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TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 3
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"Hitch your wagon to a star." but
don't forget the axle grease. — ANON.
WAR!
We are at war!
The moment we have dreaded,
and hoped against, and staved
oft time and again has arrived.
We must gird on our armor and
march fortli to do battle against
the archfiend of the world. It is
an augury fraught with ill for
Germany that there is no holding
back in America. The nation
that was supposed to be divided
against itself in the event of a j
break with the Imperial Govern- |
ment of Berlin stands calmly,
but solidly and confidently be- j
hind the President, ready at his j
beck and call.
\Ve are entering upon no light
task. The awful decision that
has just been made was not of
our seeking. History holds no
such example of national for
bearance as ours has been since
Germany first outraged civiliza
tion by her murderous assault
upon Belgium. It is to our credit
that we turned the other cheek,
not once, but repeatedly, until
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
for consideration before entering
the lists against us at the con
clusion 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 immedite
participation in the conflict. Our
National Guardsmen are no
longer green militia. Thev 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 see
Germany laid waste. We have
no quarrel with the German peo
ple. If we have one feeling above
another for them it is that of
pity. 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.
What lies between them and the
end of it they know not. That
there may be dark and gloomy
.dftys /ahead everybody .antici-
TUESDAY EVENING,
pates. That in the end the sun
will break forth in renewed
splendor upon a reborn and
triumphant America none doubts.
The issue is decided in the minds
of the people before a blow is
struck.
With the police and school street
railway survey there is 110 reason why
Harrisburg should not continue as a
pilot in all municipal advance.
THE BELGIAN BABIES
CURSING the Kaiser Is a popular
spring sport in Harrisburg.
But venting one's spleen Is a
j poor way of displaying patriotism. On
I the eve of war with Germany our
j sympathies should be deepened more
| than ever for our prospective plucky
I little ally, Belgium, which has been
overrun by the most beastly military
; machine since the days of Atilla the
i Hun. Thousands of babies are on the
verge of starvation there. They are
left to their fate by the kulturists who
now would force this kind of civilisa
tion upon the United States. These
starving little ones look to America
as their only hope. A dollar a month
1 from any one of us would be scarcely
missed. Yet a dollar a month is all
the relief committee asks to keep
: these little ones alive.
It is true that Brand Whitlock and
I many other Americans have been
withdrawn from Belgium. But we are
assured that American contributions
j to starving children will reach their
! destination without interference. Not
one penny of the contributions is
spent for expenses. That is all pro
vided. Every cent goes for the pur
chase of food.
Why not deny yourself to the ex
tent of a dollar a month and send the
money to George Wharton Pepper.
Philadelphia, for the Belgian babies'
1 fund? Wouldn't you want somebody
to do as much for your little ones if
the Germans invaded Pennsylvania
and laid your home town waste as
they have the cities of Belgium?
Harrisburg has always manifested its
patriotism in practical work and '
prompt response on every occasion to
the call of those in authority. No city i
in Pennsylvania has a finer record for
patriotic devotion to the interests of j
the country and the great meeting of <
Thursday is certain to prove again the
character of our citizenry in this crisis.
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
AS in the Mexican war and in every
war since,- the TELEGRAPH will
endeavor to maintain its position |
as the outstanding newspaper in the|
Central Pennsylvania field. Every ef
fort will be exerted in the interest of
accuracy and with the arrangements
already made to cover the important
news of the world our readers may rest
assured that no other paper will be
more reliable or comprehensive or
prompt in its service to the reading
public.
The fact that this newspaper issued
two complete extras last night, one a
few minutes after President Wilson
appeared before Congress and the
other, promptly on the decision of Con
gress to enter the war, is direct evi
dence of the purpose of the TELE
GRAPH to fulfill in every way its mis
sion and meet the expectation of the
people whom it serves.
The Social Democrats of Germany
could very well use President Wilson's
address as peace propaganda.
STAY OFF THE RIVER
THE Susquehanna in mid-summer
and the Susquehanna during the
period of spring freshets are entirely
different streams. Canoeing and boat
ing are comparatively safe and pleas
ant recreations when the river is low,
but frought with grave peril even for
the most skillful and daring when the
water Is high. The sad accident of
Saturday, by which one youth was
drowned and another narrowly escap
ed death, should serve as a warning.
Not only is the river dangerous for
canoes and boats, but the current Is
strong and water deep along the Front
Steps. Parents should caution children
from playing along the river walk
while the stream continues high. •
In your patriotic fervor don't neglect
your garden-making preparations.
That's real home-guard preparedness. 1
CAMBRIA COUNTY UNFORTUNATE
CAMBRIA county has our sym
pathy. Congressman ex-Con
gressman, we mean Warren
Worth Bailey is loose again. He is a
"pussy-fist." He is "ag'in war." He
telegraphed President Wilson the other
day that "my people" are against war.
Now he has called a mass meeting of
Johnstown citizens to protest against
war. He owns a newspaper in which
he voices near-sedition.
But ex-Congressman Bailey—and he
might have been still a Democratic
congressman In a Republican district
had It not been for his yellow-dog be
liefs —does not represent the sentiment
of Johnstown or Cambria county. He
is one of those unfortunate Individuals
whose vision Is jaundiced. He Is a
misfit—a round plug In a square hole.
His mind is warped.
We are sorry for Johnstown and
Cambria county. It is unfortunate that
Bailjey is disgracing them. His attitude
Is not helping his city nor county.
We may not always agree with those
who use the TELEGRAPH'S People's
Forum for the expression of their
views, but we shall always be glad to
hear from anyone who has anything to
say of public interest when couched in
the right sort of language and confined
to reasonable space.
It Is scarcely likely that the Kaiser
will present to his friends as souve
niraof the occasion President Wilson's
message to Congress.
:—
Senator Lodge appears to have the
courage of his convictions.
Those pacifists at WMhlnftton In one
respect are with the President—they're
going to have peace if they have to
fight for it.
The allies appear to have absolutely
no respect for that "Hindenburg Line."
OUR allLaa, now.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
Now an oculist has discovered that
baby's white raiment Injures his
vision. They've taken away his cradle
and his old-time remedies and his
fairy stories, and now they want to
pinch his snowy pinafore.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A man may be said to be drunk
when* he tries to put his pinch-back
coat on with the pinch In front.—To
ledo Blade.
George W. Perkins is said to have
issued a pamphlet containing a list of
economical foods. The great trouble
is that what might appear economical
to George would look to a paragraph
er like financial suicide.—Marion Star.
The mikado professes to be friend
ly to us, but he is sending his own
poetry to the United States.—Balti
more American.
When the parliament of the world
meets somebody will probably nomi
nate President Wilson for correspond
ing secretary.—Detroit Free Press.
The President seems to be un
changeably Intent upon doing the very
things the dear old New York Tribune
swears he won't do.—Houston Post.
French heels will be more fashion
able now than ever before. —Colum-
bia State.
"Hercules of the Union"
The threat of war has shaken Penn-,
sylvania out of her traditional mod- j
esty. She now sees herself—or, as 1
we must put it, he now sees himself 1
—as "the Hercules of the Union." The
Keystone State "can give more than
any other Commonwealth." Bethle
hem is ready to add a nobler signifi
cance to its name by making as many
guns as Krupp. Baldwin's can pro
duce more locomotives than all the
plants in Germany. The State found
ed by William Penn is the only one
which can build and equip a battle
ship—"arm it with the biggest guns,
stock the magazines with shells, and
gird the whole thing with steel ar
mor." A single clothing manufactur
er in Philadelphia can turn out 8,000
uniforms a week. Manufacturers of
stockings and underclothes in the
State are able to equip a greater aij.iy
than the country has ever yet enroll
ed. There Is enough coal In Pennsyl
vania to supply all the warships of
the belligerents. "There are at any
given time more freight cars In Henn.
sylvania than in any otner State, a
thing of vital need when those war
drums beat to arms." Only one other
State could buy more Government
bonds. In a word, as the Ledger sums
it up:
"Yes. Pennsylvania is the Hercules
of the Union, and if it were necessary
to mobilize up to the limit that has
been done in France, we could send
out under our battle flags an army of
800,000 men."
And when we have conquered Ger
many, Pennsylvania can show her how
to govern herself.
Bronx Is For Gary System
(New York Dispatch.)
A public meeting held at Borough
Hall, The Bronx, last night, under the
auspices of the welfare committee of
the Board of Aldermen, declared it
self unanimously as of the opinion
that the adoption of the Gary system
in The Bronx schools would be the
cheapest and best way to provide ele
mentary vocational training.
Joseph S. Taylor, a district superin
tendent in The Bronx, said that as a
result of the reorganization of eleven
schools on the Gary plan. 10,000 chil
dren had been taken off part time.
Every child had a seat, he declared,
and studied the three R's for the same
period as in schools where the plan
was not in operation, and, in addition,
there was an Increase of 212 per cent,
in the number of shops, studios and
loboratories.
Domestic science, shop work, man
ual training and kindred pursuits
were taught to 71,810 more children
than before the Introduction of the
Gary plan, Mr. Taylor said.
"A large number of children, when
they have reached the 7A grade,"
said Mrs. Harry Chester Arthur, an
other speaker, "have absorbed and as
similated all the book knowledge that
It Is possible for them to hold. Then
they crave something practical, and,
If It Is not given to them, they begtn
to deaden mentally."
Tempting Fate
(From the Boston Journal)
What we fear most of all Is that
decent American pride will rise sud
denly at some of these anti-American
demonstrations and employ tar, feath
ers and even lampposts to express Its
Indignation against the imbeciles who
have brought the United States un
armed tn U>A voram of. wax.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
'PtKKClf&Ktftca
By the Ex-Committeeman
Retirement of O. D. Bleakley, elected
to Congress from the Twenty-eighth
district and forced to resign because
of disclosures relative to his expenses
in excess of the limit allowed by law,
has caused considerable speculation
whether there will not be a special
election held without delay. It Is the
opinion of people at the Capitol that
there will be no time lost so that the
big district may be adequately repre
sented in the war Congress. In all
probability the matter will be brought
to the attention of the Governor at
an early day and a special primary
and election will be arranged.
Friends of two legislators living In
the district are mentioning them to
day. One of the men prominently
talked of is Representative Daniel B.
Goodwin, of Venango, one of the
ablest men in the House. He comes
from Bleakley's home district. The
other mentioned Is Representative
John Siggins, Jr., of Warren.
In all probability a boom will be
started for General William J. Hul
lngs, former senator and former con
gressman.
—Acting Democratic State Chair-1
man Joe Guffey last night startled the
state by doing something. He gave j
out that he had appointed Sedgwick I
Kistler, of Lock Haven, as treasurer j
of the state committee to succeed the
late Samuel Kunkel, of this city. Mr.
Kistler is wealthy. Mr. Kistler is a
director of the First National Bank of
Lock Haven, a member of the firm of
Kistler, Lesh & Co., and interested in
tanneries and other business projects
up the state. His reorganizer friends
say he is a real Democrat, too.
—What has surprised a good many
people about the State Capitol Is that
the Democrats did not perform any
circus stunts last evening when the
President sent In his war message.
The Democratic ringmasters have not
done anything for two weeks except
make blunders and there has been no
display of that "masterly employment
of strategic position" which It was
claimed was going to mark the present
management of the state machine.
—The bill fixing the date for the
fall primary one day later than at
present is back in the House elections
committee for a hearing. There is
some question over the time. The Rinn
bill, requiring employers to give two
hours to every man to vote, is also
back in committee. Rinn had his
usual demonstration in the House last
night. Last session it was on the grade
crossing bill. This year the voting bill
was a patriotic thought and furnished
both Rinn and the House opportunity
to forget dull care.
—D. D. Kelly, of Pittsburgh, has
been elected to fill the vacancy exist
ing In the sergeant-at-arms force in
the Senate. '
—The House seems to be having
trouble over the enforcement of Its
rules relative people on the floor.
Men active in various political parties
do not like the idea of having to pose
as brothers of members.
—Judge W. B. Broomall, of Dela
ware county, will announce his candi
dacy for re-election shortly.
—There is trouble in the Philadel
phia city councils. The proposed in
creases of salaries are opposed by a
number of councilmen on the ground
that this should be a time for economy.
~The CaiF
My country, do you hear the call?
Its solemn message thrills the air.
It sounds above the desperate fight,
And sternly bids you do your share.
With freedom's very life at stake,
With law and order overthrown.
My listless land, awake! awake!
The peril has become your own.
Froift the ripe wisdom of the past
A warning voice, a trumpet blast
To-day seems ringing from the. sky—
" 'Tis man's perdition to be safe
When for the truth he ought to . die!"
My country, do you heed the call?.
The hour has struck; the sands'are
run;
Your chance to take the patriot's
stand
May vanish by to-morrow's sun.
If you refuse to guard the rights
For which our fathers fought and
died.
To watch and trim the beacon lights.
You shall be stricken in your pride!
Haul down the flag, no more to be
Shelter and emblem of the free.
For hark! again that warning cry—
" 'Tis man's perdition to be safe
When for the truth he ought to die!"
—Mrs. Thomas Went worth HlKCinsoa.
LEADING NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE
DISCUSS NEWSPAPER MERGERS
■ i
AS an interesting sidelight on the
recent consolidation of the Star
Independent and the TELE
GRAPH, with a view to improving
newspaper conditions in Harrisburg,
the following extracts from one of the
leading newspaper magazines of the
country "Newspaperdom" pub
lished in New York City, are Interest
ing:
"Every little while newspaper con
solidations are noted, and it has come
to be recognized that the average
city furnishes business for not more
than two dally newspapers. The third
and fourth daily rarely pay in cities
of less than 250,000 population. Ar
vertisers have come to learn that It Is
not to their Interest to 'support' too
many newspapers in a field: they sim
ply want to cover each field they en
ter, and the fewer Individual papers
required the less is It apt to cost.
These thoughts come to mind on ob
serving the abandonment of a pro
posed third daily in Port Huron,
which has 20,000 population. The big
advertisers declined to go In, and the
paper never came into existence."
"Let the next merger come along!
It Is fully time for another, In some
The Flag to France!
(From the Boston Transcript)
A wave ■ of enthusiastic sympathy
and sentiment for France has swept
over the country. "A million men for
France" awakens an echo in the heart
of America. "A billion gift for France"
produces a reaction which can leave no
official mind uncertain as to how gen
erously the people would have their
government act toward their ancient
benefactress. The proverbial forgetful
ness of democracies has been obliterat
ed in the awakened consciousness of
our obligation and our opportunity to
serve. We have been moved by a well
lng-up of feeling that must have an
outlet, and that very soon, and, amidst
our practical regard for our own de
fense and well being, we would have
a coloring of reckless and romantic
ardor for the deed that we do for
France.
Kven the President, with all his ad
jurations of neutrality of the heart as
well as mind, yielded once to a fine
impulse of admiration for the glory
France has come to mean. In a speech
delivered to a group of women near
Washington, in 1915, lie permitted his
mind to dwell upon its picture of
France a trifle longer than was good
for his "heart neutrality," and he said:
"Can you not imagine the great awak
ening that has come to a country like
Franee. for example; how much more
intensely every Frenchman (and every
German) feels the national compulsion
than he ever felt It before? How much
more his blood springs to the challenge
of patriotic suggestion? He is not
fighting for his own life. He is sacri
ficing his own life, or willing to sacri
fice it. In order that a greater life
than his might persist, the life of his
nation." We are responsible for the
parentheses, which are Inserted In be
half of the President's thought.
To say we are pro-French is the most
acceptable way that many of us can
phrase out partisanship in this war.
Inclining in that direction, we find our
feelings obstructed by no such con
flicts as might develop in the heart of
the Irishman who heard the national
policy described as pro-British. We
encounter no prejudices, no harbored
111 will; France has not been much
identified with infringements on our
commerce rights; she has but inspired
us.
The flag to France, then! We must
wait for the million men, but thousands
are ready now to form the vanguard
with the colors, until our army can be
trained. Send them. A spirited sug
gestion, approved already by one of the
highest officials of the government, Is
that we send a picked force of 15,000
men for intensive training on and be
hind the battle front, with the purpose
of withdrawing them to serve as offi
cers of instruction for our volunteer
forces. us hope that the govern
ment may appreciate the merit of this
suggestion. If it Is rejected, may It be
for a better one which promises even
more quickly and effectively to repay
In part the services rendered us by the
men of Lafayette and Rochambeau.
In Justice to the Public
(From the Brooklyn Eagle)
Harry Thaw, having again been de
clared insane, should be committed to
tba iMUda of Die newspapers.
APRIL 3, 1917.
city where there are too many news
papers for the good of either pub
lishers or advertisers. It might have
expected that this wholesome move
ment would have been accelerated by
the high cost of white paper, es
pecially in cities where there arc
known to be newspapers that under
former paper prices yielded not very
great profits. To be sure it would be
unfortunate if the squeeze proved too
severe for the owners referred to, but
the opportunity is nevertheless prom
ising for another series of considera
tions."
Charles M. Palmer, recognized
newspaper authority, in the same mag
azine says:
"It takes a large town to afford
business enough to make two news
papers profitable. Look the State of
New York over and see how few
towns of medium size have more than
one newspaper that is making real
money and thus demonstrating its
right to a permanent existence. Ab
sorption and consolidation are the
notable features of the business the
country over. I have sometimes said
that no town of less than 25.000 or
30,000 population can adequately sup
port more than one paper."
Labor Notes
The New Brunswick (Can.) Legisla
ture has appointed a commission to
frame a compensation act with two
union men as labor representatives on
this commission.
The Russian Duma committee for
municipal affairs has voted In favor
of a proposal that women should be
eligible for membership in town coun
cils.
Workmen of to-day receive in one
hour as much money as the workmen
of 1793 received in a day that began
with the dawn and ended with the
twilight.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH
STRETCHING A POINT.
"Dobbs made his fortune In over
shoes, and now he talks about bit
family tree."
"Maybe he means hi* rubbei
plant."
RUINED!
M rs. Jones' VSy
house was broken /
Into last night by I \
a high classed f
thief, k I pm*
Well then. I IA
suppose they got IF
all of Mrs. Jones' |\
Jewels!
Oh no—worse j
yet, they took her j j
potatoes. \ tjji / f,
HOPE FOR
girl who can take
W IHiPI She—Then you
!k jIDI In stand a splendid
chance of belli*
Ebettttig CUfjat
Polks strolling in Market st-eet
these warm evenings get a good bit of
musical melange. The bands are prac
ticing for the various parades which
are in prospect and for the summer
concert season and there is hardly 'a
night that the air in the vicinity of the
courthouso Is not tilled with the crash
of the brasses and the notes of the
reeds. The Commonwealth'band holds
forth in the Wyeth building and the
Municipal band in tho building next .
to the Lochiel, in the quarters so long£
occupied by the Hull Moosers in tho
strenuous days of 1912 and the quiet
\veeks of the following years. Some
times they lilt the same night for prac
ticing and the music Is heard above
the racket of the trolley cars and the
noise of t raffle. Tho latest music of the
day Is manhandled and then to make
up for the havoc of the practice bands
will swing into some rattling dance
music or indulge in a series of patri
otic selections that make one want to
cheer. Band practice night Is an oc
casion for the courthouse steps to be
occupied and the bands seldom fall to
have an audience of which they do
pot know. Every now and then one
of the up-town bands comes down to
give a practice parade and the music
makers in the halls stop to listen to
their rivals and then "show how It
should be played."
Speaking of bands one of the oddest
sights in a long time came the other
night when a musical organization of
colored men was proceeding over into
the precincts of the old Eighth ward.
For years and years every band strik
ing State street has been required by
tradition to break forth into melody.
This band was well trained. At the
corner of Fourth and State streets it
began to play and It marched down
State street to Cowden, every instru
ment doing its part, torches flaring
and men in perfect time—with no one
on the sidewalks. Old State street had
passed away. Maybe the ghosts of tho
crowds that used to line the curbs
when bands went by came out of the
shadows that lay across the lots frtvn
which the Capitol park extenders have
taken the buildings, but the silence did
not disturb the band. It marched
right down the broad street as in the
days of yore, a dozen of boys follow
ing and memories of other times keep
ing step.
• • •
George Gray Bernard, the sculptor
who executed the groups in front of
the Capitol which artists say are won
derful and the average man can not
understand, has given a replica of his
great statute of Lincoln to the Russian
people. He presented it recently at a
gathering of people who met to as
sure the Muscovites of the sympathy
of the American people and his gift
was most appropriate of the president
who stood for freedom. The original
of the statute is to grace Cincinnati,
having been executed at the commis
sion of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft.
Edward F!. Martin, a Philadelphia
attorney, who has figured in a good
many battles before the Public Service
Commission and in some skirmishes
with other counsel, sent a letter to the
commission accompanying a formal
complaint the other day in which he
leaves no room for argument as to
whether he is counsel or not. It will
be recalled that Mr. Martin and some
of his colleagues in Philadelphia cases
got into a discussion as to who was
"it" Jn certain litigation and that
momentous question attracted more
attention than the case at issue. In
his latest Mr. Martin seta forth that
he is chief counsel.
"There is one thing which I think
your liquor dealers' organization in
Harrlsburg should stop as it has done
to a great extent in other places." said
a man who travels yesterday. He had
come to the city on a business trip
and was riled because he saw several
men visibly under the influence of
liquor staggering about the streets.
"In a number of Pennsylvania cities
the liquor dealers have gotten after
owners of places and bartenders who
sell to men who are plainly "soused.'
It has been a good thing for the men
who sell rum and a splendid thing
for the people who have no use for it.
It has kept the drunks oft the streets.
We are not apt to object so much when
we meet drunks steering homeward
late at night, but it Is tiresome to see
a man loaded to the guards come out
of a place in daylight."
Appearance of Guardsmen about
the city yesterday whetted the martial
appetite of the younger generation
and there are probably more volun
teer organizations of kids between
twelve and sixteen drilling on the lots
and in the yards of Harrisburg than
for a long time. The kids chased Villa
last fall and fought numerous battles
somewhere in France after the heavy
snowfalls while "trench warfare" was
common. Now when the Pennsylva
nia Guardsmen are being called into
service drilling to guard the boxes at
the corner grocery and to prevent,
aliens from blowing up automobiles is
the order of the juvenile day. It might
be added that there are some very
deadly looking "machine guns"
mounted on boxes occupying strategic
places about Harrlsburg and passers
by are apt to be subjected to an an
nihilating volley of "boom, boom,
bang, bang," from shrill boyish voices.
Harrlsburg was a good bit more in
terested In what was going on in the
national capltol yesterday than the
appearances showed. The average cit
izen was all the time calling up on the
telephone to ask what was being done
and there were people who had lots
of business about the bulletin boards.
The announcement that the President
would go before Congress affected
people deeper than they would admit.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Eugene C. Grace, of the Bethle
hem Steel Company, took a day off to
spend Palm Sunday at the seashore.
—Dr. W. W. Keen, eminent Phila
delphia surgeon, is rather severe In
his critlclms of pacifists.
—Col. G. V. H. Moseley, chief of
staff of the Pennsylvania division at El
Paso, is one of the authorities of tho
country on universal training.
—Congressman Joseph McLaughlin,
of Philadelphia, was given a dinner
by friends last night in Washington
In honor of beginning his services in
Congress.
—William E. Lewis, Bethlehem
Guardsman and professor, was taken
ill with appendicitis while at drill.
DO YOU KNOW |
That Harrlsburg makes special
steels for gun barrels?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The committee of defense for Cen
tral Pennsylvania met here in 1814.
Hardly Among Probabilities
Perhaps If, some time In the future
-—the editor of the Leader Is appoint
ed postmaster general; Clate elected
secretary of state; Chunkie appointed
bank examiner; Sister Speck crowned
with additional missionary honors, and
Dottle advanced to the ranks of u
Red Cross nurse with a white cap—
the price of the Leader might go back
to 11. But. until then—the price Will
remain at the presont figure—l.so - -
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