8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELKULL.YPH PItINTINQ CO., Telegraph llutlillng. Federal Square. 30. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager, GLSIi. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub 'ishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associat ed Dailies. Eastern oltice. Story, Rrooks & Finley, Fifth Ave nue Building, New York City; West ern office. Story, Brooks & Finley, People's Gas Build ing, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, tn cents a week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10 . A iriystery tcfiieh we cannot under stand must never hinder us front obey ing a precept ichieh is pIain. — NEWMAN HALL. THE STRIKE SETTLEMENT ' A SSOCIATED PRESS dispatches of to-day relating to the settlement of the railroad controversy which threatened to plunge the country into a strike on the eve of war with Ger many say; Yielding to the appeal of Presi dent Wilson and facing the proba bility of this country's entrance into the world war. the railroads to-day granted the demands of the four employes' brotherhoods for a basic eight-hour day. • • • The decision is regarded as a complete surrender to the brotherhoods, brought about, however, after the patriotism of the railroad mana gers had been put to the test. There is little question that the rail road managers were influenced in their decision by the country's perilous in ternational That they threw • aside their contentions and surren dered to their employes is, as the dis patches say, an act of patriotism that men in all walks of life might do well to emulate. At one throw, for the sake of the nation as a whole, they cast into the discard $60,000,000 a year, the sum required to finance the eight-hour day the trainmen have won. There is little question that they were prepared for a long and hard-fought strike. But, on the other hand, it will be re called, the men might have had pre cisely what the companies have granted, previous to the enactment of the Adamson law last fall, if they would have accepted it. As a last extreme, it was proposed to settle on the basis of eight hours A-lth nine hours' pay and pro rata time for over time. So the brotherhood chiefs have yielded something, too. The public has never had any differ ence with the railroad brotherhoods on the score of an eight-hour day. Eight hours is the accepted standard i of the working day in many of the trades and in most business houses. The TELEGRAPH has operated its plant on an eight-hour basis for more j years than almost any other employ ing establishment in Central Pennsyl vania. Many other publishing houses have had similar working schedules for long periods. These have found it possible to work eight hours and Jive. In the long run all 'industries will come to that. But while the people as a whole have had no fault to find with the eight-hour principle, they have not always agreed with the brotherhood chiefs in the way they have conducted their campaign, and it i is not going beyond the facts to say that public sympathy would have been at least divided had a strike been pre cipitated at this time. As it is, the railroad men of the country have won a {60,000,000 in crease in wages. It is only fair to as sume that the railroads will be granted by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion rate advances enough to make up for this. This means that the burden of an additional J60.000.000 must be assumed by the consumer at a time when lie has about all he can bear. As •usual, when capital and labor fight it out on a grand scale, the public pays the bill. ' RAILROAD RAITING THERE Is footf for legislative re- j flection in the recent announce ment of the Railway Executives' Ad visory Committee that there are 42,000 miles of American railroads in the * hands of receivers. This is about one \ sixth of the total railroad mileage and Js the largest number of miles under receivership in the history of the country. The committee attributes this con dition, in large measure, to the fact that there are 4 9 different sets of com missions and legislatures regulating the uffatrs of railroads. The result of this multiplicity of regulatory author ities Is confusion end costly duplica tion of operating expenses. This con flict of regulations causing increased expen4ltures has been accompanied by a reduction of rates. The situation has hcome so serious that many of even the most prosperous roads find great difficulty in discharging their obliga tion of adequate service -to the public and paying dividends to their share holders, Pome of the aspects of this serious situation have their humorous side. For example; One State says there must he a cuspidor between each two seats in a car. The next State will have none of vulgar and un sanitary utensil. Cuspidors must, ac cordingly, be removed at State lines. State demand* windowscrecns • i ;IJ jpasseßg Cf tuns. The adjoining State MONDAY EYEING, forbids them. The por old freight caboose comes In for a mauling that costs the railroads good money. Fifteen States Insist on two four-wheel trucks, while the rest, are content with one four-wheeler. Eighteen feet has been considered a good length for a caboose. Thirteen States, however, have passed laws making them not less than 24 feet long. Mississippi has raised the limit to 28 feet and Maijie has gone one better. Wranglis over the exact width of caboose platforms have whtled away many an idle hour for State legislators. Eight States insist on 24 inches. Illi nois and Missouri don't like this at all, but agree that 30 inches is just right. lowa allows IS inches and Nebraska 20. These arc only a few of the humorous aspects. "When this same conflict appears in rate-making and regulation of bond issues the liumoi fades. There is one comforrtng thought in our own legislative situation here in Pennsylvania. 'While the Legislature has not done anything particularly commendatory up to this time, on the other hand it hasn't none anything very harmful, and it is going to be so busy from this time on looking after its own affairs that it will have small opportunity for railroad baiting. THIS IS WAR WHETHER or not the President shall declare the 3lnklng with out warning of three American j ships by German submarines to be an j act of war, nevertheless the fact re mains that it is war. Sooner or later, as suits Mr. Wilson's views or the con veniences of the government, this na tion will begin hostilities against Ger many. There is no other way Aut of It. Germany has forced the United States to this course. We must now cither admit that we will not fight j under any provocation or we must prepare to take up arms in defense of our rights, and it is not to be imagined for a moment that the latter alterna tive would be accepted by the people, | even though the administration were prepared to do so, which it apparently is'not. What the next step shall be remains for President Wilson and his advisers to decide. Whatever it shall be, it can lqad in but one direction, and that is to open warfare. We may as well prepare ourselves for what a large majority devoutly prayefl might be avoided, but which will be accepted with unanimity and strength of pur pose once it is thrust upon us. War is at hand. We are even at this moment in the" midst of it. CAMERON STREET PAVING THE people of Cameron street, be tween Herr and Calder, complain that the thoroughfare is almost impassable, due to deep mud, and tlint they have asked in vain for re lief. , The city ought to find some way to improve this condition. The people themselves are wholly without blame. Few of them, are well off in the world's goods, but most of them are thrifty, self-respecting and the own. ' ers of their own homes. They have 1 asked Council repeatedly to pave this stretch of much-traversed thorough fare. They are perfectly willing to boar their share of the cost. Evpn Bethany Church has offered to pay for its frontage, although church properties usually are regarded as | nonassessable for paving expenses. All | they ask Is that the city pay for the! paving of the intersections, as it has ! done in nil other streets that have \ been improved, und the excuse has j been offered that the city doesn't have i the money. It Is a pretty poor sort of govern ment that issn't flexible enough to meet a situation of this kind, Cam eron street should be paved, A wise Council would hasten to find a way. This display of elvlo Interest and co- j operation is too good to be dlscour-1 aged by the poor cry of no funds, IFOL'BIXQ REGULATIONS PRECIOUS little has been heard of the proposed housing code since J the Legislature convened aijd' if certain influences have their way noth- ! ing more will be heard of it.'Objections ! to proper regulation of housing con-'' ditions will lead to some such plan in j this State as Is now being tried out in Massachusetts, where the Common-! wealth proposes to erect workingmen's ! homes to be soid to applicants on terms of easy payment, Selfish interests never can under-! stand they cannot always dictate and that when an aroused public' opinion takes matters into its own hands it is in no mood for reasonable compromise. If good property owners are wise they will heed the demand j for better housing before the State steps in te give its people the pleasant, sanitary homes that private Interests deny these who cannot pay cash for ' them. What bettes: foe Harrisburg than we get together and build a group of model residences to be sold at prices within the modest income, at the same Ome clearing u the over-populated quarters and making all the houses lit for human habitation? Either wc will do this for ourselves or the will Btc and do it for us. Let ther# be n<) powplaint pf public monopoly at the expense of private en terprise, if this happens. Private capital is having Its opportunity now. If it does nothing it pny have no AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEUNG ? By BRIGGS Ol?D nYghT ANI> < s!jT>C>ENIY ipl r & IT, Af l D " lM ThC REMEMBER THAT YOU FORSOT wf£& NOM FREEZJYG SOLUTION 9 You CAtJ'T E#\T AMY BRFAK TO LET THE WMER OUT OF MMD You ujokky H HfJOv*Jir-4C THE CAR Pg Tne THE MiGfiT -AMP FRIEND A T 6 *. KETTUE FUU_ OF „?T J HE W?yP M) "aIST 9 HV r"" / -f-r.Bd. e n u.y valid objection if the Commonwealth assumes the duty it has declined. Modern science and public' convic tion are all in the line of better hous ing conditions. Opinion is being molded to the point where it will de mand the abolition of the slum. Massa chusetts already is feeling its urge. ' Labor Notes Pur-workers at Toronto, Can., de mand more pay. Organization of Michigan metal workers is being effected. Birmingham (Ala.) paperlinngers ask increased wages. Eainters at Cedar Rapids. lowa, now get $4 a day. Organized Apartment janitors at Chicago have increased pay., A dredger men's union has been or ganized in San Francisco. Wyoming has 18 women county school superintendents. Chicago Electrical Workers' Union has a building fund of $25,000. Western Canadian coal miners will sign a new agreement April 1. Columbus Ohio, stereotvpers have increased wages $2.50 a week. Garment-workers at Toronto have secured increased pay and a 44-liour week. A "can't-strike" law has been in troduced in the California Legislature. Toronto's new labor party will hold a convention in April. In this country 159 cities have pen sion funds for municipal employes. It takes five men in Europe to pro duce as much coal as two bring lip fn America. The Farm Labor Problem Farm labor will be a bigger factor in determining the size of next season's j crops than price of seeds and fertil-1 Izers, bystems of management or prob-i able returns on crops produced, says j the Pennsylvania Farmer, discussing j the labor situation. Farm labor will j be the big factor in crop production' for many years to come. Present prices on farm commodities are encouraging, j They will Induce large plantings in the spring, careful treatment of the crops through the growing season, and uu- j usual effort in harvesting. But with I the best of prospects, the farmer can j [only do so much work, and without! sufficient help his cropping area will be restricted. Present prices encour age the farmer to do all he can and to produce all he can; but they do not encourage him to pay the price that Is now necessary to pay to keep com petent help in the numbers necessary >to reach maximum production. This i 3 I the inevitable result of the unusual ln i dustrial conditions existing and no amount of agitation, ''education" or | demonstration will alter results, The i condition is well illustrated by the ex perience of a prominent Pennsylvania : farmer this winter, This farmer has j been paying a competent man S4O a ; month and board, During the winter j when work was slack, the man was I given permission to take a job with jan Industrial plant in tlio neighborhood |at $3 per day, The farmer recently j asked his man to open some ditches ,on the farm in preparation for, the ! spring work. His man asked, ' Can Iyou pay me $3 a day to do the work?" | This particular farmer will hold hla I helper because of conditions peculiar to his case, hut many farmers are los-' I ing and will continue to lose good, ; reliable men because they can not af- I ford to pay the wages offered by other lines of work. And crop production will continue io be relatively low and prices on farm-grown foods must con tinue to be relatively high so long as! this condition exists. ! But in every farm community there! 1 will be a few farmers who will hold 1 their helpers at comparatively " low I wages. Much has been written on the ' "hired inan" question, but it will be noticed that nearly every community has a man or a few men who have very little difficulty in keeping good help. It would seem that there is a good les son to be learned from the methods of 1 these comparatively few. Their meth ods are uot always the same, but the fact-that they do keep their helpers is usually the result of management and not mere accident. There are many men, and good mdn.'whq prefer to worft on the farm/ahd whq will work on the farm for less than they can get ijj towns pr cities It conditions are made rigbt- The good farm manager finds the way of mealing those condi lions with profit to himself and with satisfaction to bl> help. Such man agers are reivping good, returns on their management in these days of scarcity of labor. 1 • :'/■ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH By the Ex-Committccman — 7 | A state of armed neutrality will likely exist between the two Repub lican factions for the remainder of the legislative session. Senator Pen rose and his friends have decided not to engage in open warfare with the State administration until forced to do so by some overt act. The Governor and his friends have decided to retrain for the present from doing anything that would start hostilities. In fact, the State administration docs not plan to do much except let things take their course and the policy in regard to appointments may not be deter mined until the very closing week of the active part of the session. The general impression is that the Legislature will conclude business about May 10 and will take a recess for thirty days, to return and review any vetoes of appropriation bills. If the Governor does not send in his ap pointments by that time, as required to do by the Constitution, in the opinion of many at the Capitol, there will be another recess taken, and meanwhile things will start to happen In the event that the Governor Ignores the Senate there will be a test invited by Auditor General-elect Sny der, who will probably refuse to pay salaries of rrlen not confirmed. And then the Legislature, being in recess, can order investigations ot various de partments or commissions. The visit of Senator Penrose to Har risburg to-morrow has stirred up in terest all over Pennsylvania. The Sen ator will visit the Capitol and it is probable that he will meet many men and that ht will address the Legis lature either to-morrow or next day. —Governor Brumbaugh and his friends spent a few hours in confer ence i Philadelphia on the general situation. The Governor is desirous of getting some action on the appro priation bills as soon as possible. It is understood that no conclusion was reached as to the compensation amendments to favor. —Senator Penrose was advised on Saturday by a number of his friends to forget the warfare on the Governor and to devote sonic attention to the Auditor General ut the Saturduy con ference. —Senators Crow Sproul are scheduled to meet Senator Penrose to day In Philadelphia and a program may be discussed. —The Philadelphia Record In an article from Its Washington corre spondent to-day declares that Vance C. McCormick "Is being urged to ac cept" the place of ambassador to Ja pan. It also states that "a determined effort" Is being made to have him ac cept and that In'the event that he de clines Roland S. Morris, of Philadel phia, former state chairman, may be tendered the post. What is interest ing people at Washington is whether McCormick is to be given some added prestige before becoming a candidate for Governor or United States senator or whether It is a plan to get him out of the country and away from state politics, —The Kecord iys in partj ''lt is felt that, inasmuch as a man f po litical experience rather than a trained diplomat is to be chosen, Mr, McCor mick could till the post with greater ability than most of the men who m/ght be chosen from this category. An important consideration weighed by the unofficial circle who already have 'selected' Mr. McCormlck is the fact that, if appointed to Tokio, he un doubtedly would have the ear of the President .and fc'ould be capable of exerting stronger influence in "behalf | of the recommendations of Far.East- I orn policy he would submit than a | man of less intimate acquaintance with ; the President." I —The Philadelphia Press, which has , been friendly to the State adminis- I (ration, insists to-day in an editorial | upon more economy in the govern | ment. The Press has been printing a I series of interesting articles from this city showing the need for some change I in business methods at the Capitol and i says: "Senator Sproul believes, he says, that 'by ordinary business care' 'at least $1,000,000 a year could be I savod the State without afrecting pres. I ent operations in any way. How much work could be saved by a thorough business reorganization of Stato de partments and of the purchasing and distribution systems now multiplied over the whole area of the state, and without uniformity or co-operation or the advantage that conies from buying in bulk and paying cash?" : —The Democratic state ringmasters committee, having made a noise like a popgun with drafts of various legis lation, has planned a fine piece of "drum fire': for to-night. It will ask the Economy and Efficiency Comuii.i. ■fllon whether the Legislature needs all of the legislative employes on the rolls. Up to date there lu nq evidence of ally Democrats refusing to Uccept such places and the performances ofi Jesse J. Lybarger. willing and able Democrat, of this jMty, persist in com- I ing out Of the :Torguttcr} ': to tfcq djs- THE PEOPLE'S FORUM "THE IU RIAL OF MOSES" To the Editor of the Telegraph: Sir—-I am a constant reader of "The People's Forum" and very much in terested in it. Would you kindly print "The Burial of Moses"? CYRIL T. MORGAN. By Nebo's lonely mountain On this side Jordan's wave. In a vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave. And no man dug that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er. For the angel of God upturned the sod. And laid the dead man there. That was the grandest funeral That ever passed on earth; But n< man heard the trampling • Or saw the train go forth. Noiseless as the daylight Comes when the night is done. And the crimson streak on ocean's cheek Grows into the great sun— Noiselessly as the Springtime Her crown of verdure weaves. And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves — So, without sound of music Or voice of them that wept, Silently down from the mountain crown The great procession swept. Perchance the bald old eagle, On gray Bethpeor's height. Out of his rocky eyrie Looked on the wondrous sight. Perchance the lion, stalking, Still shuns that hallowed spot. For beasts and bird have seen and heard That which man knoweth not. But when the warrior dieth, His comrades in the war. With arms reversed and muffled drums, Follow the funeral car. They show the banners taken, They tell his battles won, i | may of Die strategists on Market | Square. The resolution of the Demo crats lias been as well advertised as the views of Herr Sarif? on Investi gations and the proposed corrupt, prac tices act that turned up In the hands of Democrats and Progressives who sent Identical bills under the wire together. Eighty-One Years a Teacher [From the Christian Herald] Sunday school teachers do not seem, generally speaking, to stick to their charge so tenaciously as Mrs.-Anna M. Bruen, who teaches the Ladles' Bible Class In the First Presbyterian Sun day school, Belvldere, N, J, Mrs. Bruen was born March 82, 1822, and 1h now more than ninety-four years of "age, She began teaching In Sunday school eighty-one years ago, when a mere girl of but twelve years of age, and has been a Sunday school teacher continuously, Sabbath after Sabbath, ever since, Her record for punctuality is Quite as remarkable, for during all these years she has seldom missed meeting her class on time each Sab bathi only on account of quite infre quent illnesi. One summer, on ac count of a (severe fall, Mrs. Bruen was unable to go to the Sunday school to teach her class but, at her request, the members came to "the Manse," where she taught them in her sick room—and nearly every Sabbath morning during' this period reported a full-roll attendance. It is said (hut every woman teacher in this entire Sunday school has been drawn from Mrs. Bruen's Bible class. Back In the thirties, when Mrs. Bruen began to teach, the "burning of stones" for fuel was a lato inno vation; students and teachers did not "burn the midnight oil" then, because houses were lighted with home-made tallowcandles, and Sunday school les son helps were entlroly unknown. Pri mary schools were at that time far from numerous, and the Sunday school teacher's principal task was to teach the rudiments of an education to enable scholars to read tile Bible for themselves. Back in those days it was not customary to have heat in church and Sunday school buildings, and the worshippers carried their "foot stoves" to keep their feet from freezing. One of Mro. Bruen's choice mementoes is the identical "foot stove" which she and her mother used In their constant Sunday school and church attendance. Defining a Gentlfcman Lord Chesterfield had hni own crude Ideas about what a gentleman should be, but Frank Flest, pf Atchison. Says a gentleman is a mftn Who can play a cornet but wonU.—Kansas City Star. Trust in the Lord Offer the sacrifices ot righteousness and put yotr trust in the Lord. — Psalms lvv (• MARCH 19, 1917, And after him lead his masterless steed, While peals tlio minute gun. Amid the noblest of the land Men lay the sago to rest, And give the bard an honored place With costly marble dressed In the great minster transept, Where like glories fall. And the sweet choir sings and the organ rings Along the emblazoned wall. This was the bravest warrior That ever buckled sword; This was the most gifted poet That ever breathed a word; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his golden pen On the deathless page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor? The hillside for his pall; To lie in state while angels wait With stars for tapers tall; And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumes. Over his bier to wave; And God's own hand, in that lonely land. To lay him in the grave. In that deep grave without a name, Whence his uncoffined clay Shall break again—O, wondrous thought— Before the judgment' day. And stand with glory wrapped around, On the hills he never trod. And speak of the strife that won our life With the Incarnate Son of God. O, lonely tomb in Moab's land, O, dark Betlipeor's hill. Speak to these curious hearts of ours, And teach them to be still. God hath his mysteries of grace— Ways that we cannot tell: He hides them deep, like the secret sleep Of him lie loved so well. | | OUR DAILY LAUGH LIMIT OF DE VOTION. 1 She thinks ev- JS/kffifek erything her hus j band does Is all That BO? J Yes, she even /\ Wllf approves of the \/_\ \ .laW cards be leads ' R when they're // /\ \\ bridge whist //] / \\\ partners. j A TRUE FRIEND. Mies Wrinkles—What would yoi do if I should refuse to marry you Mr. Asker —See If I couldn't fliu some other fellow who would b willing to propose to you- REGULAR KIND. • "What is meant by peace withou Hctory?" "That's the kind the miasus and 1 patch up almost every day." The Favored Patient Pa had ct l>ad case Ql grip and his fever was high, but she went to her daughter's home and left pa to doctor himself. Her son-in-law had the tooth ache. —CHadile Uallan in the ' Fort Star-Xelcsiam- ' * lEtmtmg CCliat Harris burg can help Pennsylvania and furnish ail excellent example of *• preparedness to the rest of the state V! It It will emulate some of the New *L. England cities in the taking of a mili tary census., Tho Keystone State now has an archalo system of military rollincnt which is supposed to contain *W the name of every man capable ot JL bearing arms. It has boon written about and talked about as a wonderful means of defense, and, being made by *■'* assessors who generally know little '*s more about a man than his and residence, is not worth as much as the window book of tho average political ' worker. In any event the military roll 4 is chiefly useful to give newspaper men about once a year and for com- , parison with other counties. Rut a military census is an entirely different, proposition. It is estimated that it would require hundreds of thousands of dollars and months of time to pre pare in Pennsylvania and sonio men do not think it worth it inas much as tho United States government mukes a census once every ten years. A bill for a military census is in the State Senate and so constructed that it would make a Jot of appointments. New York ,has passed a law for a military census, but Connecticut has done the work. The Nutmeg State Governor called on the Legislature for authority to make a* military census and on the people to do it. He wanted it done quickly and accurately. What hap pened in tlie city of Hartford wan ■ typical. The Chamber of Commerce and the big Industrial establishments, the commercial organizations, the churches and the lodges all Joined in. A citizens committee took charge of the details. Men gave up their business and girls working in stores and society buds went to the bead quarters to help sort the blanks as fast as they came in. It was a patri otic, duty and the Governor got a co operation that amazed the country. In six weeks a military census was taken that showed tho name, resi dence, age, height, weight, occupation and social condition, with number of dependents, obtained from original sources, tho information secured in many cases by timekeepers in plants, foremen and employers. And then the nationality data was taken with the significant notation whether tlio man had taken out papers, and if no( what was his nationality. But that watf> not all. Tho blanks asked for military experience and for physical defects, stress being laid on whether they would bar the man for active work. All the foregoing was pretty Inter esting and immensely valuable, hut just read the rest of the information asked by these volunteers and statu agents and collated, liled, and in many cases verilied. The real fact questions were whether the man could ride a horse, handle a team, not just drive it; drive an automobile; ride a motor cycle; whether he understood telegra phy, could operate a wireless; any experience with a sleam engine; any experience with electrical machinery: handle a bpat, row, power, motor or sail; any experience in simple coast wise navigation and any, experience with high-speed tnarine engines. Finally it was asked, '\vr you a good swimmer?" The way these practical Ynnkeep handled the problem is too long a story. First they made up alphabetical lists and then sent out the blanks and when the blanks came back fdled the original list was weeded out. Every day they know how Hartford, for in stance, was responding to the call for information, and when one considers how busy is that city with its great factories and enorrnous business it be understood that there were sacrifices made. But the Governor had within a startlingly short space of ■ . time the Information which the mili- ' ; tary authorities would need in the ' event of any outbreak of war. • * It Is true that Connecticut is exposed to water attack and that it is close to the greatest prize in the new world, New York, but that does not affect the importance of the military census les son to us in Pennsylvania, the work shop of America, which contains most of the munitions plants, the coal mines, the powder plants, the steel works, the oil wells and the great arteries of transportation. An army otllcer once told me that when he waV abroad the foreign soldiers he talked to were always discussing the won derful Pennsylvania Railroad system and what a fortunate state was that which possessed within its border so , many resources, wealthy cities, rich farming counties and great establish ments, all .located on the line of that railroad, Tlio lesson was obvious. • • For years past there lias been n similarity between the number of registered or enrolled voters and the military roll that must impress any one who has studied tliem. We in Pennsylvania east about a million ami a quarter votes. Wo have manhood suffrage exclusively. There are man.v aliens who can't vote and some men who won't vote. The next observation would naturally be the splendid army of men we have in the Keystone State. Yet is there in any office in the Capitol or in any city hall or borough office in the sixty-seven counties a list show ing bow many of that great army could march five miles, how many have ever ulept out of doors, how many can handle a gun,/how man.v can drive a horse or row m boat, to fay nothing about what else they could or could not do? And most Important ol all, how many of the army of men In Pennsylvania have been working here, earning here and living here and frankly Owning allegiance to some other principality or power? • * The other day a man told me that there were more men working in steel mills at Steelton who had served with the colors of their native lands and who are not citizens than there are in the whole of the Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, • * * It is said that the last complete mili-, tary roll in the state dates back to 1911. The roll is supposed to bo mada up annually and sent here for imme diate use in case of emergency. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE, : —lleginald DeKoven will write th music for the new University of Penn sylvania masque. / General O. T. O Voil, comimindei of the Third Brigud, was given u dinner by friends al Aiientown in honor of his return from the border. -—Nell Bonner, head of the slats liquor dealers, says that he lias doubt#K about cabarets. —Colonel George Nox MctViin, news paper man and lecturer, urges the purchase of the Pennypucker farm as a State park, as it was once Washing ton's headquarters. —C. A. Knickerbocker has been chosen as president of the Reading Ad Club, lie is well known here. • —Owen Wister, the author,. wh6 has been ill, is recovering. DO YOU KNOW 1 : That "Hairtsburc .shipments q£ tin > plate laM icar were near a record? HISTORIC IIARRISBCRG One hundred years ago every house on Market Square but half a dozen was a residence. Now all are buslnes* ' places.' .
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