8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH .4 KHII'SPARUR FOR THE HOME Founded iSjl • Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELKGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Untitling. Federal Square. I.'. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief l'\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American vl Newspaper Pub- 'ishers' Assocla- JSSBHHBfSSft tion. The Audit Bureau of Cireu lation and Penn- Ijjl H 9 B sylvania Associat- IS! 1 lit Mi ed Da'"ea .iafijafisa m Eastern office, ' ran ii iui4< M Story, Brooks & SE &a i-tti R W Plnley, Fifth Ave {C|6 *5 wis* y nue Building, New l'„g|tfm H York City; West ®Bb *)l" "n ofTioe, Storj', Brooks & Finley, I" ■ | People's Gas Bufld Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. .MONDAY EVENING, APHID . Uowe'cr it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good: Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. —Tennyson. IMPORTANT DEGISDATION UPON inquiry the TELEGRAPH Is pleased to find that there is practically no opposition to tlio proposed legislation for the perman ent treatment of the Capitol Park zone, Hills authorizing tlip changes vhleli have been discussed under the plans of the distinguished architects -mployed by ihe Hoard of Public Grounds and Buildings have been prepared and it is probable they will be introduced either to-night or to morrow, The i 'amp Curtln memorial park bill Ih being looked after by Senator Bold lonian and lie feels certain that It will have the approval of the Legisla ting, without question. It Is somewhat remarkable that this great camp ground has not before been marked In some proper way. Thousands of pa triotic men were organized Into regi ments at Camp Curtln during the Civil War and were sent forward from there in defense of the Union. It is highly proper that a durable Memorial be established to locate this patriotic shrine. Senator Beidleman is also quite con fident of the final enactment of his bill providing for a receiver of taxes. It would seem that such a measure would have unanimous support, inas much as it contemplates economy and efficiency in .the public service. His other important piece of legislation which is still hanging fire is a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution giving municipali ties a larger measure of home rule, and while it is being opposed to some extent by certain selfish corporate in terests which fear invasion of their privileges through the adoption by cities and boroughs of their own charters, the Legislature should not hesitate to pass it promptly In the interest of better municipal government. Tlic recent convention of representatives of boroughs strong ly advocated this measure and we can not Imagine any opposition save from purely selfish sources and that should have no consideration at the bands of the legislators. As the Legislature is rapidly ap proaching its close these and other proposals should hot be permitted to remain longer in committee, but ought to have immediate consideration. Political controversy and factional in terests may well be side-tracked for the important business for which the Legislature has assembled. In the lace of war, involving sacrilice of busi ness and personal interests throughout the Commonwealth, it is high time that tho Legislature should throw into the discard all those immaterial and trifling matters which have so long impeded tho real work of the session. Governor Brumbaugh and all others Interested In developing the Capi tol Park zone are awaiting with confidence the passage of the necessary legislation at the present session of tho General Assembly, The plans outlined by the distinguished designers who have been commissioned by the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings to prepare a scheme of treatment have met with general approval and there is no reason why there should be any fur ther delay in placing tho matter squarely before the Legislature and providing for the work. NEED FOR HOUSES REFERENCE was made in the TELEGRAPH recently to the situation in Harrisburg respect ing moderate-priced houses for rent. This situation has become so serious as to demand the immediate considera. tion of the Chamber ot Commerce. So much that is admirable has been done by the central business organization that we can hardly expect officials of that body to give all of their time to tho. public's business, but It is the busy man who usually does things and we can reasonably anticipate some constructive program along this line under the direction of President Tracy and his associates. It is certain that unless mora houses 1 are built nnd made avallablo for those who are not In position to pay high rents, the surrounding towns will benefit at the expense of the city proper. Perhaps this is nS ./ / / ROADS AWD AL(. / X ~~ " /CnA-. ' -> > EDITORIAL COMMENT What on earth can be delaying 1-lerr Hollweg in formally announcing that the United States started the war?— Boston Transcript. The United States may find itself in a League of Powers to enforce peace and justice even before Mr. Wilson be lieved it possible.—New York Sun. If they paint up an American ship that way to win the privilege of creep ing into and out of Falmouth once a week, the Dove of Peace will have re signed in favor of the zebra.—New York World. In the event of war, says Bill Bryan, the United States must not join hands with the Allies. These militaristic jin goes who think we could lick Germany all alone ought to be muzzled.—Phila delphia North American. Colonel Bryan tells the public what the President ought not to do and Colonel Koosevelt tells it what the President ought to have done long ago. What to do the President will de cide. —Springfield Republican. "We never meddle with the internal affairs of other nations," says Von Bethmann-Ilollweg. It Is probable that the chancellor was misquoted. What he really said was "other planets."— Kansas City Times. Daylight Saving in Practice A report of much practical interest has been published by the committee appointed by the British Home Secre tary to inquire into the social and eco nomic results of last year's experi ment in daylight saving, so called. The main conclusions drawn by the investi gators are that it was well worth try ing, that it ought to be repeated this summer from April to September, and that opposition is already so inconsid erable that in time it will probably cease. objections are in some cases, curious enough to be noted. As might [ be expected, they came, in the main, | from those whose trades or callings in volved early rising. One grievance was founded on the belief that these work ers were obliged to get up at an hour when vitality was at its lowest, as evi- 1 denced by decreased bodily tempera- j turc, etc. Tills point was laid before the Committee on the Health of Muni tions Workers, who refused to sustain it on physiological grounds, remarking: "The temperature of the human body Is not constant, but is known to exhibit a distinct cycle during the 21 hours. A modification in the hours of work and rest leads to a corresponding modifica tion in the hours of highest and lowest temperature. Thus a party of Arctic explorers found that a complete re versal of their hours was followed within a few hours by a similar re versal of their temperature curves." It is admitted by the committee that' the establishment of summer time did in some districts lead to the curtail ment of children's hours of sleep, but It is pointed out that this was in large measure the fault of the parents. Mot of the complaints are, indeed, said to be a consequence of a prevalent re fusal to follow the changed cloou at bedtime as punctiliously as in the morning. Upon tho whole, however, it is believed that the wbrking classes favor summer time, and the testimony of employers show that good use has been made of the additional hour o* daylight. A Farewell My fairest child, I have no song to give to you; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray; Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long; And BO make life, death and that cast forever One grand, sweet song, ■ —Charles Klngsley, Our Way fa Plain (The Richmond Times-Dispatch) The war lias beoome our war, To win It is necessary to the freedom of the world, Whatever will help most to win it quickly it is our duty to con tribute, Munitions nnd money will help most now, Both these we have, pur way is plain, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH !p' "• Cn, Br the Ex-Commltteeman | —Politics will not interfere this ses sion with the passage of Senator Bei dleman's bill to do away with county tax collectors in this county and sub stitute therefor a receiver of all taxes except city taxes, which are now all paid to the city treasurer. Lust session Senator Beidleman's bill was opposed by a lot of legislators who were afraid to trifle with the tax collectorships of their districts. The Senator learned a lesson from the failure of this measure and has so framed his present bill that it will be conlined to Dauphin and York coun ties alone. The other legislators, being disinterested, will pass the measure. It has gone through the Senate by an almost unanimous vote and will now come up in the House. Defines "Party Press" Scott C. Bone, editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in a recent address on the "Party Press," said: "One may abhor a party organ and still hold the party newspaper in re spect. There is a vast difference be tween the two. They are antithetical, in fact. The organ does no thinking on its own account, sees only one side, and is chronically narrow and intol erant. The other, seeing both sides and printing both sides, fair ill its judg ment of men and measures, standing for clean and honest politics, and having the courage of its convictions, renders a real service to the community, and is a credit to journalism. The organ has long since passed or sunk to so low an estate as to be an inconsequential factor in affairs. The party paper en dures strongly, and will endure as long as this is a Government of parties. That means it will endure for all time. "It is a mistaken idea that a news paper, in championing a party, sacri tices its independence. On the con trary, it frequently exemplifies the highest order of independence. It re quires no skill, no moral stamina, no in dependence. no courage, to attune a newspaper's course to the passing po litical whim—to think as the masses may happen to be thinking—but it does require all these qualities and more to combat popular heresies and be ready to espouse a losing cause. Groat news papers of the land, 'in the role of party papers, to their lasting credit, lead forlorn hopes in every campaign, and proudly." "Blank Date" in Messages (From the Omaha Bee.] Newspaper readers already are be coming familiar with one phase of war operations, that of concealment of the origin of news dispatenrn. Absence of the name of the point from which the message is dispatched must not be construed as exposing the authen ticity of the Information to suspicion; rather, it should be accepted as better proof of the reliability of the report. "Trifles light as .air" are of moment to the military as well as the jealous j mind, and for this reason the goveril ment has asked the newspapers to be circumspect in their publication of in formation that might possess value to a possible enemy. This does not mean that the quest for news has been re laxed: It is the keener, if anything, but the publishers of the country have considerable respect for their Implied obligation to co-operate with the gov ernent in all reasonable defense ar rangements. A Good Combination [From Newspaperdom.] When John Willys started In the au tomobile business, he decided that by building a car that w.ould stand wear and tear and by using newspaper ad vertising persistently and intelligently he would have within his grasp the combination that would guarantee large success. The record achieved by Willys simply proves what much older advertisers already know—i.e.. that quality goods and newspaper advertis ing make up a combination that can not lose. Cudahy To Advertise (Editor and Publisher.] The Cudahy Packing of Chicago, is to commence an extended newspaper advertising campaign. Tne list Is being made up at the present tlmo, The advertising will start in April and May and will be confined to the company's hams and bacons, which have hitherto been advertised largely by means of signs and billboards, which form of publicity Is to be re duced us the newspaper campaign Is followed up, While nothing definite has been an nounced, it Is believed that this ac count will bo not less than |260,000. WHEN ALL MEN BORE ARMS GET out your spontoons and hang ers. Get out your muskets and powder horns and your pouches of leaden balls. You, Mr. Citizen, if you are anywhere between IS and 45 years old, are a member of the unorganized militia of the United States and liable for military duty in the service of your country. You are required to attend an annual mustering, where you will receive training in the manual of arms and in military tactics. The "Army Regulations" of 1800, which have never been repealed, al though they have been amended since the Civil War, require all this. The law may have become a "dead letter" but it is none the less the law and can be put into full force and effect at a moment's notice. The fact that every male citizen is a member of the "unorganized militia" has been frequently referred to since the United States sent troops to the Mexican border last summer and lias been discussed widely since the break ing of diplomatic relations with Ger many, but the details have been over looked. The S|>ntonti mid Hanger There probably isn't one man in 100,- 000 wlfo knows anything about the reg ulation spontoon and hanger. And very likely that one man doesn't know what a sporitoon is, although he may have a hazy idea of the hanger from the reading of historical romances. As a matter of fact, "spontoon" was the Colonial name applied to a hal berd. And if that isn't quite clear .let it be said that a halberd is a half-pike Labor Notes Nearly half of the 2,400 or 2,500 London (Eng.) omnibus conductresses now in service arc former domestic servants. Farm help and shepherds in Scot land are getting a weekly wage of $8.50, besides the usual perquisites. A party of 20 women carpenters left England recently for France to assist in the building of soldiers' huts. Tiffin (Ohio) Flint Glass Workers' Union has organized a co-operative company arid opened a grocery and meat store. The Arkansas State Mining Inspec tor is now authorized to close mines that are not properly operated. Sturgeon Falls, Can., has Ave labor members in the Munclpal Council. A hospital is to be erected for bene fit of local unions at Gillespie, HI. During 1916, 10,897 men were di rectly distributed for work on the farms of Alberta, Canadh. It is estimated that the women of this country waste over $700,000,000 yearly in their kitchens. Vancouver (B. C.) Trades and La bor Council has passed a resolution against bringing in Chinese labor. Boston department store girls have formed a rifle club. Portsmouth, Eng., has five women taxicab drivers. Steam Sliov.el and Dredgemen's In ternational has 2,265 members. Galveston (Tex.) chauffeur exam ination board will have a labor repre sentative. A resolution in favor of prohibition has been adopted by the Masons and Bricklayers' Association of Glasgow, Scotland. A Municipal Day Nursery for the children or muntlon workers has been established by the*- Stoke Newlngton (England) Council. The pay of French soldiers has lately been raised from lr cents to 1 franc (20 cents) a day. The higher pay IH given only to men in the trenches. Officers of the Order of Ilallwny Conductors announce that they have completed details for the pension plan agreed to at the last convention. i APRIL 9, 1917. —an ornamental hatchet head with a spike at one end and a blade at the other mounted on a staff, it was, in short, a sort of glorified battle-ax. A hanger, on the other hand, is a short sword with a curved blade, a fore-runner of the cavalry saber, per haps. Both the spontoon and hanger were worn by the officer in the days when the military experts wrote the "Army Regulation" of 1800. The spontoon was not intended for actual service so much as a badge of office, although earlier In history it had been a most practical weapon. The hanger is preserved to day In the shape of the officer's sword, although modern military usage dis cards it for all purposes except dis play on dress parade. Grunt Win H DrillinnNter The musket which the private of the unorganized militia was required to bring to the annual mustering may have been a flintlock. Always it was a muzzle loader, BO the powder horn, which had to be kept filled like the pouch in which the bullets were car ried, was an actual necessity and as important as the weapon itself. The annual musterings of the unor ganized militia continued down to the time of the Civil War, and General Grant was one of the active figures in the form of universal training which obtained in the old days. lie organized camps, drilled the citizens who appear ed for military duty and generally kept his hand In, for he had learned mili tary science at West Point, although after graduating he decided lie was not fitted to be a professional soldier. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH tKKLIJtffVED IIIS Mrs. Instllc — This new cult cost so much I don't Intend to wear It out right away. Her husband—. That's Good. I was afraid you'd want to wear (t out where folks could ree you in tt. NOT KNOCKING I've been told VKT * that you've been F circulating- the Of report that I'm Li A % old enough to bo "yPJH t' Iy your mother. f jLJ Why, I never • thing. I merely JT\J said that I was i\\\ • young- enough to \ &<*£ be your daughter. V FAILED TO SPECIFY. '' The Customer \ jj£WSw —ln I hose cur.- ll r ant buns I bought of you I found curranta J Br r on '- v ® n ® ver >' oth- The' Bnkev y / "v. Ijj you ask foi- tho S / *2* * otlie-r kind,? Them T/RS alter nating currant?. THE ORIGIN or A THE ADA QE. Mrs. Knagc W4 11 Oh dear! Tron- WrJ • bles never come a| Nope. Marrlajro Js the source of Ss v -njL^ Ebetttug (ttljat ■ ——j John C. Marburger, for years chief clerk of the Commonwealth Hotel.who has been attending to the obsequies, so to speak, of the famous hostelry the last week has been getting num erous letters from people requesting reservation of rooms. The funny part about it is that they have conic from people who do not live so far away, either. Some have -been received from residents of other States and some from traveling men who have had ex perience with Harrisburg hotels dur ing legislative seasons. All want to make sure of rooms. One man wrote for rooms during the meeting of the State Industrial Board on Tuesday and another wanted to be sure of a room the following Friday. Both men live within 100 miles of Harrisburg. The requests for rooms are pretty brisk and about what is usually the case during a legislative year. The writers all get the information that the hotel is out of business. The last week Mr. Marburgor has established himself in the big dining room of the hotel where he hns been bossing the sale of the furniture and equipment and writing letters to people telling them that the hotel is no longer on the active list. The toughest part of it has been in the evening when everything is dark and silent about the hotel, says Mr. Marburger, who has been so long con nected with the activities of the hotel that he finds it hard to realize that the register is closed for keeps. Indeed if there is a more desolate place than this closed up hotel where for many years there was wonted bustle and hustle it Is hard to find. The office and the dining room seem to have something to tell of stirring or jubil ant times they have witnessed, while the empty corridors can be peopled in fancy with the men and women of big things in the history of Pennsylvania that was made within its walls. ♦ # # .1. Horace McFarland, author and publicist, is giving some of the benefit of his experience in gardening to his fellow citizens in the Miller Bros.' pub lication. "Facts and Figures." Mr. Mc- Farland tells of his garden at Breeze Hill, his home on the heights. He ad mits that the soil has been discourag ing but the list of what he has been raising should be an inspiration to the men who live up in the Tenth ward, where the soil is of the richest, or in other parts of the city where a garden can be grown without breaking the back. Just listen to what he says he has raised—radishes, peas, beans, car rots, cucumbers, lettuce, sweet corn, turnips, chard, chicory, asparagus, rhubarb, potatoes "and all the rest of the good stuff." And he says he had corn from the nineteenth of July un til the tenth of November and that al though he is a lima bean fiend he has been satisfied with the product of his property. The talented and versatile author of "My Growing Garden" evi dently believes in getting his golf in | his garden and enjoying the score at the table instead of at the nineteenth hole. A German poodle raced madly aero Ml Front street and up Forstcr like a streak of black lightning this morning, each leap being accelerated by staccato reports as of a gattllng gun. The poor little animal, doubtless of foreign descent, probably thought the retreat from Verdun had begun and he had no artillery to cover his retreat, because he counted not the order of his going. The cause of his terror was a big truck, over-exerted perhaps, whose carburetor was cranky and backfire after backfire shattered the silence of the morning. It was a* significant portent.! • • Prof. Simon N. Patten, who is to leave the University of Pennsylvania this spring because of attaining the age limit, is somewhat noted as a paci fist. However, he does not always car ry out the part. Dr. Patten Is one of the best known economists in the country and a man who occasionally springs some radical views. His re cent suggestion for revision of hymns that have become parts of our lives and his theories regarding war aro but expressions of a mind that is won derfully varied. Years ago Dr. Pat ten had his own troubles with stu dents. His lectures never lacked for variety, but the professor was some times picked out on a dull morning to have some fun with. Throwing shot against bookcase doors and singing during lectures were among the di versions and finally eminent economist informed the class that it was not a fair deal. That quieted things down for a while but one student, who had the best strength test, of any one in the class, concluded to stir things up a bit and wenttlirough some stunts. The pacifist professor seized him by the collar and propelled him with sole leather into the corri dor. He did not report him to the dean. He just let the lesson stand. To call Patten a pacifist sounds queer to some people. • * • There were some real live Easter bunnies out at Paxtang yesterday. In the country about the historic Paxton church there are a number of rabbits and it seemed as though they were inclined to be busy yesterday morn ing. No less than half a dozen were scurrying- about and people who visit ed the church yard saw them scam pering .amid the trees and over near the dam there were also some to bo seen very busy about something. * Harrisburg was placed upon the map considerably last week by the visit of Ambassador Gerard and the tremendous interest taken in the pat riotic meeting and other events con nected with the occasion by the people of this vicinity was more than Justified because notices of the speech of the man who braved the kaiser's officials appeared in newspapers in St. Louis, Charleston, Louisville, Chicago, New York and many other places. Harris burg attains prominence of national scope every now and then through some important matter at the Capitol, a wreck or something else, but this time, as when William Jennings Bryan came to town in 1913, it was a speech that brought it into the limelight. Tlio visit, barring the weather, was such a success that there have been many compliments for the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce for its enter prise in getting the distinguished New Yorker to come to town. President D. E. Tracy, Secretary E. L. McColgin and other officials, including Hender son Gilbert and his members of the special committee, have been glvea bouquets. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 -—. T. Benjamin Dimmick, head of the publicity branch of the State-wide public safety committee, was former ly mayor of Scranton. —Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClaln presided at one of the last patriotic meetings on Saturday night. Deputy Attorney General Keller was P. Garher, superintendent ot Philadelphia schools. Is making speeches on Importance of physical training. Beware False Prophets Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world —I John lv. 1.