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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
CHAPTER XXI
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! Still in silence, Arthur Bruce
drove the Brent girls to their front
gate, then jumped out of the car
and helped them alight
Mildred continued to sob softly'
and Arthur tried to slip his arm
| about her waist and lead her up the
| front path. But she pushed him
aside and hurried to- the house, her
sister following her.
Yet, as Honora ftkted the key into
the front door, the younger girl
turned impulsively toward the man
standing at the foot of the steps.
Arthur" she murmured tremu-
lously. taking a quick step to him
and holding out both hands, you
are not angry with me, are you!
Really, l am sorry-at least, l did
not see any harm in my going to-
night. 1t was all just for o. little
lark"
The man took the two small hands
in his and looked up into the flushed
face above him.
There, there, dear" he soothed; ;
"of course you meant no harm. But
| wish you had not said you were
going somewhere eise-to a movie
with a girl from the Office"
"Why, Arthur" The exclamation
was fraught with genuine aston
ishment. II never said anything of
the kind! l never even thought of
going with any girl anywhere to-
night. Where did you ever get that
idea2 What do you mean?"
Nothing - never mind!' the
man said hastily. II was probably
mistaken"
And you are not angry with
me?" she urged. you are sure?"
A Hard Position
VERY sure" his lips twitching
nervously. Now, dear, please go
right in the house and to bed. We
can talk all this over, at some other
time"
"You will come to see me soon.
won't you?" was the plaintive re-
quest.
Yes; you know will" he prom
ised. 'I cannot help 1t, and IL |
colud help 1t, / wouldn't"
He raised her hands to his lips,
kissed them and then turned away.
Good night" he said, starting
down the path as Mildred went into
the door that Honora now opened.
The older girl stood aside and al
lowed her sister to pass. Then she
herself ran down the front steps.
Arthur" she called.
The man stopped and came back
to her. He had driven home with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
Steel Company to
Educate Disabled

Canon, Ohio-Former employees,
who have been disabled in war SER
vice will be taught new trades at
school to be established here by the
United Alloy Steel Corporation.
Every man who left the company's
employ to go into service will be put
back on the payroll at the same or
better figure, 1t has been an
nounced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01

Piles Cured I'm to II Days
Druggists refund money IL PAZ0
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals
You can get restful sleep after ths
first application. Price 60c.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
HAS WON PLACE OF HONOR
Salvation Army's Work for Fifty-Four
Years Recognized AZ Worthy Of
the Highest Praise.

Except for the war the Salvation
Army would have celebrated its fiftieth
birthday four years ago. but there
could hardly have been better re-
minder of what the army had done
and become in half century than the
recent award of the Victoria Cross to
three Salvation Army soldiers for their
service in France. Fifty-four years
ago things were very different; the
first appearances of the salvationists
aroused opposition, rowdies tried to
break up the meetings. and on at least
one occasion members of the future
army were arrested In England as
"disturbers of the peace" Originally
simply an attempt to. make converts
by outdoor preaching, the movement
which William Booth started In July.
1865, was put on military basis and
became the Salvation Army in 1878.
since which time it has grown from
Is corps In England to. about 5000
corps and outposts in more than 60
countries. Tie army was officially
recognized by King Edward VII when
he received the founder at Bucking-
ham palace in 1904; different yet re-
markable official recognition" &C.
Cured quite recently when tableau
honoring the Salvation Army was made
the climax of the current "Ziegfeld
Follies" on Broadway.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
HANDICAP IN LOSS OF EYE
Said to Depend Largely on Time Of
Life at Which the Accident
Occurred.

What actual disability is involved
In the loss of one eye? Accident in
surance companies usually estimate
1t at 80 per cent. but Sir Arthur Pear
son told the British committee on the
administration of soldiers and sailors
pensions that this was absolutely abb
surd, and suggested % per cent as q
more reasonable estimate.
1t depends largely upon the time ~
life at which the eye is lost. By
binocular vision, says the Lancet. we
fuse two slightly dissimilar images
of an object. which are focused upon
the two retinas. and this enables us
to estimate correctly the relative po-
sitiOn or distance of objects. This
power. however. is not confined to
those of us who possess two good
eyes. The man who has been blind in
one eye from infancy possesses it In
almost equal perfection with the pos
SCISSOR of two eyes. For many other
factors unite to compensate for the
absence of stereoscopic vision. These
are atmospheric and shadow effects.
parallax and. above all. memory Of
what the shape of objects really is,
according to knowledge which has
been acquired in early years. largely
by the sense of touch.
On the other hand. if one who pos
sesses this faculty is suddenly deprived
of it he will be considerably handi-
capped. especially at first. A woman
may find she cannot pour from tea
pot into cup without splitting the tea.
A hammermaH may take some time
before he can hit the nail on the
head with his former accuracy; indeed.
whether or not he can ever attain 1t
again is doubtful.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
Newspaper Men astruck.s

Probably. the first "strike" ever
called at convention of the American
Federation of Labor, and against that
body, was called by the newswriters
assigned to cover the sessions. During
the course of the convention one of the
delegates made criticisms of the way
in which the convention news was ham
died. The newspaper men immediate
ly filed out of the hall and sent word
to the convention that they had gone
on strike. While certain delegates
were branding the newswriters as "bol-
sheviki," others insisted that they form
committee and present their de-
mands. The demands were formulated
and presented. The convention granted
them by reclamation, and the reporters
were given an ovation when they filed
back to their desks. So 1t was settled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
SUFFERED FOR OTHERS SIN
Pathetic Story Told as an Example Of
the Peril That Lies in
lnefficieney.


A. r. Hawley, president Of the Aero
club. told in New York the other day
an inefficiency story.
Beware the inefficient man." he
said. ''for if you have dealings with
him it is you. not he. that will suffer
from his inefficiency.
"a foreigner in outlandish garb
claiming to be an Armenian came here
ito solicit funds last year for his COM
patriots. 1t happened that another
Armenian was arrested at the time.
and the first chap was asked to go to
court and act as his interpreter.
"Well. he reluctantly consented to
act, though the truth was that he knew
no Armenian whatever. Anyhow he
stalked into the courtroom. listened in
grave silence to the prisoners pas
sionate protestations Of innocence, and
then turned to the judge and said with
low bow.
Your honor, my compatrfot has
confessed all. He begs you, however,
to be lenient for suffering Armenia's
sake
''The judge thanked the interpreter
warmly for his services. and then sem
fenced the innocent prisoner to ave
years hard labor"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
London Now Less Noisy.

Middle-aged Londoners who went to
and fro in the capital in the sixties
and seventies me1ly smile when we
ask II London could possibly be nois-
fer than 1t Is at the present day.
For they say It was a far noisier
place then, when nearly all the main
streets were granite paved and all the
wheels of the vehicles iron bound.
There was continuous roar then to
which the present day sound is d
mere whisper.
One such Londoner says he often
heard in the old days the roar of Lon
don's traffic from as far away spot
as the Crystal Palace parade. The
sound was like that Of continual very
distant thunder. He has many times
in recent years listened for the sound
from the same spot, but has never
heard it.-London Chronicle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
WASTE COUNTRY MADE RICH
Enormous Rubber Plantation in SUI
matra Developed by American
Industry in Ten Years.

Perhaps the most surprising thing
about the enormous rubber plantation
that covers nearly 100000 acres in
Sumatra. recently described by q
writer in Commerce and Finance. is
that less than ten years ago one could
have travelled these acres without see
ing rubber tree. The land was ac-
quired by an American company, and
the rubber trees followed. Today they
count up to something like 5,0O0,OO0
tended by an army of about 10000 la
borers, most of whom come from the
neighboring island of Java. The land
rises to slight eminence overlooking
the sea of rubber trees which stretches
for miles in every direction, with here
and there glimpses of the fine roads
over which motor cars travel the plan
tation on business or carry passengers
between the bungalows of the estate
managers. Sixty-five miles Of narrow
gauge railway run through this re-
markable rubber forest, with every
tree raised in response to the twen-
tieth century commercial demand for
rubber.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
He Saw Very Well.

had employed piano tuner for
several years who was blind, writes q
correspondent. One day he brought
another man when he came to tune the
piano, asking my permission to teach
him some things about piano tuning.
left them in the parlor by them
selves and when they had finished. !
was dressing to go out
Knowing they were blind and rather
than keep them waiting. went In to
pay the tuner in rather scant attire.
I remarked to the stranger, 1T is nice
for you blind people that there Is
work like this for you to do"
"Oh, madam" he replied, I'm not
blind In fact, see very well"
Inearly died and fled from the room
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
Star 1ubereuIosIs Patient.

James, age seven, is q patient At
Sunnyside and came into the city for
tonsillotomy. While In one OF the
hospitals overnight James could not
sleep because he missed his sleeping
norch so he called the nurse and
pleaded his case (for air).
The weather was zero and the nurse
explained as much to James and
thinking she had satisfied his mind
sbe left him, but no sooner had she
gone than James became restless for
HE old haunts and called her. Again
abe refused to open the window and
James. who is "star care taker."
proved his mettle; he threw MS snoe
through the window pane.-lndianap-
oils News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
From : one-Armed Man.

The triumph over the disability Of
q lost limb is not only exemplifed In
the case Of the one-legged cricketer.
"There is no need to be downhearted
about lost leg or arm" writes cor
respondent. 81 have lost my left arm
and can do practically everything that
q man with two arms can.
81 can tie my tie as neatly ana
quickly as I ever did. lace my boots.
ride horse and bicycle, drive a horse
and trap, drive a motor. play billiards
(using a block Of weighted WOOD WIN
three groves in 1t as resD, go!.
hockey, tennis and swim quite easily.
London Chronicle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
Conan Doyle. AFamiIiar.s

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's familiar"
proved of very practical assistance to
him the other day.
The creator Of Sherlock Holmes
walked into his study. and after some
indecision drifted over to the waste
paper basket, plunged his arm into the
litter, and-extracted valuable war
Office document relating to the history
of the war! It had blown from the
table into the basket.
'Tve never done such thing be-
fore" said Sir Arthur. In narrating the
circumstances. and the unusual course
of action which he followed with sucn
good results he attributes wholly TO
the promptings Of his familiar
London Chronicle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
chinatown Hides joss.

The Transforming Of Chinatown that
b.. been In progress for decade has
enally thrust Its Americanizing influ-
ences into the Chinese temple in Mott
.treet with the result that the joss
ana lesser idolsshave been relegated
- : dusty closet. For years the joss
v.. one OF the attractions Of China
tnvn and every well-conducted party
-.s led before the idol that occupied
! prominent position in the council hall
q the temple.-New York Times
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-11
Practical sympathy.

James Shaffer Of Uniontown, "a.
struck a foreigner who made disioyai
remarks and was fined $40. but the
money was paid by ten members OF
the local Christian church, VINO On
their way home happened to stop N
the burgess Office. Each OF the men
pIanked 81 down on the desk OF tne
official and the case was ended.
The sun., 1919-03-16
SOCIALIST SHERIFF
HOLDS JAIL CABARET
Raked in Court for Vicious
Road House Conditions.
SDecidI Dsspotch 10 THE Sun.


MILWAUKEE. March 15.--Sherlff Buech,
Socialist head of the county police, Is
under fire for the second time this week
for the conduct of his office.
On Monday last. District Attorney
label, also a Socialist. but in dis
favor with the party for his outstanding
Amerlcanism, protested to the Police
Court against the staging on Sunday last
OF what he called a "jail cabaret in
the county Jail for the prisoners enter
tainment. lie charged that a dancer
appeared in tights.
Now 1t is the chief probation officer.
William Zuerner. who charges that the
road houses outside the jurisdiction OF
the city police are being frequented by
boys and girls of high school age, and
that the Sherifrs deputies cit by and
allow anything to happen except a fight,
when they interfere.
The dancer who appeared at tho jail
called on District Attorney IPhol to-
day and said she did not wear IL s. vat
the customary ballet dancing costume.
The vicious condition in the road
houses was taken up before Judge
Backus of the Municipal Court by ON
Ger Zuerner who said that II was time
TIE citizens took action to force a cleanup
by the Sheriff.
The road house situation is notorious.
Hardly Saturday night passes without
some road house fatality. Usually they
are automobile Joy riding parties which
are ditched by drunken drivers. A half
dozen deaths in two months are charg-
able TO this cause.
The sun., 1919-03-16
SUFFS WILL OPPOSE
DROPPING PRIMARY
Miss Hay Says Plan Has Not
Had Sufficient
Tryout.

The New York city woman suffrage
party is opposed to return to the State
convention system for the nomination
OF candidates. Miss Mary Garrett Hay
chairman, issued a statement yesterday
in which she said that she agreed with
the women OF the party that while the
primaries might need certain changes TO
make them more democratic they
should by all means be retained. The
SUITS intend to do what they can 10 de-
feat the bills now before the Legisla-
ture providing for conventions TO replace
the primaries.
"As the present primary law has been
In force only since 1918 the new voters
feel that 1t has not been tried out long
enough time" Miss Hay said. III a
longer experience proves that the critl-
cisms are we'll founded the law can be
amended. II may be that public forums
where candidates can be discussed and
recommended Should supplement the pri-
mary; It may be that there is need of
placing the responsibility for tho nomi-
nation of candidates more definitely
upon the parties, and it may he that the
existing primary law Is too much encum.
bered. 1t does not follow that because
there are defects the whole plan OF the
primary should be discarded. Women
voters believe the primary should be re-
tanned
Under the old system OF the conven-
ton Is to 20 per cent. of the voters
participated in the nomination of candi-
dates under the comparatively new sys-
tenn OF the direct primary 40 to 80 per
cent take part. Women OF the w. S. p.
are urging party officials to make a stand
against a return to conventions"
l,oa s,,ffe nrtt D1t-
larry desire primaries for the 1920 cleo
tions go that IL Senator Wadsworth
stands for reelection they can deal with
him summsrily as a return for his voting
against tho Susan p. Anthony amend
ment
The city suffs have selected part OF
the partys delegates to the convention Of
tho National Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton in st. Louis March "a to 20. Those
selected for Manhattan are Mrs. Rich
ard Aldrich, Mrs. +. Louis Slade, Mrs
Charles l.. Tiffany. Mrs Herbert Lee
Pratt. Mrs. V. Everit Macy. Mrs. Will
lam r. Thompson, Mrs. John II. Griesel
Mrs. Emile Glogau. Mrs Walter Tlmme,
Miss Anne Maxwell Jones and Mrs. VIII
lard y. Straight.
Among those who will go from Brook
Ign are Mrs. Stephen II. Loines, Miss
Hilda Loines, Mrs. George hoffman, Miss
Mary ID. Buxton, Miss Eva Potter and
Miss Adella Potter.
Mrs. David L. Rodgcr will go from
Queens and Mrs. William q. Wilcox
frep Richmond.
The convention. which Is called the
golden jubilee, since it celebrates fifty
years of suffrage campaigning and the
gain OF the vote for 1880, 600 women in
twenty-four States, viii see the re6irth
OF the Old national association into a
National Union of Women Citizens.
The sun., 1919-03-16
TOMORROW is DAY (;
OF REAL PARADE
Ancient Order Of Hibernians
and Other Irish Societies
Are All Ready.

AIS ready for the parade. The an
nual parade. Monday To-day is tho
sixteenth. Tomorrow. Monday IL
March IL. Sure. now, you KNOW What
parade,
Anyway. this year It's to be held uh-
der the auspices OF the Ancient order OF
IIibernians, tho Friends OF irish Free
dom and many kindred Irish societies
John W. Goff is to he grand marshal with
Charles r. Sheeran. John j. Reegan'
Thomas Kelly and John c. OReilly as
aids. Besides which almost every or
ganizatlon in line will be represented
by honorary aids to the grand marshal
and the whole OF them will form an I'M
posing cavalcade of 1876 horsemen In
black suits. silk hats and white gloves
as is decent and fitting for the day.
The darling old 165th may not he
home from France In It's full organiza-
tlon but It Is not TO be forgotten. There
are many boys OF the old regiment In
the hospitals of the city and not one
of them that wants TO ride in the par
ade I'm an automobile or carriage or who
wants to see 1t from such n vehicle
needs stay at home. Ample conveyances
will be available for them at the regi-
mepts armory. The present National
Guard Sixty-ninth will have the right
of line.
or the legion Of other Irish heroes OF
the war, even though 1t was their mis-
fortune to fight outside the ranks OF the
SiXty-ninth every one of them will be
welcomed. II able to march they should
report TO Major Michael Heney, provost
marshal Of Camp Upton who will form
division Of soldiers and sailors on
Fifth avenue between Forty-third and
Forty-fourth streets and in the adjacent
side blocks.
The parade will start promptly at 80
p. NJ and will move up Fifth avenue
to 124th street, where Marshal Golf and
his aids will review the marchers. Those
who wish may fail out there, and those
who want to go on will march through
i24th street back through 126th street
and to Suffers Harlem River Casino,
where the annual bail OF the A. o. II.
will be held in the evening.
The parade will not be without re
minders of recent Irish history as well
as of the older lore. The old time Brian
Boru Club has it's brand new Roger Case
ment branch, and the Brooklyn Celtic
Club has its Padraic Pearse as well as
its O'Donovan Rosa section. and Com
modore Barry and st. Augustn are
equally remembered.
The sun., 1919-03-16
MEDIATOR TO SETTLE
ARGENTINE STRIKE
British Minister'S Services Ac-
cepted by Irigoyen.

BuENos ATREs, March 15.--Sir Regi-
Maid T. Tower. the British Minister. win
act as mediator in the port strike. The
Minister had long conference to-day
with President Irigoyen, who accepted
his offer of mediation.
Sir Reginald was in conference also
with the Cabinet Ministers. who have
been engaged in trying to bring about a
settlement.
A general strike has been declared at
Mendoza, affecting thirty-six unions, in
GLIDING food purveyors. The situation is
reported to be grave.
Mendoza is the capital of the province
Of Mendoza, In Argentina, and Ia ait
uated on the eastern slope of the Andes
Mountains on tho line of railroad rum
ming from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso.
1t is about ninety miles from the Chilean
frontierl
Nearly a thousand telephone girls par
ticipated in a demonstration here yester-
day, leading a parade of striking tele-
phone employees. The girls are seeking
that their wages be doubled.
The sun., 1919-03-16
DEMAREsT BACK IN POLITICS.
Ex-Asse IN bl ymnn. Once in Prison,
Runs for Police Justice.

Frank L. Demarest. former Assembly
man and Democratic leader of Rocltland
county, who fifteen years ago served six
months in Jail by sentence OF the late
Judge William J. Gaynor for classifying
accounts, is back in politics He is run
ming for police justice OF Nyack In a
three cornered race against Benjamin
Hass, Republican. and Benjamin Levi
son, Democrat. The position pays $500
a year.
Demarest gained considerable notoriety
at the time of the election OF David u.
Hin TO the United States Senate. He
was under arrest for another offence at
the time and found It difficult 10 get to
Albany. but he finally did and cast the
vote which elected Hill.
His six months Jail term followed con-
viction in the Rocilland Supreme Court
for presenting false claims against the
town of Clarksburg. Shortly after II
was brought TO tho attention of Judge
Gaynor that Demarest was serving the
sentence at a New York hotel the con-
victed man was ordered kept in the
county Jail
The sun., 1919-03-16
l23.0OO.OOO PIECES IN
A. E. F. DECEMBER MAIL
About 100000 Christmas
Boxes We're Handled.

WASHINGTON. March 15.-How more
man $4,000, 600 pieces of mail were
handled by the Expeditionary Force nos
tai express service in December when
the mail operations were at their peak
IS described in a report made public to-
night by the War Department
Ihe handling of this great volume OF
nan from and to the States and between
the army post Offices" said the report.
presented diificult problem with
-'VVo'OVo men in the field scattered over
Wlhe area. separated into numerous
UNITS in midwinter and within sixty
days after unusual military operations
which made 1t especially hard to locate
thousands OF casual and replacement
troops. While certain delays and nom
uellVerles were unavoidable. the bulk OF
me mail fortunately bore the correct ad-
dress and was properly delivered"
More than 10000, 900 letters and cards
were sent to the United States by the
soldiers in France during the month, and
IN ADDITION there were many thousands
OF parcels and war trophies. The mail
to the A. L. +. included more than
100000 Christmas boxes and about
100000 letters and cards.
Some of the Christmas mail arrived
overseas after Christmas Day and many
additional carloads landed too late TO
P'''"L ue4INeIN On Time One car was
burned in France, but the records show
no other mishaps to Christmas mail
Had the original date for final ac-
ceptance of parcels in the United States
not been altered" the report said. there
Is no doubt that Christmas morning
would have found every Christmas par
eel at the destination shown on its ad-
dress"
As an example Of difficulties encoup.
tered in mail delivery the report cited
tho fact that fully 5000 900 pieces Of
later mail had TO be readdressed in De-
cember.