8 HARRISBDRG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGIIAI'H PRINTING CO., Telegraph llullillng, Federal Square. •E.J. STACKPOLE.P res't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STI3INMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Clrcu • lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern office. Story. Brooks e obtained lor the school children of Harrlsburg, regardless of personality, these same directors propose, in the most con temptuous fashion, to dismiss from further co-operation the prominent citizens who have been acting with ; the board —upon the board's own Invitation —in an honest effort to prpcure for the city the most dis tinguished architectural advice pos sible in the expenditure of the big gest loan the city ever authorized. While this amazing move was check ed by Dr. Keen, one of the directors, who had been voting with the ma jority, it manifests an arbitrary spirit that if it is permitted to prevail; would not only rob the board of the advice of business men of rank and ability, but would destroy public con fidence In the intention of those di rectors to conduct the.affairs of the board solely and only for the best | interests of the taxpayers. The attempt to summarily dismiss the advisory committee involved the rejection of the support and co-op eration offered the directors when they were pleading for the passage of the loan, the approval of which was largely the result of the activi ties of the several civic bodies which pledged to the taxpayers the best of everything not only in the design ing of the buildings, but in the ex penditure of the public funds. It is Inconceivable that the direc tors would thus slap In the face the men who helped place in their hands the hundreds of thousands of dollars the board now proposes to spend with not even a word of thanks for the help thus unselfishly given. In the light of recent events, it has become very apparent that the time has come when all disputation should cease and the board give itself over whole-heartedly to the disinterested selection of an architect or archi tects who shall be capable and above reproach. To that end, as the Tele graph has previously suggested, a new competition should be Instituted upon lines that will assure the choice of an architect or architects whose only qualifications shall be the merit of the plans they submit and ability to perform in every detail the board's commission. In this way only will the people of the city be con vinced of the desire of the school directors as a whole to act impartial ly. Such a competition could result only in the choice of the best man competing. Surely no director can take exceptions to such a course. SITUATION IN RUSSIA THE situation in Russia over shadows all else in Europe. If the present government is overthrown anarchy, with all Its hor rors, will almost certainly ensue. Those at the head of affairs now are sincere and able men. Those who would succeed them are the "Red" Socialists—little better than anar chists; and for the most part Igno rant self-seekers entirely unfitted In every respect to head the govern ment of such a mighty empire as that of Russia. Doubtless some of those who car ried Hags In the antlgovernment demonstration of this week fond ly Imagine that by withdrawing from the present war they can Insure peace tor their country. These are sincere, but mistaken. There can bo no peace for a democracy dwelling upon the borders of such an ambi tious military power as that of Ge^- many, ehould Germany prov* vlc-j torious In the present war. But Germany will not win this conflict even with Russia out of it, and whoi> peace Is Anally restored it is to be imagined that the Germans would look with greedy eyes toward Rus sia, a land rich and helpless end without a friend in the world, for it Is not likely that the allies would take up the cudgels in behalf of a people who threw them over In the midst of their present struggle for existence. Certainly, we In America would not. All manner of possibilities 110 in the wake of a failure of the govern ment. The end may be the ruin ation of the whole country. With anarchy rampant, murder, plllags and famine abroad In the land ond no power sufficient to surb the tur bulent forces and bring order out of chaos, Russia would present a prob lem In government the like of which the world has never seen. If the Russians arc wHe they will do as a majority of the people of PetrograJ appear to have done—rally loyally (o the support of the provisional government and work such changes as they deslro from within instead of from without. TILE STEEL/TON BAND THE election of W. B. Hoddinot as manager of the Stcelton Band insures for that organi zation the patronage of the Bethle hem Steel Company, which has done so much to make the Bethlohem band one of the very best In the country. Time was, and not so many years back, when the Citizens' Band of Steelton stood very high among mu sical organizations. It brought al most as much fame to Steelton as the big steel plants themselves. It aroused Steelton people to a pr'do In their town and was one of the beit Influences for good citizenship Steel ton ever had. That It Is to be re stored to Its once prominent placo In musical circles Is good news in deed. Harrlsburg congratulates its neighboring town on its good for tune and wishes It, too, might have a Mr. Schwab as band patron for the Capital City. Garden-making makes us conclude that the physiologies may be right, after all, about the number of muscles in the human body. Like the unfinished Federal build ing, the ash cans and the ash piles will be here to meet our soldiers upon their return from the war. pay for this war?" Is the title of a pamphlet Just oft the press. We suspect we know, but there's no use being disagreeable. And to think that only a year back we couldn't think of anything more exciting than the opening of the bass season. The Kaiser, we understand, has 2,500 suits of clothes. We suggest he add a couple sets of overalls to the outfit. r f>dLtici U Ny the F.x-Conimltteemnn Auditor General Charles A. Snyder will probably announce a number of changes next week. It being: his plan to defer reorganization of his de partment until the co-ordinate branch of the government, the State Treas ury, passes Into the hands of the new Treasurer, Harmon M. Kephart. Mr. Snyder has been making a series of inquiries Into the work actually done by the men In his department, and the salaries paid, being especially Interested In the Increases given to some clerks early this year and the disparity between men In the same bureaus. It is said that he will name a number of new clerks next week and drop some of the Powell personal ap pointees, a course which was follow ed b> the late Auditor General when he c.ime into office and changed "reg ulars" for Bull Moosers. The Auditor General's department presents a very different appearance at nights now, compared to what It did in the time of the great excite ment. The offices are dark except for one or two lights which are going so that the departmental watchman can see his way about. The suite is no longer lighted up until 2 a. m. as a sign of vigilance and the detective force has been scattered. The squad of students engaged in separating settlement sheets for state taxes and correspondence has been dismissed and once more things are normal. In addition to the heavy expense for electric lights and detectives the state had to pay for the audit by the experts and a large amount of othsr work, the purpose of which is being investigated very carefully. —Miss Helen Glenn, supervisor of mothers' pensions, has created some excitement In Philadelphia by de claring that the lot of widows with families is worse under the present labor law than before. In the Phila delphia Bulletin of last night she Is quoted as making some sharp com ments. —Charles Johnson, ex-Insurance Commissioner, will likely be named to a place in the Treasury Depart ment this summer. —Suffrage leaders throughout the state are making things hot for leg islators who voted against the suf frage resolution, and in a number of cases are charging of breaking of pledges. The resolutions denouncing legislators are being sent to them and the suffragists are making threats of what they will do next year. —Allegheny county's judicial con test will be one of the liveliest in the state this year and there are already a dozen candidates for the place. Philadelphia will also have an un usual number of judges to elect. —3. Linn Harris, former State For estry Commissioner, is being men tioned as likely to be named to one of the places In the State Treas ury. —Legislators are taking a big in terest in the convention of the State Federation of which will open here on Monday, because the labor people will make a strong drive to get action on compensation law amendment! which are now in com mittee. It is expected that the bills will bo reported back to the House during the week. —Hobert J. McGrath, of Pitta- HARRIBBURG TELEGRAPH KEUY—TRYING TO STICK A TIGHTWAD By BRIGGS I -J y ORi>ea Up h£prv- joe-f / Ta cala-1 I Tbcut to ( c ., , IT AiN'T .a WAITER p— -n .SHOOT- 'AT \ UR T^ R -' ,/ To BUY- ITS He . s R ' |GH -r rMOtrv\E6 ? I'LL BET C \ KJCITHUHJJ < \ .p OVER TMeREj I A , J me' 3 (501M6 \ torn/~ <3iv/E OH- H I rl To SA y'wHATLc lsuf*£ -V —'< l US ALL J ) i T /V YA HAV/e'- y' ~ up iil > \ Chaa/ce 5 ( (5 Poke >/ V (M just a J =^f burgh, is being: boomed as a candi date for the presidency of the State Federation, which la held by James H. Maurer, the Reading legislator. Steve McDonald, Scranton labor lead er and publisher, is also a candidate. —Action will probably be taken next week by the House committee in charge of the Corbin bill to make Perry, Juniata and Mifflin counties one judicial district. —Announcement that Judge H. A. Fuller, of Luzerne county, would be a candidate for re-lelectlon, has been followed by an announcement of the candidacy of Thomas D. Shea. Wilkes- Barre lawyer, for the same place. The two have long been rivals and Shea was behind the attempt made in the legislative session o. 1913 to Impeach Judge Fuller. —lmportant changes are to be made in the borough code by the McVicar bill. The bill will be on third reading next week. —Robert C. Hicks, a general in spector in the Department of Public Works of Philadelphia, and highly recommended, has been made chief of the new Street Cleaning Bureau in Philadelphia. —Third class city officials are com mencing to turn their attention to the Senate because of the probability that there will bo strenuous doings when the Bamsey bill reaches that body and meets the Beidleman bill in committee. The latter bill has the partisan feature with the councilmen elected by wards; the Bamsey bill, as amended provide* for nonpartisan elections. EDITORIAL COMMENT The George Washington, German, and the Martha Washington, Austrian, are among the interned ships seized by the United States. That august pair may now comprehend what they risked by discarding the orH*tial George's warning against "entangling alliances abroad/'—-New York Sun. Der Tag had a dawn. It must have a sunset. —Brooklyn Eaglq. Hang up the fiddle and the bow; take down the shovel and the hoe.— Indianapolis Star. Wouldn't Billy Sunday make a grand chaplain for Roosevelt's division!— New York Morning Telegraph. The Hlndenburg line, as Central might say, Is buay.—Boston Tran script. It Is a wise bride who knows whether it's Cupid or conscription.— Pittsburgh Ga*ette-Times. May Day in Germany may have passed off like a picnic; but why so much secrecy?— New York World. Once again are the majority of our citizens shouting the battle cry of freedom. Let every one of us do what he can to make it unanimous! Dry Goods Economist. The Food Hog (A Ballad With a Moral) The Hog to his butler said, one day, "Replenish the larder while you may, Nor heed what food controllers say. "Man is an animal, plainly meant To eat and drink to his heart's con tent. Forswearing 'meatless daya' and Lent. "With barons of beef, and saddles of lamb, Shoulders of mutton and chicken and ham, Every corner and crevice cram. "As food grows less, buy more and more, Depleting the stocks of stall and store; Then bolt and bar the larder door." The Hog took no account of right Or wrong, but felt a fierce delight In gratifying his appetite. Wherever he walked about the town, His jaws were moving up and down, Munching sandwiches, white or brown. At length the family doctor said, "In a week or so you Will be dead. And the burial service will be read." And sure enough, on the seventh day, The soul of the Food Hog passed away, And left behind Its aty of clay. The sexton said, when his work was done, i As he mused on l\la spade In the set ting sun, \ "The Hog is the kißsman of the Hun." And this was the enitaph each might read, Of the man whose death was a boon indeed ] To his country In hefr hour of need: EPITAPH "Good patriots all, there lies beneath A Hog unworthy of a wreath, Who dug his own grave with his teeth." —Clyde Fostor In Anbwera, London. BEWARE OF MISGUIDED IS WARNING OF ONE of the greatest dangers that confronts us at this moment Is misguided thrift," declares a statement issued to-day by S. W. Straus, president of the American Society for Thrift. "In our efforts to be patriotically economical, we tind ourselves going to extremes in the opposite direc tion. which is just as great a menace as wastefulness and extravagance," said he. "One of the worst calami ties that could befall our nation at any time would lie to stop the wheels of Industry, but more especially NOW. "The point is to differentiate be tween destructive and constructive thrift, in times of peace or war, waste is reprehensible, but indis criminate tlght-fistedness is worse, because in such conditions the provi dent are made to suffer with the im provident. "Btecause the whole nation sud denly has become conscious of the necessity of thrift, we as individuals should take care not to deflect from their normal courses the tides of the nation's money that turn the wheels of industry. America as a na tion Is not in any danger of running short of money, but we are threat ened with a food shortage because on us rests the duty and responsi bility of feeding our allies. "Everyone can distinguish the difference between prudent living and wastefulness. If a man buys a suit of clothes, a pair of shoes or a hat, his money goes into legitimate circulation and furnishes uses for capital and employment for labor. "The American people have re Harden, a Man of Vision [From the New York World.] At a time when free speech, free publication and free communication are limited or suppressed as to all others. Maximilian Harden boldly tells Germany the truth. Sweeping away the whole fabric of falsehood which a reptile press has reared against the United States, he pro claims the necessity for our entrance into the war, eulogizes the ideals by which wo are Inspired and calls upon his countrymen "to make their house habitable and not an eyesore to the world." In his assault upon the military au tocracy, even the Emperor if left in no doubt as to the meaning of Mr. Warden's words. He pleads for dem ocracy as the one hope of peace now and hereafter, for liberty to speak and to write, and, most significant of all, perhaps, ho demands new men in government "headed toward the goal indicated by President Wilson." Final ly, he condemns German's peace pro posals as insincere and only an excuse for relentless submarine warfare, and. with his mind evidently upon the War I>ord, he declares thnt peace must come on the responsibility of the na tion and not upon that of "any prince or family." "Clearing the Plate" [From the Brooklyn Eagle] Some gray-headed men who grew up in New England remember the custom that prevailed in many fami lies of making a boy or girl "clear the plate" or cat what was left at another meal before getting anything else. That was not Irrational or cruel. The child was permitted to help him self or herself. If too much was taken the discipline of having to eat It sooner or later was wholesomely educative. We may get back to it. Waste Is never Justified In prosper ous families or other families. It Is a big element in giving children an utterly false • Idea of what makes prosperity, at least in binding young sters to the vitalism of thrift on which ull accumulation Is based. Sacrifice Not Wanted Senator Sherman declares that he will not abdicate for the President or anybody else, thus mistaking the general demand, which Is simply that he act reasonably and patriotically. —Chicago Herald. Unfinished Explanation When a German general announces that he has given up an unsuitable position he does not always feel re quired to state what rendered it un suitable. —Washington Star. Light Housekeeping The appeal of the Department of Commerce to lighthouse-keepers to plant crops gives a new slant to light housekeeping.—Washington Post. One Way to Explain The German strategists haven't got round yet to explaining that in surrendering so many prisoners they are merely reducing their army to fit the lood Bupply,—lndianapolis News. sponded In a grand way to the needs of the hour. Wo are going to con serve our resources and increase our food supply in a way that will astonish the world, but in doing this we stand face to face with economic hardships unless each individual is governed by common sense, prudence and foresight. "In brief, administer your expen ditures In a clean, honest, legitimate and patriotic manner. Eliminate waste of food, bearing in mind that every mouthful you save may be the sustenance of some starving fel low-human being abroad. We should not tear down on one hand while we are trying to build up on the other. Those in business should not Yiesl tate —bo courageous and keep on j going. America has everything to make herself prosperous. The bil lions of dollars which are being raised for war purposes will even tually return into the pockets of the people. Even the money which wo loan to our allies Is being spent Immediately in America. The nation al bond Issue means that for some years to come this country will be paying back the obligations Incurred to-day. America 1b still in the midst of the greatest era of material pros perity the country has ever known. "In the matter of individual ex penditure man should be guid ed by his own necessities and the needs of his country. Let none of us be a slacker In the business world. This is no day for the coward or weakling. Be brave and confident. Remember the most acute needs of our nation to-day Is intelligent, pro ductive, constructive thrift." Labor Notes Grantham, England, will employ women to sweep the streets, paying them 10 cents an hour and provide them with uniforms. Several of the most stately homes of old England have been turned into sleeping quarters for women making munitions. The labor unions have unmistak ably demonstrated to wage-earners In all callings and professions that organization means higher wages, better jobs, more comfortable homes and shorter hours of dally toll. A general Increase of wages will go Into effect at the Vore River ship building plant on June 1. Kitchener (Can.) Board of Trade will co-operate with the County Agricultural Association in assisting to provide farm labor during the summer. Signals Strawberry shortcake on counters, Kidlets a dance on the walk, Sages In confab on sunny park benches, Lovers quite lost In their talk; Rollicking tunes from street organs, Open cars speeding so gay, Careless of breezes and passenger's sneezes. Sweet Springtime Is coming this way! Sodas with fragrant fruit flavors. Push carts with plnlt lemonade, Violets and pansles on corners, Baby carts out on parade. New hats to startle and dazzle. Each girl in her Sunday best gown. Her thoughts all a clutter of frivol and flutter For Spring's coming down on the town! Everyone's restless and eager. With the stirring of green things that grow; Don't talk of your hot waves and sunstrokes. There may yet be a flurry of snow! But to-day there's the keen Joy of living 'Neath a canopy bright with the sun; You see by the skies, If you open your eyes, That Springtime has really begun! Green gauze over slim silver birches. Fleecy cloudlets adrift in the blue. Golden crocus and Jonquils a-blow ing, Then a nip in the air; Ah-a-achoo! You are sure of one thing and one only, While the mercury runs up and down, With snowflakes and sunshine, ca pricious, delicious. Young Spring's coming down on the town! —Alice Lovtt McCord, in The Peo ple's Home Journal, MAY 5, 1917. Charles M. Schwab says:— Nothing is more fatal to success than taking; one's job as a matter of course. If more persons would get so enthused over their day's work that some one would have to remind them to go out to lunch there would be more happiness In the world and less digestion. If you must be a glutton, be a glutton for work. A trained ear can do tremendous business in the ob struction line. Sometimes it listens I so intently for the toot of the quitting I j whistle that it quite loses the sense I j of spoken orders. [OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 WHAT AILS JONES. "What i the matter with Jones?" "If he takei a vacation, they won der how 1-e can afford to; and if he loesn't they wonder if his accounts \ro straight." HIS RESOLVE. "Now they say our food Influence* our moods," "I'll quit eating blueflsh." ONE OF THE OTHER. Mr. B.—Do you thiak you'll be able to keep up with your neigh bors? Mrs. E.—lf wo can't, my dear we'll move. Vwkli'r- A NATURAL sSW MISTAKE. CvjJfK Duck—Hey, I #\\ (mr/jfa didn't know hobblo skirta Voi m m k a< * come back W f/// in style again. TERRIBLY { CROWDED. [ V?? r Ist Microbe— They're going to jf '"V a/ .Ji make paper?" ' • J? , money smaller, v* ' V\3t 2nd Microbe 1 —Where we go- (rfUiWj ® \ ing to live, It's <\ J a ] overcrowded jp. If Ebening (Efyat Col. Henry M. Shoemaker, of the Governor's staff, editor and author, big game ..lover and historian, has just issued in pamphlet form another of his contributions to the historical lore of Pennsylvania. Col. Shoemaker has compiled more data concerning the early days of this State and has written more interesting articles, stories and books on topics pertain ing thereto than possibly any other [ living man. He collects his informa tion, in many cases, first hand from ?,♦£.? Id people and well-known local authorities in the various districts in which he travels during hia leisurff* • •rm®' t >! is ltttest booklet is entitled the J Slack Moose in Pennsylvania," n which he clearly proves that as late as the early part of the eight -1 century that gigantic animal ranged the forests of the Keystone Slate, coming down from the North during cold we;tther and ably as far South as the Maryland line, but confining itself largely to the upper reaches of the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers and along the "Northern Tier." • • • Col. Shoemaker has evidently spent much time In accumulating the mass ol information he has digested in so interesting a manner and the book let ought to be on the shelf of every hunter and naturalist in the State. I he writer does not believe that, ex cept possibly in isolated instances, tho "Black Moose" ever bred in Pennsylvania, testimony going to show that it followed the snows northward as they retreated in spring, the young appearing in the Adirondacks and other northern mountain and forest regions in April. Ihe following extract, relating to the killing of the last moose in this State, is an interesting chapter from the publication: * • * Who killed the last moose In Pennsylvania is a mooted point. Ja cob Flegai, a Clearfield county pio neer, is said to have killed the moose whose antlers adorned Captain Lo gan's cabin near Chlckalacamoose; one or the Buchanans killed a moose south of the Juniata, near McVey town; Indians killed a moose on Moose Hun, Centre county( giving the stream its name); and Landlord Heller's neighbors' dogs caused the death of the moose, the antlers of which hung over the main entrance of the old stone tavern in the Wind Gap for so many years. All these moose were killed during the decade between 1780 and 1790; there is no record of any having been seen since then. In other words, they were ex terminated in Pennsylvania about the same time as the bison. It has been stated that "Colonel John Kelly killed the last bison in Penn sylvania in 1790 or 1800." As to defi nlte dates, probably the moose killed by the Buchanans on the Juni- I ata comes as near to being known I as any. The old tavern which this family kept for many years was opened in about 1790. The moose was killed either that same year or the year following. For many years this tavern was known as "The Bounding Elk," being named for a black elk or moose, which some years before the erection of the building, swam the Juniata nearby, but was killed before he could take harbor in the southerly forests. Dorcas Holt Bu chanan, wife of "The Bounding Elk's" first landlord, was herself an intrepid Nimrod. It is recorded that on one occasion when a big deer was chased out of Matawanna Gap into the river by dogs the young woman plunged into the stream, and catch ing it by the horns, drowned it in a pool. Several of the habitues of the tavern cheored the plucky girl fo>m the bench at the front door, shout ing; "Go It 'Dorkey,' " aa she grap pled with the terrified "Monarch of the Glen." It is related that the trick could not have been performed more neatly by Shaney John, an In dian hunter, who drowned many deer in this way, or by his white disciple, "Josh" Roush, "The Ter rible Hunter," of the Seven Moun tains. On another occasion while sewing by an open window one sum mer evening, Dorcas noticed a wolf looking in at her. Picking up the rifle which she always kept by her side, she rammed the barrel down the frightened animal's throat. In this connection It may be well to quote Itoush further on the moose in Penn sylvania, as related to him by pupils of Shaney John. The old Indian said that he had as a boy feasted on "moose nose," a great delicacy, and once had seen a young moose broken to draw a sledgo one particularly severe winter, at a camp near the headwaters of the Moshannon river in Blair county. The beast hauled a load of hides to the Bald Eagle's nest In Centre county. An Indian hunted named Hartheglg was the trainer, while two warriors named The Big Cat and Killbuck, accompan cd the consignment to the nest. • • * It is probable that in a short time the State Game Commission will es tablish some game preserves In west ern counties. Offers of land have been made from time to time but It has been found that in many cases the lands were covered by leases of the coal or oil. The western end of the State has been pretty well looked up and while there are many tracts suitable for game the coal men have been busy, too. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClaln is spending the week-end in Pittsburgh with legislators making Inspections of hispitals. —Prof. Thomas J. Kirby. of Pitts burgh, says it is only a question of time until colleges adopt vocational education courses. —Dr. S. H. Baum, coroner of Fay ette county, has gone into the med ical reserve. —Congressman Thomas S. Crago, former National Guardsman, was here during this week on military matters. —Mayor Rhodes, of Altoona, re ceived a check of SI,OOO from Ben jamin Cohn,' an Altoona business man, to buy seed potatoes for all comers. —George DeForest. sheriff of War ren county, has ordered that fire works shall not be permitted in his county during the war. —Bishop Eugene A. Garvey, of Al toona, who has been ill, is improv- W. W. Grlest's fa ther was a blacksmith by trade, a soldier b.v choice, a self-made man, who attained prominence locally i.i eciitor, writer and speaker, and whoso one nmbltlon had been to rep resent his district in Congress. DO YOU KNOW TUnt Harrisburjt can mobilize hundreds of trained railroad trainmen and trackmen on the shortest notice of any place on the main line? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The Courthouse was recruiting heftdquarteri in the War of 1812.