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STRENGTH OF ENEMV GREATER THAN EVER; NEW FORCES MASSED
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PERSHING'SPIRSIYEAR CLOSES WIIH BAmE J
Hint at New Offensive in the Balkans as Tide Turns Against Main Drive
Divisions Counted by Allied Ex¬ perts Show Actual Gain in Man Power Reserve
HARDEST FIGHT AHEAD
with the British armifs in 1-i-ance, June S.—With the third phase of Hin¬ denburg's offensive at a Ktandstill, the riueetion occupying the .Allied comnian- | ders IS where and when he will start the fourth  plidLse.
G<'rinan prisoners all reflect the gen¬ eral opinion on the enemy side of the line—that for Germany it is a ques- lion of "do or die." Nobody can listen to their talk without realizing the ut¬ ter folly of considering that the jre»t offensive lias spent itself. Pes- pite the colossal number of troops so fax fluns asainst the .\llit.'=. the moFt d-yprratp Mows are jhead.
l'*rlson-rb generally are int^olent, ai'- roirant anO sneering, and behave al¬ ways as though they o'wned the earth. "Most of them are convinced th3t Ger¬ many Tiill win the war this year .ind that  the   .\Ille.s  will   be  eating:  out   of
fhe kaisers hand. They may be de-j f^onf. improving their po.sition? by lo- Pipssed tomorrow, but today they | ^3, operations and repulsing.' <ierman dream of annexing Chicago. counter attack.',  today's official  state-
ALL SECTORS SAFE
.Amsterdam, June 8.—German news¬ papers predict that a German offen¬ sive will soon be undertaken in the Balkans under General Leman von Sanderes.
Berlin via London. June 8.—"Attacks by Krenech, .\merican and Brititsh troops broke down with heav\ losses," the German war office announced to¬ day. "We stand north of Chateau- Thierr>. Renewed .ittacks and counter attacks, in an enemy effort to 'ecover the Ardre line, brought him no im¬ portant gains in territory."
Marines Are Burrowed Into Hills of France and Return¬ ing Every German Shot
EVERY MAN A HERO
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PERSHING'S ANNIVERSARY
Washington, June S.—.Iust one year ajro today General Pershing: and his staff, the advance guard of America's millions, arrived in Eng¬ land.
AnACK ON SEA IS NEXT
Germans Say They Will Take Paris and Follow by Defeat of British Fleet
VON TIRPITZ SPEAKS
THROWN INTO BA TTLE ON MENACED SECTOR YAMS BECOME PIVOT
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With the .American Armies on the Marne, June 8.—.American dash and spirit, exemplified by farmers, barbers, clerks and business men who enlisted in the marines within the last year, is proving its ascendency over boche or- Sanization and stolid discipline.
The second hattle of the Marne is being won by boys who may not un¬ derstand the tine points of militarism, but who aro fortified with courage, con¬ fidence in their officers and individual marktmanshlp.
I     For   se\eral   days   they   have   fought
i like demons with no thought of resting.
. Supply companies    and    ration parties are  working tirelessl.v   under the most
I difficult conditions, feeding the men in
I the front lines.
The night statement of the war office said: "There is no change in the situation."
This is the first official admisision from Berlin tthal American troops are engaged on the Marne front.
London, .lune S.—The .AJlies continue to   hold   the- initiative   on   the   Marne
ments indicat«l. South    of    the
Ourca    the    I'rench , ^^^^^ ^^ pressed   the   Germans   hack   and   took ] ^meric
The kaiser in 1917 had \1% German dhisions on the w^st front and TT in | Russia. R'-rumania and the Balkan.^. | • Since the start of the present offen- ; .«ilvc. .March 21. Hindenburg has act¬ ually used againisi the Allies between | 189 and ITO divisions.
There are now more than 200 divi- sloni-i b.nwecn the .N'orth so.i nnd Swit- iiei-Und   and   35   dl-Msions   stiU  on   the
cakt   front,   .^bowing   that   l;Undenburg, ^;.-^^y; "^i;!^.  'g^^y-^-^^^^ hae increased the nvimber of nearlv -10. H*-   ha.«   done   thi.^   b\    recruiting   and tr»nsferri!!g   troops   from   the   east   to, 'he weit front.    .About eight;   more di-
mentaj-' rest  in places \vli'>rr .seerrt that  no  human  could  e.iist.
On a hillside svropt by Gorman ini'.- chine gun flre some inari:u-_; we .seen sleeping. Some had burrowed under the Ice side of the hill, others were curled up In shell holes and    sleeping
London, British .Admiralty Wireless Press, .lune S.—"After the land forces have driven the French and English beyond Paris, it will be the turn of the kaiser's navy to drive the Knglish fleet off the sea." Grand Admiral von Tir- pitz is quoted as declaring in an in- teivicw with the publisher of the K.ls- ler Zeitun.s.
The grand admiral made this state¬ ment in reply to a query as to whether Germany is in position to oppose her ships to the British fleet.
In publishing the interview' the newspaper commented on the extraor¬ dinary activity in Kiel, the principal German naval base.
The     Milan     correspondent     of    the i Daily Telegraph wired that reports are being    widely  circulated    in  Germany
e been
be  in
tt would j readiness and  that   a   number  of  high
[German naval officials have been hur-
: riedl>-   recalled   from   Switzerland   and
other neutral countries.
How Germans Keep Courage of Army
With the British troops in France, June 8.—Here's how Hindenburg is nursing and doping his troops, pre- paratorj' to hurling them into the fourth phase of the offensive:
Professional lecturers and special officers are circulating among them, bucking them up with moral sti¬ mulants; insisting that the war is almost over: that Germany is in¬ vincible; that they are flghting in self defense; that the L'nited States is all "hot air": that more Ameri¬ cans have been sunk in the sea than have arrived in France; that the Americans cannot arrive in force before Germany will have the Allies licked and that those who ar¬ rive are neurotic, unable to stand shell fire and are generally un¬ trained  and  inefficient.
As a result the spirit of the Ger¬ man army seldom has been kneener than Is is today. It would be playing Germanx's game to try to make anybody believe otherwise.
Turning Point in Great Drive Along Mame River Now Officially Report¬ ed to Have Centered Upon United States Forces Which Closed Huge Gap in Allied Line of Defense.
FRENCH CAPITAL IS IN DANGER
1     Thesp men who a .\ ear ago had com-   and Switzerland that orders havt fortable   home.^   are . snatching   a   mo-1 given   to  the   high   seas  fleet   to
Captain Persius. the German naval expert, declares that while It is well known that the British are anxious to
their  rifles    and   machine    guns j encounter the Cierman fleet on the open
has   no
with
ready   beside   them  for  instant   action. | sea.s.   "the   German   admiraltv
The  machine gun  continues to be  the I intention  of risking a   conflict."
chief weapon  in  this  part  of the  line.;     -We   .'-hall   not   give   the   enemv   the
The boches seem to hf.ve inexhaustible , satisfaction   of  venturing  out  and  en-
them  everywhere.      But  the   tering on  a   nav.Ml  battle far from ouri   .      ,. ^
l-.O   nrlsoners      Violent     German   at-1 „V,V *"/'"'' ^""'P*"-  ''"^'^  "'"'•e^ '"'"•   bases    and  coast    defenses,  however,"   the I.-boat c/npaigr IjO   pMsoneis.     \ loient     t^erman   at    hullet   and   continue   their   exploits   of tacks against  Bouresches were bro'^en j gojng. (,„,   j,nd  wiping up  particularly up  with   hea\T  enemy losses. i bothersome nests.
French   troops   also   improved   their j     Xil«  hitherto    peaceful  valley     was,
rfAsitlonn southeast  of Amblemy  west, convertpd     into  a    rumbling,  lihaking 	
of   fcoiscons.     There   was   active   ar-I vjUey   of   death   by   Thursday   night's! TO   WORK  TWO  CITIES ' ""**P*'^'*'''-
battle.    The  glare  of burning villages' '      The     possible   losses
PersiuE continued.
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With the American Armies on the Marne, June 8.—American troops arrived on the Marne battle front just in time to save a very critical situation, it is now permissable to state.
Hardly had the first units tumbled out of their motor trucks and railway carriages than the French urged that they be sent into the line immediately. The Germans were marching along the road tJ Paris.
The Americans went into the line at midnight on May 31, tak¬ ing up positions near Chateau-Thierry.    At 9 o'clock the next morr>- ing there were more than a thousand Americans barring the road," each man with two days* rations and ammunition supply.
That night the French reported a gap of four kilometr (2 1-2 miles) in the line near Gandela, (ten miles northwest of <. nateau- Thierry.) A German attack was expected at any moment. .A regi¬ ment of American machine gunners and engineers were roused from their sleep and filled the gap.
Then came an urgent call for artillery munition. An American truck train made a 45-mile trip and return trip in 1 3 hours, bringing in 35 truck loads of munition.
The orders to move from the region of Gisors had been received at 5 p. m.. on May 30. The Americans had departed half an hour later. The first of them arrived in the rear lines late that afternoon. (Gizo is about 35 miles north of Paris and 75 miles west of Chateau- Thierry in an airline.    The journey probably totalled  100 miles.)
The German attacks previously reported came on June 4 and Kurope.   It  5.    .After these were repulsed the Americans delivered their own at-
lmelrca^'^n^:.™:XrltleT"that'the' ^f^'^' °" ^*>« ''^'^ ^-^ '—t^^' '^^^-^ --y prisoners and consider-
German    submarine."    haven't I American   watt>rs   many   month.t   ago. Such a demonstration waa by no means
RAIDS IN HOME WATER PROVE GERMAN DEFEAT
London. June 8.—^There is little sur¬ prise   or   dissatisfaction   expres.«ed   at
the United States naval headquarters in London ovei'T|ib# transfer of enemy submarine hostilities to the American coast. It appeared today that officers there consider the transfer a practical . admission of the increasing failure of; in
tlllerj- firing cyi the Aisne portion of the
isions air  or   the  we:>t   front   than  a'''-""  ^""^
divl-
ear ago Neaily a sci>re of tli !-ipn.i fscin.:,' the Allies c«ii be i;Ued as i><«or tl.Thter.i b'lt capalde of hoidinr: ir.iiet HMtors whi;'- 'ite better i'oope ' o:Uinuv   llie  l»f!'^•Il^l•.¦'
Aust.ia. Lulsaria -.-.l Turkey may uoi scud troi'i).; tJ this fior.t m;'. lu, ic is r.u douiii that o-.tuin of tiiri:e coun¬ tries «i^ I'-anln." mrn to (termany fo niaintiln lomm-jnicntion lines in tbr • -r.l'r t. .i.*; fiecin rvtc'^ in  l''r.Tnc.".
,•-.:.   Ih:-   situation   i«   t'jday.   Hindsn- i jr^: ivt   I lias a colns.sal army. 1
tillen.- activities were reported by Field Marshal Haig.    Thr British made suc¬ cessful   raids   near   HuUock   licfr^-een Labassee  and   in   ihe   Stra- eelc sector on the Flanders front.
m   Annerican
visited  *^'* territory and inflicting heavy iosses on the Germans.
The general's  report   covertng these   ter  attack   at   U':30.     Their operations    concludes    with the state¬ ment:     "Considering   that   the   move-
lllumined the sky and the flas.*  of ar tillery outlined the sector in which the fierce struggle was ensuing.
Tn   fhe  midst   -.f  wheatflelds  fanned
by the soft evening breeze, the maiines
1 struggled hand to hand and breast  to
There was enemy cannonading nort'n of Albert and southeast of Arra^.
\
hill   or   a   machine   grun
waters   through   these   submarine   at- : ment
both   men   and   horses
Washington,     .lune     8.—Commercial i "^'"'='   .V.'™"""   '"T"   """'""'""=   ^'^ | •¦¦""   '"volved telegraph  operators  of    Chicago    andT* '*' "''""   ^^'^' ^"<J '" ""ss than six days after leaving
Seattle,       Wash.,    have      telegraphed P^^t i"   ^^^ .'''"^T'"T  "^*'"-    i'   '^¦"''! their ba.se.s. three attacks had been re-'
President   Wil.son   that strike during the war.
they   will   not
I pointed  out that  the Germans have a,
i limited and decrea.sing number of sub-' P*"«<"   «"«>   counter   attack."   had   been
i marines and while sinkings are  to be   made with great success, the men con-
breast   foi-  n emplacement
The flght .soon evolved into a series I of \iolent battles between small scat- j tered units which later would join! up into platoons and become fighting' units.
In   many   instances   the   decision   at
Americans Advance.
rari:-' June 8.—French ai-.d .Ameri¬ can forces continued to advance in the region of Neuilly-la-roterie. the I'rench    war   office'   reported   tonight.
rc>unter    attacks    01.    Uammard    and i certain  points depended on  the initla- (;.rinan troops, for;'-'i*'^«>-e"-'->"'"f'*l ^^""P "'¦o'*^" "P "^"''i tive   of  n   sn-.?M   group,   headed   by   a ; heavy enemy losses. j lieutenant or a non-com.
"In   the  region  of Neuilly-la-Potcrlo we  continued   our advance."  the  com- ; muniaue said
.utacks  on   Hammard  and   Chezey-en n \iJ!ilO Ourcn were broken up. the enemy .*uf
A   mm irri,^^  heavily.
ll   l<i!4v> 'VVe nviiiitaiiied .'ill our sains"
The   Krench   war   office   tonight   re
[\m mm m
j      Despite   constant    flghting   with   no rest   the  officers  and   men   are  cheer- Violent enemy countar, <•„,    regarding   the   battle  as   the   best chance   they   hav   had   to   show   the Frcnth what  they can do.
Frankly, the comparatlvel> green troops of the .Americans by their fighting QLialitics have bucked up the mi>iale of the whole of the Allied line.
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' expected until the end of the campaign ISO   long  as   the   tonnage   destroyed   is
kept well within the danger line as de- ' termined by new construction there i should be no alarm felt. It was pointed jout that the present German move is (coincident with the significant decrease
in the sinkings in    German waters. The  idea  that   any   submarine  oper-
atitng  on   the   other  side   could   carry
airplanes for raids  is scouted.
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levion in the lint before Amiens.) .xouth ! DnMAlU pATHfll  IP WINQ WBM.inston.  June's'-"Libcrtv   mo-,of the Aisne and between the Alsnc and | ""•"«" OH ! nULIU  WmO tor:, are Mjcccisful:     excellent    results _ the Oise.   ; HIGH  GERMAN  ELECTION
havt:  .-(o  far been    ulitained    nnd     the I I iiilfd   Slates  should  devi-!op  produc- ' lion  with   (nt-ry    tonlideiirc. '     British 1 .\liiK-issador  Heading- ^aid toiil.sht. Kvjdtii.?'.-   :-tiit-^miir,   follow.-: The    F;riti;.b    technlcil    authorities
have reported  to thr air nJiiiister that	
thr Mbert>¦ encrincs have been subject-j T.ondon. -lune S.— 'We raided the ed to hufticiont air experiment in Kng- L,^pr,iy's trenches south of Arras last land to warrant rontiden<-P in this en-|,-,jght. inflictltng casualties," Field gine.     Excellent   resfults   have   so   far | Marshal   Haig reported  tonight   "East
the Oise.
Vienna,  .lune    S.— "Between    A si ago j -    -
land the Br°nt strong detachments of ( The Hague, .lune 8.—Herr I'ehren- the cnrm>- engaged in reconnoitering I hach, a floman (^atholic, bas been werr repulsed in hand to band flght-I elected president ofthe German Kcicfh- ing.' the Austrian war office announced | stag, according to dispatches received today.
] here tonight.
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BRAVE POLES MUTINY;
Copenhagen. .lune 8. — Vienna dis¬ patches today declare that a court martial has been begun ar Marmaros and Siegem of 91 officers and S4 men of the Polish legion who on the night of February I.", mutinied. The entire Polish army mutinied, it was said, destroying railways and telegraph sys¬ tems west of Czernowitz. marching to¬ ward the I'kraine with the intention of breaking through the .\ustro-Ger- man army. The latter, however, sur¬ rounded them, arresting i:;0 officers and 3,000 men.
Infantry was supported by a barrage of schap- nel and machine gun bullet.-* and a bombardment of gas shells. They also employed a new weapon — clouds of poisonous smoke. These differed from the usual gas clouds in that they came over in thick, black waves.    The mar-
formed   to   the   best   traditions   of  the   ines donned their gas masks and stop- army, meeting all demands made upon j
them
Marines Still Hold.
The marines and other American units continued to block the Germans northwest of Chateau-Thierry today by driving forward themselves. The Americans also completely stopped three successive  counter attacks.
The sea soldiers hurled their right ¦wing against the southern part of Bel- j
j ped   the   Germans   with   artillery   and
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of Dickebush. Frenech force.- were I successful in a minor enterprise this! morning, taking 47 prisoners." j
Twenty-three tons of bombs were i dropped on rallwa\ .lunctlons. air-; dromes and munition dumps beyond 1 the German lines yesterday by British i airmen. Field Marshal Haig reported j tonight. I
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I rifle fire. 400 yards from tne American trenches.
Paris Yet in Danger. The only effect which could he ob¬ served from the new poisonous smoke was a nausea, though the enemy mix¬ ed gas shells with the .<;moke to necea- sitafate the use of gas masks.
While this attack  was going on, the leau   wood   where  the  boches   had   re-| ^"•^'f'^"  attacked   an   adjoining   .Ameri- I tained a foothold about 4 p. m.    .^rtil-i''*"   unit.     They   suffered   a   complete UP FOR COURT-MARTIAL i'^"^  '^'"'^ ^'^'<^h  ^ad  been  incessant all ; repulse.    The American losses were in-
I night reached a  crescendo just at  this j consequential. time. ;     The   marines   holding   the   \lllagp  of
Although full reports of this opera-j ^""resches were attacked less than an jtion had not been received at the ' ^°""" '^ter. These .Americans had lieen hour of cabling it was believed to have I fP-^n^orced during the night and flung been a success as r number of pri.son-' *'^^ enemy back with heavy los.ses. ers had been sent back to the Ameri-j'''^•' arrival of heavy re-enforcements CKrt lines. There were aUo indica-i'" '^'' enemy lines and a .«;teady in- tions that the Americans had elimin-^'"''"^'^ '" *}'^": a'-tlllery concrnti-ations ated the enemv north of the sunken h"*" "" '"f^'c^^"";" "f l'"'«- '^^e flermans road between Belleau and Rorcv. a I """^ accepting the .American interfer- front o,' about a mile. V'Z Z  u   ^" '""'"^ on Pans. I-urthor
T« .h« ,.;„K.     r n-^ ._    ¦        I bard tlshting is expected momentarily.
To the righ    of Torcy. »n  .^merlcan       ^^  ;,,.  ,j,p       ^^^  ^^^  mRvioc^   have attack   last   night   gained   half   a   kil- ; ometer.   (about a   third of a  milel. Alli^ the   ground   was   held.     The  Germans   ¦ had   dug   themselves   in   af   this   point, but the shallow trenches did them lit¬ tle good.    The ground  in  thia vicinity
LOCAL BOY IS KILLED IN FALL FROM TREE
paid to .Tchieve what i.o now recognized BS much more than a local success tb« Germans have not seen the last of .\merica's favorite flghters by any rate. The fart that the field censor's head¬ quarters has been movfd to Paris tem-
that     Is
1 was covered with German dead. There | porarily   reveals   the   danger j were  also   many   new   graves    marked j hanging  over  the   capital. ] with German helmets.
The Germans made their first coun-
' War   correspondents   now   cover   tlj^ war from   Paris.
Charlas Richards, aged 55, of 64 Ko¬ sek Court, in the Brookside section of the city, was instantly killed on the L. V. Railroad last evening and follow¬ ing his death his four children with whom he lived refused to permit the body to be taken home. Without stating their reasons for their action in barring their father's mangled remains to be placed in the house, the children in¬ structed Liidertaker .lames F. .Marle>. of East End. to keep lUchards in his morgue until tomorrow afternoon when burial will take place.
Kichards. who wiis Slovak by de¬ scent. WHS killed at about 5 o'clock as he  -was  walking along     the  tracks  of
——^——— j     Washington.     June    8.—Compilation
When the crew of the train searched of a black-list of non-essential in- his pockets, his pay envelope contain- dustries is under way by government ing J12 was found.    It wae by means  officials, it was learned tonight.
of the name on the pay check that identificatoon waa established. Under¬ taker Marley took charge of the body. He at once notifled the man's home, but the undertaker was promptly In¬ structed th^t the body would not be admitted to the Richards' home. 'When he asked as to the disposition of the remains, Marley was told to keep them at his morgue until arrangements had been made for the burial. The fun¬ eral will take place tomorrow.
The children who refused their fath¬ er's body were Martha. William, Charles and Bsrtha Richards. They the Lehigh Nallcy Railroad near the j all lived at home in Kosek Couri. Be- Lion Brewery in North Wilkes-Barre. sides these children. Richards !.« sur- lic was retunnir.- lionie from work, I \ ived by thi-ee other sons. Harr>-. .V- he w:jlked .Tlong the tracks he heard I with the lOSth Field Artillery in .1 paa^ensicr tiain coming behind him. | France: .4!ec Richards, of South Wll- !iv >j.cj>i>ed out of the wa.x of the train • kes-Barre, and Rudolph Richards, of .'.•dy to find hims'-lf In the path cf a t South WUkes-Barre. .1.. i fp?lKlil train on »he next tr.ick. | It was said last night lhat the wife L'-ruf-¦ b- could lc:*p oiit of thf w.iy. i of-Richards died less than two months ht liJd been mangled under the wheels. | ago.
Officials of the War Industries board, the fuel administration, the tariff com¬ mission, the war trade board, shipping boaad and the railroad administration have  been  in  conference.
Officials have decided that the policy of hedging on the question of non¬ essentials must be dropped. Inevitable shortages in coal, steel, labor and transportation have developed. Prac¬ tically all non-war industry will either be forced to shut down or run on cur¬ tailed output. Frank warning of the situation will be given next week to give manufacturers time to prepai'e for the crisis. .< list of unfavored in¬ dustries will be published. Officials take the \iew that certain industries mu<t consider themselves a.t unnecM- sary consumers of needed war ma- terialF.
.^utomobile!» will stand low on the list   of non-e.s.sentials.
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Son of Widow Hurled to Pave¬ ment and Death is Almost immediate Result
SKULL FRACTURE CAUSE
Falling from a tree near his home while at play yesterday afternoon. William .lones, aged 6. son of Mrs. .T. Jones, of Custer street, this city, was almost Instantly killed. He died a few minutes after being carried to his home and before medical attention could be given him.    His skull was fractured.
Together with a number of play¬ mates of his own age. the Jones boy had been playing on Custer street around 3 o'clock. Tiring of the safer games played on tbe sidewalk, he and several other boys started to climb a tree in front of the residence of Mrs. .John Quinn.
The Jones boy had reached a height of about twenty feet from the ground when he lost his balance. He dropped head flrst i<> the pavement.    He struck
MINE WORKERS BALK AT EXEMPTION PLANS
Young mine workers within the draft age aroused b>- deferred classifi¬ cations which have been awarded by district exemption boards In a whole¬ sale   manner,   may   take   the   stand   of
men In certain positions have been per¬ mitted by companies to be drafted while others in simillar status have been retained in their Jobs because of exemptions secured for them by the Much of this talk haa been
refusing   to   accept   deferred   positions. companies.
In the call, according    to    statements   ,, „.,,.,    ,.„ ,    . .       .
made last night t,y a union mine work-   ^„Tt..T   hi fl^,!       ¦     ^''^ ^T' *''°^'-
ers'   official.     The   stand   of   the   mine   '"« ^^^^^ »^'^/f""S'" ^«n««-»'-
'     ^o arou:^cd have the younger men In
the   mines   become   over   tha SituatlTSII
that   Ihey   let   it   be   k-own   yesterday
workers Indicates a super kind of pat ; riotism that presents a new situa ! tion   in   the   labor  question   now   trou
bling the coal companies.
I that  they are desirous ot taking their
Considerable   aglUtVon' has   resulted j ;•««"'«; ,f^°f"^" in the draft Irrespec-
during the past few days because coali"^* "^, their work  in  the  mines     The
are asking    that  .some    o'!"""«"    official     who     discussed     ths
A prominent union official in dis¬ cussing the situation last night said that
made as a resul: <>: what has happened, of     favoritism,   it   wa.x
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to   Co   in   their   regular   order,   rathei than  have them.selveo e.xempted.    Thl«
charges  of  favoritism   have  been 17"'^*''""   l]^*"   ^^^"^   i-rotight   about   bj
'the   fact   lhat   men   who   were   said   t« _.      ,     , ,    , •,  .       ¦, ihave been helped b\va kind of favorlt-
.squarely on his head and his limp body I ^"^^    charges    01     ra\ori,ism.        '^¦*''':.:jn have heen iPimcd ,«lacker8 bv theii Ilay   unconscious   on   the   street   as   his 1 ^*"^     '"""^   '¦""""    ^*"'   younger   mm-! ^.,,^,.,,^^^ .^ ,^^ ^^^^^ tenor-stricken playmates attempted to I ^"'"'*«''""' themselves and not trom men ^      ^^  jj  ^^^^^j^  „^^   jj,^  situation   is fl help him. I outside   of   tho   mining   indu.--fry   who , ..^j^,^^,   ,,^p   ^.^^   ,,,^  eompanie*.    Thej
I Adults carried the victim to his mo-j ">'K^" '**' ^^'^^ '*^*'^ "'"* *'^'"^ '^"'- reaii>.e thJit ih'-re i.- a matkfd scarcltj 'thers home but before a summoned i criminated against by having them- ,,f rjasa i.a men. but on the othei •physician cuid arrive death had oc-I''<''^''''' 'nt)^*<^ '^ the front <.f thr> draft „,-p^ ,hey are confronted by the laboi , curred.       The   bo}'«     fath°.   dieu   tw<. Mists because of wholessie e\empliuns    prnblem.     tt   is   likely   that   they   wll
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.-ears ago.    He is survi.ed by  hi.*: mo¬ ther and several brothers and si.'fters.
.Some  of  the  younaor  mine   wor'-:i;r.= ^tikf«  the  question   up   with   fh*  head- mid  th*-   union   .'ffic;al   rest?rdii^   tliaUof  th?  viiiiiis ev'mption   lioard-;.
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