6 hARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPSR FOR THB HOMS Foundod itjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square* B. J. BTACKPOLE, Prtt't mi Biiior-in-CUHt F. R. OYSTER, Bminjss Manager. GUS 1C SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub w llshers' Asaocla- : 1 jg tlon. The Audit JWiwMBBSB Bureau of Clrcu- BEgS® latton and Penn |ji"M sylvan la Astocl63- I Eastern office, Has- M« Jj flKl Brooks. Fifth Ave ■§f B ■ m nue Building. New ■SBLSa IB » York City; West £wjjjfi£»3iK ern office. Has iff Brooks, People's J Gas Building, Ch3« Entered at the Post Office In HarrlM burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <ffipSK&7GtlJl> week; by mall, $3.00 a year In advance. Sworn dally nTcraar circulation for the three months endlns June 30, 1016, These flgurea are net. All returned, i unsold and damaged copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 10 It fortifies my soul to know, That, though I perish, Truth is so; That, howsoe'er 1 stray or range, Whate'er I do. Thou dost not change; I steadier step, when 1 recall. That, if I slip, Thou dost not fall. —ARTHUR HUGH Cixiuqh. GENERAL HUTCHISON THE death of Brigadier General Joseph B. Hutchison removes from the National Guard of Pennsylvania one of Its most efficient officers and from Harrisburg one of its mo-- respected citizens. General Hutchison was an Ideal Guardsman. Entering the service when he was a very young man, as a private, he worked his way to the command of a brigade by sheer ability and perseverance. He was a typical soldier a man of exemplary habits, ever ready to bow to the discipline of the service and strictly Insistent upon It when his own authority was in question. He believed that the Na tional Guard should be in fact as well as in name the second line of national defense and to that end worked con stantly to bring the men under him, so far as conditions would permit, up to Regular Army standards. He was an advocate of preparedness years be fore the need of universal military training impressed Itself upon the I minds of the people. General Hutchison's record as a police chief in Harrisburg Is second to none. Under him the force reached a state of efficiency never before or since excelled. But it is as an army man that General Hutchison will be remembered. He lived up to the splendid traditions of the city In that rehpect and set a new standard for National Guard service In Harrisburg. It Is pity that his ability and in fluence should have been removed at a time when the nation is so sorely In need of trained military minds. Much public interest is being shown in the filling out and improvement of the River Front. It is the hope of all who appreciate the importance of this great asset of the city that gradually permanent protection will be provided so that the embankment may be made not only strong enough to resist the force of the water at high stage, but also a thing of beauty In Its luxuriant shrubbery and flowering plants. One good thing that has already been ac complished this summer Is the making of a permanent and comfortable walk along the" top of the slope for long stretches. EMERY ON MILITARY TRAINING THE discussion centering about military training among civil ians, in the schools, and other wise, have in the main advocated such training from the standpoint of pre paredness for peace and for the pur pose of forming a reserve force the very existence of which would lend power to the diplomatic negotiations of the government. The economic value of military training has been given little attention and it la with considerable interest that one reads the article in the Nation's Business by Henry C. Emery, former chairman of the United States Tariff Board under President Taft apd an eminent au thority on economic questions. This economist takes the view that the money cost necessary to a military establishment is an investment of capital, not destruction of wealth, in that the military establishment makes for greater industrial effeclency. And, In addition, the elastic quality of labor in this country is Justification for his statement that the call to military training simply takes up the slack and industry maintains the same level with greater efficiency all along the line. The undoubted advantage to the youth of the country In a few months of real training is summed up in these words: "Young men at the age at which such service would be undertaken have, not married and assumed family responsibilities? Many of them are simply on the Industrial waiting list, not yet skilled or experienced in any particular line of production, fre quently waiting for some opportunity to turn up or moving aimlessly and restlessly from one occupation to an other, trying to discover where they rbest flt Into the established business .order. Would not a vigorous military merely take up. the slack of MONDAY EVENING, Idleness which is frequently to be found preceding a young man's entry into the serious walks of life?" "Those who fear that we may fall back into 'militarism' by merely train ing ourselves in military discipline, have a strange lack of faith in our loyalty to personal liberty and indi vidual freedom. But their fears are not Justified. On this steep road which has led from Runymede through Gettysburg, we have climbed too high to fall through any mere system of training, either for war or for peace." x No more sensible or authoritative Vgument for compulsory military training has been advanced, in our opinion. Notwithstanding the protests against the proposed administration shipping bill now before Congress, the Demo cratic leaders are making a desperate effort to put it over. So long as we are In the grip of a theoretical ad ministration we must expect the ordi nary principles of prudence and of good business to be swept aside. As some one suggests, "it is time the nation's doers, men who build up things, men who All dinner-pails, received some public recognition and that talkers the arm-chair theorists, the dema gogues—who have had a too-long in ning," be sent to the bench. THE LATEST GERMAN FEAT THE feat of Germany in sending a submarine laden with dyestufts and medicines across the At lantic, patrolled as it is by the count less warships of enemy nations, chal lenges the admiration of the world. It is a tribute to German mechanics, German seamanship and German abil ity to overcome obstacles that even the nations opposed to her must ad mire. The warm welcome accorded this underseas visitor at Baltimore and the eagerness of American shippers to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to renew commercial re lations with Germany ought to go far toward restoring good will between the imperial government and that at Washington. There never was a time when America did not stand ready to supply the wants of Germany, as well as those of the allies, and the only obstacle in the way was the effective blockade of the allied fleets. The voyage of this submarine marks a new era in ocean transportation, but it does not mean that the por£s of Germany are now open. The little boat that braved the Atlantic so suc cessfully carries only 750 tons of freight, and it would require thou sands of such, passing In a steady pa radp across the ocean, to make up the lose of tonnage due to the Intern ing of the great German commerce fleet now tied up here and elsewhere. This latest development of the sub marine is likely to have a bigger ef fect on naval warfare than it possibly can have on commerce, for it demon strates that the underseas boat can be made in practically any size desired and that eventually the cruising ca pacity of the submarine will be bounded only by the circumference Of the earth. If this war has done nothing else, it has advanced under seas navigation a half century or more in two years time. At least, there are no man-eating sharks In the Susquehanna Basin, and this ought to be a further reason for more active preparations for the big river carpival next September. TWO Y. M. C. A.'S ON THE JOB THERE are some things that are constantly in the public eye and others that seldom are seen. Not that their light Is hidden under a bushel, but simply because the light is dimmed by the stronger glare of publicity In other flrectlons. Many things are done under the auspices of Harrisburg's two Young Men's Christian Associations that never re ceive recognition. One of the most re cent of these acts waJ the hospitality shown last week to the New York troopers who went through Harris burg on their way to the border. The Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A. threw open its swimming pool and the downtown association offered its cooling showers, both of which offers were gratefully accepted lfy the sol diers. Harrisburg is fully capable of ap preciating the splendid efforts of both Its Y. M. C. A-'s, which are deserving of the hearty and active support of the people of this city, for whom they exist. BRANCH STATE CAPITOL GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH can hardly be In sympathy with the Philadelphia proposition to erect in that city a branch capltol build ing to house certain departments of the Commonwealth which now rent quarters In the metropolis. But the scheme is being pushed through a commission authorized by the last Legislature and unless the whole Idea is squelched by public opinion the plan will be carried out. Under a resolution or the last Legislature a commission of three Philadelphians has been created and its first meeting was held Saturday. Certain departments having branches In Philadelphia occupy leased quar ters and this fact is being seized upon as the excuse for a sort of secondary Capltol to cost a half million dollars or more. It Is argued In support of this fanciful proposition that Philadelphia contributes largely to the State's revenues and, therefore, should have consideration in this matter. It might Just as well be advanced as a logical reason for still mora branch capltols that Pittsburgh and Scranton and other important cities help largely in swelling the annual Income of the Commonwealth. These should also get In on the great plan of dismember ment of the constitutional headquar ters of the government of the State. Having failed In its effort to remove the capltol to Philadelphia after the destruction by Are of the old struc ture a few years ago the plan is now advanced in a new form. Perhaps it's a good thing after all. The people will awake to the fact that tbo Supreme Court and other bodies should now be sitting in Harrisburg regularly instead of maintaining a sort of legal residence in our midst by occasional sessions here. 1 TELEORAPH PERISCOPE ] —The Christian Endeavor conven tion is a .dry gathering only in one sense of the word. —One swallow does not make a summer and one submarine does not break a blockade. —What a grand excuse for getting away from the cities this infantile paralysis scare is. —lf you told him not to go swim ming and he comes home with the story that somebody threw water on his head—remember you were your self a boy once —Von Hlndenburg says he can do nothing without 2 50,000 more men. He might ask the Russians to turn over the prisoners taken during the .last month. • 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT] At spare moments the Kaiser is en gaged in reading: about what h&ppenea to Robert E. Lee.—New York Sun. O. Henry's Kitchener , It la an interesting fact that the death of Lord Kitchener has made American editorial writers think of a •hop girl—a shop girl, however, who, doubtless many would claim is as deathless as the memory of K. of K., that is Dulcie, child of the brain of O. Henry and heroine of "An Unfinished Story." Dulcie it will be recalled, got a wage of $6 a week. On her bedroom wall was a portrait of Kitchener. He was Dulcie's ideal of a gallant knight. General Kitchener was her only friend —watching her with such beautiful, stern eyes, the only one there was to approve or condemn what she did. "He looked as If he might have a secret sorrow, and his wonderful mustlache was a dream, and she was a little afraid of that stern yet tender look in his eyes." More than once when the longing for ease, a temptation to supplement her earnings as some of her less par ticular friends were doing, had almost overcome Dulcie a look at that uncom promising face turned the tide and the invitations of a certain over-friendly "Piggy" were again refused. The New lork Evening Sun commenting edi torially on Lord Kitchener's death saya of O. Henry's tribute which was writ ten a number of years ago: The choice once granted, no one questioned the fitness of Kitchener as an incarnation of the high spirit that holds Its course unswerving through the discouragements, dis tractions and allurements of life's Vanity Fair. And in this fact we find a tribute worth recalling to day. Nippon & Co., Tourist Agency [From the Christian Herald.] At Seoul we stepped ofr the train, better and wiser people. Buf wonders were not at an end. The train boy (that Jack of all comforts who does every thing within human power to make your train trip easy and agreeable) lifted our suitcases from the train, a porter hurried them out of the sta tion, a chauffeur bundled them and us into a six-cylinder motorcar and whirl ed us through the streets of Seoul to the entrance of the finest hotel in the Far East. And this best hotel of the East does not stand In some great Europeanized port like Yokohama or Shanghai, Hongkong or }lanila. It stands In the heart of the Hermit Land of Korea. We looked about the treat beautiful, vacant lobbies and corridors, and then we glanced over the register. "You do not have many guests," we commented: ' "No," replied the clerk. "We have only been open a few months and tour ists don't know about us yet. But even with full tourist trade we don't expect to make the Chosen Hotel a paying investment." We looked our astonishment. "The Government railways," he ex plained, "built the hotel as a magnifi cent advertisement to attract tourists to Korea, a country which they have formerly passed by.' He Left Us a Word [From the Christian Herald.] There lived once in France a soldier, Nicholas Chauvin, who was so demon strative in his patriotic fervor that he made a fool of himself, and ever since his day a man who displays a cocky and hysterical patriotism is called a chauvinist. In England such a man is called a Jingo. A Jingo is always brag ging about his country's preparedness to fight. In Germany this form of pa triotism is known as Pangermanism. in Russia it is called Panslavism, and in the United States it is labeled "spreadeagleism." The only patriotism which some men seem capable of ex hibiting Is a contempt for other na tions and a glorification of their own. Let us agree that all such patriotism Is dangerous, as well as sillv; and let us face the problem of cultivating in the American people a patriotism which lb rational and Christian. The Inevitable Change (Editor and Publisher.) The management of the Scranton Republican has acted very wisely In raising Its price to two cents per copy. The change took effect on June 6. and the temporary loss of circula tion has been surprisingly small, with every prospect that this loss will very shortly be recovered, and that, because of the production of a still more com plete newspaper, additional circulation will be won. General Manager W. J. Pattison explained to the readers of the Republican the reasons for tHe in crease of priee, emphasizing the ap proximate increase of 3 5 per cent, in the price of news print paper. He re minded his readers that unless the selling price were advanced the only other method of meeting present con ditions would be the reduction of the size of the paper and the cheapening of the contents. He considered that this would not be in the public Inter est, and to this proposition he has found no dissent. Germany and Harden "Would our position be less favor able now if our policy from tho begin ning had made only the destruction of enemy warships the goal of submar ine war? "Have we gained by drowning a few hundreds of Britons and neutrals? "Does the restriction of English tonnage outweigh the injury which surreptitious war against the defense less has done us In the judgment of the world? "Competition In armaments will be impossible after this war. The Idea that we could attempt such competi tion terrifies even friendly neutrals out of their desire for a German victory." —Maximilian Harden In Pulitzer's Re view. 400 Tons of Egg Shells (Springfield Republican) Imagine the perfect mountains of egg shells It must take to make 400 tons, the amount used annually, strange as It may seem, m the manu facture of kid gloves. A Wrong View [Cleveland Plain Dealer] "On to Panama" Is a cry of Jingo- Ism. It reflects a perverted view of American Ideals. Its utterances at this time can cause nothing but evil. Cuba stands as a pledge to South America and to the world that the United States faces her task In Mexico with no ulterior purpose that we mean what we say In declaring that we covet not one foot of the soil of Mexico. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH "pcttttC4 Mv "PeKTwCi^aKca By the Ex-Commltteeman The Washington party state com mittee, as the o/Hctal end of the Pro gressive party is known In Pennsyl vania, will endorse Hughes and Pair banks and the Republican State ticket to-morrow afternoon, but It will not do so without a battle between the men who see the situation as Colonel Roosevelt views it and tha men who are always for a third party. In some parts of the State the radical end is lining up to conduct a light for lta own irrespective of what the State or ganization may do and this accounts for the pre-emption of the Progres sive name in a number of district*. The State committee meeting is not scheduled until afternoon, but there will be numerous conferencea during the morning at which a plan of cam paign will be announced. William Fltnn and other leaders, who are now among the Republican cenferees, if not leaders as yet, will be here during the morning to tell the rest that it is best to return to the party and work for its success as the Colonel Is going to do. Little troubj9 is expected over the national ticket, but some may balk on the Stato ticket. However, the majority of the party chieftains are committed to the policy of returning to the party and there will be only a small number who will dissent Democratic National Chairman Vance C. McCormick, who spent Sunday at his country home near thia city, left this morning for New Tork, where he will at once begin preparations for the formal notification of President Wil son. which will take place the latter part of this month or early In August. It Is likely that the ceremony will take place at the President's summer resi dence. Mr. McCormick expects to make some announcements regarding the publicity and other places within a short time, according to what has been learned here. He will spend the sum mer In New York, with occasional trips to his home here. Democratic Si ate Chairman McLean, who was In Washington last week see ing national officials, will pay peri odical visits to the State headquarters In this city during the next six weeks and then tho headquarters will be made the chief center of party activity. The state chairman is paying visits to various sections of the State and will soon announce the committees which will have charge of the financial and other features of the campaign. The executive committee will have a meet ing here before long. —Philander C. Knox will open the Republican state campaign with an address at the Lehigh county Repub lican meeting on August 26. It will be a notable gathering of Republicans. The friends of Colonel H. C. Trexler, the Allentown Republican chieftain, will make It an occasion to boom him for Governor. —Committeeman Palmer will speak at the opening of the Lehigh Demo crats campaign late in August. —County Treasurer Brumbaugh was elected chairman by' the Blair county Democratic committee without blood shed on Saturday. There were har mony speeches and all kinds of talk about standing together. —E. C. Rogers, recorder of Sus quehanna county, has succeeded Judge H. A- Denney as chairman of the Susquehanna county Republican com mittee. —Ex-Judgo R. G. Bushong is likely to be the Republican county chairman in Berks for the next year. He repre sents the younger element of the Re publican party and has a strong fol lowing. —Concerning the meeting of the Washington party state committee here to-morrow, the Philadelphia Ledger to-day predicts the whole Re publican State ticket will be endorsed and says: "Mergers in the matter of legislative and other local candidates wilt be attended to by the district leaders, and except in those instances where the third party candidate has a fighting chance it is not believed there will be any trouble about arranging harmony. Tha leaders announced, however, that any Washington party candidate who deslret to make the race in November against the Repub lican nominee will be free to do so. Mr. Flinn said he did not think those who held only the Washington "party nomination would care to make a fight. He said he looked for a harmonious meeting to-morrow, which meant that he feels his program of merging with the Republicans wili be completely adopted.'' Syntax in the Campaign [From the New York Sun.] From the leading editorial article in the newspaper owned and published by Dr. Wilson's campaign manager we ex tract and exhibit these atrocities: "Despite the extensive character of the parcels post business. Its capacities for still greater service to the public is still far from the straining point." "The danger of unrestricted drug sales are apparent to any mind." If Dr. Wilson were really Dr. Syn tax, that estimable gentleman and friend of humanity whom Rowlandson portrayed with a prescience that stag gers belief, he would rebuke his new campaign manager in terms somewhat like these: "My Dear Vance: Very frankly, if you can't manage to make your nouns and verbs agree in number, you can't hope to manage my campaign. You can not, as Bacon said, and as I myself have shown—you cannot move a great nation with bad grammar. I will ex pect a reply. W. W." But Dr. Wilson is not Br. Syntax. We have long observed with genuine surprise and unaffected horror nls in eradical propensity for writing "will" when it should be "shall," and "shall" when it should be "will." From mo tives of humanity and patriotism we have withheld for many months the deserved rebuke. Since our neighbor the Evening Post has now mercilessly commented upon the scandal we see no reason for keep ing It longer from our own part of the grammatical public. MacAlarney Joins Lasky Force Robert Emmet MacAlarney, for the last two years city editor of the New York Tribune, has Joined the photo dramatic and scenario department of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com pany, photoplay producers. Mr. Mac- Alarney resigned his editorial position and also the presidency of the New York City Newa Association, but re mains a member of the faculty of the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Co lumbia University. Another Harrls burg boy who has made goo.d. Mr. MacAlarney started his newspaper career on the Telegraph while his parents resided in thin city. Pass Them Along "Pass on the good things, the hapny experiences that comes to you—never the unfortunate things. By the time we have come to realize our debt of gratitude, too often our benefactor has passed away and we cannot repay him. But let us do as ha did—pass along all the good we can to others."—J. M. Long in Farm and Fireside. Couldn't Have Done Better [Life] Judge Hughes Is a fine man. How could the Republicans have done bet ter? There is no fault Justly to be found with his behavior. Nobody questions that he wished, as he has said, to remain on the bench. Being drafted by the Republicans, he ac cepted their summons, and that was right. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY 1 BEGINNING TO SQUEEZE —From the Baltimore American. > SAVE YOUR WASTE PAPER By Frederic J. Haskin I. SAVE your waste paper! It is growing more and more valua ble every day. The waste basket heretofore tolerated only as a neces sary evil, suddenly assumed an im portance. It is supplying the money with which to help the poor, to buy supplies for the Red Cross and to pay off the mortgage on the old home. A stack of old magazines is now some thing to be carefully guarded and mentioned ijnpressively in one's will. For it is a lamentable fact that paper —the mere paper that we have chuck ed so extravagantly into the waste basket—is fast becoming scarce. This shortage, wnich promises to get worse instead of better, suggests many harrowing possibilities. One paper dealer recently predicted that in a few years all magazines will dis appear if the situation is not relieved. Newspapers would be confined to one sheet, advertising posters would be come one of the atrocities of the past, and*a sort of abbreviated code would revolutionize the art of writing, in which verbs, adverbs and dashes j would be considered superfluous and a waste of paper. While this dealer J was undoubtedly gifted with a super- j ior imagination, his statement has | produced a certain amount of nervous- ; ness among some of the large pub lishing houses which are running just! one month ahead on their supply of paper, and are somewhat doubtful as to the certainty of the next month's. The representatives of a large French publishing house bought two ships on their arrival in this country in or der to Insure bottoms in which to carry paper back to France. They ! have had the ships now for over a month, but are unable to get the paper. Many publishers are refusing man uscripts solely on account of the lack of paper—a fact that should prove consoling to many authors. One En glish pditor states that the failure of the war to evoke quantities of excep tional literature has its cheerful as pects. "It would be too distressing," he said, "to know that many literary masterpieces were being lost to pos terity because there was not enough paper to publish them." Lack of wrapping paper is another phase of the paper shortage apt to WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB . LEARNED OF THE CITY' [Questions submitted to members of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] What is tfie rate per 100 cubic feet for water for domestic purposes, me tered. and when does this minimum rate apply? The price per 100 cubic feet is 8 cents. The minimum rate applies when consumption does not equal 5,000 cubic feet. The American Dead [From the New Sun.] "Carrizal has given up fc part of its American dead." If from the depths of ofean and from graves beyond our borders our murdered dead should bo returned to us there is hardly a city or town In the land that would not hold a funeral service. During the past three years the number of Ameri cans who have fallen vicitlms to the weakness and vacillation of th® present administration runs into the thousands. The making of war that is not war and keeping of peace that is not peace is a method of procedure that de mands its toll of human lives. When the advocates of Mr. Wilson's re-election assert that he has "kept us out of war' let them consider the price that we have paid for the maintenance of a pseudo peace. President Wilson at the obsequies held in honor of the American marines killed at Vera Cruz delivered a most eloquent address. That was a long time ago, and still our dead from Mexico are being returned to us. Jofyn Wanamaker on Advertising "Our little allowance of advertising money went to the newspapers then (in the early days of the Wanamaker business) aa it goes, nearly altogether, to-day, because. If I ever have a monu ment for discovering anything, it will b« for finding out that the only adver tising of direct and Instant benefit to both the merchant and customer is in the daily newspaper of known circu lation. All others are vanity and vexa tion of spirit. To have learned this fact has greatly helped my enterprises, though often there has been serious discomfort in saying so publicly, and in breaking away from posters, leaflets ana wettyie*" JULY 10, 1916. prove embarasslng in the future if something does not occur to relieve the situation. We might possibly sur vive with one-page newspapers and a few small magazines printed on rice paper, but we would doubtless find it exceedingly annoying in doing our shopping to carry certain intimate wearing apparel over our shoujder and a large roast of beef or veal cut let under one arm. Again, the sanitary paper drinking cups, towels and finger bowls recently established in public places by the persistent agitation of the Public Health Service may have to abdicate to the old rusty tin cup. In New York at present the dairies are having trouble in securing milk bottles owing to traffic congestion on the railroads. Yet the health author ities demand that the milk be distri buted in sealed containers, so the only other course is to use wood pulp re ceptacles. These also are unobtain able, and the situation is the same as if there were an embargo on rrillk. The people of the nation can great ly assist the paper industry by saving all their waste paper and rags and selling them to the manufacturers. Campaigns at-e now on foot in the cit ies all over the country for the con servation and collection of rubbish, which is distributed in the paper trade where it is most needed. Thus De troit has recently provided for the daily gathering of its waste paper to be sent to the Kalamazoo Valltey pa per mills which are facing a shortage In raw materials. In New York City the newspapers carried large display advertisements of a roofing paper manufacturing con cern, which besought the readers to save their old rags and sell them to the advertiser. The United Hebrew Charities Society of NewJork adopt ed "A bundle of rags biljs a loaf of bread," for their slogan and conduct ed a vigorous campaign for the rein statement of the old-fashioned rag bag in answer to this advertisement and the requests of many other paper concerns. The proceeds from the col lection of rags sold by this society are to be used in caring for the destitute families of the ghetto. The Old Ladies Home of Chatta [Continued on Page 10] THE STATE FROM W TO DW~I It is prophesied by "moonologiats" that there is to be a partial eclipse of the moon on Friday evening of this week, between 10.15 and 1.12 a. m. These should be popular days for the city parks. The pensioning of Philadelphia's "perfect fireman" reveals the record of Rudolph Brenn, 52 years old, who in twenty years never missed a roll call, never was sick a day, never was hurt and never was reprimanded. A repudiation of the axiom that the good die young. Judging from the Innumerable au tomobile accidents, fatal and other wise, that have occurred within the last few days, the efficacy of the Safe ty First campaign Is being minimized by lack of co-operation on the part of individuals. Clyde Wilson saved Miss.Mame By ler, a show girl, from drowning in the Susquehanna River at Milton yester day, but as usual the girl did her best to prevent the rescue by seizing her rescuer about the neck in a death-like grip. Hunting blacksnakes Is becoming a popular sport up Northumberland way. Miss Better bagged four during a short walk near her home Sunday. Blacksnake skins make excellent belts. The death of Sergeant Martin O'Laughlin. of Allentown, Co. D Fourth Regiment N. G. P., who was rejected at the recent mustering In of the troops to the Federal service, is considerable of a commentary on present conditions. A man whose heart was In the service so deeply that It was broken by rejectloh could have done much more than a physically perfect rookie, undoubtedly, but, of course, discipline Is discipline. Trout fishing at Cresco is at Its best. A Phlladelphlan landed a string of 24 beauties the latter part of last week, all measuring from 12 to V 8 inches. Hard For Charlie All of the national conventions are now over but the pacifists, and they ought to nominate Charlie Chaplin J.ot president.— Lot Angeles Times. Ebetttng Ctjat Shortage of labor Is causing big fields of wheat throughout Pennsyl vania to go unharvested although some of It Is reported as dead ripe. The lack of harvest hands is assuming serious proportions in some parts of the State and unless farmers can get help one of the best crops known in years will be affected. In some of the counties the wheat has ripened rapid ly in the last few days and as the hay crop, which is a record-breaker, has been coming on about the same time the farmers have been going from morning to night and have been send ing calls for help from all sections. The shortage of "help" is blamed upon the industrial conditions which are calling every man who wants a Job and to the fact that the supply of foreign help is shut off. The military situation in this country has not af fected many rural communities, al though there are a good many in stances where farmer lads have developed the "soldier fever." Color ed harvest hands, who have been the mainstay of many farmers in southern and central counties for years, have nearly all gone to the mills where work Is rushing and pay is large, while the comparatively few foreign ers who used to help and who knew what to do on farms are also swallow ed up in the industries. The farmers have oeen calling upon the State Em ployment Bureau for help and while it is meeting the same conditions as other agencies it has been able to get a number of students places on farms for the summer. But the labor situa tion la the State remains in a more or less serious condition as far as the farmers are concerned and the fields of golden grain are just right for cutting. * • * McCormick's island playground camp in the not very distant future may be a little community of log cabins instead of a summer "town built of teqts." One staunch little cabin compactly of logs that were hewn, were, of the camp. The tiny building young campers a couple of years ago, already forms the headquarters, as it' were, of the camp. The tiny building | has easily withstood the ravages of j several winters' floods and rushing ice I cakes. Incidentally it has proved a I haven of real refuge In time of heavy rains or under such conditions as i make the life in a tent not so desirable. Playground Supervisor J. K. Staples favors the erection of several of tho cabins and has suggested that a new one be built each summer, the con si ruction to be part of the daily routine of the successive camping classes. * • • Tennis players throughout the city as well as in the surrounding towns have welcomed enthusiastically the decision of the Reservoir tennis com mittee to make the annual tournament on the park courts a "greater Harris burg" event so that the players in towns within a radius of twenty-five miles of the city may be eligible. The entrance cards, by the way, are being prepared and within a few .days they can he hpd. The tournament will be gin August 1 and entries will be re ceived until July 27. • • * Taking advantage of their first summer half holiday, young men and women employed in the downtown stores, were to be found !n large numbers in canoes or swimming in the river. The islands opposite the shore were dotted with tne young folks. Some of the best swimmers in the city were found among the crowds ar.d al' of them weren't men by any i means. • • • Benjamin W. Demmlng, who recent ly retired as ruler of the Harrisburg lodge of Elks, will not be able to at tend the annual reunion of the Elks of the United States at Baltimore this week, although this year he is the official representative of the lodge. The calling out of the National Guard is to blame. Mr. Demmlng Is chief clerk of the adjutant general's depart ment and in charge of many details connected with the State's military establishment. It will be impossible for him to get away and he will miss the first gathering of the kind In yea rs. • • • Colonel James S. Rogers, who was formerly stationed here on recruiting duty, is now colonel of the Eighteenth infantry and is stationed along the border in Arizona. Colonel Rogers came here immediately after service in the Philippines. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —General C. T. O'Neill, commander of the Fourth Brigade, was formerly head of the State arsenal. » —Frederick S. Drake, well known in politics here, last evening presented a flag to a church in Philadelphia. —lsaac. H. Clothier, prominent Philadelphian, is spending the sum mer in Rhode Island. —Eugene Grace, active head of the Bethlehem Steel, is the youngest man in such a position in the United States. —M. Hampton Todd, former at torney general, will spend the hot weather in Maine. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg bread supplied troops at Mt Gretna camp? HISTORIC HARRISBURG When the first church was built In Btate street It was considered too far out Into the country. Governor Against Bill Boards [From the Editor and Publisher.] Governor Brumbaugh, in his wel coming addre&s to the Associated Clubs, Inveighed against the painted s ?r S i_ other advertising devices, ..Pronounced "a blot on the landscape. He suggested that the regular channels of communication were the legitimate fields of publlclcty Is there any doubt anywhere as to communication'?" 6 channels I OUR DAILY LAUGH Men would Ly rather give their wives credit for ffijtX-t /ICTTffI what they do Jm^ri than * lV# 1 b * lll ft UNPARDON "" Prof, i What was Nero's great [fdTniSrMfww Bright Pupil: He played the fid-
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