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*»m9»0»»»m»»»oo*o»»»o»o»o 1 MOST COMPLETE SPORT SECTION | IN (THE CITY I i SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY PBICE FIVE CENTS Th« Only Sunday Newapaper PubliBhed in Luzeme Countr. WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 14. 1917 Entered at Wllkes-Barre, Pa., aa Second Class Mail Matter. f»«*<i«»»»*»»» »»»*»<#»»¦» »«i»»»i»»»«>»»»w THE W E,\THER 1 Waahinston. Oct 13-—-Fair. ; ! \ Sunday and Monday, ¦ not ixiuch ::hange in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS ^ G£MM SVm BREAK DEFENSES; TEUTON ARMY ON TAGALAST SOIL TO CONSCRIPT LABOR UNDER FEDERAL PLAN mT LIKED BY UNIONS Gompers and Other Leaders • Take Action to Avert Mov* Predicted to Follow Visit of British Experts—Right to Strike in War Times is Strongly Upheld ARBITRATION CALL T L Fl I Ti T PETROGRAD IS MENACED BY NEW NA VAL SUCCESS Attacks Pacifists as Head of!Fate of MuViition Worker Not League to Enforce Peace! Solved by Police and Inquiry L and Boosts Second Loan t\'ashington, Qct. 13.—Labor con- •eription, proposed by employers and privately favored by a number of gov- 1 rnment officials, will be fought to the last ditch hy the American Federation I'f Labor. .\n effort by its advocates to bring the .subject squarely before congress .if the December session is looked for. Sjmuel Gompers, head of the A. V. I'f L., today emphatically announced SAY ALLIED DmS Amercians and British Ask Embargo on Steel to Compel Orientals Into Truce WORLD PRIZE AT STAKE GOVERNMENT ACTION Washington. Oct. 13.—American businessmen in China have protested to the State Department against any lift¬ ing of the embargo in steel for .Japan's his oppositoin. His views have been'^''*'"^^'' communicated to government ofticials , Their protests ie based on the claim who declare lack of men in shiiibuild-j ,hat if Japan gets what she wants of ing yards and labor troulile on docks . . i ^ , • . ' American steel, her shipping barons will route goods from rhiha to .America via. .Japan and take a rich toll in trans- should be ended by some form of con- ' seription. Certain members of the council of defense advisory commis- .sion also are urging draft of munition workers. The plan they favor is the one used in ICngland. where "labor battalions" Iiave heen formed, the men wearing uniforms like soldiers. Four British (cmmissioners Uave here next week "11 a tour of the country to e.\plaJn this Mild other methods of dealing with la¬ bor, including admittance of women in-' to industry on a large scale. .Meanwhile labor leaders and mem¬ bers of the National Civic Federation !'ic still striving for a solution of labor difficulties which can receive labor union support. Holding firmly to tbe "rlglrt to strike," labor leaders are considering plans of arbitration to safeguard war work. Will Be Made I, U MAY BE ACCIDENT 10 LIKE Dl BUYS 10 IHE LIMIT rittsburgb. Pa., Oct. 13,^Congress is willing and ready "to vote every man and every dollar neces.sary for the suc- ceetifnl conduct of the war." Speaker Champ Clark so declared to¬ night In an address here urging every .American, soldier or civilian, to sub- .srrlbe to the second Liberty loan. Declaring American wealth ought not t" slack in such a crisis, Clark added: "Surely if our young men are willing to risk their lives on the battlefield, those of us who run no risk of life or limb should be willing and glad to pay life necessary taxes and to lend the sovernment such sums as we are able." Clark declared that he had invested i alt his funds in the first Liberty loan, i anger liveii borrowing so that he might in- ' creasie the sum. His son, Bennett, now x ileutehant colonel of the Missouri • .National (liiard, had likewise invested savings ill the bonds. "in the supreme crisis of our af- f;i,irs—not of ours alone, but of the wi'iolc world's affairs—it is the duty of overy .'\merlcan. male or female, native or naturalized, to aid and sustain the government in every manner possible." Th<' best test, he said, is that the citlxenry now should sacriflce of ifs iireat bounty and contribute generous¬ ly to the .second loan. shipment charges. Thia would tend to i swing much American business in China toward Japan. Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission, is here acting as buffer be¬ tween the Japanese merchant princes and this government. He wants to ef¬ fect som« compromise which will paci¬ fy the "economic imperialists"—the princes—and at the same time will not tread on American toes. At present the .lapanese are dictators of the Chinese shipping situation. In order to promote the scheme of trans¬ shipping through .lapanese port.s, ships, compelling British and American mer¬ chants toupainwiiztj J^pan'ii^ coastwise vessels going to Kobe, where the American-Japanese liners pick up Chinese merchandise. This ha.-( caused a. shipping fight, which is now so bitter that the Ameri¬ can and British merchants want steel withheld from .lapan unless some fast agreement can be made with the Ishii mission .which will relieve the pre.sent arrangement. Ishii's experience in shaping the gentelmen's agreement on .Japanese immigration leads to the belief that the shiping difficulties will be adju.sted. Chicago. Oct. 13.—Wiiliam Howard I Taft, president of the League to En¬ force Peace, issued a clarion call to the people of the United States tonight to get behind their governmeni n thejed in this city war against Germany's imperialism, make the Liberty bond campaign a success and help bring liberty to the people of Germany themselves. Taft spoke here before tfie Liberty Bond committee. He bitterly assailed Senator La Follette and all those who consciously or unconsciously preach sedition or question the justice of the . nlrance of the United States into the war. He also pleaded lor sympathy lor American citizens of Germi^n de¬ scent, nearly all of whom, he gaid, have "shown their loyalty in spi(e of the schemes and plottings and prophesies of Count von Bernstorff and his con¬ spirators." Jn concluding his address, Tatt l»ledged the support of the league to the Liberty loan committee. He charged that the attitude of certain members of congress was predicated upon the erroneous idea that their con¬ stituencies were anti-war or pro-Ger¬ man. "It may be that they are able, un¬ der our careful guarding of the Indi¬ vidual rights of free speech." said Taft. "to escape penalties for what is in spirit treason, but let us hope that'they will remain embalmed forever in the amber of the just contempt of the American people." • Senator La Follette" said Tafl, . \i ^ speaking of Germany's submarine war- "»'rv .Moon^ to 1 ' warded to this city son ¦ William Gibbons, af;ed about L'7 of .Urs. Kla .\T. Gibbons of 152 Ca avenue, this city, was found dead > terday along a railroad track near Al¬ toona. Word of his death was receiv- last nighl through a FATEOFLAFOLLEHE NCOiTTEE HANDS arey I New Games Are Introduced to May Demand Jury Trial on yes- i ..... _ Take Attention Away From Horrors of Battle telegram senl to the bureau of police. The message contained no particulars but intimated that the young man's death is surrounded with considerably mystery. | Gibbons has been living recently at i Gallltzin, near Altoona. where he had | been employed in a munition factoiy to¬ gether with .Iohn .McGahren. .Ir.. son of Attorney .lohn McGahren of this city. During the past week Mct^ahren entered military service and Gibbons had decided to return to the eastern part of the State, but before beginning his trip evidently met his death. j The telegram received last night by i the local police ofTicials ilfclared that \ the young man's body had been dis- | covered along side of a railroad track | at Gallilzen. The body contained ' some marks but the authorities here j did not know whether these, marks j had resulted from being run down by jj,,j,_ selected to leSrn the game and theh a train oi whether the local man was j j^^pj, j, ^^ thou.^an.ls of other Sammies, attacked by enemies. j Thev lined up in two rows back to Identitication of the body was made | back, one side the crow.«, the. other possible for the Gallitizen authorities 1 ,f,p ,.rant\«. The sergeant was to call by means of a letter found in Gibbons' I „„j ^^e name of .me line, whereupon pockets and .scar on his face. The | jhe line was to leap awav toward a scar was caused by an injury sufTered i ,^^^1. 15 vards distant. The job of the in boyhood years ago. The local au- i „i,„.r line was to whirl around and thorlties informed Mrs. Gibbons. ^j^pj.,g ^^^ fleeing ones before they mother of thff young man, and she, ' pga^.^,,.,! jj^p goal, overeome with grief, wa.-* unable to throw any light on the death of her i sOTi. Sh«- arranged with I'naertakPT | n^^.^pj have the body for- for ifuriiil. HOW THEY PLAY .American Kield Headquarters, Krance. Oct. 13.—Tommy is teaching Sammy a few war, lessons that don't appear in any of the books. In a pouring rain today a clas,< of Sammies floundered around like rnud- larks enjoying a muscle straining phy¬ sical drill—because a British sergeant made them like it. lis a trick the British learned when their men were too sick of discipline after beuig under gunfire to stand for any of the old bending double exercises. There were twenty in the clas.>- to¬ dav'. lieutenants, sergeants and (orpor- Fairness Issue if Threatened by Ouster Move War Office of Russian Repub= lie Admits Startling Blow to Nation's Safety, But Be¬ lieves the People Are Arous¬ ed to Necessity for Decisive Action—Strong Force In¬ vades i i STORMS IN THE WEST WAR CRITICISMS as the Sammies set themselves j for the leap. The sergeant might call! fare, "says that while our citizens had i "'""r" '" '•"" 7^> '">- ">^"'"- either crows or cranes. i the right to go upon commercial ves- L/"^^.""" J^'' ^''''''J' ^¦''" l^""^^" "' "Crows! ' Like a chargin'.; loolballj sels carrying -supplies to the allies, it i ""•;'.*'!'¦'¦ ^"""e time ago he and John i Une the crows sprang forward. The. was onlv a technical right and one that ' -^t-i'"""-". -Ir.. both having grown up cranes whirled and dashed madly. Two; we might well waive rather than go to i ''•'' ':''H!"'', "'"'"'' l^^yhood. decided to go I threw themselves just right, laid two SEIZURE OF NEUTRALS NEXT STEP OF AMERICA Washington. Oct. 13.—Seizure of nearly 130 neutral ships lying idle in American ports is being urged upon the government. This step may follow within a few months the requisition of more than 450 vessels under the .\merlcan flag on Monday. The neu-i German autocracy are about to be tral steamers cannot be sold fo Ameri- js^'nashed and declared that the strong ca because the neutrals fear Germany's, but if -\merica commandeers ¦war. Was the right of those innocent 114 American men. women and chil¬ dren, sent to their death without warn¬ ing on the Lusltania, to life and safety only a technical right? It shocks one's deepest feelings to think that a sena¬ tor in the Congress of the United States could use words of such import. Senator La Follette ignores the humili¬ ation, the dishonor and the lasting in¬ jury to our national influence of yield- ' ing the rights of our citizens, or of • withholding protection from them in i the pursuit of their lawful trades on i the high seas at the dictation of a i military power like Germany, because of a fear of that powei." The Losinci Fight. Taft pictured ;i Germany ambitious, aggressive, selfish and domineerinf. He asserted that the bold dream of i to Gallitzin. where Charles Schwab has ' a munition factory. They spent sev¬ eral weeks there. Ten days ago Mc¬ Gahren was notified tbat he had been included in the drafted men who were to go to Camp Meade from the Dallas district. He had lived On his fath¬ er's farm at Dallas, l'pon receiving the notice he immediately returned to this city and joined the selected group dui - Washington. Oct. 13.—Senator La¬ Follette tonight demanded of the specia! committee investigating his fitness to remain in office the specific charges against him. In a letter to Chairman Pomerene, the Wiscmsin Pacifist ask¬ ed that the complaints against him be reduced to the form of an indictment to which he might reply in his own way. There is a remote possibility that LaFollette will refuse to appear before the committee on Tuesday unless as¬ sured of a satisfactory hearing. Senator LaFollette goes on trial Tuesday to determine his fltness to continue councils of ^he nation. Members of the investigating com¬ mittee stated tonight this is the mean¬ ing of the hearings on ti'e Wisconsin senator's St. Paul speech. The first clash is expected on this issue. The committee will try to test LaFollette's right to remain in the Senate by exam¬ ining his general attitude toward America's entrajice into lhe war and its policies. ' "* Chairman Pomerene said tonight the committee would also attempt to iiold LaFollette to proof of his statement in St. Paul that President Wilson knew the Lusltania was munitions-laden and carried passengers in defiance of law. crows by the heels and brought them i LaFollette will demand at Tuesday's slapped down in the mud. Another; ^^^aring that the accusation against crane took up fwo huge j'lmpa and l^"" ^^e fixed in the form of an indict- wrapped himself around another crow's neck. The sergeant repeated the perform- Cronching on the sideline, the Brlt- ance a dozen times and then opened a new stunt. Twenty mud covered. lai^ghing Sammies iiirmed a circle, facing thej ing the past week. Giobons was left i center, while the sergeant with .t two | alone ill Gallitzin and tiecided to re- ' foot length of he.ivy hose in each hand, j turn to the eastern part of the State, i walked around th<- ring behind ihem. | Later he would go to Elmira in search! The rules were that you must keep j of work, according to plans he told hisj eyes to the center and hands behind I ment and that his trial proceed along the lines of a criminal court. If denied this, committeemen expect LaFollette to pipad he is being treated unfairly and not allowed to defend himself. BOY HURT BY AUTO Charles .lohns, aged 6 years, son of .Mr. and .Mns. John W. John.s. of 298 Kidder street, was run down and sli.prhtly injured by .1. Curtis, of 447 .South River stt'eet. The fender of the ; mother in letters recenlly received in i this city. j Besides bis mother Gibbons is sur- I vived by the following brotheis and j sisters: .Maiy, Irene. Helen. Joseph and Leo vou re:.dv to take th- hose if its handed | '-^=*'" ."^'""^'^ the boy and knocked him yoti. When vou get it, you ,pnns i"." t'^*^ "™""d' ;"J"""P.htm about the „_ »!_„ • I head and shoulders. Mr. Curtis took him to the hospital. the boats, paying fair prices, the own-, ers would privately be delighted. Brit¬ ish shipping experts are among the most urgent in favor of such a step. The revolutionary proceeding next week of placing under government control the vessels of 2500 tons and over will be taken without a murmur from private shipowners. All will be on a par. receiving uniform charter and reight revenues. While a deep cut from high competitive rates the government's scale insures owners fair returns. FACE RAILWAY CRISIS FROM THREE FRONTS action of the arm of the United States | ^ is needed to accomplish the downfall ! ^.j,, of Kaiserism. | "Halted In her hope of victory," he said, "Germany is fighting to save her governmental structure. She is seek¬ ing a peace that will rescue her Hoh- enzoUern dynasty, her military auto¬ cracy. Her far-reaching conspiracy against the peace of the world has led her to unscrupulousness and insincerity in her foreign policy. Xot until the German military caste is defeated, not until the emperor as the head of that LOST—REWARD. Haid-working miner lo.sl his pav on Carey avenue car yesterday. Reward be paid if it is returned to the Sunday Independent office. bac'.c and begin walloping tho m.^n on your •ight- if :ou catch him. | .\ sort of sixth sense tells a fellow i " when his left h.nnd neighbor has got' lA/nRflpiJ MHT \A/A|UTFn" Ithat ho=.> and the thing fo do is to | **""''^'* ^^ * WMI\IILU, ibeat it around the circle and back to i his place. The faster he goe;' the i fewer wnllops he gets. '¦ ! .^ammy played that game fifteen.'min- I tiles and went on through half a dozen OFFICERS MUST OBEY j Washington. ! warfare don't Oct. mix. 1."?.- the Women and war depart- POCKETBOOK LOST. Lost -Pocketbook containing $7.52 at Nanticoke, betweeti Boston Store and the Square, in that town. Kinder please notify .Miss lAiiiisa Kit'lp. Alid- dle Road. .Vanticoke. others—games that harden .ill ihe! ment has decided. Hence it has insti- LOST---REWARD. Ixist—N'incenl Truovce of 205 Park avenue. .Maltby. lost $54 last night. Re luted the policy of sending homo any -American officer who permits his wife or mother to go to Krance to be near him. This rule today is working better than the former restriction of simply refusing the wives permission to go to He will keep up his physical .itncss by) ^^.^^ front playing. The whole plan is based on! ^hp,. j^en used to make application the principle that bammy thrills when • u. (^e Red Cro.ss to be sent to Kurope ! he makes a home run but would not ' muscles, develop the wind and appeal I to a fellow's sporting sense. | Sammy's greatest benefit from the British s\-3tem will come when he I crawls out of the trenches, lired and caste is brought to his knees by force, | ward will be paid if monev is returned, i "*" '"''""'^ " nonie run oui wouiu not i ^g nurses or aids. General Pershin will the imperial German people be' j run to the store lor a pint of paregoric ! holds that the presence of such near made aware of the hideous error in DIAMOND RING FOR SALfe. | to save Jiabys life. j .^^^ ^^^^ relatives demoralizes single ] For sale—Solitaire diamond ring; ' their policy. "Then that .structure, witii the em- ab.solutely perfect. Blue-white, Cost peror at the head, will come tumbling j *'"•"'• Sacrifice for $85. Crescent .lew down inlo some other form of govern-' *"'''>¦ '^f'-- 145-South -Main street. ment and they will cease to be the im- ! "^'irrT"-,-- xim^^r^ perial German people. Then thev will I ^'""S FEEDERS WANTED. cease to be a menace and an obstruc- i ^ ' ''''''' '^-efiers wanted. Apply Mon day mornin Washington, Oct. 13.—.¦America's sec¬ ond lines of defense—its railroads— were the center of three Important w.ir developments today. First, the big eastern roads, alleging lessened profits, despite vastly more business, made their first formal move for a general freight rate increase. Second, a government ownership propaganda was definitely under way, waiting only for Congress to reopen to place its program before the nation. Third, the big roads took official no¬ tice that their passenger brakemen and conductors will demand a wage In¬ crease of 25 per cent, beginning Janu¬ ary I. ReprebcntlBig the roads east of Chl- tago and St, Louis and norlh of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. George K. the Western roads made fairly good showings, but the eastern ones fell olT heavily. The tot.ils were $111,674,157 for this year as against $115,751,287 in 1916. The roads did 25 per cent, more business with <jut any material increase in equipment. Hut leaping expenses cut down nel profits. Government Ownership, Friends of federal ownership are conducting a prelllmlnary campaign before congress reassembles. They claim the railroads are falling down on the war job. They argue the roads have been permitted to enter into "pooling agreements" despite a law against it. They claim despite leeway the government has allowed tht rail¬ roads, service has rundown, congestion tion to the peace of the world. This is the object for which we are fight- ling. We are vitally concerned In Its lattalnmeBf." I Taft pleaded for triis-t In the goverii- j ment of the United States and for a I manifestation of that trust by heavy subscription to the Liberty Loan. The address was the flrst of u series i to be delivered by Taft in behalf of the Liberty Loan campaign through- i out the country. j Perry C. Clark I'rintery, 22 Public Square, over Colombo. . HOUSE FOR RENT. For rem--l'"ive-room house, good lo¬ cation, ceniral section of city. Inquire at 42 Cinderella street. Xlandolph requested the Interstate j of freight grown worse, and the coun- Commerce commission for a prellmin- i try's business slowed down. ary hearing October 17 on the subject of general freight increases. He de¬ clared the action is essential "in view of the carriers' keen necessities." Jui<t prior to the receipt of his let¬ ter. Ill'' inter.=tate commerce commis¬ sion had published figures showing that .177 of -'85 of the big roads of the coun¬ trv had earned overd $4,000,000 less In .'.uituat. !9;r. than m .\ugust. 1916. The roa^s of fhe South actually gained "It's probably true " said one of lhe highest railroad officials in Washing¬ ton, "that the brotherhoods will gouge another raise in pay from us.' Depend on it. if WP get a ten per cenl increase in recipts they'll be right around with a demand for 25 per c?nt Increase in pay." Representatives of the unions point to increased livina expenses and the (Contlnnad On Pare Vine.) TEAMSTER WANTED. Teamster wanted. Apply 274 North Washington street. ARMY OF TRACTORS Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 13.— .An army of tractors may iilaze the trail for Ohio's next liig drive for bumper war ¦¦ crops. I This information came tonight from i jthe OlTice of State Food .Adminisi lat'ir ' j Fred l^. Croxton. where it was an- | j nounced that a "tractor survey" i>. now j under way to determine the results be- 1 ing obtained where the tractors are »iOW in use. If the survey discloses that the trac¬ tors are accomplishing the r'-sults claimed lor them, Croxton will I'-ick a move for the.state to buy maehln's for every farm community in the sta't.e, he announced. ' minded devotion' to duty. Petrograd. Oct. 13.—German detach- ! ments hove been landed on the c«a8t of the Gulf of Tagolast. north of the Island of Oesel, near the village ol Serro, on the southern part of Dago island, the war office ofTicially ad¬ mitted this afternoon. The Russian coast defenses put up a stubborn battle but were silenced by the heavT guns of the German warships. The official statement declared that the Germans are seleking f'' clear a passageway into the Gulf of Riga, near Courland. • .\ battle is now in progress between ; the garrison of Oesel island and the Germans who have landed. The statement added measures have been taken to prevent the progress of the German fleet toward Gronstadt. The landing of German naval forces, on the coast of the gulf of Tagalast' has roused the entire nation lo a fight- i ' ing spirit. The government tonight announced that tlie country'.-- strength will be speedily concentrated for lhe defense of Russia a»inst the new. menace to Cronstadt and Petrograd carried by the imperialist forces of Germany. fleneral Verlfovsky. minister of war. announced tonight that one or two German dixislons have landed near tne coast of Courland and are threatening to advance in the direction of HopsaJ. Verhovsky. in making hia announce¬ ment, pleaded that the entire Russian nation rise up and resist the foe. The following official statement was Issued by the war office: "l-'nder cover of naval forces several times superior to oun defenders, the enemy landed troops on the coast of the Gulf of Tagalast north of the is¬ land of Oesel. "-\nother enemy detachment has been landed south of Dago island and one succeeded in gaining a footing near Serro. Enemy dreadnoughts silenced our land batteries. Our garrison on Oesel island is subbofniy fighting the ' enemy." i Berlin Taunts British. Berlin via London, Oct. 13.— 'By tlie combined action of sections of our army and navy, we obtained a footing on the island of Oesel." .said an offi¬ cial statement tonight dcscriliing the Riga gulf campaign. "The English had to content thern- selves with a narrow strip i>f our forc- fleld." "Between the Langemarck-H"uloulst and Zonnebeke-Horseldc roads, the English attacked yesterday." the war office said. ".Vfter several fruitless as¬ saults they advanced in the cralerland between Poelcapelle station and Vil¬ lage. On both sides of Pendsbeek tha enemy was thrown back. : 'i "Passchendaele was subjected to strong enemy pressure and ihe enemy had to content himself with a narrow strip of our forefleld. Passchendaele is ours. "East of Zonnebek an enemy attack collapsed and one near Gheluvet also failed." Battle Through Storms. With the British -\rmies in Flanders. Oct. 13.— Nature was doing her worst (Contlnned On Vuga Eleven.) KEET KIDNAPPING CASE AGENTS WANTED. I .Agents—Men or women: a real hon- I est to goodness, sells itself line; over 250 lightweight popular priced neces- Wtftn IU A UUraULUolUN $6 a day can be made at the start: no capital; no experience required; enor¬ mous demand; sells fast; big repeat¬ ers; valuable territory open; all oi spare time; elegant agents' outflt fui nished free; write today; postal will do. E. .M. Feltman. Sales Mgr., 1013 .American Bldg., Cincinnati. O. .Marshfield. Mo.. Oct. 13.—The fate of Claude J. Piersol, charged with com¬ plicity In the kidnapping of Baby Lloyd Keet, was expected to be in the hands of the jury late tonight. The defense rested, following the slate's gruelling cross-examination of Piersol. and the state began introduc¬ tion of its rebuttal. Piersol on direct examination repudiated the charge of Dick Carter, an alleged member of the kidnapping gang. that Piersol had FIFTH GAME IN SERIES WON BY CHICAGO; 8-5 PAY FOR PATRIOTISM NOT A LIBERTY IDEAL Pittsburgh. Pa.. Oct. 13.—^Foll'iwlng a parade of 20,000 Liberty bond boos¬ ters of both sexes through d-.iwntown Pittsburgh, speaker Champ Cla'i-k. My¬ ron T. Herrick and others addressed a monster mass meeting at Syria Tem¬ ple tonighi. FIGURES ON SERIES. The official figures for the fifth day of the series were: Total attendance—27,323. Gross receipts—$69,403. Commission's ten per cent— $6,940.30. Each club's share—$31,231.35. For the first five games of the series the total attendance was 151,846. Total receipts—$352,852.50. —¦ 1 "Do not look on Liberty bonds as SALESMAN WANTED. I an investment." the former aml'assa- Salesman—Salary and expenses', j dor to Fiance said. "True, they are general agency. Xo investment. Three i a good investment. But the .soldier year insurance of goods makes big who has gone to the front docs not . .<«ales. Opening for lady also. Fair- I consider his $30 a month a.«i compen- threatened to kidnap the Keet baby, j view Nurseries, Rochester. N". T. j sation. He .-aid the only time he was ever near | « , -He would not do this for p«v." Her- the Keet home was when he took some I MAN WANTED—SALARY $90. j rick continued. "He does it foi pat- apples from an orchard nearby. j .Man past 3n with hor.ce and buggy to riotism. Do not buy a Liberty'bond .Mrs. !¦> a Pier.sol. mother of the de-} "ell stock condition p.iwder in l-uzerne j solely for the four per cent, interest fendant preceded her son on the stand.; County. .>-;alary $90 per month. .\d- I ii will bring you. Buy it because .^he testified that ho was at home the! dress !> Industrial Bldg.. Indianapolis. | coiintr>- has asked for your i '"'^- i help." I worlds series. 1 night of the kidnapping. your fln»ncial Chicago. Oct. 13.—Somewhere in this world of wars and things more com¬ monplace there is. perhaps, a crown for heroes who are made without n halo of steel spla^ttered smoke and fire. If there Is, it fits tonight the brows of i Eddie Collins and Ray Schalk. with the rest of the White Sox fitting snugly in¬ to the picture. P"or. out of a sorrowful exhibition of baseball today, fhe White Sox fought off what appeared to he certain deetat and turned it Into a vic¬ tory nver the Giants. That star- spangled world's series again re.«ts il.^ favor on the Chicagoans. They trim- ii med the lliants S tn 5 in one of the ( most thrilling games ever played In a From the standpoint of pure base¬ ball the game was one of those lurid, choking affairs that leave everybody peeved. Krom the lieart of bad base- bail, however, the -American League champions rose glorified and simply tore their way to victory over a handi¬ cap that seemed to settle on them like a shroud. Sox Never Gave Up. Everything bad that has been .said of the Sox must be retracted. Bold and shining as were the victories of the Giants in Xew York, it always will be said of the White Sox that a gamer team never battled for a world's series triuftiph. , Weaver made three errors at short- '] stop and the Sox never turneri a hair. I Chick Gandil gathered in an eiTor and * it didn't count with Charles Comiske.'^-'s fighters. Claude Williams sat down suddenly with a baseball in his hand and got credit for a fifth error, and the Sox only smiled ihat much more. .Tohn Collins contributed his daily muff and the Sox only had begun ta fight. It wa.a heart and finally brain,'? that <¦ carried th» Sox oyer the tor) and broke /^ I the .open of fourth nning triumphs that ' ha\e scattered themselves through 1917 world's chan,pionship games. lOoBtinaeA On P«jfe rtfteen.)
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1917-10-14 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1917 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1917-10-14 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1917 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
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LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
PBICE FIVE CENTS
Th« Only Sunday Newapaper PubliBhed in Luzeme Countr.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 14. 1917
Entered at Wllkes-Barre, Pa., aa Second Class Mail Matter.
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Waahinston. Oct 13-—-Fair. ; ! \ Sunday and Monday, ¦ not ixiuch ::hange in temperature.
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G£MM SVm BREAK DEFENSES; TEUTON ARMY ON TAGALAST SOIL
TO CONSCRIPT LABOR UNDER FEDERAL PLAN mT LIKED BY UNIONS
Gompers and Other Leaders • Take Action to Avert Mov* Predicted to Follow Visit of British Experts—Right to Strike in War Times is Strongly Upheld
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PETROGRAD IS MENACED BY NEW NA VAL SUCCESS
Attacks Pacifists as Head of!Fate of MuViition Worker Not League to Enforce Peace! Solved by Police and Inquiry
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t\'ashington, Qct. 13.—Labor con- •eription, proposed by employers and privately favored by a number of gov- 1 rnment officials, will be fought to the last ditch hy the American Federation I'f Labor.
.\n effort by its advocates to bring the .subject squarely before congress .if the December session is looked for.
Sjmuel Gompers, head of the A. V. I'f L., today emphatically announced
SAY ALLIED DmS
Amercians and British Ask Embargo on Steel to Compel Orientals Into Truce
WORLD PRIZE AT STAKE
GOVERNMENT ACTION
Washington. Oct. 13.—American businessmen in China have protested to the State Department against any lift¬ ing of the embargo in steel for .Japan's
his oppositoin. His views have been'^''*'"^^'' communicated to government ofticials , Their protests ie based on the claim who declare lack of men in shiiibuild-j ,hat if Japan gets what she wants of ing yards and labor troulile on docks . . i ^ , • .
' American steel, her shipping barons
will route goods from rhiha to .America via. .Japan and take a rich toll in trans-
should be ended by some form of con- ' seription. Certain members of the council of defense advisory commis- .sion also are urging draft of munition workers.
The plan they favor is the one used in ICngland. where "labor battalions" Iiave heen formed, the men wearing uniforms like soldiers. Four British (cmmissioners Uave here next week "11 a tour of the country to e.\plaJn this Mild other methods of dealing with la¬ bor, including admittance of women in-' to industry on a large scale.
.Meanwhile labor leaders and mem¬ bers of the National Civic Federation !'ic still striving for a solution of labor difficulties which can receive labor union support.
Holding firmly to tbe "rlglrt to strike," labor leaders are considering plans of arbitration to safeguard war work.
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rittsburgb. Pa., Oct. 13,^Congress is willing and ready "to vote every man and every dollar neces.sary for the suc- ceetifnl conduct of the war."
Speaker Champ Clark so declared to¬ night In an address here urging every .American, soldier or civilian, to sub- .srrlbe to the second Liberty loan.
Declaring American wealth ought not t" slack in such a crisis, Clark added:
"Surely if our young men are willing to risk their lives on the battlefield, those of us who run no risk of life or limb should be willing and glad to pay life necessary taxes and to lend the sovernment such sums as we are able."
Clark declared that he had invested i alt his funds in the first Liberty loan, i anger liveii borrowing so that he might in- ' creasie the sum. His son, Bennett, now x ileutehant colonel of the Missouri • .National (liiard, had likewise invested savings ill the bonds.
"in the supreme crisis of our af- f;i,irs—not of ours alone, but of the wi'iolc world's affairs—it is the duty of overy .'\merlcan. male or female, native or naturalized, to aid and sustain the government in every manner possible."
Th<' best test, he said, is that the citlxenry now should sacriflce of ifs iireat bounty and contribute generous¬ ly to the .second loan.
shipment charges. Thia would tend to i swing much American business in China toward Japan.
Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission, is here acting as buffer be¬ tween the Japanese merchant princes and this government. He wants to ef¬ fect som« compromise which will paci¬ fy the "economic imperialists"—the princes—and at the same time will not tread on American toes.
At present the .lapanese are dictators of the Chinese shipping situation. In order to promote the scheme of trans¬ shipping through .lapanese port.s, ships, compelling British and American mer¬ chants toupainwiiztj J^pan'ii^ coastwise vessels going to Kobe, where the American-Japanese liners pick up Chinese merchandise.
This ha.-( caused a. shipping fight, which is now so bitter that the Ameri¬ can and British merchants want steel withheld from .lapan unless some fast agreement can be made with the Ishii mission .which will relieve the pre.sent arrangement.
Ishii's experience in shaping the gentelmen's agreement on .Japanese immigration leads to the belief that the shiping difficulties will be adju.sted.
Chicago. Oct. 13.—Wiiliam Howard I Taft, president of the League to En¬ force Peace, issued a clarion call to the people of the United States tonight to get behind their governmeni n thejed in this city war against Germany's imperialism, make the Liberty bond campaign a success and help bring liberty to the people of Germany themselves.
Taft spoke here before tfie Liberty Bond committee. He bitterly assailed Senator La Follette and all those who consciously or unconsciously preach sedition or question the justice of the . nlrance of the United States into the war. He also pleaded lor sympathy lor American citizens of Germi^n de¬ scent, nearly all of whom, he gaid, have "shown their loyalty in spi(e of the schemes and plottings and prophesies of Count von Bernstorff and his con¬ spirators."
Jn concluding his address, Tatt l»ledged the support of the league to the Liberty loan committee. He charged that the attitude of certain members of congress was predicated upon the erroneous idea that their con¬ stituencies were anti-war or pro-Ger¬ man.
"It may be that they are able, un¬ der our careful guarding of the Indi¬ vidual rights of free speech." said Taft. "to escape penalties for what is in spirit treason, but let us hope that'they will remain embalmed forever in the amber of the just contempt of the American people."
• Senator La Follette" said Tafl, . \i ^
speaking of Germany's submarine war- "»'rv .Moon^ to 1
' warded to this city
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William Gibbons, af;ed about L'7 of .Urs. Kla .\T. Gibbons of 152 Ca avenue, this city, was found dead > terday along a railroad track near Al¬ toona. Word of his death was receiv- last nighl through a
FATEOFLAFOLLEHE NCOiTTEE HANDS
arey I New Games Are Introduced to May Demand Jury Trial on
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Take Attention Away From Horrors of Battle
telegram senl to the bureau of police. The message contained no particulars but intimated that the young man's death is surrounded with considerably mystery. |
Gibbons has been living recently at i Gallltzin, near Altoona. where he had | been employed in a munition factoiy to¬ gether with .Iohn .McGahren. .Ir.. son of Attorney .lohn McGahren of this city. During the past week Mct^ahren entered military service and Gibbons had decided to return to the eastern part of the State, but before beginning his trip evidently met his death. j
The telegram received last night by i the local police ofTicials ilfclared that \ the young man's body had been dis- | covered along side of a railroad track | at Gallilzen. The body contained ' some marks but the authorities here j did not know whether these, marks j
had resulted from being run down by jj,,j,_ selected to leSrn the game and theh a train oi whether the local man was j j^^pj, j, ^^ thou.^an.ls of other Sammies, attacked by enemies. j Thev lined up in two rows back to
Identitication of the body was made | back, one side the crow.«, the. other possible for the Gallitizen authorities 1 ,f,p ,.rant\«. The sergeant was to call by means of a letter found in Gibbons' I „„j ^^e name of .me line, whereupon pockets and .scar on his face. The | jhe line was to leap awav toward a scar was caused by an injury sufTered i ,^^^1. 15 vards distant. The job of the in boyhood years ago. The local au- i „i,„.r line was to whirl around and thorlties informed Mrs. Gibbons. ^j^pj.,g ^^^ fleeing ones before they mother of thff young man, and she, ' pga^.^,,.,! jj^p goal, overeome with grief, wa.-* unable to throw any light on the death of her i sOTi. Sh«- arranged with I'naertakPT | n^^.^pj have the body for- for ifuriiil.
HOW THEY PLAY
.American Kield Headquarters,
Krance. Oct. 13.—Tommy is teaching Sammy a few war, lessons that don't appear in any of the books.
In a pouring rain today a clas,< of Sammies floundered around like rnud- larks enjoying a muscle straining phy¬ sical drill—because a British sergeant made them like it. lis a trick the British learned when their men were too sick of discipline after beuig under gunfire to stand for any of the old bending double exercises.
There were twenty in the clas.>- to¬ dav'. lieutenants, sergeants and (orpor-
Fairness Issue if Threatened by Ouster Move
War Office of Russian Repub= lie Admits Startling Blow to Nation's Safety, But Be¬ lieves the People Are Arous¬ ed to Necessity for Decisive Action—Strong Force In¬ vades
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as the Sammies set themselves j for the leap. The sergeant might call! fare, "says that while our citizens had i "'""r" '" '•"" 7^> '">- ">^"'"- either crows or cranes. i
the right to go upon commercial ves- L/"^^.""" J^'' ^''''''J' ^¦''" l^""^^" "' "Crows! ' Like a chargin'.; loolballj sels carrying -supplies to the allies, it i ""•;'.*'!'¦'¦ ^"""e time ago he and John i Une the crows sprang forward. The. was onlv a technical right and one that ' -^t-i'"""-". -Ir.. both having grown up cranes whirled and dashed madly. Two; we might well waive rather than go to i ''•'' ':''H!"'', "'"'"'' l^^yhood. decided to go I threw themselves just right, laid two
SEIZURE OF NEUTRALS NEXT STEP OF AMERICA
Washington. Oct. 13.—Seizure of nearly 130 neutral ships lying idle in American ports is being urged upon the government. This step may follow within a few months the requisition of more than 450 vessels under the
.\merlcan flag on Monday. The neu-i German autocracy are about to be tral steamers cannot be sold fo Ameri- js^'nashed and declared that the strong ca because the neutrals fear Germany's, but if -\merica commandeers
¦war. Was the right of those innocent 114 American men. women and chil¬ dren, sent to their death without warn¬ ing on the Lusltania, to life and safety only a technical right? It shocks one's deepest feelings to think that a sena¬ tor in the Congress of the United States could use words of such import. Senator La Follette ignores the humili¬ ation, the dishonor and the lasting in¬ jury to our national influence of yield- ' ing the rights of our citizens, or of • withholding protection from them in i the pursuit of their lawful trades on i the high seas at the dictation of a i military power like Germany, because of a fear of that powei."
The Losinci Fight. Taft pictured ;i Germany ambitious, aggressive, selfish and domineerinf. He asserted that the bold dream of
i to Gallitzin. where Charles Schwab has ' a munition factory. They spent sev¬ eral weeks there. Ten days ago Mc¬ Gahren was notified tbat he had been included in the drafted men who were to go to Camp Meade from the Dallas district. He had lived On his fath¬ er's farm at Dallas, l'pon receiving the notice he immediately returned to this city and joined the selected group dui -
Washington. Oct. 13.—Senator La¬ Follette tonight demanded of the specia! committee investigating his fitness to remain in office the specific charges against him. In a letter to Chairman Pomerene, the Wiscmsin Pacifist ask¬ ed that the complaints against him be reduced to the form of an indictment to which he might reply in his own way.
There is a remote possibility that LaFollette will refuse to appear before the committee on Tuesday unless as¬ sured of a satisfactory hearing.
Senator LaFollette goes on trial Tuesday to determine his fltness to continue councils of ^he nation.
Members of the investigating com¬ mittee stated tonight this is the mean¬ ing of the hearings on ti'e Wisconsin senator's St. Paul speech. The first clash is expected on this issue. The committee will try to test LaFollette's right to remain in the Senate by exam¬ ining his general attitude toward America's entrajice into lhe war and its policies. ' "*
Chairman Pomerene said tonight the committee would also attempt to iiold LaFollette to proof of his statement in St. Paul that President Wilson knew the Lusltania was munitions-laden and carried passengers in defiance of law. crows by the heels and brought them i LaFollette will demand at Tuesday's slapped down in the mud. Another; ^^^aring that the accusation against crane took up fwo huge j'lmpa and l^"" ^^e fixed in the form of an indict- wrapped himself around another crow's neck. The sergeant repeated the perform-
Cronching on the sideline, the Brlt-
ance a dozen times and then opened a
new stunt. Twenty mud covered. lai^ghing
Sammies iiirmed a circle, facing thej ing the past week. Giobons was left i center, while the sergeant with .t two | alone ill Gallitzin and tiecided to re- ' foot length of he.ivy hose in each hand, j turn to the eastern part of the State, i walked around th<- ring behind ihem. | Later he would go to Elmira in search! The rules were that you must keep j of work, according to plans he told hisj eyes to the center and hands behind I
ment and that his trial proceed along the lines of a criminal court. If denied this, committeemen expect LaFollette to pipad he is being treated unfairly and not allowed to defend himself.
BOY HURT BY AUTO
Charles .lohns, aged 6 years, son of .Mr. and .Mns. John W. John.s. of 298 Kidder street, was run down and sli.prhtly injured by .1. Curtis, of 447 .South River stt'eet. The fender of the
; mother in letters recenlly received in i this city.
j Besides bis mother Gibbons is sur- I vived by the following brotheis and j sisters: .Maiy, Irene. Helen. Joseph and Leo
vou re:.dv to take th- hose if its handed | '-^=*'" ."^'""^'^ the boy and knocked him yoti. When vou get it, you ,pnns i"." t'^*^ "™""d' ;"J"""P.htm about the
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him to the hospital.
the boats, paying fair prices, the own-, ers would privately be delighted. Brit¬ ish shipping experts are among the most urgent in favor of such a step.
The revolutionary proceeding next week of placing under government control the vessels of 2500 tons and over will be taken without a murmur from private shipowners. All will be on a par. receiving uniform charter and reight revenues. While a deep cut from high competitive rates the government's scale insures owners fair returns.
FACE RAILWAY CRISIS FROM THREE FRONTS
action of the arm of the United States | ^ is needed to accomplish the downfall ! ^.j,, of Kaiserism. |
"Halted In her hope of victory," he said, "Germany is fighting to save her governmental structure. She is seek¬ ing a peace that will rescue her Hoh- enzoUern dynasty, her military auto¬ cracy. Her far-reaching conspiracy against the peace of the world has led her to unscrupulousness and insincerity in her foreign policy. Xot until the German military caste is defeated, not until the emperor as the head of that
LOST—REWARD.
Haid-working miner lo.sl his pav on Carey avenue car yesterday. Reward be paid if it is returned to the Sunday Independent office.
bac'.c and begin walloping tho m.^n on
your •ight- if :ou catch him. |
.\ sort of sixth sense tells a fellow i "
when his left h.nnd neighbor has got' lA/nRflpiJ MHT \A/A|UTFn" Ithat ho=.> and the thing fo do is to | **""''^'* ^^ * WMI\IILU, ibeat it around the circle and back to i his place. The faster he goe;' the i fewer wnllops he gets. '¦
! .^ammy played that game fifteen.'min- I tiles and went on through half a dozen
OFFICERS MUST OBEY
j Washington. ! warfare don't
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Women and war depart-
POCKETBOOK LOST.
Lost -Pocketbook containing $7.52 at Nanticoke, betweeti Boston Store and the Square, in that town. Kinder please notify .Miss lAiiiisa Kit'lp. Alid- dle Road. .Vanticoke.
others—games that harden .ill ihe!
ment has decided. Hence it has insti-
LOST---REWARD.
Ixist—N'incenl Truovce of 205 Park avenue. .Maltby. lost $54 last night. Re
luted the policy of sending homo any -American officer who permits his wife or mother to go to Krance to be near him.
This rule today is working better than the former restriction of simply
refusing the wives permission to go to
He will keep up his physical .itncss by) ^^.^^ front
playing. The whole plan is based on! ^hp,. j^en used to make application the principle that bammy thrills when • u. (^e Red Cro.ss to be sent to Kurope ! he makes a home run but would not '
muscles, develop the wind and appeal I to a fellow's sporting sense. |
Sammy's greatest benefit from the British s\-3tem will come when he I crawls out of the trenches, lired and
caste is brought to his knees by force, | ward will be paid if monev is returned, i "*" '"''""'^ " nonie run oui wouiu not i ^g nurses or aids. General Pershin
will the imperial German people be' j run to the store lor a pint of paregoric ! holds that the presence of such near
made aware of the hideous error in DIAMOND RING FOR SALfe. | to save Jiabys life. j .^^^ ^^^^ relatives demoralizes single
] For sale—Solitaire diamond ring; '
their policy.
"Then that .structure, witii the em- ab.solutely perfect. Blue-white, Cost peror at the head, will come tumbling j *'"•"'• Sacrifice for $85. Crescent .lew down inlo some other form of govern-' *"'''>¦ '^f'-- 145-South -Main street.
ment and they will cease to be the im- ! "^'irrT"-,-- xim^^r^
perial German people. Then thev will I ^'""S FEEDERS WANTED.
cease to be a menace and an obstruc- i ^ ' ''''''' '^-efiers wanted. Apply Mon
day mornin
Washington, Oct. 13.—.¦America's sec¬ ond lines of defense—its railroads— were the center of three Important w.ir developments today.
First, the big eastern roads, alleging lessened profits, despite vastly more business, made their first formal move for a general freight rate increase.
Second, a government ownership propaganda was definitely under way, waiting only for Congress to reopen to place its program before the nation.
Third, the big roads took official no¬ tice that their passenger brakemen and conductors will demand a wage In¬ crease of 25 per cent, beginning Janu¬ ary I.
ReprebcntlBig the roads east of Chl- tago and St, Louis and norlh of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. George K.
the Western roads made fairly good showings, but the eastern ones fell olT heavily. The tot.ils were $111,674,157 for this year as against $115,751,287 in 1916.
The roads did 25 per cent, more business with |
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