8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEORAPH PRINTINQ CO„ Telcurajili Ilulldluß, Federal Square. ■E.J. STACK POLE, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager, GL'S M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American • Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl- Eas tor n office, Story, Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, Now York City- Western office. Story, Brooks & Finley, People's ___ 2?? Building, —— Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week: by mall, $5.00 a year In advanco. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1. Invest your money in men, especially young men. —Ruskin. GIVE ROOSEVEI/T niS WISH THEODORE ROOSEVELT is the embodiment and vigorous im personation of the real Ameri can spirit. Whatever differences re garding his political activities may have existed in the past have been swallowed up in the increasing ad miration of his countrymen since the breaking of relations with Ger- . many. He has not always been right, he has said so himself, but by the 1 same token he has not always been ; wrong and for the most part he hal : consistently interpreted the real | feeling of the American people upon j most of the great questions which ■ which have concerned this republic. 1 Just now he is a great popular j hero, having given force and em- i phasis to the sentiment of his coun trymen with respect to active par ticipation in the great war. He be- ( lieves, with thousands of others, that 1 this nation must not only participate i to the extent of its financial and 1 material resources, but also with its 1 man-power on the firing line. He ' contends that we should have a force \ adequate for service in France with- ' in a few months and that this force ! should constitute the first expedition 1 abroad. Colonel Roosevelt is so thoroughly Imbued with this idea of personal support for the Allies that he is urgently requesting to be permitted to organize such a force as he be lieves might easily be constituted for such service. His appeal has already had the approval of the United States Senate, but for some inex plicable reason there is a disposition In the other branch of Congress to refuse the ex-President his desire to recruit such a force as has been indicated. He does not contemplate taking from the ordinary branches of the service under the conscrip tion act those who might be re cruited for the regular establish ment, but proposes to enlist from those who otherwise might be denied service, a division or more of'volun teers who will accompany him to Europe and carry the flag of this Republic to the forefront of the fighting in France. Under all the circumstances, It would seem to be only reasonable that Colonel Roosevelt should have this opportunity to serve his coun try at the front. No one can doubt his patriotism, his courage Or his ceaseless energy. Political considerations, as he sug gested in his Chicago address, should have no place in our present ac tivities. We aro now one people, striving for certain definite alms, and it would seem that Colonel Roosevelt's desire to lead a volun teer force ought to have the Imme diate approval of those fh authority at Washington. If we are. to have a united country at this time, there must be no evidence of partisanship In any direction. Patriotism must bo the only\consldcratlon and whatever the opinion of Congress, It Is certain that most of his countrymen are back of Colonel Roosevelt in his de sire to carry tho stars and stripes to France or the Balkans. Teaching aliens the American language and the ideals of American citizenship, holding Americanization celebrations and more frequent pa triotic meetings, sending the members of the civic and other associations to the homes of aliens to promote neigh borly Interest in and the welfare of alien wives and mothers, and preach ing tho breaking down of lines be tween the American and foreign-born residents —in short, the mixing of Americans and aliens is going to do much to bring about a compact and cohesive American citizenship. TWO NEW OFFICIALS TWO new officials, chosen by the sovereign people of the Com monwealth, assume their im portant duties at tho Capitol this month. Senator Charles A. Snyder ifter a long period In the upper "ranch of the Legislature, to-day suc ceeds A. W. Powell as Auditor Gen eral and Harmon M. Kephart, chief tlerk of the Senate next Monday will take the place of State Treasurer i oung. Both these officials have had large experience In the legislative de partment of the State government md aro familiar with the State's ictivltles. Senator Snyder has been particu larly active during his career in the Legislature in advancing the inter ests of tho schools of Pennsylvania. Ue has been concerned over the bet TUESDAY EVENING, terment of ths teaching force and probably no man has given more thought to the teacher's welfare. He promises to bring to the discharge of his new duties all the vigor charac teristic of his legislative service. Mr. Kephart is a businessman and has indicated his intention to con duct the fiscal affairs of the Com monwealth with due regard for busi ness principles. Fortunately for him, the department of which he becomes head to-day has a long established record for efficiency which will be a guide for the new custodian of the public funds. Both these new officials have been ; In Harrisburg so long that they are regarded as part of the local com munity. . Governor Brumbaugh has properly designated a day for the recognition of the mothers of the It is a good thing to set apart one day of the year on which all can unite in paying tribute to the angel of the home who has contributed more than all others to the happiness of the human race. COMMON SENSE MEASURE THE action of the United States in passing the resolution pre sented by Senator Knox au thorizing the President to requisi tion the German ships now lying in American harbors is an entirely proper Btep, and it is to be hoped that the House will lose no time in adding Its approval. Senator Knox, in a characteristi cally business-like address in sup port of his resolution, pointed out the need of an immediate increase of shipping with which to combat the growing U-boat menace, that the Germans are showing no mercy to our shipping and that the demand j for ocean-going tonnage is so great that to leave these German steamers lying idle at their docks is not only neglecting an opportunity to better conditions, but under the clrcum ! stances approaches crime. He might have added that since Germans display no regard for the ships of others it would be proper retribution to give them opportun ity to turn their torpedoes on their i own vessels. German submarines sending to the bottom of the sea German-owned steamers would add a new note to the discord that has shattered the harmony of the world. Those Imperialistic Germans who Imagined that with our participation in the war half a million former citi zens of Germany in this country would rise to smite the hand which fed them, have probably come out of their trance and now realize that the aver age German resident in the United States is not lacking in appreciation of our liberty and the institutions which have made this country the haven of oppressed millions. SANITY IX BUSINESS - HYSTERICAL, appeals from well intentioned people to avoid extravagance and practice, economy In every direction are having a disastrous effect upon many lines of business. These ap peals were based upon unnecessary expenditure In a time of national crisis, but Instead of bringing about reasonable economy the effect has been a letting down of ordinary busi ness and industrial activity. This was far from the thought of Presi dent Wilson when he declared in his address to Congress: It is evident to every thinking man that our industries, on the farm, in the ship yards, in the mines and in the factories must be made more prolific and more efficient. This is the keynote of the whole situation. Wastefulness must be cor rected, of course, but it was never contemplated by those responsible for the propaganda of economy and efficiency that tho ordinary pursuits of our people should be interfered with to an extent which might en danger the prosperity of the country. It must be evident to every thoughtful person that in proportion as the demand for manufactured products decreases in the same pro portion will our industrial and com mercial activities be affected. For this reason the press of the country Is doing what It can to overcome the conditions Which have threatened business as a result of radical in terpretation of the plea for economy. With billions of dollars going into the manufacture of all kinds of sup plies it is not reasonable to fear any business stagnation. On the other hand, it may confidently be assumed that we shall have a wave of un usual prosperity. It is just as neces sary to keep our people employed as It is to organize the armies of the natloYi, and both are essential to the best Interests of the American people. Any cessation of business activi ties or manufacturing schedules re acts upon the eommunity immediate ly affected. For this reason every effort should be put forth to main tain ordinary business energy with a view-to maintaining the average business balance. Can It be possible that those who oppose the Roosevelt have their vision already on such a paltry consideration as the next national conventions? Oh. it's farmer this, and farmer that, when we shop on market day; but it's "come and help us farmer" when the bands begin to play. It is asserted that the "moderation of Germany's peace terms" will aston ish the world, but they will avail nothing except the world has conclu sive proof that Germany will not be in position to do It again. France calls for an American army, and yet Congress doesn't want to let Teddy and his division go. Is your son a Boy Scout? If not, why not? Money talks, and seven billion fairly shrieks. .Very naturally the draft will send cold chill* down many a spine. ' Polities IK By the Ex-Committeeman Carrying of the motion to send to the House Rules Committee the Dunn resolution to fix May 31 as the date for adjournment was a check to the Vare element in the House. For some time Vare men, aided by some of the administration men in the rural coun ties, have been working up sentiment in favor of an early adjournment. The administration men would like to end the session as soon as possible he cause, In the language of one of them, they are "not sure when something unpleasant Is not going to bob up," and owing to uncertainty about the attitude of Auditor General Snyder. They are opposed to the idea of a re cess to permit the Governor to act on the appropriation bills, which is part of the avowed program of the Penrose people, and are pointing to the expense of the session as another reason for closing up. The fact that John R. K. Scott help ed prolong the session of 1913 by nu merous speeches and by partisan ma neuvering was thrown at the Vare men last night and they retaliated by showing that last session Penrose men tried to force the administration forces to vote for an adjournment, citing the votes of Messrs. Baldwin, Rininger and Stern in favor of fixing a date in May. The committee in charge of the res olution was busy to-day sounding out sentiment regarding adjournment and will meet with senators late in the day. An adjournment resolution must be a Joint affair. —lt was said to-day that the Leg islature would stay in session until well into June at least so that chance for remedial legislation growing out of the appofntment situation might be presented, if necessary. Auditor Gen eral Snyder Is expected to raise is sues pretty promptly. —A. W. Powell, retiring Auditor General, was given a watch last even ing by his staff. Mrs. Powell and Miss Betty Powell were also remem bered. The speeches were made by the veteran Christian W. Myers, W. B. Kay and C. P. Rogers, Jr. —lt is said that General Snyder will retain C. P. Rogers, Jr., and will name Graham R. Hurd, of Potter county, formerly in the department, to a place. Hurd was one of the men dismissed last year when Powell went on the warpath about presidential primary time. —Representative Beyer saved a fight in the House to-day by sending his civil service probe resolution to committee. If it had come up this morning there would have been an other Philadelphia "wash day," as Representative Stites would say. —Ex-Representative Horace W. Cromer, one of the stats of 1915, vis ited the House last evening without his historic , red vest. He lias grown a mustache since he left legislative' halls. —A resolution was adopted in the House last night to retujn to the suf fragists the petitions presented in be half of their measure. —Reading Clerk Quay Hewitt, of the House, who got appendicitis two weeks ago, is back but rather pale. Speaker's Clerk George Hill did the roll calling. —Representative Rich, of Clinton, In speaking about activity in pursuit of business in the House last night, asked whether the committee on re trenchment and feform was ever sup posed to meet. —Representative Boyd, chairman of the subcommittee on the bill fof an extra Judge for Montgomery county will have a hearing on Wednesday morning on the bill. —Representative Stern put over a pun last night. Mr. Drake, Greene, did not vote on the adjournment res olution. "Mr. Drake," remarked Stern during the- rollcall, "is a duck." —The Black bill to forbid holding of elections in a place where liquor Is sold was reported out last night. It would force many changes 4n poll ing places around the State. —Under the terms of the Bennett excise bill the Auditor General would send the names of nine persons to the judges of each bounty for selec tion of members of the excise board. —The following statement was is sued last night by Paul Littletleld, secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce: "The Pennsylvania State CViamber of Commerce desires public ly to call the attention of the busi ness interests of our State to the many bills recently introduced pro viding for increased taxation. We are facing a great tax levy by the Fed eral Government upon all kinds of industrial and commercial activities to be collected in largo part in Penn sylvania, and the citizens of Pennsyl vania should consider carefully the new revenue bills now before our General Assembly. The State Cham ber urges businessmen to confer with their senators and representatives and make their views known to the members of the Legislature. In this way legislators will become familiar with the views of the business inter ests of our State as to the ability of our taxpayers to pay State Increases In taxation on top of new heavy Fed eral taxation." The Duties of an Officer Mary Roberts Rinehart, better than any other mother in America, knows just what this war will mean to her son, and to every other mother's son. Two years ago, Mrs. Rinehart visited the battlefields of Europe, and in "The Altar of Free dom," just published by Houghton Mifflin Company, she makes a plea for highly trained officers for our own army. "Do you know what a company commander must do in the clay's work?" she asks. "He must enroll and recruit his company to a strength of one hun dred and fifty men. He must get them clothed, equipped and fed, and he must keep them clothed, equip ped, fed, doctored, sanitated, cheer ful and amused. Any woman who has tried to do all of these things for one stirring lad may multiply these by a hundred and fifty, and no ma ternal instinct to help out, and see that the company commander hns a full day even in peace times. Then he has to drill his men, and in war he has to lead them. He must give them every chance for life, if he can. He must die with them if It be necessary. But he must do with them the thing he has been assign ed to do. Is that work for the ama teur?" The Price of Peace "Let us have peace," said Grant, who crushed secession, "Cease firing," are the words a woman wrote; "I came to bring a sword," was Christ's confession — Jesus, who money changers fierce ly smote. "Peace, peace," some cry, when no peace can be found, Lo, peaceful China hangs, on Ixlon's axle bound. Let us take Dr. Hlbben's phrase, and study well its lore:— "We are for peace at any price, and the price just now is War." —C. Allison, In the Cincinnati En ftuifer, HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH OH,MAN! \ By BRIGGS | L. * ) CANJ CTOO AMV- TT ! V 0 U LOOK PRETTY / r x , '// A ThIMG FUMNI6R A SWAPPY In) THAT / jt.r. ] L,tV6 -/ /> V/J // WOMAM AS A .SOL-DIED- OUTFIT \ I®. I IF HE. CALO / /VY // \ 3h£ \aJOUIA> H/VJ& To PFREODY -/ O Ne / // //// // f THE ) HAV7E A MIRROR TO OVAJ v/AWtTy \ ST ANJD W FWOMT OP Be- MUCH? ) JSCR?**. '//// '// \of THE Vf"" G 0II 0& iSL //// '/ i I .iB" ? *B_ I W€'3^r | | | W^f^f EDITORIAL COMMENT When Champ Clark said that "so far as Missouri is concerned there is very little difference between a con script and a convict," did he mean to embrace jurymen in the classifi cation? Venires are drafted in Mis souri, as in other States, to facilitate the administration of justice. If com pulsory service for jurors, why not for soldiers, and why a greater deg radation? —New York World. I have heard of no one in the House who is supporting the Presi dent's Conscription Bill. Do you wish me to stand alone for this?— Repr esentative Jeannette Rankin to the Butte Rotary Club. If Miss Rankin is a sample of women members of Congress, one is enough.—New York World. Charles M. Schwab says:— Young men may enjoy dropping their work at 5 or 6 o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks. I happen to know several able-bodied gentlemen who got it so completely that now they are spending all their time, days as well as evenings, in dress suits, serving food in fashionable restaurants to men who did not get the dress suit habit until somewhat later in life. Popgun Minds [From the Saturday Evening Post] The people of the United States are prepared to back up the federal government to the limit. In return they demand that the ablest men in the country be placed in every im portant post over which the federal government has jurisdiction. This is no time for corner grocery strategists and small bore statesmen. Government by politics and prece dent cannot be tolerated. The weasels, the foxes and the moles of partisan politics must be run to their holes. The boy orators and the two- , bit office holders must double quick to the rear. Half hearted, chicken hearted Americans, our two worst breeds of hyphenates, no matter bow mossgrown in office or how strong with the gang back home, cannot command the confidence of the country. Neither can sincere, earn est souls who bring nopgun minds to 42-centimeter problems. To appoint a mediocre man just now to an im portant position; to continue in of fice a proved incompetent; to per mit anyone to hold a vital post who is not heart and soul with the coun try in its purposes, Is simply man slaughter. The mills of the American people grind exceedingly fast on occasion and they grind to powder. Business Will Go On [Kansas Cfty Times] A friend writes to inquire whether it Is prudent to go on with plans for road building. Why not? It would be the most foolish thing in the world to sit back and say, "Well, we can't do this; the country Is at war." There are 100 million persons in the United States. Thoy are going on living. They have got to have their three meals a day and their clothes and their shelter. Busiueia is golpg to proceed pretty much as usual. If we should all shut up jhop and run around in circles this country wot.ld be in fine shape to conduct {in effec tive war. Mr. Howard Coffin of the advisory commission of the Council of Na tional Defense, talked hard sense in his statement the other day when he said if people violently disarranged their mode of life, except for direct government service, they would do the country moro harm than good. In a recent magazine artlolo he has explained the principle on which the defense board Is working In order to disorganize Industry as little as possible. It was necessary, he said, to produpe a very much larger num ber of airplanes than the regular factories had equipment to make. Motor car factories could easily go Into the airplane business. But it would be obviously disorganizing to turn them over to the new work. It would disrupt sales forces and ruin distributors. So the defense commis sion has suggested Instead that the factories devote perhaps 25 per cent, of their capacity to airplane produc tion. In this way their regr.lar work would go on as usual. A prosperous nation can conduct a war far more effectively than a na tion that is disorganized and torn to pieces In a business way. By pro ceeding with road building, nouse building, railroad construction and all other normal acUvltles of life, this Nation will conserve Its strength so that It can meet the test of war with the greatest efficiency. HOW ADVERTISING Factory Advertising By P. S. FLORKA, Sc ere Uuy-Manager Associated Advertising Clubs of the World WHO pays*for advertising? That is often asked, though to those of experience In the profession of advertising, the answer is plain and simple. It pays for it self by eliminating other costs that would be greater than the cost of advertising if it were not used. Advertising men, who are organ ized into the Associated Advertis ing Clubs of the World, have seen this fact demonstrated over and over, both In the case of the retail store and manufacturers and Job bers. So, a special committee headed by Ralph Starr Butler, of the Uni versity of New York, was recently appointed, as I stated In the article which preceded this, for the purpose of gathering and classifying evidence on this point. And at about the same time, a slogan, or central idea, was adopted for the program of the convention of the Associated Adver tising Clubs of the World, in St. Louis, June 3 to 7, and that slogan is "Advertising I.owers Cost of Dis tribution." Two Elements of Cost Entering into the price of every article we buy, are two chief ele ments of cost—the cost making it and the Cost of getting it from the maker to us. These costs, of course, must be 1 Uncivilized War [Kansas City Star] The international committee of the Red Cross, in protesting to the Ger man government against the sinking cf hospital ships, has again called the world's attention to the char acter of the warfare waged by that country. The violation of Belgian neutrality, the deportation of non combatants in Occupied territory, the wanton destruction of property without military reason, the illegal and inhuman submarine blockade, all these things are of a piece and all go to show that the government that sanctions them is an outlaw among nations and must be put within bounds. It was this policy of ruthlessness that has finally brought home to the rest of the world the menace of Ger man domination. The nation tnat 1c ready to forward its national ambi tions without, regard to the means adopted to do so. is a nation with which free peoples cannot live* . The Glory of Toil Whether they delve In the buried coal, or plow the upland soil, Or man the seas, or measure the suns, hall to the men who toil! It was stress and strain, in wood and cave, while the primal ages ran, That broadened the brow, and built the brain, and made of,a brute a man; And better the lot of the sunless mine, the fisher's perilous sea. Than the slothful ease of him who sleeps in the shade of his bread-fruit tree; For sloth is death and stress Is life In all God's realms that are. And the .toy of the limitless heavens is the whirl of star with star! Still reigns the ancient order—to sow, and reap, and spin; But oh, the spur of the doing! and oh, the goals to win, Where each, from the least to the greatest, must bravely bear his part— Make straight the furrows, or shape the laws, or dare the crowded mart! And he who lays firm the foundations, though strong right arm may tire. Is worthy as he who curves the arch pnd dreams the airy spire; For both have reared the minster that shrines the sacred fire. Floods down the fairest valleys: fields droop In the August blaze; Yet rain and sun are God's angels that give us the harvest days, And toil is the world's salvation, though stern may be its ways: Far from the lair It has led Us —far from the gloom of the cave— Till 10, we are lords of Nature instead of her crouching slave! And slowly It brings us nearer to the ultimate soul of things: We are weighing the atoms, and wed ding the seas, and cleaving the air with wings; And draining the tropic marshes where death had lain In wait, And piercing tho polar solitudes, for all their Icy state; And luring the subtle electric flame to set us free from the clod— O tolling Brothers, the earth around, we are working together with God! With God, the infinite Toller, who dwells with His humblest ones. I And tints the dawn and the lily, and files with the flying suns. And forever, through love nnd ser vice, though days may be drear and drtm, l Is guiding the whole creation up from the depths to Him! By EDNA DEAN PROCTOR. covered in the gross profit which the manufacturer or the jobber allows himself, to cover his costs and pro vide whatever net profit he expects to make. If a salesman, through any influ ence, can sell more goods in a given time (and at a given traveling ex pense), it is plain that the cost of his services will be proportionately smaller, for this cost will be divided into a greater volume of sales, in dollars and cents. Exactly that is one of the Impor tant things which follows advertis ing. The advertising manufacturer, even after he pays his salesmen bet ter, is able" to sell his goods at a less expense for travelers. Retailers Buy More Quickly Most retail merchants have learn ed that advertised goods are reliable, and that they sell readily, because the public knows about them and believes in them. When the mer chant advertises and sells goods that are advertised, he sells his advertis ing power to that of the manufac turer and their advertising makes a strong team. The retailer knows that the ad vertising manufacturer who estab lishes .a wide market for his goods can sell equal quality for less than the nonadvertiser, or can sell better quality for the same money. Mr. Balfour's Prophecy To the New Republic we arc in debted for this fine statement of na tional Ideals made by Mr. Balfour in the House of Commons at the time of the Venezuelan crisis a quarter of a century ago: "To us the idea of war with the I United States carries with it some- I thing of the unnatural horror of a civil war. War with any nation is a contingency to be avoided at al most any cost except the cost of dis honor, but war with the United States appears to have an added hor ror of its own, born of the fact that those with whom we should be light ing are our own flesh and blood, speaking our own language, having our own civilization. We may be taxed with being idealists and dreamers in this matter. I would rather be an idealist and a dreamer; and I look forward with confidence to the time when our ideals will have become real and our dreams will be embodied in actual political fact. It cannot but bo that those whose national roots go down Into the same past as our own, who share our langauge, our literature, our laws, our religion, everything that makes a nation great, and who share in substance our institutions, it cannot but be that a time will come when they will feel that they and we have a common duty to per form, a common office to fulfill among the nations of the world. The time will come, the time must come, when someone, some statesman moro fortunate even than President Monroe, will lay down the doctrine that between English speaking peo ples war is impossible, and then it will be seen that every man who by rash action or hasty word makes the preservation of peace difficult or, it may be, impossible, has committed a crime not only against his own country, not only against that other country to whom he has invited war, but against civilization Itself." It has fallen to Mr. Balfour to come on a mission to this country in the furtherance of the policy ho laid down so many years ago, only on a far broader scale. Germany's action has forced the United States to make common cause not only with the British democracies, but • with the democracies of France and Russia. The great democratic union thus called into existence is going to be the strongest possible bulwark of peace after the present war.—Kan sas City Star. Americans of German Birth In the last yar or two there has been speculation in the United States as to how Americans of German birth would conduct themselves in the event of war with Germany. There were prophets who predicted serious disturbances and who foresaw the necessity of Internment camps. The events of the last three weeks have put these apprehensions to rest. The German-Americans have be haved splendidly. The few who have not have constituted a negligible mi nority. For a very large number the war has been a real tragedy. They have foreseen the possibility that their sons might have to serve against relatives on the French front. Nevertheless they have been loyal to their .adopted country. Of such Americans the Nation has a right to i be proud.—Kansas City Star. MAY 1", 1917. I BOOKS AND MAGAZINES j You have long known Mary Rob erts Rinehart as a novelist, play wright and war correspondent. In "The Altar of Freedom,' she comes before you and the public, not as the most popular woman writer in the world, but as a mother, speaking to tall the other mothers of this country. Mrs. Rinehart is the mother of three sons. When she visited the bat tlefields of Europe two years ao, she foresaw that America would have to help before the issue was settled. A short time ago, her old est boy, now at college, asked per mission to enlist. His mother waver ed. A little later, she gave her con sent. Her own position is now clear to her. It is a position all mothers of sons must now acceyt or refuse. Ac cepting it, they .have the right to demand what Mrs. Rinehart de mands. Because of her extraordinary ex perience, and the unusual opportuni ties she had, at the French front, of seeing what this war actually means. Mrs. Rinehart knows better than any other American mother what she is sending her boy into. With her char acteristic ability to see an issue clear ly, and to face it squarely, she also knows what the mothers of this country, who, until now, have been so far removed from this war, are facing. "Personal service the moth ers of this country must learn," she says, "and this personal service is not rolling bandages for the other woman's son." "The Altar of Freedom" is the frank story of her waverings, and, finally, her conviction as to what constituted her duty. It is a state ment of the stand she takes, and the demands she makes, as a mother. All this she has expressed with the deep feeling of a mother and a pa triot, and with the clearness, force, and conviction of a trained writer. | OUR DAILY LAUGH COMPLIMENTARY OR OTHER WISE. "He's a perfect bear." "Do you refer to his arms or hii temper." HUBBY KICKS. "See here, wifey." "Well?" "it you must carry that ridicu lous poodle, get a shawl strap." HIS LITTLE JOKE. "Hey Buggy, it's a poor rule that (lon't work both ways." HIS FAMILY TREE. "Is Jones of foreign descent?" "No, of American ascent." ©rottttg Qtyat Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Pottgvllle, who becomes Auditor General to-day, Is the first Dauphin countian, as far as recalled by peo- P n Capitol Hill to-day, to hold what is generally considered to be a. most important office in the otate government after the Governor. J lie Auditor General operates un der acts almost as old as those which i - power upon the Governor and A-4.S interesting to note that the basic law for the department dates from more than a century ago. Mr. Sny ,jLwas born at Pillow on April ie, . that a fortnight ago he w just fifty years old. He says he was Drought up on a farm and that he is a product of the public schools. Ho has been a lawyer in Schuylkill v? Un *T y .® inco 1889 and has served in the National Guard and various of fices. He served three terms in the House and was three times elected to the Senate, being conspicuous in educational legislation. The new Auditor General will be the thirty "h man to hold the office. From I<BJ to 1845 the Auditors General were appointed by the Governor, but conditions made it advisable then to have the Auditor General separated from executive control and the office was made elective. Fourteen men held the office by appointment of the Governor and twenty have held it by election. Mr. Snyder is the twen ty-first to bo elected. People who have observed the dis mantling of the buildings in the Capitol Park extension zone have commented upon the fact that there is always a big demand for the glass and that this material, which is na turally the first to be taken out, is snapped up by buyers. The people in charge of tho wrecking 1 operations take the precaution to remove tho glass at the earliest possible moment in order to keep it from being smashed by boys. So they sell the glass to the first comers. Large quan * £' aßß have been taken from the houses in the park extension by builders and a good bit of it is being used in houses being built or else cleaned up and retailed. It takes nice weather to cause the jitneys to multiply in Harrisburg. Yesterday was a fair day for the cars and streets which in winter time did not see a jitney in week had the cars running right and left while the downtown business streets were filled with them. Some of the jitneys got in each other's way and it was funny to see how tliey would maneu ver for passengers. One man stopped his car on a trolley track and held up not only the trolley car but half a dozen automobiles while he neat ly scooped in a nickel fare. The jit neymen do not appear to be dis turbed about the proceedings before the Public Service Commission in regard to certificates, but it is no ticed that most of them display city licenses conspicuously. Harrisburg people who are fa miliar with the activities in the Le high Valley district are watching with considerable interest the plans developed for the Association of the Grand Valley of the Lehigh. The or ganization Is designed to "exploit the glories of the Lehigh Valley." It will bring together probably a -dozen hustling communities and not only take advantage of the tremendous manufacturing resources of the val ley but secure advertising and co operation to attract national atten tion. The Curtin highway, named in honor of the War Governor, and the Black Diamond highway, which is to talto. its name because it traverses the coal regions, are tlrt>' latest highways to bid for State at tention. These roads are designed to cross the State from north to south on the western slopes of the Alle ghenies, being parallel to the new Susquehanna trail. The State is get ting to have some notable highways. There are our William Pcnn and the Lincoln which across the State from east to west, the Sullivan trail, which is a northern tier road to com memorate the expedition to chastise the Indians after the Wyoming mas sacre; the Susquehanna, which runs from Elmira to Harrisburg; the Perry and the Erie-Pittsburgh and others which are of local note. "Just take a look at those mani fests" said a railroad official to a Capitol 11111 man who happened to be visiting him the other day. The Capit&l man looked and found that thirty-six cars of the train were filled with onions and the next two with artichokes. Thero was nothing else on those cars. Thero were carloads of potatoes, cabbages and other veg etables, all raised in the Western States and being rushed to New York either for storage or for relief of the market conditions. When the train went through Harrisburg few had an idea of what It contained. • * * Fruit trees that remain in Capitol Park extension as reminders of the time when they were prized orna ments of backyards are in bloom and some of them present pretty sights. The trees stand out amid the vacant lots and few remaining buildings and the residents of the district have been raiding them for the flowers they contain, knowing that when tho fruit times come there will be few about to gather the fruit. Perhaps the State Department of Agriculture will take charge of the trees for demonstration purposes. • • "It's about tlmo that something is being done to improve the traffic conditions in Walnut and Market streets during tho repairs to the streets," declared an automobile owner yesterday. "People are allow ed to stand cars along the curbs and when you have cars by the curbs, men working on street surface and trolley cars passing by you have precious little room for anything else. I hope the proper department will regulate parking during the re pairs to the streets." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —W. P. Kay, who retires as th chief of the bureau of corporations in tho Auditor General's department, was for years active in newspaper work In" McKeesport. —A. D. McDade, who aspires to be Judge in Delaware county, Is a former district attorney. —Col. H. C. Taylor, former guards man,' made the speech at the Center county fiagraising at Julian. —H; P. Davidson, tho New York banker, who Is a native of vania, has given a large sum for en dowment of northern tier schools in memory of his mother. —Henry Tatnall, vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad, received congratulations yesterday on his birthday. DO YOU KNOW Tliat Hnrrislmrg lias bakery capacity to supply big training camps? HISTORIC HARRtSBtJRG The Legislature which met here for the first time passed resolutions in favor of pushing the War of 1812 ,to the finish.
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