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MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30.
A Christian is one who does
for Christ's sake what he
would not do otherwise.—
Alexander Mackenzie.
TIME FOR ACTION:
IT ts beginning to dawn upon the
minds of people throughout the
country that participation of the
United States in the world war
means more than mere academic
discussion of the situation. There
has been a disposition to look upon
' our entry into the war as something
rather fine and interesting from the <
standpoint of the great humanlt&r- <
lan principle involved, but as the 1
facts develop thoughtful men and <
women realize that this is no holiday i
performance.
We must be prepared for all the
eventualities of a titanic conflict.
Germany Is far from crushed and
we are to some extent weakened In
this country by the pacifist attitude
of many good people who fall to un
derstand that peace without honor is
not peace at all. Nor must we for
get that we are not only to fight for
a great world-wide democracy; we
are fighting for the rights of a na
tion which have been invaded out
rageously by an imperialistic dynas
ty that hopes to perpetuate itself by
crushing and overrunning all the
peoples who have the courage to re
sist its brutal aggressiofc. J
We must be ready as a patriotic
people to place at the service of the
government all the resources of a
prosperous and favored nation. We
should halt at nothing in definite
preparations for the continuance of
the struggle. Even the sending of
our soldiers to Europe should not be
regarded as something Impossible or
unnecessary. Whatever we can do
to end the conflict so that permanent
peace may come and that the rights
of all shall be maintained ought to
be done and done promptly and
without serious division among our
people.
In addition to increasing our ship
ping facilities, the manufacture of
munitions, the raising of food stuffs,
the making of materials for the sus
tenance and comfort of an army in
the field, we must be prepared to
continue with increased energy the
Industrial and commercial, activities
of an intelligent people* There must
be no let down or minimizing of our
ordinary activities. We should be
nressing forward with renewed ef
fort in every direction.
Fortunately for us, the experience
of England and France will aid In
preventing mistakes on this side of
the water which were so serious a
handicap on the other side at the
outstart of the war. Thousands of
lives will be saved because we shall
eater the war with our eyes open and
be ready to anticipate much that was
uncertain and unknown in 1914.
Perhaps the most important thing
which now confronts the United
States is the producing of food not
only for ourselves, but for our allies
abroad. No army can fight on star
vation rations nor can the people
back of the lines continue to produce
necessities without sufficient food.
The submarine warfare of Germany
has seriously menaced both England
•and France and the menace is still
a real thing. It will be part of the
big Job of the United States to re
lieve the food situation of the Allies
while preparing for support In other
directions.
Gifford Pir.chot, in a recent appeal,
B*ints out that the Kaiser "cannot
■whip French and English armies and
the English navy while England has
food. But It is still possible that the
German submarine may be able to
keep food enough from England to
starve her into submission."
>Pr. Pinchot also points out the
self-evident proposition that with
the English fleet in possession of the
Kaiser he would be master of the
world and what would happen to the
United States need not be discussed.
flMr responsibility Is great. We
must do our full part and in no lag
gard fashion. The time for talking
is past; the time for actionals here.
THE HARRISBCRG HOTEL
OF course, it is goitxg to cost
more to build the great Penn-
Harrls betel than waa origi
nally estimated bythegroup of public
spirited citizens who are backing
and providing the necessary funds
for this important undertaking; but
without regard to the increased cost
by reason of the changed conditions
in the materials and labor markets,
if ftfrjjfllutfiiy nt"f-rinrv Uat-
. MONDAY EVENING, ' TELEGRAPH APRIL' 30, 1917.
risburg be relieved of the Intolerable
conditions which now confront the
city with respect to hotel facilities.
Many of our people full to appre
ciate that night after night strangers
are compelled to walk the streets of
the city hunting suitable accommo
dations. A progressive city like ours
cannot allow this situation to con
tinue even at the cost of still larger
subscriptions to the hotel fund.
There will be no looking backward
so far as those identified with the
hotel proposition are concerned.
They are going to build the finest
hotel It is possible to provid" at
this time. All the plans have been
made and the Telegraph has been
advised by the architects that the
estimates of builders will be ready
for submission to the directors of the
hotel company within a few days.
It ought to be the pride of every
Harrlsburger to have a part owner
ship in the new hotel. Even one
share of stock, if more cannot be
subscribed, would indicate Interest in
-this important community enter
prise.
Twenty submarines and their crews
were captured by the British on one
day. "England is getting a lot more
submarines than you people in
America have any idea of." said a
member of the commission from Great
Britain now here for consultation re
garding co-operation In war. Alfred
Noyes, the English poet who addressed
an audience here the other evening,
remarked that the crews of subma
rines are much more important than
the boats themselves because they
must be of certain temperament and
training to be of service. It would
thus appear that mere increase of
submarines is not everything in sub
marine warfare.
SCHOOL BOARD CONTROVERSY
SCANDALOUS and sensational
developments of the eontrover-
sy over the selection of an
architect for the school building pro
gram have aroused the citizens of
Harrisburg as scarcely ever before in
the history of local school affairs, and
charges have been made, supported
by affidavits, which should not be
dropped with mere newspaper publi
cation. If these charges be true, then
the citizens are entitled to have them
established by legal evidence. If they
are not true, then the good names ®f
all Involved and of the school district
as well demand a prompt and ef
fective vindication.
But whatever the outcome of this
deplorable business, the incident
emphasizes the importance of elimi
nating for all time any suspicion of
improper influence in the manage
ment of school affairs. The state
ment of one of the competitors for
the architectural commission that he
had never known "a situation so ap
pallingly corrupt as that heretofore
existing" in this city, should not be
permitted to go unchallenged. The
fair fame of Harrisburg is more im
portant than any other matter In
volved in the subject under discus
sion.
The public will expect the school
directors, regardless of this phase of
the controversy, however, to get to
gether promptly for the purpose of
uniting on an architect. The build
ing season is slipping rapidly by and
school conditions are becoming con
stantly worse.
While there has been some reaction
in business activities owing to the
entrance of the United States into
war. there is likely to be a swinging
back within a short time and a rea
sonable adjustment to war conditions.
This will mean still greater activity
than before and a widespread pros
perity in many direjtions. It is
pointed out that money and credit
are in good condition and that when
Congress shall have finished the nec
essary legislation so that business
men can get a line on conditions,
there will be a going forward with
added impetus.
THEY'D KNOW THE PLACE
IF "Charley" Ross had been a resi
dient of Harrisburg and sud-
denly returned after all these
years, he'd know the place.
If Enoch Arden had . gone forth
from Harrisburg and had strolled
back to the scenes of his youth he
would not have had to peep into the
back'-window of his erstwhile home
to have been sure that he was in the
old town.
If Rip Van Winkle had gone to
sleep somewhere along the Rockviile
mountain after a hunting trip from
his home in Harrisburg and if he
came tottering back to town some
fine morning, he'd have one land
mark to remind him of the days
agone.
If some of our beardless youths
tramp away to war and come back
three or four years hence with
shoulderstraps and beards they will
march right up the Federal Square
and feel perfectly at home.
For those who return after long,
long Intervals of time the unfinished
postotfice building always will be a
distinguishing mark in Harrisburg.
Attention has been called by an au
thority to th#lmperative need of more
railroad cars to move the enormous
cropa which will be raised, this year.
Unless these cars are provided the
extra energy now being displayed in
food production will have been largely
wasted. Of course, the railroad cor
porations are going to do their best,
but they are suffering from the anti
railway regulations of recent years
and we are now caught In an emer
gency with thousands of cars less than
are actually needed to avoid em
bargoes. It may be that the Govern
ment will have to provide cars as part
of the national defense scheme.
It is probably all right to give the
Department of Parks the right to sell
surplus shrubberV from the nursery
on the Island. Might it not be pos
sible in the transaction to induce
some experienced planters to exchange
their labor for shrubbery and In this
way provide for a much more exten
sive planting of the city park strips?
President Sparks, of State College,
who usually manages to say the right
thing at the right time, observed In
the beginning of an address recently
that "for want of a nail a shoe was
lost, for want of a shue a torse was
tar want of a horse a battle was
lost and all for the want of a horse
shoe nail." Paraphrasing the illustra
tion, it might be suggested for want
of capital the cars are short, for want
of cars coal is short and for want of
coal light and power will be short and
all- because of the hampering of the
railroad systems.
Harrlsburg never falls in its sup
port of any philanthropic, charitable
or humanitarian enterprise. There
lias been general response to the ap
peal for an increased membership of
the Harrlsburg Chapter of the Red
Cross, and the interest in the move
ment increases from day to day.
Harrlsburg or.ee entertained the
Marquis LaFayette, as it also enter
tained Washington, Lincoln and Grant.
Why should this city not have a part
In the reception to the distinguished
English and French commissioners
during their stay in this country?
As to the two vacant chairs in the
City Council, perhaps the people
should take a hand in nominating
proper and fit persons for these im
portant places in the city government.
This newspaper will gladly print all
names submitted as a possible guide
for the three surviving commissioners.
We can hear the Germans exclaim:
"What brutes those Americans are, to
sink our brave U-boat crews without
warning."
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By the Kx-Committeeman :
Auditor General-elect Charles A.
Snyder is the central figure In Penn
sylvania politics to-day and the ques
tion of what the Schuylkill man Is
going to do regarding the Governor's
| recess appointees Is what is interest
ing every one. Speaking In the Sen
ate last Wednesday, the new Auditor
General contended that the Governor
had failed to comply with the con
stitution and that men appointed
by him but not sent to the Senate
had no standing. Therefore, he
argued, they were not entitled to
compensation. Governor Brumbaugh
will reply to the resolution request
ing that the appointments be sent
to the Senate and present his side of
the proposition this week.
Mr. Snyder will succeed A. W.
Powell, of Allegheny county, as
Auditor General to-morrow, and will
be in a position to raise the issues
which have agitated the Senate and
prolonged the legislative session. If
he refuses to approve the warrant
for any official's pay, the Attorney
General's Department will get behind !
a mandamus proceeding.
It Is expected that the new Auditor 1
General will move promptly in dis- I
placing Powell appointees.
State Treasurer-elect Harmon M.
Kephart will not take his office until
next Monday.
—Discussing the Progressive party,
from which the big Pennsylvania Bull
Moosers withdrew in the last cam
paign when they entered the ranksof
Hughes men, the Philadelphia Press
says of the St. Loull conference:
"One thing that the Progressive con
ference at St. Louis did was to ex
hibit its members in their true poli
tical colors as anti-Republicans.
Their new action then is a taking
away of support Kom the Demo
cratic party. The men who gather
ed in conference were Democratic
workers during last Fall. If they
continue their new organization, the
result will be so many drawn away
from the Democratic ranks. The Re
publican party loses nothing that It
had last year, for none of the men
who sat around the St. Louis council
table were on its side."
—The Philadelphia Bulletin inti
mates in an editorial that Senator
Snyder's long experience in legis
lative matters and his intimate
knowledge of State government
should make him an official ex
ceptionally well qualified to deal
with the peculiar conditions exist
ing in the State government at pres
ent.
—Judge W. B. Broomall, of Dela
ware county, announces that he Is
a candidate for re-election.
—George W. Ryon, who died yes
terday, was long a factor In Schuyl
kill Democratic affairs and well
known here. He was a trustee of
the State Hospital in Harrisburg.
—The McXichol bills to establish
what shall be contingent funds and
what shall be paid out of them will
be on the Senate first reading cal
endar to-morrow.
—Woman suffragists have come
out with a long statement on the re
sults of the voting on the amend
ment resolution in the House and
in a circular say: "Although defeat
ed in their Initial step toward enfran
chisement, the women of Pennsyl
vania show by the accompanying let
ters to members of the House of
Representatives, that they have been
emancipated, if not enfranchised, at
least so far as being freed from
false notions concerning the present
Legislature. In the letter mentioned,
the vote upon the women suffrage
amendment resolution is analyzed,
and those interested, under the sub
heading of "Deductions," write the
representatives probably afv they
never before have been addressed
by any group of persons seeking to
have a measure passed by Pennsyl
vania's Legislative body.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer in
discussing the dinner to be given
to Senator Charles A. Snyder in
Philadelphia to-night says: "Senator
Penrose, who arrived from Washing
ton last evening, accepted an in
vitation to attend the dinner which
will be given this evening to Auditor
General-elect Charles A. Snyder at
the Bellevue-Stratford, and at which
Mayor Smith and Senators McNichol
and Vare will be among those pres
ent. The function will be held under
the auspices of the Pennsylvania
State Senatorial Society, composed of
present and former members of the
State Senate. The occasion may be
productive of political developments
along the line of Republican Party
harmony. Mayor Smith has express
ed a determination to strive to that
end among the local Republican
factions with a viewtobringingabout
an agreement upon a local ticket
which can be supported by both fac
tions at the September primaries."
—The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
(Tives prominence to a story that
Mayor Smith is seeking a "harmony
ticket" in Philadelphia. Some time
ago the announced a ticket
which did not draw much applause,
but it says the Mayor is commencing
to realise the importance of real
harmony.
—The call for the congressional
election in the 28th district is ex
pected to be issued this week. Mean
while candidates multiply.
—lndications are that W. P. Gal
lagher, reading clerk of the Senate,
may be the successor of State Treas
urer-elect Harmon M. Kephart as
chief clerk of the Senate.
—State Treasurer-elect Kephart
will not make chanpres in Ihe Treas
ury for some time. Cashier C'richton
is expected to remain for a short
period.
The Days of Real Sport .. . s y briggs
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BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Jerry: By Jack London, who be
ing dead yet speaketh in this re
markable story of an Irish terrier.
His "Call of the Wild" was another
story of a dog which brought him
fame as a writer, but that other won
derful dog of Alaska was not a whit
more human in his remarkable
characteristics than this terrier of
the South Sea Islands. London
knew dogs as he knew and loved the
wild things of nature which so
strangely appealed to him. There is
no similarity, no paraphrasing in
this second dog story; it stands alone
as the graphic narrative of the lov
able, courageous, half-human com
rade of men of the sea. Even if the
reader has no use for a dog he will
find this vivid tale well worth the
reading. The MacMillan Company,
66 Fifth avenue, are the publishers
and the price is $1.50.
"I.ottcrs From a French Hospital."
—"Letters From a French Hospital,"
just published by Houghton Mifflin
Company, was written by an English
girl, a volunteer nurse in a French
hospital. Her letters give an uncom
monly vivid and authentic picture of
an untrained girl's experiences in
caring for wounded soldiers, and an
through the letters is a refreshing
vein of humor.
Mrs. Waldo Richards, whose
"High Tide" has been one of the
most successful anthologies publish
ed in recent years, read a
"Patriotic Morning With the Poets"
at the home of Mrs. John Henry
Hammond in New York, on April 25.
Mrs. Richards gave the proceeds
from the reading to the fund for the
relief of the Art Alliance in Amer
ica.
Francis Thompson as Katharine
Tynan Knew Him. Katharine Ty
nan makes a valuable contribution to
the anecdotes which will help this,
and coming generations, to a knowl
edge and understanding of Francis
Thompson, in her volume of reminis
cences, "The Middle Years," just
published by Houghton Mifflin Com
pany.
Our Mental Apathy
We're unprepared! Of course we ;
are, but that is not a hopeless bar
to preparation if we would use all
our means in making good. Rut |
there is something worse with us, a
something much more dangerous j
than unpreparedness, for we are ,
numbered by mental apathy. Our
bodies are in good repair to meet
conditions anywhere; not so our:
minds, which will not wake to real- !
ize the grave mistake of our inac- i
tion when the call sounds loudest for J
us. one and all. to mobilize our'
brains and brawn before the winning)
time is gone. We know conditions; i
we can see; but in our mental apathy I
we cannot seem to understand the j
peril menacing our land, the land we I
love, but are so slow to give the I
strength for it to go the way ap- '
pointed unto it if every one will do
his bit. Our flesh is strong, our i
spirit weak, and paths of pleasant- j
ness we seek, forgetting that the road
which leads to victory and ■ peace 1
must needs be rough and hard, but
that the gain will more than pay for ;
all Its pain. Herein the gravest darA
ger lies, for we are sure to lose thw
prize unless at all times, strong be- ,
hind our bodies, is the proper mind. |
The spirit moves; that is the God >
In us to lift us from the sod!
W. J. I.AMPTON.
Only One Minute's Applause!
It piakes one sorrowful to read in
this morning's Eagle that Victor
Murdock was "cheerfed a full min
ute" at the Progressive convention.
There was a time when no man
who spoke in a Progressive conven
tion got less than six minutes of ap
plause: real leaders received twenty
one minutes of cheers and applause
and the leader got an hour and four
teen minutes. The record shows it.
Janitors who restored the ventilat
ing apparatus and readjusted the
furniture frequently got"a full min-;
ute."
Now one minute is regarded as a
worthy to be mentioned tribute for
the "keynoter." It will soon be time
for the pulmotor to take the place
of the koynoted if this alarming de
crease of pressure continues.—H. J.
Allen In the Wichita Beacon.
A Woman's Loyalty
Mrs. Ella Jeffords of Kansas City,
Kan., accompanied her son to the re
cruiting station Monday arid told the
officer in charge that she thanked
God she had raised her sons to be
men. This was her second son to en
list.
Such has been the spirit of loyal
mothers of every generation, who
have sent their sons to fight for their
1 country. When thts women have this
iMevotlon there is no danger that the
Nation will fail in its duty.—Kansas
| City Times
WHAT THE BUSINESS
SAW IN
By W. F. French, in "The Nation's Business"
MILLIONS of back yards and
vacant lots ifwait the hoe
and the spade on the on
coming and swelling ranks of the
amateur gardener. Everywhere
ground which has been an eyesore
will bud and blossom.
"The Department of Agriculture
has placed the stamp of its approval
on the home and club garden move
ment by appointing H. M. Connolly,
of the States Relations Service, to
direct the work in the City of Wash
ington. He will tell the thousands
of amateur grubbers what to do and
how to do it.
"The city will be divided into dis
tricts, and in each district a number
of gardens, some of tnem boys' and
girls' club gardens, others home
gardens, will be selected and treated
as models. Mr. Connolly will visit
these model gardens at regular in
tervals, giving instructions and dem
onstrations as to how to plan a gar
den, what to grow, and how to plant
and care for vegetaoies. All gar
deners in a district will be expected
to attend these conferences, and
each will be asked to keep a record
of the results obtained.
"The government is doing some
thing along this line in the states
through the 1,200 county agents
who are the joint representatives
of the Department of Agriculture
and the states, and also through
aid lent to boys' garaen clubs.
"The average cramped back yard
in a large city, hardly big enough
to 'hang out' the family washing in,
is worth as much to its owner as a
SI,OOO government bond, while the
larger areas surrounding suburban
and small city and town homes are
worth two or three such bonds.
"The back yards and vacant lots
of the country, if capitalized, ought
to yield something like one billion
dollars a year—more than the giant
wheat crops of 1915 at Its high price
brought to the farmers—a pretty
addition to the wealth of the people.
If we take into account the fun and
fhe benetits to health that, the own
ers will get out of digging, their
back yards will give a greater re
turn than the bonds.
"Translated into terms of cabbage
and potatoes and carrots, the back
yard means Oie groaning dinner ta
ble dear to the hearts of our grand
mothers; into terms of domestic
economy, lower grocery bills. It
means better health, and clearer
and in some cases cleaner minds.
To the nation's business, increased
production and better satisfied, more
stable and more efficient workmen;
to the country, a nearer approach
to national self-sufficiency.
"Until, however, the business man
saw what was in the back yard, it
remained one of the greatest of our
undeveloped resources. Curiously
enough, what he saw were increased
dividends for himself. The profits
to the owner of the garden were in
cidental. So the business man set
about establishing garden clubs. If
his employes didn't have back
yards, he provided space in vacant
lots. And the idea grew and grew
until it has become an American in
stitution with European ones pat
terned after it.
"Inside the office, I found one of
these business men. the big 'Boss' of
thousands who toil in and about the
great buildings of his plant.
" 'Yes,' he said, leaning back in
his chair, 'the club is a great suc
cess. It has done wonders for us.
The men out in the plant, the boys
in the office and the families at
borne imagine that it is a straight
out piece of philanthropy, guiltless
of any commercial! value to us. But
we are the ones who are getting the
best of the bargain. It has lifted
loads off our shoulders and returned
bigger dividends in dollars and
centß, as well as In satisfaction, than
anything else on our books.
" 'Only the other day one of our
senior clerks came to me with his
confession of faith in the club—how
it had saved him. Pert- more than a
year his strength had been failing.
He was going back. It was appar
ent in his work, at home, every
where. Worry added to his trou
bles. He was 'demoted' and his sal
ary materially cut. Finances began
to pinch. That was the beginning
of the end.
" 'ln desperation he sought a way
out of the ruin into which he wad
slipping—a way back to health for
himself and comfort and happiness
for his family. Then one of his as
sociates suggested the flub to him.
(A paid missionary, if he but knew
it.) But he thought the idea rather
silly. However, when he got home
that night he found that our club
had telephoned to his wife and out
lined our plan to her. Soon she was
one of our most enthusiastic mem
bers, and brought her husband into
the fold.
" "The results? At the end of the
season they showed an actual net
profit of $39, besides cutting their
household expenses about SSO. The
husband's health was restored and
his vigor renewed. He went into his
work a new man. Since then he
has been promoted twice and is now
making more than ever before in
his life. He is easily twice as valu
able to us as he was a year ago, and
is considered one of the best men
on our general force.
" 'That man is only one of many
that the club has saved for us. We
have watched its work and tabu
lated the results, and I can freely
say that in nine cases out of ten the
men who joined the club have in
creased in value to us from 25 to
300 per cent, depending upon the
state of their health and their atti
tude toward their employers at the
time of entering the club. When it
comes to reclaiming and developing
employes, the club is In a class by
itself.'
"That is the opinion generally ex
pressed by business men of the gar
den clubs organized among their
employes. The plan is simple. The
employers furnish the land, and
each member enjoys the privilege of
using one of the small garden plots
for the raising of vegetables or
flowers for home use or for sale.
The membership fee, usually about
fifty cents, is just enough to cover
the cost of the implements fur
nished to the member. The average
family takes two memberships, one
for the hushfnd and one for the
wife. And sometimes they are taken
out for the children.
"Ordinarily each plot can, by
careful cultivation, be made to pro
duce about sixty dollars' worth of
truck. Thus a family 'with two
memberships can grow over a hun
dred dollars' worth of garden stuffs
a season."
Push Our Activities
A more vigorous pulsing of the ar
teries of trade, not a checking of
their flow, will result from our en
trance into the war with Germany.
All consumers are also producers,
and the stimulus of unprecedented
demands will increase their produc
tion and earnings. Trie announce
ment made In Washington that at
least $400,000,000 a month, and pos
sibly $500,000,000 a month, called
for in Secretary MeAdoo's program
of financing the Allies, will "virtually
every dollar of It" be spent In this
country for foodstuffs, munitions,
coal, clothing, railway equipment
and other supplies, should set at rest
any uneasy emotion that retrench
ment is needed, save retrenchment in
the consumption of luxuries. R is be
cause labor is needed in every field
for tremendous added supplies of
necessaries, not that the standard .of
living and of legitimate comfort will
be lowered In this national exigency,
that a campaign of thrift and the
cutting off of luxuries has been
urged.
During the two years and eight
months of war the standard of living
in Great Britain, which has borne
the brunt of expenditure in money
and supplies and is now spending
freely the lives of her men, has
I steadily risen. The efficiency and
volume bf England's labor have In
creased enormously. The great army
of the employed of Britain's peace
time is now at work, and she has
marshaled a tremendous host of
women into the productive indus
tries. In the stress of Eondon that
teemed with poverty and wretched
ness before the war there are liter
ally no poor to-day. The men of the
docks and the mines, the teamsters
nnd factory operatives who squan
dered their earnings in gambling and
drink are drawn into the vast ma
chinery of the war Industries or are
fighting their country's battles at the
front, while their wives and children
benefit by separation allowances, en
hanced pay, both to man and wife,
and by the regime of thrift that has
spread throughout the United King
dom.—Philadelphia Public Eedger.
Wipe Not Out Good Deeds
Remember me, O my God, concern
ing this, and wipe not out my good
lo eds that I have done for the house
of my God, and for the offices there
of. —Nehemiah, xlll, 14.
Labor Notes
Queensland, Australia, has 43,000
factory workers.
Frisco Stevedores' Union has a
closed-shop agreement.
Porto • Rico operates a free em
ployment agency.
Railroad section men in Hawaii
get $1.50 a day.
Japanese factories employ 535,297
girls under 14.
Canada has 2,733,634 persons em
ployed in gainful occupations.
There are two federations of labor
in Argentina, South America.
South Carolina's industries employ
over 80,000 workers.
Arkansas has put a boiler-inspec
tion law in operation.
Painters at Springfield, Mo., have
been increased five cents an hour.
The fire companies in England are
run by women.
Retail clerks at Belleville, 111.,
have received a 20 per cent. In
crease.
The average wage of masons In
1793 was 60 cents a day.
Women are now employed in Ger
many digging se\yers.
Cabo Rojo, Porto Rico, boasts of
almost 1000 union workers.
Garment workers at Birmingham,
Ala., have received a 10 pfcr cent,
increase.
Masters, Mates and Pilots' In
ternational has a membership of
4,000.
OUR DAILY"LAUGH
COMMODIUS
QUARTERS.
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/ ,s I\ the street do
~nrf" "Tn you live on, Mrs.
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gtfr ~ ! s 'de, s ' r ' if you
so one way, it's
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■i TOTOi " t* lo °'her way,
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FORTUNE.
What reason
aid Mr. De Hunt A
give for wishing Yjl
to break the en
report that he fe/'iWk ( ,
was engaged to
ma had not ex- \ Vj
tended his cred- |
it neasly as H'V U'JMsgSp* I
much as he ex- //\
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am a candt'late
fgf l'|vj J for your daugh
ft Wl Mr. Willing—
jja • Well, I'm un-
Cy"!® pledged my boy.
fja Kji If a ballot 'ls
taken you can
have my vote.
OLOOMY AS- I
SUMPTION. f *(J A*J3H|O
She —Are you s/j
for peace at any jr
price? CJu |S==r-4
Isn't any such ll
thing. Even if H I i
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ing to bargain jjjJFP k
on that basis, Mm j SSv V
sooner or later 9 j (.%.,< >
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row about the H
Abetting Qlfjat
In all probability the State's per
manent camp site at Mt. Gretna will
within the next few months be con
verted Into an establishment little
dreamed of by the National Guards
men of Pennsylvania when they mo
bilized amid Its roclcs and trees and
dust last summer. The War Depart
ment has not outlined what its plans
I for the improvement of the camp are
I to be but St Is believed that It con
i templates a cantonment, in other
words a camp where the men will be
housed in wooden buildings instead
of tents. This is significant, If it is
true, because it will mean that the
vamp will be used for training of
men and that it will be utilized eight
or nine months of the year. The
work now under way under direction
of Colonel L. V. Rousch, the active
spirit in the Guard's quartermaster's
j department, is being done by the
ktate and consists of clearing open
spaces for concentration of far more
| troops than the Pennsylvania divi
sion comprises; extension of the
| ter supplies and improvement of the
j roads. In a short time the State
Highway Department will begin the
construction of several State high
ways entering into the camp area
and providing better means of reach
ing the sidings and the main rail
road line. The Commonwealth
plans to spend something like $150,-
000 on improvement of the grounds,
of which it owns outright about 2,000
acres. The national government will
probably spend three or four times
that sum if the cantonment proposi
tion goes through. In any event, Mt.
Gretna will be a great military train
ing camp this year, and probably
next, and the mobilization of the Na
tional Guard for war service, which
is expected next month by people at
Washington, will be followed by the
occupation of the camp by regiments
in the making such as were at Camp
Meade in the summer after the great
camp of the Second Army Corps in
the closing weeks of the Spanish-
American war. The State is going
ahead with its preparations and by
and by the War Department will get
its plans working.
Harrisburg people will be interest
ed to know that the officer who is to
command the army reserve training
camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., where
many Pennsylvanians will be trained
to be officers, will be Colonel Samuel
W. Miller, commander of the Twen
tieth United States Infantry, who was
formerly in command of the re
cruiting station here. Colonel Miller
is a native of Huntingdon county and
has been in command of United
States soldiers in the Philippines,
Hawaii and at Panama. He has
also had charge of ff-oops in Cuba
and Porto Rico and has been in most
of the arm posts. While in this
country on leave last summer, Colo
nel Miller, because of his familiarity
with militia matters, was detailed as
inspector of the mobilization of the
National Guard at Mt. Gretna, where
he spent two weeks and made ob
servations regarding the camp site
which will probably be put into ef
fect some day. *
The way in which residents of this
city and vicinity have taken an in
terest in recruiting as well as stimu
lating the movement to get youths to
help in gardening is upholding the
traditions of the State Capital in a
splendid manner. As has been shown
in the IIARRISBURG TELE
GRAPH from day to day this city
has been keeping oway up in the
number of recruits furnished to the
three services and in enrollment for
the reserves. Furthermore, It has
been taking an active part toward
getting the youths lined up to help
in raising of food. Harrisburg's steel
workers, railroadmen and others in
the industries were listed long ago
by the National Council of Defense,
which knows what Harrisburg can
do and what men it has available.
There are undoubtedly many in this
community who will be called upon
to enter the service if they do not
volunteer or go into the reserve, but
under the listing work already done
here the men will be chosen so as not
to disturb industry or business.
I According to reports which have
been going the rounds the National
j Guard organizations employed in the
! unexciting but highly important
| work of guarding bridges and other
means of communication which are
so vital to national life and defense,
protecting water works and indus
trial establishments upon which so
much depends, will be relieved soon
■after the Guard is mobilized so that
they can get the advantage of ser
vice with their brigades and their
work may be turned over to new or
ganizations as part of training. In
some parts of the country corpora
tions, municipalities and local com
mittees have been forming home
guards to take over police and pro
tective work eventually, so that the
soldiers will be relieved for defense.
In Pennsylvania State policemen
have been helping to organize guards
for various town properties, works
and other enterprises and have been
rendering a service that Is little
known but which is highly creditable
to the force to whicn Major Groome
has given the best years' of his life.
I The manner in which the Harris
burg Red Cross organization has
gone about the task of enrolling
members and getting work done had
attracted attention in nearby towns
and there are very favorable com
ments heard about the patriotic
energy of the Capital City folks.
Penrtnylvanla is developing a sur
prising number of Red Cross organi
zations and fthey are doing a work
which will 'be felt when the real
stress of war comes along.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Judge George B. Orlady, of the
Superior Court, delivered the ora
tion on Grant at the big patriotic
dinner in Pittsburgh.
—J. K. Johnson, secretary of the
Johnstown Chamber of Commerce,
has gone to Ashury Park to take
charge of the chamoer in that vicin
ity.
—Captain John S. Davis. U. B. A.,
who has been on duty at Pittsburgh,
has been detailed 10 Buffalo.
—Andrew Carnegie has resigned
as a trustee of the estate.
—Andrew Wright Crawford has
been named to represent Philadel
phia at the national city planning
conference. lie Is a member of the
city art Jury.
—W. I. Shaffer, Chester lawyer,
says the Eddystone company which
he represents, will make its own
Inquiry into the cause of t}ie explo
sion.
1 DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg steel plates
are used in making armored au
tomobiles'.' g
HISTORIC IIAIIIUSntTRG
This town had VWenty hospitals
during Civil War battles on Penn
sylvania and Maryland pail,