has permitted the exten- their books balance each other in the sion of business to Scranton is at- matter of concealing actual anthracite! trlbuted mainly to the policy which coal profits, and that the entire com- j Mr. Levay exercised in catering to bine is directed by the house of J. P. style requirements of the American Morgan & Co., financiers, of New York,   woman.
Thousands of dollars will be added j The Levay-Stone store in Scranton to the travel bill of people In Wyo- i will be conducted on a principle lik- ming  valley each  year   as   a   result.' ened to that which has been followed
Washington, July 31.—The Inter¬ state Commerce Commission late to¬ day handed down a formal decision au¬ thorizing railroads to Increase freight, passenger and Pullman rates approxi¬ mately   $1,500,000,000  annually.
The same authorization was griven to electric interurban lines and certain passenger and freight steamship com¬ panies operating mainly on the Great Jjakes and in the coastwise trade.
The increased ratea will add approxi¬ mately $3,000,000,000 to commodity prices generally, according to tho eco> nomic principle laid down by former Rail Director Walker D. Hlnes, who declared that freight rate lncre,asea are reflected from three to five-fold in commodity prices. Railroad officials contradict this and say the reflection will be less than two-fold.
As outlined by the commission in Its decision a 20 per cent Increase may be laid on passenger fares, eocccss bag¬ gage rates and charges now made for carrj'ing milk on passenger trains. Authority also was granted the roads to exact a surcharge of 50 per c'.'iit on all Pullman and chair car faj-^s, <his to go to the carriers and not to the Pull¬ man company.
Freight rate increases were author¬ ized as follows:
Eastern territory, 40 per cent.; southern territory, 25 per cent.; west- em, 35 per cent. Increases asked by the roads were; FAstem, 30 per cent.; southern, 31 per cent, and western, 35 per cent.
The commission's order dealt only in percentages. The estimate of $1,500,- 000.000 as the probable yield of the in¬ creases to be sufficient for the roads to pay 5Vi per cent on their investment lifter paying all operating charges. In¬ cluding the $600,000,000 addeu annu.ai- Thc roads can put the   ly to the recently awarded by tho rail-
new tariffs into effect on five days' no¬ tice. Monday will bring forth the for¬ mal notice and the rates will become effective by next Saturday in nmny cases, it wa^ forecasted.
The rate raise authorized is far in excess of the expectation of the rail¬ road managers. They asked for an average of 37 per cent on freight and those on the "inside" said they hardly hoped to get more than half of that. But what they did get was approxi¬ mately 31 per cent. The passenger and Pullman increases, 20 and 5i per cent, were all the roads asked for and more than tliey hoped to get. Wall street men here said.
Chicago. July 31.—lncr«»ases in rail- ro;id freight ratea will add to the costs of almost everything shipped by rail, John M. Glenn, secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, said to¬ night.
"Tho union men havo what they want; the railroads have what they asked for. Now it's up to them to g|jve tho public what it wants,—the efficient movement of freight throughout the country," CJlenn I'aid. "T-he shippers have beon lookins: for this decision. They favored glvijig the railroads a larger income in order that there might be increased efficiency." Glenn said. "Now the roads should show what they can do.
"On many articles the freight In¬ crease will mean an appreciable add¬ ed cost. Automobiles, iron .products and coal will be noticeably higher. But foods and clothing should not be greatly higher. At the most the added freight cost on a suit of clothes could hardly be more than ten cents. On meats the added cost should not be greatly noticed hy the consumers."
TURKISH CABINET QUITS
Constantinople, July 31.—The Turk¬ ish cabinet resignsd today. .K new ministry is being formed by the grand vizier.
When the present rates were put into i in Wilkes-Barre, featuring character effect at various times since the begin-: of goods and qTialily standards of ning of the war in 1914, business peo- 'merchandise.* Success attained in this pie and individual travelers believed' city has made possible the establish- that the peak in railroad rates had i ment of the Scranton enterprise and been reached.   The new announcement \ that success is attributed to J. D. Le-
by the Interstate Commerce CommlS' sion has shown that the varioua com¬ panies will be able lo charge what¬ ever prices they desire for all branches of rail service.
vay, who from the very beginning es¬ tablished a general partnership with the public by making satisfaction the goal of all his efforts.
It has  been known  for  many years
....w^i tr   IS   e^rti m^ »!»»»  Scranton  patronage  is frequenOy
BICYCLE   IS   STOLEN „^j i„ Wllkes-Barre stores.    The high
The pohce were informed that seme   standard of merchandising common to
a  bicycle   belonging  to   Jay   the   business  interest.*   of  this  city   15
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BODY OF HARRY SCOTT BROUGHT TO THIS CITY
The  body  -^f Harry   S.   Scott,   whoi .shot    his   wife   and   then . cr.mmUted j suicide  at  his   home   in   West   NjMik,' N. T.. aj-nved In-this city at 1 o'clock 1 this  morning.     It   was   taken   to   the home   of  his   j>arpr.ts,   Mr.   and   Mrs. .Samuel  Scott, of 133 Mill street. Par¬ sons, by Undertaker    Hugh    Hughes
road wage "aoard.
Roads Worth 19 Billions The commission decided to use the figure $18,1100,000,000 to represent tlie railroad investment. Teh railroads in their petition for Increased rates re¬ ported their investment as $20,040,657,- 611. The commission thus pared $1,140,572,611 from claims of the rail officials.
If the new rates fall to enable the roads to pay 5% per cent, of their in¬ vestment , the government under the giiurantee clause of the transportation a<t must make up the deficit out of the public treasury.
The one-half of one per cent increase added to cover equipment and better service generally amount.s to approxi- matly $94,500,000 a year. Roads are required to file .semi-annual statements listing equipment purchased and ex¬ plaining other expenditures for better¬ ment. Approximately one billion per¬ sons ride on the railroads each year. The fund for equipment and bett-^r- ment is intended to assure their com¬ fort. The roads estimate they now need 3000 passenger cars and 2000 lo¬ comotives. Freight car needs are placed at 100,000.
The commission's decision has been long awaited by shippers, manufactur ers and business men generally throughout the United States, It is In¬ tended to put the railroads on their feet. Since their return to private ownership the roads have incurred dsflctts totaling approximately $500,- 000.000. according to estimates here. This loss has piled ap since March 1, when the government turned the lines back to private management. It must be made good by the government. Sarvics Deplorable. Shippers and manufacturers in all parts of the country for months have complained of inadequate rail facilities. Many could not ship their products. . The decision followed hearings held by the commission in April, May and June. For several weeks members of the commission have worked night and day trying to adjust the confl'ctin? claims made at tho hearings by ship¬ pers and railroad officials.
The new rates are to   'be operative untu March 31, 1922. The commi!'sior's decision is a sort ' of outline to the roads as to how far I thAy can go in fixing increases- It does not flx specific rates on any particular i commodity.    Ftxing the actual rates is j up   to the    tiidividual railroad    com-
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family in destitute circumstances.  ForjUUer nf 97 North Walnut street. Dor-¦ recognized   In    the   extension   of   the! some time that organiiiation supported j r«inceton,   last   night.       The   boy   was ¦ Lo^ay-Stone   interests   to   the   capital I (Continued on Paga Two) lemptoyed by Green's pharmacy. [seat of Lackawanna County.
The  timn of the funeral has not yet| been fixed. I
Scott, who was 83 years old ,anJ aj veteran of the World War. committed, .suicide  in   a  strip   of  woods   near  his home Thursday night after he had at-1 tempted to kill his wife.    The motive, advanced   by   the   authorities   was   an insane Jealously of his wife, who was known for her unusual beauty.
Besides his wife, who is in a critical condition at West Nyack because of her ! wound, Scott Is survived by twin chil-! dren,    nine    months  old,   his  parent.", two  sisters and   one    brother.     Sarah \ .«;cott. at home;   Mrs.  Harr>-  '"apler ofj Xew York State, and Fred Scott of thia city.
panies. NelMier can the railroad sim¬ ply ta'Ke the Incre^sci percentiles al¬ lowed by the commission and apply them ir a blanket manne'^ to existing rates. Railroad rates are complicatad through thousanrls of r,K;cual consider¬ ations. The commission's decision lu a chart or guide which the railroads will give to their statisticians to b^ used in fixing new schedules.
Kach road as it works out its new schedule will give .notice 10 ilie public of the new rates by filing the schedule In the office of the commlssio.-i here. The new rates then may become effec- I titve five dsys  later  unles.s  protest ia
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