POLITICAL MIVKK'I ISING WORKINGMEN'S GOOD GOVERNMENT Edward Dapp Republican Candidate For Legislature Ist District, Harrisburg, Pa. Primary Election Tuesday, May 10, 1916 Your Vote and Influence Respectfully Solicited FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATURE Augustas Wildman I favor an amendment of the law ap propriating one per cent, of the foreign insurance fund, so that It shall provide for two per cent, for the relief of firemen. v I also favor an act, making it ob ligatory upon the part of the State, to expend all moneys collected for auto mobile licenses, to improve and main tain tlie highways. 1 am unalterably opposed to the tax ing of fishermen. I will tank you for your vote and influence. For Republican State Committeeman Frank A. Smith Of Harrisburg, Dauphin County. Your vote solicited at the primary election*. TI'BSD.YY, MAY 111. I, A ST DAY "ONE DAY" featuring JEANNE IVER Alno * BRAY CARTOONS Mnnriny nnil Tiirnrlny, I'n miiiioii nt prrxmln CONSTANCE COLLIER —ix— "THE CODE OF MARCIA GRAY" Produced by Oliver Mormrn, Alan PAR A MOUNT-BURTON HOI,MRS TRAVEI, I'ICTI RKS _j- SATURDAY EVENING, infraction VI >. CP I T"A ' /- ® - I VKre^entandJutur^# 0 6 fy/-- TH KATRICAI. DIRECTORY MAJESTIC Vaudeville and Moving Pictures. Motion Picture Houses COLONIAL#—"The Stepping Stone." REGENT—"One Day." VICTORIA—"At Piney Ridge." PLAYS AND PI,AVERS Helen Jerome Eddy, the Morosco- Paramount actress, has been invited to take part in a Shaskespearean Festival to be held in a monster out-of-doors arena at Hollywood, Cal. Among other prominent film folk Invited to take part In tills festival are: Tyrone Powers, DeWolf Hopper and Douglas Fair banks. Miss Eddy has been asked to play the queen in "Richard II." Sir Herbert Tree revives "The Merchant of Venice" at the New Am sterdam Theater this week, and an In teresting incident of this important event is that Elsie Ferguson, the American actress, serves with him as Portia. Hamlet was neither mad nor pretend ing madness; lie was merely playing the fool in order to strike at the in sincerity and unreality of the world about him. Thus Alfred Noyes, the fioet-professor, solved the puzzle in a ecture at the Princeton Shakespeare celebration yesterday. In Mr. Noye's opinion, Hamlet de rived his disposition from his former friend Yorick, the court jester. He said it seemed to him that "Shakespeare meant to typify in Hamlet the 'wise fool' of the early English courts at his greatest point of development." While the opportunity is at hand, you should not fall to take advantage of it, but come to the Ma- At the jestic and hear, Van and Majestic Schenck before thev leave Harrisburg. Billy "Swede" Hall and company are presenting a sketch called "Bud-Weiser" that is a positive cure for the blues. An attrac tive headliner is scheduled for the first three days of next week. It Is a musi cal comedy entitled, "The Society Buds," that appeared at the Orpheum a year or two ago, meeting with much success. Glady Clark and Henry Berg man, the popular team who appeared In "The Trained Nurses." another of Lasky's "girl" acts, will be featured In "The Society Buds." Other acts on the bill are: The Apollo Trio, three bronze athletes, and Monde and Selle, two fe male impersonators in a comedy sing ing and dancing act. When the curtain rises on the open- AMUSEMENTS TO,"' 1 8338EE3 iCITAr PICTUR C 3 MR ■ (*£-> fftfARE BOOKED THROUGH Fa B. £3 COMPANY Or PMILA.f p '■ ## HCA*TMr *29000 Lfl fcfl ##HOPE-JONES UNIT PIPE OftCAN g W JVCQUALOF 90 PIECE OKKCSTRA fe ® 'Jr David K." Higgins" 'Sm plcturlzed in five sensa tlonal and appealing parts, featuring \ FRITZI BRUNETTE HARRY' WATSON in "THE MISHAPS OF MISTY SIFI'EB" WILDER & VINCENT VAUDEVILLE] I MATS. 2.3010.1.151: EVE.7:3OTOIO:3OIO.IS.US<I VAN & SCHENCK WITH A GOOD SURROUNDING SHOW Tn-nli;h< —6.30 lo 10.30—Continuous Monday, Tuesday, \\ ednesdny LA SKY'S "SOCIETY BUDS' 1 '*■ 1 9n I I Bl a |k I ill Enn To-day FRANK KEENAN In ••THE STEPPING STONE" Society drama In which a man considers his wife as only a stop ping stone. CHESTER CONK MX in "IUCKIXG SOCIETY" Two-reel Keystone Comedy Monday nod Tuesday DE WOLF HOPPER in POLITICAL ADVERTISING ~~~ ' r" * For I lie Legislature (House of Representatives) ALBERT MILLAR Harrisburg, Pa. Subject to decision of Republican primaries. Your vote and influence will he appreciated. Primary election, Tuesday, May 16, 1916. C. B. Care Real Estate and Insurance Kill MARKET ST. II AIIRISHI KG, PA. t are's Grocery, I.IXGI.KSTOYY X. PA. ing scenes of "One Day," at the Regent, j and you behold the smil "l>«f Day" ing features of the bain t l.axt Time king, your thoughts carry Today you back to those enthrall- \ ing "Three Weeks" spent by his queen mother in Switzerland with Paul Verdayne. Constance Collier Is said to play a i most Impressive Marcla In "The Code of M&rcia Gray," announced for the first two days of next week. A perfect sample of a life that was so deep and i lasting that it kept a man single and | faithful during the many years that his desire was married to another Is shown in "The Code of Marcla Gray." The cast includes: Forrest Stanley. rfnrhert Standing. Howard Davies and Helen Jerome Eddy. To-day the Victoria offers Kritzl 1 Brunnette in David K. Higgins' statte ! success picturlzed i "At I'lney tilde." in five sensational | at Victoria parts, entitled "At Pill®}' Hldge." It Is a strong story of a man who plucked the j mountain flower and then ground the blossom under his heels, places her in totally different surroundings and then I casts her aside. But grim retribution ! came as it always does. Miss Brun- ; nette is ably supported by a large cast j of well-known players. I'"or Monday ; the Victoria lias booked the series "Who's Guilty?" In which Anna NUlson j and Tom Moore are featured. All the stories are complete with each one ask- ! ing "Who's Guilty?"—who's to blame wncn honor Is lost?— When love Is crushed?— When Ideals are shattered? Frank Keenan Is appearing: at the I Colonial for the last time to-day In a I * new Triangle Kaybce I I,a*t n«r to See feature entitled. "The | Prank Kecnnn Stepping Stone." 11l this ph'ture Mr. 1 Keenan has an all-star supporting east, ! Including Mary Boland, who was lead- I ing lady for John Drew for several sea- i sons. The story deals with a wife who I helps her husband up the ladder of ' success, only to be cast aside in the i end that he might rise higher, and be ' told that women like her are only step pingl stones. Chester Conklin will be on the same program in a two-reel Key stone comedy that will delight the chil dren, called "Bucking Society." Monday and Tuesday, PeWolf Hopper, the fam ous comedian, will be shown in a Tri angle-Fine Arts production called. "Sunshine Dad.' A comedy drama In five reels that is filled with good, enter taining comedy. Ford Sterling, in "The ! Snow Cure," a two-reel Keystone com- | j edy that abound with funny situations, | will complete the program. P. 0. of A. Convention Meets Here Next Week The thirty-third annual state con i vention of the Patriotic Order of j I Americans will lie held in the Chest | nut Street Hall, May 16-17. Senator E. E. Beidieman will repre- ; ] sent tlio State and Mayor E. S. Meals' | will extend the city's welcome at the opening session. Tuesday morning at : 1 !).30 o'clock. The invocation will be j ' offered by the Kev. 15. E. Rupley, 1 pastor of the Saleni Lutheran Church, | Oberlin. A reception Monday night will murk the opening of the meeting and on Tuesday the convention proper will open with a vaudeville show. The ' j installation of the officers will take | place at the closing session. Trucks in Mexico Give Very Little Trouble The surprise of the reports from the j 1 T'nlted States punitive expedition In j Mexico, according to the "Motor Age" ■ 'correspondent at the front, is the ex-' iceptionally light repair cost of the' : motor trucks, particularly the .leffery J Quads. The roads and trials are un- i | usually difficult, including hub-deep ! sand and mud, and some very severe \ j grades. I The report again proves that the truck which drives, brakes and steers, on all four wheels is less expensive to! maintain than the rear drive type of ! truck, owing to the continual climbing j lof all four wheels over the road ob stacles, and the consequent elimination iof jar and vibration. TIRE ECONOMY ON THICKS ' Motor trucks with the United States I j army In Mexico are showing excellent I tire economy, considering the awful' 'conditions encountered. On the rear- | drive trucks, tires guaranteed for 7.000 | miles of service under average Amer iacn. conditions are averaging 1,500 'to 1',500 miles running in Mexico. The sharp flinty sand simply cuts the tires |at every revolution. Owing to the four! 'wheel drive and steer features of the' i .leffery Quads, however, these trucks . are running on their original tires af ter .1,000 to 1,000 miles uf service, and i still going strong. | AMD ALL MEAT IF KIDNEYS AND BLADDER BOTHER Uric Acid in meat excites Kidneys and irritates the Bladder. Take Salts at first sign of Bladder weakness or Kidney- Backache. Kidney ami Bladder weakness result from uric acid, says a noted authority. The kidneys Iliter this acid from the blood and pass it on to the bladder, where it often remains to irritate and inflame, causing a burning, scalding sensation, or setting up an irritation at the neck of the bladder, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. The sufferer is in constant dread, the water passes some times with a scalding sensation and is very profuse; again there is diffi culty in avoiding It. Bladder weakness, most folks call It, because they can't control urination. While it Is extremely annoying and sometimes very painful, this is really ' one of the most simple ailments to I overcome. Get about four ounces of ! Jad Salts from your pharmacist and I take a tablospoonful in a glass of wa iter before breakfast, continue this for two or three days. This will neutral ise the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary organs which then act normally again. Jad Salts Is inexpensive, harmless, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla, and Is used by thousands of folks who are subject to urinary disorders caused by uric acid irritation. Jad Salts is splendid for kidneys and causes no bad j effects whatever. liere you have a pleasant, efferves- I cent lithia-water drink which quickly I relieves bladder trouble. —Advertise- | ment. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Ue Soeislfirstes Story No. 4 A WAR OF WITS Plot by Georg* Brortson Howard. Novelization by Huoh C. Weir. Copyright Kalem Company. < Continued from Yevterdaj.) "My dear Mrs. McLean!" he had said. "Please do not let us refer to such sordid matters! If, at the end of your stay, you are benefited, I will, as a matter of form, present, a bill. But the amount will be nominal. Only— simply enough to let you feel tiiat you have paid me. I am a scientist, not a tradesman!" "Oh—" she said. "I have no need of money!" he went on grandly. 'iMy private means, for tunately, make it unnecessary for me to depend upon my profession. I take only such cases :is Interest me, and seem likely to contribute to the store of knowledge which will, ultimately, benefit humanity at large. Yours "is •uch a case, or I would not be attend ing you." This was a well planned and ex tremely clever assault on two of the weakest Joints in the old woman's ar mor. He appealed to hor cupidity; he appealed also, with a subtle flattery, to her vanity. Kveryone who is ill likes to think that his or her case presents peculiar and unusual aspects. This was especially true of Mrs. Mc- Lean. But it was necessary for Letty to have someone about to Bubmit to abuse. Before the advent of Dr. Hy oscine, she had vented her spleen upon Dr. Brown. Now It was her maid who had to suffer. And that maid grew more and more indignant. Mona watched her and became her con fidant. And, at iast, one day, she broke down. "The old crank,'' she exclaimed bit terly. "I'd leave her toflay this minute—if we were home! But what can X do here? She'd make it a if. ex cuse not to pay my wages, and I haven't money enough to go North myself!" "X—why, I'll lend it to you!" ex claimed Mona. "It's a shame for you to have to stay when she treats you so badly!" The other woman accepted the loan gracefully. And no sooner was she on her way to the train, after a terri ble scene with Mrs. McLean, than Mona was applying for her place. "I hear your maid has left you, Mrs. McLean," said Mona. "I'd very much like the place. If you haven't made any other arrangements." "Well—well!" said Letty, staring at her. "You would, would you? I sup pose you'd expect a lot of money?" Mona knew what her predecessor had been paid, and she at once named a sum smaller by ten dollars as the monthly wages sne desited. Mrs. Mc- Lean, as Mona could see. was secretly delighted. But she couldn't resist the temptation to haggle; it was in her blood. "Hoity-toity!" she cried. "The ideas girls of your station have in these days! What would you squander all that money on? I won't pay it! Just because the papers say I'm so rich every one of you thinks you can cheat me!" "Is it too much?" asked Mona, with well feigned timidity. "I'm sorry ma'am. Whatever you want to pay will be quite right and generous, I'm ma'am!" "Well, that's much better, at all events," said Letty, considerably ap peased. "You're a nice, respectable looking young woman. I'll give you a trial. I hope you haven't got a bad temper?" "No, ma'am, I don't think so," said Mona, unblushingly. "If you have I'll send you packing! That last one—she was Impudent every time I had to scold her! I'll give a piece of my mind to any servant who doesn't do things right, I can tell you and I won't, have any answering back, either! Very well—you may consider yourself engaged. If you're satisfactory I'll take you home with me when I go. There's the doctor knocking at the door—run and let him In." It was Dr. Hyoscine, as Mona and Marry called him when they talked of him to one another. He frowned a little at the sight of Mona. "You had to let the other maid go?" he asked Mrs. McLean. "I couldn't help It. doctor." said Letty. She was so impudent! But this one will do very nicely, I think!" Mona heard this, and much of what followed, though she was supposed to be out of earshot. She thought she kntfw why Dr. Hyoscine seemed to be disturbed. The other girl had been stupid and unohserving. Mona de termined to look as stupid as she could. She was in a good deal of luck, as a matter of fact. For on this very first day of her service she came Into possession of the great fact she had taken this place to discover. Before Dr. Hyoscine had finished his visit she knew what had all along puz zled both her and Mary. She pene trated the secret of the plan he had formed for mulcting Mrs. McLean of some of her wealth. No wonder he flidn't care how smull a bill he present ed to the old woman of the millions! He had a way of extracting money from her much easier than any that the two girls had dreamed of. And it seemed to Mona, as she took her notes, waiting, with the utmost Impa tience, for a chance to see Mary, that it was as safe as any semi-legal scheme could possibly be, too. So far as Mona could see. Mrs. McLean, even when she learned of the trick that had been played on her, would be quite unable to secure redress. Mary knew, as soon as she saw Mona. who had slipped away from the rooms of her new employer to Join her chum, that there was news. Mona's eyes were snapping, and her fare was bright with an unusual color. "Well!" said Mary. "Hurry—tell me! I'm dying to know! If anyone has really Invented some way of get ting anything out of Letty McLean he's a public benefactor.!" "Well, old Dr. Hyoscfne has done that, all right!" said Mowa. "And she doesn't know It yet! What's more, I don't see how she's going to And out! It's the most remarkable stunt I ever heard of. You've got to give the man credit for having brains!" "Come to the point, my dear!" "Well—she does the one thing no one would ever believe anyone could make her do. She signs checks and he Alls in the amount! That's as a rule —sometimes she fills the sum In her self. It doesn't seem to make much difference!" "Heavens above!" said Mary over come for a moment with wonder, so that she couldn't even laugh. But only for a moment. Averting the threat ened fit of hysterics, she begged for Information as to details. T« Be Cratluet Tomorrow. Sarah Bernhardt Back From Front Where She Entertained Soldiers Paris, May 13. . ourah Bernhardt returned to-day from the front where she gave six performances In three days to the soldiers. "Nothing could he more moving." said Mrs. Bernhardt, "than playing before such heroes. It was the in comparable event of my life. The warmth and heartiness o ftheir ap plause was most touching. I was de lighted with my trip. 1 even per suaded General B to lake me to a place near Pont-a-Mousson which is usually bombarded by the Germans. The general resuded at first hut then consented, saying: " Since you insist, very well. You are worthy, Madame, to lie at the post of danger.' 1 regard that as the high est compliment that has ever been paid to me in lny whole life." T T V f T <p u "r here not alone becaune prices are lower, but became qualities are hett«»i^^s^^p^' :All the Popular New Shapes In Panama and; : Sport Hats Will Be Featured in Our < ; Monday Sale of Untrimmed Hats \\ y Every Hat in This Sale Bears Oat Our Lower-Than-Elsewhere-Prices < ► $1.50 Actual Values $1.50 Actual Values 88c Actual Values ► Panama Hats, newest shapes. Milan Hemp and Lisere Lot of Trimmed Outing and ►Monday go in black and aMcolors. Sport Hats . Monday JQ pnce OOi- prke y 7i f C price, choice < ' $3.50 Actual Values $ 2 to $3.50 Actual Values TRIMMINGS - ; ► New Panama Hats, newest ! Milan Hemp, Lisere, etc., °* kinds, staples and novel- < > shapes. Monday <f» *1 AO black and colors. "1 1 A ties. Monday prices— 15?, i '< ► price *J)jL«T , O Monday price .. 19?, 25?, 39? and .">0?. < ! j/Ss\ SPUTTER S; ((2Su) lcto2scDepartment Store; | 1 Where Every Day Is Bargain Day '< I: 215 Market St. Opp. Courthouse; E. S. HERMAN HOST AT BIG OUTING Aqueduct Scene of Annual Party For Entire Force; "Effi cient Service" Rewarded The John C. Herman Cigar Com- j pany, with Edwin S. Herman as host, j has been making merry for the last! twenty-four hours at Sir. Herman's j summer home at Aqueduct, a few! miles above Duncunnon. Twenty-five j strong, they invaded the cottage early j last evening and all thought of busi ness vanished in the curling smoke ol't the King Oscar as they celebrated with ! a big feed, games, stories, fishing anil i general loafing the annual outing! which lias become a tradition in the Herman store. The special feature of last evening | was the introduction of a novel reward by the head of the business for efficient service on the part of employes of years' standing. During the "banquet. " the cooking of which, by the way, is annually supervised by the careful per- J sonal attention of the "big boss" him- ' self, and which this year included a large and luscious 25-pound roast of beef with elaborate trimmings—dur ing the banquet there took place the presentation, by the chef extraor dinary, of charms to thirteen faithful employes whose length of service has ranged from five to twenty-nine years. The charms are unusually attractive, of 14-karat gold, with various colors and Jewels, according to the length of service of the recipient. Mr. Herman will continue lo give these charms as the men in his employ pass the mile posts representing years of service. "The Faithful" Rewarded John Slvelley, "dean of the sales force," who has been with the com pany twenty-nine years, shared with P. B. Bair the honor of having been longest in the service of the company. The two were given gold charms with "J. O. IT. & Co." in raised gold, topped by the letters "25" in gold, and a cir clet of black enamel with "Efficient Service" engraved therein and two dia monds set in Iho lower portion. C. M. McNaugliton and Caspar S. Shaak received twenty-year charms, which differ from the 2 s's only in that pearls take the place of the diamonds. John 11. Schreffler and C. G. Nlpper man have served for fifteen years. Their rewards were charms of blue enamel with sapphires. The "ten-year olds" received charms with red enamel and rubies; they were 11. C. Sponsler, Harry Kilmer and William Shetter; while those who have been with ihe firm for five years or more, but less than ten, are Shertz Snider, John Mohn, Ed. Sturtevant and George Her man. Appropriate speeches accompanied the presentations, and the band, led by "Mac" with a cornet, rendered ap propriate music in keeping the fun at. a high pitch. A clarinet and trom bone complete the liand, by the way. Party a Great Success John Shelley made the boast before the party started that he could beat any man in the shop at clay pigeons, lie offered to back up his assertion in a concrete way, so there were plenty of takers. It was agreed that Harry Neale and William Shutter, with John Herman as alternate, should uphold the honor of the defenders, but the result of the shoot is yet to be deter mined. Grass bowling interested many of the guests, among whom were Dr. John G. Bueher, of I-ebanon, and C. O. Bressler. Taken all in all, the affair was the most successful in the history of such outings. | LETTERS TO THEEDITOR j WOUI.D Ct'T SCHOOI. EXPENSE llarrisburg, PP., May 12, 1916. To the Editor of the Telegraph: In yovir Issue of the 11th instant, referring to the Increase of the tax rate for school purposes, yon say: •'There is no use in complnining. As President Stanim says: "The present School Hoard finds the increase abso lutely necessary."' But President Stanim does not say so. What lie did say. accord lllK to the Telegraph s re port of the 10th instant, tfas as fol "The deficit for the current year alone will be approximately $20,000. There seem to be no two sides to the proposition that not only must enough tax lie levied to meet current expenses but enough to pay the Board's floating debt. The maintenance of a public school, system for the education of 1 1,000 pupils, with present standards, is an expensive matter. 1 am not pre pared to say, from such investigations as I have been able to make since T went on the Board last December, when the cost of maintaining the Harrisburg schools is not more than it ought to b<\ but. allowing for a few faults In ad ministration that can be and I have no doubt will be corrected, resulting pos sibly in a little waste, I have not yet been able to figure out that, as the schools are now organized, they can be operated for much If any less money." The writer thinks that If President Stanim will .investigate the matter with Ills usual acumen and thoroughness he will be "able to figure out that the schools * * * can be operated for much less money." L,et these points be noted: 1. The matter of salaries. It Is by no means "absolutely necessary" that "the average salaries paid teachers in Harrisburg:" should be J842.:!3. Presi dent Stamm's statement on this point is MAY 13, 1916. conclusive proof that this Is true. He says: "Our standard of teachers' sal aries Is next to Philadelphia, the high est In the State." There is no justi fication for this. The average In other cities of the State of larger population is $796.37. $790,32 and $739,49. Harris burg's School Board does not need to pay in excess of these figures to retain its present teaching force, or secure one equally well qualified. Then the total paid special teachers, principals in grade buildings, super intendent, district supervisors, secre tary. clerks and principals is $17,405.42. This is an average of $998.56 for special teachers, up to $3,500.00 for the super intendent. A comparison with averages in other cities as large as, or larger than Harrlsburg will probably reveal the fait that the Board is paying a good deal more than is "absolutely necessary." As another similar item tak>- the salaries of the janitors, an aggregate of $27,243.63, or an overage ol' $681.05, ranging from $16.50 to SBO.OO n month. It looks as if that were lib eral pay. Similar fact might be dis closed upon a serutinl/.ing inspection of the items of medical inspectors, dental clinic, etc. To the uninitiated person the idea of any "school nurses" being required, or if so but two for thirty-seven school buildings, seems preposterous. Then another Item which might be looked at is that of two teachers at the Children's Industrial Homo. Possibly the question of legality might be rais ed here, in addition to that of economy. 2. The question might bear investi gation. whether the Detention School is a necessary or profitable institution. Tt is an expensive institution, when it is remembered that it may not average more than half a dozen scholars per day during the school terra. It has been pronounced a useless institution by the teacher. 3. The matter of an appropriation to the Harrlsburg Public Library may be legal, so far as the writer knows, yet this feature of the question might be inquired into, if it is legal, the sum of $5,000.00 annually seems quite large. Other similar Items In the long list of the Board's expenditures no doubt will arrest the attention of President Stamm. 4. The question Is also raised here as to whether or not the schools of Har rlsburjr really need any, much less a total of five district supervisors. There are thirty-seven school buildings In the city, so that there is one supervisor to every seven and two-fifth school build ings. These supervisors receive sal aries the sum of $7,800.00. Teachers of lons experience have pronounced these officials supernumeraries, their office a sinecure, their services useless so far as the efficiency of the schools is concerned. Tf the law does not re quire their appointment there hardly remains any justification to retain their services. That a competent and active superintendent could not produce equal ly Rood results, with a corps of train ed principals and a body of well-equip ped teachers, nearly all graduates of first-class institutions of learning, fact be indeetl a moßt disappointing 5. In the matter of school supplies wi " fl,ul a problem difficulties. There Is such enor mous waste In this line as to astonish those who have made the question one „ 8 . » ous and Vft xatious study. That all this waste can he eliminated under the present school code is not assumed. Hut for the City of Harrisburff it Is possible to reduce it by thousands of dollars annually. Tt is believed that President Stamm is as anxious to do this as is any other taxpayer. We are a \ flX " c ursed people, and between the millstones of Federal, State. Countv' Municipal and Hchool taxes the citizen of small means finds himself almost crushed. ?S? fi . nal point to which President Stamm's attention is called, the writer would mention the Teach ers Retirement Fund. To tills fund the teachers contribute $6,348.55, and the Board contributes |6,398.fi5 annually. In reality the Board contributes this en tire amount of $12,717.10. If reports current at the time the proposition to create this Retirement Fund was under discussion, and finally adopted, are to be credited, this Is the naked truth This large total is taken from the Boards public funds. Now the ques tion is whether by Indirection, by evasion, by the substitution of a synonymous term for the term employ ed in the State Constitution, the Board can do that which it has no constitu tional right to do. It seems to be the consensus of opinion among eminent lawyers, that the constitution pro hibits the appropriation of public money for pensions, "except for pen sions or gratuities for military serv ices." A "Retirement Fund" is a pen sion fund under another name. The members of the School Board are sworn to obey the Constitution of the State. How they can honestly do this by the mere substitution of a synonymous term for that which Is used In the constitution Is for them to settle. As (jen. Aartranft Ehe cigar for e\j ery smoker who expect J full nickle \ialvje* / Voj / every- w/>ere. for the ordinary taxpayer, he not only is not able to reconcile It with his conscience: but he is not equal to the task of figuring out why a well-paid class of his fellow tollers should be pensioned at all, even If tt were con stitutional. For such, and many other, acts of social injustice society some day will have to answer. These bxir dens fall upon the real estate owners mainly, while to a great extent others. Including the beneficiaries of. these acts, escape them. These parents who, with many weary years of sacrifice, anx iety and care, raise the 11,421 boys and girls enrolled as pupils in our public, schools, mainly those who own real estate, who build our school houses and our homes, and furnish, equip and supply them: pave and light our streets, give us police protection and every other public convenience and utilty, not only receive no pensions when old age comes, but are compelled to hand over every year a little more than SI.OO for every child in the public schools for a pension fund, while the 309 teachers, with comparatively easy Jobs and good pay, are entitled to Tensions upon re tirement. Does it seem Just? EUDIA. Boston Lad Has Many Narrow Escapes as Dispatch Rider William J. (Billy) Robinson, the Boston lad who recently returned from the European war front where he was engaged in the actual fighting around Ypres as dißpatch rider attached to the British troops, tells of some harrowing experiences that befall a dispatch rider in the pursuit of his daily duties. Robinson says that his duty as dis patch rider demanded that he wait just in the rear of the first fighting line, ready to fly at a moment's notice on his motorcycle to the headquarters In the rear with such dispatches as the commanding line officer should give him. Oftentimes his duty had to be performed af night and always the darkest nights were chosen for the fiercest attacks, and that- made his tasks all the more difficult and dan gerous. Robinson denies that there is any joy in riding at breakneck speed along a torn and uncertain road, trust ing to luck that you will miss pitching into one or another of the gaping shell holes that line the way, and that you will dodge all the shot and shrapnel flying about. Not always does a dis patch rider miss every shell hole: sometimes he will pitch headlong into one and be quite uninjured, and will get up, haul his machine out and, if still running, ride on with his dis patches. But Robinson has seen many a man pitch into a hole and never rise again. Robinson rode an Indian Powerplus while in service at the front and he says it is absolutely remarkable the way the Indian motorcycles stand up under the terrific strain and the mis use to which they are put. He espe cially commends the flexibility of tbe new Indian engine, and has more than once been thankful that there was a plus to the power of his worthy steed. 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