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state Lawmakers
" MAY AID FIREMEN
Extension of Pittsburgh
Plan by Legislative Act
u f Is Being Discussed
ft .1. -I llMli,.. I.
QlVjSS TWO PLATOONS
' Adoption Would Cost Moro Than
"Every-Fonrth-Dny-OfT"
Project ,
"Vh approaching session of tin Btnte tg
kfetur. which open nt ItarrUburg Im
mediately after the advent of tha new
yaar. may bo called Upon to consider the
cabs of the firemen of Philadelphia. It
I posslbl that legislation wilt bo sub
mitted ihiit will result In the compulsory
placing of Philadelphia In the rapidly
growing list of cities where Hie fire-fighting
ibtcq Is operated under a two-platoon ys
,tert.
Basis for thin possibility. In the minds
of tho firemen's cnmpnlgn oommlttee, Is
founded upon the notion taken by the Inst
JjeglMrtturo, which passed an act "to pro
mote the health and eMclency ot firemen,
tit titles ot tho second class, by providing
for a two-plaldon system for firemen In
the Department ot Public Safety of such
cities,"
Under the application of this bit of
legislation, which was approved March 30,
-1&15, by Governor Ilrumbangh, tho Pitta
burgh department abolished the antiquated
twenty-four-hour schedule of duty and
ratted that bureau to the level of n two
platoon city According to Information ob
tained by the Philadelphia firemen, the
Operation of the two-platoon systom In
-Pittsburgh has been successful and satis
factory to the men In the bureau.
The campaign now waging nmong tho
firemen of this city has not put forward a
two-platoon system ns ono of Its desired
objects. Tho consensus of opinion, ns ex
pressed both by Chief Murphy and by many
ot tho rank and file of the department, has
generally been In, effect that a schedulo by
which tho men could enjoy every fourth
day off duty would bo moro nccoptnbla
than a two-platoon arrangement with
weeks of alternating day and night duty.
Some or the more experienced firemen,
however, volco tho belief that a two-platoon
system, arranged In twenty-four-hour shifts,
day on and day off nlternntely, would
work, out ndvantagcouBly. Theae men
' point, for nn cxnmplo, to the operation of
the hlgh-pressuro. pumping Btatlons, where
the men work In two shifts In tourn of
twenty-four hours each, changing at i
o'clock every afternoon.
piTTsnunair system
The two-platoon system In vogue at Pitts
burgh, as established by the Legislature's
enactment. Is thus provided for In the act
Of 'Assembly creating It:
Section. 1. Us It enacted, etc.. That
The headf the Department of Publlo
Safety In each city of tha second clasi
shall dlvldo tho otneers nnd members
of companies of tho uniformed fire force
In tho employ of such cities, except
ing the chief engineer nnd nnststant i
chiefs, Into two bodies or platoons
one? to perform day servlco and tho
other to perform nlGht servlco. The
hours of day uervlco shall not exceed
ten, commencing nt 8 o'clock In the
morning: the hours of night service
shall not exceed fourteen, commencing
at 6 o'clock In tho afternoon. In
cases of riot, serious conflagration or
, other such emergency, tho chief en
gineer ot the bureau of fire, or tho
assistant chief deputy, or chlof t ofllcer ,
In charge of any flro, shall have the
power to assign all tho members of tho
fire force to continuous duty, or to
continue any member thereof on duty,
' If necessary. No member ot elthor of
said platoona shall be required to per
form continuous day service or con
tinuous night sorvlco for a longer con
secutive period than two weeks; nor
be kept on duty continuously longer
than ten hours In tho day platoon, or
fourteen hours In the night platoon,
excepting as may bo necessary to
equalize the hours ot duty and service,
and also excepting In cases ot riot,
serious conflagration or other touch
emergency, as above provided.
Sec 2. The provisions hereof
thalt not repeal or affect any law or
ordinance relating to salaried, vaca
tions, sick or disability leavo, or pay
of inombcra of flro departments In
cities to which this act applies.
Inclusion of cities of the first class
which means the city of Philadelphia In
this measure failed by a narrow margin In
the 1915 legislature Ilcvlval of tho Agita
tion for moro consideration of the firemen's
condition before, tho coming session. In
view of Pittsburgh's experience under a two
platoon system. It Is declared by advocates
of that method, might easily end In tho
Introduction of a similar act embracing tho
Philadelphia Bureau ot Fire. '
To adopt the two-platoon system In this
City, whether as the outcoms of Council''
mania action or by legislative enactment,
would necessitate an Increase In the num
ber of men and a. consequent expense much
greater than would result It the "fourth-day-off
plan were to be authorized.
qivKB rnAYEit for councils
Prayers that Councils be enlightened and
an appeal for Divine help In bettering the
working conditions of firemen were deliv
ered by the Ilev. Dr. A. I. Copper, of tho
Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
at the Christmas celebration held In tho
house of Engine Company NoN. 13, at ?031
North Seventh street. Christmas carols
were sung by tho choir ot the church.
On of the features ot tho celebration was
the. presentation of a letter ot commenda
tion frpm Chief Murphy to Iloseman Sam
A. FojeJTtbe "baby" member of the com
pany, who, oh December 21, rescued five
persona from & firs near his homo before
the arrival of theh firemen.
Members ot the company distributed 100
bags of candy toys and sweets to tho poor
children of the neighborhood.
TEUTONS TO LAUNCH
DRIVE AGAINST I$ALY
Report From Switzerland Says
German Guna Will Smash Way
to Venitian Plains
npMB, Pea JS. A great Austro-Oerman
offensive against Italy is to be undertaken,
-prdlns to- Information reaching hero from
Swiss sources. Lieutenant General Count
i,ulg Cadorna, chief of the Italian Oeneral
Staff, has taken ofllclal recognition of tho
report and Is preparing to meet the ex
pected attacks.
Military critics differ as to .the sector In
which the heaviest blow will ba struck.
The project qt an AUstro-aerman offen
sive, expected to be largely directed by
Clfrman army oinccrs and supported with
1 flrei&n guns. Is sajld to have been fully as.
Mftylar In Germany as in Austria-Hungary
fT the feeling of resentment against the
'Kalian nation in aermany ts said to bo very
Central Coral, ono of the foremost mill
tmtr trU In Italy, belleyas that the new ,
jraiHOBic 9nve may hi expewea at any
ffjlffi. how that the campaign of the German
ifiv Humanta Is apparently drawing
Mm, Shot t (thiiUtmas Fete, Dyinjr
XJSANOK. Vm,, Deo. i-0erge Michael.
Mntty six years old, of B,t Lebanon, is
Sim in Ihc Uoo1 Samaritan Itsspltal here
Sw vuejdtet wound In bt ibdsmvo
J5hil m llfreAwaS.,gt without
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EXCHANGE RUSH IS ON
IN ALL-SHOPS TODAY
It's the Spirit, Not tho Gift, That
Counts,' and Women Try
to Prove It
By M'LISS
"But madninc, there wnn n dance pro
gram and n powder puff In tho evening
wrap Hint you say hns never been worn."
"Hut madaino, our expert sayn tho por
fumo hns been watered. You enn smell for
yourself, tho odor Is barely perceptible nnd
tho scnl has been broken."
"But madnme, when wo unfolded tho
blanket, n bed nook dropped out."
In n court ot law tho plaintiffs would
have been bowed with grief nt the accumu
lation of evidence Itidlsputnbly pointing to
guilt. In tho department store today,
known In tho commercial marts nn "Kx
chango Day," tho plaintiffs Htnnd brassy
a"d unnbashed. It Is tho prosecuting at
torneys, tho snloswomcn. who nro suave
and apologetic. They must be linn with
out being offensive. It In dlfllcult.
Hns n iialmon pink cut velvet evening
wrap bought last Wednesday nnd re
turned this Tuesday been worn7 Deponent
snyoth "No." And then tho nnloswoman.
with nn Invcstlgatlvo Instinct developed nb
normnlly from long servlco on Kxchnngo
Days, runi her hand Into tho shirred inner
pocket. Itcsult n Chrlstmiia dunco pro
gram and a flrst-ald to beauty. Deponent
Indignant,
"Tha very Idea that It should even bo
hinted that sho lun't telling tho truth,"
Curtain.
Hns n bottle of perfume, which beam on
Its label tho name of n brand well known
for Its InnlBtenco and which now gives
forth only a faint vngue memory of a
smoll been tnmpered wlth7
Deponent looketh absently away. Perish
tho thought that sho would try to put any
thing over on a long-suffering shopkeeper!
"Whnt. tho perfumo wntcrod? Im
pooslblaP Curtain.
Has a bluo and white blankat been snug
gled under which has tucked between Its
folds a mauvo nnd much-worn bed sock?
Deponent assumes tho well-known air of
Injured Innocence, what knows sho of
bed socks? -
Curtnln.
It's n grent day. "Vou can't fool nil the
people all tho time," said a great man, but
ask nny saleswoman Mho nro tho greatest
kldders on earth and she'll toll you tho
peoplo who como to tho shops on Deccmbor
2C, bearing n year's uccumulatlon of junk,
to hay nothing of nn nrmfnl of undesirable
gifts received tho day before.
"This day has como to bo known ns
Hxchange Day," tho nynph nt the exchange
desk vouchsafed between harnssed momenta,
"nnd, because of tho rush and excitement,
they try to kid you Into bclluvlng that
everything they bring back has Just been
recently bought nnd htiB scarcely been
taken out of Its package."
At that instant n vision In blue fox fure
waved a book two Inches from the nymphu
nose and would not longer bo denied.
"Emerson's Ussnys," sho mild tersely. "I
want a cigarette cano for It Instead."
There wns the woman who wanted Ilttlo
baking dishes Instead of tha French kid
gloves Santy had left her. Thero was an
other who proclaimed nloud that oho
needed cash nnd not a leather handbag.
There was tho timid man, who ultimately
mado his feeble tenor heard above tho
moxzo-sopraiio ot a hundred wild women,
and called for pajamas and shirts In place
of tho topaz seal ring with whlclf he had
been endowed. Thero was tho woman who
announced frankly that sho hadn't como
to exchange, but only to find out definitely
Just what her in valllere had cost.
There was but what's the use?
Hasn't It been said ovor and over again
that It's the Bplrlt ot Christmas and not the
gift that counts?
AsQitlth's Daughter to Wed Amerlcnn
LONDON, Dec, 26. Announcement of
the engagement of Elizabeth ABqulth,
daughter of tho ex-Prcmler, to Hugh S.
Gibson, first secretary of tho United States
Embassy, was printed today. (A (llspatch
from London several days ago reported
that this engagement was expected.)
London Ilcporls Victory in Egypt
LONDON, Dec. 26 "Practical destruc
tion of the enemy's force" In tho engage
ment Saturday ut Maghdabuh, Egypt, was
announced by the VTnr Office today. Of
the enemy 1350 were taken prisoners. .
Bulgars Win North of Monastir
BKHLIN, Dec. 20 Northwest of Monas
tir Bulgarian troops carried put success,
ful patrol enterprises, the War Oirtce nn.
nounced today In an official statement on
Maoodonlan operations. Along tha Tcherna
ntver thero waa cannonading.
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LA GERMANIA PREPARA
L'INVASIONE D'lTALIA
Nnvi da Guerra Austriachc Ten-
tano Invano di AiTondnrc
Unita' Italiano in Pcr-
lustrazione
DUELLI DI
ARTIGLIERIA
Ropnrti Austrinci Ricnccinti con Pcr-
clito Dopo Avoro Rncfriufito una
Posi?iono Vlcino Gorizln
IIOMA, 20 Dlccmbro,
Notlzlo dalla Hvlzzcra dlcono cho la CJer
mnnla.o l'Austrla rtanno propnrnndo una
grando offcnslvn .rnntro 1'Italla, offenolva
cho sarebbn Inlzlata rclntlvamcnte presto.
It gcnornla fcndorna nvrobbo nvuto In
formaslonl nl rlguardo o ol prcparerebbo n
frontcgglaro II nuovo colpo, Non si sn an
eora ilovn si svolirerobbe. ma iicmbra cho
II Trentlno sarebbo dl nuovo la via cho gll.
cscrcltl teutonlcl tcntcrcuboro per pone
traro nolla plnnura venctn.
I gonrrnlo Carlo Cadornn, occupandol
nelln Trlliuna dl cucsto prcsunto IntenzlonI
delln Ocrmitnla 0 riconoscendo cho In nuovo
uffonslvn snrebbo questa voltn. guldata da
uiriclall tcdeschl 0 appogglntn da ran
nonl puro tedcBchl, dlco cho non o Im
probabllo cho cssa si manlfcstl rolatlvn
mente sublto, non append 1 tedeschl avrnnno
tlnlto la compagna dclla Ilumanla. Una
cnmpRinm Invernalo nel Trentlno o1 pos
sible, It generalo Corsl rltleno, dal mo
mnto cho la campngna dl Serbia si svolso
puro ncll'lnvcrno.
II Mlnlstcro dclla Ouorrn pubbllcava lerl
nera II seguonto rnpporto del goneralo Ca
dorna circa la nltunzlono alia fronte ttalo
auntrlaca: Sulla fronto trn lo Stolvlo ed II logo
dl flnrila si nono avute nzlonl di nr
tlgllerla die sono stnto plu' violent!
cho nltrove nolla zona del Passo del
Tonalo 0 nolla vallo dl I.edro.
Sulla fronte delle Alpt alullo una
densa nohbla ha ostacolato 1'azlono
dolla nostro nrtlgllerle. Sotto la pro
tezlone delta netlbla nlcunt ropartl
ncmlcl rlusclrono a glungero dl sor
presa flno alio nostre poslzlonl sulla
Quota 80, n sud-est dl Oorlzln, ma no
furono uublto rlcncclatl o lasclarono
anche un numero dl prlgtonlerl nollo
nostro muni.
Suli'altoplnno del Carso bI sono nvutl
alcunl ncontrl tra plccoll repartl In
rlcognlzlonc. Nella sera II nemlco ha
bombardato eon grando vlolenza Mon
falcono 0 la Quota lit, ma lo buo ar
tlgllcrlo sono stato presto rldotto nl
sllonzlo dallo nostro battorlo.
Da un rapportn pubbllcnto oggl dal
Mlnlatero dolla Marina rlsulta cho nella
notte del 23 corrento navl da guerra aus
trlacho tentarono dl nffondaro alcune navl
Italiano cho perlustravano 11 Canalo
d'Otranto, Lo navl austrlache furono af
frontato da navl da guerra Italiano o fran
cos I o dopo un breo combattlmento, che
pero' fu vlolentlsslmo, le unlta' austrlacho
si dledero alia fuga.
Duo cacclatorpodlnlere franceal cd una
navl dl perlustrazlono furono leggermento
colplto e leggermento dannegglate. Nulla
si 8a so le navl austrlache sono Btate
colplto.
Clrcola qui la voco ogg che la Oer
manla ha conseguato al rappresentantl delle
potcnte neutrall, cho rssa nveva gla' In
carlcato dl recare al governl dell'Intcsa le
proposto dl pace, una bustn suggellnta con
tonento le condlzlont speclficho nllo quail
la Qermanla aarebbo dirposta a concludere
ja pace,
Secondo quanta si dice qui, queata busta
fu consegnata con Istruzlpnl dl leggerne II
contruuto e trasmetterlo al governl dell'In
tcsa soltanto ne( caso che questl rlspondes
sera alia proposta della Oermanla doman
dando le condlzlont cho la Oermanla stessa
ponava alia conclusions della pace. In caso
dlverso la busta doveva ossere restltulta
alia Oermanla chtusa come era.
81 -agglunge che nel casq che questa nota
dovesse essera pottomesso 01 Vatlcano, II
papa aveva libcrta' dt parlre la busta e
prondcre vlslnno del contenuto.
A proposlto del Vatlcano, II papa, par
lando lerl con II segretarlo dl Stato, car
dinals Uasparri. circa la notn del presi
dents Wilson, dlceva cho essa e' un docu
mentD cho moatra onesta', glustlxla e pre
vlggenza da parte del presidents, Nel sua
dlscorso nl sacro oolleglo nella sera dt
tNatalo II papa parlo' ancora della "paco
glusta o (urevole che metta fine agll orrorl
della guerra."
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Paya 3 on Certificates of
Deposit Issued For
Twelve Months .
Offers for sale first mortgage
bonds on choice Bethlehem real
estate, principal and interest guar
anteed by the Trust Company,
Interest at the rate of 4 14, free,
of State tax. Bonds in denomi
nations of 100, $500 and $1000.
Correspondence solicited,
H. A. FpERING,
President,
A, C, YOUNG,
Scy & Treasurer,
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"EXCHANGERS"
DEMAND FOR PROBE
OF NEAR-PANIC GROWS
State Department Will Aid In
quiry Into Lcnk of "Pence"
Note
WASHINGTON. Dec 28. A situation
full of very nasty possibilities rapidly ft
dcveloplrg ns a result of Inst week's nenr
panic on tho Stock Exchnngo in New York.
Followed ns It was by n demand from Hep
resentntlVe William It. Wood, of Lafayette,
Intl., for n completes Investigation of an
alleged "leak In high otllclnl quarters,"
gossip became very free today with namea
of men high In official circles.
As a result thero was developing here
nn Increasing demand In congressional nnd
ofllclal quarters that nil of tho facts be
learned to show conclusively whether thero
wns truth or falsehood In the rumors. It
Is certain that when Congress resumes its
sessions ono week from today Ileprcsenta
tlvo Wood will havo powerful support for
his plan to havo all of tho facts made
public.
Tho bold declaration by Thomas W. Law
son, ono of tho group of financiers who
"sold tho mnrkct," that his operations were
duo to Inside information nnd tlihi fhero
would bo other and Inrger leaks soon hns
angered many officials. There was a dispo
sition on tho part of Itepresentntlvo Wood
and tho Iteprcscntntlvcs nssoclated with
him In his effort to force, an Investigation
to hae Congrcsa compel Lnuson nnd tho
New York bankers known as the "German
group" to come hero nnd tell whether they
actually had Information on which to rig
tho market.
It Is admitted that tho selling in Wall
strcot nt tho beginning of thj first down
ward movement wan for tha Interest of
persona who wore In position to know that
Germany wan about to mako n pcaco offer.
There can bo no complaint about this. Dut
thero had been a nharp recovery In valuos
uhon France, Ilussla and Great Urltalii
Indicated that they Intended to reject the
aermnn proposals. At that tlmo the Ad
ministration ofllcinls wero strenuously de
nying that there was to bo any action taken
by the President, although hlH pence note,
which went forward on Mondny, had been
about completed.
This noto was mado public last Thurs
day morning. Its existence was mado
known to newspaper men In confidence on
Wednesday. But Representative Wood and
those associated with htm insist that the
selling movement, which sent values turn--bllng
nndt resulted In tho loss , to. tho
"lambn" of millions, began on Monday and
wns plainly based on Information of what
was to como.
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Germans Capture
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Continued from Tsw One
jghttng continued In precisely the same
Wfermn efforts to fraternise were dis
couraged by grenades and trench .mortars,
on on occasion tho Saxons In nn opposite
trench lifted up over their parapet n Christ,
mas tree, nnd, ns the Tommies fading It
remtk, "W hung oranges, apples and
bonbon on It." Or. In other words, they
deluged It with grenades. lUwas observ
nble that tho experiment was not repeated.
Troops resting In billets l tha rear be
ran Christmas celebration with lunches,
dinners and parties today. Thero were
amateur theatricals and Christmas tree
at the field Y si. - a. nuis mo i. m -A
furnishing band music nnd nil extras.
In the meanwhile those In th front trenchen
awaited their -relief that they too might
celebrate.
In the front trenches tho fighters, be
tween periods of watching nnd fighting,
opened their packages from home. For the
most part these were trinkets made by
mothers, sweethearts or wives. But for the)
Tommies who had none of thesa there wero
plenty of trinkets and Christmas gifts from
volunteer friends back In England, The
procedure of this opening of gifts wns tho
same alt along the line with tho British
Tommies, the Aniac men and tho Cana-
Chrlslmns nvo cam with stars shining
from rt cloudless sky. Hut that grent Il
lumination In the Hast was not tho star of
Htthlchtm but a star shell of war, sent
aloft by nervous Germans nbove the hor
rible garbage heap known ns No Man's
Iartd Its light was sent to search out
that debris for nny living thing.
Presently, ns night deepened, ono could
seo far up and down the line brilliant balls,
suspended high over the trenches like drift
ing flames at nn Amerlcnn Fourth of -July
celebration
As n CmMstmas decoration these pyro
technics wero beautiful, but horrible. It
waa evident nil through the night that tho
Germans were expecting n "Christmas
party," for under tho star shells every fan
tapllo wavering shadow was sufficient to
start the German machine guns pUrrlng, or
to provoko tho hlgh-tensloned "ping" of a
sniper's rifle.
Kundny dawned bright, with tho weather
unusunlly mild, Lnsy-movlng clouds were
In the blue sky nnd ns the day advanced
sunshine and Bhndow alternated. Tho
church bells sang forth n Christmas re
minder across the war-wrecked villages.
Ilut out along tho scrambled, barren
front trenches there wns unusual activity
throughout tho day with trench mortar and
hand grenade There wasn't any Idea of
a Christmas truco.
Ilehlnd theso lines of death tho green
slopes were reminiscent of tho bluegrass
valleys ot Kentucky In early springtime.
It was another "green Christmas" at the
front, nnd thero was plenty of Christmas
mistletoe rellovlng tho otherwise gaunt
trees, their blossoms giving a touch of color
against the brilliant green heather.
In the air swarms ot war planes circulated.
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plana ventured tot i moment to dispute
tha Allies supremacy of eloudlond
It was natural, with this sort of n
Christmas, that th thoughts of saSdWrj
dwelt mora on tha latest turhs of war aha
diplomacy than on Christmas dinners and
parties. Or even tho actual war operations
themselves.
Everywhere. Interest was expressed In
President Wilson's peaed move, nnd that
Interest was always backed Up with the
Iteration and' reiteration that such Remove
would not have been made without nn
Intimation that It was acceptable to tho
warring nations.
"Ilut why take such n step now. when
Rnglnnd nnd her Allies consider their vic
torious peace only a question of timet" wns
tho vast Undercurrent of opinion.
GERMANS IN FRANCE
REPUSLE FOE'S PATROLS
BKIlLtN, Dec. .
nepeAted repulse of British patrols was
reported In today's official statement de
tailing fighting activity on the western
front.
Artillery activity has Increased at soma
nectors of tha Ypres front, on both Sides
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LEGION WILL DISDAKD
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NEW TOrtk. Dec. S.-.Alnr .u. ..
direction of Secretary of War B.k f "
American Legion, n clrlllart brianE;,!11
formed Iri February, llg, to eUMifL19
of military and tMhnlealxpeSi' a
defense measure, has turned over li
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lionat Defense nnd will dltlneornX. Na
Tha American Legion says that Its si am J
enrolled members will ba "relessed t'l I
all obligations of promise of eerrleVeV Jf1 1
ment of dOep," but that It has wX,uJ
Secretary ot wr. to communicate ViVi
each member "In order that This wimnwS
to render service, as expressed by hi SS2
membership, can be mad use of by th. n?
ernment through tho Officers' Ite.erri
or Enlisted Men's nescrre CorpZ ??
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