Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              TRUCK AND SUGAR DASH DOWN MOUNTAIN
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The   Only   Snnday   Newspaper Corerlnc  the   Wyoming   Talley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1933
¦nterad   at   WUkea-Barre.  Pa., A*   Second   Clasi   Mall   Matter
PRICE TEN CENTS
LEWIS ORDERS SEIZURE OF MONEY BANK FUNDS OF LOCAL UNION
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DRIVERS re:
NUPSEI
Ashley Boulevard Is Scene Of Wild Runaway When Car's   Mechanism   Fails
RIPS OFF GUARDS
One Occupant Is Injured And Second Is Shocked In A Thrilling  Accident
CARGO DESTROYED
A cargo ot sugar, about elKht thousand pounds, was destroyed and a large truck badly damaged yesterday afternoon at two oclock on Ashley mountain boulevard when tht vehicle got beyond control of tlie driver, crashed through a guard jail and then plunged down an em-
Snkment, halting fifty feet below e htghway. One man w.ia Injured and another suffered from the ef¬ fects of shock.
Announcement was m.nde yester¬ day that this highway will bo Widened and the angle of the de¬ cline Ics.sencd when work, contem¬ plated by the State lllehwny De¬ partment, la completed.
The truck, owned by Joseph H. Smith of I'lilladelplilu, contained four tons ot sugar, enroute to this city. The drivtr, (JuurKe l-ayton f.tiil his helper. Alerixlilh licynolda, aro residenhs ot tlu' yuaUer ijity.
Before the vllucle left Mountain Top the motor was thrown into low gear. At a point on the decline, about one mllo from the summit, the mechanism, presumbly trans¬ mission, went out of commis-slon and the vehicle beg.in to dash away. Both men remained at their posts Gaining momentum the truck ad¬ vanced each yard, control of the steering apparatus was lost by the driver and the vehicle ripped oft about one hundred feet ot the guard rail and then plunged down the embankment.
ReynoUl.s, who Is 19 years old. received lacerations of tho face and Head. His body was slightly burned by acid from a battery that had been ripped by the crash. He Is In Homeopathls hospital. The accident was Investigated by Highway Patrol¬ man  iM. ]) Averv.
McClure^a Case Goes To Defense
Philadelphia. Nor. lg_UP — The defense In the case of State Senator John J. McClure and 75 co-defendants, charged with con¬ spiracy to violate Prohibition laws, win open its side In U. S. District Court here Tuesday. The government rested Its case against the Delaware county Republican leader and his fol¬ lowers today, charging that Mc¬ Clure headed a gigantic "protec¬ tion ring" that levied tribute from speakeasies, illicit stills, gambling houses and disorderly places. Seven weeks was re¬ quired for the government to present its case, under direction of Chet A. Keyes, special prose¬ cutor. Keyes used 141 witnesses and their testimony made a court record of 8.000 pages, con¬ taining 2,000,000 words.
Increased Wages Followed By Plan To Distribute Sick   Benefit   Deposits
BETTER THAN NRA
ROBBERY AT  KINGSTON
Thieves forced a window early yesterday morning at the A. & I', •tore, located at 424 Market street, Kingston, and escaped with nier- chundlse valued at %'i'A). Most of the loot conslste<l of cigarettes. Police are investigating.
KINGSTON GIRL MISSING W. E. Andersdii, South iHirrance street, KinKston, last niKlit sought the aid of police In a search for his daughter, Kleanor. She Is 17 years old und left home yesterday. n is believed the young woman wight be enroute to Baltimore Where relatives of the family re¬ side.
Appro.tlmately IS,000 shoe work- ers in Johnson City, Uinghamton and Kndlcott, will share a $650,000 fund presently, acoorilinir to nn- nounrement last night by Ceorge V. Johnson. prpKidint of the Kndlcott- Johntion   Shoe  Corporation.
An increase in waires of twenty percent was also announced for shoe workers by the corporation head. At the present time the con¬ cern Is paying twice the minimum ¦;um required by the National Re¬ covery Administration
The Jfi.'iO.OOO fund h.as been ac¬ cumulated during the past two de- preK.-5ion years f(ir the purpose of providing medical care to workers when stricken. Business haa been on the upward trend In the past few months tor the corporation and Mr. Johnson decided to refund the money to the ccmtrlbutors, the cor¬ iioration being able to maintain medical requirements without .nddl- tionnl  deductions  from   wages.
The corporation has retail stores in Wilkes-Barre. I'lttston nnd Scranton
SNEAK THIEF ROBS
GUESTS AT PARTY
Twelve pockethcKiks, containing less than $30, and a wrist watch were stolen by a sneak thief last night while a group of women were engaged in card games at a local home.
The players were being entertain¬ ed nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rol¬ and Roberts, 101 Westminster atreet. While engaged at play In the living room ot the apartment neither the guests nor the hosts heard the sneak thief, who entered a front window and thence a bed¬ room where wearing apparel and purses of the guests hud been placed across a bed. Ho escaped without being detected.
Upon discovery ot the robbery at ten oclock city police were notified. Detectives Olds and Coyle investi¬ gated and foun"d an open window In the front section of the Roberts .al)artment. A purse thief haa been active in the neighborhood for the past two weeks.
4 MORE DEMOCRATS \    GET OFFICIAL PLUMS
Four appointments were an¬ nounced lust night by Internal Revenue (Collector Leo C. Jlundy. two of the appointees being real- dents of I.iizerne county. They are:
John C. Koval of Miners Mills.
John J. Devers of South Wushing- ton street, city.
Erban O'Donnell. Bethlehem.
H. L. Reltz of Shamokin.
The titles of the appointees will ke deputy revenue collectors. Koval and Devers will be attached to the delinquent tax division of the Revenue office.
John Koval has been conspicuous 1" I-uzerne politics for twenty years, ¦»st coming under the calcium glare
when he was elected a councilman in Allners Mills, prior to the time the borough was annexed to the city. .Subsequently he aspired for county commissioner and sheriff. Two years ago he sought the office of county commissioner for tho sec¬ ond time and at the recent county election he aspired for prothonotary. Two years ago Mr. Devers sought the office of city controller and re¬ ceived a Democratic nomination. He was defeated at the general election by Controller (ieorge B. Ycncha. At the State primaries this year. Mr. Devers obtained a Democratic numlnution for As¬ semblyman.
2 KILLED IN LOCAL
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Toilers In Mines Victims Of Blast And Rock Fall In Henry And Woodward
BOY LOSES FOOT
Hunter Wounded By Own Gun And Several Are Hurt In   Crashes   Of   Motors
FOOTBALL TAKES TOLL
Death claimed John Kashinskl of Plains at General hospital last night at 10; 40. He waa Injured yester¬ day in Henry mine, Ijchlgh Valley Coal Company, when caught be¬ neath a fall of rock. He received a fracture ot the jaw, a broken wrist and botli legs were fractured. Kash¬ inskl was 44 years old and resided at 118 Scott street,  I'lains.
Peter "Hogan" Dcmbroskl, piom- inent in football circles for several years, died at two oclock yesterday afternoon in Nesbitt Memorial hos¬ pital as the result of injuries re- ieived Friday when caugtit by a blast in Woodward mine, Glen Alden Coal Company. He was twenty-seven years old. The young man was one of the stars on the Sportland A. C. football team and was also an able baseball player, lie was a member of St. Mary's Lithuanian church of Kingston, various church societies, Lithuan¬ ian Roman Catholic Alliance of American und the Checker Club of Kingston. He leavea one sister, Mrs. Joseph Venslauskas, 612 Main street, Edwardsville, from where the funeral will be held W^ednesday morning at 8; 30. A high mass ot requiem will be celebrated in St. Mary's church and burial will be in the parish cemetery at Pringle. Struck  By Train
Leo Walsh. 2% years old, ot 248 Hazle street, is In a serious condi¬ tion in Scranton State hospital. He told authorities he waa struck by a D. cfc H. train last night at 8 oclock in Scranton. Walsh suffered a deep l.iccration over the right eye which required four stitches to seal. Sev¬ eral ribs are fractured and he suf¬ fered body brulsea. Screams of the Injured man attracted Steve Boback who lives at 917 Monsey avenue, Scranton. The latter found Walsh along the tracks. Officials of the D. & H. at Scranton reported they had no knowledge ot the accident until notilled by newspaper men. It i.s believed Walsh was walking along the tracks when run doyn.
When he fell in the woods, not far from his home, Thomas Finn, 16, of 51 Kaat Kirmar avenue, AlOen, suf¬ fered wounda ot right index finger and thumb when a gun lie was car¬ rying accidentally discharged. The young man was admitted to Nantl¬ coke hospital at 9:20 yesterday morning.
Car  Jumper  Hurt
Charles Carey. 15, ot Front street, Warrior Run, had hia right foot amputated at Nantlcoke State hos¬ pital early yesterday following an uccldent on Friday night Sugar Ni>tch, when he was thrown under a Sugar Notch street car. Railway olllcials declare that young Carey attempted to grab und cling to the window railing of the car but slip¬ ped and had hia foot cruahed by the rear truck of the car. Amputation followed at the hospital. Railway authorities have Instituted a cam¬ paign to break up the dangerous practice ot boys clinging to street cars and have issued many warn¬ ings.
An automobile driven by Thomas Bryant ot 584 Kast Main street. Nantlcoke, waa struck by a street car on Kast Main at State atreet, that city, last night at 7 oclock! Acc'ording to traction company offl- ciais, Bryant waa driving in front of the street cur and came to a stop directly in its path. Motor- tnan C. F. Knouso had only a short distance to cover and could not pre¬ vent the accident. The automobile was damaged const* erably. But Bryant escaped injury. While the Impact of the collision sliook up (Continued  on   Page  14,  Section  1)
BidllteB Uncle Soviefs Enemy
Philadelphia, Nov. IJ — UP — Rev. Jamei F. Bullitt, uncle of th» new American Ambassador to Russia, ¦William C. Bullitt, tonight termed United States recognition of tha Soviet mm *,, "national disgrace."
Rev. Bullitt characterized Rut- aia as a "pariah among nations." He contended It waa not only the Soviet religious program to which he objected but "their entire Idea of Kovernment Is wrong."
"Russia did not keep its prom¬ ise not to spread Soviet propa¬ ganda In England and France and I see no reason to believe it will make an exception ot u^."
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VIEWS OF EUROPE FOUND FAVORABLE TO ACTION OF U. S.
Capitals Of Old World See Recognition Of Russia As Aid To Peace Plans
HOLIDAY FOR SOVIETS
Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 18—UP —I'resldent Roosevelt arrived here tonight after a trip across Georgia that was marked by receptions at every railroad station.
Desire for world peuce was the most iinpelling motive in the nego¬ tiations tliut led to ret'ognilion of the Soviet Union, he declared.
Moscow, Nov. 18—UP—A holiday was proclaimed throughout the Soviet Union today as part of the Joyous celebrations of the people upon United States recognition Ot Russia's Communist government. Pictures ot President Roosevelt were on the front i)age of every newspaper in Mo.scow and most of the jiress from the Caucasus to the' eastern stepes of Siberia. The news from Washington was given banner headlines.
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First Hearing In Case Brings For Change
Anthracite
Necessity
Of  Method
COSTS A HANDICAP
Cancellation Of Contract Is Among The Solutions For Pro-Rating   Of   Labor
FACT FINDERS HERE
London's Comment London. Nov. 18—UP—American recognition of Soviet Russia waa received in a spirit of "faint praise" in England today. Olllcial comment was lacking, but the news from Washington was played up by every paper in the British capital. The News Chronicle lauded the recog¬ nition as "welcome as an additional step In the direction of Interna¬ tional co-operation." The Daily Herald commented that "the ap¬ pointment of Mr. Bullitt waa as well deserved a diplomatic appoint¬ ment as  there ever was,"
France Favors Move Paris, Nov. IS.—UP—The French offlcially view the United States recognitiim of Soviet Russia as a most important step toward the consolidation of world peace. A United Press: "When France recog¬ nized Russia, she did so because she was convinced that the Soviet leaders were working toward world peace. France is glad to see the United States action, which Is cer¬ tain to have most favorable reper¬ cussions for a revival of world con¬ fidence."
Rome, Nov. 18.—UP—Political leaders today expressed enthusiasm ut America's recognition of Soviet Russia.
Wa.shlngton. Nov. 18.—UP—Rep¬ resentative Hamilton Fish Jr.. Re¬ publican, New York, leader of the House anti-Soviet bloc, character¬ ized recognition of the Soviet Union tonight aa a "sale of agigantic gold brick to American business men."
A War Scsre Washington, Nov. 18.—UP—belief that America may become involved in a Pacific war because of invest¬ ments and tra<le ties which will follow recognition of Russia, waa expressed today by (ieorge Bronson Rea, counselor of the Manchuko government.
New York, Nov. 18.—UP—Recog¬ nition of Russia waa a "re-assertion of common sense of the American people." Norman Thomas declared In a statement here tonight. The Socialist candidate for President in 1'J3l' kuw recognition as "a contri¬ bution of considerable importance to the maintenance of peace nnd promotion of prosperity in the world."
Washington, Nov. 18.—UP—Re¬ drafting of the Anthracite Coal Codf appeared certain today after conclusion ot hearings on the pro¬ posed agreement here and announce¬ ment that Deputy Administrator W. H. Davis will open conferences next Friday with operators and labor representatives with a view to changing provisions  of  the  code.
The hearing yesterday developed demands of union leaders for dis¬ tribution of work among Idle minora, while major oper.atora sought an extension of the present contract with the United Mine Wnrkcri ot America until tho expiration date in  193C.
In reply to President John L. Lewis ot the U. M. W. A. who charged operators were disinclined to apread employment. Charles Huber. chairman of Glen Alden Coal Co., said employment could not be increased until the market for anthracite   increases.
Increased labor costs, Huber said, would decrease the market for an¬ thracite. Production at pre.'ient ho said. Is forty percent under ten years ago.
Price reductions were vigorously opposed by representatives of the Philadelphia and Reading and Le¬ high 'Valley Coal Companies and by representatives of the -N'HA Con¬ sumers' Advisory Board. The board proposed a provision which would simply forbid sales at leas tnan production   coat.
The proposed code would require all operators to file price lists with the code authority which would be empowered to act against prices ot "unfair competition"  tinge.
Secretary Treasurer Thomas Kennedy of the U. M. W. A. pro- poaed a maximum six-hour day, 30-hour week, maintenance of pres¬ ent wage scales and restrictions on strip mining.
Would   End  Contract
Daniel Guinan, Mahanoy City banker, urged at the hearing that the section of the code maintaining the present union contract be stricken out. His proposed substi¬ tute would require all existing mines to reopen, divide production among themselves and equalize work^among all miners.
Mines which have been cloaed more than a year and which aro not reopened, under his plan, would be taken over by the State or fed¬ eral government and leaaed to com- panlea which would operate them. He proposed for work-equalization that no miner be permitted to work more than 100 hours a month.
The U. M. W. A. contract per¬ mits a 48-hour week and fixes a minimum wage nt $4.G2 a day. Ken¬ nedy, U. M. W. A. official, support¬ ing the contract proposed that un¬ employed miners be put to work on reforestation and other projects. He emphasized, however, that a per¬ manent employment plan should be devised. He suggested It be worked out along tho lines of equalization of work among various companies, ,curtailment ot culm bank fuel, establishment of old-age pensions, and establishment of a board which would study work-eciualization plans.
Today the National Labor Board completed arrangements for the work of its fact-finding commission which will investigate conditions in the anthracite fields around 'Wilkes- Barre, Pa.
A rearrangement of plans will bring this committee, headed by Charles P. Neill. to Wllkes-Barre, Sunday night. The committee will stay at Hotel Sterling. (ContiiUied  on   Page   14,  Section   1> '
Defies Pinchot To Remove Him
Philadelphia, Nov. U —UP — Henry N. Woolman, president of the board of trustees ot Eastern Stato Penitentiary, tonight re¬ fused to resign his post. Gov¬ ernor Glftord Pinchot of Penn¬ sylvania had requested Woolman to resign Immediately, charging that the board head had been "indirectly responsible" for the recent riots at the prison. Wool- man said: "I moat emphatic¬ ally am not going to resign." and placed the responsibility for the riots upon the Governor. He contended Pinchot alone had the power to allow the board to hire extra guards at Graterford, and that failure to have the guards there prevented the transfer of BOO prisoners to the new insti¬ tution.
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Vast Expenditure Reported As Six Months Extension Is   Made  In  Agreement
HOURS REDUCED
¦Washington, Nov. 18.—UP—Pay¬ roll and employment Increases while operating under the NRA code were ¦Beported by the atcei industry in ap¬ plying for extension of its agree¬ ment. The r'-pfi-t was made puMlc today after the exten.^lon. for an¬ other si>c uiontli.s. h:id been granted.
The poilod ended October 14, the report showed, brought a payroll increase of $9,000,000 per month nnd the addition of 91;,000 workers. These increases were recorded de¬ spite a drop In operation activity from 47 p<nccnt of capacity on June 17 to 41 percent on October 14.
The report dl-sclosed also that tho industry ot its own volition has practically eliminated the 10-hour day in favor of the 8-hour day. The code provides that the 8-hour dav shall be mandatory only when the IndUHtry reaches sixty percent of capacity, but the shorter work week was instituted in deference to the wishes of the NBA.
"This change, tbe report said, "occasioned additional increasca if about 12.5 percent in ratea ot pay for tlie employes afl'ected by tho reduction in working hours."
Analysis of complete figures fur¬ nished by 213 of the 237 companies in the Industry showed an Incrcaae of $9,293,000 or 32.1 percent In- watfes and an increase of 92.155 or 28.3  percent  In  employment.
It was estimated by the industry that on the basis ot a normal sixty percent of capacity operation the increase in wages would amount to more than $100,000,000 annually, and increase employment over the October total by from 125,000 to 150,000 workera.
ANNULS CHARTER UPON THE CHARGE OF AW TO REBELS
Attack Of International President Of Mine Workers Is Directed On Men Listed As Loyal To Old Set Of Leaders And Defense Is Made Against Surrender Of Treasures
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MORE JOBS  ASSURED
Washin),'ton. Nov. 18.—UP—The White lIou.';e announced today that a large number of projects which the Public Works Administration luia declined to' finance will be turned over at once to the Civlll Works Administration.
MRS. EDW. O'DONNELL IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mrs. Kdward O'Doimell, a resi¬ dent of thia city for forty-five years and the mother ot Mrs. Joseph Harding of Pittston. a county pro¬ bation nnd investigating officer, died at 1:15 yesterday afternoon at the Harding residence, 157 Pine street, Pittston. She had been ill one week. Mrs. O'Donnell was 69 yeara old. .She was the widow of Kdwnrd O'Donnell, who passed to his reward In 1919. I'ntil eight years ago Mrs. O'Donnell realded in the Kaat Knd section ot thia city. She was u devoted member of St. John 8 R. C. church at i'lttston.
These children survive: Mrs. John Gavin. Scranton: Mrs. Joseph Harding, I'lttston; Mrs. William -Murphy, Wilkes-Barre; John, also of this city; Aloysius nnd William, both of Parsons. The funeral will be held from the Harding homo nt 9:30 Tuesday niorning. A miias of requiem will be celebrat'd in St. John's church and burial will be In tlp( famllv plot In St. Mary's ceme¬ tery at  Hanover.
Wholly unexpected and all the more surprising because the local union Involved has been considered one of the staunchest administra¬ tion supporters in District One, United Mine Workers of America, notification'of the first charter re¬ vocation since the start ot the dual United Anthracito Miners of Penn¬ sylvania waa received here last night from International President J^rn  I,.  Lewis.
In a telegram addressed to Peter S'.iei-.ioin, secretary of Local Union No, 400. Wanamle colliery of Glen Allien Coal Comnany, I^ewla laat night directed olllcers of the unit to turn over their charter, monies, supplies aud other prot)erty to John H. Gallagher, travelling auditor of District  One.
Boa;-on for the ohartcr revocation was given by Lewis In his wire as a viol^itioii of I'lc district and In¬ ternational constitutions lor "aid¬ ing and abetting a d:i:il movement." He further st.itid t'.iat the Wanamle local "was reprct-cnted at a con¬ vention of tlio dual organiz;stion." referring, according to the inter¬ pretation placed on tho wording l>y olllcers of tho AV.tnamie local, to the August "rump" convention at Scranton where the United Anthra¬ cite Miners of Pennsylvania w;i.s organized under the leadership of Rinahlo Cappellini, former di:-;trii-t president. Thomas Maloney of Wil- kps-lJarro Township, and Henry .Schuster of Scranton, present of- fll^ers of the new union.
Officer.s of the Wanamle local last night protested indignantly against the revocation of their ciiartor and declared they would exhaust every channel of procedure within the United Mine Workers to bring about a rescinding of the ordei". and, if not succes.sfui. would seek recourse in courts of law. They declared that the Wanamle local union at no time affiliated itself with the new union and that the charges on which the revocation was based aa groundless. The spokesmen expressed the opinion that International President Lewis was ni':-:nl'ormcd.
Boylan Predicts Action John J lloylan. District Ono pres¬ ident, expressed no surprise wlicn Informed by Tbe Sunday Independ¬ ent that the Wanamle local union charter had been revoked. He de¬ clared that proper investigation had shown that money of the local union was appropriated to pay the exi)cn.'-es of eight delegates who at¬ tended the "rump convention" and further declared that, at a hc-nrin.g in Scranton. officers of the local union admitted they had cast their lot with tlie new union. Boylan said that the membership ot the Wana¬ mle local union, about 1.200 men. would be protected by the instal¬ lation of provisional officers and that the tippointment of provisional officers would likely bo ordered this
week. "The men of th» Wanamis local union are not to blame for any situation that Is "brought about by their officers. The rights of the men will be fully protected," he de¬ clared.
President Boylan expressed the opinion that there would be no fur- ther Immediate revocations as he declared that the Wanamle local union was the only United Mine Workers unit in District Ono that appropriated money to pay expenses of delegates to the "rump" conven¬ tion nnd that it waa the only local union whose officers were in favor of tlie new union, witli exception of No. 9 colliery local union In the Pittston  district.
Boylan alao expressed the opin¬ ion that the Wanamle charter re¬ vocation is tlie only incident of the nature on record for a number of years and stated that to the best of his ricollection It is tiie first Rlnce he a.s.'umeil oflice as dl::trict prc:!iilent. He haa been president ot District One for aliout five yeara. Will Fight Lewi* Olliccra of the Wanamle local union last night said tliey had en~ gaged Attorney K. C. Marianelll, former counae 1 for Diatrict One, to represent thoiii in tlieir flght to upset the revocation order of Inter¬ national rrcsiilint Lewis. They de¬ clared thlit while the revocation evidently had Its inception about the middle of Au.just. their vinion dues have been taken by the United itine   Workers  of   America.
First inkling that the Wanamle local union w;is "in bad " with .the district and International unions was gained by the oftlcers on Au^'UKt 10 last, shortly after th» Scranton "rump" convention when Traveling Auditor Calla;her noti¬ fied (lien Ivyon National Bank to withhold tho local union's treasur.v of more than $3,000 from any che<'ks that might be drawn upon it. In a letter to the bank, Galla¬ gher stated: "I request that you stop payment of funds of Local Union 400, of Wanamle, pending a coinplcte audit of the accounts of s;ild local union. This action Is to prevent a division or donation of K.iid funds to others not members of our organization."
On September 26, according to ofllcers of the Wanamle local, the local union wanted to withdraw $500 to pay running expenses, but, ilespite a withdrawal reaolution signed by all officers and commit¬ teemen, the check was not honored, Henry Zawntskl la president: Wal¬ ter Ruskiskl. vice president; Peter Shershln. secretary; I'eter Shell- hammer, treasurer; C. W. Womcls- dorf, William J. Carr and George Jackson, trustees. The Glen Lyon bank Informed the men that ths district had notified them the re¬ straining order on the treasury would  be  shortly  lifted.
On October 9. Traveling Auditor (Continued   on   page   «.   Section   1)
SILK MILLS REOPEN; FARM STRIKE ENDS
Paterson, N. J., Nov. 18.—UP— I'repuratlons were made tonight to reopen silk mills in the Pater."on district Monday. JIanuf?li turers voted to accept recommendations of tho Conciliation board appointed by Mayor John V. I'inclilifl'c. A basic wage of $21 per 100.000 picks for weavers was agreed upon. This will enulilo the weavers to earn about $22 a week. It was explained.
A definite scale for other dcpart- inenta was not set, but it wus ex¬ pected to be 111 proportion to the weavers' pay. The manufacturers planned to deal directly with em¬ ployes  In  \,orking out  further  de-
taila   of   wages   and   conditions   •( labor.
Farm Strike Ends
Ma.llsoM. Wise. Nov. 18.—UP— Collapse of the Midwest farm strike indicated by declining picketing and violence, became a fact hers tonight. Wisconsin B'arm Holiday .Association and Wisconsin Cooper¬ ative Milk Pool, the two most psr- sistent strike organizations in tha country, called "quits" in a joii^ nuetlnri here.
Leaders of both groups 'e:;preg#(>d belief that slmllur act.on will be taken by the executive bourd ©f .National Farm Holiday Association meeling at Omaha. Nob., Nov. II. .