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MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2
All silencing of discussion is an as
sumption of infallibility. —J. S. MILL.
WAR!
We arc at war!
The moment we have dreaded,
and hoped against, and staved
off time and again has arrived.
We must gird on our armor and
jnarch forth to do battle against
the archfiend of the world. It is
an augury fraught with ill for
Germany that ther.e is no holding
back in America. The nation
that was supposed to be divided
agairtst itself in the event of a!
break with the Imperial Govern
ment of Berlin stands calmly,
but solidly and confidently be
hind the President, ready at his
beck and call.
We are entering upon no light j
task. The awful decision that!
has just been made was not of i
our seeking. History holds no j
.such example of national for- J
hearance as ours has been since
(iermany first outraged civiliza-'
tion by her murderous assault
upon Belgium. It is to our credit!
that we turned the other cheek, j
not once, but repeatedly, until I
patience ceased to be a virtue.
There can be but one result.
[At whatever cost the United
States must come out of this
contest with- credit to our arms
and the eagles of victory perched
upon our banners.
How extensive our part in the
hostilities will be only the course
of events will develop. Perhaps
the war may be a blessing in dis
guise. If it leaves us with an
army and navy of sufficient size
to give any foreign power pause j
for consideration before entering
the lists against us at the con-1
elusion of the European conflict. \
it will have been worth while. If
we are called upon to spill our
blood and treasure to put down
the self-appointed Prussian over
lord of the world we shall have
fought on the side of humanity,'
and our sacrifices will not have
been in vain.
We enter the war at a peculiar
ly auspicious moment, notwith
standing our unquestioned lack
of preparedness for immeditej
participation in the conflict. Our
National Guardsmen are no
longer green militia. They are
soldiers of the first line, trained
and hardened by border duty.
Our long-talked of appropria
tions have been made for the en
largement of the navy and the
increase and reorganization of
the Regular Army. We are al
most ready, even, to accept uni
versal military service. Our in
dustries are. on a war basis and
developed to a high state of effi
ciency and immensity of pro
duct in the manufacture of mu
nitions and military supplies in
general. We have the men, also,
and the money, the courage and
the will to do. We have "the
makings ' of the greatest and most
effective military machine the
world has ever seen and only
the need is required to see it
brought into being.
We go into this war with no
desire for conquest. The aims
of the Allies and our own are the
same only as they are directed
toward the defeat of militarism
as a ruling force in the world.
We do not desire to sec
Germany laid waste. We have
110 quarrel with the German peo
ple. If we have one feeling above
another for them it is that of
pitv. But we do have a quarrel
with Prussian militarism and
Prussian ruthlessness and it
must be settled now and for all
time.
It is with these convictions
and in this spirit that the Am
erican people enter upon a war
that has been forced upon them.
hat lies between them and the
end of it they know not. That
there may be dark and gloomy
days ahead everybody antici
pates. I hat in the end the sun
will break forth in reneWed
splendor upon a reborn And
MONDAY EVENING, HAJMUSBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 2, 1917.
triumphant America none doubts.
The issue is decided in the minds
of the people before a blow is
struck.
PATRIOTISM
TIE "boys" of
Army of the Republic, have "vol
unteered" in a body. They hold
no delusions as to the part they would
have to play if called upon. They know
they are too old for first line defense.
They realize that they have held their
last trench in the face of an enemy's
charge, they know they carried their
last fortification at the point of the
bayonet, 10, these /fifty years agone.
Bu£ they know also that "their coun
try needs them," now, and that Is
enough. They have offered their serv
ices to Governor Brumbaugh to "serve
kn whatsoever way we can be of use,"
and the Governor has accepted in that
spirit.
This is patriotism.
How many of us younger men have
done.-as much?
S I*OW YOU R COLORS !
SHOW your colors!
Mayor Meals has asked that
Harrisburg people demonstrate their
patriotism by a display of the na
tional flag. The suggestion is good.
; It is a simple but a very effective thing
to do. Let us prove to any doubters
who may be in our midst that Amer
icans, one and all, are back of the
President and Congress in the moment,
ous decision they arc about to make.
They need our moral as well as our
material support.
Show your colors!
A FRANK CONFESSION
UPON taking possession of the
postmastersliip in the city of
New York, Ex-Congressman
Patten announced that he was greatly
impressed with the idea that the postal |
service might be conducted'more free
ly and in a more liberal fashion, but
added: "I don't know just how it will
work out."
In those few words Mr. Patten has
sufficiently condemned his own ap
pointment. He was without any experi
ence whatever in postal matters. Presi
dent Wilson displaced a man who had
been thirty years in the postal service
and whose work had been entirely
satisfactory to the business men of
New York. Patten's only claim to the
appointment was that he was a Demo
crat and loyal to Tammany Hall. The
first statement he made In connection
with his official duties carries with It
the admission of the self-evident truth
that he did not know how his ideas
would work out. It will cost the people
of New York and of the nation Im
mense sums of money and great in
convenience to learn* by experience
how Mr. Patten's ideas will work out.
MILLIONS FOR THE STATE
MILLIONS of dollars Will accrue
to the State if the higher
courts sustain the opinion of
Judge Kunkel rendered Saturday in
the "escheat" law proceedings brought
before him by a number of banking
institutions of the State. The opinion
very properly loaves some of the
questions at issue open for further
construction when the State shall at
tempt to put the statute into opera
tion, but the whole text of Judge Kun
kel's well written conclusions leave
I little doubt as to his views relative to
the constitutionality of the measure.
In view of the fact that almost In
variably. the Supreme Court has up
held the Dauphin county judge in his
contentions, the State should lose no
time in getting a final ruling on this
important statute. The money to be
derived If the law is held valid Is bad
ly needed and this should be an incen
tive to early action.
HIGHWAY WORK
NOW that the interest and attention
of all the people are absorbed
In the preparation for national
defense it is reasonable to expect that
there will be little serious thought
given to the factional activities in the
Legislature. Three months of the ses
sion have passed without much hav
ing been accomplished in the way of
legislation. Perhaps this is not a se
rious matter so far as the welfare of
the Commonwealth is concerned, in
view of the fact that thfere has been
a multiplicity of statutes and a re
dundancy of legislation of every sort
in recent years.
Beginning this week the Legislature
will doubtless give its earnest atten
tion to those things which require
careful consideration. There appears
to be no doubt that ample provision
will be made for the construction of
highways and development of a com
prehensive road system in Pennsylva
nia. Especially is this desirable in the
face of hostilities and the demand for
quick transportation facilities, not only
of the steam and water sort, but also
of intercommunicating highways ma
king accessible all parts of the State.
It is interesting to observe that the
William Penn Highway Association is
urging upon those in authority the
completion of that splendid road from
one end of the State to the other and
Governor Brumbaugh is known to
have a lively interest in this proposi
tion.
Highway Commissioner Black Is a
man of foresight and of great good
sense. With Chief Engineer Uhler
and those associated with him there
can be no reasonable doubt of such
preparedness in the big department
as will make available at once all the
resources of the Commonwealth In the
building of better highways with the
rrantin* of an u/lanua.ta annrouriatJon.
THE GOLF GERM AND THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIM By BRIGGS
- t'Wyrlai tad 1917 Cry Tb, Va-lV A-iOi .'New YcrU Triiunaty
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Grand Rapids Press.
Following prohibition, a rigid anti
cigaret bill is before ihe legislature
and we suspect that before long mere
man will not even be allowed to carry
matches.
Marion Star.
As a rule, no town should be held
responsible for spring poetry ans*
of her citizens may write.
Toledo Blande.
The real sensation will come when
Sayville wireless reports the collapse
of the kaiser's ego.
Atlanta Constitution.
Answer the spring call by hitting
the vegetable trail to the home garden.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The allies seem to be taking towns
so fast that nobody has time to learn
to pronounce their names.
Indianapolis Star.
Everything is supposed to have some
use, but no one has even suggested
any useful purpose served by the ex
istence of senatorial courtesy.
The Neutral
Brethren, how shall it fare with me
When the war is laid aside, I
If it be proven that I am he
For whom a world has died?
If it be proven that all my good,
And the greater good I will make,
Were purchased me by a multitude
Who suffered for my sake?
That I was delivered by mere man
kind
Vowed to one sacrifice,
And not. as I hold them, battle-blind,
But dying with opened eyes?
That they did not ask me to draw the
sword
When they stood to endure their lot,
That they only looked to mc for a
word,
And I answered I knew them not?
t
If it be found, when the battle clears,
Their death has set me free,
Then how shall I live with myself
through the years
Which they have bought for me?
Brethren, how must it fare with me,
Or how am I justified,
If it be proven that I am he
For whom mankind has died;
If it be proven that I am he
Who being questioned denied.
C'opright, 1916, by Rudyard Kip
ling, reprinted from "Sea Warfare."
Doublcday, Page & .Company.
Labor Notes
' Women cab drivers are stated to be
a success in Glasgow, Scotland. One
firm has about 40 women driving cabs.
Northumberland (England) coal min
ers have refused to go on strike with
out a ballot of the members first be
ing taken.
The British Uailwaymen's Vigilance
Committee has decided to ask for, an
increase of $2.50 a week in their
wagen.
Walthamstow (England) Council has
decided to give preferential employ
ment to discharged soldiers on the
tramways.
The day laborer of 1777 received 7
cents a day and his board, or $1 if he
boarded himself. His hours, too, were
from "sun to sun."
Over' 800 girl students of. Toronto
University will don overalls during
ttie summer vacation and work In the
munition factories.
The Patriot
[John Albion Andrev/.]
Whether right or wrong In its do
mestic or its foreign policy, judged
by whatever standard, whether of ex
pediency or of principle, the American
citizen can recognize no social duty
intervening between himself and his
country. Intrusted with the precious
Inheritance of Liberty, endowed with
the gift of participation in a Popular
Government, the Constitution makes
him at once the beneficiary and the
defender of interests and institutions
he cannot Innocently endanger; and
when he becomes a traitor to his
country, he commits equal treason
against mankind.
DANGER OF INFRINGEMENT
A Seattle man named Irventtza
Kobisky has petitioned to the courts
fo have his name shortened and
Americanized. Irving Cobb would
better hurry and take out a copyright.
—Clnveland Plain Dealer.
T>oOtu*oc
By the Ex-O-.mmlttceman
Men who attempt factional political
fighting in the legislature this week
will not be apt to get very far accord
ing to the belief of observers at the
State Capitol, who say that sentiment
against further injection of Republi
can family fights in Philadelphia into
the general assembly has risen to a
point where legislators are apt to
take some very decided action. Pa
triotic and emergency measures will
be given the right of way in the legis
lative halls this week and there is a
possibility that various Philadelphia
bills on the calendars may be allowed
to go over.
In the last week there has been a
strong disposition among members
from up the state to fall in behind
Senator Sprout's suggestion that the
legislators hustle along their work and
either adjourn or take a recess In May.
If war is declared there will be a
squelching of factionalism in commit
tees, a call upon the governor to send
in his appointments and dispose of
that course of friction and the relega
tion of bills which were born of local
quarrels to the junk pile.
Men active in the Republican party
who have been concerned over the
perennial Philadelphia riot and who
are looking forward to the next gub
ernatorial election with apprehension
say that if the Republicans persist in
factional lighting in the legislature
during a war crisis it will seriously
damage the prestige of the party 111
the state.
—Democrats in northwestern Penn
sylvania arc urging the holding of a
special election in the Twenty-eighth
district to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Congressman-elect
O. D. Bleakley. The Democrats count
on taking advantage of the Bleakley
Incident and the war conditions to win
the place and are insisting on a special
election to support the President, etc.
—Col. John W. Fraizer is out with
a suggestion that there be a commit
tee of 100 to clear up the Republican
party in Pennsylvania. The Philadel
phia veteran would have Senator P. C.
Knox serve as chairman and promi
nent men, including some Bull Moot
ers, give their help.
—Friends of Judgfe Harry A. Fuller,
of Luzerne county, are strongly urg
ing that he be nominated for another
term without opposition as was the
case when Judge Kunkel ran In this
county a short time ago.
—Northumberland county is plan
ning to submit the question of a $400,-
000 loan for highway improvements.
Washington plans to borrow a million.
—The promptness with which the
United States government followed up
the action of the Governor in approv
ing the Dunn bill for the purchase of
land for the Frankford arsenal was
not lost on the legislators who saw
considerable factional squabbling over
this measure. The presentation of the
bill was ulade the occasion of a dis
play of locil pride that Irritated some
Phlladelphians and they proceeded to
tame down a few people. The result
was a delay of the bill, although when
it struck the Senate it was whizzed
through.
—Governor Brumbaugh's reversal of
position on some legislation which was
acted on Friday before he left the city
has been puzzling legislators and while
there is a disposition to pass up the
vetoes because of the crisis there is no
question but that there has been some
irritation caused which may crop up
later on.
—The Philadelphia North American
in its column of statements by promi
nent men on the crisis quotes Attorney
General Brown as "favoring an "ag
gressive defense," while Col. H. O.
Trexler, the Guardsman, says that the
farmer is the mainstay at a time like
this and that he should be helped. Ex-
Governor Stuart says defend Amer
ican rights everywhere.
—The Philadelphia Ledger says
there is going to be an investigation of
some departments of the government
in "a mild form."
—Mayor. Harvey, of Hazleton, for
mer legislator, is said to have decided
to run again.
Easy Does It, Boys
[Gallipolis Tribune.]
There may be no luck In leasure,
but. the man who works steadily and
unhurried usually accomplishes ' more
than the fellow who fumes and flur
ries.
I 1 ■ V
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
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"Plant An Acre"
Indianapolis Ind., March 30, 1917.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir: In the emergency which
confronts the government under which
we live there is an earnest, heartfelt
desire on the part of all except a few
to be helpful. Many are too old to
offer their services to the Army or
to the Navy. Many are not qualified
either as orators or as writers to ap
peal to the patriotism of thoso'wlio are
eligible for active service. Even if
all were so qualified, the problems
which confront the nation will not all
be solved through words—spoken or
printed. There must be action—and
results.
Those responsible for the admini
stration of the dffalrs of the Army and
the Navy will have plenty of sugges
tions from experts to guide them. Too
many cooks are apt to spoil the broth.
Inexperienced cooks, particularly, are
not wanted, and we may as well ad
mit that most of us are Inexperienc
ed. But we can be'helpful. Let us
volunteer to tind the way—without
waiting to be drafted.
From every large city there will
be drawn hundreds, and in some in
stances thousand of men for the army
and navy. Many of these men are the
breadwinners for families or depend
ents who will suffer in more wjiys
than one through their absence. No
■tloubt a patriotic fund will be estab
ished, as in Canada, to assist these
fathers, mothers, wives and children
financially. So far, so good. But the
home guard can do more.
Within reasonable distance of every
large city—and frequently within its
very border^ —there are hundreds of
acres of uncultivated land. Many of
the owners of this property will cheer
fully and enthusiastically volunteer its
use for the "Plant An Acre for the
Wives and Kiddies" suggestion which
the writer submits.
The land owners will volunteer. 1
•am sure. Then organize the clubs, big
and little —men, women and children
—in every community. Instead of
soliciting contributions to buy a bush
el of potatoes, ask for contributions
and volunteers to plant and cultivate
an acre of potatoes, beans, onions,
turnips, beets—any vegetables which
are not quickly perishable.
No doubt large tracts could be se
cured or rented cheaply in the vicin
ity of the military camps which will
be established. Tractors are to be an
Important part of our army .equip
ment, and why not put them to prac
tical use while our rookies are .learning
to operate them? Tear up old Mother
Earth, and plant, plant, plant!
Let thu regulars, the rookies, and
the boy scouts, work one or two hours
a day In the garden—their garden—
for the harvest shall find its way into
the homes of those they have left be
hind them.
No doubt thousands of men,—and
women, too—will volunteer for the
"Plant An Acre" army. The seeds and
necessary implements \j-ill be inex
pensive, compared with the results
which will be obtained. The advice of
the experts in the National and State
agricultural departments is at our
command.
And when the crops are harvested,
there Will be an abundant stock from
which to supply the families of our
soldiers and sailors free of charge all
through next winter and until the next
crops are gathered—if the war lasts
that long. The problems of transpor
tation and distribution will be easily
solved.
And If through the mercy of our
all-wise Providence these crops are
not needed in our own country we can
help to appease the hunger of millions
of old men, womeh and children in
Europe.
The greatest problem in Eupope to
day Is the food problem. There is an
abundant supply "of men, of ammuni
tion and of guns. Uncle feam can en
list the men. and he can buy the am
munition and the guns. But Uncle Sam
can not manufacture potatoes, or
beans, or onions, or turnips. The
home guard can.
Organize the home guard in the
"Plant An Acre" army. Let each
dally newspaper plant a dozen acres.
Let each fraternal lodge, each benevo
lent society, each woman's club, each
trade union, plant an acre. Let there
be no central organization with high
salaried executives to devour half the
crop. Let each club stand on its own
: bottom, and on guard, against lm
! postors and drones.
Plant an acre for the Wives and
Kiddies of Uncle Sam's Soldiers and
i Sailors! Do it now! In a few weeks
lit will be too late. Will you volun
teer?
Yours sincerely,
M. G. BCOTT,
President International Typographical
Union
"Give a Helping Hand"
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I am not a big man and can't go to
war, but I have written a little poem
telling how willing X am to lend a
hand. Will you print it? It is as fol
lows:
Our country is full of pride and won
der,
Let no other nation rend asunder.
Liberty and Independence, is our
stand,
Let's give a little helping hand
The other nations do contrive.
Our liberty to deprive.
On the very soil we stand,
Let's give a little helping hand
Our forefathers strove to succeed,
Who fought and bled in time of need
Why should we lose this command
Let's give a little helping hand.
This country needs you men,
Each and all, ten by ten.
Show you're of a very good brand,
So give a little helping hand.
• ISADORE R. LEVIN.
Movies at the Almshouse
To the Editor of the Telegraph
In reading the editorial in your pa
per last night—Movies at the Alms
house —I note that you sive all credit
to the present board of Poor Directors
which is all right us far as it goes. But
it don't go in the right direction. Be
lieving in giving credit where credit
is due and rightfully belongs, 1 am
writing you facts as I know them in
the movies at the almshouse. When
John Early, the present steward, re
ceived his llrst appointment as stew
ard I was present the day that Max
well Hite suggested to Mr. Early that
movies be given the inmates free of
any charges to the county. Mr. Early
took the matter up with the Poor Di
rectors then in office, secured the per
mission asked for and then Maxwell
Hite gave the first movies ever given
in the almshouse, and during the re
maining term of Air. Early, Hite gave
a number of free exhibitions. These
movies were discontinued with the end
of Mr. Early's first term of steward
ship. Upon Early being reappointed
Maxwell Hite again volunteered to
give entertainments to the unfortunate
inmates of the County Home, he ma
king all arrangements with the film
dealers for the free use of the pictures
and he furnishing the picture machine
and working the same witho/it any
cost to the taxpayers or county of
ficials. My reason for writing this let
ter to you is to place you right so
that you will publish the facts in the
case in order that those who are
truly entitled to the work be given due
and proper credit. The writer feels
that Mr. Hite is doing a very good
work for the unfortunate inmates at
the county home and not only there,
but he has in the past been ever ready
to aid any charitable movement by
furnishing the complete outfit without
cost in many cases, and I think that
the credit for movies at the almshouse
and other institutions should be given
chiefly to Maxwell Hite, the man that
does the work on purely charitable
basis, and to Mr. Early, who aids in se
curing the permission froni the board
of directors. With a hope of your pub
lishing this, I am respectfully,
A TAXPAYER.
What England Learns
• (Kansas City Star.)
England Is preparing to call yet
another army to the colors. This is
the country that went into the war
with the volunteer system and with
the sign "As Usual" hung in its shop
windows. It has learned now, what all
countries that go to war in these days
must learn, that war is a business that
will have no rivals, that it must be
waged with undivided attention, with
the united abilities of all parties and
with every resource of men, money,
industry and invention that it is for
tunate enough to possess.
Modern war, as other countries than
England are finding out, makes for
democracy. It is bound to. It is not
a game that can be played any more
by any one class. It calls for equal
participation from all classes. All
men, all wealth, all forms of property
are under conscription for the preser
vation of all. When the volunteer sys
tem broke down the sign "As Usual"
disappeared from the shop doors. It is
now hung on the national door and
means, not private business as usual,
but the empire's business and that
business Is war. It Is the only way
to make war successfully.
THIS NEVER OCCURRED TO 'EM
Economists declare that we waste
20 per cent of potatoes in paring.
They flon't know how many folks are
eatine skin and all.— St_ Paul News.
Brntfttg (ttfjat
The passing: of the Commonwealth
Hotel ns a place of public entertain
ment has stirred up more comment in
places outside of Harrisburg as to how
the state's capital is going to house its
guests until it builds the proposed
Penn-Harrls and more reminiscence*
inside than any event in recent years.
The Commnowealth has been so inti
mately connected with the political
and business life of the state that the
outside interest is easily understood,
while the fact that except for a com
paratively few years in the infancy of
llarrisburg the corner has had a hotel
thereon makes it of enjoyment as a i
conversational topic at home. The ■
hotel as we know it to-day is a sur
vival of the Jones House and of the
Fleming annex. When the hotel was
rebuilt in the early part of the last,
century it still bore the name of the
Washington House, which was given it .
when , the General came here on his
way to suppress the Whisky Insurrec
tion. It was a comfortable, wide- "
spreading hostelry such as is to be
found in many county towns in the
state and had a swinging sign. Along
in the fifties J. R. Jones, who ownec
the iron works located where the plant
of the Harrisburg Gas Company stands,
bought the property and built the
hotel as we know it. He put up the
Mark** street and the Square side as
far down as the ladies' entrance. It
was brick red and was called the
Jones House in honor of the builder.
.There was a succession of notable
landlords, among them Wells Coverley,
who took charge after giving up his
own hotel where the Johnston build
ing stands. Mr. Jones was a good bit
of a speculator and when he got into
| trouble his hotel passed into other
hands. It was during his ownership
that the Prince of Wales, Abraham
Lincoln and General Scott visited the
hotel. It became the Iceland in the
eighties and in the early nineties the
Fleming estate enlarged it and changed
the name.
• • •
Speaking about the Coverley hotel,
it was a rather fashionable tavern in
the forties and fifties and its owner
after he left the Commonwealth built
a home at Second and Barbara streets
which the city helped buy to present
to the State for the home of the Gov
ernors. Parts of this old house have
been preserved in the Executive Man
sion. Coverley succeeded a landlord
of a name which has been forgotten
and he straightway started to'make his
hotel the place where state officials,
legislators and men of means visiting
the Capitol could stop. Not a few
people of national note were among
his guests and like Captain Andrew
Lee, of the early days of the town, he
was not only the leading boniface, but
a man of affairs in llarrisburg. In*
those days Carlisle was a government
post and there were many occasions
when army officers and their wives
would come down to Harrisburg to
aftend entertainments or to give din
ners. The Coverley place was noted
for sucli functions.
• •
Guards about the railroad bridges
in the vicinity of Harrisburg make no
distinction these days and people who
approach them are apt to get into
trouble. A good story is being tola
about Master Carpenter Edgar McClln
tock, of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He wanted to see a bridge somewhere
near Harrisburg and had the usual
railroad pass. When he arrived the
guards refused to allow him to insj • .i.
He tried to convince the guard that
it was necessary for him to m:ike the
inspection then, but he had to go back
to the office to get his identifictaion.
Even railroad officials have their
troubles in these days.
* • •
Speaking about close Inspection, a _
friend who has Just come back from T*
Washington says that people living in
that city who are Germans and who
have been rather noisy about It are
now decidedly subdued and complain
ing to the authorities that they cannot
make a move without being watched.
One man who was active in the Ger
man cause for a long time berated a
policeman because he did not "run in"
a man who had followed the Teutonic
gentleman's adtomobile on a trip along
a river road wliich was marked by fre
quent bridges .
* • •
A good story is being told about a
preparedness move made by a public
utility company not long ago. This
company has some important things
to guard and can take no chances. So
It put armed watchmen about Its plant,
at night. The first week several of
ficials of the company narrowly es
caped being arrested and then a man
who had some urgent business which
called him to a place where affairs
were being handled undertook to storm
his way in when "flagged" and almost
got arrested. Getting by the guard is
about as interesting a proposition as
can be framed.
* • •
"The crisis has caused an outburst
of demand for patriotic and national
music that is surprising," said a man
who deals In talking machine records.
"And It has almost ruined the business
in the classic. For a long time the
German led in the classic, but we have
made very few sales of such records
lately and they have been of the very
high type. This condition, singularly
enough, has also struck the French
and Italian records, although the
stirring national airs and folk songs of
those countries and some of the Rus
sian records have taken the place of
the old German songs. I have also
noted a Jump In the demand for Brit
ish, Scottish, Welsh and Irish songs,
especially the latter. But the patriotic
medleys and songs have got the call."
• • •
Members of the Governor's I*ioop
have been working pretty steadily
since they have been home in order
to keep themselves fit for any service,
but the last week or so the govern
ment horses which are kept In the
EJghtli ward for the men to practice
upon have bfeen going morning, noon
and night. The troopers are quite evi
dently taking care to be prepared and
the men who have not horses in sight
in the troop stables have been looking
up mounts so that when called they
will have them handy.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—A. F. Huston. Coatesville manu
facturer, is at Palm Beach for a brief
visit.
—John Wanamaker is preparing to
start north from Florida.
—John Shoener has been chosen as
head of the Schuylkill farm bureau.
—Senator W. C. McConnell is tak
ing the lead as the Northumberland
county good roads advocate.
—General S. B. M. Young, who
spoke at the Philadelphia meeting, was
formerly commander at Camp Meade.
—Wnlter George Smith, Philadel
phia lawyer, is taking a prominent
part In the patriotic plans.
--Senator P. C. Knox made a
notable speech at the Pittsburgh patri
otic rally.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg ran turn out af
immense quantity of boots nnrt
shoes Tor army use?
HISTORIC HARRISBVRG
This city was one of the first places
in Pennsylvania to organize for care
or dependents of those who erfteren
the Civil War in 1861.