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Wednesday, April 28, 1915.
APRIL
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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon, 14th;
Flrat Quarter, 22nd; Full Moon. 20th.
'V WEATHER FORECASTS
' Harrigburg and vicinity: Probably
W \ showers to-nigbt and Thursday. Con
tinued warm.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Probably lo
cal showers tonight and Thursday,
I 1K%4 warm er in southeast portion to-night.
Light variable winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG "
Highest, 92; lowest, 63; 8 a. m., 71; 8 p. m., 69.
HIDE AND SEEK IN THE NORTH SEA
The German high seas fleet has been cruising in
the North Sea without meeting Great Britain's
naval forces, although it is ready to accept battle.
The English have, on their part, been eager for
I months to try conclusions with the Germans on the
sea. Such are the reports that come from the
scenes of strife. If both sides are really as eager
aa that for a contest of warships it may not be verj
long before the greatest sea conflict in the fcistorj
of the world will occur.
In case Admiral von Pohl, in charge of the Ger
man fleet, is not deliberately inviting an engage
ment with the British by cruising in the North Sea,
he at least is trying to move the opposing fleet into
a position less favorable for itself and more to the
advantage of the Germans. That he will be able
to coax the British to chase his ships over his mined
areas is, however, somewhat doubtful. By trying
to reach the Atlantic ocean he might more reason
ably expect to maneuver the British fleet out of its
present position.
Just what that present position is, of course, can
not be determined because of the secrecy which the
censors have succeeded in maintaining. It can
readily be guessed at, however. The main body of
the British fleet is, according to ail indications,
based at a point northwest of the British Isles,
where it is prepared to block exits either at the
North Sea and through the English channel. In
that position it would not allow the German fleet
to steam for the Atlantic ocean without a battle.
There has been some criticism concerning the ap
parent idleness of the British battleship fleet dur
ing all these months, for with the exception of
those participating in the attack at the Dardanelles,
the great British warships have apparently been
doing nothing very conspicuous. These vessels have
been accomplished a purpose, however, for although
they certainly have not charged upon the shore bat
teries,—mines and submarines protecting the Ger
man coast and fleet,-they have by their unseen
presence thus far kept the German fleet from cruis
ing toward the Atlantic, away from its shelter.
When that fleet actually starts for blue water
the expected naval battle of the North Sea will
begin.
THE CITY FORESTER HEARD FROM
Several months ago, before we had a City For
ester, many of us doubtless convinced ourselves
without knowing exactly why, that a Forester
would be a fine thing to have. Other cities have
'em and, besides, we figured he would be useful
each December chopping down the municipal Christ
mas tree,—a task which caused the amateur woods
men of our City Commission a good deal of annoy
ance last time.
Beyond that we doubt whether anybody, includ
ing the City Commissioners, had a very 'definite
idea of what a Forester is for,—or of what one
costs. Indeed we rather believe nobody,—not even
the Commissioners,—would have objected very
strenuously if Mr. Mueller, who ultimately got the
job, had simply chopped the municipal tree each
Christmas and done nothing else all year 'round
save draw his pay.
But Mr. Mueller, evidently, is not that kind of a
Forester. He surprised the City Commissioners by
sending them a communication yesterday which
conveyed to them the startling information that
there are things about town that a Forester who
knows his business can do. In fact Mr. Mueller
let the Commissioners know that he has had eight
HARRIgfKTRG STAfI-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRTT, 2B
men at work doing presumably useful things to the
trees and also that this had cost the City SSOO over
and above Mr. Mueller's salary. Moreover he said
that he will need $3,000 more to carry out the work
he has planned for the rest of the season.
If we are rightly informed the Commissioners
were a bit surprised on receipt of the information
that having a Forester costs money. They, perhaps,
never stopped to figure out that a Forester would
need any help in going around the city chopping
down dead trees, hauling the trunks away, doctor
ing the sick ones, trimming off dead branches, pick
ing the caterpillars from the high boughs, bugging
the potato vines, causing arrests for violating the
tree ordinance and digging out the fast-growing
poplar roots everytime they run afoul of a sewer
pipe. The Commissioners seemed to think the
Forester's salary would pay for all that together
with other incidental expenses and so they didn't
make any budget provision save for the Forester's
own pay envelope.
But our young Forester has demonstrated he is
a real Forester with plenty of energy and a deter
mination to earn his salary whether the Commis
sioners like it or not. He should be encouraged.
Give him the $3,000 he needs, gentlemen of the
Commission, and let him make good! We have an
especially strong leaning toward a public official
who guarantees he will be satisfied with a second
hand motorcycle instead of a 1915 model auto
mobile.
COLLEGE WORK BEYOND COLLEGE WALLS
Educational institutions in the South are said to
be watching with interest certain social service
innovations at the University of North Carolina
and to be considering the advisability of imitating
the activities of that university. The cause of edu
cation would surely benefit by a general adoption
of the new ideas of the purpose of schools.
Reports of the work being done at the University
of North Carolina make very interesting reading
matter. They show that an institution of higher
education can extend its direct influences far be
yond its own confining walls, and can be of great
value to the general public.
Among the services which this school is render
ing is the conducting of night schools for negroes
and of correspondence courses for non-resident
working men. These features are in addition to
the summer school courses for public school teach
ers, which are Very popular. The University also
has taken the initiative in directing package librar
ies, reaching almost five hundred communities.
It is evident that conditions in rural life are
especially benefitted by these activities. The uni
versity in iact conducts rural conferences which
have as their object the improvement of t/hose con
ditions. There are districts in ail states that are
urgently in need of educational influences, and
they would be fortunate if they all had the oppor
tunities which are being presented in North Caro
lina and being added to from time to time.
Most of the unusual work undertaken by the
1 niversity of North Carolina, of course, rests on
faculty members, but in some of it the students are
the active agents. The boys have, for instance, or
ganized for the purpose of keeping clean the streets
of the little college town, and are thus expending
part of their energies in a very practical way.
Pennsylvania State College students are at pres
ent rendering valuable service in the fighting of
forest fires, and thus they too are demonstrating
that students may be of actual use to humanity
before their graduation.
"College-bred" is not necessarily "a four year
loaf," as a rather poor joker has suggested. New
fields of usefulness are continually being found for
jitudents from year to year, not only in North Caro
lina but in our own state and in others as well
More and more are the European nations coming to their
Uncle Sam when they need money.
Perhaps the lure of the baseball park has something to
do with the reported intention of the Legislature to ad
journ on May 13.
Among the infallible reminders that spring is at hand
we might mention that Dexter Fellows, the Barnum's circus
press agent, is in town to-day.
The police have given early warning against bathing in
the Susquehanna without proper clothing. Evidently don't
want any more "September Morn" incidents.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
UNCLE SAM'S MODERN SOLE
"Nobody likes America."
"Yet we feed 'em."
"W ell. nobody ever saw a popular boarding-house
keeper. —Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE WAY TO DO IT
If Germany would send some ships here she could get
any kind of cargo wanted—foodstuffs, munition of war or
an> thing else. That s the way the allies are doinir it
Philadelphia Press. g
BOTH MEAGRE
Clerk "I would like to marry, Mr. Broker, but on my
salary I cannot."
Junior Partner—"Well, I could on your salary, but I
can't on my share of the profits."—Chicago News.
PREPARED
Mrs. B. "They had their wedding rehearsal last even
ing."
Mr " B ' " Yea; the - v are n «>w supposed to be prepared for
the worst."—Boston Record.
SOME MULE
Railroad Attorney—"You are sure it was our Flier that
killed your mule? What makes you so positive!"
Rastus—"He dun licked ebry other tr»in on de road."
—Clipped.
"GUDE CROQUET" I
It was during a golf game in Scotland. The first player
who drove off was very bow-legged. The second player,
unmindful that his opponent was directly in front of him,
struck the ball and it whizzed between his opponent's legs*
Hoot, mon, said the bow-legged one in anger, "that's
nae golf!"
A weel," said his opponent complacently, "if 'tig n*e
golf 'tis gude croquet."—Ladies' Home Journal.
NAD ECZEMA SEVEN
YEARS ON f
Also Ringworm on Hand. Could
Not Sleep at Night. Itching and
Burning. CuticuraSoap and Oint
ment Healed Hip Also Ringworm.
North Bend. Pa.—"l had the eczema
for seven years also ringworm on my hand.
The eczema was In a sort of rash and itched
and burned when I scratched. It made an
eruption and the clothing Irritated the
breaking out on my hip. I could not sleep
at night and when I would get warm I suf
fered awfully with the itching and burning.
The ringworm was in circles on my hand
and scaly and If I used much soap or had
my hands in water long it would get so sore
the scales would come open and bleed.
"Then I used Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment. X bathed, my hand in hot water with
the use of the Cuticura Soap then dried
my hand good and put the Cuticura Oint
ment on. I also washed my hip with the
Cuticura Soap and warm water, then I
took a thin cloth, put the Cuticura Olnt
ment on It and laid it on my hip. Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment healed my hip
also the ringworm on my hand." (Signed)
Mrs. A. Eider, October 27,1914.
Sample Each Free by Mall
With 32-p. Bkin Book on request. Ad
dress post-card "Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos
ton." Sold throughout the work!.
Tongue-End Topics
British Cash Buys German Bonds
A number of prominent Englishmen,
including Sir Edward Gosehen, frorner
British ambassador to Berlin, have un
wittingly become purchasers of some
of the latest German war loan bonds.
The men in question were members of
the Berlin Golf Club, which just before
the war raised by subscription among
its members a eash fund of about |65,-
'OOO, for constructing and equipping a
splendid new course near Potsdam.
Pending the beginning of operations,
the fund was on deposit with the Dres
dener Bank of Berlin whem war was
declared. The money was sequestrated
and now has been invested by order of
its trustees in German war loan se
curities. Sir Edward Gosehen was hon
orary president of the eluib. Many of
its English members are now in the
civilian internment camp at Ruhle
ben.
•••
Serbians' Marching Song
The Serbian soldiers' marching
songe are composed by the men of the
ranks on the Homeric rather than the
modern variety hall plan. A Serbian
officer has into English one
of the most popular songs, a song of
exultation over victory, as follows:
"The Swabos came right up to Ralya
But no fpather, tra, la lalya,
Hey, how was thatl
Yoy, why was that?
Rashko Pol they won't forget,
For the Serbians they met.
Hey, how was that?
Yoy, why was that?
Now they know, the Swabo bruders,
How the Serb receives intruders!
Hey, this is why,
Yoy, this is how!"
♦.*
20,000 Irish Recruits
The total number of recruits from
the three southern provinces of Ire
land had up to the end of March
amounted to -20,000 men, and of these
nearly half come from Dublin, Cork
and the other large towns. Recruiting
has scarcely touched the agricultural
districts. The farmers admit frankly
they are making large profits out of
the war, and they and their sons do
not enlist. In the cities the recruits
are drawn mostly from the laboring
class.
* * *
Flour Cheap in Turkey
Flour in Turkey is at present much
cheaper than in .any of the other coun
tries of Europe. This is dde mainly
to the large stores of grain wisely ac
cumulated in the government stores.
Turkey's last harvest was estimated
as worth $250,000,000, of which the
government is said to have obtained
four-fifths. It is reported that there
are heavy losses to the government
supplies from rotting, but there ap
pears to be no reason to expect that
the stock on hand will not last until
the next harvest. The next harvest,
however, will be a small one, owing to
scanty sowings, and many experts
prophecy that the result will certainly
be a general famine .in Turkey next
autumn.
Russians Treat Priaonero Well
There is no evidence of hostility to
prisoners of war in <Petrograd. Hun
dreds of prisoners pass through the
capital daily, on the way to their
places of confinement in remote sec
tions of the Russian empire. A novel
sight recently was a party of 1,600
Austrians from Permysl, who were
allowed to walk around the city as
tourists, being shown the principal
streets >and buildings. Their bearing,
especially that of the officers, was
cheerful. After a day spent in sight-
Jl B. V. D. '
ym MANHATTAN i
/ II Vilw Suits
1 /I SI.OO to 15.00
Shirt* and Drawer*
QM 00c to $3.00
It Forry's,j
seeing, conducted by their guards, they
left for the interior.
Germany Keeping AH Her Rubber
The export of rubber from Germany
is forbidden. A Dutch firm which re
cently ordered two motor car* from
Germany, was surprised to find that
the wheels were supplied with wooden
tires.
Shippers Avoiding Liverpool
'Dockers at Liverpool are now work
ing overtime freely and strong hopes
are entertained that better conditions
wiH soon be realized. More than sixty
vessels are in port 'at this writing
awaiting discharging berths and the
quay spaces are crowded with goods
largely owing to inadequate transport
facilities. This congestion and delay
has had the result of making shippers
avoid Liverpool if possible. Egyptian
cotton for American spinners was
formerly sent from Alexandria to Liv
erpool and then loaded on the regular
liners for New York, but the continual
delay has made direct shipments nee- 1
essary, and according to mail advices
the steamer "Ikala" is taking a fuli
cargo of 11,743 bales of Egyptian
cotton from Alexandria to Boston tnus
avoiding the delay and labor charged
•at Liverpool.
MIDDLETOWN
Miss Carrie Groupe and Edgar Schaef
fer Married at Hagerstown
Miiddlotown, April 28.—Edgar
Sehaeffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Schaeft'er, and Miss Carrie Groupe,
daughter of Mrs. Groupe, were married'
Saturday afternoon at Hagerstown,
Md., by the Rev. Mr. Highbrand, pas
tor of the Brethren of Christ church.
Mike Milewitch, of Swatara town
ship, was badly cut about the face by
several of his countrymen whom he
had gone to visit. They wanted him
to drink but he refused and a fight
took place in which he was badly cut.
He was taken to the office of Dr. C.
E. Bowers, where it required several
stitches. Warrants were sworn out for
the arrest of three of the party.
Mrs. Christ Hershey and 'daughter,
Mrs. Harry Kinsay, attended the fu
neral of the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Koons held at Campbellstowu yester
day.
Miss Mary Schiefer spent Tuesday
at Hershev.
Harry Romberger, of Philadelphia,
transacted business in town for the
past two days.
W. J. Kinnard, who went to the
Medico-Chi hospital on Monday was
successfully operated upon on Tuesday.
The Rev. W. R. and Mrs. Riding
ton' entertained the members of the M.
E. choir at the parsonage last even
iug.
J. T. Bradley, teacher of the Men's
Bible class of the Presbyterian church,
entertained the members of the class
at his home on West Main street last
evening. Refreshments were served.
The funeral of the late J. R. Epler
was held from his late home near Cone
wago yesterday morning.
Adam Dcihl, of Reading, is spending
some time in town, having been called
here on account of the serious illness of
his wife.
Mrs. A. A. Markley and 'daughter,
fc'a.rah, spent last evening at Harris
burg.
Adolph Hohlt and Elizabeth M.
Shaffner, of New York GUty, were mar
ried in New York City on April 10 by
the Uev. Frank Oliver Hall. The bride
is a sister of Mrs. Prank Condran,
Emaus street, and Mrs. Newton Shire
man and is well known in town.
Mrs. John H. Cobaugh, of Philadel
phia, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
T. M. Yost. *
Dr. C. E. Bowers was called to Har
risburg yesterday on account of the
illness of his sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerber and Miss
Emma Gerber, of York, spent Sunday
and Monday in town as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. George Carr, South Wood
street.
Mrs. H. F. Hoover entertained the
Mite Society of the Church of God at
the parsonage last evening. After the
business was transacted ft social hour
was spent.
Philip Gross and family, of Harris
burg, are spending several days in town
as the guests of relatives.
Mrs. W. E. Leggore is ill at her
hoi.ie on East Water street.
T. J. Antrim is making some Im
provements to his place of 'business.
H. G. Schiefer, of Harrisburg, spent
Tuesday in town. '
J. E. Martiu transacts*!' business at
Mechanicsburg yesterday.
Miss Mary Gingrich is spending sev
eral days at Harrisburg.
LINGLESTOWN
John Crum Taken in Serious Condition
to Harrisburg Hospital
Special Correspondence.
Langlestown, April 28.—Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Willard and son, of Ray
sorville Heights, on Sunday were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Felty.
H. C.-Wright and family, of Steel
ton, spent Sunday as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Shepler.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Grubb and
son, of Penbrook, on Sunday were the
guosts of Mrs. Grubb "a parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Reuben Koons.
Miss Ruth Stauffer, Miss Regina
Stauffor, of near Nissley school house
and Miss Snyder, of Harrisburg, spent
Sunday as the guests of Mr. and' Mrs.
Joseph Snyder.
Mr. and Mrs. William Shuey, of
Hnnimelstown, on Sunday were the
, Corns Cured Fsr lOe
Ufeuasuua -A
(Mrararas
cure or remedy en the \M/. A
market. Here's proof of V iMk
what this wonderful Corn
Solvent will do. J. B HalL I\B
a man over so rears old I 'H
writes, "I hart ipent a i Mi
■mall fortune on worth! ' AJ
less corn remedies but ntw J.w^^WlT*
~ l^t bl ,h • , wouM tfve fl.'T '/IM
™ oro "»» tempo, 'Mr
f,i3 • No m »" er what I / jr M
used, the corns would U
i month « a*o aV v W
gjjsgatttss.« \^>
Sf? UOO • J « l > of tbe oorns
Be any/ood?" 0n * 00,7 »>* ""«
_ Baser s Corn Solvent just dissolves ik>
removes them completely, without pain ifSSt
QSSSCBMI
I 4 or sale in Harrisburg by Geo. A.
Gorgaa.
S'Mts of the former'« mother, Mr».
atilda Shuey.
John Geyer and family, of Middle-
Dr. H. C. Schaner and family,
of Harruburg, spent Sunday as the
guest* or Mrs. Rebecca Baker and fam
ily.
The Rev. William Lingle, of Pen
brook, spent several days of this week
Mo r gUCBt ° f Mr ' a * d ' • Mrß- Irvin
ftarvey Shuey an<l son, Marlin, of
Knola, on Tuesday were the guests of
Bhuey° rmer * mother ' Mrs - Matilda
John Shepler on Tuesday attended
the meetings of the classis of the Re
termed cbureh which are being held at
•Harrwburg this week.
John Crum, Jr., who suffered a re
lapse, was admitted to the Harri&>burtr
hospital on Tuesday in a serious con
•uition.
The Embroidery Club was enter
tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
' TO' n- on Monda .v evening,
an i \l' am T? 001^ 1 " an<l family and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Bowman, of Lvkens
.Tar" ! M Ceut ? Ueßt9 of Mrs " Cooper's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith
ELIZABETHVILLE
Funeral of Miss Teresa Warfel Held
From Her Home Yesterday
Special Correspondence.
Elizabethville, April 28.—The f.>
neral 0 f Teresa Warfel was held yes
terday morning with brief services at
her home by the Rev. Mr. Rhoads. lu
rment in Maple Grove ceineterv.
b "h® f°™ , tri, i uteß "'ere contributed
by her friends of the Valley Shoe Com
w,'ere "he hail been employed ami
her Sunday school. The class also sang
ve«LI f D ? cease<l was if
' " 18 * urv 'ved by her moth
er-two brothers an.d two sisters. Her
death 818terS P roce<led her in
Mrs Samuel Sadewitz left for a vis
it to her parents at Baltimore.
Urson Sheets, of Colorado Springs,
°V. vißit t0 his fatberf John
Rnv' » K lSter ' Mrs ' Harvey Miller.
Hoy Romberger, of Harrisburg, was
home over Sunday.
mJ?' M ' 10 will attend th « com
mencement of the Port Carbon schools
j* ■ week, of which his son, Mark E
Stme, is principal.
SUFFRAGE FLOWERS SHOWN
Yellow Blooms Appearance In
Stores of Many Merchants
Window displays in yellow, the suf
rage color, are blossoming in many
par s of the city. I* Villiam I
o-hleisner s clothing store, on North
Third street, one entire window has
been g.ven over to the suffrage color.
Gowns and blouses of several shades of
v.7i gr °" Pe<l f bout a * reat ba «kot
ot yellow jonquils form the central
and J' VD R " msc y Cary's blue
jnd gold poser. "Oi Ve her the fruit
or her hands, and the suffrage "Vic
tory poster <are set in panels in the
background.
The window of C. Studebaker, Sec
ond and State streets, is lined with
yellow crepe paper. A pyramid of
cardboard boxes of suffrage garden
seed rises in the center. It is aupport
-B, d .e by gTetn l ,lants "hich
furnish a contrast to the yellow. I„
the back, framed by "Victory, 1916 "
pennants draped from the lights, is o'ne
of Rose O Neill s 'kewpie" posters.
It pictures •« group of ihabies parading
Mothers "" nCr lettered " Votes For Our
° th « r merchants are arranging dis
thflnf* I 61 i° f tLe Week Illost of
them wiH be ready, so that on May 1,
Suffrage Day, ' suffrage colors will
be even more extensively displayed.
At the Regent
The second of the big productions
booked for the Regent theatre this
week wiil be shown on the screen
there to-day. The booking is "The
Italian, a masterpiece which has
drawn most favorable comment in all
of the larger cities where it has been
produced aud where admissions far in
excess of those at the Regent were
charged. ''The Italian" is ° o ne of the
greatest features ever produced and
tells a story which does not fail to
impress its moral on the audience. As
Ihe Italian," George Beban, world
renowned as a character actor, could
not be surpassed and he is ably sup
ported by a company of stars 'which
would do credit to any picture. Mr
Beban be ca nie famous M a characte ;
actor on the legitimate" stage and
when he deserted that for the "mov-
m l' roved w°n
♦hi • i , g audlenc « witnessed
the special production this afternoon
and was more than pleased with the
presentation. The picture will be re
peated to-morrow. In addition to "The
Italian to-day Manager Magaro will
"Thipf" M el u y Btß^d <lrama >
Ihier of the Night, -—Adv. *
$20,000 FOR CHARITY
Head of Stegmaler Brewing Company
Leaves $500,000 Estate
l Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 28.—Twen
ty thousand dollars was bequeathed to
charitable institutions in Luzerne and
1 Lackawanna counties by (Fred J. Stag
. maier, late president of the S-tegmaier
» m Wlng Company, of this city, whose
will was filed for probate here yester-
JA® * ntire esrtat « is valued at
$500,000, and his bequests to ctharity
are as follows:
t Wilkes "®arre City hospital, $5,000-
, Mercy hospital, Wilkes-Barre, $5.000|
Home for 'Friendless Children, Wilke>s
_ United Parities,
• *M<>o; Xanticoke hos
pital, $3,000; .Home of the Good Shep
herd Scranton, $1,000; St. Patrick's
Orphanage, Scranton, $1,500; St. Pat
rick's Foundling Home, Scranton, $1 -
°k A V? Nicholas
ehurc'h' Wilkes-Barre, $500; Florence
Lnttenden Mission, Wilkes-'Barre
SSOO. '
The balance of the estate is left to
his wife and family.
Retired Gardener Dies at 79
Brownstown, April 2*B.—Elias B.
Mumma, 79 yeare old, died yesterday
from a complication of diseases, after
a long illness. He was a retired gard
ener and trucker. A widow, one daugh
ter and two grandchildren survive.
Last of Large Family Dies
New Providence, April 28.—Mrs.
Mary J. Hess, 78 years old, died yes
terday from the infirmities of age. Sho
was a member of the Mennonite
church. Five children and ten grand
children survive. She is the last of a
large family.
Charles F. Thayer Die*
Norwich, Conn., April 28.—Charles
T. Thayer, who in 1906 was unsuccess
ful Democratic candidate for Governor
of Connocticut, died suddenly at his
home hero last night, aged 63. He was
Mayor of Norwich for five terms.
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and constipation—Take Cascarets and
enjoy the nicest, gentlest "inside cleans
10 RAISE 110,000,000 FUND
Methodist Church Plans to Pension Re
tired Ministers, Their Widows
and Orphans
April 28 -^ PIa "' to raise, a
$10,000,000 fund to provide pensions
for retired Methodist ministers, their
widows and orphans were outlined at a
national convention of bishops and con
ference representatives of the Metho
?eSterd P «r ral ChUreh ' WhiC '' ° peUed
Dixon, president of the
hnago Home IMissionary and Church
Extension Society, said that provision
for old age was a great, modern, human
itarian movement, and that the Church
owed to its retired minister a ddbt it
oould never repay.
"All great mercantile and industrial
concerns are recognizing their debt to
aged employes and surely the church
should lead rattier than follow, in such
a movement," he said.
The pension plan includes the estab
ishing of a retiring annuity based on
length of service, also provision for
such additional amount as may be neces
sary in cases where the condition re
flUl^B "I ore 'Wwn the regular pension.
The 'Rev. Joseph iB. Hingefey, corre
sponding secretary of the Board of Con
ference Claimants, said the movement
for pensioning aged ministers was on
a11 ,. t1 ' 0 2 reat denominations. The
wthoaisti, with whom the SIO,OOO -
000 movement is only a few months
,«5£ ve °' btaj " Cll . $1,000,000, he said.
1 The present intensive campaign,"
lie said, will reach its culmination at
the meeting of the General Conference
at Saratoga Springs in May, 1916."
PROTEST AUTO SPEEDING
Harrisburg Motor Club Sends Letter to
Mayor Royal
Protesting against reckless automo
lmle drivers and excessive speeding, the
Harrisburg (Motor Club has sent
a letter to IMayor Royal asking that
they bo taken into custody and heavily
fined. The letter stated that the police
do not enforce the traffic Jaws, and
that if nothing is done to stop it the
club will take the cases to a magis
trate and see thait the speeders be given
the fullest extent of the law.
Motor cluto officers say that the po
lice do not enforce the laws and that
when an arrest is made the Mayor
either dismisses the offender or Im
poses a light fine.
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