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Published  in  Luzerne  County
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,    OCTOBER   3,   1915
Entered  at Wllkes-Barre,  Pa, aa Second Class Mail Matter.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MINERS WIN SENS A TIONAL A WA RD FROM JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S SON
ROCKEFELLER SUBMITS TO EMPLOYE'S DEMANDS
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Powder and Coal At Cost, FreeWater, Eight Hour Doy, Social Centers, Rents At Two Dollars Per Room For a Month, Are Some Concess¬
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MINERS TO BE GIVEN VOTE ON WAGE SCALES.
DIVORCE SENSATION I [
King's Court Halts Decree When Testimony of Wite's Actions is Suddenly Given
DASHED PASI HOME
Hollenback Avenue Woman Stricken by Fatal Fear and Died in Son's Arms
BLAZE   WAS  TRIFLING
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Pueblo, Col., Oct. 2.—John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to-day launched his industrial representation plan which is designed to end industrial strife between the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. and its employees.
The two cardinal features of the plan are a recognition of the principle of collective bargaining, and a pledge not to discriminate against employees because of their membership in labor unions. These are believed to be the features which wfll appeal directly to organized labor.
The first concrete result of this epochal attitude of the Rocke¬ feller interests toward their employees is the actual acceptance by the two of an agreement which pledges the company to practically everything union labor has been striving for the past few years, except formal recognition of the union.
Following is the contract which was agreed upon at to-day's convention, which requires nothing but the signatures of the officers of the company and representatives of the miners duly elected under the plan to give it binding effec*:
FOR THREE YEARS.
It is mutually understood and agreed that in addition to the rights and privileges guaranteed, the employes of the company, in the industrial representation plan herewith, the following stipula¬ tions respecting employment, living and working conditions shall govern the parties hereto from the date of their signature hereon until January 1, 1918 and shall continue thereafter subject to re¬ vision upon ninety days notice by either of the parties.
The chK'ge to employes for dwellings Mritho«it bath shall not exceed two dollars per room per month-
The present uniform charge of 40c per electric light per month, with free light on porches, shall not be increased.
There shall be no charge for domestic water, except in cases where the company is obliged to purchase the same. In such cases the charges wUl be substantially the cost to the company.
The rates to be charged employes for powder and domestic coal shall be substantially their cost to the company.
To encourage employes to cultivate f-wer and vegetable gar¬ dens, the company agrees to fence, free of charge, each house Tot oHTied by it. .The company will continue its practice of removing garbage free erf charge.
As the need becomes manifest, the company wfll continue its present policy of providing, as rapidly as possible, suitable bath houses and social centers in the nature of club houses for its em¬ ployes at the several mining camps.
EIGHT HOUR DAY        /
. .Elight hours shall constitute a day's work for all underground employes. This shall mean eight hours exclusive of noon hour and the time required to go and come from the mine opening to the place of employment. . Nine hours shall constitute a day's work for all outside labor, except firemen and engineers.
All employes shall be paid semi-monthly by check. No de¬ duction shall be made from earnings except where authorized by employes.
No change affecting conditions of employment with respect to wages or hours shall be made without first giving thirty days' notice as provided by statute.
The schedule of wages and the working conditions now in force in the several districts shall continue with reduction, but, if, prior to January 1, 1918, a general increase shall be granted in competitive districts in which the company does not conduct opera¬ tions, proportional increase shall be made. . For this purpose a jomt meeting of the miners' representatives and proper officers of the company shall be called within thirty days after the increase in competitive districts is effective to discuss and determine an equit¬ able method for fixing the new scale in the districts affected.
There will follow this the signatures of the President of the C. F- & 1- and representatives of the miners.
MEN TO MEET
Foliowmg the adoption of the plan by the joint convention, it nill now go to a meeting of the directors of the company in Denver on Tuesday. . In the meantime the plan will be submitted to a se¬ cret referendum of the miners in each of the sixteen mines in opera¬ tion by the company. It will be on this referendum that the olan will undergo its severest tests.
No restrictions wfll be imposed upon them in giving it their secrecy of their balloting. The result ought to be a ^ur test of the willingness of the men to give a trial to the elaborate plan which Mr. Rockefeller has worked out.
Today's convention was held in the men's club of the Colo¬ rado Fuel and Iron. President J. F. Wellborn, of the company, presided and stated tbe objects of the meeting. .Assembled in the room, were in addtion to Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. McKenzie King, di¬ rector of the industrial department of the Colorado Fuel and Iron; J. F- Hicks, of Chicago, who has been elected executive assistant to
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London, Oct. 2.—What promises, to be a seneatlonal sequel to an Anglo- American divorce case ia due to be heard in the high courts here when they re-convene Oct. 11'. The prin¬ cipals are Captain Ronald Krench of the British army, a cousin of the pres¬ ent Lord de Freyne, and Mrs. Ida Mar- celle French, daughter of the Inte Rob¬ ert John Wynne, formerly postmaster general in President Roosevelt's cabi¬ net and also for flve years consul gen¬ eral  at  London.
In December, 1913, Mrs. French brought suit for divorce against her husband, alleging misconduct with an unnamed lady at Falmouth. Captain FYench did not defend the suit at the trial and Sir Samuel Evans, President of the divorce court, granted the wife a decree nisi with the custody of her small daughter. Before the decree could be made absolute certain allc- jr-itions were brought to the notice of the Kind's proctor with the result that he has intervened and is now asking the court to rescind the decree on the ground that Mrs. French is not en¬ titled to the relief she asks because of allegations as to her mode of life both before and since the hearing In her divorce suit.
The King's proctor allege.i that in fact Mrs. French and Frank Mills An¬ drews who is a well known N'ew Tork architect were living together as man and wife while the divorce suit was pending and have been doing so ever since. He names a number of speciflc instances, alleging, for Instance that Mrs. French and Mr. Andrews stayed together at Claridge's hotel in London from Xov. 24 to Dec. 1. 1913 and also Ithat at various times they stayed to- 2;ether at the I'icadilly hotel and other places in London.
Mrs. French strenuously denies the allegations and .says In her answer: "Mr. Andrews is my guardian. He Is tak¬ ing care of me at the request of my father and mother."
Much evidence has been collected by the King's proctor in the United States, Paris and London and the coming trial is likely to be the most sensational one of the season.
Heart trouble caused by the fear that her home was on fire, resulted in the sudden death .vesterda.v afternoon of Mrs. (Jeorge W. Rustay, aged 60, a well known resident of 19 West Hollenback avenue. She was stricken while burr¬ ing to her home from the house of a relative where her visit had been inter- ri'pted by the clang of fire bells as the trucks sped io a slight blaze in Mac- Dermott's garage on West Hollenback avenue. She became ill at 4 o'clock and died a half an hour later.
Mrs. Rustay had left her own home earlier in the afternoon to spend a. few hours at the home of her son, .¦\rthur, on North Main street. She had been there some time when she heard the fire apparatus rush by. tJolng to the door of her son's home she saw trucks turn Into West Hollenback avenue and she was beset by the fear that her own home was on fire.
Telling her son her belief, the woman started hurrying in the direction of her home. She had proceeded only a short di.^tance when she was stricken with heart trouble. Her son, with Al¬ fred P. Krum, of West Hollenback ave¬ nue, rushed to her aid. The two men carried her to her home and Dr. John Shaw, of North Main street, was sum¬ moned. The shock was too great to be allayed and her death occurred at 4:30 o'clocli.
Her husband and three sons: Arthur, and Leroy, both of this city; and Bruce, of Olyphant, survive; also several step¬ children. .No arrangements have been made for the funeral.!       i
The blaze responsible for the death of Mrs. Rustay was in MacDermott's srar- age. Some oil waste caught fire and an alarm was turned in from box N'o. 12 at the corner of North Main street and Courtrlght avenue. The fire was ex¬ tinguished before the arrival of the de¬ partment.
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR HERE TO REOPEN TROLLEY WAGE CASE
LOCAL MEN CAUGHT IN SPORT SCANDAL AT
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Must Answer Charge of Tres¬ passing on Rights of Rich Owners of Pond
PROMINENT NAMES
RIGGS BANK OFFICERS
BONDED FOR COURT
Washington, Oct. 2.—President Char¬ les C. Glover of the Riggs N'ational Bank and Vice President VV. ,1. Flather. indicted on a charge of perjury in con¬ nection with an affidavit submitted by them in their injunction suit against treasury offlcials, today gave bond in the sum of $5,000 each, supplied by a surety company. Cashier H. H. Flath¬ er, who is on his vacation in Connec¬ ticut, will give bond on his return here.
It was admitted today that the case will be fought through to the supreme court along with the suit against Sec¬ retary McAdoo and Treasurer Williams.
The arrest of eigTiteeii prominent res¬ idents ot this valley on the charge of taking fish from the Bloomingdale pri¬ vate fishing grounds in Pike county has caused a big sensation. With the arrest goes an e.xplanation for the big catches a number of the "sportsman" from this vicinity have been making in the streams of Monrce and I'ine county.
The BIf>>mlng<lale hatchery and pre¬ serve is owned by a number of N'ew Vork and I'hiladelphia millionairs. They have spent almost JIUO.OOOO in making it one of the best private fish¬ ing grounds in Pennsylvania, but for the past two .sears they have .suffered from the raids of a large number of "sporting" men from Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
Without making any fuss about their plans they engaged several detectives and a steady watch was kept day and night. The hotel registers were clo.sely watched and a tab was kept on every person from this region who went to Pike county to fi.sh
Suspicion finally began to centre on the fishermen from this county and af¬ ter several months hard work the names of eighteen fishermen from Luz¬ erne county were secured. All these names are in the possession of the j Sunday Independent and if they were disclosed there would he one of the biggest sen.sations imaginable.
Suffice it to say that in the list are two or three big politicians in the county, a half dozen business men. three or four professional men. two or three all round sports, two pot hunters and a well known public official. The pot hunter.<» from the region of Buck township and Bear Creek were In the confliience of the Luzerne fish¬ erman and when they were given ll:e third degree by the private detectives they (lid what most of this calibre do. They  "peached,"
The past few days the sports who are ml.\ed up in the affair have been busy trylns? to britig influence to fix matters up wiih .the owners of the hatchery. But it looks as though there will be nothing doing along this line. The owners ;ire determined to make example of the men arrested and it Is said that they have the backing of the state authorities in pushing the case to the limit.
John Price Jackson Announces Intention to Again Take Up Dispute Between Wilkes-Barre Railway and Motormen and Conductors—Final Settlement is Likely
CONGRESSMAN CASEY SUCCEEDS IN THE MOVE
Notification was received iast night by Congressman John ,1. Casey to the effect that Dr. .lohn Price ,lacksoij, State Commissioner of Labor, will come to this city tomorrow to reopen the case of the street car men who are dis.satisfied over the award of the ar- bit.-ators in their wage dispute. Dr. .ra< kson will confer with repre.senta- tives of both the men and the company and il is believed material changes in the award will result from his visit.
The original demands of the men upon the company included a higher wage clause. When fhe award of tbe arbitrators was made the men were given a sliding scale of wages insterul of a flat rate and they immediately voiced their disapproval of the award. Attorney Thomas D. Shea, of .Vanti- coke, one of the arbitrators, wrote a dissenting opinion at  the time.
Since the dissatisfaction of the men became apparent. Congressman Casey has kept In communication with Dr. .lackson and has advised him of the condition of affairs. It was largely as a result of his advice that the commis¬ sioner's return to this city has been ar¬ ranged. It has been known for several weeks, however, that he was willing to re-open the case for in a letter to at¬ torney Shea he voiced his surprise over the attitude of the men but declared he was ready to attempt a more satis^. factory settlement.
Just what steps Dr. .lackson will take upon reaching this city, aside from conferrin.i; with both sides, is not yet known. It is likely that Samuel Warr¬ iner, fhe remaining arbifrator. may also
come to this city and confer with hi«
colleagues . The original award will then likely be dissected and patched up in places where it creates dissatiafac- ifion In a final effort to bring about friendly relations between the men and the company. But it is doubtful if a.iy changes can be made without Incurring the disapproval of the traction com¬ pany, for the award is hlgrhly satisfac¬ tory   to   the   corporation.
Dr. Jackson will consider the actior of (Jeneral Manager Thomas A. Wright in immediately taking advantage of the sliding scale, despite the dissatisfaction of the men. When the award createc dissatisfaction Dr. Jackson was noti¬ fied and asked the general manager, h^ states ,to refrain from placing the new scale into effect until the attitude of the men would change, or until an in¬ vestigation couid be made. Mr. Wright however, immediately proceeded to pay the men for their time from April 1 on the basis of the award. He was asked why he had not honored the request of the commissioner and stated that he had never received any such request. He intimated that had such a request been made to him. he would have con¬ tinued paying the men on the old basis until such time as something definite had been arranged.
The men nlthough dissatisfied have been unable to help themselves "^nd have accepted the sliding scale w^ges paid hy the compan.v._^'^¦^r„i ,,^h'eHe that the coming of ,E.r. Jackson means an Improvemenrf ih the award and that they will be /reatly benefitted by the 1 changes.' '
TO FINANCE MEXICAN WAR SCHEMES
HARD PRESSED ON THREE FRONTS
BY THE ALLIES ARTILLERY ATTACKS GERMANS START DRIVE TO TURKEY
London. Oct. 2.—The heavy offensive of the Allies of the last week has given way to a fierce artillery duel along the entire western front. During the entire day but one infantry action was fought, according to official reports, that taking place in Lorraine, where a German reconnoitering party at¬ tempted an assault. Elsewhere the foot troops remained In their trenches and left the  fighting to the big guns.
Dispatches from Paris state that the Allies are preparing for another tre¬ mendous bombardment of the Ger¬ man trenches, preparatory to launch¬ ing another drive similar to that which htst week enabled them to make striking gains on the entire western half of the front.
Experts of the French general staff predict that the main attack will be launched on adjoining sectors of six¬ teen miles each in Artois and Cham¬ pagne. It is believed in Paris, that the Germans will be unable to con¬ centrate surricient troops on a front of this character to withstand the shock of the attack as general assaults on the entire front will prevent the withdrawal of forces from any other section.
The French claim that In night at¬ tacks they succeeded In making further gains on the heights of La Folie in the Souchez region and that they drove in a German salient north of Mesnil. Fleld Marshal Sir John French report.s thai the British recaptured two trenches southwest of Fosse which the Germans had occupied by counter attacks. These comprise the total gains claimed by th* Allies during twenty-four hours.
.\gainst them the t;erlin official states that British attacks in the Lous district    in an effort    to regain    los^?
trenches were repulsed and that on the entire front,in the Souchez and Cham¬ pagne districts the French were beaten back without a break. The Allies re¬ port that their offensive operations have resulted in the capture of 30,000 prisoners, 140 cannon and a number of machine guns. Berlin today gave the total number of captives taken so far as 20,000 men and officers and reported the seizure of a number of machine guns. Thousands of reiilforcementa are re-
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ported to be reaching the German lines from the eastern front anii Berlin mili¬ tary experts express confidence that the .\nglo-French troops will be unable to break through.
Tsrribls Gun  Fire
The cannonade now going on along the front is described as one of the most violent of the war. On every sec¬ tion from the sea to the X'o.sges moun¬ tains the big guns on both sides are hurling tons of iron and lead into the enemy's country. On the east coast French land batteries have co-operated with the British fleet In a bombard¬ ment of German positions at We.stend. while In Artoise the Germans have con¬ centrated on the front between N'eu vlUc St. \aaat and the woods south of Souchez. Both sides are delivering heavy cannonades north of Berry au Bac and toward.s .Sapigneul.
The Germans are reported to be em¬ ploying suffocating sheits in their bom¬ bardment of the Frenchc positions in Champagne while between the Meuse and the Moselle the French describe the Teuton cannonade as "storms of tire bursting over our trenches."
A French sky fleet of 65 aeroplanes, equipped with a new weapon of war¬ fare, the "planegun." which enables the aviators to bombard cities with gunflre, has raided a number of important Ger¬ man army .sections. The X'ousiers rail¬ way station, the aviation grounds near Lille and the station at ("hallerange were in turn visited, more than 3000 bombs being dropped.
Air Raids Continue.
The Paris communique claims tha: the bombardment was effective. A Ger¬ man captive balloon was destroyed.
Berlin says that a French air raid at '
Laon resulted In the death or a w(;- lan!
and A child and the woundini; of
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\Va.-*hlnglon. Oct. 2.—Developments more sensational than those growing out nf the case of .lames B. .1. Archi¬ bald, which already bn!> resulted in the recall of Dr. Dumba. the Austrian am- bas.sador. may be expected from the arrest of Andrew D. Meloy, in New Vork.
The alleged passport frauds in which Aleloy i.a rhari?ed with being implicated, and other matters about which he is said to be well acijualnted, are now being investigated by the grand .iiiry in N'ew > ork upon information gather¬ ed by the tlepartment of .lustice. It may be stated that the investigations of the departments have led to these disclosures: That German money h;is been used in .Mexico and in the l'nit"d States to forment trouble and embroil l'nited Stales in war with Mexico: that (Jerman money was back of the revolution former President Huerta recently attempted to start and his campaign apparently was to have beon financed by Frantz Rintelin, German agent, companion of Meloy. who is now under detention In Kngland by the British government. That the discov¬ ery of the employment of <;erman funds and their source was the chief factor that   lead  to  Muerta's arrest  and  con¬
finement   In   a   Texas   military   prison.
Thnt Rintelin personally. ,)r througn his representatives attempted to d?al with military factions in .\lexico in their effort lo drag this governm»nt into the trouble and force armed in¬ tervention.
That at least two men of promi;.- ence In Washington are involved in this plan. They acted a.* representatives "f Rentielin, to such an extent that their activities may be brought to the sttrii- fion of the grand jury.
Thnt Rentelin was under surveil¬ lance by Department of .lustice agents from Ihe time of his arrival in this country last .April until his departure for Europe last August on fhe .Voordam and that practically all his acts durin.i that time are known to the depart¬ ment.
Rentelin Is known to be a retired captain In the German navy and one of the leading private bankers of Gee- many. He has visited this country a number of times on various errands In which the German government was in¬ terested, his latest vi.oit being for the alleged purpose of stirring up trouble in   Mexico.
In pursuit of this. Rentelin endejivo (Continued on Page Fivei
OR RISK LOSS OF SUCCESS GAINED
The county commissioners were aa much at sea yesterday over the stand¬ ing of Mayor Kosek and .Martin C. Murray, the two candidates who con¬ tend that they received more tha.n half the \-otes polled af the primary elec¬ tion, HS they were when the official vote was tabulated one week ago. .Ka a result of the confusion und the in¬ ability of the interested parties to gel an accurate idea of the total vote- cast It Is almost certain that both Mayor iCusek and Air. .Murray will have to go before the voters again at the No¬ vember election.
City Solicitor McHugh, who has giv¬ en the legal side of th matter careful consideration, refuses to be quoted, but It is understood that he is very doubt¬ ful about the whole proposition and In the end will advise that .Mayor Kosek and .Mr. Murray go before the voters at the regular election if they wish to be on the safe side.
Attorneys Evan C. Jones and John H. Dando. who have been retained by Sheriff Kniffen and the other candi¬ dates who are interested in fhe out¬ come of the proceedings, gave ouf a statement last night in which they said they were convinced that no can¬ didate received more than half the vote at  the  primary. |
The  language  of  the law  govemin.i{ {
the matter is not very clear. In fact, some parts of It appear to be contra¬ dictory. It was loosely drawn snd no one will be able to understand It until the court Interpret the meaning in a decision.
Although every effort has be«n made by Interested parties to ascertain the total vote cast for non-partisan offices little has been accomplished. In most of the districts ths election officers did not keep any account of it and it has been learned that in many other dis¬ tricts non-partisan ballots were not given to the voters du.-nix the early hours of votlnK.
Mayor Kosek is still confident that he polled a majority vote but ha states that if he has to run again he will put just as much ginger Into the final heat as he put in the primary skirmish. Sheriff KniiYen also seems to be pleased with the situation He feels that he will be able to msterially incroase his strength If he is given another oppor¬ tunity to canvass the city.
Should It .be decided that thers must be another battle between Kosek and Kniffen there will no doubt be a spec¬ tacular canvpslgn. as the supporters of both are determined to come out victorious if hard campaign work will account for anything.
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