10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAP&R FOR THS HOME Founded itjl Published evenings except Sunday by the telegraph PRINTING CO, Telegraph. Bulldlngr. Federal Square. K. J. STACKPOLE, and Editor-in-Chief F. R, OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American I Jm nue Building;, New ing, P Ch!cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., a second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail, |5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21 THE SCHOOL BOAKI) TANGLE IT is apparent that neither William B. Ittner nor C. Howard Lloyd is the choice of the school board as architect to design the new high schools under the loan approved by the voters last Fall. Laying aside whatever elements of difference lie between the directors and giving no consideration as to whether or not they all voted in strict accord with their sincere convictions, it now be comes the duty of the board to get to gether as quickly as possible on a third man of unquestioned ability. Just how this shall be done remains 1 to be developed, but whatever the solution of the unfortunate con- ' troversy shall be it must be reached 1 without delay. The high schools are 1 badly needed and every day conditions ' grow worse and building materials go higher in price. Every moment's de lay costs the taxpayer's money and robs the boys and girls of Harrisburg of advantages to which they are en titled and for which the people have given their votes. Too much time al ready has been lost. That there may be no chance of a continuance of the dispute it might be well for the board to select three ' architects of note to pass upon com- 1 petitive plans, the directors to be guided by the judgment of these ex- perts. This has been done with suc cess elsewhere and certainly no charge of favoritism or personal animosity ' could enter into such an arrangement. 1 The people of the city are not inter ested in this or that architect, as such, what they desire is the best that can : be procured for their money and they 1 are not going to be content with any thing less. Also, they are looking to the directors to do something decisive and do it quickly. It will go hard with directors who persist in setting their own personal feelings or interests in open opposition to a proper solu tion of this important question. To-day's great parade is a fine dem onstration of the real patriotism of Harrisburg, but it simply visualizes what has been the inherent character of a patriotic community from the very beginning of the John Harris settle ment. VACANCIES IN COUNCIL TWO vacancies now exist in the City Council of five and the three re maining members are confronted with a grave and important duty. They must realize the peril of unwise action and we believe that they are awake to the importance of choosing as succes sors to Mayor Meals and Mr. Bow man men of high character, experi ence and aptitude for public service. There is no excuse for playing politics or doing anything which will reflect upon the community or retard in the slightest degree the progress of the city. Harrisburg stands alone among the municipalities of Pennsylvania as a progressive and attractive city of wide-awake and intelligent people. There is abundant material for the selection of two high-class men for the vacant chairs in the City Council. They ought to be chosen with consideration only of their fitness for the service to be rendered and their devotion to the public interests. It is regrettable that such public spirited men as William Jennings and John A. Affleck, who have declined to consider the offices in question, are so engaged with their own affairs that t'ney find it impossible to respond to what is generally believed to be a uni versal call. There are, however, many excellent men who should be willing to give the city the benefit of their ex perience and training in the conduct of the municipal administration. All that the people expect is the fill ing of the vacancies with representa tive Harrisburg citizens who are im bued with the importance of disinter ested and Intelligent service in the in terest of all the people. OUR DEBT TO FRANCE GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH HAS done well to call our attention to the debt which we owe France by setting aside April 26, anniversary of the date upon which Laß'ayette set sail for America, as "France Day" in Pennsylvania. Of all the Incidents of our national history none is more appealing than that having to do with the brave young volunteer from France who threw in his lot with the American Revolution ists for the sake of mankind, and afterward had such a large part in making France an ally of the struggling colonists. But nineteen years old, able (o speak the English language only in u very broken manner, he was at first received somewhat coldly by mem bers of Congress. LaFayette, on learning the situation, instantly asked i SATURDAY EVENING, the privilege of Joining the American army on two. conditions: First, that he might serve as a volunteer with out command; second, that he should receive no pay for his services. This generosity, coupled with the great sacrifices the young marquis had al ready made, completely won the hearts of Congress. A resolution was passed July 31, 1777, accepting his service and declaring that, In con sideration of his zeal, illustrious fam ily and connections, he should have the rank and commission of a major general of the United States. The very next day he was Intro duced to Washington, who was im mediately won by the young man's engaging character. The general re ceived the youth without delay into his own military family, to the great joy of the guest, and thus began a friendship notable in the history of great men, and which continued with singular devotion till the farewell of death. It was impracticable to place La- Fayette immediately at the head of a fighting force. It would have been unjust to American officers, who had nobly led their men during the two years of hardship already endured. But at the battle of Brandywine, in our own State, he so distinguished himself by gallant fighting as to win unusual praise. He was also seyerely wounded in the leg as he was fear lessly trying to rally some retreating soldiers. Washington promptly re ported the splendid conduct of his friend to the Congress, and in a warm and dignified appeal set forth the ad vantages to the service of placing so worthy and earnest a friend of the patriot cause in immediate leadership of its soldiery, and closed by a recom mendation that his commission as general he made more than honorary alone. Congress immediately respond ed by giving the marquis the com mand of a division of troops, making him thereby the happiest man in America, and with good reason. Just twenty years old, an enthusias tic friend of popular liberty in whose ' battles he had just poured out his ] own blood, eager for honorable fame, , the acknowledged favorite and friend ( of the greatest of patriot generals on earth, he was already honored with rank and authority of the foremost worth. He had won a place among the world's immortals, and yeto a boy in years. What his friends had count ed folly, and the state disloyalty, he had justified as valor and glorified with fame. ' Circumstances did not favor La- Fayette with remarkable occasions for military renown during the Amer ican Revolution, but whatever respon sibilities he did assume were ably sus tained. He proved a discreet and effi cient commander on every field where he fought. His conduct at the battle of Monmouth in 1778 was so heroic that Congress by special vote acknowl edged it with gratitude. The masterly withdrawal of his little army at Bar ren Hill, when almost surrounded by a hostile force several times as large as his own, called out the unqualified praise of Washington, who was a wit ness to the gallant transaction. He was equally valuable as a wise arbitra tor of the jealousies that occasionally threatened the good relations between French and American officers in the field. When at last France entered Into an actual alliance with the American Colonies, both for purposes of com merce* and war, and on February 7, 1778, war against England was de clared, LaFayette felt it wise to return to his native land for purposes of con sultation. Washington heartily ap proved, realizing the great value to the American cause of an advocacy at court from one so devoted to its success, so fully Informed as to its merits and prospects and so esteemed among the influential classes of the nation. The young ambassador, for such he really proved, was occupied with his mission about six months, he was immensely active and did much to create enthusiasm for the American cause and to persuade the government to an unqualified support of the war. He Was met with universal affection and became the popular hero. Franklin wrote to Congress in March, 1779: "The Marquis de La- Fayette, who, during his stay in France, has been extremely zealous on all occasions, returns again to fight for us. He is infinitely esteemed and beloved here, and I am persuaded will do everything in his power to merit a continuance of the same „ affection from America." When LaFayette came back. Con gress passed a special resolution of welcome. He was immediately placed in charge of the defense of Virginia. He retained this important command till October, 1781, performing its diffi cult duties with consummate skill, doing all it was possible to do with the means at his command on the wit ness of no less a personage than Washington himself. He shared tn the perils and honors of the siege of Yorktown, contributing an Important part to this, the crowning success of the Revolutionary War. LaFayitte is one of the great figures of American history, a Frenchman by birth and an American in ideals. His services remain a debt unpaid. "France Day" in Pennsylvania will give us pause for thought on these incidents in our own fight for liberty and to ask ourselves what we are go ing to do for France in this, her hour of dire need. Berlin having assured us that there are no German submarines in American waters, we are now firmly convinced that there is a whole flock of 'em hov aring about. OBSERVE THE PROPRIETIES CONSIDERABLE criticism has grown out of disloyal sentiments expressed by individuals here and there against our own government and In favor of Germany. Generally speak ing. there is n disposition to treat with friendliness German subjects who are living In this country while the United States is at war with their counjCfry. But these aliens must realize that they cannot stay here and at the same time IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'?.By BRIGGS | . AFTER YOU HWE BESKI AMD SUMMIUG UP FiMD . AKJD YOU SETTLE DOVOM \ working OM- A THAT THE THIHG FOR A COMG HUNJT Tr*i/si_Ve>Ai_*ioce. X>OEs NOT BALAMC6 ThROUCH 9A46S.AUO ?A66S AMO Vou vajork overtimp -IF All OF A SVJPDEM OUAIN't T A TAio or THREE MIGHTS AMD YOU Acc<demtal<-Y TURM OVJE* RANO * mD insult our own government. They must do as Attorney General Gregory sug gested—"Obey the law and keep your mouth shut." Thousands of foreign-born citizens are now loyally supporting the govern ment of the United States. Many na tives of Germany who are now citizens of this country are among our most loyal people. It need not surprise some of those in dividuals who are wasting their ad miration on the Kaiser to find them selves under restraint should they con tinue to disregard Attorney Genera? Gregory's hint. It is certain that our residents of Teutonic birth will be given protection and friendly treatment so long as they conduct themselves as to deserve such treatment by the government of the United States. It is pointed out, how ever, in a recent statement, that hos tile acts will meet with forceful sup pression, as the war must be carried forward without interior menace and the administration of government must proceed in its usual way. It is therefore the duty of all German citi zens in this coqntry to observe the obvious pioprieties. EDITORIAL COMMENT If you haven't but' git-up-and-git enough to raise one little radish, raise it and lay it upon the altar of your country.—Houston Post. Villa has announced that he will be "an incorruptible neutral." The ad jective seems to contain an anxious challenge.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The women of the Navy League are organizing knitting groups. Logically enough, each group is to be'known as Unit.—Boston Advertiser. Wonder if these big shell-rimmed spectacles worn by college students make their fathers think they have strained their eyes studying nights.— Albany Argus. Girls with red hair, blue eyes and white skin will be sure to cause the patriotic boys to stand at attention.— New Orleans States. In all probability a man caught stealing chickens these days would be indicted for grand larceny.—Philadel phia Inquirer. This country has always been able to find a place in the sun without, slaughtering women and children.— Toledo Blade. Of course, President Wilson is not compelled by any law to follow all of the advice that is given him. —Los Angeles Times. Labor Notes A factor in the ultimate relief of the paper shortage may be the action of the Chinese government, which has decided to have papermaking taught in government schools. Dallas (Texas) Typographical Union has signed a five-year agreement with newspapers in this that city. In creased wages and improved working conditions are assured during this period. / Candy workers in Chicago are dis contented and are holding trade union agitation meetings. They are protesting against unbearable work conditions, long hours and low wages. Wentworth County (Canada) Coun cil has passed a resolution disapprov ing of the action of the government In passing the teachers' pension bill because no provision was made for other workers. If the Tennessee State Legislature adopts a proposed measure it will be a criminal offense for detective agen cies or individuals to eavesdrop or use a dictagraph in spying on trade unions. The American labor movement will not be represented by a delegation at the fifth anniversary celebration of the Yu-Al-Kai, or Laborers' Friendly Society of Japan, to be held in Toklo this month. Through the efforts of the British Minister of Labor, who will endeavor to eliminate women drivers, a threat ened strike of the drivers of buses, teams and taxis in London has been averted. A clause has been added to the re vised constitution of Holland making women eligible to all government of fices and giving them a chance to get the ballot as soon as the govern ment in power will graxit iL HARRMBURO TELEGRAPH IP" ■ ' "PMVKOnItfCUUO. By the Ex-Committeemao Auditor General-elect Charles A. Snyder will probably ask for the resig nation of everyone connected with the auditing department of the State gov ernment when' he takes hold for a four-year term on May 1. The Audi tor General has been making a study of conditions in the department and while the request for resignations will not mean immediate dismissal it will place the new official in a position to drop any attache at any time. Plans of both the new Auditor Gen eral and State Treasurer are to go slow in making changes. They will have meetings during the coming week to discuss details and it is gen erally expected that men in charge of important work will be continued for the present. The two new officials have declined to make any announcements as to the men whom they will name for impor tant places. It is said that Gabriel H. Moyer, former legislator, may become connected with the Auditor General's office. —Gov. Brumbaugh will await word from Attorney General Brown before taking any steps in the matter of the resignation of Congressman O. D. Bleakley, of Venango county. It was learned to-day that a son of the Con gressman had been here during the week and that some Jegislators from the Bleakley district had been busy trying to find out what was going to be done. —According to legislative leaders the $2,000,000 defense fund bill will be passed on second reading in both branches of the legislature next Mon day as presented this week. Senator Vare said that the Governor would veto the bill, but it is not believed that when it comes down to the last action that he will do anything of the kind. —The Philadelphia Press to-day says that the bill recently signed by the Governor requiring counties to pay more for the care of insane will save the Commonwealth over SBOO,- 000. It also remarks that the bills went by with scarcely any notice from legislators who were looking after bills affecting counties. —McNichol men won what the' Philadelphia Ledger terms "the first skirmish of the city-wide fight" this year yesterday by getting certain ward and division lines changed to the ad vantage of a McNichol leader. The Vare men opposed the plan. —Pittsburgh people are commenc ing to take a tremendous Interest in the hearing on the second class city nonpartisan law repealer. The hear ing is to be held on Tuesday and will probably be attended by some Scran ton people too. The bill was sent to the elections committee by the House on Thursday. —Men who have started suits in the Philadelphia transit mix-up are de fending with considerable vigor charges that politics Is behind their moves. They contend that they wish tests in court. In all probability the Vare-Cox bond Issue bill will be op posed at a hearing to be held shortly. The plan of the committees in charge of appropriations In the Leg islature of visiting institutions In a body may be abandoned after this session and such work of investiga tion as Is needed may be turned over to subcommittees to handle, which used to be the method. The proposed plan would not only be cheaper but easier on the committeemen and on the places visited. The ordinary com mittee now consists of about twenty five men who make a trip and the effect of the committee flanked by a lot of officers and attendants going through a Stato lunatic hospital or similar institution can be easily imagined. And when all herded to gether legislators seldom get iv chance to see for themselves what Is really needed and the institutional authori ties have little opportunlty-to explain as they desire. There have been a number of complaints from legisla tors themselves, especially those who made the trip during Inauguration week when they hit the worst weath er of the year. Neighbor Women 'll Tell, Though [Rogers, (Ark.) Press] Miss Ferbe Low has been In this vicinity the past week, introducing a new line of corsets. Several of our young ladies are trying to walk as If they had bought one. Damp Life I never saw a submarine; I never hope to lamp one; But from the pictures 1 have seen, The life must be a damp one. —The Green Book Magazine I Didn't Raise My Boy to Do His I DIDN'T raise my darling boy to be a trooper tough; For\ early did I realize that out of finer stuff Than otheivboys my son was made; therefore I brought him up To be about u useful as a speckled setter pup. So, let this cruel war be fought by other mothers' sons— Let them get shoulder callouses from carrying horrid guns. It would be painful for my boy, behind the flag to trudge And eat coarse food when he is used to malted milk and fudge. I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier rough and bold; To call a dirty tent his home and sleep out in the cold; To have.his epidermis shrunk by evening dews and damps; His olifactory senses dulled by awful smells of camps; To do without his manicure; also without his cane, And march out to a sentry's post and pace it, in the rain. I've raised him up eugenically; upon the prize pet plan, And he shall never, never be a soldier—or a man. 1 didn't raise my chinless child to be a bluff marine; To form a strong attachment for the plebian navy bean. I'd rather, oh, much rather, see my son the sod beneath: Than clambering through the rigging, with a clasp knife in his teeth. (J've raised him like a Persian cat. on, soulful pabulum. And It would cause his head to ache to listen to a drum. And so, whoever else must go, I surely shall expect My son to stay at home and train his massive Intellect. —Sol. L. Long. "The Little Grandmother of the Revolution" A Type For Americans i WHILE we are bubbling over with patriotic fervor and en thusiasm it may not be amiss for us to consider for a moment the type of patriotism that can withstand the rigors of Siberia and come out of that awful life of penal servitude as ardent and as vigorous in the defense of its cause as it went in. When the Czar was overthrown recently and the men and women of Kussia who had been banished to Siberia because they had been outspoken in the cause of freedom were permitted to return to their old homes and their families, there came back with them Cather ine Breshkovskaya, known affection ately to millions of Hussians as "The Little Grandmother of the Revolu tion." She is the idol of the people now and is greeted affectionately wherever she goes. "I am glad to have had my part in bringing free dom to my people," she said to an American newspaperman. "The price I paid was not too heavy. It is all wiped out by the great thing that has happened in Russia." Two years ago there was published in America newspapers the follow ing remarkable account and letter of the experience and sufferings of this brave little woman: " 'Baboushka' (Little Grandmoth er), as she has been affectionately named, the Little Grandmother of the Russian revolutionists, Catherine Breshkovskaya, has written a letter to Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter of Lucy Stone, saying that the rigors of her lifelong exile to Siberia have been made -even more severe than before. It is a coincidence that this word from the brave old fighter for the liberty of her people should come during the celebration in memory of Lucy Stone's fight for the liberty of her sex. "Mme. Breshkovskaya's letter 1b written In no complaining tone. Ap parently her spirit is as unbroken at seventy-two as when, a girl in her twenties, she was taken from her father's estate In the province of Chernigoff into the Imprisonment which has been her fate through most of her life. Her eyes are dimmed by cataracts now, and her great solace, reading, Is taken trom her. She can just see to sew for a little while each day on white materials, and that Is her one diversion. Yet, she writes al most cheerfully, dwelling on the jy she has from Miss blackwell's lettero, which bring her into touch with hu manity, and explaining that her ad dress will henceforth be Yakoutsk, Si beria. But this place la much fur ther north than her former place of exile, and It had been the hope of her friends that she might be removed to a part of Siberia where the climate would be less rigorous Instead of more so. "This Is the letter: "'I can-now tell you with certainty what my future address will be: Ya koutsk, Siberia, Asia, via Japan. The efforts of my friends to have me al lowed to live In a more southerly part of Siberia have failed, And I shall be two thousand versts further north than at Kirensk, where I have been. It Is hardly a surprise to me, and life at Kirensk was BO hard that no change will frighten me. Xaw only sorry for APRIL 1 21, 1917. the two additional months that I have had to spend in prison here during our short summer; for the convoy with which I am to travel does not start for the I„ena till July. " 'At Yakoutsk the cold goes down to 55 degrees. Winter lasts fully eight months. There is hardly any spring, for in May the ground is still covered with snow, and in August there are sharp frosts at night. The two months of summer are very hot, and make it possible to raise a few vegetables and a little grain. " 'But, as it is the capital of the province of Yakoutsk, which stretches in every direction, there are a few doc tors there, und more people than at Kirensk, where there was often no medical aid. There are also some po litical exiles there. I shall try not to lose what is left of my health, and It is hot improbable that I shall suc ceed. thanks to the care that all my friends take of me. " 'Your letters and papers bring me near to you, and make me share in the interests of another world, and that Is of great interest to me, as 1 love to be in touch with human life. The longer I live the more fully X understand that the deepest thing in me is an invin cible and ardent love for the human race, which I am convinced contains within itself all the germs of intellec tual improvement to an indefinite ex tent, of an ascent to a mural life which will make it infinitely happy. " 'This habit of living in the life of humanity as a whole has so associated me with the universal psychology that I lost myself in it, and 1 care very lit tle about my Individual fate, which Is not dear to me when separated from the general course of things. History, studies in the past and present of the human race, are present with me in their smallest details. Thus X look upon the entire globe as worthy tif our attention and devotion.' "It is now ten years since Mme. Breshovskuya came for a brief time to America, where she met Julia Ward Howe and Jane Addams and other notable women, and left an impression so strong that a movement was start ed, when she returned to Russia and was again imprisoned, to intercede for her release. She had been urged to stay here, but her heart was with her peasants in Hussia. It is consider ed marvelous that she has so long survived, for she was gently bred and the hardships to which she his been subjected are almost unbeliev able." Here is the kind of patriotism that America has known in the past; it Is the kind we must have now, if we are to win this war. | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Those Vacant Plots To tht Editor of the Telegraph The newspapers of the city have been advocating the use of all vacant lots for garden purposes. There Is a plot of ground between Curtin and Seneca along Jefferson street, that Is not in cultivation and I do not sup pose it will be as, the agent says it cannot be used for gardening pur poses. How then can children or per sons wishing to plant gardens do so when this is the case? S, Jefferson Street Ebetttttg fltyat a" the sights In Harrlsburg thero in nono more Inspiring than the flag which floats from the tall staff on the peak of the roof of the central building of the State Capitol. It is the highest placed Hag in Harrlsburg and the view at night with powerful elec tric lights throwing their beams upon it is to be had from afar. There have been many comments made upon the splendid flag which the State authorl- Uf are d ' B P' u ying and a prominent Pittsburgher who is here for the Leg )U',jture has written this about it: 'The flag on the State Capitol knows n °t. the sound of the sunset gun or ™'- sln K ceremony in the morning -—it flies and flaps in the wind for 24 hours and is in full view all the time. During the day there is no trouble in seeing the world's most beautiful ban ner as it sways from the roof of the main building of the State—and at night it is thrown out in bold and pa triotic relief by the aid of three pow erful reflectors- —and itself throws out a thrill that instantaneously sweeps through the mind and body of the citizen as he happens to see the handi work of Betsy Ross triumphantly waving over the State that has meant more to America and American Ideals than any other in the wonderful Union. Children in European schools have been taught that their flag Is naturally the greatest but even in Ger many they have been told that the emblem of the United States is the most beautiful. When the winds are a trifle high and the folds of the silken beacon straighten out in sharp crack ling sounds, it is like a wireless mes sage to "those Interested" that the greatest nation beneath the stars has at last taken a hand in the world war and for the importance of that decla ration refers the world to the pages of history dealing with other years. "Walking through Capitol Park, the illumed flag makes a most beautiful motion picture. It is inspiring, bright and easily discernible in the surround ing blackness. And below, like a still sentinel on the first line, there is a black-grey clad figure, with campaign hat pinned up on one side who silently patrols .the avenues of the Capitol during the night and is listed as a trooper in the State Pojice. "America is slow to resent what other nations would speedily demand an accounting for and in the Union Pennsylvania is among the most con servative. However, Pennsylvania's sons are to-day in the "six feet" in many lands and on the bottoms of numerous seas—silent testimonials of their devotion and greatest sacrifice for that same banner that constantly is flying over the Capitol. Pennsylva nia's history is much the history of the nation. Within her boundaries, liberty was born and the flag was con ceived by one of her daughters. To day she is running neck and neck for first enlistment honors. She is of in tense Republican leanings generally —to-day she is intensely Wilson. Right or wrong—the President. And so the flag over the Capitol is still thrilling the cosmopolitan population of Pennsylvania—it is now and for erever the beacon light for the de pressed and downtrodden of every clime. She will make a republic of the world and her hundred million lovers will be multiplied many times. Flag raising; appear to be the order of the day and almost every afternoon about the time the turns are changing in the mills or the railroad shops there Is an outburst of cheering and whistling heard from over along the Pennsylvania railroad. At first the shrieking of the whistles caused peo ple to think that fire had broken out and there was some nervousness, but it soon dawned that another flag was being raised and the city sat back and gave encouragement. There Is hardly* a shop in the whole railroad district that does not have aJ flas flying and each flag was put up with a demon stration. Speaking about flags the interior of some of the shops at Steelton are filled with the national ensign. There are flags of all sizes and the buildings | bear handsome colors. But the real ! patriotic spirit is shown over every bench, 'machine and crane. Even fur naces have flags over them. In spite of the fact that it has a large foreigfi population Steelton is certainly on the job with flags. • * • Traveling men who have been in towns and cities where patriotic dem onstrations have been held lately say that they attract literally thousands of people from every section round about. Berks county turned out in force for the Reading demonstration and that at Pittsburgh drew people j for many miles around. • • • The bulletin of the State Depart ment of Agriculture says that judg ing from reports reaching its statistic al bureau, that the people of the State are willing to go back to the days of the ancient Egyptians when all chicken eggs wero hatched in community hatcheries. With this dif ference; the Egyptians used hatching hovers; used burning dung as the source of heat and their trained eye lids and finger tips as thermometers and Pennsylvania is now installing everywhere modern, double regulated and controlled hard coal burning so callod giant incubators that will ac commodate tens of thousands of eggs at one time. These modern giant Catchers are used both for custom hatching and to supply the day old chick trade. For the farmer and poultry grower they are a great con venience as the percentage of hatch is very good and the chicks can he had early in large numbers and all of one age thus greatly simplifying the growing of chicks and putting this yearly job through at one time in stead of dragging it through the en tire summer as was the method farm ers had to depend on when broody hens were the only means at hand." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —Col. Edgar Jadwin, United States army officer stationed at Pittsburgh, is raising a regiment of engineers. —H. C. Huber, president of the Scranton Board of Trade and well known here, is engaged in a campaign to stimulate membership in the or ganization so as to make it more effec tive. —Judge J. A. Mcllvanine, of Wash ington county, put three breweries out of business in his county by injunc tion because they violated the law re lative to soliciting business. —C. R. Lantz, who was marshal of Lebanon's patriotic parade, is a former State Senator. —William J. Peck, prominent Pittston man, has been chosen presi dent of the Red Cross organiza tion in his city. | DO YOU KNOW That Daupliin county steel is in helmets of lighters in France? HISTOmC HARRISBURG General Zachary Taylor was a vis itor to the State Capitol on the occa sion of a demonstration after the Mex ican war. Hamilton (Ontario. Canada) plumb ers find Steam Fitters' Union has se cured a three-year agreement and raised wages from 42% cents an hour to 47\4 cents for the first two years and 50 cents an hour for the third | year.
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