lie OWfIRSHIP OF PIIE LIS H. Kinnard, Noted Telephone Expert, Writes Article on Sub ject For the Telegraph Br L. H. Kinnard \'o more important question now pre its Itself for public consideration m the advocated acquisition and op ition of the nation-wide telephone items by the Federal Government. The people of this country, who alone II decide the issue, have had but nt opportunity to post themselves on ; subject: aside from the lengthy ar ments which have been submitted in iommendation form to both branches Congress, and which havo been given isiderablo circulation, practically thing has been directly said or wrlt i from which the public might de mine the real significance of such a •position. Certain factors are, however, well )reciateii- Telephone service in this I intry is universally conceded to be j i finest in tho world; the telephone Is j re widely used, and its availability, represented by tho number In sor e, is far greater than in any foreign d. In the Bell system alone there | inow 8,200,000 telephones as against s than 4,000,000 in Kurope and lees I m 1.000,000 In all other countries of i i world. As regards the number of j opliones per 100 population, here and ■oad, the latest reports that i k figures are nine for the ignited. tes and less than one for all of Eu- Herr and In Europe >espite this comparison, champions j the project of Government ownership nt to the European State-owned sys is as examples of successful develop nt and administration of the tele 3ne business. Even casual reference authoritative data indicates that the •rcise of Government monopoly and nershlp has hail the effect of dis uaging the development of the tele }ne and the perfection of the service Lhout exception. In most European intrios. the telephone plant has not sn modernized and still consists Rely of a type of Apparatus which s in use here fifteen or twenty years j. The great obstacle which lies in > path of telephone advancement ' oughout Europe is ihe Influence of : itics and lack of sufficient capital to : »vide facilities for the constantly In- j aslng demand. Tnvariably it is the ; ictlce to let the telephone traffic ] •rwhelm the facilities, and, as a re- j t. there is not only a long list of iple waiting from two to six months ' telephone service, but communlca- j ii within and between the large cities subject to long, exasperating delays. | 0 Government officials express their i fret, but declare that they can do .hing. This, too, notwithstanding the t that the average cost of telephone vice in the important, countries of rope is—figured Iti American dollars 1 cents—but SI less per year than in s country. AVheti we make proper nwance for the relative purchasing ver of money in this country and ■oad, we are impressed with the fact .t the average cost of service on the ;er side is greatly in excess of what s here. In many cases to the extent 100 to 200 per cent. In England n England,, where conditions are st comparable with those In this intry, it is found that the telephone terns, which were taken over bv the i-ernment a few years ago, have" now eriorated to such extent as to call th the widespread protest of the iple. Calls are handled Inefficiently, expansion of the telephone system 0 new territory or even to meet the reasing demand for service in thi ckly settled communities has not ' n carried on. and rates, in which isantial reductions were promised ! the Government, have undergone no mges. The employes, as well as the rons of the service, are dissatisfied, 1 the toll and long-distance service the laughing stock of the English iple. 'his and the telephone service of er State-owned European systems of illar character, however, is the ser e which advocates of Government nership on this side of the water are ding up as examples for comparison h that of our own country. 'here has been presented before lgress an array of figures which pur ts to show that Uncle Sam could ;e over the telephone systems, ln ase the efficiency of the service, still ro widely extend it, and, at the same e. reduce the rates. If this were sible, the arguments for Govern nt ownership would, indeed, be engthened. But in order to furnish n the same efficient and extended iphone service at rates Mppreclably ■er than aro now in efTect. it would necessary to reduce the operating tenses and construction costs. Is it hin the realm of probability that s could or would be done? Is there r striking example of efficiency and nomy in the administration of our ional business undertakings which uld lead the people of this country to expect? Considering- the wonted ravagance and Inertia of our neces ily changing political institutions, it oly does not seem that any substan . rate reductions could be promised this score. Political Anpevtm s regards the political aspect of the 'stion, tho transfer of the great army telephone employes to Federal ser e would only enhance the power of political party in control, and would vide additional seope for patronage rginia Darky Princess Will Help Convert Zulus With Husband She Found at Hampton Institute ,'„W..,/.*- ' Princess Madikane Quandiyane Cele, who was Julia Smith, a little darky before she went to Hampton Institute, Is going with her lu husband, son of a Zulu king, to convert the African negroes to Chrla nity. They married four months ago, and next week Cele and his bride I sail for Durban, on the east coast of Africa, and thence overland to the lu settlement, where they plan to build a school, where Cele will * » t ti e m ?i? ,h° w t0 read and write and maktj wagons and build houses, 3 Julia will instruct the women in housekeeping arte. Julia is a serious, plump, steady-eyed young person, who looks for rd to her new life with calmneaa and confidence, albeit the old father to om her husband is taking her la a reformed polygamist. He was once a Ehty prince in Zululand, was thla old savage, and, aa became his dignity, had many wives. But he had a yearning for greater wisdom and, hear that there were white men in th land who could give him wisdom, traveled many leagues to sit at their feet. They were missionaries, these Ite men. and through them he became a Christian—so much a Christian t lie renounced his princedom and turned missionary. He put away his es. all except Cole's mother. "My mother was the youngest and the prettiest: that is why he kept <>l« explained yesterday in a matter-of-fact *r»y. THURSDAY EVENING, "WATCHFUL WAITING" ALL RIGHT FOR /^tsTwOODm\ and favoritism which Is now recognized as the great disrupting force in the management of our national undertak ings. Tf we may place any reliance on the experience of telephone employes in England, among whom only dissatisfac tion has resulted from their transfer to the Government employment, there can be foreseen only a serious deteriora tion of the telephone service in this country as resulting from a like change over here. Good service the American people must and will have. And they should not lose sight of the fact that good service Is possibly only when the contentment of the employes ie pre served and their interests safeguarded in a vastly more substantial manner than now obtains under civil service employment, wherein ambition is chill ed and initiative discouraged. Under our present system of Federal and State regulations, all the benefits of public ownership obtain, without the manifold disadvantages which would result from Government ownership. The United States now has the widest avail ability and utilization of the telephone, the best service in the world, the high est degree of efficiency in every grade of the working force, and rates which are subject to complete review and regulation. Notwithstanding the propa ganda of the advocates of Government ownership provides that the telephone systems Bhall be delivered over to the political elements, despite the by no means uncertain evldonce of the com plete failure of the experiment in Eng land and in the other countries of Eu rope. It is essential that this subject be civen the fullest public consideration, lest, led on by promises that are im possible of fulfillment .the American people may be induced to take a step from which there is no turning back when the gravity of their error is—as it would Inevitably be—impressed up on them. IXJUNCTION HEARJXG MARCH 30 March 30 was fixed to-day by Presi dent Judge Kunkel as the date for the hearing of injunction asked for by Louis Begelfer, to restrain Mark E. Winfield and A. K. Thomas from cora , pleting the sale of a property at Sec j ond and Liberty streets. The injunc- I tion was asked for by Begelfer through Robert Rosenberg, his coun sel. According to the plaintiff's state ment. he had commissioned Winfield lo arrange with Mr. Thomas for the purchase of the property for $5,100. The teims stipulated were SSOO cash and a mortgage fofr the remainder. Winfield. Begelfer contends, endeav- I ored to close the deal by representing I that ho himself was the purchaser, 1 and not the plaintiff. TEJili HER THE TRUTH iDKAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am twenty, and have been keep | lng company with a girl two years I older for the last four yearn. I loved I this girl very much for the first three j years, and now my love Is growing | colder toward her all the time, and my salary is small and I must give my parents part of it, because they are poor and old. So I ask you for your advice about this girl, and what I should tell her and what excuse. GEORGE. Your letter is proof of the tragedy a long engagement always brings to the girl. If you do not love her, of course you must not marry her. So tell her what you have told me, and be sure you never do such an injustice to an other girl. "Dree" Boyer Isn't Much of a Judge of Mules, It Is Said Poor Director Charley Boyer took a little "flier" in mules yesterday, but the result wasn't Joyous; it caused quite a ! little flurry at yesterday's session of l the Poor Directors in fact, isot that j the mules Mr. Boyer purchased weren't j nice, well-behaved, regular mules; but j they weren't heavy enough for the j work a new pair of mules were requir- I ed to do at the Almshouse. That's the ; whole story in fact. Here are a few de- j tails: Two mules were needed at the Alms- j house. Mr. Boyer heard of a sale across j the river and essayed to agreeably sur- j prise his fellow-members of the board j by going down to the sale and buying | the mules. He doesn't know much about> 'em. about mules, that is, but the pair i seemed all right, and Mr. Boyer said 1 he thought he could save the county money. When the Almshouse steward saw the pair, however, he guffawed; when President Walter and Director Man- j ning, of the Poor Board, heard about the weight of Mr. Boyer's purchases, they guffawed likewise. They're both —President Walter and Director Man ning, that Is—are authorities on mules. Hence the laughter. The fact that the mules were entire- 1 ly too light for the heavy work of the I poor farm was borne in doubly upon Mr. Boyer, and be effected another trade and got a pair of heavier mules.' That's all there is to the story. Tango and Other Present Day Dances Are Aiding Manufacturers of Silk By .Associated Press New York, March 28.—The tango. ! and other South American dances, ■ which have caused a notable revival j of this form of amusement through out the country have had a direct and stimulating effect upon silk industry' "by reason" said Ramsay Peugnet, secretary of the Silk Association of, America, in his report at the annual meeting of that body yesterday, "of the greater number of dancing gowns required." Continuing Mr. Peugnet said: "The custom of dancing in the afternoons as well as at dinner and after the theater has become almost universal in New York city and the craze for this form of amusement is rapidly spreading to other cities and towns throughout the country. "Every woman who yields herself to this most popular fad, needs a much larger wardrobe, which usually means a greater variety of dancing and din ner costumes of silk. To meet this rapidly increasing demand our silk manufacturers have brought out many ; fabrics especially designed for dancing, gowns." TEACHERS TO ORGANIZE By Associated Press East Liverpool. Ohio, March 26. Teachers in the public schools here to day announced that steps were being taken (o organize a labor union and, they would seek affiliation with the American Federation of Labor. J HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Son of Oil Magnate Flayed by Court HEM H. New York, March 26. —Justice Clark of the Appelate Division of the Su preYne Court severely criticized Henry H. Rodgers, Jr., son of thd late Stand ard Oil magnate. In a suit being brought by the Messiah Home for Crippled Children against young Rogers, who clouded the title to the home by claiming that he holds a $600,000 morrgage against the institu tion. The home asserts that the entire property of tHe home was donated out right by the elder Rogers. ULIDDEN TOUR PLANS Chicago, March 26.—The 1814 Glid den tour will be a nonmotorstop run .between Chicago and Boston, if the event is awarded to the Chicago Auto-i mobile Club, it was announced to-day. I IT CM ABOUT GETTING UP EARLY Reluctance to Early Rising isn't Indication of Insanity, Though, Court Says TT"I I -Mi 1 Iteiuctance, even J/Vjl-JLLA peevishness, at ' Sijn rustling out of bed ! room * took yester j day in directing the release of Jacob jSenft from the State Insane hospital, following habeas corpus proceedings. ! Son ft had been an inmat® of the | asylum for more than a year and in j that time he declares he hadn't been I treated as well as he would have | liked. Anyway he wanted to get out j and applied to the Dauphin county | court for release through his attor iney, Paul A. Kunkel. j Physicians at the asylum didn't J think that Senft should be allowed his j liberty yet. And on the witness stand ! yesterday one of them told of the I moodiness of Senft, of his queev ideas, and of his fits of temper. I "He's got to the point where he j won't get up in the morning when he's 'called." declared one witness. "The j other patients get up at a certain hour but lie just won't. And his behavior then " j "Well, how does he behave when j he's finally awakened In the morn jing?" Inquired the court, interestedly. [ "Oh, he's irritable and peevish." ! Judge Henry decided that Senft is j sane. ' To Print Mercantile Appraiser's 'jList. —The Telegraph, the Star Inde : pendent and the Lykens Standard • were selected by the county commis i sioners yesterday to fcrint the mercan | tile appraiser's list for 1914. lleatiug Plant at Almshouse.-—Bids | for the installation of a brand new I steam heating system at the county | almshouse will be opened within a jfew sveell, 11. 40, 42 and 44 bust. Price of pattern, 16 cents. Skirt No. 6474. Sites 12, 14. SI, SI, 40, 42 and 44 bust Price of It cents. 7