The Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania • Page 8

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is a long road from the initiation of a thing to its finish. A Momentous Ceremonv One of the greatest meetiijgs ever to be held in the Anthracite'Regfon is to take place at the Masonic Temple to night at 7:45, when the five and one half year Anthracite Agree rrrtnt is to be signed with imposing formality. There will also be a broadcast from eight to eieht thirty of the program, to extend throughout the whole Anthracite Region and beyond. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis will represent the President of the United4tates, while John L.

Lewis will enunciate the message from the Mine Workers and Mr. Richard F. Grant will speak for the Operators. During four years the public has continu ously and loudly voiced its sentiments for the co operation bred of mutual confidence within the Industry, that the evils of the past be no longer injurious to the public. Now, here In Scranton, the public is to be giverf Its answer.

Well may President Scranton of The Chamber of Commerce suggest: "As a further recognition of this important event the citizens of Scranton are urged to display the Flags all day Friday throughout the business areas pnd residential districts." A suggestion to rbe accepted and followed. For this ends the old era and begins the new. No ceremony may be too solemn and too happy. All over the country appropriations for school purposes are increasing each year. If money invested in the education of children told the whole story, the young idea is becoming exceedingly well trained.

Check This Carelessness One of the very serious results of the presr em arougnt ana tnere are many consequences of moment that have developed is the outbreak of forest fires that has appeared not only near Scranton but in all parts of the country. Fif teenvof them were raging' in this immediate section yesterday, morning, most of which were extinguished during the day. The smoke from them was most annoying in certain lower sections of Scranton, particularly on the South Side. While the dry weather has caused forest leaves and underbrush to burn like tinder the fact remains that careless use of matches by smokers has caused the heaviest forest losses. Such carelessness is criminal and it would seem that the most stringent measures are necsssary to check it.

When Gloomy Dean Inge criticizes Americans for so much oh recreation and luxury, he should not forget that thousands of American tourists rain a golden shower down upon his ovi England, which benefit to England is part' of the' American luxury budget. Building Recovery a Good Omen The rise in building reported for June, directly against the seasonal trend for that month, has given renewed vigor to the discussion of whether building ordinarily follows or precedes changes in general business. The sharp rise in general business activity, followed by the equally sharp fall in 1915, appears to have been virtually simultaneous with the similar' course of building contracts From 1915 to 1920 there was a high rate of production with little correspondent increase in building. As a result of the consequent shortage in. housing facilities there was a large wave of construction in the tter part of the decade.

This began shortly before a similar change in business, as did the sub seauent dron in biiiiriinc Again, in 1921, a gain In building preceded the business curve upward again. Apparently, from the behavior of these trends during the last twenty years, building has often ended business depressions. It seems to be a sufficiently strong force to accomplish this desirable result. As a'prophecy for a general stimulation in business it seems to have worked out. Daily reports of decreases in unemployment in large block's have followed renewed building activity In exactly one month.

Optimism raises. Its head. In this era when many men and women seek excuse for following the broad and easy path bordered with primroses, we see such statements made as: "Morality for Its own sake has no claim on us," "Morality is only a means, and a doubtful means, not an end in Valley towns direct tross countrv' arrpss nn. to the pthers, and completes a circuit of much advantage to travelers, tourists, businessand agriculture. property lying between Lackawanna Valley and the Abington country immediately Jumps upward as being more desirable and probably more valuable now that it, is tapped irom, different directions.

The residents there have every cause" for gratu lawuu. The COUntV' ComrnisRirinoj.e'oi ta aim tire esiiaie Highway Department have done a good job as can be seen at a glance from the novel air photographs by The Republican photographer published in yesterday morning's paper. The paramount duty of the foreigner in every country is to respect and obey that country's laws. The paramount dutv of t.h natives is to set the example. Times Change, Humans Don't Every so often we find a news story in which a woman's revenge is given as the reason for a man's death.

In a certain' mid western state, so the newest story of love and conflict goes, a girl's wish for revenge is now being blamed for the death of two men. The natural're action to true murder yarns is a reflection as to how much worse Eve's daughters are to day than they used to he. If we would reflect carefully we would realize that they aren't the least bit more responsible for death and tragedy than their predecessors. There was Helen of Troy, for Instance. Her elopement with' Paris, the son of King Priam, sent the whole of the Spartan' navy over to Troy to get her back.

Before the war ended several other countries brought TH2 SC3ANT0N haDAY, AUGUST 15:5 Itself." When the untruthful would paint an untruth, to what ends does fallacy go! Finisheid Business! The Trldistrict Convention of the United Mine Workers of America, representing the great Anthracite fields of Pennsylvania, his ratified the agreement with Coal Operators. This agreement, made in advance of the termination of the old agreement on September 1st; will run until April 1st, 1936. The accord with which the agreement has been reached and the good will with Vhlch It was ratified yesterday, are a happy omen of perpetual peace within the Anthracite Jndus try, as well as easy continuance of agreement in 1936 and at every period of the contract thereafter. The Trldistrict Convention was presided over by International President John L. whose wise efficiency and forcefully sound Judgment as presiding officer added glamor to a convention whose act and spirit were of vital Importance to the Mine Workers they represented, to the Industry of which they are so essentially by a constituent factor, to vast public whose prosperity is so hugely affected by the mutual confidence displayed within the Industry and by success of Anthracite which can not but be Appreciably advanced by the fine display of good feeling shown this week'.

The Mine Workers are partners in the Anthracite Industry; and they have in every way played the part of partners. No longer are "capital arW labor" at swords points in the industry in which North eastern Pennsylvania is deeply interested, of which it is so proud. A new era of confidence. helpfulness, of developing new and wider markets, of combating competition; with Mine Worker, Operator and Public shoulder to shoulder, has set in. Let it never have a setback.

The Scranton Republican voices public sentiment in warmly congratulating President Lewis, President Boylan and all the officers and members' of the United Mine Workers of America the three Anthracite districts; and extends its best wishes ta the formal mestins at which the agreement will be ceremoniously signed tonight. Such an agreement, such a way of reaching agreement, such a convention and such ceremony as tonight's, are 'consummations long devoutly wished by this community, The benefits to the community and the industry will be enormous. A cynic says that the majority of marriages are. not happy and that eighty per cent of tnem Degin in ecstasy and develoD into a habit. After.

discountins the cvnicism. one must admit that the "habit" is the best habit known. A Fine Highway System The completion of the pavement from Montdale to Finch Hill and the construction of the pavement from Fleetville east as far as East Benton, give important benefits now and promise still more benefits in the future, both to the residents and rural property owners of Lackawanna County, and to the traveling public at large. These two highways open up a farming and scenic territory in Scott, Greenfield and Benton' Townships that has been somewhat off the thoroughfares of traffic. They save a fine rural district from slipping Into the "back" country; They afford access to a number of fine resorts and open opportunities for the development of new resorts.

They add to the scenic beauties of Northeastern Pennsylvania by opening the doors, of such beauties. They even promote rural to suburban districts. For travel alone they give opportunities pernaps not yet fully appreciated. The Mont dale Finch Hill highway gives Scranton and particularly the Mid Valley a new hard7sur faced thoroughfare to Bingham ton: Pecftville to Montdale to Finch Hill, then westward on concrete to Kingsley on the Lackawanna Trail. wt me rieeivine East Benton road linked by concrete to the latter highway gives the Abinetohs and Hie 0., The Pit and the Pendulum! 1 their' boats close to the shore and joined in the battle.

Before Helen finally was recovered a good many thousands of men were killed. Not only mythology but history as well, is filled with cases in which a woman's wiles upset nations and brought death to many. The world is very much better to day than it used to be. This is seen in the very action' of the public conscience which condemns a woman to. day for the same deeds for which it lauded her In song and story when ant com mitted them a thousand, or tvkn one or two hundred years ago.

1 Alcohol does badly what it! sets out to do, it is not true stimulant, and the result its use brings is a disagreeable and injurious That is therux of the "prohibl uon issue. General MacArthur President Hoover has appointed as Chief of Staff of the United States Army to succeed General Charles P. Summerall, Major General Douglas MacArthur, with the rank of full General. The papers are stating that General Mad Arthur, who Is fifty, is the youngest off icer to be appointed Chief of Staff, which is correct. and he fs also the youngest In years of the present Majpr Generals.

auv uenerai MacArthur is not the young est man to wear the four gold stars of the full General. The first to be appointed to that exalted rank, and for whom the rank was created, was. the greatest of all Anftrican captains and one of the greatest of.Amerfcan men. Ulysses S. Grant was honored by the title of General at the age of forty three.

General MacArthur is the son of another notable soldier, who, as Lieutenant General, was also ranking officer of the Army and was one of the distinguished corps commanders in the Spanish and Philippine wars General Arthur MacArthur. General Douglas MacArthur has a most notable army record, in peace and in war, is brains, ability and honor which have carried him forward. Appointed Brigadier General in 1918 the youngest he commanded a brigade and then the Rainbow Division the youngest division commander in the war. He was twice wounded in action; and has been deservedly and profusely decorated. At the early age of fifty he assumes com mand of the United States Army, his only superiors being the President and the Secretary of War.

At the zenith of his personal powers, his personality rendering him intense Things We're Told, A NOTE ON THE KITCHEN TABLE rERE DADDY: I wll be in bed When you git home, I broked a windo pain today So am jeviu this bokay. I plct it miself. I hope you like it j. Much as i like you. wil be sleplng But if you kis me goodnlte I no it wll be alrite an can be fixed agin.

Mama ft rele angery with me An put me' to bed I The dandyllnes, an klovers to Wil say for me I Lov You Billy. Uncle Pete. Scranton, i Announcement is made that' a committee of the Scranton Lodge of Elks has arranged for an outing and barbecue ta be held at Waldorf Park, Saturday, August 23, weather pei mitting. The purpose of this affair is to raise sufficient funds to pay for the band at Reading. A real Southern Barbecue will be served at a very nominal cost.

There will be plenty of food as well as entertainment features and those participating are assured a good time. Admission will be by Invitation, which may be se cured at the club bouse, and you are free to peart as little or as much as you desire. The party is open to Elks and their friends. Scranton' contingent to the meet ing of the State Association of Elks at Reading will leave the clubhouse In special buses August 28. Reservations have been made for the ly popular in army and.

official he will oe so successful that the President's departure from the rules of senority will be Justified. Which came first, the Chinese tong man, or the American "gang gun man? But it doesn't matter. What we want to know is which will go first, and soon, and how. Filipinos Are Resentful overflow with praise of the excellence of President Hoover's appointment of Mr. Nicholas Roosevelt as vice governor of the Philippines.

He has spent much time on the islands and Is familiar with its affairs, having written much about them. The Filipinos, themselves, have shown opposition to the appointment. Why? An explanation is not hard to find. Mr. Roosevelt published a book four years ago in which he said America should make it clear it would not turn over the islands to their people for three, or four generations.

He described the Filipino as without gratitude to the United States and, lacking in conception of fair play. "Like spoiled children," he wrote, "they are more indignant about un humored whims than grateful for a surfeit of good things." There is ho question about the accuracy of tne comment. 'the same time it does not commend Mr. Roosevelt to the Filipinos. A Worth while Inquiry It is to the credit of our authorities, local, state and national, that they are giving such careful study to the locomotive boiler explosion on the Lackawanna Railroad that cost the lives of Engineer John Lynch and Fireman Ray Whitman and endangered many others.

The inquiry will disclose the cause of this transportation tragedy; it will well serve as a lesson to thos.e who are clothed with the upkeep and the operation, and especially the repair of locomotives, and it will mean safer railroading in the future. There is no doubt the explosion was due to low water in the boilers, andthat there were boiler defects that could have been prevented. vvitn tne results of this terrible accident In mind, locomotive repair men, engineers arid firemen are certain to observe greater care. Why not get the public interested in an endurance contest on sawing wood, or mowing the lawn, or taking out the ashes? Too close to usefulness? Scranton Elks at the Abraham Lincoln hotel. v.

Word comes that the American Air Cadets are gaining a strong foothold in Scranton, due to the fine and auspicious start it received through the good efforts of Mr. C. J. Kern. district organizer, who has Just re turned to his home in Buffalo.

"Aviation" is a word that is now thrilling everyone and especially the youth of the land. The American Air Cadets are great character build' ers among the youth of the land. It should be added that the Air Cadets have been organized, not lor profit, but for the promotion of alr min'dedness and the. cultivation of inventive genius among the youth of the land. "The principles and alms of the organization are based on a sincere desire to provide the yputh of America the wherewith to learn about and take part in the most Important and epoch making event of all history aviation." i The above is a quotation from the American Air Cadet booklet.

A plan for eliminating a grade crossing in Yatesvllle by constructing an underpass will be submitted to the Public Service commission this week by the State Highway depart ment. The crossing is on tracks of the Wilkes Barre Eastern Railroad a subsidiary of the Erie railroad, and is 1.S00 east of Jenkins Junction. The pew underpass is on route 315, the new high speed highway that is being constructed between Wilkes Barre Boulevard and Dupont, where it connects with the Scranton highway. This is the highway which will en able traffic to avoid congestion between Scranton and Wilkes Barre, and will also, in a year or two, be expended from Scranton to Carbondale. wWe there is vitaj need for a modr em highway.

Today August 8. Events of August 8th: The Spanish Armada defeated 1588; the Stourbridge Lion ran between Honesdaie Seeleyville, 1829; the Wilmot Proviso introduced 1846; battle of Sabine Pass, 1893; James W. Marshal? died 1885; Montenegro declared war cn Austria 1914; New' Zea landers captured Chunuk Bahr, Oal llpoll, 1915; Germans driven back from the Somme and the Lys 1918. Birthdays of this date: Abner Nash 1716; James BoWdoln 1727; Ben jamin SilUman 1779; 'Thomas J. Rusk 1802; Henry duFont 1812; Ad miral John Rodger 1812r General Benjamin Alvord 1813; Charles A.

Dana 1819; General George Stone man 1822; General Nelson A. Miles 1839; Frederick W. Whifridge 1852; Charles S. Diehl 1854; Frank Steunen berg 1862; Walter C. Noyes 1865; Joseph B.

Thoburn 1866; Edward B. Carnett 1885. 'Lightning Bolt Strips Man." Headline In Los Angeles Times. Naturally it was a man. It would be wasted effort on a woman.

Historical and Biographical Sketches of the S. FLETCHER WEYBURN Sscretary Lackawanna Historical Society. lRHTha Year af Prorreai. After the strenuous days of 1870 71 the ytir 1172 ooened ausolclously The banki previously organized were in a flourishing condition, they were: First National Bank, 1863, J. H.

Scranton, president; Second Natlonnl ny 1863, W. W. WInton. president; Merchant and Mechanic Bank, 1870, John Handley, president Scranton Trust Comoanv and Sav. Ings Bank, 1370.

H. 8. Pierce, ores! dent; Scranton Savings Bank, 1867, James BUIr, pxctldent; George sandsnon Company. 1855. Qeorr Sanderson, president: Mechanics and Miners Deposit and Savings Bank.

1887. Hyde Park. William Merrlflcld president; WInton, Clark and Com pany, Providence, W. W. WInton.

precldcnt: On. April 13th. the Third tWlonal Bank opened for business at 504 Lackawanna avchue, next door to the Monies Pughe bakerv. with the following officers: Alfred Hand. presidsnt; George H.

Catlln. vice. president, and N. H. Shafer.

cashier This bank was not only DoDular but successful from the first day of opening. It soon outgrew its loca Uon and. cn July 30, removed to 115 Wyoming avenue where it continued to In 1877 it purchased a lot next to the Wyoming House. 118 Wyoming avenue, and erected its own ouuaing, ana on wovemecr removed there where It has remained. As the city developed this bank prospered and only a few years ago a new and modern bank building was erected.

ka In my survey of fts remarkable history. I And that 'its promoter was none other than our esteemed citizen, Hon. George H. Catlln, with others and its successful administrator. Mr William H.

Peck. To 'these gentle men is due the present high and honorable position it has attained in the banking world today. Later in the year a gloom was cast over the city by the announcement of the death of one of its most prominent citizens. Mr. Joseph H.

Scranton, who had besn in falling health for some time nad gons to Baden Baden, Germany, lo seek recovery. He died there June 6, 1872, and his body was immediately brought to Scranton for burial. On the day of the funeral business was generally suspended and a large concourse followed his remains to the last resting place as a loving tribute to his memory. It seems fitting to record a brief survey of his Ufe, here: Mr. Scranton came to Slocum Hol low or Harrison, in 1846.

and imme diately assumed a leadinir cart in tne development of the industrial life nf. the locality, which was later to bear the name of "Scranton," "consisting of a small cluster of rustic cabins, in no way differing from the hundreds of rude unregarded hamletr whlc atlll unchanged from generation to generation, slumber at the crossroaas of Pennsylvania 9'fliintalns, or mats the Intersection of Its woodland streams." Mr. Scranton waa born In Madison, New Haven crunty. Connecticut, Juro 28, 1618. His forebears were of that sturdy; Puritan stock that settled in Connecticut as early as 1638 and to those qualities may be attributed h'u great success in the business world like his cousins, SeMen T.

and Oeorce V. Scranton, who had preseeded him in Lackawanna Valley. He began hi useful career in mercantile pursuits. and while ctlll a young man emigrated to Augusta, Oeorgia, he met almost instant success. Prom this place he was called by his cousins to share in the enterprise they were engaged in and promised so much.

Here he remained until his death, an active force in the industrial and financial life sf Scranton. The creation and administration of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal company stand out as one of his greatest achievements, and no authen tic history of Scranton can be written without including the work and character of this honorable citizen. His relation to and connection with the many financial and Industrial enterprises of his day attest his pop ularity. Another item of interest that oc curred later in the year was the en trance of the late Aaron Aueurtus Chase in the field of journalism. He had assumed control of the Scranton Times in October'and became its editor.

This ws during the Grant and Greeley campaign. Being a Democrat of the most radical tyDe his edi torials, as I have scanned them, con tained the most vitriolic denunciation of the Republican party one can im agine. His pen reminds me of the late Senator John J. Ingalls, whom I met In 1892 at the Chatauqua assem bly at Madison, Wisconsin, when I tried to engage him a a speaker for an agricultural society in Northern Illinois, of which I was manager. He was a great orator but noted for vitriolic speech and pen.

Nota This bank was naylnir 6 on deposits, and loaning money at 10 and 12. (To Be Continued.) Ah, But the Prestige! "Why don't you buy a bicycle Pat?" said his neighbor, "you And it useful In going back and forth to your work." Faith," said Pat, "I as soon walk afoot as ride afoot." Exchange. We Forget Our Blessings By HELEN WELSHIMER American girl, who recently visited Russia; in writing of her experiences In a contemporary magazine, makes some surprising disclosures. She says that she was by a young Russian workman if it is true that men who we late to work at a certain great American industry are mangled in their machines as a punishment. Ths workman was sincere in his question.

He and others had heard' that story. America was far away. It was a land of wealth and efficiency. They thought that perhaps only a torturous method could secure perfect obedience with its resulting It is hard to realize that anyone can hold such a barbaric picture of us. It does more than make us angry at the manner in which we have been misrepresented.

It awakens us to the background of cruelty and suffering which men must have in order to even harbor such ac atrocious thought for a moment. It indicates that a very small valuation must be put on human life, In a land where such a story can gain credence. 'yE, in America, value life at a high premium. For centuries our wisest men have been working, trying to discover ways of adding years to life, and also of adding life to years. But the chasm that stretches between us and some of the faraway places of the world is considerably wider than a mere ocean or two.

Over In China we have proof of thij today. A wounded offleei; of Hunan provincial troops, who arrived at Hankow for hospitalization the other day, tried to shut out the pitiful scenes that he had witnessed. He said that hordes of Chinese soldiers advanced into battle at Changsha, driving herds of fettered peasants before as a from the enemy. The arms of the peasants were bound behind their backs. Behind them came soldiers with forcing them into the range of the soldiers who waited beyond.

The helpless men had to advance. The troops, who were firing on them, stopped as soon as they realized that they were killing innocent victims. 'pHS story of the human shields will go into Russia. The young workman will hear It. Then he Will remember that other cruel story which someone told him about us.

He will begin to wonder if it is a myth or the truth. He will decide, perhaps that "there is little fairness in life in America or any other place nd he will not know how mistaken he is We speak of hard times, business stress, lack of rain. We count our misfortunes on both 'hands. But we have carelessly formed the habit of forgetting our blessings. We have some, too, if we woula Just make a few comparisons between our own state of affairs and those of other parts of the world.

Sometimes, it seems, that China and Russia are as far away from us in this modern age of extensive communication and transportation as they were in the old days when they ware merely blue and pink spotp on the map In our geography book. Every person should direct, how his or estate should be distributed. The way to accomplish this is to make your will and name the THIRD NATIONAL as executor and trustee. Third National Bank and Trust Co. 120 Wyoming Ave.

Scranton, Pa. Capital $400,000 Surplus (earned) $1,200,000 3 Interest paid on Savingi Account'.