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UOKDAI EVEnNO, APRIL 28.
Bleated it the man who,
having nothing to say, ab
stains from giving us wordy
evidence of the fact.—Geo.
Eliot.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION
HABRISBURO'S patriotic parade
on Saturday was the greatest
demonstration of the kind In
the history of the city, not only in
point of numbers hut in spirit. Peo
ple of every degree, of every race and
creed that make up the life of the
community; rich men and poor
men I private citizens and puhllo offi
cials: old and young, boys and girls i
foreign bom and natlvo ot ths soil;
veterans of other wars and soldiers
who will "do their hit- In the pres.
not conflict, all were there, It was
n wonderful Illustration of tho loy
alty of the people to ths flag.
The city owes a debt of thanks to
Thomas P. Mo ran. who conceived
the idea; to Commander Edward
Dapp, of the Spanish-American War
Veterans, who named the committee;
to Captain Henry M. Btlne, the chair
man of the committee! to Captain E.
jLaubenatein, chief marshal; to Cap
tain F. H. Hoy. Jr., chief ot staffs to
William L Laubensteln. secretary to
the chief marshal; to the Chamber ot
Commerce, tho Pennsylvania rail
road. the business faen who gave
their ""fi a holiday and to all those
whs co-operated to make the cele
bration the wonderful success It
was.
As the flrst but one of the most
successful recruiting districts in the
Catted States. HarrUburg emphasised
Its attitude toward the war in Its
demonstration ot last Saturday. This
eity has always been patriotic and
ready to sustain the Government in
•very crisis.
•W&TTDrO THE FXiT*
rpvaa house-fly la evidently a,sec-
M ond cousin of tha German
Kaiser. We have bsea con
vinced that the relationship la at
least that close after reading care
fully several olroolara left on our
desk by a member of the Clvlo Club.
The Kaiser spreads disaster and ruin
wherever be goes; ao doea the fly.
Treat him kindly and he plota your
ruin; so does the fly, with his pois
oned feet and bla germ-laden wings.
We are preparing to "Swat the
Kaiser" and the Clvlo Club feela that
while we are about It wa might Just
M well "Swat tha Fly." It*a a good
idea.
Kill as many fllea as possible whan
they appear In spring. These first flies 1
are tha parents of tha millions of
gem-laden (Ilea that will make life
mlaerable throughout tha summer.
One fly killed early in the spring Is
•Vial to millions killed in August or
September.
Endeavor to present fllea from
breeding or feadlng on tha premises.
Some flies will escape because they
will breed in decaying vegetable mat
tar or other dirt. However, these
will be almost negligible.
Flytraps are essential. They catch
the fllea coming from breeding
plaeea, and thus prevent their mi
grating to the houae.
Enlist the co-operation of all deal
bra is food supplies. Show them the
danger from fllea and what may re
eult from unsanitary surroundings
of their premises. If necessary,
{patronise only those deal era who
keep their premlaee gad their pro
ducts properly ecreened. They will
eoen clean their premises aad elimi
nate mes if tha campaign la brought
to them la thla financial light.
Endeavor to obtain community co --
bperatlon in tha fly campaign. Do
hot be discouraged If a few people
bannot be Induced to clean up their
premises. As soon a* they sea that
the campaign la effective they will
readily co-operate.
80 we are to have no redaatloft In
tha prtoe of coal this year. Same eld
rtary—the consumer pays the freight
la every case.
WHUTS OF aonSBBK BYOTKM
MAN? newspapers and publlo
men throughout the United
States have been demanding
that Congressman Claude KitchlA be
deposed from the chairmanship of
the/Wan and Means Committee be
wmm ha voted against the raaolutlon
declaring that a state of war exlat-
M between the Uhltad Statae and
Gee many Kltchln ought to bo do*
•aaed. hut not solely for that reason.
Be never should have boaa ahair-
Am* f tha committal nor ovea a
ONDAY EVENING,
■Mlktr of It Neither his personal
abilities nor his representative char-
MUr entitle him to such u respon
sible and powerful position In the
Cone rasa of the United States.
Kitchla was born, reared and has
•pent nearly all his 48 years In a
small village, remote from any indus
trial or commercial center. In the
Stat* of North Carolina. The village.
Scotland Keck, Is not even the county
Mat and does not rlao to the dignity
of securing a place on maps of tlie
United States. It Is located In a coun
ty having only 38.000 population,
two-thirds of whom are colored, and,
presumably, not allowed to vote. The
entire county cast only about 4,000
votes In the last elect.on. In that vit
iate Of lesa than 1,800 inhabitants,
Including about 125 white families.
Kltcbin maintained a law office for
fourteen years, until poltticul fortune
sent fclm to Congress.
To have been born or reared in a
village Is no disgrace. To choose to
live In a village Is no cause for re
proaoh. But It is impossible that a
man whoso experience in the world
of affairs IS limited to law practice
In a small village should, be qualified
for the chairmanship oC the most Im
portant committee In, the Congress
of the United States. The Ways and
Means Committee frames all tariff
bills, and all other revenue meas
ures, affecting In a vital manner the
most Important business interests of
tho nation. In rare Instances men
qualify themselves by rapid advance
ment for work of unusual difficulty
and responsibility, but there is noth
ing to Indicate that Kitchin is a man
of that kind. If he had been, he
would not have remained for four
teen years an obscure attorney in an
obscure village.
The fact is that he was placed on
tho Ways and Means Committee by
tho Democrats when that party was
In ths minority and he was gradually
boosted to the head of the Democrat
ic membership because he came from
a Stats whero men are re-elected
year after year under the peculiar
conditions prevailing in the South.
IThe Democrats have control of the
House organisation and havo the
power to control the chairmanship
of the Ways and Means Committee,
but they have no right, in justice to
tho country, to keep In that position
a man of Kitchln's lack of experi
ence in large affairs.
Wonder how many people of Har
rlsburg realize tbat the hotel situation
here is a serious reflection upon the
progrretaive character of the com
munity. Every night strangers walk
about the atreets lugging handbags
and pounding the doors of boarding
houses to find sleeping accommoda
tion*. It la the duty of every citizen
who 1* in position to do so, to help
finance to the full limit the Penn-
Harrla Hotel. If you can take but one
share of atock, then you should do
so as an evidence of your interest in
the undertaking.
DONT BE PANIC-STRICKEN
is danger of the country j
JL becoming panic-stricken. We
have been told so persistently
and vehemently that we must hus
band our resources and prepare for
possible hardships that there Is peril
of going to dangerous extremes.
Howard Coffin, head of the National
Defense Committee, voiced that
sentiment last week und there are
Indications that he spoke with
knowledge rather than from fear
of what might happen.
It is all very well to husband our!
resources and to ihcrease our. sav- j
ings, at the same time putting more
Into our work and trying to get I
more out of It than ever before, but j
it ie quite another thing to so far i
depart from our accustomed stand
ards of living as to cripple those in
dustries which depend upon our pur
chases in normal timea to keep go
ing. We must be wise in our econo
mies. The present situation does not
call so much for cutting off of the
articles of commerce to which we
have been used as It demands thut
the supply be Increased and waste
and extravagance stopped.
For example. It has become the
accepted thing to call off parties,
and celebrations; to look frowningly!
upon excursions and recreations of |
other kinds. There la no reason for
this. We need rest and recreation
in the present stress quite as much
as In normal times, if not more.
The International Association of
Rotary Clubs has trie right Idea.
Rotary Clubs all ovei- the country
are "doing their bit" through the
organisation of garden clubs, parti
cipation in Red Cross campaigns,
recruiting of Boy Scouts, as in Har
rlsburg, and the like. But the clubs
do not Intend to call off their inter
national convention. and their rea
sons for so deciding are summed up
very well in a little notice received
in Harrishurg to-day which will bear
general reading, so sane and sensible
Is the view the Rotarians take. It
fOllOWS!
The International directors an
nounce their decision that the 1917
Rotary convention will be held
Just a* planned. Let American
Rotary clubs stand for optimistic
confidence and lead their nation
during the conduct of war, with
business as usual and with a spirit
of resolute determination not to
allow themselves to be stampeded
into a panic.
The enrest way to preserve
American prosperity is to main
tain normal Induatrial, commer
cial and aortal activities.
Now mora than ever before the
country !■ In need of a flood-tide of
prosperity. This is no time to play
either the miser or the spendthrift.
Those corporations and big Inter
est* which hare been heaping up sur
pluses will probably find It desirable
to give the stockholders some consid
eration. It IS now Intimated that many
of the great corporations are doing a
banking business through loans of
funds whioh belong to the stockhold
ers When the war taxes are Imposed
there will probably be a change of
polloy la this respect.
There la geaertl approval through
out tha eountry of the proposition that
tba United States should stand
shoulder to ahoulder with the allies In
suppressing the militarism of Ger*
many, but distinct difference of atti
tude exists aa between imperial Ger-
manV and the iopl of the Father
land. Widespread sympathy la manl
faated for the harraaaed and suffering
Germans, who have been forced into
a world-war against their own dealre.
For this reason Americana are dla
posed to treat with great sympathy
those cltlaens of Uermany who ara
now living tn the United States and
who are still subjects of the Ksiser.
Efficiency of the railroads at this
time is one of the Important matters
requiring the attention of Congress
and the governmental departments.
Our railroad system must be main
tained at the highest point of first
class service, and the relief which is
proposed through Increased rates and
other concessions will be approved by
the people.
Billions of dollars will ba placed at
the disposal of the allies for the vig
orous prosecution of the war, and all
kinds of resourcea will be mobilised to
quench as rapidly as possible the fires
of hate and militarism which have
acorched all of France. America's en
trance into the war has created a pro
found impression throughout the
, world, and the flying of the Stars and
Stripes over the Parliament buildings
in London Is a historic event not
without significance as an indication
of the part which this country will
play In the final adjustment of th
world cataclysm.
""PofcttcC* Ot
""pOVKOI
By the Ex-Committeeman
Selection of Ex-COngressman Dan
iel F. Lafean, of York, to succeed Wil
liam H. Smith, of Philadelphia, as
Banking Commissioner, announced by
the Governor on Saturday night, is
considered on Capitol Hill as a per
sonal appointment by the Governor
and more or less factional. The Gov
ernor and the former congressman
are warm personal friends, but the
prediction was freely made that the
appointment would be held up in the
Senate if sent there before final ad
journment.
Mr. ws mentioned for Pub
lic Service Commissioner and then for
Secretary ot Internal Affair*, but it
Is said that opposition from leaders
of the old Progressive faction caused
him to be relegated to the Banking
Commlsslonershlp. He Is a confec
tionery manufacturer and identified
with'business and Industrial concerns
in York. He served as a congress
man from the York-Adams district
for one term and as a congressman
at-large for one term, being defeated
for renoraination last year. He was
generally regarded then as a pro
nounced Brumbaugh man. Mr. Lafean
is very well liked personally by men
prominent in State politics and has
many friends on Capitol Hill.
Wither the Governor means to fill
the other vacancies soon could not
bo learned. There is a supposition
that the Lafean appointment, which
is -for a vacancy created when the
legislature was in session, was put
out to draw the lightning.
—Reports that the Vare-Brum
baugh forces were planning a drive
to secure a close of the session on
May 31 were not well received by
Penrose men to-day. The Penrose
people say that the duration of the
session can be settled very soon by
the Governor sending In his appoint
ments. Resolutions to fix dates for
shutting off t>Hls and for ending the
session will not be popular for a
while.
—Observers of things on Capitol
Hill are waiting for results of the
visit of William Flinn to the Gover
nor. Kltnn's opposition to Lafean is
credited with causing him to be
scratched In the race for Secretary
of Internal Affairs and the selection
of some one identified with the old
Progressiva organization for that
place is expected. The Public Serv
ice vacancy is said to be regarded by
the Governor as a personal appoint
ment.
—Prominent legislators, including
a number of friends of Senator Pen
rose, have entered the lists against
the Whltaker bill for a constitutional
convention. They raise the point that
the times.are unusual and that the
proposition should be taken up when
tiie state of affairs is normal. The
bill will be considered in committee
tills week.
—The proposition for a State sal
ary board is again being revived. It
would provide for control of all con
tingent funds through a bureau in the
Auditor General's department as well
as a board to regulate salaries,
which are now designated by the Leg
islature.
—Newspapers are calling upon the
legislators and the Governor and the
defense people to unite on a bill for
disbursement of money for public de
fense so that it will be available
when needed. Editorials in Philadel
phia and Pittsburgh newspapers de
clare that there must be some rea
son for the stubbornness with which
each aide maintains its position.
—Pittsburgh and Scranton men
will mobilize to-morrow afternoon at ,
the hearing to be held on the Lynch
Senate bill to repeal the nonpartisan
clause of the second class city act.
The Pittsburgh people are generally
opposed to making the change, but
the Scranton folks are coming down
to urge the measure. Both cities will
elect mayors this year.
—Woman suffrage advocates last
night opened batteries on Senator
Penrose asking why he did not take
more active steps in behalf of the
resolution for the constitutional
amendment. The letter given out
quotes the senator's statement and
his friends says that it Is an effort
to shift some of the blame for the
defeat of the resolution In the House.
The suffragists say that they will
be glad to print the senator's reply.
-—Auditor General-elect Srtyder
was In Phllaaelphln on Saturday, and
It Is said that he discussed probable
changes in his department. It Is be
lieved that he will act pretty prompt
ly after he takes hold.
—A Pottsville dispatch in the
Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday call
ed attention to the fact that Gover
nor Brumbaugh had not yet filled the
vacancy on the Schuylkill bench
caused by the death of Judge C. N.
Brumm. It also said: "Thus far
the coast seems to be clear for Judge
H. O. Bechtel to receive the renoml
natlon for Judge of the court of com
mon Pleas of this district. Just as
clear seems the way to C. A. White
house for the other nomination for
Judge, there being two to be elected
next November. One vacancy on the
first Monday of January next will be
occasioned by the expiration of the
term of Judge Bechtel and the other
W that occasioned by the death of
Judge C. N. Brumm, of Mlnersvllle,
on January last. There are names
hinted at as possible persons for the
nominations as condldates, but none
has been positively announced or has
been determined. The names of
Jamea A. Noecker, Democrat, a
former member of the Legislature,
of Schuylkill Haven, and James J.
Bell, also a Democrat, or Shenan
doah, are bruited about by some of
their frlenda as possible candidates."
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IONIATO HAZARD —'
Honors Gwilym Davies
[Wilkes-Barre Record]
A high honor has come to Gwilym
Davies, supervisor of music -in
Wilkes-Barre public schools, in a
communication from the State De
partment of Public Instruction, ask
ing him to act as a State examiner
in music. It is required that all mu
sic teachers in the public schools un
dergo an examination for special
certificates. Mr. Davies has accepted
and will conduct an examination in
Scranton next Friday and at Wll
liamsport on Saturday. He lg rec
ognized as one of the most compe
tent Instructors in tne State, and
has also achieved an enviable repu
tation In composing music books for
use in the schools. They have been
adopted In a number of places be
cause of their splendid adi-ptatlon to
the easy mastery of the funda
mentals. The honor that has come
to Mr. Da-vies reflects credit upon
the community as woll as upon him.
The "Deeper View"
My pet abomination is the fool
who claims to take a Deeper View
of Life, and see the Inner Meaning
of Things more clearly, than the
average man of practical sense.
This fellow's first demand is for
the abolition of poverty. No Intelli
gent man expects the world to get
rid of poverty. Men have their food
to earn, and some of them will al
ways negelct the task. To chargfe
some men with earning food for an
other, is an injustice the selfish
world will never submit to, snd so
poverty will continue as long as mar
riage, birth, sickness and death.
A man once said: "I am not my
brother's keeper;" and has been
abused through the ages for a per
fectly true and just remark. A man
must look after himself; when he
neglects It ,he suffers, nnd the men
who have the Deeper View of Life,
and See the Inner Meaning of
Things, cannot help him; Indeed,
they will add to his other burdens by
charging him a high price for a
fraudulent cure for his ills.
Pessimists who watch their sheep ,
when no wolves actually appear, at '
least know wolves do appear fre- \
quently, and thus avoid many raids i
suffered by their optimistic neigh-1
bors.
Nature's laws have no sentiment:
the foolish mother who neglects her
infant is more liable to lose it than
Is a careful mother. Human nature's
laws are as harsh as the laws of the
earthquake; the only difference is
thnt human nature ran be sorry.—
E. W. Howe's Monthly.
Bitten on the Limb
[Kansas City Star]
The other day while I was out
hunting Items I was told that a
young woman had been bitten "on
the limb" by a vicious dog, says Topi
Thompson. I knew at once that she
had been bitten on the arm, but a
few more particulars were needed to
make It a news Item. Luckily I had
scarcely moved from the spot when
I saw the young lady herself ap-
Sroachlng. As she Is a member of my
unday school and a modest, sensible
girl, I mentally made a bet with my
self that she wouldn't call it her limb,
so I accosted her with: "What's this
I hear about you being bitten by a
mad dog?" "Well," she replied, "a
dog ran out and bit me last evening
when I was going home. I hardly
think he was mad—but I was." After
a few other questions and answers I
asked: "Where did he bite you?"
"Right up there on the corner," she
answered, waving her hand In the
direction of her home, and looking
me squarely and soberly .In the eye.
"Yes—ah—so he did. Well, I'm glad
you weren't hurt much," was about
all I could think to say. But I won
the bet—she didn't say limb.
Brothers in Hate
(From the New York Tribune)
The Rev. Dr. Hlllts Insists that
Germans should be shot except those
that are hanged. A pacifist at the
Madison Square Garden meeting
prayed that God might strike deaa
certain friends of Dr. Hlllls, whom
he named Could not a meeting be
tween these two highly moral'lead
ers be arranged?
"Adam-Zad"
(From the New York World)
"The bear that walks like a man"
Is now beginning to act like a man.
He refuses to get down on all fours
again.
Porcus •
When he hitches up his wagon
"To make the weekly drive to I
town—
And he takes unholy pleasure ,
In holding all the roadway's
crown—
Shuts his ears, and never heeding,
When a chasing "Lizzie" calls;
Turns his head and looks back grin
ning
When the hand-worked Klaxon
bawls—
You can write it In your mem.
book.
He's a h. o. g.!
When he gets his little bra3s-bound
Tin-shop out upon the byway,
And the big car comes a'hooting
Calling loudly, Please! Some
highway!"
Then he hugsthe left—still smiling—
Chokesher down to almost twenty;
Getting even with the big car.
"Got his goat? Yes! Got him
plenty!"—
Paste It In your little bonnet,
He's a h. o. g.
When the man with Eight or Twin-
Six
Blocks the road as if he's it;
Makes the man who's in a hurry '
Mutter words that don't sound fit;
If he fails to "push the button,"
# "* - ahead, or give fair clear
ance—
j He's the worst one In the business.
Premier pest of interference.
Print his name in all the papers,
He's a h. o. g.
—W. P. Highway Bulletin.
Prohibition During War
Whatever wor action may be de
cided upon with regard to the liquor
traffic should be national. No sub
stantial benefit to the country will
be derived from a few states adapt
ing prohibition for the period of the
war. As to the legal questions in
volved, they undoubtedly can be re
solved; if It shall be decided the
country must be "dry" as a protec
! tive measure, the Federal authority
! charged with the common defense
I can enforce its decision. Stale a<i
| thoritles will ucquiesce and co-oper
| ate to make the decree effective. No
j one will question the supremacy of
! the Federal authority In the emer
| gency that is upon us. At the same
I time, action by state legislatures vol-
I unturilv suspending the liquor busl
i ness during the war will be helpful
1 to the national government If that
power concludes the country should
bo "dry." The plan reported from
Harrisburg, designed to establish
prohibition temporarily In this state,
should lie taken up with the Federal
authorities. Harmony between the
state and national governments is
more than ever essential.—Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times.
Birds Foil Gas Attacks
[From the Literary Digest]
One of the favorite characters
the folklore of all nations Is the
kindly disposed fish, or bird, or frog,
or rabbit who heaps benefits upon
the hero, coming to his rescue in
moments of peril at the very nick of
time.
This pretty fairy tale Is coming
true at present for the heroes of the
trenches, whenever those grim
ditches have been dug near a forest
or orchard. For the nlrds overhead
give warning of the approach of the
noxious fumes of asphyxiating gas
before It is perceptible to the senses
of the soldiers.
Doctor Cabanes, writing In La
Chronique Medicate, says that the
birds are roused from their slumbers
before the odor of tne gus has been
detected In the trenches, and at once
begin to make a confused clamor as
they hastily take their flight to the
rear, thus warning the men behind
the guns to don their gas masks and
be ready for the deadly unseen foe.
j This circumstance 's In accord with
the familiar use of a canary to de
tect foul air In mines, and it seems
probable that the superior sensitive
ness of birds In this respect is due to
the highly oxygenated condition of
their blood, causing them to suffer
from the slightest lack of oxygen.
Commiasioner a Poet
(Buffalo Courier]
Health Commissioner Fronczak Is
not usually stricken with poetry, but
with the arrival of this spring he has
Issued the following:
Get Busy
The early fly's the one to swat,
it comes before the weather's hot.
And sits around and wipes Its legs,
And lays at least 10 million eggs;
And every egg will bring R fly
To drive us crazy by and by!
I
I AMERICA'SENTRANCEINTO WAR |
IN the British Parliament the en
trance of the United States into
the war was the occasion for j
some remarkable speeches.
Bonar Law said; "America, like |
the British Empire— I wish to make |
that plain—is animated by no love
of conquest, no greed for territory, j
no selfish ends. The aims and ideals i
to which President Wilson has given
noble expression in his recent speech 1
are our aims, our ideals also. As
we found out earlieT, so the Ameri- 1
can people have now found out that|
there is no method by which these,
alms can be secured exqept by fight
ing for them."
Mr. Asquith said; "I doubt, whether
even now the world realizes the full
significance of the step America has
taken. I do not use language of
flattery gr exaggeration when I say
it is one of the most disinterested
acts in history." Asserting that tor
more than one hundred years it has
been the cardinal principle of Am
erican policy to keep clear of for- I
eign entanglements, he pointed out I
that, broadly speaking, ti;e war had !
been doing little appreciable harm
to fhe material fortunes snd pros-'
perity of the American people. Am-1
erican interests at home or abroad j
were not directly imperiled. Nor
was that greatest interest of a demo- !
cratic community, the maintenance!
of domestic independence and lib
erty, interfered with. Asking, then, j
what it was that enabled the Presi- j
dent, after waiting with the greatest I
patience to carry with him a united |
nation into the hazards and horrors 1
of the greatest war in history, he j
said that it was "not calculation of j
material gain, not hope of territor-1
ial aggrandizement, not even the j
pricking of one of those so-called I
points of honor which nn days gone j
by have driven nations, as they used |
to drive individuals, to the duelinKj
ground. It was the constraining I
force of conscience and humanity, '
Stone-Age Stuff
You can do a-ny-thing that you try
to do
If only you try to do it.
You must get a little start,
You must have a little heart.
Then a long, strong pull, and go to
It!
Oh, it may take years to worry it ,
through.
And you may break a leg or an arm
or two!
But in the by and by you will find it |
true —
That you'll do anything that you try
to do —
If only you try to do it!
You can be a-ny-thing that you want
to be
If you're sure that you want to be it.
You must keep your little mind
Very constantly inclined
To the far place long before you see
it.
Life may seem a struggle In an angry
sea;
But beat along to windward and be
ware the drift to lee!
And some day yotfll be sailing on
the blue end free;
For you'll be anything that you want
to be—
If only you want to be It!
You can make a-ny mark that you
want to make.
If only you want to make It.
"V*u must lug your little pack
You must plug along the track,
You must keep the pace and' never
more forsake It.
Oh, your brain may pain and your
muscles ache.
Your soul may sicken and your back
may break;
But keep your smile In the game of
give-and-take
And you'll make any markvthat you
want to make —
H only you want to make It!
But, whatever the aim of your make
be-do.
Be sure that you want to reach It,
For the thing is up to you.
Quite too trite and quite too true
For me to try to sing It or to ecreech
It,
Few of us will practicewhut we dally
preach; '
Most of our observance Is honored In
the breach,
But, In reaching any goal that yoa
want to reach.
Be sure that you want to reach It!
—Edmund Vance Cooke, In the
Saturday Evening Post.
APRIL 23, 1917.
growing In strength and compulsive
authority month by month, with the
gradual unfolding of the real char
acter of German aims and methods.
It was that force alone which
brought home to the great demo
cracy over-seas the momentous
truth that they were standing at the
parting of the ways. ♦
There was never in the minds of any
of us a fear that the moment the
issue became apparent and unmis
takable the voice of America.would
not be heard. She has now dedi
cated herself without hesitation or
reserve, heart and soul and strength,
to the greatest of causes, to which,
stimulated and fortified by her com
radeship. we here renew our fealty
und devotion."
John Dillon, for the Irish Nation
alists, welcomed the United States
and with it, every man of loyal Irish
blood there, and said that it was
difficult to describe the full meaning
of this action, that It was not like
the entrance of the other allies, but
had a more mighty significance to
the whole civilized world because it
was a breach with an unbroken tra
dition of a century, a tradition ad
hered to with vehemence and pas
sion, of the principle laid down by
Washington that the country keep
clear of entangling alliance?. He
said in part:
"The difficulties with which Mr.
Wilson has been confronted in the
last two and one-half years have not
been sufficiently appreciated in this
country. He had to keep the nation
united and bring it united into the
war. He had to deal with a people
which had a deep-seated and ineradi
cable hatred of war. To bring the
United States into the war was to
make them go against one of the
deepest instincts of the soul of the
race. The statesmanship, courage,
and patience of President Wilson
bring him into the forefront of all
the great statesmen of the last cen
tury."
OUR DAILY LAUGH
APT TO COME.
any day now
with white pa
per as high as it fIRSr
What's that
you expect?
An embargo
NOT UP ON
FOOTBALL.
jc,m 1 fear my boy
V l \ ' 9 ln some trou
ble at college.
iy" He says
l#\ the y' ve 80t him
1 on the gridiron.
BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS.
' Traveler I
see you have a ~4
picture of a S't-I^s
your new sign. JHf) /t®
What was the
matter with th|
Tout customers jjWffljT"
complained that l£j JJ
llta-Uko. - iflVH M-
listening
While opinions vary as to the ex
act number of persons who partlcl.
pated In Harrlaburg's great loyaltj
demonstration on Saturday, it seemi
to be pretty generally agreed that II
wan the biggest parade ever held In
Harrlsburg. Men who recall some ol
the I-'ourth of July and other paradei
held In this city during the Civil wai
and made notable by regiments from
Camp Curtln and the processions ol
the Dauphin county centennial, sa;
that the parade of two days agj
eclipsed them. fiThe only parade J
recent years which was anything HK*
that of Saturday was the big Are
men's parade of 1914, which wa
longer and covered a greater rout#)
but it did not contain as many
marchers, if rain had not fallen
there would have been more partlcl
pants, but It is to be noted with
pride that in spite of the drenchlnn
downpour there were mighty fefe
people who dropped out of line*
Those who started as a rule weifl
through with It and although many
a man was footsore and weary when
the line turned up in the Tenth ward,
there was no disposition to quit. It
was a parade in which the partici
pants were out for a definite purpose
and they faced about all the dis
couragements that one could wish.
This spirit was demonstrated when
there would be shouts from men In
the line to people standing on side
walks or on porches during the rain
to come out and fall In.
• •
Probably more people saw the pa
rade than any similar demonstration
in years. This was largely due to th
fact that all business was suspended
in Harrlsburg from 2 until 6 and
everyone turned out, while train!
and trolley cars brought people to
Harrlsburg by the thousands. The
traffic from the West Shore towns
was pretty close to a record and
shutting down of plants at Steelton
and Mlddletown gave opportunity foi
many people to come to Harrlsburg,
which they did, and many being wise,
I brought along their own lunches.
I The line of march was massed with
people and It was surprising after
going through the densely packed
crowds in Market street to find
Fourth and Sixth lined almost as
heavily. At some of the street inter
sections in Sixth street there were
throngs of people through whom th
marchers had frequently to forci
their way. Many people from thi
central part of the city seemed tc
have figured out that it would be a
good thing to go to far up towr
streets to see the divisions go bj
and found they had lots ot
company. Allison Hill people cam<
into town almost In a body and wer
welcomed by up town neighbors
when the rain came down, whil
many city homes were opened to th<
people from the suburbs.
A good many of the city's mos'
prominent people were smiling ovei
sore feet or aching limbs yesterdaj
as the result of marching over pavec
streets because it was all in a good
cause. Men who had years age
marched for miles in political pa
rades and never thought anything o1
it found out that they were older, bui
all declared that they would not hav
missed the opportunity for much
Governor Brumbaugh, who wew
over the whole line of march in
of a weak ankle, was as chipper ai
the finish as at the start, while s
number of the city's professional anc
business men said that it brought
back old days. One of the thingi
much commented upon by persons
who have observed parades for year!
was the absence of anything like ad
vertising. Except for one or two in
stances the delegations from th<
city's leading business and mercan
tile establishments carried nothing t
designate them. It was something
which was much discussed by manj
of the visitors from other places
and showed a hearty support for th
committee in charge.
Harrisburg tailoring establishment!
were pretty busy places to-day. Busi
ness suits, uniforms and coats whicl
had been in the parade were deliver
ed in bundles by people who want th
kitiks straightened out. It will be i
couple of days before the cleaning
and pressing establishments will ge'
clear of the rush of business broughi
by the storm and the parade. Par
aders scorned umbrellas and th
few who endeavored to hoist then:
gave it up as a bad job because thej
were "kidded" from the sideline!
and growled at by their comrades it
the lines. At least three umbrella!
were put out of business and throwr
into the Riverside parks betweei
State and Market streets. Speaklm
of clothing, the number and varietj
of uniforms worn by the bands wai
worth traveling to see. It seems as
though tho bands of this decade ar<
going back thirty years to the bril
liant uniforms of the seventies and
eighties. Instead of uniforms se
verely military, as used to be th
case in parades of twenty years oi
so ago, there were to be seen ob
Saturday garbs that reminded one oi
zouave and circus days. Another in
teresting thing about, the bands wai
the siae of the organizations. Bandi
of forty and fifty were common,
while the drum corps which paraded
on Saturday were as large as tin
bands of other days.
• • •
There were only half a dozen stops
in the whole parade on Saturdaj
worth talking about and they were
if anything, welcomed. Once th
parade got started it kept moving
and tho few times that the lines wer
halted the marchers were grateful
for the chance to stand still even
though it was raining pitchforks.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
B F. Sprankle, the Butler man
who spoke here recently, is maklni
a series of addresses In western towni
on salesmanship.
William Kllnn was speaker at
a flag raising at one of Pittsburgh'*
Presbyterian churches.
Congressman E. E. Bobbins, ol
Greensburg, was summoned to New
York by the serious illness of hit
brother who had been on a hi|
which was submarined.
judge J. McF. Carpenter, wM
made some radical orders in
burgh licenses, is an elder In bnm
the Pittsburgh churches.
Provost E. P. Smith, of the Unl.
verslty of Pennsylvania, turns out
daily to see the students drill.
DO YOU KNOW
That the Harrisburg filter plant
has l>ecn copied In ten States.
HISTORIC HARRISBtJRG
Camp Curtln was a great vlsltini
place for people from all over thi
northern States during the Civl
War.