8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KSU'SPitPKR rox trta HOMB fovnjrrl tin Published evenings •aeept Sunday by THE VRUQGRAPH PRIXTIXQ CO, Telegraph HnlMing, Jmi Hqaare. ®*J. STACKPOLE, Pr#t ft BJiltr-inCMr/ r. n. OYSTER, B-jiW OtTS M. 6TEIXMETSS, Brftlw, **' " • Member American Nat er n office, Building. t'af' r '' BußtflnV! Chicago. 111, Entered *t the Poet Office In Harris burg, Pa., os second class matter. By carriers, ten cants a weak: by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. ■ WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1 There is no charity equal to the cJiaritij that is charitable to the uncharitable. — Anon. A GOOD IiAW WHEN Senator Beldleman's bill to fill vacancies In city coun cil, by authorizing the re maining members to make the selec tions, was presented, those politicians j In Harrlsburg whose chief purpose in \ life is to tear down rather than build 1 up, and whose particular delight Is to stir up community strife for their own ulterior purposes, attacked It upon the score that it was designed for purely political ends and was Im possible of achieving good results for i the city. How false these assertions] were is shown by the results. Since the Beidleman law went Into effect council has chosen three men | to fill vacancies—John A. Affleck, •wjio found it impossible to accept! the trust, but who is a high type of I businessman, qualified by training! and experience to be head of the water department; Samuel F. Dun kle, well-known manufacturer and I skilled in mechanics, well fitted fori the place Mr. Affleck found It im-1 possible to assume, and Charles A.) Miller, yesterday elected mayor, af- j ter a long term in the city service | and in every way ideally situated to render the city excellent service at his new post. Will anybody have the temerity to suggest that the popular elections which the opponents of the Beidle man law Insisted upon could have had better results? The Beidleman measure has not only resulted in representative men being chosen to fill responsible posi tions, but it has saved to the people of the city and the county $6,000 for a special election to choose a succes sor to the late Commissioner Bow man and another $6,000 for the choice of a mayor who would have little more than six months to serve. If this is a "purely political meas ure" let us have more like it. NOT TOO IiATE TO MEND AS the people of Harrlsburg bet ter understand the meaning of the school board's action re specting the architectural work un der the imposing building program authorized by the people, a strong undercurrent of resentment is de veloping. When the big loan was under discussion there was a general understanding that the million or more expenditure would be made in the most intelligent way, to the end that the school facilities of the city* should be adequate to a growing school population. The wholly unsatisfactory conclu sion of the controversy over the architectural work has still further aggravated public sentiment, but it Is not yet too late for the school directors to rectify their error. There is neither rhyme nor rea son to tho board's selections. The five directors who now dictate its affairs, Messrs. Boyer, 8011, Keen, Bretz and Werner, are in full con trol. They have demonstrated their power to overrule the special com mittee upon which the taxpayers of Harrlsburg had pinned their faith. Now let them display ordinary com mon sense by reconsidering their reckless disregard for public Interests and throw the whole architect ques tion into open competition, so that the public may have some assurance that It is to get proper return for the vast amount of money to be ex pended. To do that would set the directors now under fire before the people of the city as sincere and in tent only upon the best interests of the public. To allow the present hodge-podge program to stand will label every one of the directors re sponsible for it as men careless of their own reputations In the com munity and absolutely without re gard for the rights of the "people they were elected to serve. When the plan to borrow 11,250,- 000 for the erection of new high schools was proposed the school board did not stand any too well in the estimation of the public. In order to allay any misgiving that might exist In the minds of the voters and to assure the people of the sincerity of the directors as a whole, a verbal agreement was entered into between the board and the public that the board should ac cept the services and advice of a citizens' committee made up entirely of representative businessmen. That was the understanding upon which the loan waa approved. It would not hfcve been approved otherwise. Yet notwithstanding this pledge to th WEDNESDAY EVENING, public the five directors who are re sponsible fef the present deplorable condition of affairs wilfully and knowingly repudiated this pre-elec tion agreement and have insisted upon following a course that unless a miracle happens will seriously inar the efficiency of the school system of Harrlsburg for more than a gen eration to come and make the tax payers chary of giving the school board power to borrow more money as the needs of the city demand. No business Arm or company would for a moment think of spending a million and a quarter dollars In the reckless manner in which these men propose to squander tills vast sum. It is little wonder that the taxpayers are Indignant. It Is not conceivable that they will tamely submit to this misuse of power entrusted to their chosen servants. The directors who hold the balance of power In the board can restore themselves to public favor In Just one way—by rescinding their action of last week and reopening the architectural com petition upon a fair and business basis. Otherwise they stand con victed of being unworthy of the trust reposed in them and as marked men In this community when election time shall roll around again. Of course, the little men who live In the reflected glory of a national ad ministration are embarrassed when attention Is called to the defections of their national leaders In support of the President, but Republicans can scarcely be aeousod of disloyalty when they applaud their own party for stepping into the breach in a national crisis to save the President's defense measures. TRAINING FOH PROMOTION THE election of K. Boss Seaman to succeed Charles A. Miller as city clerk Is a lesson any young I man might consider with profit. The office of city clerk requires extensive knowledge and careful | training. You cunt make a city clerk over night. Casting about for a future, Mr. Seaman us a very young pian saw that eventually Mr. Miller would step out, creating a vacancy that would be difficult to till, for there was nobody in tlie employ of the city at that time qualified for the place. He entered the employ of council In a minor capacity and began pains-takingly to thoroughly equip himself for the city clerkship. That was years ago. Early and lute since then he has profited by the tutelage of the veteran city clerk un der whom he served until yesterday, when Mr. Miller was rewarded for long service by election to the mayoralty, there was but one choice for city clerk to succeed him—and Seaman was the man. There is no secret about this se lection. Political influence did not ertter into it. Seaman had no power ful friends to Intervene for him. He won his election simply by putting himself in the way of promotion and then working steadfastly and intel ligently to prepare himself for it when the time should come. Any young man can do likewise, but few have the foresight and the courage and the perseverance to persist un til success at last crowns the efforts of years. "SLAPSTICK" PATRIOTISM THE lower House of the legis lature yesterday very properly passed a resolution scoring se verely the type of "slapstick" pa triotism that insists upon using the "Star Spangled Banner" and "Amer ica" in unbecoming manner either to serve unworthy purposes or from a mistaken idea of the fitness of the occasion. Our national songs should be sung and played with the reverance the French display for theirs. They should not be made common by too frequent usage, nor should they be cheapened by association. To be brought unceremoniously to one's feet two or three times during the course of a moving picture show because the organist chooses either to Inject the strains of the "Star Spangled Banner" into a stirring war film or to mix up the tune with bars from "Maryland, My Maryland," and "Dixie," serves no good purpose and is extremely annoying. The House Is fully Justified In Its course and It is to be hoped that those who have been offending will take heed and act accordingly. CELEBRATING "THE FOURTH" JOHN ADAMS, writing to his wife in July, 1776, delivered himself of a prophecy that has been amply fulfilled when he said: I am apt to believe that the Fourth of July will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deiiverenee by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore. . And so it has been, even down to this day: and so it should be for all time to come. Particularly oppor tune now is this reminder from the sturdy old patriot who was among those who wrote the Fourth of July In bright red letters on the page of history and made the day Immortal In the annals of freedom. Harrls burg, capital city of the State, should set an example In Pennsylvania this year. By the time the season rolls around hundreds of our young men will* have responded to the call to defend that liberty which John Adams and his compatriots so valor ously won. They will have gone forth to do battle with the arch enemy of the democracy of the world which was brought forth first on a great scale upon this continent, and it Is meet that we who remain at home should do honor to thom and to the day. The time Is short for preparation. Some steps have been taken In that direction. Definite arrangements should be made aa soon as possible. Whatever the nature of the cele bration, announcement should not be postponed until more forehanded communities have completed plans, drawing llarrisburg people away who should be at home on that occa ; sion. Of Course, We'll Stick [Detroit Free Press.] The declaration by Secretary I Lansing that the United States will | stick with the Entente and consider ! no separate pence with Germany no I more than voices the practically j unanimous assumption and sentl i rnent of the American people. When I wo went l.nto this tight we went In I with the idea that it was to be a ! tight to a finish and that our pro gram would be the common pro gtam of the Allies. As a matter of fact, any other course would be pre posterous and Impossible. As a mere precautionary war measure, we are obliged to assume the position In dicated by Mr. Lansing. We are not strong enough to undertake an Independent campaign against the Berlin autocracy. Our entrance Into j the war 011 the basts that we were j to combat the enemy single-handed would have been a travesty and would have endangered the nation without providing the promise of compensation. Aside from this, the Inclination and sympathies of the people of the United States will lead them to stick ta the end. Americans are some what slow to get into a tight, but they are not quitters. And when they are In a conflict which has the salvation of the race for Its objec ti\e. all their instincts lead them to closest friendship with other coun tries engaged In the same undertak ing. For War and Peace [lndianapolis Star.] The proposal to expend $1,000,- I 000,000 in the construction of 5,000,- 000 tons of steel ships to combat the U-boat will appeal to Americans more forcibly than the plan for 1,- 000 wooden ships of 3,000 to 5,000 tons capacity. The enlarged pro gram probably was prompted by the investigation of the situation made by Generat Goetlials. who has been placed In charge of the shipbuilding program. He was reported as saying at the j outset that the wooden boats would j be only makeshifts. The engines | in such ships, he explained, would shake them to pieces In a compara- | tively short time, therefore they , scarcely could be viewed in the j light of anything like valuable ad- i ditions to our after-war merchant ! marine. We are proceeding with the i plan to launch such craft in order to i have carriers in service at the earl- j iest possible moment. The original plan was to spend 1 about $200,000,000 on the wooden j ships, and that sum, no doubt, will be expended under the revised pro posal. In addition, our shipyards and steel mills will turn out 5,000,000 tons of steel ships that will do their bit toward thwarting the U-boats, and will be a very formidable fac tor in the foreign commerce of the United States after the war. All Guesses Are Off [Kansas City Star.] The Kitchener estimate on the length of the war is about up with the war still going, and entering, in deed, upon another phaso in which the new found strength of Germany has yet to be tested. This should In duce some reflections upon our part as the latest participant. We say the German military leaders com pletely deceived in the estimate they had nfade both as to the length of the war, the parin-ipants in it and its demands upon German resources. They thought a six weeks' cam paign would bring the end in sight with Paris in their hands and Rus sia not yet started. They thought the money cost was all provided for in the war chest and that no loans would be necessary. They thought that England would stay out, that Italy would stay out and that Amer ica would stay out. They thought many other thing.) that were illu sory. and so also did British and French statesmen. The war, in fact, got away from all those who imagin ed they had a hand on the reins and has been running wild ever since. This country can have no excuse for making guesses as poor. We can hotfe. and believe if we can, that the war is on its last legs, but we must prepare fpr our part in it as if we thought it could grow new legs as fast as it loses its old ones. We must prepare for it just as though it was a brand new war, as it is for us. A good way is not to guess at all, but to get ready to go through with it to the end and count the time after ward. Remained Seated At a church adjacent to a big mil itary camp a service was recently held for soldiers only. '•Let all you brave fellows who have troubles stand up," shouted the preacher. Instantly every man rose except one. "Ah!" exclaimed the preacher, peering at this lone Individual. "You are one In a thousand." "It ain't that," piped bacjf the only man who had remained seated, ns the rest of his comrades gazed suspiciously at him, "Somebody's put some cobbler's wax on the seat and I'm stuck."—St. Ix>uis Republic. "From Now On" "A marshal was taking a couple of negro prisoners to the Federal prison in Atlanta." said Captain L I*. Woodford, of Georgia. "The un- I fortunates were from different towns [and were Strangers to each other I until they had been rounded up by the minion of the law. "As they were traveling south ward to begin their prison sentences they engaged in the following col loquy: " 'How long did the Judge send you clown for?" " 'Three years.' "'How long you goin' down fo'?' " 'From now on." Washington Post. Crops Out Elsewhere The bravest, though, are never the tenderest-footed. —Columbia State. Fashion Note About the only fashion note for the coming summer is to the effect that khaki is going to be much worn.—Washington Star. Another Chance Having failed in Its plots to ex cite the riots of India, Germany now has a chance to see what it can do with the riots of Berlin.—Chicago Herald. What They Deserve The performances of some of the returned Radicals to Russia show that In a few Instances the auto cratic government gave that sort übout what they deserved. —Chicago Herald. Can Ask For Peace If the War Department accepts Governor Philipp's offer of a Wis consin brigade, the Germans will have reason to ask for peace.—Mil waukee News HABHISBURG efiKSft TELEGRAPH ''P e>vKo i|tuanXa Ry tlie Ex-Commlttccmnn jl | _ _.._ | ' It is possible that the Senate may , ! not act on the House resolution to ! adjourn on June 14 for a week or even more. Several of the Senators I have expressed doubts as to whether j the Legislature could complete its work in the time allowed and there are suggestions of Juno 21 or even the following' Thursday. The action of the House on the resolution seems to have been hailed throughout the 1 State with a mm of relief, editorials voicing the opinion that the Legisla ture could have quit long ago. The action of the appropriations committee in starting out tha hos pital bills and in working on the gen eral appropriation bill In conjunction with the proposed salary adjuster Is regarded as significant and It was | predicted to-day that the charitable I bills might be In the Governor's hands two weeks before the date for I adjournment which would have the effect of forcing the executive to act on them before tho Legislature ad ! Journed, . —lt is said that Governor Brum ; baugh will allow the appointments l of several men named to office lately to go to the end of the session be | fore deciding whether to send them | to the Senate or to allow them to | lapse and then shift around places. 1 The statement was made at the j Capitol to-day that some of the ap pointees would have no trouble in | getting confirmed if the Governor would send In their names. —Reports of shakeups In some i departments after the Legislature are current. They were heard two ' years ago, but this year there may be i more doing. | —The suggestion of a State mlll- I tary representative at Washington I s£ems not to have taken very well ! among the legislators, some of whom j contend that the State has men in | the Adjutant General's office not only In touch with tho military situation and familiar with Washington ways of doing things and that to add any one else would be a useless expense. The advocates of the plan Hay that a man on the job would save much time. The rumors are that a Wash- i ington newspaperman Is being urged for the pluce and that powerful ' political influences would like to ' have him made a colonel so that he ! would have standing. ■ —According to morning newspa- j pers there are some lively times in J prospect over the scope of the worlc of the Public Safety Committee. The Philadelphia Record says that three members of the commission have i said that placing the $2,000,000 at , disposal-of the Public Safety Com mittee "never was contemplated." —-Ex-Democratic State Chairman Roland S. Morris, who was here yes terday to urge the Legislature to enact some of the Democratic, meas ures which have been on the shelf since 1913, said that he did not know much about the report that lie had been selected to be ambassador it> Japan to succeed the late George \V. Guthrie. Mr. Morris said that he had heard the reports, but knew of no ground for the positive statements made yesterday at Washington. —The fact that Democratic State Chairman McLean and Acting State Chairman Guffey did not appear at the hearings on the Democratic bills yesterday was much commented upon. The elections committee heard the arguments on the voters' assist ance measure in which Roland S. Morris and T. Henry Walnut, the latter an independent Republican, took part, while the judiciary spe cial committee heard E. Lowry Humes, United States District At torney from Western Pennsylvania, and H. K. Siebenack, a Progressive, discuss the corrupt practices act which was framed by the Progres sives four years ago and adopted by the Democrats as their own. —Ex-Representative Claude Reno, who took a prominent part in the passage of the Lehigh additional judge bill, is being mentioned fox that office. Subscribe to the Loan [Kansas City Times.] A good way for an American to in dulge his patriotic feelings just now, while waiting to demonstrate them in some form of personal service to the country, is to buy one or more of the liberty loan bonds. They are to be issued in denominations as low as SSO, which makes 1% possible for nearly everybody to have one in the house. Aside form the fact that a United States government bond is the best security on earth, it is a form of in vestment that should be a source o£ pride to American families as well as of income. Every man and wo man who owns one can feci a closer and more personal relation to the government, and to the great na tional task to which the liberty loan will be devoted. That loan would have been readily taken up if it had been offered to a syndicate of bank ers, but the goverament property de termined that its nature called for the widest popular participation, and -the tremendous response hat dem onstrated that the people of the United States shai-cd that view.* • This is the time to go down into the family stocking and bring home this tangible evidence of your co- ] operation with your country !h the ; job it has undertaken. .It was the French people with the saving's in their stockings who delivered their country from the occupation of a foreign army after the treaty Frankfort by paying off the huge in demnity in a space of time that astounded the financiers and econo mists of Europe. , The American people now have an opportunity to show the world that they have a stocking as deep and that they are ready to shake it empty if need be to furnish their country with the sineA's ot war. Such dem onstrations are object lessons to the enemy whose force they are not like ly to miss. Get jvur share of the liberty loan and you have shot a silver bullet that will help to win the war. At the College Exercises "Who is that quiet looking fellow over there nobody seems to be no ticing?" "I forget his name; he's won sev eral scholarships, I believe." "And who is the one they seem to bo going crazy about?" "That's Jabbs; why, everybody knows him—he's the football cham pion."—Exchange. A Slacker Congress Congress is the one branch of the government that has broken down In tho war and failed of its duty. Our neighbor tho Sun does not over state the gravity of the situation when it says, "There is no respon sible leadership in either House or Senate."—The Xew York World. Awaiting an Explanation We are waiting for some opponent of the universal service to explain why, if so many men are willing to volunteer, it wouldn't be better for the government to exercise selective conscription to reject those who ought to stay at home.—Philadel phia Xortli American, When a Feller N By BRIGGS | ..1. . ' J; '• fKHOCK TH' 7 CHIP OFFA AH-M-H- \ , His SHOULDER j DOUBLE \\ f)AR6 \ i BOOKS AND MAGAZINES A Xew Britannica Volume to Deal With the War —Every one who owns The Encyclopaedia Britannlca or is thinking of ordering the work will bo Interested in the announcement by the publishers that plans are un der way for the issue of a Xew Voi vme which will be principally de voted to the war.' The feature of this Xew Volume which will strongly appeal to all Americans, is the fact that the pub lishers will apply to the preparation of the Xew Volume the same high standards of impartiality and accu racy and thoroughness of treatment tr.at mark the parent work itself. The Xew Volume will be, so to speak, a complete reference work on the greatest war of all history. As is well known, the editor and contributors to the Britannlca have unusual facilities for gathering offi cial information from all the bellig erent nations—the kind of informa tion that will make the Xew Vol ume. notwithstanding its wide scope a.s planned, just as good a book as the Britannica itself. The publishers announce that the | Xew Volume will record any 1 changes, geographical, political or I otherwise, that may follow upon the making of peace. It will also give new maps wherever necessary; and another feature will be the inclusion of biographies of the leading person ages of each nation, military, naval and diplomatic, whi nave played a | prominent part in the war. Many of them were practically unknown when the war started. The history of our own Civil war affords many examples of comparatively obscure men who won immortal fame on one side or the other of that conflict. In this connection it is interesting to note that when the present war began in August, 1914, Sir Douglas Haig, now Field Marshal, was in charge of the military camp at Al dershot; General Petain, the new [Chief of Staff of the French armies in the field, was a retired colonel; i the mighty von Hindenburg was en- , joying life as a private individual in a small town tn Germany; Lvoff, the new Russian Premier, was prac tically unknown outside of official circles in Petrograd. While the greater part of the con tents of the Xew Britannica Volume will be a connected narrative of the war, the less spectacular results will be covered also. It will tell of any new discoveries or progress in the industries and sciences, especially in fields that have been directly af fected by the war, such as surgery, aviation, the development of the sub marine. the utilization of man-pow er in the nationalization of indus tries, new developments In public hygiene, and in any other directions i found necessary. This in effect ij-ill jmßke the Xew Volume a supplement jto the Encyclopedia Britannlca it | self—a virtual revision of the work, which will bring It abreast of the world's knowledge as it stands at the end of the war. The Xew Volume will be issued in bindings to match the Britannlca, and the price at which it will be sold to present owners of the Kritannica will not exceed the ppr-vojume price of the Britannlca as now sold. Charles M. Schwab -.ays:— There has never been so much sen timent In business, so close a spirit of co-operation between employers nnd men. as there Is to-day. It Is time for Americans to realize the falseness of the cry that we are a nation of money-grabbers. The dif ference between us and' other na tions Is that we know how to earn money, while they, in the main, know ho"w to save it. The sordid, hoard ing miser, who makes every sacrifice ! to accumulate, is so scarce with us j as to cut no figure, while abroad he lis everyw'hera Labor Notes Government control and operation of all railroads, telegraph and tele phone lines during the period of the war and the drafting into the mili tary service of the country of the employes of such common carriers i authorized in a bill approved by President Wilson. In the public service in Mexico it is obligatory for the workers to give ten days' notice before a strike to | the Commission of Conciliation and Arbitration. Strikes are considered! illegal only when a majority of the strikers exercise acts of violence against property or persons or in case of war if the workers belong to government establishments. Tn one typical British munition factory it is estimated that 2,500 hours per week are saved by prompt attention to slight accidents and ill nesses, while another factory, which has increased its output by ten per cent., reports that a substantial pro portion of this increase is directly traceable to the lessening of fatigue by the introduction of chairs in the women's shops. The year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence the Se lectmen of Xewburyport, in Massa chusetts—the colonies being at war and workmen being few—thought It advisable to establish a scale of wages. A carpenter by their action in no instance was to be paid more than $1.33 a day, the length of which was from sunup to sundown. The gift of 1 SIOO,OOO by R. J. Thomas, Holyhead, towards estab lishing a School of Agriculture in Wales, has been supplemented by an anonymous subscription of $50,000. What Is th& Kaiser? Booth Tarkington in the June American Magazine makes the fol lowing comment on the . Kaiser's re ligion: "We read him in vain for any symptom of Christianity.- With some show of friendly deference, as to an ally and intimate, he referred con tinually to something he called | 'Gott:' but in all his writings, his l letters, his speeches, and in reports of his cpnversations—all so speckled with this Gott of his—we never found that In any single instance, or in any way or form, had he men tioned, or used, or once referred to, the name of Jesus Christ. Who, then, was this Gott of his? The Kaiser, though cousinly and affec tionate to Islam, was not a Moham medan: he did not seem to be a Jew. What was he? Mr. Will Irwin appears to have aided. us by the mention of Odin." Take and Hold the Sea! [Kansas City Times.] Tlio program of the shipping board calling for the expenditure of a bil lion dollars In the constructiqp of a tderchant fleet indicates an apprecia tion of the size of the Job before the country in maintaining the free dom of the seas that will have the best effect upon public opinion. The American people have had a gradual awakening to the Immensity of the task they have undertaken, but they arc awake to it now and they want to feel confident that Congress is equally awake. What Counts There may not be much in the things that you say—lt's the way that you say them; The kind of the games, that you play doesn't count; it's the way that you play them. IJI palace, or cottage, in office or ditch or whatever you're work ing. The test of your manhood Is answer ing this. Are you striving or shirking? And Life at the best only gives back again to you that which you give it. So high life or low life means noth ing at all—lt's the way that you ♦ live It. —Philadelphia Evening Ledger. • "MAY 16. 1917. OUR DAILY LAUGH i OUT OF A JOB. "What's Dropkick doing; since h left college ?" "Wishing lie was back." MATCHLESS. His Wife—Couldn't you match j that sample of silk I gave you? Titus Wadde—lt can't be don*. The only thing like It costs six dol lars a yard. OUTCASTS. | Btockson-Bonds—Still holding on | to your war babies? Tlckertaipe—Yes. Poor little fond- I lings! Nobody wants 'em. I CURIOSITY. ft bogged mo to What did you might bo sorry Sy And wer© ||J ooi iim victobt /VW I VIP How happy the bride looks. ha PPy- Her / II ' rlends have / 1 | Vga®! been laying odds /? \ jf 'jfc. Of two to one •/ that the i wou 'dn't land \ Bmtittg (01?at| Few people In this city realize that Harrlsbiirg Is one of the hubs of the recruiting activities of the United States armed forces. For a com munity of the size of what we know as the Harrlsburg district this place has been attracting much attention, not only for the number of men It Is furnishing for the defense of the na tion, but because of the excellent organization maintained here. For more than thirty years Harrisburg has been u recruiting center for tlx' Ur\jted (Hates army. .It was a re cruiting place long before fhat. In deed. back in the days of the French and Indian war this place was known a as Fort Harris and organizations were raised here to tight Indians, whose raids came within a dozen miles of the ferry. It was a place of military Importance in every war and the recruitment of the sturdy yeomanry In years gone by has been, followed up In later years by the en listment of many brawny lads from the industries and the railroads as well as from the farms, as has been the case the last six weeks. It so happened that Harrlsburg WBB one of the few places where the system was working to examine men for the officers reserve camps and men came here from half a dozen States and lined up a dozen deep outside of physicians' offices. It has also been a place for examination of men for the officers reserve and the medical reserve and a day or so ago Captain H. F. Koyer examined no less than two score doctors. This city has been maintaining not only places for these recruitment of an extraordi nary character but. it has also con ducted about the liveliest kind of an army recruiting office, a navy re cruiting station, a marine recruit ing rendezvous and -rt general in gathering place for men who are wanted for or who want to go to tho engineers and special'service regi ments. Harrlsburg's district is manifesting its patriotism in style with its men and its people are go ing to do tlic same with their money when the loan gets started. . . . Lemuel Ely Quigg, th<s noted New York lawyer, who was here yester day in the insurance requisition case, used to be in Congress. In his time Mr. Quigg has been engaged In news paper work and has ueen an active figure In New York. From ail ac counts he put up an Interesting argu ment at the hearing at tlie attorney general's office. • • • Col. Lewis K. Beitler, who Is prominently mentioned for field sec retary of the Defense Commission, used to be private secretary to Gov ernor Hastings and has been active in various lines. He became na tionally known because of the splen did manner in which he handled the Gettysburg semicentennial reunion of 1913. He was secretary of tho commission and its working spirit from the start fo finish. • • Governor Brumbaugh plans to at tend the Memorial Day exercises at Antietam. The Governor is keenly interested in the exercises hecause of the large number of men which Pennsylvania contributed to the , nio " , nr ™ y in that tremendous bat- Governor will likely make the trip down the Cumberland Val ley by automobile. • • • J nt ? restln i sight as may be witnessed anywhere may be observ ed any evening just at nightfall from any point from which the top of the laiße airshaft on the Masonic Con sistory building, North and Caplial ■streets, can be seen, wlten the chimney swifts, com- I . c , alle( J. chimney swallows, retire. Jt is estimated anvwhere from to ao.COO of these birds roost in the airshaft every nlglit. Thev come circling in from their feeding grounds in immense flocks and for fifteen minutes as tl;e light fails in the west the sky is dark with. them, they fly in great circles under the leadership of captains until sudden y and without warning one of the leaders hovers for a moment over the airshaft and then plunges straight down into it. The birds follow in an almost solid black stream, pouring into the opening like potatoes into a measure. Perhaps a quarter of an hour is required to get all the birds into the shaft, and one cannot help wondering how one chimney can hold them all. , ♦ • • Two men active in game legisla tion met yesterday at the Capitol. One was James B. Sansom, the Wild Life League secretary, and tho other asked him this: "Say, are you peo ple going to push that bill to make the quail a songbird?" "That is the talk just now," an swered "Jim." "Well, then, look out for an amendment to Include the turtle" was the return shot. • ♦ The manner In which the State House of Representatives adopted a resolution yesterday protesting against the use of "The Star Spangled Banner" in what was termed "slap stick patriotism" was rather signifi cant. Members of the Legislature have upon more than one occasion commented upon the manner in which the national air has been used at shows. The effect of the resolu tion will be to tone down some of the alleged patriotic exhibitions and If taken up properly will result in the hymn being rendered in a dignified manner. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John M. Phillips, State game commissioner, is a wealthy Pitts burglier and traveler who gives of his time as a commissioner out of love for nature. —Provost Edgar F. Smith, whtt was here yesterday on the University of Pennsylvania appropriation bill, says the Joffre reception was one of the greatest ever held in Phlladel-' phla. —Col. T. L. Lanard, who as head of the State Fenclbles, has offered that regiment for foreign service, used to be in the National Guard. —lt. B. Scandrett, Pittsburgh lawyer, suggests that only sons b exempted from the draft. —Since Dr. E. E. Sparks becam* president of State College, the en rollment has risen from 1,151 to 3,728. —Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, of the Public, Service Commission, spoke at the big. Hazleton meeting In the interest of the Y. M. C. waf fund. —Magistrate *Robert Carson, of Philadelphia, has forsaken court and gone to Fort Niagara. | DO YOU KNOW ji —That Harrisburg's proposed sewage disposal plant will be as much of a model in its way as is the filter plant? HISTORIC harrisburo Tho first hanking house In Harrlt lturg was located In South Second Ktreet, then the leading buslnem , thoroughfare.
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