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WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY,     AUGUST 13, 1916
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Powerful Blow From the East Forces Austro-Germans to Defeat Ail Along the Strypa
DRIVING  ENEMY  BACK
French Cruiser Reports the Picking Up of Deutschland by English Fleet in Atlantic
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Carl Ackerman Observes From Aeroplane the Defense of Teutons Near Kovel
FLEET OF AEROPLANES
21 KILLED,
Pensacola. Fla., Aug. 12.—Of¬ ficers of the French armored crui- London, Aug. 12.-The greatest vicio-  «"   A"iiral   Aube    which   put   in ries won on any single day   since   the  here  for  coal  and    supplies,    de- beginning of the Allies' great triple of-1 blared here to-night that wireless
fensive were recorded in    the    offlclal I     •   .      t,„^   fk-  Rr;f;«V.   O^et   in
statement issued  today. {advices  from  the British   tleet  in
.A.dvaacuiR on a front of nearly 90 i Atlantic Waters said the Uerman miles the Russians made their greatest Lypgj.gubniarine Deutschland had stride toward  Leml>erp nince their of-   , ^       j l_ D_:t.:.L »<.»>»)
fensive    began.      Official     f-eirograd been captured by a British patrol
statements announce the capture of ten i ship.
more towns and villages'including thej      "Jhe capture   occurred    Thurs- fortifled position at Czerna, northwest !, j.       ^,.Ltr_i...tt-
of Tarnopol     The Russians have taken   oay. according to the trench oft'.-
the whole Strips river line and further south in the region of Sanislau, have crossed several streams in their unin¬ terrupted pursuit of the retreating Austrians.
The Krench smashed the German third line today on a four mile front r.orlh of the Somme in the greatest Prench advance since the flrst week of the Allied f.ffensivc in the weat. The French war office tonisht announced that the fJermans were driven back from 600 to 1000 yards, with large cap¬ tures of prisoners. French troops have reached thf southern part of the vil¬ lage of Maurcpa-s snd captured .the temeterv-.
On the In.sonzo front the Italians, though checked east of Cioritz. contin¬ ued their advance southward toward | "'^Pes Into the Atlantic. No sign <f Trieste, Ihfir principal goal, captur- her had been seen since she dipped Ing the village of Oppocchiassela. six I beneath the surface on the first leg af miles from Gorltz. and forcing a ltoss- j^er hide and seek trip back to Bremen, iilg  of  the     Vallone.     Unofficial     dls-I     The    story of the    sinking    of    the
cers, who said they did not know wher* the patrol boat encoun¬ tered the merchant submarine.
The armored cruiser Amiral Aube put into this harbor, accord¬ ing to the French consul, George W. Howe, to get certain official papers from him, as well as to take on supplies.
Her decks awash and her sea-green and wave-painted hull merged into the
waters of Patapsco, the Deutschland nosed her way ovit into Chesapeake B.iy on .A-ug. 1. Two days later she w.illowed  out    through    the    Virginia
Oeutschland was circulated by an un¬ der officer of the French cruiser. Cap- lain Lique, however, denied he had re¬ ceived any wlrless regarding the sub- m.arlne.
The French consul also declared he had heard nothing on which smch a re¬ port   could  be  based.
At the office of ihe collector  of the
patches from Rome rppoited a great battle raging around the Austrian Is- onao stronghold of Tolmino which was reporiAd about to fall into Italian hands.
Only in the Carpathians and in the (Caucasus did the \\'»r Offices of the Ceijtral Powers claim Allied defeats. The Au.otrian war office claimed that ! th? r.u>::ian '.eft -.vins hafl l^een pre.^sed ! Port it was stated that Captain Lique hack in th» Carpathian operations and'had reported he came ashore for docu- (" r.~U;r.i;ncpl'» reported further \ic-: ments from the French consul. He said lories against the Russians in Armenia i he had been cruising in the gulf for the tnd  Persia. 1 i>ast   week.     As   the   Deutschland   left
Petrograd.   .\uk.    l.V-Breaking    out ! the  capes   August   3,   she  should   have with   a   new   and   mo.si   powerful   blow '¦ heen five days oul on the dale the of- 8K.-.:nsl   I.*mt (IS.'  from  the    east,     the | fifc claimed the wireless message «aid Itjssians  under Cenerol   Sakharoff  to-! the submarine was .-unk. €ay captured  .\u«fro-(;erman positions I t'H the whole line of th«>   river   Strypa. occupyin.c .si.\ villages, it v»as officially linnounced   to-night.
SSakharfilT s '.iurprisins victories, lltiked u!> will! th( (.ipturc of th"^ four villa.8;es anc a general forward move¬ ment l-iy Ceneral Uetchlt.sky In the, Stanitlau region, represented a great Uussian advance throuph (Talicia on a front of nearly 90 miles. In no single da.v since the ."ummer offen."ive was launched have the Czars tfoops achieved such striking victories oft auch iin extended  front.
The villsKP^ captured fin SakharofTs from were Gladki. \'oroblivsk. Cebrov. Czerna,  Pokropivna and Pozloff.
Petrogrnd, Auk. 12.—Rolling west¬ ward on .1 4n mile front, the Russians lire driving the Austro-Oerm.inis hack in disord .-I'd  retreat  toward  Lemberg.
The eiiri.v <;upture of the Dnnisier Mver crossin.c at Haliiz is now consid¬ ered a certaini>. It is believed here that General Letchitsky is aimins lor bigger game and plans not only the (Continued on Page 9.)
SOLDIERS WILL GO 10
Colonel Asher Miner announced yes- j terday afternoor\ that the converted regiment of artillery will leave this iity for .Ml. Gretna lo prepare for bor¬ der service, Thursday, the flrst sec- lion heaving VVilke.<<-Barre over the Lehigh Valley Railroad al 9 a. m. nnd the  second   ten  minutes  later.
A rousing send-off for the soldier !)nys is under way and every citizen of \Vi!kt-»-Barre who can is e.vpecled to be on hand Thursday morning when the men lea\e. The batteries of the nearby towns will also tie given a big .••¦end-olT by the citizens of those mu¬ nicipalities.
The last effort lo fill the ranks of the new artillery will be made this week.
BY CARL W. ACKERMAN.
United   Press  Staff Correspondent.
Headquarters" of General Von Lln- singen's Army, near Kovel, via Berlin. Aug. 12.—Flying at a dizzy height far above she Volhynlan battle front, I ob¬ served today the machine-like precision with which the Germans are checkmat¬ ing every movement made hy the Rua- sian.^ in their desperate effort to cap¬ ture the great railway center of Kovel.
.\ fleet of two score German aero¬ planes climbed skyward and disappear¬ ed in the direction of the battle line east of Kovel when our party arrived at the aviation ground. They were off lo drop bomhs on the MIchajlowka railway communications and to attack Russian troops by swooping low and riddling their ranks with machine gun flre.
It was the flrst time correspondents at the German front had been permitted to fly in battle biplane. An officer just returned from the flghting line volun¬ teered to take me through the stunt he had performed during air battles around Verdun.
Wrapped In furs and woolen coats, 1 took the observer's seat in a huge alba¬ tross. Two heavy straps were fastened about my shoulders. The officer climb¬ ed in and gave a sharp command; the motors hummed and then, like a streak of lightning, we were literally pulled from the field.
Like Riding Great Shells.
Il was like riding astride the tail of a gigantic shell. We mounted so qulcklv I lost by breath, but regained it as the plane drifted half a mile above earth, circling the city and then pointed itself ia the direction of the •¦attle front.
Non-combatants are not permitted o view the actual flghting from the air. For that reason when we had proceeded a few miles the machine suddenly dip¬ ped sharply and shot eastward like a skyrocket. The dive was made al such a terrific rale thai it seemed as If we were about to splash !n a river or plunge Inio a ploughed field. But after a drop of 2,000 feet, made In a few sec¬ onds the plane tilted upward again and we glided over flelds and roads as easily as if we were riding In a com- i fortable limousine.
Below In thin streams columns of I trr;ops were enroute lo the front. There was great activity behind the Gennan front as far as the eye could reach. Ti.ere was no confusion any-where, Every-thlng moved like a cog in a great machine.
The pilot glanced quickly above and hrlow. Finding the sky clear again, we began mounting. It was being dragged up the face of a cliff at the tail end of an express train. Higher and higher we sped in the direction of Kovel.
Then suddenly we dipped again and began falling. It wa." a terrible sen¬ sation. I wanted to shout "stop." but the noise of the motor and the rush of air prevented.
The earth swayed and rolled. Every¬ thing  seemed   topsy-turvey.    Twisting and turning we slid earthward.    Then, (Continued on page 2)
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Mrs. Frank Page, Aged 22, Dies in Garden City of infan¬ tile Paralysis
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Crowded Trolley Cars Meet Head-on Seven Miles From Johnstown
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JOLT FROM JITNEY STEP FRACTURES MAN'S SKULL
Crowd Gathering at City Hos¬ pital Would Do Harm to Jed- do Howell of PlainsviUe
YOUTH HAS CLOSE CALL
¦While ridlng-on the sidestep of a jit¬ ney on his way to Plymouth from the Loomis colliery, Nanlicoke, late yester¬ day afternoon. Pavid Watkins, aared 50, f Plymouth, was knocked off the machine as it rounded a sharp curve, thrown headlong sgalrist a telephone pole nt the foot of C.oorlnger's Hill and received a fractured skull.
The miner was picked up in an un¬ conscious condition and rushed to the Nanticoke State Hospital where he re¬ mained unconscious until shortly before
I midnight when he   made    known    his
I identity.
When he boarded the Jitney it was so crowded with passengers that he was forced to stand on the running board. The name of the driver of the machine could not be learned by ihe Nanticoke officials who started an in- Nestigation of the accident last nighl. It was reported from the hospital early this morning that the condition of Watkins wa* good bul small hopes are entertained for his recovery. He has no family in this» section. He said his wife resided in Wales.
POLAND TO BE DECLARED INDEPENDENT NATION
Amster am, Aug. 12.—Germany and Austria will soon publish a decree, de¬ claring Po'juid independent according to advices from Budapest and Vienna t6-nlght. Arrangements are being con¬ cluded duri.ng the vigit to Vienna this Week of the German Chancellor. Dr. Von Bethma-Tin-Hollweg.
In r«tum the Poles will be expected to organize a national army and defend themselves against Russian attacka
AUSTRIANS PRESS BACK THE RUSSIAN TROOPS
Vienna, Au* 13.—Au.ftrlan troops have pressed back the Russians In the Carpathians, taking 700 prisoners, it was officially announced today.
Lively fighting is developing on the lower Zlota-Lipa south of Zalocze.
On the Italian front repealed Iiallan attacks near the Wlppach Valley were repulse«l. The Italians were also check- edln assaults against the heights east of Goritzr Intense artillery flghting is occurring arcund Monte San Gabrielle and Monte Santo.
While tn'lng to cross the street near
his heme at 7 o'clock last night, Joseph
Radlla,  aged  8  years,  of 446  Madison
street   was run down and  slightly in-
I jured   hy   an   automobile   owned   and
I driven by Jeddo Howell of Parsons.
I    Howell,  who runs a   Jitney,  was  on
I his m-ay to Hudson with several passen-
I gers   when   the   hoy,    who   had   been
j standing  behind  a  machine  that  was
j stopped,   attempted   to   cross   In^ front
! of the HowoU machine.   The mud guard
! struck  the  boy  In  the face,  knocking
j him oul of the way of the machine,   in
I falling he struck bis head on the brick
I pavement.   Howell stoi>ped his machine
before  it  had  gone  the  length  of  the
car. picked him up and rushed him to
the   City  Hospital,  where   he  had  the
injury dressed.
According lo several witnesses who saw the accident, the driver was ex¬ onerated from blame.
A large crowd gathered at the hos¬ pital after hearing of the accident and threatened the life of the driver. Offi¬ cer nannlgan came on the scene and averted all the trouble. Howell gave himself to the officer and came lo the station house, where he left security for his appearance at police court this morning.
The boy's condition was reported as good last night.
Johnstown, Pa. Aug. 12.^Twenty-one persons were killed and sixty-four In¬ jured in a head-on collision between two crowdea trolley cars on the South¬ ern Cambria company's line between Echo and Brookvale, seven miles from here   to-day.
Fourteen were killed outright. Seven died In or on the way to hospitals here. Three injured are In such a precarious condition that their death is expected hourly. The dead:
Frank Ribblett, West Taj-lor. Benjamin Ribblett, Coopersdale. Mra. Beivfamin Ribblett. .Mary Catherine Ribblett, West Taylor Mrs. John  Lentz, Jamison, little son of  Mrs. John  Lentz.
David   Dishong,   Coopersdale. Darren Dishong. Alda Emma Dishong, Chester   DUhong. Angus Varner, Mineral Point. Taylor Thomas, Johnstown. George   Boolds,  Hagerstown.   .Md. James Anderson,  HImsbaugh. George Good, Johnstown. Woman   Identlfled    as     .Mrs.     Good, identification  is doubtful.
Four unidentified men In morgue at Southfork.
One unidentified woman at morgue In Johnstown.
The cause of the accident may ntvef be establlshea. Angus Varner. motor- man of one of the cars, ran' through the station «t Brookvale, wa\-ing his arms. Power was shut off at the pow¬ erhouse, but too late lo avoid the crash. Employes of the company say the car pussed through the station at a speed of more than 80 miles an hour. Both cars were telescoped. Varner Is dead.
It was In the outbound car, the one into which Varner's car crashed that most of the dead were riding. They were on the way to a family re-unlon. Bodies were strewn around, minus head, hands and feet. The Lentz boy's head was found several feet from his body. Some of the Injured were pinned In the wreckage. Others were hurled into a rock filled gully near the track.
II was half an hour before aid reach¬ ed the scene, the accident happening in an isolated .«>pot in the mountains. The scene when the injured arrived were sent from Johneiown by road. All motor ambulances, motor trucks and several pieces of motor fire apparatus wer Impressed into use. Thousands of persons stormed the local offices nf the company and packed Main street wait¬ ing for the return of the ambulances.
The scene, when the injured arrivield here, was Indescribable. Men and women battled to get a glimpse of the Injured as they were rushed through the crowded streets and business in the heart of the town was suspended. The com*ianv this evening issued a statement In which it confessed it was impossible tw offer a theory as to how the accident occurred. Coroner Fitz¬ gerald is conducting an investigation.
Garden City, L. I.—Aug. 12.—Mrs. Frank Page, aged 22, daughter-in-law of Walter Hines Page, American Am¬ bassador lo Great Britain, died this afternoon of infantile paralysis in the exclusive residential section of Gar¬ den  City.
.Mrs. Page was a bride of but two months. She was married to the Am¬ bassador's son in landon and came over here a few weeks ago. Ambas¬ sador Page on his first vacation from London in several years, arrived at New York yesterday and hurried lo the bedside of his daughter-tn-law.
Thin is one of the few cases where the plague of Infantile paralysis has claimed an adult victim and one of the very rare instances where it has struck into the hear'» of an exclusive and naturally healthy colony, such as that at Garden City.
Although Mrs. Paj^e was taken ill several days ago, her Illness was not announced until today and was fol¬ lowed tonight by the news of her death.
Mrs. Page was formerly Kate Sef- ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erlcli Sefton, of Auburn. She was a graduate of Smith College and flrst mot Page five years ago at a dinner given in his honor by one of his Har¬ vard   classmates.
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Republican Nominee For Presi dency Says First Week of Campaign Was Only Builder
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PEOPLE ARE ALIVE
SWIMMING EMS AI HARVEY'S LAKE
Derr Johnson, of Brooklyn, a former resident of this city, csftrled off chief honors in the water sports at the Har¬ vey's Lake Club, yesterday afternoon. Johnson took honors In the 10.0 yard swim for men. the diving for men, in the half mile swim and wilh Theodore Hale won the tilting contest.
In the 100 yard swim for ladies' Carolyn Conners won flrst place. El¬ mer Williams won the underwater con¬ test, and Isabel Elliot won the diving contest :or ladles. The canoe race was won by Harold Laycock.
THE GERMAN LINES
Paris, Aug. 12.—French troops struck a great blow north of the Somme to¬ day.
Smashing the German lines on a front of about four miles, the French advanced their lines for from 600 to 1.000 yards, the War Office announced tonight. The advanije was made from a point east of Hardecourt to Bus- court,
The southern position of the village of Maurepas and the Maurepas ceme¬ tery  were also taken.
Thecaplured trenches comprise the German third posltiona almost from the point where the French troops link up with thp British id the river Som¬ me. The advance Is the most import¬ ant scored by the French since the early days of the Snmme offensive.
.\l the hour wheJi dispatches were filed to the War Office tonight 1.000 German prisoners and thirty machine guns  had  been  brought  In.
The new French line extends from the southern slopes of Hill 109, along the road from Clery to Maurepas. link¬ ing up with the gains made yesterday in the flght around Henwood. The Crermans counter attacked unsuccess¬ fully between Maurepass.
IN|^[|AL STORE
Rose Pusnek, aged 17, and Mary Franks, Aged 18, Ad¬ mit Thefts After Capture
AT  UNIT"eD~CHARITIES
Butte, Mont., Aug. 12.—As one old line Republican expressed it tonight. "Governor Hughes used brass knuckles" on the Democratic administration, a speech attacking President Wilson's foreign policy and assailing the latest rivers and harbors bill as "log rolling." "It wag the war," he said at another point, "which saved the Democratic parfy from the immediate execration of the American."
The Republican nominee also in¬ cluded his flrst suffrage remarks in this afternoon's speech at the Ball Park  here.
'It hag seemed to me impossible lo think of America of the twentieth cen¬ tury denying to women the right to vote," he said, expressing the hope that women soon will be enfranchised on an  equal  basis  with   men.
Accompanied by Mrs. Hughes, the candidate later was taken through the Leonard Copper mine here. Both don¬ ned sailor like outfits. Hughes ran a steam drill remarking he ought to be a ({ood miner since his forebears came from Wales.
In his attack on the Democratic for¬ eign policy. Governor Hughes said: "I look aghast on the record of this administration in some of Its notable aspects, because it has in some way made other nations believe that what we said was not altogether what we were ready absolutely to stand for. It is said this administration has kept us oul of war. It has put us so near war thst there isn't the least fun in It. We have a spectacle on the border which has shown our unpreparedness. This, In my Judgment was unnece8sar.v. It was produced by the inconsistent and Incorrect policy of our government."
Butte. Mont.. Aug. 12—Out one week on his campaign tour for the Presidency, Republican Nominee Hughes tonight announced he was just guting Into trim. He said it with em¬ phasis in a voice from which all trace of hoansenesa has disappeared and he omphastsed it with a slap of his hands that left no doubt of his perfect phy¬ sical trim.
"This week has been most gratify¬ ing," the governor ssserted. "Every¬ where we have gone there has been manifested a deep interest and sincere cordiality. I think the people here are fi.ll> alive to the serious defect In the <>iesent administration and that through the Northwest we shall have R   very strong mipport."
In his speech here tonight the nomi¬ nee rammed home his charges of Dem¬ ocratic mal-admlnlstratlon by citing what he said were specific instances of paying political debts by giving of pub¬ Uc offices. He bitterly assailed the- Democratic administration for its re¬ tirement of veteran diplomatic and con¬ sular officials to make places for "de- ser^-tng Democrats."
"Other nations," said he. "train their diplomats through a long course When our ambassadors work with such men as these al foreign capitals, they can learn only what these trained diplo¬ mats choose to tell them."
Dr. DIttman tonight pronounced his distinguished patient in perfect r^y- slcal trim. He said from now on Hughes' vocal chords will be O. K.
Tonight  it   was  discovered   that   the Governor has a    i-alet    along.    He    is (OOBtlaned On Fag* Thrts )
Representatives of Four Broth¬ erhoods Insist That There is Nothing to Arbitrate
WILL CONVENE TODAY
.New York, Aug. 12.—Only President Wilaon can avoid a nation-wide rail¬ road strike involving 400,000 trainmen and 250,000 miles of tracks on 225 roads, 11 became evident tonight. Although the employea have said they would ac¬ cept President Wilson's invitation to submit their difficulties to him, repre¬ sentatives of the four brotherhoods, after a day of conference, insisted there Is nothing to arbitrate and that they will sticksto their demands for an eight- hour day and lime and a half for over- lime for employes on freight trains.
The employes will meet tomorrow to determine finally whether they will change their stand and accept the sug¬ gestion of the federal board of media¬ tion and conciliation to submit to arbi¬ tration.
The brotherhood le^aders intimated their action will merely he perfunctory. They frankly declared they are confi¬ dent the ."luggestion ¦will be rejected. "We will reject arbitration and take our difficulties to Washington," said one of the leaders.
Settlement Impossible. After two meetings today with each side. Chairman Martin A. Knapp, of the board of mediation and conciliation, told the employees the board was con¬ vinced no settlement could he reached by mediation. He proposed arbitra¬ tion
Presidents of thet four brotherhoods said the men had relunctantly accepted t mediation and had little faith in arbi¬ tration.
"If arbitration is rejected will the men strike?" was asked of A. B. Gar- retson. president of the conductors' union and spokesman of the employees, tonight.
"I don't know," he said. "When will you give a deflnlte an¬ swer to the mediators?' he was .isked. "I don't know", he again replied. When asked the purpose of the meet¬ ing tomorrow. Garretson said the gov¬ ernment meditaors are now in the pro- i-ese of attempting to induce both par¬ ties involved to «iuhmit to arbitration. "We mny reach some decision tomor¬ row! It should be rem'embered that thp. mediators are guided hy the New- land act", continued Garretson. "If ar¬ bitration should be acepted by both parties, the demands will be submitted to a hoard of either three or six men. . one third frnm the unions, one thiidl from the railroads and the other mem¬ ber or members to bp named by the former arbitrators. But we have nothing  to  arbitrate".
The Newland act does not limit thi number nf arbitration hoards Four boards of three men each could be ap¬ pointed and could sit jointly. Principle At Stake The representatives of the railroad managers repeated tonight that the principle of arbitration . .ind not the eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime now was at stake. One high railroad official predicted the ~ outcome of such an impending clash between capital and labor would de¬ termine to a great extent the future status of organized labor in this country.
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WANTED—Male   assistant   bookkeep¬ er and stenographer; must havo some clorieal oxporience.
Box 8, independont.
FOR sale:—Motorcycle: Indian.   Twin cylinder, in good condition.    Bargain to  quick   purchaser.     180   Horton   St.. City.
WANTED—Local and traveling sales¬ men everywhere. Three to ten dol¬ lars daily. Costs ifbthing to start. Pay weekly. Experience unnecessary. Write today. Charlton Nursery Com¬ pany, Rochester, N. T.
Charged with shop-lifting In several local stores. Rose Pusnek, aged IT years, of 53 Short street, Edwardsville, and Mary Franks, aged 18 years, of 97 Green street, Edwardsville, were ar¬ rested while in the act of stealing some small articles in A. F. Stearns' 25-cent store at 15 South Main street, at ,7:80 o'clock last evening.
The girls had just entered the store when the "floor walker noticed one o' them pick something up from one of the counters and place It in her shirt waist. After following the girls around the store for a short time he noticed that several more articles had been taken. He finally took hold of one of the girls and she Immediately threw a bottle of perfume which she had In her hand be¬ hind the door.
Both girls were taken up to the sec¬ ond floor where they were searched by one of the lady clerks and several small articles, such as perfume, hair pins, earrings, lead pencils, soaps and hats were found concealed In their coats and shirtwaists.
¦ Officer Harklns was called and both of the girls were taKen to police head¬ quarters where they s.dmltted taking the articles and named the Mores that they had visited during the night to the police.
There was another girl In the party and her n?ine was given to the of¬ ficers a8 Jule Matthews, of Lawrence street. Edwardsville.
The two girls were taken Ia the United Charities for the night.
MISS ROSS IS QUEEN OF LUZERNE CARNIVAL
The Volunteer Flre Department of Luzerne Borough will commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization with an Old Home Week celebration all this week, to be con¬ ducted under the direction of the Vol¬ unteer Firemen's Association. The celebration will have a grand open¬ ing tomorrow night with a big Fire¬ men's parade. In which sixteen compa¬ nies will march with their apparatus. Races will be conducted on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday there will be a big civic and Industrial parade. A bicycle race will be featured Thursday night, while on Frldpy niijht there will be a grand fantastic para.de..
Miss Charlotte Ross will be Queen of the Carnl\-al of the \'oIunteer Fire lie¬ partment of Luzerne borough, which win open at Luzerne tomorrow. Miss Ross turned In $854.61. Miss Margaret Monahan I was a close second to Miss Ross with a total of $268.54 Tht other contestants and the amount of money they turned in follows: Miss Jean Seward, $184.53: .Miss Alice Crossin. $85.81: Miss Pearl Pope. $38. Miss Ross will be crowned Queen following the big parade that will open Luzerne's Old Home Week, tomorrow night.
The first meeting of Luzerne's \'ol- unteer Fire Department was held in Payne and Perrin's store on Thanksgiv¬ ing.Day, November 26, 1891.    FJve men
met at that time and H. M. Vermilye was elected chairman and W. B. Ed¬ wards, secretary. The following reso¬ lution was adopted:
We, fhe undersigned, agree to join in forming an organization to be known as the Volunteer Fire Department of Luzeme,  r«.
I Signed)  H. M. Vermilye.
(¦Signed) W. B. Edwarda
(Signed)  B.  R.  Marcy.
(Signed)  B. S. Thomson.
(Signed) R. N. Adams. None   of these  men are  now among Luzerne's   citizens.     Mr.     Marcy     has pa.ssed  to  his reward,  while  the other four have moved to other flelds.
Since Its formation the flre depart- merrt has been a continuous success. It has saved thousands of dollars for the people of Luzerne and the neigh¬ boring towns. Its members have been at all limes ready to answer the call, day or night, winter or summer. The department owns it.s own property, c.-msisting of hose houses, meeting hall and club rooms. The borough provides the hose and fire truck. The depart¬ ment owns the hook and ladder trucJi. A very extensive program has been mapped out for the week. The pro- gi-am follows:
Tomorrow. This will  he Firemen's Day.    There
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