8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME . Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bulltllnar, Federal Square, I*'. J. STACKPOLE, I'rcs't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub 'lshers' Associa- tion, The Audit kgifiSayfl P Bureau of Circu lation and Penn |g| S f£3 ||3| sylvania Assoclat- SSk 2 ESif ed Dailies. P|9|Bi& BSJRS?i3t )*j Eastern office, 888 IMii M Story, Rrooks & SSB £ aSS Kg Finley, Fifth Ave kSß_s €238 I,ue Building, New Vork City; AVest -4® prn office. Story, ?" ■dc Brooks & Finley, f ~ People's Gas Build — lng, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a C™p{lS<£jESssl> week; by mall, J5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14. , Men Jot get That great hearts suffer greatly; yet God comforteth the comforter. Blanche Fearing. HAVE THEY AN YTHING BETTER? OPPOSITION Oil the part of friends of the Clark act—how It hap pens that this choice bit of legis lative absurdity has any friends is not explained—has developed against the Beidleman small council bill. It is ex plained that this measure "is a step backward from the ultimate goal of city managership." If city managership is the "ultimate goal"—and the TELEGRAPH is per suaded that this form of government should have a trial—why not get to it at once? Why fritter away time try ing to patch up a law that, by its very fundamentals, is designed to place the administration of cities in the hands of paid councilmen? The Clarkites hold up their hands in holy horror at the mere mention of politics in municipal government, but they play directly into the hands the little men who want to be council men for the $2,500 a year involved when they oppose an unsalaried coun cil. The Clark act has proved itself an utter failure. If the Beidleman bill is no better, then why, in the name of the efficiency they prattle so much about, do not some of it 9 opponents come forward with legislation that will correct the evils into which Har risburgr and other cities of its class have been forced by a law that is not only poorly drawn fcut unwise in nearly every one of its provisions? The people are not wedded to any bill or law, but they are insistent upon some change for the better. THE FLAG AT THE FRONT THERE is more than a merely sentimental reason for cloth ing the American flyers at the French front in the uniform of the United States army and having them carry the Stars and Stripes on their machines as they fly over the Ger man trenches. The effect will be to hearten the British and French fighters, who will be thus reminded daily of their new and powerful ally beyond the seas, and at the same time to disturb the morale of the Germans, who will see in the new flag among the standards of their enemies another potent fac tor in the already overwhelming ar ray against them. Let the flag fly. It has ever been the symbol of freedom where the hosts of liberty have striven against the armed forces of autocracy. It has never known defeat. It will not be performing a new duty along the bloody line In France; it will be liv ing up to the highest traditions of its glorious history. PURELY A HOME GUARD Governor brumbaugh has wisely asked I djutant General Stewart to provide for a sec ondary branch of the National Guard of Pennsylvania to take the places of the men who will go int* the federal service with the flrst call to arms. Only by such means can an ade quate home guard be organized. The division that will be formed to fill the vacancies no doubt will bo or ganized for the period of the war and it will not be subject to sum mons for duty outside the State, for the reason that the army to be raised by selective conscription under the proposed new laws will eliminate the possibility of a fresh draft on the Na tional Guard. The likelihood is that the new force will be made up largely of men too old for enlistment in the flrst line army, but who are desirous of serv ing their country as soldiers. These troops could be used in protecting bridges and munition plants and otherwise safeguarding the public. THE PATRIOTIC PARADE HARRISBURG'S great patriotic parade, to be held next Satur day afternoon, gives promise of being the biggest celebration of its kind in the history of the city. It should be. Chief Marsnal E. Lauben steln expressed the sentiment of the occasion adequately when he said; "I hope to see so many in line of march that the spectators ou the sidewalks will be largely made up of otit-o'-town visitors." It is "Everybody's Patriotic Parade" and everybody who cAii march should participate. The time is very short for preparo. tion. All organizations planning to *ic cart should let the chief uiar- SATURDAY EVENING, shal or his secretary, William Lauben-! stein, know at the earliest possible moment. The task before the com mittee In charge is heavy and It should | have all the assistance possible, bo I that proper arrangements may be j ■ made for divisions and division mar- 1 shals. . • I lIAUDSCUABBLE SETTLEMENT MORE power to City Solicitor John E. Fox In his effort to bring the Hardscrabble matter to a final conclusion. It is high time , that the delays of the law should be overcome In this proposed improve ; ment. It ought to_ be possible in con • serving the rights of the city and the property owners to bring the whole matter to a final determination in the Dauphin county courts. It is the Insufferable routine of postpone ment and continuance and motion [ and counter-motion that has caused | universal unrest among the people I over the law's delay. We believe Judges Ivunkel and Mc- Carrell and City Solicitor Fox realize that •sufficient time has been given to the consideration of every possiblo point Involved in this controversy I apd that they will not be disposed to I permit further dawdling for no good purpose. City Solicitor Fox is understood to have in course of preparation suffi cient bonds of the city to cover any possiblo damage to any property owner and under these circumstances tho interest of every individual will be amply protected In going forward with an improvement which has been under consideration for a generation I or more. SUGGESTION IX) CHIEF WETZEL CHIEF OF POLICE WETZEL is doing so well in so many dioec- tions, with the efficient co-oper ation of his force, that we have no doubt a friendly suggestion from this newspaper would have consideration. Instead of the policemen at the street intersections making themselves rigid sign posts for automobiles and other traffic, why would it not be a good thing to introduce the traffic signs which are utilized in all large cities? These signs are easily seen at a con siderable distance and the officer would Jje relieved of much annoyance resulting from careless or Indifferent motorists, who either are not able to understand his signals or pretend not to do so. Chief Wetzel and his subordinates are manifestly doing their utmost to improve the service r.nd lr. this they will have the hearty co-operation and support of every good citizen. Any thing which will assist them In their difficult work should be provided and we believe the intersection sign boards which can be raised and lowered at will, will be a help in traffic regula tion. It is interesting to note In this connection that the police department is finding the imposing of penalties a rather helpful way of enforcing the municipal regulations. A few ex amples of those responsible for in fraction of the law throughout the park system would have equally bene ficial results. So long as malicious offenders are permitted to go free when they could easily be apprehend ed and punished just so long will the depredations along the River Front and elsewhere continue to the cost of the city and the disgust of all orderly citizens. Park Commissioner Gross has a dif ficult job in his supervision of the park system, but a little of the iron hand instead of back-patting and "you're-a-good-fellow" stuff would ac complish a great deal in the right di rection. STAND AND BE COUNTED LET the Germans in Congress stand and be counted! We must have an army and have it as quickly as possible. The President and the heads of the mili tary have told us that after mature deliberation and study of war condi tions abroad they are convinced selec tive conscription is the method to pur sue. Yet there are those in Congress who would stand in the way. Every man who nuts himself in op position to the swift and efficient as semblying of a great armed force does so to the peril of the nation. None can tell what a day in Europe may bring forth. Just now it looks as though our greatest task may bo the clearing the seas, the feeding of the allied peonies and the loaning to the war-stripped nations who are fighting our battles the vast sums required to keep their soldiers in the field. But to-morrow may bring another story. Germany is not whipped by any man ner of means. The need of American men at the French front may become a grim necessity any time. Shall the crisis find us wanting? Shall Congress be permitted to play Into the hands of the enemy by deny inng the country an army In time of war ? Let the Germans in Congress Btand and bo counted! We ought to know at once who they are. THE ST. LOUIS THE St. Louis, the flrst American armed ship to leave our shores, and also the flrst to make a European port in safety, is a true-blue American ves sel. She belongs to the 'American Line, she was built In an American shipyard and she has always flown the American flag. She Is one of the four ships which -took on the Stars and Stripes under the wise legislation en acted by the flrst of the Tom Reed Congresses, when that sturdy Amerl ca:i, Benjamin Harrison, was Presi de at. Had that legislation been perpetu* ated, we would now be In possession ,rT a fleet of ocean llnera In which wo could take pride; and there would be no need, even argumentatlvely, for a shipping board —made up of land lubber*, by the way—to eek means to out our tins uuon the aeaji SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIF ' By BRIGGS rcT-e uet US I ( Am! see -me \] I I qq* fne AMI-^BT.S g °ThxThe* Vf/VS A"-TTt.G V.Rio I VlJeteCTi JUST Yy^M WiTh Nature Tr->iS L l\j \\ fl /i 7 J/M oPP " jS , p e6 piuG ThpoOSm J&jggwl■ SP.r.k.6 Cj-JJj j\ \/ I VVK*'<S TvA/KSI-y - f efc/ I^9 f 'OG** f? Gee \WHti 1/ I [/ THAT 'S /• I JA~ /. [ "RAG VM66iy flJl fey W WAMTA READ tV \( Vti- J ft BRK w^r Puß i I ta!k Jk 6 / wmlpe"*6 *AU rv/e Go- * oJH The J ° V °^ T ,°f J l V UN HOME. nfeV - Martyrs of Petrograd (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The revolution which brought liberty and rights of citizenship to the mil lions of Russia cost the lives of only ISO patriots. The toll seems wonder fully small when it is considered in connection with the immense results. To throw off, in a single week, the burden of despotism was itself miracu lous. But to achieve the seemingly unachievable at a cost of only 180 lives is almost beyond belief. In a year of peace the killing of 180 citizens would be appalling. In 1917 <t seems nothing. Ten times as many are killed in utterly futile engagemens in many parts of liurope. In an offi cial report of the lighting on the Stok hod, Petrograd admits the loss of two regiments from which only a few tens escaped alive. But death on the bat tlefield and death in a struggle for do mestic liberty are two different sacri fices. Russia cannot stop to mourn of ficially the thousands who may fall fighting the Germans at the Stokhod; but Petrograd did pause to give a pub lic funeral to the men who. gave their lives for liberty. The 180 who died in the revolution were no more sincere patriots than those Russians who have died in the war against Plussianism. But they did the unexpected thing. They did the tiding that brought an immediate result almost beyond the hope of the Russian people. Germany's Last Hope Until recently there may have been In some minds a fear the war might [end indecisively, in u sort of deadlock, I a mere quality defeat for Germany. The entry of the United States as an ally of the Entente makes it abso lutely certain to any who before doubted that the war will continue until our ends are attained; that Is, until German military power has been humbled in the dust, the German dynasty hurled from the throne, repa ration made for the wrongs done France, Belgium, Serbia and Ru mania ; Alsace and Lorraine* restored, parts of Austria given to Rumania and Russia, the Turk expelled from Europe and probably Poland estab lished as a kingdom under Russian protection. The wealth of the United States will be at the service of the Allies for attaining their ends. In the next few months the United States should be producing more artillery pieces, machine guns, rifles, shells and other munitions than any other nation. It has a population estimated at 100,- 000,000. Its manpower has not been affected by the war as has been the manpower of all the belligerents. | From this tremendous reservoir the I Allies may draw armies of millions, if the war continues long enough. The I one chance in a million that Germany I might somehow come out of this war I unwhipped of justice has been re- I moved by the entry of the United | States, with its large financial re sources and capacity for producing war material and foodstuffs.—Toron to Mall and Empire. ' . . Food Control and Prices J. Ogdcn Armour's remarks upon the food situation will command in stant attention. Besides being one of the greatest of provision merchants, he is powerful in the speculative mar kets, and his knowledge of conditions is unquestioned. In recommending national control of food production and prices at once, Mr. Armour assumes that a policy inevitable soon or late may more wisely be adopted now than a ye'ar hence, after much mischief has been done. This war may yet be won on American farms. We must feed the Allies and we must protect our own people against want and extortion. To be remiss here would be as disas trous as failure upon the firing line. If prices of the great food staples have already gone beyond any con trol but that of government, the fact itself is proof of scarcity, waste or monopoly. In either case government has a duty to perform which it should meet as promptly and efficiently as any other military probelm. An important triumph already gained by Americans In the world was is the spectacle of iron, steel, cop per and zinc producers, shipbuilders, munition-makers and manufacturers of every variety of implements and supplies voluntarily limiting profits. By adding to these the food growers and merchants represented by Mr. Armour we shall have, for the first time In our history, business mobi lized for patriotism and not exclusive ly for profit.—Now York World, The Holdup Representative Henry Flood apropos of a bill for arming merchantmen, said t a luncheon In Washington; "Germany **Jres th%| with her un restricted submarine campaign she'll hold up meat, she'll hold up cotto* she'll hold up munitions, she'll hold up all neutral maritime commerce." He smiled grimly. "But. iAy be, Instead of alt that." he ended, "she'll hold up her hands "~ Washington Star. HARRISBURG SSjKV TELEGRAPH TfiE PEOPLE'S Wisdom of Being Ready To the Editor of the Telegraph: New York. April 10, 1917 I have observed this war at short range, having dodged shells upon the European front and having visited the camps, munition works and hospitals of England and France. I have seen the wounded and the dead, the widows and orphans, and the ruins not only of buildings but of broad fields which can never again be tilled none of the pomp and circumstance of war but all of its horror. Again and again I have heard the remark: "If England had only listen ed to Lord Roberts! If we had only been ready this would never have happened!" I quicklv became convinced that what I saw was no more the result of war than it was the result of the pacifist. Noble buildings which were the work of the imagination of the ancient artist are now in a condition iwhich may truly be said to be the work of the lack of imagination of the modern pacifist. His smooth fat hand has wrought as much destruction as the mailed fist of the Kaiser. Since returning from battle scarred I Europe I have traveled our own land I from North to South and from East to West. Everywhere I find prosperity ] but there is lacking that presence of a national soul (which may be nothing but the sense of a common unselfish purpose) which pervaded my days and nights In Europe. It lies in the power of our Congress to give our people that feeling of a common cause which alone will give us strength, which will bind the rich to the poor and the poor to the rich ana make each one of us feel and know that we have a truly great country not because of its Resources but be-1 cause of its ideals and because wc have the strength to make those Ideals something more than .idle dreams. We only value that which has cost us something. Let every young man give but his little share of time and work to the United States and he will become a true patriot. The plan pro posed is so simple, so small in cost and so immeasurably great in value that It should not be necessary for a single man to raise his voice in Its favor. Even if no emergency were now apparent, universal training should be adopted without delay for the unifying effect that It would bring to fur a people, and even if we could see in it no such spiritual benefit it f should be adopted to straighten the backs and fill out the chests of our slouching boys and to teach them the first principles of hygiene. There can be but little doubt that our Congressmen are Individually In favor of this measure, but perhaps they are not s-ure of the attitude to wards it of those whom they rep resent. In this case it may be sug gested to them that they visualize the supporters and the opponent of uni versal service. In one rank are seen those whose faces are bright with knowledge and ennobled by the de sire to serve. In the opposing ranks are the unenlightened, those who have never felt the. thrill of a common cause and who have no sympathy either above or below themselves In the social scale. Shall we permit this fair land to fall an easy prey to the wild beasts which have devoured Belgium and harried all of Western Europe In later years shall one of us say to another: "That ruined church shows the hand of Villard!" "That crippled man makes mo think of Pinchot?" Save us from the work of these Architects of De struction, you. our Representatives. Yours truly, THOMAS ROBINS, Secretary Naval Consulting Board. TR-gt. School Architect Question . To tke Editor of the Telegraph: I noticed a queer editorial in a Ilarrisburg paper yesterday, April 13, in regards to accepting a small man for a big man's Job, or in other words ignoring the Chamber of Commerce. Whorls this Chamber of Commerce and where do they get their argument from in regards to the school board affairs. I am sure the people whom they speak so much about or in whose interest they claim to be lighting, know very few of the 950 members and which we all know our school board was elected by the people. If the so-called Chamber of Commerce is to do the dictating and try to run our Bchool board to suit themselves, why what's the use to give the peo ple a chance to vote for our school board It seems to me the Chamber of Commerce Is using the watch me, catch me system. It hasn't been so long ago when this same Chamber of Commerce advocated a buy-at-homo campaign and patronize our home business places. Now they want to try and tell the people how they can save money by doing business In St. Louis, Missouri, What seems so strange is that none of our home architects can till the bill, and still we have some of Uic finest school buildings in the eau- try right here in Harrisburg and com pleted by Harrisburg contractors and designed by local architects. That million and a quarter dollars was vot ed for the benefit of the city of Har risburg and it should all be kept right here if possible when it can. My idea of the man to do the job should be left to the school board and them only, as the people elected the school board by vote. And the school board has a right by law to choose whom they see fit, and should by no means pay any attention to this so-called Chamber of Commerce talk. Let us hope the Chamber of Commerce at tends to important matters in their line and keep out of our school board affairs. Yours, CLARENCE A. FISHER,, 612 Seneca St. The World's Long Day To the Editor of the Telegraph: , Will you kindly print the following in answer to the recently reported denial of the truth of the 48-hour day record as given In Joshua 10:12-14: Extract from H. P. barker's ad dress, Edinburgh, December, 1907: "The question of the sun standing still remains to be considered and here I quote from an able book: 'The Scrip ture of Truth by Sidney Collett, Fourth Edition," page 285: "No man really knows how this long day of Joshua's was accomplished, but it must have been accomplished some how, for astronomy demands that something of the kind must have hap pened, while history doclares that it actually took place. "Professor Totten of America has studied this question from an astrono mical point of view, and has published the result in an elaborate mathemati cal calculation, with the following re markable conclusion, that by taking the equinoxes, eclipses and transits, and working from the present time backwards to the winter solstice of Joshua's day, it is found to fall on a Wednesday; whereas, by calculating from the prime date of creation on wards to the winter solstice of Joshua's day it is found to fall on a. Tuesday, and he argues that by no possible mathematics can you avoid the conclusion that a whole day of exactly twenty-four hours has been inserted Into the world's history. The statement, too, in Joshua X 14 that "there was no day like that be fore it or after it" is equally accurate: for there Is no room mathematically in the world's history for another such long day. Professor Totten affirms that "not before nor since * * * has there been a date which will har monize with the required relative posi tions of the sun, moon, and earth, as conditioned in the Sacred Record." On page 287 it is further stated: "It Is well known that the three great record keeping countries of the world were Greece, Egypt, and China, and these together with Mexico, have all had the record of a long day. "Herodotus, the father of history, who lived 480 B. C., himself a Creek, has left it on record that the priests of Egypt told him of a time when 'the sun had four times risen out of his usual quarter, that he had twice risen where he now sets and twice set where he now rises." " This Is believed to bo a reference (though distorted and exaggerated) to I Joshua's long day. "Lord Kingsborough In his great | work on the American Indians * * states that the Mexicans have a record that the sun stood still ror one entire day in the year known to them as 'Seven Rabbits' which corresponds al most exactly with the year In which Joshua was conquering Palestine!" A similar, and still more striking tradition la to be found in the ancient Chinese records. Thus both modern science and his tory and traditions current In places so'' far apart as China and Mexico, nite to confirm the truth of the won derful narrative in Scripture." Respectfully, JOHN M. SULTZMAN. 1718 Penn St., City. Those Ashes To the Editor of the Telegraph: When, oh when, aro the ashmen coming around? We have nine vessels, boxes, baskets, lard cans, lunchboxes ; and different other vessels all full. How can we keep a nice backyard with all these ashes In them, ash con tractor? Won't you please, please, please come and remove our ashes. We are out of cans and baskets and have nothing else to put ashes in. Come, come, come, for the love of humunlty come and take the ashes out. A. C„ Susquehanna St, Discussion's Objectiona Wisconsin also had an objector In Congress during the Civil War, By his persistent objecting to war ineanurt-s he became known as "Kldredge, the Great Objector," In this war we have '• —Milwaukee Santtaxi APRIL 14, 1917. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg lias many acres of building lots which could bo made into gardens. HISTORIC HARRISBURG In Civil War days llarrisburg pep pie used to furnish many lunch boxei [ for soldiers going through the city tc i the national capital. Minimum Wage Upheld I Tlfe decision of tho federal Suprcm< Court upholding the validity of th< Oregon minimum wage act is of in terost the country over, for scvera other States have such legislatior either pending or in suspension. Th< court decides, contrary to the claim: of those who brought the test, that i State is within its authority when i authorizes a commission to fix min imum wages and establish a standarc of working conditions. Ohio in 1912 adopted a constitu tional amendment authorizing tho es tablishment of u minimum wage. A. law was passed establishing a com mission for investigation. This de cision of the federal court may oper the way toward the actual establish ment of a minimum, in accordance with the amendment and the law. The general tendency toward legis lation of this character is unmistak able. Legislatures are stepping ir where they would not have venturec a few years ago to ameliorate the con ditions of employment and protec' the welfare' of those supposedly leas able to protect themselves. This cour decision is strictly in accord with th< tendency observed In practically even State. OUR DAILY LAUGH THE SECRET OP FAILURE. The Author— . '-±j 1 do "'t see -why I (can't sell any of Air my ftoriea -0 Wollwlsh //) i\\ jESS* er —Lack of con- UI II U tldence. You al ii I J 5 M WayH f:nc loSß full IKI ' s !r- postage when t' i / / rf i L fi'liU; J '° ur manB "-lpt lIU H L. would come back "" ~JsF ust us un der a two-cent stamp and a postage duo. Shows yotr ex r-f+ 'n-m hack. GETTING IN CONDITION. What makes your wife so AiV flighty of late. Don't you \jSrT \ know ? She's enSBS' •; J taken up a via- wSpR. OLD BTUEF. Did your hus | band see the when he found | WvJs.'— out you n,arrl ed I lm °n!y tor h' s i \ \ U/UT money? Oh' ye". he 53L I\ JrCtv asl<ed me why I \ dldn,t Set some- I \ \lßi thing new—said A WiVv " been \ P la y® d on him U ' ' -1 half a dozen times before, that A Aflsp OßTU!\ri! V 'js In't It a nui- I(ti/l sance to be fat! SjSS, \C// Yes, especially II when some ono llvVvv o !- otterß you a soat 1 VIWA A ln a crowded J | street car, BEATTTY IN A „- IT BKASTLY C YP*Y\ AY MOOD. t'A E>octor Do Li I=_ l^[!I you BU V er dnfvk. mornln * heau /T\\ aches? 7 I zf \L.ITJ • r> #t >utant Certainly x nufre.-. 1 M them 1 P*>\ *3 ns 1 (!o n daa c I ' certainly shouldn't have consulted you. Ebettittg (Eljal Up at the facts and figures bureau of tlio State Department of Agricul ture they figure that there are 2,684 farms in Dauphin county. While this is a fair number for a county which Is better known because of its coal and iron than because of farming products there really should be between 3,000 and 4,000 to put the county on a more self-supporting basis. The county could raise considerably more than it now does for its own consumption and probably this year will see it attain maximum of agriculture. Areas are 4 being ploughed now, especially within easy distance of the city which have been In grass for a long time and there are probably more garden and truck patches being planned out than known for many years. Under the stimulus of warnings from those in &Utja ority and the economists the move to boost food raising has reached al most embarrassing proportions in some sections. In the first place seeds, notably seed potatoes are very hard to get hold of and the price Is very high; secondly, fertilizer such as is really needed to put some of the land offered or taken hold of for trucking is a scarce article and lastly, because rig- King garden is work and it takes a lot of time and stick to it persistence. Men who understand gardening are working at something that pays better now and those who plan gardens had better arrange to do their own ground breaking and weed cutting. The greatest I rouble about speeding agri culture in this section this year is going to be labor and it may come to it that even those who enlist in the agricultural army which is to be form ed for systematizing work on farms and recognition of those who labor on the soil may have to be helped out during the summer. Some idea of the business the Har rlsburg Public library is doing just now in spite of the curtailment of expenses duo to heavy drains made upon the funds of tho association can nc gained from the statement that in the first three months of this year the library circulated 39,203 books. . 1 Ills is the largest circulation of any quarter B |„ ce the library began u J g work in Jlarrlsburg. In fact, it. is a couple of thousands ahead of tho bet.t previous record for any previous quarter and illustrates the demands being made upon tho institution. On two of the three months of this year the circulation at the library has gone over 13,000. This has only hap- Y" 00 ° r four tlmes in the his tory of the library. One was in March of last year. In January this year ■ went l 'P to 13,666 and 3 hi*i rC I. -3.446. It Is probable > that April will be a heavy month ow ing to the demands mado for special 5 on ,„ Amp rtcan history, with which the library is well supplied. To meet tho requests for notion the 11- j brary has been borrowing books ( from the State library and renting - them from concerns which make a ■ specialty ol such business. The work 1 of the library has been growing with leaps and bounds and the demands on its reference desk have been ex ceedingly heavy, both high schools s and all of the grammar schools be t ingr represented in the list of persons 1 j i a ' sk s P p<,| "l Information. In ad dition the library has been extending • Its libraries to the schools and the 1 total circulation of tho iirst quarter shows considerably over one-third to be among Juveniles. * * • A resident of Green street deter mined to arm himself last summer against the coming of the burgl.>r who was then terrorizing the pooj.it in that vicinity. He bought a nice, shiny revolver, a couple boxes of miniature 42 centimeters and a good flashlight. When he took them home he told his family that he was ready for all the burglars in Christendom and stored his arsenal in places easily accessible in case of an emergency • Sad part about it was the burglar was slow In coming, but the antici pated thrills came Just the same some time ago. Just when the city was quietest, "Mrs. Fearnot" was awak- ' ened by a bright light peering into every corner of the rocm. She turned to awaken "Mr. Fearnot." The light went out and all was darkness. .Was she dreaming? No, again the lfght flashed. Then the lord of the mSxnor was awakened. Again the'llKht-flaafi ed. Despite a thousand chills Jhat played up and down his back "Mr. Fearnot" investigated. After he had „ slowly crawled at least a thousand miles of carpet toward where the light had last flashed a childish voice exclaimed: "Oh, papa, see what a pretty light baby found." The two year-old son of the house had found the light and Just discovered what a nh-e plaything it made when the sandman would not come. • • • With the coming of spring the small boys about town are naturally Inclined to work ott their surplus energy in any way that a bovisli mind can think of, hut a great #any peo ple seem to forget the time when they too. were young anff" doing tho same thing. The police department is constantly receiving telephone complaints from residents about tho horrid boys who are playhig base ball on the vacant lots next door*and who will undoubtedly break a win dow If not stopped Immediately. One of the officers reports an unus ually emphatic complatnt. A man ap proached liim and began saying ex citedly, "There they are, officer, there they are; arrest them!" Tho officer Immediately on the alert, was pre pared for any emergency but a care ful look nt the landscape failed to dis close anything but several healthy young legs pushing as many roller skates down the pavement. "There who are?" asked tho officer. "Why those children skating on my pave ment," refilled the man. When ho was told that he would have to make Information against them the worthy citizen decided not to have them ar rested. "That gink must have been born a thousand years ago," said the officer recounting the episode. • Two sturdy youths not more than twelve marched boldly Into the office of the Chief of Police yesterday aft ernoon, bared their head and looked boldly up Into the eyes of the Chief of Police. "Are you the man that ar rests boys when they aren't good?" said the one. "Well, I might," said the Chief. "What's wrong?" "Why some wop kid down here on Cherry alley said the flag was nothin' hut an old rag. and I'd a li kod tho stuffln' out of him, only I was afraid I might get Into trouble, too, so I Just thought I would come up and have him rested." An Immediate investigation was promised and 'he patriotic little Americans left the office much pleased. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Robert Firing, the new president of the Presbyterian Union of Pitts burgh. Is a prominent attorney. -— DP. C. B. Millhoft, active medical man at Johnstown and veteran of tho Philippine war, will re-entor the medi cal service. —Colonel O. C. Rlckards, comman der of the Sixteenth Infantry, wfcji of fered motor ambulances by people of Ktttanning. —K. B. Hulley, of Pittsburgh. Is president of an association formed to encourage back yard gardenias-
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