14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELiXiRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Bulldlim, Federal Square. ■E. J. STAC K POLE, P res'l & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER. Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American lltl CSB H Eastern office. y '. & Gas BuilcPing, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a tweek- by mall, 15.00 a yeaf in advance. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso ever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life. — JOHN 3:16. BUY A BOND EX-CONGRESSMAN BURKE, who addressed the Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting this week, impressed upon his hearers the importance of purchasing with out stint the government bonds which will be floated shortly to meet the expenses of the present war. In a very short time the first of these bonds will be on sale in Har risburg. "Buy a bond" should be the 1 slogan for everybody who has the price of one. Government bonds are as good as gold. Banks readily loan money 011 them and there is always a good market for them. Hundreds of people are living to day on the proceeds of bonds pur chased during the Civil War. "As good as a government bond" is a familiar saying. Let us illustrate our belief in fhe government and our willingness to help finance the war by buying as many bonds as our finances permit. April showers make May flowers, but what, we arise to ask, do May showers make? THE FORI'M'S PLACE THE place the Uorum, the asso- j ciation of progressive colored i v men and women of Harrisburg, 1 holds among the people of that race ] is illustrated by the fact that the j Committee of Twenty-nve, which re cently held a very successful enter tainment, has made n liberal con tribution to its support. The Forum lias had a very dis tinctly up-lifting influence among the colored people of Harrisburg. It has brought to the city many of the I best known speakers in the country und the messages of encouragement they have delivered to the large audiences which invariably attend Forum meetings, have none much to promote the good citizenship move ment. The Forum has closed its meet ings for the summer, but the brief recess during the warm months will j serve only to whet the appetites of | its members for the good things j promised for next season. Thoso at j the head of the organization arc I doing a very good work for the city and for their race. They deserve the support they are receiving. "Russians Lose Mush."—Newspaper headline. Then all is lost. STEEI.TOVS CELEBRATION HARRISBURG should contribute as generously to the success of Steelton's patriotic celebration as that town did to the Harrisburg demonstration last month. Huftdreds of Steelton men, headed by the famous Bethlehem band, marched in the great parade and we should re turn the compliment by swelling the ranks of the Steelton marchers. Steelton is an important spot on the war map. From its gigantic furnaces and immense mills and fac tories is going forth the stream of steel without which all our efforts to make successful war on Germany would be of no avail. It is good to note that her people desire to regis ter the temper of their patriotism in this public way, and that not least among the paraders will be scores of foreign-born workmen. ' GIVE FIGHTERS A PREFERENCE THERE are a number of things that could be done by Federal, State and municipal authori ties to encourage enlistments in the army. For example, assurance could be given that when the war is over, men who have served their country in war shall have preference in public employment in timo of peace. This could not be carried to the extent of giving such men a prior right, but service with the colors inwar should be a very material factor in deter mining fitness. 1 A man who can carry a rifle and other equipment on the march, should be a good mail carrier. The soldier who has the strength and . courage to charge the enemy's trenches, should make a good forest ranger. Men who serve faithfully on the firing line ought to be fairly (good members of a police force. Hundreds of places In the public service can be found where qualified men with creditable records In ihe war could be employed with results at least as satisfactory as those now FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 4, 1917 attained. Service in the army should not give a man a mortgage on a public position, but It should give him a substantial degree of prefer ence when selections are to be made. Please, Mr. Weatherman, don't you know we have a lot of seeds in the ground? STUPID CENSORSHIP NOTHING will do so much to de velop militarism in this coun try as stupid censorship. When the people shall no longer be permitted to know what is transpir ing In the conduct of their public affairs, then the step to arbitrary and tyrannical control is a short one. Out of Washington comes the story that the most important feature of a recent statement of Marshal Jof fre was eliminated, notwithstanding that his appeal for the presence of American soldiers in France was re garded as of moral value to our al lies. The American people and the American newspapers will never per mit bureaucrats or pinhead politi cians to suppress the information to which the people are entitled. American newspapers already have manifested a desire to co-oper ate with the officials at Washington in every reasonable way. They have even taken the initiative in many di rections and have been generally commended for their patriotic stand. It, therefore, would be little short of criminal to hamper them in their patriotic work by a censorship that | would conceal from the people the things which they should know. Fortunately, there are still a few men in Congress big enough to in sist upon a reasonable attitude in this matter. No newspaper is in sisting upon anything which may be dangerous to the country or in consistent with prudential regula- I tions in time of war. It is proper, of course, to provide against any publicity which .might be of benefit to the enemy, but it doesn't follow that the sources of news should be choked in order to accomplish that which is manifestly the right thing under war conditions. NOT "OX THE HUM ' Kansas City couldn't afford to advertise itself before the coun try as the city that tried to get a fine piece of sculpture and fell down in the attempt. So now it has subscribed the necessary $15,- 000 and has made a start toward a collection of statuary of which some day it will be proud. Art really isn't "on the bum" in Kan sas City— except in so far as peo ple assume that it must be and so sit back and make no effort to do anything.—Kansas City Star. The foregoing editorial from one of the most important newspapers of the country brings Harrisburg squarely face to face with our own humiliating art situation—the failure of our authorities to properly install the Donato statuary, the generous gift of M. S. Hershey. Kansas City is manifestly trying to obtain u collection of statuary, and in order to save itself the shame of failure joins in a subscription of $15,000 to purchase a piece of sculp ture. Here we are presented with a $25,000 group of statuary and per mit it to languish in a warehouse, covered with dust, while we sit idly back and permit the finger of scorn to be pointed at us. It is not pleasant to call attention to these shortcomings of our admin istration. It is much more agreeable to commend and applaud everything that is done for the progress of the city. But when so many things are constantly transpiring to destroy public confidence in our system of administration and in our ways of doihg things, especially after a long period of creditable achievement, the voice of at least one newspaper, though it may be crying in the wilderness of complaint, shall be raised In protest. Art is not "on the bum" here, nor is this good old town, much as a few people are contribut ing to that end. GOOD LEGISLATION THE bill introduced the other day by E. It. Smith, the active young member of the House from Bedford county, divorcing the sale of alcoholic drinks from cabaret and similar attractions, has all the earmarks of good legislation. The bill provides: That from and after the pass age of this act it shall be unlaw ful for any person or persons licensed to sell vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors to main tain or conduct any public dances or dancing, whether by any per former or performers engaged for the purpose, or by any guests, cus tomers. patrons or any other per sons whatsoever upon any part ot the premises so licensed; or any public singing therein, or any cabaret shows, vaudeville or the atrical entertainments, or exhibi tions of moving pictures upon any part of the premises so licensed. The dance hall with the saloon at tached has ever been a source of evil. The whole community has paid in tears and dollars for this adjunct to the liquor trade. The cabaret is only a modern development of the dance hall. About the only difference be tween the two is the price of drinks and the size of the pocketbooks of frequenters. The only reason for the various forms of entertainment provided by dealers in liquor is to encourage the sale of their wares and to increase receipts. They serve no purpose for good in the community and it is doubtful if any court would classify under the doubtful "necessity" clause of the Brooks high license act, if the point were raised, saloons re quiring outside attractions of the kind outlined in Mr. Smith's bill, ANOTHER GUESS COMING A BULGARIAN statesman argues that by entering the war the United States really ceased to make war on Germany, because we shall now have to keep our muni tions at home for our own troops. That highly intellectual Bulgar, wno reasons like a Geijman philosopher, should know that this country has not yet thrown in Its high gear for the production of war materials. German efficiency has not yet de ! vised i way to feed a family without I food. i I 'PottttCfl. LH, By tlic Ex-Committeeman Indications that the Legislature will have some strenuous times next week In regard to revenue-raising measures and the amendments to the compensation act urged by the labor leaders multiplied to-day when it was announced that a series of hearings would be held on that day and that labor leaders proposed to see state administration officials Monday and Tuesday to ask what aid they were going to give on the compensation measures. The House ways and means com mittee will ask to have the bill to tax coal returned to committee for a hearing and on Tuesday will give a hearing to protests of manufactur ers against the Miller bill to tax cap ital engaged in manufacturing two mills on the dollar for general state purposes. Other revenue-raisers, ex cept the direct inheritance tax, will also have hearings. The direct inheritance tax'bill will be on third reading Monday or Tues day and a fight is expected. —Administration men in the Legis lature were Inclined to balk to-day over the report that the Senate and House leaders of the other side were going to report a resolution to ad journ June 14. They want an earlier day and may try for June 7.', The appropriations committee will wind up its hearing on the labor and in dustry appropriation next week and make short work of other depart ments. Some hefty reductions of ap propriations are likely. —The House appropriations com mittee is in Scranton studying the most troublesome problem of the ses sion—how to treat mine conditions. The mine-cave and mine-fire bills are the chief subjects, together with some appropriations. —Meetings are being held in Phila delphia to-day to try for compromises on the Philadelphia,small council and other Committee of Seventy bills. These reform measures have been strenuously opposed by the state ad ministration forces as Senator Vare and Mayor Smith are against them. —The Philadelphia Ledger to-day says that all factions united in Phila delphia to put the new street-clean ing act through council and that only a corporal's guard of independents stood up and fought. —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times to-day calls on the Legislature to de feat bills which would provide for in creases of salaries or changes in al lowances of city employes. The Pitts burgh newspaper says that this is carrying state interference into lo cal affairs. , —The Eyre-Berry damage suit growing out of the Chester county senatorial battle last summer will be tried at West Chester May 15, if the j Legislature does not interfere with' attendance of the Senator and wit nesses. Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon will be one of the Eyre counsel it is said. —Owing to the visit of the French envoys to Philadelphia Tuesday the big transit hearing set for that city will be deferred. —Notwithstanding misleading pub lications to-day the Ramsev bill was amended to restore the nonpartisan election clause and will be 011 third reading in the House Monday. It is predicted that it will pass the lower branch but that it will have rough I sledding with the nonpartisan feature in the Senate. The Laughter Lanes Some like to tread the ways to fame and some the paths to gold, Some seek the roads that brightly flame. With pleasures none may hold, But though I came to care and strife And trouble's pelting rains, I want to spend my bit of life Along the laughter lanes. * I*want to trudge along the way 'Where little children smile And all the folk, let come what may, Are cheerful all the while. I want the human souls and kind . That hatred never stains, The brave and joyous friends you find Along the laughter lanes. 'Tis there that wails are seldom heard And frowns are seldom seen, There hearts by rage are never stirred And men are never mean. In friends the toilers count their joys And not in golden gains. And all the folk are girls and boys That tread the laughter lanes. There comradeship supremely fine Makes glad each passing day, Distinction's grim dividing line Is holding none at bay. And in the skies that bend abeve Some touch of blue remains And hearts arc always warmed by love Along the laughter lanes. I would not for the gold of earth Set out on selfish ways. Nor live to know a monarch's worth, Their cold and lonely days. I'd rather travel with the throng And have for all my pains The company*of friends along The cheery laughter lanes. —Detroit Free Press. "Outlaws" On the high authority of Count von Bernstorff, who is quoted by Senator Phelan. before the outbreak of the war in Europe the German- American was looked upon in Berlin as an outlaw German. When war came Germany, through the same Count von Bernstorff, did its utmost to convert German-Americans into outlaw Americans. The effort was a failure, the great mass of Americans of German birth or descent refusing to become tools of Kaiserdom. The great mass to-day is again outlaw in Germany but not here, it having shown Itself desttnetly and above all things American. There still are some persons in this country who are not regarded as outlaws by Germany, for they are working for Germany. With this nation at war with Germany they are heart outlaw Americans. If those persons are wise they will put an end at once to their outlawry. The American has had a good deal of practice in dealing with outlaws.— New York Herald. Wasted Energy The energy put forth by the Ger mans in destroying the towns they abandon will be sorely needed a few weeks later in the i'.efense of their own towas in Germany.—Rochester Herald. Charles M. Schwab says:— I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the Job juat ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down. One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn )10,000 a year. Before that he had managed with a nickel alarm clock In his bedroom, [•vhich lie never forgot to wind. AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? By BRIGGS WHEM YOU Mf ie. -Anid YOU WCARLV /\MD YOU .STRUGGLED WITH A vSTR/vMGLe- LACERATE PRESS SHIRT AMD You <3E T RED YOUR THUMBS Collar. IM THf5 FAC \,^v vaJith about AsJD EL vj (=**■'- _ n FMe MWTes(, THIMG < WfrJ \ ' " '^ RF ANID YOU CURSE -ANJU CURSE - AMD ALC OH~H H-H-- OF V SUDDEN The AIN'T *T A Gfo & RANID LITTLE collar BUTTONJ - EE YUS j EDITORIAL COMMENT "ji If there is to be no baseball next year, as "Ban" Johnson intimates, it i-i likely there will be enough going on with bleacherltes on the firing line to permit the newspapers to write some real hero stuff instead ot the slush that passes as such now on many sporting pages.—Philadelphia Record. One gathers from Colonel Roose velt's remarks that he is in favor of , making the war with Germany a fighting war.—Kansas City Times. The sinking of another American steamer with loss of life makes us clinch our fists a little tighter and set our jaws in firmer determination. —Wilkes-Barre Record. "Miss Rankin voted for the volun teer plan. Is it absolutely necessary for Mis 3 Rankin to vote wrong on all questions, merely because her wom anly prerogative entitled her to cast her tearful vote against war? Per- I haps some of Miss Rankin's suffrage I friends should take her aside for a I few moments and advise her for the ' good of votes for women.—Kansas | City Star. In preaching preparedness night | and day General Wood was a little in advance of public thought in this country and sometimes he went con trary to the wishes of those In au thority over him. The country now recognizes that he was right and is bestowing on him the praises he de serves for his splendid leadership and far-sightedness.—Scranton Republic an. 1 , Volunteers and the Flag Selective draft is quite the thing to do enlisting work among all kinds, especially the kind that wants to shirk, and there is need of it to day, but things don't seem just right when men who want to volunteer are softly told "Good night." The old time volunteer is not what Sys tem's looking for to make the force to carry on a scientific war, but he 1 is useful in his way to give the rest a start and whooping up the lag be hinds to turn out for their part. When those who have the strength to fight and have the spirit, too, are offering their services like brave men, good and true, why choke the spirit out of them? Why make them feel that they are not the kind of men we want behind the U. S. A. ? : They are the men who blaze the trail; the men who hit the licks that open up the way as did the men of '76, and we should scarcely turn them down, for willing service means a whole lot when there is a chance that we may Spill the beans. Though Colonel Roosevelt may not be the man they're looking for to mop the earth up with the Hun and forth with end the war, he is the sort of man we need to stir things up, by cripes, and head a force of volunteers to show the Stars and Stripes to all the fighting men abroad and keep the Flag in sight to prove we've got the fighting pride, but ain't too proud to tight. Conscription's need ed and is fair, but it is not the stunt that tingles in the fighting blood and leads men to the front. We've got to have the whoop-la boys, the Eagle and the cheers, and as a starter for the draft, why not the volunteer? Not as a System, but for luck, a whooptedooden call for just a few to shake things up and put the sand in all. W. J. LAMPTON. That "Bridge of Boats" Our "bridge of boats" to carry food and munitions to the Entente has passed the realm of speculation. Al ready the government has awarded to a shipbuilding company on the eastern coast the contract to turn out an indefinite number of wooden mer chantmen of 3,000 tons each. It is planned to complete the "pattern" ship within ninety days. After that it will be possible to finish a new vessel every ten days. These ships are all to bo "standardized." Each 0110 will cost $350,000 and will haye a speed of sixteen knots an hour. The plans are said to have been fully ap proved by General Goethals. This one shipyard is only a be ginning. Great reliance is being placed on Pacific coast timber wealth and Oregon will (loubtless launch many more commerce carriers. The work of building enough ships to make German viotory through sub marine efforts impossible is gigantic, but happily it is being met in a gi gantic way. When the seas are dot ted, as they must be, with "handy," reasonably capacious and fairly speedy American merchantmen, Ger man U-boats seeking to starve En tente Europe will have the most monumental task on record.—Phila delphia Evening Ledger. Tipperary, France In the entourage of the visiting commission from France we observe the name of the well-known Paris ian, James Hennessey. It's a long, I long way—!— Washington Post I BUSINESS IN THE CIVIL WAR BUSINESSMEN who are naturally concerned in making their plans for the future on the effect of the war on trade will be interested in the economic conditions that de veloped in the North in the Civil War. says the Kansas City Star. The country went into war in the bard times that followed the panic of 1857. It did not recover from the effects of that panic for about five years. By 1862, however, the de mand for goods had passed" the pro duction and r.n era of unprecedent ed industrial activity began. "From that time," James Ford Rhodes writes, "until the end of the war trade was active, manufactories busy, labor constantly employed and failures remarkably few." In 1863 John Sherman, who was not liable to be carried off his feet by en thusiasm, wrote to his brother of "the wonderful prosperity of classes, especially of. laborers." He added that "every branch of busi ness was active -and hopeful." The next year the Chicago Tribune re viewed business conditions in the West. "Commerce, business, manu facture and labor," it said, "are go ing on as in a profound peace save "with a more impetuous and whirl ing activity than peace ever knew." This business activity and the em ployment of all labor at high wages resulted in expenditures that came to be regarded as wasteful extravagance by sober minded people. Importa tion of luxuries grew enormously. A London dealer in cashmere shawls told Minister Adams that more were being sold in New York than ever before. The New York Times com plained that the community was "running riot" in "prodigal expendi tures and unwonted luxury." "We Mr. Root on Autocracy [Chicago News.] Following the announcement of his appointment by 1-resident Wilson as head of the American Commission to the new Republic of Russia, Elihu Root appeared as a speaker at the annual session in Washington of the American Society of International I .aw. His address or. that occasion presumably had been prepared be fore Mr. Root knew that lie was to be a member of the commission to Russia, yet In its substance it was as appropriate as if his remarks had been formulated with the knowledge of his forthcoming appointment. They breathed the spirit of Ameri can democracy, and in them the evils of autocratic government were adequately set forth. "The world," said Mr. Root In his address, paraphrasing Lincoln's his toric words 011 slavery, "cannot exist half democratic and half autocratic. It must be all democratic or all Prus sian." Thus Napoleon said a century ago that Europe must become repub lican or Cossack. "There can be no compromise," continued Mr. Root. "If it is all Prussian there can be no international law. If it is all dem ocratic international law honored and observed may well be expected as a natural development of the principles which make democratic self-government possible." Further on he said: "Now Russia, extirpat ing tho government which has been for modern times the typical illustra tion of autocracy, is engaged in es tablishing the new self-control of that vast empire upon the basis of universal suffrage and republican in stitutions." Help Those Iron-Nerved French! [Detroit Free Press] The Entente people have been sus taining a prolonged and heavy strain from hopes deferred, and there is 110 human organization that does not have its limit of endurance. En couragement, even though it may seem merely sentimental and con trary to practical effort, might very possibly be our most effective con tribution just now by keeping tiiq Allies going during the period while< wo are preparing to aid them with reinforcements. If the personality and the glamor attaching to Theo dore Roosevelt will "buck up the Frenchmen" and keep them sticking solidly to their wearing task of hold ing back the German armies a little, longer than they might otherwise do, the United States might well be con tributing a vital influence for victory 1 by bidding him go in the name of civilization and carry the Stars and Stripes into the forefront of bat tle. Those iron-nerved Frenchmen! What an unflinching front they have been presenting to the foe! They de serve whatever help we can give them: and let us remember that at the best It will be months before we can give them other help than that Roosevelt proposes, for anything in the way of an American army that will count In these days of warfare will not be ready for the campaign of 1917. are clothed in purple and fine linen," said the Chicago Tribune, "wear the richest laces and jewels and fare sumptuously every day." That meant, of course, that the country was pros perous and was spending money freely as it does in times of pros perity. It is a tradition among mechanics in the city of Cleveland, Mr. Rhodes says, that times were hard under the Buchanan administration and began to be good in the Civil War. It was then that workingmen began to buy lots and build houses as never before. It is estimated that by the end of the war the North, with a population of approximately twenty millions, had two and one-half million men withdrawn from productive Indus try and employed as soldiers or in supplying the army. The witlidrawul of so many men, however, was made up for a large part by the inareased activity of those who were left. Ev erybody was employed, and at full time. The country was productive 1 und sold its foodstuffs abroad at good j prices. Undoubtedly industry was stimulated at the outset by govern ment orders involving large quanti ties of iron, steel, clothing and pro visions. As the country became ad justed to the demands it found it self able to meet them with ease. Conditions to-day are not very dif ferent from those of a half century ago, except that the country is enor mously stronger financially and more wealthv than it was, and the de mand for its products from abroad is vastly greater. There is nothing in the Civil War history to suggest that this country will falter Industrlally while sustaining the burden of a great war. Labor Notes In 1898 portable engineers at Bos ton received sls a week for 54 hours. They now get $27.50 for 44 hours. Day and night nurseries fo.r muni tion workers' children have been opened at Wiilesden, England. On May 14, at New Haven, Conn., American Federation of Musicians wilj meet in convention. The manufacture of fans was established as an industry in Eng land during the Stuarts' rule. The right to vote in provincial and municipal affairs hai been granted to the women of Ontario, Canada, Torrtnto has the largest industrial school in North America. The school has cost nearly $2,000,000. The Archduchess Frederick of Austria invested nearly $2,500,000 in a candle-making factory near Bud apest. The annual convention of the In ternational Labor Press of America will be held at St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday, May 8. The Spanish city of Seville, once the most famous in the world for Its silk, is planning to revive the in-' dustry. ✓ Take German Ships [Philadelphia Ledger] With the demand for tonnage to carry supplies to the Allies becom ing more and more acute, it would be more than a blunder, it would be a crime, as Senator Knox says, to allow the German ships in our ports to lie there unused. The passage in the Senate by a unanimous vote of his resolution empowering the Pres ident to take them over and put them into service at once should be followed by similar action in the House. It Is probably the fact, as Senator Lodge pointed out, that the President already has ample author ity in the premises; but it is just as well that he should have the sanction of Congress also. There is in any case no question as to the legality of the action. The ships could be requisitioned even if we wero not at war with Germany, in which case, of course, due payment would be made. They can now be confiscated if we choose to do so, thougli even then payment for them could be made part of the terms of peace. We paid Spain for the Philippines in this way. Since, however, the German subma rines are sinking American ships in discriminately, absolute confiscation would be a perfectly Justifiable meas ure of retaliation. Arguments pro and con on these matters can wait. Here are ships which are greatly needed for the suc cessful conduct of the war. If other kinds of property may be seized in such circumstances, why not this? The very fact that the ships were deliberately crippled by the order of the Germun government shows that their use was anticipated. I BOOKS "AND MAGAZINES" 1 ! Lumber and Its Uses—The demand for n wood for the rebuilding of Europe after the war, and the re quirements of the government in timber construction and.how to meet them will be the biggest problems of the lumber industry, now that the war of the twentieth century has be come the greatest of all time. A re vised edition of the volume, "Lum iMa,n(l 1,8 Uf, es." by R. S. Kellogg, win be of especial value in this period of the development of now uses f° r forest products, as it brings ■the problems of timber construction, use of wood by-products, recovery of waste of the saw mills right up to the moment. "Lumber and Its Uses," in its orig inl form, became known as the only publication in existence which deals in a broad way with the properties and commercial uses of all the prin cipal American woods. Its author is secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and the publication has become a builders' handbook, as well as a text book in many colleges and Universities. In its 400 pages, as well as in the handbook edition, the volume dis cusses the structure, mechanical properties of wood, standards of grades as used by manufacturing as sociations, as well as other chapters of importance, particularly to the manufacturer, then wood pteserva tion, paints, construction problems, and concludes with a series of chap ters on timber supply, advantages of wood, and its uses. "Lumber and Its Uses," by R. S. Kellogg, Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, publishers. Price, $2.00. A Xcxv Hook By Veblen. —In an earlier volume, Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution', Thor stein Veblen of the University of Missouri, deals with the conditions out of which the great war arose. In his new book. An Inquiry Into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation, which is just from the press, Professor Veblen analyzes the current state of affairs and of opinion with a view to determining the conditions that will necessarily have to be met in the terms of set tlement if a lasting peace is to be concluded. Me also has something to say of the ways and means of maintaining a lasting peace and ot'l the consequences that must neces sarUy follow if it is maintained. The volume must not be construed as a peace book in the commonly ac cepted sense. It is not, in oth#r words, arguing that now is the tiie lor peace, but is rather a consideiu tion of what we shall face and how we shall face it when peace at sotiie future date is restored to the world. OUR daily" laugh r c^i CAUSE FOR JK K SUSPICION. When dW she begin to fear j"Til ijSt married he? for yjr ] j Well, 1 believp {W I i/wCfcy her suspicions . were first * aroused when j'AL TJw she had to pay the mil sicr ( ' s?) AT ANY RATE, SHE OUGHT ' I taste in reading 'A \ Yes. Before |W | marriage a girl reads Omar Khayyan. After OVIi 1 she reads a cook MO 0, NOTHING IN Bhe—Do you beUeve in phrenoJogy ? He—No. As an experiment I once went and had my head read and I found there was nothing in it. iEbetttttg (Hfjal Officers of National Guard organ ization* In this State who are expect ing to be in camp before the end of the month are making quiet but Pretty effective efforts to have their commands far closer to war strength than they were when they went to mobilization at Mt. Gretna last stl'on'trpi' I 't 1 fiomo °f them may be from in, IT'S wt '? n the y returned i, . t>*rder. National Guard of thfttifn?°, K on tlle assumption to tho m^!f r will be recruited up iLil"!'," 1 ils ' soon as tailed out and with the experience of last. < summer and the long training of years, coupled with active service to tuide them, lias resulted in some worthwhile work. Without making 'u'.'i'r. MSm Sab U . tho National truurd o/Iloers have been getting hold of men who wish to get into thing? when assured of some action ant have been either getting them to en list in the militia or else to put deft/n their names as willing to enteri as soon as a call comes for alive service. Consequently there are men who have been quietly tr/ined and who aro full-fledged soHiers while others have been getting them selves into trim at home for service. The government will be awailhg tho Guardsmen. The money whi/h the Legislature is voting will makjl abso lutely certain equipment for #uards men above the peace strength and also provide for the reserve iillitia. * * * Some idea of tho amountjbf truck travel through and to and ff>m Har risburg every day can be tfiined by watching the names on tie motor vehicles that go along tl£ streets, rhere are big moving \pns from Philadelphia, frequent /ars from towns, some fr<pi Carlisle and the other day cars/were seen bearing names of Lancaster, Dewis town and Chambersburg Arms, while a big truck came to visitfrom Allen town and another from Jlrgerstown. Travel between Ifarrisburf, Steelton and Middletown has Immsnsely in creased since the motor bpan to fig ure in the mercantile buiness and supplies are sent by tru<£ to many towns which had to depad on rail roads part of the way ant'for wagons the remainder. * • • The concrete walk hat was put down in place of tho hh.oric "board walk" on Capitol Hill a ems to have been laid with a migty high per centage of cement. It has to be broken by a sledge art a chisel and even then takes hardivork. Strange as it may seem someof the roots of trees, very small, bt: very pushing affairs have cause- the walk to "hump" and in ot'er places Jack Frost has ruined itslevel state. Con sequently stretches iave to be ripped up and relaid and :he tearing up is about as heavy -*ork as any one wants to tackle. • • W. Heber Ditlrich, of Allegheny county, is being witted by members of the House bcause of some re marks made by him few days ago of professional thieves in urging a bill providing for the photogrardng of professional thieves. Therewas quite a debate on the bill, sever.l lawyers taking part in it and as*ng whether innocent men might nt be hurt. Mr. Dithrlcji declared tha in every large gather ing there wire men who were there for loot. "low," said he. Take na tional convnttons, there are always thieves aboit them." He did not get any fartlie because of the laughter of tho Hoise and the galleries. • • . Tho lire of cavalry horses at the stable of the Governor's Troop in Capitol extension attracts a good many people these afternoons when ths war call seems imminent. There are thirty-two horses in the stable, t is called a corral by the soldiers in charge or regular host lers. Tley belong to the government and ari/given to the troopers so that thev ctfi keep on drilling. The ani mals a'e kept in fine condition and each tfternoon the men take them out tie exercise. Once in a while someiinimal starts to kick up his heels/and roam over the lots in the I extension, and then the children start in tc have a chase. * * * Olpitol Hill's Illuminated flag can be /oen for long distances,say people wlp have taken automobile trips on th< hills about the city. From some ot'lho high points on the other side of the Susquehanna the flag can be s*en shining out at night under tho powerful rays of the reflectors. It is i /o be seen from the Rockvillc bridge and from the York hills. ... I "When it comes down to conserv j ing the meat supply Tdo not see why I people do not cut out eating veal," said a man who studies dieting. "Do you know that calves weigh but lit tle when killed and that a compara tively few months makes them good beef. I think that tho gain in beef far more than offsets the food of the animal. Veal simply tickles the palate and is hard to digest. We kill too many calves in Dauphin county now. We ought to raise beef." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Henry D. Saylor, of Pottstown. just named on the committee of safety, is a former legislator. —Charles Custis Harrison, former provost of the University of Penn sylvania, yesterday celebrated his birthday and received congratula tory messages from many men throughout the State. —A. C. Dinkey, the steel manu facturer, has perfected a device to light up the flag on his automobile. —Dr. Gibson Smith, tho new bac teriologist of York, is a son of Pro vost R. F. Smith. —Congressman George S. Graham, of Philadelphia, is leading the fight against the prpss censorship. —Alexander P. Moore, Pittsburgh newspaper owner, is planning to spend the summer at Atlantic City. | DO YOU KNOW That HaiTisburg steel barrows are used on govern men t work? lIISTOItIC HARRISBTTRG When tho canal was tirst opened it was suggested that it would be of use in transporting troops to this city in case of emergency. Is It All Right? In "The Altar of Freedom," by Mary Roberts Rinehart (Houghton Mifflin Company), the author recalls an incident of her visit to the battle fields of Kurope two years ago and its present significance. "Once over there I saw a boy dy ing in a railway station, she says. "He knew two English words, so he said: 'All right, all right." "It was all right with him. He had done his bit, and he knew that there were others to take his place, and that tho world-nation would not rest until the war beast was chained. It was 'al' right.' "And so now, on. the brink of war. I know it is all right with us. "We have been the melting pot. but under the pot there has been n fire. Now the fire has come, a whlft name, and we will fuse at last. it will burn and sear. And to tbl JL wonder, can we &ay 'altrlghU' *
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