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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 27,  1917
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JRAm 10,000 V.S. AIRMEN FOR RAID UPON GERMANY
With Deadlock on Land and Sea Call is Sent Out to Accept All Able Applicants for Only Service That Promises Early Success. College Men Most Desired
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MACHINES   ARE   ORDERED
Xew Tork, May :«.—As though In «n*w»r to Germany's air raid on Eng¬ land the immediate training and equlp- mesi of 10,000 American airmen for tbe frt>«i wae announced here tonight by the t nited States Aircraft Production board through President Hawley of the Ae»(-<--lub of America.
On the theory that there is a stale¬ mate between the belligerents on land and ¦^ea the decision was reached "to whi/i Germany In the air."
••T*n thousand airmen we will add to inose now at the front." said Haw¬ ley. "Will enable us to blind the Ger¬ man batteries, execiite gigantic air raJtls. strike Germany In the most viul plac- and bring the war to an earlier ernj."
Sjiiould the projected air raid on Cer¬ manv independent of the raids directly at the front, malerallee, America's ten thou^and will be needed the more auUl'ly.the airmen believe.
H*wley pointfcd out that the Allies greatest victorie.s in recent months have been due to supremacy in the air.
"Vhe recent British and Italian vic¬ tor!-.(." said he, "were preceeded by countless aerial flights, and it was not until the skies had been cleared of t;rf,"iians. thus depriving them of their rye* and giving the Allies full use of thc'.r.^, that the victories became pos¬ sible"
Anxious to  Serve.
T*e  immediate  manufacture of tons «.f  ibout-atids  of aeroplanes  as equip¬ ment  for tbe  10,000  .Vmerlcan airmen j and others who will follow them, was, aljr. announced by Hawley. i
TOcre hail been a big rush to the air \ service by young men all over the | country: perhaps more than to anyj branch of the .service and they al! will | be taken. |
The moM desirable men, according to l.,ieutenant I'olonel Reese. British alrrasn with the nritishwar commis¬ sion oji(l.»»;inner of the cori-etca V. O., are young tellow* weighing up to I'O pounds, prcTerrably college men and boj.o of  18  to  25.
'•"/hey raust be men of more than i ordinary intelligence," said Colonel t^eet^, "because they have great re- pporjibllity and have to be trusted to uw their he.-ids. Their integrity must be  unQueslionfd."
colonel R»>ese said that the .Miles no* hold air .^uprenuLcy over the (;«iin*nf. that thf Germans seldom send a machine over the lines any niO!f. He said that tbe fightin* licl«rht was about lo be increased fnr'.i :0.000 to 30.000 feet by the new type machines being majiufactured. Th;s probably will lie the type manu- farttired for America's first 10.000 men. because It Is known that the British ¦ iri raft plans are in the hands of the .\mr.rlcan government.
3 BURNED TO DEATH WHEN ALARMS FAD. Ry
HUNDREDS DIE IN STORM; WHOLE ST AIE IS SWEPT
LOCAL WORKER DIES
A coroners inquest will be held to investigate the death of three chil¬ dren who were burned yeaterday at West Pittston in a flre which destroyed three dwellings on Luieme avenue. Deputy Coroner Delahunty will con¬ duct a hearing at the "West Pittston Town hall within the week to deter¬ mine the cause of the flre and to in¬ vestigate the failure of the flre alarm system to operate and the Sack of sufficient water power with which to combat the (lames.
The three children who met death in the flames were the sona of Mr. and Mrs. James N'ardo, residing at *1» liUBeme avenue, in whoee home the flre started. The victims were: John, aged 10; Louis, aged », and Charles, aged 8. They perished to¬ gether. During the time that the flames were destroying the house, the three boys could be seen huddled to¬ gether while their parents and hun¬ dreds of other people made futile at¬ tempts to reach them.
Besides destroying the Nardo home. the flre also gutted the dwellings of Alexander Serini and Joseph Serino. The home of Mrs. Jane Da\i8 was dam¬ aged by smoke and water. In these houses about a dozen people had nar¬ row escapes from death. The total loss is estimated at |3,000.
The flre broke out at 5 o'clock In the morning In the N'ardo home. Mr. and Mrs. N'ardo were at work in a small garden in their yard. The mother had kindled a fresh flre in the kitchen range and it is believed the flre stalled there. When discovered the blaie had spread
Wrecks    Windows Well-Aimed Stones
With
TO RESCUE HUSBAND
to the upper floor where the three boys |
were asleep in a room. | '
hi^^^irwr^h^ft^VTthrTames! Takes Lhw In Own Hands and
which had by then communicated to the [ stairway. He carfled two other child- I ren. asleep in another portion of thej house, to safety. His repeated at-1 temps to rescue the remaining boys en-1 dangered his own life and he was car- \ ried from the burning home by neigh- j
bors. 	
An effort waa made to send in an Ai>pl\ ins the method of th eone-time alarm from a nearby flre box. The { famous Carrie Nation, a woman re- alarm reached the West Pittston Hose | siding in the Brookside section of the Company, but failed to notify the flre- { city, made an assault upon the hotel men asleep in their homes. This was I of Martin .Mazieka on Johnson sireel due to the fact that the gong had been j yesterday and for a time threatened removed from the electric light com- | to wreck it. Heavy stones propelled pany's plant preliminary to being in- ! by her mighty right arm crashed stalled at the Exeter colliery, but the I through two plate glass windows work had not been completed. Mes- j valued at 160. Other damage waa sengers were sent to the h omes of the j wrought by the infuriated woman be¬ fore she wended her way homeward.
,The  caso  came  to  the  attention   of the   city   police   but   they     have     not signified any  inteniion    of    venturing after the  woman.      At    police    head¬ quarters   the   officials   in   charge   ad¬ mitted   last   night   having   received   a report of the trouble.    They also were prone lo  confess  that  unless  the  two are   conscientious    enough     to     place dut.v  before  personal  safety,   the  lone woman will  remain master of the sit¬ uation. The usual '2 a. m. quiet of Brookside were   burned   to   a   crisp   and   beyond Iwas  broken  yesterday morning by  the recogintion.    The  undertaking timi  ofisounds  of  trouble  coming   from  John- Cutler   &   Martin   took    the     remain.s. Ison street.    Witnesses first on the spot
TO RESCUE ANOTHER
firemen arousing them. When the fire trucks arrived they were not fully manned, it was said.
The firemen attempted to throw sev¬ eral streams of water on the blaze, but the water pressure was so low that the flre was given no real resistance for some time. The firemen claimed that the water presaure had been tested only recently and found satisfactory at that time.
It was not until after the ruins had cooled that the bodies of the three Xardo boys could  be  removed.    They
At the cost of his own life, William McDermott, aged 46. of Sugar Notch, rescued a fellow worker from death yesterday afternoon at the plant of the Luzerne County Gas & Klectric Company at Plymouth. The effort resulted in McDermott coming in contact with a high tension wire carrying 13,000 volts of electricity. His death  was instantaneous.
McDei-mott was electrocuted shortly after 5 oclock. He was employed by the Lackawanna Brdige Company on a structural _ steel building being erected for the gas and electric light company on Beade street. He and a man who.se name is Williams were at work on a small scaffold below which was the cable carrying  13,000 volts.
Just as the two men were about to complete the day's work. Williams • slipped on the scaffold. One of his feet passed through the opening be¬ tween the boards In the platform on wliich the men were standing. His foot touched the high tension wire and he was slightly shocked.
Williams   was   In   danger   of   falling
down over the wire when McL>er- mott went^to his aid. tie hauled Wil¬ liams back out of danger, but he him¬ self lost his balance. Before he could regain his footing and while Williams was recovering from bis fright. Mc- Dermott's botli feet closed over the wire. The heavy voltage passed through his bcdy. Only once did he call for help, but death had resiilted before workmen in the power house of the electric light company could shut off the current passing tliiough the cable. Dr. H. L. Whitney was called and gave treatment to Williams after declaring McDerniitl dead. Williams wad able lo  walk   home.
McDermott's body was removed to ih^ morgue of Moore brothers'. Coroner Charles L. Ashley was nolifled. .Mc¬ Dermott lived with is brother. John .McDermott, at Sugar Notch. He was a widower and is survived by the fol¬ lowing sons: Henr>. Peter and Samuel; and by the following brothers and sisters: John and Peter, of Sugar Notch: Frank and Martin, of Plymouth; .Mrs. Mary Culp. uf Nanticoke, and Mrs. Ellen Shaffer, of Vork.
Soldiers and Doctors Rush Through Darkness to Res¬ cue of Thousands—Homes Are Wrecked, Trains Blown From Tracks, Churches Razed and Desolation Rife
HAIL ADDS TO PERIL
The  funeral  for the  victims held tomorrow.
will    be
OF FEDERAL BOARD
Council   of'" Defense   Takes j Pittston Conductor Unable toj Action to Suppress Hoarding and Boosting of Profits
declare    they  saw  a   bareheaded    and
coatles.«  woman  standing in  the streei
in   front   of   Mazieka's   saloon.     While
the bartender and a number of patrons.
including   the  husband  of  the  woman,
stoiid   huddled   in   a  group   intide,   she
hurled   stone.s.     Her  aim  was   .straight
and accurate and the plate glass win-
|dows were reduced to smithereens. Her
jmissilcs   wrought   further   damage   in-
jside,  not  lo  mention   the   fear  created
amoni; the men there.
I    .After the woman had departed some
I of the men in 'he saloon ventured into
II he  street  to  tell  of  the  cau.se  of  ilie I trouble.    It  was said  that  the  woman
had entered the Mazieka salo4jn to per¬ suade her husband to return home. She
ON SLOW PROGRESS F
ARMOUR IN LEAD
Wrest Foot From  Lockedt"*""'"''""'"'^""'''''""*'""^'"
Penrose Amends Bill to Keep All Employes Above the Age Of Conscription
ACTION THIS WEEK
OF AMERICAN PEOPLE
Official Statement of Earnings and Savings Shows Easy Ability for Financial Need
Rails and is Killed BADLY MANGLED
there. Her plea.s resulted in failure I when the bartender, it is said, ejected !her from the barroom. It was then |iliai she ijcizcd upon the opportunity I for revenge.
  BRAZIL TAKES ACTION
With   his  foot  caught   beiween   rails'    f''"   ^^   Janeiro.   May   26. - I>resident
in the Co.xfon vards of the Lehigh Val- '"'^  ''.""^''l '"'"'''^'^   congress  for   power
" to   seize    (jerman     ships     interned   in
ley railroad, Michael Haggerty of .Mar- Brazilian  port.s.
Chicago, ."Vlay 2«.—Federal control ot the nation's co»l supply waa ad»'ocated by the Illinois SUie Council of De¬ fence In a report of its food, fuel and | ke,t     gireet.     Pittston.     a     conductor, I	
conservation   committee   made   public, matched   a  slowly   moving   locomotive I
tonight.     .T.   Ogden   .<rmour.   head   of | bear down on him.    He wa.i .struck hy'pDA7|| IAM  RflflT I D^T
the  Armour  Packing    company,    wasjthe engine.    His right leg was cut off i """^""'""  "'J"'   LUO I
Washington. .May 26.—Violent parti¬ san outbursts, vigorous objections to some of the appropriations and some charges of "de\-abtating dallying' by Congress featured Hou.se and Senate debate today on the Levcr-Oore food production bill.
Republican asjjaults in the House on appropriations   in   the   measure   drew from Representative Haflin. charges of "unpatriotic .speech" with sharp count- , ers from  UepresenUilives    .Mann    and I 00»000.000.  the amount  of the  Liberty Moore 'loan, every three months.
' Kxpressing his belief that .somel Since the outbreak of the Kuropean Democrats could do more good flght-i •^ar ">^ '"["''^'^^A'^i^.A?. '"^'""^'''^ ing the enemy than fighting bugs. '^^^ ^'^^^'^ ^y J'OMOO.OOO.OOO; the sur- Seiiator   Penrose   suggested   that   em- I P'"^ earnings of the people over their
BILLIONS RESERVED
Washinglon.   May  26.  —   .America  is able to absorb the two billion Libert.v loan   and   several   more   of   them,   vir- i tually without scratching the surface of her mone>   reserves.
Re-assuring the .\mericAn peopie. John Skellton V^'iliiams. r'omptroller of the f'urroncy. net forth these stag- gerins fact-" aboul the nation s wealth.
The  investible earnings of  ihc peo- ] pie are  increasing at  the  rate of $2,- |
ployes  given  jobs  under  the  food  bill i
FERREL HAS RESIGNED
PLACE AS SECRETARY
r:slph W. Ferrel, who has been sec- .¦»>UJT of the Chamber of Commerce r<ff some years, has tendered his rslg- nailon to take eflfect on June 16. He h»t. asked that il be accepted on that date in order to permit htm lo accept a position in Xew York SClty. He has not announced the nature of his new wot-k.
,Mr. Ferrel presented his resignation to the trustees of the Chamber of r<*mmerce at ^Yiday°s meeting of that bo(ly. He said that he would be will¬ ing to come here for week-ends after .lune 16 to assist his successor. No attempt has yet been made to name a successor.
Previous to his connection with the commerce bod> Mr. Fairel was city editor of the Wilkes-Barre Reoord. One yesr ago he waa graduated as a member of the flrst class of the Whar¬ ton Extension School In this dty. Hl^ work In recent years has been alor.c progressi^-e lines and his new position undoubtedly means that he ha* received deserved recognition.
chairman of the committee and made at the knee and his right arm at the the report. It recommended: "That I shoulder. That accident happened at the unnecessary and exploiting ac- 1 6 o'clock Friday night and the victim tivities of cosl brokers, speculators and j died four hours later In the Pittston interlopers as opposed to the necessary j hospital.
and legitimate transactions of the reg- | Haggerty had been at work only a ular dealers and consumer-purchasers, j short time when the accident happened. be prohibited." | He •was walking through  the railroad
"Indi\iduals and concerns, but not-i yards when his right fool caught be- ably coal brokers or speculators," said j tween a guard rail and the main rail, the report, "as distinguished fmm reg-j His efforts to release himself were fu- ular  dealers and  consummers,  rushed J tile and  his  cri'is  were  not  heard  by
be above conscription age.
rn   II   OnAT  TOPDCnn '    Representative Moore got through an, IU   U-BUMI    I UnrtUU   amendment  providing this.
 -' Senator HolUs,  New Hampshire, re- Rio de Janeiro. May 26.—The foreign   bukcd the Senate for dallying.    He said office   received   word     today     of    the | he  wa.s   informed     L.'iOO    people    had torpedoing   of   the   Brazilian   steamer   starved to death in Chicago.
to the producers with all sorts of fancy offers and premiums. With prices ad¬ vanced little or nothing, that the price reduce them and we find prices uncon¬ scionably high In many instances.
"We flnd that freight rates have sd- vanced little or nothing, thatthe price of miners has Increased possibly 35 cents per ton, but thst otherwise costs in operation have ad%-anced no more In proportion than in other line.*.
"Forthwith the whole matter of coal production, distribution and prices shall be taken in hsjid by federal au¬ thorities and by the Stale Council of I>efence of nilnois snd in that erent the State Council will use all ite power to effect a satisfactory change in pre¬ vailing  prices."
Lapa off fhe Spanish coast.
The Lkipa is reg'istered as a 1.366 ton steel stea/ner owned by F. .Mar- cello and registered at Antonina. Brazil.
EARLY MORNING FIRE
TAKES CARNIVAL TENT
In letting down a lent at the Car¬ nival ground at 2 oclock this morning a>i electric wire attached to the main line wa.s broken, causing flre to reach
The House njade more headway on the biyy than did the Senate. It ap¬ pears now that a vote will be secured on the food production bill by early next  week.
The food control bill—the Hoover ad- ' ministrator measure—then will be next in  order.
living expenises has been $20,000,000.- 000.
The production of wealth of the United States is increasing atthe rate of   $4,000,000,000   a   year.
Total resources of national banks Mayl, exceeded $16,000,000,000, beins $116,000,000 more than the greatest ever recorded.
National suid sta'" bank resources have increased by $8,000,000,000 during the war.
The   recent   flotation   of   $700,000,000
ntreafury certificates was absorbed without creating a ripple in the finan¬ cial   situation.
The   $2,000,000,000  loan   bonds  repre-
Chicago, May 27.—SUNDAT - Seventyfive known dead, with esti¬ mates running as high as 300, was the toll today of the series of cyclonic storms which swept Illinois practically from end to end late yesterday.
Hundreds of persons were reported injured, many of whom will die. The property damage is expected lo run into millions.
Wire communication was still 8e- moralized early today and reports from the stricken sections were frag¬ mentary and meagre as to details.
Attempts   to   reach   Indianapolis   by telephone and telegraph to connnu re¬ ports that the storm had leveled great damage   throughout    central     Indiana were unavailing.    Telephone and tele¬ graph companies report that wires hav*- been down for several hours and that no relief was in  sight, t     The  losses  were  distributed  as   fol¬ lows: I     Mattoon. Ills.—50 to    100    estimated I dead. 38 bodies recovered:  300 injured. Charleston.  Ills.—50 to  7.')  estimated dead. 25 bodies recovered;   100 injured. Westervelt.   Ills.—Five dead;   21   in¬ jured, two fatally.
Modesto, Ills.—Two dead, len In¬ jured.
Manhattan, Ills.—One dead, scores injured.
Bloomingion, Ind.—Two dead, .scores injured.
Black Hawk. Ind.—Two dead, many injured.
.Vlinooken, Ills.—Three injured. Cloodenow.   Ills.—Nine  injured. Wilmington,   Ills.—Several    reported injured.
Green Garden. Ills.—Several re¬ ported injured.
Tskes Wide Psth. Charleston. Ills., May 26.—Between JOand 75 dead and as many injured. i.» the toll of a tornado which struck thi» cily late rhi.s evening, sweeping along the Bi? Kour right of way in a path three quarters of a mile wide and levelling everything  in  its path.
Fully 300 houses were levelled. Twenty-five or more dead have been taken to morgues and it is believed that fully twice that many have been t.iken to homes in the city cr lie be¬ neath the ruins of their own homes. Among the dead are the following:
Clark F;. Nelson, Beatrice Warman. .Mr. and Mis. Barnes, three year old daughter of (Juy Stewart. Mrs. Smith. (Jeorge Kilgore. five unidentified chil¬ dren, ranging in age from three to 16 ! years;   Mrs.   K.   D.   Bales  and  her  in-
j fani daughter, John Wentz,  Ka-
j nuse.     —-    Bede,         Jenkins.
I Jesse Huttleson. Mrs. Mar>- McMahon.
I Mrs.   Wright.   .Mrs.    William    Cobble.
'¦ four unidentified dead.
I     Death in  several  cases was  unusu-
! ally violent.    One woman was hurtled
I through  the air and  landed against  a
¦ board  full  of  spikes,  several   piercing
I her body.
i     It  will  be several  hours before  the
I exact toll is learned. Troops  To  Rescue.
AUSTRIANS CLAIM ALL. Vienna, May 26.—"No more fierce onslaughts than th«ss of the memy on Friday have been seen in the entire wsr." declared an official sta'eraent todsy. "The battle was decided com¬ pletely in our faror."
GOETHALS PUTS BAN ON WOOD SHIP PLAN
other railroaders in the yards.   A loco motive was coming backward along the trac'K on which   he was imprisoned and Haggerty was unable lo attract the at¬ tention of the engineer.
Haggerty Is survived by his mother. Mrs. Katherine Haggerty: his wife and two daughters, Mary and Dolores, be¬ sides the following brothers and sis¬ ters:   Mrs.   Frank   Craig.   Mrs.   Oliver i'lie   canvas.     The   tent    and    fixtures i*°"^  l^*^  ''*^"  torpedoed  according  to'in   Kngland   and   Ireland,   inclding   the ] mat^'i'ie gun company, also of Effing
SPANISH BOAT STRUCK
BY UNDER-SEA CRAFT
.Madrid.   .May   26.—The   Spanish   Be-
setn onlv one-fourth of the increa.se in : Springfield. Ills.. .May 26. —l^te re- the resources of the national and state ; Ports show 100 persons were killed in b-inks of the Lnited States since the;* tornado at .\Iatoon. Illinois, iiecinning of the war. according to | Mayor Swann of Matoon asked Ad- John S. Williams, .optroll'^r of the iJuiant tieneral .Nixon for troops. The currenc,. This increase. $8,000,000,000. i latter ordered Company G, Fourth IM- e:vceed8 the total deposits of all  banks ! '"ois   iniantry.   of   EKingham,   and   a
Burke, Jr., Juel, Ethel, Clement, all of Pittston. will be held tomorrow.
Patrick   and   were burned  up.    4n alarm  from  box |*  "°'^'<^'*'  announcement  made  loday. .Bank of England. The  funeral i 17 was sounded and companies 2. 5 and
8 responded.
,„.      , .1    The Begona i.s listed in  Llo\ds as a
rhe damage was slight "steel twin screw steamer of 2602 tons.
AIRMEN RAIN DEATH
UPON TEUTON FORCES
"VTashtngton, May 26—Manifest fric- tioji   between   General  Goethals,   head of the United States Shipping Corpo¬ ration,   aud   the   Shipping   Board,   as
evidenced by Ck>ethal's New Tork spf<*ch last night wUl probably lead to a revision of .Vmenca's ship building profram.
G->othats has been displeased with the program of wooden ships to meet the submarine problem and he wants to proceed unhampered by the ship- pin* board, headed by Chairman Den- ntaa.
Gi>ethal> complaint is that the worsen ship scheme Is only a dream arn thst steel v«ssels must be con- stnieted. both to stand up in compe¬ tition and because ef the very precti-
. Men close to the shippinr board say that the wood ships are practical as a make-shift in the present sttuation, affording a chance for a heavy tonnage without as heavy a building cost as the steel ships wuuld Involuve.
The Wooden versus steel ship is¬ sue will come before the House Uou- day afternoon when the army and na>-y dediclency bill is considered This measure as passed by the Senate carried an aniendment for $755,000,000 for merchant ships and this amend- ment was apprortd by the House ap¬ propriations committee.
Repreaenlative Fitsgerald told the House today thst he understood at least ZM wood ships would t>« built, while Representative Harrison. of Mississippi,  said  Denman assured  him|*^c**
Paris. May 26.—Three days inten^ie atrial flghting in which French aviators succeeded in bringing down ten enemy machines and in forcing seventeen others to descend, was detailed in to¬ night's otricial statement. Of the forces flghting on the ground, the statement detailed Intermittent shelling and raid¬ ing; parties on both sides.
"In air fighting on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday," the statement said, "we downed ten enemy machines and forced 17 others to descend, crip¬ pled, behind the enemy's lines.
"We bombarded from the air stations at Mts. Batour, Chambley, Conflans, V'ouBlct and Anizy and blvouaces in the region of Laon. A total of 13,000 kilo¬ grams, (nearly 13 tons) of explosives were dropped, causing considerable damage.
"On a majority of the front through¬ out the day there was intermittent shelling. West of KauxaJllon and Mont Haul, In the Teuton sectors the artillery flre became livelier. North¬ east of VauzlUon an enemy surprise failed. North of Verny our artillery dispersed enemy parties."
London. May •«—The British offen¬ sive was apparently gaining momen¬ tum to-night for another great drive next week. Field Marshal Haig re¬ ported gains at Fontain le."* Croiselles and a large amount of raiding aotlv- ii>    indicating    extensive     reconnois-
"To Ihe west .Tnd northwest of Fon¬ taine le.s ('roif;elles we ad\-anced our line sliffhtly during the day." Haig's report asserted. "Northwest of Wy- schaete we carried out a successful raid  this   morning  securing  prisoners.
BREAK RECRUIT RECORD AFTER MARSHALL TALK
Cleveland. O., May 26.—One hour after the federal recruiting station had been dedicated IS7 men had applied for enlistnjent. It was announced to¬ day. This is an unprecedented rush to  the  cijlors   and   i.s  due  to  the  fact
•ol(
There were many  bombing raids yes
terday in which flve enemy aeroplanes j while attrndin
were brought down in air flghting and   here.
five driven down out of control.    Five	
of our machines aro mi.5.'=ing.' Itslisns  Nesr Trieste. Rome,     May     26.—Italy's     mountain climbing fighters were within fourteen
that  Vice-President   Marshall   made  a
per.sonal appeal to men of military age
Masonic celebration
ham. to Matoon immediately.
According to advices from Shelby- ville, received here at midnight. 100 persons were killed and 150 injured at Matoon. Thirty-eight bodies had been recovered at that time.
After leaving Modesto, the storm jumped across three counties nnd swept down upon Westerville, wher° flve persons were killed. The dead: Miss .Mabel Christman. Mr.s. Mary Christman, .Mrs. Samuel Jackson, Eu¬ gene   McDonald.   David   McDonald.
Eight houses and a church were de¬ molished and flrleen other buildings were badly damaged.
.Some   reports   place   the   number   of dead and injured a.s high as 300. (Continued On Page 2)
/ TO   REAL  SALESMEN
I WANT TO INTERVIEW TWO .MEN      ., ,,„_, 	
who can malie good In a sales organ- l!!"!?^/AnTr^^f'*'.'^"^^'¦"^"   ?"""   "^• ization where ordinary restUts mean ,," "^* ,^'''^f„\'"; ^^f'"    "°"?'  "^^'^ $3,000 to $5,000 per year.    Thev must i'^J.K' i^     T^        *  ''°*^'     ''""   """^ be  real men of character, force and l""'^'*''^*'^     '" earnestness:  men who can prove fit for
the fastnesses, edged General Cadorna's victory-flushed forces  still    nearer and    brought  the
ness   for   association    with   business , ,  ,    J.  . oioug.u   me
of high  quality and  absolute  integ! if'^i.r^J"^? ""^.r" '"i.'"" """*" "'- ruy.    TO the men I seek a large in-I'rl^!',!'!.?'"! ''"^"  '*• "" '° "'""
vancement  to  managerial  position  i.s I
jon this front alone.
Todays  victories,  along  the greater
certain. This is a genuine offer of a if^'^ "J.^l^/^if-"''%'^°"i- ^'•«'" C=^«- real opportunity :ind should appeal ij!*"*'*'^ *",**'''^'""°' *^»""'>°' P"* to the best .Hulesmai, in Wilkes-^f^ t^^"" '" '*'*' dominating posl- Barre. You may reply in confidence. !"""'*.,^^°'"*', /"^. ^*'« f'"*^ *hich are Address Box 4, Independent Office      1^*^ '^"¦*^' objectives of the great drive
.  —Trieste and Lalbach.    Laibach  I.s far
[distant    as   yet,   but   the     Intervening
ENGLAND IS BLAMED
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FOR LEAK TO SPIES
Washington. May 26.—The worst spy scare this government has yet ex¬ perienced held offlciaMom In its spell tonight.
The German sy.stein apparently is on in full blast.
Hard <in the heels of knowledge that the German spies   po.-sessed    advance
knowledge of the  American  destroyer j'^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^.^^^ ^.^,^
fleet   movemnta,   <-:ime  word   today   of ' an evident spy attack on the  Virginia Beach wireless plant and exchange of shots between guard, operator and in-
cal '<ea»on that lumber is scarce. that  steel ships would not entireb- n- j     '" the air also there was great actlv-
Tlie lumbermen, howei-er.   are    not ; pisce the wood shirts. j ity.    The  British   commander-in-chief.
pleMed at the prospent of possible Representative Huddlestoe. Alabama. 1 reported tive German plane* destroyed' at>«,r>donment o.* the wooden ships and had .'Suggested that abandonmem ot In air fighting and flve others driven] th«>   claim  that   lumber   i>an    be    "b-j the wooden ship progrsm ."eriousl-.- af. ¦ down,   beyond   control.     Five   British;
Uhitd
feels the lumber business
j machines arc missing.
MEAT  SALESMAN   WANTED
WA.VTED—1-TRST       CLASS     .\1 EAT ,^round is much less broken  than that
.•laletiman.     well      acquainted      with |Over which the Italians have crept and
trade here and in valley.    First class j*^"'"*'^'* *"^ struggled lo victory dnr-
references     reoruired.      Answer      at *•** ^^^ '"•'^ week.    Moreover the  de-
once,   giving   age,   telephon«>   number I'^^^es  ju.st  taken     were    those  which
and    full   information.    Address    R., jAustrian   troops   perfected   all   through r truders.
Sunday    Independent.    Wllkes-Barre, r^** winter and    regarded    as  impreg-        The  spy  situation     was    designated
Pa. inably barring the way  further. | officially   as   "dangerous,"   and   while
  '- ^1     'ta'v   has  proved  her supremacy  in I the government deplores any outbreak'wA.N'TED
AGENTS WANTED. j the  air also  during  extensive  raiding I of spv   suspicion*    against    peaceable i
ACTOxMOBILE       FREE       .AND      BIG - operaUons ofthe  pa«t  few days. I aliens  it  is  running  to  earth   the  paid:
commission paid to Agents for intro- i Police Tyrannies. ! agents of the  Kaiser with a   view    of I
ducing   fast   selling   summer   line   ofj     Trieste   I*   most    directly     menaced. - putting «  stop  to  the  nefario-is   work;
Concentrated      Pure     Fruit     Drinks, i In   fhe  Adriatic  th^'ie   is  a  formidable | now being dr.ne iiere and elsewhere.       ,
.sew.      novel.      delicious.      Enormous   fleet     of     British   and     Italian     .ships.:      Covernment    h-nds   inclind     to     thei
demand.    .Make $6 to $8 daily.    Ter- i whose bombardment has done havoc ty, \ belief todav that  th» desfrover knowl- !
ntorv going fa.it.    Write. E. M. Felt-i various Austrian coast defences.    With , edgo   was   obtained   hv
Investigation here today Indicated that only President Wils<in, Secretary of Navy Daniels and trusted member.-* of the tieneral Board of ()peratlon.<i Bureau knew of the de.ftroyer orders. These order.s a« sent to the flotilla. w?re sealrd and could not be opened until the vessels were well al sea, while ad- vice.s to Admiral Sims al London were
All cimcumatances point more direct¬ ly lo England than to this country, for the news was spread in the British Admiralty and perhaps in other Brit¬ ish government departments.
(    man.  1(53. Srd St.. Cincinnati, O.
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'Jerman   .spic.?
in  England—not   here.
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