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CIRCULATION Average For January 14,412 PRICE FIVE CENTS SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH R EPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY The Only Sunday Newspaper Published in Luzeme County. WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1918 Entered at WUkes-BaiTe, Pa., as Second Class Mail Matter. THE W EATHER 1 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 il 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 ENTS EOY 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.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1918-02-10 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Month | 02 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1918 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1918-02-10 |
Date Digital | 2008-04-04 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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CIRCULATION
Average For January
14,412
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH R EPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
The Only Sunday Newspaper Published in Luzeme County.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1918
Entered at WUkes-BaiTe, Pa., as Second Class Mail Matter.
THE W EATHER
1
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 |
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Month | 02 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1918 |
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