Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1918
Entered at WUkes-BaiTe, Pa., as Second Class Mail Matter.
THE W EATHER
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Washington, Feb. 9.—Fair and I slightly colder Sunday and Mon- | day; moderate northwest winds.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LOCAL MAN SUCCEE
RODERICK
GERMAN PEACE PLAN SWAYS THE BALKANS; GREECE IN BAD WAY
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ORFAILOF CONTROL
I Guns and Stilettos Are Used Until Terror-stricken Guests Call State Troopers
WILD SCENE ENSUES
.\ wedding celebration at Laflin last night developed into a shooting and stabbing affray in which two men re-
SECOND DEGIIEE VERDICT
MINERS HERE REVOLT
Panic Among Small Nations i Banishment and Court Martial l^.^j^ed severe stab wounds and another!
Threatens   to   Spread   to* Point of Serious Defection    \
TEUTONS TAKE HOLD
Washington, Feb. !».—A separate peace for (lerr.iatiy and the central alllKi; In the Balkans, unless the Allied drive at .Salonika restores the morale ••'f the eshuiisted entente powers in the near east Is threatened, according to diplomats here tonight.
Germany's influence is gradually be¬ ing felt on the eastpm and south¬ eastern front and -many mllitar>- critics i.'i well BS diplomatic officials are dis¬ counting the near cast entirely in forecasting the developments of the • omlng year.
The consummation of n separate )>eace between the central powers and
for Officers and  Soldiers • wedding gue»t was shot in the leg. \
stiiicttos were wielded and a ccore of jjury In Sheatown Case Excuses
Defendant From Death Pen-
Who Aid German Intrigue
WOULD BETRAY GREECE
I revolver shois were fired when the 1 ; celebration broke out into a free for j all tight. The state police were rushed i to the place when the fight threatened j lo involve the entire town of Laflin , i and   for  more   than   three   hours   the
alty After Five Hours
^^ash.n^ton, Feb. 9.-.A campaign "f j .^.^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^.^ ,i^^^ attempting! STRONG PLEAS  MADE
ruthless extermination of the Teutonic' to  restore  order. '
Intrigue   which   threatens   demorally-a-       .\fter the fighters had been dispersed | tlon of Greec^e ha.i been inaugurated by I and   two   of   the     leading     disturbers j
the Greek government.  Premier Veni- ' ^J^"-"*" '"^^ J^"- »*»« s^^* P<>«ce gave
1., J   ..      /-      II      ••       »-      I "Ut the following casualty list: zelcs  cabled   the  Greek   legation   here I     ,,^^^^ Uouker   aged  Sof Main street,
Laflin,
tonight. I Latlin. shot in leg
Soldiers who mutinied at Lamnia [ John Denko, aged 25, Laflin, stabbed Friday are to be court martialed, and! several times in the back, a score of political supporters of the ^ ^ J^^^/,^ ^^'^^' «««<^ 35 old Constantine regime, includng for-| ,„ addition to these men. there were mer Premier Stephen Skouloudis, have , fully a score of other guests Who suf- .,^ v^..v.— K""»-- -...., already been ordered banished from''ered trom battered heads, lacerations Itkiaine has removed the greatest; Athens The Greek parliament has |'*"'''"'"<»¦ '"j""^^- While the injured itunibllnp block in the path of the j been adjourned by the government to i *\'^« applying first aid methods to Teutonic power?. Roumania, caught; leave the administration a free hand' ^llf"', «*'" hurts the police arrested between the vise, eventually mustUo popg with the admittedly serious' ^^"^'¦'es Check, of 817 North Pennsyl- meet the Au.strian terms, while Serbia | situation. It will not be reconvened j ,^^ma avenue, this^city, and_Paul_On- .md     Montenegro.      unless    succorred
Charge Waste of Funds and Favoritism Against Boost of the Monthly Dues
WANT SEPARATE UNION
of
.Miners in the anthracite coal fields Pennsylvania threaten to break away from the ranks of the United Mine Workers and establinh an or- .e:anization of their own. The dissatis- faciion of the hard coal miners with conditions in the national organiza- :ion wa.'i brought about thiough the announcement that the union dues are to be increased ?rom 50 cents to 75 cents per month
SEWARD BUTTON GETS BIG OFFICE
Governor Brumbaugh Selects as State's Chief Mining Executive Wyoming Bor¬ ough Resident Who Rose io Prominence From Humble Start as Day Laborer— Appointment Takes Immediate Effect
HIGH HONOR IS DESERVED
soon, must accept what Austria and Bulgaria see flt to yive thero or lose '•very thing.
Greece, ostensibly an Allied factor. Is lukewarm in her war preparation and diplomatic difficulties may be added to military obstacles. Should the Teu¬ tonics find strength enough for a con
They    wer© sent to
at least for a fortnight, according to  ^^^^-  °^    ^""'"
'^'Xh? cable'revt!led  startling  condi-1 "/h' wedding took place at the hom^
Plottlngs! '^^ Michael Suskowskl on Main street, ' Inkerman.     More   than   one   hundred
tions throughout the nation.
antl    counter    plottings—fostered    by
Guilty of murder In the se<()nd de¬ gree was the verdict relumed by the jury last night in the case agninst Ro¬ man Jozefowicz, of Sheatown, who was j charged with killing Peter Richliski. a neighbor, on August 7 laat. The jury received the case at 4:10 o'clock yes¬ terday afternoon and remained out un¬ til a:1D o'clock last night, when they handed their verdict to Judge Wood¬ ward.
was announced last night when George Isaacs, president of local union Xo. 1407 at the South Wilkes-Barre colliery of the Leliigh <t Wilkes-Barre Coal Com¬ pany, stated that the members of that ] local had voted to oppose any elTort that will be made lo make the in¬ creased dues effective.
Isaacs also said that the miners at the Stanton, Blackman and other big collieries in this city have spoken against the plan. They threaten to oppose it to tne extreme limit.   If nec-
more than five hourt;. this was consid¬ ered remarkably quick work in arriv¬ ing at a deciison in view of the nature of the closing pleas made by District Attorney Frank tJlaltery for the com¬ monwealth   and   Attorney   Michael   F.
Berlin and canned on by the royalists ; nien and women gathered in the house, i McDonald for the defense. Thia dis- —have dangerously undermined the 1 Following the wedding the guests sal j ^^j^,^ attorney demanded that a first public  morale.    There    is  widespread   down to eat.   It was at the table that i degree  verdict   be   returned,    as   only
Governor Brumbaugh yesterday afternoon announced the appointment of Seward Button, of Wyoming, superintendent of the Mt. Lookout Coal Company, as Chief of the Department of Mines, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of   James   E.     Roderick,    of
The flrst official action which spread', "a^leton. .OO 'hat all anthracite miners may with- j Word of the probable action of the Governor reached this city
draw from the United Mine Workers, j ^^ Friday evening, but the telegram announcing the selection was not
received in this city until 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The appoint¬ ment of Mr. Button cannot be said to be a surprise to those who advocateti his appointment. Tliey knew he was the Governor's first choice.
TTie name of Seward Button has been prominently mentioned in connection with this .-esponsible post for more than a year, but during all that period Mr. Button refrained from doing anything to further his claims unless Chief Roderick sent in his resignation.
   The death of Mr. Roderick last week piaced the Mt.   Lookout
essary, they have announced, ihey will \ superintendent's name first among the long list of neimes that were
It is reliably reported that fully twenty
Although the twelve jurors were out | «» withdraw from the national organi-   submitted to the Governor.
^*^'°" ^    applications were on file and that as many more mining men in var
The   action   by   the   South    Wilkes- , . ii- • i       ,    i        j
Barre miners was taken at a meeting   >ous parts Ot the State were pullmg strings to land the place.
l-Mday night.    At that time they re- Here in Luzerne the friends of three well known mining men
ceived a report from the delegate whom; . ,        jj..-       ..    c      ^   o   ^..       ii ^    r\     •        ^ ..i     r^
they sent to the recent national con-i ^"^ active. In addition to Supt. Button Henry G. Davis, of the D., vention at Indianapolis, where the In-' L. & W.. and Joseph J. Walsh, mine inspector in the Nanticoke crease was agreed upon. After learn- Kdistrict. had Strong backing for the appointment. When the p"e^r cl^nltolr Tp" "/ormir x^- announcement came Mr. Davis and Mr. Walsh were among the first tional President John P. While a '° ^^na their congratulations to the successful candidate, salary  of  $5,000  while   he  is  devoting
There is no mine superintendent in the anthracite district held
.   ,    ^   , , ^     .            .    ,      .^^"uT' I Jn more affectionate regard by the thousands of men and boys who fuel  administration,, and  also  lo  help! , . .   ._i _j i      i •       i     •       .i .      .        ^..    .
he judgment of $800,(  '
Inst the union by the
IS. the local miners 1 indignant.^^^   ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ joen.    This was no dtjobt due to the fact that he sprung from the
ije.'eiai  ffery  speeches    were made.; rijinks.    He never forgot the fact that his start was humble, and he During the course of some of the re-' yf^s happiest when he was in position to do something worth while for
, propaganda and intriguing to defeat, the trouble started. According to the i ^gaj. ^^^ would return anvthing else csrted drive against the Salonika front \ the effective mobilization of the na- ' police reports, several fights started i because of the evidence and testimony nnd   Greece    fail     to    respond  whole  tjon's  man  power  In  aid  of the  En-   simultansously.     The   fighting   spread * jj^gught out.
licartedly. the Salonika army will facec I-ente. rapidly until the entire party was in-       Attnrnev McHiinjiid in his a<iHrHK« to 1 "'"'¦  "" »w-......,  ......^  „..,.,   ...  ..^.i.,,  i      i-       i     .'       i ,      ,        ,,.    .'
a nerious situation, officials declare.    ,    open rioting and incendiar>- speech-   volved. the   h,?v   clahn^d   thi   -hJineZrT  "^'^^ °"' "'^ judgment of $800,000 re- j have worked under him during the many years he has filled super-
Additional proof that Germany con-,«, have aroused  the country to  high. Revolver. U.«d. | verses" domesStrouWe. poor physi^'l   '"/Tt T""'";>!''V'"'r ^^ t*^''/"""^ "^'SO'y  positions  than   Seward   Button.     Neither  is  there  any   other
template, a f-^'ve which wUl force the. p^.^.      .^gainst    this    situation    the      In the heat of the battle   food   was ..rdition and'excessive d.V-ing cau^- i °'ai/nanT " " ' superintendent who has maintained such pleasant relations with his
Allies from  the Adriatic Is the latest, venlselos government proposes to meet | forgotten.    The table was overturned. |^ the d-fendant to h,-. unbaianc«d *n.1 i'"'^'^"^"*- — ¦ -     -       - ^      '^"' reiauons wun nis
mov« of Bulearlft,  .Jo an»Wit ir4er-,thei««e«|uarely, dealwlthUdiMUc-lTfte woii«>.   ^^i^^^, >c .-jhrieldr,i Yrtwn'h„ clalrtitf. thav'notfcln* ih«r«  «Vcr.« :'"w,'hint^o' l;i'v    thr^slit^San ^^"^ ^"* ^* '"" responsibility for a«y   the house leavlnit U in cHarge of fhej J^U'^^^a de?,rSou!d^ murn^d
in  Washington today,   the    Bulgarian, ^^^g^pg, taken. men.    One of tho guests knocked over      After dellt>eratinc for fve hours the   --:-"   -   "•  ""-—   -
king shows an inclination to offer more I     ..^^^    ^H^g      ^.^„    rest      assured.": the lamp, extinguishing it.   In the dark   lurv   sent   w«i^   to  Jud^rWoodL^^^ »U    *"  "'
acceptable terms to Serbia  and   Rou-; ^enizelos cabled, "that we have taken   the   celebrators    fought     like     tigers,    as? night aT^wmlLt^afterSocToTlf   anthracite     miners    have    „ot     been , ' „.,'^°""^ '"'"*' employe ambitious to go to the top. rnania, Bulgaria's chief enemies, than; „^  ^„   ^^^^  a„   ^he  steps   necessary i After several minutes of struggle some i-!! 31 i^^^ ."^quarely   by   the  national  or-!     ^^ ^en  he  w,is  .seventeen   he  was
th08< previously offered. 1 against those who would poison public i of the men pulled revolvers.   At inter-; ^o^r/house       lozefowicr was brought ¦ ^''"'^^*'""-     '^^^^'   "^'•^""^''^   ^^''^   the  miner and  before  he  was  tweniy-one
A  Ready Peace. i opinion and render the Hellenic nation i vale marked by seconds the darkness, „„„^^,^h   f^rr^,,,^   ¦,._,.,,      „"^.   „,,„ti.. i .^ ""^'*.*^'"^. ^'.°'"''*''"^'<""»^""'-*t'o" ^'^-! be  held    the  certificate
Bulgaria today   would    be    content j ip,pQient with   a   pea«e   w hlch   established   the j ^^^^ ^g
loll of minor cuts among the fighters.     ' When  the  Stale  police reached  the .scene,  they found  the  house in which
those wno  WOUia   poison  punUC    "l   "¦« ".«"   PUM^u   .^^u.*<..^.     ^^  ...tr.- , ^ourt  house.        .lOZefOWiCZ   was  brought i  fnited   \finP Workpr^-  r.r°^ni,.
and render the Hellenic nation   vale marked by seconds the darkness, n,^^^^^,^,^   f^om   the   jail      He   plainlv i , T f,    ,     T '"^"'^""'^
t against  the  enemy  and  de-   was  broken  by flashes  of fire as the i ,7„':;;^^;;;™-^j^^JJ-'-^.,f^ .^-^t   t^iZ'Tel^r.t:^^?^^^
of victorv. revolver bullets  sung  back and  forth;, .. with him were 4ttnrnev vi,.     '*^'^""« *"^  interests  of the  s
Revolt Threat.n.. ! between the combatants.      The   firing; 1^1^."^, J  *!l.!'i.'^„.''?.?..fi'"'"?-.^'„^'   """^^''^   ^"'J   '^at   Utile   atte,
^''^'ButaSpl'^henself today on the !---"-«-^-'^- '° <•-• with those , b.sl., of the treaty which her former I ^h" ;^-7'<i deliver Greece, bound hand ullles f Serbia, Roumania, Montenegro i ^"V°°- ° her enemies, in hopes that and Greece) and now her chief enemies. | ''".?'\f5"°" ^i" '"^^"''l ^^^ "'"l '"^^''"'^• have signed and have taken oaths to: ^ Although the revolt, (at Lamnia, observe."   King  Ferdinand   states,   re- i ^*« '^®" effectually    suppressed,    the
the  celebration  had   started,   in   ruins. The windows were knocked out.    The
;^:;^to r^r^rthe^^sl^l government is taking d^^tic steps ^ol^l^^^t^^i/^Z^J^Tl^^^'^^"^^^ ^'-- of <-Vrst Balkan wrw^^^^^^^ ^ve | ^^Z'^^^^'Z^t IStir i theS:rrwh/rem:?nertraw\l fhe^ radilj^^t tSurs 1 Bulgaria one-third of Macedonia. _ ^^^ „„*: <„„„ A. t „ i„  .,„„ ...     nolice.    Several shots were directed at ' \\':^""y "^^ ^""^ jurors un
The   Verdict.
j     The foreman of the jury ler-sely an¬ nounced   that   the   twelve     mon     had
j reached a verdict of '•guilty in the sec¬ ond decree."    .At    the lozefowicz could not restrain a sigh ofl f„g|    ^(j
..^^i^f     u-    -.1..:-,-.    -, J    .   , .--• f
which   every
soft coal i ^°""S    miner    prizes,  the    ccrtificiite
attention   isi'^at attested    to his    qualification for
given   to   the   needs  of  the   hard   coal I the   position  of  foreman.     He  secured
""'"• I his first recognition from William Ing-
now  the  general   manager  of  the
j     The miners did not welcome the an-
1 nouncement    that    former    President
I White's   salary   of   $.'.,000   per   year   is
still to be pa'd to him while he works
Under this treaty Bulgaria would be forced to evacuate that part of Do- Virudja soi4th of the Danube occupied '.ty Roumania since 1876, and which was overrun by Bulgaria In the pres¬ ent war. Its restoration together with il slice uf Moldavia in Russia Bessara¬ bia,   which   is  reported  to  have  been
} for  the  government.    ^^.   .^.........   .^-
announcement. I signe,j t^, givp his time to" the federal    "*
The seditious move at Lamnia has e.' tablished beyond a doubt the existence of such plotting and we find our.selves called upon to deal not only with those concerned, but also with those morally responsfble.
'The part played by people loyal to king Constantine has unfortunately un¬ dermined the national morale to such
He  recently  re- , ^^^   ^^.^      ^^^   .^^   j,^.^   connection   it ..... ^^ . . mitht   be   said    that   -Mr .   Ingli.s   was
ed his gratiflca-   T"    7-?iT.u ' ""¦    fT"^ !-imong those who gave flatiering testl
"'» fc.diiiica     claimed that they are patriotic but as • gaze  long and   ^   n,atter  of  economic til a jail official 1 „„„hiP „> Hpi. n„t m .Hie n..t.„. .   ^^^   ^^^   indorsements   from   most   of
crease his knowledge of mining he was nol long in securing recognition from his superiors.
Keeps Men Loyal. It  can  also  be  said   of  Mr.   Button that he has never been confronted with a strike during his career as a superin¬ tendent.     Hi.s  men   have  always   idol-
*    ...    T^ 1 „.„..„  je i 'zed him and though they will no doubt coal  department    of    the  Delaware  &:,           ,  .    ,      "	
Lackawanna, but at  that time the su¬ perintendent of the  coal  operations of
lis.
! mony   to  hia  ability  for  the  high   po- necessity  are  sition which he secured vesierday. He police.    Several shots were directed at ' "IIH"'^ "i^^Ww"'" '"T *" '"^^ 'TT^' i ""^"'^ ^" »^«'P °"t '" t^'« matter. '   ' '«^"'      "
the troopers as they raided the house jfrom^7JPJ°„"'™^^"<^;«^°^^^ With   regard   to   tne   $800,000   Judg-} th;" oVhe'r "leading'general  superinten-              ...-.     .     ^   I irom   me   court   room   on   the. return   n,ent   returned   against   the   miners   In Lents  in  the  Luzerne district.
but they escaped injury.    With   drawn revolvers the police managed to over-
trip  to  the prison.
come  resistence  but  it  waa  not  until
I.Arkansas, the miners are not very en-
The jurymen were  immediatelv dis-f'thusiastic
peace was established.
i'
offered   the   Roumanians  by   Germany
in     compen.saiion     for     Transylvania |»"   f^tent  that  there   are  those   who
territory claimed now. would undoubt¬ edly be pirwerful bait for the helpless Ubumanian  nation.
Tempting   Offer. Roumanian   officials,    now    in    the
would prefer to sec ttulgarla victori¬ ous, believing such a victory would re¬ sult in the restoration of the old re¬ gime. These followers of Constantine have allied themselves with the forces
I TIRED OF BEING NEXT. I
i     Sacramento,   Cal..   Feb.   9.—Enraged } ; at being cheated out of his turn in a | i barber    shop    late    today.    VIncancIo ¦ 1 Riolo, an Italian, snatched a razor from ; a barber and slashed four persons, two j probably fatally.
LAST WORD TO TROTSKY
United States, who served in the ^«^^^,^^ ^hom the country is now at Balkan wars and who know the Rou-   '^"'-   ,    ,       .^ ,   .     j     ,.
manlan ruirr intimately are much con- Venlzelos then explained the sus- ccrned over the possibility of this Pension of Parliament empha.sizing tempting offer being accepted by King that its patriotism was not questioned. Ferdinand ' government feared long drawn
Kussiajiufficlals on  tho  other  hand   Parllamental   debate,   centering   about! f.re   inclined   to   bellev.-   that   Ukraine   f"'"'"'"'-  ''^'^.-"=  ""der government or- - Nvill  not protefl the cessation of Moi-   '^'"'"-^ °^ bani.shment, might halt neces-' davl.. lo Roumania, recognizing it.s de-   s*""!' deci.sive action. . ided   Roumanian   nallonslitv   and   in- "'""^ ^'^ Banished.
vtltutions.   The Bolsheviki. deserted on       ••*«losurctf    following    Ihs    lamnia;
itll sides, will eventually submit lo ""e^i^" fiavr resulted in banishment of . cept the (^erman terms will result in GermanVp term;:, regardle.is of how! ^''**e officials by special proclamation: i immediate resumption of tlie war huniilintinp, bccauic there is no other' KuKcne Zalo.osl.^.s, tJeorgcs Ballad- againrt Uussisi, .according to that iilt«rnative.  KuMslan otficlals believe.       ¦'"*'•   ^^'''^^^^   Triantfly^cos   nnd   Spyri-, paper.
Ultimate  disniembcrment   of  Russia   *''^"  '-'P'ti'-'i "^i- a"  former minislrrs of      -if the peace negotiations are wreck- Kud after that the demise of Ihe Bnl-   '"'reiSD affair:-^ under Constantine; Col-, ed   the    German    people  will    Inquire
onel    .Jean    .Matzopoulo. ex-  minister; [thoroughly into the question of who Is
to blame," that Socialist organ added
the fate ot the murderer were as fol¬ lows:
Daniel O'Donnell, hotelman, Barre.
Harry    Trebilcox,   engineer.     I'lym¬ outh.
James Brown, burgess. Hughestown.
John    Cavanaugh, merchant,    Pitts¬ ton.
Harry   Bran,    contractor,    .Swoyers¬ ville.
Serves With   Honor.
They  do  not like the ioca!     chief   Button   served   the   Erie   with
they must help pay this great sumjj„a,l^ed efficiency at the operations of
 the company   in  Jermyn,   Lackawanna
1 be pleased to hear of his signal honor that has just come to their employer, they will regret his departure from the Mt. Lookout, his nine years' service there having endeared him to every man and boy in his employ.
Although Mr. Button has for many years held a certificate that qualifies him for a position as mine inspector, he never aspired for the position, pre¬ ferring to retain the position that brought him so much success at the Mt.  Lookout.     He   is  president  of  the
I Pittston  Mining Institute and a mem-
Wilkes
olher things enter Into the finances of their connection with the union. They are .willing to continue the monthly Juet; of 50 cent.«. but balk on the 7.". cent dues.
I'";*;      ! Wide Opposition.
In general the hard coal miners, par I ticularly  In  Luzerne  county,  are  very
_.. ^., ^ ..,, .    Robert Schaeffer,    painter. Hanover i much dissatisfied with their treatment
IS G VEN BY GERMANY    ^™!''\-:,.„   „     ,       .,^   „.,,  . I from me Umted Mine workers.    They
  l/^^ ^'f.^y•  blacksmith, Pittston.     : f^^^ ,hat  in the past their importance
Amsterdam. Feb. 9.-That Foi^ign ^.- \\; R^Lsman"Teller'"K'^n"ston' ' '^'^ ""* *"^"" appreciated. They are MinL^er Leon Trotsky has been con- ^'^^ Eerier a^enW^slPUtst„n ' "^'^^ "^ ^^'' °'""*"" '*'^' "'^*'' *"t«'-'^«t« fronted   with   an   ultimatum   renuhing i c. ^.-.?.^' '***"'' .^^.?^'  ' "^^'°"-[ have been neglected while those of the
fronted   ,v,th   an   ultimatum    equii.ng, ^,e^^rt^   Williams.       cvil     engineer.! ^j^^^j^^,,^  ,„i„p,^  ^^..^  j,^^„  ^„„3,^.
'ueorge'Burt.  plumber.  Miners  MIII.s. h'^.'!..'."'.'".*'!'"',:"'-
had nothing to do. They announce that j county, and wiien he resigned to come j her of the Xorthea-stern Societv of En-
"t present the high cost of living,  in-'i,^Pk   to   Luzerne   and   take   charge   ot j gingers
croa.sed  operating  expenses  and  many ; ^^c   Mt.  iKiokout   operations  at   Wyo-j     Mr. Button is married and the fallier
of two sons, one of whom although only twent.v-one holds a place as under boss. The other son is a student in engineering at Cornell university. Chief Button will take up the duties of his new pofeitlon the coming week.
X .
Harrisburgh, Pa,, Feb. 9.—Governor Brumbaugh's office this afternoon an¬ nounced the appointment of Seward 10. Button, as chief of the mining deparl-
full recognition of the German de¬ mands of December 27. is the belief expressed in the Vorwaerts, received here today from Berlin.    F-illure lo ac
.'heviki will be the outcome of Russia's d'^bauch, diplomatic officials predict. They are exceedingly |.»essiniistic over recent  events.
y,S. TROOPS LOCATED BY GERMAN OFFENSE
Jean RHallis. son of ex-Premier Khai- li.s: Theodore Tpsilanti, former keeper of tbe royal  stables. ;ind  others.
Stephen Skouloudis. Constantlnes last pi^mier, confined lo his home by illness, is closely guarded, the cable stated, and will be banished when his oondltion Improves, un account of his extreme age he was given more consid- I gration.
I     "A number of men from an infanti-y I regiment and an artillery regiment re-
  j \t)lted Wednesday, paraded the streets
London, Feb. 9,—Definite location of j of the city, shouting seditious threats tiio American expeditionary force In | and shooting promiscuously. Troops T'rAuce was left to. the Germans them-I were dispatched from Athens and La- jfilves. rtssa, but the revolters had returned to
.V brief official announcement by the their barracks before they arrived. IVrlln foreign office today declared j They will be court martialed and pun- I iiat American prisoners were taken at | Ished."
-Vivray.    This is a small French town, |	
located about eight miles east and a bit j        CATHOLIC HELP WANTED. south of St. Mlhlel and only 13   miles ; HELP WANTED—Male — Large New from the nearest point of Germany ter¬ ritory.
Hitherto the sector held by the Americans was characterized by U. S. • officials vaguely as "northwest ofl Toul" This might have meant either; that portion of the Allied lines running f from 3L Mlhlel east to Pont-a-M:ou«-i •ion, or that part which swerves at St.
significantly.
Full endorsement of the annexation stand of the pan-Germans was con¬ tained in the Nord Deutsche Allgp- meine   Zeitung.     It   declared   that   no   in
Bolsheviki statements nor further He was interrtiptcd by the appearance speeches can shake the central powers of Jozefowicz. There were no wit- In  their  firm  resolve  not   to  agree  lo
The   Crime.
Roman .lo/.efowicz will he called  for, sentence within a few days because of his   crime.     Ho   killed   Peter   Richliski lasl August and  the murder was sur¬ rounded  with  many  dramatic  circum-: .'lances.    It was brought out in tho lrs- ] timony of witnesses that the two men. who had been good friends, had quar-; leled and had become   bitter    enemies.' Jozefowicz. it was alleged, had threat-; ened to kill the other man on sight.
Early   on   the  morning  of  August   7,
Richliski was in the yard of his board- I
house at Sheatown chqpplng wooil ;
Although the union men at the South i Wilkes-Barre colliery are the only ones to come out   with  the blunt .statement; of   their    liissaiisfHction.     ilie     union: leaders   In   this   city   and   \ieinity   i-e- I ceived  the  ncwi^  la.«,t  night  with  con¬ siderable apprehension.     They    realize Ihat the miners are now working under the strain of the war and that anything! may start a revolt against tho national ' oriranization. |
The South Wilkes-Barre men claim; they will see the fight to the finish. I Some of the members of that local ¦ union are ready to go uut on the'road
ming he left with the good will of botn employer and employee, the former attesting to his ability in a letter which he still prizes, and the latter showing their love for their superin¬ tendent by presenting him with a dia¬ mond locket.
It was a distressing accident that brought Seward Button to the Ml. Lookout. By an explosion of gas the lives of twelve miners had been snuffed out.   The Mt. Lookout had the j ment. succeeding J. ErRoderick'
reputation  of  being  one  of  tbe   most         ' "°°enck.
gy.seous mines in the anthracite region ; and an expert in this phase of ming the | .Ml. Lookout Coal company desired for | the. position, in which a vacancy was I brought about by the disastrous ex- '; plosion. Mr. Button was picked as the ! man most competent to fill tlie place. ¦ His success at Wyomitig is known toi every mining man in the valley. }	
Althou;;h t.ie mine was long re- | .\ew York. Feb. 9.—America's man- i,'.irdpd as exj'eplionally dangerous from I booil rushed to the colors todav * the standpoint of gas not one fatal ac- | answer to German's sinking of th" I Idcnt as  a   result of a gas exfilosion I transport Tuscania *"
occurred after Seward Button took j Increases in enlistments ranged all charge and today it is p<issible lo i the way from 20 per cent up to SOO trav.=rse any portion of the mine with I per cent. Chicago led the countrv with a. naked light.    It is this change that | five times the usual applications" while
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add;;s:;,;g ot^i^r h.^:z ^^o;;: rZ- \ ''-,^-f^?^!i«"!!-:i,^^„'^ri i it:!:^i^j!z. rj:^/j^ .?*'—
announce   themselves   ready   to   build
evacuation  of Russia's w^tern  terri¬ tories.
nesses lo the shooting, but some time! ^'^.t/'?""'^'^""" '°'\*" organization that later a working man on his way to hlsj ^'"  "^  comprised  exclusively  of an- place of employment heard cries com¬ ing   from   the   yard.     He   investigated and found Rlshliski lying on the ground
thracite coal m.ners.
Want New Union. claim   they   desire   real   repre-
They
as one of the leading experts in gas j ota woods flocked to the twentieth en- In the state. I gineering  headquarters  to avenge  the
Had   Lowly  Start. j losses suffered by that organization.
Like the man he hals succeeded as ! Denver reported enlistments doubled, head of the mining industry in the ¦ Boston was next with a 50 per cent, in- greatest mining state in the nation. I crease In Marine corps enlistments. ¦ Seward Button's start was lowly.  His j Recruiting  of  lumber  jacks  from   the
VERY LimE ACTION
, mortally wounded.     The    dying    man ff "f''""^^"f,/,^*' '^« ""^^ ^^^ ^"^ ^.^""^ I rapid rise from the humble position of ; northern Minne.sota woods for the 20th
charged  Jozefowicz  with  having  shot {   '\^/ '""''^"J"^*^ ,? ""'°" ^--^^^'^^ i mine laborer should be an insplraUon '
him. I "on of the.r own.    The present head-   ,^ ^^^ ^^„ ^.^o i« ^^^e of the
A  few  nUnutes  before he died,  the •'""^ters of the United Mine ^Vorkers'   ^      j.  g^^^ff  ^^^   ^j,o   ,g
wounded man was told that Jozefowicz '^''e at  Indianapolis,  many  miles from ' ^
I was nearby.    The victim shielded  his *^e fields  now  producing the  coal  on
j eyes with his hands and cried out that which th
he did not want to see his assailant.
Engineers showed  a  gain  of  250  per per cent. This jump was plainly due to desirous  of ¦ desire for revenge for the losses of the To reach i 20th suffered in the attack on the Tus-
The   ultimat
Paris. Feb. 9.—Heavy artillerying ih j Jozefowlos,   however,   walked   to   the ! miners   w
the  Champagne  region  and  along  the   spot  where his  victim was  lying and i ;?!^ ""     , ^ IV"       ",     ?k     /" .f" , right   bank  of  the   Meuse    was    an-i declared   that   he   had   not   done   the i ^""^   .M^   «f ^*fJ'!-^     ""^ „ h«   trouble, nounced by the French war oftice to-| shooting.    He made this statement of  ?.^:'i'.l'^l'^"*^'^^"!'?'"-^'^'^."^ t^e an-I
p .i«ti..„ „„, „.      •     . ;.       ¦ the jiosition  to which he was yester-j cania which was largely recruited from
ltimatumT<=    d \^ T"f'"^'i ^-^y   «PP"'"'^^   ^^'   ""pernor   Bnim-j this section. *
will   likely'Vrlns ^natkTn   Md ' ^'^^^^ .^^ ^'^^. ''"^'^ ^^^ °' *^ ^'^^'^ ^^ *       Marino   recruiting   officers   reported
There   were   no   infantry   ac- j innocence  several   times   before  being
j arrested by the county detectives
Mlhiel and runs northward toward Verdtin. The German statement, how- ¦^rer. deflnltely ilxes the American sec¬ tor as east of St. Mlhlel, part of it at
lea«t.     ^^
¦A
York   firm   needs  Catholic   men   for steady employment in Ils branch of¬ fice.     Clean-cut,   energ-etic   men   will! night find rapid advancement ,   Call daily ; tions.
between 8 and 10 and 4 and 6.   Room j     London.   Feb.   9.—One   British   air- j     The testimony  during  the  trial  de- 21 Davidow Building. plane was lost in an air raid over the : veioped that Jozefowicz had once tried
 . '- .—.German   lines   last   night.   Field   Mar-j to kill himself with a revolver, but on j
HELP 'WANTED-Female — Catholic i shal   Haig   repoited   tonight.     Hostile ¦ that occasion he inflicted only a slight; women wanted to interview famililes i aerodrome   and   billets   were   bombed, j wound  on himself.    His wife testified In   local   parishes   on   proposition   of   Xoilhwesl   of   St.   Quentin.   an   enemy   that  she  believed her husband merit.    Rapid  advancement   a.'ssured   rtiid   wa.s   repulsed   this   morning.     In'Domestic trouble,    excessive    drinking
neishl.orhood   of    the     Bapaume-|and failure in business were also given
thracite   coal   companies     show  a   de tennlntd spirit, it is admitted that the rational     organization       leaders     will make  desperate   efforts   to  keep   their institution  Intact.
AGENTS WANTED.
insane. .»,<.v.   .>u.aii,.?iii^iii    it.-isureil    rtllO    was    renol'sr.ri    ihi«    >«.->,... i..~       i_ i-.-> .; -    •-'-       	
ambitious   women.     <'all   daily    he-jthe _^  _        .__   „„..,.
tween  8 and  10 and   t and fi     (•.  K.'rambrai   road,   hostile   artillerying   in-   as   causes   for   th»-     defendant's   "poor Service.  21   Davidow  Building. '.-ren.sed. .„x..-....i  ji.^.^
I mental <onditl<flk.
him and when he reached this country- he followed in their footsteps. Al¬ though he was doing a man's work in !the underground workings at the age AIjBNTS—.Something iii^w — fast sel-I of 15 and his school education was lim- ler and quickest repealers on earth.; ited to what he was able to .<<ccure pre- Permanent. eas>. profitable business, j vicjus l" that period, he was delerm- Good for JoO lo $7.'i a week. F,. .M. • ined to succeed and by steady Mttend- l-'eltman. .Salps Mgr.. .'577 Amtricaii j anre at,night school when posnible and Bldg.. Cincinnati. O. I\\   grasping every  opportunity  lo .in-
splendid achievement. j an increase of twenty per cent. In the
Seward Button was born in England i small towns of Oregon. Loggers in and came to this country with his ( that state are not enlisting, having parents when a mere lad, locating at | been convinced by the royal legion.of Avoca. this county. His father and | lumbermen that they are doing more grandfather   had   been   miners   before ; to avenge the 20th Engineers by gel -
ting out spruce for airplanes and fir for ships.
."M Eureka. Cal.. several lumber jacks quit their jobs when they learned the Tuscania had been torpedoed and tra¬ veled 300 miles to .San Francisco lo join the engineers.
Columbus. Ohio, ennstmenl.'^ increa.- sed 3J per rent, while Detroit showed a T.") i"er cent. gain.