Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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The   only   S^inday   Xctsspaper Pubiiihoi   in    Uazerne   County.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1918
!-;ntered at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., as  Second  CInss   Mall  Matter.
I     THE WEATHER
Washington, Sept  7.—Elaatem Pennsylvania:      Fair,     somewhat; i warmer Sunday and Monday.
PRICE  FIVE  CENTS
SERlOm TURN IN MINE WAGE QUESTION; GO VERNMENT TAKES A HAND IN DEB A TE
MINER'S HASS MEETING VOTES FOR INDUCTION; PAY RISE ALTERNATIVE
Resolution Favoring Anthracite Wali<-out and Submission to Draft Into Army is Adopted—Petty Bosses Also Organize to Demand Concessions From the Companies
UNION OFFICIALS REFUSE TO ATTEND
'^'he Mtuatlor. a.t>out the anthracite mines today i* a serious one. .Mine workers art dissailslled. officials ber>- Ing the coal comi>aiiich are disgruntled juid federal labor authorities have conie here determined to sift to the bottom all facts and figuret of coal profits and wages. If the army of underground workers are not given mor* conKideration In living wages there threatens! to be a tie-up of oper¬ ations lu the three districts of lhe an¬ thracite fields which may include even the district foremen, flre Wotres und petty officials ubout tlie coal holdings.
ThiK came to light lart night vvhen four hundred delegates reui csciiting six locals from Shickshinny to I'orest City met anU uiiaiiiinousl.v adopted u resolution calling; r<«i .i definite .-inywer <if the Federal fuel administration to the request for a higher wage. Nearlv oae hundred petty officials, dittiict fi>rein<»ii and hre uokscs of thc ihicc leading caul companies in the valley, fhe Delaware. L.tckawannu i- Western, Lehigh and Wilkrti-Barre und Lehigh Valley coal companies, met in tlit- hope of organising to better conditions and wu^es.
.Alx.ut lhe time these two main or,- ganisaiiuns of workers were in con- foreiice a delegation of Kederal agcnii itpreaenting ihc Federal Labor De¬ partment, cunic here from Washing¬ ton, D. C. preparaton to beginning au .iuUit of flee cuul <orporatton8' hooks to determine thc cuft of uperaiiun aud the protltts of the cumpaniee. The prob- j ers ai-e under flic diitctioti ot Hi. Baldwin, head of tlif Htaiisticnl L»e- pai-traent, who arrived in Scranton yes¬ terday.
lhe Fuel .Kdministraiion nov con- ¦jidertng iht request -A tlio Itiou.^ands of mine workers for increases ia ex¬ pected to give .1 dcfliiiie leply -.vithin ihc n«: t roil duys oi f;»cp the danger of tlie ininerb tiuiitin^ their pla<fs.  .\
bit."
The   resolution I
able   to   du   our was adopted.
A committee of twelve was selected to meet this afternoon at fhe Central Labor Union headquarters in Scranton, 10 draft the resolution. .At adjourn¬ ment if was agreed to^ meel on Sat¬ urday night. September -1. in Union Hall lo hear reports from district .tnd inieriiatlonal uflicials of the .Miners' or.canization.
Thc intorpretatioji of this ruling means "work or right." for the mine j worker on his own Initiative, that if! thc Federal administration delays ai reply over the stated period thc men I will ijuit their places and await in- i duction to the army under the "man- j power" act and Selective Service reg- i ulalions which become effective next | Thursday. .\l least fhis was thei opinion  expressed. I
Uuring u recess the miners discussed j lhe situation. One young miner em- \ ployed at the South Wilkes-iiaife col-j
leiy of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre | \. Coal Company related his recent e.x- i — perieucc of conditions. He said thej corporations pay a scale for rock cut- I ling. For four days he cut rock in his j cliamher, ;;ui-:iinir eight yards of ser- | •.ice at $:;.riS. nnd receiving j;0.64 fori the work. He paid the laborer $4.16 ' i>er day for fcur days and had to buy powder and other materi'il amounting tu over i'i'^.M. meaning that he lost Jiiore than $-' besides pay for his four
I days' work.
Bosses Organize. While the niiiu- worker.s were dis- cu.ssing the probability of :i walk-out if conditions are not bettered, nearly a hundred hre bosse^ .uid other offi¬ cials of three c'>mnaTie.n ver.- meeting I fhe i-n.mt building, on the top floor, discusbiiiK practii-ai... the i^aine ^riev- .inces. What transpired was not learned, as the men were in executive
i setsion.     However,  from  one  close  to
Foch   Closes   Trap  On Hindenburg;
Vanks Pushing War To German Soil
BY J. W. T. MASON, War Expert,
New York. Sept. ?.--The present week's flghting under MarshaJ Foch's ."jplcndid initiative has crushed the German adv.tnce defenscri at ijt)th flanks and in the centre, tliereby producing lhe most complex situation  voti  Hindenburg hs.* had  lo face since his present retirement
Seeking frantically to build up a great reserve army in iiis rear lo oppose America's forthcoming Rhine offensive, vo.n H!i;denburg has been compelled to rjriJ his reserves into action this week all a'.oiiK the west front to prevtnt the .illics lu-Oiihin.*; thri.ugh. The tirsi a.'ound Cambrai finally toward .'^t. (ifjt.itln in the cinter, von Hindeiiburs has had to in¬ crease th'.' deiLsity of hii; defense as hia line baa become shortened.
The vveek'^ flBlitiim in luis m.inner cniphaaizea the vastly important fact that as von Hindi nburg pulis in his front to create a new reserve force, he permits thc ilrltish and French lo do the same. But there is a vital difference between thc two rcservto. Whilo thc Ucrman reserves created by shortening the battle line must be withdrawn whenever pos¬ sible atainst .Vmerica's millions, the French and British aro under no such compulsion lo conserve their own power.
It is due largely to this fact that MarshaJ Foch i.s increasingly able lo spread his assaults over an unprecedented lon.gth of the battle front. .Automatically hs ihe Hermans retire and reduce their trench mileage .Marshal Foch has more of his own men placed al liis disposal for en- !ar.ging hia power of simultaneous attack. This condition has never ari.seii before during the present war. It is due solely to the fact that Marshal Foch ia no longer under the necessity of looking to the French and British armies for ne.xt year's reserves and can count on the .Ameri¬ can armies ulonc for his new man-power.
HINDENBURG   IN  TRAP.
Von Hindenburg is incaiiahle of developing effective opposition to litis novel situation. He can reduce thc pace of his retirement to some extent as he has done this week because Marshal hoch will nol threw away his own man-power in needless drives. 11 ia nol Marshal Foch's jjresent purpose ,to force the (lermans out of France. Hi.i objective is to hariT them and threaten ihem with a demoralized rout as they retire ffom the west to protect German territory and the Rhine from the American menace.
Therefore when von Hindenburg halts temporarily and invites Mar¬ shal Foch to develop a major offensive, the allied commander-in-chief declines. There is no reason why he should pay with the blood of his men to increase the pace of lhe German retreat. The longer the Ger¬ mans delay jjetting out of France, the lesa time they will have to organize their home defenses againsi .America's Itliine offensive. Marshal Foch's basic strategy ia to attack only when the Germans are actually shuffling backward or when their preliminary arrangements have been made for such a movement. This strategy ho is developing with relentless energj- as the forerunner of flnal victory,  which will he won on German soil.
WAR OF DEFENSE STARTS FOR HUNS
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POONDED BY ALLIES IN LAIE SUCCESSES
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Hindenburg Line is Neared and; Deep Thrusts Unseat Enemy
Enemy   Faces   a Decisive Turn in Conflict
MENACE THREE BASES
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FORCE EK HUN LINES
London, Sept. 7.—-Along a twisting I front of more than 50 miles from ¦ Harvincourt in Picardy to the Aiaiie I river, thir Allies today moved upon La i Fere, Laon and St. Quentin. the three .important Gennan bases close behind the Hindenburg line.
The Fifnch are eight miles fiom St. ; Quentin ivhere their line runs near ; P'oreste. P'Vench forces have seized , Tergnier. three miles from La Fere and i by capturing fhe railroad Junction there ! have cut the main commuriication line ] between 5-"t. Quentin and Laon. ] At Bazole. the French are within 11 i miles of I.aon.
1 American troops south of the Aisne ! and the F.-ench noi1.hwest of fhem have placed the Chemin des Dames positions under a ?ross flre of artillery even be¬ fore the German retreat has reached thaf stronghold. The lower part of Coucy fcrcest is in the hands of the French whose advance is pla-'ing in peril the Germans In the forest of St. Gobain. south of t>a Fere .and west of Laen.     It   was   from   this  forest   that
From Towns Won by Ger¬ mans Early in War
PROGRESS GENERAL
The  allies  were^-ithin six  miles of
ICAN FORCE
Machine Guns and Cannon Used in Vain Effort to Stop Ground Gaining
FRONT REPORTS
With   rhe   .Americans   on   the   .Aisne,
St.   Quentin   last   night.     Their   linen   Sept.  ?.—To  the  eastward  of Giemes were nearest that city at Happencourt j where the American    line    leaves the
and Fliqueres where the French had advanced three miles since Friday night,   .lust south. St. Simon and Tug-
Aisne and cut across the highlands to the \'esle. the Americana tonight were steadily prodding the enemy to hagtei)
ny-en-Poni were in French hands, the ¦ his retirement.
St. Quentin or Cronzat canal had been j At some points further progress to- crossed, Genlis and Frieres woods con- j ward the .Aisne was made. Mosl of tbe quered   and   the   front   brought   to  ihe   German   resistance  was  from  machine
Ham-Te'gnier railroad.
, gun nests.    These the .Americans were
iv....luiio,j lo lh::t  clfect  was passed al   „,^^^^  officials  it   was  ascertanied  that
the   m'-etlpi'   luld   in   I nion   Hall   lajil night.
.\!f-T sewral hours of del'ating in a licatid .5.-b.!loii when many delegates v/nntod   t-j   put   the   demands  sifuarely |
lefore   I'residont   Ui.odrow   Wilson,   a   mines  during  the  worst   hours  of rray   haired   \et»ian   of   thc  mines,   a  day   and   night.    They  are   forced
dissatisfaction is felt I)c<a.use of thc long hours, the poor conditions and the low pay.
Une official made it known that men In  Iil.>^  capacity  travel  .md  inspect  fhe
fhe to
mtiii   or   some   thrive  icoie  years   with ¦ crawl   through   the     most     <langerous furrowed   brow   a;id   shoulders   bent  a j points   of   the   mines,   he   saiil,   insking ol   innrinity  In  his voice. : their   lives   under   conditions   that   are
little. H  Motr
.irose from a least-consjucuoub place J anv thing hut favorable. The officials in the convention iiall and slowlj culled I say in comparison to the work and out In a clea'- voice: ".Mr. Chairman, 1 | responsibility they are forced to •jffer a resolution ihat this convention shoulder, the pay received is not as KO on i-crord in a signed communica-1 mi'^^^h >^^ t''"-* "^ l''^' average laborer lion to Ur. Harrv (Jarfield, fuel ad-P" o^''^"'' industries. Another meeling mini.trator. asking for deiliiite action'?.'" '"-.j'*.'*^ '"^"^^ Saturday night at on our refiue.-.f within the next fen <la.v s or we bci-onic .Vmerican soldiers."
river,   eight   miles   in   places.     Since Thursday night they have moved for- ^    .    ^ ., ,        __ I.,, Jl '»ard more than half the distance from
the flrst ',erman long range gun shelled | ^j.^ gomme to St. Quentin.
i     t'.!1i     «  w.- _ j   . j **• Simon Captured
LitUe   fighting   was   reported     oda>-      p^ris. Sept. T.-St. Simon, flve mUes
.from tbe  right   flank, of the southern t^ast of Ham has been captured bv the
extremity   of  the   active  front,   where   prench.  the  war office  announced  to-
;ihe .American-French line borders the   night.    .North of that  cllv.  Tugny-et-
List of Firms Announced ^o, Lieutenant Von Albersleben of | ;?;:S <^:wnTG^e;"n'e7a':r;hef ^^^^ Receive Orders For Troops i    High Family is Taken Pris
Still further south the capture of ¦ methodically eliminating. The German Barisls brought the French to within | resistance was stiffening. Shells fell less than a mile of the Hindenburg j heavily to our right and over the pla- hne and marked a deeper penetration j teau over which our troops have al- of lower Coucy. . ready marched until their line boroers
\ iolenl German counter attacks the Aisne have failed to halt the allies. .North The Germans apparently are =et!in.g of the \esle the Americans were fac- deflnltely settled along the line alonT ing violent German artill*ry fire. On , ^-hjch they eapect to make a perman- the British front in Hicard.v. the ad- | ^„^ ^.^^d. for their artillerv fire hu. vance of Ha.g s men made their total < njaterially Increased. This bombartl- gain since they    crossed    the    Somme   ^^„j   however,  comes  from a  greater
distance  and   the     boche    observation balloons have also been moved f>ack to i four miles back of the Aisne.
Going Overseas
REACH NEARBY FIRMS
oner Along the Aisne
TRY TO COUNTER
Union  Hnll  when  committees will    be «>.lected   to   confer   with   company   of-
He .1.^ suggested  rhat a copy  of the | ^"^;!'^^;^        . ,^fj^„,„„„ ,„^..^, „(„,, ^^j^,„
re.;olutionl.elor«uidcdtoJohnl>cmi.-       ..^,j^,3  ..^^.^j.^d  a  lengthy  communi-
prefident of Oistricl .No.  1 .tno tot   ^j,^,,   ^^^^   I'resident   Fiapk     Hayes
International   presi-[ t^,,,,,^   „,   negoi.ations   with   the   fuel
adniinistraticn on the mintrs'    request.
»ei'
Frank   J.   Hayey
dent  of  the   (niicd     Mint:     Workers.
Called un the qucbtioii to explain, this
old miner said:
Quit Work To Fight, •VTe   cinnot   moke   a   living   in   th* mines for ourselves and our families—
President Hayes points out the officials
will   not   stop   In   their   determination
to   win   the   mine   workers   recognition
1 il (Jarfleld denies '.he demands.   Hayes
I intimates   President   Wilson   will     be
Ici us go Into thc army and tiglit where  appealed lo.
we will at l»iu*t be recognized and be (Oontlaaed Oa Page Seven.)
20,000 NEW WOUNDED ON AMERICAN LISTS
Washington, Sept. 7. — Thirty-one shoe manufacturers were today award¬ ed contracts by the Quartermaster Corps for the manufacture of ^.O'Jl.OOO pairs of metallic fastened field and marching army shoes costing $14,107,- SOO. The price for field shoes v>as fixed at $7.15 a pair and marching shoes at $6.45. Unusually largo size fleld shoes will cost $9.05 an marching shoes $8.4.'). Deliveries on field shoes are to be completed by December lu. 1918, and on marching    stioea,    January  1,
i9iy.
The largest contract calling; for J60.-
000 pairs and amounting, to iZ.bii.liO. was awarded li. A. Corbiii & Sons, Boston.
Other companies and the amount of the contract awarded include: Kndi- cott-Johnson Company. Endicott, X. Y., 57i>0,l'50; Brown Shoe Co. St. Louis, $645,000; Bradley S. Metcalfe Co., Mil¬ waukee, $258,000; .1. K. Dayton Co., Williamsport. Pa., $193,500; C. Gotzaln and Co.. St. Paul, $136,000; flraham BumKHrner Co., Parkersburg, W. Va., $135,450; Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.. St, Louis, $1,496,500; Luedke-Schaefer Bottles Co.. Milwaukee. Wis., $64,500; Marion Shoe Co., .Marion, lud., $l;ii.OOO; N'umm-Bush &  Weldon Shoe Co..  Mil-
XNith the American .Army in France, Sept. 7.—Despite strong German re¬ sistance. American troops advanced at several  points  toward  the Aisne early
today.    At 4 a. m. after a heavy  bar-) the villages of .Metz-en-Caulure, Fins rage they attacked the enemy, occupied   Longavrsues.   Tincourt.   Boucly.   Han-
almosf due north and south down to lhe  Vesle.
The .Americans on the right flank where tn? Aisne has not yet been reached were reported exerting pres¬ sure to the eastward to force the fJermans to relinquish what they still hold of the teriitory between the Vesie und the .Aisne.
Thc battle line today ran from Hav- rincourt wood, which the British have already half conquered, south  through
.1   wood   along   the   .Aisne   canal   and threw the Germans across fhe canal.
Between Glennes and Romaine. American patrols pushed on for nearly two miles and took" a total of 34 pris¬ oners, including Lieutenant von Al¬ bersleben. a son of one of the most prominent families la Oermany,
court and Tertry.
Hancojrt   and   Tertr>-   a*^   opposite
Verman.i. less than six miles northwest
of St. Quentin.    .Strong British attacks
toward \''>rmand were reported toda>.
Near   Hindenburg   Line
Below    Tertry    the    line run    south through   Lanchy.   Aubigay.   Diiry   and
The (icimans are chnging with de-| Ollezy. Between the last two villages termination to the plateaus hehlnd I east of i;am. the Allies h&ve pressed Glennes and Romaine, on which their; forward until they are reported at the withdrawal is pivoted. The ravines inUnuthem end of the Crozai canal, al- tiiat vicinity are bltstling with ma-! most In the suburbs of St. Simon, an chine  suns and  the  valleys  are  being   Important   point   on   the   road   to     St
s-wcpi by shells from suns behind the Aisne.
During one periixl this momiuK the enemy dropped shells inlo Longuval at the rate of 1,200 an hour.
Near Glennes a fierce engagement was precipitated last night when the Germans counter attacked the Ameri¬ can positions. *
DEBS   ON   TRIAL
Cleveland. .Sept. 7. - Irjugene V. Debs, national   Srjcialist  le.ider.   is   to  go  on
waukee, $258,000, RindKP-Kiemke Logiei*'"'^'   '"   federal   court     here     .Monday,
Quentin.
Southward   of  Ollezy   the  front   goes through   the   region   of   Friers-Failleul
Progress a I! along the line to a depth of from four to flve miles, at some piaces. was reported.
At their point of deepest penelraiion. the French reached the line of the Ham-Tergnier railroad. ad\ancing to¬ ward St. Quentin from the southwest.
.At St. Simon and Tugny-en-Pont, the French crossed the St. Quentin or Crozart canal in spite of increasing enemy resistance.
The communication  follows:
"During the day advance of our troops reached a depth of seven to eight kilometers on the Somme front. German resistance everywhere in¬ creased,  but the enemy was unable to
Italian  Report.
Rome. Sept: 7.—Balding operations wer reported by the war office tonight.
"Vesterday morning, southward of the Asiago plateau, the l-'rench raided the enemy'..* positions at Sisemole." the statement said. "Defense works wer* destroyed and heavy casualties inflict¬ ed.    Forty-seven prisoners were taken.
"In the Concei and .Astico valleys the enemy's patrols were driven back.
"In the Frennela valley we carried out reconnoitering operations, captur¬ ing arms and material. Three enemj- attempts lo attack our lines at Solar- olo. in the Mount Grappa region, wert? repulsed. ^,
".Anglo-Italian aviators In .Albania carried out bombardments Thursday and yesterday evenins."
Austrian   Report.
Vienna, via London. Sept. 7.—On the Asiago plateau we repulsed a  Franco-
oppose our crossing of the Sf. Quentin M'^"*" attack with sanguinary losse.-^ canal at Tugny-en-Pont and St. i'" t*>e enemy,- the war office announced Simon.    .After violent  fighting we took ' tonijiht.    •
Tugny-en-Pont  and   St.  Simon
"Ftom the north to the south we hold the general line of Vaux. Fluquieres. Happencourt. Avcsne, the Ham-Terg¬ nier railroad. Amigny, Rouy and Bari¬ sls.
"Important German material was left everywhere.
"On the Ailette front there were few change.". We progressed north of Vauxaillon.     We  took  Celle-sur-.Aisne
where   thc   French     have     penetrated ; ^^^ repulsed two violent German coun- Genlis wood to Tergnier where the St. [ ^^^ attacks south of Laffaux mill
"On this part of the front, also north of   the   \'esle.   (where   the   Amerioans
Quentin-I..aon line wa.s cut.
From Tergnier the line runs south to | Amiffny and then into the lower t'oucy j
forest to  Petit Barisis in the midst of
are engaged.)   there  was    violent Ger-
the   fores,   thence     through     Fresnes. |'"'*" "'"^'''''''Vf-actlon. "
Bassole and  Hulers to Laffaux mill.
At   Fro.'nes and   Bsiisole   the   French are praciically on the Hindenburg line.
.At Cell. s-sur-.\isne.  ihe line crosses
America Will Be Brave "I aja giving the facts to the people because 1 Know thev will face any casualtv Ust with deter- DjiBation and courage, whmever it Js." General .\liich ^;"Jd :.i discuss¬ ing the fact that 20 000 miner cas¬ ualties occurred to .August 20. but bad not been listed heretofore.
j listed   with   the   20.000   was   not   made
[ plain.
'    Thr  20.1100 reported by General Per-
jshiiag probably occurred mainly in the Soissons-Hheims smash. To relieve the minds of anxious relatives, it was explained that some of the cases were slightly more than scratches; most of J i the   men   involved   ha^d   gone   back   lo
Washington.      .Sept. army casualtioa to uate stand at 4i,17;<. Theee figures include lists to be pub- Itahed   Sunday   and   a   hitnerto   unre¬ ported list of 2U.U00 minor cases.
Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., $322,500; Thompson Shoe Cn.. St. Paul, $64,000; Watsontown Boot & Shoe t.'o.. Watson- town. Pa., $135,450; .Albert H. Wein- bruner & Co., Milwaukee, $161,250; ¦Wejenbury Shoe Co., Milwaukee, $322.- 500; Kuslunn Work Shoe Co., Marion, Ind, $302,200; Huntington Shoe and Leather Co., Huntingdon, Ind., $129,000.
cliargcd  wilh   violation  of the  espion-   the  .Aisnc   river  and   bends  eastward
duty quickly. American!     "Undoubtedly   a   great   many   men
said   Genrral   March."     have     written j home,   telling   about   wounds   that   the doctor had pronounced light and which Pershing had listed as noi being severe, when the letters might indicate to the
VASSAL TO GERMANY.
Washingf-n, Sept. 7. — The grand ducliy of Luxemburg has been reduced to the status of a vassal German stale | as a result of complete Prussian-dom¬ ination, avcoriling to Belgian advices. -A refugee from the grand duchy has given Belgian authorities in HoDand a detailed account of conditions in the small country.
The ;o,000 slight casualties occurred | People at home that the;,   were severe.
up to Auk 20 and bect'.use of trivial nature had been withheld. General Pershing felt lets worry would be imused If thea>e were unreported. How¬ ever, some soldiers apparently w rote home disturbing lelLers about cases t!iat ipvolved only slight wounds, acd _ !>aine apprehension reiulteii '.icc«uic the case wa^ unlisted.
Hei-eaficr General Ptrshing wiil re¬ port major casualties—killed and miss¬ ing—by cable, and will form ani the Wwundad cAkes and hospital records ly lu-wcekly courier. The \\ ai' De- rJirijncnt wili publish all the vxounded <A^a from now  on.
Couiilcd with reveiation of the 20.000 list !l hecxme known that up to a ahort um? ago. the mari>.e coips lieacQuarters eatimated tli«t about C.OOO mar.ne caijuali!<-'s had not conic i^rukflfa These it is as.<:umed. were rn'..-»or ca.»es. but whether ihej are J
BAN ON AUTOMOBILES
EXPLAINED IN DETAIL
"So I have gotten a report from Gen- Wasliington. Sept. 7.—The fuel ad- eral Pershing as to the number of rninistration in a statement issued to- those casualties in addition lo those ; day pointed out that tue ban on use which  he   has  published,  so  as  to  bej"^   automobile."^   for   pleasure   on   Sun-
age law on six counts. The charges are based on an address he made al the Ohiii Socialist convention at Can¬ ton .lune 6.
DENY SEABATTiTi.
London. Sept. 7.—The .Admiralt.v to- ni.ght branded as utterly false \ ice .Vdmiral Kirchoff's statement that Ger¬ man submarines, destroyers and air¬ craft routed the Briiish grand fleel a fortnight ago after a short flght in the wcslern part of the .N'orlh Sea. The German statement .illeged that the Briiish suffered conslderablv.
COLLECTOR    WANTED
WA.VTr-.'D—A collector over thirty years old. A real opportunity for cily and suburoan work. Salary can be satisfactorily adjusted to right man. Expenses adv.i'iced if you are a hustler. Call W. Kicliards. 104 Coal Exchanse Buildiny. Wilkes-Barre, Pu., between 8:30 and 9:30 .Monday or Tue.-d:^y  morning.
boiderinc-the stream. Il h' lifre that the Americans are ei-^aged. Btntish and Fre)i:.h are lakinK an equal share in the flghtin.ir to .St. Quentin.
In their- retreat the Germans are hurning :¦^r^A destroying everything pos¬ sible, le«' ing only ruins.
L'p to -hi.s morning ihe Trench had firogrts.se:! nn average of two miles '>n a 20 mile front ai some places go- In.g ahead four miles.
Progress at a faster ran- than ex¬ pected v^'iis reported all alons thc line toda.\.
British Gains.
London,  Sept.  7.—Thc  Briiish  today (Coattaned Os T*ga Two.)
'Westward of .Mount Sisemol the en¬ emy venetrafed our first line. Wo counter attacked and drove them out.
"On thc Col del Rosso a successful surprise attack was made by us. In .Albania there wa.s no fighting of im¬ portance."
German Report
Berlin, via London. Sept. 7.—"A:<trido the Peronne-Camhrai n.ad there werv^ rear guard engagements in front o? our new positions." the war office an¬ nounced tonight.
"Between the .Ailette and the Aiann there were local engagements." (Th** Berlin day official admitted capture of Ham and Chauny by the French. On the front beiween St. Quentin. it de¬ clared that German rear guards forced the enemy to make an attack which cost thc Allies heavy losses i
BOOKKEEPER   WANTED
5 PERSONS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Five persons were killed and onelgmes. The train was running at gjod seriously injured in three automobile speed at the time and when the leoxter accidents which occurred at Olyphant. [engine  crashed  into  the auto the  ma-
Scranton aird White .Mills in I.acka- wanna and Wayne counties yesterday. .At  Olyphant,  an  auto  truck   carrying
BOOKKKKPh'R    am!    Stenographer.   '*'"'" Paa»en8ers was struck by an On-
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tario and Western train, three being killed instantly, and one dving three hours later. .At White Mills, Francis Renlinger, aged I.S. fell from an auto truck und rolhuilg under ;ho rear wheel, had his life crushed out. Scranton Herman  liciinemulli. a  mot
chine was carried .seventj-flv the track.
When the train wus stopped thn automobile was a ma.ss of wreckage with the bodies of .Mrs. Corcoran and her daughter and th.-ii of Derhaart Stenxhorn wedged under the locomo¬ tive. Fred .Sfcnzhorn had been kn«»ck- [ed from hi< seat and wa.«t found uji- th»'
conscious   .ilong   th»'   track.t   wilh   hisi IsKull  fractured  and  injured   infernally.
GOOD   FARM   BARGAINS   TO   SUIT THE   PURSE FOR   J-ALE—Farm   of      iOO
orman for the Scranton Rall.aw «'om-| "!„^r  ,"'¦'''".   ,""'"   ^*"' ^' *''* **'*"¦ :  pany was .struck by an auto, suffering lit.!-    ""'•'*'""''   "•"^"'    '-»»"""«   hi.
Injuries which  it is feared acrea I '**'*'  results.
will have
eighty   under   cultivation,   20   -;cres   of
able to give the facts to the American id^xs was a request and not an order.  b"burhs   of   Scranton.     Write     to     V.  go^d   titrber      three     horses      eleven' Pha P-P'- i     !^  has  been  suggested   that   the xe-| ^at-ui^    Genera,     Delivery.     Wilkes-   ^  orJLttle.   23   pig..'  'orVhiSsJ     G
"I am Riving the fact.s to the people 1»"1"- sought might l-etter be gained by  f^^ f^" because  I   know  they     will    lace any j=* t'*'''! *>*''''""'"'«<>"»« "l^er method of
casualty cou;-ai;e. '
Big  Army  Fighting. March revealed tudav  that more than ! thc Ameiican in r.rc   now   in   .American   sect'U's.     Thl^ means   r>   practical   end   lo   ilic   B:-itisii
iat   with   determination   and   '¦^^'""'"^ ''i*" gasoline, says the slate-
iment. The answer to this is that in the time it would take to inaugurate a. cajd system or rationin::. the shortage
S.^pcrccni. of the American in France ifi;""-''   'T'Tf^'T''-    ;?"'"'-"'^'*">-     ^'^
! there I? heed to fhe .-alls lo conserva-
lon   with   regard  to  waste,   laks  and
.wi   i.-~..,.,»,     I.        -J , ¦ ihf-   running   of     motors     when     not
.iiid   rreiich     brigading     system    ojid
March     added     thai     training;   in   ihi.-: '
country i.s i«o thorough that not much
;..-   i-equirt-d  abroad  in   pi-«p.<ration  fo- •
thc front line.
.Massing    of    miplity    V,m<n    f^taies , not  Or used and that after .Ul th- con fs    decmcl    c;».iifi,.«n.      1.    !- .     .        . .... '7
all maci.inery. worth $2,000 and crops worth between $3,000 and $3 500 In¬ come ol $4,000 yearly. Price $11,500. Worth   Sl.aOO   cash   and     balance     on
-Farm   containing   9S;
The victims in the accident at  Oly- nt  are as  follows:
Gerhart   Stenzhorn,  aged   10.  of  441 Sanderson avenue,  Throop.
Fred Stenzhorn, aged 32. of 441 San¬ derson avenue, Throop.
.Mrs.   Bes.fie   Corcoran,   aged   43, Peck VI iie.
Miss    Bessie    Corcoran, aged  16,
sense.s.
of
I necessar.v
; w:i;i ve-^ard to isc 'ti tutomobiles 'in gettin;; '.o churcli, it i.« (=tated that where church can i>e i-eadicd reaaun- ¦ ibly  m  a;i.v wi
orce (s    ^ecmcl    significant.    I-. may • science ,.f each cinzcn will hr hi.< ifest ' r!j...ne   iM-'d (Continued Oa rafrc roar.) Iguidb.
LOST—REWARD
Lost  by  a   ncwsbov-     Envelope  con taining his month's piiy of $10.    Find- j er   will   be   rewarded   hy   returning   to I ™°''^"*6*" Times-Leader   OtTice. |     -^'so   f..r   sale
 — ¦ .: acre.s.   7.)   under    cultivation,     balance i Peckville.
I HORSES   FOR   SALE j timber, good barn, house need^  repair-;     Th"  accideni at  Olyphant  was    the
j FOR S.AJ..E—«ine leam horses, har-i ing. 21 hi?ad of rattle. * pig!-. ?. horses, failure of Fred Stenshorn, driver the 'ness and wagon. Cheap to quick'all Rood machinery nnd good crops, i machine, a Ford, to stop the car af j buyer.    Apply 24   Madison  St.. j Thirty   ton   of   hay.   over   f-O^   bushel! the  grade  crossing.     They   had     been
oats, good clover and corn, over SOO I to Carhondale on an auto ride over bushels poutoes. This farm can be J the country road and were returning fiou^hi for a price only cq.ja! to the j lo theii- homes when the machine market   value  of ci-op.^  and  siock. j plunged  through   the  safetj   gates     ar
Three r ther .small farms for sale jthe crossing directly in the path of an
Inquirr   of   Kijansk .   at    UO   North   Ontario and -Western train, being pili-i heart   .-Jtenzhtj-n, Main street,  Wilkes-Barre, i'a. led  by   two  Lackawanna  Railroad   en-i four \ietims. *
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The fatal collision was witnessed by a score of porson.«, one of whom told a newspaper reporter that the auto¬ mobile was going at lea.st 30 miles an hour when It struck the gates and started over the tracks !n front of the train. H» said he believed the car had either irot beyond the control of th'e oti driver. I-'red Stenzhorn. who was A cripple, or that the driver, not seeing the gates down, was trying to pro* ceed over the crossing before the train reached  the street.
It renuired several hours to positlvcr ly identify the hodie.s of .\irs. Corcoran and her dauahter. Both had t>een bad¬ ly crushed and their features dLsflji- ured Traffic on Ihe road was held up for som« time whil» ti!» \ iriljija ver" belnc taken from under the en- gin". Sienzhoi"! was a broth-r of Der- the youngest  of tS«