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Washington, March    16.—Fair  /I and    warmer   Sunday;    Monday i  j ' fair.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1918
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COAL INDUSTRY TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT; RIGID RULES GO INTO EFFECT APRIL  1
UNPATRIOTIC ACTION BARS LOCAL PEOPLE FROM WAR DONATION
Councilmen Permit Sale of Hundreds of Tickets For Red Cross Benefit That is Limited to National Songs and   War   Pictures.   Then,
^Cancels Permit at Hasty Session
U.S.GyiER KILLS
MISTAKEN IN FOG
OPEN LETTER TO PUBLIC
There is a spirited discussion tn progress in Edwardsville over the ac- Ifiin of tlie town council of that place in Dn^t erantlng a Polish Chapter of the T:«-d Cross permission to run an en¬ tertainment on Sunday and later re- Hcindins tl'ie action. Last evening Rev. .f. K. Orycska. pa.stor of St. Hedwig's I f:urch at that place, issued an open letter to the Protestant ministers of the town In connection with the final! ficUon of tiie council. The letter is as' 'ollows:
To  the    Protesiant    Ministers  »f  Ed- Wardsi llle:
Oentlemen:—Permit me a few words on the action of the council relative to • he desire of the  Polish branch of the! Ped Cross to conduct an entertainment I
Destroyer Convoy Fired Upon When Hull Takes Shape of an Enemy Submarine
INQUIRY IS ORDERED
Washington, March 16—.Mistaking one of the American destroyers con¬ voying her. an American line steamer hlazed at her. killed one seaman and wounded four others slightly.
This occurred .Tan. 16 and was an¬ nounced by the Navy Department late this afternoon officially after the United Press had revealed the main fart.
A court of inquiry ordered hy .\6- j miral Sims has been conductin? a | thorough investigation of the incident.]
Visibility  conditions  were  (Kior.   due'
Two Billion Dollars a Month Americans Contribution To War
Waahinglon. M&i-ch IS.y-Congress is disturbed because the war is costing the United Slates about 12,000,000,000 a month. EVsonomy there¬ fore in aiyrxpenditures. except those directly useful in winning the war, is to betl-fl rule henceforth, leaders said tonight.
Since, the present Congress opened with the special session, which began A^pril 2. 1917. Congress has appropriated 123.606.000.000. an average of JI.967.000.000 a month for the first year of the war. which ends April 6.
Of this huge sum Ji:.l-'6.000,000 has been appropriated this session and hefore the session ends, needs now in sight, will require nearly 110.000,000,- 000 more. This is for regular appropriation tiills and takes no account o! any unexpected developments.
Department heads are being warned by Congressmen that tliere must be no extravagance. Hints of -waste of money have proved disturtiing to members of both houses, who hesitate to crlticiie for fear they may be rinding fault with legitimate war expenditures.
With two war measures cleaned up this week, both houses are pre¬ pared to tackle new tasks next week. The House is to take up the war finance corporation bill, while the Senate will be urged to dispose of a large number of bills the War Department has asked for.
The daylight saving bill and the railroad control bill were sent to President Wilson this week for his signature. The urgent deflciencv ap¬ propriation bill will be cleaned up within a few days. The final show down on the Overmaji enkpowering bill i.<> espccted Aloudav before the .Senate .ludiciary committee. The committee has agreed to work on the measure until it gets a vote, either in favor of reporting it out. or of kill¬ ing it.
Senator Thomas said tonight he wil! ask earlv action on Ills bill to tear down and destroy the statue of Frederick the Great, which .stands before the War College. Thomas says the statue given thif government by the present kaiser some years ago "defaces the landscape" and ia no use to a nation which neither now nor at any time to come can have any sympathy with ihe ideas Frederick the great represented.
House administration leaders will replv to Representative L,ong- worihs bitter criticism today of President Wilson and Secretary .McAdoo
Longw'onh frankly Injected partisan politics into his discussion of the conduct of the war. He predicted the next House will be Republican •because the people believe the Re^iubllcan partv can best legislate to bring al>out speed and efficiency in the war."'
w    ."'^..'^t:?'"''!*^ ^^^ President is too much isolated from the people and declared McAdoo is seeking powers no republic should grant
PROFITS ARE SLASHED
TO PROJECT COmVMER
im-m DEAD
FfflYMf MRED
Wilson Orders Anthracite and Soft Coal on List of War Ne¬ cessities and Fuel Director Follows With Drastic Cut of Middlemen Who Run Up Prices Beyond Mines
Eight Killed in Action, Two Die I Tons of Explosives Are Drop-;   HOME FIELD GUARANTY
From Wounds, Six From Ac¬ cidents on Field
ped on German Centers and Air Scouts Are Downed
ILLNESS TAKES ELEVEN
PARIS RAID COSTLY
Washingon. March 16.—Eight .\meri- 1 can soldiers were killed in action, 58 i slightly wounded, two died from [ wounds, eleven died from natural j causes and six deaths from accidental i causes. Oneral Pershing reported to j the war department today. I
Killed in action: Jjieutenant .lohn I Norman. Private Fred M. Eager, Ser- I geant Louis E. lieffew. Private .James j
Washington. March 16—The coal in¬ dustry.—vital   to   winnirig   the   war.— will pass under rigid government con- I trol April 1.
j     In  a  proclamation  tonight  President j Wilson ordered the licensing, with ex-
Constantinople,   via   London,   March I j^p^i^ns. of all producers, jobbers and
or Sunday. In a-, erf.^rt to arouse th*l »¦=*."¦¦»> ...,,„,.,..,.= .,.=.. k-,^.. ..„. , sr.lrit of the f^o-called "foreigners.- ' to a fog and the armed guard getting ::nn,elhi..e wh.rh Bll w.ii agree is quite a glimpse of the protecting destroyer necessary in these trjing day.<. of war.! ahead, mistook her for a .'submarine. 1   appealed   to   the   ladies   of  mj   con-
?:rf:gntioii to do « little for the boys will) hiive Joined the colors. For some lline the ladie.s of .St. Hedwig's congre- nutlon have been meeting twice a week to sew for the Wilkes-Barre Chapter of liio Red Croyfi. T felt that owing to the size of my congrcg-ition we ;.i)(>uld do pJiii more tor so ijreat a '•au.'ie. .\Pd then considering fhyl w-e have two armies to look after to en¬ deavor to increase the ranks of the i^ood workers, not only for the .Ameri¬ can arm?', but for the Polish army in Kratiue as well.
This necessitated buying material. Although we raised Mx himdred dollar's for thin purpose this was nol suffici¬ ent.. We came to the conclusion that it would Vrt a good ioea to deviate from the usual custom of collecting and beg- i;lns and decided to hold a moving pic¬ ture performance. The program for it was to lie in entire conformity with iJic holy season of Lent. We wer.-- to have a biblical picture, combined with a war picture. A vocal solo and .i vio¬ lin selection, accompanied V)y the pi- I a.no were to complete the pro.sram. ISccause this wa.s to De carried oul on I Sunday we appenred before council to .-isk irermlsslon.  'ouncil approved the object of the entertainment and grant¬ ed permission to hold such a perfor¬ mance in time of war for war pur- IKJses.
Council Retreats.
Ocntlemeii. the above,  viewed  iu all j the   broadiips:;   of   man'f     intelligence, I fvinnot   be   considered   ar   :-;r.orlhg   of' t«id Intentions, or of vlol:itinif the Sab- | liath.    And   iigain.  ju.-'l   l>ecaii.>'e ;», pro- | jrrairt of the above descnpti m. aid for ^ purpot;ea so  nobli-.  was  to  be  held on : Runda>   yon  deemed   il   tit   to have  a (¦pcH-tsl   s-ssiou    iif   the   fi.wn    < ouncil called to rescind  tho former action of thr borough's governing body.    Kut in '
The man killed was William Lii.sSo. seaman, s^econd class, whose mother. .Mrs. Barbara Lustso, lives at 1870 North 27ih street. Kansas City. Four others were  slightly  wounded.
The official navy department state¬ ment follows:
"The Navy Department has received by mail advices from Admir.U Sims the report of tin American liner •which fi!-ed on a L". S. destroyer on .laiiuary 16. killing one man. William Lusso. seaman, second cl.Tsti, and slightly wounding four others.
"The report states that the gun crew in tlte darkness mistook one of the con- vo>- rteiiroyers f«r a subniariiie""and fired oil her. .\ court of inquiry was ordered and has been conducting a thorougn investig-ation. Lusso's next of kin is his mother. Mrs. Barbara Lus¬ so. 1870 North Twenty-seventh street. Kansas City. Mo. His body was sent home."
The court of inquiry will determine whether the armed guard exercised proper diligence and whether it could safely have investigated further to ascertain whether the misty shape .ihead was actually a submarine.
BULGARS SUGGEST WAR END
GERMAN CRUELTY PREVAILS
18.—Capture of Erzerum was officiall announced  by  the  Turkish  war  office today.     One   hundred  and   sixty   eighf guns were captured.
Erzerum is the principal city of Turkish Armenia and had belonged to the Turks since the si.xteenth century. Tt was occupied by Russian forces un¬ der Grand Duke Nicholas.
Ixmdon,   March   18-—Twelve   hostile; brought     down     by | today,    while
drahrs tn coal and coke.
.^t the same time the fuel admini.«- tration issued drastic resiilations. Bla.«hin£r to a fixed limit the profits of middlemen, jobbers, sellingr and pur- cha-sin.q: agents.
Selling ageni.s for anthracite, per¬ forming no service whatever, were cut ofT without any profit at all:  thos« r"-
t-     T ..<^in<>inr.H      Private    Claiidp    W  I   ¦    .     — ^ i.       j v    ' .Screening the co*l wcre allowed o cenff?
L     Luginslond.    Private    Claude    ^V'i airplaneR     were     brought     down     M'I a   ton   for   this  service.     Thisrulc.it
r.«      «       Rncrore       Prtvntn      Oscar I     'J~     .—     , ..   'V®j   was explained, will automatically ellm-
l^ufJt' "*''*'lathers   were   forced   to   descend,   Meld   j,^^j^,;;i^^,^^,^f„,^,^„3„
^<^hfartz. ..Marshal Haig reported tonight. |     purchasing agents who buy for an-
British  airmen  also  dropped   twelve i,^^^ without  becoming the owner of tons  of    explosives    on    hoslile     rest . ,
Died  of wounds;      Private   Dan    P. ^racblin. Corporal  Marvin  Dunn.
Died of other causes: Corporal Ig¬ natius Iteming. Corporal Walter E. Furen, Private Will Galloway, Private Charles M. Hoemig. Corporal Herbert H. Krombach. Private Thebpliile .lo- I seph Proul. Private Clare R. Tapager, Private ri-a,nk Harrison Welch. Wag- [ ! gotiei .\rthur H. Fisher. Corporal Per- i
billets,  airdromes.
; the coal, may charge 15 cents a ton f'>r depots and  railway , bituminous:  20 cents for anthracite for
I cy Stone Bosworth. Sergeant Byr<l W. Penrod.
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Died of accidents:
Voice Germany's Plea While French   Provinces  Are  Ran-1 drew k. ortme.ver. private Central Powers Gloat Over
triots Are Robbed of Proper to to Assist Alien Colony
Conquests Intended to Break Combination of Allies
Lieutenant   An- .lohn    .T.
coob/iW nnrl Pnn^..»,^-u r»_    i Brannon. Corpoi-al Clifford J. Stevens. ^dCKea ano OOnOemned Pa- ; private  Ca^an.   Pnvato  .Mock.   Private
•Ithn E. Hawkins.
The  cllghtly   wounded;   Maior  .lohn ¦>".'.   Downer,   captain   Haj'ry   B.   Whit-
sidings, and  eight  and  a  half ton.s on similar   objectives   last   night.
A successful rniii was carried, out northwest of Lavae<iuerie this morn¬ ing. East of Queaiit ^British artillery exploded a <;erman munition dump. Hostile St-tillerying was reported ut 1 various points.
[     The    German    aviation    station I Zweibrueckeii   wha   bombed   today British   flyers.   Haig  added.
Fourteen heavy and ten lighter Brit¬ ish machines participated iu the air attacks. Bombs were obser\ed to burst on barracks and the railroad elation.
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RUSSIAN PEACE OPPOSED.
Petrograd. March 16.—In conference today eight workmen representing ev¬ ery factory of the city received a proc¬ lamation from 40.000 workers protect¬ ing against the Bolsheviki peace poli-
mrs.IShII
Atlanta. Oa. Hirsh   totii'ght
March 16.—.Mr.*. A.  II. faced   a   year's   impri-
the iiiesntime wr -.vciit about cng iging | 5,„„^p„j for attempting to pxtf>rt JiOO.-
NO HE^D IS GIVEN
Washington. March Itj. - Reports current for several days that Germany either had made or would make an¬ other attempt to make peace with the Allies at the expense of Russia, con¬ tinued tonight. At one Allied embassy it was believed the Bulgars were en¬ gineering   the  effort.
.\t the British embassy it was de¬ clared that Robert t'ecil's speech be¬ fore the t'ommons yesterday indicated Great Britain hasn't received any of these proposals yet.
.Among Bulgaiian diplomats, it was indicated that peace maneuvers through Bulgarian channels were "very possible,'' although they claimed to know nothing of them fn event peace proposals were launched the.v thought "no nation could effort to re- Jec I the proffers without nr«t placing the  terms before  the  nations."
Put officials here indicated tluit if there i.s anything this countrx is not Interested in right now. it is Teuton peace proposals—In the wake of their late  performances  in  the  near eaist.
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TO FRUSTRATE PEACE
t !Tiant. SlaJte >y".t«¥;^lietiier.- ,/ f\ny, March  16.—Thr:>e Golhiks ajid ? '   .:<fir'4,   UvViy-'-n;,*-t>««!i;.;.'^.:^   VipUne   wore   shot   down   by   the
' ','i .*lcX.AA.i.!«i., l!(;utep.aiu Frank M. I Mitchell; tieutonanr Warren A. Ran- j-:iom; aergeent Charieai K Allen; pri- I vate  A.  C.  Amburgey.  ttiis   Andei.'win.
Wilh the FYench  Armies,  Feb. :.»9 By  Mail.—Since  the  beginning  of  the i'^*^'''   Beasley.   Luigi  Berni.  .lulius   Bo year. Gennany has been pursuing with ' '*'"^'^'
a.more relentless and merciless hand [ oarson, Christopher C. Coughlin, Sam j than ever her policy of wiping out the | Do.aofli. corporal Brodie Caudlt-. niech- I populations of Al.sace and Lorraine that 'ante Harry Cliristeiisen. sergeant  Peter 1 "PP""^"'   "^•¦^'1  >»   blackjack   with   tell-
Benjaniin     Brenner.     Charlc:- ! Brockelmann,    George    Carman.   .lack
still remain loyal to Prance and bv the ^a^^o^'ski.  privates  Ralph   W.   Frantz. adriPfi   f.nnflc,...H«r,   , f   tu^ '    .    William  Frederick. Donald Gruell, Ot-
added   confiscation   of   their   property   ^^ Haas. John F. Irv,.
opening up tt»e two provinces to com
,111, Philip Isaacs. John Janulewioz. David R. Johnson, corporal Eugene O. Hickey, corporal .Tohn C. Kadron, mechanic James Lagoie. privates Jules C. Kolf, James H. Lee, Albert .\. Lommel, .James H. Lyons. Wm R. McKim. corporal Geo. that  just  reached   France,   it  develops  Leveque.  corporal  Chester W.  Mahaf-
fie. corporal OrviUe F. Martin, corporal Wm. .r. Monahan, privates Raymond W.   .Miller,   John   O'Neau.   Conrad   H.
plete flerman oolonization—should by any chance they remain in her posses¬ sion after the "war.
Prom   German     official   information
that within the first six 'weeks of this year, no less than 268 residents of Al¬ sace and Lorraine were found guilty by  German   military   tribunals  of  de¬
sertion from the German army, of high   Helton, (»eorge  F.  Shield.  N
Ordeman.    David   M.   Reid.   Frank   C. Shultz,   George   H.    Schwab.   Wm.    «.
W.   Sor-
treason.  of giving
aid  and  com.fort  to i''."' ^''''"   ¦'^- Sykcs. Adam Trsczk. Wm.
which could easily and Ju.xtlv be sum-
The   committee   on   public   informa-' marir.ed under the one head of  "loyalty
Vescove, I..awrence j T. Wickler. Cloyd j Henry   Reimer.
H.   Whitford.   Jo.s. Wilson,   corporal
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delivery east of Buffalo, and 30 west of Buffalo, with an additional 5 cents a' ¦toi; in e.ich case of re-screening at ports. So-called "purchasing agents" who arc in reality becoming owners^ of the roal. are barred from extorting any "commission" whatever.
There can be but one commission paid for the purchasing service or if there are two or more purchasers their combined commissions must not ex¬ ceed that of one.
The move was aimed almost wholly at the middleiiian. the jobber extort¬ ing excessive profits and the hoarder, since those miners of coa! and manu- factt»rcrs of uoke distri''.>utms; il»eif own products exclusively are exen pt under the proclamation. Retailei's too for the present are not to be affected.
The control to be set up is almo.<t identical with that exercised over food.
All  Under LicenM.
Dealers mu.st do busines.* unde'' government license and must conduct their affairs and regulate their profits and practices as the fuel administra¬ tion says. Offenders may be punish¬ ed by revocation or suspension of their license---—as with food dealer.';.
With warm weather coming on ar.d Bosha. of Fulton s,lreet. The alleged • ample coal Supplies on hand for tlii- assault took place early yesterday I present the move was regarded her<* morning. | tonight as one of preparedness ralh-  ~  I er than immediate necessity.    The ad-
French defen.«es when • German air forces bombed Paris, it was officially announced  tonight.
Xiiio   squadrons     of    enemy   planes articipated in this raid on the French • apiial.
INJURio  BY   BLACKJACK.
As  a   result   of a   fight   in   wiiich   his
ing effect. Walter Davage. aged 4a. of ih Logan street, is in the -Mercy Hos¬ pital wit hsevere lacerations on his head.     The   police   arrested   Benjamin
SENSELESS ON STREET
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ministration,   it   has   been   known   fur
i-nnum  r\i-\if-nr- iiinii»ir>r%    '"""^   time,   is   determined   that   there FROM  SEVERE WOUNDS ishall  be no furiher coal crises durini
  j the war.    .\nd it feels that wilh war'^
An unidentified man was found un- | demands bringing a heavier and heav- consclous on .\(aiii street. Luxerne. | ier strain on the supply, measure.s early this morning by the police of i must begin early this year to insure that town. Hi.s no.«e was broken and I against a recurring cri8i.<5 next win- he was suffering from the effects of n I ter.
severe   beating,  ac^orcing  to  the  offi- i     Beside.o  an   iron-handed   .suppression cials.    It   was  believed   ihat   while  in- | of price juggling End hoardins elabor-
fhe necc:i.'''ar; help. W'f sold fit tern hundred ticket.? and looked forw.'ird to cncourdfTins results for tho Red •^ro.'^s nd for tbe bovs '"over th.>vc.' .Nnd vvhen all waM in rcadiii'^ss you say, •Halt, nol ailowc'l"; .Iii.'^t bcc.ausc it i< Sunday.
Gentlemen. I agree that you arc per- j nutted to dl.>;agrec with  m*" on a niat- ler of this kind when the object Is met - ' i-onary or perhaps not laudable.    How¬ ever.  Icarnin;.; of  my  ardent   desire  to [.jroniote  the  war  spirit   1  cannot  help j foeling   that   you     should     have     en- • •i-»urage<1 the Polish people in this mat- j ter.     r>uring   ni.N'  one    year's    .•-¦ojourn ' •iinong you it ha-" always been my aim ; to   uplift   and   not    tear   down.      You . fhould realize that the poor Polish peo- j pie of the Wesn  Side are not only will- i ing lo do their bit. but their very best. I We have always tried to show you that I "ur hearts are in  the right  place. We deeply  regret  that  you  should employ (Continued on Page 13.)
000 from mavor .\sa. <"¦. Candler by blackmail. Pbc must also pay a fine of  $1,000.
Conviction   followed   ;;,'i  minutes   de¬ liberation   b.\    the   jllr,^    aft<»r   a   mo.st | sensational, legal   battle.     Mrt^.   llir.sch j heard   the   sentence   without   amotion, i '^    P' es Her   attorneys   will   move   for   a   new- trial. I
Mrs. Hirsch was charged wilh plot- \ ting to compromise the m.ayor in his i own  office.
tion gave out ii. long Iranslalion today of an account in the Frankturter I Zeitiin;. of strike.'; in Austria-Hungary. ! These strike." apparently were caused i by the food .shortage, although it i.s i admitted that war warinrss wa.s con- I tributor>'. However, all f^uch .storie.s of unrcs-t and agitation in the Teutonic are bfTiig largely discounted in official circle? here. In the last six weeks the ci>- f<»r peace in enemy coun¬ tries has dwindled to a negligible voice.
A   Ruthless   War,
j     On the other hand, the rcvi> cd spirit
I of ruthless and conciuering war is best
reflected in the semi-official, the pan-
I German     and      so-called     progressive
to France "    In each of thes" case.s inljADAfcl   n Kt l q   CCQ«>|nW addition to the torm,« of imprisonment j ""   ^''•-'-'J   OCOOIUIH
inflicted   and   the   deprivation   of  their j ON  RUSSIAN  SITUATION
right.*:  of fierman   citizenship,  the  en-
toxicated    the    man    ;<ot    into   ;i    fight j with   companions.
t     He wa.= removed to the Ne.sbitt  West ! ."^ide hospital. .  He  was  unable  to  give
liis. name to the authorities.
tire  personal   fortune  nnd   property  of j     Tokio.
.March    1«. - Asiiatinn   for   m.'-
each of the ruciised wa.«;. .seized by the | coalition   cabinet    to   deal      with     the'
German  authorities.    . j Russian   situation   is  saining   ground.   1
The extent to which thi.'^ reign of tor- I     Meanwhile   significance   is   ,t tt ached i
ror i.s .still  procres.^ing   may  he  judged : to   tli»>    conference."      between      Count I
of   War  rishima   and
tribuTials can grind out the cases.
The fate will unquestionabb' be an-
falogous to that of the 278 already con-
,-e I press of Germany. The victorie.s in i Russia have brought Joyful notes from
i these exponents of •'might is right."     , ...„,,   „, ,„,,     .„  .. .^ , ^,
I Like the 1-orddeutsche Allegemaine T'^'^^' ^^^^^'^I'V'" the matter of the j Zeitung all the junker organs believe I ¦:o"««cat.on of all their property. The I that the peace with Russia means the
! from the fact that within a few weeks j Okuma. .Ministe ' the tribunal of inspection of the Land- j the emperor. 1 wehr or Svarrebrueck alone has pub- . Th» British .A.ml>assador lias alreadv j lisl.ed no less than twelve lisLs of resi- stated the views of F.nglsnd. France I dents of Alsace and Lorraine against | and Italv on the propo.sed .lapanese 1 whom the customary charges have I entrance in Siberia. The foreign of- I been made and who are lo be pro.se- j fice denies that the British .Ambaasa- cnted  as fast as the German military   dor made a  formal  request  for a  .lap-
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Washington, March 16.—Pending the I military end oi the war on two fronts; arrival of the Dutch government's res-   politically, the breaking of the enemy
ponse to the Allied-American demands
was   pre- vcssels  in
Wanted
BOY WANTED.
-A good neat boy
the United States tonight paring to take over Dutch -Vmerican   ports   Monday.
All precautions have been ordered to prevent the ships leaving port or their damage at the hands of Ger¬ man agents. Armed guards are ,al- ready aboard the ves.sels. together with free sam- ^" other neutral ships in American ports—and it is believed likely the ships will be manned by American crews  if taken  over.
There was strtjng hope in Dutch dip¬ lomatic circles here tonight that their
ring:  economically, the collapse of the |
for action on the tonnage ne^otlations^^Kntente war plans and the abandon¬ ment of their blockade policy: morally, the nene^al of confidence in Ger¬ many's cause and  her success."
Germans are now proceeding with a relentlessness and thoroughness indica¬ tive of their determination to bleed the two provinces drj* of everj'thing of value while they still have power to do I so.
j Policy of Extension.
j     These   tactics   have   the   added   ad- I vantage to Germans in that if the war Three years of war apparently have , should   end    with   the   two failed   to   shake   the   faith   of   German i .still   in   the  po.ssession junkerism in the sword and their con- j they   would   he   ready
ane.sc   expedition.
SIXTY-THREE FLIERS
ate plans for a more systematic dis¬ tribution of fuel throughout the roun- liy have been 'worked, out. Zones will be created about the large pro¬ ducing area.s: and surrounding ierri- tory .supplied from within the local ;'.nne. Thia. it i.«: pointed nut, will do .iway with cross country hauling. b<"- sides bringing about n lirecl and speedy di.«tribuiion straight from the mines to the nearby ron..5UTieis. The Regulations. The  Fuel .Administration regulations
  (follow:
.New Vork. .March 16-The American' ^"'^ license who. ss owner or sell- .\avy already 400.1IO0 strong is onlv in I'"S ageni foi anothi-r ."seils coal or the beginning and in order to win the i ^¦•''**^ without physically handling th» war will be increased to twirp its pres- -^amp- «b^" no* receive for such coal or ent size, Secretary Daniels declared j this afternoon in au address at Madi-
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son Square Garden. "The Navy with a personnel of about I ."iO,000 at the beginning of the war. now nCAn niU TCVAO  CICI ne |""r"b«"'s more  than  400,000 men."   the UCAU Ull   I CAAo r ICLUo    Secretary stated, "and this Is but half
—¦  ' of what  il  will  be.    AVe  are prepared
Dallas.  Tex..  March   16.—Sixty-three j to make  it  twice  as  big as  it now  is American, Canadian and British flyers   in order to wirt the war." have died in accidents at the six flying |     The Secretary spoke at a   reception fields in Texas, figures compiled by the i for tbe benefit of the Woman's Over-
I coke more than the pric«" fixed f. o. b. cars ar the mines or at the oven^^ plus   five   cents   per   ton.
2—The licensee who acts a.s pur¬ chasing agent may charge a commis¬ sion not exceeding the sum of 15 cent.s per ton.
3—Xo licensee shall receive an.v commission for the purchase of any coal which is owned by such licensee.
4—No licensee shall rebate or pay to any owner of a mine or to any per-
United Press tonight showed. i seas  Hospital  Service and  was  greet-   """ interested therein any part of any
Two lost their lives today when thefr 1 ed by an audience that packed the hig   ''°"""'™'°"  leceived  hy such  licensee.
at   Taliaferrx. I auditorium. I     ^~^o   person   exclusively   employed
fldence   that   Germany   will   dominate j German   colonization' by   the   veterans   '*""'^'''   '''   "   "'^'"   ^^^^   ^*'^^'^-   ^''^*'
plane   ci^ashed   to   earth provinces j fleW near Forth Worth, of    Germany, I     They. were "Lieutenant     Harold     A. for     complete  Andre.   21,   45   West
for deliv¬
ery and store' ark. .Mu.st be over 16; j government would be able to reach an one that can make himst-lf generally i agreement with this countrv whereby useful. Apply at Kaplan Bro.-. & Co.. i seizure of the ships would be unneceo- ?g South Main St.. Wilkes-Barre. ] ^ary. . .Vo officiil advices on the .Neth¬
erlands decision  in  the case had ¦hcen
of the present war. The question of Alsace Lorraine would be settled for all time by the simple non existence either of an Al.sace Lorraine popula¬ tion or of Alsace Lorraine owned property.
TRUCK DRIVER WANTED.
Wanted— .\ truck driver and gen- •¦ral all-around worker. .Appl.v at .•.rccnhousT at 358 Soulh Grant St. Baunian.  the  florist.
NIGHT MAN WANTED.
Wanted--.\   night   mun   fvr  washing automobiles.      Keysion"     Motoi r€»mpany. nt Bouth W.-iahlngton St
received either at the Dutch legation ! revolution i.s brewing in .Austria Hun- or the Slate i:)eparlmcnl. Unofficial ! sar\-. according to extracts from Croa- wrrrl bad been received that the Dutch ; lian newspaper.s received by cable at government had agreed to the taking ) the Serbian legation late today, over by this government of Dutch ton-i "If the revolution should break out. "cge. ! the  responsibility     for    it     would
the world. The Russian border states will not accept German rule docilely either. Vorwaets. tho German social¬ ist organ, prints an article by Dr. Alexander Lipschutz, of Righ. protest¬ ing  againsi   annexation   of  the   Baltic
pro\-inces.    By annexing these provin- j     Hand   in   hand   with   this ces he says, Gennany is only  inviting   confiscation     of     personal       property, further wars Germaijy is carrying    on    an    equally
  (relentless extermination of all  French-
REVOLUTION   BREWING I owned   industrials.     -Since   ihe   hegin-
Washingtou.    March    Hi.—Jugo-Slavj "'"S   of   the   year   the   Reii^bst.Trj:   has
taken up the liquidation of Hie t"n principally French owned cloth mills in the two province*.
-All   newspapers   from   .\letz.   Sirass- burg.   Thioneville.  Colmar  and   in   fact
York,  and Joseph  M,  Lanagan. of  103 Oakland stre|t. Syracuse, N. Y.
Taliaferro   field,   with   its   three   big camps, Benbrook, Hicks and Evermah.
¦Tlie   American   Navv   though   small I ''*' salesman or purchasing agent by  ;i at the beginning of the war, h.is been   '¦""»•«   con.sumer  shall   be   required   to
in the fight from the minute war w.as declared upon Germany," Secretai^- Daniels stated. "When our fleet of destroyers reached Kuropean waters, shortly   after   wac   was     declared,     u
has had more fatal accidents than any I British naval officer ,isked the Ameri- other Texas field.    The two deaths to- ! *^*"   naval   officer   when   he   would   be
policy   of  ^"-^ brought that  field's total to 38. of j'"*^*^.^ •,
procure a license for the performance of his duties as such salesmen or pur¬ chasing agent.
6—Contracts relating to bituminous coal made before the President's exe¬ cutive order of Aug. 21. 1917, and con¬ tracts relating to anthracite coal made before the President's executive order We are ready now" the .American i of Aug. 23, 1917. shall be construed characteristic; to conflict with prior orders,
-Every   license   shall   be   in   such Texas fields are: i been  In  the  fight  ever  since. j form  and   shall   cont.xin     such     term.«.
Taliaffero   fie'd.     Fort     Worth.     38; j     '^"^'*' **^^'«'/""'^  *^*''"'»n  submarines I provisions,  iimjtations «nd  restrictions Kelly field. San Antonio. 9;  I>ive Field, i "^ Dallas.  3;   Call  fiela. Wichita Falls.  1: Rich   field.   Waco,    i;    Ellington   field, Houston. II.
which 24 were royal flying corps men and   14   were   .\mericans.
j officer   responded   with
The   number   of   fatal   accidents   ^t! iV'"^'"',''*'!,*'*!!",^!"'':    "'^"'l *'"'' "''^¦•'' ^^^ i
{and our destroyers have captured Ger-; a.s the United States fuel administrator
may  from time  to  lime  prestrfbe  and ihe .same •^hall be subject  to modifica-
It   is
Caj- ¦ lose  nothing  bv  the ,'wlll   be   asstircd
LOST.
Lost—A   (joodrich   lire   34x4    on rim.     bclwer      North     and     .btckson atrecls on  North  Main slieei.    Kriiirn to S4 North M^ain street.
taied   that   Holland   stands   to transaction.     .She more   foodstuff>   :i;iii in event of losing a ship through tor- i pedoint;.   will   be   rptmiiur--<l    ov    nils the I country—a      collection    she    probably would fail to re.cister were she depend- in.:;   upon   I'le tiormaii  go\oinmeiit   Un compens'dtion   on   torpedoing  ships.
upon  those   who  monopolize  the  powT
and  do  not   allow  thr  people  to  voice'¦¦'^""oi'nf"*™^""'
liiPir opiuion." aaya th*" Obr.or of Sac-, hundreds  and
fall'all cities of  .Alsace ;ind   Lo-raine  that ! reach   Francf   o«intain   whole   pages   of
homes, which
page of   .sale   at   auction   of hundreds     nf    private farm.«,    \illas     and either   have   been   seized     be-
do our  part ! PROPOSALS. '     The work  of women  in  the  war was
j     Proposals   will   be   received    by    the j'"^u^led   b\    Secretary   Daniels   and   the , board   of   directors    of    Plains    .^School ; "^"'bers   who  aif    'keeping   |}i>>     home ; District    until    April   ii.    I^is.   for   fo,-; fires   burning"  were   designated  an  the r.Ti"^'!''''"'¦'*''"'^  school  supplies  of fhe  second [ "res burning'   were designaied  as the clas.s   for   the  school   yewr   IMis-i;hi lar>.
man officers and men from these sub ! marines.      Our    navv     ha.«     protected
j American commerce and thp commerce • tlon  niui   revocation  hv  him  an4  shall iof our  Allies  and  wp  will  continue  to | be i.ssued and held subject to these and
such   further  rules  and   regulations aa
:eli in dcfiauiP ofthe ci'n.sor.
.MtackiUK  tbe Germans and  Magyar the   Hergralia     demand^^     an    "absolute   cause of the condemnation of the own-'     Cony   of
mdependeni .late, including all Croats., er  foi   loyalty   to   France  or "liquidated ! from   the   secretary  or   the  supervising ! night   at   the  opening   of  th^   »2.Vo«..}Of. 'Serbians and fclovens united  in a  fed-j because "wned pithei- in whole or part , principal. I-1 rive  for  the
^y Pf-^acb fumrie^ I K J. yCLN.N. Secretary
requisition   can   be  olitained        Secretary    l>Hniel,s   spokp   aguin    lo¬
be may from  time to  timp establish.'
LABOR MISSION ToIfranCE.
Washington.   March   P! ^merlfl
l;ibor will send a mission to carry A mes.oagp of good will to workmen ir France nnd Great Britain. That wa.; the announcement tonight of President th"       \m-Tiean
irive  tor  the   .Npw   Vork   Catholic  war! Samuel   Gornpers   of fund at a local theatre. | Federation of Lr^bar
i