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MORAHVS "CONTKMPTIBLES"
UNITED States troops hold trenches on
five fronts. This fiir-llting battle lino
Is answer and challenge to the acorn of
Major Moraht. most voluble and virulent
of German military critics.
This living pen of Prussianlsm, which
nut the policies of Junkerdom Into falla
ciously comfortlnB words to hcaiton tho
readers of a muzzled German press, lias
become less pointed, against the blunting
facts known to the High Command, con.
cernlng tho numerical strength and mili
tary efficiency of the American expedi
tionary forces In France.'
It Is Ameilca which Is heartened by
offlclat tidings that contlim but cannot udd
to the faith we pin to our troops. American
fighters are maklnK good. Called from
the farm, the shop, the counting house. In
less than a, year of war they are holding
trenches against tho Prussian military
Juggernaut, mechanically perfected for
threo generations. They have not lost ono
trench, despite vicious attacks. They arc
doing moro than hold trenches. Their
sorties have won sections of the enemy
lines.
Bravery, aggressiveness, endurance and
Initiative displayed by the Americana hae
won unstinted praise of tho French and
British. Naturally these fighting qualities
will excite the hate of the Huns. Hut tho
Huns will discount sharply Major Moraht's
estimations of "the contemptible. American
armles" and of "puny, Kpiritless, cowardly
'American man-powcr."
Tho term "beyond contempt" already Is
taking on a different meaning to Berlin
militarists. No wonder, with Americans
fighting on five fronts and hardly started
at that.
Investigations seem to Indicates that the
War Pepartmcnt made no tnlstal.es, hut
won't do It again.
WHO WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC
.MARTYR?
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IS DOM often is tho shining reward of
solitude, Disillusionment arrives alter
hunger and loneliness long endured. Such
riches of the spirit seem to hae fallen
heavily upon tho Democrats of Pennsylva
nia. They appear to have outlived desire.
Victory of the sort now so fashionable- with
the Bolshevlkl Is theirs surely. Listen to
Mr. Palmer and Mr. Berry as they talk of
the governorship, while Senator Sproul and
J.Denny O'Neil are already away with the
opposition banner and going it in high
gear!
Long were the Demociuts isolated , In the
wilderness. From afar they were able to
glimpse tho diffused radlanco of high hats
that rises above tho promised land. Their
ears heard tho music and the triumphant
speechlng and the echoes of tho gay
parades. Did they see It all as tho aged
seo life, as u foolish sort of business after
all and not comparable to peace and Axed
tranquillity?
Mr. Berry thinks of running for the gov
ernorship. Mr. Palmer bays he will not
run. Mr. duffey Is spoken of. Meanwhile
Mr. O'Neil has been around the course
twice. He snatched the prohibition plank.
Mr. Sproul filched the treasure from him.
J. Denny's cries of anguish still echo In
the newspapers; Senator Sproul obtained
the additional advantage of being de
nounced by dovernor Brumbaugh. Vet the
Democrats, Bolshevlkl-Uke, are still tranced
with conversations. If they are waiting for
Mr, Tumulty to come and revitalize them
or for somo act of tho President to give
them strength they nro hoping In vain.
The President and Mr. Tumulty aro too
busy In Washington, where all tho vitality
of the Democratic party seems to bo con
centrated at this writing.
Philadelphia County's per capita pur
chase of war-savings stamps to date Is only
91,04. Seems as though we ought to do bettsr
than that.
HAIL DOLLAR WELL MET
fnKS Commissioner of Internal Revenue
'-'wants his collectors to be cheerv. hull.
".- '.' itnrlar lrrll rnnr inrl TVillvnnno.l.h In kli-
' t& CWtricUve dealings with their fellow men.
r ,-A WtimMva that- It nnlli-rtni- Hattflnv nut .
'p- H f remove thirty-five million dollars or so
VwV1 'Mr. 'John D. Rockefeller must be
V. " iwllto about, It. lie mustn't act like Hln-
- Wdenburir or a death's head hussar Above
I' . V,iUyYhInjB, ho mustn't seem to gloat over
"'aW; tV "Always the little gentleman"
yi'iaV tie motto for these genial chaps who
.'M mrrt to annex our "little brothers
".' theshraBflel."
But the oreBswry man's only fear la that
lk nau-tleulu- collector xthn mmr In e1
&t- Sm eMr lite' pocketbook and preside
MK'-mnmm, 'A.'fll..',l .Amn M... t 1 I
, -wvi " 9wuim bvivvrtvii majr lluvtl 1U
IseUve. sweetness jspoiled by previous
f fco' hd lut come, tfr Mr- Becke-
Woukt.,h Jears, be Hkely ta turn
i H'thijpulwy forty or Bfty or'
fmvtuca tnt, Jei ,Por
tor bjin, '"'AM .'tbat'. is iW,'
1 rBFepB er WsssV
CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN
CHAIRMAN HAYS, of tho Republican
- Natlonnl Committee, has given out
that ho expects the Republicans to con
trol the next House of Representatives
by a majority of between thirty and
forty and to make Rains in the Senntc.
Ho bases this forecast not on the hos
tility of the constituencies to tho war
policy of tho Administration, for he
knows that they nro not hostile, but on
the broader ground of tho desire of tho
nation to preparo to meet the great
issues which will force themselves to the
front when peace comes.
The party which should bo so foolish as
to go into the approaching campaign
with a declaration that "tho war is n
failure" and with n demand for an imme
diate peace would be doomed from the
start to the same ignominious defeat
which overtook the Democratic party in
the presidential campaign of 18G1. The
war is not a failure. Wo have hardly
begun to fight. Men of all parties ate
united behind the national Government
and will do their utmost to bring the
resources of tho country into uctlvc play
in order that victory may bo won. ,"t is
neither a Democratic nor it Rcpub'Xan
war, but a national fight for freedom.
Whatever disagreement there may be
nriscs over detnils and not over '.ho main
issue. And we must all devoutly hope
that squabbling over tho woy we arc to
fight may not delay preparation and
weaken our forces nt the front.
Karsccing Republicans arc hoping
that no petty politicians will succeed in
preventing tho national committee from
basing its congressional campaign on the
proposition that consideration of post
bellum i construction must begin at
once and proceed along with the execu
tion of plans for defeating the Hun.
The whole economic face of the world
has been changed by the war. The Gov
ernment is doing things now which con
servatives have long opposed. For exam-,
pic, it is managing tho railroads. Theio
is a noisy minority already demanding
that thjs management continue and
merge into Government ownership when
peace .shall come. It is not too soon for
the voters to begin to make up their
mind on this question. The demand that
the Government take over the telephone
and telegraph lines is bound to accom
pany the demand for public ownership of
the railroads.
But more important than this question
of who shall run the public utilities is
the great question of the tariff. Tho
United States by loans to its allies in
Europe has changed its economic rela
tions with those nations. How shall we
treat them after the war? Shall we
regard them as competitors for world
trade or shall we regard them as part
ners? Shall we have a high protective
tariff wall, built primal ily for our own
interests, orshall we have a free-trade
tariff? Or will it be wiser to have give-and-take
trade arrangements which will
enable each nation, struggling under a
heavy burden of war debt, to have the
freest possible field for the sale of the
products of its factories in order that
rehabilitation may proceed with the
least hindrance?
No man should be elected to Congress
in November who dors not give evidence
in advance that he has begun to think
about these questions. The Republicans,
who have devoted long years to con
structive statesmanship, aie better
equipped than the Democrats to deal with
them. The national committee will fail
in its obvious duty if it does not bring
this fact to tho attention of the voters
and if it docs not make it clear to them
that there is a vital difference between
supporting the war policies of the
Administration and giving n mandate to
the Democratic party, whoso Btrength
does not lie in the region whero big eco
nomic questions are well understood, to
solve the problems for which it is
unfitted.
"(j.imfi called on n.ount of daiknesV
will bo aolrtcd by that daylight-saving
scheme.
NAME YOUR IDLERS!
rpiIBItrc are light-minded persons who
J- will bo nt no loss for comment when
they are Informed that tho policemen of
Camden have been sent forth to sift out all
the Idlers In the city In order that those
so designated may be put to work or In
Jail under the new State law devised to
increase general war energy. It will be
said untruthfully, of course! that police
men wero selected for tho ticklish task
because they themselves aro such finished
Idlers. This Is a pet superstition with n
good many taNpayers.
Policemen In Camden may havo Idled
at one time. They have a hard Job nhead
of them now. Who and what and when Is
an Idler?
If Walt Whitman were now alive In his
houso on MIcklo street ho would fit nicely
Into the classification fixed by the legis
lature at Trenton, slnco he never seemed
to do much but look out at his window.
And yet Walt left work behind nlm tnat
will be esteemed by a good part of the
world high above tho material achieve
ments of Davy Balrd, whose Industry Gov
ernor Edge has Just rewarded with an ap
pointment to the Senate.
Thomas A. Edison looked like an Idler.
when ho sat on his porch for days at a
time thinking out the Incandescent lamp.
But he was working rather hard.
Tay your dog tax unless you are In
favor of dogless days.
Councils want full control of city finances.
Headline.
, They always, acted aa If they had It.
The pickpocket who started work on a
Cheater Short Line car was out for sudden
riches. Munition workers use those trolleys.
This Is daffodil season on the streets.
We stop at evey flower stand down Market
street and admire them. Daffodilatory they
call us.
The dermans are said to have poisoned
500 army horses In Illinois. The Hun" has
tried his hand at poisoning everything from
a 'well t publlo opinion.
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Germany now threatens 'to seise Ameri
can property on the dther side of the rthlne.
That Is agreeable to everybody. When the
tlms Is. ripe we shall selio It back again.
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I, war swm nesrnmns4i police
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THE
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PENNYPACKER
INSTALMENT NlUltlKR 104
(CcmrtiM, tats, ty rnblta lAdetr Companji)
CHArTKll XVI
JOHN U. rUNNYrACKHK
A SKETCH lltO.M J.I1I!
T AM quite suio this will bo found to be
- one of the most Interesting and Inform
ing chapters In the autobiography. Tho Ger
man people wh'o, two hundred jcars ago,
settled within twenty-five miles of Phila
delphia havo held on to their land and
preserved their language, habits and tra
ditions and methods of thought down to tho
present time. This life Is now all rapidly
disappearing. The railroad, trolley nnd
automobile nnd the approach of the city
and Its people have compelled the old
ways to succumb, and one of the most
romantic and attractive of features of
Pennsylvania life, such ns exists In no
other State, wilt soon be lost. I have en
deaored to drnw a pen picture In order
to preset ve and Illustrate, ai far as pos
sible, the customs, dialect and manner of
thought of these people. Tho gentleman
whose name heads this chapter was se
lected solely because he Is tho most per
fect survival of tho old tlmn to be found
in tho neighborhood. Th- Incidents were
wiltten down on different occasions ns
they occurred. If 1 have not succeeded In
making plain the Ittsn, native Intelligence,
tho genet oils spirit nnd the innato worth
of my subject, which lies benc.Uh the sur
face, then to that extent this chapter Is
a failure '
11 was 7 o'clock in the evening nnd
the shades of the coming night were be
ginning to gather. For a moment I leaned
over the lower half nf tho stable door and
watched him scattering the straw for the
beds of the hoiscs.
"1m that you. John?"
"Vcs. dlcsu Is Chon. Come In once."
'Oh. no. 1 must hinry home or 1 shall
lose my t.uppor."
"Veil, majbe il.tss Is better. Deie Is no
supper line. It Is long ago dat wo hud our
supper nnd," while a genial and ' Indly
smile placil over his face. "1 sink It Is
pictty near all."
"Chon Pannebeckcr"
John turned to mo suddenly whllo ho
held flimly the handle of tho Dutch buck
wheat I'indio to keep It from scratching
tho buggy us wo lattice! along and queried:
"Did I cfer tell you dat story of my
grandfather Chon Pannebecker nnd an
noddcr feller, Nelmiih. vat vas wlss him? 1
sink I did tell you tint story once."
"1 cannot lccall that oii ever did."
"Veil, Nclman, he us a neighbor and
m gramlfadder he vas it little drlcKy.
tit them days all the farmeis dcy used to
gn down to Phlladelphcy In big wagons to
niaigct. Dey put up at tho 'Sorrel Horse'
dat was u duvcin In Fourth' street and
Old York loat. Dleso Nclman '.io liked oys
lets and he gocsVmt unci bujs a big ptig
of oysters to luka home wlss him. De farm
ers dey iiefcr vent to bet but dcy laid down
on do kitchen floor mi delr cralu bags
cn dey vnnted to go asleep. Den dleso
Nclman he says 'I am going to bed' and
dcy say 'Don't bo so stuck up. You como
and bleep wlss us,' and off he gocH to bed.
Den m grnndfaddcr he goes out to the
wagon and gets the pug of oysters, and
dey cat all de oysters and puts do shells
back In do p.ig, and tics d" pag ,up fery
tight chust llko it vas nit right. And denn
veil dey all goes homo and comes to Nei
muii's lane my grandfadder ho sayw 'Ncl
man, don't fotget our pag of oysteis,' and
Nclman he srows de pag ofer his shoulder
and off ho goes. Pretty soon he sees Ncl
man como acioss tho Held and he look fery
mad. 'Wle gehts, NelmanV says my
grandfudder. 'Vero Is my oysters?' says
Nclman. 'Is dey lost? It must have been
de frost." says my grandfather. 'In the
winter tlmo ven oysters freeze, dat opens
tho shells and doy all runs afay.' It was a
fery cold day dat day, and Nelmnn he
looks funny for avllo nnd den he sajs,
'Dat must haf been It.' Ho ncfer knowed
any better, but my grandfudder ho vas .
little drlcky."
"John, bo careful about the buckwliPit
cradle."
Ono Idea always suggests another to
John and ho goes ambling along mentally
with, no particular destination In view,
but ever entertaining nnd swept hither and
yon by undercurrents of character, one of
shrewdness and one of generosity.
"Dat vas a fery nice copper kittle at tho
Wclshe vanduo. Only It vonco had it hole
In the bottom nnd had been mendct. It
vus no: so nice a klttlo as the one I let
you hao. Dat vas as nice a klttlo as I
ever saw. I vould have kept dat ono for
myself if you vouldn't havo vanted It. Hut
ve have such a one at home, so dese kittles
you could keep for a life time If you chust
used dem yourself, but ven all do neigh
bors dey vants to borrow dem to make
nbblebuddcr den dcy gets knocked. Somo
people Is careless. In old dimes ven any
body borrowed a kittle dey had to give
a pot of abblebudder. Dat vas de rule.
But vo don't do dat vay no more. Vo
chust lets dem have the kittle. Mrs. Whit
man she vanted our kittle this summer
and I said nil right she could havo It.
Denn she sends me a pot of abblebudder.
She Is t. fery nice voman. I did not vant
It but she chust, makes me take It."
"Yes, John, that was a flno kettle I got
from you."
"So."
Advice to "Swappers"
At Welshe's Hale, August 2E, 1908, quan
tities of home-made linen bags, some of
them made In tho tlmo of tho grandfather,
used for wheat, marked with tho name
of the owner of that time, rough, coarse
In fiber,' but thick and strong, were sold
for a few pennies.
"Dey Is fery good for dowels," said
John.
"Come in and get some tinner," said the
very stout woman, who was hustling about
the old kitchen with Its oven attachment,
at the Weisho sale, to John and me, "You
are right wtllkotn."
"No," answered John, "I don't vant any
tinner today. .My stomach Is not all right
After a vile I vlll go out to Jacob (who
sold candy and peanuts from a stand, to
the people at the sale) and puy me a plate
of Ice cream. Vep your stomach Is not
all right, and you don't vant to eat nothing
dere Is iiottng so goot for It as Ice cream, ,
sure." And he ate two plates or -cream,
"Nefer buy an o)t vagon or an ott set
of harnew," is a part of John's. farm phll-.l
sepoy, ite was preeiaeni w pnverkl.;
ow.Pikjpompaiijr tifMI tlMfMsMlel 'Ujsr'
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
vlllo bank. And ho owns four or five
farms. Ho saw me tempted by an old
farm i wagon, well preserved, with huge
rough timbers nnd great high dished
wheels, mado In 1781, which sold for $3.75.
"If you can't afford to puy a new vagon
vy chust shift until you gets a llddle
money. My fadder fixed up an olt vagon
once ond ho vas sorry all his life. He says
to me: 'Dat vagon Is no goot and It
vould not prlnij vat It cost chust to flx
It. If I'm not here any more, don't you
puy dat wagon, Chon, Let It go at de
vendue.' And so I did. But I pought
an olt set of harness vonce. Dey vas not
chust so olt but dey was rubbed, and
den ven I was going down hill wlss my
team the harness proke and I vas In
droublc. You let some pody else puy dat
olt vagon."
"Do ou know olt Mike Zlegler, vat
llfes up at Lederachsvllle?" asked John
one day when I met him In the Schwenks
vlllo stieet hurrying toward the plain
brick houso which Is his home.
"I have heard of him. The Zleglera are an
old Mennonlto family."
"Veil, ho got himself purled last veek,
on Friday."
On hln own lines, John Is knowing. With
the certainty of experience equal to In
stlnct, he will go straight to the points
of a horse or a bit of land or a corner
clock. He Informed me:
"Dat giadle vat you pought nt Welshe's
undue Is not a gradle fo veat."
It had ii hickory handle and four hick
ory blades, and a broad steel blade six
Inches In width which the dengel-stuck a
long while ago sharpened, but Its day had
departed nnd It cost me ten cents. "Dat
grndlo vns for puckvheat. Did you efer
gradle?" "No, John, I nocr did."
"Veil, my fadder as a Root on togradle.
Mnny vns do day 1 gradlcd nrtd I could
grndlo pretty goot, too. but not like my
fader. He vould tako do gradle nnd gut
dp craln right quick and lay It all down
on the gtound thust so, and don he gays
to mo dat Is de vay you must alvays
gradle, too, but 1 nefcr could,'' he added
with n sigh.
A Forest Pedigree
"Do jou know dem vltc oak and chest
nut voods ofer on do Schtay-B.irrlck (Pteln
Betg) vcre you and I vent one day wlss de
buggy?"
I knew Ihem very well; they giew over
the top of the rough hill amid masses of
gneiss, smoothed by the floods of cons
ago. They were not far from the Wolf's
Den, a vast natural cavern", constructed by
the earthquake with Immense blocks of
upheaved granite. I so told John.
"Veil, dem voods belonged to olt Sam
Pnnnebacker (tho ncaicst approximate to
the pronunciation) and den dcy belonged to
Truckenmlller. Dat name Is so long dat
vo chust calls em T. Miller nnd ven dey
gets purled up in Keeley's Cravcyard dat Is
vat goes on to de cravestonos. Dees old
T. Miller he lies up dero now. And den
dey pelongcd to Puhl and now dey pelongs
to me. I vlll ncfer cut dem voods so long
as 1 llf. Dey can chust stay. Efcry body
cuts down nil de voods 'and after a vile
dere vont pc no voods any more." And
after a pause ho slowly contlnueu: "Ven
1 am not hero any more den dey vlll go,
too. but dat Is vat I can't help."
The continuation of tills sketch Bill I printed
tomorrow.
Dialogue With
an Old Friend
V
"V7'KS," he aid, "I shall certainly miss
you. I ran't tell you how much I
have appreciated your friendly attentions all
winter, coming down to visit me the way you
have. Time and ngaln when I was feeling
low and choky you've come along and
lKcncd mo up. Our little games of poker
hae nude all tho difference to me. You
know It's good for a fellow to blow off steam
now and then. I don't get a chanco to go
out very often myself "
"Come!" I said. "I remember one evening
you went out unexpectedly and gave us a
shock, We mKsed you dreadfully."
He chuckled a little. "Yes, that was
thoughtless, I dare tay ; but It was worth It ;
jou all made such a fuss over me afterward.
1 might hae done It oftencr, but really
ou'e been so attentive I Just couldn't I
do believe you've glten up a good many
diversions and amusements Just in order to
pay me the evening lslt I thank jou, old
man. No ono elso understands mo as jou
do."
"My dear chap." I said, "I wouldn't have
missed our sessions for anything. Perhaps
I've been a little peevish sometimes and put
a damper on your enthusiasm. But this has
been a hard winter, j'ou know. And. hon
estly, I've given you the best I had. Nothing
Is too good for j nii.i'
"You aro certainly an admirable host," he
said. "I shall be sorry to miss you."
I didn't want him to get too conceited.
"Of course," I said, "Vou won't mind my
saying that jou have your own little
crotchets. You have nn ashen pallor when
you are not feeling strong that has often
alarmed me. And sometimes I seem to have
noticed a lack of warmth In your disposition.
I wish we could have enjoyed your presence
a little oftener up In the sitting room. My
wife and I used to think that you carried'
bashfulness a little too far. But when you
are at your best, my near fellow, you cer
tainly radiate comfort and good cheer,"
"Well," he replied, cloomjly, "I am very
sensitive to drafts. Of course, I have my
moods, I know. You were quite right to haul
me over the coals now and than. A fellow
can't live at high pressure all the time."
I didn't want to leave him in a bad humor.
"After all," I said. "We have come through
a severe season with mutual credit And I
can promise you a fine sight very shortly
which will rejoice you much."
He fell Into the trap.
"What kind of sight?" he said, eagerly.
"Anthracite I" I cried, and left before he
could retaliate.
A little stubborn at times, but he Is a
grate-hearted fellow,
CHRISTOPHEn MORLEY.
BETTER BE RIGHT THAN BE
GERMAN
"Supposs that France andi England wre
defeated In this war, would It not be bttter
for Greece to have remained neutral?"
Deroelra Vaka asked VenUelos when she
called on him In Athens. She tells of the In
terview In her new book, "The Heart of Ger
man Intrigue."
To begin with," said Mr. Venlselos,
"Rrance and England cannot be beaten. Even
If they lose for five or seven years, In the
nd they will -wn:'
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answer to you that I made to Klng:Contn-
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HOUSING WAR WORK
WITHIN OUR GATES
Philadelphia Association Is Doing
Its Big BitViews
of Readers
Io tht Uditor of tha livening Public .edffrr:
Sir When America cnleitd the var. a
111 tin lets tliun a yeuir ago, the Philadelphia
Ilouplng Association, like every other organ
ization In the countrj, was called upjn to
answer the question, "Aro jou essential.""
Our repot I for 1017 gives the answer.
During the first weeks, even the first
months of the war, when tho United Slates
wrongly assumed Hint It tould do Its share
In achieving tho victory without using all Its
resources, any organization that did not
directly serve tho soldiers and sailors had
a hard time proving Its light to existence.
Tho Housing Association did so serve, for
It aided hi designing the barracks at the
National Army cantonments. But that was
only iii small part of our work In those early
weeks. Our main Job was to help make and
keep Philadelphia and the surrounding Indus
trial district a place In which our Industrial
army might live nnd remain strong and effi
cient. We believed, what Is now evident,
that it would be Just ns necessary to build
ships and manufacture munitions as to train
soldiers. ,
Wo got our first foretaste of what waa, has
brought Philadelphia when the negro migra
tion reached its height last spring. The
Housing Association co-operated with other
agencies In forming a negro migration com
mittee in order to prevent co far aa possible
the development of menacing conditions. For
n time there was Intolerable hcuso overcrowd
ing. By appeals to owners we succeeded In
having tho negro districts considerably en
larged and so relieved the situation.
By fall It became evident that there, was a
serious housing shortage for whites. For a
long tlmo It seemed Impossible to convince
the community of this. In September repre
sentatives of one of tho largo shipbuilding
companies came to us for aid dn finding
houses. The next weekyi representative of
the housing committee of tho Council of Na
tional Defense came to us for Information.
We proved to them that there were few va
cant, habltablo houses. Shortly afterward the
American International came to us for In
formation. When It; learned the facts It
began to advertise for families who would
take In lodgers and sent out a corps of men
to make a 'house-to-house ram ass. Since
thonwehave worked with every shipbuilding
company In the Philadelphia district, except
one, and have made two Investigations for
the United States Shipping Board, one In
New Jersey and the other In Delaware
County.
As a result of this wortt It became evident
that vigorous efforts along two lines were
necessary.
First To Increase the supply of wage
earners' dwellings. ,
Second. To keep existing dwellings In a
wholesome and sanitary condition.
For the first we organized a committee on
supply of dwellings, of which Malcolm
Uoyd. Jr., la chairman. This committee
found that operative building had nearly
ceased, that there was little prospect of Its
being resumed In 1918; that by the end of
1917 our supply of dwellings would be 3874
below our normal requirements, and by the
end of 1918 more than 90,0,0 below, unless
some means of encouraging 'the builders were
found. In addition, the Influx of war work
ers created a demand tor soras-13,000 dwell
ings. The only hope of meeting this de
mand lay In the Federal Government The
committee, therefore, went to Washlns-ton and
put the facts before the housing committee
nt th Ponncll fit NaHnnnl rv-An.. m.
v- ...- ---..r.. .. ....v... .tktiM, Alley
received the assurance that dwellings for 15,
000 shipbuilders would be erected In Philadel
phia. The number has dwindled to 2000
houses. We are still working, however, and
hope to have a much larger' number author
ized this spring. j
The second line of work mfint increased
effort of the kind we have been dong for
yesrs. , In. this w .feel ws hve achieved
some measure of success In spits of the fact
that pressure of population has brought Into
use houses that for years hays, itood vacant
because of their' ,oonlltJoflv ...Ws ,have In
sssts (rem KM to,lll'iHrrlWerrV
together vo have secured -1241 corrections
of Insanitary conditions. Ily persuasion of
owners, after tho city had been working with
them for a jear or more, we secured Improve
ments In DOt houses that cost t61,546 six
times the amount It cost to run the Housing
Association. JOHN II1LDKR,
Secretary.
Philadelphia, March IS.
SALMON P. CHASE SAID IT
Jo the lidttor of the Evening I'ublio Ledger:
Sir The famous quotation, "The waj- to
resume Is to resume," cited by j-ou nnd
credited to Horace Greelej Is from a letter by
Salmon P. Chase to Greelej-.
A. It. SCHUMAKER
Philadelphia, March 18.
AN APPEAL TO "DRY" VOTERS
7o the lidttor of the Kventng Publlo Ledger:
Sir Tho Pennsylvania. Antl- Saloon
League, with headquarters In Philadelphia,
has launched an aggressive campaign for
the enrollment of voters. This Is u patriotic
effort which should meet with the most gen
erous encouragement on tho part of good
men.
The attention of thoughtful and patriotic
citizens is thus directed to the fact that if
they Intend to take part In electing to the
Legislature candidates who will support the
ratification of the constitutional amendment
they must be sure to enroll. Only by so
doing will they have a right to vote at the
primary election on May 21. It Is estimated
that not less than 20 per cent of the better
clnss of voters outside of our cities Is lost
because of failure In this direction,
Investigation proves that In the wards of
cities which are controlled by liquor Inter
ests almost every man Is enrolled. The last
day on which electors In boroughs and
townships can enroll Is March 20; the last
day In first-class cities Is April 17, and tho
last day in all other cities Is May 1, '
The liquor organization claims to be sup
ported by 180.000 men. virtually all of whom
are enrolled, and all will vote. Bishop Berry
relates that an election had been lost to the
"drys" by four votes "because six men had
prayed In the church for prohibition Instead
of going to the polls and voting."
Temperance history is being rapidly made.
The change of sentiment In Pennsylvania Is
very pronounced. Prominent candidates of
all parties, aware of the growing popularity
of the temperance movement, are declaring
themselves In favor of the prohibition amend
ment. A prominent Pennsylvanlan recently
said: "The prohibition question has been a
moral Issue before our people for many
years; It has now become a great economic
Issue, Pennsylvania, conservative as It Is In
matters of tilts kind, may be depended upon
to act promptly and favorably upon this
question." ALLAN SUTHERLAND.
Philadelphia, March 18.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who wrote "Dr. Faustua"r
2. Where Is Vladivostok? ' ,
3. What la dwT
4. Iden(lfy tho "Merry Monarch."
"' Wthr''weSl,eTl, ' Kntl"'a ttr J"
6. Who la Victor Beir'sr?
7. Which Is tha "Monnd Clty"f v
, DIUnnlib between tht tits W "like" an4
0. Who Is Major Morahtf
10. ..Where la MetiT
' i
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tho Onjmfenitlno la a roUry sasolln mo
tor of French IriTentlon nswl ntenslnlr in
r.aropo on small, fast aUrpUsosV , "
8. American soldiers .abroaa ostjsjly sing "Tho
5. Concrete this wero Hrtt built Is Norway.
T, ! ef tn cartoons m4o h. wn'i.
flrat year
nanunni, .a, uuven artist. dnHn iKi
In nAntrtu
"M "IX JI "'?'. ei'WUh
It that tksttK aalJkma. VliTlTJ T
w.-.i-waw vh uvrivl mfllUMS,
t. A "ovist I as electee) commute fei
towns and eltloa. .
as-rtft toes Is now be I
ansirs or ino remutlanlati.
t,,"lftttt de eaehef' wero. tha fatten boarias
tbJ l-?f "eaehet" of tho Winch klnsa
prior to the revolution. The term ,!-
, seats unusual privacy, r """ ""
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JOHNSTOWN, PHOENIX GITYt
Sturdy Pennsylvania Town Will Recovir tfe
From Million-Dollar Fire As
It Did From Flood i
, fc,
JOHNSTOWN, pride of tho ConimsughJ
Valley, has the substance and spirit-not"' '
to be daunted by tha ravages of lire or feot
In the three decades elapsing since tkt i
i
terrific catastrophe Immutably linked tfi f
Its name Cambria County's most ImpOTUM 'J
ana cnarming city has restored Its Impor
tance and charm to the maps of CambrtS
County. It will rise phoenlx-liks from tin
million-dollar fire that swept Its trade center
this week Just as out of the waters of tM
flood It reared a community so great tMt'
mllllen-dollar fire could not burn out ll 111
business section. fme.
,, . , ., ... .fir
uumiBiownn Disaster came aimoii at iu tsr
civic centennial. Founded In 1791 and Is- ..In
corporated as a city In 1189, on May It ef V;
that year the dam across the South Fortr, V,
a branch of the Conemaugh Itlver, wM0sljil
rled awav. thus releasing t"nnemau(h Lake' 't
in u maelstrom oi waters, ins swirling,
owcepinE nooa enKUiiea witnout wimssivisu
, ---.. . ..... .- i-
tne peaceful, smiling valley and submirMl mv
Its Indv Mous domestic villages and Jobs- jM
town. If metropolis.
The momentum and cumulative forc4.tfyi,
henw raln .iHt ,aalatl..a Im-to,. flnlsst "
the dam of the South Fork, about tTslTe'tM,
mllen fllrentlv ust nf inn Htv anil sisrhtssa -JBSr:
miles along Its stream bed. To the svoVtV iKI
stream were added the waters of the ,!. (
a body 24 miles long, 1M miles wills Vfpm
ivu icoi at us normal 'aepin. 1?"--I
Estimates set 810,000,000 as tho total prw
erty damare. Tha mad waters took tell e "
(.mm- .. fr-
D lives. Ui!
Aid from all over the country poured at "j
to the stricken communities. The Arnenees j
lied Cross, then young aa a formal chirlKa
organization. Justified by Its work III '?.
slstence that the Red Cross was a mlSflH v
of mercy In catastrophes of nature M ""U
nn nn thn flM nt htattlA Thn PermSBSBt'.!
Relief Commission of Philadelphia pert eriestl jl
yeoman service. More than JJ.OOO.OTO w '
BUbscrlherl fnr thn ufrrrM. In rash and SMVM
terlal. and nersana! ervlra of a value beytSrll
calculation was rendered by volunt(.'T
Johnstown was soon rebuilt; out of tn nus .
emerreH n Htv vr-nt-r fnr thft trlaL
NATIONAL POINT OK 'law -
Japan was a faith-keeping atlon, "".'i
became Germany a enemy by tne naivs'rej-j
inn nf hlns rit-nt T)rl'aln' nllv. Bv brlOaVl
Ing faith she might have taken s mow ytvn
Asia as she wanted. By breaking faith MMTD
sho could divide the whole of Asia with tsjj
Teuton. Asia to Japan Is Asia. Faltst"
more New York Tribune. . Afa!
'W An tint -v knn-s- thei full niiCSlM
has been exacted from the helpless aiifl fi
moralised Russians for their folly in '"?;
Ing that their liberties could be saregusn
bv tiara-aln nnd hnrtnr- with tha entOUT, 1
.It Is no greater than the price that, olttj
other democracies will have to pay ifs
German sword triumphs. What haaaWfw
In T,.-lai -..III f.n.nAn . .all TJ-lll-nnO lt'.S
us unless that sword be Br0""-"!
new iorn wono. -
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Tilt! WnTTHnWIPIVC! ANTHEMJ
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With apologies to a well-known patrloU ,sM
My garbage can, of thee, (.j'jj
Digit oi virugauiyt
Of thee I slngl
Eat all the scales and tins,
iltead Iloover's bulletins,
Waste no potato aktns,
No not a fhtnir.
Let every t loyal man
Now paint' his garbage can
Red, vrljlto aKd Wue
Thrift in the kchtfl means
Shrapnel for foreign scenes:
Vtf
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Save tljo prunes, can tha W8"'
Seeing t throuth.
Perish the thought of wheat! 'A
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