14 GOVERNMENT WILL FURNISH EQUIPMENT [Continued front First Pase.] and control of the express compan ies. President Wilson will recommend to Congress that the railroads be guaranteed the average net income of the three years ending June 30, 1917, but any railroad may abide by its constitutional right and refuse to accept this basis of compensation. In that case the question will pass to an arbitrating body, the precise na ture of which is to be determined by Congress. ' Would Cut Itig Salaries The presidents of many large lines now receive salaries ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 a year and one of the first acts of the director gen oral probably will be to cut these sharply. Ten thousand dollars a year is being discussed as a maxi mum. The saving in salaries would be applied to raising the pay of mem bers of the four railroad brother hoods, whose officers conferred to day with President Wilson and also of other railway employes unorgan ized. Under government control every effort will be made to interfere as Jittle as possible with the personnel of the companies but it is considered inevitable that, some employes will be cut off. The effect of government opera tion on drafting railroad employes for Army duty is a question to be worked out, but it seems probable a large proportion of the employes will be considered too valuable in their present work to be drafted for lighting. One of the immediate effects of the new plan will bo the re-routing of much freight now passing over congested lines, particularly in the East. New, York, Dec. 27.—Almost without exception leading bankers and executives of railroads hav ing their headnuarters here to day expressed their approval of the action of Presidsnt Wilson in tak ing over the country's railroad lines. Most of them agreed that the gov ernment's program as a whole met their expectations. In the financial district it was as serted the President's statement re garding guarantee of compensation to the railroads will have the ef fect of reassuring holders of railway securities. It was generally agreed that in view of the financial phase of the problem Secretary McAdoo's re tention of the Treasury portfolio was desirable. LOCAL OFFICIALS TO GIVE LOYAL SUPPORT [Continued from First Pago.[ good. We are ready to do every thing in our power to co-operate with the government. For some time we have been doing our best to help out and we are ready to do more if in our power. "What will come after the gov ernment takes charge will be an nounced from the higher officials. 1 do not look for anything but suc cess when the new plans are in operation. Orders will be obeyed promptly. Just what it means to the Pennsylvania Railroad will be ex plained later." An Associated Press d;t;patch from Philadelphia says: C. Stuart Patterson, a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a leading financier, approved the tak ing over of the operation of rail roads by the government, saying <n an interview to-day: "The President has acted wisely. He patriotically has done that which he deems best for the entire country." T. DeWitt Cuyler, another director of the Pennsylvania Railroad, said no change in organization would oc cur and that the railroads do not ex pect to incur any loss as a result of the transaction. "The railroads have for some time realized the prospect of the government taking over the lines. All will give the government the fullest co-operation. The ad vantage to be gained by the change is the surmounting of all legal ob stacles, the suspension if necessary, of all arrangements the roads may have with each other and the oper ation of all the roads as one sys tem." Another dispatch says: What It Means "With the taking oyer of the rail roads every employe now in their service will become a government employe; every piece of operating equipment will become the govern ment's equipment and all the ter minals in this city will become the government's property and subjected lo the same strict surveillance that surrounds all government buildings and plants. "Approximately 25,000 miles of railway trackage; 7-175 locomotives types w 'th tractive power of 272,602,830 pounds; 7085 passenger c ars with seating capacity for 319,- 24 0 persons and 277,296 freight cars of 13,642,028 tons capacity, will be turned over to the government by the Pennsylvania Railroad alone. This is the Pennsylvania's main equipment, the remaining incidental items that also will be transferred aggregating several times the value of property that will be turned over by many smaller lines." Christmas Season Is Observed at Masonic Homes Christmas at the Masonic Homes in Llizabethtown was a memorable oc casion in the history of the establish ment. The beautiful growth of ever greens on the grounds provided fra grant decorations for grand lodge hall, all guest houses, diningroom and many other places in the big plant. The diningroom was further embell ished with a magnificent marble faced clock the gift of Colonel J. Warner Hutch ins, of Philadelphia. The Christmas celebration began ahead of time, on Sunday afternoon, with a song service, the feature of which Was the recital from memory 8. I,e „,/; e 5 Commandments, the Twenty-Third Pslam, the Lord's Pray er and Addison's Ode to the Heeavens by the boys of the homes. Mr. and Mrs. Harold 1,. Skirving, of Philadel phia. added greatly to the pleasure of the children by presenting them $55, a donation for their savings account. In behalf of Sonny and Louis Bacho fer, Mr. Skirving gave fifty-seven gold Hags, buttons and pins to the boys and girls. It would be impossible for members of the lodge to realize the joy of those young hearts in being transformed from indigent orphans to capitalist wards of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Christmas eve was devoted to the Red Cross. With a basis of 120 mem bers a swift campaign of the Homes brought in 140 more, each paying his or her dollar. Christmas Day was ushered In with singing of carols by a chorus of boy guests, followed by sweet strains of a cornet and flute played by John A. Fisher and his two sons, of Elizabethtown. Every one of the 320 guests received a gift, each of the fifty-five children guests were permitted to write a letter to Santa Claus and tell what he or she most •wished. The Boys' Home was for tunate in receiving a $165 vlctrola do nated by George W. McCandless, of Pittsburgh. Santa Claus was imper sonated by Lewis Allen, an 85-year old guest of the house, who wns ac companied by Tsaac B. Smith, ninety years old. In making the rounds with i handsome presents and candy. i '' . I THURSDAY EVENING, HARHI9BURO £■£& TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 27, 1917 PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION ' IN GOVERNMENT U. S. RAILROAD PROPERTY By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation; "Whereas, the Congress of the United States, in the exercise of the constitutional authority vested in them, by joint resolution of the Sen ate and House of Representatives, bearing date April 6, 1917, resolved: " 'That the state of war between | the United States and the Imperial t German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States (is hereby formally declared; and l that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to car ry on war against the Imperial Ger man Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.' "And by joint resolution bearing date of December 7, 1917, resolved: " 'That a state of war is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Gov ernment: and that the President be, and he is hereby authorized and di rected to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the gov ernment to carry on war against the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungar ian Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.' "And whereas it is provided by Section 1 of the act approved August 29, 1916, entitled 'an Act making ap propriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes,' as follows: " 'The President, in time of war, Is empowered through the Secretary of War, to take possession and as sume control of any system or sys tems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may he nec essary of all traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or de sirable.' " 'And whereas, it has now be come necessary In the national de fense to take possession and assume control of certain systems of trans portation and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of other than war traffic thereon, for the transportation of troops, war materials and equip ment therefor, and for other need ful and desirable purposes connect ed with the prosecution of the war. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil-1 son, President of the United States, fr= Dives, Pomeroy The Year's Last Friday Sale Brings Many Extraordinary Values No Friday Specials TLp Af f _ PVI Y*icif YTI Q C Traveling Bags I Men's Gloves ~ ~ ~ ~ sent c. o. D. or .nWc"ss""sixsit Books That Were Hurt or Mail or Phone Orders of fYkCfa °>* '•••• > O " 1 J I~\ • , Filled-:--:--:--:--:- Basement. Men's Store. = For Women, Misses and Holiday Season nVlilHrPn Fire Extinguishers Men's Shirts • „ „ . ya™.. tJIl 50c -Quick Out" fire extin- 79c. 11.00 and $1.19 counter At IXCCtUCtIO US 0J0 776" Half& MOL £ 39c satine; 36 inches wide. y-j . ttt- . j 71/T ' guishers; one should be in every soiled shirts. Special Friday S P yLrd d^\. S f e ?! a A F . r !ic liepresents Winter S Most home. Special Friday only. 25c only 5c We've gathered together all books, whether of fiction, Dives Pomeroy & Stewart. Ttlfprpcfinn T?JWnt ™ ve *' Porneroy & Stewart, Dlv . Pomeroy & Stewart. on the war, books of sentiment and for children, that were - damaged in the slightest degree during the Christmas sea , Values not to be equaled in any son—and to-morrow and Saturday the entire collection other shop are now piesented, in- Men's Gift Sets Men's Handkerchiefs will go out at remarkable savings. 15c children's small size Jersey ,£jj£jL,> cltldlllg gauntlet gloves. Special Friday, 4FT S2IOO cheviot and! zMiI.C coats in ZZZZ7. ><?A2%&L*SJS£ St only 9c /IV brown and navy, made in a belted Style, tie sets and military brush sets! day only 9c J r r D t\\ i A large envelope pockets and convertible Special Friday only 25c Khaki hemstitched handker- Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, / A AYM 1-,-„Ll u _ __ chiefs. Special Friday only. 8c Sale of Hurt Books Men's Store. collar trimmed with buttons. 1 D C Q Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, — rt fJL Christmas Sale Price Men's store. Men's store. Soiled covers and slightly handled, reduced one-third to — $27.50 wool velour and cheviot coats, ' one-half price. Men's Gloves f /r> lined throughout with black satin; made n . '~r , , ~, lit * in a belted model trimmed with large Children's Gloves Girls' Cans and Scarfs son the \V ar, reduced one-half or more. $1.50 grey suede silk and un- jCflf buckles; inverted patch pockets and large Boxed Gift Books, broken lids or without boxes, reduced lined gloves. Special Friday, only fff K cape Collar. Christmas S9O OO 15 ° ersey gauntlet Sl° v es In Girls' sets of cap and scarf, one-third and more SI OH ft H Sale Price small sizes. Special Friday only formerly 39c and 48c. Special Divw, Pomeroy & Stewart.* I I $37.50 coats in baVelia.'chcviot and wool * Friday only ,o Books for boys and girls, oncrhalt price. Men's store. q velour, lined throughout with fancy silk, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Children s books of all kinds, showing handling, one- I large collar'of kcrami. OO Men's Store. Men's store. ] ia lf p r j ce . —L I Sale Price • Christmas Stationery Reduced V 1 H $39.50 coats in wool velour, broadcloth Nut Crackers Jlf( and bur . c,la : in S rc n, brown and trench, Colored Dress Goods c- . Soilcd b ° XCS ° r broken lids - holl y boxes > etc > "duced C9c the home worm drive nut /A\ made with a full gathered back, large cape Silk Specials one-third to one-half; contents in good condition. crackers adjustable to all kinds U collar atld broad bands of seal plush trim C lAN!^if| 4 $1 50 brocade linintr satin in r J JV J T of nuts; nickel plated. Special f 1 bottom of coat Christ,na* A OA AA Wide, all wool, Special Friday *i t>u brocade l.ning, satin, in Reduced Kodaks Friday only .25c DOUom OI coat. Uiristmas S3O OO * white grounds with floral pat ... _ re,.. nce * 85c serge; 36 inches wide; terns. Special Friday only vd Some special reductions are made previous to inventory Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor Rear good shades. Special Friday P Y y * . ... . . , , , . Street Floor. only, yard 68c 5c in order to close out several older style models—only one $1.75 wool Santoy, 42 inches $2.50 marine blue and myrtle of a kind and reductions worth while ~ "ZTTT e ay i onfy o0 yard hadeß ' 55 green velveteen; 36 inches wide. Children s Table Sets Odd Pieces of Furniture Grocery Specials $2.00 popim, *2 inches wide; Speclal Friday only - yard ' $, s ® DlCirU For 1918 10c children's knife and fork Half Price 0% pound granulated sugar ten shades. Special Friday only, $2.25 black French taffeta; and spoon set. Special Friday „ , and 5 lb. oven dried corn'meal. SO coVtume Ve'rire' 36 inches wide. Special Friday The Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Diary for 1918 contains - on ' y o£ ° 3 ° n L y :l m er.y . ~ —da. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Fels Naptha Soap, 10 bars. ' Specially priced 153<S Street Floor. $190.00 living room suite; 57c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor chair and davenport, $95.00 New cleaned currants 35c Street Floor. ™ . TT . * 2 - 95 mahogany tables, sl.lß *>esh selected Elgin creamery Toys At Half Price $2.69 mahogany tables, $1.35 r , er ' . ' 500 p„_„_ 1 _ __j TJ - And m many instances the $ *5 75 can^ mp . e .. " e T.. Black Dress Goods Lamps, Candle Shades Lining Materials rints 1 '- 9 50 reed stand,' till Hershey cocoa In bulk. lb.. , 9c JaD rrpn „ , , , eluding: dolls, iron toys, games. n4tr> . 39c Jap crepe in plain and t^unkrandd^ms" 0 ' toC>l chesls ' $9 95 flbre chairs"!!!! JJiss Tomato catsup. !0 oz bottle imported all wool striped 98c mahogany candlesticks. 50c and 59c fancy satines. 36 fanC y stripes. Special Friday aim uruins. $4.95 oak chairs $2.49 ' jjc fabrics. Special Friday only, 10 inches high. Special Friday incheg wide, for bags and skirts. only, yard 19 c Dives. $7.95 oak armchair ..$3.98 Breakfast blend coffec> yard 95c 75c Special Friday only. yard. 25c 20c percale; 36 , nchea n h y china cIS English walnuts, lb 29c $1.75 French serge, all wool. $3.98 boudoir lamps for elec- SI.OO Farmer's satin, 0 inches neat styles. Social Friday only. - W,de ' black only ' s P eclal Prl " UF Men's S $4.95 umbrella rack ...$2.49 value, 2 lbs $2.00 silk poplin, 40 inches terfly or parrot decoration. Spe- coverings. Special Friday onlv =K5r'S-i -SSSIt' 52 "I" - ktmms "• ™ zni C 1 . 250 ' h,d ™- >■- '• Jzrzzrzgrx on y 25c • ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Friday only Isc Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, yftrd Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart c. ™ „ Men's Store. Fourth Floor. Basement Street Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, liasement. > Basement. under and by virtue of the powers vested in me by the foregoing reso lution and statute, and by virtue of all other powers thereto me enabl ing, do hereby, through Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, take pos session and assume control at f2 o'clock noon on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1917, of each and every system of transportation and the appurtances thereof located wholly or in part within the bound aries of the continental United States and consisting of railroads, and owned or controlled systems of coast wise and inland transportation, en gaged in general transportation, whether operated by steam or by electric power, including also term inals, terminal companies and term inal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses, tele graph and. telephone lines and all other equipment and appurtenances commonly used upon or operated as a part of such rail or combined rail and water systems of transportation; —to the end that such system of transportation be utilized for the transfer and transportation of troops war material and equipment, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all other traffic-thereon: and that so far as such exclusive use be not necessary or desirable, such systems of transportation be operated and utilized in the performance of such other services as the national inter est may require and of the usual and ordinary business and duties of com mon carriers. "It is hereby directed that the possession, control, operation and utilization of such transportation systems hereby by me undertaken shall be exercised by and through William G. McAdoo, who is hereby appointed and designated director general of railroads. Said director may perform the duties imposed upon him, so long and to such ex tent as he shall determine, through the boards of directors and em ployes of said system of transporta tion. Until and except so far as said director shall from time to time by general or special orders other wise provide, the boards of direc tors, receivers, officers and employes of the various transportation sys tems shall continue the operation thereof in the usual and ordinary course of the business of common carriers, in the names of their re spective companies. "Until and except so far as said directors shall from time to time otherwise by general or special or ders determine, such systems of transportation shall remain subject to all existing statutes and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, and to all statutes and orders of regulating commissions of the various states in which said systems or any part thereof may be situated. But any orders, general or special, hereafter made by said director shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such. "Nothing herein shall be consti tuted aa now affecting the posses sion, operation and control of street electric passenger railways, Includ ing railways commonly called lnter urbans, whether such railways be or be not owned or controlled by such railroad companies or systems. But subsequent order and procla mation, if and when it shall be found necessary or desirable, pos session, control or operation may be taken of all or any part of such street railway systems, including subways and tunnels, and by subse quent order and 'proclamation pos session, control and operation in whole or in part may also be relin quished to the owners thereof of any part of the railroad systems or rail and water systems, possession and control of which are hereby as sumed. "The director shall as soon as may be possible after having as sumed such possession and control enter upon negotiations with the several companies looking to agree ments for just and reasonable com pensation for the possession, use and control of their respective prop erties on the basis of an annual guaranteed compensation, above ac cruing depreciation and the main tenance of their properties, equiv alent as nearly as may be to the average net operating income there of for the three-year perior ending June 30, 1917, the results of such negotiations to be reported to me for such action as may be appropri ate and lawful. "Regular dividends hitherto de clared and maturing interest upon bonds, debentures and other obliga tions may be paid in due course, and such regular dividends and in terest may continue to bo paid un til and unless the said director shall from time to time otherwise by gen eral or special orders determine, and, subject to the approval of the director, the various carriers may agree upon and arrange for the re newal and extension of maturing obligations. "Except with the prior written as sent of said director, no attachment by means of process or on execution shall be levied on or against any of the property used by any of said transportation systems in the con duct of their business as common carrier, but suits may be brought by and against said carriers and judgments rendered as hitherto, un til and except so far as said direc tors may. by general or special or ders. otherwise determine. "From and after 12 o'clock on said twenty-eighth day of Decem ber, 1917, all transportation systems included in this order and procla mation shall conclusively be deemed within the possession and control of said director without further act or notice. But for the purpose of accounting said possession and con trol shall date from 12 o'clock mid night on December 31, 1917. "In witness whereof, I have here- WILSON GIVES REASONS FOR DRASTIC TAKING O President Wilson's reasons for taking over the country's transpor tlon systems are as follows: "I have exercised the powers over the transportation systems of the country which were granted me by Act of Congress of August 29, 1916. because it had become Imperatively necessary for ine to do MO. This is a war of resources no less than ot men, perhap3 even more than of men, and it is necessary for the complete mobilization of our resources that the transportation system of the country should be organized and employed under a single authority and a sim plified method of co-ordination, which have not proved possible under pri vate management and control. "The committee of railway execu tives who have been co-operating with the Government in this all-im portant matters have done the utmost that it was possible for them to do, have done it with patriotic zeal and with great ability; but there were great difficulties that they could neither escape nor neutralise. Com plete unity of administration in the present circumstances involved upon occasion and at many points a seri ous dislocation of earnings, and the committee was, of course, without power or authority to rearrange charges or effect proper compensa tions and adjustments of earnings. "Several roads which were will ingly and with admirable public spirit accepting the orders of the committee have already suffered from these circumstances and should not be required to suffer further. In mere fairness to them the full au thority of the Government must be substituted. "The Government itself thereby w ill gain an immense increase in efficiency on the conduct of the war and the innumerable activities upon unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to bo af fixed. "Done by the President, through Newton D. Baker, Secretarv of War, in the District of Columbia, this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty second. "WOODROW WILSON, "NEWTON D. BAKER, "Secretary of War. "By the President: "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of State." which its successful conduct depends. "The public interest must be first served and, in addition, the financial interests of the Government and the financial interests of the railroads must be brought under a common direction. The financial operations j of the railways need not then inter fere with the borrowings of the Gov ernment, and they themselves can be conducted at a greater advantage. "Investors In railway securities may rest assured that tlielr rights nnd Interests will he ns scrupulously looked after by the Government as they could be by the directors of the several railway systems. Immedi ately upon the reassembling of Con gress I shall recommend that these definite guarantees be given: "First, of course, that the railroad properties will be maintained during the period off Keilcral control In as good repair and as complete equip ment ns when taken over by the Gov ernment, nnd, second, that the roads shall receive a net operntlng Income equal In eneli case to the average net operating Income of the three years preceding June 30, 11117, and I am en tirely confident that the Congress will be disposed in this case as in others to see that justice is done and full security assured to the owners and creditors of the great systems which the Government must now use under its own 'direction or else suffer serious embarrassment. "The Secretary of War and I are agreed that, all the circumstances being taken into consideration, the best results can be obtained under the immediate executive direction of the Hon. William G. Mcdoo. whose practical experience peculiarly flts him for the service and whose nu tlio'lty an Secretary of the Treasury will enable him to co-ordinate as no other man could the many tlnanelal Interests which will he Involved and which might, unless systematically illrecteil, sutler very embarrassing en tanglements. "Tho Government of the United States is the only great government now engaged in the war which has not already assumed control of this sort. It was thought to be the spirit of American institutions to attempt to do everything that was necessary through private management, and it zeal and ability and patriotic motive could have accomplished the neces sary unification of administration it would certainly have been accom plished; but no seal or ability could overcome Insuperable obstacles, and I have deemed It my duty to recognise that fact In lal candor now that It Is demonstrated and to use without reserve the great authority reposed In me. "A great national necessity dictat ed the action and I was therefore not at liberty to abstain from it. "WOODROW WILSON." DIVIDENDS ASSURED BY WILSON'S ACTION [Continued from First Page.] and I was therefore not at liberty to abstain from It." The President was required to act through Secretary of War Baker, as the steps taken are because of mili tary necessity, Congress having pro vided that government action was possible only in time of war. Secretary McAdoo became conver sant with transportation financing as the builder of the Hudson river tubes, and it is realized that the new tasks will revolve largely around the financial problems of the railroad. He is expected to call to his side a board of railroad executives, very likely the members of the Railroad War Board. Reaches Iteclsion Christmas Eve Decision to take over the roads was definitely reached by the Presi dent on Christmas eve, when he call ed Secretary Baker, Daniel Willard and other officials to the White House. Secretary McAdoo was a guest there yesterday, and the heads of the railroad brotherhoods were there to-day to have explained to them the status of operatives under the government's plans. The President seeks to make it clear to the hundreds of thousands of holders of railroad stocks and securi ties that the government will safe guard their rights and interests "as scrupulously as could the directors of the several railway systems." Private operation of street railway and interrurbun companies is not disturbed at least for the present, by the President's action and the actual control of the government over railroads for purposes of ac counting will be dated from Decem ber 31, in order to have the fiscal year agree with the calendar year. Secretary McAdoo's orders as di rector general of railroads will tako precedence oyer all orders and regu lations of the Interstate Commerce Commission and State Railroad Com missions. 12 British Ships Sunk in Week; Is Drop of 5 London. Dec. 27. The losses to British shipping show a material de crease for the past week. Accord ing to the admiralty report to-night eleven British merchantmen of 1600 tons or over were sunk during this period by mine or submarine, as well as one merchantman under that ton nage and one fishing vessel. * For the week ended December 19, seventeen British merchantmen were sunk, fourteen of them of more than 1600 tons. In the previous week the losses were twenty-one. fourteen ot them of more than 1600 tons For several weeks prior to week before last there was slight change in the sea piracy figures. TO BOOST TAXES AND LET ASH CONTRACT [Continued from First Page.] ones existing before the last reduC' tlon enough money will be raised t< release funds which can be use< for the ash collection work. Mayor Kelster opened the sessloi last night by explaining in part thi problem facing Council in provldlni for the needs of the city for 191! and said that he and the other com missioners would be glad for an; suggestions from the Chamber o Commerce or Municipal League. Andrew S. Patterson, president o the Chamber of Commerce, tol< Council that the Chamber only in tended to poll the sentiments of it entire membership of 850 about th< proposed increase in city taxes t meet additional expenses Incurred b; increasing the police force. The in crease is required he said in or<J to give adequate protection. Crime Decreasing 1! Keist ®r in reply said he be lie\ed Council would provide fo some additional patrolmen in th .udget. He then said that crime wa decreasing in the city, due chief! to the decrease in the sale and us of liquor, and also attributed part o Lv,?- ln law 'essness to th war which is a factor because i causes industrial booms with in creased wages and plenty of work. *V;® r question of the need c additional patrolmen was discusse Mayor Kelster called attention to th ash situation. Commissioner Gros in a short explanation said tha Council never had decided to give u En neilt U a " PIUI,S for 3Sh CO] lections. He explained that when tions wm n K raCt 13 ' Ct aprain re^u,B ouirp bo L p^ssed wh 'ch will rr quire both the householders and th C . to meet cert ain requir* ments, and providing a penalty i case of violation of the ruk" U ora , c ? McMarland, secretary r the Municipal League, represente rinn n Hr "S'V °? at ,he Council ses sion. He told how the cost of cit maintainance in Harrisburg was tl per capita a year, while Pittsburg] the next lowest city, is paying $1 tentiln / 11 .tf'V year - He oalled a tention to the larger amount of pa> JX C K tS .U Harr ' sb urg ln com par s °n with other cities, mentioned th parks and the pure water suppl and then criticised the residents < the city who demand up-to-date sei IT e i are un willinpr to pay for i le pointed to the protests against li creasing tax rates as an example. X'rgcs Collection Da V d Trac V. ex-president < the Chamber of Commerce, was ai other speaker who urged Council raise enough revenue to provide f< ash collections, telling of the har< ship It will work on the poorer clas es if they are compelled to pay have ashes removed. Failure of residents to co-opera was condemned and the commissioi ers said provision would be made compel householders to do the share to make private collections success.
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