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WILKES-BARRE. PA.. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8.  1918
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THE WEATHER
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Wztfhington,  Dec.   7.—Eastern 1 Pennsylvania:        Pj^tly     cloudy
Sunday; warmer.
PRICE  FIVE  CENTS
VICE CLE4N-UP STARTS SOLDIERS RETURN; FIRST RAIDS HERE UNDER FEDERAL GUIDE
TAINT OF ACCUSALS MENACE REPUTATION OF CONGRESS LEADER
Trend of German Intrigue Reaches to Repre¬ sentatives  of the People  and Extended Charges Bring Sensations,    Monopoly of War Means Was Attempted,
PREPAREDNESS VOTE A FEATURE
Waahlnrton, Dec 7.—Further dis¬ closures of the extent of^ German propaganda in the United States were made today before a Senate investi¬ gating committre by A. Bruce Blelaskl, of bureau of investigation of the Justice Department.
l-tielaskl's latest revelations includmi: .\ German plot to control airplane production in the United StatPs for a year and i>revent tihipments of air¬ planes abroad; naming of Senator Hitchcock, Nebntska, and Roger Sulli¬ van, Illinois, Democratic leader, as strong support'-rs of a German or¬ ganized cjunpaign for an embargo on shipment of munitions to thc Allies.
(."Senator Hitchcock Introduced a res¬ olution in the Senate for nn arms em¬ bargo.)
While Bislaski was testifying the St.-ite Depjirtment gave out for publica¬ tion a complete official file of messages exchanged between von Bernstorff. then German .Ambassador here, and the Berlin foregln office- These messageis show that Bernstorff attributed failure of <Jerman propaganda to the Lusi- tunia sinking and to inability to get the right editors to help in this coun- tr>-.
Senator Hitchcock's name was brought Into the inquli^' with a re¬ port from 1". Reisweitz, consul at Chi¬ cago, who said that "Hitchcock ap¬ peared very strong for the embargo. He told our representative In Iowa: •if this matter Is organized in the right way you will sweep the United Slates.' "
The same communication continued: "W'e have as.<<ured ournelvps of the co-operation of Roger Sullivan and litcUonald. the latter of the Chicago American."
The Communication was addressed to "your excellency." It was not intended for Boruslorff. as his name was men¬ tioned in the letter, but for aome other personage identified with the German government.
Rfferrint; tn Sullivan, Ueisweitz said: "Sulllv.-in w-as fonnerly leader of the Wilson <'nmprilgn and is a deadly en¬ emy of Wilson, as the latter did not keep his word to make him a senator; therefore, prinCipaJly. the sympathy for our f.iuse."
To Control Airplanes. Regarding nn attempt lu 1915 to gain control of the Wright airplane fac¬ tories at Dayton. O.. Reisweitz said: "Mr. von .\lven Sleben will also at that time present another plan with refer¬ ence to the purchase of the Wright air- jilnne factory In Dayton which, in my opinion, hold.s great pos.'^ibilltlea for us. Villi some $r.0.l>0(t wo would acquire .i control over the whole Wright patent and thereby over the airplane factories ill the -^^fhole Uiiiti'd States for about one yea.. We would thereby possibly be placed in the position of being able to prevent the greatest part of the ex¬ port of flying machines from the United  Stales."
KeKardiuj: the legal battle between Wright and Curtiss over patents, Reis¬ weitz admitted obtaining the opinion of a prominent pati-nt attorney of Wash- Incti'n or New- Vork.
"He kind enough to let us know as soon ns possll)le If the amlms.sador is Interested s<» that we c.in notify Mr. von Alvensl^ben." the letter concluded.
Great things w-ere expected from the embargo campaign. In addition to rliiiminc the support of Senator Hitch¬ cock, William B;iyarJ Hale ,Tnd Dr. Aked, whom Reisweitz called tlit "well known pulpit orator fnim San Fran¬ cisco." were mentioned as strongly sup¬ porting  the   plan.   BielaskI   testified.
Blelaskl Introduced a letter dated in Chicago   Dec.   21,   1915.   wherein   Reis¬
weitz explained the possibilities of the embargo league in the future. Influence en Votes.
"The embargo conference, regarding whose activities Count Albert possesses a detailed written account, has ren¬ dered service worthy of acknowledge¬ ment." the letter says. "The question now arises w-hether it is to be dis¬ solved in January- or whether it is con¬ tinued until presidential' candidates are named. It would require $7000. The continuation of the enterprise would, I beileve, be favorable to the whole German vote and would facilitate in¬ fluencing German voters. This influ¬ ence Is also that of Deputy Vollnier.
"Kindly indicate If there will be any- chance that such a sum might be used in the manner as above mentioned. The same, of course, could be done In such a manner that official co-opei^- tion would not be apparent."
The Amerioan Press .\s.sociation was another agency that German interests sought to obtain to further their propa¬ ganda, Btelaski's submitted papers aimed to show.
Among the papers sezied -was one stating that arrangements hatl been made to purchase the association for J900.000. Nothing apparently came from the negotiations, Blelaskl de¬ clared.
In addition the document stated: "The American Press association places its §ervice at our disposal to disseminate German propaganda throughout its organization. It is un¬ derstood that this organization will keep within the limit of sound busi¬ ness principles, that the pro-Germ.an! propaganda shall  not  be more exten-
Heroism  of Two   Workers Here Saves Lives  in Big Explosion
.\n explosion Of 250 kegs of black powder at the plant of tho E. I. Dupont de Nerno-nra company yesterday at Oliver's Mills destroyed prop¬ erty valued at $-1,000 and put in peril tho lives of a dozen workmen. The discharge of the powder followed the run-.iway of a car loaded with tho explosive which in aome mysterious manner had caught flre. That the loss of property was not greater and some lives lost was probably due to the presence of mind of a young worker -who derailed the burning car.
The ammunition plant experienced the explosion yesterday morning. Joseph Thomas, a young man of Oliver's Mills, who is employed in one of the buildings, discovered that a small car carrying the 250 kegs of pow-der had gotten beyond control on a stiff grado of track -leading frorn the pressing plant lo the drying house- The car was speeding along at a furious rate and at the same ti-me small tongues of flame could be seen coming from It.
Immediately sensing that the car would ram Into the drying house, in which three men were at work, Thomas sezied a lever controlling a switch at the bottom of the track. He threw the switch out of place. When the burning car reached the switch it was thrown from the track. As it rolled over on the ground the flre communicated with thc powder. There was a big roar as tho explosion occurred. Flying particles of debris went in ail directions. Some of the buildings were damaged, but tho lives of the workmen had been saved by Thomas' act. James Byers. an¬ other young worker, it was claimed, ran to Thomas' aid Just ;is soon as the latter discovered the truuble.
Officials of the company immediately started an investigation. They attempted yesterday to learn the cau-ie of thc flre to the car and for the runaway. No announcement was made last night whether any cause had been discovered.
MINERS HERE  DEMAND PROOFS OR WALK-OUT
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Five Hundred Delegates in Presence of Two Chiefs Vote for a Ultimat- ion Convention on or Before Dec¬ ember 26 to Explain Back Wage Award.
NOT SATISFIED  WITH TERMS
CRITICS OF BRITISH
FACT, SAYS MT
Wilson Expected to Insist Upon Reasons With Friendly Counsel as Guide
TRANSLATE FREEDOM     \
Washington,   Dec.   7.—England   and :
the United States are destined to have i   , .' , .   , , .   i-  .  .  .^        "       ._• -..i.   r-\- ^ ¦  »    7 I
a firm though amicable show-down at! shinny, last night urged a tri-distnct convention with Districts 7 a^nd
or   before   the
Proclaiming the recent agreement negotiated with the anthra¬ cite operators through the Federal Fuel Administration as unsatia- tactory, 500 delegates, representing eighty-eight local unions of near-
RESCUED IHE ALLIES
90.000 men in District No. 1, extending from Forest City to Shick-
  _        _ :ri-district convention with Districts 7
peace conference on i 9, in the hope of b ringing about a better award of wages. The "freedom of the seas" as translated In | jnggting was held in Union Hall on East Market street and was a terms of British se.i power. ' -r i--. ¦ t     ..      i t-v-c d-»» »   _    ~£
This Is known tonight to be one of [ stormy one.    Two district pre.sidents, Joseph Yannis ot h-ittston, ot
the   purposes   nf   I'resident   Wilson's; District No.   1. and Thomas Kennedy, of Hazleton, head of District program abroad.    And the inevitable-i jsj^   J   attended.    Mr. Yannis succeeds John Dempsey as president ness of a difference of viewpoint  be- ^     , _..      •      vi       i tween the two groups was seen today , °' UlStriCt INo.   I. when     it   developed   that  Wil.son,     to i     a   committee
if   live   delegates   waa
Dismemberment of Gi and Fleet Prompt   Reply Cannot Come Until Peace Guaranty is Effective
date,  maintains his January  22,  1917,
position   on     "freedom     of  the  seas."
while England, according to the cables,
j Intends   to   remain   "mistress   of   the
j seas."
Distress '¦     '"   addition   "freedom   of   the   seas"
was   one   of     President     Wilson's   14
Cables Stopped the Force of i Prlnclplos on which the AlUes reserved I again in this city.
interprettition.     President  Wilson  will,     The   mcotln*.?   be?an
to
selected to communicate with the of- Hclal.s of the thn e dislrict.f an<l tlie intern.Ttional officery urging a call for a convention before December 26. Failure to call such a convention ^ifill mean a strike vote being taken on Ue- | cember   28.   when   the   delegates   meet
MOTIVE EXPLAINED
By J. W. T. Mason.
The creation of a leai;uo of nations and its relationship to the freedom of the sens have begun to cause many perplexities to the powers who will be represented  at  the  peace  confLTenc.
Possibilities of difficulties «m this subject between the ITiiited States and th© allies is being suggested. It is in¬ conceivable, however, that the repre¬ sentatives  of  the   democratic    iiation.<?
Drive by Enemy
at   7:30   o'clock
CRISIS WAS GRAVE
seek to Impress upon the .\l!ies, espe-land   it   was  several   hours   before  any
cially England, that the world's .safety , deflnite   action   was   taken.     Although
demands a paring-down of armaments.   Presidents   Kennedv  and   Yannis   wc-e
1 His   peace   without   victory   speech   ofj'n   attendance   .-.t   the   meeting,   they
i Januarv  22,   1917,   to  the  senate,  look i made  no  effort   to   explain   the  recent
agreement   entered   into   between operators  and   tha   mine    workers    at Washincton,     D.  C.      It  was  reporleu
With the appUctition of the former t>v thfr coal corporations he argued 'hn contr.'ict miner was niven littl? or noth¬ ing, and that in each week's wage sev¬ eral dollars wei-« lost.
Strike Ultimatum Following two hourr! if lengthy .ii."- cussion a resolution was miiinimously adopted, calling upon the jiresidents of the three districts, and the interna- tionnl officers of the United Mino Workers.to i--rant a tri-dlstrlct conven- •ion to be held on or before December 26th, to peimit thf -erir* s-m-i;;'*--- the mine workers tj expL-^ln la detail the agreement entered int.i. Kui.ii „• to recognize this demand, the delegates voted, will mean the immediate cessa-
,        .-^       „     T, ..-,.. J    ..»   ' that position -md at the same time hc-
Ixindon.   Dec.   7.—British   Admivilty , , „        ., » .    ^i         _ r
f spoke a. free outlet to the seas for in-
Wireless—Premier  Lloyd  Georg    dur-   teiior nations either by territorial ces- , .„^^„   „,,, „
ing his .speech .it Leeds today disclosed   sion or through neutralization of paths j ^^'"^^ President Kennedy would explain j ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^
the prompt and drastic mea-surcs taken/t'l <Ji<^ sea. j Ih'"-   ''"t   t^®   delegates   evidently   h;ul       ^Z       ,,.  Isaacs of this city.    Eugene
Aim)     he    insioteH    then     mptienlarlv   thoroughly  discussed  tll'J :i,,'reement 1«S I     ,\,     ^ ,.,¦¦..   c- . t:»j T •    i
to   deal   With     tho   critical     situation    ,,;;;VH;hT!rf\Ss,To'tSy U^en     them.        Enoch      WilHums     "l\^:::::"f^:^ ^^::- ^'^:^ Which   developed   when   the   Germans: ,„d  security  of the  world,  could  not' f^^-nton presided an^^^^^^^^^
Oppose   New  Rates. ! Olyphant, were selected as members of
The  '-one  oi  contention  is  tlie d.ite,'-'''^ cummitteo. from   which   ihe   increase   shall   start. 1     President   Yaiuiis  of  Distnct
dim- jg »ni~a-( i-<
began   their   great   west  offensive March  22 of this year.
"I shall never ftirget," said Lloyd Geor»,'e. "that morning when I sent a cable to President Wilson telling him wlirit  the facts were r.nd  how it w.as
' Under thc agreement as .announced .i! ^'''-'
uated than  compatible with  not dim-j gathered at the peace table will fuil to. esspntial  that  we  shall  get" American
espond to the basic fact that tho con
Inishing  the   profits  of  the   orga tion.     It   must  absolutely   he  avoided ¦ ference  is for  the  purpose  of making that   tho   American   Press   association I secure the w-orld's future again.st .i rc- becomes a recognized pro-German or-;-iumption of the German menace- ganization. Peace    conferences    arc    notoriously
Fortune for Press. | prolific breeders of future wars.    The
"This arrangement to bo valid from • o"'y W'ay the forthcomii.;,- conference July 15 to October 31, 1915. Within ' f^n escape the fate of its predecessors this time Mr. Albert has to declare!'** ^X the .iccoptanco by delegates of a whether he will make use of the option gcnorou.s attitude toward one another, to buy the control of the aforesaid as- Every nation has its ow;n prejudices sociation by paying the amount of ^"d its own beliefs in the best method $900,000." Iff making its future secure.
Another paper seized in the collec- '^^'^ ""'>' ^'^y * ^ea^^B of nations tlon and submitted bv Blelaskl said the '¦'^^^ ^° created is by the united good- American Pres-s nssoclation was a »1,-   '*;*" "' ^.^ '"^1°'' P"^^ers.    An attitude
I of suspicious resentment among .iny of
500.000   corporation.
Further papers were submitted deal¬ ing with activities of the American Truth society. Jeremiah O'Leary, for¬ mer head of the society, has since been arrested
them toward the others is certain to mean tho eventual disruption of the league. Such aji attitude would fol¬ low an effort to compel any nation to abandon, e.\cept of its own choice. Its i principal weapons of defense until the
Some of Blelaskl's testimony was so i league has proved its .ability to enforce startling that Senator Overman inter- I Justice In international dsputes. rupted  at  one  point   to  ask:     "When I Crtlcs of British. -
you make a statement my understand- I At present the British navy is being Ing Is that you hnve documentary evi- criticized as an obstacle to the forma- dence to support it?" ; tion of a league of nations.   The argu-
"That is true," .said Blelaskl. j mejit will be used at the peace table
The dispatches oJTicially made pub' c i that Britain's sea power If maintained | saved
help at the speediest possible date, in¬ viting h:m to send 120.000 infantrymen and m.achine gunners to France per month. If he did th.it I said, we would do our licst to carry them, I sent th.at teletjrajn to Lord Reading .and the next day  came  .a telegmm saying:     "Send
on , be giiined, if Mg navies and big armies ' were to go on competing for supremacy of strength and size. That the Presi¬ dent's position on "freedom Of the seas" is unaltered so far became known authoritatively toda.v. TaJten in con¬ junction   with   the  fact   that   Kngland
has addded maleriailv to her fleet dur- ,    ,      .^    ,     ,   .
Ing the war with powerful major craft   ^^J'J^ ^'^^J!l!^..l^^^?'!!':l^...lV.?.''^!L^.!^ and app.-irently intends to stand pat on being first naval power, this situation means the President has a real job be¬ fore him aliropd. his filend.^ say.
And   thri  difficulty  of  this  strength
.Vo.   1. is .serving temporarily in the of-
mo^lth ago by Fuel .Xdministrator Harry A. Garfield. November 1, -was fixed, but thc delegates in their ari;ii-
your ships .-icross and we will send the I is accentuated  by  the hints  in  diplo- 120.000  men, i matic fiuarter«  that  England will  not
"Then  I  invited  Jos*-ph   McKay,  t'ne; budge from htr announced jiosltlon. If
fice haid to have been resigned by John T. Dempsey of Scranton. urged that general grievance cominittees be or¬ ganized under each, of the coal cor¬ porations to permit a mutual und r- of conditions under each conri-
tliem  to  believe  the  a.:;roement  would be   retroactive,   at   least   dating   from j slandini October   1.     Witi-i   the   beginning   of; pany.
negotiations in Washington on .\ugust j -M the adjournment the meeting had 1, the impres.vion was given that the as.sumed a heated point. However, it b.acU wage should hepin from the date i was the best m?eting conducted by of the lirst conference. ' District   Xo.   1   in  some  months.    The
It   seems   the   contract   miners   were   next meeting will be held in Union ha:l
inen  i  invitea  Joseph   JlcKay.  tne; budge from htr announced riosltlon. If     . '—,     "       j   V.v. ,'        .i •       •.     _     a .  _i  .    .,;_i,.      rw
shipping controller to Downing .street. 1 she does not, then America, as already I ^•^•^" ^^« -r^"::* «^"^°f  .*':"«'*¦ r^'',"'   '"    h"  'i ' *'«t"'-'»^>-  "^^^t.     D-.-
and s.aid:    "Send ovory ship you can.' i po:,ne.l out wiil build a bigger raw.     i '"^^S^', f ^  !«^'^^ 7""'  "'J*^^  delegjxtes | cember .'S. They were engaged in essential trades,       Bi;t it is known to be the President's : -^""iPlal^ed.     Delegate   Robert   Kvans i      "^ ne  meeting of  the _f..remen  of th'
because we_ -were cut down right to the bons: There was nothing carried that w.asn't essential. We said: 'This Is the time for taking risl:.". We ran risk with our food and we ran risks with tssential raw materials. We s;iid 'the thing to do is to get these men across at all h,-<2apd!
America sent 1,900,000 men across aud out of that number 1.100,000 were carried b>» the Brlti.sh mercantile marine. The good old ships of Bi ilain. the ships that have saved the liberty of the world many times—saved it in the days of Queen Elizaheth; snved it in  the
e.'trne.'-t wish that a limitation of arm- .amentalion can be stopped now and any navy hereafter shall be inter¬ nationalized l>f contributions from evei-y se.-i power.
of Olyphant. argued that a clause with ' valley who arc organizing a mutual an .alternative of 15 per cent, on the { society, was postponed la.-^t night. U 1918 scale or 40 per cent, on the 1916 | will be held in the Owls' hall over thu scale   would   be   granted   the   miner. I Sun, next Saturday night.
FAR-REACHING TRIAL
ON ESPIONAGE CHARGE
Chicago. Dec. 7.—Preparations were completed here tonight for what fed¬ eral officials claimed will be one of the most   important   trials   resulting   from
ct. party
days  of  Louis  the  fourteenth: j alleged violation of the  espionHi,-c  ;ii it in the days of Xapoleon: savedlKivo   notable.^   of   the   Sociali.st   pan
today bv the State Department cover   i-it its present level of superiority will | ^  ;„  the  days  of kaiser  Wilhelm  the ! will   go   to   tri-i'   here   Monday   before a period from August 14. 1915, t» Feb-Ifu«"'i[i a single member.sh^p leagiie wUji-   second. | Federal   Judge   Landis.     The   char^jcs
-UP OF RESORTS SWEEPS TWO COUNTIES; LEGION OF PRISONER!
ruary
1918.
In tho greater league.    This risk, how-
In   the   first    Bernstor.T   reported   to |'^^¦'"¦. must be taken.
Euro-
the foreign office tliat he camouflaged j    England will never permit any tele.raphlc  reports to  If  by  using  the  Pf"  "«• '^ eastern  power    to    come .New York representative of tho WoUTe^^'t"'"  me.tsurable rlvaJry' of her own -,. , ... I sea uower until after the league of na-
agency.   This message says:    "As Jour,   ^J* P     ^ ,^ ^.^,, guarantee the
excellency   is  aware   I   have  used   the j ^^^ ^^ ,^^ ^.„„^-  ^
Intermediary   of  the   New   \ork   agent L,^^   ^.^.^^^  ^^^^^^  demands  the  right of   the   Wolffe   agency,   Herr   Klaesslg, j j^  possess  a  neet  equal   in   power  to in order to send telegniphic reports to, ^.^^ Hritish strength at sea there is po you.   These telegrams intended for you j ^.g^y ^v which the British caji prevent are iadicated by tho fact tbey  do  not begin by naming the day of the week. Too  One-Sided. "In order that  the  rr;)orts shall not excite attention   It h;is been necessary- in many instances to disguise them In
¦at Is a change from December. 1916; jfor the most i.art are based on mat-' a change from the days when at tlje ter appearing in Socialist papers, at-j end of the year we made our balance U.acking .-Vm.rica's right to enter the! and found Germany had acquired more   worid war.
AUifd territory than she had beforo—|     Attacking   the   draft   and   recruiting that a new ally had fallen and another I figure prominently in tho cases.
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
SALESMEN WANTED
Gentlemen to sell our household necessities. This Is a mre opportunity. Xew selling plan. Our salesmen are eaminc from thirty to forty dollars a week. If you are earning less. In¬ vestigate this, .\pply after 4 p. m., room 3't .>^lnion Ix)ng Building.
TYPEWRITERS
Buy your boy or girl an OLIVEIR TYPEJU'RITKR for CHRISTMAS $49. Monthly payments $3. Cjish I'rice $44.10 F. O. B. factory. Bell Phone 381-M. Oliver Typewriter Agency. 1012 Coal Exchange  HIiIlt.,    Top   Floor,
SALESLADIES WANTED
l-'our well dressed ladies to complete uur sales forces. Xo experience neces¬ sary. Polish speaking ladles preferred-1 ^ Liberal salary and bonus. Our sales- ' ladies average twenty dollars a week. Apply after 4 p. m.. room Xo. 30, Simon Long Building.
It.
America can outbuild any other na¬ tion in the world If the .\nierican peo¬ ple arc willing to bear the cTipcnse. This, however, is not the way to mal;c a success of the peace conference. Xhe spirit of rivalry always has potential dangers when it takes to building im¬ plements of war.
Another question to be brought be¬ fore the conference is whether thc first risks to be run for the sake of a league of nation.s shall be limited .to the curtailment of second dcfunslTe weapons.    If this principle were to be
adopted, sea powers would reduce their victory, armies in greater proportion than their navies and military powers their navies In greater proportion than their armies. This method of gradual curtailment would hold until the league had proved that it was safe for every nation to I reduce all armaments equally.
however i -^"^ ^''*'' tottering .and that Germany ' ' was advancing ruthlessly along from comiuest to conquest.
'That was tho story up to tht end of December. lOlfi. That is the story to¬ day. Every German submarine is in a British port today. The best bat¬ tleships, cnilsers and to-iiedo boaL-s ar' now with lowered flags under sun-ell- lance of British seamen, in British lioi- bors.
"It was not as in the wars of old when you had a great battio and an¬ other great battle three months late: and in between marches and perhaps sieges. This war was a constant strain upon tho nene, upon' health, upon endurance, upon courage and upon th'. fearlessness of men—for ysars thc British army went through it,—and to
"That army after months of flght¬ ing and suffering: that army Is today, at this hour, marching across the Rhine into Germany-.—into one of the famous cities of Germany."
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house in front.    Must be near car line i ¦«•• nairt
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EACH HOUR FOR STOCK
MILLIONAIRE PRIVATE
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Chlcajro, Doc. 7—The American far-
Tacoma. Dec. 7.—Private Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr.. marched Iiack and forth before his father's countrr resi¬ dence at Gravelly lake tod:iy.    He was
gloves,      neckwear,      bojks,      ribbons, MAN AND BOYS WANTED hosiery, waists, men's furnishings and
MacWilliams    rmuin     l...ys   sixteen | other    Christmas    departments;     also
MacWllliam-8 require salespeople for j ^er cashes In $3.00'\000    an    hour, or I part of .a squad of soldiers detailed to
$120,000,000 a week for his.livestock.     ¦ ],rotect the place ygainst the unknown
Raids that extended through Luzerne and L:iekawanna counties and which are e.'cpected to be more far reaching in effect than any crusades ever be¬ fore started by authorities, were car¬ ried out Lost night by the entire troop of State policemen from tho Wyoming barracks.
The   new   anti-vice   campaign     was launched   againsi   bawdy  houses     and I'.e Socialist party; J. L. Engdahl. t-dl-j "tlivr cstaMishmcnts  of  ill-repute.    1} tor of  various  Socialist  papers;   Wil-• was actively carried rut by the troopers •am F,
ovcrnmont  officers   who   have to   thoroughly   clean   out    all
Those   w-lio   will   be   placed   on   tri.al are:
Victor Berger, Socialist congressman- r-lect from Wisconsin,  publisher of the .Milw.auUeo    Leader,     Socialist    daily; , Adolph  Germtr,   national   secretary-  ofi
Kruse  director of the Xationallbut v.as under the direction of United i'oung   People's   Socialist   Leag-ae;   Ir-   States
win S. Tucker, former director of So- •iali.«t party's department of literature.
SGHlBeiREilll WAS LONG
>ears old an<L u man a.s an assistant In their   dellvei-^-   depjirtmeiit.     .\prly   to
an<L u
Ivei-y   depjirtmeiit. Superintendent.
cashiers.    Apply to the Superintendsnt.
STOP DRAUGHTS toy having us WEATHER STRIP those doors und windows; Kave 30 per cent, on your i-oal bills; preserve health and maintain even temperature; prevent windows tTittling. -A card or phone will get us. The DLAMOXD MKTAL WKATHl-rR STRIP CO., Bell 2199. 51 Welles Bulldins-
FOUND   MINERS'   LAMPS FOL'XD—Boxes    of    miners'    lampe. Owner can have same by proving prop¬ erty at office of Alderman Thos. Ayres, Miner's Mill.s.
Tiiese figures were made public hero to-day by experts at the International Livestock exposition.
Hogs received at Chicago alone dur¬ ing Xovember brought the producers more than $37,000,000, representing more th.an 900.000 head and. based on the governtncnl's minimum, a price of ]
persons who posted a note over the gate this week, bearing the one word, "beware."
Those who posted the note also cut
the   telephone   wires   leading   to   the
building   and   threw   up   a   makeshift
barricade   across   the   driveway.     The
$17-^.0 a hundred pounds. i entire matter remains a mystery. Some
Authorities declared that farmers are i thini: practical Jokers did It. now recei\'ing more than twice as much j     Brigadier    GeneraJ  Vanderbilt    and for their live stock as they did hefore I ^Irs. Vanderbilt decline to discuss the
WANTED TO  BUY WAXTED TO BUY—A used Frantz Premier vacuum sweeper.    State con-jthe war and  that their shipments are [affair dition and price.   Address Box 71. Sun- j frxim ten to fifteen per cent above nor- I     Young  Vanderbilt   is   a   wagoner iday Indeoendent. Wilkea-Barre, Pa.      jmai. 'the servicS of the supply division.
Wasiiington. Dec. 7.—Charles Sch-.»-ab who has resigned as emergency fleet director, w-as made director general of the emergency fleet corporation late in April. His appointment was made at the ur.^-ent behest of Chairman Hurley. When he accepted the appointment, he was placed in entire charge of the construction p;-ogram of the vast fleet with whleh thc nation was attempting to bridge the seas to France.
The resignation was no surprise here. Schwab had stated several times re¬ cently that he w-as anxious to be re¬ lieved of his duties. Ho felt that the exigency through which he prximlsod to contribute hia services, had passed.
Charles Pie:^. -.general manager of the fleet corporation ia also desirous of getting back to private life and his resignation will probably follow Schwab. Thc control of the corpora¬ tion probably will pass to the Shipping Board.
Officials believed that Schwab would retire from the fleet corporation about Febioiary 1. Hurley, who is in Europe Isexpected to letum about the flrst of the year and Schwab will be relieved.
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immoral institutions in Xortheastern I'onnsylvania before the rttuin of the soldiera to their I.omes.   /
The raiders visited this city, once more going over thc head.s of .Mayor Kosek and the otiier local authorities. Tlio city officials were taken by sur¬ prise and it was not known whether Uistrict .attorney Slattery and his county detectives w-ere in on tho plans.
Besides coming into thi-.; city, thc state troopers and their fi'dcral direc¬ tors al.so went into practically every town and settlrm'^nt in the county suspected of coritaining  )awdy houses and other similar placos. The cru.sade also went through Soranton and sur¬ rounding Laokawann.-i County, whero thc human riff-raff was raked up and put In police cells.
The raids went on all night, the cru- .sadcrs proceeding with tireless effort In tracking down their game. At 3 o'clock this morning the work was atill going  on.     Because  of  the  cositiiiuoiis
found Bello Bennett, known to the po¬ lice as Belle Hall, and with her v.as a man wiio g.dve his name as Charles Robinson, of Monument avenue, Wyo¬ ming. Thty had registered as man .and wife. The couple was taken to rhi- police stiitlon. where the woman gave her ago as 47 years .and her addres.s as 57 Xorth St.ito street. They will bo hold.
After leaving the Lincoln hotel, tho troopers visitei! other places along tho route of Wilk(-s-Barre's onc-tlmu tenderloin district. At 2 o'clock this morning, how-ever, no more prisoners had been turned over to the city po- llfe.
Outside of Wilkes-Baire, the raids went along with a speed and dash thut surprised the men and women l)einx hunted. Although rejiorts were n«,t •ivailabic because of fho reticence vt the State trooper.--- this morning, it was said that the work in the suburban towns had yielded a Larger catch.
ITactically every town in Wyoming Valley w;ls entered. In .some places ths troopers immediately discovered that everything was striight and they then lost no time i.i going on to tho next place. At hiist six different squads were working. Out of the fifty officers and men Ktatione<l at tht? Barracks in Wyoming, only thrri- wet'c left hame to receive reports us they filtered back front tlie raiders.
In Lackawanna county the campaign was as much a suiTirise as it was here. Although Scranton's red light disiritt wa:; supposed to h.ave l>cen cleaned out several  months ago  wiien  the soldieri*
work that showed no let-up even after  were at the Tobyhanna ccmp, it    was
tlic alarm had gone around the sus- ptjcted districts, the headquarters of the state troopers would not venture an estimate of how many jilaces had been raided or the number of prison¬ ers taken.
It was 11 o'clock last night when the flrst Indication came of the activity of the troopers. Seven officers under Sergeant Ofhelt went to the Lincoln hotel, formerly the Colonial, on South Pennsylvania avenue. In a few min¬ utes the troopers were investigating every nook and comer of the place. In one of the rooms on an upper floor they
cl.ainied early to-day that the raids had been productive. Particular attention was paid to Old For.:.;e and there per¬ haps the raid att IumI it-, greatest sui- cess in any one Iovm;. Every town and hamlet in Lackawar.iia county ttlt tho presence of the policeman.
There was no one in this dty or at tho barracks during thc raids who would talk of them. A State troojier at the barracks admitted over tho telephone that the raids iu-« under the direction of federal repre¬ sentatives. In view of controversies (Continued   on   Pag»  4)