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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20
Optimism is the faith that leads to
achievement; nothing can be done with
out hope. — KELLER.
GET THE MEN "HIGHER VP"
THE community rejoices that the
police have rounded up another
of the wretched parasites who ;
eke out a miserable existence selling
habit-forming drugs in violation of j
Ihe United States law. Ordinarily the]
"third degree" method of obtaining
information is to be frowned upon,
but in this instance no stone should
-be left unturned to bring to light the
criminals "higher up" from whom
this agent received the "dope" he sold.
By hook or crook he should be com
pelled to reveal the source of his
supply. The rascals who are
smuggling these drugs into the coun
try must be caught and imprisoned.
Making a scapegoat of one retail
agent is not going to break up the
practice.
I)l{. M AKSHAU/S DEATH
THE death of the Rev. Dr. William
H. Marshall removed from
Harrisburg one of Its best
known and most useful citizens. Dr.
Marshall's activities covered a wide
jeld. He was well known as an edu
cator, prominent as a minister, power
ful as a writer and beloved as a man.
Very few men have contributed more
lo the cause of good citizenship in
(his city than Dr. Marshall. His in
llucnce was always for the best. He
left his impress upon the rising gen
eration of his race and his recognized
Place in society will be a constant en
couragement to those who remain to
tarry on his work. He had his strug
gles and his discouragements, but he
kept them to himself. His face was
always toward the bright vision of a
hopeful future. He was a believer in
his race and in their opportunities in
America, and he illustrated in his own
career the point be always tried to
make—that there is room at the top
for all who use their talents for good
find strive courageously and persis
tently, and that the world bows to
virile leadership in any man, no mat
ter who or what he be.
OCR FUTURE CITIZENS
BABY WEEK has passed! Xot so i
Its memory, nor its benefits, for j
it has left a mark that will not
bo effaced. The stamp of enlighten- j
ment and better care which it has
placed upon the minds of a host of
mothers in this city and environs will
produce its effect in years to come on i
the physical welfare of those tots for !
whom all the preparations incident to |
the welfare exhibit were made.
It has been said that "a babe in a
• house is a well-spring of pleasure."
If the ratio of pleasure to numbers in
creases directly and if Tupper's sage j
observance is correct, which we doubt i
not, then indeed must the many j
babies whose presence at the exhibit i
caused muph bustling about and much I
frankly expressed admiration have j
accomplished a deep drainage of the
well-spring of this city's pleasure.
For the babies came, were seen, and
conquered in such a way as to leave
no doubt in the minds of any that
Harrisburg's babies are supreme.
It was a splendid exhibit and most
capably managed. With but little
previous experience to guide them,
the executive committee and those
who so kindly and unselfishly co
operated worked steadily and ardu
ously and accomplished results con
siderably beyond their somewhat too
modest expectations. Getting off to a
bad start by reason of the Inclement
weather, the attendance increased
day by day until the quadrupled
force of examining physicians and
nurses was not sufficient to adequately
handle the many babies who were
brought In to Bowman's store for In
spection. and the floor space was taxed
to its utmost capacity to handle the
crowds. Never was such an cn-j
thuslastlc tribute paid to King Baby.
.May his Royal Highness return to us
next year In even better condition and
'in still greater numbers that we may
bow the head in humble submission
. to his greater glory.
The executive committee expresses
itself as extremely grateful to the
Visiting Xurses' Association, the City
Health Department, the Associated
Aid Societies. the State Health
Department, the Pure Milk Society,
and all the merchants and organiza
tions whose splendid support and co
operation made possible the best baby
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MONDAY EVENING, RAMUSBURG tdSßftl TELEGRAPH MARCH 20, 1916.
week that has been seen In this sec
tion of the country. The future civic
wealth of this community is based on
the present care and thought that in
too great degree cannot be lavished
upon our future citizens, the babies.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN'S
THE TELEGRAPH takes this
means of thanking Collier's
Weekly for the«wide publicity
given in its current issue to a recent
address of Dr. Henry H. Apple, presi
dent of Franklin and Marshall Col
lege, at Lancaster, on the attitude of
Pennsylvania Germans toward the
present European struggle, in which
he said:
But under all these conflicting
emotions they have the firm convic
tion that the best future of the
world is somehow bound up with
the aims and purposes of the allies.
In so far as this country needs their
service to promulgate the ideals
which we have exalted and the pur
poses which we believe are needed
to make a better world, they stand
ready to answer a summons to ser
vice and to sacrifice property or life
on the altar of the American Repub
lic.
Collier's commends this example to
the "fifty editors and publishers of
German newspapers In the United
States" who met in Chicago on the
same day behind closed doors to dis
cuss the coming presidential campaign,
but It is doubtful If those pig-headed
representatives of imperialism will be
affected thereby. They are not of the
same stamp as our own Pennsylvania
Germans, who have inherited all the
love of liberty and devotion to country
that took their ancestors to the front
when Washington raised the standard
of freedom and again when Lincoln
called for troops in '6l. These truck
lers to an Imperial master —the
"hyphens" of to-day—are not to be
mentioned with that fine, upstanding
type of manhood we have come to
know as the Pennsylvania German.
The Telegraph is happy to have the
Pennsylvania German set right in
localities where he may not be under
stood, but it regrets that it should be
necessary to explain that there is no
hyphen where he is concerned.
A NEW COMPLICATION
ONE of the most surprising de
velopments of the past week —
and one fraught with all manner
of possibilities for the United States —
was the seizure by Brazil of all the
German and Austrian shipping in
terned in the ports of that country
since the beginning of the European
war.
There are in Brazil 330,000 Ger
: mans, who exert such a powerful in
! fluence in the affairs of government
there that they will not permit Por
-1 tuguese. the recognized language, to be
taught in the districts they have colo
nized. It has been an open secret that
Germany sent these people to South
America with the hope some day,
when a favorable opportunity pre
sented itself, of coming over with a
fleet and proclaiming Brazil a German
crown colony, in open defiance of the
j Monroe Doctrine.
1 On the surface it appears as though
| Brazil has taken the bull by the horns
. and intends tb use the present situation
of Germany as a means of forever
1 freeing herself from the threat of Ger
; man domination. Brazil and Portugal
1 have strong racial sympathies, and
I Brazil, in seizing the German vessels,
is following closely on the heels of
Portugal, which finds itself at war
with Germany as a result of having
"requisitioned" all German shipping on
which it could lay its hands. There
would appear to be some close relation
between these two so similar acts.
The situation is apt to complicate
our own war problems should Ger
many take the same view with Brazil
l as with Portugal. No more momen
tous event has transpired, so far as the
| United States is concerned, since the
j sinking of the Lusitania.
Thirty-three miles & day across ths
Mexican desert. Who said American
soldiers are not made of the same stuff
as their forefathers?
GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE
WE in Harrisburg scarcely realize
the immensity of the Schwab
interests with which Steelton
recently has become so closely re
lated. For Instance, through its
acquisition of Pennsylvania Steel,
Bethlehem Steel is now the largest
and most Important shipbuilding com
pany in the United States. There are
being built in American yards 230
steel merchant vessels, aggregating
901,371 tons. Of that amount 341,-
039 tons, or approximately 38 per
cent., are under construction in four
of Bethlehem's shipbuilding plants.
In addition, the Fore River Ship
building Company, a Bethlehem con
cern, is constructing for the govern
ment vessels with tonnage of 31,892.
That was a ringing note Governor
Brumbaugh sounded for local option
in Pittsburgh yesterday. Now, if ever,
is the time for friends of local option to
get busy.
PERSHING AND FUNSTON
AT least in one respect the troops
that are hurrying into Mexico
after Francisco Villa are "pre
pared." They are led by men who
know thoroughly the "job" to which
they have been set. Brigadier Gen
eral Pershing, in actual command of
the expedition, has an excellent
reputation as a rough country cam
paigner. As a fighting commander
he won the praise of the Government
and the wholesome respect of the
wild Moro tribes of the Philippine
archipelago. Pershing is a past mas
ter of the art of warfare in such con
ditions as he is now facing. And to
back him up he has Funston. the man
who captured Aguinaldo. and
thereby put the finishing touches to
the campaign that crushed the
Filipino rebellion. He knows as much
about fighting savages as does Persh
ing, If not more, and he may be relied
upon to lend sympathetic ear to any
requests that the commander of the
expedition may make. It will be
through no fault of these two brave
and trained soldiers If Villa Is not
caught. They are the two greatest
assets of the United States in Mexico.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE ]
—We pause to announce that Spring
is due to-day—otherwise you might
not have suspected it.
—Bryan is the man who put
"pared" into Democratic prepared
ness.
—lt looks as though the Germans
after all will hava to spell it Ver
done.
—How glad the students must be
that they didn't start out to call him
the "Princeton Tiger."
Our most popular Indoor sport in
Harrisburg at present is having the j
measles.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
SERVICE RENDERED BV JOHN I>.
[Boston Advertiser.]
As no man can afford to buy gaso
line and pay alimony at the same time,
it looks as if the divorce evil would
soon disappear from high society.
SOMEONE MISQUOTED ?
[Pittsburgh Dispatch.]
German submarines are credited
with sowing the mines which sank the
ships off Dover, which raises the ques
tion, what has become of the clean-up
of the submarines announced some
time ago?
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR]
NOT HARVEY O. DODGE
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Due to my former connection with '
the Harrisburg Telegraph, an er- j
roneous impression prevails In this!
city, particularly among certain in-1
terests, to the effect that the Mr.
Dodge connected with the Anti-Liquor I
License Crusade and mentioned in 1
newspapet articles during the cam- j
paign, referred to me. It is well- j
known that I have not been connected j
with any newspaper or interested In
such work since my connection with 1
the Telegraph and have had no in-!
.«rest whatever in any Anti-Liquor
campaign. I will thank you to correct 1
this impression through your columns I
and greatly oblige.
Very truly yours,
HARVEY O. DODGE.
I
AN APPRECIATION
Orlando. Florida.
March 16, 1916.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
T have been wanting for some time!
to express to you personally my high
appreciation of the standards at which
you have been aiming and attaining
|in the Telegraph. You may not fully
rcal'ze it, but the daily text or uplift
ing verse at the head of the editorial
' column has more Influence and far-1
reaching result for good than many :
i sermons to tlie limited few. The
absence of liquor advertising and the
I clean tone of the paper is an in
' spiraiion.
W.
THE DAY OF REST
! [From the Phila. Public Ledger] *]
The industrial board of the State
Department of Labor and Industry has I
• ruled that women in hotel employ
ment must be given a rest day of
! twenty-four hours during the week,
j though in the case of short-lime sum
■ mer hotels this period is divisible into
two breathing spaces of twelve hours
| each. The rule* that definite sched
-1 ules must be made out and posted will
I assist in the enforcement of this wise
regulation. A reputable and well-con
' ducted hotel finds it a business ad
vantage as well as a humane proee
-1 dure to insist on rest for its employes
,as stringently as on work. The hotels
that have dealt fairly by the helpers
on the payroll will not complain of
the ruling. They have found by ex
| perience that they get better service
| from employes who are contented. A
■ business enterprise cannot be mod
i ern and fail to make the same dis-
I covery. The stores and factories are
aware that it pays to make the em
ployes comfortable and to treat them
with consideration. Ordinarily it is
not work that dehumanizes the work
er. but the conditions under which the
1 labor is performed.
TWO SINNERS
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1916, Star Company
There was a man, it was said one time.
Who went astray in his youthful prime.
I Can the brain keep cool and the heart
keep quiet
When the blood is a river that's run
ning riot'.'
' And boys will bo boys, the old folks
says,
, And the man is the better who's had
his day.
The sinner reformed; and the preacher
told
Of the prodigal son who came back to
the fold.
And the Christian people threw open
the door.
With a warmer welcome than ever be
fore;
Wealth and honor were at his com
mand.
j And a spotless woman gave him her
hand.
The world strewed the ■ pathway with
blossoms abloom,
Crying "God bless ladye, and God bless
groom."
There was a maiden who went astray
In the golden dawn of her life's voting
day.
She had more passion and heart than
head.
And she followed blindly where fond
Love led;
And Love, unchecked, is a dangerous
guide
To wander at will by a fair girl's side.
The woman repented and turned from
sin,
I But no door opened to let her In.
! The preacher prayed that she might be
forgiven,
j But told her to look for mercy—ln
Heaven.
! For this is the law of the earth, we
know.
That the woman is stoned, while the
man may go.
i A brave man wedded her, after all.
But the world said, frowning, "We
shall not call."
OUR DAILY LAUGH
YES—YES.
tjkSnZQ They say Op
portunity knocks
C Yes it's th*
I ofa only knocker
, "• that stops there!
HARD LUCK. jf*
That chap 8
I pitched winning Jj[_
• ball at Yale.
What's he do
, | President of a
bank. His arm
went back on
j fcUtlc*.
By the Ex-Commltt«emaa
Headquarters of the campaign for
the election of national delegates
pledged to Governor Brumbaugh for
President will be opened to-morrow
morning in the Franklin building, in
this city. They will be in charge of
men said to be from Philadelphia and
a vigorous campaign will be waged in
every district, according to what is
stated here. Publicity will also be
used, including a special press service
which Is being organized. The head
quarters will also be used for confer
ences, it is stated. Thousands of copies
of Governor Brumbaugh's letter will
be issued from the headquarters.
These copies are now being printed.
The Governor's campaign here will
be conducted under the auspices of a
citizen's committee, the size of which
has not yet been determined. A head
quarters will be opened in Pittsburgh
after the State headquarters in Har
risburg gets under way this week. An
other headquarters will be opened in
Philadelphia and the fight there will
probably be carried on by a citizens'
committee. The petition will be made
up at once and sent out from the
headquarters. The blanks are now at
the Capitol.
The Governor and Senator Penrose
met in Pittsburgh Saturday at the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new city
county building and shook hands, were,
photographed together, laughed and
chatted. The Senator started back to
Washington yesterday afternoon and
the Governor remained until to-day
because of numerous speaking engage
ments. He is expected here late to
night and to-morrow will be here to
receive a number of men from various
parts of the State who are coming to
tender him support.
State officials here to-day denied
that any printing in behalf of the
Governor's campaign was being done
at public expense or that orders had
been issued to any attaches of the
State departments to "line up." It was
declared that whatever aid was being
given was entirely voluntary. Many
rumors have been in circulation.
While the friends of the Governor,
marshaled by the Attorney General,
have been getting their headquarters
prepared and campaign outlined, the
senior Senator has not been idle. He
and his friends are working for the
election of an uninstructed delegation
from the Stale, flatly against what the
Governor and his friends desire, and
unless there is an agreement the con
test will be under way very soon. The
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times to-day says
that the Senator went hack to Wash
ington after letting it be known that lie
favors an uninstructed delegation and
the nominations of Charles A. Snyder
for Auditor General and H. M. Kep
hart for State Treasurer. The Pitts
burgh Dispatch says the Senator ex
pressed satisfaction with what he had
found in the western part of the Slate.
Tlie Dispatch also says: "After Sen
ator Penrose left yesterday it was
learned that it is proposed, when the
State-wide fight is properly opened up,
the Governor and his administration
are to be attacked. The Governor's
promise of an administration free from
politics, made during his campaign,
will be challenged throughout the
Slate. It will be alleged that his pledge
to insist upon efficiency has been for
gotten. Various departments of the
State government will be assailed —
and so will individuals in them. The
local Penrose leaders will start in im
mediately upon the formulation of
their slate of national delegates. They
expect to have it completed by next
Saturday. A tentative agreement had
been made on a full slate, which was
submitted to the Senator while he was
here. It is understood to have con
tained the name of Public Service
Commissioner W. A. Magee for dele
gate from the Thirty-first Congres
sional district. Penrose is said to have
suggested that Mr. Magee should be a
delegate. But if the former Mayor
elects to run as a delegate in the in
terest of Governor Brumbaugh for
the presidency, ,he will likely be op
posed by the Penrose-City adminis
tration forces. That Mr. Magee will
be a candidate is generally accepted as
certain, though he has never indicated
his disposition in the matter. A. P.
Moore and Max G. Leslie are under
stood to have been the tentative 'or
ganization' selections in the event that.
Mr. Magee should elect to announce as
a Brumbaugh candidate. If Magee
goes into the fight and is opposed by
the city administration, one of the
most interesting contests in the entire
Stale will follow."
The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
says: "The Citizens' Republican
League, of which John C. Winston and
George D. Porter are officials, yester
day attacked the city's $86„800,000
loan bill on the ground that it con
tained items inserted for the purpose
of increasing the value of private land
holdings in South Philadelphia. The
league issued a statement in which it
was charged that the Vares were re
sponsible for many of the 'snakes' in
the bill."
—The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
hands out this jab at Mayor Smith,
indicating that things are not lovely in
Philadelphia: "Oh, come along home.
Mr. Mayor. Golf will keep until an
other day. <~'ome home and tell your
Director of Rapid Transit to quit his
fooling and accept the Taylor -plans
precisely as the people of Philadel
phia have already accepted them at
the polls. Let's get to work."
—Republican county chairmen of
Wayne, Susquehanna and Huntingdon
counties have pledged their support
to Governor Brumbaugh in his cam
paign for a united party in Pennsyl
vania. Stimultaneous with these in
dorsements, General Charles M.
Clement, of Sunbury, head of the
Pennsylvania National Guard, came
out for Governor Brumbaugh and pre
dicted his success at the May pri
maries. The general has been attend
ing conferences here lately.
—ln Pittsburgh last night Governor
Brumbaugh declined to discuss the
Stale situation. He said he did not
s<;e there was anything for him to say
at this time. The Brumbaugh forces
are waiting for a declaration from Mr.
Penrose before they make their next
move. Last night Senator William
J. Burke of Pittsburgh declared for
the presidential candidacy of Gover
nor Brumbaugh. Mr. Burke said this
indorsement did not mean that he
would support Speaker Charles A.
Ambler, of Montgomery county for
auditor general, even though the
Governor decided to back him. As a
representative of the organized train
men the Senator is opposed to Mr.
Ambler because of his vote on the
"full crew" bill.
—The Democratic leaders of the
Butler-Westmoreland congressional
district are trying to prevent a race
for national delegates. John Wilson
of Butler and Major James M. Laird
of Greensburg are in the field. Effort
is being made to lift them out of the
running and substitute Judges Lucien
W. Doty of Westmoreland and Aaron
E. Reiber of Butler. Judge Reiber
has given notice that he will not make
a fight for the place.
—ln a dispatch from Pittsburgh the
Philadelphia Inquirer says: "There is
n<> doubt, too, that the Penrose forces
Will opjioso to a finish the candidacy
of Speaker Charles A. Ambler, of
Montgomery county, for Auditor Gen
eral. It would appear that State
Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Schuyl-
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
IF WE HAD SENT BRYAN INSTEAD OF FUNSTON.
UAM ttotMfß re*MCi&co tfACi'l
I 111 AMD /
J «\MKv«AVOJ
-—From the Columbus Dispatch. I
AMERICANS IN THE TRENCHES
By Frederic J. Haskin
FEW people realize how many na- -
tive and naturalized American
citizens are fighting in the Euro
pean armies. Reliable estimates place
their number at about 10,000. These
10,000 men are giving rise to all sorts
of legal and diplomatic complications.
The question of their status in the
United States, if they get through the
war alive and return home, is bother
ing a good many of them. The State
Department is getting a stream of in
quiries, wanting to know If an Ameri
can who enlists In a foreign army loses
his citizenship, or if such an enlistment
is a breach of his duty as a citizen. To
which the department replies that it all
depends.
One law sets forth that any Ameri
can 1 citizen who takes an oath of allegi
ance to a foreign state has expatriated
himself. Some of the European armies
require an oath of allegiance from the
recruit, while others do not. Any Ameri
can who has taken such an oath is 110
longer an American citizen. Tiie ques
tion of his restoration to citizenship
should he desire it, will probably have
to be settled in American courts.
As to the duties of American citizen
ship. the State Department says in its
dignified way that It does not under
take to prescribe the duty of an indi
vidual with regard to his citizenship,
but it is nevertheless of the opinion
that American neutrality requires
American citizens to keep out of the
actual fighting. That is just the way
a number of the fighting Americans in
Europe feel about it.
They belong to the class of natural
ized citizens who were traveling in
their native countries when the war
broke out. The home Government
promptly snapped them up, presented
them with nice new uniforms, rifles
and trenching tools, and shipped them
off to the front. Most of the com
plaints along this line are coming from
Italy. Italian law holds that naturaliza
tion of an Italian subject in a foreign
country without consent of the Italian
I Government does not make him less
liable to military service. The I'nited
States has no treaty witli Italy defining
i the status of former Italian subjects
who have become' American citizens.
Thus a former Italian subject who visits
Italy is liable to arrest and enforced
military service if he is between 18
and 32 years old. A good many of the
Americans on the Austro-Italian front
belong to this class.
The French Government Is not very
willing to give up its claim on men of
military age. To get a release from
I liability to serve, a special permit has
i to be secured from the Minister of Jus
tive by the ex-Frenchman who has na
turalized himself in another land. Be
! sides the trouble involved, such a per
mit costs about $125.
Very few Frenchmen who became
Americans took the trouble to arrange
the formalities involved in removing
their names from the list of men avail
able for active service. Hence a good
many of them are now up to their knees
| in mud, shooting at Germans along tlie
j line that runs from Switzerland to the
I sea.
! Where such service on their part is
; unwillingly rendered, the State Depart
ment is doing its best to get them out,
s but each individual case means an im
i mense amount of correspondence and
j labor. There is no means by which
I Washington can compel the release of
kill county; will receive the support of
the Fenros'e lieutenants for this honor.
The Penrose leaders insist that the
booming of Brumbaugh for the Presi
dency is a part of a scheme of the
William Flinn-Roosevelt men to
strengthen themselves through the aid
of the patronage of the State admin
istration."
—An interesting announcement just
made is that T. Larry Eyre, former
superintendent of public grounds and
buildings, will run for Senator in
Chester county. He will be lined up
with the Governor on everything.
—Senator James P. McNichol will
be a candidate for re-election in
Philadelphia. It would seem that he
is not going out of politics after all.
—Richard R. Quay will be a candi
date for Republican delegate from
his borne district on a Roosevelt plat
form.
—A Washington dispatch to the
Philadelphia Record says: "Most im
portant of recent political develop
ments is an innovation of Democratic
making. It will be appreciated by
spectators at National Conventions
who have become accustomed to look
ing down upon row after row of
heavy-jeweled, slech and prospective
Federal officeholders. There will be
none in the Democratic convention
which, barring accident, will renomi
nate Woodrow Wilson at St. Louis
for the Presidency. This departure
from the established practice of a
President seeking a renomination Is
in accordance with the wishes of Mr.
Wilson himself."
HUGHES SHOULD SPEAK
[From the New Republic]
The country has a right to demand
that the views of the candidates on
all great questions bo made perfectly
clear. 1 cannot wuit till after the
nomination to find out what the nom
inee thinks about the issues of the
day. For in this election Americans
dare not choose in the dark.
Justice Hughes should declare him
self in the next few weeks. He should
either stop the agitation for him. or
announce his candidacy and resign
from the bench. He owes that to the
nation. It is a demand that comes
not alone from his political enemies
trying to "smoke him out," hut from
his admirers and friends who feel that
the embiguity of his position to-day is
Injuring the presidency, the court und
Mr. Hughes himself.
"Tonimy," said Mrs. Smith to a small
boy who had come to her home on an
errand, "won't you have a piece of my
anjcol cake?"
"No, thank you," he replied, "I'm not
! ready to be an augel yet."
a naturalized citizen from his home
land when there is no naturalization
treaty between the two nations.
The British army lias been getting Its
share of Americans, chielly in the Cana
dian contingent. Numerous youths
from the border States have enlisted,
many of them under the age of legal
majority. The American Government
has succeeded in arranging for condi
tions of release for such recruits. Al
though they enlisted voluntarily, some
of them found that war is a bigger con
tract than they had bargained for, and
the parents of others came forward
with various and vehement objections.
The British Government has agreed
that when convincing' proof is brought
forward to show that an American citi
zen was a minor at the time of his en
listment in the British army, he will be
discharged without pay wherever he
may happen to be when his discharge
goes into effect.
In consequence, he may find himself
stranded without money to live on or
to pay his passage home. Persons dis
charged from the British service are
not allowed to wear the British uniform
thereafter, so the erstwhile soldier may
not even have a coat to his back. The
State Department has no funds appro
priated for the care of eases such as
these, and therefore the department
• requires that a deposit big enough to
take care of the discharged recruit and
pay his passage home shall be made
; by whoever is interested in getting him
out of the service, before the ease is
brought to the attention of the British
I Government
Numerous naturalized Americans are
fighting in the German armies. A num
ber of German businesses in this coun
try are being managed by the women
of the family, while the husband and
father chases Russians or argues with
the Knglish on the western front. In
Cincinnati, for instance, there is a Ger
man bakery being run by the lady of
the house. Iler husband and her three
sons are fighting for the red, white and
black. Incidentally it may be noted
that she is making a success of the
baking business.
There is a treaty between Germany
and the United States providing that
German subjects who have become
citizens of this country shall be recog
nized as such in Germany if they have
lived in the United States for five years.
But if such a citizen emigrated after
he was enrolled as a recruit In the
standing army, or while be was on
leaV" of absence during the regular
service period which ever German must
render, or If he was in the reserve, and
left after his "line" was warned or
called on, he is liable to trial and pun
ishment tin his return, even if he has
his American naturalization papers.
Many Germans who returned to the
fatherland to light have done so on
account of strong pressure exercised
by the relatives left behind them. One
naturalized German of Pennsylvania
who had married an American girl, was
induced by letters from his mother in
Germany to cross the Atlantic and
enier the army. After three months
service he was badly wounded, and his
former employer brought him back to
Pennsylvania. His right arm had to be
amputated, and he is now employed as
a watchman in the plant where he was
formerly a skilled laborer. The ques
tion of his citizenship is still being de
bated.
THE STATF, FROM W TO IW
The fact that it pays to advertise is
being appreciated more and more in
every line of endeavor, none more so
than from a community standpoint.
City planning is becoming one of the
biggest assets of a metropolis or a
hamlet and Philadelphia, the once
sleepy village, is now become awake
under the strenuous administration of
Mayoi Smith and is humping herself
for all she is worth. A city publicity
board has been advocated to aid
boosting of the city, and the need of
advertising, education, and censorship
is being given careful and thoughtful
consideration.
It was with some surprise that wo
beheld a headline in Harrisburg's
morning paper, "Brumbaugh Again
For Local Option." Why "again?"
The statement appeared in a Phila
delphia paper yesterday morning that
the Susquehanna is frozen nine inches
thick for a hundred miles from Mc-
Fall's Ferry to Clark's Ferry, but un
less our eyes deceive us the Susque
hanna is flowing along at the same old
rate of speed right in front of Har
risburg's steps.
A tramp known as "Rocky" was
shot yesterday morning while ascend
ing a stairway in the home of Walter
Hauler, of Bedford. He has visited
that section for over fifteen years and
presumably received his name from
the nature of the path which he
traveled.
Pittsburgh celebrated the centennial
of its incorporation as a city on
Saturday last with a big parade in
which the Governor, the two Sena
tors, the Mayor and other city olfi
cials participated.
The Huntingdon Valley Hunt of a
few days ago unearthed a mysterious
animal that defied all pursuit and
caused much excitement on the part
of the. hounds. "What is it?" "Name
it and you can have it," and other
equnily futile suggestions resulted in
nothing, and the poor dejected hounds
for the first time had to acknowledge
themselves outwitted.
THE DIFFERENCE
(From the New York World]
It la 110 reflection upon Air. Tuft,
Mr. Hoot and the other ex-Presidents
of the American Hal- Association to
say that they are conservatives. It is
no reflection upon Mr. Bnmdeis to
say that he is a radical. The opposi
tion to Mr. Brandels is summed up
and accounted for by these two facts.
| Stoning
The unusually cold weather which
lias been inflicting this neighborhood
lately ran only be exceeded for thtjr
time of the third month by the cola
•spell of sixteen years ago. There have
been cold waves in 1904, 1907, 1909
and 1912, the latter the coldest ever
known, but they have not been hi
March. In 1913, there was a cold wave
in May, but It only got down around
freezing and nipped plants and chased
home straw hats. The business-like
cold wave which we are undergoing,
therefore, has to go back to the third
week of March, 1900, for any com
parison. in that year, following a
comparatively mild February and not
unpleasant first week in March the
mercury went down about the twen
tieth and gave the State" the worst
chill it had experienced in .a long time.
In some sections zero weather was ob
served and the official figures noted at
the government building were not far
from I hat point. The countryside ami
the towns were not prepared for it
and the cold caused much suffering,
the violent change resulting in consid
erable sickness. In many respects it
was not unlike what has been noticed
this year.
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One thing this winter that is to bo
noted is the abundance of coal. None
of the Harrlsburg coal dealers, in spite
of the very heavy demands, has re
ported any shortage of coal or any in
ability to get it for customers. In fact,
most of the coal yards have been well
stored with coal and to spare. A coal
! dealer explained this circumstance a
! few days ago when he said that he had
: ordered more than usuul, fearing a
i .shortage because of labor troubles and
! that he was not. only stocked up, but
that his fellow dealers had also taken
| Ihe same precautions. Consequently,
the city is well supplied with coal and
the fall in temperature has not caused
trouble for those who needed coal.
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Some idea of the serverity of the
March cold snap can be obtained from
the fact that big crows of the size one
ordinarily does not see in the vicinity
of buildings have been noticed hang
ing about the outskirts of the city
and visiting Reservoir Park. These
big fellows, which are common enough
in the depth of the country, are show
ing signs of hunger as the protracted
winter lias deprived them of even the
short rations on which t hey have been
[subsisting for a long time. Quite a
flock was observed yesterday about
the almshouse farm and more have
! been seen in Wildwood park and
I and along the river front.
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It seems rather hard to realize that
it will only be a little more than three
i weeks until the trout season opens,
jand casting for the gamy fish will be
in order. The true trout fisherman
visits the streams or else gets confi
dential reports on conditions, but this
year many will have to act on hasty
I information owing to the fact that
rigorous weather has prevented much
observation of the brooks. Quite a
few yearling trout were put out last
year in Cumberland and Perry coun
; ties and there should be some fine
fishing according to State officials who
keep tabs on such things.
While Captain Kdward IT. Sehell. a
member of the city bureau of health
and sanitation, was chatting the other
clay with a friend,a citizen (of the type
that feels it his duty to frequently
criticise most anything and anybody
connected with the city government)
took the health official to serious task
because of the measles outbreak.
"Now I thought that you as a mem
ber of the board of health should lie
spoken to about this," finished the
good citizen. "I think you should do
something about it!" And he hur
ried away.
"Oh," observed Captain Sehell a
trifle wearily to his companion, "that's
nothing-. Folks have queer ideas
about the duties and powers of the
bureau of health. The other day, for
instance, a man stopped me on the
street and asked me if it were true
that I'm a member of the board of
health. I admitted it.
" 'Well.' said he, 'I think you should
know of this: I've tried for four hours
on several occasion* to Ret a long dis
tance telephone connection to Phila
delphia. Four hours, mind that! Now
then I ask you. as a member of the
public board of heulth, shouldn't
something be done about that? I
certainly think so. Don't you?"
" Tes,' 1 said as feelingly as I
could, 'I certainly do!' "
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Just as an instance of how rapidly
buildings are outgrown it. may be
stated that the courthouse In Pitts
burgh which is being replaced by the
joint city-county building, was dedi
cated by Rutherford B. Hayes in 1888.
The cornerstone of the new building
was laid Saturday with the Governor
and United States Senators in attend
ance.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE""
—Col. George A. Dodd, who is lead
ing one of the columns in Mexico, is
[a native of Lycoming county.
1 —S. Davis Page, who is figuring in
the Pennsylvania Historical society
! controversy, is head of the Society of
! Colonial governors.
—-Howard Eaton, who is one of tha
national authorities on big game, is a
Philadelphian. He had charge of
liberation of elk in this State.
The Rev. R. S. Johnson, promi
nent Method'st temperance worker,
looks for a l< cal option law next ses
sion.
—Frederick Palmer, war corre
spondent, says that the Mexican situ
ation should be handled vigorously
now or it will bob up again to make
trouble.
—Judge H. C. Quigley, of Center
county, has been elected president of
the county supervisors.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Jlarrisbiirs-ninde tin plate
is used ill many States?
HISTORIC HAKRISBURG
Harrisburg's first water works,
Its filter plant, was a model for ot.her
places in the State.
A Quotation For
Manufacturers
Here is a quotation from a re
cent issue of Newspapordom that
is well worth the study of every
manufacturer:
"Take two cities of about the
same size and class of people. In
one city advertise your product
in the newspaper; in the other,
do nothing.
"Your sales book will tell the
story.
"Or figure out your sales In a
city where you rlo not adver
tise and watch your sales Jump*
quickly mill surely—a little flsf
uring will tell just what thn
newspapers have done for you.
Newspapers afford the very best
test as to the efficiency of your
advertising."