16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded tSjl ' Published evenings except Sunday by , THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Untitling, Federal Square. •E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTKR, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. I Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ atod Dailies. Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City; Western office. Story, Brooks & Finley, People's Gas Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <week; by mail. $5.00 s "' a year in advance. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25 Men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead seines to higher things. —Tennyson. ALL FOR ONE; ONE FOR ALL AS the first move in a State-wide campaign to increase crop pro duction the .New York Agri cultural Society announces that pub lic-spirited financiers of New York city will extend unlimited credit to the farmers of New York and neighboring States to enable them to buy seed and fertilizers and to pay for labor and other expenses. The money will be loaned through local committees of the Grange or other agricultural organizations. No mortgage will be asked on farm, crops or tools. The only guarantee required will be an approved indi vidual application, with a note signed by the farmer, bearing 4% per cent, interest. The headquarters of the loan organization will be the Chase National Bank, with Marc W. Cole, of Albion, as secretary. It is not V necessary to be a member of any \ farm organization to secure a loan. Any farmer of good moral charac- V ter will be accepted. Notes are pay ' able December 1 and are renewable i if for good reasons the crop is un- i sold. These Items in the news recall the Important patriotic services now be ing rendered to the country by the captains of industry and finance who only a few months back were being so ferociously attacked in the halls of government at Washington. Bank ers who were accused of every crime on the calendar short of murder are rushing forward to keep the Lib erty Loan from the rocks. Man agers of big industries, charged with having no thought beyond exor bitant profits, have laid aside their own business cares at a time when their guidance is more needed than ever and have given their services wholeheartedly and unreservedly to the government. A son of the great est department store magnate in the country and a son of an ex-President have volunteered as privates in the ranks of the regular army. These are but examples. This war is destined to bring out true worth among men of all walks' of life. The sheep will be separated from the goats on the basis of in dividual merit and good citizenship. The stamp of wealth will be obliter ated by the mud of the trenches. The cause of democracy will be ad vanced tremendously. DO IT NOW THE late David T. Watson, of Pittsburgh, a distinguished lawyer, provided in his will lor an important philanthropy, in structing his widow to put the be quest into effect. She died a few months later without doing so, and it is now a question whether Mr. Watson's generous plan will ever materialize for the public good. An other instance of the importance of men and women doing what they want to do while they are in the flesh. STATE STREET MONUMENT THE recent death of one wo man at'the State street monu ment and the serious injury of another a few days ago, both victims of a passing automobile, emphasize the importance of removing the memorial stone to another location. This suggestion has been made from time to time, but nothing has been done. Some opposition was developed •when the proposition of setting up the monument at another location was . first broached, but as the con gestion of traffic increases it becomes more apparent that it will be neces sary to place the shaft elsewhere, either on'the River Front or at some point on the Allison Hill bluff over looking tho Capitol. If any disrespect to the memory of the gallant soldier dead, in whose memory the obelisk was erected, was involved in the change to another location this newspaper would op pose the transfer to the finish, but we fail to see that the mere fact of a different site can be misconstrued as in any way lack of respect for the honored soldiers —living or dead. A few years ago the Mexican monument In Capitol Park was mov ed from Its original position to an other site In the park without even the suggestion of criticism. Public FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 25, 1917. safety la the strongest argument for the removal of the State street monument to another location. News from the front will make every Italian-born citizen of America hold up his head with pride. SWEET ADVERSITY SWEET are the uses of adver sity, which, though ugly and venomous, like the toad, yet weareth a precious jewel in its head," sang Shakespeare, and the people of this country are about to realize in the enforced substitution of corn for wheat as an article of daily diet that there is both truth and poetry in the sentiment. Take corn bread, for example. Corn bread went out of fashion about the time the "five cent" loaf came in, and now that the "five cent" loaf has gone out, maybe corn bread will "come back." Goodness knows there is strength and nourish ment enough In a pan of "pone" to push a half dozen of the puny little wafers that now masquerade under the guise of wheat bread loaves clear oft the dinlngroom table. Beside that, a slab of hot corn bread, to which has been liberally applied a generous coating of butter (or oleo, for that matter) is to a pale, taste less slice of white bread as a thick, juicy piece of broiled sirloin is to a bit of fried round steak. And when to that is added honey, or maple syrup, or just plain molasses, s'ou have a full meal that might gladden the heart of an epicure. Then, too, there is mush and hom iny. Remember how you used to get outside of about two quarts of mush and milk for supper and then eat what was left of the mush next morning for breakfast, fried to a golden brown and transformed from a mere article of diet into a confec tion by that good old "sugar house" syrup that refiners unfortunately have since forgotten how to make? Well, corn meal is just as good for such purposes as ever. And, also, there is hominy. The fellow who made a joke of "hog and hominy" must have been a hopeless dyspeptic, for when the "hog" ccnies in the way of crisp fried bacon and hominy in cakes well browned and smoking hot, the stomach that would demand anything more than that combina tion or anything less than as much as it could comfortably stow away, must be a poor, pampered thing scarcely worth the trouble to feed. If adversity during the war brings nothing worse than a shortage of wheat bread and a reversal to corn, let us have adversity and lots of it Eighty-seven men have been ar rested in New York for conspiracy to control the price of onions. May we be forgiven for suggesting that the Government ought to be able to make out a strong indictment. PRESIDENTIAL SUFFRAGE THE suffragists who are con tending for the right to vote in presidential elections, following the defeat of the general suffrage resolution at the hands of the Legis lature, have the argument on their side that by denying this to them Pennsylvania would be placed at a disadvantage among the other states of the Union where women are en titled to vote for president. Like it or not, as we may, woman suffrage, like prohibition, is coming, and while the entering vedge in this Commonwealth may be the presiden tial vote, it nevertheless is true that Pennsylvania does not have votes in proportion to its population-as compared with those western states where women have the ballot in na tional elections. "British bands play when Ameri cans land," says the New York Sun. Yep, the band always begins to play when Americans go to battle. THROWING DUST AGAIN IF certain Democratic bosses and their newspaper mouthpieces will give less attention to the alleged partisan activity of Republicans- at Washington and more to avoidance of the same activity on their own part the public will be more im pressed with their sincerity and con sistency. Instances of Democratic partisan ship and political interference in ad ministrative matters and appoint ments are so frequent that Repub licans are not disposed to accept these diatribes with patience. Throw ing of partisan dust to conceal po litical activities is an old and well understood game. RESPECT FOR NATIONAL AIR THERE is a proper move in the Legislature to enact a law which will restrict to some ex tent the use of the national anthem. As some one has suggested, there is too much "slap-stick" patriotism in the United States. We are losing sight of the meaning of the national air in the promiscuo is use of this inspiring appeal to lo e of country. It may not be generally known that the committee which had in charge the Chamber of Commerce arrangements for the visit of Mar shal Joffre to Harrishurg was re quested to have the Marseilles play ed only in a formal way and not upon the march or In any other manner that would be out of har mony with the French idea of their great national hymn. It was pro vided, in short, that the Marseilles should be played in front of the Capitol while all present stood at "attention." More and more we are beginning to realize what is back of the flag and the sentiments which are given expression by our great national anthem. In one of the training camps where many of the Harris burg boys are now being taught the duties of the soldier last Sunday all stood at attention and saiuted while the "Star {Spangled Banner" was played. It Is well that some definite under standing be had as to when and how the national air should be properly rendered. ToliUct. CK By the Kz-Commlttecixian Prompt confirmation by the Senate of the appointment of Dr. Nathan C. Shaeffer, of Lancaster, for an other term of four years as Superin tendent of Public Instruction, will probably be followed by submission of other appointments to the Sen ate by the Governor in the opinion of people at the Capitol. There are some who see an adjustment of dif ferences between the executive and the Senators over appointments and predictions were made to-day that some of the officials' tohose very names evoked sharp words last Jan uary might be confirmed. Governor Brumbaugh has declin ed to indicate what he will do and is said to be insistent in the matter of appointments, but some of his friends have represented that a pol icy of give and take is sometimes advisable in the second Legislature of a Governor's term and it would not be surprising to see some ap pointments made which could be classed as neutral at least. In the event that this happens there would probably be less difficulty about se curing confirmation of public service commisioners, secretary of agricul ture and others. : —Senator William E. Crow, the Republican State chairman, has been the biggest factor in keeping down outbursts of partisanship at the Cap itol. The senator, who was a com manding figure when the Legislature opened, is now close to being the most influential man in the general assembly and has time and again smoothed out unpleasant situations. If there is brought about any condi tion whereby troubles are composed it will be to the credit of the Fay ette senator who has labored to keep party lines intact and taken a good many knocks for his pains. —Senator Crow has been frequent ly mentioned for Governor, but is disinclined to enter the race. He has deprecated the use of his name and told friends that he has about all he can attend to just now. —Newspapers of the State attach significance to the dinner to be given at the Harrisburg Club next Tuesday night by Senator E. H. Vare and other senators to Senator W. C. Sproul. The Pittsburgh Gazette- Times expresses the opinion that it may be to launch a gubernatorial boom, but that in any event it will emphasize the cordiality existing be tween senators who were at logger heads over the administration of af fairs in Pennsylvania not so many months ago. —Philadelphia Ledger is advocat ing the passage of the law to make the directors of the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh school districts elective. It says almost any change is prefer able to the present system of judi cial appointment of executive bodies. —The Philadelphia Bulletin re marks "adjournment at the Harris burg must wait until business is fin ished." —Steps are being taken in court at Pottsville to bar use of saloons as polling places and the movement, if it succeeds in the coal region, will undoubtedly spread throughout the State. —The trial of the Westmoreland county poor directors charged with graft will start this week at Greens burg. —William H. Berry, former State treasurer and now collector of the port of Philadelphia by grace of the Democratic State machine, does not want to stand trial in Chester county on the charge of libeling Senator T. L. Eyre. His application for a change of venue has been refused at West Chester and he is now petition ing the Supreme Court to authorize the change. A year or so ago Berry was a very valiant crusader. On European Soil Our engineers who yesterday reached England are the first Amer ican infantry ever to set foot on a European battlefield. The tide of exploration, of conquest, of warfare has set westward for over four cen turies. To-day we witness the first eastward wave. The American flag flies on European soil in a new sense and with an unprecedented meaning. The news will bring home to many of us as nothing else has the fact that, for better or for worse, we are committed to the war beyond thought of withdrawal. It has been a hard test for the imagination of \mericans, these thousands of miles away. We were asked to hazard our lives and the life of our nation on a field an ocean to the eastward. We shall need all our will and vision to realize the truth and do our share as earnestly as if the enemy were at the gate. Our own men In the trenches will accomplish all this for ut as nothing else could. We shall read in their record, of courage and sacrifice and death, the far-flung deed of the America we love. Their hopes will be our hopes, their trials will be our trials. We know they will not fail us.- May we never fail them! — N Y. Tribune. Lest They Forget [Altoona Tribune.] The voters of Pennsylvania will accomplish nothing by putting the Democratic party in control of the state government. What is needed is a combination of lovers of good government upon worthy candidates. The Kaiser and the Ocean Said our nation: "We've a notion That we'd like to cross the ocean some fine day . But we'll have to ask the Kaiser— You'll admit it would be wiser— If we may! All the neutrals ask the Kaiser If they may. Said the Kaiser, looking pleasant, You may freely stay, at present— Where you are on terra flrma . . It would be, I dare affirm, a Better way." All the neutrals ask the Kaiser If they may. To the Kaiser said bur nation: "We enjoy your conversation , But to-day—just to-day—- We have tired of terra firina! Fate will some times turn a worm a Little way . . All the worms have asked the Kaiser If they may! Said the Kaiser in vexation: "Is there aught in palliation You can say For your presence on my ocean Where you're plainly to my notion In the way? Neutrals all are to my notion In the way?" As a nation we've a notion That we'd like to cross the ocean Right away! And we will not ask the Kaiser, Who may then be somewhat wiser— I dare say . . • . No one then will ask the Kaiser If he may! MARTHA DAVIS. f MOVIE OF A MAN TRYING TO SLEEP IN A DAY COACH By BRIGGS ~~~ ~ I LIGHT iki -PULL-S ] • .... 100 bumpy so - Lies doujn ..... ARRAIvJGGS SUIT i — —~" (TftsE Onj >OOOO9O Train Going \ PUTS , Lies sxwsj Picket, Lles *^* A/r "- E z LETTERS TO THE EDITOR That Camp Hill Complaint To the Editor of the Telegraph: J. B.'s letter in tl.e TELEGRAPH Wednesday evening complaining of Camp Hill's lack of a proper system of garbage disposal cannot go un answered. Depend upon it, Mr. Edi tor, you can always get a rise from Camp Hill citizens when Harris burg's best suburb is unjustly critl sised. Camp Hill should have an ade quate system of garbage disposal. The matter has time and again been discussed by the borough council. J. B. is either a newcomer, or does not keep in touch with public af fairs in the borough. Otherwise he would know this. It is true that some physicians and sanitary experts of the State Department of Health sojourn In Camp Hill; it is also true that they know a great deal about the dan gers that lurk in garbage: but it Is also true that they know no more about municipal affairs in Camp Hill than we untrained laymen. Camp Hill has been particularly free from epidemics. For that we are thankful. We have had no infantile paralysis, and for that reason are unable to aid the medical profes sion In its search for why, how, when and where it is. We have some flies, but not more than other places, and not nearly as many as some. J. B. can do his bit. Let him study Camp Hill's assessed valuation, its tax rate, its street problem, its lighting problem, and other matters under municipal contrpl. After he has these matters well in mind, the borough council, no doubt, will very seriously and deliberately consider any plans for garbage disposal he may submit. Yours truly, M. E. H. The Liberty Loan To the Editor of the Telegraph: Knowing your interest in the Lib erty Loan, I am sure that you will be glad to learn that the Aetna Com panies, whih have become so vital a part of Harrisburg affairs, have sub scribed $1,500,000 to the Liberty Loan. This sum is divided as follows: Aetna Life Insurance Company $1,000,000 Aetna Casualty & Surety ■ Company 250,000 The Automobile Insur ance Company of Hart ford 250,000 A very great part of the above will be taken care of by local agents of the companies, under a liberal agreement made at the home office. I give you this information as it may be an incentive for other com panies to do likewise. Yours very truly. WM. S. ESSICK, General Agent. "We Are to End This War" Is this liberty of ours, this Land of the Free, without price? And will those hold it dear whom it has cost nothing? Yet. so great is my faith in this great nation, so sur* am I that the principles on which it is built are enduring, that I believe a'll these things will be set right in time. The one thing that matters now is to do our part, to show to the world that America still believes that there is such a thing as honor, and such a word as right. For—and this I believe as I do in my country—we are to end this war. And that is the greatest privilege a nation of the world may have. We have sat by, through such horrors as have turned the world to blood. But now we can come in our strength, and mighty strength it will be. So rich we are! So strong! So young! And the enemy is old—jaded and crafty and old; as old as cruelty Is old. We are young and tireless and unafraid. —Mary Roberts Rlnehart In "Tho Altar of Freedom." Charles M. Schwab saytj:— It is a grave mistake to think that all the great American fortunes have been made; that all the country's re sources have been developed. Men make opportunity. Every great In dustrial achievement has been the re sult of individual effort—the practical development of a dream in the mind of an individual. MODERN WARAND PRO By Major General William Harding Carter, U. S. A. WITH the declaration of war Germany, and the enactment of the selective draft law, we have assumed obligations whose ulti mate ends no man can foresee. Pri marily we have now become respon sible for the preparation of hundreds of thousands of young men for the stern duties and hardships of war, and, in the natural order of things, they will constitute the human ele ment available for the nation's de fense for many years to come. The nation owes it to the young men who are selected for military train ing and service that, from the very first they shall know that tho train ing will be carried on under circum stances above reproach. The development of minds and bodies to meet the demands of mili tary service in war requires not only the most modern hygienic surround ings but the absence of every form of personal dissipation. Any one who sells or gives intoxicants or drugs of any kind to young men undergoing training for the nation')- defense, not only commits a crime against the in dividual - but a treasonable act against the nation. The experience of European na tions has made it clear that to main tain a modern army in the field there must be organized industry at home. Anything that militates against this, by depriving the human element of its normal energy, work ing under war pressure, must be combatted and if need be destroyed. The public is >far better advised to day than ever before, concerning the effects' of the habitual use of intoxi cants in producing criminal, insane and untrustworthy men and women and degenerate children. Prisons, asylums and public reformatories furnish continuous and abundant evi dence along these lines. The in creasing undisclpline ot Americans has been observed and noted by in vestigators and students for many years. This is evidenced in lack of respect for parents, for the aged, for the officers of the law and for the law itself. It has also been a uni form observation that these condi tions become aggravated whenever and wherever intoxicating liquors are habitually used. (Confronted with these facts we are about to under take the creation of a large the people, and to prepare it for par ticipation in the most gigantic struggle in the history of wars. When the army was reorganized in 1901, following the war with Spain, there was introduced in the act, prohibitory legislation regarding the sale of wines and beers upon miytary reservations. There was much resentment on the part of the army at this discriminatory legisla tion, for while it introduced prohi bition on reservations it encouraged border line saloons in surrounding territory. The aggravation was grave in States like Kansas where prohibi tion was a sham and a public dan ger, the laws being ignored in the most open and flagrant manner. Retire Hohenzollerns [From the New Republic] The abdication or the overthrow of the Hohenzollerns would remove the most serious existing obstacle to a scienttiic and equitable treaty of peace. We are not prepared to say that it should be maae a condition of peace negotiations, and in any event It would be far preferable to have the retirement of the Hohen icllerns forced by the Germans themselves than by their enemies. But however It comes about Us ben eficial effects can scarcely be exag gerated. It would symbolize the rejection of those feudal survival? In the. Ger man political and social organiza tion without which Germany could never have embarked upon such a desperate and abortive adventure; and it would make' the enemies of Germany far more disposed to ireat her with confidence and to aban don any idea of discriminating against her in their economic and political arrangements for the fu ture. In the course of time following the abolition of the sale of beer and wines—alcoholic liquors were previously barred—on military vatlons, the naval regulations ban ished intoxicating drinks frdm war vessels. Modern battleships, destroy ers and submarines had become too complicated to be entrusted in any part to minds beclouded with drink. Efficiency and safety of operation alike demanded the exclusion of liquors from war vessels and it is certain that if tho restoration of the wine mess for the period of the war were put to a vote of naval officers it would be overwhelmingly de feated. Observing the operations of the so-called anti-canteen law, which stopped the sale of wine and beer at post exchanges or canteens, it was found that for a time the offenses involving drunkenness increased at army posts located in territory where saloons were permitted to exist. This was credited to the fact that men went to considerable distances from barracks for liquor, and, not ex pecting to repeat the trip soon, in dulged in too much for their own good. The statistics of disciplinary action through a number of years seemed to establish that more than fifty per cent .of the cases of deser tion and absence without leave were due to drunkenness. While the current returns of the internal revenue bureau of the treas ury make it appear that the income from the manufacture of beer and liquors has steadily increased, there can be no question that the temper ance and total abstinence campaigns of the past few years have brought about a marked change in American lifT it is no longer fashionable to serve wines and liquors in the lavish way which obtained in former years. That temperance has won a lasting victory is attested by the large in crease in territory covered by pro hibition laws !jnd In the drastic reg ulations governing the employment of men In dangerous occupations, when individuals may be and often are responsible for the lives of oth ers. If this applies in the operation of railroads and great industrial establishments, how much more should it apply in the cases of the officers and men called to the colors to uphold the honor of the nation and to defend its material interests. Of course it is absurd to inaugu rate complete prohibition until, as a nation, we are prepared to aban don taxation of manufactured intox icants After many years observation oi the effects of drink upon our sol diers it is the unhesitating opinion of the writer thiit the proceeds of governmental taxation of stills and breweries is, to say the least, 110 compensation for the misspent li\cs and stunted brains of those who are addicted to drunkenness. If it requires war time prohibition to in sure an absolutely sober and nble army we should have it, and the sooner the better. Labor Notes During 1916, 9,295,538 ounces of gold were taken from mines In the Transvaal. This -♦' ' 'ishes a new record for the R. Members of the Amalgamated As sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers are receiving the highest wages In any period of the world'.* Iron-making history. During 1916 2,500,000 pounds of butter were manufactured by the Canadian government co-operative creameries in Saskatchewan. In 1907 the total output was only 66,000 pounds. A number of the young ladles in Queen's University, Canada, have signified their intention of aiding In the work of harvesting the fruit In the western part of the provlence during the summer. . It is predicted that within a short 'lmo Fresno, Cal., wll have more wage-earners of foreign birth orgun- Ized into unions than any oiher city of Its size in the United States and Canada. EDITORIAL COMMENT Prepare at leisure, repent in haste.—Brooklyn Eagle. Four hundred men in one section in Texas have agreed to go barefoot this summer "to save shoes." It would be far more patriotic to enlist and let Uncle Sam furnish the shoes. —Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Those five hundred American rail way experts, who are going to Rus sia to restore order out of the rail road chaos there may get sufficient experience to perform a similar ser vice in this country.—Nashville Southern Lumberman. When the Stars and Stripes were flung to the breeze from the peak of Parliament House, London papers commented that it was the first tin.e a fcreign flag had ever flown over Westminster. Excepting, of course, theflags on those German Zeppelins. -—Nashville Southern Lumberman. Help from the United States is needed, therefore, not a year from now, but at once. The Roosevelt volunteers can be made ready in a few weeks. We repeat that this is no time to indulge in hair splitting. Send them!— Philadelphia In quirer. Hard Hit Timothy O'Krien, while passing down Main street one morning, was hit on the head by & brick which tell from a building in process of construction. Ho was taken to the hospital in an unconscious condition, but was soon revived sufficiently to send for a lawyer. Some days later he received a call from his lawyer who informed him that he had set tled tyie case, whereupon he peeled off seven crisp, new SIOO bills. "How much did you get!" questioned Tim feebly. I "Twenty-five hundred dollars," re plied the lawyer, complacently. "Twinty-five hundred dollars an' you give me siven hundred?" scream ed Tim. "Say, who got hit. by that brick, you or me?" —Philadelphia Star. OUR DMLY LAUGH \|| )V. 1)0 you ever XS SlLjl S l forget to mail \ the letters your A gives you? o \2 Not any °f ■y 1 " 1 tenor than she fM H ' A foreets to take n| /I the studs out of IS fflmy dress shirt fIW I fx before sending _3 H it to the lauo _J dry • THETIC. Hodge and J Dodge are J friends, aren't Yes. they have common. They / were both Jilted /jjfpKu by tho same wm SHE HAD MANY. B~ Sister is you fiance coming tonight? Not exactly, If I \ \\_l-jJI Just A fiance 1 Stoning QUjat The touch of war time Is com mencing to be felt in a good many , i^ i i neßS anc * industrial lines and wmie we are a long, long ways from ueing forced to do as has been done in other countries, yet the number of new faces looking after certain work is commencing to be noted. A man gone here and a man gon there rather impresses itself upon re " l °' us. For instance, men connected with the National Guard iblfi s ! a r. te(l ',° bre ak in others for their jobs, although in every in stance heard of the men who are go ing to the colors in July are assured of places when they return. In ?^r„ p,aces men have B h 'en notice M are golng lnto the militia organizations and men are being trained to fill the gaps they hava 1 < there have been a lot of husky young fellows who have gone from mills, stores, factories, of fices, banks and other places Into the army or navy or marine corps, not waiting to be drafted, but early in answering the call to service, going away with the best wishes of a whole city and its environs for their safety in trying duty and certainty of a joyous welcome home. Then thre are the men from offices and from the Capitol and from schools and colleges who have entered the train ing camps. It is a pretty impressive list that Harrisburg is able to show and the spirit that the city is dem onstrating is the reason why the line that Pennsylvania leads In recruiting appears over Washington dispatches day after day. * • • • Just as an illustration of how the call to the National Guardsmen to mobilize strikes in unexpected places . saif l that a dozen or so 01 the State policemen will leave the force to don khaki in July. These men were on the reserve of the Na tional Guard when they enlisted in Major Groome's crack force. Last summer when the Guardsmen were summoned to go to the border the .State police had to give men fur loughs. Hereafter there will be few men in either army or guard reserve to get into the police for a while at least. • * Sessions of (he Legislature are n? n £i to attract the attention or the public. Ordinarily, the ses sions of the General Assembly draw " la ' ly P eople to the Capitol, but as a f y ? re , maln, y of persons in- u", le eislation of matter which is before the lawmakers. As the sessions draw to a close there ? e nMl? re ., PC ?, ple ln th 6 galleries out TWv J nat any other time. 4 s . ee . m tl to come here about the hnmo h.t h 6 Lcßislature is on the home stietcli to see how they do it and in the hope that they may be ?iiJ. an K so ? le tlmo when a lively debate breaks out as is often the case in the final weeks. For the next month there will bo many peo ple in Harrisburg and as the bills commence to arouse contests on the floor the gallery crowds will in crease. ♦ * * The State Department of Forestry has issued a reprint of an article bv ■Samuel 1. Dana, of the Federal For est Service, printed in Munsey's Mag azine, on "A Forest Tragedy." It is the story of the rise of a prosper ous lumber town in Potter county, of its decay when the ax and mill had done their work and of the mel ancholy sight of a fine school house and other public buildings with few to occupy them and a township hardly able to pay the taxes to keep them up. • • ♦ Pe ?P' e connected with the Na tional Guard believe that ln spite of reports that the Pennsylavnla troops are going to a southern carnp for training that therei will be some-* thing doing at Mt. Gretna during the late summer and fall. When the Guard goes into Federal service it will probably be assembled for a time at Mt. Gretna as it will take months to get the southern canton ments in shape. Then the State camp site will be used for the preliminary training: and if it is necessary to es tablish reserve recruit camps they will probably be laid out in the Conewago hills. The State has ex pended several thousand dollars at Mt. Gretna in the last few months. • • * A good story is being told about how city police officials blocked the hold-up game of a foreigner who runs ( a roominghouse. The place was the refuge of some men used to better things during their occupancy oi a room something happened to the bed in one of the rooms. It fell apart because of something breaking or something else, but was easily repaired. When they were at the station with their train due in five minutes the proprietor and a police man hove in sight. The man de clared that he had paid $12.50 for the bed two weeks ago and wanted the money or arrests. The men de nied breaking the furniture and the policemen took the officer's choice of taking the whole party to the po lice station. There it developed that the man had not bought the bed within two weeks and that the price was not reliable either. The upshot was that when the man in charge at the station heard of the five-min utes-before-train-time demand he made some observation on holdups discharged the men brought in and ordered the roominghouse man to "scoot." But little else Is talked about by young men nowadays except the reg istration, and it is to the credit of the city that so much willingness is being shown to put down names. It commences to look as though the rush to "vote early" which often marks elections will be put into a baok place by the effort to "register early." Not a few liavo been heard to say that they were going to ba first to register in their districts. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —General W. G. Price, commandei of the Artillery brigade of the Na tional Guard, has been attending lec tures on artillery for years although an infantry officer. —Auditor General Snyder, who la a former National Guardsman, says that he will help out in registration work if it becomes necessary. —Ex-Speaker 11. P. Walton, reap, pointed a trustee of the Farview State Institution, was one of the members of the commission which built the establishment. —E. A. VanValkenburg, the Phil adelphia publisher, took an actlva part in the movement to free tha Lancaster plkt as ho lives in tha neighborhood and knows what it means. —R. L. Watts, State College ex pert, has been giving much time to the study qf the potato and will lec ture on it. DO YOU KNO\P That Harrisbnrir has acres and acres of gardens that arc being used for vegetable raising where there were weeds last year? HISTORIC HARRISRITRO State conventions of Democrat! were held here in the twenties t i boom Andrew Jackson. '
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