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Washington.   Sept.   20.—^Elast-^ em Pennsylvania:    Fair Sunday, warmer; showers at night.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SEPTEMBER 21, 1919
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WILSON LAST HOPE IN STEEL PARALYSIS; WEST SIDE MAN CONFESSES WIFE MURDER
HARD FIGHT IF LOCKOUT IS STARTED
Union Men and Families Sell¬ ing Liberty Bonds to Sup¬ port Steel Strike
BOTH SIDES READY
Chicago.Sept. 20.—Officials of the Interstate Iron and Steel Co. today in¬ formed emplove.«i that they desirp to enter  Into   negotiatlonp   with   a   cotn-
, mltee of employes to bring ahout set¬ tlement of the threatpned Ftrlke. The company is tho    first    in the rhicago
i district to ssk for a conference. It ha? three   plants   and   employs   more  than
' 80O0  men.
Washington,        Sept.        20.—ITnless '   President   'U'llson  mf)ves  between  now
and Monday, the n.ttion-wide stoel strike will probably go into pffect ¦without further governmental Inter¬ ference.
pXficials hpre declare that thp mat¬ tei* i.« in the hand* of the Prpfiident end that any artion wUl have to orig- InatP with him.
On October fi. two wpeks after the strike becomps effective the round tahle iiiduslriMi confprrin e nipets in ¦Waf^tiinpion wilh steel company offi¬ cials and iintou heads in attendance. Ey that time offii-inlf; here fepl that both the men and officials will have cooled down sufficiently to talk of a settlement.
If there should he any armed clashfts endang«rlng life and property, how¬ ever, the government is ready to stop them.
The Labor Department wtth Its mediation bureau so far h.is taken no action  111  'he  threatPiiPd  .¦<triUe.
American Federation officials to¬ night were silent on the matter, pointing out that the entire matter was in the hands of the committee headed  by  .fo^\n   F'itzpatrick.
No Word from  Wilson
Department of labor authorities de¬ nied tonight that they luhcU received any telegram from i'resident" tVllson In relation to the threatened steel strike since the one severnl weeks ago asV-ing tbprn to inveptigatf the re¬ ports that labor oiganizers had been killed  at   Braikenrid-.;p.   Pa.
The dei'Mtment has m.arle this in¬ vestigation and has a report which has not  been  mmle  public.
Atfornpy (jeneral Falmpr has al.so conducted some Investigation into thi;- I killing. .\t the Department of Justice ; tonight it W.IS f iiiii'riasii;pd that the 1 department would have tu> offlcia! in- : terest In the steel strike unless laws ; wer^ broken.
j Palmer was today in Frecport. Pa., ', which   is   near   Pitti^biirgh.   the   head-
¦ quarters  of  the   stppi   niPn.     The   De- ' partment of Ijabor bun-au of concilia¬ tion   would   not   cntpr   Into   flic   steel
j strike ofTicialiy except upon invitation I of one of tliP parties involved. .Vo I eu< h   Invitation   has   been   issued,   but
¦ pfficials of the biirc-ius are watchinn j every development .'<o that they can 1 sUp  In   if they  should   he  asked.
I Bad  Blow To Chicago.
; Chicago. ;^< pt. -il. .Xmid m gabble of' ; foreign a •'¦• :it and the clanking of 'grates the Cliiciigo steel distri<"t pre¬ pared tonicht for a gigantic itulustrlal ' buttle.
The loTi.i: lines of chimneys pmitted their tisu.-il volume of smoke tonight nnd the t:l.ir' i 1 furiia< ¦ ;« lurned thtir customary spotlights nn low hanging clouds. B;:l everywPhre there was ipreparatio:i for the test that come.*? iipginning nf  ! a. m. Monday.
Chicago in.instry alrpady has count¬ ed till' loss tint will come if the steel mills her e.T-e closed and the 36.000 men emplovfd in them are left  idle.
Fringing the lake south of Chicago •are the I'lr mills that turn out ateel 'Tails. < ..dtings and a multitude of steel oh.ipcts. .Vioiind thpm are plants mak- •¦Ing use of steel products. In all It twaa 'jbell«ved SOO.oon workers would be af- .Ifected by a shutting down nf the mills. 'Sixty-one plants will be affected di- '.rectiy.
Ths town of Gary. East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and a portion of South Chicago depend almost entirely upon the steel business for support. The popul.atlon of 300.0110 in those places makes a living direitly or indirectly from the salaries paid for steel work. Unions here -were wel! prepared to¬ night financially for a long battle. Chicago's big industrial population was relied upon to help in the battle 'V'lth   emergency   assessments.
Steel   officials   rl:iimpd   85   per   cent. of  their  workmen   were  loyal.     Union leaders        scouted       that       assertion, claiming these  figures  i-<T theraselvas. Prepared   for   Battle Both sines emphasized thetr precau¬ tions   against     violence.     Rumors     of many   well   armed   guards   to   encamp ¦within   the   wooden   barricades   of  the larger  plants   were     not     borne     out. ' However,   there   was   no   dennial   that food  was   being   stored   in   some   mills nnd   th.ii   arrangements     were     being maded   for   sleeping   quarters,   should •  ; It   become   necessary  to  care   for  em- ' ployes who remain at work.
A   report   lhat   the   Wisconsin   Steel
¦ Co. planned to bank Its fires tonight was unverified. The plant was nor¬ mally   active.
Chicago  police    were    prepared   for
, duty  within   their territory.    Precinct
captains in the steel  district were ae-
I ei.gned   extra   details   with  a  view    to
keeping  order  from   the  start.     Extra
^police   were   pro\'1ded   across   the   In-
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People Are Ordered To Their Homes; Drastic Strike Rules In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh. Sept. JO..—In anticipation of serious conse<piences> grow¬ ing out of the steel strike. Sheriff AVilliam S. Haddock, of Allegheny Couniy tonight issued a proclamation citing^ the riot act of the I'ennsyl¬ vania statutes and prohibiting gatherings 6f three or more persons in populous sections-
"All peace officers throughout Allegheny County, until tho present emergeno*' has passed, are commanded to disperse and prevent upon the highways or vacant property of populous sections the loitering or gathering of three or more persons and whenever su-jh gatherings occur, to immt-diatcly tlirect and command such persons to proceed about their lawful business vocation or return to their homos or habitations," the proclamation declares.
Tha proclamation will be printed as a full page a(^vertlsement in the Pittirt>urgh Sund'ay papers and posted throughout the county. The proc¬ lamation declares that whereas Haddock "has been formally notified hy many citizens, industrial corporations and employers that printed in¬ flammatory circulars and other information have been distributed and disseminated among tJie people cAlllog for a perier.-il strike of all em¬ ployes of various industrial manufactories throughout Allegheny Coimty with tbe reouest that they cease work and leave their places of em¬ ployment, and by reason thereof there o.\i.«t8 among the people great un¬ rest, uncertainty and doubt as to safety of life, lfbei1.y and property, thereforp.
''I. 'William S. Haddock, sheriff of Allegheny County, by vin le of the aufhoritv vested in me and the duties imposed upon me by law. do hereby notify .Til mayors, burgesses, justices of the peace, constables and po¬ licemen whomsoever they are and where.soevor they may 1>e in Alleglieny f.'ounty. that the primary duty of maintaining public order, of vireserving public peace, preserving th« rights of all citizens and protecting all private property from loss, in.iury or lipstruction, rests upon you and each of you and lhat if any persons snail iinl.nwfull.^-. riotously and tumult-, ously assemble together, so ae to endangpr the i Mbl'c peace, that you must Immediately go amonp anid rioters and then .mii! there make pro¬ clamation iji tlie name of thn commonwealth of IVniisylvnuia requiring and commsndlns all such persons so ar.'^pmliled imrae'iiati.ly ic> disperse themselves and peMceabh and if such persons, r.otw ithstandlr.i s;:ch pro¬ clamation continue tojcether, you are rctiuired to immeilLiteiy <'ause their arrest and prosecution in the manner prescribed iiy  law."
CRUELLY CHOKED TO DEATH
Schooley Tells How He Crushed Woman's Throat in Grip of His Fingers
TOSSED BODY ASIDE
LABOR'S LASie I
LACKS WAGE APPEAL
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Only Recognition of the Union Gompers   and   Union   Heads
Have Gone the Limit and Federal Chiefs Are Silent
is at Stake in the Great Iron Industry
SHOWDOWN COURTED
UP TO PRESIDENT
Pittsburg.   Pa..   Sept.   20.—Only   the finaJ exhorting of organifers. the last stirring of feeling among the workers through mass meetings to be held to¬ morrow,  remained  tonight before  th" ¦'united   States   Steel   corporation   and ; organized  labor come   to  their test of I strength .Monday.
i Although it may mean an in- i dustrial struggle affecting the entire j country, if claims of the labor leaders I are fulfilled, the strike set for Mon- I day is first of all labor's supreme tests against the iiiggest unorganized in- ' dustry remaining in the country. I To the cripitallsl and laborer alike ' who have seen the years of Bhari I struggle between tha steel corporation j and organized labor, this is the "show ' down". *
I There la little chance now of the ( strike being postponed Secretary' I Koeter of the Steel Workers' comnilt- , tee said tonight. E'ven if somo elev- I enth hour action should cause a I change, we would have to summon j other members of the oomnaittee here hy telegraph, he said. He could nol ' act on his own initlathe, he continued, I and the men would nol stop the strike ' except on the most positive orders. I "Yes, this is the show down," Pitts¬ burgh businessmen and workers re- I marked as the day passed and their i inner hopes of a postponement slip- \ ped away.
As the leaders go into the fight It is ] not higher wages that thev demand I but recognition of, the right of the I steel employes to organize. This I recognition is sought through the con- i ference they have been endeavoring I to arrange with Jiulge Gary. His re- ! fusal to grant the conference brought , on the strike.
No   Quarter  Offered There   is   no   thought   in   Pittsburgh that   Gary   will   give   in:   there   le   no thought   of   the   union   men   of   giving i In,   unless  the   conference   is   granted. 1 From  the  days  of the old   Homestead ! strike    when     blood    flowed     In    tho j streets and   the  great  burning  barges I swept down the river, on through the j years   of   continued   struggle   between i the   two* factions.—all   the     bitterness ' and   grlevences   of     this     expanse   of time were rolling up toniglit. ;     "It is  the  show down."
In  the  meantime  between   now  and Monday   morning,   both  sides  will     be i active in flnal preparations. Additional ! Stale   police   have   been   assigned     to ' various    steel     centers    while     10.000 deputies  are   being  sworn   in  by     the Steel  Corporation.    Extra  police  have been   sworn   in   for  the   city  of   Pitts¬ burgh.     A   patrol   wagon   backed     up to  a  sporting  goods  store  this  after¬ noon   and   was   practically   loaded' up with  shining  new  maces  to be Issued by the department.
In McKeesport. Homestead. Rankin, Brackenridge, Clalrton and other steel centers men are being hurriedly in¬ structed in the duties of an officer to¬ night.
In the offices of the steel corporation from New Tork to Pittsburgh and on to Chicago all reports showed nothing but confidence. The corporation offi¬ cials were confident that the labor leaders do not represent a majority of their employees. Steel labor is now being paid the highest wages in his¬ tory, they declared, and they do not believe that more than a small per¬ centage will answer the strike call. Some Refuse Strike. Both sides charged "Intimida.tiMk'* The employees of several miils are de¬ clared to have voted overwhelmingly against Joining the etrllte. This was the case of the Allegheny Steel Co. (Contlnuad en Paaa 8«v*niMn)
W.ishington. Sept. 20.—There la ap¬ parently no definite action the Depart¬ ment of Liabor can take before Monday to halt the threatened nation-wide steel  strike, officials here said tonight.
"We have gone as far as we lan un¬ der present conditions," said Hugh Ij. Kerwin, assistant secretary of Labor in charge of mediation, after ;i tele¬ phone conversation with ofllcials of the   American   Keder.'ition  of  Labor.
"The Labor Department. Kerwin pointed out. can intervene only ;ii' the request of one or both parties to the threatened strike. Imt so far neither Ride has askpd. Al the same time he made It plain that the department is keeping in touch with all strike de¬ velopments so as to be ready to step in   if  the  chance  como.s.
Ker^rln r<»-iterated his denial of re¬ ports that the Labor Department has received any telogram from I'resident Wilson.
Tonight's statement liv Kerwin made It apparent lo officials that all I'hanoe of governmental interfcrenco to stop the strike is practically past unless President Wilson act.s between now  and   Monday.
Officials here, had no intlmatlen as to what action the Prtsident might take, or as fo whether he will take an\ ill all. Officials of the American l'>(lerati(m also staled that they have gone as far as they can go to stop the strike, since the ste»!l men have Mclecl counter to the advices and In¬ clinations of .Samuel CJompera. .\mericRn Kederation chief, aiul have refused to wall until a.ft"r the Presi¬ dent's   Industrial   conference.
Gompers, it w.n? said, has no power to stop the. strike .-md went aa far as he could when ho threw his influence against it. While the American Fed¬ eration might withhold financial sup¬ port, such as is regarded as unlikely since the step looking to the union¬ ization of the steel trade was decided upon at the recent American Federa¬ tion of Labor convention.
Both government and labor officials fee) that the whole matter is definitely in the hands of Presldervt Wilson.
Frank Morrison, secretary of tho American Federation, said late tonight lhat neither he nor Gompers has taken any /iction in the strike. He said that no message has been received from the President on tbe situation.
A confession was secured yesterday from Joseph Schooley. aged 32, of TruckavlUe, that he was the murderer of his wife who was found dead Fri¬ day night In her home- He slowly choked her to death while tryinf to induce her to continue to live with him. The confession was made to Dis¬ trict Attorney Frank P. Slattery. Im¬ mediately after the recital of the crime's details, Schooley was given a hearing before Alderman Frank Hoary and   committed  to Jail  without  hail.
The murder of Mrs. Schooley was denied at flrst by her hueband. He /iwkwardly attempted^ to cover his part In the crime bul the State police and the county detectives Immediately charged him with the responsibility and placed him under arrest. After spending a night fn the county jail he was taken to the district attorney's OlTice yeaterday. Fifteen minutes after being placed under a severe questioning by the district attorney he had con¬ fessed.
in relating the details of the mur¬ der, l^chooley reviewed his married life. He claimed that it was his wife's re¬ fusal to live with him that drove him to attached her. The couple had spent Kriday In this city. Mrs. Schooley vis¬ ited relatives in Lee Park. He re¬ mained during the day In the central I city. When they returned to their j home in Trucksville they found Schooley's brother, Harold, and wife and three children there.
They had not been in the house long when another quarrel stalled. Harold Schooley and his family left to avoid trouble. They went to the home of Schooley'a parents. An hour later Har¬ old Schooley returned to his brother's home. The brother met bins at the door and told him to walk into one of the rooms, where he could, see the wo- tnan's body. At the time Schooley merely stated that something had hap¬ pened to his wife, but that he was in no way responsible.
lii his confession Schooley said that after the departure of his brother's family he and his wife re sumed the quarrel. His wife told him that she would leave him. Act ing on her threat she began gathering her clothes together. It -was then that the killing occurred. It Is claimed.
Schooley seized his wife around the neok with both hands. He naked her to remain with him. She refused and the pressure of the man's hands grew. WTien She refused a second time to stay at home Schooley ad¬ mitted that he completed the choking. He claimed he did not know his wife was dead iintil her limp body fell to the floor. He left the body where It dropped until his brother's return.
When the murder was discovered by Harold Schooley, the guilty man left the honse. He was picked up on the road near his home by State Troopers and County Detective P. .1. Connolly.
Mrs. Schoolejf'a body was taken to the City Hospital Where a post mortem examination will be made today. The marks of her husband's hands on her neck are visible.
Schooley and his wife parted last April. This separation was followed by the woman's arrest on the charge of desertion preferred by her husband. She was given a hearing before Alder¬ man Frank Brown who discharged her. Some time after that Schooley was ar¬ rested on a serious charge. After spending three weeks In Jail he was released. Upon his release his wife returned to live with him. Their iin- happlness broke out again several weeks ago and continued until Friday night.
Ready to Go Back to Paris—Wilson
liop Angeles. Cal., Sept. 20.~Presi¬ dent Wilson is ready to "take ship now" and go to the peace conference in Paris with any proposition ad¬ vanced by opponents of the League of Xations, which is better than the league, he declared at public dinner here tonight.
In the present condition of world affairs, he said, no constructive ide-a for betterment of the world will be received unless the opposition . hjis a   hetter  constructive   idea.
After his speech the President went to the Shrine auditorium for anot'her  addres.i.
"The .worl(5 will be In despair if America deserts It." he said, but he believes that the people of America really favored the idea "and the Job Is lo get that into the minds of gentlemen who do not understand the situation." He predicted oblivion for those who serve only their own Interests.
"NoT\- we must infect these men with the spirit of the country, he said. "When Washingrton warned against entangling alliances, Wilson •irgued. he had in mind the balance of power. The league, he said, was really a disentanglement.
UPSETS A FEATURE OF OFFICIAL COUNT OF PRIMARY VOTES
Berger Takes Democratic Place As Recorder and Trethaway Replaces Hayden For Treasurer. Slattery and Trethaway Have Tremendous Share of the Total Ballots,
WEST'S MAJORITY IS 41S
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The official count of the vote cajt at the primaries last Tuesday was completed last evening and it sho'vvs but few changes in the lists of party candidates already published. The only contests in doubt when the count started were those for county treasurer and recorder of deeds on the Democratic ticket. As the tabulation of the vote neared an end it became apparent that Charles Berger would nose Daniel J. Boyle out of the nomination for recorder and that Charles Trethaway would overcome the lead of Patrick J. Hayden for the Democratic nomination for county treasurer. There was no doubt about any of the contests for Republican nominations. As the two tickets will now go before the voters in November, they are made up as follows:
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Three Thousand Workers Are Out and Call to Others May '^f piyntouth
_      ..     , Register   of
Republican,
District .ittomey—Arthur H. .Tjmes, of  Plymouth.
High sheriff-.Tohn MacLuskie, of Wilkes-Barrp.
County commissioners—Peter A. Mel.xell. of Wilkes-Barre. and Am¬ brose  'West,  of  PlKmouth.
County controller—F. R. Hendershot
Be Made
MEET TOMORROW
LOCATE SUNKEN SHIP;
NO TRACE OF PEOPLE
WILSON  AT  BLOOMSBURG
Bloomsburg. Pa.. Sept. 20.—Secre- ' tary of iAbor WUson, who is resting j here, sanl tonight that he had received j no recent communication from Pres- I Ident Wilson with regard to a settle¬ ment  of  the  impending stet''  strike.
Secretary Wilnson said that, al¬ though it was the policy oT his de¬ partment to conciliaie in l-.ihor dis¬ putes wherever po.ssible. no officdal action had been IPken in this insl.ance. so far as he knew. He added that he had been out of touch with affaire in Washington for th*" past few days.
ZONE  PROTEST FUND
Camden. N. .1, Sept. 20.—Resolutions demanding suspension of the zone fare system and a new hearing before the Public I'tiljt;. s Commission were passed at :; ;*}... a', incline of the City Coi^^i! luniRht. An ippr^'prialion of IS.i'JO was made to co test the pres¬ ent system. Chp ':es i;.:it the PutkUc Service Railway had incited the riot¬ ing against, which it is now protesting, were made by Alfred Jones, council¬ man of the Sixth Ward. Instances of dlscrlmir.ifr'n against shipyard work¬ ers were r ¦:d by Jones. Unfair treat¬ ment-of 6ll!p^ard passengers, he staled, wa* one OIL tlie c»ua«« of tbe rlotiag.
Key West, Fla., Sept. 20—A party of deep sea divers and ITnlted States naval craft under the personal com¬ mand of Read Admiral Decker, com¬ mandant of the seventh naval district, tonight were at the scene of the wreck of the Spanish steamer Valbanera, off Rebecca shoals, 40 miles from Key West in an effort to learn something of the fate of 300 passengers and l.iO members of the crew. The Valbanera was believed to have "oeen sunk in the hurricane which swept Cuban waters about ten days ago.
The Valbanera, en route from Spanish ports to New^ Orleans, via Cuba, 'Was last heard from on Sept. 9, when she arrived off Morro Castle, H;i.vana, and put to sea after being warned by wireless that il was dan¬ gerous to enter the harbor during the storm.
Ensign L. B. Roberts, commander of the aubmaxlne chaser 203, reported upon his arrival yesterday that he had discovered the hull ef the Valbanera lying in 40 feet of water, above a bed of quicksand, off Rebecca shoais. Rob¬ erts salt* he donned a diver's outfit and stated that the name, plate of the Valbanera could be seen In :arge let¬ ters. Robert said he wae about to en¬ ter the ship when his air supply be¬ came exhausted and he was compelled to return to the surface.
Cuban gunboats unsuccessfully searched the Florida stralta today for poaslbla aurvivon of tte tunkan
with three thousand workers In lo¬ cal silk mills already out mo strike, a meeting of these strikers will he held tomorrow afternoon In this dty for the purpose of calling ont the employee of all other silk mills in 'Wyoming Valley where the union Is being opposed. Mill owners have assumed a hostile attitude toward the newly organized silk workers' union while the men. hoys and girlii employed In the fac¬ tories are defending their org.inlzatlon with equal energy.    The result may be i of Nanticoke
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egister  or  wills—William E gan. of Wilkes-Bnrre.
County treasurer—Charles Treth¬ away.  of  Parsons.
Recorder of Deeds—Remmell La Bar of Wllkes-Barre.
Coroner—Dr. Frank D. Thomas, of Dorranceton.
Sun'^eyor—Charles Miles, of "Wllkes- Barre.
Democratic.
Diiitrlct Attorney—Frank P. Slattery of Wilkes-Barre.
High sheriff—Joseph F. Gillis, of ¦Wilkes-Barre.
County commissioners—M. J. Mc- lyiughlln. of Wilkes-Barre. and Con J. Oalla.?her. of  Newport township.
Cotinty   controller—H.   .ludd   Abbott.
a general strike affecting the score of silk mills In the county. In Lacka¬ wanna county there are more than 20,- 000 such worker" idle because their union has not been recognized.
The local mills tied up by the strike are two of the Leon-Ferenbach com¬ pany on .lones street; another of the same company at Sugar Notch: thp Bamford mill in the Empire district of this city: the plant of the Wilkes- Barre Silk company and the Empire mill in Lee Park. The employes of another mill walked out yesterday when the strlkp was extended to in¬ clude tbe Hess-(ioldsmith plant in South   Wllkes-Barre.
The three thousand strikers who have been Idle for the greater part of a week will hold a meeting in Con¬ cordia hall on East .Northamptrm street tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock. It will be addressed by local union organizers and several of the strikers. Part of the businesa to bo transacted will be the extension of fhe union to Include other silk throw¬ ing factories in laizerne County. At present the labor trouble is being felt only In Ihis city, but it will likely ex¬ tend to tlir West Side of the river and down to Hazleton.
The Demands.
The strikers are demanding In¬ creased wages, ahortPT hours and Im¬ proved working conditions. These de¬ mands have been Incorporated In a union proposition that has been sent lo every mill owner. It was the re¬ fusal of this proposition thai led to the strike. The leaders of the strike are not discouraged by fhe persistent op¬ position thrown up by the mill own¬ ers. They claim that the silk Industry, which has sectired a big foothold in Wyoming Valley, will be entiiely crip¬ pled unless the owners recognize the union.
Unusual activity was noticed upon the part of the strikers yesterday. Aside from establishing pickets around the various idle mills for the purpo.se of keeping away from work those employes who refused to Join In the strike the girls held impromptu par¬ ades on the streets near the various mills. Numerous motor trucksi were chartered and these were run through the city carrying banners and groups of enthusiastic union shouters. prin¬ cipally girls.
Worse  in   Lackawanna
In Lackawanna county the strike has taken on a more serious appear¬ ance than here. There are appro.xi- mately 20.000 silk workers on strike In Scranton and vicinity. There has been some disorder at several of the plants there with the result that the inability of the police to handle the situation necessitated the swearing In of extra deputies.
An advertisement appears elsewhere In thla paper announcing that the Empire Citizens A. A. will conduct a dance next Tuesday night In Reilly's Hall in Georgeto-wn for the benefit of the strikers. It is believed that sev¬ eral other benertts of such nature will be conducted as a means of helping the men. boys and girls to remain out on strika.
HOSPITAL BURNS.
Van Couver, B. C, Sept. 20.--.Not p alngle patient was injured when ihaughnessy Military Hospital biu-ned today   W'ith   a   properU'   loss   ot   more
Register of wills—Richard H. Bige¬ low.  of Hazleton.
County treasurer—Chnrle.= Treth¬ away.  of 'P.irsons.
Recorder of deeds—Charles Berger. of Hanover township.
Coroner—.Tames V. Marley, of Wilkes-Ba tre.
Siii-vpyor—T..awrencp Bairett. of Wyoming.
Wilkes-Barre  Tickets.
The   party   tickets   In   'Wilkes-Barre will be made up as follows: Republican.
Mayor-Charles N. T^oveland, of the Tenth ward.
City treastiTPr—Robert M. Keiser, of the   Koiirteeii'h   ward.
City Controller Dallas Sho^bert, of the Fifteenth ward.
r'oiincilmen rliarles Shiber, of the Fifth ward: Martin C. Murray, of the Thirteenth ward: Leinjs P. Kniffen. of the Twelfth ward, and David P. Griffiths, of the Sixth ward.
School   directors -Dr.   E.   F.   Meyers, of the Tenth w.ird:  CiPorge H.  P.rown. of tho Kiftpenlh ward, and A. E- Ovpr- peck. of the Tliirtpenth. Democratic.
T^fiiyor -D.iniel L. Hart, ¦ of the Fourteenth    ward.
City treasurer—James F. Mundy, of the   Second   w.ird.
City controller—Matthew Stephens, of the Eleventh ward.
Councilmen—Charles Shibpr, of the Fifth ward. Martin Murray, of the Thirteenth ward: Joseph G. Schuler. of the Eleventh ward, and Peter Moiia¬ han, of the Thirteenth ward.
School directors—George H. Brown and Walter S. Wilson, of the Fifteenth ward, and Dr. Caffrey, of thn Four¬ teenth  ward.
The  Judicial  Contest.
Judge Garman carried six of the seven leslslative districts of the county hy large majorities. The Fir.st dis¬ trict -was carried by Sherwood hy ahout 2.S0 votes.
The total ballots for the various can¬ didates for county nominations show¬ ed somp surprizes In the numbpr of votes   that   were   cast   on   both   party
Register of Wills
Bigelow  231fi
Conyngham     773
Davis      3067
Harvey      llisr.
Morgan      12.<30
Recorder of Deeda
Berger     4358
Boyle     967
D.avls     4*'27
Hartman     2202
Hess     7043
Hoover      800
LaBar      819'i
Snee      1705
Coroner
Ashley « ,  10750
Marley     S^"'^.
Thomas     12504
Surveyor'
Barrett  6Sfi4
Miles      1877;,
DEMOCRATIC. District  Attorney.
James   ...,-. .-...^ ,. ..^    8881
Slattery    15610
Sheriff.
Dane    ....^..     1B58
Gillis       11183
.lacobs         1652
MacLuskie     6g23
County Commissioners.
Gallagher       14778
.McLaughlin      14873
County Centrollar,
Abbott       8933
Riigan    , ...     BiTfi
Hendershot         53156
County Treaaurer.
Hayden        8939
Trethaway        9128
Regiater of Wilfa
Bigelow       4575
Conyngham         8145
I>avis         4180
Harvpy    .¦      849.%
McDevitt       1448
Morgan         2840
Recorder of Deeda.
Berger   i	
Boyle   ..' ,
Davis . .. Hartman Hesa .... Hoover . LaBiir .. Snee   .. . .
4074 3728 3221 763 1235 1212 2040 3489
Coroner.
Ashley       3709
Krych         63S»i
Marley         9906
Surveyor.
Miles         7407
Barrett         88.19
How Votes Compare.
On the face of the returns Charles Trethaway appears to have been the most popular candidate. He polled on both tickets 30,008 votes. Next to him In point of popularity ts Frank P. Slat- tpry. He has a total vote on both party tickets of 24,471 to a total vote of 20,445 for Arthur H. James, who will be hi» opponent
John MacLuBltle. the Republican candidate for sheriff, polled a aurprls- Ing vote on the Democratic tickat. His total on the Republican ticket ¦waa 12,- 445 and on the Democratic ticket B623. But Gillis w;'.s also strong on the Republican ticket, receiving 69J0 votes. There Is only a difference of IB votes in the total received by Glllis and MacLuskie.     For     thp     latter     18.06.S
tickets   for   several   of   the   candidatPS. , votes were pollpd and for Gillis 18,053 The  totals  for  the  various  candldatps | ^.^^p polled.
.ire as follows: 1     por Register of wills the total  vote
NON-PARTISAN | rpcpivpd   by   Col.   Harvey  on  the   Re-
Common   Pleas  Judge | publican   and   Democratic  tickets Was
Garman      ^OSHfijj^gj^    ^^^   f„^  Morgan     15,720.    The
Sherv/ood      14620
REPUBLICAN District  Attorney
Jame<»     » . ¦. 1 '5564
l»rd     f>S19
Slattery     8861
Sheriff
Gillis      6920
Jacobs      2709
MacLuskie     12445
Ross     8882
County   Commissioners
Beisel     8749
Davies     2932
Meixell      12642
Morris     7351
Renard    11015
SmilH  2898
West  11430
County  Controller
Abbott     »426
Prohibition nomination goes to Col. Harvey by a vote of 141 to. %2. Mor¬ gan won the KoclallstB. Archie Davies gave Bigelow a close run for tho Democratic nomination for regiater, Bigelow reclpvlnp 4575 votes to 41S0 for Davies. Butch McDe'vitt waa lost in the shuffle, receiving only half the \otp cast for Conyngham.
Judd .Abbott proved to be a popular candidate for the Republican nomin¬ ation for county controller than he was for the Democratic. He p<>Ued 9.426 on the Republican and 8,933 en the Democratic.
Charley Berger, the Democmt ttom- Ihee for recorder of deeds, received more* votes on the Republican ticket than he did On the Democratic. On one he received 4.358 and on the other 4,074. Dan Boyle gave Berger a great chase,
Dugan         22111 Berger nosing him out of the Demo-
Herulershot       18494  cratic nomination by only 800 votes.
County Treasurer
Hayden        3172
Tompkins        4771
West  Beats  Renard. The race between West and Renard waa •xclttng to the and W«at cutura4