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f*****« »*#*#»****»* 1 MOST COMPLETE SPORT SECTION IN THE CITY f*******^******i SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY f*^*******»***4 THE WEATHER ii Washington, Nov. 18.—Eaft- | ern Penna.: Fair Sunday andi; Monday: .^resh west v/inda. |; ODir*!? 17TV17 P17''VT'G Ths Only Sunday Newspaper r ItlL^JCi r 1 V Ili \.,rii^ X O i'uMished in Luzerne County. WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1916 a^;'^o^nrcrs''-M;i;*^M:itr;:- price five cents AUTO LUNGE AITKEN IS HEROIC WINNER OF RACE WITH FATAL END 'taking Another Man's Place at Wheel, Speed King Makes a Present of Prize Money and First Honors, Finishing Last Turn of Course on Wheel-rim FOUR LIVES ARE LOST Santa Monico, Cal., Nov. 18.—Death ¦won again today in the annual grand prize motor clas.sic over fhe Santa Monica course and claimed four lives, •when a Marmon racer, driven by Louis Jackson, one of the J2 drivers, crashed into the crowd that lined the track. Jackson himself, mangled and crushed almost beyond human sem¬ blance, was instantly killed and the fives of three other persons, all spec¬ tators, were crushed out before the car's mad course was stopped. Appalled by the tragedy, many of the 75,000 spectators gave no heed when announcement was made that, al¬ though Johnny Aitken. driving a Peu¬ geot car, had crossed the finish line a winner- the laurel.s do not ko to him, but to Johnny Wilcox, his team mate. Aitken substituted for Wilcox at the twentieth lap and to Wilcox goes the Xirize money. H. P. Jenkins, camera man for a moving picture company, was filming .luckson's catapult drive ^when the tragedy occurred. Standing at the side of the track, hi.-: camera's eye showed the racer speeding down thfc « urae at !*U mile.s atl hour. Suddenly. .e car swerved lo the side and beipre Jen- Kins could escape he was caugiit by the onrushing machine. Harold Kdgerton and an unidentified woman attendant in a ref'-eshment booth were also caut;ht Iiy the speedy .Marmon and were killed after the car .snapped olT two trees. The car was finally stopped when it struck a tele¬ graph pole. .I.ickson's body was horribly man¬ gled and was almost cut in two. Who'll attendanLs reached the wreck and attempted to remove Jackson's corpse, they were compelled to chop down the pole and tear fhe wreckage to pieces to do so. Jenkins was not instantly killed, but succumbed a few minutes after being ru-'hed lo a field hospital. Crushed under the wreckage of his car, .fackson's body was removed by spectators, who rushed to the scene, .lohn Clandiii. .I.ickson's mechanician, was thrown clear of fhe car and es¬ caped wifh only sliBht injurie.s. Aitken Heroic Winner. Johnny Aitken won the grand prize race, fhe blue ribbon motor event of the United State.s, for another man this afternoon. Although he piloted a Peugeot car across fhe finish line, credit for the victory goes to his team mate. Howard Wilcox, and the latter will be paid the $4000 prize money. Aitken was forced to leave the race when his own car developed valve trouble in the flrst lap. In the twen¬ tieth lap he relieved Wilcox and Amer¬ ican Atitomoblle association officials announced that to Wilco.x will ro the crown. Neither will Aitken becredited with any points in the contest for the .Americanshlp. Aitken's fime wa.i 4.42.47. His average was 8r..59 miles nn hour. Cooper, in a Stutz. was second. Hin time was 4 hours. 48 minutes, .IS sec¬ onds, an average of 83.74 miles an hour. < Continued on Page 2. E Barely Recognized as Man Who Two Weeks Ago Had Na¬ tion's Full Interest El SMSNEWBAmE LE WANTS REAL REST Americans Also May Have Been Lost in Parral Raid on Inno¬ cent Foreigners SCORES IN FLIGHT EI Paso. Tox.. Nov. 18.—.According to to refugees from Jiminez, it wa.s re¬ ported thaf all foreigners in Parral were slaughtered when Villa and his bandits entered the latter town ten days ago. Six .Americans are known to have been in Parral before fhe Villa raid. Such reports have been reach¬ ing the border for ten days, buf all ef¬ forts of .American uiifhorilies to ob¬ tain confirmation have been unavail¬ ing. In Parral. after the Alverado min¬ ing party left, were Jacob Meyers. F. W. Palmer. WiUiam Scott. Henry Schaefer, R. P. Cowell and Dr. Thomas Flanigan. .Nearly all mining men here bclieve these men would have left Par¬ ral upun the approach of Vilistas. Scores of terror-stricken Chinese. Syrians and Spaniards from all parts of northern Mexico are on their way to the border to escape the atrocities of Villa. Twenty-three Chinese refu¬ gees reached Juarez today. They told V. S. department agents here that al¬ ready many of their countrymen had been slaughterod nnd as the news spread every Chinese resident in the Ktate i.s fleeing from Chihuahua. V. S. authorities estimated today that not less than 100 Chinese hprd been slain by bandits in the la.st frur months- New York. Nov. 18—A tall, dignified man. 'with full gray beard, stepped un- o.stentatiojsly from the 45th entrance of the Astor shortly after noon today, shouldering his way unnoticed through the crowd, and. after helping the wo¬ man who was with him into a big au¬ tomobile at the curb, took his place be¬ sides her with something of an air of satisfaction and relief. He leaned forward and smilingly told the chauffeur to drive fo 23rd street ferry, .lust as the machine started, a short, thick set, bearded man jumped in beside the chauffeur. The trio alighted ai the ferry and the ubiquifious porter was ordered to take the three, bags to the sunny side of the upper forward deck. The little party passed out through the ding.v ferry station to tbe boat, on up the stairs without attractlnjr more than casual notice from deck hands, fellow passengers and gatemen and sat on the bench near a little group who were go¬ ing to take the Jersey Central to Lake- wood. The couple were citizen and Mrs. Charles Evan.s Hughes. The other member of the party was one of the men who had guarded the Republican candidate during his talks to millions throughout the country and who had stood on fhe Madison Square G.trden platform with him when 14.000 .New Vorkers wildly cheered Hughes for thirty ear-splitting moments., two weeks aso tonight. The three were on their way to Lake- wood, N. J., where the governor-jurist will take the first real rest he has had rince he started his 34.000-mile swiny through theNplates last .luly. Interested in Babies. During fhe twenty miiiue trip down the river and acro.'Js to fhe .lersey shore .Vlr. and Mrs. Hughes appeared more interested In the antics of two girl babies fh.Tl pla.ved in front of them than In any other thing. The governor and Mr.s. Hughes were just plain licicled w^hen one of the little girls toddled to Hughes and hid. her head on his knee when the othpr kiddie teased her or sucking a fat thumb. It was just plain citizen Hujfhes and there was no sign of a demonstration; no staring of the crowd. This wa.s par¬ ticularly potent when a woman walk¬ ed past Ihe ;4overnor. glanced at him, sat down beside him and opened a magazine. Covernor Hughes got almost fci his car before there was any hint of ;i demonstration. .As he strode down the station platform the driver of an elec¬ tric baggage cort turned and called to a co-worker; "Hey George, there's Hughes!" Several people turned and looked for a moment. The only other sikii was the alacrity witf which the train por¬ ter hustled the three bag.s into the car when he saw fo whom fhey be¬ longed. SENTENCED FOR GRAFT Winnipeg, Man.. Nov. 18.—Thomas Kelly, former Manitoba governmeni official who spent several months a year ago in a palat|al south side apart¬ ment in Chicago. While flghting extra¬ dition here, was sentenced to two and a half years in the Provincial peniten¬ tiary by a jury reporting tonight. He is alleged to have made $12,000 by graft in erecting Mie Manitoba Parlia¬ mentary building. President and Congress Confi¬ dent of Ability to Force Obedience to Recent Law TO PREVENT STRIKE Wahsington, Nov. 18.— The power¬ ful influence of labor, railroads and the the government will ctime together next week in whal promises to develop into one of the most spectacular clash¬ es of America's induatrial history. Monday the joint Congressional com¬ mittee authorized to make searching inquiry into the whole railroad problem with a view to determining what legis¬ lation is necessary to better regulate interstate commerce will begin ils ses¬ sions here. During the week the commission, ap- E WESI SIDE FRIENDS Lives High on Promises and Scatters Flattering Introduc¬ tions to Noted Money Kings lELLS Ll TOPROMOIEFEALiy SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS Several of the prominent citizens of Luzerne Borough are mourning lhe sudden disappearance of a dapper New Yiirk newspaperman who blew in upon the town unheralded about len days ago. According to his own story this suave gentleman of the metropolis was identified with the staff of tbe .N'ew York Times and was sent to the coal regions to study industrial conditions. He was faultlessly dressed, sported a diamond the size of a nutmeg, wore a multi-colored vest and a pair of patent leather shoes that shine so brilliantly they dazzled the gaze of all who wetre privileged to come within his presence. On arriving he made haste to the Luzerne House, fhe leading hosterly of the town, which is al present con¬ ducted by W. .1. Thomas, who has achieved fame in the baseball world as the manager of the Luzerne Reds. The smooth New York stranger was such a pleasant chap that the unso¬ phisticated Luzerneites swallowed his story in one gulp and from that time on his game t*-as easy. He gave his name as Tillman Henr.v. t>ut in a quiet moment he whispered pointed by President Wilson to inves tigate the operation of the eight-hour i t" Landlord Thomas and Billy Don .,, . , . , , ' lin, the barber, that this was not his day on railroads, will begin '"formal ^^^, p„g„o„^„ t^at in truth he wa.s a hearings in .New lork (..ity. At the! ^^pj^^^. ,^^ ^..^^^^ Morton, president of same time the Deparlmenl ot -lustice j j^,^ Equitable Assurance .'^ocietv. who expects to complete plans lor combat-, ^.^^ ^^^ ^j „^^ leading members .f Presideni Roosevelt's cabinet. This made a still deeper impre.-^sion and nothing was too good for him from that lime on. Landlord Thomas o)d<-red the most expensive delicacies of fhe season for the meals of his distinguished guest and Donlin considered it an honor to be privileged to shave and massage him every morning. Donlin went still fur¬ ther. He laviiriied his most priceless toilet waters on Morton's physiognomy and never permitted hira to slep down ing the suits filed by railroads asking un injunction against the Adamson eight-hour law. President Wilson meanwhile will be formulating proposals to the next Con¬ gress for selllement and prevention of I industrial disputes by legislation. i The railroads hope to tie the hands of the government and prevent en¬ forcement of the eight-hour law until the joint crongressional lommittee haii an opportunity to complete its hear¬ ings The Brotherhoods will uphold the hand.s of the governmeni in en- out of the chair without using the forcing the eight-hour law. but will j pincers on any of the little blemishes bitterly combat any attempt to enact j that barbers are sure to notice on their laws wlJich will limit their striking j best customers. Morion did not wnnt privilefjes. M^ be troubled with his daily bills ani .A member of the hrotherluiods lead-{he .>rdered that ihey be sent fo the ers arrivefl here tonight to prepare for their fight. Out of the Congressional investiga¬ tion the railroads hope to gain relief from what they term their "49 masters namely control by tbe i^taies, and show good natured landloard across the way and chargetKuji with his board. Done-up Brown. Side trips were made to the neaiby villages each morning and afternoon to look into industrisl conditions and that full power of inter.«.tale legi.slalion I every evening he was the center of is vested with the federal government j interest to an admiring little group alone. .No furiher hard.^hip such as j that gathered at the hotel. Everything the imposition of the ei.trht-hour law. I was going famously and .Morton no can be borne by them." I doubt believed ihai the time hud' at Will Uphold Law. I'""' arrived to go the limit. On the In conjunction with this, the question! I'l»'a that he was short of read.v cusii of rates, wages, terms and conditions of employment—in fact every question jin which the railroads and their employes have been interested fojr years and over which many industrial battles have been waged—promise tn be threshed out. Big business, includirig giant manu¬ facturers, industrial liouses and com- mereinl organizations fif all kinds have I owing to the delay in the arrival of his <lieck he made loans from the land¬ lord, frnm Donlin. from .lames Curr. the well known bookmaker, from Aloii- zo Keller. Ambrose Reed did not have any re.idy nuuie.v and .>-'o hatefl to re- fu.-:e Morton thaf he went ouf and bor¬ rowed some from a friend to hand over to the Xew Yorker. Hut thi.s was not all. The I'om- enfered into the fight in the hope that i mercial Clubl composed of the leading fhe investigation of the committee will develop .some means of sellting threat¬ ened strikes by legislation. The executive council of the United .*^tates Chamber of C.iinmerce in special se.ssion here today passed resolutions favoring legislation of this kind and is business men of th town, • tendered Morton it banquet and Charle.v .tones gave him a private dinner at his home, to which only a few of the leadiim sattellites of the town were invited. To show that Norton was willing fo do something for any of the young men Argues Against Division and Sectionalism and Describes the Make-up of Justice URGES AMERICANISM Washington, Nov. 18.—The common movement of humanity. President Wil¬ son declared today- is lo close up the "rifts" of class division by establishing justice with a heart in it. justice with a pulse In it, justice with .sympathy in it." In a. brief address of welcome to sev¬ eral hundred delegates of the Feder¬ ation of Labor, now in convention at Baltimore, the President urged the workingmen find women of the coun¬ try to co-operate in blotting ouf all "lines ot division in America" and "cre¬ ate a unity of spirit." The delegates were received by the President in the East room of the White House. Prerident Samuel Gompers of the Federation, expressed "joy" in the efforts of labor to "uphold your hands in the work you have un¬ dertaken and accomplished." "We look fo you as a man standing for fhe principles for which we are working." he said. Replying the President said; 'What I have tried to do is to get rid, not only of any class division in this coun¬ try, but also of any class conscious¬ nes.s and feeling. The worst thing fhat could happen to America would be that she should be divided into groups and camps in which there were men and women who thou,ght they were af odds with one another, thnt the spirit of America was not expressed except in them and that pobsibilities of antag¬ onism were the only fhing.s Uiat we have huve lo loiik forward to. "What 1 am striving for and wh-^.t 1 hope you .nre striving for is to blot out all the lines of division in America and create a unity of spirit and of pur¬ pose founded upon this, that we are all men and women of the same sort, and, and that if we do not understand each other we :;re not true .Americans. If we caiinol enter into t^ach otherti thoughts, it we can't comprehend each others ideas. If we cannot conserve each others welfare, then we have not yet qualifled as rejiresentatives of the American spirit. .Nothlna alarms America so inich rts rifts, divisions, the drifting apuit of elements among her people nnd the thing we ou.uht all to strive for is close up every rift and fhe finly wa>' to do it. so far as 1 can see. Is ot e.sfablish justice with a heart in it. justice with a pulse in it, justice with sympathy in it. ".rustice can lie cold :ind forbidding, or if can be warm and welcome .ind the latter is the only kind of justice thaf .Americans desire. "l do nof believe that • am deceiving myself when I say thai I think tliis spirit is growing in .America. I pray God it may cvntiuue to grow .-ind ex¬ hort everyone to come iiUo this common movement of humanity." COSTLY ALLIES GAIN THREATENS MONASTIR; SOMME LINES DRAWN BY FEARFUL HOSBAND SAYS SIAIE Description of Death of Mc- Daniel Woman Given to Prove Divorce as Cause FAMILY APPEARS St. .loseph. .Mo.. -Nov. 18.—That the family of Oscar D. McUaniel's wife who was murdered in her home on the night of July 14. stands squarely againsi the defendant was brought oul here this afternoon when Mrs. Luke H. Moss, moiher of the slain woman. Ai- leen Mo.'js. a sister, and Hayden Moss, brother, took their seals in the court room at the table of Special Prosecutor Bart M. J^ocUwood. Cp until today the attitude of the family had been in doubt. .At the inquest .Aileen Mos.^ testified she knew of no discord in the McDaniel family. Since that she has chans^ed her mind and it is understood will testify to e.\trem<-ly unhappy re¬ lations there. .Acting coroner Weissner, first wit¬ ness called today, testified that .\Ic- fiaiiiel attempled tn prevent an inquest Germans Declare Slight Vic¬ tory Was Not Worthy of Ter¬ rible Cost in Men and Am¬ munition — Eleven Aviators Fall in Air Battles-* . '18 BALKANS CONTESTED London. Nov. 18.—British forces have reached the outskirts of Grandecourt in fheir advance south of the Ancre. General tjir Douglas Haig reported to¬ night. With a perjiod of comparative calm reigning along the Somme, due to con¬ solidation of newly-won positions by the Allies, war interest centered tonight on the Balkans. London regards the fall of Monastir as imporiant. Seroian, French and Russian troops al latest reports had the city for which Bulgaria holds such sentimental regard almost completely enveloped. Its fortifications are within range of the Allies' guns. Monastlr's fall is expected to have an important effect on the morale of not only the Bulgarian but the Teutonic troops now operating in the southwest¬ ern theatre of the war—and a corres¬ pondingly important increase in confi¬ dence in Roumania. Bulgaria has attached great weight to holding the cit.v and has even beer able to persuade Teutonic war direc¬ tors to divert re-enforcements for the Teutonic-Bulgarian army defending Monastir from the ranks of Field Mar¬ aud al.so to delay the investigation af-I shal von .Mackensen in Dobrudja. That ter the inquest was ordered. I withdrawal of force has been mani- Dr. Cole, surgeon, who was at the fested in a noticeable loss of weight in McDaniel home on rtuiy on the night Mackensen's offensive, of the murder was the second witness, j British troops have also been active The prosecution attempted lo estab- i jn advancing loward the Bulgarian lish that .McDanid's story of finding , his wife on the floor was imin^ssible. | but that lhe prosecutor held her head I over Ihe edge of the berl whilo the 1 blood ran out on fhe floor. Cox said j there was no dust on Mrs. McDaniel's j night gown .ind thai the pool of blood frontier, according to official state¬ ments tonight from Salonika. "Various posts have been advanced." it was de¬ clared, and an enem.v camp bombarded by aeroplanes. German's Confident. Berlin's verson is repulse of the could not have come from her head if ! Monastir attacking; force, recapture of it had been lying on fhe fl«'or. la mountain summit and sanguinar.v In ijre.senting the state's side of the , losses for the Allies. More progress case to the jury, l.,ockwood declared: fin the sweep of the Teutonic line in ¦McDaniel Ivnew if hi.< wife sued for J Transylvania was reported. divorce it would ruin his career, and in order to stop her from making pub¬ lio fans nbout his private and official life he killed her." "The testimony will show." Lock- wood Continued, "that McDaniel said at his i;idge that ni^ht: 'I must hurry, for I have work lo do.' New and violent fighting was re¬ ported from the .Macedonian front to¬ night in the German official statemenl. A German pre.ss bureau summar.v of Roumanian conditions declares that Balkan army to have been sensibly ex¬ hausted, bolh in human and war re- I sources. Bucharest statements, how- BICYCLE IS STOLEN. .lohn Thomas, <.r 72 r.efliel street, re¬ ported to the police thill his Paikard bicycle was stolen from Noilhampton sireet .-ibout 9 o'clocti ;asl iiigiil. The police were furnished wilh a complete de.-icription of the wheel, but failed to locate it. prepared to give testimony to support | who wished to better their condition.o its contentions. | he gave two of them letters of inlro- .liidge Adamson has intimated Con-| duction to his friend. Charley .Schwab, gross may not await the report of the | of llethlehcm, and these fwo ."iullible Congressional commiltee before going; young men left for fhe ironmaster's ahead wifh legislation designed-to pre- . town fo accept fheir new snaps. vent strikes, pending conferences look- | But earl.i- Wednesday morning .Mr. ing toward settlement of tho difficul- i Morton went out for nn automobile ride ties. [and he must be still riding, for he has The coming week promises to lift the i not yet returned. The result is th.it curtain on a dramatic battle which ma.v ] the prominent residents of Luzerne who embroil Congress in one of the liveliest I fell for his game of talk iire out $300 "Gentlemen, he did have work lo do ever, insists that the lines are being ihat night and, oh. what urriblo work | firmly maintained. it was! That work was ihe murder' Petr-^grad reported tonight that in of HaiTiei Moss McDaniel, his wife ^the Carpathians north of .Shiben, Ger- and the mother of his children." jman attacks had been forced back and - ^ jthat counter attacks by .small detach- ' iflcnts had resulted in restorin.g lo the GOOD WOMAN IS LOST JRudsiun Unes a po.sition lost because .. «ui-i[»x nocoo oxvi r i'*^ ''^'' ''*''*''wiv** ^nd snow. IN SHORT DncSS STYLE j General llalg reported from the Bn- j tish front tonight that eight hostile Indianapoli.s, Ind., .Nov. 18.-It is im-I •"'•¦"P''""'" had been downed m air possible fo lell fhe pure woman from | *'*?'"'* ^"^ thai three Briiish flyers the courtesan, Luenda D. Smith of I "'"'"*' niis.'uiiK- Kansas lold the .National W. C. T. I'.I Successes Costly. convontioii hero today in appealing for , tlerliii, via wirt-loss to .Sayville. -Nov. dres.s reform. i '8-—Local .successes. obl.Tined at great Snort .-kilts and low iioi l.s worn by j'"•'^t by the British"''along the Ancre the modern woman are a disgrace to i •''*''tor do not influence in the least the twentiefh century speaker declared. civilization. the sessions in its history. GERMANS MAY QUIT ALL BELGIAN LANDS that they advanced. Donlin ia still wailing to be paid for his lu.xiirioua shaves and .lohn Crossin. of Donlin's pfaff of barbers, has been compelled to pay Ihe manicurist that he imported from Wilkes-Barre fo trim Morton's nails. WOMAN SPY KILLED SAYS GERMAN PRESS ^ Berlin, via S.ayville. Nov. IS.—Onej nioio Woman has been shot by the .Allio;j. Ihe press bureau asserts in aj statement tod.a\ quoting an article I from a Genoa newspaper. j The dispatch asserted tha' a C.er- j man woman began spying at Zurich, | Switzerlnutl. then went lo Italy armed, wilh British passports. On her at-i tempting io return lo Switzerland the' newspaper declares she was arrested I by the Itali.Tii authorities, sentenced' and .«hot./ i WIDOW PENSIONER DIES AT AGE OF 100 YEARS gener.-.l situation along the Somme. ac- cordin.s to a .special review of the Flanders front issued by the press liureaii today. Continued on Page 2. Newark, Ohio. .Nov. 18. -Mrs. .Mary Lovejoy. aged 100. who was th? fir.=;l , woman in the l.'nited States to be ' gi-Hntod a pofision under the .Ashbrooks j widow's pension act. died toilay follow- ; inx a short illness of pneumonia- She j would have received hor lirst pension j voucher this afternoon. j .Mrs. Lovejoy was born in Frederick, 1 .Md.. Oct. 26, 181«- Hoi husband. Sam- • uel l.ovcioy. who served In the Civil | War. died noarlv .iO years aco. ROOM WANTED. FL'RNISIIKD ROO.M wanted with CaihoI'C family; central $3.00 jier week. .Address Box 8, Independent Office. Washington. Nov. 18-—"A po.isible prellminarj- to at least partial evacu¬ ation of Belgium is the interpretation of army officers tonight on the re¬ ported German plan lo deport 400,000 Belgium civilians fo points behind the (ierman lines. Officers declared that the Russian military officials took a similar step when, after their drive info east Prus¬ sia at the beginning of tbe war, they found themselves forced to retreat in¬ lo Poland. Before the withdrawaJ was begun thousands of German civilians were sent into the inferior of Russia where they are now interned. The practice of deporting native civilians of an occupied enemy territory before evacuation is a common one, it wae said. U Is done to prevent the civilians from independently harnass- ing the retreating army and from aiding the pursuing enemy. In the meantime, representatives of the allied governments abroad are con¬ ferring regarding steps that mighl be taken again.st Germany's action. If was learned In entente diplomatic circles here. It is understood that retaliatory measures are being considered by the .Allies if the deportation of Belgian civilians is not stopped. The tiuestioii of the practicability of continuing to allow the importation of food .supplies for the Bel.gian relief commission is understood to be under consideration. Some allied officials lake the posi¬ tion that if acceptance of relief by a Belgian means his deportation on the ground that he is a public charge, it is foolish to continue such work. The question of continuing the relief Is also of vital importance on account of the growing .shortage of vessels. Some of¬ ficials are harking back to tne objec¬ tions they raised when the question was first proposed. They say that it is the duty of the authority occupying: captured territory fo feed the civilian population of the country. The stale department is awaiting Germany's detailed reply to its repre¬ sentations after having received an acknowledgement from the foreign of¬ fice. Officials say, however, that this government in transmitting the Bel¬ gians' protest, has done all it can do. 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Write at once for free sam • pie. P. D. CONWAY. Sales Mgr., 1? American Bldg., Cincinnati. I'rinceton, N. .1. .Nov. I.—Yale finish¬ ed Princeton this afternoon. Going into action against a Tiger team thnt was touted fhe be.st Old Nas¬ sau had produced in years, the Blue clad warriors outgeneraled, outgairied and outplayed the Orange and> Black. When the game was over New Haven celebrated a ten nothing victory—a vic¬ tory which sunk deeper into the hearts of the followers of Yale than any sim¬ ilar win could have. As for Pinnceton, it will be many a long day before its students will have a more glorious tale to tell than the history of the gallant fight carried out by the Tigers during the first half of the game. Also it will take a long time lo erase the mistake that marred this superb work. Jack Eddy, gritty dtermined, willing, crowned a season's effort with a play In the second period that prob¬ ably contributed more to the defeat of r»rinceton than anything during the game. Crushing, tearing, battering the Yale line until it seemed it could not hold, the Orange and Black backs in that period drove as far as the twenty five .\ard line. Then Eddy called for a forward pas.s'. If the breaks had beon with him, ev¬ erything would have been fine. Buf fate ruled against him. and Legore snatched tho ball from the turf, skim- j med a few yards .ind then was tackled. Legore then kfckod and the chance to score was gone. Yale Scores Touchdown. .After Ihis it was all Yale. When fhe third period opened it was only a matter of moments until Yale had worked the ball close to the Princeton goal after a Tiger fumble and Braden used his loe lo put over the flrst three points from the 28 yard line. Legore added a touchdown to this and Comerford came through with a goal afterward. A more perfect setting for Prince- (Contlaned Oa Vug* Two.) HOUSES FOR RENT. HOUSE at 278 High .street, city, rent $10 per month. inquire 76 Hazle street. HOUSE for rent at rear 510 .North Washington street, rent $14 per month. Inquire 7« Hazle street. .New York. .Nov. 18.—With .Mrs. E. H. Harrim.in continuing as silent on the subject as the thieves who got $65,000 worth of her jew'ol.c the mystery of thi* theft war. incro.ised today. The police learned that wiiile the railroad mag¬ nate's widow had frequently handled h?r jewel case since last May she had not examined its contents since then. City defective.s now incline to the the¬ ory fhat the gems were taken .several months ago. Tlie jewel c<ise had rested In the Har¬ riman bank since May when Mrs. Har¬ riman placed inside it a. bag containing, she thought, the diamond and ruby necklace, valued at $50,000. and the $15,000 pearl earrings now mslslng, Mrs- Harriamn's doubt arises from the fact that after wearing the jewel.s to the opera one night in May .she had left them in a bag on her dresser over nighl any had then kept them in a vault at her home for a short time be¬ fore rturning them lo the bank vault. When Mrs. Harriman sought the necklace and ear rings to wear on the openin:f night of the opera last week she found the bag, but the jewels wero missing. Extraordinary efforts were made to keep the fact of the robbery secret, even after the pawnshops had been sent a description ipf the stolen articles.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1916-11-19 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 11 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1916 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1916-11-19 |
Date Digital | 2008-04-03 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 39226 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
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Washington, Nov. 18.—Eaft- | ern Penna.: Fair Sunday andi; Monday: .^resh west v/inda. |;
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1916
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LUNGE
AITKEN IS HEROIC WINNER OF RACE WITH FATAL END
'taking Another Man's Place at Wheel, Speed King Makes a Present of Prize Money and First Honors, Finishing Last Turn of Course on Wheel-rim
FOUR LIVES ARE LOST
Santa Monico, Cal., Nov. 18.—Death ¦won again today in the annual grand prize motor clas.sic over fhe Santa Monica course and claimed four lives, •when a Marmon racer, driven by Louis Jackson, one of the J2 drivers, crashed into the crowd that lined the track. Jackson himself, mangled and crushed almost beyond human sem¬ blance, was instantly killed and the fives of three other persons, all spec¬ tators, were crushed out before the car's mad course was stopped.
Appalled by the tragedy, many of the 75,000 spectators gave no heed when announcement was made that, al¬ though Johnny Aitken. driving a Peu¬ geot car, had crossed the finish line a winner- the laurel.s do not ko to him, but to Johnny Wilcox, his team mate.
Aitken substituted for Wilcox at the twentieth lap and to Wilcox goes the Xirize money.
H. P. Jenkins, camera man for a moving picture company, was filming .luckson's catapult drive ^when the tragedy occurred. Standing at the side of the track, hi.-: camera's eye showed the racer speeding down thfc « urae at !*U mile.s atl hour. Suddenly. .e car swerved lo the side and beipre Jen- Kins could escape he was caugiit by the onrushing machine.
Harold Kdgerton and an unidentified woman attendant in a ref'-eshment booth were also caut;ht Iiy the speedy .Marmon and were killed after the car .snapped olT two trees. The car was finally stopped when it struck a tele¬ graph pole.
.I.ickson's body was horribly man¬ gled and was almost cut in two.
Who'll attendanLs reached the wreck and attempted to remove Jackson's corpse, they were compelled to chop down the pole and tear fhe wreckage to pieces to do so.
Jenkins was not instantly killed, but succumbed a few minutes after being ru-'hed lo a field hospital.
Crushed under the wreckage of his car, .fackson's body was removed by spectators, who rushed to the scene, .lohn Clandiii. .I.ickson's mechanician, was thrown clear of fhe car and es¬ caped wifh only sliBht injurie.s. Aitken Heroic Winner.
Johnny Aitken won the grand prize race, fhe blue ribbon motor event of the United State.s, for another man this afternoon. Although he piloted a Peugeot car across fhe finish line, credit for the victory goes to his team mate. Howard Wilcox, and the latter will be paid the $4000 prize money.
Aitken was forced to leave the race when his own car developed valve trouble in the flrst lap. In the twen¬ tieth lap he relieved Wilcox and Amer¬ ican Atitomoblle association officials announced that to Wilco.x will ro the crown. Neither will Aitken becredited with any points in the contest for the .Americanshlp. Aitken's fime wa.i 4.42.47. His average was 8r..59 miles nn hour.
Cooper, in a Stutz. was second. Hin time was 4 hours. 48 minutes, .IS sec¬ onds, an average of 83.74 miles an hour. < Continued on Page 2.
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Barely Recognized as Man Who Two Weeks Ago Had Na¬ tion's Full Interest
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WANTS REAL REST
Americans Also May Have Been Lost in Parral Raid on Inno¬ cent Foreigners
SCORES IN FLIGHT
EI Paso. Tox.. Nov. 18.—.According to to refugees from Jiminez, it wa.s re¬ ported thaf all foreigners in Parral were slaughtered when Villa and his bandits entered the latter town ten days ago. Six .Americans are known to have been in Parral before fhe Villa raid. Such reports have been reach¬ ing the border for ten days, buf all ef¬ forts of .American uiifhorilies to ob¬ tain confirmation have been unavail¬ ing. In Parral. after the Alverado min¬ ing party left, were Jacob Meyers. F. W. Palmer. WiUiam Scott. Henry Schaefer, R. P. Cowell and Dr. Thomas Flanigan. .Nearly all mining men here bclieve these men would have left Par¬ ral upun the approach of Vilistas.
Scores of terror-stricken Chinese. Syrians and Spaniards from all parts of northern Mexico are on their way to the border to escape the atrocities of Villa. Twenty-three Chinese refu¬ gees reached Juarez today. They told V. S. department agents here that al¬ ready many of their countrymen had been slaughterod nnd as the news spread every Chinese resident in the Ktate i.s fleeing from Chihuahua. V. S. authorities estimated today that not less than 100 Chinese hprd been slain by bandits in the la.st frur months-
New York. Nov. 18—A tall, dignified man. 'with full gray beard, stepped un- o.stentatiojsly from the 45th entrance of the Astor shortly after noon today, shouldering his way unnoticed through the crowd, and. after helping the wo¬ man who was with him into a big au¬ tomobile at the curb, took his place be¬ sides her with something of an air of satisfaction and relief.
He leaned forward and smilingly told the chauffeur to drive fo 23rd street ferry, .lust as the machine started, a short, thick set, bearded man jumped in beside the chauffeur.
The trio alighted ai the ferry and the ubiquifious porter was ordered to take the three, bags to the sunny side of the upper forward deck. The little party passed out through the ding.v ferry station to tbe boat, on up the stairs without attractlnjr more than casual notice from deck hands, fellow passengers and gatemen and sat on the bench near a little group who were go¬ ing to take the Jersey Central to Lake- wood.
The couple were citizen and Mrs. Charles Evan.s Hughes. The other member of the party was one of the men who had guarded the Republican candidate during his talks to millions throughout the country and who had stood on fhe Madison Square G.trden platform with him when 14.000 .New Vorkers wildly cheered Hughes for thirty ear-splitting moments., two weeks aso tonight.
The three were on their way to Lake- wood, N. J., where the governor-jurist will take the first real rest he has had rince he started his 34.000-mile swiny through theNplates last .luly. Interested in Babies.
During fhe twenty miiiue trip down the river and acro.'Js to fhe .lersey shore .Vlr. and Mrs. Hughes appeared more interested In the antics of two girl babies fh.Tl pla.ved in front of them than In any other thing. The governor and Mr.s. Hughes were just plain licicled w^hen one of the little girls toddled to Hughes and hid. her head on his knee when the othpr kiddie teased her or sucking a fat thumb.
It was just plain citizen Hujfhes and there was no sign of a demonstration; no staring of the crowd. This wa.s par¬ ticularly potent when a woman walk¬ ed past Ihe ;4overnor. glanced at him, sat down beside him and opened a magazine.
Covernor Hughes got almost fci his car before there was any hint of ;i demonstration. .As he strode down the station platform the driver of an elec¬ tric baggage cort turned and called to a co-worker; "Hey George, there's Hughes!"
Several people turned and looked for a moment. The only other sikii was the alacrity witf which the train por¬ ter hustled the three bag.s into the car when he saw fo whom fhey be¬ longed.
SENTENCED FOR GRAFT
Winnipeg, Man.. Nov. 18.—Thomas Kelly, former Manitoba governmeni official who spent several months a year ago in a palat|al south side apart¬ ment in Chicago. While flghting extra¬ dition here, was sentenced to two and a half years in the Provincial peniten¬ tiary by a jury reporting tonight. He is alleged to have made $12,000 by graft in erecting Mie Manitoba Parlia¬ mentary building.
President and Congress Confi¬ dent of Ability to Force Obedience to Recent Law
TO PREVENT STRIKE
Wahsington, Nov. 18.— The power¬ ful influence of labor, railroads and the the government will ctime together next week in whal promises to develop into one of the most spectacular clash¬ es of America's induatrial history.
Monday the joint Congressional com¬ mittee authorized to make searching inquiry into the whole railroad problem with a view to determining what legis¬ lation is necessary to better regulate interstate commerce will begin ils ses¬ sions here.
During the week the commission, ap-
E WESI SIDE FRIENDS
Lives High on Promises and Scatters Flattering Introduc¬ tions to Noted Money Kings
lELLS Ll TOPROMOIEFEALiy
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS
Several of the prominent citizens of Luzerne Borough are mourning lhe
sudden disappearance of a dapper New Yiirk newspaperman who blew in upon the town unheralded about len days ago. According to his own story this suave gentleman of the metropolis was identified with the staff of tbe .N'ew York Times and was sent to the coal regions to study industrial conditions. He was faultlessly dressed, sported a diamond the size of a nutmeg, wore a multi-colored vest and a pair of patent leather shoes that shine so brilliantly they dazzled the gaze of all who wetre privileged to come within his presence.
On arriving he made haste to the Luzerne House, fhe leading hosterly of the town, which is al present con¬ ducted by W. .1. Thomas, who has achieved fame in the baseball world as the manager of the Luzerne Reds. The smooth New York stranger was such a pleasant chap that the unso¬ phisticated Luzerneites swallowed his story in one gulp and from that time on his game t*-as easy.
He gave his name as Tillman Henr.v. t>ut in a quiet moment he whispered
pointed by President Wilson to inves
tigate the operation of the eight-hour i t" Landlord Thomas and Billy Don
.,, . , . , , ' lin, the barber, that this was not his
day on railroads, will begin '"formal ^^^, p„g„o„^„ t^at in truth he wa.s a hearings in .New lork (..ity. At the! ^^pj^^^. ,^^ ^..^^^^ Morton, president of same time the Deparlmenl ot -lustice j j^,^ Equitable Assurance .'^ocietv. who expects to complete plans lor combat-, ^.^^ ^^^ ^j „^^ leading members .f
Presideni Roosevelt's cabinet. This made a still deeper impre.-^sion and nothing was too good for him from that lime on.
Landlord Thomas o)d<-red the most expensive delicacies of fhe season for the meals of his distinguished guest and Donlin considered it an honor to be privileged to shave and massage him every morning. Donlin went still fur¬ ther. He laviiriied his most priceless toilet waters on Morton's physiognomy and never permitted hira to slep down
ing the suits filed by railroads asking un injunction against the Adamson eight-hour law.
President Wilson meanwhile will be formulating proposals to the next Con¬ gress for selllement and prevention of
I industrial disputes by legislation.
i The railroads hope to tie the hands of the government and prevent en¬ forcement of the eight-hour law until the joint crongressional lommittee haii an opportunity to complete its hear¬ ings The Brotherhoods will uphold the hand.s of the governmeni in en- out of the chair without using the forcing the eight-hour law. but will j pincers on any of the little blemishes bitterly combat any attempt to enact j that barbers are sure to notice on their laws wlJich will limit their striking j best customers. Morion did not wnnt privilefjes. M^ be troubled with his daily bills ani
.A member of the hrotherluiods lead-{he .>rdered that ihey be sent fo the
ers arrivefl here tonight to prepare for their fight.
Out of the Congressional investiga¬ tion the railroads hope to gain relief from what they term their "49 masters namely control by tbe i^taies, and show
good natured landloard across the way and chargetKuji with his board. Done-up Brown. Side trips were made to the neaiby villages each morning and afternoon to look into industrisl conditions and
that full power of inter.«.tale legi.slalion I every evening he was the center of is vested with the federal government j interest to an admiring little group alone. .No furiher hard.^hip such as j that gathered at the hotel. Everything the imposition of the ei.trht-hour law. I was going famously and .Morton no can be borne by them." I doubt believed ihai the time hud' at
Will Uphold Law. I'""' arrived to go the limit. On the
In conjunction with this, the question! I'l»'a that he was short of read.v cusii of rates, wages, terms and conditions of
employment—in fact every question jin which the railroads and their employes have been interested fojr years and over which many industrial battles have been waged—promise tn be threshed out.
Big business, includirig giant manu¬ facturers, industrial liouses and com- mereinl organizations fif all kinds have I
owing to the delay in the arrival of his |
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Month | 11 |
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Year | 1916 |
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