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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,       MAY 23,1915.
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W04J? OH AUSTRIA DECLARED BY ITAL rs RULER IN OFFICIAL DECREE
BY THE rUNiRAL DIRECTORS
Committee of Nine County Association Seeks to Educate Pub¬ lic Away From Burials On the Sabbath and Calls Atten¬ tion io Many Difficulties involved
Sunday funerals will be abolished in Wyoming Valley if a committee work- in* under instructions from the Nine- County Funeral nirfctors Association which met in convention here last Tuesday, accomplishes the i)urpoBe for which it was appointpd. A campaign for the education of the puhlic away from the idea of using the Sabbath for burials is already under discussion.
In direct opposition to the universal belief that Sunday, because of the ces¬ sation of labor, is most convenient for the holding of obsequies the under¬ takers have^ prepared proof to show that any other day of the week per¬ mits of greater effectiveness in carrj¬ ing nut the solemn t.-u*k. The advent of the automobile and the consequent crfiwding <if the splendid roads lead¬ ing to the cemeteries have made the funeral prficession on Sunday liable to rielavs and accidents and in addition to this there is the difficulty of ob¬ taining a convenient hour for church servi'-es.
Kecaupp of the regular duties of clergymen it ha« been found that the Sunday funeral oftentimes interferes with the prescribed order of affairs about the churches. Undue haste is sometimes neccessary to have the bur¬
ial, procession reach the sacred edi¬ fice in order to begin the service on time and the promenaders on the street add another hindrance to success.
Particularly in Wyoming Valley it has been found that where European customs prevail the funeral director and clergyman have their troubles doubled by the Sabbath-day funeral. One of the prominent members of the aesociatlon declared that in his at¬ tempts to conduct three funerals on Sunday In one of the mining districts he was compelled to use physical force in getting the family and casket through the crowds that gathered about the home and surged through the rooms.
In general it is argued that the Sun¬ day funeral has everything against it and nothing in its favor. Instead of being more sanctified by the fact of the Sabbath it is. according to the un¬ dertakers commiitee, exposed to more profanation than would be the case on a week-day. The last argument used by the funeral directors remainds the public of the fact that Sunday Is devoted lo reat and reading and should be taken advantage of for these pur¬ poses by the undertakers no less than by any other class of the popu¬ lation.
BY MRJCKEFELLER
He Argues Against Unions and Declares In Favor of the Open Shop
MEXICANS STARVING
STRIFE    NOT    DESIRABLE
ROOSEVELT FREED;     IFIFIY BRIDES SAIL CALLS HIS lORS
Syracuse. X. Y.. May 22. -Forty-two hours after the I'lO.OOO Barnes-Roose¬ velt libel action was submitted to their charge, the Jury found that Mr. Barnes had no cause of action. The last '2i hours,of deliberation had heen spent in bringing one man around to the view ,,f eleven. The recalcitrant, Edward Burns, becamo con^'inced some time this morning. He cheerfully joined In the verdict when it was rendered.
Col. Roosevelt was overjoyed nt the verdict. After shaking hands with each Jur>-man and talking to them col¬ lectively about good citizenship he snid; "Mr Foreman nnd gentlemen of the jury: "I have been more moved and touched than I can express by what you have done on my behalf. 1 want to say that 1 appreciate to the fullest the obligations that you. representing every shade of political belief have put me under There Is only one return I cnn make nnd I assure you that all my life I will net In public and private af¬ fairs in n wny thnt none of you will have reason to regret the verdict you hnve rendered teidav. t shnll hehnve ns H decent citizen should teeling if a treble duty under the obligation you hnve imposed ¦¦
The Barnes representatives in court. Bnrniim nnd Wolf, had been overruled in a motion not to nccept any verdict on the ground thnt the secrecy of the Jur\' room hnd been violated when a poll wn.-" tnken In court yesterdny
Mr Wolf moved to set It aside on the ground that il wns not in accord¬ ance with the law or the evidence. This motion .lustice Andrews denied. He complied with a request for a slay of one hundred days for a motion for a   new  trlnl.
Instantly there wns a scramble for the Colonel. For a moment he held an informal reception in the court room. Then he walked over nnd held out his hand to Foreman Somers.
Somers. rather surprised, slowly took it. Then Colonel thanked him and was about to thank the rest of the Jury¬ men, when .Mr. Bowers suggested he could meet with them in the Jury room. This he did and for more than fifteen minutes, he talked with them, shaking each vigorously by the hand.
"I wns the last to come in." -snid Burns as he closed his big flst o\-er the defendants.
"You nre n good citieen.' responded the (Viionel  gratefully.
Thus ended the most famous political suit of American history. It's trial oc¬ cupied five weeks nnd one day in hold¬ ing. It's cost, first and last, was more than $100,000. A •million words are in the record.
The request for a new trial is of course up to Barnes. It is likely fhat an appeal will be asked, but how far the matter will, go, no one but Barnes can say.
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New Y'ork. May 22.—With fifty brides among her 450 passengers, the honey¬ moon ship Kroonland, Mendelssohned down the North river today on her way to Snn Francisco via. the Panama canal. The Kroonland was formerly a Ked Star liner in the trans-Atlantic trade. She is now of the Panama-Pa¬ cific line, and is the second vessel of the line to make the New York-San Francisco voyage, the Finland already having reached the fjolden Oate. The trip will take seventeen days and the vessel will stop at Colon and Balboa to give the passengers a chance to see the canal.
Washington. May 22.—Responding to questions propounded by Commisisoner Weinstock, of the Industrial Relations Commission, .Iohn D. Rockefeller. Jr.. entered a general denial to the asser¬ tions of the Colorado mine strikers as presented to him by the commissioner .Mr. Weinstock said that what he had been able to get out of it all is that the strikers and their sympathizers make three specific charges:
That at no time after the strike could they get a hearing at the hands of the operators.
That the civil and palitical machinery for obtaining such jusiice as the law affords was in the hands of the oper¬ ators and not available to the strikers.
That the operators through their agents were the first to resort to vio¬ lence and that all the violence which followed was defensive on the part of the strikers and nol ofTensive
Mr. Rockefeller said thnt all points of difference, other than the recognition of the union, were covered by a sug¬ gestion by the governor to which the operators agreed, but which the repre¬ sentatives of the miners did not accept. Concerning the second charge, Mr. Rockefeller .said he was not in a po¬ sition to state. He understood that tes¬ timony had been offered on both sides.
"I regret now that these ars all mat-, ters of the past, to re-open a question of where the blame may he said to properly rest In regard fo the beginning of the tsruggle, but the information that I have is that the beginning of vi¬ olence was on the part of the strikers, when one of the camp marshals was deliberately shot by (Jreeks when he undertook to stop them from tearing down a bridge. That, as I understand it, was the first act of violence in the strike '
Chairman 'Walsh endeavored at some length to obtain an admission from Rockefeller that ivy Lee. his publicity agent, had written the statements con¬ cerning the strike that had been issued under the name of Mr. Rockefeller. Rockefeller declined to make that ad¬ mission, saying that he assumed f\ill responsibility for everything that had been published as coming from him. Walsh said that with that answer he would nssume that  L.ee wrote them.
The witness denied any knowledge of fhe employment of spies in the mines
Washington, May 22.—Dispatches telling of the famine and misery pre¬ vailing in Mexico City caused the Slate Department today to direct con¬ sul .lohn R. Silliman to fake up the matter with General Carranza who Con irols the railroads to the capital and lo urgently request that facilities be provided for the transportation of food¬ stuffs  to  the  starving  people.
Rioting has occurred in the streets of the capital, the chamber of deputies has   been   invaded   by   a   hungry   mob
MOSI PAY PENALIY
Lord Bishop of London Scoffs at Idei of Honoring Girl Victims of Soldiers
SIN   IS  ALWAYS   HATEFUL
By   Dennis  Crane
London, May 22.—The Rt. Rev. Arthur Winnington Ingram, Lord Bishop of London, is naturally greatly interested in Great Britain's domestic problem of "war babie»"
" While there undoubtedly has been a great deal of ill-informed and exag¬ gerated talk on the subject," said Dr. Ingram. "I confess that the evil is a grave one.
"As to the prevalence of the evil, we have at present no statistics, no reliable information at all. This is a mischief that naturally shrinks from publicity."
The Bishop's wrath was hot against "sentimental  nonesense"  which  speaks
HOBILIZATION OF ARMY BEGINS AHID CHEERS OF POPUUCE
American Ambassador Is Requested to Look After Austrian Affairs In Italy—The Notices of Mobilization and the Declaration of War Bring Throngs of Cheering, Parad¬ ing People to the Streets and Bells Are Tolled In Cele¬ bration of the Government's Decision to Fight for the Old Italian Provinces
TROOPS   ALREADY    CLASHING    ON    THE    FRONTIER
Rome.  May 22.—A royal decree was i    The whole country has responded as issued tonight declaring that from to-   one man-   The morale is unsurpassable, morrow, Sunday, a state of war exists | in  the  Italian   provinces  bordering  on |
the Austrian Hungary frontier and in all the islands and coast towns of Italy in the Adriatic.
The following Royal decree was is¬ sued :
"From May, 23, a stale of war is de¬ clared in the provisions of Sondrio Brescia, Verona. Vicenza. Belluno Udine Venesia, Treviso, Padau, .Mantua and Farrara and the island and cummunes on   the   Adriatic   coast   as   well   as   in
and thousands have fought for the food I <>' these unborn children as "seed of our jan ^j^ fortresses which may be declared
distributed  by   the  authorities.
Secretary Bryan said he had received a dispatch informing him that 250 persons fainted when a crowd of more than 8,000 gathered to receive the corn distributed by the authorities and learned there was not enough to go round.
In the struggle the weaker ones were trampled under foot It is admitted that the position of the Americans and other foreigners is attended with dan¬ ger.
A dispatch received by the State De¬ partment said: "Several disturbances have taken place—one yesterday in¬ vading the chamber of deputies with the cry: "We are hungry." The gov¬ ernment Is considering how the situ¬ ation  can be mitigated."
The State Department announced the receipt of dispatches stating that Gen. Carranza realizes the necessity of im¬ mediate action to put an end to attacks on trains and interruptions to tarffic enroute to Me.xico City.
heroes" and excuses the mothers "be- i jj, j^ state of resrstanc*.
of the company. Asked what his no¬ tion of an "open shop" \*-as. Rockefel¬ ler replied: "My idea of an open shop is where each man is employed on the basis of his own fitness. The question whether a man has been a union man does not enter so long ns he Is effi¬ cient. A man has a right to Join any union he sees fit."
TEUTONS DRIVE AGAINST RUSSIA HALTED ON SAN WITH TERRIBLE HGHTING
Russians Have Turned On Their Pursuers and Are Now Giving Teuton Allies Battle In One of the Most Terrific Conflicts Yet Waged On the Eastern Front—Outcome of the Bat¬ tle Will Have Big Effect on the Campaign In the East
LOCAL MAN ARRESTED ON BURGLARY CHARGE
cause they had not much to give   but gave their all."
"People who talk like Ihat." said he, "are a menace to morality. They prove their utter incompetence even to un¬ derstand the problem, let alone solve it.
"Upon whom lies the chief responsi¬ bility for these unhappy children?" I asked.
"That Is a point upon which no one can presume to Judge. Men have been beset, so we are told, with unmaidenly and in many cases welcomed attentions of young girls, who have caught the khaki fever and in gush and senti¬ mental generosity feel they ought to do something for soldiers. Doub'less the girls are for the most part Innocent In inlention. They wan to show their ap¬ preciation of the sacrifices the boys have made. But when thaf Is said, it cannot be too strongly urged that girls who act like fhis are nof heroines and are not to be excused. The true friend of the soldier is the girl who does all in her power for her soldier friends' comfort, but preserves hers as well as his honor."
The Bishop said: "These women must be helped hut not directly by the State. This is where the church and voluntary agencies come in. The State cannoi condone moral evil. It must up¬ hold the law and exact for every of¬ fense its appropriate penalty.
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This proclamation is made by order of the Ministers of War Marine."
The royal decree was accepted by the populace as a declaration of war. It followed in the oi der named, the sign¬ ing by the King of the bill confer- Ing extraordinary powers on the govern ment during the war^ issuance of an Imperial manifesto, calling ti} resev- ists to the colors and finally, public¬ ation of a decree of mobilization of fhe army and  navy.
Wild Outburst ef Enthusiasm. The notices of general mobilization and the declaraton of war. caused a wild out hurst of enthusiasm through the entire city. Crowds throng the streets twenty deep. The only senti¬ ment is Joy that at last the die is cast and Italy is freed from an alliance which always has been  burdensome.
There was not a single note of regret
or  hesitancy.    The  soldiers  called  are
eager to leave for the front.
! Outposts  in Clash
j     Several   clashes     between     Austrian
I outposts, which had   advanced   across
j the frontier and  Italian  Alpine troops j
j who drove them back up    the    passes j
jare reported from various points along;
the border.    The  Italian forces did  not j
j pursue     the     .Austrians     beyond     the ,
boundary line. It is not known whether j
lany bloodshed occurred. j
The organization was so perfect and advance arrangements had heen so carefully made that ordinary railroad service remains undisturbed, something which has not been accomplished in any other country.
Church   Bells   Ara  Tolling
All bells in Rome were tolled tonight.
Tonight a monster crowd with thous¬ ands of flags paraded fhe city. After passing'before the war. navy and for¬ eign offices, the paraders proceeded to fhe QuirVinal in the expectation of see¬ ing the King, who had already returned to his suburban villa.
The crowd hissed as If passed every house from which hung nr flag. .No effort was made to aitack the Austrian or German  Embassies.
News from  the  frontier  I."Q*at   the Austrian barracks nt Koveret in the Italian section of fhe T. blown  up foday.     Several   ftali dent.o "if *'ne toWh~were -        ' •
I Italy's ArjjjjtJljo.
Rot May     2S,—Mobi
Italy's .....ly and Navy wns begun to¬ night. This followed th» issuance dur¬ ing the night a general mobilization decree and an imperial manifesto re¬ calling all classes of reservists of what¬ ever category under fhe colors and tho signing by King Victor, of the bill con¬ ferring extraordinary powers on the government in the event of and during the war.
The mobilization decree wns issued at 4 o'clock. If makes mobilization ef¬ fect   as   of  tomorrow's   date.
The decree summons all Italians sub¬ ject to fhe call fo Join the colors not later than Tuesday. The provinces of Sodrio. Brescia. Belluno. Udine, Vene- tia. Treve.eo. radiia, Bizanza and Man- (Centinued  On  Page Z)
town were -esi-
>n      of
London, May 22.—Brousht to a halt on the eastern banks of the San the Teutonic allies, who have been hanging on the heels of the Russians driven from fhe Carpathian passes with great tenacity, now have been forced to sus¬ pend their impetuous advance, while they re-form their lines. The Russians have turned and are giving their for¬ mer pursuers battle in one of the most terrific conflcts yet waged on the east¬ ern front
From the multitudinous reports from scattered fields in the eastern and west¬ ern theatres, with slight advances here and there, capture of prisoners and guns and losses not exceeding the toll conceded by combatants as necessary to such actions, the flghting along the San
lies are less  prodigal  in the expendi¬ ture f their ammunition, says the Rus¬ sian report. According to   the Vienna   statement,
the Russians are still retreating: in a |
northerly  direction. j
In France and Belgium. ,
Paris states that the British have re- ' pulsed a strong attack north of La j Bassee inflicting severe losses on the j Germans. Field Marshal French re¬ ports heavy artillery fighting northeast { of Festubert and some further progress j in the region south of Laquinque Rue. :
The French in the region of Ablain | have occupied nearly all the disputed ; portions of the town. j
Turkish reports tell of the repulse of British attacks on the west coast and   the  southermost   tip  of  Gall'poli.
Alfred Rick, who gave his residence as hS Church street, was arrested at 1:30 this morning by (JfTicers Michael I>ane and .loe Nicholas charged with forcing and entering fhe store of George Alexander at 105 South Main street. The officers' attention was drawn fo Rick's suspicious action and a close watch was kept on him. A short time later Rick was suddenly missed by the officers and a search was made and he was discovered in¬ side of the store. He was taken to the Station house and held for a hearing this morning.
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES IN THE 6USINISS CENTER WORRIED BY VALUAHON
Action of City Assessors In Adopting the Figures of the County Assessors Will Make Owners of Valuable Prop¬ erty In the Business Section Pay Large Increase In Taxes.
Workers for Jewish National Fund Will Solicit Help From Wilkes-Barreans
I     Fifty young  women,  charity workers 'of this citj-, will give Wilkes-Barre an
stands out as the one big battle of any   These are  disputed  by  the  British  re-
IIED BY IHE BELGIAN IG
great   immediate   consequence. Pstregrad  Makes Claims
Petrograd claims the Russians are advancing along the left bank of the San and hnve occupied nfter severe flghting. four villages and have beaten the Teutonic forces bnck in an attempt to re-take them. On fhe right bank one town  has been taken by the Russians.
Berlin makes no claims of ad\-ances. while \'ienna claims dsily gains of ground in "slowly advancing offensive."
NEW SHELL EOR ALLIES
Owners of property in this city's Compared with the land values the most valuable real estate section are values of the bluldings are insignifi- much wrought up over the big in-leant. The most valuable building in crease in taxes that they will have to the city is the Miners bank, which is pay this year. It is expected that the , assessed at $400,000. The Second na- iiicrease will be fully thirty per cent I tional comes next with an assessed on Public Square, on South Main street | valuation of $225,000.
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'port from Cairo which asserts htat the British  have broken  through the Tur¬ kish lines at  several  places. j Austrian   Official   Report. Vienna,   via.   Berlin  and   Amsterdam. ' May     22-Official-     "Fighting  still   isj proceeding   in   central     Galicia.      The j ground   gained  by  the Teutonic allies has    been    held    against    the    Russian t counter aftacV s.    Daily some ground is gained by the slowly nd-vancing often- ' sire  movenvents  of oxir troops.                   i "Calm    prevails    generally    on    the I
London.   May  ti.—The    W«r
announced foday that the Grand Cor¬ don of the Order of Leopold has been conferred on Lord Kitchener by King
I     On fhe Narew    front,    the   Germans
jhave introduced    the    poisonous    gases i Pruth  line.     Nenr  Bojan east  of Czer-
! which   proved  so  effective against  the jnowitz. an attempt hy the er^my lo at-
I allies on the west.    This is the flrst re-'tain   the  southern   bank  of  the    river
OfHce I port  of euch an    experiment    on    the   failed with  heav.v losses
Shells are being made In this city for the Alltes'B use against thelrGerman enemy, an order for a number of high explosive shells having been received by the Vulcan Iron Works and already nine of fhe instruments of death have been made in the Wyoming Valley shops of that concern. These will he shipped in the course of a few days to the Bethlehem Steel Company and for¬ warded by that concern to Europe.
The shells mad^ here nre nine Inches in length and three inches in diameter
I between  the  Square  and   Northampton | and on a portion of Korthampton street, j j     Ths big increase was brought about | j by the action of the city assessors in | 'accepting the valuations thai have been | I placed on properties in this section by i the  county  assessors.     When   Luzerne j went under the new assessment system I 'there   was  a  radical   boost   in  assess-i ! ments. but the city assessors continued i for two  years  tf>  make  their  own  as¬ sessments and it wa.s in some cases full fifty  per  cemt  lower  than   the  county assessment.
Under the new cil.v assessment there nre some owners of properties on Pub¬ lic   Square  who   will   have   to   pay   al¬ most one thousand dollars more in city taxes.    But -with  the increase it  Is  not ^ believed   that   the   Public   Square   pro- ; '¦ perfies in the residential section of the | i citv. i
j The highest assesse*! valuation per I ' foot under the plan is $2,400, at which i I price the Laning and Welles buildings | are assessed. This is the pre\-ailing i figure on that side of the Square and I on We«t Side of South Main street as '. far as the Boston store. On the other ; side of South Main ntreet the assessed | value per foot is $2.100. at which price the Simon Long store is assessed. On   the   Kighth   ward   side- of   Public
'When those property owners who possess holdings from which they re¬ ceive only a small return in rents on account of the age of the buildings receive their tax statements they will wonder whether or not they have a profitable Investment.
COLLIDES WIIH CAR
Skidding   on   the  wet  pave  at   South
eastern battle front.
Austro-German attacks on the Gali¬ clan front are growing constantly ac¬ cording to Petrograd.   Th« Tetrtoirie al-
"In the mount?inous region of Kielce the enemy again is retiring in a north¬ easterly direction, after stubborn fight-{high explosives wit ing." 1 ' loaded before bMng
They are made of steel five-eigths of; siquare fhe price per foot is $2,000 and an inch in thickness and are for use in:|2.ioo and on the Fourth ward side the rapid fire puns. The shells are made i prevailing price per foot is the assess- "f special thickness because of the. ment is $1,700 On the Firth ward side with which th«y are jthe Durkee Hotel property is aseesaed ftred. at yi.SSO.
Main  and   Northampton  streets  short- , ly after midnigni. al arge touring car j owned   by   ./ohn   Redington,   proprietor of the Hotel Redington, crashed Intp a ( Nanticoke  car   inward   bound.     In   the automobile were William Weidow, who was driving the car and .lohn Lenahan. manager   of   the   hotel.     Both   escaped i injury.   The car was slightly damaged. I The  automobile and  the car reached ' the corner at the same fime.    Weidow attempted to slop his machine buf the | wheels slid over tne wet pav. Bern nnd ' the troHey car. in charge of .Motorman Fritz Loskowski and Conductor Thomas struck  fhe front  end  of the  machine. Both  trolley and  auto were nearly at a standstill when they met
I opportunity today to as.sist in the alle¬ viation of suffering in war-torn t^'^ope. I "Flower Day,"  as  hns  been  desigi^i'-ed i by the managers of the .lewish .Natlont.1 ; Fund, has been    observed    in    variousj parts of the country during the present (month and  everywhere    it    has    heen ! marked  with  complele  succees.  Scran¬ ton alone contributing more than $200 last Monday.
I     No race has suffered more than  the (.Jewish in the World War.    Those sec¬ tions  of  Europe  where     this    honored people has had its   habitat   for   years have been ravaged, destitution and ter- I rible suffering having been visited ! on  the  most  innocent of all  non-com-> bafanlH.    Their woeful    condition    was early brought lo the atenlion of Amer¬ icans,  but  the  relief work  has  not  yet reached the point where security or any great   degree   of  It   has   been   guaran¬ teed.
The young women who will sell flow¬ ers on Wllkes-Barre streets today, morning and afternoon, will attempt to surpass the record of the Scranton workers, and it is tf) the infereFt of the city as a whole thnt their nmhition be realized. Miss Rose Alper is chairman of the "Flower Day" commitlee.
SPECIAL MENTION
Twelve cents in stamps will bring you useful comblnillon article for man. wi.min or child. Paramount .Novelty Co.,   I'ox  24.   tndependent.
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$250 for reliable man or woman; dis¬ tribute 2,000 free pkgs. Borax Soap T'owder with Soaps, etc., your town. No money required. H. T. Ward C»., 216 Institute. Chicago.
WANTED—First   class  paper  hanger, union  wages  paid.    <'all  at   111  Bast Green streel, or Bell phone UT. Nanti¬ coke.
¦WA.NTED—Men      to      sell our      n»w
nursery line;  big profits; pay we»,k-
ly;      no     triflers.     . First Naticnal
Nurseries, Rochester,!?. T.