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WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY SO
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He forgctteth not the cry of the
poor. —Psalms 9:12.
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FULL POWER NEEDED
CONGRESS should lose no time
in granting to President Wilson
the food legislation for which
fce has asked and the delegation of
the power of food administrator to
an individual to be named by the
President and whom, we are as
sured, is to bo Hoover of Belgium.
President Wilson has seen the peril
1 of continued speculation and un
controlled exportation. He has back
of him in this measure a large ma
jority of the food producers and
manufacturers of the United States,
who are willing to assist the admin
istration in its laudable efforts to
control supply and price and to abide
by the decisions or the
agent. rl
The only persons opposed are the
provision speculators—the men who
have driven wheat to $2.50 a bushel
and beyond for their own personal |
gain. The President very properly
has turned upon the protests of
these a deaf ear, and Congress, If it
is wise, will do the same. The soon- |
or the administration of the food
supplies comes under the intelligent |
direction of Mr. Hoover the more I
quickly will the country be assured
that it is not going to go hungry next
winter and that prices will be fair
both to the consumer and the pro
ducer.
Under a bill now pending in the
Legislature, directors of life insur- j
"anee companies, banks and trust com- j
panics chartered under the laws of
this Commonwealth must give notice
of their desire to resign from such
office. And such resignations shall be
advertised by the secretary of the in
stitution in a daily newspaper of the
county wherein the company shall
have its principal place of business.
BETTER THAN GOLD
THE TEuiSGRAPH is in receipt
of a letter from a woman
reader relating to the issue of
Liberty Bonds now being sold, of
which the following is a portion:
And why should I. a woman of
67, buy bonds that the Govern
ment does not agree to redeem
for thirty years, perhaps, when I
shall be dead? What good will
this money do me then? 1 have a
few dollars that I would like to
invest for my country, but I must
think of myself, too,- I have been
told that these bonds are as good
as gold, but how could I spend a
piece of paper, if I needed some
thing badly? Won't you please
explain the advantages of Liberty
bonds and why we are told they
are such a good Investment?
Liberty bonds are the best invest
ment to be had at this time because
of their absolute security. There is
no better guarantee in the world of
a safe and sure return upon an in
vestment than is contained in the
written promise of the United States
to pay principle and interest on these
bonds. The United States is the rich
est country in the world and, with
our new army and recent alliances,
there is no country in tho world that
can lay us tribute and so wreck our
financial ability to pay. As for
"spending" a Liberty bond, why, if
the need arises, the owner can dis
pose of his bond at any bank at the
market price, usually above the
figure he paid for it.
The Liberty bond is as good as
gold, surely, but a SSO or SIOO bond
has this advantage over a SSO or
SIOO bill or over SSO or SIOO in gold
coin—that at the end of a year the
bond. If a SIOO bond, is worth
$103.50, at the end of two years it Is
worth $lO7 and at the end of ton
years it will be worth sl35 —if the
coupons not be cashed an
nually during that time. The SSO
or SIOO bill does not increase in
value, does not bring in rent, unless
it be loaned. The bond pays rent as
long as it is held, and it is like ready
money because there will be a quick
market for it.
The banks pay three per cent, on
deposits. The United States pays
three and one-half per cent, on these
bonds and will increase the rate of
interest if later it is found necessary
to float other bonds at higher rates.
Considered from every angle, the
Liberty bond is aji investment above
par and to be recommended to any
body who can put cash Into it.
It would appear that the war reve
nue measure now Jiggling through
Congress was conceived upon the gen
eral principle of restricting business
to increase revenue. Instead o{
spreading the levy upon all classes
and businesses fairly, the purpose
I seems to ha to impose the burden up
an certain sections. The proposed tax
ou advertising and the increased
WEDNESDAY EVENIN
postage rates upon second-class mat
ter is a discrimination against news
papers which, under present condi
tions, is little short of confiscatory.
FIVE PUBLIC SERVIQE
WHEN tho Capitol Park Exten
sion Commission shall con-
clude its labors to-morrow the
people of Pennsylvania will be jus
tified in observing "Well done, good
and faithful servants." No official
body has ever performed a public
service more faithfully—with an eye
single to the best interests of the
Commonwealth—than this com nis
sion. Its work was difficult beyond
ordlmiry understanding. The ac
quirement of several hundred prop
erties, tho investigation of titles and
the transfer of ownership from the
individual to the State involved all
kinds of difficulties and demanded a
high type of business diplomacy.
The story of <thls Commission
would make an Interesting volume
could all the details be given with
out expurgation or revision of any
sort. Much of the history would be
exceedingly humorous in its por
trayal of human nature, but there
has also been much of pathos in the
disappearance of old homesteads,
places of worship and boyhood land
marks.
Great good sense has characterized |
the attitude of the Commission from !
the start. Throughout the whole '
period of the taking over of this I
property the Commissioners have en
deavored to keep constantly before
their minds the rights of the prop
erty owners and at the same time
the necessity of fair dealing in con
serving the interests of the Common
wealth. There were many perplexing
problems, but with only a few ex
i ceptions the owners of the property
acquired by the State accepted the
prices fixed by the Commission.
Many appreciative letters are among
the records.
The cost of the whole transaction '
has been negligible and the work of
this body will doubtless prove an in
spiration and guide for those who
will complete the transformation of
this section of the city into a line
park in harmony with the park sys
tem of Harrlsburg.
Two 06 those who gave of their
time and Judgment in this important
Service were not permitted to see the
■ftmpletion of their labors. To A. G.
Knisely and Samuel Kunkel was due
much of the success of what has
been achieved. To Spencer C. Gil
bert, Samuel C. Todd and George E.
Etter, the real estate expert of the
Commission, the Commonwealth
owes a debt of gratitude and appre
ciation. Their work will stand out
as a fine example of devoted, intel
ligent and disinterested public ser- j
vice.
As has been its custom,, the Techni-|
eal high school placed a wreath and !
flowers upon the soldiers' monument I
at State and Second streets yesterday ]
afternoon, marching in a body to the |
shaft and engaging ' in appropriate I
ceremonies. This was a worthy
tribute to the honored dead and a
fine demonstration of the patriotism
of the Technical students.
PASS THE BILL
NO time should be lost in pass
ing the Deidleman bill to do j
away with the costly system of ■
tax collections in Dauphin county. 1
Just how difficult it is to get a meas- |
ure of this kind through the Legls- I
lature Is shown by the fact that!
when it was up two years, ago it was j
side-tracked by Democratic and Re- i
publican influences solely because
Senators and Representatives
throughout the State thought too
much of home patronage and too
little of the good of their constitu
ents.
This year Senator Reidleman so
worded his bill that it eliminated ail
counties except Dauphin and York
and in that form it is now before
tho Legislature with every prospect
of passing. If the members of the
j House desire to please the people of
I Harrlsburg they will lose no time in
| putting through this measure.
HOW Ol'R CREDIT HELPS
EVERYBODY knows that one
purpose of our five billion
dollar bond issue is to
enable us to loan three billions
to the Allies, but everybody
does not know the particular reason
why we are doing it instead of let
ting them borrow as they have in
the past. This reason was very
clearly explained by Senator Smoot,
of Utah, during the debate on the
bond bill. He said that the Allies
could raise the money by selling
bonds as they have in the past, but
that the rate of interest, (commis
sions, etc., would be excessive. Said
he:
There is no question that if
England should undertake to-day
to place a bond issue at the rate
of interest of 3% per cent., she
would not get more than 87 to 90
on the dollar for the bonds.
Her credit Is not as good as that
of the United States, and now our
country is undertaking to loan
to Kngland our credit, which is
worth 100 cents on the dollar, at a
rate of 3% per cent.; and England,
or whatever country borrows the
money, will get the advantage of
the credit of the United States.
XOT FOR MERE MALES
AN advertisement pretty generally
l circulated in the newspapers
>of the country the past week
guarantees that by the use of cer
tain exercises—at <so much "per"—
anybody may have pretty legs with
in six weeks time. Casting back in
our memory over certain things as
they have been revealed to us gen
erally at seaside resorts, and more
specifically within the privacy of our
own bathroom, we are constrained
to remark that the writer of that
"ad" has undertaken a tremendous
contract. Or, perhaps, he wasn't re
ferring to mere males t all.
NOT THE WAK ALONE
BASEBALL managers are blaming
the war for lack of interest In
the "national game." The war
Is not responsible altogether, how
ever. More and more the American
people are finding* pleasure in play
ing their own games. Possibly the
municipal playground is making Its
influence felt among the young men
who have learned that there is more
fun in taking exercise than In watch
ing others take it. Certain it is that
the golf links, the" tennis courts and
countless countrysides are to-day
more attractive to many men than
the bleachers or the grandstand,
even In times of peace.
That tornado in the Middle West
Isn't going to be anything to the tor
nado American troops are gotng to
let lose soon on the West front.
Look out, fellows, the Germans
deny there are any U-boats on this
side of the Atlantic.
CK
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By the Ex-Commltteemnn
In spite of Senator E. H. Vare's
assertion that tho dinner given by
him last night at the Harrlsburg Club
in honor of Senator William C.
Sproul was simply a tribute to his
good friend, the dean of the Sen
ate. and that there was no politics
in- it, the function is generally as
sumed to have had much significance.
The Delaware county Senator has
been mentioned a number of times
as a gubernatorial possibility, but
this time he seems to be looming up
on the horizon more than ever and
the favorable comment made about
him has attracted the attention of
the Democrats, who have started to
throw things, a sure sign that they
do not like the idea.
The dinner was a function marked
by good fellowship speeches, moving
pictures of various state figures,
spring flowers, a fine menu and many
remarks eulogistic of Senator Sproul.
Most of the Senators and a number
of state officials were present and the
talk was free and unconfined.
Senator Sproul smilingly depre
cates talk of himself as a guberna
torial possibility.
—lt is interesting to note that E.
V. Babcock, the wealthy Pittsburgh
cr, who is boomed in that county as
a candidate for the Republican nom
ination for governor, was in the city
yesterday, ond showed much interest
in the Sproul dinner. Likewise,
friends of cx-Lieutenant Governor L.
A. Watres, of Scranton, were show
ing some passing interest in the
event.
-—U is said that should it be deem
ed undesirable to have a candidate
for governor come from either of the
two big counties at ends of the state
that Mr. Watres would be considered
along with Col. Harry C. Trexler, of
Allentown; Secretary of the Com
monwealth Cyrus E. Woods, of West
moreland, and ex-Senator John S.
Fisher, of Indiana. Ex-Auditor Gen
eral A. E. Sisson, of Erie, who was
also here yesterday, has some am
bitions and friends of Lieutenant
Governor Frank B. McClain say that
the "red rose of Lancaster," while
not a candidate, is a force to be reck
oned with throughout the state and
that he is getting stronger all the
time.
—Senator James P. McNichol
poured oil on the troubled waters
of Philadelphia's transit situation
late last evening when he suggested
that everyone get together. He said
that he did not see much chance of
certain bills getting through unless
the contending factions moved to the
stage where they could talk things
over calmly. Mayor Smith sent the
senator a sharp telegram about the
transit bills and also sent a reminder
to Senator Vare. The hearing was
marked by the usual discussion of
Philadelphia affairs in which lead
ers of transit rapped the city ad
ministration, the transit bills and
their backers. Especially Interesting
was the interchange between William
Draper Lewis and James Gay Gor
don.
—The subcommittee in charge of
the inquiry into the proposition to
make school boards in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh elective will sit to
morrow in Pittsburgh.
—Woman suffragists issued an
other attack yesterday on legislators
who opposed their bills. The phras
ing of the statement appeared to ir
ritate some of the legislators who
had not taken an active part and the
chances are that between now and
the reassembling of the Legislature
some of the leaders of suffrage will
talk over the course to be pursued.
A Counsel of Folly
[New York World]
Just why "the Department of
State considers It dangerous and of
service to the enemy to discuss dif
ferences of opinion between the Al
lies and difficulties with neutral
countries," or why "speculation
about possible peace is another topic
which mhy possess elements of dan
ger, as peace reports may be of
enemy origin"—these are matters too
deep and complicated for the ordi
nary mind of man to comprehend:
but they are submitted as a sort of
appendix to the sane and reasonable
rules for the guidance of the press
in war which have been put forth
by the Creel committee.
These suggestions from the State
Department furnish clue, perhaps, to
much of the opposition in Congress
to the administration's censorship
measures. When It is possible for
the State Department solemnly to
advise American newspapers not to
discuss such differences as may ex
ist between the new Russian Gov
ernment and the othsr Allies, or the
food controversies between the neu
trals and the Allies, or tentative
peace proposals from German
sources, it would be astonishing in
deed if Congress did not balk.
We can think of nothing better
calculated to defeat any censorship
than the suggestions made by the
Secretary of State, and we are free
to admit thrit a censorship under
which such repression would he pos
sible ought to be defeated. Nothing
could be more objectionable. Noth'.ng
could be more un-American. Noth
ing could be less In l.armony with
the spirit of every word the Presi
dent himself has spoken on the sub
ject.
Fighting to the End
[Philadelphia Inquirer]
From Russia comes the news that
the Minister of War is summoning
the armies to "advance." From
Italy the information is cabled that
the troops are smashing ahead. This
at a time when the Italian commis
sioners are telling us over the tomb
of Washington that their country
will never lay down arms until "our
liberty and the liberties of the peo
ple who are suffering with us shall
be rendered safe against all surprises
and all violence."
Thus do these commissioners give
answer to the stories that Italy
might make a separate peace.
Use Another Word
Some men call themselves Consci
entious Objectors, and so hope to es
cape conscription. The country calls
them by a shorter and uglier word.
—Kansas City. Star,
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
It seems that the Russians are de
termined to prove that they need a
Czar after all.—Savannah News,
Bethmann-Hollweg must love his
country very much or he would not
consent to be the goat.—Chicago
Daily XewS?
Furthermore, if John Barleycorn
is a square and fair fighter, why
does he always hit his opponent un
der the belt?—Dallas Xews.
When it comes to limiting the
power of the Kaiser wo place more
dependence on the Allies than on the
Reichstag.—Boston Transcript.
In Memoriam
Armed with your fragrant flowers of
spring,
Fresh in their vernal opening,
And lay down your arms, for peace
has come;
The roar of the battle, the beat of
the drum
Are stilled for the soldiers beneath
the sod,
Their bodies their country's, their
souls with God.
Halt!
Lay down your arms on their camp
ing spots,
Roses and lilies, forget-me-nots.
And smile through your tears in the
shine of the sun
Tnat never shall set on tho deeds
they have done.
Halt!
Lay down your arms!
Lay them gently where
The Angel of Peace shall find them
there,
And the sleepers shall smile in their
dreams to know
That a grateful nation remembers
them so.
—W. J. Lampton, in the New York
Tribune.
A Memorial Day Thought
When I was a child, I lived in a
quiet, tree-shaded street in this very
city where now I am writing this.
And, late in May of each yeur, when
the ailanthus trees were in blosom,
the street put. on fresh curtains and
redwashed the brick pavements. The
cobblestones were swept, too, and
then the procession came.
I was twelve, I think, before I
began to get a lump In my throat
as the long line of veterans went by.
It was a long line then. I did riot
know exactly why I cried, except
that those men and those tattered
flags stood for something very sad.
I know now, but It has taken years
to put it into words, and in those
years the line has shortened to a
handful. Even the one-armed drum
mer has gone now. The street,
which was rough and hard to march
on in those days, has been made
smooth for their feet; but few arc
left who can march to that quiet
God's-acre on the hill above.
now I know why. as .a child T
wept. Those men had fought for
something that was a part of me,
like my mother, or my home: for my
country.
Many years later I again saw
marching men. But now the men
were young and there vere no flags
and no drums. They were marching
into battle and they were not fight
ing for my country.
But they were flghing for the Ideal
on which my country was founded,
for humanity against oppression and
cruelty, for the right of a man to
labor in his own field, for the prin
ciple that honor is greater than life.
I saw them living and fighting,
and I saw them dying, I saw strange
nations, men of different tongues and
different colors, gathered together
and becomijig as one, against a
common foe. And then I learned
this: that the world Is now but one
great nation, drawn close by the
creed that all men are brothers; and
that in the midst of that great na
tion of the world had broken loose,
something terrible, something that
must be killed or the world dies.—
Mary Roberts Rinohart in "The Altar
of Freedom."
Charles M. Schwab says:—
Nothing is, so plentiful In America
as opportunity. There are more jobs
for forceful men than there are force
ful men to fill them. Whenever the
question comes up of- buying new
works we never consider whether we
can make the works pay. That is a
I foregone conclusion if we can get the
'right men to manage them.
BETSY, THE INTERNATIONAL
GUN, SIEGE
American Gunner Saved the Day for the Allies When
He Rigged Up a Rusty English Cannon Barrel
THEODORE MARSHALL INGI.IS In the Washington Post.
F' these days of world-wide con
flict, when big guns of apparently
perfect workmanship are accept
ed by governments only after the se
verest tests, it is encouraging to
know that in times of special stress
it may be possible for even an ama
teur gunmaker to contrive an effi
cient weapon for defense.
During the now historic siege of
Peking, which lasted from June 20
until August 14, 1900, the foreigners
besieged in and around the British
legation suffered for lack of any
heavy guns.
Their munition supply consisted of
riiies, two machine guns and an Ital
ian one-pounder cannon. These had
been brought into the legation quar
ters by a small band of allied mar
ines rushed from Fort Taku to Pe
king, a few days before actual siega
of the legations was begun.
In their haste to obey orders, the
Russian marines brought, shells, but
left their cannon behind and these
shells, so useless in theimselves,
seemed only to aggravate the pover
ty of the situation.
After June 23 the Chinese mount
ed several big guns on the city walls,
and hastily erected scaffoldings, and
began firing upon the besieged for
eigners. Had their marksmanship
been anything but the poorest, the
first few hours would have ended the
fight, for there was only the tiny one
pounder to "talk back," and this
fact the Chinese soon discovered.
Chinese Gun Fire Told
However, enough shells hurled
even in "hit-and-miss" fashion to
ward a stationary mark will do an
immense amount of damage. Day
by day, after the Chinese opened
their big guns, the cordon of ma
rines aird civilian volunteers drew
closer around and into the British
legation itself. The French and Ger
man legation quarters, which formed
part of the cordon, suffered heavily
from bombardment; many marines
were killed, and several buildings
within the British legation lines
were partially or wholly demolished.
It was in this desperate hour that
Mitchell, a young American gunner
—a hardy little chap, with a "never
say die" glint in his blue eyes—an
nounced: "I can make a to fire
at them pesky Chinamen." There
was already an old Italian gun car
riage on the ground, and Mitchell
proceeded to make the gun barrel
by wrapping a piece of brass piping
with heavy wire, but the siege au
thorities. fearing that this makeshift
gun would explode, forbade him the
privilege of using it. Thereupon
Mitchell sat down beside his creation
in the depths of chagrin and dis
appointment, and was sitting thus
when a Chinese boy passed by. Spy
ing Mitchell and his discarded in
vention, the boy cried out. "I can get
•— I can get —like that!" and rushed
excitedly away.
A few moments later he returned
with two other Chinese boys, drag
ging between them an old rusty can
non barrel, which they had found in
a Chinese junk shop included within
tho lines still held by the besieged.
Assembling the Big Gun
This cannon barrel proved to he
of English make, and had been used
by the English in the Tal-Ping re
bellion of 1860-1864.
Mitchell was overjoyed with the
Chinese boys' "find," and proceeded
at once to make his big gun.
The gun barrel was mounted on
the old gun carriage and . bound
there with wires and heavy ropes.
To avoid a very possible disastrous
explosion, the military authorities
ordered Mitchell to take his gun
outside of the big legation gate for
a first trial. Mitchell did so, and it
was decided to train the new gun
on the base of a high scaffolding
which supported one of the enemy's
cannon some distance away.
Mitchell had named his gun Betsy,
and Betsy was a queer looking con
trivance as It stood poised ready to
shoot at one or both ends or burst
In the middle, no one knew which.
Its rusty old English body strapped
[to the Italian gun carriage was as.
truly allied then as now, but in a
tew moments Betsy assumed inter
national importance. The Russian
shells, filled with German powder,
were rammed down the gun's black
throat, a Japanese fuse was attach
ed and a second later Mitchell, the
American gunner, touched it off from
the British legation grounds.
With mingled hope and fear, the
besieged, at a safe distance, waited
for Betsy to ,speak, and Betsy did.
It was no lisping first syllable, and
there was no mistaking the Inflection
In its tone. It shot out the word
"war" in a wheezy, gusty roar that
made the listeners jump, while
smoke begrimed Mitchell laughed
and shouted, "She didn't bust, did
she?"
No. Betsy didn't "bust," and a
few more shots sent the Chinese
cannon stand to the ground. At once
the gun's popularity was- assured,
and it was apporpriately named
"Betsy the International."
Betsy Saved the Day
After its first trial Bety was taken
laboriously and by night up the long
ramp of the city wall to the top and
into the trench barricade of the
American marines. These brave boys,
their little band lessening every day,
still held the strip of city wall over
looking the British legation.
A short distance farther along on
the wall and facing the Americans
rose a formidable Chinese barricade,
and from this vantage ground the
enemy's shells were doing the great
est damage to the legation quarter.
It was decided to turn Betsy loose
on this opposing barricade, and, ac
ccrdingiy, its iron mouth pushed
through the American barricade of
mud and brick and Mitchell fired jit.
The first shot pierced the Chinese
barricale, the second wrought total
havoc, and the Chinese imperial sol
diers, swarming out in disorder, were
swept with a rifle volley from the
Americans, who by this time were
rc-enforced by British marines.
Never again during the siege were
the Chinese able to occupy this bar
ricade from which shelter they had
inflicted such damage upon the im
prisoned foreigners.
Again and again, until his arm was
shattered by a Chinese bullet and
he was sent to make a slow recovery
In the Improvised siege hospital, did
Mitchell fire his gun from the Peking
Wall. Betsy's tone continued to be
a peculiar, gusty roar, and every
time it reverberated over in the be
sieged quarters there was always
a cry of "Just hear our little
Betsy!"
Bra've Betsy continued to serve,
without even a backwnrd kick, until
the allied relief army lifted the ter
rihle siege one memorable day In
mid-August.
When this victorious army real
ized the horrors and hardships that
the besieged had undergone, they
stood appalled. But who '-in say
what additional "war'.i rlesolution"
they would have found had brave
Mitchell not had the courage and
ir>""ity to contrive "Betsy the In
i lcrnanonal'."
A Memorial
Sleep, heroes, sleep,—
Free from all care,
No more of war's alarm,
Nothing can bring you harm—
Tranquil and deep.
Sweet your repose,
'Neath Heaven's vault—
Disturbed not by rattle
Of skirmish and battle—
And earthly foes.
Trouble and grief ,
Mar not your rest;
. No more "on guard" to stand,
Deaf to all stern command—
Walt no "relief."
Flag of the free,
They followed thee!
Now o'er their lonely graves,
Weve. oh wave for the braves,
Triumphantly!
O'er the green sod,
Strew sweetest flowerj.
Brave spirits gone to rest,
Evermore to be blest—
Hufe with their God.
•—By John W. Morrison, Harris
burg, Pa.
MAY 30, 1917.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
Receipt Books For Charity
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
We wish to thank the many mer
chants and manutacturers in the city
and county for their generosity in
aiding us with the Polyclinic Hos
pital Benefit Cook Book, and we sin
cerely hope that each and every
housewife will assist the same worthy
cause by purchasing a copy of the
book which contains the best known
and home-tried receipts furnished by
the ladies of Dauphin county.
Starting Monday, Way 28, young
ladies will make a complete canvass
of the city and county for the sale
of the book, and it is hoped they re
ceive the assistance necessary to
make the project a most glowing
success.
Ladles' Auxiliary
Polyclinic Hospital.
Death in Flanders
I met with Death in his country.
With his scythe and his hollow eye,'
Walking; the roads of Belgium.
I looked and he passed me by.
Since he passed me by in Plug Street,
In the wood of the evil name,
I shall not now lie with the heroes,
I shall not share their fame,
I I shall never be as they are,
I A name in the lands of the Free,
! Since I looked on Death in Flanders
I And he did not look at me.
—L.ord Dunsany in the Saturday Re
view.
The Soldier's Good.
Nothing but good can befall the
soldier, so he plays his part well.
Come out of the ordeal safe and
sound, he has had an experience in
the light of which all life thereafter
will be three times richer and more
beautiful; wounded, he will have the
esteem and admiration of all men and
the approbation of his own con
science; killed, more than any other
man lie can face the unknown with
out misgiving—that is, so long as
death comes upon him in a moment
of courage and enthusiasm, not of
faltering or of fear. * * * Never
have I regretted doing what do
ing, nor would t at this moment be
anywhere else than I am. I pity the
poor civilians who shall never have
seen or known the things that we
have seen and known. Great as are
the pleasures that they are contin
• uing to enjoy and that we have re
nounced, tiie sense of being the in
strument of Destiny is to me a source
of greater satisfaction. Alan See
ger.
Going Up!
Half an inch, half an inch,
Half an inch shorter—
Whether the skirts are for
Mother or daughter.
„ Briefer the dresses grow,
Fuller the ripples flow.
More whisking glimpses show —•
More than they oughter.
—Fairview World.
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
EAGER TO i
PRACTICE. MK •'!
My boy, you
want to pract|co
I know, dad,
hut I haven't i|!
What do you
mean by that? jnllm - Jf
It you'll let flillrV
tr.a have tho (5 i i *ti >
I aeed I'll see 1H jrarPJflb'
how long I can
n<ito it last.
WONDERS,
? jSi Society is
hallow
, I hear that so
Jr/ often that I
' /.fIT wonder why
.Lw vww an y bod y wants
'J/
Eirotttuj QUfai;
o n aro mor ® Patriotic rosters
f„i 18 "P° n young men to enlist and
fnikJ ? ?. er ones a the women
tn 0 D I. , c Birls to Klve their aid
th<> e , 1 roas than ever known ir
„ 1 d £ ws of Harrisburg. The
nr ~ b . unt 'nff an< i other emblems
tim^ a V? Vf> strength at the
time of the Spanish War is as noth
ntS- c °f n P. ared to the wave of patri
vparo ?i! asr n , OW - In tho last two
when tho Cr <? 6 been occasions
IM™* l le ,la s s were pat out and
crisis n ,hinRS reached the
ont ♦*<? s . a canie ollt and stayed
thnlv, n ? °, allies beinß added to
son iifn if 1 now strike s the per
™ I*° a ,? a'onpf the streets
business as well as residential, widfc
fn.? wcll built and contain
ing small houses, is the wav the
ed Th an ? cari,a bave blossom
ed. The striking posters calling foi
recruits, appealing to the manhooc
of Harrsburg to wake up and tc
the patriotic impulses of the peopl*
to stimulate the enlistment and the
registration are to bo seen bv th(
hundreds. There are some stretet;
where they are in every store win
dow and even In private houses
Homes are decorated with flags anc
there does not seem to be any ques
tion where tho people here stand. 1
is a great showing and will lons b<
remembered ns a distinctive feature
of Memorial Day this year.
• • •
It speaks very well for the people
of this city that in spite of the varlet
population contained within the ltm
its of the municipality so practically
nothing that could be construed as
an effort to discourage registration
for the selective draft has beet
heard. It has been stated that effort
to Interfere with registration or t<
dampen enthusiasm or blind men t(
their duty would not be healthy
manifestations in Harrisburg. The
people of this city will never stan<
for any nonsense such as has
out in some other parts or the State
* • •
Executive Controller Samuel C
Todd has a now claim to fame. Mr
Todd comes from Brownsville
whence came Blaine, Knox am
other national figures. Yesterday a
man came up to him in the House
of Representatives and started to
give lilm a line of talk about the
borough code, which is stirring up
some discussion. The gentleman wai
real insistent on his views until h<
found that Mr. Todd did not answet
to the name of Representative Nel
son W. McVlcar and that he did not
know anything about the code.
• •
Members of the House of Repre
sentatives indulged In some song be
tween waits for business yesterday
atternoon. Tt happens that there is
a bill pending which would enable
Chief Clerk Thomas H. Garvin to
pay the final instalment about this
time instead of waiting until the
close of the General Assembly. The
Governor did not announce action
yesterday and the genial Garvin was
busy explaining. Suddenly a group
of men who were signing faced the
desk and began to sing:
"Oh, Tom, Where's that check of
mine, check of mine; oh, Tom,
Where's that check of mine?"
Mr. Garvin soon skurried up
some business and the House got
back into order without further em
barrassing questions. •
• • •
Robert S. Conklin, the State's chief
of forestry, got out a scale yester
day and did some figuring on what
the State's forestry reserves contain.
They aggregate not so far from a
million and a half acres. They
amount to more than the total area
of Delaware, Cameron, Snyder, Le
high and Lawrence counties, or an
area larger than the Eighteenth Con
gressional district in which we lire.
Enough people camped on the State
lands last year, says he, to make a
city larger than Lancaster and more
than three times the size of Steel
ton.
* * •
There were more big Philadel
phians at the Capjtol yesterday after,
noon than at any hearing In quite
a while. Grouped in one room were
ex-Judge James Gay Gordon, Wil
liam Draper Lewis, Ellis Ames Bal
lard and Joseph Gilfillan, some ol
the most noted lawyers in the State,
together with E. T. Stotesbury, the
financier; Thomas E. Mitten, head
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit,
and others well known in city busi
ness and official life.
* • •
A man from Montreal surprised
the audience In one of the movlni
, picture theaters a few nights ago
by very vigorously applauding an
air. The tune was attractive and
pleased everyone who heard it, but
the majority of the audience failed
to see why tho visitor should was
so enthusiastic. The air was the
"Maple Leaf," which is the national
hymn of the Dominion. It is a beau
tiful thing and practically no one
about here knows it. With Canada
and the United States united in the
war anc*. many Pennsylvanians serv
ing with the Canadians In France
it is a wonder that, it is not brought
more to public attention. We aro
strong for the stirring French air
and the Russian and Italian hymns
are pretty well known, but the Do
minion's lighting song needs to be
pushed a bit.
For tho first time in years there
was much activity about the iron
and steel mills of the city and Steel
ton on Memorial Day. The tremen
dous rush which is caused by gov
ernment orders made the day one
of ceaseless activity. The activity
was generally accepted by the pcoplo
as something which was expected.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—— "
—Captain W. R. Gleaves, appoint
ed to the general Btaff, served as
lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Penn
sylvania at the border.
Dr. W. W. Keen, noted physi
cian. will be prevented from serving
on the registration board In Phila
delphia by his health.
—Superintendent of Schools We
ber, of Scranton, is taking an active
part In behalf of the Liberty Iyoan
in his section.
—Dr. Henry C. Mercer, who made
the tiles for the Capitol, has given
his historic house for the Bucks
county nature society.
—W. H. Connell. who resigned as
chief of highways in Philadelphia,
has been made a military engineer
for tjie government on road work.
| DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg men are in
every branch of tlic United
Stati-s army and navy?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The old river ferry was used at
1 this point for over 125 years. The
bridges caused its disuse.
Newspaper Advertising
' "Advertise in tho newspapers,"
' says Harry 8. Houpt, president of
the .Hudson Motor Car Company of
New York. "XTsc tho newspapers In
preference to all other forms of ad-J
vertlsing at this time, for the burden
of the newspaper message of todu>]
Is closer to the people's heart,'