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Plants and Coal Mines
Being Rectified
FUEL WORKERS' DEMANDS
WASHINGTON; Sept. 2.
iteimclns labor probltms In navy yards,
shipbuilding planta nnd the coat Industry
-will be adJUBled coon, official!! dectarcd .to-
President John 1 White, of the United
HJrflne Workers, chairman" of the Joint bl-
tBmlnous wnce conference here, announced
there was no "talk of strike" among- mlncrn
and operators at the meetings. With Fuel
Administrator Garfield as umpire, any dlsa
rrrement over thb ware demands of the
union miners will bo accepted by both sides,
he said.
In tho threatened bit; strike In Seattle
shipyards, the Government Shipping Hoard
wage commission Is striving to reach n sat
isfactory scale. The men have been urged
to await Its recommendations.
While the Norfolk Navy Tard strlkn
threatens to spread to other yards, where
dissatisfaction with tlie new mge scale
exists, the Navy Department feels that the
trouble will be kept In check.
The Coal conference here today developed
the miners' final demand in the following
statement:
The representatives of the United Mine
Workers pitpose the following Increase
In mining prices, the same to be effectlvo
at once: ,
First An Increase of fifteen cents per
ton on pick and machine mining mine
run at all the basing points In the dif
ferent States and districts throughout the
United States.
Second. The percentage advance granted
on machine mining to be applied to all
differentials existing between thick and
thin veins.
Third. An advance of $1.90 per day for
all men employed In and around mines.
Fourth. A 20 per cent advance on all
dead work and yardage.
This contained a slight change from the
preliminary demand offered yesterday, the
first clause asking a fiat fifteen cents' ad
vance instead of ten or twenty cents, ac
cording to conditions.
A subcommittee consisting of four repre
sentatives from each State will be ap
pointed to thresh out the demands. Vir
tually the entire issue for the operators
will bo decided by a handful of the lead
ers Francis Teabody, Chicago; Al Hamil
ton. Pittsburgh ; F, H. Fenna, Terro Haute ;
Charles Maurrr, Ohio, and William Fields,
Pittsburgh. I'enna is floor leader for the
operators In tho general conference.
Operators declare tho Increases cannot
he granted under the President's fixed prices
and that Fuel Administrator Oarfteld must
advance tills scale to exactly the same
extent as, the miners nro given an increase.
BIG ITALIAN WARPLANE
IN ANOTHER FAST FLIGHT
Lieutennnt Resnati Flies From Wash
ington to Lnngley Field Under
Two Hours
LAXGLKV FIELD, Va., Sept. L'C Lieu
tenant rtesnati. flying his giant eight-pas-aengcr
Capronl WAr plane, reached his
hangar here this afternoon after a remark
ably speedy flight from Washington.
But one hour and fifty-five minutes were
consumed by the Italian pilot between tho
time he headed for this field after circling
over Washington and the tlnie ho made his
landing here. One of the snialler war
planes that accompanied him on his flight
to tho Capitol lost Saturday required a full
two hours to mako tho trip.
Tho only passenger accompanying Kesnati
today was his mechanician. They reported
the trip uneventful except for the great
speed they attained.
NAMES PLAINTIFF RECEIVER
Arch Street Concern Temporarily Em
barrassed by Lack of CaBh
Judge McMichaol, of Court of Common
Pleas, No. 3, today appointed Thomas M.
Bains temporary receiver for Edward Darby
& Sons Company, Inc., 233-:35 Arch street,
manufacturers of metal lockers. His secur
ity was llxel at 76,Q00.
The receivership for the company was not
protested by any one, nnd followed n suit
filed by Mr, Bains, who owns thirteen
aharcn of the capital stock Of the concern.
Lack of ready cash to meet pressing In
debtedness caused the stockholder to Feek
a receivership to conserve assets and fore
stall threatened suits by creditors embar
rassing to tho business of the company. The
court was Informed that under the manage
ment of a receivership nil claims will be
eventually paid off, tho stockholders pro
tected and the assets conserved.
JOSEPH A. SINN DEAD
Services Will Be Held in Germantown
Tomorrow Afternoon
Funerat services for Joseph A. Sinn, vice
president of the National Surety Company
of New Tork, will be held tomorrow nfter
noon at Wlster street and Olney avenue,
Germantown. Interment will be In Laurel
Hill Cemetery. Mr. Sinn, who was sixty
four years old, died" yesterday In the Mid
wood Sanatorium, Brooklyn. N. Y., fol
lowing an operation.
He was a native of Pennsylvania, and
before entering the surety business prac
ticed law In Philadelphia. He took charge
of tho relnsurarfco department of the Na
tional Surety Company In 1914, later be
coming vice president.
He Is survived by n wife, a daughter and
two sons, ono of whom Is connected with
X P. Morgan & Co. and the other with the
New Jersey Zlno Company.
CHICAGO MAYOR NO PIKER
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Announces Ambition to Succeed Jim
Ham Lewis in United States Senate
CHICAGO. Sept, 16. William Hale
Thompson, Mayor of the "sixth German
city of tho world," wants to be a United
States Senator,
Ho announced today through a formal
statement "to the people of Illinois," In
,whlth he announced his candidacy for the
jiepuDiican nomination at tne primaries In
September, J918, to succeed James Hamil
ton Lewis.
"X stand upon my record as a public of
ficial, my public addresses and my au
thorized public statements," declared
(Thompson.
A1Cwt nF G4Al!n fl ..1
jp 1 Accused of stealing an overcoat from an
7.'- . automobile. James Clarry. f Nineteenth
street near Jefferson, was held In $400 bail
fork further hearing by Magistrate Collins
today. It Is alleged that Clarry nnd Ed
ward R, Murphy, of Twentieth street above
Thompson, stole the coat together, but then
,v fought when It came to deciding which
vne. wa i Keep it. aiurpny was badly
buttered nnd surrendered to (he police. The
coat, according to the police, was recovered
la Clarry'a room.
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,0ie Drowned In Auto Accident
"XKAnNKV, X-X, Bept ?. Clarence At--W04HI.
lit Boston, Mass., was drowned nnd
ETbjiIc Hne, of Newark, N. J,., received
rir or the rUrht shoulder and other
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Lo Scoppio Precede un Vnno At-
tacco del Nemico aulle Posl-
zioni Italiane
GRANDE ATTIVITA' AEREA
BACK FROM THE SHORE
Frnncis. Capornle, four years eld,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Adnlberto
Caporale, of 25(5 South Twelfth
street, has returned to his home
after spending the summer with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bastn
FOUR SOLDIERS INJURED
IN ACCIDENT AT HANCOCK
Machine Gun, Supposed Not to Be
Loaded, Accidentally
Discharged
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Go., Sept.
26. Four members of the Thirteenth In
fantry were Injured Into yesterday nftcr
noon when a machine gun, supposed not to
bo loaded, wan suddenly discharged. The
accident occurred incident to a firing demon
stration. The men were struck by par
ticles of bullets and broken rock.
Tho men Injured nrc:
nODEtyr R. I'lnilCK. marhln? gun rompjiiy.
Injuries of buck ami arm.
COnrORAL HAItllY l'lMJKIl. i;ompanv K.
WILLIAM IlKSKOVtTPII. Company K.
JOSEPH OPANOVITZ. Company K.
Pierce, the most seriously Injured, and
Ilespcrovltch are In Field Hospital No. 110.
The others are in the regimental infirmary.
Each of the injured men lives In Scranton.
Colonel Ezra II. Illpple. Jr., of the Thir
teenth, appointed a board of Inquiry to
report to General Prlco upon tho comple
tion of an Investigation.
TEXAS GOVERNOR WON'T QUIT
Ousted by Senate, Announces Candi
dacy for Third Term
AUSTIN, Tox., Sept. 26. James E. Fer
guson, ousted as Governor by the State Sen
ate, has announced himself a candidate for
a third term.
Ferguson declared he had filed his resig
nation with the Secretary of Stats Monday
and was Immune from the Senate's action
disqualifying him from again holding "any
office of honor, trust or profit" in Texas.
The Impeachment resulted from certain
financial transactions In which Ferguson
Is alleged to have usd Ills' official position
to obtain perponal profit, through his con
nection with the Temple State Bank.
COLLIERY BEC05IES IDLE
Shenandoah Plant Closes on Account
of Employes and Foreman Trouble
rOTTSVILLE, Pa Sept. 20. Because a
mine foreman is not acceptable to somo of
the employes of tho Kehley ltun Colliery nt
Shenandoah, a branch of tho Thomas Col
liery Company, the colliery Is Idle today.
This action Is in pursuance of a resolution
by tho workmen held at Shennndoah last
evening. Tho colliery employs more than
BOO hands nnd It produces more than 1000
tons of coal dully. The Otto Colliery, of
tho Philadelphia . and Heading Coal and
Iron Company at Branchdalc. after a sus
pension of a week, due to a button strike,
resumed work.
ItO MA, 28 Settembre.
Tare che gll attaccht per mctzo dl csplo
slonl dt mine sla dlventato un evento glor
nallero nel teatre delta guerra ltalo-aus-trlaca.
La mlna c' un grande auclllarlo a chl
muovo l'attacco polche' npporta lo scon
volglmento nelle dlfeso degll avversarl
spcclalmente quando queste sono fondate su
soltda rocula ma alia dlstruilono pro
dotta dalla mlna blsogna far segutre una
certa determlnatetza nell'attacco sc si vuol
guadagnare alcun vantagglo. Ierl gll austrt
act fecero esplodero una mlna Botto lo
poslzlonl Italiane del Monte Nero o nono
Btante 11 loro lntenso fuoco dl artlgtlerln
essl non rtusclrono u penetraro le dlfeso
cho proteggevano le poslzlonl.
In altrl punt) gll avintorl Itallanl con
tlnuarono a bombardaro le rctrovlo austrt
ache causandovl grando dlstruztono o
sccrmplgtlando lo truppo nemlche.
Kcco II rapporto del generate Cadorna
pubbllcato Ierl ecru, dal MInlstero della
Guerra:
Dnllo Stelvlo n Monte Itombon si ebbe
Rttlvltn' vuntagglosa per le nostre pat
tuglle dl rlcogntzloue e un fuoco modcrnto
dl nrtlglierla.
Nella reglono del Monto Nero II nenilco
feco esplodero una podcrosa mlna tto
le nostre poslzlonl su cui poi esso con
centro' un lntenso fuoco dl nrtlglierla.
II 'tiro pronto ed efllcaco delle nostro bat
terle ostneolo' l'avanzata del ncmlco e gll
Impcdt' ill ottonere alcun vantagglo. II
dnnno prodotto alio nostro fortlflcazlonl
fu lleve.
Sull'altopiano dl Balnslzza nttacchl
locall venncro resplntl con granate a
mano. Sul Carso catturammo nlcunl
prlgionlcrl.
Ierl quattro tonnellate dt bombo ad
alto csploslvo furono lanciate dal nostrl
avlatort causando dlstruilono e lncendll
agll Htablllmentl e stazlonl ferrovlaric dl
Podberga, in Val Bazza, e dl Itlfcngerga.
sul Carso. NIa notte uno del nostrl
vellvoll sorprese aggruppamentl dl truppo
In val Chlapovano o 11 disperse lasclando
cadero su dl cssi una tonnellata dl
esploslvl.
SI rlcevono partlcolarl sul volo meravl
glloso esegulto l'altro glorno dal capitano
Laureatl tra Torino c Londra. 11 LaureatI
parti' da Torino alle ore 8:28 dl mattlna
con una macchlna Atfa portando seco un
mcccanlco o due mltragllatrlcl. Kgll segul"
la llnea ferrovlarla cho corro lungo la fron
tlera Halo-franceso. Alio a Susa c pol si
Innalzo ad una nltezza dl 12.000 pledl per
volare sul Moncenslo. Duranto la magglor
parte dell'arduo vlagglo si mantenne ull'al
tczza dl 10,000 pledl lncontrnndo )esso del
fortl vcntl cofttrnrl. Implego' 15 mlnutl
per nttraversare la Manlca ed ntterro' poco
dopo vlclno Hounslow sano c salvo.
L'lntrepldo avlatoro aveva condotto con
se' nnche la posta oltro a lettere nutografe
del re d'ltalla per re Giorgio d'Inghlltcrra
e altro communlcazlonl per Llod George,
Lord Derby, Mr. Balfour, Lord Montague.
L'ARGENTINA SAREBBE
PRONTA PER LA GUERRA
BUENOS AIBKS, 26 Settembre.
La Camera del Deputatl della Itepuublica
Argentina, con un voto dl C3 su 18, np
provava un dellberato autorlzzante II Go
verno a rompere la relaztoni diplomatiche con
la Germanla. La Camera non ha approvato
dennltivamente il gravo provvedlmento
polche' 11 Governo vuolo attendcro nitre
comunicazlonl telegraflche dall'Ambas
clatore della Itepubbllca in Berllno.
Secondo lnformazlonl attendlbill, II Prcsl
dente Irlgoyen e' dlsposto a dlchlararo la
guerra o mantenero la neutralita' pluttos
to che' rompere le relazlonl diplomatiche col
Ooverno tmpertnle.
Intanto contlnuano a raccogltersl le prove
che 11 grande sclopero dol ferrovlcrl nrgen
tint sla fomentato da ngentl tedeschl.
La tenzlone del popolo argentlno contro
la Germanla aumenta glornalmente, speclul-
mente dopo le notlzlo glunte dal Paraguay o
dal Uraguay che fanno lntravedero una lm
mlnente uzlone dl quelle nazlonl contro la
Germanla.
Whisky Blamed for Many York Woes
YOItK, Pa., Sept. 0. A record number
of 105 desertion, nonsupport ana surety of
the peace cases were brought before tho
county courts. Liquor was reported to
have caused most of the domestic differ
ences. Ilesldent Judge Wnrner deplored
the fact that the laws of the t.Sate did noc
make habitual drinking it penal offense-.
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The Mobilization Problem
Great warships are sliding oil the ways ; navy
yards and arsenals are working night and day;
great mobilization camps have sprung up as if
by magic; everywhere the vast resources of
theNation arebeinggathered together for war.
All over the Bell telephone system, thousands
of employes are busily engaged in all branches
of telephone activity, to keep pace with the
extraordinary telephone needs of the Nation.
The greater and more varied the Government's
war activities become, the greater will be the
demands upon tho Bell system for service.
And with the increased Government require
ments, there will be greater demands for com
mercial service.
Not only is there a great scarcity of materials,
but there is a similar scarcity of labor, and
already many of our technically trained em
ployes men who cannot be replaced have
joined the colors.
As time goes on it will become continually
harder to meet the demands for service from
Governmental and private sources,-and our
patrons are asked to bear this extraordinary
condition in mind and to help in the mdin-i
tenance of an effective service by eliminating
all unnecessary and wasteful use of telephone
lines and equipment.
The Bell Telephone Co, of Pennu.
When None But the Very
Wealthy Could Own a Piano
When the joy of participation in the rendering of music was confined either
to the exceedingly rich or the extremely gifted each a very small class there were
only two or three makes of pianos, and they were little known by the great mass of
the people.
The big throbbing heart of the Commonwealth never beat, as it does today, to
the finer, more artistic impulses of the world's famous composers, because a good
piano cost as much as a house. The means of transmitting' the pleasing melody and
ennobling inspiration of the great masters were beyond the reach of the family in
ordinary circumstances.
Then Came the Lester Piano
It was conceived for the good of the great majority to bring pleasure and
entertainment, hope and inspiration, profit and advancement to thousands of homes
tnat were denied these benefits before. It broke down the barrier of high prices and
enabled the man of moderate means to own as good a piano as his wealthiest neigh
bora distinctly high-grade instrument.
In line with the dominant idea, particular attention was paid to its durability
It lasts. Its full, rich, mellow tone lasts. Its delicate, quickly responding action lasts
The materials and workmanship that enter into its construction throughout make it
last a lifetime, and its artistic qualities are recognized .by the best musicians every.
From This Beginning Grew the
Wonderful Lester Small Grand
OCCUPYING NO MORE ROOM THAN AN UPRIGHT, this marvelous
instrument contains all the depth of tone, glorious sonority and magnificent color
of the largest grands. It is used and warmly praised by the world's greatest artists
Among those most enthusiastic over its artistic qualities are Olive Fremstad, world's
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Hertzof the Metropolitan Opera; Alice Nielsen, Bella Alten, Margaret Ober, Flor
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is appreciated. It is the hallmark of musical quality the tery essence of piano per
fection. Its touch is so delicate that a child can produce tones that equal those of the
largest grands. It is the ideal Home Grand.
The intrinsic merit of Lester Pianos is proven by their popularity. From a
third-story back room on Chestnut Street, our first factory, turning out only a few
pianos a year, we have grown into one of the largest piano - making concerns in the
world. Our mammoth factories today cover 20 acres and are equipped with the most'
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Our Crowning Achievement:
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