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f'S'f SOLDIERS IN GER.MAN PRISON CAMPS
' t (CTJLTHES a man is captured b the
, ' enemy," said a soldier who Knew by
xperlence whereof he spoke "he feels that
he-'is up against the end of the world'"
What the soldier had In mind was the
sense of utter desolation and loneliness
that afflicts a captive in the enemy coun-
fytry as he passes Into a twilight world
, Where he Is neither citizen nor soldier, but
. the object of concentrated dislike
,-r ln this newspaper today U printed the
list of the soldiers from tn's communlt
" vhi n nntv In nertnnn nrUnn t !imn if
,).t . "
J these men hadnjt been fighting nt f e
K - . laiwtklA ailnn rt tt,A m nii nr ml. n.irn
HKiAiUiu cube v,v uiu .iuibtii.uit uutaiivv
i m IUCJ nUUlU I1UL HW uo tll'-ulc" illCj
jt, experienced an me sunenng nnu terror or
war.
And now they hao hunger and
cold and hard labor and loneliness added
;yi.to the burden.
VMfgolifers at this time! It Is In order that
J pr they may be remembered In the Chrl.stmas
- Mitsnn that their names wern t,nnpht n r
K t-w and printed. Theirs will bo the unhapplest
gyiof Chrlstmases. Packages and letters ndu-
! nutla In lot tViAtn lrnnw tfrit fliot fira nrY
VWf M " - ..v... ....w. .... ... j u.t nut
.$ !!forotten can bo forwarded through the
'!;' Bed Cross. This newspaper will do a'l
C that It can to aid In specific Instances.
'M The happiest Christmas Imaginable will
"'(-'St'-H o any one who will help to lake
. -Christmas endurnhle to the men who are
k ? a likely to find in that seaon much cf
Sf..i',et. j
' j r crBgcuy.
Mr Hicks, of the Bureau of Street
J Cleaning, wants a priority order from the
A war board for brooms to keep the streets
' -? dean. We are glad to learn that It is in,v
$ L'of brooms that makes them dirty, for that
f ,M Ajc4 be remedied. We had thought that It
"J, " Was. something else.
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THE VOTERS KNOW I1ETTER
' yjOMPLETE election retun.s from Maine,
,-S pew available, are encouraging to those
43 o, tofUBted with the attempt of certain lead-
"'em to create the Impression among the
, ' iVter that the election of a Republican
.. ' 'Owwress would be regarded by the Kaiser
3 -aw a irjumim lur juiti
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TJie sensible voters know better. They
that both Republicans and Demo-
-In other words, all the people are
alned to lick the Kaiser. The Maine
concluded they would rather have
tBubllcan Congress decide on tho de.
""flt the Job than to turn out their
ntatives In favor of Democrats,
Bgressman McGIIHcuddy, who sought
fetit Congressman White In the Second
Met. kald that a vote for White was a
i-r the Kaiser, White good-naturedly
yea witn the remark that he did not
LMcGIlllcuddy, nor would ever hear of
fc The early reports gave White a
Ity 'of 2400, The complete returns
increased this plurality to S784, The
4les In all the congressional districts
'14,tS6, against 12,369 jn 11S, a
ntlal year, when the vote h larger
frkt any other time.
from the other New England
I'Mlcat that they will resume their
', lUimbltoanism this ear. unfrlcnt-
r40rthat a vote for any
&rm
THE WAR'S NEW PHASE
Delructlon of the Illntlenburg Line Sub
stitutes Net Gnln for llie Merc
Atonement of Pnt Milakrs
TiOR the first tlmo since the period pic-
ccdintj the German thunilerbolt of
Mntch 21 last, n week hits been com
pleted in which civilization's major trains
in western Europe have meant something
more than the cancellation of the mis
takes and disasters of the sprinp; and
early summer. What may be called the
recovery stage of the Allies' wnrfmc is
superseded by net gains.
In other words, by its failure for four
months to wrest the initiative from the
foe, civilization conti acted n huge debt
which had to be liquidated before really
constructive victory piesaging Germany's
final defeat could get under way. The
process of restoration was accomplished
with elect ncal speed and eritably rhap
sodic fcivor. The series of triumphs
begun by Toch on July IS seemed perti
nent indices that tho tide of battle had
turned. Nevertheless, the lecurrcnce of
the names of familiar battle towns, of
I'cronnc, Bapaume, Albert, Koye, Sois
sons and Hani, chilled ns well as thrilled
tho lover of libeity. The icoapture of
these places, which had picvlously
been won and lost, simply indicated that
the Allies were heading for tho day when,
on the western front, they would be ns
fnvoiably situated as in the time imme
diately preceding their darkest hour.
While it was evident that the Hun
could not crush civilization, that tho
Hun himself could be crushed was still
debatable. Until the Diocouit-Queant
switch was crossed by the Engli-h the
possibility of a stalemate had to lie faced.
That brilliant victory inspired hope that
a progress more decisive than one which
simply wiped out a particular bitter score
was attainable. The bulk of the Hinden
burg line, however, still held. The
sticngth of that hairier put the driving
power of the Allies to the crucial test.
The ciisis has been met ami overcome.
With the exception of a Miiall strip of
teriitory between the Aisne and Ailettc
Rivers, all the losses of this year have
been nullified, apd Germany is not being
merely parried, but defeated. That is why
the week that ends today has an alto
gether different complexion of triumph
ftom its immediate piedeccbsors.
Towns Hun-held since 1911 have been
taken. The Hindenburg line is in the
rear of many thousands of the troops of
freedom. The Teuton stalemate program
is archaic Acts on the new playbill are
teeled off so rapidly that the forecaster
becomes bieathless in keeping up with
the march of events. The situation ought
to have its temperamental advantages.
It should be disconcerting to long-distance
speculation and felicitously focus atten
tion on actualities.
The most recent and significant of these
are the Anglo-Ficnch drive, near the
northern end of the battleline, and the
acquisition of St. Quentin and Lens. The
loss to tho Germans of these crucial and
long-impregnable positions is a factor in
'the creation of a new series of salients
along a front obviously not of Ludcn
dorff's choosing. The diversified pugilistic
technique of Koch is persistently produc
tive of new curves in tho line. When
the nngle of the wedge becomes too pain
fully oblique, a Teuton retirement is
necessitated.
' The almost complete envelopment of
Cambrai is, therefore, highly indicative
that this stronghold, for which the Ger
mans have fought more doggedly than
for any position hince July 18, soon will
be abandoned. Withdrawal from Cam
brai, added to the effect of evacuating
St. Quentin, will lend n menacing shatp
ness to the salient which the French
are driving into St. Gobain forest. Suc
cess for that movement must effect the
release of Laon. The larger aspects of
the spearhead system arc apparent in
the continuance of tho not them pressure
toward Lille and the Franco-American
attacks advancing upward from far to
the southeast in the Champagne.
There is a chance that these move
ments the fotmer with its potentiality
for compelling the surrender of Lille,
Ostcnd and Zcebrugge and the latter
with its opportunity of ascending the
Meuse may act as pincers on the whole
German battlefiont in France. In that
case, a German retreat on a huge scale
would be inevitable.
More imminent than that, however,
would seem to be the direct fruits of the
destruction of tho Hindenburg line in
the center of that nart of its course which
runs roughly north and south. General
Rawlinson's army already is on the edge
of open country between Cambiai and St.
Quentin. The longer Ludendorff hesitates
to recall his troops in this legion the
less chance he has of executing the really
brilliant type of retreat to strong posi
tions, such as were gained by the Ger
mans when they prevented their defeat
at the Fiist Marne from becoming n de
cisive disaster. The obstinate tactics of
tho Teuton high command today usually
result in eventual withdrawal from the
position defended, and a much more con
siderable loss in guns and prisoners than
would be the case if an elaborate plan
for retirement were executed.
Unless the Germans have "up their
sleevo" some such surprise maneuver as
that, which persons timorous of applaud
ing even indisputable victories shiver
ingly suggest, tho Ludendorff scheme
cannot be called a clever one. It in
volves, it is true, terrific fighting by his
foes, but when tho break comes the Allies
inevitably bag rich fruits of their hero
Ism, and, furthermore, tho monotony of
the German method is a valuable tip to.
Foch.
.Haw!
it will be before a succession
-.atj.'
about a new Hun strategy on the lines
of tho Scheldt nnd the Meuse depinds
upon tho duration of Ludcndorff's present
mood of antagonism to facts. His realiza
tion of the situation may greatly niter
the chnracter of the war and cause it
to last beyond our hopes for its termina
tion. His perversity, now particularly
exemplified nt Cambrai, may hurtle him
into swift disaster.
In any event, tho thrilling week which
ends today is so fraught with our tangible
gains unrelated to the heart-aching chap
ters of past errors that jecognition of
the progress as introducing a new epoch
in the war can be accorded without fear
of ovci confidence.
The saloons nre closed Well hlly
nnd quinine aro not tho bes"t remedy fir
grip. nma
WELD OUT THE CHAIRWARMEKS
BEFORE INCREASING PAY
pOUNCIl.MAN riNMJY'S lesolutlon
v providing fur an lncre e In pty of
cltv emplojes of 5, 10 nnd 15 psr cent Is n
irrognltlon of tho obligation of the cltv
to pay a fair wago to those who work
for It.
P.i that was adequate four jears ago
Is Inadequate todaj. War has raied tho
price of everything we consume. Private
business concerns have been ccm, oiled
to Increase their rnto of pay, not only
because of the Increase In tho cist of
living, but also because the war Industrie
in need of men have been offering big
pnv to everj one.
Tho finance Committee of mnells win
find It ditnciilt to get the moncj to pav the
proposed Increases unless It turns Its luck
on politics and applies sound business
piinclples to the problem The '"'Itj Hnll
holds m.inv rhnirvv armors, put the e bv
tho politicians. They could not hold their
Jobs a week under an efficient business
administration
The opportunity presents itself now to
weed out the lnelliclents and slaikirs bv
holding cveiy man up to a slnnd.ird of
snnui'li work every day dono in the houis
Hint would prevail In nonpolitical business
In other words, we hnve an npportunltv
to make ill the city emploves cam what Is
piid to them. Those who fall down should
be di-di ugcil and the money which tliev
have been getting should lie coveied Into
n fund to make the itRieacs In pay de
seived bv the fulthful employes Tills i.in
be done If those In authoilty care to do
It. and It ought to be done whether thoj
rnie to do It or not, in order tint the bin
dens on the taxpajers may not be ni ide
heavlei than they can bear
A -iing effected In this wav would pro
vide money not only to pay part of the
proposed increases' to the ordinal v it
implnves, but to the policemen and fire
men as well, nnd rtduco by several hun
ched thousand dollars tho sum that must
be ral-ed bv a tax.
It is not too mucli to epect of tho-e In
authority to rise to the ociasion In this
great trials nnd act for once with the pru
dent wisdom that the conditions dcmind.
Our bos are on the way to Berlin, but
ihey cannot get there unless we hu enough
Liberty Bonds to pay for their through
ticket
PRESERVE YOUR BALLOT PRIVILEGE
rpODAY is the last nil for delinquents to
-- register for the pilvllege of voting at
tho fall election. The process Is etrcmelv
simple It consists in nnsweilng a few
identification questions and In signing one s
name The legislation places aio open
from 7 until 10 a. m and from 4 until
10 p m
It ought to bo entirely supeifluous to
urge the ptrfoimanre of this elemental
duty upon Phil.idelphl.ins Yet the record
of tho Indifference of many citizens veir
after jear stands to eposo our Inconsist
ency In neglecting to avail ouj selves of
the chance to sccuro the cardintl gift of a
democracy whose principles wo aio offer
ing our lives to picsTV freedom which
Is worth djing for Is certainly woith
ut ng for.
Philadelphia Is thenrctltv'lv fice, but tho
crip of Its gtiv Is a sickening fact. Often
tho citizen who objects most to Its joke
falls to lcglster, and when November
comes around ho has no vole. If vou
uavent reistcied previously, do so toda.
The Kaisers dream Is fast becoming a
nightmare
1I1K DUTY OF THE HOUR
mil INK, talk, act
-L had Just begun
and feel as If the war
The war Is not over.
Hu bonds Yoi will b- tho richer an
w.ij. Complications and difficulties as
stiange as those that followed tho col
lapse of Russia may jet rlso In the Ilal
kms. Russia itself may jet prove almost
as difficult a problem for civilisation as
German.
Kverj thing jou do, every sign of lessen
ing energy in this countrj', is repoited to
Uerhn Do not by negligence encourago
the staggering Hun to hope, Do not
contribute to his waning courage.
The Germans do not jet consider them
selves beaten
Therefore jou cannot afford to consider
them beaten.
You are not n victor until jour adver
sary admits defeat. Our army Isn't halting
or turning back or resting In Its tracks.
We at homtj cannot do so.
Buy bonds'
Philadelphia oversubscribed her allot
ment to the last Liberty Loan by many mil
lions. There Is no reason why she will not
make as good or better showing this time.
The Maximalists In Russia are merely
the Bolshevlkl under another name. CHn It
be that the Kaiser Is trying to put over the
Idea that the Maxlmlllanlsts are to do some
Bolshev Iking In Germany?
Policeman Leonard, who gave a cam
paign fund collector a blow In the face with
his fist Instead of JIB that was demanded,
has set ah example which If followed gen
erally might do more than the law to dis
courage this kind of a hold-up of policemen.
The local and State Boards of Education
are, planning to ask the General Assembly
tol&s a law which will permit an Increase
oT 2S per cent In the pay of school teachers.
Every teacher hopes that the law will be
passed. The rest et ua know that It ought
VIRTUE MADE EASY.
Heint an Ineiitably Economical Love
Ditty of the "Gripping" Moment
I'D TAKE you to n show tonight,
Also your maiden aunt;
But, notwithstanding the delight,
I can't.
I'd take you to n cabaret
Or war-priced restaurant;
But, maugre what I do or say,
I can't,
)
I'd like to take loan rallies in
And sing and shout and pant;
But, though I'm keen for bands and din,
I can't.
I'd like to see the movies whiil
With you (whom none supplant!);
But, though you are my only girl,
1 can't.
I'd like to take you to a church
And hear an old-time chant;
But profitless would bo the search
I can't. '
Theic's scaiccly anything I would
Not do, my debutante,
For you, but, bo it understood,
I can't.
H. T. CRAVEN.
The closing order
V Inillrnllnn Issued tq tho saloons
by the Stato Depart
ment of Health ns a. measure to stop the
spread of grip shows that the Influenza germ
has been libeled. Since the germ has a bone
do tendency no one can ever say again that
It was "made In Germany."
Tanks, It appears, are
Don't Ilrrnll figuring largely In the
the Horrid Pnat wreck of the Hinden
burg line. Cables say
thev "nre terrible to ec" and that they
"spread destruction everj-where" Tanks
used to have these samo characteristics In
the old dajH.whtu their motive power was
alcohol.
One cannot but re
Mr. llMun? gret that the Influenza
Who la He.' epidemic will prevent
U'llllnm J. Bryan from
delivering an address which wns advertised
for Sunday nt Reading. Now we shall proh
nblv never know whether the Nebraska sage
Is readj to turn the plowshares into swords
The peace offer which
Or "I.e. Me the Kaiser Is prepar-
Iiown llmv ' Ing will be Involved,
wordj- nnd voluminous,
nn doubt. But Its aim and Its meaning may
easily be put into three words: "Let me up!"
A news headline ob
r Think Nut serves with feeling
that poverty adds to
the woes of grip Ate thcie nny woes that
povertj doesn't add to?
Who said there Is a
till Hone In't shortage of food In
NnnrUlilnj; Germany? The Huns
everj where seem to be
eating their heads off In anxletj.
THE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Plan In Tax Lund Apart From Improvements
ii the lUtiloi nf the Kicnlng Public Ledger,
Sir In the leading editorial of your Issue
cf VA'ednesilaj, October t, jou refer to th
luk of preparation that Is being made for
peace, and especlallj' jou raise the question
whether we cannot emploj- our enormous
capacities In tho work of solving the preh
Irurs of peaceful progress. You speclficallj
mention the problems of tho slums and of
the school sjstem
It seems to me that most of our troubles
hive arisen from the grantjng of special
privileges, and that inanj' troubles would
soon disappear if the privileges were repealed
or what 1h much the samo thing tnxed for
their full value The slums nnd the school
svstetn are locnl fpiestlons, and the first
at least has to do witli the land lawn that
put siuh a penalty on improvements, the
amount of the tjx actually Increasing with
the value of the Improvements on a particu
lar p'eeo of land Obvlouslj-, to ta Improve
ments on a plei'e of Imd is not the waj' to
get nil of the slums.
The ta rate on real estate Is about 2
per cent: the land value remaining Is the
capitalization of the product from the land
after this ta Is taken out Say that the
rate of capitalization Is 5 per cent. Indicat
ing that the owner of the, land still receives
5 per cent of the assessed value after paying
2 per cimt on that assessment Now it
would bo a positive advantage in mans ways
Independently of the Income derived If
4 per cent more of the present assessment
were to be taken m taxes. (I emphasize
present because, with a great Increase In
taes, the land value would enormously fall
inuking It more easj-, for thoso who desire to
make Improvements, to buj- the land ) With
the amount of taxes from land values mads
three tlnres what they are now, the rate on
Improvements could be decidedly reduced,
probably ns low as one-half of one per cent
pajlng the cost of protecting tho buildings
fiom fire and burglarj-.
What has been said of land titles can be
said of all other franchises. If they have
present selling value, they can, with great
advantage to the cammunlt-, be taxed 4
per cent on that present selling value. There
s much to be said in favor of the repeal
of all special privileges, Just as we nre now
abolishing tolls on wagon roads; but If we
permit the holders of these privileges to
retain the titles to them, the toll collectors
should pay tho full value of the privileges
With the enormous Increase In the Income
of our city, the school teachers could b paid
salaries equal to those paid In other pro
fessions. As has been said thousands of times. If we
can take our men and send them to die for
their rountrv. It Is little enough to ask tha
beneffclarles of special privileges to pay for
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H. C. W.
sucn ijntiicas"
Philadelphia, October 3.
A Town for a Ship
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Reading In this evening's Evevinq
Public Lkuqeiv of the sinking of another
American ship, the Tampa, I would like to see
our Government destroy a German town for
every ship sunk. I know the Germans, and
that Is the kind of talk they will understand.
I have two sons In France, one In the 108th
Field Artllleri', another on the tanks.
A LOYAL AMERICAN MOTHER.
Philadelphia, October 3.
Grammar school graduates are having
their Innings. Provost Marshal General
Crowder has summoned 2D.999 of them to
enter the technical schools to receive special
tiainlng for war work. Fifteen hundred from
this State are called. They may apply vol
untarily "for Instruction until Saturday of
next week. If the number Is not muds up
by tht tifw the blane will be laken from
tW'lWMMP,f mM l """;
"YOU ARE MADE OF THE SAME STUFF THfcY ARE, AND THEY DQN'i;
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WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
Svmiweekly Letter Touching on the Washington Doings of Personalities
Familiar to Philadelphianv
By J. Hampton Moore
Washington, Oct. 5.
GOING to tho Capital Issues Committee
for permission to Issue bonds or other
securities Is perplexing to cltj-, Stato and
county officials who seel: to raise money
for publio Improvements. Somo of them
who com. to Washington aio Inclined to
think tho law Is a little severe, but for
pattiotlc reasons they .genet ally suppress
tho Irritation that results from their In
ability to get what they want. Mayor
Smith, Controller Walton and City Solicitor
Connelly, who have conferred with tho
Washington officials,, aro In tho same boat
with the Now York authorities and others
who seek to ralso funds by bond issues.
Unless tho Capital Issues Commltfeo gives
Its sanction to the loans, the ordinary meth
ods of disposing -of them aro necessarily
icstrlctcd. If the committee says "No,"
it Is In effect an cmb.ugo upon tho issue,
since thoso who would attempt to make
loans without tho committee's approval
must do so, as It were, in vloldtlon-of the
official ban. The b,lB cities are not tho only
ones that have felt tho effects of the new
capital issues regulations. Bond Issues for
bildges, country roads and like Improve
ments in tho South and West have heen
held up on tho ground that they could
wait until after tho war.
PENNSYLVANIA, New York and Illinois
paid approximately one-half of all the
taxes colfecled by tho Government for war
purposes In tho fiscal year 1918. When
this fact was brought to the attention of
tho Houso during the debate on the tov
enue bill, there vveie representatives from
southern and western States who blandly
obseived that Instead of complaining of It
tho three States mentioned should be proud
of the distinction conferred upon them by
tho other States and Territories. Of
couise, the three big States vvero not
"complaining," but on their behalf it was
asseited that the increase of taxation
should not, In fairness, be plied on them
so heavily as to "kill the, goose that laid
the golden egg." Among the organizations
which took cognizance of the tax situation
was the Pennsylvania State Chamber of
Commerce, It appointed a commltteo to
keep In touch with w'hat was going on In
Washington and made Congressman Louis
T. McFadden, of Canton, chairman of it.
Tho other members were H. D. Shute, of
tho Westlnghouse Company; Fayette R.
numb, who Is active in the hardware
trade, and Paul Llttleneld, secretary, vv hose
headquarters now aro at Harrlsburg.
DOCTOR ROBERT N. KKELY, of
Browns -Mills -In -the -Pines, and his
friends of the Art Club will be glad to
know that Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary,
the discoverer of the North Pole, is getting
better. The Admiral has been laid up at
his Maine home all summer and to a cer
tain extent the work of the Aero Club of
America, of which he is the head, has
been retarded. The disclosures In connec
tion with the $040,000,000 appropriation
for aircraft production were made during
the Admiral's abser.ee. They tended to
piove the wisdom of tho Aero Club conten
tions that aviation should he placed under
the control of one roan, w program for
which Peary earnestly rt rove t before ha
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HAVE TO BE COAXED!"
who were associated with I'caiy in l.Is
Arctic explorations. William E. .Meehau,
of Germantown, formeiiy St.ito Commis
sioner of fisheries, was ono of these.
QJOME amusement has resulted from the
announcement that brass Knuckles aro
Jo be taxed 100 per cent for war purposes.
Fiom tho legislative point of view this
extreme tax is more appropiUto that,
ridiculous. Who uses brass knuckles and
why should they bo made.' inqutics tho
legislator. They aio valuable onlj to plug
uglles, or to people who have a peculiar
notion about means of self-defense. There
has also been somo complaint because
revolvers have been rated 23 per cent,
while rifles and shotguns hnvo been lated
at 10 per cent. Tho leglslatlvo thcoiy
about revolvers nnd pistols evidently was
that when used for other than war pur
poses or by peace officers they aro sus
teptlble of great harm. In tho District of
Columbia at. effort has been made so to
penalize tho use of revolvers In pilvato
hands ns to put them out of business.
When enabling legislation finally got Into
Congress, however, the teeth vveie taken
out of it.
"IXTE ARE getting a little niled on the
' zone system. That Is to say, It Is
becoming necessary to watch our step and
know what kind of n 5-one we aro talkln?
about before we open the door. There aio
torrid zones ar.d frigid zones. Thcio aio
postal zones and prohibition zone;?. In
one mall, enthusiastic prohibitionists of
Wests Chester will petition Congress to
sustain the Secretary Daniels zones about
the navy yards, and In the next mall the
good ladles of tho "Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union of Lancaster County, Anna
Martin, president, will protest to Congress
against the Burleson zones, which limit
the distribution of second-class mall mat
ter. Congressman Grlest, of the Lancaster
district, will please take notice,
AT THK office of the adjutant general
. and Judge advocate general of the army
they aro pajlnglilgh tribute to tho lavvjers
of America. So many of them have ap
piled for servlco that, as one high official
expressed It: "No one can ever deny the
patriotism of the legal piofession. We
have simply been overwhelmed with the
applications of lawj'ers for every branch
of the service. For this reason the de-,
partment Is now compelled to make In
vestigations and pick the best men. Po
litical influence does not go." It Is also
noteworthy that the Bona of lawyers aro
numerous in the service or In seeking to
get In. Ex-Judge William IV. Porter, Pro
thonotary Henry F. Walton, ox-Congressman
J. Washington Logue, E. Clinton
Rhoads, Edmund Randall, Alfred S, Miller,
Judge Norrls S. Barratt. J. E. M. Keller,
formerly Assistant City Tieasurer, and ex.
Register of Wills Jacob Singer aro among
the many whose sons are "over there,"
Arthur B, Eaton has a son below the age
limit who is trying for the marlno corps.
The lawyers seem to coma from fighting
stock.
IftMKRB wJj.o,-watch , legi-lat(on la
.;
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claims Mllfotd, IM , as a pi ico of residence,
and Willi jm T Cre.isj, secietary of the
Daiij'inon'M Associ itlon, who was foimeily
"l'uimci" Cre.isj, of tho IVnnsjlvanla
I.cglslituio. .These two men aro pictty
cloo to tho political situ itlon and their
iccent interest In a foreign tour lias ex
cited comment. Plnchot is a man of wealth,
with a fine homo In Washington, where he
sometimes ontrt.ilns tho faimni delegates.
His trip to Euiopo Is talel to bo to study
farm conditions those. Along with Amos
Pliuhot, thoso delegates have been favor
ing a pioposil to tnko for war purposes
all Indlviduil Incomes above $100,000. Tho
farmers' aisunlzations, llko tho labor
unions, aio well Intrenched In Washington,
and It Is said thej liavo in contemplation
the erection of a largo tempi" or meeting
placo for pcimam-nt leglslatlvo activities
on tho order of tho Amciican Federation
of Labor headquartcis
pi.NNSYLVANlANS who. drift into
- Washington on other than war business
and who unconsciously lapo Into polltloa
say tho Kubciuatorlal nnd congtcsslonal
fights will i.ot be tho only ones worth
watching. They say tho Brumbaugh
appointees may look for scilous opposition.
Justices Slmp.ci'i and Vo will be candi
date, but the liiimcs of Kephart and Lena
ban aro nlso brought forward. To what
extent campaign work Is being done 13 nQt
stated, but thcio la lonson to bcllevo that
fi lends of the sitting mcmbeis cannot
afford to Ignoie tho i umors that are float
lr.g about.
. Castles in Spain
I have only these barren acres,
Tho team, tho daj nnd tho plow,
But ever to c.veeten my labor,
A meinoiy of our vow!
Them Is bluo In tho skies above ine,
A Eincll ofjtost In the nlr,
Thrro Is Joy athrob at lnj heart string-,
Becauso 1 know that Jou earo!
And alwaj's I s.ng nt iny plowing.
For tomo daj- when dreams come true.
The evening shall show me my treasure,
'Uio home of mj' di earns! and jou.
Nina Mopro Jamleson, In tho Toronto
Mall.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
How mum- rralotrutlon ilnu a jenr are then
for rhllailrlnlilu votrn,?
VV lint Is the rnrrrit pronuni lullon nf I. lilt?
What l it firkin?
Ily whom were,, the Nnrtli nnil South I'oIm
reiiecliiely illsiuirml? ,
Who wrote "Tl Son- of the Shirt"?
Hliut Is nohllllon?
What Is the memilinr of "Ibltl1?
Whv Is i rrrtuhi kind or IrHthrr rnlleil for-
dnifln
Where l the ko-rallrd "l'anhuiidlr" of Weat
Mrclnla?
Wbut tomiitrror was ileNrrlhril ns "Tha
mourne oi noil- nnu mini Hid lie lite?
Answers lo Ye.lcrdaj's Quiz
1, Ullo In the liintent elljr of l'rnnre 1 1 II la, ,
(eriiian InimW, !
2, A -uiimilrui U u cairrnlns hoiIy ronwiotrd
of two odielaU, i
3, Halloween U the. eirnlnir of Orloher 31, nr.
reillnc All Hollow or All NnliiU' ta. Tho
word meiln 1 1 allowed Menhir The orlsl.
na; rrllKlaiia iiirtinliiir Qr th, fru, ttruelc
a krrnoto of Jar, wlilih lm tinea heroine - "
In iimny rountrlfn u eplrlt of iiirrrr-
unking dliorred .ram durrrlil)' alxnlflr '
runrr. ' ,
4, Tho undent nor nf fliorr. i-1-.o rIM f
hawking. ronsMed In IiuuIIiik with trainee! J
f ii lions or liunka, wenrlni. u aprrlui hood.!
rho rule of the hisirt wero rnrrlullr ilf-il
leloned. iil tho frmuln hnwka were ein-i1
dosed hy tho nirillrtnt knluliU. Tho lons.ll
winged lilrda were eallrd noble fulronai the ,
ahort-eelnged. Unnhle. i J
B. Toussalnt f.'Ilmerlurtt win n llnlllun negro
i'.'.1.". llfi.u r,".0". iigolii"! . French rule. In i
1101. later deCealnl Hlianlali iinil Knallah ;
ultrmpta to gain iin,ir,.a!oti of tho Uland, j
owxiseU Ihe lioternin.nt of Niinnleon, who
Intd nroehilined the rr-mtiililUliuient (
hlaeerfL, uboll.heii by the l'remli Jtetolu- i
linn, mid llmillr una nrreiited llirouaac;
treachery nnd tukfii to ranee, where no .
died In 18(13. , ,,'
0. llu"-eln ! Hid king of (lie new nation of'
Arabia,
7, "Fnlt Hernnnill" U Trench fer ''srromnllahol
fact." It la n.nliraae iiaed often In dipt,
utaer to dUailo u auhjert u no loitfMr
worth argument.
It OT.nlh lu .lra.ir.p fliati Helton, tint la !
Iwau.e flclloii la obliged' to allrk t tME s v'
v frulh la.nol.'' U from Mark TWrVLtm
. Tranui Abroad." . . . . VltWS
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