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Washington. Oct. 18.—Eiist- ern PennsylvEoiia: Fair Sunday; Monday lArtly cloudy.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1919
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
TO MAKE STRIKE A CRIM
SKY PILOT
IS WIHER OF FINALS
flUPitl mi iLKVlCE
ASSOUE THE SUCCESS
Last Theatre Collection is Big¬ gest of All and District Re¬
plying Parson Maynard is First     ports Are Good to Double Across Nation in I Army Plane j        ONE WEEK
MORE
On account of the laige territory to be covered and the difficulty of reach- , inp many outlying sections of the dis-
STRUCK HANDICAPS
N'tw     Vork-.     Ort.     18 —Ufiitenant I ^'¦''^' ^"t^'" t^e oiiginal limit, the Jew- j Rwii^ir.    «'     \t 1 ,.•,-   I '•''*' Relief Campaign has been cxtondftl •
Belvln    U.    MaymmJ    compU-tod    his U^r one week beyond the Intended dal" | ocean-to-ocean  flight at   .Mineola this  of endinp. The drive will th«>reforo last afternoon, a double winner in the first!""'*' tiaxt Saturday night, October 20. trans-rontinent;;!  air  rac«' i -l'*'f"'«'r"K   of   the   executive   committf-e
T»,„  ...,1        11  ... ..^     ^ stale that the time extension was ne.o-
The sky pilot won the fir.t lap a ; „.,,„y ,.,^^^,3^ „f ^he fact thai a ^reat week ago today when he led a lar^-e imany p^-rsons who have not made con- fleld Into San Francisco. He left that | tributions desire to help Increa.so the j city Tuesdav afurnoon and aiTived I '^""'' *'"*^ ''"^'^ ""* ^'^^ ^^^^ reached by here hundred.'^ of niil'-s ahead of his I ^""'naipn representatives. The corn- nearest competitor i mittoe   has   issued   an   appeal   to   the
Maynard left lUxisevell fleld. Mineola ! '¦'''^'<lt"ts of the various counties In the at 9:2-1 a. m.. Ortoh.-r S .irrivin- at the 1'''""''''^ to send In their contributions Presidio, Han I-r.H.,eiseo at 1 13 p m i without waiting for solicitors to call. Oct. 11. Hi.s tot.iI elapsed time wasi The people of Wilkes-Barre continue 78 hours, 49 minutes. Tho rules gov- i J^ ^°^^\t ^?, t^*/""^ generously. The eming the race required him to remain
there 48 hodr.i, exclusive of Sunday. He started hack at 1:19 p. m.. Oct. 14. reaching Mineola at 1:50 p. ro., today. His totiil elapseil time for the second leg   wa.s   93   hours,   31   minutes.     The
last collection to be made among theatre audiences during the cam¬ paign was closed last night with a total of $533.79. Although the campaigr, Is to be continued for one week there will be no more soliciting among    th"?
official actiial fl> inp: time for his first ' f»t™"s of amusement houses, lap  was   24  hours.   Tii;  minute.s.   5r>   1-2!      Collections    at    tiieatres    yesterday seconds.    Xo record of his time for tiie j     Savoy.   $236.93:     Poli,     $74.14;     Or- «ecojid   lei;,   ofTicial   or   unofficial,   w-is i Pheum,   $69.44;    Strand,     $49.03^     Ma- available   tonlBht,   owing   to   the   fact I Jc«tlc, $48.88; Alhambra. f81.89;    Bijou j Maynard wat; uur-erUi;n as to his time I $28.4».
of arrival .md departure at several of the  20  <f>ntrol   stationK.
Countini; apain-^t Miynard'.s flying time will \k' the IS hours he lost when th" cr.aiiKsh.ift 01' his Liberty motor broke near Wahoy, Neb. %Vith the aid of army merhanks riishof' from Oma¬ ha, one of the twin engines of the Mar¬ tin bomber, abiindoned near that p'.ace. was transferred to the "flyiiier par- son'.s" De Havilind 4 nnd h.o continued his fli!?ht. .Thi' second part of the Martin bomber's engine was comman¬ deered by I.ieuf. I'earson, who was Maynard's closest <'ompet!tor until he was forced down near .Vorth Platte, Neb., on his e.istward flight yesterday.
Following Maynard eastward today •were Captain .1. O. Donaldson, Lieut. K. M. Manzolman, Cnpt;iin it. C. Dray¬ ton and Lietit. M. W. :-aeiidm. Don¬ aldson was last reported eni-oute from Chicago to Bryan. O Manzelman waa last heard from at i^-Ct Lake City. How Race Stands.
Attorney Abram Salsburg. chairman I of the campaign for the six counties,) delivered the four-minute talk at the Savoy last night. Mr. Salsburg's brilliant plea In behalf of the starving (vf Kastern Europe brought the larg¬ est collectioii yesterday and also the largest contribution in any one evening during the whole week devoted toi amusement houses.
Attorney Evan C. Jones spoke at thel afternoon  performance  at  the  Savoy. I Speakers at  other theatres  yesterday! were:    Michael Davitt, at the Strand; ' Attorney   Benjamin   R.   Jones,   at   the Orpheum;  Daniel Hsrt, at the Majes¬ tic; Attorney Thomaa P. Farrell, at the Alhambra;   Dr.    C.    L.  Jones, at the Bijou.
Edwardsville^ under the chairman¬ ship of Barney Korn, continues to add liberally to the fund for the relief of the destitute In Europe. Mr. Korn .has been assisted in collection taking by the Misses Lottie Rosenheim and Ber-
Botween four and five million children In Eastern Europe aro actually starving. Thla picture, vouched for by the American Relief Administra¬ tion, .shows a mere babe In the last stages. The child died shortly after the picture was tukfn. One million <if the children in tho afCected are.a.s are Jewish young-sters.   The relief fund Ig now being coUccLeJ.   Give your share.
, tha Robinson.    The prospects In Ed- Those lljuiK \v"--uv,i;.i on their sec- I wardsvlile and    Kingston,    states Mr.
Korn, are promising; and there Is every indication that these places will donate their full share.
Among the contributors to be awarded full 100 per cent honor are the employees of the Lehigh Valley station   office   and   the   employees   of
imrl lap were "'aptain i^ H. .Smith, re- !><irti'd eiiruiite from 'i)es Moines to <^.>mah;i: Lieut. K. C KIvM and l.iieut. M !•]. Queens, close on .¦^^milh s heels, am' J..ieut. R. "Worlhinpton.
Sixty-three   started   the   race.     One has  complet'M  )i();h  irii.s,  17  ha\ e fin-
Nhed one lap. 2S have heen eliminated jthe Central railroad freight station of rtiK'  nine  have lic-u killed. | fice.
Sergeant A\". IC. Klint". his mechanic, j The campaign has had the voluntary anf' Tri.sic. a PelKiaii tiolice dog, made services of a large number of local tht  ciitir-- triji with M.Anard. women   during   the   past   week.     The
Maynard's last lap started at 6:58 a. '"any collections taken in this period m. today. \Vli>-ii hf arrived at Roch-' •'™o"K' theatre audiences were suc- ester, he found an otlicial messase! cessful through the assistance of the wailins, ordering him to remain there ! fo"'>wlng persons:
until further orders, because of a I Edith Kaufman, Emma Tiachler, deiv-i- f'l; al !:iii.hmiii>n. lielore the i Thelma Cohen, Gladys Sperling, Ruth haif hour period required for waiting I Simkowitz, Mrs. Sam Simkowitz, Mrs. •ot all control st:!tions had <;l:ipsed an- | Emmanuel Rubin, Mrs. Harry Haltzel, other tnes.saso announced the fog had 1-"^Ifs. David Oppenheim, Lillian David- lifted nn.l he came on. Several hun-j son, Dora Popky, Mrs. Joseph Tisch- dred per.-^ons I.ad motored lo Roosevelt' l'?'". <^>cil Tischler, Sara Tischler, Ethel fleld to await h.is arrival. His wife and ' Tischler, Mrs. M;-x Tischler. Mrs. Al- Ihelr two daughters, Kvtlyn, 5, and bert Kaufman, Mrs. Eugene Jacobs, Roselyn, 4, were on the field several' Ida Engle. Blanche Jacobs, Bertha hours before he was scheduled toi Michlosky, Mrs. Sam Mendelsohn, reach there 1 Tillie  Landau,   Jeannette Rifkin,   Lil-
Tho I>e Havi1an<l four was sighted Han Epstine, Mrs. Wolfe Harris, Anna at 1:45 p. m. l>earing towanl the field i Hyman.
from the northwe.st. ll maintained aj Mrs. Julius Dinner. Mrs. Ike Engle good he!;;ht unul il wa.<5 directly over I PfaM Engle. Ida Berkowitz, Esther the field, then (toasted down in a j Roliinson. Gertrude Robbins, Rose graceful asjiir-a). • Jaffe,  Jeannette   Mann,     Fay    Smith,
The fliRl person to preet the "sky'Esther Pripstlne. Mrs. Joseph Mich- pilot" was hi.-= wile. Th((y embraced l'>sky, Mrs. Herman Blum, Mrs. M, and he kissed her several times. . Dinkelspiel.   Mrs.   Isador   Rifkin,   Mrs.
"I knew you would do it," she said.' J^'^'cph  Hlr.showitz.   Mrs.  Abe  Mangle,
Then Maynard took the two little Mrs. David Rosenthal, Mrs. Lew Welch, girls in his arms and kissed them.; New York; Lillian Levy, Mrs, Jacob Each presented him with n big red ap- Kngle, Mrs. H, L. Adler. New York; pie which they had brought to the field \ Miriam Popky, Elizabeth Popky. The- n anvicipation that their "daddy" resa Bergsman, Mrs. Charles Popky. might be hungry. He was. but the i Ida Meyers, Lena Datner. apples had to suffice him until he had] Esther Ginsberg, Mrs. Bernstein, passed through an ordeal of Interview- Sadie Berk, Estelle, Leibson, Edith Ing by newspapermen and American Cohen, Mrs, L. Tintner, Ruth Berko- Flylng club officials which lasted more | witz, Mrs. Max Weinberg, Mrs. Paul Ihan two hours. Fnuikel, Mrs. Ralph Heller, Mrs. David
The enthusiastic re«-eption given the 'Heller, Ida Sperling, Mrs. I. Groh, Anna 'amous fiver when he stepped from hia   L«vene.
CALLS MS CURS
E
LOCAL EFFECT FELT FRd STEEL SHE
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Trotzky Says They Will Not!Session Called by Workers is Succeed, But Reports Indi- j Declared Under Influence of cate They Will !    Outside Disturbers
^ndon. Oct. 18.—"The Allied curs| Kmployes of the Hazard Manufactur- will never take Petrograd.** said L«on \ ing- Company who met yesterday to Trotzy. Bolshevik war nii:iister, in a' form denvuids for increased watjes statement on the Russian military j ^v^re declared last night bv General situation, received here by wireless to- | Manager M. H. Sigafoos to have be^n dav.     "The   blood   drunken   Yudenitch '
is ad%-ancing on Petrograd," Trotzky's statement continued-
"Our .nrmy iH defending the city against the approachintr blow but it will never surrender. Troops are be¬ ing sent to Petrograd's assistance. We must break the successes of the Y'u- donitch  bnnds at once."
London. Oct. 17.—Bolshevik forces continue to suffer reverf-eg before at¬ tacks which nre focupsed against the Soviets two nK>Kt important strong¬ holds—Petrograd .and Moscow.
One of the most severe Bolshevik defeats waa reported today in a com- municjue issued by the British war of¬ fice outlining- trains by the troops under General Denikin, who is driving north¬ ward in the direction of Moscow. By a   forceful   counter  offensive.   Denikin
influenced by I. W W agitators for the purpose of extending the sieel workers' troubl" to this city. Trouble is said to he brewing between the men and tbo ofiicials! witli tlie prospects o' a strike looming  in  the background.
The meeting of the men was held according to arrangements which did not take tbe o^'licials of the company into confidence, it was claimed. The workmen went into the ses.sion without previously presenting their demands to tho company." It was in discussing thia fact that General Manager Sigafoos declared that his men are contented and satisfied with working conditions, but that T. W. W. disturbers have been busy here.
The Hazard employees met in the afternoon  in  Con<M)rdiu Hall  following;
Lessen the Burden; Send Money Direct
The executive committee of tlie Jewish Relief Campaign for this district will be especially grateful if those who hnve not yet made a contribution and wish to make one, will forward it without waiting for a solicitor to call.
This request is made necessary on account of the large and wide¬ ly dlalilbuted territory of the dis¬ trict, and the consequent difficulty of making a thorough canvass rap- Idly enough.
The executive committee is thankfully aware of the sympa¬ thetic attitude of local residents towards the Jewish Relief Cam¬ paign and the object which it aims to accomplish. The results ob¬ tained so far through solicitors and other mediums indicate a will¬ ing and generous response every¬ where to the pathetic appeal for as¬ sistance that comes from the stricken peoples of Eastern and Central  Europe.
Officials of the campaign, how¬ ever, are informed that a great number of persons are anxious to contribute who have not yet been visited by the committee's repre¬ sentatives. The residents of this community are therefore respect¬ fully requested to mall their con¬ tributions without waiting for a personal interviewer. If they will do this, they will have made ad¬ ditionally a donation of a service which will help infinitely to facili¬ tate the work of the executive com¬ mittee, and thus to aid the latter in fulfilling its responsibility to the anxious multitudes of Europe.
Make checks payable to S. J. STRAl'SS, TREASURER.
The executive committee wishes to announce, also, that acknowl¬ edgment of contributions will con¬ tinue to be made, as quickly as pos¬ sible, through publication in tiie newspapers and officially by mail. |
COAL STRIKE CALL
DRASTIC PROPOSALS IN PUBLIC INTEREST SEEM SURE TO WIN
First Resolution Is Aimed Against Railroad Unions and Commerce Commission Joins Campaign To Give Strength To Legislation. Agitation Under a Strict Ban.
BILL EXPECTED TO PASS.
Operators Charge Breach of Contract and Men Lay the Blame to Profiteers
Washington, Oct. 18.—Containing one of the most dras- ; lie anti-strike provisions ever approved by a Senate commit¬ tee, the Cummins' railroad bill tonight was ready to be report¬ ed to the Senate.
TKe Interstate Commerce Commission went even further than the original bill and added an amendment which wdll make it a crime to "aid, abet, counsel, command, or induce" railroad employees to strike.
Only three members of the committee are known to op¬ pose this provision,—La Follette (Republican), Wisconsin; Wolcott (Democrat), Delaware; and Stanley (Democrat), Kentucky.
Members of the committee believe the Senate will accept this weapon in the interest of the public.
Another amendment provides that loans to railroads by the government shall be extended for ten years at the rate of 6 per cent.
Co-ordination of inland waterways with railroad, trans¬ portation would be carried out under the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to another amendment adopted.
An elaborate provision was adopted for divisions of earn¬ ings in excess of 6 per cent.
The committee will meet next week to cast a final vote after the bill has been printed. It was adopted section by sec¬ tion by the committee.
Although several members of the committee expressed the belief today that the Senate would pass the bill before ad¬ journment, there has been no authoritative word from leaders on this and it is doubtful if Congress can be held in session after the peace treaty has been disposed of.
PEACE NOT APPARENT
plane embarrassed him and he was a bit diffident for several minutes. Pleasure  and   Hardship.
Maynard waa first asked what pleas¬ ures and hardships he had experienced on his ivip.
"Well, we got quite a bii of pleasure out of it. cotisid^rin.e; the number of state* we tra^•l-rsed." he said. "We didn't l»ave any actual hardships, I guess. At Chicago they gave us straw mattresses and pillows and we didn't sleep very good. ,
"The morning after leaving Chicago we Btruck the worst weather of tho whole trip. We battled a hond wind all the wa.v to Omaha. We made Chey¬ enne just about sundown. We drained the water from tiie radiator that night as It was very cold. The next morning we filled  It up again, but did not no-
A substantial addition to the fund was also made last night by patrons of the cabaret at the Hotel Sterling. The collection at the latter place amounted to $4.^.30.
GENEROUS DONATIONS
FOR JEWISH RELIEF
The following is a partial list of ad¬ ditional donations made to the Jewish Relief Fundff
$500—The Wilkes-BajTo Company.
J3r.O—Guy Moore.
$300—Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Lievj-.
$100—Sheldon Axle Works.
»50—Morris Greenstein, Abe Morris, Louis Liisses.
$2.^;—George "Wall, Reynolds &• Rey¬ nolds. Jlrs. S. M. Walklnshaw, ^'ulcan
tice the overflow pipe was frozen. When j ^""^   Works  employees,   Harry  Reese we starred tho   mtichine the   radiator   ^- '^- Schultz
exploded. We made repairs and went on our way.
"At Salduro they gave us a very good reception. We left the next morning at sunup. At Cheyenne they also treat¬ ed us flne. In fact, all along tbe route there was much enthusiasm."
Maynsrd said that crossing the rockiea "was not so bad if you fly 508 or 1.000 feet above the highest peak."
"We crossed the   Sierras   at   about
13,000 fo."  he said.    "This  was  the
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$2L\50—Sheldon Axle Works em¬ ployees.
$10—Mrs. Louis Usses, .M. Mayock, Utz Broa, M. Gaertner. Meyer Straus, Lucy Sturdevant. Nathan Verona, Henry Greenwaid, Herman Dattner, E. A. Wakeman.
$8—Free Methodist Church.
$6—W. M. Major. Nathan Ross. St.. G. P. Griffith, Mra Daniel Fell. Isador« Coons, Dr. Klchnej-,. John Repa. J. Armstrong, Dr. J. B. Tobias, John S. Lopato, Mrs. LenkowsKy, 6eor{r« Cle- iweU.
Miiahiieu u uimr wiin-ii liu- j-.t.i.?iic. »jx. . a call is.«uea t>y tiK- general grievance had launched against Tsaritsan in. committee and plgned by Thomas .1. South Kus.sia on the Volsa river. I Crawfcrd. presideni of the federal local
The Cospacktf who are co-operating i union of which the men are member;;, with Denikin, crossed the Don on a} N'o officials of the company wero pres- broad front, clearing the ground be-j ent. Official.s of Ihe Central Labor tween Novo Gris^'irevskaya and l.'st- Union were al.so without represtjnta- Mcdviedstaya and capturing 1.200 pris-  tion, it was said.
oners. Further west they occupied the Following the meeting the leaders of line from K.-ilioegar to Tchongaya, the movement issued no statement but when they took 2 5u0 cai>tive8. Kiilach | the purpose of It had been anno-inced and Provsk. In the Don region, also ias being the considerini: of demands were  lost  by   the  red  forces. jfor increased  wages.      At  present the
The loss of Kronstadt, Bolshevik i Hazard Is woikinjr three ,shiftii each naval base defending Petrograd, hasj day in some (leparlments. Other de- been announced <>fficially by the Fin-, partments are workinx the usual eight- nish   general   staff,   according   to   dls-  hour shift.
patches from Helsingfors. A Finnish | fienoral Manacer Sigafoos claimed news agency announced that the white: last night thta there had been no effort flag had been hoisted over Kronstadijby the meu In have a conference with at 4:4S FYid.ay afternoon. It also wa.s J him or any other official of the com- reported today that the Finnish par-1 pany. He said he was tlrst informed liament had rejected the Bolsheviki' of the session when a printed adver- peace offer. j tisement calling the meeting was given
Lettish troops continue to attack the (to him. He claimed that I. W. W. agi- German-Russian army under Colonel | tators have circulated among the Bermondy. I'risoners taken by the > workmen and led them to believe that l/ctts. wlien they captured the fortress! they should be paid a higher-scale of of Dunneniont at the mouth of thei wages than they now receive. He said Dwina river, assorted ihat German [that it has been these outside influ- troops   are   continually   arriving   from
Washington. Ocf. 18.—Statements charging profiteering by the operators i and contract-breaking by the miners, i witb the comment from Labor Depart- i ment officials that the situation ap-1 peared "more hopeful ' were develop-1 ments In the threatened coal strike! today.
Both operators and miners were awaiting the conference with Secretarj-! of Labor Wilson next Tuesday when! the Secreiary hopes to re-open negoti- i ations and prevent a walkout of miners; on  November 1. j
Neither side would admit seeing anyi basis for a continuance of the negotia- j tions that fulled a week ago and led to i the strike order by .John L. Lewis, act ing president of the United Workers.
Operators stood pat on their state¬ ments that they would resume nego¬ tiations only ir the miners would con¬ sent to cany out existing contracts, rescind their strike order and agree to continue the present working week of 48 hours.
Miners declared they would not con¬ sent to these demands. They held out for a 60 per cent, increase lu wag^s and 30-hour week.
Administration officials based their hopes for a resumption of negotiations on the possibility that the operators and miners, brought directly before the public in their fight when Secre¬ tary of Labor Wilson on his own re-
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10 HARDBI EFFORT i  ONI OCTOBER 28,
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.'Local Fighter Arouses Cheers Ten Day Rule Assures An Ad-
of Fans When  He Close Draw
Earns
WEIGHT HANDICAP
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ditional Week of Freedom For Retailers
PALMER'S DENIAL
rhiladelphia. Oct. li:. -Alike O'Dowd. I     Washington.   Oct.   18.—The   prohihl-
Mine'"i'^f"<'weight champion, outfought and j tion  enforcement bill   passed   bv  Con-
ioutclassed Sieve l.-;it-.5<) of Ilaiiletou, I'a, , gress  will   become   a  law   October   28,
in a six-round bout'oefore the National j unless   the   i'resident   signs   or   vetoesi
Athletic   Club   tonight.     Liitzo   used
o  used  a
left Jab to advantas" iu the first and second ruund.s and foiiijht gameiy, but was unable lo withstand the oneluuKht of body punrhe«; administered by the champion. -Mike'.s vicious left liook in the fourth carried Lntzo off hi:; feet and the Hazleton boy iore dovvo the rofK-.^ from the impact of his fail.
It before that date, according to an informal opinion obtained at the De¬ partment of .justice tonight.
Officials al the office of Attorney General Palmer said there was no basis for reports that arrests under the law would  be made  Monday.
L'nder the constitution a bill be¬ comes a l.iw within ten days after de¬
livery to the President  unless he acts By  Staff Correspondent. ^ on It before that period expires.
i      Philadeii'iiia.     Pa..    Oct.     18.—Mike 1     The prohildtion enforceirent bill waa : O'Dowd, of St. Paul, thf* middleweight ! Dre.sented at the White House October j champion, tcnifrht eprned a draw with, ic  and  the fn-day  period  began,  ac- ¦ Steve Lat70.   the w-elterweifrht of Ha-   carding   to   precedent,    the    next day, I zleton.   Latno put up a grc;U flight and j October 77.   Sundays are excluded and O'Dowd evened matters because of his jit  will   be  October  28  before   the  ten greater weisht and rugscdnes.s.    MiI;o | day.s are up. looked \ery big    compared to    Steve. There was ahout  15 or 20 pounds dif¬ ference in the men's v/eight.
At the tap of the" bell Latzo sailed into O'Dowd. who was t.iken  by  sur-
sponsibility asked for a meeting of the full wage committees of both employ¬ ers and employees, could get together on the basis of more money and a compromise on the question of hours. Operators' Statement. Lewis, discussing reports that na- tionallzation of mines might become i p;;;^"^;^-^^--;,^;,;;,-;"^^^-;^;^;^^-,^-^^ 'j^,;^ an    issue,  said:     'Nationalization    of
Germany to join  Bermondy's forces. Allied w.arshlps. according to Finnish
ences that have caused the breach between company and workmen. It was his belief that the disturbers have
advices,  supported  the Letts  in their  planned to foment trouble for the pur-
attack on Donnumondt.
The capture of Krasnoe Selo and Kotchina. respectively 18 and 30 miles south of Petrograd, w-ero by the Rus¬ sian northwestern army under General Yudenltch. At Kotchina representa¬ tives of the Petrograd workers met Yudenltch and appealed to him not to shell Peti-ograd. promising him tlieir aid against the Bolshevik if he com¬ plied with their request.
WANTED TO DIE Because he threw himself on the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in North Wllkes-Barre,- In an eftort to die under the wheels of a train, Frank Slutzi, aged forty, of Brookside, was sent yesterday by Police Magistrate Frank Brown to Retreat for four months' confinement. He claimed that he was disconsolate because he bad no tti^uCtiifi
pose of fortifying the cause of the steel workers on strike in various towns in the State. The Hazard plant handles some o| the product cf the Bethlehem steel works where the strike hss been in effect for the past two weeks.
When the answer of General Man¬ ager Sigafoos was given, a local lead¬ er responded by saying that the Has- ard men are right in demanding more money. The labor men claimed that while some of the workman are paid good wages, there are others who have a difficult tline In raising their fam- iliea on the money they receive.
According to the present working agreement between the Hazard com¬ pany and the men, the union workmen have the right to go before the officials and demand an increase, but that It shall not beccj^i^ effective until three masliis afta: 'Jb^ i?iLs if tlie demaiid.
mines, though approved by our recent convention, is a side issue. It is a legislative matter. It will not be brought Into the present situation."
Chairman Brewster of the operators' scale committee, issued the flrst state¬ ment of the day. He -epliod to •\ previous charge of the miners that the operators were profiteering. He de¬ nied it and declared the miners were \ 'W'it'» the chamiiion. trj'ing to cloud the issue and divert public attention, "adopting tactics often pursued by those unable to sup¬ port their contention by marit of facts."
The real issue, Brewster said," is the miner.s' repudiation of an existing con¬ tract;    tiieir   order   to   ciose   down   on
Whether the President will sign or veto the bill or allow it to become .a law without his siarnature ha.s not been indicated at the White House.
The bill is now in the hands of Attor¬ ney General Palmer, who ia passing upon the cfinstitutioiial phases of it.
rights to O'Dowd's face.    It was Lat¬ zo's  round.    In  the  second,  third  and
fourth rounds O'Dowd showed to ad- THOMAS  DRISCOLL  KILLED.
vantage becaues Me got to Latzo with j Thomas Dri.scoll, 25 years old. of 24 hard bodv punches and he tore ri','ht ' '^oa' street, Plymouth, was found dead in, forcing Latzo to the ropes. Once ' ^'^iday morning in the engine room of the middle rope of the ring gave way ! ^^^ Truesdale colliery, near Nanticoke. and Latzo nearlv fell ont of t.he ring, I'* '« believed that Mr. Driscoll was but Latzo was always there mixing if f electrocuted when a high voltage our-
rent   came   in   contact  with   his   body
CHILD BURNS TO DEATH AT HOME IN WESTMOOR
At    In-fighting      the    middleweight. P^°"®
champion w.is strong and vicious and
when   he did     land    to    the  face   hia
punches    counted.    In  the    fifth    and'
sixth rounds I^atzo revived and fought j
off his heavier opponent in  fine style.;     Burns  recelvnd   from   a     honflre    at
Steve started the fifth cleverly, but ] her home caused the death of Klizabeth Nov. 1, not only all the mines and con- ¦ O'Dowd mixed it up towards the cioee j Guido. aged 4 daughter of Mr. and sequently all the other industries of and the going was about even. In the ¦ Mrs. Michael Guido of 563 Northamp- the country, but to do their best to 1 sixth Latzo took the house by storm 1 ton street, 'Westmoor, laat night In tho freeze the people into submission un-: by going after O'Dowd like .Jack The City Hospital. The child met with the less their impossible demands are in- ; Giant Killer. He touched up the cham- I accident yesterday afternoon. Her stantly granted." I pion in fine style and thero were cheers j mother had set flre to some rubbish in
"Miners   officials   are   going  to   ex- | for Steve at the finish. the back yard.   While the mother was
tremes and dangerous lengths to ob-! -——  : busy In the '.-.ouse the   child    ventured
tain   their  results  by  striking  in   a'l  The agreement,  he said, was   to    run ^^^ ^.,^5.^ j^, j^e flames.   Her dress b^ fields, at some of which new contracts : ""til  the ending of the war.  or until, ^.^^^ ignited.
havB Just been aigMKli," Brewster said., March 31, 1920.   The war m substances    jjer crio.s attracted her mother who Miners Rsply- |»n<*  'o^m  ha^  ended."  he   said,    "thei attempted fo beat ont the flames with
Lewis, in reply, declared that mine workers have no contract; tbei^er hands. Before they could be ex- Brewster's atatement was "apparently designed to mislead the imbUc." He said the Federal Trade Commission had called attention to "astounding proflts."    He charged also that oper¬
ators are raising prices at present, tak-  mining industry
Ing advantage of public fear of a strike. To the operators   charge    tliat    the
contract expired upon the 11th cf; tjupui-shed the little girl's clothes had Norember, 1918." Since then, he said, ¦ |,^n burned from her body. A physl- the miners have worked for the same | clan was called and ordered her Im- wages "merely by common consent,' 'in: mediate removal to tho hospital. An order  to  help  re-adJustment   of    the   examination   there   showe<d   that   the
Miners   have  Buffered   terribly  from unemployment, Lewis said,   "and    the
miners plan to break contracts, Lewis children cf the mining camps are un- replied that this claim was "totally! derfed and suffering frora malnutri- un£ou.ndeil a-"d b^-d aa tosis cf facf'tuoo."
I victim had been burned black ft-om head to foot and that she had Inhaled some of the flames. Her death occurred at lfi:30 o'clock. ;
Tlie funeral  will b* held  tomorrow vfternoon.    Her par^ta survlva. :