Some of the principal labor leaders have been arrested by the police as suspects in connection with the Warsaw explosion. Among them are Marcus Lev, chairman General Workers Cooperative; Suravicz, secretary, Jewish Commercial Travelers, and Vontral, Executive member of the Travelers.
Other Jewish unions are being investigated in the police roundup.
Meanwhile a Jewish soldier who was killed in the explosion has been hurried with military honors, the Jewish Sejm Deputies. Jewish Senators, representatives of the Rabbinate and Kehillah participating. A military band followed the hearse.
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