10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A SEHSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING ( 0., Telegraph Building:, Federal Square. E.J. STACKPOLE, Pres't Gr Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub- fKfeSjp Gas C ' BundVng* —-, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a CffiJgScgSSO week: by mail. $5.00 **a year in advance. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10 VOCATION AL EDUCATION THE Federation of Labor, in annual convention In Harris burg has taken a stand, with which many will sympathize, in fa vor of more vocational education in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is a great industrial community—one'of the very great est in the world —and the demand for skilled labor is forever on the increase. Yet hundreds of thousands of our boys and girls are graduated from high schools every year who have little or no manual training. They have learned nothing of me chanics save perhaps a smattering of laboratory and textbook knowl edge of •no practical use, and how to use brain and hands at the same time effectively on any task requir ing skill and knowledge is an utter mystery to them. . But they'have a little of Latin and a. little of Greek and a little of a lot of other things that are very good to know but do not help much •when one turns his attention to gain ing a livelihood in mill or factory, for only a few of those who go through high school hope to go to college or have ambitions toward the professions. The great rank and file put the class-room behind them •when they leave high school, and it is only fair that every city should give such children the opportunities for mechanical training presented by our own Technical High school, and even in Harrisburg vocational edu cation might be greatly improved by increase of facilities. The educa tional system of the State is even now in process of transformation and the next few years will witness many changes for the better. Can it be that some folks In Wash ington don't want to think what might happen after the people revised the old song to read—"When Teddy Came Marching Home?" GREATER CAMP HILL RECOMMENDATION by the grand jury at Carlisle yes terday that the petition of j Camp Hill for the annexation of the Washington Heights district be granted is a big step toward making Camp Hill the dominat ing borough of the West Shore. The new territory will add to Camp Hill all that section' lying j between that town and the Northern Central railroad at Wormleysburg, and between the Cumberland Valley railroad on the south and the newly laid out public road between Camp Hill and Wormleysburg on the north. It will give to the annexed part of East Pennsboro township borough regulations, first class schools, better streets, fire protection and all of those things which a large commun ity acting together can have, but which are impossible for the people of a township so situated as that along the West Shore. The few people who so strenu ously objected to the annexation did eo conscientiously, but it will not be long before they will come to un derstand that the move was inevita ble and for the good of all concern ed. It will not be many years be fore West Shore communities of Camp Hill, Washington Heights, White Hill, Lemoyne and Wormleys burg join forces and become one large town, which shall be a close rival of Harrisburg in population and progresslveness. The Camp Hill I annexation is simply a step in that 1 general direction. It had to come ! and those who advocated It have j been farsighted enough to see that It is for the betterment of Camp Hill as well as of the townhsip an nexed. If they send Pershing to France with the same orders as he received when he went after Villa, the Kaiser will be perfectly safe. SELECTING A MAYOR importance of selecting for j Mayor of Harrisburg one who has a vision of the city's fu ture and the energy and ability to discharge the important duties with credit to a progressive municipality Is manifestly impressing the mem bers of City Council who must fill the vacancy. Harrisburg has reached a point in Its development when the greatest care should be exercised in choosing Its officials. This city can go for ward or backward, Just as the people determine, and it is the duty of every citizen to manifest a lively In terest in the of those who are to administer our municipal af fairs . It is th savin* arse* thU THURSDAY EVENING. communis that there are here so many public-spirited men who are willing: to give of their time and effort without compensation or hope of reward other than the conscious ness of having done something for the good of all. In matters very little after all is said and done as to the form of government, perhaps, but it matters a great deal that the men who are asked to serve in these public positions shall have an eye single to the interests of the people without regard to selfish or personal considerations. Much is to be done in the further development of the city, especially with respect to our co-operation with the State officials in the working out of the great Capitol Park plan. Gov ernor Brumbaugh and those asso ciated with him on the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings as well as the legislature, are in hearty ac cord with respect to the work that is yet to be done in transforming the Capitol grounds into a great public park in harmony with the liarris burg park system with which it will be co-ordinated as to streets, via ducts and general treatment. For this and other reasons, it is highly Important that the successor of Mayor Meals shall be a man fully qualified by experience and knowl edge of what the executive office de mands. Several names have been canvassed in a more or less public way and it is hoped the choice will fall upon one who will uphold the best traditions of the city and aid in pushing forward the improvement policies which have made Harris burg a synonym for progress and all that is best in modern municipal administration. Your Uncle Samuel is slow to get started, but he is not backward when he gets under way—as witness that $75,000,000 fund for the relief of Bel gium. BE A GOOD SCOUT "ft TORE than 100 men of Harris burg have given up a large part of to-day, to-morrow and Satur day to the collection of funds to be used for the financing of the Boy Scout movement in Harrisburg dur ing the next three years. These men are not approaching you in the name of charity, nor are they begging. They come to give you the privilege of investing in the boyhood of Harrisburg. They come to extend to you the opportunity of helping to make the boys of to-day better men of to-morrow. Before you refuse them or turn them away with a trifling contribution, think a moment of your own Boyhood, and then of your own boy, II you have one. Consider what the Boy Scout movement would have meant to you, and what It is doing and will do for the boys of this city—your boy In cluded. Xo worthy organization has been more misunderstood than the Boy Scouts. On account of their uni form they have been misrepresented as a military organization. Xo mat ter what anybody may tell you along that line, there is not a word of truth in it. The Boy Scouts are not military in any sense of the word. Boy Scouts are not permitted to carry weapons of any kind. Boy Scouts do not have military drills. Boy Scouts are not at the fighting front in Europe and none will be in America. Boy Scouts are trained in the ways of peace. They are taught to be kind, to be useful and to live clean lives. This is the oath thsy take: On my honor I will do my best— To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout To help other people at all times. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and mor ally straight. The "Scout Law" is simply the rules and regulations laid down by the boys themselves for their own guidance. Would you like your boy to take a pledge like that? Wouldn't you have been a better boy, and perhaps a better man, If you in your youth had taken It. Don't deny the opportunity to the boys of Harrisburg by withholding your mite from this worthy cause. , Don't worry about that tax on "soft drinks," folks; the fellow who in dulges in "something hard" is going to get his, too. TOO MUCH TALK CITY COMMISSIOXER LYXCH may be somewhat persistent In his endeavor to find out what is to be done about the ash nuisance in Harrisburg, but there can be no doubt whatever that he is expressing public opinion when he says that "there is too much talk \ and not much done." Mr. Lynch is rather practical in his efforts and direct In speech, but this ash busi ness is getting on his nerves as It Is upon the nerves of the average hmiaAhnMflr. Knr dna Mr. Lynch believe it is necessary to refer every question to the City Solicitor for an opinion. That is one way of passing what is popularly known as "the bunk." What the people of Harrisburg want and what they are bound to have is a solution of this infernal ash nuisance, which is causing not only annoyance but expense, without reason or excuse. It is pretty bad when taxpayers are asked to pay twice for the removal of the ashes— first through the regular contract appropriation and then by direct payment to the employes of the con tractor, as Is said to be the common practice. Lunch barkeepers are observing the Government's bread conservation order —as witness the size of the sand wiches. Training 10,000 Officers Uncle Sam's "first 10.000" to offi cer the new armies to be raised un der the universal service law will cost him at least $15,778,000 during their three months' training course at the fourteen camps to be opened May 14 in all sections oi the coun try. Salaries alone for the 2.500 candi dates, reserve corps officers and mil itary instructors at Plattsburg will amount to $855,000, according to fig ures furnished yesterday by military authorities, who estimated that each candidate would be paid SIOO a month while training. About 300 re serve officers and seventy-five in structors will be at each camp, all drawing regular army pay of from $142 to $275 a month. Blankets, shirts, shoes, breeches, hats, leggings and waist belts for the 2,500 cadet officers at Plattsburg will cost about $22 per man, or $55,000. Mess kits, canteens, cups, haver sacks. ponchos, shelter halves, knives, forks, spoons, catridge belts, bayonets, scabbards and rifles will total more than $42 per man, or $102,500. The construction of temporary wooden barracks will cost $5,000 at each camp; firewood will be $6,000 more, lighting will costsl,ooo, kitch ens another SI,OOO, and paper, ink, soap, lime, etc., $1,500. Food will cost from 40 to 50 cents per man per day, or at least SIOO.- 000 for the three months, bringing the total cost of the Plattsburg camp alone to more than $1,127,000 for the three months. The fourteen camps in the country will be oper ated on the same basis and will to gether cost more than $15,778,000. —Xew York Tribune. Flashes of Genius Xo possession is gratifying with out a comparison.—Seneca. The soul moralizes the past in or der not to be demoralized by it. Like the alchemists she finds in the cru cible of experience only the gold that she herself has poured into it. —Amlel. Who shall be the nearest, noblest and dearest, Xamed with all honor and pride evermore? He, the undaunted, whose banner is planted On Valor's high ramparts and bat tlements hoar. Fearless of danger, to falsehood a stranger; Looking not back when there's danger before. He shall be nearest, he shall be dear est; He shall be first in our hearts evermore! —Ragner Redbeard, LL. D. Two Are One Agriculturally [From Christian Science Monitor] There is practical reciprocity be tween the United States and Canada now, so far as foodstuffs are concern ed. If an obstacle to the free ex change of product remains, it is like ly soon to be removed. Therefore, the United States and Canada will plow, harrow and plant this spring, and reap and gather, next fall, to all in tents and purposes, as one nation and with one great object in view. The interest of the United States in Can ada's planting will be as keen as the interest it will feel in planting on its own side of the line, and vice versa. Canada has sent hundreds of thou sands of its young men to the front. It is. therefore, in greater need of material for farm labor than the United States. The United States can not help the Dominion farmer with out helping itself. Skirting the Edges "Spare my blushes." So spake the society belle. "Have no fear, madam," respond ed the girl who was giving her a facial massage. "I assure you I won't rub any of your complexion off."— Louisville Courier-Journal. Charles M. Schwab says:— I love to appeal to the American spirit of conquest in my men, the spirit of doing things better than any one has ever done them befor£ There is nothing to which men respond more quickly. Once when I was with Mr. Carnegie I had a mill manager who was finely educated, thoroughly capable and master of every detail of the busi ness. But he seemed unable to in spire his men to do their best. "How is It that a man as able as you," I asked him one day, "cannot make this mill turn out what it should?" "I don't know," he replied; "I have coaxed the men; I have pushed them; I have sworn at them. I have done everything in my power. Yet they will not produce." It was near the end of the day; in a few minutes the night force woul* come on duty. I turned to a work man who was standing beside one of the red-mouthed furnaces and ask ed him for a piece of chalk. "How many heats has your shift made to-day?" I queried. "Six," he replied. I chalked a big "6" on the floor, and then passed along without another word. When the night shift came in they saw the "6" and asked about It. "The big boss was in here to-day,'* said the day men. "He asked us how many heats we had made, and we told him six. He chalked It down." The next morning I passed through the same mill. I saw that the "6" had been rubbed out and a big "7" written instead. The night shift had announced itself. That night I went back. The "7" had been erased and a "10" swaggered in its place. The day force recognized no superiors. Thus a fine competition was started, and it went on until this mill, for merly the poorest producer, was turn ing out more than any other mill in the plant HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH foCtttca tn, ""PtKJvOlffctfaKUi, By the Ez-Commltteeman The agreement which seems to be [ in sight for the Legislature to ad journ on "Flag Day," June 14, has caused considerable speculation about the State on whether it is the beginning of a period of calm for the duration of the war within the Republican party or whether it is lull before a new storm. There have been so many rumors and report.' of harmony, to be generally followed by worse outbreaks than ever, that a good many people are skeptical. State senators are said to have outlined a plan which will probably be approved when they have their week-end conference in Philadelphia and they will adhere to it, giving the administration no embarrassment and awaiting developments. ltural members would like to quit earlier than the fourteenth but the city members, who may form a lea gue of their own to measure swords with the rural alliance, say that it is not possible. The general impression is that if the Legislature adopts the adjourn ment resolution on Monday night, which will be one month ahead of the time fixed to quit, that the ap propriations committee will start out bills pretty pronjptly. —Auditor General Snyder's ten dency to conservatism in handling affairs of his office and in making changes is being much commented upon. The quickness with which the new Auditor General assumed office has been much contrasted with the manner in which the pre decessor "went to the bat," as some one phrased it last night. Mr. Sny der was expected by some to tear things wide open. Instead he has named men o£ ability to important places and says that he will make changes gradually, improving the efficiency of his department wher ever possible and carefully studying every defail of the present organiza tion, the reasons for it and what it did in the last two years. —Treasurer Kephart seems to be about as conservative as his col league in the fiscal branch of the government. —One of the interesting guessing games at the Capitol is how soon will Robert K. Young, who retired Monday as State Treasurer and left this morning for his home in Wells boro, be back on Capitol Hill. Mr. Young has been frequently mention ed as a possible public service com missioner. —The alliance formed last night between Representatives Isadore Stern, of Philadelphia, and J. G. Dell, chairman of the Rural league, attracted much attention to-day. The chief point of cohesion is the Walter bill to give the State right of emi nent domain in taking road ma terial. I—Ralph Volpe, wno was yesterday promoted to be superintendent of state roads in Huntingdon county, started in as a rodman on the state highways. The appointment was in line with the department's policy of promotions. —Appointment of a clerk and stenographer are expected to be made shortly In the State Banking Department. —Members of the House are look tng forward to some interesting times on the floor of the House next week when the bills to create addi tional judgeships in Montgomery and Lehigh counties will come along. Opposition to both bills has been manifested. —Rural members of the Legisla ture are lining up against salary raising bills except such as may be carried in the general bill. They have started to study that proposi tion. —The inquiry into the operations of the Department of Labor and In dustry will be completed by the Joint' appropriations committee next week, j Paul N. Furman is to appear next Tuesday. Labor Notes Baltimore (Md.) union bakers will enforce a nine-hour day. Women are employed as iron workers in France. Aurora (111.) Iron molders now get 50 cents an hour. Frisco street car employes have asked for an eight-hour day. Toledo (Ohio) painters have a minimum wage of 50 cents an hour. Duluth (Minn.) local unions have formed a Trade Union Dry League City employes of Oakland, Cal„ demand an increase in pay. Vera Cruz, Mexico, has a night school for working women. Union butcher workmen at Deni son, Texas, have secured Sunday closing. Female nurses In the United States Navy receive SSO per month. Eighty per cent, of the munition workers in Great Britain are wo men. Cabinet-makers at St. Louis, Mo., will get 40 cents an hour tifter June 12. Toronto (Canada) retail clerks de mand early closing. Sheet metal workers at Hamilton, Canada, will organize. On Such a Day It's always this here sort of day I want to rise and go away And find a shady place and cool Across the way from that there school Where little children romp and run Through recess, and when school is done Coax a whole bunch to go with me Where fancy wanders, glad and free. I want to just keep still and go With them, and sort of get to know What they think of the world and all. And hear them mock the wild bird's call, And watch them wade a shallow st ream, And splash drops in the sun to gleam Like diamonds, every one a gem And make them feel I'm one of them. I'm sort of getting wearied for Some talk that doesn't deal with war; Some talk of birds and blooms and trees, And butterflies and honeybees, And grapevine swings, and berrlers red. And white clouds sailing overhead; And what they like to eat and wear; That's how I feel when days are fair. That's how I feel when it is spring And wayside shrubs are blossoming And birds are nesting. Such a day I.want to rise and go away And leave the word to busy men And be a little tad again And gather up a crowd and go A s vagrant as the winds that blow. —J. M. Lewis, in Houston Post. ~ , , . When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS I A LITTUT v ALTERATION - - .DiFFICULTV CA>J f—X . , > 'BE •RGMEDie D ~ OH Leonidrl —--- —x - Per'- IhlfflrWvX' f it:s A \ r FECT- LY . jf 111 6ooD - com.cal rtrrr M W/MA * uess i BOOKS AND MAGAZINES The Land of Reopening Shadow— D. Thomas Curtin (Doran $1.50 net). The subtitle of this volume —Ger- many at the third year of the war — is probably more specific than the real title, although knowing the sec ond, the main title takes on a won derfully significant meaning. This work is extremely sensational —that is, in its own peculiar way—for the sensation lies in the recital of cold, grave, sheer truths impassionately told regarding Germany—truths gleaned by personal observation made during the year following De cember, 1915. Much of the author's information comes from conversa tions and experiences being through risks which endangered his life, but in his volume there stands an unde niable knowledge of what has actu ally transpired within the German Empire from that time, when, gay and wholly confident in the prowess of her troops ag she saw them de part—from a time when well-fed, both in body by food and in mind by Wllhelm Strasse, until now when one hears everywhere "Freide" (Peace), "Esse" (Food) and even "Steuren" (Taxes). Germany's viewpoint is not ours, and now that she is our enemy, it is particularly desirable that we know the true measure of the people we are going to fight. Most clearly does Mr. Curtin sketch the organiza tion which has at the same time been "the glory and the curse of Germany." How any nation can be one of deluded dupes is something foreign to us, until we comprehend a system of forty years' training, which leaving no stone unturned, has guided the lives of its people by pulpit, college, university, newspa per: fooling them, creating public opinion, deluding them, perverting them, both in soul and in mind. Mr. Curtin's volume is one of painstaking analysis which serves to j show first, how the German organl- I zation had so adequately prepared a nation for "die grosse Zelt;" sec ondly, to clearly illuminate for us that system from which not the minutest detail which could possibly add to the efficiency of promoting the conception of the Germanic ideal could escape (no matter that the ideal was the child of a distorted vision and brain); thirdly, to render justice to the German race, for where commendation Is proper the author bestows it without stint. The public receives in this volume a notably unprejudiced account of the world's greatest emilltary power. "Do you think that if our gov ernment were responsible for the war that we should be willing to bear all these terrible sacrifices?" asked a German woman of Mr. Cur tin, and herein do we have the summed up character, the expression of supreme unity which typifies the Germans. Explanations of just how that unity has been accomplished, by what methods it is being preserved, even enforced., and to what point it is going to carry Germany—these are the arduous, self-appointed tasks to which the author has addressed himself. "The Land of Deepening Shadow" comes to us at a particu larly appropriate time, a time when knowing the actual social, moral and economic conditions of the people we must fight. Is a step of inde scribable value. How popular Amer ica is with Germany is not the only Interesting phase of Mr. Curtin's work; and at length docs he de scribe the well-promoted course of scientific hate which to "Gott Strafe England" has caused to be added so vehemently that the United States flag had to be removed from the American hospital at Munich, "Gott Strafe Amerika." Mr. Curtin's book commends it self In the opinion of the writer to every American who seeks the un varnished truth regarding conditions within the boundaries of Germany, and it is by all odds the equal, if not the leader, of all of this character of books on the war yet published. t A LITTLE TALK By S. W. STRAUS President American Society For Thrift V, . ONLY a very small percentage of our citizens will under any cir cumstances become soldiers. A very large proportion will remain at home, but they will have duties to perform that should be enacted as rigidly as are the tasks imposed upon those of our , citizens who brave death in the trenches or op the sea. Through practices of thrift, industry, unselfishness and self-de nial we can help eliminate waste and maintain the nation's food sup ply. James A. Patten, of Chicago, one of the wealthiest men In the United States and a world renowned authority on food supplies, says: "The food crisis is here right now. Take lard for example. Last year at this time there was a stock of contract lard amounting to 75,000,- 000 pounds. This year the stock is only 25,000,000 pounds. Our fight ing men and the fighting men of our allies in the trenches must have meat. We have got to furnish most of that meat. The only way in the world we can do it is to eat less meat ourselves. In my house we have instituted two meatless days a week. 1 used to eat bacon every morning for breaklast. Now we have cut out the bacon entirely. If we ate meat every day, some soldier or work man who really needs It will have to go without. It may seem a trifling Law and Flag Desecration It appears that Daughters of the Revolution at Washington, D. C„ have been offended by the spectacle of the Star Spangled Banner display, ed on the hosiery of women of the capital city and have invoked the aid of the United States District At torney to bring about a prompt halt of this "desecration." The official has been so far complaisant as to quote law bearing on the offense, which forbids any person to "man ufacture, sell, or expose for sale or to public view or use for any pur pose, merchandise on which shall be printed, painted., attacned or other wise placed a representation of the flag." But why should the Daughters of the Revolution make a specialty of hosiery so decorated? In these days of sensible gowning, which permits liberty of action in the necessary and useful diversion of walking such as has never before been enjoyed, ho siery is almost as much in evidence as hats, and the sight, of it has been so common for a year or two that it has ceased to excite comment or curiosity. It is the fault of "fash ion," if fault there be, and it is un doubtedly the vote of a vast major ity of women that it is a good and wholesome fashion, making .for energy and buoyancy, a foe to lassi tude and fatigue. Of course, there should he a uni versal opposition to such abasement j of the flag; but the law reads equally 1 against display of it on hats, collars, | scarfs, gloves, or any article of mer chandise, if "printed, painted, or at | tached," the embargo being upon the maker and seller, not the wear- I er, and it is on them the penalty I may be inflicted of a maximum of ! SIOO or thirty days in prison. The question of the* taste of the wearer is more important than the legal phase. No matter whether the printed flag Is worn on head or heela, on collar or scarf, such use of the national emblem is vulgar, and pub lic vulgarity Is always deserving of punishment, though in this case Jt may be outside the law.—Pittsburgh 1 Dispatch. MAY 10, 1917. thing for me to cut out meat on my family table on Mondays and Fridays, but it would not be trilling If 100,000 families should join us." Meat bones can be put to good use in the family kitchen these days. An English scientist says: "One-tlilrd of the weight of dry bone consists of nitrogenous matter, which when extraeted could be used as food. There is a much larger proportion than is found in bread or meat. It is desirable to grind the bone before boiling it. The marrow is very valuable both as a fat and for its agreeable flavor, and may be roughly reckoned as equal in nutri ment to half its weight in butter." Many kinds of soup can be made by the use of bone and vegetables, and the same bone can be used three times with good results. If any one believes household economies and the food situation in America are not worthy the clos est attention of every citizen, he should bear in mind that the gen eral food production of the United States has only increased 1 per cent in ten years, while the population has increased 21 per cent. The an nual wheat production has decreased 13 per cent, corn is 11.7 less than ten years ugo and last year was 5.8 per cent less than the average for the ten years. Do not feel that because you arc not a. soldier you have no patriotic duties to perform at home. OUR DAILY LAUGH A VKI IS I (3N. "Do you object to anyone who eats onions?" "Yes. I very much dislike any ostentation of wealth." '%v J IMPUDENT. Miss Bug—There's that disgusting old bug, hanging around this flat Iron corner again. Maiden Must Be Kept Busy Bryan said that a million men would spring to arms over night. A lot of them lyivc certainly sprung Into a maiden's arms, the mar riage route. —Detroit Free I'reua. lEtening <ttfyat|| What goes in dear cornea out cheap" is an old Dauphin county adage especially relating to the Planting of potatoes. Farmers in this section of the State have been baying that for years and in tho splendid farming districts in the lower end of this county ft is said to be a maxim which has never been known to fail. One of the practical reasons is that when things are ex pensive many people turn to plant ing them with the result that there arc large crops and tho price follow ing tho inexorable law of supply and demand comes tumbling down. Just now the price of seed potatoes Is something awful and farmers are apologizing for the tigurep at which they sell. The natural result has been that every man or woman who t an get hold of a vacant lot is plant ing potatoes and means to cultivate them to whack the food speculators and incidentally to have something to say to our friend, the farmer, If the weather gets straightened out there should be good growing times and the truth of the lower Dauphin saying will again be demonstrated. Signs that the legislature will ad journ on "Flag Day" are multiply ing about the Capitol and attention is being directed to the length of sessions in other years. Eight times since the adoption of tho constitu .ll * t,le legislature has sat until June and once, in the year that the ( apltol burned, until July. Juno sessions are not popular be cause of the heated period which comes the latter part of the month, as those who sat through the ses sion of 1913 are now recalling. The session of 1901 adjourned on Juno 27, the same date as that of 1913. The other June sessions all ended before the middle of the month. As a rule the closing work of a ses sion is strenuous and the pressure of three sessions a day with com mittee meetings in between is pretty severe in very hot weather. • The manner in which the House of Representatives passed bills levy ing over a dozen millions of dollars ot new taxes yesterday without a word of debate, was the cause of con siderable comment among people gathered in the Capitol to watch the Legislature at work. It was a remarkable fact that they passed without the sponsor of the bills even being in the House and few people paying much attention to them compared to the care bestowed upon bills regulating sales of liquor or licensing of dogs. The measures will be in the hands of the Senate when it meets on Monday night and there are indications that the fate of the bills will be settled in that branch, which probably accounts for the way the House let things go. • * The respite granted by the Gov ernor yesterday in the case of John Nelson will stay for awhile the exe cution of a man whose case has at tracted national attention. Nelson is supposed to be a "voodoo" man and from the time of his arrest for a stabbing affair near Tunkhannock re fused to say a word. His trial was marked by more or less trouble on that score and Anally there were | charges by doctors of carelessness in treatment of the dead man which threatened for a time a medical scandal. Nelson's history is un known although newspapers in a dozen States have taken up his case. Blackbirds about Harrisburg and Steelton aro living pretty high these days and have fresh food served to them daily and. It might be remark ed in passing, that for once the diet of the somber-coated, purple-headed feathered scrappers is something which everyone is glad to see them eat. Next to stealing the corn thrown out to the fat, wobbly Cap itol park pigeons, there is nothing that the blackbirds about here seem to delight In nowadays as much as following plowmen. The birds gather in the furrows and go after the' worms and grubs which make life so unpleasant for the potato planter. There is plowing going on all about this city and Steelton and the result is that the birds have plenty of foraging grounds right In front of them at all times. The men with the plows let the birds do as they please at such times. • • * Speaking of blackbirds it seems as though there are more of them about here this spring than usual. Big (locks are to be seen and the number of birds scattered around attending to housekeeping duties, foraging and making themselves neighbors appears to bo very numer ous. In Wildwood and Reservoir parks there have been big flocks seen within the last ten days and they seem to be making up their minds about staying here instead of going to more northern climes where the weather may be even worse than it has been in the first ten days of May in Harrisburg. • • Ilarrisburg's Wharton school ex tension came in for some compli mentary notice yesterday at a hear ing at the Capitol, as it was several times referred to as an organization which has been doing good work. The Wharton school here has at tracted attention because of the In terest and vim shown by the stu dents and the good results obtained. • • Among visitors to Harrisburg thin week to enter the officers training corps was Warren Shu maker, of Johnstown, a son of James M. Shumaker, former superintendent of public grounds and buildings. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —J. H. Torrey, Scranton lawyer, who was here yesterday, is one of the leaders of the Lackawanna bar. He came here to discuss a bill before a legislative committee. —T. P. Sloan, former Washing ton county official and member of the Ship Canal Board, was here to day. —C. I). Dyer, prominent Pittsburgh Iron man, has been made chairman of one of the iron an® steel commit tee* of the Council of National De fense. — W. IJ. Saunders, who has been prominent in the discussion of the means to combat the U-boats, Is a graduate of the University of Penn sylvania and formerly lived in this State. —C. If. Deakyne, engineer officer formerly in charge of work at Phila delphia, will command one of the engineer regiments to go to France. DO YOU KNOW |i That Harrisburg Is most ad vantageously located for food preserving plants? HISTORIC HARRIISBURG Harrisburg experimented with street ear lines right after the Mex ican was.
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