Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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Washington. Sept. 29.—Partly!: I cloudy Sunday; probably show-;; ; ers; Monday fair.
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WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1917
Entered at WIlkeH-Baj-re. Pa., as Second 4?lass Mail Matter.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
JURY SENDS LOUDENBERG TO DEATH CHAIR
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BIGGEST OF STRIKES HOLDS WAR SUPPORT IN WORST DEADLOCK
Whole Nation Waits Upon One Man to Decide Whether Ship-building Shall Go On- Auxiliary Walkout is Organ¬ ized and Pacific Unionists Demand Big Gain
LAKES REGION JOINS
.^an Francisco. Sept. 29. -With con¬ tinued nuspension in the yard.s of the three most important sl;ipbuilding centers In the Pacific coast and mil¬ lions of dollar.« worth of half com¬ pleted tonnaeg—both sovernment and private—lying on the w.lys. while 42.- 000 workers in San h'rancisco. Port¬ land and Seatllf were idle, the strike situation appeared far from optimistic tonight.
L'pon the woiii i>f .1. A. Kranklin, international president rif Boiler¬ makers' I'nion. rests the fate of all shipyard work in ihe San l-'rancisco Bay district. If Franklin instructs the 42.000 member.w of the union on the Bay to return to their Jobs, complete re- sumptioii of work on all government ships, which has heen held up for two weeks, may be expected  Monday.
Foi' hours this afternoon and night 2.000 members of the union fought out in debate the que.stion of accepting the temporary agreem'ent recently reached by Kederal mediator .Mc.N'ab ami com¬ mittees representing the shipyard em¬ ployers and the iron trades council. W'hen It api>ear^d that a decision could not be reached, it was agreed to sub¬ mit the matter to Kranklin.
.\t Portland. Kusene Smith, appoint¬ ed shipyard strike mediator this af¬ ternoon by the city rommissioncis. will arrange for a conference between strik¬ ers and employers immediatel.\, he an¬ nounced tonisht. Smith was appointed medi.itor after Mayoi- F.aker issued a statement acknowledgins his failure to bring the men and the employers to- .gether.
Greatest  of  Strikes.
Marching in dense crowds fiom the hijj steel shippin^^ plants and in scat- t^infj croups Irom the contract groiip subHidary to the ship building: plants. 1.500 tnetal trades orsanization today orp-iinUed by far fhe ^rfaiest strike in .the history of Seattle. The walk-out involves 91 Seattle rompanies and tirms, the list inclndine machine shops, boiler works, brass founderies. iron foundries, blacksmith shops, pattern ) sho;)s and sixteen shipyards. I
Officers of the fifteen unions nf the', ."Seattle .Metal Trades council today ex¬ pressed Ihe belief that most of the con¬ tract shops doing ship.vard work ex¬ clusively would not delay Ions in grant- intz wa?;e increases amounting to about .I."! per- cent. .\lan\ employers signed the a^freement ,ind continued with little \iy no interruption to their business. The Kovernment a^tents will continue their efforts to induce contract shop owners to jjrant the demands of the men.
Cleveland. 0« Sept. 29.—Complete tie-up or- Great Lakes navigation seemed certain tonight, following the fiiilure of the ouiference between of- hcials of the l.,iike Carrieis association anil representatives of the I.rf»ke Sea¬ men's union. Plans are beins com- lileted for a walkout next week, un¬ less   their   demands  .-ue   JigreeJ   to.
The strike is innevitalile. it was «le- rliiied.
The seamen are (leniandin.u the ex¬ tension of tbe ".Aflantie apieemenl" to Ihe    Oreat  Lakes as imnased wages.
Strike   of   the   seam>'ii   at   this   time would  hall  lhe shipment  of eoal to the j northwest   where     a     fuel     famine   is threatened   as   well   as   moving    huge "supplies of steel and war materials.
19,306 BRITISH KILLED        ! IN SEPTEMBER battles!
112 MEN 10 ENLIST FOR IHIRD ARIILLEIIY
PLEDGE 10 AMERICA
Viscount Is^u Blames Germans
For   Race   Rivalry Seems to Augur III
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Regiment is Scheduled to Move Toward France in Fourteen Weeks From Now
OFFERS WIDE CHOICE
Immediate need of 172 Luzerne Coun¬ ty volunteers for service in France with the Third Field Artillery, now known as the ICSth (One Hundred Ninth) Kield .\rtillery of the l.'nited States National Guard, is indicated in a telegram re¬ ceived yesterday h\ this paper from Colonel .Asher Miner, (^amp Hancoek. (Georgia, tl is impressed upon Wyom¬ ing N'ailey men that this is their op¬ portunity to serve with friends and acquaintances and' to get early pass¬ ports to the real activities in l-'rance. It is now predicted that the troops of this district will fini.sh training in fourteen weeks and will then embark for   the   French   front.
Thp following is Colonel Miner's tel»'gram:
Camp     Hancock.  Augusta.    Georgia. .Sept. 29. 1917. Sunday Independent.  Wilkes-Bane  I'a.
Please announce prominently, if pos¬ sible, that owing to the reorganization of a light artillery regiment of the Army, this regiment ean now aceept seventy-five men for headquarters com¬ pany, sixt.v-two men for suppl.v rom- pany, ten men for sanitary detachment and   tive men  for each  battery.
I would prefer that these recruits shall come from Luzerne County men desiring to become attached to the One Hundredth Ninth Field Artillery, for¬ merly Third I'ennsylvania Field .Artil¬ lery. They should enlist at the regular amy recruiting station and designate their desire  to join  this regiment.
COLLECTOR    OF CUSTOMS
Washington. Sept. 29—The Senate lo-day confirmed .lohn O. I>avis. San Francisco, to be collector of customs with headquarters at    San    Francisco.
HOUSEWIFE SLACKERS ARE SOUGHT BY HOOVER
Washington. Sept. 29.—Herbert Hoover and l.is helpers are going to ling every doorbell in the country (letween October 21 and 28 and ask the folks who answer if they're really iaving food. Only about two million of America?* 22.000.000 housewives have actually signed Hoover's food P^dge and hung it in their kitchens. Ifnover's aids will be equipped with food pledge lards for every kitchen where one is not already hung. Echo¬ ing their chief's statement tonight Ihat "food will win the war." they will interview  each   housewife  individuall.v.
Here is Hoover's mes.sage to the housewives: "Save beef, wheat, pork, dairy prodiuls and sugar. Serve fruit. (Ish, poultry, vegetables and all cereals excepting wheal."
¦"lhe harvest." said Hoover tonight. "is now in hand and we can measure Ihe world's food resources. The avail¬ able supplies Ihis harvest year are less than  last.    The demand   is  greater.
"In addition lo this direct appeal to ill organizations for defense, local and national, to all commercial, social and civic agencies lo .loin "in Ihis work for Ihe .safety of the nation."
FREE RIVALRY OFFERED
New York. Sept. 39. -The .lapanese government speaking throug'.i \iscount Ishii. tonight declared for an oper door in China, co-iiperation with the l'nited States in patrolling the I'acitic and strong defense of China against all aggression.
At the same time Ishii disavowed any intention of taking territory from China and declared -that enmity and suspicion between the l'nited Slates and Nippon was the result of intrigue of German  agents.
Ishii, head of the .lapanese high commission, made these statements in speaking to a distinguished gathering at the dinner given to the .Mikado's envoys by the city <if New York a I the Waldorf .Astoria. Ishii's most im¬ portant  declarations were:
"In spite of all the etTort lo make you believe that .lapan as she grew stronger was always trying lo close the d«>or, I tell .vou Ihat there never has been an hour when our common sense or our sense of our own responsibility has failed us. Wh.v close our door in violation of our pledges or endeavor to ctose our neighbor's door, when we are in honor bmind to piotect if? There was no need; there is no need to close that door on you. because w;e welcome your fair and honest com- jietition in thf markets eveiywhere. (Jentlemen. I assure you that a closed door in China never has Vieen and never will  be  the  policy  of m.\   government.
"Circumstances for .which we were in a sense responsible gave us certain lights on Chinesf territory, bul al no time in the past or in the future will we seek to take territory from China or despoil t'liina of her rights.
"The Pacific ocean is the <'ommon highway of the l'nited States and .lapan. It is dotted here and there with-our rightful posses.<ions and with your's. They are guarded and the highwa.v hus been swept by our ships of the pirates of the seas ao that our countries trade may continue and our intercourse be uninterrupted. We guard the Pacific ocean together with our  ships.     We   will   co-operate."
Ishii charged that China had been a hotbed of German intrigue: that this had raised up the "devil of suspicion" between .lapan and America; and pre¬ dicted the (wo countries would fight shoulder to shoulder until a lasting peace   is   secured.
BY UNITED SIAIES; ALL AGENTS AGREE
Relief For Public Will Come With New Crops Scheduled For Delivery in Fall
SPECULATORS ROUTED
PARSONS MAN IS GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
UFOLIinEISSAFE   lAIIGENlE IB UP
SEDITION   INDICTMENTS
McAlester. Okla., Sept. 29.—The special grand jury called here to in¬ vestigate the Working Class L'niou riots, returned 259 indictments tonighi. Fifty two "no bills"' were returned. Homer Spence. H. H. r'Rube") Mun¬ son, .lohn M. Spears. W'. L. Bennifield and Roy Crane were the leaders against whom the Indictments were re¬ turned. They are charged with conspiracy and sedition against the government.
NEW YORK MAYORALTY. I ,\'ew Vork. Sept. 29. -The New Vork mayoralty battle with four candidates practically assured became more bit¬ ter tonight when •i:)istrict Attorney Swann invited .Mayor Mitchel to ap¬ pear before the grand jury to te.stify in its probe in a realty deal wliere lhe city is alleged to have been swind¬ led. Al the same time Swann rushed his preparations for opening his grand jury investigation of the alleged frauds In the primary election. He declared he had discovered many instances of irregularities.
London    Sept.   29.— Despite   two   gi- i gantic   offensiv e   drives.   Hritish   army : casiualties  for  September  compiled  to- ; night   show   a   total   of  only   I0.'i.430  ofj officers  and   men   dead,   wounded   and( missing.    The figure is considerably in e.xccss of the  August and .luly  figures, when  the totals were respectively  fiO.- 173  and   7I.S89.
The figures showed a decided de¬ crease in lhe casualties among officers. In August the figures was 1,117 killed. 3796 wfiunded and 367 missing and the' highest in many months. The Septem¬ ber report is:
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GERMANS HIT LONDON SECOND TIME IN WAR
STRIKE AT TRUESDALE IS PEACEFULLY ENDED
The three thousand mine workers employed at the Truesdale colliery of the IJdawaie. Lackawanna & West-j ¦¦"rn Company al Nantiioke, will return to work tomorrow morning after be¬ ing on strike since l''riday morning. A selt lenient of the difficulty resiillin.g from the refusal of some of the miners to join the union, was arranged ves¬ terday morning.
The     following   announcement     wa.s made yesterday by union officials.
".Notice Is hereby given that all Truesdale mine workers will return to work lui Monday. October 1. .All griev¬ ances und matters pertaining to the button committee have been adjustted. I Signed* .Adam Lowry. presioen;, '¦ William Hogart, secretary.
L<->ndon. Sept. 29.—For more than an hour tonight London reverberated with the. steady roar of anti-aircraft guns, while the sky was illuminated almost with the brilliance of day with the bursting of shells as British home de¬ fense trie.d tn disperse the third raid within a week. It was also the first time an aerial barrage waj* attempted. The raiders came as usual without warning and the tryout of the new barrage   was   n   forced   one.
For more than an hour British archies threw a steel screen around the city. I»ndoners got an opportun¬ ity to witness the British "speed up" system f>f handling guns for the first time. Some pieces fired at the rate of more than 40 shells a minute. The aerial raiders flew al a great height, apparently they circled aruimd Lon¬ don. I)eing reported iu the iiurtliedstern and  suMltieastern  counties.
The outskirts of Ixindoii and Kent snd Essex were also attacked. No re¬ ports as to casualties were obtain¬ able.
The attack was the third directed at London  in the past  week.    It was thel second   time   that   Germans   succeeded i in  reaching London  itself.    Last  night three   separate   attempts   by   the   Teu¬ tonic   raiders   were   frustrated   by   the I vigorous British defense and two enemy I machines were downed.
Washington, Sept. 29. The ITnited Stales food administration tonight an¬ nounced that It has assumed control of the price and distribution of sugar for America  and  her  -Allies.
Under her title of the International Sugar Committee, flve men. two rep¬ resentatives of our .Allies, two Ameri¬ cans and George M. Ki>lph of the Sugar division of the food adminislration will handle  the  situation.
The .Allied nieinbeiM are Sir .loseph White-Todd and .lohn \'. Drake, and Ameiican members are Karl I). Kabst, president of Ihe .American Sugar Re- tining Co. and Wm. A. .lanii.-ion of Ar¬ buckle   Bros.
Neither of these men is iiilerested in the production of Cuban sugar." said tbe food adminisi lation's state¬ ment, "which controls the price of su¬ gar  in   Ihe  l'nited  States."
Co-operating with this control com¬ mittee will be a .uroup of reliners. con- .>¦ isting of C. .A. Spreckles, .lames H. I'ost and C. M. Warner, of .\ew Vork; (.eoij-'e ll. lOarle. .Ir., of Philadelphia, and   Dwight   i'. Thiunas. of lioston.
.All domestic sugar producers of the l'nited Stale.-!, ilie statement said, have jigreed lo abide by Ihe price decisions of the committee. .\'o immediule reduc¬ tion ill the price of sugar is to be e.x¬ pected the food administration declai- cd.^ind. owiiig to the increased cost of lefiniog sugar and of bugs, jute and < ther nece.wsaiy materials since the war beuati, the price ma.v not <lrop much.
The .\iiienc.in iiieinliers of the coni- niissi<iii will h..ve control of all domes¬ tic questions concerning sugar. The price to jobbers and wholesalers will Ue fl;i.ed at il reasonable margin of [;rorit to these men and "the public is •.xpeclAl to <|eal with the retail price in tlie basi.-i ol the information it gets concerning kviioles:ile and jobbers' J.rice from the food administration." Agreement Reached
.So attempt will be made to control the retail price of sugar. "Tbat will be up to the consumer".
Distribution of the present beet sugar crop will be under direction of a spec¬ ial domestic distributing committee composeii of H. .A. Douglas of Detroit; K. C. Howe, of Denver, W. H. Hannan. of San Franc-isco; S. H. Love, of Salt Lake: W. H. Petriken. of Denver; S. \V. Sinsheimer. of Huntingdon Beach. Cal.. and W. i*. Turner, of Detroit. ,
The I'niterl States Food Administra¬ tion  issues the following:
Sugar represents an entirely differ¬ ent problem for the Food Administra¬ tion from almost any other commodity il hJis to handle, in veiw of the fact that about ."lO per cent, of the sugar we consume is imported froRj foreign countries.
It might be interesting to know that the entire ilomestic productiiMi from Louisiana. Ha'waii. I'orto Rico and do¬ mestic beet folfow lhe general trend of prices as established in the .New Vork maiUel. The New York price is based SCnerally on the price of Cuban centri¬ fugal, lo whii-h is added the duty of one cent and the reliner"s differential. The (.'uban susjar. therefore, becomes 'he dominating f,ictor and the domes¬ tic products Adiow .ind meet Ihis com¬ petition. The domestic producers do not raise sufficient supplies for lhe United Slates, causing the Cuban sugar to become thf- predominating feature snd actiiall.v contidl the price in the United Stales
, ll IS the inteution of the Food .Ad¬ minisi ralion to enter into negotiali(ui.«< will; the Cuban Government and the Cuban Planters lo see if a voluntary agracmcnt cannol be reached fixing a price for Cuban sugars in .\ew Vork Ihat will be satisfactory to the Cuban producers and at the same time insure a fait price for the consuming public In the United States. The Administra¬ tion has every rea.son to believe that such a voluntary agreement can be af¬ fected.
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DESPITE PUBLIC CALL
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Charge of Sedition .Will Fail [Death and Starvation Threaten According    to    Sentiment Shown by Some Members
PRECEDENT IS SOUGHT
President's   Opposition   to Open Clash With Germany
TO CALL OUT TROOPS
Five Hours' Consideration of Proof of Brutal Crime Re¬ sults in Extreme Penalty of Law Being Assigned—Fran= tic at Verdict, Loudenburg Fights to Be Released From Sheriff
HOUSE   FOR   RENT FOR RENT—A   KIVK-ROOM HOUSE. in   good   location,   central   section   of city.    Inquire at 42 Cinderella street, city.
I.undun. Sept. 2i».—Londuii and noinh- eastern and southeastern districts of Kngland were attacked by Germafc air¬ men tonight.
"Hostile aircraft crossed the Kent and Essex coasts and mada several at¬ tacks on London". Lord French, com¬ mander in chief of home forces, an¬ nounced. "Northeastern and ."touthea&i- e n di; tricts were bombed. Various places in Keat and Kssex were also bombed."
ARE STRANGELY CALM
London. Sept. 29.—Ten tons of ex¬ plosives were dropped on German aerodromes and ammunition dumps around Uoiiirode aud Caruieres, oy British airmen, Field Marshal Haig re¬ ported tonight.
"North of I.,ens an eneriiy raid wa.- repulsed." Ha id coiiliiiued. "We took prisoners.
"In the iieighburhuod of the Cam- bral road there were hostile attacks re¬ pulsed." Six enemy aeroplanes were forced down out of control. Three ot our machines are missing. Berlin Report.
Berlin, via London. Sept. 29.—Rus¬ sian forcea. which assumed an offen¬ sive on the Sereth and St. Georges branch of the Danube crossed these streams, hut were driven hack by a quick counter attack, tonight's war of¬ flce statement asserted.
GIRL   WANTED.
GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL housework. Apply 418 So. Franklin street.    Bell  phone UH9-.1.
SALESMAN WANTED. SALESMA.N' SALARV A.ND KX- peiises. general agency. No invest¬ ment. Three year insuraiK'e of goods makes big sales. Opening for lady also. FAIRVIEW       .N'U P.SKRliOS
Rochester, N. V.
AGENTS   WANTED.
.AGENTS 200 PER CK.N'T PROFIT: Wondertul little article; something new; sells like wildfire. Carry right ill .Vour po<'kei. Write at once for free sample. K. M. Feltman. Sales .Manager. 100.1 American Bldg., Cin¬ cinnati, ».».
LOST—REWARD Lost:—Ladies   hand   bag. Monthiy pay.    Reward.    Re¬ turn to County Commission¬ ers* Office.
Washing!  .Sept. 2«.    There is litil': j
disposition in the senate to discuss thej loyalty of its members and there i's | liltle likelihood that the charges lodged '¦ against Senator 1-aFollette by the-; •Minneapolis pulili<- safety commissio'i j and other individuals will be presenied ; with   success. j
Senator Kellogg. .Minnesota, intro- duied the .Minnesota pi''.ilic safet.y resolution, bearing the signature of the governor, attorney general and public safet\- committee niemlters, who i declared that LaFollette's speech at S'. f'aul. Sept. 20. was "di.sloyal and sedi¬ tious." It was much Ihat a treasonable sentiment in lhe stale of .Minnesota has been created and the support if Ihe   governmeni    has   been    weakene<l.
The   other   lour   iietitioiis   were   pre¬ sented   by      \'ice      I'resident    .Marshall i upon    recommenda I ion   of    100   citizens, represeiiliiii;      Ihe        Washburn.      Wiis. { Loyalty   League,   ilematiding   impeadi- meiil   of  aL   Fidlette  "for  his  treason¬ able   utterances   anil   disloyalty   to   our government:"   by     W.   .A.     Coumbe.   a Washington.  D. C. attorney, .ind   D.  M. .loyce.     .All   petitions  are  in   the  hands o  flhe Rules committee of whi<h  Sen-- ator    Pomerene   Is   chairman.      Poiue-, rene said tonight:    "Until I discu.ss thei matter   witb     my     fellow   members,   ll cannot   say   what action   will  be  taken. Of (be fifteen members of the commit¬ tee   nine  are   in   Washington.     Two   of these strongly  favor I'ommittee aclion. .Neither, however, would permit the use of  his   name   in   conneclion   with   tbeir sentiment."
Will   Not   Expel.
Most of the seTiators are unwilling to discu.os the petitions, indicating thai . they will b«< allowed to lie on the table.' .Meanwhile I.a Follette. apparently on-. disturlied. went to a meeting of the fl-| nance committee. He would mai.e no] statement. j
"We can't  prevent any senator from • speaking." .said  a  member of the  rules Committee,   "but   we   c«n   prevent   bim using   the     (Congressional   Record     for disseminating   such   address."
If the committee should vote in fa¬ vor of expelling La Follette. which no senator today held likely, a long and bitter fight doulitless would ensue. A two-thirds vote is required to expel a senator. This could not be obtained, it   is generally  believed.
Should the committee seriously con¬ sider  the   expulsion   of   La   Follette.   it would   name  a   sub-committee  to  con- i sdier evidence.    La Follette wiuild have! the   privilege   ot   questioning   the   wit¬ nesses.       Tbe     sub-committee     would | then decide whether or not   \.i\  Follette ; should be expelled.
No senator has ever lieen expelled for sedition or I rea.son. Vania ndigham. member of the House from Ohio, though not removed fnun his scat for treason, was indicted during the Civil War and was sentenced to be trans¬ ported   within  tbe  ("(Uifdeerate lines.
WORKING   GIRLS  ONLY?
New York. .Sept. 29.—t'omrade clubs where .-ioldicrs on leave from camps may enjoy the ciunpanionship of work¬ ing girls will shortly be established here by the National league of Women's Service.
Hueiios Aires. Sept. 29. With .Argen- tine to-night even more lompletely prostraied industrially by the general strike iliaii heretofoie. President Iri- goye\ was reported auihoritatively to have t^ecided on a declaration of na¬ tional   i.otial   iaw   on   .Momla.v.
Such iCtv'.":. his adherents pointed :>ul. would en.'ibl. bim not only to con¬ trol internally, but wuuld likewise en¬ able him lo dominate .Argentina's na¬ tional policy toward f:erm.<ny, since congress, by constitiitionaJ provision. is to die at  9 o'clock  tonight.
I'resident Irigoyen is believed to >"¦ tiimly committed to a policy of cot plete neutrality toward Germany. Th«- teniper of c. uigress as shown by res¬ olutions passed by lioth senyte and house is in favor of a break with fJer- man.\. Til dale President Irigoyen has ignored tht-se re.solutions anif indicated his tirm cnurse of neutrality despite deinoii.--lralions   by   the   public.
Todav lhe remaining street car em- ployei's in P.uenos .Aires .iinned the strike. The taxicab drivers are al¬ ready   out.'    Thou.sands   walked.
Conditions here an? grave. Food *iupplies are ninning low. du* to the railroad tie-up. Industr.v is completely at a siandstill. Today the anarchist wing of the unions joined witb the stiiUeis in offering lo man milk trains to the «'ity. without salary provided the r.iilroads would transport the milk free of charge. The famine iu milk in the city has already lesulted in many deaths of iiit'aiits and invalids. Tile  railroads  rejected   the offer.
If President Irigoyen declares mar¬ tial law on Monday and is left nu¬ lla mpered by Congress it was assumed tonight he would act vigoraiisly to put down all agitation designed to ii<- (liience a decision in lavor of war.
TABLES ARE TURNED TO KERENSKY'S AIMS
London, Sept. 29.— Premier iCerensk;. Icriied the tables on the BolsheviUi while addressing the democratic con¬ gress Thursday, according to dis- pauhes from Petrograd today. The Premier scored in his efforts at a m i- ment when they launched an anti- government   demonstration.
"The government has just been in¬ formed." declared Kerensky. "that the army and navy units at Helsingfors refused lo obey the government's order to prevent a meeting of the Finnish diet.
"They acted correctly" was the brazen cr.v from the Holsheviki bench¬ es.
"Shame, shame." came from'other parts of the hall. Whereupon Kere- eiisky thundered back: "Ves. they re¬ fused to obey ortfers at a moment when the German fleet was moving up tlie gulf of Finland."
The effect of this thrust a tthe Bol- slieviki and their implied approval of the enemy's advance were instant.uie- oiis. They .sat silent amid a loud ova¬ tion accorded Kerensk.'i   b.y the congress.
WAR TAX INCREASES
REACH EVERY PURSE
Washington. Sept. 29.—The war rcveiiue bill raising $2,67o,000,000 was agreed upon in conference today af¬ ter three weeks' wrangling. It will be taken up Monday in the House.
.As reported, the bill is an increase of $.100,000,000 over the Senate's meas¬ ure and $900,000,000 over the House bill. .Adoption is assured. These in¬ creases were obtained through restora¬ tion of the three-cent letter postage provision, increase in second class postage rates, higher rates on tobacco and restoration of the taxes on jewelry and  inheritance.
Kxcess war prolits. over which the principal dispute of the conference oc- <-urred. will not raise any more moiie.N than the Senate bill provided $l,OliO,- OOO.OOU. The plan tlnally decided on was to la.t all priifits except an ex- empiej portion ranging from 7 lo 9 per cent The giadiialed scale of tax¬ ation is based on percentage of prolil made upon invested capital.
Tbe .scale is: 2t>' per cenl of proflta which do not e.\ceed 1.1 pel- cent of the capital: 2.'> jier cenl on profits over ir> and under 20 per cent; STi per cent un profits over 20 and under 2ri f>er cenl; 4.T per cenl on profits of 2.t and under 33 per cent: 60 per cent on profits of 33  per cent.
The whiskey tax is $1.10 a gallon on spirits in bond and $2.10 on those with¬ drawn from bond for beverage pur¬ poses. The present tax was doubled on still wines, champagne and sparkl-
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ing wines. On grape brandy, or wme spirits withdrawn from a bonded ware¬ house, the present tax is doubled. On i sweet wines ten cents a gallon is added I 'o present taxes. On grape brandy or ' wine spirits used in fortification of I sweet wines, twenty cents a gallon is ] added.
! On soft drinks rates were compi-o- ', mised between the high House! and ! Senate  minimum.
Cigars,   snuff   and   chewing   tobacco
¦ were increased.
J     The automobile   tax    was    increased
¦ from one per cent, in the Senate bill to
¦ Ihree  per cent.    Thirty   per    cent,    on I i.iaiio   players    phonographs   aud   rec¬ ords  i.-J leviefl.     .A  like  rale was  placed on spiiilin.^  goods,  such a.s tennis rac- ijuefs and   gulf  balls.
Ou postal I .lies, in addition to pro¬ viding lli.'.l w.thin :iO days after p»s- .••iige or the acl, letter po.stage shall be ;. ceiiis instead of iwo as at present, the 1 • port adoiiis a /one system on oewspupers .md ma.eai-.ines. It pro- < ides a schedule of rale.s ba.^ed on ad- verlisiiig und reading matter efteclive .July  I,  19IS.
The income tax .section remains virtually as i>assed by the Senate. Admission and dues will raise about r23.000.000; amusement parks and ooncession charging ten cent.' or more for admission are taxed: movie films are taxed a iiuarter of a c«nt a foot; jewelry is taxed 3 per cent, of the sell¬ ing price.
A special munitions tax of ten per cent,  is levied.
ACCUSER IS ilAPPY
William Loudenburg of Parson»''l8 guilty in the first degree for the murder of Mrs. Thomas D. Reese, a neighbor whom he shot to death on August 23 al her   home.
The verdict was returned yesterria> afternoon at .=> o'clock after the jury had been out for five hours. The na¬ ture of the verdict was not a surprise as Loiulenburg's t-iime was surrounded witb ciicumstances that turned public opinion  stioiigly  against him.
It was a tense picture that was pre¬ sented in the court room as each ofthe twelve jurors was polled and answered that they had found the assassin guil¬ ty ill first drgiee. r.,oudenburg sank down in his chair rnoaning like a weak child as the last juror gave his vote fo the court, while Thomas D. Reese, husband of tlie murdered woman, ch^k- i-ii down a sob and expressed his sat¬ isfaction over the verdict which unless f haiige(S|liy appeal oi a new trial will place the chnvicteii man in the electric chaii-.
The   jurors   who   retui-ned    the   ve/-   ' diet,   which   proved   to   be   T.^e   sec»nui first  degree decision within two week.s. were:
William   S.  Devaney.  clerk.   Plains.
Walter Fowler, gentleman. Salem lownsliip.
Sol  Bittner.  clerk.  Hazle  township.
William H. Roth, clerk. Butler town- slii|i.
David Baitley, foreman. Hughes¬ town.
William <'leary. reporter. Plymouth.
Herbert  Porter, clerk. Luzerne.
Kred  Goeckel.   !:-.^rber.   Wilkes-Barre.
.lacob   Santee,   farmer,  Butler  fown^-''' ship.
Ray  Drum, agent.   West   Pittston.
.lames Wilcox, horseshoer. Wilkes¬ Barre.
.John .Allerdyce. clerk.  Pittston.
The case went to the jury yesterday at about noon. .Judge .lohn M. Gar¬ man ga\e the charge to the jurors and it consumed the entiie morning scs- ' sion of court. A crowded court room listened to every wtJrd that he uttered. His charge was unbiased and contain¬ ed a re.«itme of the case, the testimon.v and an outline of the law governing verdicts.
Crowd   is   Patient.
Finally the twelve men in whose hands the fate of Loudenberg had been placed, left their seats and filed .sol¬ emnly into their chamber. During the early afternoon not a word came from them. On the outside of their room there was a stillness that was not even broken by the old-timers at the court house who had passed through mary a murder trial, but the end of yesterday's i case seemed different to them, it was atimitted.
.As the afternoon wore on and there was no indication of an early verdict, tension increased. But just a! 4:4;'>; o'clock, when all were beginning to believe that the Jury would be locked up all night, word came from the < twelve men that they were ready to give their verdict.
.A ine.sseiiger was hiirrieiily sent for .Iiidge Garman and he returned to the^ bench without delay. .Another mes¬ senger went to the county jail, where Loudenberg .sat in his cell, gnawing his finger luiils and tugging at the ends of his big red moustache, from ner¬ vousness. He was brought down lo Ihe court house. Keese. the husband of Ihe murdered woman, was already there. The s'age was ready for Ite last  act in the drama..
The shadows were lengthening in the court room as .ludge Garman took his i#at and the twelve jurors returned to their box. Kach of them had to pa.ss within a foot of Loudenburg and the trembling man gazed with an anxiety that was pitiful of their verdict. But the jurors them.selves were steeled against the attacks of sentiment and sympathy and they gazed only to the front of them.
Tense Scene of  Verdict
Without the lo.-is of any time, .ludge Garman asked the foreman for the ver¬ dict. The foreman slowl.v rose from his .seat, holding in his hand a silp of paper. Reading from it slowlx. bul dis¬ tinctly   said: r
"fJuilry of murder in the first degree."
As the words were uttered. Reese, who all during the trial had heen one of the most pathetic sights, clenched his hands and leaned forward in his chair which was within the enclosure at the front of the courtroom. He gazed anxiously into the faces of the twelve men and then fell back into his chair with a sigh that was a half sob and half an expression of grim .satis- fai lion.
Loudenberg seemed to choke as the foreman uttered the words that will likely .".end bim to the electric chair. He half raised fioJu hi.s seat but tben collap.sei". .A group of his women i;»- latives were gathered in a corner «,f tbe Court room and tbey burst inlo tears al   lhe  verdict.
District .Attorney l-'rank .Slatiery was not present when the jury was brought in. but .Attoi-ne.\' .lames Mc¬ Quade. chief counsel for the defend¬ ant, immediately demanded a poll of the jurors, l-iach of the twelve men in turn got up and announced "first degree." Attorney .McQuade told the court that he would m-k tov a new trial in league with Attorney A. O. (CoBttnaed On r»ff« Two.)