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Kastern IVnna.: Local snow.s or rains Sunday; .Monday probaifly fair; moderate nortlieast winds.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., StNDAY,   .AL\R( II 7, 1915
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GERMAN IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR SPEAKS VERY PLAIN
FALL OF TURKEY IS MAIN CONCERN OF ALL POWERS
Germany Will Give Power to Act to United States in Case Dardanelles Attack Is Followed by Successful Entry to Constantinople—Reported French and English Gains Are Reckoned by Yards and Inches
AUSTRIA WAS PARTLY SUCCESSFUL, SAYS   PARIS
Missing Dorranceton Man May Have Ended His Life
London, March 6.—Sharp progress on four important fronts of the western field is claimed in the official dispatches from Paris to¬ night. The fighting is confined to the Belgian littoral, the district of Arras, the Champagne country and Alsace.
With few exceptiflas, when sporadic efforts have claimed atten¬ tion in the dispatches, the reports of action during the past fortnight ha'/e been confined practicaJly to these sections. Not only is this true cf the French statements, but also of the summaries issuing from Berlin,
Thus is the strategy of the western campaig'n clearly defined, .. ... The allies are attempting to turn both of the flanks of the Ger¬ man line, while directing a terrific drive at the Kaiser's center in order to attract to thi^ vital point such strength as will prevent ade¬ quate re-enforcement of his extreme wings.
The situation in the eastern field materially aids this plan as considerable forces have been requii'ed from beyond the East Prus¬ sian frontier.
While the situation still is in the deadlock stage, the developments of tho week gradually betray the de¬ nouement   of  Gen. .loffre'.? plans.
On the allies' extreme left, French guns have brought within range the Oc'rman batteries ai West end and are directing a heavy fire with gun> placed at this important strategic po¬ sition. Xori hof Arras, about the hill of Notre Dame de Lorette, the German attempt lo dislodge the French practically has failed. A ser¬ ious check has heen administered against the enemy who hits appeared in great strength at thi.>= point. Bain   In  Torrents.
Before   the   rain   which   has   been
fallin gin torrents in the Champagne section intervened to retard opera¬ tions on this front, the Germans made still 'another counter attack in an effort to retrieve their lost posi¬ tions in the ravine northwest of eBau- sejour,   but   without   success.
Referring to the French advance at llartmanswllier-Kopf, in Alsace, the French report states that the Ger- man.s were pushed back alon? a front S yards wide. B?fore Fffholz, the German infantrj- base from which the Kaiser'.<» operations against Steinbach and Cernay were conduct¬ ed, the French were able to repulse a German counter attack and destroy (Continued on page 2)
Relatives and friends of Liouia Ben¬ edict, aged 60, of 9'.' Poplar street, Dorranceton, as well as the-State po¬ lice and police of all We.st Side towns are searching for the aged' man who has not been seen since he left his home on Friday morning at .5:30 to go to work as teamster for the Kings, ton Ljumber Company. The fact that Benedict, who ha.«i resided in Dor¬ ranceton for nearly thirty years, had practically no bad habits, was not a drinking man, never smoked and, so far as known, had no enemies, makes his disappearance a complete my«ter.\.
The aged man, as was his custom, arose at 5 o'clock Friday morning and after eating breakfast prepared by his wife, kissed the latter good bye and started for work. This waa the last seen or heard of him up lo an early hour this morning. The night watchman at the plant of the Kings¬ ton Lumber Company reported that Benedict did not come to the barn Friday morning and he had seen nothing of him .<>ince the previous day.
But one reason can be surmised hy Benedict's friends and relatives that might explain his disappearance b\it knowing the man'.s habits and dispo¬ sition, all are reluctant to place mueh riith in the thought. That is that the aged man has committed suicide and to substantiate this belief it Is said that the teamster has not en- Joyed good health during the past winter and had been slighllv worried over his condition. With this thought in mind employes of the Kingston Lumber Company have made a thor¬ ough .search of the yards, sheds and barns nf the plant t)iif failed to find a trace of Benedict.
The State police were notified on Friday nighf that Benedict was mi.^ss- in<r and .vesterday morning and after¬ noon eighteen troopers were instruct¬ ed to look for him. T'pon the return of the patrols la-^t night, however, ^11 reported that their efforts had been fruitless and the disappearance of the man still remains a mystery.
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TO HI GUILT IS BKfflTE
Sheriff Lew Drove One Man to Cruelty and Two to the Woods
Hanover Home Destruction  I r^ ur\ \ij^   if/ in   f^ AtlQV
Charged to Firemen's Zeal Oni/rrO   VI AK   LAUoL
Fire did ten dolUrs worth of damages to the home of Georg-.> .\lo.s3, at 68 Luzerne ttreet, Hanover Township, Friday morning at tWK Moss    fiirnfishap     thn
o'clock.
.Mr.
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BURNING SHIP SAVED AT SEA ' WHILE LIVES ARE IN DANGER FROM CARGO OF EXPLOSIVES
Report That Bomb Was Placed on French Liner Is Denied but No Cause for Fire Is Announced — EngUsh War¬ ship Hurries to Scene to Offer Additional Aid
London, Maj'ch 7.—IJ.L'O a. m.— With a fire in her hold hurning fiercely the French liner Im Touraino wa.s picked up soon after midnight li.v tho Holland-Ameriean Imer Rot¬ terdam, and Is being lowed to the nearest Fnglish jiorl. .\n English warship willreac h her Itefore day¬ light and convoy the twf» liners to eafot.v.
When the first call for help was flashed across the seas that the French !lner was afire 70n mMevf west of the French port of P-ropt. fioir fltcamers picked np tl-.e mc>.=.i!4c ;i'id then began .n r.icc for h;-r .--ide ' liirh has not iieen etjualled sio.-- tlic news wa.s flashed through tho air tha' the I'ltanic w.ia .sinldng. The rescue fleet includci! the Itotierdiin, JiiV.i.nmore,  Corn!shm.''r!   .Ttid  .Vr.iUic.
The Arahic w.is i:f>i> miles awav— iiwvcst to tho burr.iiiq: vessel. Her c-ipiain pushed the siiij) to her full- cM .speed in an >ffcr* to ciA'er the dlJ-iance in record tiire It woiud li.i'o reouired I'> hours for the ^low White .^tnr liner to ha\e reached the distrcs.'ed .ship. liut <hc Uotlerdam 'nm N'ew York on February 2' cad r-lso pUkcd up the me:sa^4" ai.d iil- iltou-rh • Imost an eqml di.^tance from I.v oif.-aine she w.>« .lole by har rrcaior .>ipcod to re i-h the burning stc'in'cr first. With the arriv.-.l -.f the Rotterdam, the ot^ie;- liners were roMfieii thwt thei- a-ssi-itanec w'.uld n t he rerjiiired an! thev continued on   Ihcii   wav.
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Meantime, the distre-'.-j signal al.s.i had heen pickel up by a British cruiser on duty in th'^|.\tlantic and she   raeed  toward  the  liner.
When Ihe Hner re.iehed the L.- Touraine. the crew of the burninr ship was fighting th*^ ftre with al! apparatus nva'lable. The buTkhead doolk had heen automatically closed and every effort wa.s made to k..-ep the flames confined to the compart¬ ments in which -It had originated. Great   clouds hung over  the liner a^
the Rt.Tfei'dam came in sight and the pas.=enger.B were lined up along tho rail.
The greatest excitment prevailed aboard because it wa.s generall.v known ihat the cargo of the French liner included large quant'ities of gun cotton, cartridges and other ammuni¬ tion shipped from iNOw York for the allies. 't is believed here that the crew succeeded in keping the flame.;- from   this   ammumtion.
KxpIosivCs  Ah<»ard.
The company'.s statement that rnr liner is near the shore conflicts with *he location of the ship as given by I^loyds. which vs at latitude 48.0ii, north, longitude -4.14 west, or about 700 miles from the co.-st.
When I>a. Touraine sailed from Xew York she h;id a passenger list of S7; 39 first cabin and 4.S .steeratie; five .\meriean physici;ir.s and ter .^mor'iCan nurses are aboard, bound for the French batt lef lei .Ig. Included in the i>assenger list nl.so were a number of person well known on both .side.= of the .¦\tlantic. Paui Faugeut, .general agent of the hn'; in  Xew  York, is aboard.
In her holds were 4,&94 casc.<> of cartridges, in addition' to a largo quant'ity of gun powder: 139 automo¬ bile guns and other war ammuni¬ tions.
Xo information is obtainable as tc the oriein of the Tire, although many reports ^re in circulation. .\mon,^ the rumors is one that a bomb with a time-clock attached, was placed aboard the ship before she left for Xew Y'ork. This rephrt is not be¬ lieved, however, for had such an at¬ tempt heen made, it is altogether likely that the clock would have br.en Hmed to cause the explosion while the ship   wa.s in  mid-o^ean.
Coroner Names Jury Panel to Probe Prospect Disaster
Coroner James Marley has com¬ pleted arrangements for the inquest into the death of thirteen mine wor- ers whn lost their lives in the the ex¬ plosion of gas in Red .^sh Vein of thft Prospect Colliery on the afternoon of February 17. The coroners Inves¬ tigation will he conducted in the Or- han's court room at lhe court house on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at which time it is expected that over 100 witnesses will he called. Min^ Inspector T. J. Williams of East South street, who for thirty hours following the awful sweep of deadly gas- through the jOakwod workings spent loss than six hours in sleep, will have charge of the inves¬ tigation of witnesseis. ^
The following Jur.irs include five men actively engaged in mine work. Coroner .Marley after careful investi¬ gation has siit)-:nitted them fo offi¬ cials nf the Lehigh Valley Coal Co.. which aperatcs the Prospect Coliery and. also to officials of the I'niteJ Mine Workers in the district.
Thrown alive into  the fire-pot  of a furnaie   a   rooster  that   wa."*  to   take part   in   the   Pringle   Hill   fight   one. week ago, suffered a terrible death In
order thai evidence against a subject of Sheriff Kniffen's raid might be destroyed. <'ontrasted with tills trag¬ ic event was the very humorous ex¬ perience of two participants In the Georgetown   cocking  main.
When the Sheriff and his deputies eluUered up the scenery of George-1 ¦town the gamesters were gathered in the third-floor room of their favorite rendezvous. Those who were not captured made hair-breadth escapes, with the exception of the two about whom this story in concerned. One of the pair succeeded in hiding until the posse disappeared, the other was making rapid strides toward the hori¬ zon and diceuraglng any attempt at pursuit.
The man who had hidden spied his late companion and withoul further ado started lik ean arrow in the same direction. He was mistaken for one of the discouraged posse and the fleeing one redouliled his efforts. Separated by a hundred yards the two hit the trail for the hills and the second man being^the best runner was rapidly overtaking the first when the latter made up his mind to resist arrest. He picked up a cobble and was swinging for a straight throw when the other shouted   a  worning.
"I'll be darned," said the first man. falling in a heap, "have T been killin' myself tryin' to get away from you? I thought you were the Sheriff's dep- ut.v.'-     Both  escaped  arret.
The man who sacrificed his roos¬ ter's life was not a resident ot Pringle. Xevertheless, when the Sheriff ar¬ rived he made a dash for a home n^adrby and without explanations headed .straight for the cellar. The man of the house understood. .\ sec¬ ond later there was an indignant sQuak from the rooster and a banging of the furnace door and teh laf.-^ own¬ er heaved up.stairs and plunged for hiding. He found a bed room and got under th? covers until danger was past.
figure. The' fire company, also, ac cording to -Mr. Moss, did daxnages netting one thooaand dollars. The'ir- are the facta upon whuh Mr. .Mob.-- expects to base a suit against the township and since .Vtorney T.ii.i Shea has J>een .selected to handl t details it 1^ likely some interest as revelations are  at  hand.
From time immemorial it has been an adage that fire -. ompanies in the smaller towns do more damage than f-;re.a. Mr. Mofi.s' case is there¬ fore highly Interesting. It wa« not at his solicitation that tne brave lads of Hanover brougnt their efforts to bear upon the Mo.ss home. .Some Ill-advised neighbor fumed 'in tho alarm and even the fact that a bucket of water put >iit the incon¬ sequential flames one minute atti'-r they were discovered ine lack of i> job was no bar to the fire fighters. They had been called from peaceful bods and elsewhere and they weren't going to wHstc the night. At least, that's the way Mr. Moss smiis it up. I.«t  him  tell  his story:        •
"The fire," said .Mr. .Moss, "started between the ceiling and second floor and back of my dining room stove. 1 called a neighbor and he with my son drew a bucket of water and e\- tingii'iSlied the flame. Ten dollars win pay for all the damage so far us this part is concerned. I had u fire extinguisher for emergenciei hut had no use for it. Well, the firemen came. They had let out part of their hose and had not quite enough to reach to the huose. Bu" some of them rushed in ajid some of them under the direction of Chi-'f Tom Griffiths stood oif and aimed at the second stor.v windows.
"I couldn't stop them. Those -n- ."ide rushed about and one kicked over my A'ictor talking machine whih- the rest threw fhe furniture about. Then the water 'began com¬ ing i!i through fhe upstairs, it I soaked everything and darned If that I
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Germany's Honesty in Wishing to Avoid War Proven, He Says, bv Fact That Emperor Wilham Was Within the Reach of Capture by EngUsh When Crisis Was Reach¬ ed—Remarkable Interview Granted James Creelman, Now Dead, Flouts Enghsh Malice and Kaiser's Pain^ staking Effort to Induce Czar Nick Toward Peace.
VICTORY OR DEATH IS FATE OF GERMAN EMPIRE \
I  hereby certify that the  foflowl ng   is   an   exact   copy   of   Mr.   Jamea^
weg.
Berlin.   Fell)ruan' 10th,   1915. (Signed)
DR.  ROBDIJE}R.
BY JAMES CREELMAN
Berlin, Feb. 10.—The most tremendous and far-reaching nt-] terance made since the beginning of the present world war was thej statement of the Grerman bnperial Ohancellor yon Bethmann-i Hollweg to me to-day that in what seems t-o him the absolntem certain and complete •victory of German arms Q«rmany is not wagJ ing an aggressive but a defensive war.
The Chancellor had just come in from the side of the Emperoi^ William at the Grand German Headquarters in France, and was.^ filled with the spirit of growing triumph which seems to thrill Ger-i many from frontier to frontier, North, South, East and West.
We sat in the more or less bare room    of the    CSiancellor'sN palace in Berlin where the great Bismarck worked out the might-1 iest problems of Europe, a still, .sober place, with a bunch of white flowers sitting alone on a great table-desk, and deers' antlers pro¬ jecting from the severe walls.
Yet even in that quiet place came the faint sound of a new German regiment marching swiftly past the   palace to take   its. place in the fighting line.
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The men wim will hear the evi¬ dence at Thursday's inquest are Wil- liai: .Mace, miner; William Willams niiner: Charles Cook, miner- Thomas BoyleOOH.e
Conwell. merchant. Thomas Qlinn, miner, and Jame.s Boyle retired iiiin- er. .-XU of the .jurors are residents of Wilkes-Barre, several of them beinj,' from the Kasi  Knd section.
was   enougli.     '.\fter   my   parlor   rtig j became   thoroughly   wet   one   of   the i lads dragged  it  up and threw it over j my     piano.      The    instrument     was! ruined.     Then   someone   stepped   on [ fhe   talking  machine  and   put  It  out of future u»e.    You should have seen- my    house    after   those    firemen    got through.     F>\-en  the fire  extinguisher was   nol   spared.     What   reason   any¬ one   would   have   for   thinking     that had   anything   fo   do   with  'increasln.c fire danger 1   don't  know, bur  it was wrecked  with  the rest.     My damag&j which   I  place  ai* caused  by the  fire¬ men amount to at least one thousand dollars.
The firemen of Hanover can have space fo give fheir side of this very •interesting affair. Mr. Moss seems to have a splendid grievance agains' them and they wilLjiave a hard c ise 111 convincing fhe ordinary men that the ordinary firemen does not like to flood and extingiHsh everj-fhing in gen.iral, once he gets into commission out of private life. There was a time when it w-as a usual thing to see the volunteers throwing chairs and bric- a-brac out the upstair.5 windows and carrying mattresses down stairs.
CHEAP BREAD FOR CITY SAY INVADIN6 BAKERS
Angered l)ySnowballer Italian Stabs Parsons Man
Angered because his hat had been knocked off by a snow ball thrown bv one pf a rrow-d of Parsons young men wmo spent several hour.q indulging in this practice on George avenue, an Italian of Parsons last nlgghf walked back to the crowd and drawing a long "Knife stabbed Harry Blaymeyer. aged 2'?.. of HoUenback avenueli Par¬ son.". Within a few minutes, a crowd of Indignant men and women crowd¬ ed about the Italian and for a time fears were entertained for his life a.-; there were frequent threats of Lynch¬ ing.
Companions of the young man picked him up and carried him to the office of Dr. Tl. S. VVoehrle Foreign¬ er had plied fhe knife with telling ef¬ fect as four severe Vuts -ibouf the stomach and abdomen werr found hy tho physician and dressed . Blay¬ meyer wa.s removed to his home and al'hotjgh weak from loss of blood and suffering .greatly ft-om shock v.as not In a  seriou.s condition  af   midnight.
A call had been sent fo fhe Par¬ sons police followi.ip the affray and while the crowi. gathered atmui Howan's meat market was- awaiting the t-nniing of the officer of the law- the Italian edgftd his way to the out- i skirts "ii the c-owd and before any¬ one could .4top him. started hastily dow-n the street. Parsons iiolieemen were loooking for him at an early hour fhis morning.
CUP HACE WON IN PTOI CAR
BY mmm
Cup Goes to Europe with Grand Prize Trophy for the First Time in Race History
''Go to Hell/' Says Obregon as Mexico Reaches Crisis
SPEC I AL MEXTIOX
FREE TO any woman, 'beautiful 42- pieco Dinner Set for distrfbuting only 3 dozen cake.s of Complexion goap FRiBF. Xo money or experi¬ ence needed. Tyrrell Ward, 216 In- | stitufe Place.  Chicago.
WILliS  F.\.HIL.Y TOMBSTOXtiS.
po  RRiBNT—6 room iiouse with  hot i and cold water, ga?. front and hack ! porches,   newly .paiiere.I   and   painted, j ,'¦18 HutsAi street,  befv.-tJn I.eirlgii and Dana.     Inciuire  of  Myer Piuskey.  56 Hutson strec;i
Washington, March 6.—Provision for tombstones for his entirely fam¬ ily, including his mother-in-law. is made in the last will and testament of William W. Armstrong, who died here recently. The will was filed to¬ day. /
Two hundred dollars apiece is pro¬ vided for the tombstones of his wife and wife's mother at Williamsport. Md., and the same amount for those of his brothers and mother.
One hundred dollars is set aside an. nually for the care of the graves.
BlRliLAKS ISK C.\N-<)PEXKK.
New   York,   March   t>.—Fsing a can opener  and     a     brace  and   bit.   bur¬ glars  cut  a  hole in  the  ceiling over 1 the jewelry store of I^ouis Cohen and ! Son   here,   blew   fhe   safe   and   stole | gems valued af $2,500. 1
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B.\By tilRIi .\nKIVKS .\T 1 TOM   0'.M.\M.\'S   HOME.!
UOW  THKV   FIXISHKI)   IN  THK V.WDFRBILT Cl P R.U K.
First—Peugeot, Itesfa, time 4.1'.37: average 67 1-:; miles an hour.
.Second—Stut/.. Wilcox, time 4.34..36.
Third — Mercer, I'ullen, lUae 4.35.37.
Fourth—'.Mercades. De Palma, fime 4.39.07.
Figth—.Maxwell. Carlson, fime 4.44.11'.
Sixth — Dclagage, Newhoiise, time 4.45.38.
Seventh—^Maxwell, Oldfiald, time 4.52.47.
Eighth — Simplex, Disbrow, time   4.53.37.
The other c.irs running after fhe fissf   eight  finish?d  were:
Marmon, 77th lap: Klein, 76;h lap: Case (Hearne), 76ih lap; Overland, 76fh lap; Stutz (Ander¬ son). 73rd lap: Edwards, Special, 79th lap
OiirtUalajaro, MexiC'. .Marcji 6.— In view of startling stor:C3 of hunger and loot and murder emanating froni Mexico <:ity, Gen(^l \'lia announce:! today that he f might ciiange hi." miKiary plans, and, instead of inarching toward.* 'rampico, he would hurl 40.0(iO men against Mex¬ ico Cify and w-rest it from the Car- ranzista  General  .Mvare/  Obregon.
A'illa 'liplieve? that -.mniediate u- t ion 0:1 hi* part is ncr-essary- to re- .¦i.-:sure foreign powers ns to his good intentions and when word reache I his headtiuarteis that the ,diplo.na'.- were leaving i.Mexico Cify in a bod>' he promptiy sent a m?ssage throusi' .Special .-\gent Diivaall West iin-iflnp tbe diplomats 10 remain in the capi¬ tal.
Conditions in .Mexico City .ire w-orse than are allowed to brfcoiiie kno'ivn. .\ccoiding to .lean Marnotet. ,T Frenchman, who is a merchai f in Mexico City, the lives of all 'or- eigners in fhe territory dominated- by Obregon  arc  in  Imn inent   danger.
"Obregon,   like   all   Carranz'st.^.    i.-i thirsty  for  foreign   l>lood.''   was   Mar notet's  statement.     "If   foreign   ousi (Continued on page 2)
MODEIj  m.xx   .\   B.xxniT.
AVhen almost i2,000 fifteen-ounce loaves of bread were disposed of in this city yesterday al one cent        each imonopolies that
have controlled the i-ommercialised staff of life since the begrinning o the big war were given warning of op¬ position that, according to declara¬ tions made last night, will continue indetinitely. The Harrisburg Bakinij Companv with half a dozen plaints th.'it prodiue ninety brands oii bread .".nd almost two hundred brands of cakes wa^ responsible-' for the lOupe against the three firms doing *i. land- cffice business in the AVoming Val¬ ley.
The one-cent loaf was merely by way of introdiR'tion- The real surprise is lo come tomorrow when tive-ceni .nnd fen-cent loaves of a de«idol.v different weight from that said fo have been maintained heieefofore are to be in¬ troduced through a hundreo. grocers In as many different sections. War in bread prices see>;ns fo be a.ssured MS a lii tie matter of local history and this war is certain to oy erate to the benefit  of the* users of bckfrs bread.
\ number of stores that agreed ti distribute the onecent loaf v^ere visit¬ ed lait night. In one 75 loaves had been sold and the reporter wa.'< toll that these took the place of ten-cent loaves supplied regularly from firms with quarters in Wili<e.s-Barre. Ac¬ cording fo fhe informati.n given fhe sample loaves are fhe five-cent brand of fhe invading c.rmpa.iy and besides weighing a fill fifteen otinees are wrapiprd in waxed paper to protect fhem frcm dust and other contami¬ nation. ,
The difference between the Harris¬ burg company's bijead and that of the companies now- supplying Wllkes¬ Barre. fhe merchant explained, is" principally In the weight, although the method of delivery is considered more sanitary. Where eusfomers have been paying fen cents for bread that since the war prices ha srangcd in weight between sixteen ounces and twenty-three ounces the Invaders In¬ tend supplying af that price a loaf never le.««! than twenty-nine ounces In
weigiit and riinning sometimes |as. high as thortyone ounces. The five-' cent loaf, according to the inform-,' ant. is almost in size equal to some; of fhe bread that has sold for twice the prii^e.
The merr-hant declared he ha.s been; pa>ing an Incre-ase of one cent on hi«| bread since the recent boost, giving] eight cents for each loaf ^wherej formerly he gave seven cents, and thisi despite (he decrease in the weight of' the loaf. Th les.ser size bread he had! been receivin,? in bulk and without! the individuiii wrappings that decor. ate the Harrisburg company's loaf.^ The freshne.s.'j of fhe loaf is guaran-,' teed by shipment fr«tji fhe ovens over; the Pennsylvania railroad, so that tha, loave.s arrive In this city and are placed   for  sale  the  day  of halting.
Wilkes-Barre  and   Johnstown,     tho
new coi.ip.iny    ag-vnt.^    declarctL   p<»-.-
'.•••10  for  bread  ihan anr ith.-T ritl«:
l¦^  the Slate  of  Pennsy!\;ii;.^    t hi«>«>.
two   cities   are     tc   be  maie     special'
subje^-ts of the K.-irri«biir;r ccnip.-irv'B'
jinvasi.n.     Right   )>akftrios   distributeiT
I i-n  v.iriou?  parts of   l>enn«n.-lvania wi'l!
I be   operated.     The   companv   nractl-
I cally     controls    I.^nca.ster.     Dauphiiti
flnd   York   counties  and   flie demands
put upon it by fhe mixed po^fulation.^
have  caused the baklng.of the ninetv;
eeparafe  brands of  brea'd,    IncJiKiine
every national \-Hript?-. Of cakf^ there
are   alniosi     two   hundred     varieties
ranging   from   the   highest  decorative
type  to  rhe  plaine.st.
The distribution of the .wmplei loaves caused a fearful cutting of ordei-s given tho old companies. Tn some cases whole orders wero can¬ celled for the time being ti -illow fhe customers to .ludge of fhe new bread. The company agents declared their entrance fo fhis cify and Johnstown .simply Is the wny of announcing a Stiife-'i^lde campai.s^n that, while it mav cause some difflcultlos to bakers wili nevertheless result in great ccon- o:i(ies to the pel^ple. Tt was asserted that thaf Flarrt.'jburg company has as gro«t a right in WH)<es-Parre as thn .•\cheeon and Kolh people sn fnr as being outside Interest."? are concerned. "Both fhese firs maintain hakorie.« In many sections and Wilkes-Parre is only one town in a chain to them. .1usf a*i it is to he one in a ch<iin to the Harrt.tihurg Tasking Company.
I A daughter was born at 1 o'clock I this morning to Jlr. and Mrs. Thomas I O'Malia. of C:\rey avenue. Mr. 1 O'Malia is eircululion manager of The ' Evening News^
San Francisco. March 6.—The Van¬ derbilt  cup       held   in   .\merica  since the   I^ong   Island   days   of   fhe   cla.=sic today followed fhe grand prize trophy fo Europe.    The stories of th(/e two speed classics are remarkably similar. ] D.irius Resta and  his    Peugeot,    thalj combination      from      Kngland      andj (Contiuued on pace 2) '
New York. .March 6.—Philip T. White, clubman, "model young busi¬ ness man," and manager of the John W. .Masury I'aint Company, of Brook¬ lyn, from w-hich he draws a salary of $8,000 a year, was arrested today as fhe head of a gang of automobile bandit.?, w-ho re'-entiy attempted to hold up and take $9,500 from two emplQves of a big Brooklyn concern. The attempt'at robbery was frustrated and the liandifs escaped, but in doing so, fhe chauffeur lost his hat bearing the inifiah?, "T. H. D." .\ detective then became a public chauffeur and arrested Thomas H. Daly. The latter taken 'oefore fhe grand jur.v swore White w.^ the head and brains of the band.
White, whose home Is In F^lizabeth. X. J., is married and has two chil¬ dren.
NESCOPECK SAW SAD SIGHT
ASHOTELCLOSED DOWN BAR
According to reports given by Deputy .Sheriff Thoma.s Hahn upon his return from Nescopeck last night, many humorous as well as patheti;; .".cenes were witnessed In that town af 3:45 yesterday afternoon when one of the only two hotels, was forced fo clo.se its bar.
.\ccording to the deputy, a young man. especially well butU and raf'ier good loooking, who has attained the "jag" list actually wept when inform¬ ed fiv^ m'inutes before the closing h( ur that the hotel would be no more. "What will t do now?" tne young: fellow   was reported  to  ba,ve
.said as he leaned heavily on the bar and dabbed his eyes with a handker¬ chief, "I'm on tho jag list in t,i3 other hotel and now that tis one is going to close, I can't get a drink, .\nd  Berwick ia  drj'. *oo"
-According fo Mr. Hahn, however, tho amu.KPment of the m^sn in ;li« barrooms turned fo pity a few second later when fhe young man issued a partlculafty loui -wall and gurgled: "What will dear mother do now?" N'o words of comfort '\vere evoked hy this outburst, 'Mr. Hahn reports and desiring to  learn more concern-
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