, (.,. .-.j .( Zltfp 3 v"f r 8 : t v j t ii f, -.0. -1 2f 2MAINLINEMEN RECEIVE CROSSES Lieut. Stephen H. Noycs and R. L. Townscnd Re warded for Valor BRAVE IN-FACE OF FIRE' Risked Lives for Others Hadtlonficid Soldier Also , Cited for Brnvcrv Two popular Main Line "boss" linvo Received Distinguished Service Crosses for bravery In notion They nre: Lieutenant Stephen H NoypK, member of the nryn Mawr Polo nnd 1'nlverslty Barge. Clubs. Frlvnte Richard L. Townsenif. of Brvn Mawr, son of John W Townsend for mer head of the Cambria Steel Company Lieutenant Nojcs, adventurer ex plorer, clubman and nthlete. lias now ns commander of the Twelfth Aero Squad ron, A. I'. V, crowned nil his former ! exploits by winning the French Dlstln 1 sulshed Service Crots for ettrnordlnarj 'i bravery In battle at Chatel Cheherv i) France, October 15 last, j: According to dispatches Lieutenant Noyes, entirely consistent with the reck 3 less daring of many of hit former 'J achievements, executed one of the mol ' fearlest acts of heroism ct recorded In j the Halls of Fame reared by th war It was during a desperate situation jj , which confronted the Alltet In the ad- 3 vanco In October that volunteers n called for among the aces ,of the nvla 5j tlon corps to stako the advance linet of 3 the Ighty-second, Division. Offered Service ij Fully aware, of the utmost Impossible 3 chance of escape from such a furious U bombardment. Lieutenant Noycs offered 3 his services and was accepted He 3 Bwooped along the enemy lines searcclj 2 150 feet above tho heads of the German Jj hordes for miles, his machine gun going all the time, until tho necessary lnfor- matlon had been obtained Then I e 3 mounted upward and winged his wn jl homeward, .his airplane riddled iv lib, inn 'J chine-gun bullets and shrapnel from tie ; heavy ar.tl-alrcraft shells hurled at him :j Owing to'tho blanket of darkness which . had fallen. In tho meantime, ns well as ? ll... .Jl.l w. . , iw uio tyimmuti oi nis macninc. up was 3 1, ne Picked his way on foot, dodging Into - 'shell holes and out again, until h a nnally reached headquarters and delh red the Information which lie had nboiUrathered. so vital to the success of vl- fectlon&d arms j the hard'WJjfV"" s"oyca numbers, among his ,. , ,JT" adventures, exploration and If he coulc.- -dltlons. Into Siberia . and of the pre -elephant hunting In Africa ek was st "ommandlt an nnd t llei- well ns tiger ranting Ksnlnglnn began -I avlitlon an tvhool, which 5cr''l by Ilobert t he wan the first i Vm"" Yr? the m 0k mMMLISi'tM engaged a squadron of OcfmMrWiubet single handed, as the result of vhlch hit ma chine, was wrecltfai.'fiml lell Into the sea. Xoyes wat among the first to enlist twlth the Iafayette Escndrlllo and upon the entry of the United Stntit into the war he was nlaced In command of the Twelfth Aero Squadron. For voluntarily driving his ambulanie. fiI aAeyy "" on to tober 5 In the vicinity of Bommo-Pv.i France. I'rlvate Townscnd . nw.nrrieri the Distinguished Service Cross Private Townsend drove night nnd day from October 2 to October 9. bring- station near tho lines to a bate hospital during one of the most terrific engage - ments of the war Ills motor was struck1 several time, but ho escaped w Ithout Injury. Tnwnnend Volunteers When on October 5 the heavllv worked litter carriers found It impossible to re - move .1 rrmm of ..rin.isiv ,.nd.,i n ?u When the United .States emterei ... eOe j war he abandoned his studies at tho University of Pennsjlvanla. where ho was a freshman In the engineering dt - partment. and joined an ambulance I unit. He trained at Allentown and I lu.iji.n.m, ir,niB IDr rianrn on Christmas rray, 11T He Is twenty , years old Young Townend attended the i:pis-1 coral Academv nnd rrnduatixl from 1 from a nolnt near the lines Town.end, 1" Phlladelphiant nro mcmb.rs of 0Knt l' tin about the roads McAdoo I ronteereJ o ndng U,em to Z?tZ ' "" IXmen's Council of the New :. J to be followe by other Federal offlclal.. Mddetoth '" Alh U lohnson hen ,,,. ra Uroml men. nnd representa- a gruelling fire from enemy ma, nine '"' Joh" "an.itnaker. ThoLxt tublert 1, industrial weir,r. iir7. anrt nrtniprv One f objcctt of the movement ln ,le,it subject Is Industrial welfare. , runs ana aruuen , ,. - . ,, . . , Tii..r. iu .. cnuim. v.uii in i-nn..r. Lawrencevllle with highest honors In . tf the class of 1D16 At the Unlverlty of Pennsjlvanla he wat a member of ihe Delta Psl fraternlt "lie has four brothers In the serine -Captain Charles S Townsend. Lieuten ant Roger It Townsrnd. J. W Town, send. Jr . and Stockton Townsend Prliatc Townsend Is a member of the 554th Sanitary service unit, nenrlv nil I inuary service unit, nenrlv all I t,UT 'nrougn in jatwi'i iron irs In which, he savs, have been I Wha' awful "f "' abs n, or more , mes by enemv Ore "Xm? I StT-t tt'V, - the1 motors struck on A Haddonf.eld V r , soldier Corpor.il John P Moore hat also wop a cltn. tlon for hriverv Hit heroism It de- Bf-rlhurl K Ihu VI. .r Tluni ,,.. an nu . lows "t orporal John n. Moore, .sanitary Service L'nlt.55l- For cvtraordtnarv heroism in actirn near Somme-Py. ' rVa.ia nnlnh.. 1i tAlO TA..l ., period Private Moore .vaeuated the ,u..v., .-v. ...... - ., ...,a luiiiik toil wounueu 111 an rnivanoe pos: under shel' ,. M...... rue, 1 the nights of Oc- ve an ambulance idvanced posts to nivalin 0111(1 iur I'll llie IllKlll.t or I IC" tober t anil 1 he drove In r.nlnts hevorwl th nH nnrrv In the unn,t..l ,,r ..,..' shell and mathliie gun tire He also as sisted litter bearers In exposed positions In carrying the wounded from the line to the dressing Mat. on" .(Corpora I Moore completed his sopho more ear at th I'nlverslty of Penn sylvania and volunteered In the Ambu lance Corps on Ma 15, 1917. the day after his nineteenth blrthdav He re ceived Ills training at Camp Crane, near Allentowii, P.i In the following No letnber tils unit, together with other units, went on a hike to Tobyhanna'Pa , where 'hey remalmd until the following Cr.rlhtmas Thev proceeded to lloboktn! on December : Corimral Moore's rank at that limn being that of orderly Tho unit embarked for overseas duty at Hoboken and arrived at firet on Jan uary 12, 1918 After a Journey to Paris, 1 the unit proceeded to the battlefield at Belfort. 1 Charlri A. KiinLel, Hanker, Deail llarrlahum, Jan ; Charles A Kunkel, banker nnd protni nit ehunh worker, died at his hoine j. t. rda, aged nearly nevnt-two jears lie came to llarrisburg from Meeh.innshurg when1 lie was seventeen and went to work for 1 X the ".Mechanics' Hank He was Joined U' .1...... r ... lAK t... I.!.. h.nll... ,t.A tliriO l J.l initl ,J lilt, uiuilin llic K ,lAte Samuel Kunkel. Tho Institution ' K. tma then controlled by the uncle of th wo KUJ"el boys, jacon Homnerger lWhen thl4ter died In 1897 the Kunkels (lyume Inp'controi of trie bnn. 'f i ,- ai..,. . Eiu ' &u: kl V Ml IH'HOK HOiNOHKI) Lie i -tifint Meplicn II. rvnei Hop) ami ,'riv.ttc Kiili.inl l TiivmiciiiI llidnw) luvr been piven I)i-tin-puf-heil 5erirr ('roe for bravery in iHlIon. Ilntli are M.iin Line "l.ojt" NEW ERA MOVEMENT CENTER TO BE HERE I PreItcrians. Plan to Meet J)ulies of Cliuriih in He construction licriotl Philadelphia Ijas been clmi n .1 the campaign center for the new 1 r.i innve- mfnt f "'" Presbjterlan church In Pcnnsvlv.wl.i. .' vv Jcn.p and PW.iw.ire The mnvom.nt it designed to mei t new ,, of , ., , rpron,tru, ,lon ,. ... 1 P"icmn resulting rrom ine worm war The keynot. nf the movement will lm snundtd Sunday, which villi bo nbsirviil at re-inllstment day In every church in "le thr,", f"t!l"-'' , A dlstrlit confirence will 1 w lit Id li' February 25 nnd 2fi, nt which leaders 1 of tho movement will mtt rvprt tentn- tive I'resb terlans from all over the tils. trli t Tho nhvprvnnct, net Knnilriv It ile. 1 ""l " ie-enllst I-i.sbjterlans In .,11 I actlvltl.t of the Church . If. IU IIIV ..!. 1 in .!. .. m, .... .I.,., WHO Mill' Illillllll'll III IIIC Mill, "I llliy mat llnd einplonient " Sk Th hunin,pr ), 1, JuW bowl uf d blue hlmiware . The imrp'e hllU around the rim Serrate a pattern ran A"'1 tra.erles of leaf mid limb All help to make it fair. Thnso nt irT,ine some .lav will i,r,.jii A gnnlnc hfle right throuch I And showeTi of glittering shards w 111 fall I Then Philistine and ,V Will sell the tourists souvenir 1 f bright 1 namei blue If one should climb ui then an I l.eik 1uf througn the jaint'd hole uld bo Hood for a human soul. -H W stevvart in Kydnev Buile'n Lomiimlert t.et .More Irain N ttmetab'es on every railroad w nt Into -ffect esterdv m b. cordan. a with orders of t'e raProad administration to ... .. I .. rrrurn lai-nKi-i p. 1 e-e i, a umnar ,,asls as sm, as p .!!. e The ,,.! serv Ii 01 tne reiirev iv aula Main Line rrnii' .,, ,r in,,, ., ii.ni i.ijir remains vlrtu.ilh at it was on tho old " hcM ,T;0I,V1'1wh!',;','h "r,wll.,don ri'd''ot'C u:c!T" reniiiw'i 'ii"i.ui .1. ,t i. i nn oij alt OS 1 m allilll.. o-nei u .'(. p , Dalcsimiii Hill "Go After" Derelict A.sh Ctmtravtors DliiTieir Dale sm 111 nf tin- lie partment of Public vVork. an pouncen he will "go afti r ' ruiiirnc tors whoso cmploitM tleliberalely "ove-rlook" srarbBge, u.he8 .mil rul blsll colleetlnns In anv bectlon of tho cltv If rontrartom fall to 'covei up" he promises to put men on the Job to do the work anil make the conti actor foot tho bill! "If complaints of failure tei make Mich collections am sent to lint department." hu said '1 will re quest the ennti.ictoi of the tkrh.t 111 which thi dt-relli tlon has n. eurreel not on'v to leinmi tho ashes, rubbish or gm Uige but 10 substitute other men to d il. ro. lectlnc hertftft'-r, an! if tin con trjetord ful t complv, I wil, mi. ploy mm to do th' wo k at the p.pente of " "nnriir T t.jm h -JHUkt . f JlaiiiiiVsk. t m - m asss-" iif at . ... s 10 iirniiio iriimiifi; or j'it:so iiti ins ..... . .. n. -..,.,., ."... .., vui(hiv-ir EVENING PUBLIC DANIELS REVEALS NEWNAVYENGINE Powerful and Economic Electric Drive Now Perfected FOR ALL CAPITAL SHIPS New Mexico, So Equipped Now, Makes 21 Knots Oil lTscd as Fuel 'y the Associated Yen Uixlilinton, Jan 2 America's capl 1 tut fighting shlpt of tho future v i be superior to thoio of other tiit'i br. f.mm uf their electrically a .ei me. ilmurv, HeirttHry I'anlelt tjid the JIoumo .Nunl Committee t. dls- I closing rtmarkablo results jJ by thu m.w dreadnought . Mexico, rtpilpid with tho lettr'O Me that Is to hi a feature f nil h big shlnt j i authorized since '.S " Tho New Mei s ule ic engine was tUslgmd to de op If jO horsepower at full speed ,td to sl the ship a spied uf tw iy-one unotH She nr Mil d .doped more than tl mill l,r jtiioner Jlr Daniels said nil rrn ttntmd iur four hours a speed f 21 mots .id this when running at i Hr awrao' t I'iOi) tons greater thun her .sign en' ud for t she hriil hetn tried at her designed iplacetni t, ns Is customary with all new ship-, she would htxe' made 21 5 I knots Ithout any trouble whatexer: nd v ;tt Is still better, che could ha kci jp tnis speed ns long as her fuel las d for, like all our later dread- ii ifhtt, she Is an oil burner, and there jttld he no itductlon In speed duo to l neret3lt of clennlng fires, which must be done In roal burning ships after In run of four hours at top speed. Tim Secrctnr Sfild fuel economv at cruising sptcd had been one of tho things sought In sub-rtltutlng electric drle for the steam turbine equipment. And I am happy to fa," he ndded, 'that this requirement nlso was met. As .i matter of fact, the new Mexico will Mentn at ten knots on about 2S per cent list fuel than the best steam turbine driven ship thnt preceded her "On tho whole, I think tho country h.is cause to be proud of this achieve ment In mglneerlng not alone because "f the pronounced success In this par ticular Instnnce, but because of the as surance It gives of the superiority of nur capital ships to those of foreign na tions CONGRESS FACES HUGE PROBLEMS I Railroads, Industrial Welfare I and Food Questions Crux of Reconstruction Program iKhliifttuii, Jan 2 Turning Into the 'home stretch' of the present session, fongress will try to do some neon structlng before March I Hut those who really wnnt reconstruc tion inensures put under way without uVlny nro afraid that thlt i-esslon will end empty of accomplishment Con grtt Ins no reconstruction program. It has not mapped out one of Its own and no other governmintal leader has given It cunsldt ration except In a general I I'tmocrats would like to past nil the necessiry reconstruction legislation be- ( fore March t. hut thelp lpmirfl raniH, niknnwlidge they don t know what Is mcess.iry and wise nnd what Is not Hepubllcans want no reconstructing done until after they come Into power March t. Delay now, they say, makes an etra session Imperative The Uort toward nconstructlon which 's nilt to be made Is to center on three nuiiju'i me nrsi is tne railroads. Director (General McAdoo is to npptar 1 rioay neiorc tne .senate Interstate ..-. ... - . .. . .. " ""ZJr, 7 V, ,' "I V "' hearings to determlno what Congress th.it flit llntA.nmitnl miiol Inl. .-.! ...... .... , uo. nc vvfilll zaneo 01 me cuangn mat has come through the war in the relative post. itiont of capital and labor. Support It growing for an Industrial welfare policy whi h shall tiring to the Industilal world tho sort of lasting peace and brother bond thnt the lmgtic of nations It cx , pucted to bring tv( the nlltlcal world 1 Ihe Senate IMui.itlon and Labor Com- mltteo within a fe 1 days will begin , hearing- on l., idustria Hit Icnon resolution for 1 welfare program John V Ilockefeller, Jr , and Snmuel tlompert will be umong tho witnesses Tho thlnl subject It food. The; House ir. shortly to henln investigation of the lui King house Inilustr', In considering a bill to put ml packing housts under governmentui con'rol The whole sub ject of the high eon of living will he. gone into .n this House Inquiry and Senate, inquire which villi proceed at tne same time rne farmer, the middle man 'he packet the consumer eiery. nod oncerncd either In production, dlKiiihJtlon or 1 nsumptlon of food Is to be n presented The Cloteil House Von 1 a dwelling .... - . 1 , Through "h leafs eke out What they misname life vvniu tiny misname I fe. .(l, never ,1 Jov or a Joyous wind To 1"rut" ,ho l-bht from celling or 'n'n" W'l'l never coed aro th windows And drawn are the blinds Though the world without. With Its frank, fresh winds. Anil song and color and scent, Ih rtfe, And shout aloud the Joy of life ' Wn'f nf the morning ntl gold of the day. With the tide at work And the winds at plav The know not, and seek not, as ever they hide From the big. brave fact of the world outside Little of beauty. And little of love, In tin gloom have birth, Though tho shadows move Vnd ill Is woven, nnd webs nre spun Ily spiders shunning the light of tne Min IIarken People' Th hour is st hand When a voice shall ring Through the waiting land. And roaring, shouting that volcn shall say 'Make broad the patch for the Light of -Day ' "!'n with the windows, Open the doors, I.'t the sunlight In nn .the wall and floors. Too much of shadow nnd too much glooni Mjko foul the corners of nation and room " . Sydney Bulletin. ,. A A afT3tmAnrm waii .. LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA'; THURSDAY; ENGLISH PROPAGANDA FOR BOCHES ':r:.:KK. f ; vkm t i - :. HLHLA' -t:v' -s;i -.. 7Kr.: i -i ' IIIIEIIB I ' ..'-..'U -!t'v Vr.'S - 3l. - B i- vj rtV- irV English aviators and balloon ilrnppeil this piece of KiiKlidi propaganda behind the German lines during the vtar. The picture lmvv a German soldier seeking cmplojincnt. He lin lost an ami in buttle. Printed in German beneath the engraving was "Six week long I've been Innfinp. Everywhere I have been turned nw,i mi account of mv lost iimi: no one uill give me work; that's the tbank one gets for serving the Fatherland. What's going to happen In u cripple when this whole swindle is over?" WOMAN'S PARTY HERE PLANS MOREAGITA TIONA T CAPITAL Conlt'rcncc Today Will Arrancr to Continue Hurtling of President's' .... .. . . i. I bpeerliev in rront oj White House, Despite Poller and Military Deipite police and military Interfer ence against the "wntchllre" stnrted jesterday In front of the White House, members of the executive committee of the Pcnnsvlvanla Dranch of tho Wo man's party will meet thin afternoon nt their headquarters In tho Penlleld Building to discuss plans to keep tho home fires burning" and to bring their cause more forcibly before the public Miss Caroline Kntzensteln executive secretary of tho Pennslvnnia Uranch of the Women's party, said today the members will do all In their power to "keep tho fires hot" until the Federal 8uffrago amendment shall be passed by the Senate. The material being burned by the suffragists consists of speeches by President Wilson which, the suffragists say, were "mere platitudes " Several members of the National Woman's party, wearing seamen's slick ers, stood in driving rain on the sidewalk before the White House toilaj to kit'p SOUTH AMERICA GETS A. P. CABLE SERVICE Leading Papers Elected to Membership Closer Pe- :ions Hoped . , , New York, Jan 2 With the new, JSX tho Associated Prcs htg.m send- lng a dally news report by cable to lea.L Ing papers In Panama and South Amer- lea, recently elected to memb-rshlp In the association These newlj elected. members are- nucnos Aires Argentina L.a Naclon. La Prensa, i.ima, reru- 1.1 1 omcrcio imorningj, El Comerclo (evening). La Crontlca, La Prensa (morning), La Prensa (eienlng), HI Tlcmpo. Santiago, Chile- Fl Mercurlo, La Na clon, Ultimas Notlclas Valparaiso, Chile: LI Mercurlo (morn. Ing), i:i Mercurlo (eienlng) Panama HI TUarlo, The tBr ntl(j Herald Ouavaqull, Hcuador Fl Teligrjfo Antofngaeta, Chile , Kl Mercurlo This serilce Is stnrted with the co operation of tho "All-American fables," tho Central and South American Tele graph Company It Is Intended to bring about Itt entenslon by the election of more members representing the leidlng papers In Braill, Fruguav nnd other South and Central American retublics. In beginning this relation with these new members, the Associated Press slates. It Is Inaugurating nn exihunge of nes that will be of great Itiflmnco In strengthening and bettering existing tlations between the two continents WANTED HUSBAND 15 U,K So Kaslon Woman j-laced Holilicrv 5ienc, Police Saj Kaiiton, Pu.. Jan 2 To win I n t, the affections of her husband by gmnlit, his sjmpathy, Sirs. Oeorgo Volght tag, i H "robbery and attempted murdir ut Urr homo hero which kept the polln puzzled I for several hours. Volght left Ins uf. Christmas eve when lie came homi and found her entertaining u. soldier Aroused by three pistol shots in .IrvVrrom League Island on Pecoratlon i)av 1 succes .Sr'h': lirr,ST:,on.7.-rV"'- men ing an entrance, tney rounii tne vv.mian in a nearoom wuu nrr lianas Hound I id n. - hat .1-4 1(1 the I nmd her nrcK with a light ttinln kerchlf tied around her mouth and ga lurneu on, wun a, luoe a lew uuiie from her mouth She stated that rhi had been attacked, Imund and rcbhul l an unknown man Sho wns hurrltil in a hotplptal, suffering from the gas, but soon recovered The police sav that Mrs Voight ir tually admitted It was all done by hir self to win back her husband Goei lo Trance for K. nf C. John V Toers. of 183 North Vogdes street, who trained the Trllbv String Band and who was often In charge of the musical entertainments given for Catholic charities, left today for France to become an overseas secretaiy for the Knights of Columbus He Is a promi nent member of Brojvnson Council, No 993, K. of C, and jf-the Knights of Friendship. - -r Inlcrferenev burning In 11 mdal vviishtuli their 'watch fire.' which they s.iy will burn until the Senate acts favorably on tho woman's suffrago amendment. llclnvH of women hud attended the lire sliuo It was lighted In tho tub IiiKt night after n crowd of cltlrens nnd nun In uniform li.xl extin guished oiio Marled In a decorative urn In Lafayette Square Haifa dozen vv om en, nrristed during the disturbance nnd released WltllOUt bond, dill not nppt.ir l.i the pollco court. I The flro wat lighted vostorday In a largo urn plnced In the middle of the ' sldewnlk Tho spetchet of President Wilson were dropped Into tho urn by Mrs I.awrencu Lewis, of this city, who brought with her branches of it tree growing In Independence Sqaure. Four of the members of thu National Woman's party were arrested, thtse be ing .Mist Allco I'uul, ihalrmnn, of Now Jersey; Mist Kdlth Alnge, of New York, Miss Hose Conlon. of Colorado, and Mls Julia Iltnory, of Ilaltlmore DIX SOLDIERS MUST GET PROPER CHEVRONS Unauthorized Markings For bidden Sol Mrlzger Quits Y. M. C. A. Work Sperlnl IHiimtch to Kvtninu I'uhlir l.iilarr ,.mp ,x .,,, N. .,., Jnn ; -Knterprlslng merchants taking ad- .an,1RO of kMMu rMifT nre realllng fl mnll narVrst 1l. bf.lnK ,.hronB nnd stars that are not authorized by the War Department, but Major Oener.il Hugh L Scott, camp eomniantler. has '"J.1.1' " ',an(' '" ,hn "'' n' h holdiiir In the future taught wearing the K0ld and silver stars will be compelled i" uipeoimnue mo praeliee at once Wrlghtstown stores liaie been tho chief hired to havu no dealings. offenders, according to an order pub- Ilbheil at camp headquarters, and the -The kev to tho solution of our na JJlx nun have bun warned against vlo. tlonal probl. m In tho financing of ex. litlng orders by wearing unauthorized I ports nnd other problemt encountered In chevrons home men nre born lu.ky nnd others havo luck thrust upon them, but tho unit sent here for discharge from a' southern camp and attached to Company -17, cer tainly enrried rabbit fiet in their pork tt The men .trnvid late Tuit.il.iy night and with the subsistence store house closed It looked a If they were to h.tvi. a gloomy Niw year's celebra tion Hut n soarth soon developed the fict that Frank Wandle. general secre tary of the Knights "f Columbus, had three hams donated by patriotic women for a feast for the men and he gladly turned them over to tho mes sergeant with the result that the New Year's celebration was one of Joj and not of sorrow After "ne vcars service f-ol Metzger, physical dlreitor of the Y M c A ac millet tiere. las icslgned and will re- turn to newspaper work In ew York . city for the present He will bo sue- ccided by Lieutenant Milton K" D'Klisen, I 363 irastTw-entv. eighth ureet. Urook. i J"' ., ., , , iust ""-IveU his honorable dls. harge from the army and hat Joined the red triangle forces iih a ph steal dlreitor Harry Hamilton, belter known to the men nt Plx a "Kid Hamilton" inu neen uiscnargen from s,crvio0 and will reside In tho future nt Krrnnton, Pa. Hamilton wat the best known wrestler In camp and In the sixteen months that I he was here he took part in 110 matches, losing but one He nlso won a cham- nlnnshln bout with the linut .. rACfA ' ,,nt'u ' '- resiling game p. EDGE EXTOLS . J. TROOPS J C G Tl 11 uw w.i.cin.;. j. . tir nave aiet r.vcrv Sarrlfire Deman.le.l of Th.m- Atlantic City, Jnn. 2 Governor IJclge, at the Freeholders' banquet here j,estcrday, said that New Jersey's two division on the hattlo fronts, com- nrlKintr morn ttinii Jfl 000 ,r.a.. i.n.i i '-' ....... .-.. ,ntii, iiao . oilmen Ktilrlf utiH H'nln. n,,l U...1 . ' ...,u.... ,-.... ..v ....... ,.,,., (UMI mei evet sacrifice demanded of them with exemplary fortitude nnd courage. One regiment from the upper end of the Slate, he had beem infoimetl. had lost upward of SO per cent of its enroll ment In casualties He pointed out that the world was giving America a place at the head of the Peace Con giest table, nnd that he believed It the iluty of the nation to pay stricter attention to Its citizenship ,in the future. JANUARY -2, 1919 AMERICA GAINING IN WORLD TRADE Seizes Opportunity in South America Opened , War CAPITAL GOES ABROAD Strength of U. S. Finance As- surcs Country's Position of Supremacy The following Is an epitome of the best business thought of the nation as voiced from tlmo to tlmo In Interviews, addresses nnd talks by the leaders of America's financial, Industrial and com mercial world. All of them are con rtructlvc nnd aro aimed solely at foster ing belter International relation be tween American business nnd foreign commerce nnd evolving method by which thlt can best be done. "The I'nlted StaleB has emerged from tho war with a greatly Increased share of the world trade. Not only has thlt In crease occurred In the trado with the countries which have been at war, but wo nro alto suppllng a much larger proportion than heretofore of the mer- I chandlse Imported by tho neutral nnd non-manufacturing areas of the world I The Increase In our banking fncllltlet i abroad, which was almost Blmultaneout i w Ith the opening of the war, fins nlready hud Its effect and It being Increased lh Ills activity and utefulnets nnd each year show fin Increase In tho share 1 which the I'nlted States Is supplying of the Imports of tho non-mnnufncturlng world. I "If thlt country Is to hold Its trade ! advantages In South America, the Orient and In other parts of the world i obtained through tho clrcumetanc.es of war, we must bo prepared to Invest money In these countries. South Amer ica needs modern municipal Improve ments, railroad, wnterpowcrs and money for the development of Its Industries China, with Itt 400.000.000 of people. needt capital and organisation to make It n foreign market of limitless possi bilities "To develop n substantial Investment I market In thle country for foreign se- "Titles require the education of our people to the vltnl Importance of these Investments ns a means of building mar- kets for our surplus products The peo ple of this country must learn to under stand that the futuro prosperity of the country depends upon ability to compete successful Iv In these foreign markets Thlt campaign of education must be car ried on continuously, for It It only throneh such a broad and general edu cation that Intirest can be developed In the foreign field "Assurance from finance and InduMrv that trading In foreign countries will have tile Rilnrmrt nf tbMr rroneMltA p. .mireon vtllt be nn Imlileervmnt tnr ihn upbuilding and development of a guild nf American merchants with estnbll'h- mentt In nil nf the distant countries whose huslnest we have the minllflrntlnn to build for Our properltv depends cnnstnntlv more upon Industrial activity In proportion as nn Increasing pnpula. tlon makes greater levy on the products of the soil "Cordial recognition 1s due to the men who have developed .1 large Industrial tvstem, which It the glory of the coun try, and of Us own necettlty the b.atls for nn enlarged foreign commerce. In which It affordc us Justification for as piring tin leadership "At a nation we must realize that we weio living, up to tho outbreak of tho war. In a very narrow and provincial atmotphere. Internationally the Monroe doctrine wat our political decaloque and. No Untangling Alll.incet' our dnllv diet The aurnee legislator regarded the pottofllce at Hick's Corners, serving the needs of fifty people, ns of more Im portance than the Fnltrd State embassy In London ; the deepening of Squirrel Creek, to permit of nn nnnual picnic for hit constlttttntt, of greater Importance than arranging that a fortv-foot draft steamer might enter New York Harbor. "The IT S A ego preiented a proper appreciation of the broader relations and duties which ought to Intplre ut ns a nation AVo were not taught to consider our responsibilities, or even our rela tions, to the rest of the world No other nation, no other peoples, no other gov ernment counted we were nll-ln-nll and relt-satlsfled We gloried In our Iso lation We were not ono of a family of nations lie were tho family, nnd all nthera iwnr rfl.itlnna with whom we. de. the general foreign trade connections clearly It to be found In the Ideas ot organization and co-operation organl ratlnn within and co-operrttlon between tlio different national Interests which would be concerned In a proper exten sion of American trade In the commer cial channels of tho world "We don't want Oermnn cartels or Oerrnan subventions or Oermnn efficiency any more than we want German kultur or Prussianized dletles or the goose step, but the Idea back of the Herman cartel and back of German eftlclency wo do want, not because It finds expret. sion In the life nf that regrettable nation, but becauso It Is sound and was recognized ns such by civilized man and najlnns ai a time When the primitive ancestors of tho Huns of the twentieth century were terrorizing the peaceable In. habitants of northern Europe with war club and spear Instead of with tho gos pel of terrorism nnd human depravity as now' In Germany Great Britain nnd France the Importance of organization for foreign trado nnd financing was lenrned long before we Americans were awakened to It. llv force of clrcum stances we nre learning It now, nnd we can begin to give pointers to our teach ers. Let ut be careful, however, not to lose any of the ground gained The com. petition Is going to be keen" ' . feature Notes ru int.innin.n i........ ... . "night " .e tne . He.lgh.ho 8 et the night Is so big He Mnnd& on his nest-In a wafer of light, .inn ine nesi wat once a pnuosoptier s wig. eniuil enuii uiruiia iiim ui'w nn me grass. k.'lsh - ho! It flickers, tho breeze! Kings, nhllosonhers. periwigs nas.t. Nightingales hatch their eggs In the trees Amy Lowell. I have henrd the nightingale sing In the trees, I Mooainp me uenusn summer with euuiiu. When the sun was high nnd dead was the breeze. And as often at night when the moon was round. Many a time for his nest I have sought. And tome few. times his nest I've found! Alvvajs of oak leaves 'twas cunningly wrought, Ar.d, Amy, 'twas always built on the ground 1 tl W. S.. In the Chicago Trlupe. SHOOTS WIFE ASYEAR BEGINS Jealous Husband Surrenders nnrl Insists on Writing Confession Allentown, Pa.. Jan. 2 The New Year In this city stnrted with ft tragedy. In which an indignant husband, who claimed his home had been ',tj,f.J his wife. Who Is likely to tile. William F. Young, fortyfive years old, n em ploje of the American Steel and Wire Company, walked Into police head, quarters and astounded Sergeant Let vveller by announcing that he had shot his wife nnd wanted to give himself up. He Insisted on making a signed con fession, which was duly witnessed by the sergeant. , . Mrs. Young Is a daughter of the Iato Frank German, of Welssport, where her mother still lives. Young Is a son of Daniel Young, of the borough of North ampton. They have three daughters, Arlcne, Thelma nnd Marcella, aged, re spectively, twenty-two, seventeen and eight years WM BARELY AVOIDS CAPTURE Escapes When Members of His Party Are Taken Prisoners THIRD ARMY DESTROYED Czechoslovak and Siherian Forces Take 31,000 Cap- lives at Perm Ily the Associated 'Ven Vlnillvnilnk, Dec. 30 (delavcd) In capturing Perm, In the Ural Motiniilnt, General Gaida, at the head ot Czecho slovak nnd Siberian forces, virtually de stroyed the Bolshevik Third Army, from which he took 31,000 prisoners. General Galda's troops captured nn armored train, from which Nikolai Lenlne, the Bolshevik Premier, wat directing opera tions In the region of Perm. Lenlne himself escaped, but scvcra members of his party were taken prlsonert. The exploit of General Galda In cap turlng Perm parallels his success In the campaign last summer. Hit superiors opposed his plan of attack against Perm and hu carried out the operation at the risk of removal from his command. The bulk of his force was made up of Sibe rian troops, but ho had two regiments of Czechs In lilt army. In addition to the 31,000 prisoners re ported. General Glada captured 5000 railway cars, 120 field guns, 1000 ma chine guns, thirty automobiles, an entire wagon transport, several armored trains nnd several thousand horses. His ma neuver was a complete surprise to the Bolshevists, ns proved by the fact that he captured several prominent Soviet lenders at the headquarters of the third Bolshevist army. Ten Bolshov 1st regl ments nre declared to have been anni hilated nnd the rest of the enemy nrmy was driven ncrost the Kama Illvcr. Troops of General Semenoff, the nntl- Bolsheilst leader In the Chita district, have occupied Verkhnl l.'illnsl, on tho Siberian railway east of Lake Baikal. Two hundreel thousand Russian sol diers released from German prisons nro expected to pas.t through Omsk within a fortnight. The Russians are destitute and in a serious condition from exposure and lack of food. The Absent Folk t'p above the greening grass Sings the bird right merrily; livery bush nnd every tree Make a green and gallant show In the noontide's golden glow; Flowers a falrv every ope Dance and twinkle in tho sun! Fairies they t alas, nlas Fairies cannot cross the sen ! Woodlandfolk and mountnlnfolk. Dressed In prettv clonks that wrap Tiny limbs, with each a can Green or red, or blue, or white, i;ncn a aimpieci, 'dainty sprite Ah, they mny not leave their home, Dare the wave and cross the foam. Though tall ships of teak and oak Sail tho seas without mishap. Here are scented glades and tracks. Here are ferns that Interlace, Knpllng leaves that, dancing, trnce Filmy patterns on the' ground Light nnd warmth are all around j Sure, on all the earth earth there Is Ne'er a fairer scene than this Sure, and yet It something lacks Falrj -form and fairy-face. Death with frozen hands and stiff Takes nnd chills us icily, Mnny weeping folk there be Bowed and beaten down by pain: Trouble with her grieving train uoch wnat way sno wins to go Ah. nlas that it Is so' Needing neither ship nor skiff Care and trouble cross tho sea. Little folk of glade and glen, Foret green nnd mountain vast ! 1 shall shane n ahnllou-past Out of dreams, nnd you shall come From your nomo in rniryaoin Haunted bush nnd ancient tree To this golden land with me ; Little women, utile men, You shall 910S8 tho pea nt last! Then, beneath the glamour shed Hy old love ana legenu ry, i:verv butterfly and bee. T.verv bird nnd fern and flower. Taking fairy-form, shall dower Glade ana glen, nnu stream ana snore With a charm not know before , And no more shall It be said : "Fnlrlpn cannot cross the sea!" Hoderlo Qulnn In Sidney Bulletin. Wet August The white rain runs before tho wind Oh. vvlnd nnd rain wnai no you ncre, In tills ureen bridal of tho year. When iiulckenlng boughs are blossom twineu; Oh. wind and rain, who do ou here. With cold, snarp mowers eauying blind. When quickening boughs are blossom twined. And each clod lifts a tender spear? With cold sharp showers eddying blind, The boiirti nre dark that should be cliar. And each cpld lifts a tender spear; And, oh, tho wte nestn all unllned! The hours are dark thnt Bhould he clear; The cniuy airs are sun unxinu : And. oh. the small nests all unllned ! By breaking buds grown pale with fear. Tho chilly airs are still unkind in mis green oripqi ot me yenr Bv breaking buds grown nale with fenr Tho white rain runs before the wind. , --rsynney. Bulletin. French Demand Peace Based on Certainties .Paris, Jan. 2. Hy A. .P.-ln Its New Year's editorial, tho Temps, uald: "We have the right to found peace on something else than a hypothesis. Certainties are re eiulreei." "Peace wl, not be real," says Llberte, "IMi does not give France tranquility." ' ' 1. ' '' iftiMj-iSwi. .1.1 ,ji .it ! j; iiJhiilf uMiVnvm STATE ASSEMBLY i STARTSTUESDAY, Constructive Legislation Expected of -Shout' and , Businesslike Session, i REVISION 'BIG SUBJECT Home 'Rule- for Cities and Health Insurance Among Paramount Questions i The 1319 session of the General A aembly will convene Tuesday, January 7. A program of constructive legislation Is rapidly being; drafted tor the session, whlcli Is counted on to" be"fone' of the shortest In recent years. ' Chief among the Important measures proposed for consideration will be a, plan of health Insurance, designed par. tlcularly for Industrial workers: the Philadelphia charter revision bills, a measure providing greater home rule for municipalities, a bill to provide for the co-ordination of various State depart ments nnd a bill to make the Workmen's Compensation Bureau, now under juris, diction of the Department of Labor and Industry, a separate State department The national prohibition amendment, the suffrage question and-the matter of a constitutional convention are among other Important subjects to come before the Legislature. Governor-elect Sproul nnd other party leaders nre agreed on the need of a con stitutional convention, but differ as to the time of calling It. Some favor an Immediate convention and others desire delay until reconstruction has been well started. Highways' Plans At the people authorized a bond Issus of $50,000,000 for Improvement of publlo highways an Issue of securities for 120,000,000 or J2B,0OO,O00 may be au thorized. At present the State has no public debt. On the matter of municipal reforms a measure may be presented -to put the second-class cities of Pittsburgh and Scranton Into another class. Governor-elect Sproul will be asked to Include a recommendation for health Insurance, especially for Industrial workers, when he presents his program to the General Assembly, A commission was appointed by the last Legislature to study the subject of health Insurance. This commission Is prepared to render Its report at the com ing session of the Legislature. The members nre Senator 13. K. Beidle man, who will be Inaugurated this month as Lieutenant Governor; Senators Charles W. Sones and John B. Weaver: Representatives John M. V lynn and Wil liam T. Ramsey and ex-Representative Isadore Stern. Stern, who Is secretary of the com mission, will lay before Governor-elect Sproul n mass of data gathered by the commission relative to the operation of health Insurance abroad. Sproul Is Interested Tho Governor-elect Is reported to be Interested In the subject not only from a public viewpoint, but from the iew polnt of a progresslvo business man. Labor In said to be divided on the subject of health Insurance, although the Pennsylvania State Federation of La bor, nt its convention this year, indorsed the project and urged the passage of legislation providing it. The commission has found that In Pennsylvania more than 120,000 em ployes are 11! every day In the year, or an average of six days per year for each wage worker. It Is estimated that upward of $S5 000,000 Is lost every year In sickness by the wajo earners of the State through sickness Sickness, the commission learned, la the largest factor In destitution and pauperism and Is the primary cause of from 40 to B0 per cent of the cases of dependency. Governor Brumbaugh, In a farewell Interview, declares the affairs of the State are In good shape. The Governor expresses gratification over the fact that he was a "war Governor." He referred to the question nomlc readjustment and the ne, tho re-estnbllshment of a compe, basis of Industrial and commercial latlons. "I think Mr Sproul will be able I handle this problem wisely," was hli comment on the next Governor. "I say that frankly because I know he has wide business experience and success as a business man " The Governor paid a tribute to Penn sylvania's sons for their valor in the war. TO HELP TRADE WITH U. S. Buenos Aires Business Men Organize American Commerce Body nuenon Aires, Jan. 2. - An Ameri can Chamber of Commerce, suc ceeding American Commercial Club, was organized December IS under most favor able conditions, starting with eighty-five members, who contributed 60,000 pesos ns an Initial fund In addition to annual dues of 240 pesos each, Handsome cen tral quarters have been secured, and a capable permanent secretary has been employed. The new organization is prepared to give Information and advice to American manufacturers, to consider arbitration questions and to assist In developing trade. Shoots Man His Wife Visited Scranton, l'a Jan. 2. William Brooks, of Chapmantown. near Havvley, was shot and seriously wounded by George Hazleton, also of Chapmantown. Tuesday night, It Is said, Hazleton missed his wife and started to look for her. Going to Brooks's home. It Is claimed, he found her. nnd In nn argument that followed Hazleton shot Brooks. The latter may not recovert Hazleton is In Jail. IlKATllS KIIKKT Dee. 31. st Miami. Fla , II, HIDNKY. JR . elleit son of Harry Sidney nnd Laura H F.hrrt, of KJitwatr. N, J, Funeral on Pat , from fit James's V, B. Uhun h, Twenty-necond and Walnut its. KIlArT At '.If Bienville. Pa, Dec. JO. of Inlluenm Fl.onENt'1: K , daughter of Jaroh II Kraft, sued Is Kunersl private. Hal st -P. m tnt Rchwenksvllle. Pa. HOIIIIt At her resMence, Ilrldseport. Conn UKOnCIIA L. WIIITAKKR. widow of Alfred J IIoliln ami daughter of late Dr. 8, A VVhllHker. of I'hiielilnvllle. Pa. LOST AND FOUND HIIACKLKT I.oit, new Year'a Eve. at Keith's ur.ihe Hill, or on the atreet belw-ern the two pla en. a flexible bracelet tnntalnlnn 311 miUHre napphlres and 30 Ola--on,!. .li.m..l II Hint J K. C t Co. A liberal reward It returned lo J. K, Caldwell ac u 1 niniut ami Juniper ata,, 1'hlla, a UNUSUAL, YET DIGNIFIED FAT Thm MasUr Car r For immtdlat dtlivtry. Chalet of colon. 1627 CHESTNUT STREET. J J mlWm at
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