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DRIVE ON SLACKERS TAKES FRESH START IN NEW REGULATIONS
160,000 UPON LISTS WIIH EXACILY1912 Ti
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Period of Search is Extended iThe First List Affecting This to Year 1925, With Speciai     Group is Issued Fronn the
Provision For Bergdoll WANT PROSECUTIONS
Washington, March 4.—A fresh Im¬ petus has ht-fti given to the appre¬ hension and pul]l^llIn^•llt of ilraft de¬ serters during the world war.
Th«' ai'tiiin of Cuncrtss in passing W a few day.s ago a joint resulutlon re- Sarding the islatus of do.sprtcrs from tbo military and naval s<Tvic« of the TJaited St.ites during the war, has dono Important things in thu opinion of offloers of the War Department ^tonight as follows:
1—It hits mado .lirtight the author¬ ity of Ihe War Department to con¬ tinue Ha work of s-'eking out and punishinc  these  deserters
1—It has viriiliejitod the poiiry of tho War Drpartmenl In undertaking •Jld rarryitiK on this work.
The deii.irtiiieiit will eonljnue its hunt for the slackers and will make additional  efforts  to  proseeute  them.
Federal Headquarters SPEED UP INQUIRY
Coincident with the announcement from Wahhington that tbe Wur De¬ partment is ready to atid new energy to tho search for <lruft evaders in the war, feder.il uutliorities have Is- bued (oi pul'lication today a fresh list of Wllkes-lJ.irre men ciassilled as deneiicts. Mun whose mimes atipe.i- on tlie liht aif liaMe to arrest unless they can ^liow lhey satistled thei'- :ii;"itary  <)l>li;;atioiis.
The :isi puiilislu J today Is the flrst one tc he i.-i.^ued eoiuainiiiB ilie nr.rres of nien who registered wiih draft lioard .No. 1 of this city, antl It is Ihu stvoiid in twenty-four houis :i> afjit loe.il registrants,    yeaterd.iy
Fight Gun Battle With Bootleggers
New York, .March 4.—A running gun battle between police and alleged Italian bootlepgers In down town afreets tonicht, rapped a day replete with p.iyrool rob- herles and shootings. Two detec¬ tives were seriously wounded in the battle tonight and one man was caiitured.
Detectives Corman ;ind Whelan were attemptinK to f-^'in entrance to the iUleged bootleK(,'ers' rendez¬ vous when a man suddenly step¬ ped from the door with two pistols and started firinp at them. An¬ other man stopped from .m adjoin¬ ing: doorway, lb al-'> Imd two re¬ volvers with which he opened fir*. When fiorniaii and Wlielan fell pounded the men fled.
I'atroliiLan Sulliv.ui s.'uv one of the running men and ehased hini, liiinK as he went. The man re¬ turned tho firo. He emi>ti<-<l one pistol and threw it away. When he emptied tho other he gave up. He gave his name as Georjje ^runo.
PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF PROBLEMS
A BOUT mm DEVIL IS OFFERED JEFFRIES
New    York     .March   4.—Dr.   John! field for his efforts  than  right hero Roach   Straton   tonight   invited   Jim|'"    >«>w    York—fiffht    mad,    stage-
Straton tonight Jeffries to try his evangelistic upper- cut on Broadway. Tho militant minister crusader wants Jei'f to statue a fast bout with the Devil right under the same white lights that knew him in his heydey of his tame as champion heavyweight of the world.
struck, giddy and silly." Dr. Straton j .said. "Often prizj r:ghters make ! Kood     talkers.       They     waste     their
punches in the ring when they might , better put them iu ^'e^mons. Madison I Square Curden is thronged nightly by ; fight fans while our >hurche» are I empty. The former champion could j do a good servico if he would come
Broadway   needs    r( forming     and ! here and preach the gospel to hia old needs   it   badly   and   Jeltries   is   tho; friends.
light  man  for  the job.   Straton   de- ;     Dr.   William   Shea  Chase,  another
I dared tonight when told that JefCrios   minister,  tonight   welcomed   Jeffries
had  turned  to rellKioun work. i as an e\-angeliat. "I am glad to hear
"If Jim Jeffries really feel-s called \ it." .said Dr. Cha.se when tokl Jeffries upon  to  prejioh  thero   is   no   larger i had hit tiio sawdust trail.
TELLS OF ROBBERIES
Lower Shoe Price Named By Dealers
New York, ilar. 4—Shoe prices are dropping, representative shoe dealers tonight reported. Cuts close to 45 per cent have been made in shoes since 1920. I'\ir- ther reductions are expected shortly. T. 1'. Collins. Walk- Over shoe store manager, said $S.50 shoes have been cut to $6.50 and shoea that were $15 and |18 are retailing at $10. .\n official of the W. L. Dousla.s Shoe Com¬ pany said prices of their shoes h;ive not yet be.n cut but reduc¬ tions are  e.xpeoted .shortly.
When John W. Craddock, rep¬ resentative of the National Boot and Shoo Manufacturers Associa¬ tion, apeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission recently ho said cuts of nearly 45 per cent havo been made. Further cuts could be mado If freight rates weie lowered.
ONE COAL OPERATOR BACKS MINER'S FIGHT FORA SAVINGJVAGE
FEAR HIDDEN CRISIS    VERY LIBERAL VIEW IN LEWIS'REFUSALS    FOR ALL INTERESTS
LE
Kept Fronfi Resigning by Eng-1 Worked   In   Daylight   With! land's Belief That He is i   Scores of Keys and Had |
Needed in World Work
Preference For Jewelry
YOUNGER APOLOGIZES    ¦  SENT TO REFORMATORY
London. March 4.—Three develop- i.ients today showed that the British politio.ll crisis, threatened Thursdav, has   been   averted   and   that   David
Benjamin Whitman, aged 18. of 267 Walnut street, Luzerne, consid¬ ered by the police to be one of the
the  War Deputment  announced   the   OppUpp^  iU-  UarHp*:!  Part  nf   t in   tn       "T"'''   ""'^   ^'"'^   David;--"'   .... ^...e .   ...  .............
names of twenty-two men who failed ' •^*'*''"'CO  Ulc  ndlUcbl  rail  Of I Lloyd OeorEt- has once more escaped, ' most   expenencad   daylight   burglars
to   report list also c
to   board   Xo.   2.     Today' witains tho names of twiii-
,,.     r\     -i- i      A   i J   !'>' a margin, the necessity of resign-
HlS   Position   IS  to   Act  and   mg his premiership.
So  far comp.irativelv     few    of    thel*^"'-^*' "^*'"- „„    .    .   „.      - ,. „ i
' 'A  two-iolil purpose Is back of the '
160,000 on the sl.-icker lists have been] punl^<hpd .ind only :i .sli^litlv higher i percentage .'iiiprehended. The num¬ ber appi<hended is l.lo3, while S09 havo biirrenderoil, m.ikini: a total of | 1,112. Dotlnite ligures are l.-icking as. to tbe total  niimlier punisln d.
Remain Human .DREAMS VANISH
government's pLin to give publicity to the sl^rUer list. Olle is to appre¬ hend .-md pum.-li men who fl.igrantiy violated tile rules of the selective draft. The otiier is to permit tht' purging of the  names of those men ! _ ^ .
i who served in tlie military forces but | Une     YCar    in     White     HOUSG The    ConLT- s-ioii:il    resolution    In ' wbosu i-eeiiiils were i onfiised. question WIS |.,^.-,,1 by the Hou.se onl     The    list    , ont.iins    the    following March   1,   and   U   is  e.\|H'eted   to   he | names of men  who  registennl  with BllTied   by   the   President   In   a   few i ^\'"^f''-I'"'" days.    It was drawn up by the Judse'     '.'1 4—«;«org<
I man street.
l.'!3T—Joseph   Tenkoski.   485  Madi- on    street,    \\ilkes-Harre,    or    3537
ever apprehended, had his youthful crimin.'il career ended rather abrupt¬ ly' yesterday   when   he   was  sent   to
1—Sir Oeorge Younger, whose at tacks on the Premier were responsi-j „u„ti„  jon Reformatory. In a num-i hie for Lloyd Ceori^e s flare-up  and ,.be,. of burglaries  scattered  over tho!
HOT SHOTS DELIVERED BY PEPPER
Declares to Manufacturers That No Special Interests Can Be Served by Justice
SPONSORS INDUSTRY
Secretary Davis Had Hoped; Believes It Possible to Protect
to Separate Problems of Two Classes of Miners
MAY DELAY MEDIATION
Wa-shlngton, March 4.—A hidden crises in the coal strike situation- making successful mediation to avert
Men  and   Owners Serving the Public
While
WOULD REDUCE COSTS
Di.striet   Hoard   Xo.   1: ' John IJecker, "J'j Bow- |
AdvoCTte Cener.il's office of the War,' Dopartmcnt and its i.assage was re-1
quested of Congi-ess .is necessary In 0  tho   Department's   i.iinpaign   against tho draft  deserters.
Period   For  Pursuit Tho   resolution   ha.s   the   effect   of oonttnulng   tli<-   culpability   of   draft daoerters unti .Mai'h 14.  i:(j:>.
The resolution spo<-ifcally provides jOChat this amenability tu prosection 'and trial of draft deserters shall not terminate before (he expiration of three years after tho dato of thi president's proclam.ition of peace which wss on Nov.  14, l&Jl.
It is understood that the resolution was made necess:uy because of the I legal theory th.tt, after tho tormina- tior of a statute, lu this ca.se tha draft ait, persons subject to criminal action under it aro autuniatic«illy pardoned.
Now. this resolution will make ab- aoluto the authority of the War IVpartment fo continue it.s work of trlnglng to Justice tho draft deserters and while a time limitation has been put on it by the pro\ ision for the three year period in the resolution it Is the opinion .it the de;iaitmcnt that this time can be extended later If neces.sary.
The vote on the resolution when It passed the house CC8 to l'(», is looked upon MS a sort of "vote of confidence" In tbe War I><>p.xrtm?nt in its fight against the deserters. Thero have been srnne expres.sions of opinion that with the war endi'd the draft deserters should be pardoned. The War Department opposed such a course, holding that if tlie offenders of the draft in the world war ars not punished, there would be more rleserters in  n, future  war.
Still   After   Bergdoll A     provif-ion     in     tue     resolution which may be taken mlv.intago of by the War Department  lu the case of j Grover    Cleveland      Bergdoll.      the' wealthy  Philadelphia draft     desaerter ^ who escaped from prison and  fled to Germany, Is th.it the three year per- liwl  of  amenability   is  "exclusive     of all periods of absence from the Juris¬ diction of the United States."
War Depivrtmeni oilicials, speaking rf the small percentage of deserters Mrho ha\'e heen apprehended or have aurrondered since the draft deserter lists wore published almost a year •CO, say that the work has been greatly hampered by the lack of funds to offer the customary $50 re¬ ward for t.'ie apprehension of each deserter.
Uutler .street. l'itt:)^>urg. 154—Joseph      J'osas,      658
Washington  .street.
I7:ts-
Seems Like Twenty of His Old Time Existence
ONE ACHIEVEMENT
North
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threat  to  resign,   haa   made   a  com¬ plete retraction,    according    to    the i Cardiff Western Mail.
2—A conference of conservative leaders, called by the Premier for tho week-end at Chequers, his coun¬ try estate, h.as been proclaimed un¬ necessary In view of the easier sit¬ uation.
3—Winston Churchill, Austen Chamberlain and Sir Laming Worth- ington-Evans. in further speeches, supported the coalition and the prime I minister.
The     statement    of    Sir    Oeorge
¦Washington,  March    4.—The   out Kedor (;.iia7..Tk   or   Yarozak, i*"'""'!"^' achievement  of tlie  admin-, Younger who,  as  leader of the  "die .S07  North   retiii-yKania avenue. j istration is the progress it has madejhard.s" within the conservative party i his  arrest   was  not  announced
!':.^—Ki-.ink  C.aKortiki.  L'  Kern  lane.:'"  traver.'^ing  the  road  back  to  nor-I ranks   was   Llovd   George's   bitterest j yesterday  morning, 10:is—Josepii A. Halloran, 70 West I n»:ilcy.       President       Harding      told ' opponent   was  most  slgnlficlent
101     Eiist 70     North
Linden .street.
US'!—Mike     Kucouski Chestnut street.
571—John     Korr.iwo, i'entisyiviinla avenue.
I'0;i3— Me|>'remia Koysmoburgkus, Xorth  M'a.'-hiiiKtoii  s'treet.
S8!»--Joseph    .Movsius   Langun,      10 Xorth Washinslon street. I     933—Paul Muk.>-\mowicz, 850 North ! PeiinsylvaniH or 734 Xorth Washing- I ton street.
U'l'.^ -John Maloskiewitz, 867 North Pt-nnsvlvania avenue.
1131 -:•.nil .\I.,nkcrith, 731 North Washington   street.
1,'.40—Sylvester :\lattis. 42 Madison street.
304—M.artin .Joseph Moran. Wilkes- Barre, of li.thlehem Steel Company, or  Xew  C.-istle,  Del.
254—Willi, tm .\rthur Powell, 22 Kiist Market street.
2<t!t»'. .Mike Relies or Retkiez, 308 Clyde Une.
81''. Vlfred .^cott Slyker. 204 North Pennsylvania avenue.
U'fi9 —Krancesco Stenator. 671 Hazle street or >>S Bennett »;tri-et.      >
U86'4—Ch.irles Waterworth. 120 Kidder street.
t;?7—Andrew Wilcievskl. 12 East Chestnut  street.
41?—Joseiih Wilrot. 76C .North Pennsylvaniai.
MAY PACIFY  FIUME
BY  PAYING   ITS  DEBTS
Rome, Mar<h 4.—Senator Prhan- Eer, foreign minister, .innounced that •nn .-itteinpt to iiacify the pnpul.ition of Fiunio would be made hy Com- mandatoro Castelh. who has Kft for the disturbed city. Schanzer added that Italy will carry out her financial obligations toward  Kiume.
The  foreign   minister  denied    that
Washington   newspapermen     in     an I .im.izingly frank talk at the National Press Club here tonight.
Harding, celebrating the anniver¬ sary of hi.s first year in the White House, gave the correspondent.s an intimate picture of his thoughts in a "heart  to heart"  talk.
While Harding mingled with the news ' '1; in the club, w hieh is atop a v.i .'ille theatre, former Pr<vsl- (leiil iViIson entered the theatre and sat ill his iisunl box. Neither knew that the other was in the building.
8o many things havo traiisiiired during his first term of offlce that It seems like twenty years since he as¬ sumed offlce a year ago, the Pn-ai- <lent   said.
Harding confessed that there does not seem lo he enough time during the day to iicn'orni all the tasks and duties confl onting the executive.
"The h.irdest thing to do in this VNhite House job is to keep human," he  said.
"I never flnd my work done and T have nrgued with my genial secre¬ tary that the trouble is I am unable *o keep myself aloof. I don't believe there is any human being that can do all tho wnk that is expected of the  Presidential  offlce.
".\ man can't be President and keep aloof. He wouldn't be fit to be President if he did.
"I suppose you are wondering what my impressions are tonight, after a year In the White Hou.se.
"It seems to me tonight that I may have been President for 20 years. Life has been so full that I have scarcely any recollection of the period prior to  my becoming  I^resi-
I maintained to cheek up on the boy's
.¦\ccording   to   the   London   corres
j pondent     of     the     Western     ^^all,; j,„„f^.^j,jpn^yj,j^^„ ^^^^q^ jj^f^^^ j^^g^
Younger and his followers for «epera- U^^^^ yesterday morning ha was im-
tion from the coalition and a return | ^.^^i^^,,.   .^ntenccd   tc   Huntington
Reformatory   while   an   investigation is   to   be   continued   to   determine   if
in Attacks Upon Bonus and the Maternity Bill
RAPS TAX SYSTEM
rinSie^tT.sS^r'^iaS'i.; Senator Moses Grows Bitter
jewelry, money and other valuables., The boy was produced In court | yesterday morning by city police authorities to whom he confessed having entered and ransacked eight homes in this city and on the West Side. The police announced that they are searx!hing for a "master mind" who they believe was directing the operations of  tho boy.
The Whitman boy had been In the custody of chief of police Michael Brown  for  more  than  ten days,  but
until
when    he    was
i taken before the judges. Secrecy was
Jugo-Sluvia had protested against ' dent, except one. The outstanding the coupe of Friday adding that na- j thing that I can recall Is my con- turally the Jugo-.Sl.ivs would    insist I cept  of  the   Senate   of   the   United
upon the execution of the Uapallo treaty which recognized a govern¬ ment similar to I'rcsident Zenaila's.
MASONS PURCHASERS
OF THE MANHATTAN
New York, March 4.—Acquirement of the Manhattan opera houst; prop¬ erty hy the New York Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, as a lodge home, was announced tonight.
Passing of the opera house marka the passing of Osrar Hammersieln's dream of a chain of opera houses reaching from New Y'ork to Saa FVanclsco.
MEXICO CITY IN GRIP
OF GENERAL STRIKE
states as compared to that I havo today. I do not mean to he di.sre- spectful to the Senate in saying that.
Disappointments.
"There have been disappointments
and dreams that havo not come true.
' .\  large part  of the fault  may have
I been   that   of  the   executive.     But   I
, admonish   you   In   one   respect.     1
oon't believe any of >ou understand
to p i.-ty politics that proc'pitj.te«". th crisi.^ of  Thursday.
Sir (George has expressed regr»t that the recent speeches of his have been interpreted as challenging Lloyd Ceorge's authority and hopes the"coalition will coiitimie until the time for a general elcOion arrives after which liberiils and conserva¬ tives can co-operate, according to the correspondent.
Danger Not Over
Winston Churchill speaking at Loughborough, jiraiwd the excellence of the coaliliuii government. Church¬ ill, however, expressed the hope that the coalition eventu.-illy would be¬ come the national party, whieh he for HOme'timi- has had under hi.i hat. The enert-etic minister for the col¬ onies has visions of ii new party, led perhHt»s by Winston Churchill with progressive liberal policies.
Although the day's develoi)ments brightened the immediate political horizon, Lloyd Oeorge is by no means out of the woods. The political wolves of Labor and Liberalism like him little better than those of the extreme right. It is only a question of time be¬ fore he must go down beneath the pack. Those who are waiting for the
he figured in any other burglaries.
List of Robberies
According to the police the boy confessed to entering the following homes during tbe day in the lust tievoiai weeks:
Residence of Mrs. Hattie Simmons, 385  South  River street,  city.
Retjdence of Mrs. .\. L. Scott, 93 Slocum street. Forty Fort.
Residen-e of j.:. W. Watajr, li2 Butler  street,   Kinesion
Voeum residence, t?harpe • street, Kingston.
Residence of H. C' Arner. River Btreet, F'orty Fort.
Residence of William r-'owerby, 142 Murray  atreet.   Forty  1-ort.
Pritchard residence, Murray street, I-'orty Fort.
Residence of Clayton Justin. 382 Cliarles  street,  Lii..-:ine.
The Whitman boy was arrested ten (lays ago by City Detectives Joim Williams and Michael Kittrick on East Northampton street when he tried lo pawn one of the numerous articles    stolen      (rom    the    houses
Philadelphia. March 4.—The agri¬ cultural bloc, tho maternity bill, our present ta.v system and the latest auggestion for paying the soldier bonus were bitterlv attacked here tonight by Senator George H. Moses, New Hampshire.
Moses and Senator George Whai*- t'>n Pepper, Pennsylvania, were the guests of honor at a dinner of the ."lanufacturfrs' Oiub of this city.
l"nexp»^cted  sui>port  of the   Cnited
Mine    Wi>rk.rs'    demand    f..r    high
1 wage.., came yesterday in u statement
.,       ^ ^^     : accredited  to John   -Markle.  H.izUton
the nation-wide strike threatened forjcoul op. rator,  who  believes  thai  th.i
.April  1   more  remote—has  developed   ¦mthracite   nwners  lue  .ntieUxl   lo  a
(during the last few daya, government I'^^¦""'' ^^''^'^ ^^ against nu ivly a liv-
}.M,„i   1     ^  . .^  V. . u. !'"''   wage.   He  al.sy  declar.s   thai   ihe
< officials believed here tomght. ! public should be  pla.e.l  first  in  im-
Tho    unnouiicenient     of    John     L. : liortatue  above either the  iiii.'uTs  or
I>;wis,  Pre^idi'iit of  the  United  Mine    ihe  operators   in   the   wag.-   n.'gitia-
Workera. declaring    that    ho    would   tion.s soon to start n New York City.
•-ountenaiice  no    separate    stale    or,     .Mr.  Marl-le has b-.ii an imi>.>rt.:iit
district  settlements,  ia    believed    to ; figure among the operators lor ytars,
have thwarted the scheme of b'o»'ern-   and the statement coming lium hini
ment niediuK^rs. I has introduced an i iitii.ly iinexix-, t-
Secretary   of   Labor   Davis   Is   un- i ed  note   in   the   publicity   campaign.^
derstood   to   have   contemplated   .ic- ; being conducted  by both  mineri an.l
tion   which   miijht   encourage   settle-j operators.     The   miners   Imineiliately
ment   by   districts   or   States   if   ihe:,-seized u.oon it as the stmng.-si ai;:ii-
national    conference     suggested     by j nient yet in support of their varioua
I'resident Harding should fail to stem   demands.
I
"Three piirties are at interest in ilic controversy." i<.iid .Mr. .Markle. 'In the ord. r o ftheir ijiiport.ince they art the people who must buy anthracite. the workers who mine it and pr< jir-ro it for market, and tliose who've i money,   time  and   brains  are   iu   the
the   walkout   of  bituminous  workers,
It w.as known that Lewis opposed distriet sellleiiicnts. but it wtis be¬ lieved he would let the issue re- inian undecided until alter the na¬ tional conference.
Even tho chance for a national conference was bedinimed by the . statement of several operators who i """"'"'J' attended the meeting of ih(^ .National j "The public is entitl.d to spe. dy Coal Association here. They de-1''elie' from war-time prices of an- clared they saw no reason for a. con- i thracite. The men are entitled to a ference and intimated that the op- I high ware; by th.it I mean s.>:m'^- enitors might refuse to accept the I thing more than one th.it will . n.i.di "feelers" sent out by SecTcUiry Davis 1 them to live according lo .Vmerican at the suggestion of President Hard- standards and iai.se children .1. c nt- ing. The situation has developed, lv. They should such serious propensities that high government    officials    have   adopted
tho "hands off"' attitude. Even Harding let it be known that he is not attempting to "mediate," tiut merely "suggesting" that a national conference  should  be held.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover la understood to still hold the attitude he outlined a month ago when he declared avoidance of tho coal strike was  ImIiO:^.sible.
Somo   officials   believe   the   strike
Pepper told the manufacturers thatj situation may develop into a test of he would not be a representative of j''>« strength of Uwis. Tho.s.: who .special  interests   In   Washington.   Hel*^"^'^   this  opinion   point to  the case
\ ly. Tbey should re<-«-iv.' iiue.iL-h to enaiile them to l.iy something aside forthe inevitable time of trouble. L.'ist to be considered, but stil! en¬ titled to some consid. ration, ore those whose fortune and life-time efforts are tied up in the industry.
"It is with tiiese thr.e factors clearly in our minds that we will mt^et the men in good f.-iith and with tin- belief that we will work' out .'i fair agreenient to the thi-ee parties at in¬ terest."
One of the important declsloas to be reached by union ofTicia^s of tho miners who  vill  meet  In  New  York
hold ...      ..   ot   the   Illinois   miners   who   declared I (-"itv- \f-ircli 11 in -i  sirf>ci il tri-district aid:    "You and 1 are not to think ofj they would settle for their own dis- '    '^-     '  "" ^ di.suict
for the  beneflt
end of the hunt, however, half expect | which he entered. After an examin- to see the premier come squirming i ution by Chief of Police Brown the from boneath th.' pack with a brand j Vjoy told where he obtained the ar- new p.irty on which he can ride to nj^.ies.
power again. I    All of the burglaries were commit-
Lloyd George has times when he , t^d during the day. He would dccido sincerely wishes to resign. Tlie pre- i ^^ ^,j^^^^ ^ j,ouse on a ccnai.i .-treet mier's enemies Increase with each 1 ^^^^ ^.^j^,^ ^^^ ^^^^^. ^^^^ ^^^^^.^ ^^^^^^ political situation '^'h'^jh /•"ses His ^^^ opportunity for burglary pre- friends say he woi4d ^^ „»>f«^'>i rented itself on the spu.- of the mo- glad to quit now. Lloyd George was ¦ ° ^ ready to seize upon the Younger at¬ tacks as an excuse to end his lead¬
ership.
Sets Final Goal The real reason why Lloyd George has clung to the ship this time and callt-d upon his friends. Balfour and Chamberlain, to assure him of con¬ servative   party   support.   Is   that   he
I ment. After ringing the door bell ht would inquire for the whereabouts of a supposed neighbor, usually using a flctltious name.
Had  Many  Keys
If after ringing the  door  bell    he
received no response, the boy would
proceed  to  try  various  keys    which
he carried at all times and    if    they
in the midst of imi>ortant successes at Cannes when the supreme coun¬ cil meeting was suddenly cut short by  the  downfall  of the  Briand  gov-
Girl Found Near Rockefeller's
Victim  Of An Italian Avenger
Mexico Cit.v, M.arch 4.—The Mexl ean capital Is In the grip of a par
alyzing strike tonight.    The city was   the  difficult  problems  that   the   new without  water  or   street   cara   while ¦ administration, had to undertake, the   electric     lighting    system    waa 1     "Dont   misconstrue   me.     I   don't damaged. mean  to be critical of the previous frnment.   It is believed that the pre-
The street railw.iy strike was fol-1 administration and I am not unmind- mier wants to negotiate with the lowed hv a strike of taxi cab drivers ful thit mv distinguished predecessor Russians face to face at (Jenua, start and It was reported that others would : was ill more than his last year. Thei Lupope on the road to rehabilitation follow for tho i>urpose of consolidat- i fact   is    that   the   government    '^asj and then retire to a well earned rest.
ing all labor groups into a political   adrift in the tremendous current t'^«   ^o^, ?eSs toJ^^rd- S^Geor^^ party. | followed the  war.    The  problems  of  r'ouE.teeungs toviards Lloyd George
The power company which h.is been   readjustment    were    Infinitely    more cut oft is owned by British interests   difficult than  any of you  have ever
thought, or I had ever dreamed.
"If vou had accomplished nothing else than the long step of getting back to normal ways of government, this would seem to me,—knowing what I know now.—the real achieve¬ ment of tho year.
wants to take the initiative In world j^-ould not open a door he would pry politics at Genoa.    Lloyd George was  ^,pcJ^ a window.    When he  wiis    ar-
and It was believed diplomatic inter¬ vention might be  asked.
may he. agrees that there is no one quite like the little Welshman to lead the British delegation to Genoa. It is possible that this had consider¬ able to do with the conservative de¬ cision to support the Premier whole¬ heartedly, although those of tho ex- (Ooattanad oa Fafo 39).
rested Chief of Police Brown found three separate bunches of kt;. s in his pockets besides a large number of stolen articles.
One key ring neariy held 100 Tale keys of all combinations which he used in attempting to open doors equipped with Yale locks Another key ring contained numerous keys which he used In opening drawsrs in bureaus   and   dressers  after   he   had
oJirselves  as  huulin, of .special  interests.
"We are co-operating in the diffi- cilt ta."k of securing to American in¬ dustry .1 fair chance to live in its riJThtful place in the sun. And, in doing this we must c.nstantly bear in mind the thought that no problem is rightly solved in the interest of one group in the interest of another. It is in equilibrium ot interest that peace invariably exists."
ii'epper spoke on tlie manufacturer and tariff. It was his first taritf sp-ech sit-ife he took his seat in th.j Senate. He traced the hi.story of tariff legislation from 1863 lo tho pnsent lime and told of h.aving .ap¬ peared before the finance committee se\^eral limes in the interests of Peimsylvania manufacturers. At lh«^ conclusion of Pei)per's remarks Moies addressed the diners. He ar- raipned the agricultural bloc and denounced the appointment of a far¬ mer to the federal reserve  board.
A Trifle Sarcastic
"The agricultural bloc,' 'he sai.i, "us-d to comprise twenty lawTers, one editor and a well .Iriller, now it conpriseg nineteen lawyers, one edi¬ tor, one well driller and one manu¬ facturer of sewer pipes.
"One of the troubles in this coun¬ try today is that a number of Luther Burbanks h.ave foisted upon us a hy¬ brid growth,—a de'mocracy grafted on ihe stem of a republic."
trict.
If several other bituminous dls- trit'ts lake thu Illinois stand, a na- lion.al slrik.- would be averted and the walk-out would be effe<tive only in thoi^e areas where union leaders insisted on a national agreement.
Up   To   Government
Indianapolis, Ind., March 4.—A coal strike paralyzing union produc¬ tion in fhe Unit, d States and Cana¬ da April 1. and threatening the fu¬ ture of unionism in America seemed unavoidable tonight unless the gov¬ ernment forestalls it.
The United Mine Workers of America, 5u<'.ii't0 strong, will be the "shock troops"' of Labor in it.s fight against wage reduction unletss all signs fail.
Returns  from   the   etriko vote  or¬ dered  by  the tion   ai
into union headquarters Monday The story will be told by March 10, j —whether the miners shall resort to the strike weapon to enforce their demands or at least to force - the | mine owners Into a wage confer¬ ence.
The operators ,ire adamant In their refusal to negotiate as pro¬ vided   by   the   existing   agreement.
Meanwhile the government has its eye on the  mess which threatens to
j board, will concein whether the an¬ thracite men an.l the bitnmiiieiis rc.Mi will act tog.-tlier in calling i. strike or  remaining at  work.
It W.IS felt that the aiithracif^ miners would d.iide tli.-ir ov. ii fiitm.' irrespective of whatever pro'^re-s tiit! bituminous men might make. How¬ ever. John L. I>'v\is, internntior.il president, in a new statement an¬ nounced that the union will not pe - mit any .sei>erate agr.-ements. His statement is Interpreted jis nic'inini: that if n suspension conies on .\piil 1, it will be nationwid.' in scop.-.
In the last two days the tnite<l St.'ites government through represen¬ tatives ill this .ity or in annmnne- ments issued at Wa.shing'on ha; in¬ dicated   that   neither     Secretary     of
L-'ibor  Davis  nor   Secretary  of Coni- .,   ....   mi'neVwage  omven-1 nierce Hoover will attempt to inj.< c   expected   to   start   coming'«ny conciliatory  influeiK-e until   i.t. , nion    headquarters    Monday, i'^^   mineis  and  oper.itora  have   1.,.
an opoortumty to i.aeh an agret ueiu without  outside  aasisluiKe.
A  QUICK   KILLER
Paris, March 4.—An •I'u.tric bath which kills instantly and painles.sl:.' has been suggested by Prof, .^.n • mern of the French Academy of Medicine, as the mo.st simple mc.ie; of executing criminals. The ui-ci • dental electro<iition of Several wom¬ en who were in th.ir bath-, icce-il;. ais^-pi Vli; coaTlndusi'ry"at'the''ex: I through   faiiltly   In.suli.io..   guvo   :.u.
piration of the wage contract .March i P'""^^'^""''  ^^^   "^''•''	
31. Al least two agents of the de-j _,_^ q^| tnr aQQCCT Moses then attacked the maternity partment of labor are on the job and Ll I 1 rULIl/C MnnCO I II.   He saJd il was a law 'appropri- ^j,g   ^,   ^^^^^   conferred   with   Lewis T\A/0   IN  PHILADELPHIA
City detective Michael Kit'H' k returned from Philadelphia laat nigh^ where he arrc't.-d twf> men <-harg<-d with obtaining $lt>-'.20 und.M- fiis- pretenses from l.'nion Savings Bank of this city. The men were tak»-n before a Philadelphia aMerman and wero released in $600 hail each to appe.-xr in this city for a hearing on Thursday morning. The men give their names as Samu»?l Raichlia.J-i and .loseph Sternberg, hoth of Phila¬ delphia. .\bout a month ago. it is alleged, they spent some time i!i this city and obtained the money i.'i. somo kind of stock deaL
bill
atin^r a sum of $1,000,000 to be used to Bjiend $4^0.000. wUh the result that every expectant mother of the lower class will have some flat-chested old maid calling at the back door every morning to a,Bk how tha patient is gelling along."
Turning to taxes, the New Hamp- shirt Senator declared that we ha.e one of the most vicious tax systems that ever existed.
"This system," he stated, "compels the states of Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania and N»-w York to pay 52 per cent, of all taxes.
"I have advocated a sales tax and still advocate it. believing that those who have the ability to buy have the ability to pay. When Alabama be¬ gins  to pay  taxes the  tom-toms for
this  afternoon.
AUTO PRICES SLASHED BY WILLYS-OVERLAND
gained entrance to a house.    Ho told i federal  appropriations  will  cease to the   police   that   the   keys   had   been I beat,"    he  concluded
Toledo, O.. March 4.—Plashe-i In prices on all models of Willys-Over¬ land and WlUys-Knight automobiles were  announced  n.r-s  tonighi.
Ranges in reduction ar.-* from $50 to $250. The greatest reduction was on the Willys-Knight sedan which fell to $2.0:i5. The new prie-: for tho touring car is $1,175. The Willys- Overland louring car droyped to $550 f. o. b., Toledo.
given   to   him   by   .-mother  man   the police are now trailing.
I-'Vom the  residence of Mrs. Hattie (OoBtlanad oa Page S3).
Tarrytown, N. Y, March 4.—^The vengoance of an Italian suitor tonight A was believed responsible for the death of Mary Venza, beautiful girl, whoso (^utll.ited body was found slashed with many knife wounds near John D. Rockefeller's estate.
The young woman was about lo become a mother. The police to¬ night held an import^n*. clue in << ktl..r (ound on th*' body and believe a If lected .suitor dragged the girl lo It lonely spot and slabbed her to do.Tth. The ib-pth .>f the cuts in her |in>.'ist an.l on her face show the mur- i^erer to have been possess.^d of ma- n';.cal  strength.
'• ."« of Mood r.eiir waeiv ihe mur- girl s   iHtdy   lay   'luickly   dis-
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where and brought to the road near Pooalntico hills In an automobile. Death came quickly to ihe young woman, physicians said, and thore wero signs that she had fought hard for  har  life.
Dainty heel prints deep in the sod bore mute evidence of a struggle.
The police have a letter written from Philadelphia but refuse to dis¬ close its contents. They say It dis¬ proves the original iheorj- that a band of killers killed the girl and marked her body with their secret symbols. The girl's slayer had muti¬ lated  her  face  with  deep gashes.
The   body  waa    found     in    Jonea
...-enue,  a     blind    street    near    the
io.'t^ofelUr   estate,  after  It   had   Iain
It is good to throw responsibility I
aside hefe tonight and be human   Ifi   Fall     htO     RlVCr    AlmOSt     Futal2
there ia anything wrong with this. White House job. it is the Inability to, be a human being. !
"Yet there are a thousand compen ¦ations. In spite of criticism, irrita Hons, and burdens, thero is compen satlon  in the knowledge that out of
John Larson, aged 40. of 115 Cuba atreet, Kingston, is In Mercy Hospi- your   little   capacity   and   good   con-   tal suffering from shock and expoa- sclence,  you are  joining  with   thou-
West Side Man Sent To Hospital
\y stniii olso- j tor   about   12   hours   yesiarday.
down the  embankment.
The man was tlrst dlscov'-rod fumbling around in water waist rJeop ure after having been rescued fromi by Julius White, a colored man -ivbo sands of Americans In adding to ata- the Susquehanna River near tho city 1 was dumping a load of ashes on the biUty and on making sure that our dump yesterday afternoon by a col-1 city dump in that section. He .all- inheritance will bo retained and orod man, wbo was dumping aabos^ed to a resident of Charles street handed down. ** tbo time, and by    a    resident    of i who was  nearby and  the  two    men
Charles street. I were able to pull the man out of th©
Human   Servico ^he polico have been unable to find  water.
"If wc coJi make this government of  out if the man attempted to commit,     He was carried to the top of    tho
ours the sheet anchor of modern dem-   suicide but are of the belief that he  bank to a large fire which was burn-
ocracy and the symbol of surety for   was  walking  along   the   river     b.Tnk  ing on the dump and    police    head-
the  world  and  make   It  express  the  below  Charles  street  and  waa  sud-  quarters was notifled.    He was tak-
asplratlona  of  mankind    every^-here  denly seized by a dliiy spell and fell en to Mercy  Hospital jn  the    p. lice
we   shall   have   mado  a  contributioii   .Iown the embankment Into the river   j^atrol  where  it  was  announced  last
that will keep alive the desire to glve!T!:e  man's hands were cut and this  night  he was  suffering  from    shock
supreme  human service" j Km.;    the police to l>elleve that ho at-   and exposure bul  that  his  condition
(Ooattanod oa T*ge 83). 'templed to catch fae rocks ^-'a* fell  is not serious j
During his address Moses Kaid he opposed paying the bonus first to soldiers who served only a short time and after a delay of several years pay the men who servo tho government for stretches.
GHOSTS DF LOVERS
HAUNT OLD MANSION
Fifteen Killed As Train Hits Bus; Officials Demand Crew's Arrest
Plaineaville, O., March 4.—Follow- front of the speeding tram Kimm- tng today's Investigation to fix re- i oer Fernandez, Buffalo, told authort s-ponsibility for the crash between the
N'lWton. N. J.. March 4.—A front porch ghost has one Newton family or the verge of prostration and the whole  town  interested.
Frank Becker, a farmer, who lives In a renrodelled house over a hundred year.! old, and his wife, were awak¬ ened at midnight Thursday by un¬ earthly sounds beneath their bed¬ room where an old style porch still stands. The night was clear and not a breath of air stirring yet creak, swish, they heard the ghostly visitor. Becker fired a gun and earthly neighbors gathered but no sign of man or ghost was to be found.
A«aln at midnight Friday the weird .-ound v.ere repeated.   The story goes . , ^      , . , ,, ^   .      ^     ,
that Jt is the ghost.s of lovers suing- \ '"t   ^^^   driver   failed   to   heed ing il. a gho.-tly hammo, k. i .signal   bnd  'crossed   l^e   Ir-^cks
New York Central fast mail and a Fain>ort motor bus. in which fifteen per.sons were killed, authorities to¬ night announced further hearing of witnesses will be continued until next Tuesday. Taking of teatimony by County Coroner Dr. M. H. Brad¬ ley waa delayed In hopes that the Injured would recover sufficiently to testify.
At the hearing today City Solicitor Tutle announced warrants would be issued for the arrest of the engineer and conductor of the flyer charging them with violating the boro'igh or¬ dinance which limits trains to a speed of twelve miles through the borough.
The flagman at the-crossing said he attempted to flaf the bus to stop
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ties the train was running approxi¬ mately 40 miles an hour. The Ijus loomed up in front of the headligh!)< when the train wa.'» ten feet .away. It waa impossible to stop and the flyer smashed through tho crowded bus, splintering it. hurling passen¬ gers several hundred feot. Fernan¬ dez declared the emergency brakex locked the wheels, but the heavy train continued 1000 feot before It ->• topped.
Carl Nenno. Injured Internally, physicians declared, has little chance for recovery. He was picked up un¬ conscious, (.'harles Sullivan, 21 l» the only ono of the 19 p-assengera In tho bus to escape. He was stand¬ ing naar tbo door and leaped as the :o.'omotive hurled the crowded bu» high  into   the  air.
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