New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 2

PRTTSTON ONON | FEUD KILLS MORE === Abotber Dead in M Battle MIwwlom Pittston, Pu, Feb. 29 UM—Pitt ston's bloody mine union feud has claimed two more livea and brought the total of slayings to four in the last two montha, Another man was seriously wounded. The latest victima were Alex Campbell, check weighman and union leader at No. 6 colliery of the Pennsylvania Ccal Company, and Peter Rellly, treasurer of local 1708, United Mine Workers of America. They were riddled with bullets fired by unidentified assailants late vesterday as they approached Camp- Lell's home in an automobile. Both were dead when police reached the scene & few minutes later. assailants, who apparently had trail- ed them in another motor car, had iiisappeared. Find Machine. After the shooting an automobile, Lelieved to have been used by the slayers, was found abandoned near a railroad crossing in Moosic, sever- al miles from Pittston, Inside the | car wepe found two pump guns, a 38 caliber pistol with six empty shells, and throe dozen loaded pump gun shells. Several persons told the authorities they had seen three voung men abandon the car and | leap on a passing freight train bound | for Scranton. Fairly accurate des- criptions of the fugitives were given | the police. Campbell, a former international board member of the United Mine Workers, and Reilly were leaders of a factlon of the union local which Las been vigorously opposing the contract mining system in vogue in | the Pittston diatrict. Their slaying {8 belleved by the | authorities to have been in retali: tion for the killing of Frank Agata, | a district organizer, who was shot to | death ten days ago in the district sub-headquarters in Wilkes-Barre. Campbeil and Reilly, whose fa tion in the union has undertaken to raise funds for the defense of Sam- uel Bonita, Steve Mendola and Adam Moleski, charged with the murder of Agata, were on their way from a conference with the prisoners in their cells in the Luzerne county jail when alain, Agata was the personal bodyguard ‘Their | district Ne. 1. His -Ilylll 'wag vo- garded by the police as & veprissl for the shooting to death of Thomas Ullh a supporter of the Campbel) six weeks ago. Imported gunmen wu alieged to have been employed in the Lillis shooting and it was said they had killed the wrong man. Situation Temee. The fifth interded victim of the feud was Samuel Cregio, & member of the Grievanco committee of No. collicry, who was shot and seriously wounded on February 18. The at- tempt to kill him was wlso laid to revenge for tha slaying of Agata: The situation'has become so tense that Mayor Gillesple recently ad. dressed an open letter to the offi clals of the coal company and mine workers beseeching them to try to settle the questions which are re. garded as underlying the deadly strife. 'WAR OUTLAWRY PLANS SHOWING ADYANCEMENT French Press Comes Out in Favor of Kellogg's Latest Policy. Paris, Feb. 29 M — Le Petit | Parlsien today says that Becretary | Kellogg's latest note on the out- |lawry of war marks a genuine pro- | gress over the preceding ones and permits the continued hope that one day a formula satisfying all the | requirements and duties of the two |governments will be found. The |opinion of France's most widely |circulated newspaper is shared generally by the others. Pertinax, writing in L'Echo De lParll however, strikes a sardonic Inote. Secretary Kellogg. he ob- serves, stood our arguments, None is so deaf as he who will not hear. The discussion is resumed. It only re- /mains for us to rewrite our note of January 20 and play deafnesson | our part too.” | | Washington, ¥eb. 29 P—Renew- the United States in laying the groundwork for a treaty proscrib. ing war between the principal | powers, Secretary Kellogg has sent | another note to France in which |he opposes the contention that |such a pact would violate France's |obligations under the league of na- mom Irance has maintained doubt whether, as a member of the lcague land a party to the Locarne and of Rinaldo Cappellini, president Miother treaties guaranteeing neu. “acts as #f he hadn't under- | ing his plea that France join with | In his latest note, made public yesterday by the state department, Becretary Kellogy argues that the only difference between' s bilateral jand a multilateral treaty to abolish war i “one of degree and not of substance.” He declares the United Btates is indifferent to the precise language to be used in the pro- posed pact so long as it “clearly nd unmistakably sets forth the de- rmination of the parties to abolish var among themselves.” Aziz Grotto to Have Theater Party Friday Asis Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R, will {hold its second theater party at the { Strand theater Friday evening. After lhe performance, the ‘vuu £0 to Grotto hall where the rest ‘ol the evening will be spent in danc- g and playing cards A! a meeting of the entertainment committee last evening, final ar- rangements were made to organize a Saturday Night club. A varied pro- !gram will prevail on these nighta This Saturday evening, the program iwlll consist of pinochle, cribbage, bridge and old familiar games, with prizes offered. It was also decided to communi- cate with members of Byria Grotto of Hartford, inviting them to pay Aziz | Grotto a fraternal visit and partici- | pate in its games. Wants California to | Look Him Over First Loa Angeles, Feb, 29 UP—Advised | to enter the California presiden- {tial primary to be held May 1, |8enator Reed of Missouri, democra- ! tic candidate, has said he wants to, i give California a chance to look him over first. As usual the Missourian is silent | about his own candidacy. He em.! | phasized to friends who greeted him | {here yesterday that he was cam- | |patgning first for the democratic party. He made it clear also that he would pursue in his address tonight ‘and in a spech in 8an Francisco Fri. | day night his attack against the ad- ministration — *the corruptionists and scoundrels—as he calls them. STORM IN ARGENTINE ! Buenos Alres, Feb, 29 (UP)- A violent storm, accompanled by heiuvy rain, struck the northern portions | of Santa Fe and Cordoba provincos during the night, severing telegraph WANT TO RAVE DOG LANS ENFORCED Prohibition Question Has Becn Put Up to Both Parties Feb. 29 UP—Prohi- bition has been thrust with renew- ‘Washington, |ed vigor into the coming preaiden- tial campaign by the insistence Of laway from the religious issue. |that the two national political con- entire party |dry a group of militant drys that both the republican and democratic par- ties meet the issue squarely. Representatives of 30-0dd nation- {al temperance organizations at a conference here which terminated last night drafted formal demands ventions not only declare for rigid enforcement, but consider as presidential timber only men whose stand on prohibition is not to be In addition, plans are on foot for next week of dry It will be under the auspices of of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Misslssippi are expected to attend. Purpose of Meeting The main purpose of the meeting {is to canvass the prohibition situa- |drive but |streets adjacent to historic T wharf just before midnight, rubbed in southeastern states, in charge of . arrangements tion those on the ticket might go to Governor Ritchle of Maryland or Senator Reed of Mimsourl, both of whom by the Anti-Saloon league, will be considered. 8ome of the dry leaders who par- ticlpated in yesterday’'s conference | of here will have a hand in the St Petersburg meeting. While declin. |ing to discuss the outlook for pub- lication, they say privately there is anyone regarded as wet is named, to head the democratic ticket at the Houston convention, The pre- diction is made in some quarters that in such an event a third party ticket might be put up for south.|h te and telephonic communications. ern democrats who are dry, while |bs If you smoke for pleasure prmspazztrar Bishop Willlam F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal church was toastmaster, Dr. Ashby Jones of 8t. Louis, representing Baptist when he declared he would wel- come the opportunity to vote for a Roman Cathelie for president, but wanted to chooss the Catholic. He, praised Senator Walsh, |tana democrat, who is a Catholie questioned. |and an avowed dry. a meeting in 8t. Petersburg, Fla. |adopted resolutions calling on both leaders from the major political southern states at which it is pre- |qry dicted ways and means of nipping (their platforms and to consider for the presidential ambitions of Gov-l.he presidential and vice presiden- ernor Smith of New York will be |tia) discussed. acts and utterances show them to be true friends of the prohi the Anti-Saloon league, and friends gmendment. probthicon lof prohibition in nine states south | Excursion in Boston Has and taxicab drivers predict that the candidacy of the |eyes as 100 New York governor for the demo- |tomahawks cratic nomination, in particular, ana |down on the scene and in a twink- | the possibility also that first place |ling had staged a second tea dump- ing party to the accompaniment of whoops and shouts, are also looked upon with disfavor (revealed that all were women and finally divulged that most if not all were delegates to the convention of | the department of superintendenca tion. 1 led the excursion which was preced- a possibility of a bolt by southern|ed by supper at a tea room on the drys from the democratic party if |wharf. rains have caused flood in river dis- tricts of the city that temporarily there ape forecests alse that o move will be made to “draft” Wii. liam G. McAdoo ‘for the presidency, : despite his asnouncement that he, 1s not a candidate this year. Smith Discusssd I terday the name of Governor Smith on several oocasions crept iate the discussion, although for the most ' part speakers refrained trom vefer- | ring to him er any others mentioned for the nomination. Two Catholic laymen—Dr. John A. Lapp of Chi- cago, and Willlam H. Delacy,.a for mer juvenile court judge here—de. 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