BUSINESS NOT
AFRAID OF WAR
'Sit Tight" Is Advice of State-
Credit Mert Meeting
Here
"Sit tight; hold your nerve; don't
gossip and don't gamble and there
will be 110 panic in America as n .
result of this was the mes
sage sent out to-day by the Credit
Men of Pennsylvania who held their
annual convention at the Board of
Trade building. A more compact,
intelligent, aggressive party of pa
triots never gathered in the inter ]
ests of national finance. No red
■ape, 110 ceremonies marked this
concentrated session. From the mo
ment I hat Carl K. Deen, president j
of the local branch, made his speech 1
of welcome, every moment of the
morning session throbbed with
eager discussion on the vital topic
of credit which means so much to
\nierican manufactories and every
industry.
It was the substantial talk of A.
1. Sallee, of the firm of R. G. Dunn
iSi 'o.. Pittsburgh, which brought up
credit and the war and possible
panic. The discussion was thrown
wide open with pertinent questions
by J. M. McComb, presiding officer
and chairman of the executive com
mittee of the association, and by J.
11. Tregoe, secretary of the National
Vssociation. "Keen business on a
conservative basis and do not in
ilulge in speculation," was the cau
lion from Mr. Sallee after he had
demonstrated how panics are caused.
11. A. Black, of Alexander Brothers.
I'liiladelphia, who read a paper, here
called attention to the harm of gos
sip. He said that the panic of 1907
• ould easily have been avoided. Talk
•reates fear, and fear a panic. The
gossiper was characterized as a weak
man who had no confidence in him
self or any body else* The cause for
panic was summed up in the triple
:irraignment,i speculation, inflation
and waste. These are the things
that the credit men of Pennsylvania
in their responsible positions pro
nose lo contend with and suppress
by presenting the facts to the boss
of the establishment. "It is up to
us," said Mr. Sallee, "to show that
'llls is 110 time to speculate. The
credit business is being put to a
severe test, but it will pull through
and be most important In saving the
country even from danger of
panic.
Nearly all the speakers gave much
praise lo the Federal Reserve Banks
which they declared are so efficient
that had they been established in
1907 no panic could have occurred.
"We have the fullest confidence in
our federal financial machinery,"
said Mr. S. McComb." and at the
same time no doctor can save us
from suicide."
Among the morning addresses was 1
one by G. 1.. I.evl, Philadelphia, and j
another by W. H. Graver. Hersliey 1
chocolate Company. So informal]
and genial were the credit men that |
the. Hershey representative had fo
nod response to the general cry "this
will be a sweet talk." Mr. Graver
• onfined himself to a 1 lie de
scription of just how tuc credit
business Is handled at Hie llersliey
I.'.Milt
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Reserve Militia to Be
Mustered in April 9
Company 1. of the Second Regi-i
im nt. the Pennsylvania Reserve ■
Militia will be mustered into serv-]
ice in the City Grays Armory. Sec- j
■ nd and Forster streets. April it was'
■enounced to-day. Adjutant General
i'rank D. Beary Will be present and
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh will
also be present as commander-iu-I
i'hc Pennsylvania Reserve
u:i;es the place of the National Guar.l.j
The personnel of the company is ex- 1
• • •ptionally good, a number of state!
> iuployes and Technical and Central
High School boys being among the:
members. William H. Ball, private!
secretary to the Governor, recently j
i.listed as a private. The men are I
between the ages of 18 to 45, with the 1
exception of men in class 1 of the!
draft. I
<'onimissioned officers are at the |
i rmory every Tuesday and Friday
nights for enlistment and drills. Of
ficers of the organization are: Cap-j
lain, Paul W. F. Harm; first lieuten-i
ant, F. G. Fahnestock, Jr.; and sec- |
'ond lieutenant, F. F. Bruker.
The members will go to camp at I
Mi. Gretna. July 17, for a week's l
l raining, it is officially stated.
RHEUMATISM LEAVES "
YOU FOREVER
Deep Sealed I rjc Acid Deposits Are
Dissolved and the Rheumatic 1
Poison starts to Leave the System I
Witliiu Twenty-four Hours.
Geo. A. Gorgas, whom you all know, I
Is authorized to say to every rheu
matic sufferer in this vicinity that if
two bottles of AUenrliu. the sure
conquerer of rheumatism, dots not
slop all agony, reduce swollen joints
and do away with even the slightest |
twinge of rheumatic pain, he will
gladly return your money without
comment.
AUenrliu. has been tried and tested
for years, and really marvelous re
sults have been accomplished in the !
most severe cases where the suffering
and agony was intense and piteous j
and where the patient was helpless. I
Allenrhu relieves at once, immedi- I
si 1 \ after you start to take it the
s'ood work begins. It searches out
the uric acid deposits, dissolves the I
secretions and drives rheumatic I
poison out of the body through the !
kidneys and bowels.
It's marvelous how quickly it acts, i
Blessed relief often comes in two
liays, and even in cases where the suf- '
I'ering is most painful all traces dis
appear in a few days.
Mr. James H. Allen, the discoverer
of Allenrhu, who for many years suf- '
fered the torments of acute rheuma
i ism, desires all sufferers to know
that he does not want a cent of any.
nne's money unless Allenrhu decisive
ly conquers this worst of all diseases,
and he has instructed Geo. A. Gorgas
to guarantee it in every instance.
\RMY DOCTORSAYS:
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF
Better Than ALL OTHER
PAIN REMEDIES
A LETTER from Dr. Simp-
I son of the Andorson Zouaves
TITf says:
'll B Ijf "During the time our regi-
JiSS!** ment was stationed on RikeFi
Island we were out of medi
y.'S T Ha cal stores. I Obtained some
WIS IS 4 of RADWAY'S READY
\tt (AVIM RELIEF and Used it with
pWW greater success in the treat
j of ' ment of Bowel Complaint,
nrmuiyi Colds, Rheumatism, Chills
IjUIVrvVIJ Cains, Aches and Sorenos.
DFAftV 1 of tl>e "mbs than all olhet
' | remedial agents."
iPEUEFI This letter was also at>-
by Col. Itiker, Lieut.
Col. Tisdale and Gen. Oscar
V.. Dayton of the same regi
ment.
Hut oat tM* iuH'l and tad with ninv and ad.
ilrcas (or till* STtEE SAMIVLt B'ITTI.E to
UADWAY & CO.,2oßCentre St., N.Y
Mas aaU at ail draulfta. 26c, SOr, *I.OO
IHURSDAY EVENING,
VIEWERS REPORT
ON BRIDGE NEED
Advise Rebuilding Structure!
Across Creek Near
Hummclstown
Tho' repc> rt- .> f
to the approval of:
nvii Mrt.au juries of quarter ses-|
sions.
Tlie board urges changing the'
lines of the present structures across i
the creek, eliminating a dangerous
curve and erecting the new biidgej
across the creek at a different angle.;
Consent of the two property own
ers affected releasing the county |
from any damage claims has been |
secured it is reported. The viewers
were E. Clark 1 'qwden, Joseph W\:
Umberger and Paul <l. Smith.
Continue Murder Trials. Motion |
to continue the trials of the tour i
colored men held on murder charges
were granted by the court to-day. |
The defendants. Charles Kyler, Wil-j
Ham Evans, Jack Ellis and Andrew
Carey, were bourht into court. Two |
of them, Evans and Cary. have no 1
attorneys. When .%sked whether they
had anything to say after they were
told of the mytion to continue, noth
replied in the negative.
During the morning more than a
score of probationers of the court
were called to report. In practically
every case, the defendant on parole
had been on good behavior, and sev
eral of them were disharged.
George Stauffer, jointly indicted with
Joseph H. Jones for larceny, was said
to have been neglecting his family.
Judge Kunkel ordered him to re
port again in June, but discharge:!
Jones, culling Stauft'er's attention to
the action. Three colored girls, pen-I
te-iced to pay the costs in a suit ofl
last year, were ordered to make]
final payments before the June pro
bation court.
Recorder Retutois. County Re
corder James E. Lent/, has returned
after an extended visit to southern
points, where he spent some time
in the soldier camps. He was at his,
office in the courthouse to-day.
l-etters 011 Estate.—Letters of ad-j
ministration on the estate of Minnie;
Acri were issued to-day by Register
Roy C. Danner to Michael *Barbush.
Offices to Close.—City and county j
offices will be closed to-morrow,.
Good Friday, as it is a legal holi-l
day.
Pile Pe: it ions.—Nominating peti-i
tions for committeemen in city dis-t
tricts were .filed by the .following: '
Boyd Manbeek, county; George .l.j
I-lutton, Robert L. Jackson. W. I.|
James, city, all Republican.. Eleventh !
ward. First precinct: Franß A.
Gemperling. city. Republican.'
Eleventh ward. Fourth precinct:;
George R. Uoyer, county; James K.
Armstrong, Thomas Taylor, city, alii
Republican. Third ward. First pre-]'
cinct. ,
•Fudge MeCarrell Improving. —-
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, who is illii
at his home, is steadily improving it |
was reported to-day.
Capitol Hill Notes
Police to Help—State police were
asked by* the State Health Depart
ment to-day to aid in corralling two
smallpox suspects who had escaped
from quarantine at Moon Run. A
new rase of smallpox appeared in
Scranton to-day. Engineers and med
ical men are hunting for the cause
of the meningitis outbreak in Lu
zerne county.
Willlamstown Complaint—Reiff &
Xestor, of Williamstown. to-day
filed complaint with the Public Serv
ice Commission against ths increase
in rates of I lie Williamstown Gas
Company.
Soldiers (Jet Presents—Attaches of
the Auditor General's Department
have presented handsome wrist
watches to two attaches of the de
partment who are about to enter the
United States Army service. The re
cipients were Robert P. Cox and
Thomas D. Fry. who are leaving this
week. Mr. Cox goes to the aviation
photographic school. Gabriel H.
Moyer made the presentation speech
es.
Ills Hell Too ISusy—P. M. Tebbr,
1.545 Whitehall street. Harrisburg, to
day asked the aid of the Public Serv
ice Commission in obtaining relief
from ringing of his telephone bell.
He claims that his contract with the
Bell Company is that he should not
have any but his own ring, but that
he gets others.
Capitol Notes—Marie K. Barn it/.,
Hanover, was appointed a notary
J public to-day.
Governor Brumbaugh, Attorney
' General Brown and Commissioner
O'Xeil left for Philadelphia this aft
i ornoon. They will attend the celebra
! tion of the freeing of the Old York
! road in Montgomery county to-night,
i Senator W. >l. Lynch, of Scranton,
| was here to-day on Capitol business.
£apitol departments closed to-day
I until after Easter. Good Friday is a
! legal holiday and the departments
| will remain closed until Monday,
j Governor Brumbaugh and practical
! ly all of the state officials have gone
to their homes over the weekend.
H. A. Plank 20 Years
With The Globe
i
H. A. PLANK
H. A. Plank, assistant manager
of The Globe, yesterday rounded out
twenty years of continuous service
with the store.
On March 27, 1898, Mr. Plank be
came connected with The Globe snd
during the intervening years has
made many friends in Central Penn
, sylvania. Ben Strouse, owner of The
Globe, presented Mr. Plank with a
I < hoik In appreciation ol his twenty
scars of fa|thful and efficient service.
y i,
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CANNOT DISPENSE
WITH MOTOR CAR
No More Than We Can Do
Without Typewriters, Tele
graph or Telephone
"Could the American people get j
along: without the automobile?"'
asks E. C. Ensmlriger, distributor for 1
Dort. "Undoubtedly they could, but t
no easier than they could get along i
without typewriter, telegraph, tele-1
phone, street car and elevator. It
is necessary in order to maintain
present standards Of human efficien
cy. It is one of the things that has ;
made us great in achievement, be- j
i ause it has kept us in closer touch j
with others. It has reduced miles i
to yards, hours to minutes.
"There is therefore a feeling in J
official, as well as In civic circles j
tli-.it after the automobile plants have;
fulfilled their obligations and hand- i
ed over to the Government whatver!
facilities are necessary for the man
ufacture of munitions, they can best!
fulfill their duty to help win the;
war by 'building plenty of cars.
"Thus, this year will see many of j
our factories busy all night and day)
supplying the boys "over there" with ;
their requirements, and the folks,
left behind with theirs. In both I
these duties—to the soldier and toi
the civilian —the automobile Indus- i
try will be helping materially to rout
the enemy. Just as physical fitness j
in the soldier is the prime essential j
on (he battlefield, so it is equally im-j
portant that there be at hand every |
aid to prompt and energetic action j
011 the part of those at home.
"There is scarcely a phase or fea- 1
ture of business life which the au-'
tomobile has not entered with bene-1
ficial results. It carries thousands,
where railroads and street cars can
not penetrate. It is ready at call, i
"These facts are more generally |
realized than ever since we entered 1
the war. People have ceased to
think of the automobile in terms of |
pleasure only. They know, by proof j
of eye and personal experience, thai
it is a great and indispensable util
ity. There will not be the usual out-,
put of cars this year—that is impos- j
sible. It is therefore good advice
to order early if early delivery is
desired, for all sign's point to a great
demand for cars."
ITALIAN ARTILI.KRY ACTIVE
itoine. March 28. —"Our artillery
yesterday engaged enemy movements
on the road to the east of Badenoohe,
and caused the explosion of a muni
tion depot east of Vidor," says to
day's official communication. "Our f
patrols compelled enemy parties to
retire at Concalaglii and east of
Ca vazuccherina.
"British aviators brought down I
two enemy airplanes east of St.
Dona di Piave."
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Only 2 More Shopping Days Till Easter JSjourmaizZ Only 2 More Shopping Days Till Easter
IlllLl. IDIII—-SOB IMTICn I HAKHISBUKb, THUISUAV, MARCH 28, IWIB. POUNDED'IiTI
Women's Shoes Waists - Wash Goods Silk Storking
— | .—— s
Metal Shoe Trees . j Odd lot of voile waists. • 1 ® £% 1 Irish linen, for suits and Double soles: hij/h
Will tit any *ize snoe. trimmed with heavy lace >4 a* | dresses; limited line of spliced heels; wide ar
Friday Sale, and tucks; large collars £ | IlldV Ddf If dill kjdlC I " ,10 / s J 6 , in^ h f w # e : . tcr t"P," pJain black- a, H I
or and frills; also tailored; M J Friday Sale, yard, , colors. Friday Sale. pair.
LoC , models; all sizes 36 to 46. [
Patent Leather Pumps ! Friday Sale, 9 o'clock. 51.UU
59c and $2.09 Of Odds tltld Ends de S cLefwhUeVo3 55^22!^
flo in BOWMANS— Main floor with colored stripes; 36 Union Suits
Women's Shoes, in kid jeorgte This specially prepared list of offerings for Friday £cl,es w,de. 1-r.day Sale, hfj rottoi) .
lace and patent button; soiled from handling; all Will be heartily Welcomed in homes of prudent women. in neck; sleeveless; lace
median, and high heet. 36 ,o 46. Friday Green tickets indicate the articles selected from the ~ , , 19c k "~ Sa!e, each.
, . , s2 ' 9B Reduced Price. various departments for quick clearance. Men'®'NML k'
Spats in tawn and white, * < grounds with fcolored de- '"Cn S lNlght Shirts
ten button. ! "OWMANS-Third Floor , > ====== signs: 30 inches wide. ~77~, ~
_ _ # , Friday Sale, yard, a ° S°od quality
BO JJs.i.r, Voiie Only Two More Shopping Days 19 C 'wdaTsare?"!,,, 1 "' 1 ' 0 " 5 -
White mercerized voile, | , . Cotton plaids, suitable 69c
St r,"lre 40 , half's! in Ifhich to Buyblaster Men's sender*
Crepe dc chine and me- yards to a customer. Fri- i Friday Sale, yard, . . "
teorites; full range of day Sale, vard. -pi . i... i f , , . , . . _Lisle webbing; leather
colors, including ivory, ' 1 here is little time tor looking now. It is a question 25c and mohair ends. Friday
white and black; forty 2iC of choosing where choosing is best. ■ I Sdlc ' pair '
inches wide. Friday Sale, . #
gi 29 Longcloth •In suggesting to those who have not selected their Service Banners BOWMAN? Lth
,*. . English longcloth; 8 Easter Apparel that they choose from the assortment at Silk service banners, I OL ■
kJr a *;! 2-. a !" ds *° a piecc - Fridav ; this store we do so with full assurance that the com- with silk fringe and cord; Sheeting
Mvirtings, cnirton tarreta, Sale, piece, 1 . i • . • .1 if • i i • i two stars; size 12x18 T r , ,
messaline and satin de pleteness and Variety IS the equal or any in Harrisburg Inches. Friday Sale, each - Unbleached sheeting;
lux; plain grounds with $1.19 or vicinity. n ' ' "6 inches wide; smooth!
contrasting satin stripes j qQq even, round thread; will
and checks; 36 inches Bedspreads In fact, we consider the stocks more complete in -r * r r 3^' 1 a " d bleach easi,y
wide. I<ridav Sale, yard, , £ , . ~ . . . . 1 apestry KugS Friday Sale, yard,
Hemmed crochet bed many respects because of the individual attention given - --
$1.35 spreads; bleached snow- the shipment of goods SO they would reach here without Seamless wool faced 45c
Black Satin Messaline; white; size 74x86 inches. disappointment. ' f . l . oral a, ! d Ticking
a limited quantity; 36 Friday Sale, each, J? ?? ?i ~
inches wide. Friday Sale, $1 CA Such a showing as this is indeed rare, considering t; a i„ " e ay Art . tlckl g; light pat
yard ' the obstacles manufacturers had to contend with in <n?Qft uS)
SI.OO Table Damask getting materials and labor. pl£."o lengths. Friday Sale.
BOWMAN'S—Main Floor A 1 t P yard,
m Pure linen table dam- Therefore, women, misses and children will find ftxminter Kugs
Dress Goods W,de ' F "~ here an array of lovely garments that is unsurpassed in oral and allover n 4UC
—: ~ . OA this vicinity for authentic style, dependable material and qual * ty; L/Qmforts
Minerva and Bluebon- ' fiQ ,•, J r • size Z7xs 4 inches. Fri
net cloth; in plaids and j reasonableness Ot price. cjay Sale, . Alad e of floral silk mull
checks; 32 inches wide; Towels and CO On 3 " d ° ld r P? C '
suitable for suits and ~ Wlt ' l pure white
skirts. Friday Sale, vard, TVkMMlIrr KimonOS
-1 owehng rri n Velvet Rugs der ; double bed size. Fri
85c R .. , Crepe and Seco silk; lOfyiOTVOW , , n Jay Sale,
.. Brown linen crash; 17 , • ' df nc colors- Uifl'l/I /1/ Ut/ in floral, allover and (CCA
Pla.d suitings and inches wide. Friday Sale, S C ut well made lSse Oriental patterns; 36x72 •
skirtings; 36 inches wide. vard. full cut well made, loose A A „ inches Friday Sale .
Friday Sale, yard, ' _ or fitted models with LAST DAY OF THE " Y ' Cretonne
} . 17# elastic waistband. Friday Qt\
fjC r I#t Sale, -pj. -m jf I o 1 W.OJf Fast color; suitable for
Huck towels, size 18x36 mi no ijIP"
All-wool shepherd inches; selected seconds. $l*)o Friday Sale, yard,
check suitings; 40 inches Fridav Sale, each, I ...
wide Friday Sale, yard, Petticoats of v-Orsets lIC
$1.39 ... i • t . Heatherbloo'm tops and HOUSEFURNISHINH New lots of Corsets: Outing Flannel
lurkish towels; silk bottoms; assorted • <>ood mo( j c ] s . {ront '
Black and white check- bleached and hemmed; colors; clastic waistband; • CHIN A AMD PI A <sQ\l/A DC back lace • medium I-iglit patterns in blue
erboard coatings; all- size 16x27. Friday Sale, deep flounce and assorted tMIINA AINU bLADbWAKL and low bust whfteT and P ink i R tlod wei g h^
wool; 54 inches wide lengths. Friday Sale, =s fi es u Fridav Silo 1,6 i" ch es wide. Fridav
Friday' Sale, yard, ~w * Friday bale, Sale, yard,
[ or IIV?C $1.98 Don t Miss This Rare Opportunity! $1 50 ?2r
BOWMAN'S Second F!oor BOWMAN'S Third Floor | —L | Floor Floor
HARRISBURG CgS&ftS TELEGRAPH
ILLITERACY IN U. S. BEYOND
BELIEF; D/MFF SHOWS
Secretary Lane, in a Letter to the President and Congress
Members, Urges Early Remedial Legislation
. Secretary of the Interior I,ane has,
sent the following letter to the!
President and to Senator Hoke Smith!
and Representative William J.'Sears,
.chairmen of the Senate and House!
committees on education:
."I believe that the time has coins
when we should give serious conside-1
ration to the education of those who!
can not read or write in the United'
States. The war has brought facts j
to our attention that arc unbeliev-l
able and that are in themselves ac-|
cusatory. There are in the Unitedj
States (or were when the census wasj
taken in 1910) 5,516,163 personsj
over 10 years'of age who were un
able to read or write in any language. |
There are now nearly 700,000 men!
of draft age in the United States who
are, 1 presume, registered, who can j
not read or write in English or in j
any other language.
IHlUTatcs Over 20 Years of Age |
"Over 4,600,000 of the illiterates'
in this country were 20 years of agej
or more. This ligure equals the to
tal population of the States of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico,)
and Delaware. The f percentage ofj
illiterates varies in the several states'
from 1.7 per cent in lowa to 29 per'
cent in Louisiana. More than 10 per,
cent, of it was in thirteen states. I
Half of the illiterates were between'
20 and 45 years of age. It has been j
estimated by one of those concerned j
with this problem that if these five j
million nd a half illiterate persons!
were stretched in a double line of;
march at intervals of three feetj
and were to march past the White j
House at the rate of twenty-five
miles a day, it would require more,
than two months for them to pass. |
Over 58 per cent, are white persons,!
and of these 1,500.000 are native,
born whites.
Vast Economic Loss
"1 beg you to consider the econo-1
mic loss arising out of this condition, i
If the productive labor value of an j
illiterate is less by only 50 cents aj
day than that of an educated man |
or woman the country is losing $325.-i
000.000 a year through illiteracy.
This estimate is no doubt under 1
rather than over the real loss. The
Federal government and the states
spend millions of dollars in trying to
give information to the people in
rural districts about, farming and
home making. Yet 3,700,000, or 10
per cent, of our country folk can not
read or write a word. They can not
read a bulletin on agriculture, a
farm paper, a food pledge card, a
Liberty loan appeal, a newspaper,
the Constitution of the United States
or their Bibles, nor can they keep
personal or business accounts. An
uninformed democracy is not n
democracy. A people who can not
have means of access to the mediums
of public opinion and to the mes
sages of the President and the acts
of Congress can hardly be expected
to understand the full meaning of
this war, to which they all must con
tribute, in life or property or la
bor.
"It would seem to be almost axio
matic that an illiterate man can not
make a good soldier in modern war
fare. Util last April the Regular
Army would not. enlist illiterates,
yet in the first draft between 30,000
and 40,000 illiterates were brought
into the Army, and approximately as
many near illiterates.
"They can not sign their names.
"They can not resUl their orders
posted daily on bulletin boards in
cam p. i
"They can not read their manual
of arms.
"They can not read their letters
or write home.
"They can not understand the sig
nals or follow the Signal Corps in
time of battle.
"There are 700,000 men who cun
not read or write who may be draft
ed within our Army within the next
year or two. Training camps for
soldiers are not equipped for school
work, and the burden of teaching
men to read the simplest English
should no be cast upon the oflicefs
or others in the camps. We should
give some education to all our men
before they enter the Army.
Teaching tin- Knglisli Tongue
"There is even a larger problem
than this that challenges our atton
tion, and that is the teaching of the
English tongue to millions of our
population. Dr. John H. Finley,
president of the University of the
State of New York, in a recent
speech, presented this picture which
he found in one of the cantonments:
" 'How practical is the need of a
language in this country, common
to all tongues, is illustrated by what
I saw in one of the great canton
ments a few nights ago. In the mes
hall, where I had sat an hour be
fore with a company of the men ot
Home From Camp Hancock
on a Ten-day Furlough
"ill -Mi**
JAMES T. GARDNER
James T. Gardner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George V. Gardner, 61 North
Fourteenth street, i.i home on a te-n
--du.v furlough from Camp Hancock. Au
gusta. Ga. Gardner enlisted last
September, and this is his iirst visit
home since that tiina.
the National Army, a few small
groups were gathered along the
tables learning English under the
tuition of some of their comrades,
one of whom had been a district
supervisor in a neighboring state and
another a theological student. in
one of those groups one of the exer
cises for the evening consisted in
practicing the challenge when or
sentry duty. Each pupil of the
group (there were four of Italian and
two of Slavic birth) shouldered in
turn the long-handled stove shovel
and aimed it at the teacher, who
ran along the side of the room as if
to evade the guard. The pupil call
ed out in broken speech, "Halt; Who
goes there!" The answer came from
the teacher, "Friend." And tlipn, in
as (jet unintelligble English (the
voices of innumerable ancestors
struggling in their throats to pro
nounce it), the words, "Advance and
give the countersign." So are those
of confused tongues learning to
speak the language of the land they
have been summoned to defend.
What a commentary upon our edu
lational shortcomings that in the
days of peace we had not taught
these men, who have been here long
enough to be citizens (and tens of
thousands of their brothers witji
them), to know the language
in which our history is written."
MARCH 28, I'JIS.
HIGH BIDS FOR ROTARY
CLUB'S MINSTREL SHOW
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The cast for the show will include
a large number of Harrisburg's
prominent businessmen, most of
them doing "black face" turns, as
well as a number of well-known en
lai"ers who will put on vaude
"ville stunts" of a most professional
character.
George S. Reinoehl, who has
charge of the sale of boxes, reports
that he lias received a number of
bids, and says indications are that
seats may bring in hundreds
of dollars. "We will accept no bids
over $830," said Mr. Reinoehl to
day, 'for the reason that no one
person may own more than SI,OOO
worth of War Savings Stamps at one
time and SB3O worth of stamps
bought after next Tuesday, when the
bids will be opened at my office, will
be worth exactly SI,OOO at matur
ity. Hids are already being receiv
ed and 1 anticipate a lively sale. The
names of the winners, with their
bids, will be announcd in the news
papers."
The rehearsals for the show are
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going ahead steadily, and the most
interesting event of the season is in
prospect.
MBS. MINNIE ACKI
Mrs. Minnie Acri, aged 25, died at
the home of her sister, Mrs.
Parasi, 593 South Front street, last
night, from a complication of dis
eases. Funeral services will be held
from the homo of her father, Mi
chael Barbush, 314 South Second
street, but the date has not yet been
arranged.
Mrs. Acri is survived by her father,
her husband, I.eo Acri, four sisters
and live brothers. She was a member
of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Burial will
be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Eleanor Khuer Rutherford,
wife of Francis W. Rutherford, died
yesterday at her residence near
Rutherford Station. Funeral service-'
will be held Saturday afternoon at -
o'clock, from her late residence. Bu
rial will be made in the Paxton
Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Rutherford's husband is a
member of the old Rutherford fam
ily of Paxtang who have been prom
inent In civic life of early I-larris
burg.
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