DECRIES SCHOOL SOLDIER AS OUHEOODING HEROD State School Chief Schaeffer Deprecates Idea of Militarism for Children. SWISS BEGIN IT AT 20 Ills of the Body Politic Wrongly Put Up to the Little Schoolma'am. Harrisburg, Dec. 1.— Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, Superintendent of Education, in his annual report to Governor Brumbaugh, reiterates his disapproval of military training in the public schools as a part of the "preparedness" that is now considered essential. In the course of his report, after giving the statistics showing the condition of the schools at present. Dr. Schaeffer says: Whenever anything goes wrong in the State, the church, the home or the community people look to the school for a remedy. Although the National Government expends 67 per cent, of its revenues upon the army and the navy, there is a growing feeling that all is not well with our means of -national defense, and there are those who believe the defect should be remedied by the introduction of military drill into the public schools. Because life In the army has so few attractions for the common soldier that the enlistments fall short of the full quota by many thousands, It is believed that the average pupil would acquire a taste for soldiering by the Introduction of military instruction Into our high schools and colleges. Because the girl In the modern home no longer acquires the ability to make a good home, domestic science and the household arts must be taught in our public schools. School Must Do It All. Because the hiring of apprentices has vanished from some trades and been limited to a selected few in others, the demand is made that the handicrafts shall j ' be taught in highly-organized and wellequipped vocational schools. Because boys leave the farm in increas- j ing numbers to seek their fortune in j the city, agriculture must be taught to revive the interest in the farm and its operations. Whenever a new idea -enters the skull i of a reformer the aid of the. schools is j straightaway Invoked, and the little worn- : an is expected to accomplish reforms at which the editor and the philanthropist ; ' have admitted failure. Insofar as the school age is the proper period for teach-

ing the trade or the vocation, it is justifiable to spend the taxpayers' money toi vocational education; but there are limitations in the age and sex of the pupils, in the amount which the taxpayer can furnish for such purposes and in the demand which the public makes for preparation for the trades and vocaWhether the occupation of the soldier should be made an integral part of vocational education is seriously questioned by experts in public education. The armies of Europe have long ago introduced gymnastics for the physical development of the young soldier. It was plainly demonstrated that military tactics did not straighten the young recruit, or make him fit to endure the hardships of a soldier's life. Hence officers were trained in the art of gymnastics, and the good results attained during the service were credited to the general work in gymnastics. Wrongly Quote the Swiss. Switzerland's citizen soldiery is sometimes quoted as an example for us to imitate, but those who quote her example us an argument for military drill either forget, or do not know, that the Swiss youth begins drill with muskets only after he has reached the twentieth year— that is, at a time when the American youth has finished his high school education. To Introduce militarism -into our public schools is a case of out-Heroding Herod by going beyond the' practice of European countries. Industrial education last year was increased to the extent of 21 schools, located in 20 counties. Speaking of the continuation schools to be established urJer the child labor law, Dr. Schaeffer says that adjustment will not be so easy, and that some of the pupils forced to enter the schools will endeavor to evade them because not congenial to their tastes, and it will require teachers of the highest - tact and skill to make schooling attractive to such minors. Statistics show that there are 2576 school districts in the State; 15,381 schpolhouses, and 39,306 schools. To teach the young idea requires 41,283 teachers, of whom 32,366 are women. The average salary of male teachers is $68.43, and of female teachers, $50.14. The State gave to the common schools during the year $7,096,077.19, but there was expended in the State $58,114,255.61. BRITAIN'S TRADE BOOMING London, Dec. 7. — The Board of Trade figures for November show increases of imports, to the amount of $80,645,000. , Exports, which were larger than in any . other month since the outbreak of the ' war, increased $55,185,000. The principal increases in imports were ■ $10,200,000 in food and $37,500,000 ' in raw material, including nearly $15,- . 000,000 in cotton. The increase in exports was mainly in manufactured ar- 1 tides, of which $6,250,000 were cotton and $11,250,000 woolen textiles. <

BURTON URGES_PATRIOTISM Pleads Before Tariff Conference for a New Awakening. Chicago, Dec. -Speaking before more than 200 manufacturers, representing business firms from Massachusetts to Iowa, at a conference on the tariff, sponsored by the Ilinois Manufacturers' Association, former Senator E. Burton, of Ohio, tonight, made a plea for a new awakening of patriotism. "We cannot reach the highest grade of excellence in our political institutions

! unless there is a new awakening of patriotism and a more potent desire to make all of our public activities efficient and helpful means for the upbuilding of the nation," said Mr. Burton. "After this war is over, it is quite likely there will be a world-wide demand for more centralized and more despotic government. Efficiency and war will be advocated by many as the most desirable quality among the nations. It rests with the people of the United States to show that a republic like ours can stand at the very fore-

! front in patriotism and citizenship and | display unsurpassed strength in storm • as well as in calm." j Mr. Burton advocated the establish- ; ment of a tariff - commission. He also predicted that the discussion of a protective tariff was sure to assume renewed and greater significance because of the war. Three Wisconsin desperadoes success- 1 fully resisted "a hundred picked riflemen and several companies of National Guardsmen" for more than a day. If this is a fair test of efficiency, how manv militiamen do we need for the national defense?— New York Evening Sun.

STRIAE PLOTTER EOILED | BY MAN HE APPROACHED German Agent "Double-Cross-ed" by Real Labor Leaders, Says a Federal Prosecutor. INDICTMENT MAY HIT MANY Those Who Accepted Money Are Likely to Be Caught in Grand Jury Drag Net. New York, Dec. "-—United States Attorney Snowden Marshall declared today that Franz von Kintelen, the German agent who is accused of coming to tliis country to incite strikers in munition factories, armed with a large corruption fund, was "double-crossed" by the labor meu he tried to corrupt, and, despite the expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars, failed to accomplish his mission in any effective manner. He gave the major credit for Itintelen's failure to the stand taken by high officials in labor organizations. "Kintelen only succeeded in corrupting some subordinates," the Government's lawyer said, "and he was beautifully 'double-crossed.' The real labor leaders took prompt steps to check his activities. Save for a few small strikes, none of his efforts was successful and all the strikes he did instigate were quickly killed by the good men at head of the unions. 1 am not prepared to state just how much money Kintelen expended, but it ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. He had $500,000 to his credit in one Kintelen is at present held a prisoner by the British authorities in the Tower of London. No attempt will be made to extradite him, as his offense is not extraditable. May Indict Labor Leaders. If sufficient evidence be obtained it is expected indictments will be sought against the labor men who accepted Kinteieu's money. Attorney Marshall I stated that these men could be prose--cuted under the Sherman law on the ground that they had conspired to restrain the trade of the United States in munitions. Samuel Gompers, who ha3 made repeated statements in public that he knew strikes were being engineered by agents of a foreign power, may appear before the Grand Jury i here. He is said to be on his way to Washington from the West and is expected to come here shortly. Attorney Marshall refused to comment on David Lamar's alleged activities in the scheme beyond saying emphatically that he would not be called as a witness before the Grand Jury, a proceeding which might give him immunity from prosecution.

PAUL GILMORE'S SEAL A TROUBLESOME PET. "Rosemary" Actor Finally Gives Animal to New York Aquarium. Paul Gilmore, the romantic leading man, who is featured with Marguerite Snow in "Rosemary," the newest Metro picture from the Quality Pictures Corporation's studios, brought a seal with him from California, when he returned to Broadway after an absence of five years on the Pacific Coast and in the South. Mr. Gilmore brought along the seal as a present to a friend. Arriving in New York he

found the friend had been called to Hollywood, Cal., to work in motion pictures. That left Mr. Gilmore with the seal on his hands, and no one to bestow it upon. For three hours he walked the streets around the Gay White Way, calling at clubs and cafes, seeking friends and advice. He was about to give up in despair, but he suddenly realized the seal would be safe in its natural element and he conceived tbe_ idea of taking the seal in a taxicab to the Hudson River, and dumping it into the water. This idea he started to put into execution, when the negro porter in the hotel, who had the seal in charge, suggested that the Aquarium, in Battery Park, would be delighted to receive the animal and give it a good home. So now, the Gilmore seal is a member of the happy family in the Aquarium. WHEN YOU DO YOUR PACKINO T'ssue paper Is useful to keep things from crushing. Gum camphor flakes and moth balls are nesessary. Boxes of various shapes and sizes Sieveral small boxes of labels will Pins, tacks and safety pins are India* .Hacks of clean newspapers are Borne cedar cb'ps also.

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