12 RAILROAD RUMBLES TAKE EXCEPTION TO CAR REPORT Pcnnsy Shortage Is Only Eight Per Cent. Below Normal Offsetting reports made public Saturday regarding erippled cars, Pennsylvania Railroad officials gave out figures to show that the short age at this time is only eight per cent, below normal. In a report made Saturday by In terstate Commissioner McChord at Washington he indicted that thous ands of crippled cars, which have accumulated through the winter were responsible for the car short age and traffic congestions. It is said, of 2,000,000 freight cars on lines east of Pittsburgh on Feb ruary 12, 13.690 cars were cither under repairs or waiting for repairs. Of that number, 5058 were being re paired and 863 waiting to be put in order. Such total number of crippled cars on the Pennsylvania lines east was 12,697 on September 25, 1915, so that the number now is 993, or 8 per cent, more, and this following two months of weather which was unusually hard on railroad equip ment. It is the practice of railroads to get their equipment in good order early in the fall, before the traffic rush comes. It Is stated that the motive power of the Pennsylvania Railroad came into this winter in average condi tion better than at any such time since 1911. On the lines east there were 4607 locomotives on Decem ber 31, ar.d of the total 92.4 per cent, were in service. Those in good order and in service numbered 3951; those in service but needing repairs, numbered 150. Since the I eginning of the year there has been more than a normal break-down of cars and locomotives, large, as is explained, owing to the very hard weather, but partly be cause of the lowered efficiency of labor which has resulted from the great unrest in the ranks of labor. During last year the company, with an average, of 1757 employes, hired no less than 173,000 new men to keep the ranks lilled. The Railway Age urges that orders of new cars be placed with out delay and says: "There are about 2,600,000 freight cars In serv ice on the railroads to-day. As suming fifteen years to be the aver age life (•£ a car, there will be re quired about 173,000 cars for re placements alone to say nothing of increased business requirements. "During thr last seventeen years, over wh -h period records have been kept, the number of cars ordered amounted to 2.784,662, or 163,803 cars per year. During the last five years the aviago number ordered amounted'tc 117,242. or 46,561 less than the average. This shows that our railways have for five years been sliort of new cars." Lehigh Valley Railroad Reports Largest Pay I lazleton, Pa., Feb. 18.—The Le high Valley Railroad Company on Saturday distributed the biggest pay ever received by its men on the liazleton and Mahanoy division, as a result of overtime made during Jan uary, by reason of severe storms and i-xtraordinary efforts to maintain an thracite shipments to eastern sec tions. hat tiarKii Make*— tinrgas l,uarantrr>" Iron Quinine and Strychnine builds you up after the Grippe Iron for the blood. Quinine for the system. Strychnine for the nerves. The best tonic for those who are weak and nervous. Gorgas' Drug Stores 16 XORTH THIRD STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA STATION Apples Are Nature's Tonic Apples stimulate the appetite, aid diges tion, tone up and strengthen the entire sys tem. Being mildly laxative they rid the body of waste that ruins complexion, affects the nerves and dulls the mind. In apples, Nature has imprisoned sugar, acids, salts and other elements which are absolutely essen tial to good health. Our No. 1 Variety Apples, free from decayed spots, for sale by leading grocers. UNITED ICE & COAL CO. DISTRIBUTORS FOOD WHX WIN THIS WAR DON'T WASTE IT" MONDAY EVENING, TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 18, 1918. NEED MEN FOR CAR REPAIRING ! Crippled Equipment on Sid ings Cannot Be Moved; in Need of Oil An official of the Philadelphia Di vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad said to-day that empty coal cars were stored on the low grade line of the Philadelphia division from Marys ville to Cly, since shortly after Christmas. He said before the cars are moved it will be necessary to oil and repair every car. This will take considerable time and a large num ber of men. The oflicial said that one day last week efforts were made to move some cars at Goldsboro for some purpose. Five £ars were too much for one engine to move. It was necessary to oil and repair the cars before they could be moved. I"so Passenger Tracks During the time the cars have been stored on the northbound track it j was necessary to run all this freight | over the passenger route on the oth | er grade line. The low grade prior to the time I the cars were stored there was one of the heaviest freight roads around Harrisburg. At the present time it i is unusual to see a train on the road, j all freight being moved out of Har- I risburg. 1 Motorcar Proves Good Substitute For Trains; Help to Passengers "Since the Oovernment took over the railroads," said George Stowe. of the Mitchell Mo Lor Ctmpany of New York, "there ha.? been a curtailment of passenger trit'ie of over twenty per cent, in certain sections of the country, which would have proved disastrous, from a business stand point, but for the aubviiobile. | "Just as the motortruck relieved the freight proolem in the short hauls, and some long ores also, so has the automobile relieved passen- I ger traffic at this time, i "The automobile is a necessity I these days. whore transportation | means the saving of time and money, • and the public, bavins? once been I educated to flying along the 'nigli j ways and moving goods at "rom tlf ! teen to thirty miles an hour, will not | go back to walking and slow-moving l and expensive horse-hauling. I "Season and weather are not to bo I considered as in past yeat;s, \.-lien I they were lookc.l upon as a ha nil _-ap Ito business. And yet, it is not so I long ago that with the tirst frost the motorcar .vas locked up in the I garage. But not to-day: the not->r ca.- has shown us the short cuts and [ the time to be saved, so it is used j the year around." Railroad Notes j At Ply yesterday fourteen cars ! piled up across four tracks delaying i traffic for several hours. This time j it was a Northern Central train. One of the U. S. A. engines with I the big headlight is doing service lin the local yards of the Pennsyl i vania Railroad. !• . M. B. Mishey, cashier, and H. J. Babb, special agent, of the Phila- I delphia Division of the Pennsylvania j Railroad to-day attended the fu neral of Charles E. Ehling at Lan j caster. RufusW. Schreadley is doing night duty at the Bureau of Infor- I mation at the Pennsylvania Railroad ! station. Lights went out at the Pennsyl | vania Railroad station on Saturday, ! and for a short time employes used > lanterns. William Schell, clerk at the j Bureau of Information, Pennsyl ; vania Railroad station, who lias j been ill at his home on Penbrook, ' is able to be about and expects to j resume his duties within a few days. A freight wreck on the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsy held up pas [ senger traffic to-day. PsiEilT PAIN, NEURALGIA Don't Suffer! Get a dime pack age of Dr. James' Headache Powders You can clear your head and re lieve a dull, splitting or violent , throbbing headache in a moment I with a Dr. James' Headache Powder This old-time headache relief acts I almost magically. Send some one to , the drug store now for a dime pack age and a few moments after you take a powder you will wonder what I became of the headache, neuralgia and pain. Stop surfering—lt's need less; Be sure you get what you ask I for.—Advertisement. "LABOR MUST WIN WAR," SAY A. F. L. LEADERS j Workingman Arrayed Against Prussianism, Declares Executive Council Washington, Feb. 18.—American j labor's indorsement of war aims as j stated by President Wilson and rec | ognition that the war against Prus i sianism is a workingman's war is | recorded in a declaration issued last ! night by the executive council of the j American Federation of Labor at the : close of a seven-day session at head* I quarters here. The declaration says the peace parleys between llussia and Ger i many have shown the futility of dip | lomatic negotiaUons until the Ger i man militarists are convinced they I cannot superimpose their will on the rest of the world and that spoil- I Umeous uprisings in Germany have I demonstrated the militarist govern | ment still Is stronger than the move | ment there for emancipation. •'Labor Must Win War" "The defeat of Prussian autocracy on the battlefield will bring an op portunity for German liberty at home," says the declaration, which adds: "This is labor's war. It must be won by labor, and every stage in the, fighting and the final victory must be made to count for humanity. That result only can justify the aw ful sacrifice." After calling on the workers of free America to "fight the good fight," the declaration adds: "A gi gantic struggle lies ahead and now is a time when all workers must soberly face the grave importance of their daily work." The; declaration expresses regret that "we cannot have representation in the interallied labor conference about to convene in London." •World Peaee l*rogram Indorsed The manifesto adopts the most earnest Indorsement of President Wilson's program for world peace as stated in his address to Congress on January 8. Labor's own position toward the war is set forth in the following paragraph: "Give workers a decent place to live: protect them against conditions to take all their wages for bare exist ence: give them agencies whereby grievances can be adjusted and in dustrial justice assured; make it plain that their labor counts in the winnig a war for greater freedom, not for private profiteering, and workers can confidently be expected to do their part. Workers are loyal. They want to do their share for the republic and l'or winning the war." Just Like Male Employes, Women Go Out on Strike Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 18.—Women sectionhands employed by the Lehigh Valley railroad on the Shenandoah Rost Creek branch went on a strike Saturday morning. They are getting $1."80 for a nine-hour day and they are striking for $2. they were or ganized by a union organizer Satur day afternoon. SHIP-YARD STRIKE COMES TO AN END [Continued from First Page.] being sent to the brotherhood lo cals in other cities. Newark. N. J., Feb. 18.—The ship carpenters who struck on Saturday at the Foundation Company's yards near here were ordered back to work to-day by the district council and most of them at once reported. Rebukes Shipyard Strikers as Giving Aid to Germany Washington, Feb. 18.—President Wilson yesterday declined to grant an interview to William L. Hutche son, president of the United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and left to the leader of the striking workers in the New A ork shipyards a choice-between co operation or obstruction in the pros ecution of the war. The President, replying to Mr. llutchcson's statement that the car penters were unable to reach a basis of adjustment with the shipbuilding labor adjustment board, telegraphed the labor leader that all other unions have submitted their cases to the board and have received fair and liberal treatment. Calls Strike Deadly Blow The President's, telegram was made public last night, as follows: "William L. Hutcheson, general president United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer ica, New York: "1 have received your telegram of yesterday and am very glad to note the expression of your desire ns a patriotic citizen, to assist in carry ing on the work by which we are trying to save America and men ev erywhere who work and be free. Taking advantage of that assurance. 1 feel it to be my duty to call your attention to the fact that the strike of tilt; carpenters in the shipyards is in marked and painful contrast to the action of labor In other trades and places. Ships are absolutely necessary for the winning of this war. No one can strike a deadlier blow at the safety of the nation and of its forces on the other side than by interfering with or obstructing the shipbuilding program. "All the other unions engaged in this indispensable work have agreed to abide by the decisions oi the ship building wage adjustment board. That board has dealt fairly and li berally with all who have resorted to it. I must say to you very frank ly that it is your duty to leave to It the solution of your present difficul ties with your employers and to ad vice the men whom yon represent to return at once to work, pending the decision. No body of men have the moral right in the present circum stances of the nation to strike until every method of adjustment has been tried to the limit. If you do not act upon this principle you are undoubtedly giving aid and com fort to the enemy, whatever may be your own conscious purpose. "I do not see than anything will be gained by my seeing you personally until you have accepted and acted upon that principle. It is the dutv of the government to see that the best possible conditions of labor are maintained, as it Is also its duty to see to it that there is no lawless and conscienceless profiteering, and that duty the government has accepted and will perform. "Will you co-operate or will you obstruct? "WOODROW WILSON." NEWS OF S THANK ST. JOHN'S CHURCH FOR GIFT Shelley Brothers, in Letter to the Rev. (i. X. Lauffcr, Show Appreciation The rtev. U. X. Lauflt-r, Pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church, read a letter from Roy and Carl Shelley, who are in France, at the scryices yesterday. The boys in the message thanked the congregation for tho Christmas packages sent them dur ing the holidays. The gifts were the only ones the boys received up to this time. Tbe t letter follows: t "Over Here," "Jan. 16, 1918. "We take this method of thanking the congregation of St. John's .Luth eran Church for the Christmas box they so generously sent us. Its ar rival was greatly delayed, having just been delivered to-day. We want to assure you that the contents are not only much enjoyed and very use ful. but are greatly appreciated as well. It certainly makes a fellow living under our conditions feel fine to know that he is remembered by the people back home. This thought is of more actual value to us than the contents of the box. "A person can not fully realize war's horrors until he has actually seen them. Towns, homes, churches and even cemeteries have been de stroyed. We can all be very, very thankful that our country is not the scene of this terrible war. Our hard ships are more than balanced by knowing that our homes' and dear ones are safe and well cared for. "Although this life has its 'ups and downs,' we are, nevertheless, enjoy ing it. Uncle Sam has assured us sufficient clothing and the mess is good considering the conditions. Not much variety, but plenty of It. This morning we had oatmeal, milk, su gar and coffee; our noon meal con sisted of roast beef, hashed brown potatoes, stewed corn and coffee; for evening's mess we had hamburg steak, boiled potatoes, stewed toma toes and tea with sugar. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Believe me, this outdoor life certainly does cre ate an appetite. When not in actual ser\ ice we appropriate the stretchers for beds. • This is one advantage in this life—we are not troubled by un dressing—just take oft our shoes and dive under six blankets, several coats and any other articles we can get hold of. Sleep Just as soundly as if we were in a bed of feathers. "It certainly is good news to know that Steelton is in this war to her fullest strength. Whether it is men, mcney or material, she always gives her full quota, and then some. There is no doubt to the final outcome of this war if w< give Fnele Sam our utmost co-operation. The more we pull together the sooner the war will finish. "As it is getting very late —8 o'clock—we'll bring this brief letter to a close. "Thanking you again for your kind remembrance of us and hoping to hear from the congregation, individ ually or collectively, we remain, "Very sincerely, "Carl and Roy Shelley," Fire Damages Office of. Blast Furnace Department The office building of the blast furnace department of the local steel plant, located at Locust street was damaged considerably by tire at 11 o'clock this morning. A steel com pany official said the loss amounted to several hundred dollars. The ori gin of the fire was not known at the steel plant office. Officials planned to remove the building in a short time, it was announced. An alarm was turned in from box No. 32, situated at Front and Locust streets. • JEW ISH RELIEF FUNI) DRIVE LAUNCHED BY COMMITTEE A committee of nine men launch ed the Jewish war relief fund drive in the borough. The town has been divided into districts and will be canvassed by committees. The com mittee is composed of Louis Lehr man, Jacob Yoselowltz. David P. Baker, A. J. Ing. Wiley Walton and daughter, Ruth, have returned home from a visit to the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Walton, York. Columbian Commandery, No. 132, Knights of Malta, attended services in the All Angels' and St. Michael's Episcopal Church yesterday after noon, when the Rev. Floyd Appleton preached a special sermon to them. There were fifty-four present. Middletown Lodge, No. 268, Knights of Pythias, met in their hall In, Emaus street last evening and from there proceeded in a body to the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, noon. The Rev. William Beach, pas preaclied a syecta: sermon to them. There were seventy-flve in number. The funeral of Mrs. Annie Gundy wan held from her home. Market street, Royalton, yesterday after non. The Rev. William Beach, pas tor of the Royalton U. B. Church, officatcd. Burial was made in the Middletown cemetery. Six members of the infant depart ment of the Church of God Sunday School, wnre promoted to the adult department. William Kever. super intendent of the Infant department, presented diplomas to the following: Maud McCammon. Evelyn Myers, Ksther Geibc, Violet Kennard, Doro thy Ilernlng and Viola Kelly. The class win ufc taught by Miss Mary Croll. „ , Miss Macon Myers, of Pine street, entertained the Sunday School class of the Church of God. taught by Miss Krma Brenneman. Refreshments were served to the following mem bers: Naomi Carmany, Laura Hand. Amarantha ftmith, Macon Myers and Krma Brenneman. The Rev. Whlttaker. pastor of the Balnbrldge Church of God, tilled the pulpit of the local Church of God. morning and evening services, during the absence of the Rev. O. M. Kray bill. Richard Stoner, who was Injured by being struck by a skid while un loading rails at Branch Intersection, was taken to the Harrlsburg Hospi tal, Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oberly, of Wil ming-ton, Del., announce the biath of a son. Mrs. Oberly before her mar riage, was Miss Feme Dasher, of town. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Raymond, of Phoenix, Arls., arrived in town Sat urday, being called here on account of the death of Mrs. Francis L Sher rick, the latter's mother. Mrs. George Rodfong left for Glen slde, Pa., where she will spend some time with her brother. ADVANCES SHOWN IN DAY'S OPENING * Last Week's Rise in Shippings Resumed at Opening of .To-day's Stock Market—Liberty Bonds Reach to Higher Levels By .tyociattd Press , New York, Feb. 18.—Wall Street. Uist week's rise in shippings and : various equipments was resumed at i the opening of to-day's stock mar- j kef, advances extending from large ! tractions to 2 % points. The strong- I est features included United Fruit, i Marine pfd., Atlantic Gulf. Central j Leather and active steels. A 2-point j decline in General Motors was off- ! set by a gain of 6 % points in Chan- j dler Motors. Rails and coppers were i firm. Liberty Bonds were again promi- ] nenl at higher levels. SEW VOIIK S I iH'KS Chandler Brothers and Company, 1 members of New York and I'hlladel- j phia Stock Exchanges :i North Mar ket Square, Harrisburg; 1336 Chestnut' street, Philadelphia: 34 Pine street, New York—-furnish the following quotations: 2 P. M. Allis Chalmers 21 "4 25',4 Amer Beet Sugar .. 79 79% American Can 41% 42 Am Car and Foundry .. 7414 75',4 Ainer Roco 63% 6:1% Amer Smelting 84 U 85 American Sugar lf>G% 108 Amer Woolens 51% 55 Anaconda . 64% 64 % Atchison 85 86% Baldwin Locomotive.... . 72% 75% Baltimore and Ohio .... 52% 5" Bethlehem Steel (B) .... 72% 80% Butte Copper 22 ',4 22% (California Petroleum ... 17% 17% Canadian Pacific 147% SHR'.4 Central Leather 7114 7214 Chi, Mil and St Paul ... 4314 43% Chicago, R 1 and Pacific 20% -1% Cliino Con Copper 44',3 44% Col Fuel and Iron 39 •' 39 ia Corn Products 34V4 35% Crucible Steel 62 62% Distilling Securities ...-. 10% 40% Erie 15% lo'/i General Motors ........ 130 13214 Great Northern pfd .... 92Vi 92 Great Northern Ore subs 29% 30% Hide and Leather 13% )3% Inspiration Copper International Paper .... 31% 32% Kennecott * 33. '12% Kansas iCty Southern .. 17% 17% Steel 7814 79vt Maxwell Motors ' 27% 3014 Merc War Ctfs 2714 27 /4 Merc War Ctfs pM 100% 10t% Mex Petroleum 03 % 92 vg Miami Copper :! l% 31/4 Mid.vale Steel *"'7 New Yc.rk Centre.t 71% ilv* N V, N H and H -9V4 -9vi NOl folk and Western ... 101 Vi ijjjw Northern Pacific ° Pacific Mail '•'* • i Pennsylvania Railroad.. 4a Pittsburgh Coal ' ,l Railway Steel Spring .. Ray C< n Copper 20 A -4-* Reading './* Republic Iron and Stesl * • * Southern Pacific y Southern Ry •*, j* j? Studebaker "1,4 Union Pacific , 4 J-'-v us ho !. U S Steel pfd 1 i22 4 * Utah Copper 53% 81* V'.rginla-Carolina Chem. 41 41* Wcstioghouse Mfg 42 4„ Willys-Overland ™ + Western Maryland ..... 3< V. *" Y. M. C. A. Convention to Have Varied Program With Charles M. Alexander in charge of the singing accompanied by various soloists and with some oi the country's best known speakers to appear, the fiftieth annual Y. M. C. A. convention to be held in Ilar risburg, Thursday, Friday and Sat urday, promises to be one of the largest conventions of its kind held in this city in years. Hundreds or delegates will be present from all sections of the state and many re ligious leaders from throughout the naticn will be present. The convention will open in /sion Lutheran Church, Thursday evening, with a complimentary dinner. Gov ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh will ad dress the convention. The Rutherford Glee Club, a local musical attraction of merit, will sing and other musical features are being arranged. FIVE-FOOT RISE IN RIVER CARRIES OFF ALL ICE A five-foot rise of water in two hours spread a flood scare throughout the city late Saturday afternoon, when a volume of ice from the north branch passed the city. The river receded as quickly as it rose and all danger of a flood is past.. No further ice movements are expected until warmer weather. Cold weather Is predicted for the eariy part of the The bridge across the Juniata at Duncannon has been closed to all traffic except foot passengers. The Ice damaged the piers and frame work. The bridge has never before been damaged by the Ice. CAR AXLE BREAKS Street car schedules through the borough were exceptionally Irregular this morning. An axle on Middle town car No. 703, broke while the car was passing Franta bridge, near Mlddletown. None of the occupants of the car were Injured. FOR SALE Two-Story Brick House, 1118 North 14th Street, in cluding lot 30x116 across alley in rear. Built 1912; noteworthy in big rooms, large closets, front and back stairs. ' Stands on two corners, has 9-f6ot porch, electric lights, gas connection asphalt street Both properties $4,200, sub ject to change. Possession given April 1, 1918. Apply to C. H. ORCUTT 267 Cumberland St. . PHILADELPHIA InoDUCK Philadelphia, Fob. IS. Wheat j Market steady; Ku. 1, rod, $2.27; i No. 1, soft, red, $2.25; No. 2, red, $2.24; No. 2, soft, red. $2.22. Corn Market nominal; No. 2, yellow, $2.35® 2.40; No. 3, yellow, SI.OO <®l.Hs; No. *l, yellow, $1.85@1.90. Oats—Market scarce and firm; No. 2, white, sl.oo® 1.01; No. !!, white, 99c© SI.OO. ltian Tile market Is steady; soft winter, per ton. $46.50®47.00; spring per ton. $-14.004i>45.00. Butter Firm, with a fair demand; western, creamery, extras, 62e; nearby prints, fancy, stic. Eggs—Firm, higher; Pennsylvania, and other nearby firsts, free cases, $ 111.20 per case; do., current receipts, free cases. $18.90 per case; western, extras, tirsts, free'cases, SIB.OO per case; do., tirsts, free cases, $17.70 per case; per dozen, 72®73c. Cheese Firm, out quiet; New York, full cream, choice to fancy. 23 13.80; stockers and feed ers, $7.35® 10.60; cows and heifers, $6.40® 11.65; calves. $8.50® 13.75. Sheep Receipts, 20,000; weak. Sheep, $9.75®13.20',i lambs, $13.75® 16.65. Hogs Receipts. 45,000: strong. Rulk of sales. $16.70®'17.00; light, $16.45® 17.05; mixed, $16.40(5)17.05; heavy, $16.30(® 17.00; rough, $ 16.30(h) 16.45; pigs, $13.25® 16.25. lilXiAl/ NOTICES BIDS WANTED For the removal of garbage from the Borough of Steel ton as per specification in the Coun cil Chamber, No. 114 Walnut Street, Steelton, Pa. Said bids to be submit ted on or before February 20. 1918, at 12 o'clock, noon. Council reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. CHAS. P. FEIDT, Secretary. NOTICE letters of Administra tion on the Estate of George D. Kep ner, late of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa„ deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, all per sons indebted to said Estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY, Administrator, 222 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 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MANUFACTURERS NEED EDUCATION, DECLARES BABSON Failure to Increase Wages May Be Weakness of In dustrial Structure By Asioeiated Press Washington, Feb. 18.—Failure of manufacturers to increase wages in keeping with the advance in the cost of living, "may be the weakness of the industrial structure," according to Koger W. Babson, special agent of the employment service of the Department of Lrfibor, whose views sained during a recent trip through the west arc set forth to-day in mi employment service bulletin. Although starting his trip with the idea of educating the workers to the needs of the present situation. Mr. Babson says he returned with the idea that the manufacturers. "es pecially those In some localities, need fully as much 'missionary work' as do workers." "The labor difficulty at present is one of improper distribution, rather than of shortage," he said. "Tl%e complaints of manufacturers, I have found, have arisen not so much from their difficulty In obtaining labor, but in their difficulty in obtaining it at the price which the manufac turers desire to pay. My principal difficulty was in convincing manu facturers of the increase in the cost of living to wage-earners and in the reasonableness of advancing wages. "The manufacturers who are not complaining about paying advances ' of one hundred per cent, or more for materials which they must use, are strenuously objecting to paying a fraction of this advance in wages. "In many ways manufacturers arc more liberal than wage earners. They cheerfully pay heavy taxes, give bountifully to the Red Cross and similar organizations, are will ing to work in Washington for $1 :i year and permit their wives to knit, from morning to night; but there is one thing which they will not do: Give up one-sixteenth of so-called 'inherited rights of the employing class." " S.MII'EAGB books on sai.e Halifax, Pa., Feb. 18.—Smileage Books for the soldier boys are being sold here. The books contain twenty coupons and each coupon entitles the soldier boy to a seat in one of Uncle Sam's specially provided Liberty the aters. The books cost $lO and can be had of Mrs. S. Lt. Marshall. [FRANK R. LEHT & SON General Insurance and Real Estate 18 H. Third Street FOR SALE No. 1607 Chestnut street, 3-story brick dwelling. 8 rooms and bath. Front and rear porches. Furnace and gas. Must be sold to close an estate. Price for quick sale, $2500