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SEEK TO MATRICULATE
Total Jteg istration 1700 Greater
Titan Last Year and .Doublo
That of Ten Years Ago.
Annexes Used
WORK ON NEW BUILDINGS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
SCHOOLS ARE INADEQUATE
rMtdlphU'i (40,000,000 school J
trm mi found Inadequate when schools
ofWBfrt todar.
Ktintlrrda of children were told they
mnot enroll In" half-time" elaaira.
Hundreda of ililldrrn were ml anar
witH the "half-time" claaaes ran bo or
tanttril.
rlBndrrda of parenta were notified I17
letter that they majr violate the compul
aorjr rdnratlon law brcaax tchoola are
net completed.
In the high ethoola, oTfrcrowdlnir
makes uo of "double ihlfta" and an
nexee nereaaarx lllih achoot ttudrnta en
reeled nra approtlraatrl 10.0001700
more than thla time latt rear and double
that of 10 jrrare ado. New hlch aeboota
la flrrmanlown, Franltford and South
rhHadrlphU are not read, l'lana are
betas drawn for the Keiulnntnn tllrla
Hlh School.
The annual Philadelphia custom of
breaking alt previous records for regis
tratlon In the high schools of the city
was followed faithfully today when an
army of nearly 4000 boys and girls, who
completed their elementary education In
June, matriculated In the various Insti
tutions of higher education throughout
the city.
There now aro registered In the high
schools throughout the city 1700 more
pupils than this time a year ago, and as
tt consequence the capacity of nil the
chool is being taxed. In lermantown,
Prankford and South Philadelphia the
sounds of tho voices of tho boyB and
girls returning to school commingled
with tho buzz and bang of hammer and
saw as carpenters went about the worK
of erecting new buildings to nccommo
dato the "ever-Increasing number of ap
plicants for a higher education.
The registration is double thnt of ten
year ago. Associate Superintendent
Wheeler said there has been a constant
Increase, year nfter year, which could
only be construed as an Indication that
thero Is a growing desire on the part of
parents to provide their children with the
foundations of a good education.
NO CLASSES HELD.
No classes were held today, but the
pupils were called together to hear short
talks by the principals. At tho Southern
High School, however, plans to have as
sembly went awry because the men work
ing on the new building adjoining, which
Is to be used as a high school for girls,
made so much noise that It was Impos
sible for any speaker to make himself
heard in the auditorium. As tho eirla'
school will not be completed for two
mopths. It is expected that the noise from
the operation will Interfere seriously with
the work of the boys' school
The Instructors confined themselves to
day to distributing books to the members
of the three upper classes and outlining
the new work to be pursued. The fresh
men classes, after enrolling, met some of
their teachers and learned in a general
wayjjutt will be expected of them. The
Stt. of the term will not start in earn
est until Monday.
The largest enrollment of anv hlirh
school Is reported by the William Penn
High School for Qlrls, at 15th and Mount
Vernon streets, of which Prof. William
D. Lowls Is principal. Including tho four
, annexes there are 4200 girU on the roll.
These annexes are at 17th street and Fair
mount avenue, 19th and Chestnut streets,
Tork and Memphis streets and D street
and Indiana avenue. A faculty of 148
teachers will be in charge.
PORTER REACHES 40TII YEAR
Employes and Friends Send Flowers
to Director
Director George D. Porter's office In the
City Hall was decorated with flowers by
employes of tho Department of Public
Safety and friends. In honor of his 40th
birthday anniversary today.
Among the blooms were 40 yellow
chrysanthemums from tho office force, 40
red roses from Howard Mecke, a friend;
40 white chrysanthemums from Director
Cooke, 40 red roses from Director Loeb,
and 40 roses from Cyrus D. Fobs.
The Director, after signing the morning
wall, passed a few Jesting remarks about
"jHtting old" and "feeling the weight of
yeare." and left for the day.
Captain Grant to Get Commission
Caotaln A. W. Ornnt. rnrm.. nn.n..
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flant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, will
tiiwuwijr .cucivd ma cumimssion as rear
admiral today at League Island. He will
all next Friday on the cruiser Columbia,
the new flagship of the submarine flotilla,
whleh he is to command. The cruiser will
be Jollied at Newport News by the trans
port Hancock and Prairie.
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there Is a general excess of from 4 to
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astern half of tho country. The great
est excess is In the lower Lake region and
the St. Lawrence valley. A cool area
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HE riTCHED orward, and I was
quicker than Ensign Shlpp. I t
him on my knees and the surgeon poured
a little nntered brandy down his throat
"Paul"' I said to him,
"Stand back'" ordered the surgeon, as
weman followed their children, crowding
the room.
"Do you know him, Lazarrot" asked
Croghan,
"It's Madame do Ferrler's child."
"Not the baby I used to see at De
Chaumont'sT What's he doing at Fort
Stephenson?"
Tho women made up my bunk for Paul
and I laid him in II. Each wanted to
tnka him to her care. The surgeon sent
them to the cookhouse to brew messes
for him and stripped the child, finding a
bullet wound In his side. Probing brought
nothing out, and I did not ask a single
question. The child should live. There
could bo no thought of anything else.
While the surgeon dressed and bandaged
that small hole like a sucked-ln mouth
I saw the boy sitting on saddlebags be
hind me, his arms clipping my waist,
while wo threaded bowers of horse paths.
I had not known how I wanted n boy to
sit behind met No wonder pioneer men
were so confident and full of Jokes: they
had children behind them!
Ho was burning with fever. His eyes
snnm In It as he looked at me. He could
not eat when food was brought to him,
but begged for water, and the surgeon
allowed him what tho women considered
reckless quantities. Over stockades came
the August rustle of the forest. Morning
bird voices succeeded to the cannon's
reverberations.
The surgeon turned everybody out but
me, and looked In by times from his hos
pital of British wounded. 1 wiped tho
boy's forehead and gave him his medi
cine, fanning him all day long. He lav
In stupur, and the surgeon said he was
going comfortably and would suffer little.
Onco In awhile he turned up the corners
or his mouth and Bmllcd at mc, as If tho
opiate gave him blessed sensations. I
asked the surgeon what I should do In
tho night If he came out of It nnd wanted
to talk.
"Let him talk," said tho doctor, briefly.
Paul's little hands were scratched, and
there wus a stone bruise on tho heel ho
pushed from cover of the blmkets. His
small body, compact of so much manli
ness, was fine und sweet. Though ho
bore no resemblance to his mother, It
seemed to mo that Bhe lay there for me
to tend, and tho change was no more an
astounding miracle than the change of
baby to boy.
1 had him all that night for my owi,
putting every other thought out of mind
and absorbing his presence. His fore
head and his face lost their burning heat
with tho coolness of dawn, which blew
our shaded candlo, flowing from miles
of fragrant oaks.
He awoke and looked ill around the
cabin. I tried to put his opiate Into his
mouth, but something restrained me. I
held his hand to my cheek.
"I like you," he spoke out. "Don't
yju think my mother Is pretty?"
I said I thought his mother was tho
most beautiful woman In the world. He
curled up his mouth corners and gavo
mu ii bluc-cyed smile.
"My father Is not pretty. But he Is a
gentleman of France."
"Where are they, Paul?"
Ho turned a look upon me without an
swerlng.
"Paul," I said, brutally, "tell mo when,
your father nnd mother are."
He was so far gono that my voice re,
called him. He simply knew me as a
voice and a presence that he liked,
"With poor old Ernestine," ho answered.
"And where Is poor old Ernestine?"
He began to shake as if struck with a
chill, I drew the blanket closer.
"Paul, you must tell me!"
He shook his head. His mouth worked,
and hla little breast went into convul
sions. He shrieked and threw himself toward
me. "My pretty little mother!"
I held him still in a tight grip. "My
darling don't start your wound I"
I could have beaten myself, but the
surgeon afterward told me the child iras
dying when he came Into the fort. About
dawn, when men's dives "Ink to their
lowest ebb with night, his sank away. I
smoothed his head and kissed and quieted
him. Once he looked into space with
blurred eyes, and curled up his mouth
corners when I am sure be no lonsei
saw me.
Thus swiftly ended Paul's unaccount
able apptarance at the fort. It was like
the falling of a slain tjlrd out of tho iky
at my feet. The women were lender with
his little body. They cried over him as
they washed him for burial. Tho chil
dren went outside the stockade and
brought green boughs and August wild
flowers, bearing the early autumn colors
of gold and scarlet. With these they
bedded the child in his plank coffin, un
afraid of his waxen sleep.
Before Croghan went to report to his
General, he asked me where wo should
bury the little fellow.
"In the fort, by the southern block
house," I answered. "Let Fort Stephen
son be his monument. It will stand here
forever. The woods around it will bo
trampled by prowling savages, and later
on by prowling white men. Within, noth
ing will obliterate the place. Give a
little fellow a bed here, who died between
two countries, arid will never be a cit
izen oi cither.
There the child's bones rest to this day.
The town of Fremont In the Common
wealth of Ohio has grown up around
them. Young children who climb the
grassy bastion, may walk above his head,
never guessing that a little gentleman of
Franco, who died like a soldier of his
wound, lies deeply cradled there.
Before throwing myself down In the
dead heaviness which results from con
tinual loss of sleep, I questioned the
wounded British soldiers about Paul,
None of them had ever seen him. Strag
gling bands of Indians continually Joined
their force. Captives were- always a pos
slbillty in the savage camp. Paul might
have been taken hundreds of miles away.
But I had ths padlocked book, which
might tell the whole story. With des.
perate haste that could hardly wait to
open the lids. I look It out, wondering at
the patience which long self-restraint had
bred In me. I was very tired, and
stretched my arms across the pillow
where, Paul's head had lain, to rest one
Instant But l must hae slept. My
hand woke first, and feeling Itself empty.
grasped at the book, i( was gone, and
so was the sun.
I got a light and searched, thrusting
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my arm between the bunk and the log
wall. It was not on the flodr, or In my
pocket, or on my saddle-bags.
The robbery was unendurable. And l
knew the Indian who had done It. Ho
was the quletcet, most stubborn Oneida
that ever followed an adopted white man.
Why he had taken the book I could not
understand. But I was certain that he
had taken It out of my hand while I slept
He would not break the padlock and read
It, but like a Judicious father ho would
take care of a possibly unwholesome vol
ume hlmpclf,
I went out and found the bald-headed
and well-beloved wretch. Ho was sitting
with his knees to his chin by tho evening
log fire.
"Skenedonk," I said, "I went my book."
"Children and books mako a. woman of
you," ho responded. "You had enough
books at Longmeadow.''
"I want It nt once," 1 repeated.
"It's sorcery," he answered.
"It's a letter from Madame de Ferrler.
and may tell where she Is."
His fawn eyes were startled, but he con
tinued to hug his knees.
satiimiii
The "Broad Highway" is tho
titlo of a now sorial story
which will bo pin in tho
EVENING LEDGER on Sep
tember 14, 1915. The story i3
unique. In England it has had
an unusual vogue, not merely
because it is a well-written
story, but because it describes
with a truly vivid power the
deeds and manners of a pic
turesque period.
"THE BROAD
By JEFFERY
"Skenedonk. I can't quarrel with you
You were my friend before I fould re
member. When you know I am so bound
to voj. how can you deal mc a deadly
huif"
"White woman sorcery Is tho worst sor
cery. You thought I never Kaw It. But I
did fee It. You went after her to Paris.
You did not think of being the king. So
you had to come back with nothing.
That's what woman sorcery does.
"Now you havo power with tho tribes.
The President sees you aro a big mnn!
And she sends a book to you to bewitch
you! I know she sent the book as soon
as I caw It."
"Do ou think she sent Paul?"
Ho mndc no answer.
"Mndnma do Ferrler docs not know I
have tho book."
"fou haven't It," sold Skenedonk.
"But you have."
"If she wrote and sent a letter she ex
pected It would bo received."
"When I said a letter I meant what
H called a Journal, the writing down of
what happens dally. Johnny Appleseed
got the book from an Indian. That Is
how It was sent to me "
"If ou read It you will want to drop
everything else and go to find her."
This was tho truth, for I was not un
der military law.
"Whero is tho book?"
"Down my back." said Skenedonk.
I felt the loose buckskin,
"It Isn't there."
"In my front," said Skenedonk.
I ran my hand over his chest, finding
nothing but .bono and brawn.
"There It is," he said, pointing to a
curled wisp of board at the edge of the
fire. "I burnt It."
"Then you've finished me."
I turned and left him sitting llko an
image by the fire.
CHAPTER V.
BEFORE I left Fort Stephenson I
wrote a letter to Count do Chaumont,
telling him about Paul's death and ask
ing for news of the De Ferrlcrs. The
answer I begged him to send to San
dusky, which tho British now despaired
of taking. But although Skenedonk
mado a long Journey for It twico during
the half year, I got no answer.
Tho dangerous work of the next few
months became like a long debauch,
Awako, we were dodging betwixt hostile
tribes, or dealing with those Inclined to
peace. Asleep, I was too exhausted to
dream. It was a strugglo of the white
forco of civilization with the red sense
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of Justice. I wrestled with Algonquin
dialects as I had wrestled with Greek.
Ottawa and Chlppewas, long friendly to
the French, came more readily than
other tribes to agreement with American.
Wherever I went I pushed the quest
that was uppermost In my mind, but
without finding nny trace of Madame do
Ferrler.
In spite of the fnct that, many treated
mo as a prince, I found myself an aver
ago man I had no military genius,
Tho next April, after Lelpsic, Napoleon
Bonaparte was banished to the Island of
Klbn, and Louis XVIII passed from his
lnlost refugo at Hartwell House, In Eng
land, lo London: where tho Prince Bo
gent honored him and tho whole capital
cheered him; and thence to Paris, whero
he was proclaimed King of France. Wo
heard of It in due course, aa ships brought
news. 1 was serving with the American
forces.
The world Is fluid to a hoy. He can do
and daro Anything. But It hardens
around ft man and becomes a wall,
through which ho must cut. 1 left tho
wall close around mc.
The story begins in
the September 14th issue
of the EVENING LED
GER and will be continued
therein daily. September
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The issue of that day will be
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mass, see that you do not over
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HIGHWAY"
FARNOL
In September I was wounded at tho
batllo of Plattsburg, on Lake Champlaln.
Three men. besides the General nnd the
doctor, nnd my Oneida, showed a differ
ing Interest In me. whllo I lay with a gap
under my left arm. In a hospital tent.
First came Count de Chaumont. his foco
plowed with lines, no longer the trim
gentleman, youthfully easy, and In his
full maturity, that ho had been when I
first saw him at close range.
Ho sat down on a camp seat by my cot,
nnd I asked him, before ho could speak
"Whero Is Mndamo de Ferrler?"
"She's dead," he ai.swercd.
"I don't believe It'
"You're joung. I'm going back to
Franco for a while. France will not be
what It was under the Empire. I'm tired
of most things, however, and my hold-
m nero maKo me Independent of
changes there."
"What reason have you to think that
she Is dead?"
",D. you know tho Indiana Territory
well?
"The northern part only."
"It happened in what was called tho
-Pigeon Boost settlement at tho fork of
the Whlto River. The ivickapooa and
A Inncbagoes did It. Thero wcio about
two dozen people In tho settlement."
;I asked how you know theso things."
I hao borne of the best Indian run
ners that ever trod moccasins, and when
I set them to scouting they generally
U?lng"!?tI wsnt""eo l kn ereat many
"But Taul "
"It's an old custom to adopt children
rnh.Vw.M.rlbeS Y,0U know yrCfathee"
Ch ef Williams, Is descended from a white
girl who was a prisoner. There were
about two dozen people In the settlement
m.6?.' wojne,n and chll'ren- The majority
of the children were dashed against trees
It has bem consolation to mo to think
she did not survive In the hands of sav
ages." The hidden causes which work out re
sults never worked out a result more Im
probable, I lay silent, and Do Chaumont
said:
"Do you remember the night you dis
appeared from the Tuillerles?"
"I remember It"
"ou remember we determined not to
let the Jtarquls de Ferrler see Napoleon
When you went down the corridor with
Eagle I thought you were luring him.
But she told us afterward you were
threatened with arrest, and she helped
you out of tho Tullerlcs by a private
stairway."
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"Did It make any stir In tha palace?"
"No. I saw one man hurrying past us.
But nobody heard of the arrest except
Eagle."
"How did she get out?"
"Out of what?"
"The queen's closet"
"Sho was In the garden. She said she
went down tho private stairway to avoid
the gendarme. Sho must havo done it
cleverly, for she came In on the arm of
Junot and the matter was not noticed.
There stood my emergency facing me
again, You had deserted. What made
you Imagine you were threatened witn
nrrest?" , .
"Because a gendarme In court dress
laid his hand on my shoulder and told me
I was to como with him "
"Well, you may have drawn tho secret
police upon you. You had been cutting
a pretty figure. It waa probably wise
to drop between walla and get out of
France. Do you know why you were ar
rtstod?" . ,.
"I think the groundless chargo would
have been an attack upon Napoleon.
"You never attacked the emperorl
"No, But I had every reason to believe
such a charge would bo sworn against
ine If I ever came to trial."
"Perhaps thnt silly dauphin story
leaked out in Paris. Tho emperor does
hate a Bourbon. But I thought you nao.
tricked me. And the old marquis never
took his eyes oft the main issue. He gave
Eagle his arm, nnd was ready to go in
nnd thank the emperor."
"You had to tell him?"
"I had to tell him."
"What did ho say?"
"Not a word. All the blood seemed to
be drawn out of his veins, nnd his face
"Then It burned red hot, and Instead of
good friend and benefactor. I saw my
self a convict. His big staring blue eyes
enmo out of n film like an owl's, and shot
me through, I bellevo he saw wrMM
I ever did In my life, and my Mentions
bowed and wished me goodnight and
about Eaglo most plainly of all. lie
took her out of the Tullerles."
"But you saw him again?'
"He never let me see him again, or her
either. I am certain ho forbade her to
communicate with us. They did not go
back to Mont-Louis. They left their hotel
In ParM. I wrote imploring him to hold
tho estates. My messages were returned.
I don't know how he got money enough to
emigrate But cmlgrnte they did, avoid
ing Castorland, where tho Salnt-Mlchels,
who brought her up. lived In comfort, and
might have comforted her, and whero 1
could have made her life caay. He prob
ably dragged her through depths of
poverty, before they Joined a company
bound for tho Indiana Territory, where
the Pigeon Roost settlement was planted
I have seen old Salnt-Mlchel work it
clearing, and can Imnglno the Marquis do
Ferrler sweating weakly while he chopped
trees. It Is a satisfaction to knew they
had Ernestine with them. De Ferrler
might havo plowed with Eagle." said the
count hotly "He never hesitated to make
use of her."
While I had been living a monk's
studious, well-provided life, waa she toil
ing In the fields? I groaned aloud.
Do Chaumont dropped his head on his
breast
"It hurta me more than I care to let
anybody but you know, Lazarre. If I
hadn't received that letter I should have
avoided you. I wish you had saved Paul
"Did she ever give you reason to think
she would marry you?"
"She never gave me reason to think she
would marry anybody But what's the
use of groaning? There's distraction
abroad. I took the trails to see you,
when I heard you were with tho troops on
Champlaln. I shall bo long In France.
Whnt can I do for you, my boy?"
"Nothing, count You have already done
much."
Some changes of light nnd darkness
passed over mc, and the great anguish of
my wound Increased until there was no
rest However, the next man who visited
mo stood forth at the side of the stretch
er as Bellcngcr. I thought I dreamed
him, being light-headed with fever. Ho
waa unaccountably weazened, robbed of
Juices, and powdering to dust on the sur
face. His mustache had grown again,
and he carried it over his ears In the
ridiculous manner affected wherl I saw
him In the fog.
"Where's your potter's wheel?" I in
quired. "In the woods by Lake George, sire,"
"Do you still find clay that suits you?"
"Yes, sire."
"Havo you mado that vase yet?"
"No, sire. I succeed In nothing."
"You succeed In tracking me."
Ho nwam before my eyes, and I pointed
to the surgeon's camp-chair.
"Not In your presence, sire."
"Have you lost your real dauphin?" I
Inquired.
"I have the honor of standing before the
real dauphin."
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An investigation to determine definitely
whether this city has adequate fac"1"!
.tor shipping along Its Delaware niver
Wklrr front was conducted this afternoon
bTmilllam H. 8proul, Commissioner of
TrarSortfttlon for the Chamber of Com
merce. Officials of tho newly reorganized body
assert that large shippers havo met re
quests that they favor this port w tn
their shipments by criticising the ship
ping facilities and asserting that they
cannot afford to comply because of the
limited scope of arrangements made to
accommodate such business.
The Chamber of Commerce has Insti
tuted the present Investigation In order
that it may be In a position to recom
mend eteps to remedy detrimental condi
tions If they exist If thoy do not exist
the Chamber will be In a position to talk
facts to shippers and convince them that
It would be to the advantago of all con
cerned to favor Philadelphia with as
much business as possible.
AUTOISTS HURT IN WRECK
Mnn in Critical Condition, Wife Suf
fers, Baby Unharmed
VI.VELAND, N. J., Sept S.-Ocorge
Perklni, of 2411 Nichols street, Camden,
received n badly fractured skull and lies
In a critical condition at the Physicians'
Hospital us the result of an automobile
nccldcnt on the Malaga State road near
hero today. The steering gear of tho
car he was driving broke. The machine
ran off the roadside and crashed Into a
telephono pole, wrecking It.
Perkins, his wife and their 1-year-old
daughter, and Jnmes Pyle, Mrs, Perkins'
father, were thrown out, tho driver's head
striking tht1 pole. Both he and Mrs Per
kins were unconscious until they reached
the honpltal. Pyle escaped with a few
bruises nnd the child was uninjured.
REAI, ESTATE FOR BALE REAL ESTATE FOR BAXE
JIT. AIIIY, UnitMANTOWN JIT. AIItY, GEItJIANTOWN
IN THE BEAUTIFUL CRESHEIM VALLEY
ATTRACTIVE SUBURBAN HOMES
CRESHEIM ROAD
Between Mt. Pleasant
,1CrpC.and Mt A'ry AVCS-
$4200
Terms Can Be
Arranged
... " tjr!L,n 3i'y to llen'a Lane Station; 15-mlnute train schedule morning
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These beautiful homps rnntnin tht- an ..- ,.. .
8KS5SS !&H&7$S&.
In fact, no expense has been andrert
homes on the market
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JOHN CRAIG,
BUILDER
ON PREMISES
Latundowne, Pa.
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IN BUSINESS FIEU)1
William A. Law Says Upward
Trend Has Followed
Preparedness
SEATTLE. Wash., Sept .-Wlllura X,!
Law, or Fhiiaaeipnia, president of ths
Amorlcan Bankers' Association, In hit
annual address before that body todatt
talked on the steady recovery- of bun.'
ness conditions Which lias followed a d.
presslon of widespread extent In n
branches of commercial and Industrial
activity. He said, after reviewing tha
dccllno In sterling exchange and fluctua
tions in the price of staples:
"Tho Industries concerned In the pro
ductlon nnd distribution of foodstuff,
have been least injured. Lcathei hit
been strong and active. The automobtH
Industry has been surprisingly stimulate
duo In great measure to the war. On tha
other hnnd, textiles havo been Irregular
and difficult. Construction and all mm.
ucts purchasable by tho railroads h&
been slow and dull. Our coal tonnasa
exceeds tho combined tonnage of th
products of agriculture, forests, mami-'
focturers nnd animals. Tho success ef
many oi our iamwu, mviciure, aependa
upon manufacturing activity. The rail,
roads have been suffering from a fa.'
fold burden of decreased tonnage, de.
ercasca ireigni raiea una mo lncreaitd
costs of labor and money, but they ant
nlucklly overcoming their difficulties.
"As a whole, production Is Irresistibly
Bteadlly decreasing and distribution Is!
quietly broadening." i
Henry D. Estabrook mado a etrour ',
speech In favor of national preparedness i
for war. In the course of which he at
tacked William J. Bryan, ex-Secretary of
State. A
Two Men Killed in Auto Crash V
NEW YOR.K. Sept. 8. Two men .
killed and another fatally injured when'1
meir auiumuuiio citLaueu inio a. leicgr&ph
pole at Central Park, L. I. The victims
lived In Now York.
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or 100 NIPPON STREET
Lansdrone, Pa.
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