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1^ATI0N-WIDE R. R. STRIKE VOTED
SPY TRAPS
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U.S. Is Charged With Break Before Submarine Rupture
Victory in Champagne District Declared to Be One of Most Glorious of War
MANY ARE PRtSONEhS
Germany is Accused of Levy¬ ing Tax on Subjects in This Country and Millions of Dol¬ lars Are Said to Have Been Collected
FIVE STATE ARRESTS
.\>w VorK. March 10.—The Lniled PliUes cecret srrvice nel. rearhinK inio ail sections of lhe couniry. is slowly (tatherinK li' jjar-ts of an allesed Oemnan machine thnt was pul loRether in Wil¬ helmstrasse Kl vitdaie American neu- tmllty or wurk iigainst iis interests in cBf" of war. .\rresls in Xew Yurk, r'liicaifo and Philadelphia today and in L.I1K AnKelos ye.slerday showed the ex¬ tent of the 'oderal operations.
The dinlrici aitorney's office an- no4iiiced today tliat revelations of a I Jerman agput -estahliali the fact that the Kaiser ha.s been levying a war tax on his »ul)jrcl.'= \u this country. Ac- ••rrdited representatives of tJermany. it ix said, have fcystematioally as.-'essed iifrmjin." in .\mfrica and have lolleoied n.illion» of doliarp. The spending of thi.i money will be one of the objects of the grand jury probe already begun, officials do not believe the money was «pnt to Berlin.
Iiidicutions that a hugh Herman fund was m existence during recent elections lo insure th*- f It-clion of Federal and state offlcialg v,ho would be favorable i<i tJcrmau e'lterpriseB. are being probed.
Intimations that bazaars foi- (Jerman Ked Cross benslli and fairs for the t^iime purpose nsay be »ubje<'ted to the vtruliny were made by Federal olHcials when they said ihat they do not believe n o».t of thi<! moiiey ever has been sent lo (Jermany. A total of nearly li.OOO.- '•(Hl has been collected by this method It waa slated, more than $7tK»,000 of it II) this city aloi e. That It^fiBiy have heen used Un- German plots ' in this country v/af- an opinion freely ex¬ pressed.
The statement here today of a prom¬ inent wireless evpert that communica- ti«>n could be established between Cer- inans in thi" country: aud Berlin wilh \er.\ little trouble throuRh a high- |M.wcr station in Mexico and numbers ol cloilu'.i ciosel and coal bin stations III this countr>. was followed uuickly li>- "the arrewt here of .Max Hans 1-ud- wi«.
Ravaal Wonder Wir«(ess.
He wup found to have enclosed in a box B complete nnd complicated wire¬ less set. acrurding to the police, for sendInK messages a distance of 100 miles and of receiving them from sla-
With the French Army in Cham- paKne. Mar. 10.—Battling againsi a freezing, blinding gale of snow a£: much as againsi the enemy. French forces in one-half an hour wiped out the Ori gains of the most pretentious German militaiy operation that has taken place on the western front dur- ! ing the entire winter campaign.
The fight will go down In history as "the battle of the blizzard." Complet¬ ing the victory today, all counter at¬ tacks were repulsed.
The French artillery preparation^ began early Wednesda.v under favor-' able weather conditions. Before night set in snow began to fall. By Thurs-; day morning the entire sector was snow-bound. .\ frightful blizzard be¬ gan   blowing   from   the  north—directly^l
French    troops
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Berlin, via. Sayville (wireless), March 10.—Charges that the Umted States as¬ sisted the Entente powers a considerable time before the rupture between the United States and Germany were made in a statement by the official German press agency today. The bureau quoted the Vienna newspaper Neue Freie Presse.
The statement was as follows: "The Vienna newspaper Neue Freie Presse pub¬ lishes two documents which prove that a considerable time before the rupture with Germany, the United States assisted the Entente. The first document dated Mexi¬ co. Oct. 26. 1916. is a letter of United States Representative Parker at Mexico to the Foreign'Minister of Mexico. In it Parker communicates a lette^ from Secre¬ tary Lansing, according to which the Brit¬ ish Ambassador at Washington has receiv¬ ed news about the action of German sub¬ marines in the Mexican Gulf and adds that the Entente would be compelled to take
energetic measures if the enemy received help in Mexican territory.
"Lansing points out the consequences which the slightest violation of neutrality might have for Mexico.
"The Mexican Foreign Minister's ans¬ wer, dated Nov. 4, says: *1 have the honor to express the deepest ameizement caused among the Mexican government by the fact that the British Ambassador at Wash¬ ington appealed to the United States gov¬ ernment in an affair which exclusively re¬ gards Mexico—all this since Great Britain maintains a minister accredited to the Mexican government, whose intervention ought to have been resorted to.'
"The foreign minister finally suggests how useful it would be if the British navy prevented the German submarine from leaving home ports and that this would protect the Mexican republic against un¬ pleasant incidents which might be caused by the present European conflict."
UP FOR ENACIMENT
Will Invade Harrisburg Tomor¬ row to Tell Legislators Their Views on True Laws
POR PEACE APPEALIONATl
RELIEF SHIP SUNK      NEW ARREST MADE
into the face of   the awaiting the attack.
Despite the freezins temperature, the howling wind and the blinding, biting snow, ths staff decided to continue the operation. r
Into  the pure  white  snow    covering I Deadman's   land  on  a     two     kilometre | front,  the French deluged their explo-I sive shells.    They kept it  up until the j snow   was   completely   churned   under and the dirt thrown up.    It transform¬ ed  the  strip  into an  ugly   black  gash, j siandiiig out ominously in the center of an endless vista of surrounding white snow  covered  plains. !
Wilh the approach of the hour of ai- j tack, the blizzard's furj- increased—un- j til the United Press staff correspond-? ent. stationed in a trench on the sum- : mit   of a  high  ridge,     wa.s    completelv ¦ ^        i  . .. i      ¦ « • r\x     i      i     l f\	
blinded in the swiriitig. racing, wind- Qiqantic Move of Paclfist So-; AmeHcan   Aboard   is   Saved, Student at Columbia University
The lemptesfs fury ren -
BLOCK INTERFERENCE
R.R. STRIKE
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Local   representatives  of  the   I'niled .Mine   Workers   of   .\merica  will   leave | tomorrow   for   Harrisburg   where   "^^^'iQgQrpt will  offer opposition   to a   new  mining code t^ompiled by Chief James K. Rod-1 erick and which will be given a public I
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hearing  before the legislative commit tee on mines and mining.    The hearing j lakes place on Tuesday.    It will likely develop   into   the   most   serious   clash | that   has  ever occurred   between   Rod-1 erkk on one side and the union miners on the other. .
Chief Roderick has compiled the new | mining code for the ostensible purpose! of increasing safety in the mine-s. The, union leaders, however, claim that the code is nothing more than a parliamen¬ tary move upon the part of politicians lo make the positions of mine inspec¬ tors' life jobs and not elective offices as they are today.
The three distrirt   presidents.   Demp- j !?ey   of   this  districl   and   Kennedy   and Matthews,     together    with      Ajtorne.!
Meeting of Brother¬ hoods Demands Enforce¬ ment of 8-Hour Law as Only Alternative to Halt of All Rail Business
WILL  MOVE TROOPS
•'leveland, C. .March 10. —Presidents ol" the four railway brotherhoods an¬ nounced tonight that with raiiriad con¬ ditions worse than when the .Vda.oison law was enacted, they intend to press at once for immediate establi.shment of "jthe 8-hour day, with a  national strike
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ON A REFERENDUM \    MANY ARE MISSING     HINDU PLOI PROBE
driven snow.
dered aviation practically impossible, '. depriving the artillery of the advantage : of aerial observation and control. \
.\nd yet. flve minutes before the at-; tack, flve huge observation planets; courageouslv took the air. Forced re- ¦ peatedly to turn backward by the tem-i pest's fury, disappearing continually I into clouds of snow and gas and shell ?
cieties  Will   Reach   Every District of the Country
After 36 Hours in Water. Life Boats Shelled
PLAN  DEMONSTRATION
SIGNS NOT RECOGNIZED
smoke across
which   the the   French
Washington.  .March  10.—.\  iremend-
gale lines.
sent these
racing louft peace propaganda, fanned to inten-
plan««
sity by President Wilson's decision to
doggedly   fought   their   way   forward.]
They kept it  up until that  minute ar-i arm     American     merchant     ships,     is
rived  when  both  Ihe artillery and   the I sweeping the country tonight, blizzard having increased in fur>- until |     >*1I peace .societies in the nation are it  seemed  they  were engaged  in  a  ti-: welded inio a solid unit, working as a tanic struggle between  themselves forigreat machine to stave off what lead mastery of the battietield. the infantry lera fear is the inavitable unless counter leaped out of the trenches insuccessive i steps are taken immediately, waves. }    Ten thousand    mass    meetings    and
THe   men   were   di.<.linctl>   sjihuetted   ^alf as many parades are under way to¬
night, leaders have declared.
Washington headquarters of peace societies have recently worked day and night, mapping out the campaign. The flr.<:t  detachment of an army  of  peace
against the snow on 'he sides of the trnches,—and then disappeared im¬ mediately into the black earth in the churned Deadman's land between the French trenches and the enemy. r ,        ,   ,_
Between   imrsllns   shell.s.   ricudg   of ,'*'-&''n'^«'"«''^»"*'l^""'«''V'*'V^/ .    T
fights  in   every   Congressional   district
London. March 10.—Thirty persons aboard the Xorwegian steamer Stor- Kladt. a Belgian relief ship, are missing tonight.
The Storstadt was sunk without warning by a German submarine. Thir¬ teen survivors have been landed. Two life boats are yet to he accounted for.
Al least one American, .lohn Roy Christian, of Washington, was among the survivors of the Storstadt. He said he was afloat 36 hours before picked up.
Capian Anderson, commander of the Storstadt. said  the Herman submarine
Roger Devers of this city, will lead the miners'   delegation.     They   will   be  ac¬ companied   by   numerous   union   mem- i bers   from   the   miners'   ranks      The.se men are prepared to wage their strong¬ est   battle against   the  measure. I     The   district    presidents    claim    that I the  passage  of such  a  code will  only I cause further trouble between operators and   miners.     They  further  claim   that the present compen.sation law presents enough   problems   and   tangles   in   one week   without   adding  to  them   by  en¬ forcing a  voluminous code.
(^hief   Roderick.     according   to     the union   men.   has   ihe   authority   to   es¬ tablish   safety   rule.s   if  any   more   are needed,    ll is nol necessary for him to a     Possibility    in ' so   before  the  legislature and  a.-^k   for _        , I the adoption of a lot of rules that have
Revelation of German Secret | been devised for no other than political
  I reasons.
{     Districl     President     Matthews    said I yesterday when asked about the com¬ ing fight at Harrisburg:    "Knforce the preseni   mining   laws   is   our  advice   to S.jthe depariment and you will have your If you want some real con-
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DOCUMENTS FOUND
New York, March ll.-rSunday^V Assistant     District       Attorney     Knox,' hands full
Deputy Police Commissioner Skull, Captain William Off ley of the depart¬ ment of justice, secret service opera¬ tives, and Captain Tunney of the New York police "bomb' '.squad, assembled today for questioning a  new possibility
structive work, join with us in our ef
gas and smoke and swirling snow they were occasionally visible aa they went forward. They advanced at a slow uniform pace, leserving their strength for the tinal hand to hand conflict when
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to   nana   oaiiie. i , ,    ,       .%. . .       ¦
.       .              1    .^   ,.      .      r peace   element   In   the   country   to   i hand grenade fight—but IT  .... ,, ...        •   ,_.
„..,„   °„r.„.  . ./.. .,: height and we will wage the mightie
lamed   and   the   final   conflict   with   the Hermans should come.
Hand to Hand Battle There was a within flve minutes after the left their trenches. German prisoners their hands pointing toward the sky, were scurr>ing down the slopes—rac¬ ing   for  the   French   line.-'.
(Comtimi«4 Oa Vac* ThrM.)
SEND TROOPS TO FRONT
lions as far awB»' as Nauen, the site of j the   Cerman   positions   should   be   at the huge Ccrmax wireless station.
Wax had code letters and other docu¬ ments In hw pocket which showed that lie had n'cetvcd large sums of money from Cermany tilirough the Deulsches llsnk In this ciiy and that this mall had come to hln^ addressed in care of the Uerman consul general In this city.
Wax r«>fused t"> discuss himself, even rrfu.'ing tt» Rive the names of his par¬ ents.    He declared,  however,  he often had rrcolvod sums of money  from  hia people" In Cermany.
Or. ChanJa «'riaktabcny. the young Hindoo ph)sicia:i. whose arrest re¬ vealed an alleged plot to start a revolt in India, was suiTendered to the police n second time lonljht. When the grand jury invrstigated the charges Hgainat hlnv Chakleberty and his alleged fellow conspirator. Dr. Krnesl Se Kunna, were released under )2.^,000 liail. One bondt,ig company surrend¬ ered th* Hindoo •.¦11 grounds of patriot- Ism, declaring a 'ew days ago they did not care to contljiue the bail after be¬ coming familiar with the charges against him. Tonight the I'nited States flu^rsnty Co. took the Hindoo lo police headqti-irters and anonunced they had been unable to reach an agreement with him i-egarding bond. He was held and Federal thorlties were notified.
Fiv* Arrstts in Stat*.
Philadelphia. March 10 -Five arrests were made here tonight, following rev¬ elations of a plan tn smuggle boxes of goods aboarc tho Kltel Frederlch and Kronprinr Wllh<?lm in exchange for valuable articles lo be taken from the lao Interned (Jerman shlp.<. The flve »r^ charged with violating American r-uatom* hoi:i:e Ib,ws.
Henry Rohner. president of a whole- >vtle grocer\ Arm and a leader among • ierman America ns here, was arrested late this afternor.n.
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Which sank  his  vessel  shelled  the  life in the country. I <jats.    The  Storstadt  was  laden  with
• The  peace  societies of the  country   ^^^^   ^^^   ^^^  enroute    from     Buenos are welded together In a single body,   i .    .^   .    .. ... ' .      ,
said   .Miss  Mary   Freeman  of the  local   -'^"¦''^ «" Rotterdam.    i.he bore plainly pence societv.    "The last 48 hours have] printed signs on her sides, showing she bef'n the busiest in the history o^ our societies.     President   Wilson's decision to  arm   merchantmen   has   roused   the
French \ .,
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ts est
world has ever seen."      I
l     The  plans    contemplated,    she  said.
wtfuld    include big    peace parades    in
Washington and other cities when Con- '
gress convenes in extra session.    Pass- j
i age of a referendum  law on the ques-1
i tion will be urged. I
was a Belgian  relief .vteamer.
The Storstadt will be remembered SS the vessel which in 1914 .sank the Fmpress of Ireland in the St. l^aw- rence river wilh great loss of life aboard that vessel.
IF WAR DEVELOPS'P"'TEEN MILLION IN ARMY — I     IF AMERICA NEEDS THEM
10.—After  confer- ii 	
E DAMAGED BY FIRE
forlF to provide a better compensation law for the injured, the widow.*, the or- ph.ins and the dependents in the re¬ gion."
The    miners   contend    trtet    If   <'hief
Roderick insists upon a rode of mining
,laws. then it should be compiled bv a
in   the   Hindu-German   plot   uncovered {j„i„i board of union  men and  officirfls
here. i .,f the State Department of Mines.
The  "possibility"     was     Heranda   T.. 1 —-
Duppa.  .1   Hindu  student  at   ^o'^tibia, R£;^L jpQUBLE DODGER
L niversity.     .N'o   formal     charge     was!
placed againsi him and he was nol ar-| IS  WESTERN   NATIVE
rested, but broucht to police headquar-I — .	
ters  for   thorough   sweating. I      .\ew  York.  .March  10.—Charles  Buck.
Duppa has been shadowed by secret j wealthy San Franci.scan with a knack service men ever since his name was of beins there when ih.ngs break that found included in a number of letters | would do credit to a war corresnondent, and documents unearthed in the apart-j arrived from Kurope on the Sixuola to- ment of Dr. Chandra Chaklaherty- thej day. He was in Oermany when war Hindu arrested with Dr. Se Kunna. a j broke, in Belgium when the invaders Cerman. for participating in a con- swept across the country; in Panama spiracy to foment a revolution in India, i and   was advised  to  leave  when  diplo-
.\ew York. Mar. ring with Major General Leonard Wood. (Seneral Sam Hughes, former Canadian minister of Mllltla. predicted tonight that if there ts war with Germany, .American troops would fight in Kurope. "The .\merican .soldier of today can  take care of half   a    dozen
Germans."   he   said.      "The     American i in  fact  she will  go a  long ways to get ••irmv Is small, but it is good."    He re- Uhem. "
fused to discuss the subject of his con- j*    There are 1,=. million citizen available ference with  Wood. Ifor service here, he said.
.New York, March 10. —Brig. Genei-al I Joseph £. Kuhn. U. S. A., President of ! the American War College and foimer I "ni'itary attache at Berlin, asserted to- i nlsht that the "German people are on the edge of starvation and Germany is liri'paring to entertain terms of peace;
A slighi fire cjiused damage last night to the summer residence of Christian Stegmaier al Karlsruhe, .¦vlen living in the vicihily discovered the roof of the house on fire and at I.nee  formed a  bucket brigade.    Word
While the authorities made it clear they preferred no charge against him the fact that the highest authorities in the plot have assembled to question the student is significant.
Duppa was visited by the police at his room at Worthington hall, one of the Columbia university dorminlories. ll was reported the police found a great many letters and documents in his room.
matic    relations    with    (Jermany    were broker,   and   missed   running Cuban  revolution   when   the ordered  not  to ston at  Santiago.
RUSH GUARD MOVEMENT FROM MEXICAN BORDER
SUBMARINES ARE KEY
Kl Paso. .Mar-n 10.— In order to ex¬ pedite the movement of .National Guard organizations from the border, the guardsmen will be transported to their home  stations   in   day   coaches,   it   w.'is
TO  WAR  TERMINATION I ^'^''"'^   tonlsht       ah   former   schedules IU   »¥«n   I t.nmiitiH I IUI1 Ifor movement  will  be disregarded and
jthe troops  will   be sent   home as soon
wireless.  March I as the railroads provide train?
Berlin,   via,   Sayville.   wireieas.   luarcn | I 10. -'The whole  war would  have  been |     Tbe   Sth   Ohio   .National   guard    In-
1,1 , .« .i.« c...,,mai»,h^'"'"'"*'*'*   ''*'   "°^   '^   ^^^   submarine; fa ntry left here today for Fort  Beiija-
was immediately sent to the Stegmaiet k^^, ^ad  been  begun  earlier," was the  min  Harrison.  Ind.;   the .Second  South
! quotation   attributed   today   by   the  of-k"arolina   Infantry   entrained   today   for
ficial   pre.«s   agency   to   Field   .Marshal   Styx.   S.   C.   and   Troops   B.   C   and   D,
..Conrad   von   Hoeizendoiff.   of   Austro-I Tennessee Cavalrv. who were scheduled
When  the local  party  arrived } Hungary.    The press bureau circulated | to leave Kl Pas<.. March Ifi. were order-
Vienna   newspapers   interview    with   ed  lo cjntrain  todav  and   will   leave  lo- The cau.Me IS unknown.    The damage   j^e  commander. ' nighi for Chatt.-uio'
was small ! '
family  here.    Seveiai  members of the
family,   together   with   Harry   Kinsella. j
vere rushed lo the scene in an auto
mobile
I lie fire bad  been extinguished.
loga.
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BRITISH JURY SPEEDY IN A VENCm PREMIER
Liondon. .March 10.—It took a British Jury this afternoon Just ihrity-lwo minutes to declare the truth of the most amaxing story of poison plotting since the days of the ancient Medici. They   accepted   practically   all   of   the !:direcled against Kngland's "man of the
"We regart^ the Premier's life as of thv greatest value in the piesent crisis." she said, .speaking for ihe suf¬ fragettes, "and we would, if necessary, •take the greatest risks to protect it.'' '    If the "poison  plot" had    not    been
MA-NWCBR'S   ASSIST.^N'T   W.\NTKD. I want two men to work witli me in I \\'i Ikes-Barre.    Absolute integrity first I requisite;   selling  experience  desirable. iMust    have    personal    force,    common i sense    and    sincerity.       Big     pay    and .«-plendid opportunity for quick  promo¬ tion   to   highly   paid   managerial   posi¬ tions.    Don't hesitate to answer if yAii f>i-e employed;  it will pay you to make (J.   change.     Write   Box   7.   Independent Office.
SEA JITNEYS ORDERED ON DEFENSE PROGRAM
a." the alternative.
In the .same breath they announced that assurance already has been given President WiLson that in the evenl of a national   strike,   co-incident   with   war,
the Brotherhood.' would co-operate with lhe government in every way, supply¬ ing crews to move troops, equipment and  supplies.
These announcements came unex¬ pectedly tonight following a secret c»n- ference of more than 400 chairmen of the brotherhoods here.
President Wilson now has complete assurance from the railroad brother¬ hoods that in event of war with Cer¬ many. co-incident with a national rail- toad strike, the union workers wil! co¬ operate to the fulle.<:t extent with the government, furnishing crew.s to move ali troops, equipment and supplies. The letter of assurance declared the railway workers are patriots. It was mailed to lhe  Presidenl  two davs ago.
The formal statement, declaring thar conditions of railway laborers are much worse than when the .^damson law was filed, did not mention the letter to President  Wilson.
Men Are Loyal. W. (i.  l>ee.  president  of the  fiailway Trainmen,  told  r)f the letter, declaring proudly   that   "the   men  are   loyal."
The   "expected   announcement"   was al.'^o made by Lee that the Brotherhoods have   hit   upon  a   plan   by  which   they declare   the   eight-hour  da.v   must   be¬ come   effective   regardless   of   whether 1 tlie supreme court declares the.Adam- ! son   law   unconstitutional.     This   new I plan was not explained. I      Presenting  a   solid   front,   the   Broth¬ erhood's are going to press immediatel.v for  the   eight-hour  day.   regardless  of the acl;on of the supreme court on fhe Adamson   law.   or  of  probable   war. .
These facts became definitely known tonight followinjr the adjournment of a meeting of 400 general chairmen of the  Brotherhoods here.
The positive announcement cleared up a series of indefinite statements and rumors that have been flying thick into the j diji-iiig jj^p past two days, indicating boat was I (hat a railroad strike was certain, re- sardles^s of war. and that the govern¬ ment need not feel apprehension over the   railroad   situation.
Demands Clear. The iinaniioiiiiced nie-Mnp of 4'>'* cl.aiimen Ibis afternoon represented nearly all of the ea.slern railroads and several lines west, (t was understood to be an executive committee meeting called to reassure the four brotherhood executives that in the coming meetings in .New York and Washington tliey speiik for an undivided body of rail¬ road employes.
The conference of brotherhood repre- .-er.taiives and railway heads in .New York Thursday will be a flnal show¬ down on the question of the eight hour day. If the eight hour day does not result from that conference there will be a national railroad stri'Ke. it ^as positively asserted   tonight.
The   Brotherhood   heads   will   confer with   Samuel  Gompers  in  Washington .Monday.    They  will  meet  with  delega¬ tions of railway systems, not represent¬ ed here, in Washington Tuesday.   Wed¬ nesday,   in   .New   Vork.  they   will   meet still others and  on  Thursday  they  will meet   the   railway   managers. Statement  Issued. The following statement is signed hy i W.  .¦<.  Stone. Grand Chief  Kngineer of jibe   Brotherhood   of   Kngineers:    L.   R. Shepherd,  acting   President   of  the  Or-.
Washington. .March 10.--The first roal f promulgate -and   presumablv   within a ! der of Railway Conductors;  W. S. Car
step.s in fhe preparedness program ofj"^*''^ ^''" iinnounce plans for the the Federal Shipping Board werr taken I P;;«;\T'' '""•"l'-"^-'*"" "f the 'jitney locav.       Immediate     constniction     of
WARSHIP WORK STOPS
FOR SHIPYARD STRIKE
Oakland. Cal. March 10.—Nearly 3.000 unakilled laborers, rt-preaenting 116 per c«nl of th«j rosters of the Moure and Scott Shlpysrds and the Oakland plant uf the Union works, are un strike tonisbt. Central Labor Council offl- elals predlci that ev*r>- employe of the Oakland I'nion l»-on Works will be on .strike Monday. The strike has tied up work on tl2.1»00.(>00 worth nf warsliips now under construction besides many other vessels.
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Crowns evidence against three of the quartet accused of planning the mur¬ der of Premier Lloyd George and Min¬ ister Arthur Henderson.
•Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, adjudged the moving spirit In the plot, was sen¬ tenced to ten years penal servitude; her daughter, Mm. Winifred Mason, received five years, while her hiisUand, Alfrt-d Mason, chemist and mixer of the puisuiis, was given seven years. .Miss Hetty Wheelduii, a se<-und duuifh- ter, was fuuiid nut guilt).
Mrs. Sylvia i'urkhursi. suffragette leader, was permitted to testify just before the case went to the jury in Old Bailey, to refute the statement at¬ tributed to Mrs. Wheeldon hy Inspec¬ tor Booth —that the Woman "s Social Political Lnion was involved in the plot.
ll   ill        itH^MBlBMiTIBfl^^WMMWBriTMiliaTlifinm"'
hour" and one of his war cabinet, it^ ibizarre features .and its astounding, 'fiction-like characteristics would still ^ave served to make it famous. * The graphic story unfolded by the Serown through its Scotland yard de¬ tectives would have done credit to a Conan Doyle. Posing as "conscietinous observers" with a grudge again.st the government, one ur more S<-utlaiid yard agents succeeded iii guiuing the inti- axxutv foiitldence uf Mrs. Wheelduii. One ot the these, through  whose t#.>»timuu>
SALESLADIES   WANTED.
.MILLIiNKRS—Rxperlenced sales¬
ladies and milliners wanted. Inquire all week at 43 South Main street. Fash¬ ion Millinery.
,   t     'I'lie '^'Ofk  of the .shipping  board  to- motor driven  vessel.s j day   consisted     chieflv
MEN WANTED. WAXTKD—Men over forty to repre- -tent us in their vicinity. A good pay- lug life business. Write today. CHARL¬ TON Nl'KSKP.Y CO.MPANV. Koches- ter.  N.  Y.
WILL GIVE AGENT AUTO
j     AtiKNTS    To   travel   by   uuluiiinbile lhe verdict was obtained, will go down , ;o inlruduce our I'iO fast .selling popu¬ lar priced    household    necessities.   The
into history as venomous. He called himself Gordon, but he was never pro¬ duced at the trial, despite every effort of the defense's counsel to force the jPrown to produce. The defendant's at¬ torney was a dark skinne<l Hundu, R. S.  Riza.
l.^lOO sea jitneys. ...uu»^. u....-ii v.-i,=tr.., | aay consisted chiefly of learning of from 3.000 to 4.000 tons, was decided ; maximum construction capacity .of and a dozen owners of wood building 1 every wooden ship-building in the ship yards on the Atlantic and Pacific j nation. Coincidentally with these in- coasts are ready to receive the orders.] vestigations other officals are mingling
greatest line on earth. Make $10 a day. <'omplele outfit and automobile furnish¬ ed free lo workers. Write today for exclusive    territory.      K     .M.    Feltman.
.Sales Manager. 73 American Bldg., Cin- [seen  next  week  and  their i cinnati, O.
tt was stated tonight all ship builders j who attended today s conference agreed i to start at once on construction of the "sea jitneys." If any ship (guilders still 1 tu be seen by the shipping board re- | fuse to agree the boaid will gu before ; the I'oiiiiiig <.'ongle^iaidnal s<-H8ion and! demand a law wlitcli will eiiablr ibe! buurd to cuiumandevi yai-d.-^, ttieu and materials   necessar.v.
F. A. Kiistice. pruminent -New Kng¬ land ship builder, today was appointed by the board lo organize the wood Ship-building industry of the country into virtually a single, governmental unit.     The   Pacific   cf«ist   men   will   be
ideas    and
with lumber producers and lumber mill men who will be talked into stan¬ dardizing tnaterlal.
ter.    Presidenl    of   the   Brotherhood   nf Locomotive,   Ffremen.  snd   Lee.
"The meering was held at Cleveland by representatives of the four train and engine organizations In response to a call issued by the chief executives. f<u' the purpose of conferring as to th« situation regarding a, settlement of the (Coatlnned On Vaff* Elrht.)
HE ATE WELSH RABBIT
OR WAS BULLET PROOF
MINISTER DOUBTS GOD
AND HANGS HIMSELF
I opinions   voiced.     Kustice    th^n     will [
.New York. March I o.—Stewart Stringer, of Cardiff. Wales, a cook on the British freighter Pearl .M.K>re. little 'excitement." six ships when ' tprpertoed and narrfiwly es- j thMwir
ashore  today  for a
said   he   had   heen   on
they   were  torpedoed  and  narrf.wly
raped death*twir»- on slops iIihi  "'nuk j ."iO > ears and is survived by "even rhil-
minea dr?n.
lluuiiiioiiil. Ul.. .Mar. 10. -"I have Eiavr Uuubl.i about the provid<riice ot liod." rwote Hev \V. H. Carroll. 74. who IS dead to<1av. lhe result of hang¬ ing himself. "I have closely followed New York newspaper accounts of the war." continued the note, "and come to the conclusion that (iad has whAlly abandoned the world."
Rev.   Carroll   hns   been   preachinj   for
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