8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE H/~)MB Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Uuildlng, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STiEINMETZ, Managing Editor. I/ Member American Newspaper Pub sylvanla Assoclat- Es3tern office, Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Gcs Building, Chi- cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. Sworn dally cnriie circulation for tbs three monti-a ending April 30, 1016, IST 22,341 if These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29^ The habit of anxiety has for its con trary the habit of prayer.— — JOHN A. HCTTON. STRAIGHT TIP EROM BRYAN IN a recent interview Mr. Bryan ex pressed his confidence that Wilson will be renominated, but his re election is contingent, Bryan thinks, upon a repetition of the Repblican division of four years ago. If there are two Republican candidates, Bryan sa», Wilson will get a second term. This is a straight tip. Every dele gate who goes to Chicago the first week in June, whether he be ac credited to the Coliseum or the Auditorium, should take Bryan's wcrds to heart. If two candidates emerge from that week of delibera tion at Chicago, Wilson's chance for another term will be materially en hanced, if not made certain. So far as we are concerned, we can not believe that such a result is pos sible. It is already clear that the conditions which maddened the Roosevelt following at the convention of 1912 will not be duplicated this year. They cannot put a third ticket in the field on any basis of a wrong done to them or to their candidate. If they Intend to repeat the folly of 1012, they must do so in cold blood, and not in the heat of a passionate resentment. We look for wise counsels to pre vail in Chicago this year—both in the Coliseum and in the Auditorium. We look to see a result in the Republican convention which will be satisfactory in the progressive convention. We look to see only one candidate who will seriously contest with Mr. Wilson thib year. Bryan has given us a straight tip that any other course is next door to political suicide. That new walk on the river slope at Muench street is another silent testi monial of how not to do it. If the ad vice of an engineer was sought, he must have been of the type that meas ures with the eye without regard to consequences. These matters should have the study of one who knows his Job. Waste of material and labor can not be excused in this instance. DON'T Ql'IT, MR. PERKINS GEORGE W. PERKINS has writ ten a letter to Samuel A. Per kins, in which he lays undue emphasis upon the fact that they are not connected by blood and in which he says that he would not seek to be come Secretary of the Treasury in case Colonel Roosevelt should be made President through a Republican nomi nation. He goes even further, and says that he would be willing to re tire altogether from political activity if that would ensure the Colonel's election. All this does Mr. Perkins great credit; and, having gone thus far, he should find it by no means difficult to taku another step. It should now be easy for Mr. Perkins to write another letter saying that he intends to con tinue In politics and that he intends to do everything in his power to aid in the election of the nominee of the Republican convention, whether that man he Colonel Roosevelt or some body else. XJr. Perkins has repeat edly declared that he is in politics only for the benefit which he may be able to render to the country. He can do no higher good for these United States than by following the course we have outlined. THE WAITE VERDICT THE verdict finding Dr. Arthur W. Waite guilty of murder in the first degree will meet with gen eral approval. The elaborate defense prepared and the introduction of "ex pert" testimony on behalf of the de fendant led to the popular fear that there might be an effort to create a second Thaw fiasco. That the verdict was extreme and prompt, as the evi dence warranted, is due in large part to the preparedness of the prosecution and the readiness with which it met every contention raised by the oppo sition. Insanity has become such a com mon court plea that it cannot be tol erated unless the conditions are such as to convince the lay mind without the "aid" of "expert" testimony. In deed the "expert" has come into dis repute in the courts as a "witness" in murder cases. It has been shown that this sort of assistance can be pur chased for any prisoner who has the money and that unscrupulous physi cians will aid In building up any kind MONDAY EVENING, |of case that lawyers frame. Profes | sional ethics Is stretched to the break j ing point when lawyers and doctors J join forces to prostitute their talents in this way. One wonders how long i it is to continue. THE ROCKVILIiE GORGE STICK a feather in the hat of Pennsylvania and another, just as large, in the hat of Harris burg! The National Geographic Magazine has Just issued a number devoted largely to an illustrated article en titled "Tlbe Land of the Best," being a tribute t« the scenic gradeur and un surpassed natural resources of our own country. And first and foremost of all the scores of photographic reproductions covering the show places of America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Maine to the Gulf, is an etching of the Rockville gorge, just north of this city, the Susquehanna river and the Rockville bridge. Beneath the page-length picture is this inscription: Stone bridge over the Susque hanna at Rockville, Pa. One might travel all over Europe without see ing a more picturesque landscape than this, or a more successful combination of art and nature in a single scene. This is not mere tourist catalog flub-dub. It is the judgment of the National Geographical Society, than which there is no better qualified au thority on scenery and natural re sources in the whole world. Continuing, the writer says of Penn sylvania acenery: As you make your pilgrimage to the sacred field (Gettysburg) through Maryland and Pennsylva nia, you see a landscape that paint ers love—undulating hills, rolling fields, watered with winding streams and ornamented by groves of oak and hickory, picturesque farm houtees, and huge liarns packed to the ra(ters with Nature's gifts. We in Harrisburg and Pennsylvania at large have long known these things; nevertheless it is pleasant to hear them from the mouth of a stranger and to find our local beauties of scen ery fit for association in picture form with the choicest views culled from the thousands of wonderful spots in this great "Land of the Best." OUR POINT OF VIEW FOLLOWING is the closing part of a letter addressed to the editor of the Telegraph, marked personal, and of such length that it cannot all.be published: I have reviewed all of the das tardly course of this war by the al lies. and have showed you that they ore wholly at fault and that poor Germany has done no more than tight for her life. You must have known all this already, yet you go on. day after day, blaming Germany nnd excusing the allies. The allies have held up our mails and placed our shipping under an illegal ban. Why don't you blame them, and why do you rave about Germany sink ing a few ships on which foolish Americans had no business? Tell me that, won't you? The position of the Telegraph In this matter is that of a thousand other newspapers. When somebody opens a letter or delays our mails, it is a matter for argument, adjustment, possible reparation and sometimes punishment. But when somebody murders a little boy next door or one of our own little ones, argument is forgotten and we go forth seeing red and righteously determined that noth ing but Immediate and extreme punishment will meet the issue. So it is with the allies, who Interfere with our malls, and so It Is with Germany, which slays our women and our chil dren. Oscar King Davis, reciting In the Saturday Evening Post of current is sue an Interview he had with a sea captain whose vessel had been sunk by a submarine, quotes him as say ing: The submarine had come up. then, and some of the men swam to her and climbed aboard. I pulled along side her in my boat, intending to take some of my men off and to have another boat get the rest; but one of the submarine officers came out and stuck a big gun in my face and ordered me to shove off or he'd shoot the lot of us. So we had to shove off. Then, when our ship sank, the submarine dived and left our men in the water. We picked up some of them, but nineteen were lost. It was pretty cold and they got stiff quickly, I guess, after being wet. So when they went in the second time they didn't last long. That is one of the reasons why Americans at last reached a point where they could no longer tolerate the Inhuman practices of German submarine warfare against merchant shipping. Again, Mr. Davis sums up the prime reason for the hot resentment of Americans as a whole when he pic tures on the steamer that brought him home "a group of little children done up In their toy life belts" and he gives a pretty fair idea of the views of most newspapers when he concludes: "Something about that made the gorge rise every time it occurred, and does so even yet in recollection. There Is an infamy about that which those who are responsible for it can never outlive." As between tampering with mails arid murder there Is no comparison. We can arbitrate the former, but we stand ready to fight against a repeti tion of the other, and that is why, while we have been merely provoked by the allies, to give the word a com mon meaning, we have been enraged to the point of war with Germany. THE C'HI'RCH BELL WHY has the church bell gone out of fashion? >Has the close ly-built city relegated it to the realm of unnecessary things, that so few new churches are so equipped? The old church bell was—and is— an influence for good In the commun ity within the sound-radius of its brazen throat. It is the final note of pe&ce and simple, sweet content in the small town or countryside on a sunlit, blueskled, smiling Sabbath morning; its mellow tones floating out on the gentle breeze, summoning the devout to worship and haunting the consciences of the laggards and the In different with the conviction that they have Ignored a duty and a service. No man Is beyond the influence of a church bell. It is the voice of God In the land—soothing and sweet to those who obey Its summons; a melancholy reminder, a stirring challenge or a strong, condemning voice to those out side the church, and an everlasting notification that religion continues a militant force amongst us. It's clang ing voice carries the message of the gospel where the preacher's sermon is never heard. Why are the new church edifices built without bells? 1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE~ —lf Justice Hughes should decide to speak, he'd make a louder noise just now than the guns at Verdun. —A man likes to be thought "well off," but omit the well and it is another matter. —"The average candidate doesn't dare call his soul his own," says the Ohio State Journal. The average can didate knows It Is dangerous to admit he owns anything. —We suppose the Ford boomers in Chicago care nothing for the high cost of "convention gas." —Every man ridicules the idea that he is tond of dress, and then goes out and buys a suit with the hope that It looks as well on him as it did on the model In the newspaper advertisement. —lf they keep it up long enough Verdun may after all be decisive: it appears to be a perfectly good place for getting rid of the reserve troops of both sides. EDITORIAL COMMENT Chicago social workers demand $2,- 000,000 for a new jail. The idea is a good one, although it must be confessed that the present establishment shows no falling off in patronage.—Chicago Herald. Considering what the Crown Prince | has done to the Germans at Verdun, the Turks should receive with appre hension the news that one of the Kais er's sons will Join their forces shortly.— New York Evening Sun. A health and beauty expert was among the speakers at the ladies' mili tary-service camp at Washington. The members evidently have no intention of abandoning the old method of making conquests for the new.—Chicago Her ald. What's one Congressman's pork is another Congressman's pie.—Boston Transcript. John Bull still seems to be paying more attention to our letters than to our notes.—Columbus State. The Kaiser asks too much of the President in "confidently" expecting him to make "all" the belligerents obey the rules of humanity in war. There is the Kaiser's ally, the Turk; how can the President control him? —Richmond Times-Dispatch. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] How is nonassessable property and street intersections on paved streets ; paid for? By the city, from money realized from loans. Thoughts On Male Attire [Gallipolis Tribune] A problem of conduct confronted us the oiher day when a proud father related to us one of his exploits. It carried us back to our boyhood, when we were extravagantly delighted be cause our feet had grown to propor tions which enabled us to wear father's castoff boots. We remembered also the pleasure that was ours when mother by snipping off about four inches from the tails of one of father's frock coats, made it suitable for our uses. It had two pockets in the tails, two inside breast pockets, and an out- ; side pocket; and we were interested in pockets in those days. So were out envious companions. But to return to our subject: This 1 father had a suit of clothes which irritated him. It scratched his skin through his B. V. D.'s, and with grin ning generosity he presented it to his eldest son, who received it with glad- ' ness, and with it the itch that it starts up. What do you think of that? Was it treating the boy right? Or should the father have said this?— "My son: Here is an expensive and glad suit of clothes. I cannot wear it because of the penetrating quality of the wool from which it is woven. It sets me crazy with itching. I give it to you. along with a dollar to buy you a bottle of shellac, with which I advise you to paint your body whenever you wear it. Bless you, my son!" While we are on the subject of clothing, we wonder how many peo ple in Gallipolis remember when a prominent citizen, then a youngster came home from college in a tall silk hat, a bobtail coat and a pair of the noisiest trousers that ever happened? This man, who is the same father who gave his son the scratchy suit, had no way to carry his dress hat but on his head, and there it perched, the most conspicuous thing on the train except his trousers, which were a startling black and white check, visible 300 yards away. They were the talk of the town during vacation. Later they were used to renew a checker boar 4. "A Call to Arms" Bo.v "Hi, Officer! Yer wanted in that house quick!" Policeman "What's the trouble?" Boy "The new cook's lonesome." —Harper's Magazine. The Sussex Mystery [From the Baltimore American] Regrets for the Sussex mishap are being sent all around. But it still re mains a myStery what was done to that impulsive submarine commander. Bryan the Humorist [From the New York Sun] The funniest sight In the world at present Is William Jennings Bryan en deavoring to put backbone Into Wood row Wilson. Back-Fired Trying to "crank the Ford" In Cam bria county broke the cranker's arm. It was intended to make a terrlflc showing in the Republican primaries. But the thing back-flred and hit Pres ident Wilson on the Democratic side.— Johnstown Tribune. POOR NEWSPAPER MAN By Wing Dlngrr Nearly every friend I have- So it seems to me— Has across me run to-day And poured forth with glee Tale* of fun they're going to have Decoration Day, As at golf, and other games, All day long they play. I've Just had so much of it That it's got my goat. For to-morrow, as they play, Brother, please take nota, I will at the office be Working Just the same— I don't care how hard it rains; It can't spoil my game. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH tK 'P&KKOijttfuua Sjr the Ei-Committee man Men identified with the Penrose wing of the Republican party to-day claimed that the Senator would not only be triumphant in his contest with Governor Bruhibaugh for chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation, but that he would win by such a majority that the hopelessness of the fight against him would be apparent and make use less the carrying of the warfare to Chicago as is planned by the sup porters of the Governor. They also predicted that the Senator would have practically no opposition for na tional commltteman in the State committee when it meets on Wednes day. Biumbaugh leaders have maintain ed silence since last Tuesday and while refusing to make any statements insist that their claim of forty-four delegates for the Governor is correct. The confident statements of the Pen rose men have failed to draw out the Brumbaugh men who are working grimly on a plan which is said to be to keep their people away from the conference of delegates. They also attack any meeting of the State com mittee which is held without certifica tion to names, but from all accounts the State committee roll will be made up officially by Tuesday night. The charges of fraud in North umberland are said to have fallen flat and the Brumbaugh people are now working to prepare contests in other districts so that they can go to Chi cago arrayed for battle as were the anti-Guffey people at the Denver con vention eight years ago. —There were some interesting poli tical developments in Philadelphia on Saturday. The men from Pittsburgh and other distant counties began to arrive there for the conferences and \Y. Harry Baker, secretary of the Re publican State committee, came out with a statement that Penrose would win. David Martin, recently elected Senator, came out with a call for all Republicans to unite under the leader ship of Mayor Smith, but Senator Mc- Nlchol replied that while he was for harmony the Vares should cease from some activities which are making tiouble. —The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says: "The supporters of the senior Senator predict his election as Na tional Committeeman by a practically unanimous vote at the meeting; of the State Committee in the morning, and his selection to head the delegation to Chicago by a good majority at the conference to be held in the after noon. Some of the Vare-Brumbaugh men may not attend the conference. None of the reports received from in terior counties yesterday in any way changed the status of the State Com mittee or the national delegate situa tion." —An interesting bit of primary aftermath is printed by the Phila delphia Ledger this morning and may throw some light on the situation in the anti-Penrose camp. The Ledger says in part: "Now that the fuller re turns of the voting in the recent Slate-wide primaries confirm the Pen rose victory in respect to national | delegates and the State ticket, the i rank and file of Vare men are open ! ly expressing their disappointment at I what they describe as the failure of ; the Governor and' of the Mayor in ! not making a "straight-from-the ! shoulder" tight against the Penrose- I McNichol alliance. This was regarded yesterday as the most interesting de velopment in the post-campaign situa tion. Vare men feel that if the Gov i ernor had stormed through the State, as a Roosevelt would have done, that the story would have been different. And yet, for the sake of the city and State patronage, it was pointed out, all public statements with respect to the Governor and the Mayor which come from Vare sources are full of eulogy. Hence it is that the Vare ! forces are relying more and more upon themselves, and laying plans for ! perfecting the city organization, I which they won in their fight for con jtrol of the City Committee. The pro posal made by David Martin that all the leaders should rally round the Mayor was a part of that program, a , part, however, which failed of suc ; ce?s." W. Harry Baker, secretary of the Republican State Committee. last night made public his tabulation of the official returns of the recent Re publican primary for Congressmen-at - large covering every county excepting Philadelphia, Erie, Delaware and Le high. These are the totals for the lending candidates: M. M. Garland,! Allegheny. 208,342: Thomas S. Crago, Green county, 207,947: John R. K. Scott, Philadelphia, 189.202; Joseph i McLaughlin, Philadelphia, 170,875;! Isadore Sobel, Erie, 16fi,375: Daniel F. Lafean, York, 153,205. There are' four candidates to be nominated. Un- j official figures from the missing coun tiec assure the renomlnation of Con- j gressmen-at-large Garland, Crago and Scott, and the naming of Mr. Mc- Laughlin to succeed Congressman-at large Lafean. Sobel will be fifth In the race. —Although three Allegheny county delegates who are for Roosevelt will I not attend the conference, they are i claimed by (he Penrose men. —Proceedings to attack the citizen ship of Mayor Fischer, of Williams port. are under way in Lycoming county. —County Chairman Fred A. McDon- I aid was re-elected by the Chester 1 county Republican committee on Sat- j urday and T. Larry Eyre, candidate! for Senator, made a strong speech for harmony and the stop of factional j strife. —Blair and Luzerne Republican I committees also elected chairmen i without contests on Saturday. In Blair, J. D. Hicks was chosen amid j much harmony speechmaking. W. E. I Crampsey, H. E. Deshong, W. L. Hayes and H. M. Sell were elected secre- I taries. In Wilkes-Barre Clarence D. Coughlin wa3 re-elected. —The Palmer faction of the Demo- . crats was defeated by the Old Guard ! at Easton on Saturday. William H. Keenan. of Bangor, was re-elected county chairman over Thomas H. Dan ner. the Palmer candidates, by 51 to 39. —Senator Snyder was orator at the dedication of the Wllkes-Barre Elks' home Saturday. Ex-Governor Toner also attended. —Hughes men claim twenty-six votes in New Jersey. -—-Representatives Vlckerman and McVicar, in Allegheny, walked away j from the rest of the field. —Lackawanna Republicans are not losing much sleep over the attitude of Delegates Watres and Jermyn, whose friends say that they agreed to sup port the popular choice for President and nothing else. —The Pittsburgh Dispatch to-day says of local option: "Praotically com plete returns from the recent legis lative fights throughout the State .mow that local option received a wallop at the recent primary election. The ma jority against the enactment of such i legislation will be greater in the next than in any of the last three Genetal I Assemblies, notwithstanding the well-j organized plans of the local option i leaders and the fact that the State administration was behind the move ment." j THE CARTOON OP THE DAY THE GREAT DRIVE —From the New York Sun. f HONOR AMONG CRIMINALS By Frederic J, Haskin V ) HOW would you like to have two thousand assorted law breakers ! and criminals running at large under your general supervision? That is the job that belongs to Charles D. Reid, secretary of the Pris oner's Aid Association of the State of Maryland. This is a peculiar Prison- j er's Aid Association. It handles the ! problem of the convict in its own way, j which is by giving him his freedom 1 and taking his word of honor for his good behavior. Like most organizations that have a 'dean-cut policy and a personality of l 'their own, the Prisoner's Aid Associa tion centers around one man. That Iman is Charles D. Reid, who is not on- j ly secretary of the association, but also 1 president of the advisory board of pa role of the State of Maryland. I Mri Reid's two offices give an idea of ( the way his work is regarded by the (authorities, and the way he can go i jabout it. The Prisoner's Aid organi- j ration grew out of an old society whose original purpose was simply to do what jit could for discharged prisoners. It jstarted out by offering them a tempor ary home and assistance in finding work. As its influence and its efficiency (became apparent, the authorities be igan to give it the task of keeping an I eye on men who were out under sus jpended sentence on parole or on pro- I bation, thus giving it a chance to work on a man before he was a discharged I prisoner instead of afterward. To jday the association is keeping track of ' ]two thousand men who are on their, i honor and their good behavior. Prac tically all of them keep their promises. I As president of the parole board, Mr. j Keid can select the men whom he j thinks will make good if they have a chance, and recommends them for a parole. Then in his other capacity jas very active secretary of the Prison jers' Aid organization, he keeps a watch on his selections and sees that they [stay in the right road. The secret of his success is now obvious. There is Ino co-operation so smooth and com plete as that of a man who in one ca pacity co-operatcs with himself in an other. Most of the men thus paroled make fcood. The parole system properly ap plied can be a great thing not onlv for the convict, but for society. Mr. Reid I points out a feature of it that is prone to be overlooked. That is the great I difference in attitude between the man ' paroled and the man discharged. He |is serving his first term perhaps, and jis within a few weeks or months of I the end of it. If he serves it out to the last day, he leaves prison feeling (that he owes nothing to society. He has paid the price for his wrong-do ;ing, paid it in full, and, he probably | thinks, a little bit over. The books are balanced, and the only thing that operates to keep him straight is the fear of another sentence —never a very potent influence, as our full prisons prove. On the other hand, if that same man . I | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FREE BAND CONCERTS j To the Editor of the Telegraph: j Will you kindly give space in your paper to the following: ' I notice that the Sons of Italy band [has volunteered to give a band con cert on Memorial Day in Reservoir jPark. This is encouraging to the park {going and music loving public of Har- Irisburg and Professor Cirillo and the Imembers of his organization deserve the thanks of the community for their generous offer of entertaining the pub !llc who will lay aside all daily cares |on this day to do honor to the heroes lof the civil war. | But we must not forget that we I have other bands in the city who will also give their services for the enter tainment of the public on similar oc- i caslons, but we cannot expect the members of these bands, who toll all' day and attend rehearsals at least twice a week, to give their services free for the entire summer Beason. As in the cases of business and profess- | jonal men, it costs a large amount of money and consumes a great deal of time in preparation for their various i callings, so It is with the members of the bands and the citizens cannot j expect too much of them. Without a question we should have free band concerts for Harrishurg. Last year fourteen concerts were given at Reservoir Park and it is estimated that forty thousand persons were in attendance. These were made pos sible by the generosity of about one hundred public spirited citizens who contributed $1,067.54. Our citizens are willing to contribute the necessary 1 funds and we have the bandß in Har risburg who can produce the music without engaging bands from other cities. Let the merchants know you are spending their money at home and ithey will gladly contribute. In years gone by our faithful public servant, Mr. V. Grant Forrer, was in- I strumental in providing these concerts and now that he has returned to his | [former place in the Park Department j MAY 29, 1916. is paroled a short time before his sen tence expires, the case has a different j complexion. He is put on his honor. ! The law is making him a gift of his freedom; he leaves the prison under a certain obligation to society. If he has any sense of duty or fairness—as | plenty of such men have —such a ) course is likely to touch it. And so iciety does this at comparatively little risk to itself, at an Investment prac tically negligible. The man is due to ]be freed in a short time anyway. If he comes out on the first of May or the first of August is a minor consid eration. The important thing is his attitude toward the law and the com jmunity when he does come out. | Such a system, of course, requires ; an organization of some sort to keep track of the paroled men, and here Mr. Reid's office of secretary enters the game. The Prisoner's Aid Asso ciation has a small but efficient squad jof probation officers—three, to be ex act —and when one of their charges does not report himself one of the of ficers of the secretary goes and looks him up. Quite a different type of the paroled convict is the one which Mr. Reid speak:; of as the "exceptional" man. He is the sort that is not a criminal type at nil, but who has been forced across the line of the law by some kink of circumstance. Keeping him In prison is a double loss to the com munity, because he probably has the 1 making of a useful citizen, on the one hand, and he certainly has the making of a dangerous one if the wrong influ ences work too long. Such a case was that of a trained technical man, who forged a $6 check while he was exceedingly hard up, against the account of a man who owed him money. The act, of course, was criminal, and the prison sentence perfectly just; but that the man him self was not a criminal Mr. Reid has proved by getting him paroled. He is now earning $1,300 a year in a com munity where his record is not known, and leading a model life. Meanwhile, the Association keeps an eye on him to see that he does not abuse his priv ileges. Such cases are of course in the mi nority. Mr. Ueid is a highly practical person, and does not expect to make silk purses out of sow's cars. A good many of the people with whom he has | to deal are defectives, weaklings, mis fits generally. If they can succeed in scraping up an honest living, however humble, the Association is more than repaid for occasional backsliders. The paroled men do not belong to the most tractable class of society, and occasionally show savage rebellion against the system of supervision. The association keeps track of them as gently as possible, for there is nothing i they resent so much as the feeling that they are only free on the end of a j string, liable to be jerked up at any moment. Regular reports, however, | are absolutely necessary. |we see no reason why he should not [revive his activities along this line. Who can remember the good old days when the school children had for their • yell "We Want Forrer." These same children are now yelling "We Want Free Band Concerts." Mr. J. H. Troup, when approached last year on the subject, said: "I don't know anything that would be more popular with the masses and the class es and anything that could be more beneficial to the Harrlsburg people than just a few thousand dollars spent each summer for these entertain ments." To provide these concerts it is nec essary that an organized effort be made to collect the funds and see to It that they are spent judiciously. If this is done the citizens will cheerfully contribute. j CLARENCE O. BACKENSTOSS. May 27th, 1916. OUR DAILY LAUGH VERT MITCH om ALIKE. These gas j£SrL~_- Vjk bombs they use jhY 1 in the trenches mR| --jK' must be frightful 1 Yes. Something P'f like our gas bill*. Cheer up! Don't Join the hope- Of those who grump and For you can turn a stumbling Into a stepping i , Abetting QUjat Remarks of farmers who are now engaged in the unusually late plough ing and other behind-time work which the peculiarities of the weather have forced upon them indicate that mora potatoes, corn and oats will be sown In this section of agricultural Pennsyl vania than for years. The acreage put out into wheat and rye last Fall was greater because of the high prices pre vailing for the grain and the reason able certainty that they would not be ui er ,his - vear and from reports which have reached this city the grain is in good shape and the outlook is for as good, if not greater, yield per acre than last year which averaged around eighteen to nineteen and ahalfbushefc. Ihe object of the farmers in settiffg out more ground for corn and oats is to gain the prices which have been of fered for those lines. The chances are that corn will sell away up this year ? j " le armers in Dauphin, Cumber land and Perry counties are going to get their share. Oats prices have been away up and ihat has caused a number of farmers to pay more attention to that crop. As for potatoes the prices are enough to make any man give them serious consideration. As a re sult of this interest the land is really gaining because in order to gain the best results there has been extensive fertilization. In spite of the lack of potash and the scarcity of brands which contain much of that product the soil is being enriched by the use °t lime and home fertilizers to an ex tent which would surprise one who knew how the land was allowed to go ten years ago. As for the hay crop na ture is attending to that this year and the rank growth of grass is going to mean money in bales for farmers who give it attention this year. "The call of the government, the various commercial organizations and the businessmen for people to save paper is commencing to tell," observed a man who gets about the country a good bit. He was here for the week end at one of the hotels and remarked on the fact that one seldom sees paper blowing about the streets any more. Time used'to be when it was nothing? uncommon to see newspapers littering parks and public places. Now they disappear and with paper stock selling the way it is at present there is 110 difficulty in understanding the combin ation of thrift and civic pride." • • » The result of Pennsylvania's work on the roods State-wide good roads day attracted attend, p in other States. In some counties the movement was so well organized that people practic ally gave up business, while others made it a picnic occasion. "From all accounts" was the remark of a man connected with the State government, "Good Roads Day has come to stay in Pennsylvania and I look for bad spots, the ugly turns*. and the rough places and unpleasant grades to disappear in the next five years. People will go out , and work and when they do not get as much accomplished as they wanted they will be willing to pay to have the ! work done." Rooster week, the period in which jthe State Department of Agriculture (urges that everyone owning chickens kill off the surplus roosters, seems to | have been ushered in by numerous I chicken dinners yesterday. Almost everyone was imbued with the idea of having chicken for dinner, said a man who handles considerable food and tho I demand for chicken on Saturday was | pretty heavy. The farmers and chick |en owners have generally fallen in I with the idea of rooster week to thin j out the chanticleers according to what lis learned at the Capitol. • • • Capitol Hill had sort of a holiday appearance to-day because to-mornav j is a real holiday and people who went jaway Saturday for week-end visits to their homes left to the resident effi j cials and attaches the task of attend ing to the mail and other work to-day. I There was not much business on the } Hill to-day and by general consent the | offices closed early this afternoon, to reopen on Wednesday morning. * » • I Some very interesting and entertain ■ ing trips are being planned by the ! Natural History society which has j adopted the plan so generally favored in Philadelphia and other [cities by similar organizations | of traveling about getting [acquainted with tho country and its notable spots. To-morrow the society will ramble through the woods near Mt. Holly, which offers exceptional op portunities to see the woods in all the glory of Spring and on June 10 there will be a trip to Hummelstown where there are quite a number of places worth visiting, including the Swatara creek valley and its formations. In additional the society will consider its astronomical work from the Reservoir hillsides. • • • Col. Edward Morrell, reappointed a member of the College and University Council, is judge advocate general of the National Guard and an authority on military law as well as educational matters. He is well known here by reason of frequent visits and through being grand marshal of the inaugural parade last winter. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —District Attorney R. H. Jackson, lof Allegheny county, has taken per sonal charge of the prosecution of the men arrested for the rioting which caused the National Guard to be called out. —Dr. W. A. Granville, president of Gettvsburg, was one of the Pennsyl vanlans at the League for Peace meet ing in Washington. —W. E. Blttenbender. of Scranton, was elected one of the directors of the 'State association of men who deal in iron and steel and heavy hardware. Milo G. Conlin h"as been selected for postmaster at Duquesne. He is 'well known to Allegheny countlans. I Col. John Gribbel, president of the t Philadelphia Union League, will ad- I dress the Raptist Social Union in Phil adelphia To-day. [ DO YOU KNOW That Harrishurjt is a center for pipe distribution for this section of the State? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Chief Justice McKean used to re side in Front street near Locust. f e Darkness or Light! Only mushrooms grow in the dark. The strong, hardy plants, the beautiful flowers thrive best in sunlight. And It's so with business. The strong, aggressive, pro gressive concerns seek the sun light and thrive on it. They advertise. They make us* of the columns of the daily newspaper, for they know their message will be read. This daylight method of doing business is a protection to the public for people prefer to trade with advertising merchants and to buy advertised goods. l>
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers