18 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded itji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph IluiUflngr. Federal Square. K. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of Circu | §iS"S| M sylvania Associat -1 raH IS S3E ffli Eastern office, I (MMlNii nil story. Brooks & ;|SBS2|SB m Finiey, Fifth Ave i M "uc Building, New lng, P Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Warris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30 Xone could tell me where my soul might be; I searched for God, but God eluded me; 1 sought my brother out, and found all three. —ERXEST CROSBY. GERARD'S COMING THE Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce has done a good stroke in procuring the services of for mer Ambassador Gerard to address the great patriotic meeting planned for this city next week. Mr. Gerard's coining is well timed. He will speak here, in all likelihood, immediately following the declaration „ of Congress that a state of war exists between this country and Germany. His visit will be an occasion of im mense public interest. Nobody knows "so well as Mr. Gerard tho problems we will have to face in the war that impends. Since the outbreak of the European conflict he has had oppor tunity of studying Germany from the inside. He has brought with him from Berlin a vast store of informa tion that will be of inestimable value to tho United States at this juncture. Much of it will remain untold, doubt less, except In the secret chambers of the government at Washington, but what the former ambassador will have to say to Harrisburg people will be first hand. Every word will have its import for us and everybody who has opportunity should hear him. Jn Germany "Russian Reds" may be come known as "Prussian Blues," If the spread of the democratic idea in Europe continues. CONSERVE AND PRESERVE IF State Secretary of Agriculture Patton has his way this will be tho banner canning year in the history of Pennsylvania. His procla mation, issued yesterday to the farm ers and tho housewives of tho State, following the suggestions of State Health Commissioner Dixon, and President Sparks, of State College, calls attention to the rapidly dwind ling supply of canned goods and the necessity not only for raising vast amounts of greensturfs tho coming summer but of canning the surplus for use during the winter to follow. This is good advice. Most Harris burg housekeepers make some pre tense of canning their own supplies of fruits and vegetables, but where one carries out the example of.her mother in this a dozen do not. The corner grocery is so convenient and the work of "canning" so distasteful to many women who look to summer largely as a period of rest and recreation that the preserve pantry of many a home is shamefully neglected. But if we are to live next winter as well as wo are accustomed and at prices within the reach of the average purse, things must change. The coming summer must be a season both for conserving and preserving. The Germans are holding Whitlock "in quarantine," and we suppose he will he ready for fumigation after they let him go. THE RUMMAGE SALE THE annual Rummage Sale for the benefit of the Harrisburg Hospital is on and will continue until to-morrow evening. The Rum mage Sale is a general clearing house for articles which, while they are merely so much excess baggage in the households from which they come, meet useful purposes in tho homes to which they go. Thus everybody Is pleased, the hospital profits and, in cidentally, the average woman's penchant for bargain-hunting is satis fled, for there are really many rare bargains at the sale. Thanks, Mr. Ilollweg, for permission to live. 4| MOVIES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE MOVING pictures for the county almshouse will bo an entirely commendable Innovation and quite in line with modern adminis tration of public charities. Poor directors Snavely, Laudermilch and Manning have added to their already excellent record by adopting promptly the recommendation of the grand jury that an'occasional "movie" show bo given to brighten the drab lot of the unfortunates who must look to the county for their keep. Inmates of the home are mado up very largely of the aged, the infirm and little ones cast upon tho bounty of public charity through no fault of their own. The county admits that it owes them a living, and "a living" ought to mean more than a roof, a cot FRIDAY EVENING, RXRHISBURG aSSfti TELEGRAPH MARCH 30, 1917 and a bite to eat. In any case, they are not the wards of the people of their own choice. Misfortune has marked them for their own. They have nothing whatsoever in prospect except the grave. From day to day they do the small chores re quired of them, sit idly about, cat when it is meal time and sleep when night falls. Their's is a dreary round of dull days. Anything that will bring a little sunshine into their clouded lives is well worth while. The poor directors intend to have moving pictures one evening every two weeks After a while, we hope, they will be able to make it once every week. Motto for Germany: "You're all wrong, Steve, a-a-ll wr-r-ong." CAMP CURTAIN MEMORIAL > IN Governor Brumbaugh's compre hensive message to the Legisla ture at the beginning ot the present session ho called attention to the importance of providing in some suitable manner a permanent marker for the site of Camp Curtin in this city. On tliis subject he said: During the Civil War our Penn sylvania troops were all trained and mustered, into the national service at Camp Curtin, a site now within the limits of Harrisburg and rapidly developing into an im portant residential district. A small area yet remains unimproved and for an unimportant sum this land may now be acquired, set aside as Camp Curtin Park, and made a memorial to the citizen soldiery of Pennsylvania. I earnestly urge your favorable consideration of this patriotic service. Almost three months hava now elapsed since the opening of the ses sion and Senator Beidleman's bill to carry into effect this important recom mendation of the Governor still rests in committee. When it is recalled that thousands of men were mobilized, j drilled and sent to the front at Camp Curtin, the suggestion of the Gover nor for a permanent memorial on the site comes with peculiar force at this time when the men and resource's of Pennsylvania are again to bo mobiliz ed in a national crisis. It is probable that this matter has been overlooked in the i>ressure of other matters on Capitol Hill, but it is known that both the Governor and Senator Beldleman are quite earnestly in favor of some such memorial as lias been suggested. About a year ago prominent citizens of the western section of Harrisburg called upon tho Governor and urged him to make the recommendation which was submitted to the Legisla ture, but which has not been acted on up to the present time. Senator Beid leman has a plan, as outlined by the Telegraph, whereby the expense of such a memorial can be held to a min imum and this should be an argu ment in favor of the passage of this bill. "We cannot be too careful in the matter of proper recognition of the patriotism and sacrifice of those who go forth to \yar in defense of their country and the liberties of our peo ple. If we show no Interest whatever in the things which stand as remind ers of another grave period in the de velopment of the country we can hardly expect the men of the present generation to become overly enthu siastic in the crisis of to-day. Let us hope that prompt action will be taken to the end that Camp Curtin may bo permanently marked as one of the great camp grounds of the Civil War. Wild geese are reported flying North, but hunters should remember that Fed eral laws forbid them going in spring time on "wild goose chases." NO HALF-WAY MEASURES THERE isn't any doubt about the real attitude of the people of the United States with respect to our difficulties with Germany. It is evident to all that this country has been forced into a state of war against every effort of the administration at Washington to keep peace. All differences of opinion aside as to the manner of conducting negotiations, it is now manifestly the conviction of all patriotic citizens that we should join forces with the allies in doing everything to bring to a close the intolerable conditions which have upset the world. If we are to make war, and this seems inevitable, then there should be no halfway measures. We should stand shoulder to shoulder with those who have been battling against the aggression of oppressors in Europe and any effort to prosecute a kind of de tached warfare will be against the judgment of the average American. Rear Admiral Bowman of the Great er Harrisburg Navy, is giving consid eration to his budget for the current year and plans which he has in mind are comprehensive and Interesting from tho standpoint of the develop ment of the Susquehanna basin. He is also looking Bhead to a Kipona cele bration of unusual Interest. A BUILDING BOOM THERE are indications every where throughout the city of a building boom of large propor tions this year. Many more houses are needed than have been provided owing to the high cost of building materials and everything that goes into the construction of dwellings, but without regard to these unusual condi tions the time has come when there must bo more homes, and the builders of Harrisburg are going right ahead. It is also certain that there will be a general remodeling of many business places and the erection of many more in addition to the construction of the big Penn-Harris Hotel. Something ought to be done looking toward an adequate armory for the Harrisburg companies of the National Guard. This is to be a military head quarters of importance and definite steps ought to be taken for procuring a site for a suitable building. Some one has suggested a location on the edge of Wildwood park and that would seem to be a desirable place, owing to the available railroad facilities. KELLY—THE COME-BACK By BRIGGS DEAD! THE , havekJ'T I , RI&S-T OWE- /SHOOT SHOOT % KELLY FOR THREE HEE-YAM! /I NEv/E-R K.JEW RWT~is \ CO AH ™ SHOOT! % YEARS-- ~ ARS HE A>MT /IT To F*IL- / 1T A O*/*YS ] A 7 NO&OVY CTARES % YOU X>EADT SORRY BOUCMT A, GUV / '• 7 'ErA (F VoU AIM .- M OLD BQV- t DIDN'T nuthim THAT- M.W*YS THRFCE R—' \ J voM'T )( I BET \ -PUAVEO FOR ]A ° LV 1_ 7/ FO ', TH <£ E QET'S AWAY J VeARS-/ V CARE WOU/J 1 WITH IT- Y I / y /YOOR \ VgaRS NF YOU'LL \ MIGHT KILC ME NeitHGH that OLO \ <C <v BALL ,\\ owl ,Y 00 AHEAD)! POR REVENGer v!YUM V^. Me f AS-l.i 1 \ Rhymes From the Nursery The Sugar-Butter-Cream-Tart-Pie There's ono thing which my mother makes I never can forget If I live to be a hundred years And fifty more! I'll bet That though I may get old *md blind And lamo and have no teeth, A sugar-butter-cream-tart-pie AVill smiles around me wreathe. A sugar-butter-crcam-tart-pie? Why goodness, don't you know? She makes it when she's nearly j through Witli Just a bit of dough; She lines a pan up to the edge And puts some sugar in, And then a lump of butter And some cream to make It thin! One day when we were standin' round. My brother said, he did, "What do you call a pie, mamma, That hasn't any lid?" And mother said "A tart, my son." Then brother shrieked out high— Let's call mamma's left over dough Sugar-Butter-Cream-Tart-Pie! By. Edna Groff De4hl, Paxtang, Pa. German-Americans Except the moat fanatical partisans of the entente allies, no one expects Americans of German blood and tra dition to volunteer for active opera tions in Europe against the central armies. We know from experience that German-Americans will fight de votedly for their adopted country, and j if we were threatened with invasion even by Germany there would be no doubt the German-Americans would help expel the invaders. But it is neither necessary nor prac tical to use German-Americans in any force our policy or the exigency of this war compels us to send abroad. The Tribune believes that for the sake of the national morale as well as of our political advantage an American army, when ready, should be sent to Europe. But whether that is a volun teer army—we hope It will not be— or an army organized under uni versal service, provision should be made for the assignment of men of German, Austrian and Hungarian blood to the forces we shall have to maintain at home. The German- American should not be asked to drive a bayonet into the breast of his blood brother unless that brother is Invading the country, as ho might be from Mexico, or unless he is striking at our peace here within the confines of our own country. But German- Americans may well be asked to de fend the border and our home ports, and they can be depended upon to do that service loyally and well. Military efficiency, as well as consid erations of human feeling, dictates this concession. German-Americans could not be expected to flglit against Germany with the spirit they would show against another enemy or even against Germany in a war whose is sues appealed to them. We have a duty also to civilian Ger man-Americans, a duty which is not merely governmental but belongs to us all. If wo are not unreasoning we must realize that the German-Amer icans who are loyal to this country are passing through an experience of real anguish. The common figure of speech which calls Germany their mother and America their wife is not exaggerated. These, our fellow citi zens, our neighbors and worthy co workers in upbuilding of America, are torn between two sincere and hon orable devotions. They are following the Biblical saying, they are leaving father and mother and cleaving to the wife. But the necessity of choice is a bitter one. It is a part of good citizenship and of common human feeling to try to help the German-Americans In this trial, to avoid offending their sus ceptibilities, now naturally exagger ated, td~ try to make theni feel that we do not doubt their loyalty while recognizing their sympathies.—Chi cago Bally Tribune. Noah's Ark Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion thou shalt make it of; The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and In a cubit shalt thou finish It above: and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second and third stories shalt thou make it.—Genesis vi, 14 to 10. Or Did Both (From the Syracuse Post-Standard) President May Add Two to Cabineft —Headline. 'Twould be better if he subtracted la couple of ciphers. LK By the Ex-Commltteenuui Factionalism stands a chanco of re ceiving a real good hard clout along the side of the head next week in the event that things become strenuous in national affairs. Leaders of the Re publican party, including men high in the State administration and in the faction which controls the Legislature, have been sounding sentiment among legislators the last few days and have found that even the men from the two big cities ore tired of the constant dis cussion of Philadelphia city politics in the Legislature and that there is a disposition to insist upon adoption of a policy of action. In the event that war comes, Imme. diate attention will be given to the revenue situation and a plan adopted whereby if the State is called upon to furnish money acts can be rushed through. While this is being done the appropriation bills will bo gotten out of the way. The general appropriation bill will go in early next week and not much time will be lost in framing up departmental items. Meanwhile a list will be made up of bills to pass and it is understood to be the desire that every bill which may be sponsored by the dominant faction to hamper the administration and every piece of circus legislation which may be put up by the State administration shall be put out of the way. Senator Sproul's suggestion that the Legislature work to close up in May and then recess if the Governor does not. send in his appointments is taking well. A resolution calling upon Governor Brumbaugh to send to the State Sen ate his appointments to State offices made since the adjournment of the 1915 session is understood to be under consideration among Senate leaders as a means of bringing to tho point tho long delay in getting the selections be fore the Senate under constitutional requirements. It is said that drafts' have been made of such a resolution I which will recite that men named a year ago have never been confirmed and that places mado vacant by dis missals or death lia\e not been filled.' One of the matters which will be re ferred to will be the vacancy in the State Banking Department. A bill to place a direct tax of 2 mills on all direct inheritances is being con sidered here. This would be a pro ducer of revenue running from five to six millions of dollars a year. It will bo taken up by the revenue committee at its next meeting. —Congressman Thomas S. Butler, who represents a district containing about as many Quakers as any in the United States, has announced that he is with the President in the crisis. —The new borough of DuPont, which contains 5,000 persons, will hold Its first election on May 8. It is a thriving place in Luzerne county and starts off with better arrangements than the average town. —The Blrdsboro post office appoint ment has been settled without any heartburnings. Tho son of the late postmaster was named to succeed him. —The Philadelphia North American is printing some comments on tho local option vote and declares that the two Crawford men went back on their words. It also calls attention to the votes of the two A. D. Millers in the House. Susquehanna voted "dry" and Westmoreland "wet." The bill having been defeated, certain men In the Anti- Saloon League in Philadelphia will now proceed to make speeches. —Congressman John ,R. K. Scott has emerged from the shadows where he has been since the speakership con* test was settled. He says he is for woman suffrage. . —Luzerne county starts off this license year with 1,327 bars. —The United States Court in West ern Pennsylvania appears to bo mov ing vigorously in the Bleakley congres sional contest. Everyone Is being forced to testify. Just a German Trick (From the St. Louis GlobeDem6crat) We are suffering all the paina and risks of a belligerent without enjoy ing any of the rights. Insults are added to these continuing injuries when German-inspired suggestions of mediation are circuited. The whole course of Germany proves that they are insincere and their palpable pur pose is to impress people with warped judgment that if the United States officially declares that a state of war exists it will be acting as an ag gressor. THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Objects to Ittner To the Editor of the Telegraph: A certain Mr. Griswold, member of the Erie School Hoard, lias written a letter to J. H. McFarland, of our city. This letter was published in various city papers. Mr. OrißWCld'B letter lauds Mr. Jttner for the services lie has ren dered the Krie School Board and rec ommends him for the work about to be undertaken by the School Board of Harrlsburg. The Erie papers have recently con tained considerable food for thought Tor the taxpayers of Harrlsburg. X note in the Erie Dispatch of March 8 that tho Erie board's total assets for building purposes, including $1,000,000 loan authorized some time ago by the people, amounts to $1,176,500, and contracts have already been let for buildings, etc., to the amount of sl,- 046,583.37, leaving $129,916.63 avail able to build one high school, one grade school, an addition to a grade school and an addition to the Central High school, all of which buildings were supposed to be covered in the $1,000,000, which the people author ized. It appears that bids were open ed several weeks ago for the high school and the grade school and the. lowest bids received aggregated $755,- 825, the one building running about 50 per cent, above the architect's es timate and the other about 36 per cent, above the architect's estimate. It is estimated that tho additions to the two other mentioned buildings will cost at least $200,000. In other words, the Erie board appears to have $129,- 916.63 available with which to build schools to cost s9urfi,B2s, therefore, the Erie board was obliged to indefinitely postpone the buildinßS in question, or until such time that the people author ized another loan. Mr. Griswold in his praise of Mr. Ittner neglected to slate these facts, or else Mr. McFarland has deleted them in his attempt to force Mr. Ittner upon tho taxpayers of Har risburg. I think Harrisburgers are of one mind,. that the new school should be well built and well adapted to their purpose. Taking the above intd con sideration, it does not seem to me to follow that our taxpayers should fye inflicted with the unparralleled ' ex travagance of Mr. Ittner's methods as Labor Notes The Federal child labor act is effect ive September 1. Eldorado (Kan.) painters have secur ed an eight-hour day. There are 200 union electrical work ers in the Canal Zone. Teachers at Walla Walla, Wash., may organize. A union of colored barbers has been formed at Mobile, Ala. Switzerland, in proportion to its population, spends more on poor re-'" lief than does any other country. Almost 70 per cent, of tho women employed on the German railroads are telegraph and telephone operators. On April 28, at New York city, tho National Print Cutters' Association of America will meet in convention. Representatives of organized labor In Oregon, the State Grange and the Farmers' Union have agreed on a leg islative program. Cincinnati Cigarmakers' Union is conducting an organizing campaign arhong girl workers in this craft. Eldorado <Kan.) Painters' Union, organized last December, has secured the eight-hour day and substantial wage increases. What Excuse For the Delay? (From the Rochester Post-Express) For nearly two years now, or ever since the Lusltania went down, it has. to many observers, seemed inevitable that we should bo drawn into the maelstrom of this mighty struggle. For the more concessions wo mado to militarism the more wo should have' to make. The more indignities -we submitted to the more would be put upon us. for that is the Prussian way. Our army and navy were known to be woefully deficient in men, mu nitions, guns, equipment, and it has seemed the height of folly that In all these months no steps have been taken to make them ready for emer gencies. On what theory will the apologists for the administration jus tify its course? Will they say that the President did not realize that war must come or that he considered the country adequately prepared? Neither of these explanations is very credit able to him. exemplified in the results at Erie. It looks to me as though tlie Citizens' Committee of Harrisburg hold for their motto, "Ittner nt any Cost," and this should not he the case for they really only pay 13 per cent, of Har risburg's taxes and thd other 87 per cent, should be taken into considera tion, also. As I see conditions, the re sponsibility rests upon the School Board, which is elected by the people, and as the people had not the least voice in the selection of the Citizens' Committee, I can see no reason why members of our School Board should accept such recommendation as has been suggested and which they pro pose to submit, for In so doing It may lead our School Board into the same plight that the Erie board found them selves when it was too late, and no one would want such an occurrence in Harrisburg, as we want all our money will buy and In fact it should be de manded by the taxpayers as they are the ones to pay the bill. Every mem ber of our board who votes against Mr. Ittner as architect should receive congratulations from every taxpayer of the city and, gentlemen, I enclose mine at this time for you. I am, Yours truly, C. GI,ENN FICKES. Third Street Problem To the Editor of the Telegraph: 1 am glad to note in your paper that efforts are being made towards improvement of conditions on the North Third street line of the trolley company. I am a merchant on that street. The fact that cars pass my door only one way is a hardship. I lose money by ltr 1 have suffered ever since the one-way system went into effect. I do not blame the trolley people alone. 1 know they acted the way they did only after a few foolish persons had complained that cars were delayed on sidings. On the other hand I think they should stand up against complaints they know are not war ranted. Why make a few of us prop ertyholders and business people who bear the bulk of taxation suffer for the few "kickers" who are no more pleased with the present methods of transportation on Third street than they were with the old. BUSINESS MAN. OUR DAILY LAUGH WHY BUT "A CAR? Wifey: Did you buy a car? Hubby: No, but 1 made fourteo different appointments with as man different salesmen for trial trips, a for the next two weeks we'll have machine eve*-" HIS GRATITUDE. Wifey: I shall speak to Mir Smith for not having us at her re ception. Bored Hubby: Yes. thank her. EXPENSIVE. There noth- .) lng like a brisk walk in the park r\>t before breakfast •. II to get up an ap- k /u_—\N Yes. But an \\\ appetite nowa- -fc days Is a thing to lEbentttg Qltjat People throughout the State are Just commencing to realize the great significance of the meeting held Wed nesday In tho historic reception room, of the governor's department in the State Capitol for the formation of tha Pennsylvania committee on public safety and defense. There have been many meetings of wide importance to the State held in that room, but noth- . lng ever approached the assemblage of two days ago. Some one has estimated that the enterprises and invividual -* wealth represented by the men at the meeting alone aggregated two or three billion dollars. We are accustomed to speak lightly of millions and because of the fearful cost of the war the use of the word billion is getting to be something which is no longer employ ed with a sense of awe. The big rail road, coal, steel and oil industries which liad men present to proffer their support comprise investments over the billion and a half mark If they do not reach two billions. It was one of tha most remarkable aggregations of cap ital and influence ever gotten together in Pennsylvania and the idea of uniting these captains was well ex emplified by the tact that a man at the head of one of the greatest utility companies in Philadelphia sat along side a college president and men of * political power that is national in character discussed the common safety with citizens who owned a couple of * farms. • ♦ • The scope of the plan adopted by the meeting has attracted attention in other States. Chairman Pepper in his original jlraft covered fifteen depart ments to which Governor Brumbaugh has suggested that two more be added. One of these will be agricultural con servation. It will be the first systema tic elTort tho State, as represented by its recognized leaders, has ever made to liavo the production of food on other lines of supply and demand as understood in a limited district. Tho idea of Commissioner Dixon, Presi dent Sparks and others was to let tlio farmers and land owners know just what the State needed and to do now what England after two and a half years of war is commencing to do in the way of concentrating agriculture. Even if war should not come there is no question but that the State has learned a valuable lesson and that the next emergency will find Pennsylvania prepared to furnish information in- i stead of making ready to get the facts. It comes as something of a shock after all these years of building up depart ments of the State government to flnd that there are but one or two which really know about the lines of activity which they are required to regulate. Some day, perhaps, there will be a branch of the military end of the State government authorized to keep its hand on things likely to be of moment in war. Germany, officially cognizant of everything, has been conspicuously successful in that line. * • • Another thing which will come from the meeting will be a recognition of the part labor will play in prepared ness. One of the functions of tho com mittee will be to find out where labor can be had on short notice and in con siderable numbers. This is one of the problems of the day in industry. It is of infinitely more importance in time of war. There are thousands of men t who would bo glad to give their hands, • which is all many of them have. In case of trouble if they knew where to ' v put their names on the lists. It will be the business of the committee to reach these men and arrange to call \ on them. • • • In these momentous days when tha spirit of '76 is being rekindled, the loyal citizenry of the nation rushing to the support of the Commander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy and eagerly manifesting its patriotism and devotion to the sacred emblem of freedom, a preparedness movement that has received little attention be cause of the stealth which has marked its progress, is sweeping over tho country. The centers of this prepared ness movement are tho public li braries in every city, town and ham let, in the United States. While some are waving %igs, others enlisting in the armed forces or directing the mobilization of the industrial and fi nancial resources of the nation, there is in every community a steadily growing company of patriots who, by reason of their age or physical con dition, are prevented from entering a more active service under the flag, are giving expression to their love for their native land In the reading of the patriotic poems and hymns of America. Should ono visit the State or the city library these days he would find young and old, men and women, boys and girls, reading the patriotic and National books that may be found on its shelves. Not only are the people of Harrisburg taking advan tage of this opportunity to familiar ize themselves with the soul-stirring literature, but many books are being sent to all parts of the State. • The discussion of plans for mobili zation of agriculture is going far be yond what the average man thinks. The farmers have been worrying over possibilities of war for some time and the question was put up squarely by a Cumberland county farmer yesterday when he asked a man connected with the State government where he was tl going to get the men to farm. This man. and there are many like him, has a farm of about 150 acres. lie says that he is willing to put every foot of it into the raising of food and to plant whatever crops tho people in the van of the preparedness movement suggest. But, ho asks, where is tho labor to come from ? This man has only himself and family on the farm. The wife and children do some of tho work but one man's hands can not go very far on 150 acres. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "] —Chief J. E. McEaughlin, of the Philadelphia Electrical Bureau, is thinking out. a plan to equip City Hall with devices to herald approach of aeroplanes. —W. J. Richards, president of the Reading coal Interests, presented the flag to the returning company of , Pottsville guardsmen. —Provost Edgar F. Smith, of the University of Pennsylvania, will make * one of the patrlotjc addresses at Phil adelphia to-morrow. —P. S. duPont, the new head of the powder company, began his busi ness career in the company's mills. —Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, 1s getting citizens together in his city to stimulate recruiting. | DO YOU KNOW ~~ That Harrisburg can fnmish enough bread for the whole State division of militia in less than half a day? HISTORIC HARRISBURG During the Civil War men of each ; ward formed a relief committee and did excellent work.
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