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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
THE   WEATHER
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Waflblncton, Sept. S. — E^a^tenl Penna.: Unsettled, with local thundsKM showers Sunday and probably Hon-* day; no change In temperature.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA.. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1921
The   only Published
Sunday   Newspaper In   Luzerne   County
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CONFESSION' MAY SOLVE THEFT PLOT
Man Employed at Retreat Charged by Arrested Men With Directing Details
JEWELER*ATT^CKED
Bag VVith Gems and Cash Snatched From Him at Le¬ high Valley Station
RECOVERED IN CHASE
After an all-day Investigation, po¬ lice authoritie.<» learned iM.st night that the aftemi>ted diarn<^nd robbery direi ted al .lerome Meyer. Public Square jeweler, yesterday morning at the LehiKh Valley Railroad sta¬ tion, was said to have been planned by a former employe of the Central j Poor District nt Ketreat. His home l.< jaid to be in Scranton, but he had disjippeared when detectives went there.
AccordlnK to allefjed confessions aecured from Herman Sakowj-ky, 24 years old, nf 4 Coal street, Nanti¬ coke, and .John Gaffney, 25 years old. of Syracuse, .N". Y., the two men ar¬ rested yesterday after the sensation¬ al ii.-^sault j>n .Mr. Meyer, the theft of the jewelry and $4.U00 in cash car¬ ried by the intended victim, the for¬ mer Retreat employe was the brains of the Kang.
I>espiie the belief that he had |)!Hnne<l the robbery through his per¬ gonal knowledge of .Mr. .Meyer's njcinlhly trips to Retreat, the S.ian- t'Mi nv.tu was the first to desert the ):an(;. Wheu the jeweler put up the flKht nf his life to save his satchel. the instigator of the plot fled frotn the L-ehigh   Valley  station.
The attempted robbery occurred at 6:'i'} o'lock jesterday morning as Mr .Meyer was buying a ticket lo itetreiil. He had placed a bag con¬ ti.inips ftOOO in currency and sev¬ er;:! thnusiiiid dollars in diamonds and
Old Couple Killed In Brutal Manner
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Fhiladelphia, Sept. 3—rolice here tonight were practically with¬ out a clew to guide ihem In their InveatiKation of the brutal mur¬ ders of Louis 'Wcllenbach, S2. ard hls wife Fannie. SO. in their little grocery store today.
The aged couplo were beaten to death with two heavy brass candlesticks which they were using In the observation of the .Tewish Sabbath. Robbery was the motive for the kiliingrs, jinb.ct say, as a money belt, which Mrs. Wel- lenbach wore, and her jewelry were missing.
The bodies of the couple were discovered by a customer of the grocery store shortly after noon. Terribly mut ila led they Isy in the doorway le.nding to the living quarters In the rear of the store in n  large pool of lilood.
The store and living quarters were In great disorder, evidence of the death struggle th" aued couple engaged In. One of Mrs. Wellenbach'.s ears had been cut almost completely off by th-> mur¬ derer or murderers in mad haste to get the diamond earrings she wore. The money belt had been torn from her vaist and a dia¬ mond brooch from her throat. Police questioned threo roomers at the Wellenhach home, but said lhey Were not under arrest. Th*> roomers said lhey were not in the housB when thp murder was sup¬ posed to have taken place.
In her money belt Mrs. Wellen¬ hach hnd monpy which had been collected yesterday from the tenants of the several small homes she owned.
ONE KILLED EIGHT HURT ON D. L. & W.
Engineer and Fireman of Lackawanna Limited May Die From Their Injuries
TRAIN JUMPS TRACKS
Wreck is Second of the Kind to Happen Within Period of Month
CAUSE NOT ASSIGNED
I     One man  was  instantly killed and ' eight  other   passengers  injured  yes¬ terday afternoon  in a  wreck on thc Delaware.   I..ackawanna and  Western Railroad when the Liitkc:wanna Lim¬ ited lefl the    tracks at    Appalachin, fourteen miles west of Binghamton. It was the second time within a month that   the     fast    train,   carrying  pas¬ sengers     from   Scranton     and  other places^ in Northeastern I'ennsylvania, was wrecked with los.s of life. i     The dead   man is Martin Warknej:, of  Corona,  Long  Island.'  He  was a Iiasseriger    in   one  of    the   I'ullman ! coaches and wa-s crushed to death as I the coacli waa derailed. I     Harry Bookhumer, engineer, resid- ; ing on Cedar avenue,  Scranton,  and : Stephen   Chris,   flreman,   residing   at 127  South  Lincoln avenue,  Scranton, • were perhaps    fatally injured.      Be- ! snles    iiuernal injuries    the engineer I suffered a fracture of his left leg. The ; fireman   was   scalded   so   badly   that I physicians do not believe he will re- I cover.
j     Henry .Tansen of Long Island was I seriously  injured.    Three negro  por-
11   II I    r- j_    A-„««*   :~ iters on Ihe train were caughi in the
Hall and Evade Arrest in; wreckage. They are in me city Hos¬ pital itl Binghamton. Two passen¬ gers, whose names have not been given out l)y railroad olTicials, are in the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre.
The wreck occurred at 4:20 o'clock ut Appalachin while the train waa traveling al 33 milts an hour.    The
TAKEN FROM POLICE
Boy Fatally Hart By Automobile!
Brother Drowned Two Weeks Ago
• Within two weeks of the drowning of his brother in a pond at Larksville, Leo Yezielski, 5 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Yezielski, of 60 Grove street. Edwardsvilla. was perhaps fatally hurt yesterday afternoon when run down by an automobile. The unconscious youngster was taken to a hospital for treatment, but his parents removed him from the institution against the advice of surgeons. Ihe moirher and father replied that if the youngster's injuries pioved ffital, he must die at home.
The Yezielski child was run down in front of his home. He was struck by a Ford touring car driven by George Yani- ulak of Plains. It was said that the boy walked from behind a standing machine directly into the path of the Plains man's automobile. A front fender struck him and dragged him a short distance.
Immediately after the accident, the driver took the vic¬ tim to the office of Dr. S. H. Rynkiewicz in Edwardsviiie. Discovering that the injuries were of a serious nature, the physician ordered the child sent to the Nesbitt West Side Ho^ital.
The parents leamed of the accident and both mother and father went to the institution. As soon as the surgeons had finished operating they demanded the child. In the face of opposition from hospital authorities, who said moving might hasten death, the parents said the child must go home. They took him away in an automobile.
An older brother of the victim, Frank Yezielski, 1 1 years old, was drowned in a Larksville pond two weeks ago. He was standing on a raft when he was struck by a stone hurled by another boy, it is claimed. The blow knocked him into the water. He failed to appear on the surface. His body was recovered an hour later. In two years the Yezielski fam¬ ily has dwindled froni seven to three. Aside from the re¬ cent drowning, all of the deaths were from natural causes.
INSIDE STORV IS DISCLOSED OF WARFARE AMONG MINERS; GOVERNMENT PARTLY AT FAULT
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Escape From Ashley Town Hall and Evade Arre Township of Hanover
HUNDRED CASES ABOARD
IN HOSPITAL'S CARE
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Miners Are Courteous, But Soldier Leader Puts Many Obstacles in Their Way
SCENES AT THE FRONT
By  a  clever  ruse,    two    unknown men escaped yesterday with a truck
cont.iining   more   than   100  cases     of > locomotive left the rails and started other  jewvlr>    nn   the   floor   between. whiskey afler  being  seized  by  Con- | up an embankment,  but  turned ttir- his teet.    .lust as he was dealing Wilh j stable Keinmet Reese in Ashley. The j tie.    Five other    coaches,    including: lit,  some <ii>e  snatched
the  ticket tlie bag.
Thief is Pursued .Mr.   Meyer  saw  his  bag  disappear thr'i'i?h   the   door   in   the   hands   of
escape was made from the Ashley | two parlor cars .and two bulTets, fol- town hall and despite a chase by the | lowed the engine. The cause haa not police, the liquor cargo was speeded i yet ben determined. out of the bailiwick of the borough | ^he Lackawanna LimUed was authorities. It is said that the pur- I vi-recked on July 22 at Glenbum ••.PI., unknown in.«n. He pursued the] suing police were forced to stand at j ^.jien a small boy was alleged to have thief who jumped into a waiting] the Ashley Hne and walch the t>oot- j ^^j.^^.^^ obstacles on the track. In nutcinotiile on the Pennsylvania ave-! ledgers escape into Hanover Town-: ^^^.^^ wreck the engineer was killed nue  wide  of  the   station.    When  the j ship. .anj njanv of  the    passengers    were
jeweler staried to cry for assistance The truck containing the "1''"''! hurt. Xltorney George McLean of Ihf. H-ranlon man jumped out of the was seized at noon by Constable i jj^jg'^.j^.. .^^.^^ j^ passenger on the machine, leavins behind Gaffney and • Reese Up ."topped the machine just j t,-.jin ,n that accident, but he escaped S."kow!-ky.     Tliat  was  the   last  seen | after   it   crossed   the    Jersey  Central , j^^.^
of hin>. 1 Railroad     tracks     on     South     Main i '.. .
It la claimed that after the ma- street. Kour men accompanying it chine htarted Mr. .Meyer was thrown , said the liquor was being transferred off ju.oi aa the c.ir reached Pennsyl- i from Baltimore to Scranton. vania avenue, but a traffic jam en-: Ttppse was not impressed bv a per-('J<'» Howal, president of district No. abUMl him to catch up once more with ' m„ displaved hv the men and he took I ^*- ^'"''^'^ '^^'"« Workers of America the  m.ohine, which  had  been  hailed , ^,„   ^.^i^kev and  truck to the town   '"'^"y ^^f f "^''^'i'I" f,f    "      "
by a  Mocked  street.    He then man-   ,,. ,,     ,j , ,„.., , ....„ .,, .,,.. .^, 'time until .^Sept. 30 to file an appear
aged to retrieve his satchel.
In the chase that folliiwed Gaffney waji captured by Anthony Fiore, 19 \i-ars old. of 2f.i> South Welles street, n former I..ehigh ValUy railroad de¬ tective. Gaffney jiuniH'd out of the inachi^i" at Northampton stree". liu' T>"s caught after a chase by Kiore and
UNION   MEN APPEAL Columbus,   Kas.,   Sept.   3.—Alexan-
hall. Hc ordered two of the me^i ^'^ \fy„„, ,he recenl conviction of having enter the biulding with him, but he-^i^.i^p^ ^^^ Kansa.s industrial law by committed the fatal error of allowing j ..ailing a  -strike of    miners.    August
the other two men to remain outside on the truck whioh had been driven into an alley alongside the  building. While the <oiislalile was reporting 'he case,  the two men on  the truck held  .nail Patrolman Pitrnk OBrien | started the motor.    They  bacKed tmt nrrtvjd mto   M;r.n  streel  and  luiiiid   towi',''d
Blame La.d on One j Hanover    townabip.      Several   police
Th" arre.-^t of Sakow.sk.v w;is made' efficers followed them as far as the I tJermany, with J. P. Morgan and r.t his home in Nantiicke several | dividing line between the borough' Hugo Stinnes in the principle roles, hours :ater.     He admitted.  acc«»»ding i _,,,rt ,]„. ,,,„.„ph,p l,u, ,l,p ^.j^jj^j. ^.n-j^ , ^.^^3   revealed   as   possible   today.
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Dorchy, miner's district secretary, was granted a similar extension by .Iudge P'red W. Bos.s, of the Cherokee county district court.
MONEY MASTERS MEET
Ncw York, Sept. 3—A meeting be¬ tween money masters of America and
Several   Are   Arrested   on Rights Acquired in the World
Charges of Fighting and In¬ terfering With Officers
HEARINGS THIS MORNING
Following    the    arrest    early    this
War Are Explained to Aiiled Powers
ANSWER BRITISH NOTE
Wa.shington,     September     3.—The
morning of a man whose friends lay'United States has taken renewed ac he  committed   no' wrong,  a  numbert«on  to protect .American rights and i
interests acquired in the world war. I of young men of the Heights vig- ., secretary Hughes has sent a new • orously protested against methods | note to the allied powers. It is de- ! alleged to have been used by patrol-j signed to protect more fully inter-; man William Lindner in making the ; ests of the l/iiited States in former! arrest. The young men said that the | German po.sses.viuns mandated to the i patrolman  used  his club  Incessantly > allies. I
on the head of the arrested young ! The note, according to the best in- | man and that the whole neighbor- j'©""'nation here, proposed various, hood in the vicinitv of Hancock and j'¦h'inK"^','"   mandate  drafus, .one    of ^
them being a proposal for the in.^er-
By Hfirold D. Jacobs
Huntington, W. Va.. Sei)t. 3.—I have been a part of West Virginia's civil war.
I have been shot at by both sides, once at iioint lilunk range, and have been a prisoner.
The experience of a little group of new-spuper correspondents and their guide.s on Heechiop Mountain in which there vere about five casual- li«-s probably ,jive3 a better sight to the public on conditions than any other occurences since the miners started to march on Logan county.
1 am writing this from Huntington for two reasotis: Becaus< I was or¬ dered out of Ihe tt>wn of I»gan by the state constalnilary and because it would Imve been necessary to come Iiere anyway to escape the censor¬ ship imposed at thai place by the same agency.
I have traveled the Tength and breadth of the battle zone, bolh with miners and federal troops. I have never received greater coilrtesy or consideration than at their hands. This is the tale of four reporters' ex¬ perience wilh the state constabulary and mine guards, deputies, who are iiattling with the miners along the Boone-Logan  Mne.
Miss Mildred Moor is, Boyden Sparks of the New York Tribune, Donald Craig, of the New York Herald and the writer left St. Albans late jeeterday with the first federal troop train inlo the Coal River val¬ ley and,, afler spending the night in Madi.son, arrived in  .Sharpless loday.
The others wished fo duplicate my experience in listening to a battle <lode to the miners' liring line and I went with them. We hired a young electrician named Nicholas Ball to tliv\er us up Beech Creek V'alley to-
Air Patrol Falls
Charleston. W. Va., Sept. 3.— Kear is fell for the safety of five army air men who crashed to earth today in a Martin bombing plane near Point Pleasant 50 miles from here. It is feared all five may have been killed. The plane was seen to goi nto a spin heading toward earth by other aviators. Lieutenant.? Specie and Kitzpatrick were in the machine wilh  two mechanics.
Two Olher bombers landed safe¬ ly, one under coram-md of Lieu¬ tenant McReynolds, tne other un¬ der command of Lieutenant Greh- bleL The machines were return¬ ing To Langley fleld, when they encountered a storm. They had found the landing field here too .tmall. Anny headquarters is en¬ deavoring to locate the missing men.
The three mechanics in the plane were Corporal Alexander Hazleton, Sergeant Arthur Brown and I'rivate Howard.
At a lute hour army head¬ quarters had not been able to learn the men's fate. It was feared they might have be^'n burned to death through an explosion of the gaso¬ line tank. Olher aviators t)e- lieved  they saw  the flames.
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Senator Walsh Says Action at the Outset of Trouble Was Only Salvation
SOiMEROFARMS GIVES FULL CONTROL TO FEDERAL TROOPS'
Martial Law Proclamatioit Signed by President May Not Be Put in Effect
LABOR NEGLECTED
Washington, Sept. 3.—.\n attempt to prevent further Senatorial inves¬ tigation of the Mingo war at thla time came to light here tonight.
Senator Kenyon, Iowa, chairman I of the Senate labor rommittee. has jbeen   compelled  to  put off  the  Con-
visit to West Virginia set i for September 19 on the ground that
ward the battle front.   We drove i>os- | gressional
sibly  two  miles   into   the   hills,   then
abandoned the car and proceeded on
foot.    "VS'e hiked about an equal dis- j '' ^'O"''! >>« inad\i.«able to go on that
lance up the narrow tortuous ravine [date.     Further  pressure  will   he  put
to tho police, th.it hi> iii.iehine had been need in the attemptPd robbery. J'l sail! he wns to get % lot.. e!th'»ugh th<» ot rl limed th.tt the Nantlcoke man's (I'lMeo nf the loot WIS to amount to ((» ner 1 »nt If the rolibc rv hid heen fi;"ces»ful the three men planned to «'r<ve fii»t   to  PhilHd'»li>hi.«   and   theni
t^> Vew  York, , I      v;i,a,-,,ies    W.   Vn.   .sVpt.   3.—Hea\T!"' ^^'>'^"^'"^' ^^''^ ^''^^''*^'^' '^"'^ "" ''^^
In th' statements made to Captain I ^^^^^,^,5,,^, ^.p^p paid to have occured   '^'fl '»'5 '^st nighl with a. knife In the of    Peti'.tlves   Michael   P.rown.    both I men cl.iimed that the entire affiar was | planned b>- Mie third  nieniiier  of the partv   who  pot.away.     He  was   for nierly   employed   af   Retreat
t2rtO out oJ the"hf' town-hip territory seme ther    prisoner I "' "Jvance of the officers.
The two men taken into ihe town
hall by    the    constable    were    later
released.
KILLED  IN   MINE  WAR. Sharpies,   W. 'ualties in   Ihe   fighting   on 'the   Blair  sector today.     Miners  estimated   their  own I losses   at   probably   six   killed   an   a Whil" I score  wounded.
Charles K. Mitchell, President of the .National Cily Bank, sailed for Kurope, stating that he would be present at a conference between Morgan and Stinnes.
HAS LEG BADLY CUT
George  i'opperneck,   12  years    old,
hands of his brother. The case was reported as an accident to the au- thorilit^. The boy is in Nesbitt West Side Hospial.
there   he   he-anic   familiar   with   the
n.ture  of  Mr    Meyers  m.^nthly  jnn-1 IRELAND'S  SITUATION
to   Kftrer't.     On   these  trips
lewelor c.Trried several thousand dol-
'TAKES LONG CHANCE REACHES GRAVE STAGE I TO OBTAIN A DRINK
received on pav day by 'he employes I   i     Washington, Sept. 3.—A human fly
nf the CeTtiai Poor DiPtrict. The' London. Sept 4 (Sunday).—The; "hooch hound" was discovered by the Ifwcliv was taken .ilong on each till*! Irtsh situation nas reached an ex-| Washington police tonight when what for sales. The three men considered ' 'remely grave stage as a result of the ' appeared to be a bold attempt to rob the pla li for sotne time. They spent! latest note from "President" De Va- a senator's oflice in the capitoi, turned Kridiy i!i»;!it in Nantiocke and then . lera lo Lloyd George, the Press .\s- out to be a thirsty man trying to get dro\e to WilUes-Barre early yes- | sociation announced today in a dis-¦ al his own liquor, icnlay moining. j patch from Dublin. P.eceni optimistic A policeman saw a man climb out The local police learned that Gaff-; reports about the probable outcome of a third fioor window and creep ney is wanted in PhiladchihIa for the of the e.xchange of notes proved un-. along the ledge. He dashed into the theft of an .(Utomobile in fhat city, j founded, the di.«patch states. } buildin? and collared a man hurrying  I dowry^the corridor.
.\ccprding   to   the  police,   the  man
I said he was .1 senator's secretary and
I left some liquor in the office.    Find-
J       M/r nff r      trr      r W  '"^ ^^" doors locked he tried the hu-
As Most Populous Town In World\^X:'^eriS:il^JS^^"" '^"^
New Vork City Has Clear Title
TVashinpton, Sept. 3.—.America •till holds the laurels for the big- |M>t city o.-i the globe, \tetropolilan New YorK has a population of 7,910.- 418 London, with 7.476.H>8 residents hss fallen 10 second place.
Bared on reports of the census bureau for .New York this claim now is bein.c made for the .American city by members of Congresa and former rsidents of New York Uving in Washington.
The census bureau will not confirm th« claim officially although It is claimed the population figures ar« taken from the official census re¬ port*.
New York, acccording to the bflfl- clal census reports, has a popula¬ tion of 5.620,048. This total, how¬ ever. Includes only Manhattan and the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn. Q-jfAa and Richmond. But tba boc^««ra for New Tork'a alleged su-
I premacy contend that New Tork should be considered as a single com-
} munity including all residents within
I a radius of ten miles. Oniy by so regarding  it  can   the  American  city
j fairly be compared, it is contended, with greater London which comprises the metropolitan district plus an "outer ring" with more than 2,000,000 inhabltania.
Comparing greater New York Trtth greater Ix>ndon, the residents of the former city contend the American community now is the largest single municipality of tlie world. In this basis London includes approximately 690 square miles while New York ex¬ tends over but 197 square miles.
The state of New York alsD has Dearing Harbor, Suffolk county which according to ofticiaJ census bureau figures contains a popijla- lation of three persona, the smalleet incorporated vlllace in the world.
SHELL-SHOCKED KILLER MAY BE MILLIONAIRE
Market streets wa.s aroused. The young men announced that they would tell of Lindner's actions at the hearing in police court this morn¬ ing.
Three men were arrested at 12:30 this morning at Hancock and Markeir streets, two of which were charged with fighting and the other v.-iih in¬ terfering wilh an officer. LLouLs Hunuruckson of 13fi River street, .\lden, a laborer for Lehigh & Wilkes- Barre Coal company and Walter Cow¬ man, aged 2.S, of Salvation Army hotel, were arrested for fighting. Evert Francis, aged '25, of 15 West Jackson street, was arrested for in¬ terfering with an officer. The ar¬ rests were made by patrolmen Michael Conway and William Linder.
It is charged by the young n.en of the Heights that Hundriickson vias walking down Kast Market street alone when patrolman Linder re¬ quested patrolman Conway to arryst him. They said that patrolman Conway placed a pair on hand cuffa on Hundruckson and that the prisoner did not make any resistance. Witiiout provocation the young men said that patrolman Linder came running to¬ ward patrolman Conway and si.iried to hit Hundruckson on tbe heaii with his black .i.ick. They said tlie pvi- soner buckled under the blows of the black Jack and that when the man fell into the gutter patrolman Lin¬ der continued hittin^him.
When the patrol arrived the three 1 drying men who were arrested were placed in it and taken lo police station. Hundruckson was bleeding profusely from the head and he was taken to Cily Hospital where a doctor attend¬ ed his injuries. He was later brought to police station and will be given a hearing this morning.
A number of young men of the Heights early this morning protested against the alleged actions of Pa¬ trolman Lindner in beating up the man. They gave their names as fol¬ lows: Theodore Bernstein, Max Levin, Harold Green, Skeets Mc¬ Farland, P. Savits, P. McNulty, N. McNulty. John Zoelier. Leo Dugan, Leonard Dougher, Robert Alper, Benjamin Levy John Havas, William Smith and D. Karp.
tion of a provision recognizing the "open door' principle, guaranteeing e(|iial conimerci.Tl opportunity for all nations in the mandate territories.
The first information that Secre¬ taiy Hughes had sent nnother note was received in Washington in a dis¬ patch from Cicneva slating' thai rep¬ resentative.-: of allied pov.ers li.iU no- tihed the council of the league of na¬ tions of the receipt of such a. note.
This niiw Hughes note is .said to have beiAi addressed to .nil %>" the principal allies.—Rngland, France. Japan and Italy,—but it is undersiood to apply particularly to the British mandate over Mesopofaniia a%l to be primarily an answer to the last Bri¬ ti.sh reply to American objoctioris m that situation.
The draft for the mandate of Meso¬ potamia has not yet been approved by the league of nations commission. The Anglo-French oil agreement was protested some time a^o under the Wilson administration and later it was the subject of in extender di¬ plomatic correspondence in which the United States attempted to break the agreement on the grotind that it was a violation of the "open door" princi- j pie which, it was held, is the spirit in which the former German t.-'rcitories were allocated to the mandates of the allies.
Now, however. Secretary Hughes seems to have taken another course, .seeking to.. protect American inter¬ ests in an indisputable way in the text of the mandate itself, without to break the Anglo-French agreement.
This is the second Hughes note on mandates to the powers. The first was that of April 2, which dealt par¬ ticularly with the Japanese mandate over the island of Yap. The Ameri¬ can objections to the Yap mandate, however, are about to be Mnally set¬ tled, a vii^ual agreement having been informally reached between Secre¬ tary Hughes and Ambassador Shid- bara of Japan.
before We heard the tirst faint .sounds of rille and machine gun fire seem¬ ingly far to the south.
We afterward learned it was on Blair mountain where the most t:an- suinary engagement of the warfare was  raging
on Kenyon to postpone or call off entirely th" vNit when he returns from his vacation in Maine.
The inadvisahillty of Senatorial inquiry lies in the fact. Senator Sutherland of West "\'irglnla said. We decided we would 1,hat murder trials growing out of the scale the mountain to our left to Rive] ,ni„^ ^^r are set to be^n next Tiies- our auditory nerves a real tingle of jday, Sept-mber 6. They cannot poa- battle noises Jind turned back look-I ^.^p u^ ^^^pd by the 19th, Sulher- ing for .a path ^^ e encountered two; ,^„d said. The region will be in a miners  trom  the Boone  Countv  coal i,,,^,,„f j^„^^„^„^    „„
corporation      workings   who   told   usj,,.i„,„  v,o :„,:„„,„j   .ri,    1   J
.!,„ . u   1        •¦        . J ¦     .1.    .Q  ....       trials, he intimated. The lawvern who they h.id participated in the fighting .       ,. v .       ••.    o,
1    .V, 1 1 .u ,j .   1 '"'Vould appear before the Senate com-
but believed they could take us up a'     ... ,   .       ^
.,„,u   .,  „.      ,,111  „i 11      I mittee   as   counsel   for   both   miners
path so we could look across a vallev        ^ ... , .iiimria
¦ ' and operators will be engaged in the nu.rder trials and the .ipp»arance of Senate committee would interrupt the trials and increase the irritation ar^d delay the final disposition of tne minder cases.
"I have already advised Senator Kenyon of this condition of affairs," said Sutherland today, "and on his return 1 will again urge him not to take the committee to Williamson on the 19th. The eommitte»» should have gone long ago. if at all, and not after its members had taken a 30 days' va¬ cation."
There has been much opposition by some West \'irginia roal Interests to any Senate investigation in the stat.-
,     ,„„       ,        , ,      ^. .     .       ,1 ever since Ken.\on's committee got to
huge log and a« I lay there trying to! „.„,^ ..      :,,   „        ....
„„!,„,„,     ,- „ ,,• .•, .work on    the Mingo    situation .«iome
Zl ^T, W *' T"   '^ T*^ ! ^^^^^ ««"    This opposition has been
congratulating my.=elf on having    his   ^„^^^, ,„^ ,^^ mosipart.
' where some miners were holding the j line.
Hell Breaks Loose. We  reached   the     summit  of     the mountain   afler   a     hard   climb   andl ; proceeded along its brow for about .a! ; hundred  yards.       The  miiie    guards! •were   walking   ahead     and   we   were' ; commenting on the fact  that the fir-i ir.j   .-^eemed   to   be   but   little   nearer I I when— I
Well, hell broke loose. There was a | crash of rille fire 1 i^ht in our faces.! I remember of thinking "gosh that's! close."
Then anolher crash and I felt a sharp pain on my right knee which buckled   under  me.     I   fell   behind  a I
shelter, the air was shaken liy volley after volley. The bullets thudded in¬ lo the log about mp head and 1 realiz- I ed we were enfiladed and the log was no sheltr at all.
There were shouts of "I'm hit; we're friends; we surrender" and I began to do .^ome shouting myself. Finally the firing trickled off and we heard cries in front of us: "Come out   there   you     ".
Blames Government.
The miners on the other hand have urged that the committee learn of conditions at flrst hand. Members of fhe "army of invasion" now facing federal troops have stated the two chief objects of their march were to force federal intervention and then a   I'ongressional    investigation.
With   federal   troops   coping   with
"Put your hands up dammed high ^^^ situation officials here today were and keep 'cm up". | beginning to ask what steps will fol-
As we arose to comply there was' '"'*' the pacifying of the region. It anolher volley from our side. This i '^^^ obvious to all officialdom here ceased  and  we  were  amazed  to see ! that  after  the     present   trouble     is
several state troop'.rs rise in front of us. I learned afterward we had all sui>posed we were under fire by miners. I had .lastily examined my knee a:;d d..sccvered there -vas a comparatively minor bruise probably
DENTISTS CUT  PRICES
Lorain,   O.   Sept.   3—Demists   here | today  announced  a   20  per  cent   re- ! ^lom a richorh«"tting bullet or a stone duction   in   prices.    The   purpose,   it
was explained, is "to make it poss¬ ible for people who have had their wages cut to have dental work done".
San Francisco. Sept. 3.—That John Halloway.   charged   with   stabbing   a Greek in a cafe here last March and later committed to the  State asylum for the insane,  is John Halloway of Philadelphia,   said   to   be   a   missing millionaire   and   shell-shocked    over¬ seas veteran for whom a search has been   made   since   the  demobilization of the  .^.  E.  F.   was    considered    a j probability     today.        A      detective 1 agency which has been attempting to 1 locate   the   Philadelphia    man    dis- j covered a'man by the name of John Halloway    of    Philadelphia    in    the' State asylum  where  he   wae    com- i stabbing. I
mitted by court  order following the
The asylum authorities  state  th^y know nothing more of the man th.in the  mere  record  In   which   he  gavel tlia home address aa Philadelphia.      1
Cirl Refuses To Roll Up Stockings;
Defeats Policeman Who Uses Force
AtUntic City, N. J., Sept. 3.—Miss Louise Rosine of Los Angeles decided when in tbe East to do as the West- rners do. She appeared on the beach here today with the stockings of her bathing suit rolled down just as if ehe were on one of her own free un-blue- lawed  Paclflc beaches.
Beaoh Policeman Shaw, as usual, waa on the alert for uncovered fem- •rtine knees to "roll 'em up." She re- •'•rted. according to Shaw, "mind your •)wn huainessy'
The discusMon developed into a de¬ bate on tbe relative merits of rolled
c'nipped by one
A Nasty Situation. I looked arourd nt my companions and uas hon if Jed to ."^ee Sparks limp- ins forward, his face a mass o^ iilood and the red oozing from hi.« leg. I turned to help him and got a tirade of cursing from the troopers. As we were rouncled up, a Sergeant came racing over from the other squad snd as.';umed command of the situt- ^^~~~~~~^~~" i tion.    Then 1 saw one of the miners
up and rolled down stockings, as well' was badly hit in the leg, that as of Eastern and Westarn beach Craig had been "burned" on the costumes. I tpmple bv a bullet and fhat Miss Mor-
Shaw started  to take Miss Rosine; ^j^ j,^^ a scratch on the wrist, to the station house.    She d.ired him
quelled, something must be done to prevent ils recurrence. The situa¬ tion is being studied, therefore, with that in mind.
In advocating prompt action on the part of the committee. Senator Walsh, (Continued On Page 2.)
NEW DANGER ZONE      .
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• Washington, Sept. J. — Fedrtrali troop.s .-»re peaceably tnking oonTrori of the situation in the West Virgini»^ coal country, according to reports to j the War Department tonight. Thro" Important developements in the coai^ miners fight were ai'nounced by Sec*'' rtjtary  of  Wnr   Weeks:
1—A dispatch was received froa Brig Gen H H Bandholti. in com-1 mand of federal troop« in West Vir»". ginia. that about 400 "insurgent" miners had .surrendered at Shurplee'J and .Madison, turning in about gft"' fire arms.
2~Order3 which previously bad ben issued for trains to be held In readines.s on tho sidings at Canyi Dli, N. J. to rush the ISlh Infantry regi¬ ment into Weat Virginia were mn- cell«d by the War Department, In belief that no additionul troops will' be needed to aiigm*>nt the ]9ih and 26th reginienus, now in West Virginia,
3—Advices rm-eived during the day by Secretary W<«k.s stronglv indi- cateil that the nifneis' forces werw disptrsing in the face of the federal troops.
From developments during the day. Weeks was iinderfluod to feel tonight that the issuance of the proclama¬ tion of martial law for tlve counties in West Virginia already signed by President Harding would be unneces¬ sary.
In the telephone and telegraph rt- porta th&t he ha.'* made to the War Department, General Bnndholt/. ha« not jet expre83<-d any opinion as to whether the proclama;ion of martial law should l>e promulgated.
Secretary Weeks explained, how¬ ever, that General Bandholtz will not make any recommendation on the martial law procUunation unttl ti« is ready to advise that It be issued. Secretar>' Weeks said that he Is with¬ holding the declaration of martial law until such a  step is iiecei»sary.
f.'harges and co^inter charges con¬ tinued today in afempts to flx fhe responsiMllty of the liKhling in West Virginia.
Samuel Gompers, president of the Aintr:can Federatioti of Labor, and James I..ord, head of the mining de¬ partment of the federation, told Pre.ti- dcnt Harding thai gunmen and pri¬ vate <letectlve aKenci"s employed by the mine operators are re-iliy respon¬ sible for the fighting. Thi.-» wa.s de¬ nied in a telegram received a: the White House frem G. C. Pier.'on, sheriff of Mingo coun'y. and S IX Stokes, prosecuting attorney of that county.
Gompers also urged thc I'resident to call a conference of operators a.:\i miners to settle the differences be¬ tween the employers an! • n.i I',. e.^, but apparently he was given no deii¬ nite answer on thi.'s point.
Another   Danger  Zonm
Wllllani.'^^oi.. vV •• 1 , Sept 3—With reports tbat miners are bending tor .Mingo from the ^:<.uth over th- Ken¬ tucky mountains, .. new se,tor w;i» made active rotiigbt in tbe protract¬ ed warfare that haa lieeii raging m Weat  Virginia.
Sherirr A. C. F-'iiison ls.sued a <ii^l for volunteerii here tonight fo pro¬ ceed to the dt feii.»ie of the lhr'-(tten« d ' .irea. Three Mini;o couniy depufiwa iare known to iiave |ie»n wounded at MerriniHc in ;in ••iieoiiiiter th. re wi:h the millers from the Kintucky fle'iJij. The force of miners is not over 500, it  waa  reported.
The niiiiei •• were s>iid to Un form¬ ing on the banks of tli>t Tug Fork, This river separatis Mingo county from Pike county, Ky. I'lKe couniy auttiuritiea have i-onie to the us3;s'.- ance of Sheriff i'in.M.ii, acc<)rding to advices reacliiii»! here, and have clos¬ ed in on the niin'ers. Two flghte took place, it was sl.nted. but no <a.«- ualties were reported. If the miners persi.-tt ill their iiilvuiice on .Mi.'-.go, Sheriff I'iiiNuii .state.l. tbe two forcea will ply the jiim ers aitaek aod closn in on thu invu<lers.
The first eiicoiiiiifr With the Ken¬ tucky miners was reported to hnvo occurred at 'j o'clock this mornir^g near Merrimac Sheriff Pin.«!on '.o- night usktrd i-'heriff I'iiafin of Logan couniy to send ;i squadron of a:r- planes to observe the miners' I'oai- tlona if :in atta' k is found necesfcary. (Continued On Page 2.)
to try it. The policenjan came off a very bad seeond to the intense in¬ terest of thoVisands of bathers, who had gathered to cheer the bouL Ue had to summon assistance.
In police i.tuirl Shaw .vwore out a formal warrabt of arre.>t and charged .Mieu Rosine with assault and battery. His face presented supporting evi¬ dence.   Mies Rosine la still defiant.
Sparks had beon creased along the top of the head and a bullet had pen¬ etrated  one calf.
We produced milltar>' pa-sses. Is¬ sued by Colonel Ford, chief of staff. to show our identity and the Ser- g«ant seized one from Sparks, read it, crumpled it and threw it on the ground.
(Continued On Page 2.)
Show-Down On Open Shop Campaign
Comes With New Wage Reductions
Chicago, Sept. S.—Show down In the fight of large employers of the country to put the open shop or ".\mer!can plan " into effect appeared near tonight.
new scale. They will attempt to negotiate, however, through their own unions.
Railroad   unions   were   completing „.,       ., . , their  strike  vote,  ordered  when   the
7:t7:'^.t:T..Z:^.°? ^?l^'*!'„':?*l July wage reduction w.nt into effect.
Representatives of the packing house union employees were in cor- aultation here ion ight with Dennia Lane and other officlab They t»n- sidered  a proposition   which   Samuel
started a year ago the fight was con centrated on railroads .'tnd the pack¬ ing industry,  two of the largest em¬ ployers of union labor of the country.
Adherents of the American plain believed if they could break union ranlca in th«Be two great Induatrles they would have little difficultv In placing the open shop in otiier lines.
Packers   tonight    planned   to   an¬ nounce a wage reduction on Septem¬ ber  15, when  the  present  agreement; strike  and   admit expiree.     They  will ref&«   to   treat   some difficulty ii with union leaders in airanging tha' reUuctiona in.u
Oompiere. preeident of the American Federation of Labor, haa suggested they present to the ^Tinloyere.
Officiate of packi'^ :¦ >use concern* were  known   10   b«»   r-oi^irfng   for  <v
e-;pected