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TWO DROWN IN KINGSTON PONDjIOlES
Brothers Go To Death Under Ice and Two Others Have Narrow Escapes
RULES TO GOVERN AFFAIRS OF WORLD ARE LAID BEFORE PEACE CONFERENCE
RESCUERS BRAVE
Two brothers. Harry Wright, seed :i, and Thomas Wright, aged 15. sons of Harry Wrl»ht. Sr., of 371 Elm street, Kinfston. ware drowned yesterday aft- •moon in one of the Kingston pond holes on the Market street flats w^hen they Tentured out upon a thin sheet of ice. 'While the victims struggled In the water two companions, Walter Wortroan, a»ed 10. and Charles Wort- raan, aged 12, sons of Mrs. Harry Wortman, of 869 Kim street, went to the rescue, but the effort almost cost them their lives as they were rescued from the pond only when several others dived after them.
The struggles of the Wright broth¬ ers caiieed them to be carried under the Ice over the pond and the rescuers w^re unable to reach them. The two bodies were recovered a half hour after the accident An effort to revive them failed.
The two Wright boys and the Wort- man brothers were on their way homo yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock froin this city where they had spent the morning selling horse radish. They ' w«ra passing Coons' pond near Kings¬ ton Corners when one of them sug- ."rested a frolic on the ice. Accepting the suggestion the four boys went to the edge of the pond where they found the ice Am.
BeconUng more venturesome after several minutes of sport near the shore, the boys started to slide toward the center of the pond, a distance of twenty  feet apiiroxlmately.
The   Wright   brothers   were   In   the advance     They reached a portion of the Ice that wag thin,    Harry Wright, the   younj  brcther,   was   the  flrst   to brtak  through, water    he cried    for    help, thinking of personal safety, his broth- rr, Thomas, tried to reach the boy in the water.    The  result  was that the ice again gave way and both brothers were struggling in the water. Two Are Saved. The pond hole seemed likely to claim .ul four boys as its Nictlma when the Wortman  brothers tried to save their companion.     A     third     time    the  Ice broke, dropping the other two boys in¬ ly the water.
Th» <.r!es of the boys as they atrug- ' >d  in  the  icy  water,  which   is  esti-
1' a-jteJ witnessc-s on Market street. Wlllard Short of 806 Wright Btreet, Kingston, an employee of (he traction company on his way to work, ran to the pond and dived In. He saved one if the Wortman  boys.   Thomas Rob
Paris. Keb. 1.—The Allied societies presented the following general provisions for consideration by the peace bureau:
"The league of free peoples'shall orranise for the following pur¬ poses, and agree:
"First—To submit all disputes among themselves to methods of peace¬ ful settlement.
"Second—To prevent or suppress jointly,'by use of all the means at their disposal any attempt by any state to disturb the peace of tho world by acts of war. *
"Third—To establish an inteniationa! court of justice, charged with thr. duty of deciding all Justifiable dilutes and insuring execution of Its decisions by all appropriate international sactlons, diplomatic, jurldic, economic and. if necessary, military.
"Fourth—To establish an international representative counHl pro¬ viding for development of International law and taking- commoli action in matters of general concern, and watching over the freedom of .nations and the maintenance of international order. Considering itself nvested with the moral guardianship of uncivilized races, the council wll^ secure the execution and promote the general development of International convenants necessary for the protection and progress of these ri.ces. A permanent committee of couiiciliatlon shall handle all differences be¬ tween the asioclated nations, actltig as conciliator or ijiedlator and re¬ ferring all differcnoeB either to arbitration or to the court of justice. In the event of any state refu-sing to obey either the awoi-d of the arbitrator or the dc.clsion of the committee, application for appropriate sanctions will be proposed to the representative council and to the associated gov- ornments by the committee. These sanctions shall be obligatory in the ease of violence or aggressions.
"Fifth—To limit and supervise the armaments of each nation and manufacture of all materials of war and munitions, having regard to re¬ quirements of the league.
'•Sixth—To renounce the making of secret treaties.
"Seventh—To admit to the league on the basis of equal righta be¬ fore the law all peoples atle and willing to give effective guarantees of their loyal Intentions to observe its covenants."
MURDERER POURS LEAD INTOJICTIM
Pittston is Scene of Brutal Crime After a Brief Argu< ment on Street
POLICE BAFFLED
OSCAR LANCE AND WIFE ARE CALLED BV DEATH
Pneumonia is Cause of Loss to Valley of Two of Its Most Distinguished Citizens
HOLD FUNERAL MONDAY
Oacar M. Lance, aged 70, general manager of the Spring Brook Water company, and his wife, Ellen Han¬ cock Lance, aged 67. died within the span of a few hours from pneumonia at their home, 44 Reynolds street. .     , .,..,..   I Kingston.     The   death   of   Mr.   Lance
As  he went ^to the | occurred last night at 10 o'clock. His Without   ^jf^    ^,gj    gjjj jjpyj.,    eariier.    at    4 o'clock   yesterday  aftemoon.
The two deaths followed a brief Ill¬ ness. Both Mr. Lance and his wife were taken sick at practically the same time. Both contracted pneu¬ monia last Tuesday morning. Prior to that time they had been in good health. They displayed symptoms of the disease on tbe same day and were ordered to bed by the family physician. Since that time they had been ill and only a few of their friends knew of It. The double death waa a shock to the enttr* community In which Mr. Lance and his wife were known. Being d«s- cendenta of prominent families and having become prominent in the af¬ fairs of the community, their end had double effect upon their friends.
.\b  general   manager  of  the   Spring
Taken III on Same Day, TneV Pass Out of Life Within Six Hours of Each Other
OF COLONIAL STOCK
POUCE CONFIRM BROOKSIDE RAID
Kelative to the denial by evening newspapers of a Socialist meeting in Brookslde, broken up by the po¬ lice when criticism of prohibition laws turned to expression of dan¬ gerous sentiment, police reports confirm the account published in • last Sunday's Independent. By an error the police gave a wrong name to the raided hall.
Following is the police report;
"Report of complaint of a North ^^ilkes-Barre woman that a labor socialist meeting waa in progress at a public hall, corner of Johnson and North Washington streets, Brook- side, on the night of January 23, on flle at the office of Captain of Detectives Michael Brown, at city police   headquarters.
"The complaint was filed with night sergeant Balles. He assigned Detectives John Boyle and John Williams together with Patrolmen Michael Jacobs, Michael Connors, Thomas Lavellb and George Ycn- cha. The detail disbanded the meeting which was in progress at the time."
•ins, of 28« Wright street, and Lundy 1 Brook   Water   Supply   Company,   Mr.
Urighi, eon of L. R. Wright, of 248 I'ieree street, also jumped into the wtiter and pulled out the ether Wort- nan bay. Kobbins and Wright are o.-!ly   sixteen   years   old.
The Wright bo>8 were lodged un¬ der the Ice, Their bodies could not be lousted. The Kingston police secured a boat and after breaking the ice used a grappling hook. After a half hour's work they found the two bodies. In the meantime the. Wortman boys were cared for in the home of Mrs. R-'bert O.arrahan. E. L. Crisman as- .dEted in getting the bodies.
Undertaker .\l.iher, of Kingston, took the bodies of the Wright boys to their hrme where they were received by the \ father, Harrj- Wright, Sr., and a sister, N'eva. Another brother, who survives Is Evan. a«red 18. a patient in the Moses Taylor hospital in Scranton. The latter was injured recently while at work In the Woodward Colliery of th« Delaware. Lackawann & Western C..Tnpan>. Since he has been at the horpltal one of hie legs waa amputated. The mother of the boys died several rears ago.
Residents of Kingston and Dorrance¬ ton are again demanding that the pond holes be filled up, declaring them a menace to child life.
WANT RAILROAD TIES Ties wanted hy lyehiph Valley Rall- ro.'.d.   l»ood prices.    .Address H. J. Mc- Qoade. Purchasing Agent. 143 Liberty .^l.. New York.
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LOST—Friday nUlit on North Penn- sylv4i>la avenue, about five o'clock, a pa; envelope containing $86 43. Finder pleate return to 147 North Walnut »»riM, Dorranceton, and receive reward.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Cash paid for all defaulted stocks or bonda    Address   Box   29.   Sunday   In¬ dependent. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
Lance was widely known because of his business skill and the many im¬ portant improvements that he had worked In the distribution of water supply here. He was bom at Mlners- vllle. Pa., the son of William Lyman Lance and Frances Mitchell Rose the latter a Quaker. His father was a pioneer coal operator. After attend- ,lng several preparatory schools he en¬ tered Lehigh University from which he was graduated in 1S68 as a chem¬ ist. For a time he taught school. Later he engaged in the mining of coal with his father. His desire was to re¬ ceive the beneflt of a well rounded i business experience and he left his father's company to become active in ship building work at Norfolk, Vlr- grinla.
Started In Plymouth' He flrst attached himself to the water supply business In Plymouth, where he became a chemist for a small com¬ pany. In 1896 he left the Plymouth company to accept a position with the Spring Brook Water Company, which was then being organized.    Since that
year he had been with the local con¬ cern. His carrer with the latter com¬ pany was marked with success that made him one of the foremost men in his business in the State, As general manager he had extended the conven¬ iences of the local company so that every town In the ^'alley was given direct water systems. It was under his management that the company went through many Improvements af¬ fecting both service to the community and its own property.
He was Interested in other business concerns. He was a director of the Adder Machine Company of Kingston, the Nahmlni Lumber Company ot Vancouver and the Bates Furnace Company.
Mrs. Lance was the daughter of William Hancock and Elizabeth Deni> son Hancock and was born In the Township of Kingston but which    is
Angered by a dispute over some trivial matter, an unknown man shot and killed Samuel Alacino, aged 36, of 141 'South Main street, Pittston, last night shortly after 11 o'clock in the saloon of John De I'''alko. at 159 1-2 South Main street, Pittston. Before the smoke of six revolver shots had dis¬ appeared the assailant ran through the door and disappeared Into the street while a half dozen men in the saloon stood by. too frightened to move. Maeino leaves a wife and six young children.
It was the second murder to happen In  the uppei' end of Luzerne county within   six  days.     The  escape  of  the j murderer urged the Pittston police and I the    State    constabulary    officers    to 1 speed a net in which the fugitive is expected to be caught within twenty- four hours.    He Is said to be  known by  appearance  to  the iwlice,  but  hia name is a mystery.
The murder of Mecino was the work of a second only, and it took less than i ¦¦
a minute to plan It. according to theji* ^ ^, - , -, \ t\ m. n • % story given to the police. With other UraTt Uniet MUSt 601 UUtCK men Maolno had Ibeen standln^r in front of the De ¥%lko saloon. They talked on small subjects and it was one of these matters that Involved him and his assailant in a dispute. For several minutes the two men argued heatedly. Finally the dispute seemed to end.
Nothing further was said and Mae¬ ino walked  into  the saloon  when  he ,?,      .^ ^ .•       .       ..»...,
ordered a drink   at the bar.   y^,^ ^^^^ ^^^^ CrowAtr. Amtri^'* ^ir^tl M^tr.
man followed him into the place but j ^H *« out of the service Pebruarj- 15, Instead of  stopping at  the  bar.  con- i unless renominated and confirmed as
«"."t'^.,^"i? ^'f f'1!^- ,WJ'«'" Maeino I Judge Advocate General before that finished his drink  he started  for the i., ^, ...
door. At that point the assailant re- * me. according to the legal Interpreta- turned to the barroom and walked to ^?? °^ f- promliient authority tonight, within an  arm's length of hhn.  it is  ^^^ Interpretation is understood also
IS OFRCIAL BELIEF
Appointment or Lose His Post in Army
CLASH OF OPINION
Waahington, Feb. 1—Major General
claimed.
Six men lounging in the barroom heard six shots fired. They turned to see Maeino on the floor with blood run-
to be Crowder's own view as to his status.
According    to    this    interpretation. Crowder would not only be out of the
now included in Plymouth.   She spent
all of her life in Wyoming Valley. She ! ^ino to a Uble, but by that time he
received her early education In public
ning from the back of his ' neck i nd Jw^ge Advocate post, but also would head where the bullets had entered. | ^"^ °"' "' *^* army. Thua far his re- The assailant was still holdliig t»-» re- nomination has not been presented, volver. Some   followers   of  "War   Department
Before an.vone moved toward Maeino • "latters are incUned to think it will or made an efllori to seise the gunman, j ^'^^ ^^•
the latter jumped toward the door. He Relations between Crowder and waved tha revolver as he went through ' ^*"*' "' ^^^^ March are known to have the door. No attempt was made to i ****" "^"'' too pleasant for a long Ume, follow him. Recovering frorg.. their surprise the men in the place lifted Ma-
and  private schools here.    She grad¬ uated from Wyoming Seminar>'. Double  Funeral
She continued her schooling at Vas- sar College from which institution she was graduated. Her marriage to Mr. LAnce took place on January 9, 18T8. at the Hancook home in Kingston. Following their marriage the couple lived at Norfolk, Va,, later coming back to Wyoming Valley. They lived In Plymouth until 1900 when they moved to Kingston where they con¬ tinued to reside until their death.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Lance were mem¬ bers of the Kingston Methodist Epis¬ copal Church.
They are survived by the following children: John Hancock Lance, Eliza¬ beth Denison Lance. Dr. Ruth Lance and William Lyman Lance. Mr. Lance Is survived by four brothers, as fol¬ lows: William, of Whitings, N. J.; Charles and Joseph, both of Philadel¬ phia, and Clarence, of Boston. One sister survives Mrs. Lance, she being Mrs. Emily Hughes of Fort Totten, N. T.
A double funeral wil Ibe held to- morrow afternoon. It will be private. Services will be held in the home. Burial will be In Forty Fort cemetery.
was dead
The Pittston police were notified. They sent out an alarm to all citlea and towns in the county, giving a de¬ scription of the fugitive. At an eariy morning hour today nothing had been heard of his arrest.
Macinos body was taken to Don¬ nelly's njprgue in Pittston.   He was em-
even though March included Crowder as one of the D. S. M. wearers. Fre¬ quently during the war the two gen¬ erals clashed .
There stands against Crowder's rec¬ ord a reprimand from March for his action in handling certain draft mat¬ ters direct without reference to the chief of staff, according to Crowder's friends.
March and Secretary Baker declined comment today and Crowder was in New Tork.    But from sources hereto
ployed as a miner. The police say that fore reliable, the story developed thus: he'bore a good reputation and was not The reprimand, it was stated, came known as a trouble maker. !when   Crowder   Issued   instructions   to
  • prospective  draftees  for taking traln-
annriMtfv   M^nitiA^   i«>w "*S In anticipation of scrMce.
APPROVE   SERVICE   PAY; March W.. Reaentful.
nrUCD TAVCC ADC rkllTI    3darch reproved him for this action. Uincn   lAACo Ant uu I   according   to   the   story,   and   Crowder
  jmade an  Issue of It.  stating that  the
Washington,   Feb.   1.—Conferees   on draftees are under his direct juriadic- the six billion    dollar    taxes bill put tion. flnal touches on the measure tonight. He   waa   then   informed   by   Baker
LIST OF WAR'S DEAD GIVES HOME DIVISION HIGH HONOR RANKING
Twenty-eighth of Which 109th Field Artillery Was a Part Shows Total Losses of 3,890 While Seventy-ninth Organization of Camp Meade Sacrifices 2,389 in Dead, Missing and Prisoners.
DISEASE VICTIMS NOT INCLUDED
Washington, Feb. I.—More than one million officers and men have gone back to civil life. Chief of Staff March announced at hia weekly press conference today that 61,237 officers and 952,41 I men, both from United States and A. E- F. stations, have been discharged.
Less than fifteen days will be required to dismiss such of the domestic army as are slated for immediate discharge.
March dissipated many wild casualty reports by giving a prac' tically complete list of those killed in action, died of wounds, missing in action and prisoners, totalling 56,592 cases.
The twenty-eighth Pennsylvania division (National Guard) lost 3,890 in all classes.
The Thirty-fifth division lost in these classes 1,773. The Fir^ regfular division.—the first to reach France,—had the heaviest total,' 5.258; the New England division. 2,864, and the Rainbow, 2,950.
Thirty general officers, all but four of whom are regulars, have been reduced to their old regular army status to .keep pau:e ¦with de¬ mobilization.
March issued a new denial that conditions at the Brest em¬ barkation port are bad. The camp has mud. but this, Ke explained, is inevitable in the Brest climate.
The table of bosses is as follows:
Division
I
2
3
4 ,
5
6
7 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 39 3^ 37 42 77 78 79 80 81 82 88 89 90 91 97 93
DRANK THE ALCOHOL
FROM PICKLED BONES
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Detroit, Feb. 1.—Several railroad employes here were wearing worried expressions, pale green complexions, and asking their friends today what effect   ."Alcohol   which.—
A huge barrel arrived in dry Detroit several days ago and the railway workers bored a hole in it and pure alcoho; poured forth. Joyfully they drained the barrel and rushed the al¬ cohol home wnere It was turned into the stuff with .a kick and consumed.
Today the barrel was broken open and out •rolled two large human skele¬ tons. The barrel had been shipped to a medical school.
And now the raiders want to know what effect alcohol, after being used as embalming fluid for human skele¬ tons, will have on the human system.
PROGRESS IN GERMANY TROUBLING TO FRENCH
One of the final decisions reached. It was understood, was elimination of the Thomas amendment taxing all campaign contributions over $500 one hundred per cent.
The senate conferees today yielded on this point.
Another feature was providing pay¬ ment, of f200 to each army, nav-y and marine officers honorably discharged and 8B0 lo enlisted men and women nurses. This was substituted for a month's pay.       ^
The bill as finally revised is to go to the house Wednesday under pres¬ ent plans. Representative Kitchin hopes to have the' house adopt it Fri¬ day. The bill will not be sent to Paris for President Wilson's signature. Sen¬ ator Simmons announced.
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AGAIN TO THE FRONT
its time In sympathizing with us. When we havo convoked our congress we will have something to say."
While    Germany    is    recovering   by
leaps and  bounds   here neighbors are
¦   „,    . .   _,    ~~;rT—;—'^^    ,       .,   .   ! fighting.   Flench writers fear that un-
WMhington,   Feb.   1.--Frank talk Is • jea*  prompt  measures are adopted  to
ahead   in  Congresa  on  Britain a  trade Und the Polish-Bohemian, Serbla-Rou-
embargo aijd  her shipping policy,
Paris, Jan. 1.—Despite the French governments official adhesion to the League of Nations, the press betrays
considerable     nervousness     regarding] SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN the future.    Between lines approving the league appears the fear of cutting loose from all alliances. Washington.  Feb.   1 "with  the  end
Germany's strides toward order and .of the present Congress nearing,  wo- rehabilitation are alarming some, who I men   suffragists are  intent  on  getting foresee    German-Austria annexed    to | a Senate vote soon. Germany, forming a powerful nation.!    Democratic friends of suffrage in the
The newspapers ask how such a j Senate meet Sunday to decide whether force can, be counter-balanced. They to call it up the coming w^ek. Th^y point out that Gc-many already is j have three votes in prospect, they said steadying herself and lltfias up htri today. Two are needed, head menacingly. The German minis- Senator Pollock, South Carolina, will ter for foreign affairs is quoted as say- ] announce his stand in a speech to the Ing:    "The peace conference is wasting ' ^'*"'^ probably as soon as the re.solu
that he did not think March's position a reprimand and according to the story promised to clear his record. That the record still stands was the claim of a person In high position.
The adjutant general's office declin¬ ed to permit examination of the re¬ cord, holding that the custom of re¬ garding service records confidential could not now be abrogated.
Incidentally another element of the controversy between March aad Crow¬ der is held to He In the fact that Crowder aspired to be chief of staff before March was appointed.
It is known that March sought to send Crowder overseas In connection with the exchange of prisoners. Crow¬ der declined the appointment as below the provost marshal position and March then  withdrew  the  suggestion.
At the time this was generally re¬ garded in military circles as an effort to "sidetrack" Crwwder.
Army and national politics are creeping into the whole affair, it is stated by high military men. Crowder. it is claimed, has built up a consider¬ able personal following.
Killed
In Action
2,313
1.383
1.901
1,500
970
49
175
1,388
1.302
1.544'
597
1,084
1.694
632
596
358
658    -
1.702
1,272
915
880
636
203
808
20
838
936
934
109
372
Died of
Wounds
1,050
696
589
618
505
.    67
98
660
404
553
220
415
708
261
217
116
289
723
552
339
352
337
86
324
33
427
327
275
50
105
Missing
In Action
1,789
813
872
817
969
»    3
50
.     462
330
1.174
267
251
768
249
808
393
303
440
529
508
1,142
286
79
271
7
.     256
287
470
47
8
Prisoners
106
73
354
51
60
4
3
354
159
619
33
22
43
29
112
2
83
336
63
15
96
lb
189
6
4
35
23
5
4
Totals
27.762
11,396
14,649
2.785
Two regiments of marines not included.
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TO NEW DISCOMFORT
HELP SERVICE MEN
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Soldiers Are Called to Quell; Several   States Wiil   Protect Riots and Public Service is ^    Soldiers and Sailors During
Under Pressure
WANT FOOD EMBARGO
PUT UPON BRITAIN
manian,   Jugo-Slav-Italian   and  intra- Russian squabbles, not to mention oth¬ ers, the Germans, who arc notoriously souri,  plans  to  p^t j fo«<ifi«"ers in troubled waters, will ul-
e embargo  list ?e- i ""f V'i\.!r"'!,," ^^^ ^T" •^""^ress ' well heeled with arguments.
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Main springs put in while vou watt •Oc.
Watch cleaned and oiled 80c.
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British  tactics have  aroused  alarm. | partleuUrly to the Senate.    The mat- | ter will be  brought up Monday, when Senator Reed.  Missouri,  plans Into ths  record  th
cently made public, which becomes ef- !	
fective  March  1.  and  Senator Weeks i ' '
will introduce a resolution of inqulr>-.; A\/|ATQD U/ll I    ATTFMDT
Weeks wants the Senate told by thei**"""' ^"  "H-L. H I I Cffir I State Department whether this govern- TO riRPI P THF WDQI H
ment is taWng protective measures.      j ' " Uini/LC   I nt WUriLU
Reed may advocate a food stuffs em- |     .^ • -v. -... „..   ..- „. ..._., „..^^_
bargo. he said today, as a measure of' ,__*^.'f__^*^:_^:"7:^"'*^   y*^*"'."!^;   .'¦'*! Lewis said:   "The  mass meeUngs retaliation. " '     "" "
tion is called up. Senator Trammel, Florida and Senator Williams, Missis¬ sippi, are the other possibilities.
Five Florida women today gave Trammel a petition from the Florida legislature, urging him to vote for suffrage.
WANTS JAPS LET IN;
NO TROUBLE EXPECTED
OIL  LEASE  BILL
Washington. Feb. 1.—Confrees on the oil leasing bill reached a' tentative agreement late tr my and will meet again Monday, when it is hoped flnal action will be taken and a favorable report ordered. The bill has been in conference many months and passed the Senate more than a year ago.
SAILORS EAT FLESH
OF DEAD COMRADES
Time They Seek Work
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 1.—Cannib.<i.llsm, according to Fred Fredette, Canadian army deserter, kept six survivors of the wrecked Dumaxii alive during twenty-four days of drifting in a Ufe-
 I boat.
Washington.    Feb.    1.—Japan's    de- (     Fredette.    sentenced    today   to   two
mand for removal of all exclusion laws against her citizens need cause no fear that the league of nations will be interfered  with,  said   Senator    Lewis,
• Democratic whip, tonight.
j     Commenting    on    Toklo dispatches.
j telling of a plan to stir up Japanese sentimtnt by means of mass meetings.
BIRDS AND  DO(M
BIRD.S AND IKK'.S l-'OR SAIdl— Canaries, best singers in America, Toy Boston Bull pups. Beauties. Peranto, corner Lincoln and South street, Wilkes-Barre.
famous aviator announced tonight that j must be bome in mind, are very like- he will soon make a tour of the worid'jy the work of opponents of the prea-
ent Japanese .government and are for
political effect.
In an airplane. Starting from Paris he win tr&varse India, Australia, Ja¬ pan, the Behring sea. Alaska, Cali¬ fornia. New Yoric, Iceland, the Atlan¬ tic Ocean, Ireland and France.   He ex-
"No party in Japan dares oppose a 'movement to have the L'nited States J or other countries remove the ban to pects to complete the trip within a [admission of Japanese subjects under years  and  cover  80.000  miles. [an equality with  the white race."
years' Imprisonment for desertion, said the Dumaru was abandoned after it was struck by lightning October 1. In eleven days sixteen In his boat per¬ ished.
Then, according to the deserter, the •Ight remaining agreed that the bodies of the next to die should be used for food. Accordingly, he said, a tin re¬ ceptacle was prepared and when the chief engineer and a deck boy died, their flesh was bolted In salt water and eaten.
The six, including Fredette, after drifting 1500 miles, landed in the Philippines, where, Fredette said, h»> waa arrested.
London, Feb. 1.—With a nation-wide      Chicago.   Feb.   1.—Employment    and
railway     strike     threatened   for   next  ?"*"'='?' *'f '°'" .'"^" discharged from,
, ... *"^ national service are the objects of week. England and Ireland tonight leglsJatlon already launched or pend- were still in tho grip of the industrial Ing in the legislatures of a dozen seml-paralyzation   resulting   from   the  western  .States.
walk-out   of   shipyard   and   associated      -^  ^"l *" create a commission  with workers. wide powers to obtain employment and
Glasgow was practically under mar- ^^^ necessaries of life for soldiers and tial law, following the riots of \ester- »«''o". has betn introduced In tha day and  last  night,  which resulted  In   """o's legislature.
the serious  injury of 34  civilians and       Provision for a similar commission, 19   policemen.     .\    thousand    soldiers.   *"''*'   '-^  contingent   expense    fund    ot carrying,'   rifles   w1tl|   flixed   bayonets; 'lO.OOO is before the .Missouri leglsla- and   wearing   shrapnel   helmets,   pat-] ^"'¦^-    '^^*'   *'<^*>'   "'r^ady   haa  adopt rolled   the   streets,   while   other  troops 1*** resolutions u employers to re-
w;ere  held  In  reserve. 1 m.state  their .ed    fighters    and
Lawlessness    continued    in    Belfast P^"'*? ,"* •""'" ork  for soldiers on
where the dty was practically In con-I """"l^'P*' 'mp. ..ements. trol of the strikers. Several pedes- I O^Jan'^ma is combining in preparing trians were held up, beaten and rob- ! aTi^'t'""* . reconstruction progranL bed by the strikers. Electricity was ^i'^L^T*'', Z"*" "P«'»«l't"re8 of 17.- •tlll cut off and the city was in dark-i ?;^""°^ *" land reclamation and |6»,. n^g I 000.000 for road woric.
In' London, a general strike of sub- ! , .^^"'"J"!"     ^"abllng    Colorado    to way  employes  was    Imminent,    while j J"'", '^"^   ^*'«   federal   government in the  Amalgamated   Society    of    Engl- I !*"''  '"eclamation  and  development as neers  had  voted  to walk  out    unless j ''^'T' w^**  leg'slature. they were granted a 44-hour week. '    .^"* Minnesota legislature has pass-
The threatened railway strike would ®f \''"' Providin:.,- free tuition for any affect 400.000 trainmen, engineers and ' '''si-narged so.oiers or sailors or wom- switchmen and 70,000 clerks, including \ ^"^ ^'*'" *"o™'"''s in all state educa- telegraphers.   The manual workers are j ^'''"*'   Institutions.
controlled by the "shop stewardg."— • Michigan law makers adoptad a which organized labor leaders charge \ '"•'¦''oltiUoti urging the atate prepara- are Bolshevistic.—while the clerks were ; *^'<*"* board to lend $50 to any returned still represented by regular union of- Michigan soldier for immediate az- flcials.    The  former who    ask    equal   Pensft.
representation with their employers on ! Missouri legislators have passed a all railway boards and a wage increase • ^'" urging the government to giv^ dis- of $2.50 a week, already havo Issued ! charged soldiers and sailors thpce qr an ultimatum to strike Feb. 7 unless j si'^ month.V additional pay their demands are granted. The clerks demanding joint control of promotion.
shorter hours and recognition of their   eously.  because of the bigger advant- unlon.   aro   expected   to   strike     next ! age it would g.ve them, week.   It WHS beUeved that the manual i    Government   intervention   wm.«     be-
itheir  walk-out  and  strike
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the   railroad  strike.'