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Wasiungton. Sept 18.—East- era Penna.: Fair nad cooler Sun- dayi Mondaj' fair.
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
Tbe   otJy   fionday   Kewrpapar Ttituiafeeti  in i.iiineni«  Cuuaty.
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, I^PTEMBER 19, 1920
Xntentd  nt' WnKen It" rre,  Tn.. M  See«nd  Oaas  Mall  MatUr.
PRICE EIGHT CENTi
FOOD PRICE IS REDUCED 6 PER CENT
Clothing and Other Necessities Also Show Reaction—Effect * Least Felt Here
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RENTS STAY HIGH
Washington. Sept. 18.—^ftetail prices of food, clothln;- and other principal commodities dropped an average of six per cent, during the thirty day period ended August 15, the lAbor Department announoed today.
During  the  month  of   August,    the same department annmtneed,    whole- ««'.« fio<l prices dpoprod 12 par cent., j wholesaie    prlcea of dotliing t\   per j cent. j
According to the Department of j Agrlc4ilture, prices paid to farmers for ( their principal crops declined 10 per i cer.t, j
On   basis   of  these   figure."?,   officials I here today said that the price break. [ long predicted, la actually under way and that all signs pointed to its con¬ tinuance.
*>r.e indlcatfo»i is the report from whoI<»bal"rs and retailers throughout the country that the people havo stop¬ ped buying. These reporta aro borne out iy returns of federal luxurj- taxea. Which show that ertlcles taxed as lux¬ uries, suc'n as diamonds, Jewelrv, per¬ fumes. attOOTobilea and expensive clothing, are not finding aa ready a aale as several months age.
An'>ther liidlr4,,tlon of the reli^ctance to buy is the repeated plea reaching the Federal Reserve Board frcm pro- d.icera and others who want extensions of credit so that they can bold their commcdltle'- while lowered prlcoe pre¬ vail. Cotton men who made such a I pk* to oevernor Harding of the Fed- crit Jleiierve Board thla week, wero turned down.
JKecrefafy of the Treasury Houston Is krown to heartily endorse these re- ^ fuKalB of credit. Secretary Houston \ i.Tkes the position Ufat the government, liy extending rrcdlt for such purposes, •v.^'jld be aiding boarding and high prif ea.
Rents Remain High
Rentr and houses seem to be exempt¬ ed from the general slumping and offi-'iiils believe they may stay up until th'i worM wide shortage of building is relieved This relief may start next fiprjT.g when officials hope that in- erenaed railroad efficiency will allow inuisporutinn of building material w)ii<-h has been partly shut off for ¦ome months.
The department's report stated that the average family expenditure for 22 artirles of food decreased from July IR to August 15 in earh of the 61 cltiea from which flgures are obtained.
Decreases ae reported from cities include:
Minneapolis, 11 per cent; St. Panl 10; Detroit 9; Chicago, Cleveland, Indian- npolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Oma¬ ha, Peoria and Springfield, Ills.. 8; Denver nnd Memphis, 7; Butte. Cin¬ cinnati, Columbus, Newark . New Tork, I'hiladelphia. Pittsburgh, St. Loul?, tKult Lake City and Seattle, 6; Balti¬ more, Blmilnyham, Bridgeport, Buff¬ alo. Dallas. Fall River. Louisville, Manchester. N. H., Rochester and Washington. D. C 6; Atlanta, Boston. Houston, Los Angeles, Mobile, N'w Haven, Portland, Me.. Portland. Ore., Providence, San Francisco, Savannah and Scranton. f Little Rock, New Or¬ leans and Norfolk 3: .laeksonville and Richmond,  2;   Charleston  1.
Inkerman Woman Is Burned Td Death Trying To Light Pipe With Live Coal
Burned whOe usipg a red hot coal to light a tobacco pipe to which she had become accustomed. Mrs, Mary McHugh, aged 65, formerly o»' Inkermem, died IciSt night in Ransom Home, main¬ tained by the poor directors of fittston City, Pittston Township and Jenkins lownship. Her death occurred ten hours after ihe accident. She had been an inmate of the institution for several months.
Mrs. McHugh received her fatal burns yesterday morning when she went to the boiler room of the Ransom Home. While the night and day engineers were changing places, she ap¬ proached unnoticed to the mouth of one of the Itu-ge furnaces. She had with her cui old tobacco pipe which she had been ac¬ customed to smoke.
It is claimed that while attempting to pick a hot coal from the furnace grate, her clothing became ignited. Her sciearns attracted engineers. TTieir efforts to extinguish the flames were successful but not until the aged womam had' been severely burned. Medical treatment was given to her during the day. Her condition failed to improve. Her death occurred last night at 6:30 in the hospital of the institution.
Mrs. McHugh, although bom in Ireland, lived most of her life in Inkennan. Two deaths in a few years among the mem¬ bers cf her families are said tr» have affected her mental con¬ dition. Her husband, Patrick McHugh, was killed in a fall down a mine shaft. Her son, Patrick, Jr., died six months ago. She is survived by two sons and a daughter, Joseph and Ed¬ ward McHugh. and Mrs. Mary Connors, all of Browntown, Pittston; and two brothers, jamea Manley of Port Griffith and Thomas Manley of Wilmington, Del.
AMERICA NO SLAVE TO EUROPE
Ihrding Explains Attempt of Allies to Force Burden Upon United States
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SPEAKS TO PYTHIANS
BY A GENERAL DROP
Confinement to One industry Holds Reduction to Less Amount Than Elsewhere
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GOVERNMENT FIGURES
DRUNKENNESS COMMON JTbe city police were busy last night. A number tt drunks were arrested and s.«\eral     prisoners    were    taken     in, charged with disorderly conduct.
Four per cent, reduction In the re¬ tail prices of clothing, food iand other necessary commodities sold in markets here afforded a saving to local con¬ sumers, according to a bulletin issued last night by the United States De¬ partment of Labor. Wilkes-Barre r;howed the same decline In prices that Scranton experienced, but both cities were next to last plaoe on the list of cltiea where the decline in prices has begun.
The reduced prices were noted during the thirty days ending August 15. In that period the federal agents investi¬ gated price lists lall over the country. Their efforts showed thnt the country was benefitted by an average decline of 6 per cent, in the .necessary articles of life, while there has been a marked cut In the demand for luxuries.
Local conditions brought down goods during the thirty-day period to four per cent less than the preceding month. Wllkes-Barre and Scranton follow other cities of Importance on the list, although Jaxiksonvllle, Fla., showed only a two per cent reduction. The falling off of prices in other places waa on the following basis: Minne¬ apolis, 11; St. Paul, 10; Detroit, 9; Chicago, 8; Denver, 7; New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, 6, and Baltimore, 6 per cent
Unofficial   explsi .nation   of  why  this city showed a smaller decline than oth er    places, advanced the    theojv that Wilkes-Earre is dependent to a large degree upon a single industry. Antlwa cite coal mining  Is the Industry sup porting the community's place  In  the country.    The other cities are situated either as metropolitan centers or with¬ in easy reax;h of the great production centers.    These places have the bene¬ fit of the influence of many factors in commercial life, it was claimed.
PROTECT PROFITEERS FOR CAMPAIGN FUND SAVS GOVERNOR COX
CMUtlanfl,  CaX.    Sept.    II.—Governor | price at which all goods were placed Jsunes M. Cox charged here tonight as | '"Storage be marked upon them. .,.       ., «»..._ »<       .   I     Fifth, a taw providing that all goods
Ur.i: cilUAx of hla stump campaign in | entering interstate commerce, be mark- lu '¦theni Califemla that profltoers, be- I ed with the producers price, vause  of    prrtection"  jjiven  tr.em   oy I Accussa  Harding
the Senatorial "o'igorciiy" during the! The governor claimed that Harding, last two years, aro paying their share ¦ in the Senate, did nothing to accom- mte the BepuiMiran campaign fund.      plieh the paBsage of effective measures
The   Demacratjc    candidate    claim.><  against   rrotitecring.     "He,   With   the
.senatorial oligarchy, turned away un-
EL BUTO TO SPEAK
Effort Will be Made to In¬ fluence Premier Into Office of President
TWO OTHERS ASPIRE
Paris, Sept 18.—The presidency of France tonight lay In the hands o:' Premier Alexandre Millerand. The honor of the position was his for a nod, but he withheld the nod.
Indications tonight were that mem¬ bers of the national assembly will make   a  determined   effort   to   obtain
his acceptance next Monday.   If Miller
and stands firm the race was said to { one hand, France on
lie   between   Senator   Charles  Jonnart   Greece, In small part took over ever>'-
and   Raonl   Peret,   president    of    the
Marlon,  O. Sept.    18.—In    a    short speech  delivered  this  afternoon  at  a re-unlon of tho Marion County Knights of Pythias lodges here. Senator Hard- t ing. Republican Presidential candidate,' touched briefly on the fraternities of,] n:itions. i
The S3nator ts a member of thei Pythian organization and used the teachings of the order as a comparison.. He said: "bne thing that maicea me ; hesitate about accepting the proposals j made for our country is what was} taught to me very memorably in the \ second degree of this order." 1
This brought forth applause from the I Knights. Elaborating Harding said: i "Ycu know that we are taught to fce j 8U''e before we go ahead, so in planning | America's part In'the progress to a new fraternity, I want to be sure for our wc.mtry."
Continuing, Harding said: "Be¬ cause a knight is cujtious, he takes notbing from his knighthood and, if America is prudent and makes sure of its own natioimllty before it enters Into the covenant of Intemationality, that does not mean that America is going to play a leas noble part in the contribution of our own oountry to the prrgress of human kind.
"I am thinking of one particular in¬ stance. I know hqi^cximpelling it wa.s when America waitsked to take the mandate for Armenia. There was a bit of clever diplomacy in that Ar¬ menia had been a. land of suffering and privation and star^'ation and massacre. Her people are a Christian people and had been persecuted largely because of their ChristLon faith. So in fhe development of the new Ideal of inter¬ nationalism Armenia was to be res¬ cued and come finder some of the stronger powe/ and the suggestion waa that this republic would accept sponsorship for Armenia.
A Poor Oivieien.
"It was thought that would appeal to Christian America. So it did. But curiously enough the nations of the old world, which gathered up tho ter¬ ritory about Armenia, England on the the other   and
Track Kills Boy Standing At Cart
Donald I. Betiel, 5 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bart Peiiel, ef Bloomsburg. was Killed and hi.s mo¬ ther Injured yesterday aft^^rnooa when Tun down by an automobUe truck at the corner of Carey avenue and Wood street. The boy died a few minutea after the accident. Hie mother was seriously ill last nisbt from shock and Injuries coilslscing of broken teeth, lacerations and bruises. She Is at the home of Mr. end Mrs. Harvey Lyons at 289 Carey avenue, w here she and ht>r husband together with their son had been visiting.
Stanley Sawickl, 34 years of agp, of Dodson lane, truck driver for the E. J. Fisher Junk firm, whose truck caused the accident was being held last night in the local police station. He faces a charge of ir voluntary maiislaugbter. Poiice Magistrate M. E. Gaughan committed him to a eel) vntil bond ts fixed by one of the county Judges.
The accident occurred at 12:46 o'clock as the Betiel boy and his mother were standing on tire side¬ walk at the comer of Wood street and Carey avenue. They hnd just left the Lyons horn- tc catch a bus. They were to meet the boy's father and Mr. Lyons at Poll's Theatre.
The truck driven by Sawickl was being driven over Wood street. In an effort to turn north on Carey avenue> the driver found his stear- ing gear locked, lie claims. The wheels of the machine mounted the curb. The Betiel boy was thrown under the wheels of the truck weighing five tons. His head waa smashed to a pulp. His mother was knocked dewn. A man standing near them vas bruised before he could escape from the machine's path.
Another anchine was cona- monde«r«d to take tne boy to Mercy Hospital. I>r. Gabriel, an interne, gave him medicsal aid, but death re¬ sulted xbortly after t^^ hospital waa reached. Tha boy's mother waa removt-d to tte Lyons home. In the meantime the vicLim's father and Mr. Lyons were reached .at Poll's Theatre where tbey were waiting with tickets.
The funeral of the victim will be held at Bloomsburg on Tuesday aft¬ ernoon at 2:80 o'clock.
TWO PERSONS HELD    « BV POLICE SEEKING CLEWS TO BOMBING
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Will Be Heid as Undesirable Alien Until Recent Actions Are Checked Up
MYSTERY CONTINUES
Chamber of Deputies. Senators and deputies are to meet next Thursday in Versailles palace to choose the suc¬ cessor to Paul Deschanel.
Deschanel's resignation, tendered be¬ cause of ill health, resulted in publica¬ tion of several of his misadventures. These included his fall from a train near Montbrison several months ago and two duckings iti canals.
Following the Joint session at Ver¬ sailles Thursday at which the Presi¬ dent will be elected, It is expected the executive's message will be delivered Saturday.
A number of names were mentioned in connection with the election, and, in well-informed circles, it was said a dark horse might be chosen over Peret and Johnart, neither of whom was re¬ garded as an especially strong can¬ didate.
Gamblers favored Millerand at even money.
USES ODD WEAPON
Daniel Everetts, aged 24 years, of 20 Bethel street, this city, came Into the poUce station laat nlgbt bleeding from' lacerations of the head, received, he claimed, when a Heights saloon¬ keeper used a pick handle on him. He was taken to the City HospltaL To¬ day an X-ray examination will be made to determine the result of the blow. The city police Immediately be¬ gan an investigation.
FREE RIDE TO JAIL. James Rooney, of Jersey City, rode blind baggage all tho way to Wilkes- Barre, and Just when he waa about to alight at his destination he was taken in tow by a special officer of the Le¬ high Valley Railroas. Lieutenant of Police Arthur Kearney made the ar¬ rest At the hearing before Alderman Frank B. Brown he said he had no money and wanted to come to this city. In default of -payment of a fine of flve dollars he was sentenced to ten days as the guest of Warden Michael Wha¬ len.
BACK WAGES CAUSE
A TERMINAL STRIKE
New port News, Va., Sept. 18.—Threo hundred employes of the Chesapeake and Ohio terminals here walked out to
tliHt, despite appcHls of Pi-esidci.t Wll-
*on for legislation to stop profiteering.
the   Republican   :-ilea  was   pait   of   a.
polrtioal   conspiracy   to   discredit   the
admitiiet-stion.   Corporations since the
¦war began, have inerrared their profits
bj more than five billion dotlam a year
above  the   pre-war    annual    average,
vhlch means that a tribute of t>a<\a
ywir h.is been exacted from every fam- i
ily  in   tbe counti-y,   the  governor  de- ;    -m my travels through the weetem; have not walked out yet an'd it is cot
ciareo. i country I studied carefully the symp- . expected they will do" so.
AfU-r 3eclyir.g tliat Senator Hard-jtoms  Of  the  so-called  radical  move-j    No statement is available from nUl- I'lp "wouK' ^ropai* the way fer a new;mente.    Leaders of them. In some in-  ra  of  higher  priees  and  profit»er!ng | stances,    are   radicals   In   the    truest
responslvely." Cax said, "from the : day in protest against the failure of the warnings of the more far seeing of j company to pay all the "back wagt a" their own party colleagues, such aa | allowed by the railroad labor board in Senators Capper and Kenyon, who July. The men include members of the pointed out that Republican Inaction I carmens union, carpenters, electricians was developing a feeilng of hate 1 ^,2.^°*® ,''?*'''''** °" ^® ^^^^ P'^^*- among certain groups tn the countrj 1 ,„JJ}? 5,°^' ^"'"^'"f. operations of the and that it was in reality tha Prlmsry St"^,«^ tt i.^hen'ive^^^a ^'^'*, "^/*)" ; cause of extreme radicalism and revo- ^^^^ ^^.'.^ i« "j""--* - '^^^^^^^ , lutlonary agitation. ! completely.   Trainmen and yard crews
thing that was desirable about that long suffering land and then hant'cd to us the problem of tak'rg care of that unfortunate people. In order to force us In they withdrew their troops and said.
" 'Jr America does not eerd her troops here we arfeleavin? those people to aerish.' By that procees they sought to involve us In an oblig.ition sonc flve or aix thousand miles away. But America- did not go In, because we have no sponsorship except that nat¬ ural desire of humanity to help fellow beings. We had no commercial In¬ terests; we had no territorial interests to guard, so I said, for one, we want to give of American bounty, American generosity and American sympathy. We want to give them of the morale of this republic and we want to give them of everything we can except one thing which we will not do, and that Is involve America 6,000 miles away and plant the sons of this re¬ public there In the gateway by Occi¬ dent and Orient to involve its in every conflict of tne old world.
Protect America's Beys "We In the UnHed States do not want that, I don't care who asks it. We mean to play our part if the rights of America are in danger, or if American honor is at stake, we will be ready to go Iwith our sons under the order of this government but we are not will¬ ing to be inveigled into such a thint; under the orders of foreign powers tO protect their territory.
"I am infinitely concerned about pro¬ moting the spirit of fraternity at home."
This morning Harding spoke to a delegdtion of foreign born citizens of the United States. They came from New York, Cleveland, Chicago, St Louis and other cities. The keynete of his speech throughout was "America flrst." He warned againat the possi¬ bilities of an organized hyphenated vote In American politics which might some day hold the balance of the voting power of our government and transfer the control ol the government to some foreign r&pital.
SEIZOREOFPLANTS BY ITALY'S IRKLRS SPRTO EFFECT
Laws May be Adopted to Per¬ mit New Method of Con¬ trolling Induslry
AN ECONOMIC T£ST
New York, Sept. IS.—Still running dowi, every clew, Department of .Tustice oTicials and city poiice tonight admitted thoy weie far from a solu¬ tion of the responsibility for the Wall, street explosion cf Thursday noon.
PollCv' held one man for questioning; Canadian authorities wero det?ir.lng Kdwin P. Fidcher on a technical charge of lunacy, and the Deprrtnienf of .Tustice had released a stowriway after it had been established he had no connection   with  the  blast,
"We suspect no particular individaai tonight,' 'said a Department of Justice operative.
The man held by the police without a charge against him was Alexander B'"e- lowEkl, a Russian ccmmanis*. who lives in New York City. He was arretted half an hour after the explosion two blocks frrm tbe scene of the disaster at Wall and' Broad s'reets. Police aiv he was talking excitedly to three men when arrested. Brelowski denied any knowledce of the blast but explained his presence in the financial district by saying ho was there t<» negotiate a loan to build a Russian peoples theatre. He was formerly editor of the Rus.iia.. Workman and Peasant, but at preaent i is employed on the staff of tho Russian { Voice, a pro-Bolahcvis* periodical here. I He speaks Russian, German, lt..llan, French fluentl;. he asserted. His wife and a 9-year-o d daughter are in Italy, he declared.
While not a prisoner Brelowski wa- ta'-vc tjei'ore tne aistiict attome.v for que.-^tloning  late  tfday,
Canadian Authorities Turn Him Over to New York Detectives For Grand Jury ^ >
VISITED POWDER MILL   ^
Hamilton. Ont, Sept 18.—Edwin./". Fischer, whe predicted the Wall street bomb explosion, held here on a cbargo of insanity. ^111 be returned to New York Monday, police announced Jate tonight
Necessarv legal arrangements for his deportMioa aa an utidetirafcle allea are being:/ade witb all enced. He will be turned over to Detectives McCoy and O'Hara of the New iork police department who arrived here torJght imiuediately on receipt of word from tiie> Department of Justice at Ottawa, expected Monday.
Hamilton. Sept 18.—Edwin P. Fischer, who w»inod Lis fri.ends to •keep out of Wall etreet", shortly be¬ fore the explosion there, waa beng held here tonigfct for the New York police, ocoording to Crown Attorney Waahlngton.
The following telesram was received by the HniXiilton police, signed >.y Chief Irepector Lahey of tbe New York Department:
"Hold Edwin Fischer. Our deteptire, McCoy, left for Hajoulton this'^^. m. Lahey".
Although Fischer, who formerly waa Metropolitan tenni.^ ehamplon of N w Tork, and is a momoer of a r^ominpi'it family there, waa adjudged iusane ly the lunacy commission here, he has i:0t been placed in an a-Tvlum.
Re'erring to the deteatioa cf Fischer today. Magistrate Jelfs said: _ "I do  not feel  inclined to  sign ary
He  is  being order, either for his ctimmittal to jail
detained at police headquarter. \or s.n adylum, or to orflcT h,s release.
The stowaway's identity couid not be M ^^^- ^" ^'ew of what has been dis- learned. Hf v/as removed from che K'osed, that the American people have R'oamer Cedric, just as it waa departir.^ I rcasoi. to desire tbat Fischer should from this port Altliough Department i bs closely interrogated as to anv of Ju.stice agents t;r;iltd bim at lengttt, knowledge he may have of the recent he w-iB relejibcd when it was found he | outrage. I think it would be only a had no useful information. • neighborly xc*  to connent  to hia de¬
portation  if the American authorities JoEire thi-.    If I was atked lo advise
Rome. Sept. 18.—Seixure of industries by Italian workmer. continued over a wide territory  oday. In Tuiin forty armed reds seized ten offices. In Rome workmen took over the Rome-Trlvoli tramway line, after reaching an agree- ent with the management.
Although negotiations between workers and manufacturers in Milan were said to have been satisfactory to¬ day, the Chamber of Labor there un¬ dertook plans for marketing the pro¬ ducts of plants they had seized. They are considering establishing a sales force in a central office.
Giolltti'8 iiractical decree that there should be a law providing factory con
Ronert A. Pope, brother-In-ia^' to Fischer, returned to New York tor.i,jht from Hamilton, where he turnsd I'lsclyr over to the lunacy commis¬ sion.
Brelowijki will be held a« an unde¬ sirable alien until his recent^ act<',-it!ea ha'.'e been checked up, police said to- iiifeht
Followlflg flve hours' grilling, Bre- lowskl admitted being at Maiden lane and Nassau street.—the heart of the jewel-y district—a half hour after the dis&Bter, according to the police. Bro- lowski said that tr had been trying to dispose of some Jewelry relatives in Italy had sent him.
WTicn captured Brelowskl was with three men, one of whom carried a black bap. He admitted being ac- ciuaiiited with one of these men, police said.
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REVENUE AGENT KILLS
ALLEGED RUM RUNNER
AsheviUe, N. C, Sept. 18.—John B. Holloway, federal revenue agent from AsheviUe,  shot and killed Gus Averj-
u-ol failed to change the situation at; at Jonas  P.idgo.  a remote section  of Turin, according to late reports. Work- | Burke County, todav.   Avery was »u<»- men   continued  to  assume  control  of' various   factories.     Working   in   the
by his plac for a hluhly protective tariff ssstem." Cox emphatically ciedgtd that <f elected, he would ask Congress tor effective legislation to tr>ake wir on the prwflieers..
Cex proposed fivc< legislative meaa- iiies which be said, would eliminate the profiteer.
First  a pertaanent revoH-lng    fund
placed in the hands of the president ; rageous.      The
'U> purchase from time to time as '.much of tbe sugar crop as is necessary to prevent proflteerlng.
Second, a law licensing and regu¬ lating corporations engaged in inter- ;<tat« commerce so as to prevent un¬ conscionable proflta.
Third, a law limiting the period dur¬ ing which goods may l>e kept in cold storage.
Fourth, a law requiring    tbat    the
smiled gleefully
road officials on  the situation.
ANOTHER^lwB~FOUND BY THE FRISCO POLICE
San Francisco, Sept. It.—Although experts expressed a belief tonight that the supposed bomb fouad at the foot of 26th street early today was a signal bomb such as might be used In oase senatorial oUgarVhy of ship wreck or in naval practice tbe while the great mass I !*"<=*  tonight   planned  to   make   sure
sense, but the rank and file I ha\'e found to be a well-intentioned people who complntn and complain bitterly of abuseb which the government could have corrected, had it not been in re¬ actionary hands.
"The extent to which profiteering prevailed during the war and especially since the    armistice    has    oean    out
of our people was in distress, thinking \ '^l^**   "  '^^s   before   concluding   their
It was tbe making of political capital. Cox concluded his stump campaign In the San Francisco district here to¬ night much pleased with his reception. Senator Key Plttman, in charge of western Democratic headquarters, said the Governor's visit had caused north¬ ern California Democrata to "put on their fighting togs."
investigation and have arranged to ex¬ plode the contrivance at a nearby prov¬ ing ground tomorrow.
The finding of tha Infernal machine aroused Intense interest. The police began checking up of all anarchists. Vigilatico whic>i ha* been doubled since the New York expulsion has been fur
Colby Okjecta.
Washington, Sept IS.—Senator Hard¬ ing's denunciation of the military oc¬ cupation of Haiti and San Domingo in a speech yestersay and preaent condi¬ tions in Haiti under American occupr.- tlon were discussed between Charles Moravia, Haitian minister to Washing¬ ton, and Secretary of Btate Colby.
Both Secretary of Navy Daniels and State Department officials yeeterCay crlticired Senator Harding's speech. At the State Department, It was said that withdntwal of the marine forces of oc¬ cupation from Haiti and San Domingo is under consideration by President Wilson and  the Department
WHISKEY PEDDLERS
ARE ARRESTED HERE
ther increased In tho flnamual district.. kes-Barre.
Charged with peddling whiskey in violation of the Volstead prohibitian act, two men were arrested last night in Wilkes-Barre Township by plain clothes men supposed to be State troopers. Two barrels of liquor taken from two automobiles were stered in the office of Squire Leo Qrohowski in the township. The authorities Inter¬ ested in the caae would not announce tbe names of the men under arrest.
Officers in charge of the Wyoming barracks of the «>Ute police announced early today that the arreeU were not made by any cf then: troopers. They denied that tl^ey had any officers working as plains clothes men in WU-
darkness, forty armed reds took ten offices, di!>arming the occupants and locliing them out
Italy is embarked upon a great eco¬ nomic experiment, according to the ba¬ llet of Italian leaders tonlgat The definite announcement that a commis¬ sion wiU be appointed to draft a bill providing for l&bor control of factories, was bUieved to mean that Italy will attempt a cure for labor unrest. Dep-* uty Daragona was ona who looked upon the activities growing out of the seizure of many metal working factories as ex¬ perimental.
"It may take flve or ten years," he said. "If it succeeds it will niark the ond of labor unrest and the rest of the world will follow Italy." ,
From Tourln, where Premier Glo- llttl conferred with manufacturers before determining on a factory con¬ trol bill, it wad reported that the commission will comprise four repre¬ sentatives of workmen, six employers and two technical experts. I'he Italian press generally looks on Glolitti's de¬ cision as a graceful way out of a troublesome situation.
Manufacturers who saw their planta aeizcd and themselves excluded last week, were Inclined to doubt the wis¬ dom of the move' and consented to a contro] bill oniy on tbe assurance that workmen shal! evacuate the plants and that there stiall be limitation on labor's shaie in the management of the co;i-t cems. Socialists objected to th* j premjor's pla.i. fearing it was a trick to defeat socialistic plans for the fu¬ ttire.
There were a few plant seixures to¬ day, two noar Rome.
MACSWINEY NEAR END
London, Sept. 19.-12:50 a. m.—At this hour it Is announced that Ter- rence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cark, is in great pain and a condition of ex¬ treme exhaustion.
pected   as .being   connected  with   the
liQuor traffic and was ordered to halt
by Holloway.   Avery ran and was fired | _**,''"*
on   three times  by  Holloway.    Avery
was unarmed.    He leaves a wife and
si.v children.    Holloway is well knowa
here.   He has not been arrested.
GIRL FATALLY HURT ^
BY FAST FIRE TRUCK
Fischer I phould ad^lst n't'.t\ t,> ret'irn. to the United Sta'es wher* he is well known. I i'o cof'sider, however, tiat he should be cimfii ed in proper qi: r- ters ar.d aoi treated as a criminal and pld.ced in a <;elL'*
Hugh C. Sweeney, local Canadian immigration office*-, said Fischer will be deported as an unUrsirable alien. He haa applied for an order fr,r Fischer's deportation, Sweeney sa'd that the application w»»s mads for two '< reasons, flr.;t, because Fischer had ' be..n an inmate of the Bloomaeld a; y- lum for the infane at White Plains, X. Y., makinr him ar undeslrr.ble a!i"n, and, secord, because be eitter?d Can¬ ada without offering himself for ex- rt.-nination to the immitfratlon officials at the border, entcrire the dominion by walking over the bridge at Niagara Falls. •
^ick Action on Fischer
Sweeney added that, should the de¬ partment of iminiptation concur at once. Fi»j..hcr would be esooried out of Canada to the United States within three or four days.
Immigration Inspector Sweeney, who has been investigating Fischer's man¬ ner of entrance into t";anada. declared that the United States federal au- aUo desired po'-aesslon of Fiflcher. He said that the two Ameri¬ can federal agents vho came bere j'l s- terday afternoon f'ota Buffalo wi-fd Washington la^t night recommending that the L^nited Stales authcriiies n- que«t the Ottawa gcornment to have Fischer turned over to federal anthoii- ties at Fort Erie. Fischer could ^e turned over at the border in this mt.n- ner under the statute nnd« r which Harry K. Thaw wa."* .sent across tTjs line from Quebec a few ;'eani ago when he escaped into Canada.
Rebert N. Pope, Fif'cher's brother- in-law, and the man who caused his arrest on an insanity cb'.rK<i here yes¬ terday, has returned to New York. >Ie left laet night, and was accompanied as
Unable to escape from tbe path of an l^xeter borough fire truck. Pa'iUne Ze- bada, aged two years, of 1107 Wyo¬ ming avenue. E»eter, was perhaps fatally injured yesterday when trim down. Both her legs were broken. S,ie received possible internal injuries. She is in the Pittston State Hospital, where
surgeons announced   her   condition  is • far as Buffalo by two detectives from critical. j ^^^^ dty, who had been UTterosJted in
The child was In the street near her Fischer's ca.se and who had liome hf re home when the Kxeter fire truck, on, ahortlv after he did. Pone said he T\ag its way to answer an alarm, speed .d I returning to New York. Be'ore leav- down the highway. Other children | jng ^e told the denuty chief of police nearby scampered out ot ita patch, but; ^ere  that  he and  his brother-In-law
^on«.^iV      ,„«"''*  *¦**"? !'v''^ had i'^en iii Canada for some days, in- danger.    Before the flrnnan    at    thei
wheel  could  check   the  .-.peed   of  the
truck, the youngster had tK-en hit The victim was taken to the Pittston hos¬ pital in another automobile.
The fire to which the hose truck waa speedlttg was only a slight blaze.
ONE KILLED IN DUEL
OVER RIGHT OF WAY
A«HUEY MAN ARRESTED
Charged with disorderly conduct be¬ cause he robbed a newsboy of a flash¬ light and some newspapers, Stapiey Macuska, aged 38. of Ashley, was ar¬ rested early today in this city by Pa- trortnan Molln. He left 815 security to appear in police court this morning.
New Tork. Sept 19 (Sunday).—One! man is dead and two others are said to be dying as a result of a pI«tol bat¬ tle between two parties of automobil- ista at midnight at Coney Islsnd.
Police said a truck loaded with a party of visitors to the 'kjeach resort.— both men and women, stnck In the sand In a narrow read. 'When a tour¬ ing car in which six men rode at¬ tempted to pass the truck they found the road blocked.    Words pas.'^od and
eluding the day of the explobion in New York, and that he ^%^s in Toronto on Wednesday, the day before the explo¬ sion.
Explosive Agent's Card.
Fischer was detained ird.ay In the Barton street Jail 'vhere he wa-s Inter¬ rogated by William L» Buchanan aid Vincent 1-, Creighton, agen's of tha American Department of Justice.
Whtn Fischer 'vas being moved from one cell to another, a card dropped from his pocket. It bore the name of a woman at Ciinton, N. J. Immigration Inspector Sweeney said ne aak«d l^scher who the woman wa* and tiie prisoner said:
"She 13 the wife cf one of the blg- gtist tvp!"sive manufacturers in the United Stat,?s. I was through thoir laboratory only the other day."
Swr.eney turned this car.-l over ta Buchanan and Creighton. Waen an at¬ tempt was made to question Fischer
the shooting followed. I about this he talked incoherently.        i
Charles Getter,  28,  New York, was!    With rfgard to the Wall street ex-^ killed and Thomas Sheridan and a third! plosion,   Fischer  issald   to   have   de- man, eald to be an Jltallan, were taken! cJared:    "I have no guilty knowledge to Brooklyn hospitals, where they were   of the affair.   If I had any idea of ccn-
believed to be dying.
Police  arreiiled  two   Italians,  occa- panta of tbe touring car.
oealing tbe affair, 1 would not have sent pest cards openly, but would have enclosed them in letters,"