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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A. NEWSPAPER FOR TUB HOMS
Founded 1831
(Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO,
Telegraph Building, Federal Sqaare.
'H. J. STACKPOLE, Prei't & Editor-in-Chief
P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
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MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 4
Give man a consciousness of what
ha is and he will soon be what he
ought to be. — SCHILLING.
MAKE THE CAMPS "DRY"
THE order making the officers'
training camps "dry" has had
such an excellent effect, accord
ing to reports from Niagara and else
where, that it should be extended to
all of the selective conscription
camps about to be established. In a
short time 500,000 young men will
be taken out of private life and
brought together under conditions
that will make for good citizenship
and the growth of democracy if they
are required to live under proper re
straint. During the Civil War many
young men acquired habits of intem
perance that dragged them down to
early graves. War and whisky never
did go well together. War is the
most strenuous game in the world.
The consumer of alcohol dies more
quickly when wounded and he Is j
more subject to fatigue and disease
than the total abstainer.
The men of the training camps
will be taught how to protect them
selves from the attack of the enemy.
They should be instructed, also, in
taking care of their physical well
being, and alcohol should be barred
from the training places as rigorously
as German spies will be. Indeed, of
the two, it might be preferable to t
entertain the spies.
There is another evil, even more
Insidious than that of drink. Thou- i
sands of men have been ruined by it j
in Europe. Thousands will go down |
before it in the United States unless
precautions are taken. Terrible ]
stories of the frightful results of |
prostitution have been wrought home -
by physicians returning from the ,
French front. Nothing like that j
should be permitted in connection (
with the raising of the American ,
armies. The scarlet woman and alco- j
liolic liquors should be so far re- ,
moved from the training camps that ,
their evil influences will not be felt. I,
Otherwise, an awful harvest of death']
and disease awaits the opening of
the great training grounds the nation
li now planning.
THE GARY PLAN
WHILE the building program
adopted by the Harrisburg
school district is far from sat
isfactory to the average citizen,
there is still hope tn the public mind
that some steps will be taken soon to
prevent an entire miscarriage of the
original thought of the community.
It been learned since the out
come of the controversy over the se
lection of architects that there is
considerable difference of opinion in
the matter of the junior high schools
and their development. There is
also much interest in what is known
as the Gary plan, which provides for
a continuous eight-hour day divided
between work, study and play. This
arrangement is in effect at Gary and
is said to be working out with satis
faction to everybody, inasmuch as it
provides for the care and training
of the children during the full day.
They are prepared In this way for
the activities of life and it is thought
that the plan should have further
consideration here before any final
- steps shall have been taken by the
school board in the matter of the
building plafts.
PENNA. AND WAR LOANS
NOBODY familiar with the his
tory of Pennsylvania will won
der at the energy and enthus
iasm with which men of this State
have taken up the task of making
the Ltberty Loan a success. As Gov
ernor Brumbaugh in a recent letter
to the bankers of the State, soliciting
their co-operation, points out, it was
Robert Morris, a Pennsylvanlan, who
successfully financed the Revolution.
It was Stephen Glrard, a Pennsylva
nlan, who sustained the government
in tho financial crisis of the War of
1812. It was Jay Cooke, a Penn
sylvanlan, who In a comtnandlng way
carried to success the great financial
burden Incident to the Civil War.
With a record like that to live up
to, every Pennsylvanian worthy of the
name naturally wants to do whatever
he is able toward pversubscriblng
the great war loan in this State.
THE RIFLE CLUB'S OFFER
/TVHE Harrisburg Rifle Club has
performed a patriotic ser
vice in offering the use
of its ranges to the newly-formed
local military company. Handling a
light rifle or a shotgun is one thing
and making effective Use of a high
power, long range military rifle is
MONDAY EVENING,
Quite another. If the company Is to
amount to anything It must learn
something of marksmanship with
the type of gun with which It will be
equipped. The Rifle Club has done
much to encourage rifle practice In
this community and It has given a
large percentage of its membership
to the training camps and the regu
lar army. Now It comes forward
with another very practical service.
The club is in need of support. It
should be forthcoming, promptly and
generously.
NOT FOB PARADE PURPOSES
THE military company formed at
the courthouse Saturday night
by more than one hundred
Harrisburg men beyond the conscrip
tion age is a move In the right direc
tion. With the calling out of the
National Guard July 15 the city will
bo left absolutely without military
protection. The new organization is
not formed for parade purposes. Its
membership is serious in its ob
jects. The give up one
evening a week to drill at the ar
mory and one afternon to rifle prac
tice on the ranges. It will fit itself
for whatever service may be required
of it, whether for purely local duty or
to tit Its members for active partici
pation in the war should it bo found
necessary to conscript men beyond
the age of 31.
The likelihood is that more men
will want to join than can be accom
modated. The action of Paxtang in
deciding to form a unit should be
followed by other districts and com
munities. Penbrook, Steelton, Mid
dletown. Camp Hill and nearby
towns, instead of coming into the
parent organization, should raise
companies of their own.
Nobody can foresee the outcome
of the war. It may continue for
years. There may even be fighting
on American shores. Every man
able to be of service in event he is
needed should lose no time in learn
ing how to handle a gun and at least
the rudiments of military drill.
CLOSING THE SAI/OONS
THE TELEGRAPH lays no claim ,
to being a friend of the liquor ;
trade, but in all fairness it calls
attention to the action of members of
the Liquor League tn voluntarily
closing the bars of the city to-mor
row, registration day. There is noth- (
ing in the law compelling them to ;
take this action and doubtless their
receipts would have been larger than
usual had they remained open. The .
liquor dealers are right also in ask
ing that clubs having sideboards also
be "dry" to-morrow. There is no '
reason why such organizations
should continue to sell liquor if reg
ularly licensed places which depend ;
upon tho receipts of tHeir bars for
existence find it possible to close.
REGISTRATION DAY
TO-MORROW, registration day,
will be observed without pomp
or ceremony In Harrisburg.
Mayor Miller very properly has
frowned upon anything like a cele
l bration. An occasion as solemn as
this would be a poor time for the
hurly-burly of a general holiday or
the merry-making of a fete day.
Rather it should be a period of quiet
meditation, of self-examination, of
preparation for the great sacrifice i
that so many gallant young men.
shortly will be called upon to make. I
Harrisburg will go about putting the
selective conscription law into effect
to-morrow as it always goes about
! a patriotic duty—promptly, efficient
ly and as cheerfully as may be, but In
no spirit of undue levity.
ORDER ON THE RIVER
DISORDERLY conduct on the
islands in the river opposite the
city is reported by a TELE
GRAPH correspondent, whose letter,
reciting conditions that ought not be
allowed to exist for a moment, was
published on this page a few days
ago. Crap playing and bathing with
out suitable costumes should be mat
ters for police regulation. One or
two arrests would break up the prac
tice.
The river basin opposite this citv
Is a general recreation place, grow
ing in popularity with each succeed
ing summer. Women and children
use it almost as much as men. It
should be as free from objectionable
conduct as any part of the park or
playground systems of the city. In
reality it is a part of them.
Chief Wetzel could do a good work
by turning three or four of his of
ficers loose on tho river in a motor
boat each Sunday and sometimes in
the evenings of weekdays to break up
such practices as those against which
complaint has been filed.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
TWO elements of action mako up
the procedure of a nation en
tering war —mobilization and
concentration. We are seeing those
elements as they develop at Wash
igton. Our financial strength is be
ing mobilized and our political power
i is being concentrated.
In the latter course there fnay be
grave danger if Congress is not care
■ ful. The Constitution wisely sepa
: rated the three branches of the gov
i ernment, allotting to each Its func
i tlcns. For the most part, in all the
, phases of our history, .this distinction
. has been maintained. Cpngress has
t made the laws, the courts have In
' terpreted the laws. The executive
. has administered the laws,
r Now, however, It would appear
1 that the executive Is to exerctse all
three of these functions. Laws are
> to be framed at the White House or
s at one of the departments, they are
f to be passed by Congress without es
r sentlal ohange, they are to be inter
preted by the President by proclama
tion, and they are to be administered
by subordinates whom he shall
s name.
There are signs that Congress and
the country are restless under the
Implications which this program
carries; and It will be a day of good
omen when Congress asserts itself—
in no selfish manner nor for po
litical advantage, but to the end that
the government of which Congress
la a component part shall exercise
its powers as the framers of that
government Intended.
""Pe-juvOiftcahXa
By the Ei-Committernmn
David H. Lane, the Republican
city chairman of Philadelphia, in an
interview at Atlantic City yesterday,
hit the nail on the head when he
said that If the Republicans of the
state are united there will not be any
chance for any Democrat. 11% spe
cifically said that he did not think
Vance C. McCormick could win if
the Republicans are united. "If we
are not togetner," said he. "almost
anything may happen and it will be
our own fault."
Chairman Lane met a number of
leaders of Philadelphia at the sea
shore yesterday and talked over
things In general. He also com
mented on affairs with upstate men,
but declined to discuss the Legisla
ture or anything except the pros
pects for next year's campaign.
What the Philadelphia newspapers
term an "open season" will start to
night when ward committees will
meet. The Philadelphia Inquirer
says: are less than half a
dozen real fights in the contests for
control of the Republican ward ex
ecutive committees which will be de
cided when the committeemen re
! convene for reorganization to-night.
I In the election of city committeemen
one year ago, the combination in
cluding the Vares, David H. l<anc
and David Martin succeeded in
wresting control of the committee
from the Penrose-McNichol cohorts
and no matter how the several con
tests which will be nmde shall bo
decided, the Vares and their allies
will continue to have a majority in
the city committee and David H.
Lane will be re-elected to the chair
manship unless he shall decline to
run again, when the city committee
reorganizes at 10 o'clock next Wed
nesday morning.
—A .A. Thompson, the new Cum
berland county sealer of weights and
measures, is a doctor and former
postmaster at Carlisle.
—Postmaster C. N. Seltzinger, of
Reading, is said to be sure of reap
pointment according to Berks dis
patches.
—Democratic legislators are to be
spurred up to some action on their
platform bills when the Legislature
meets again. It is said that certain
of the Democratic ringmasters are
indignant at the lack of ginger in
the leadership and that they will de
mand that their doormen make a
noise when their bills come along.
—The Philadelphia Ledger says:
"The Democratic city committee will
indorse Magistrate Borie for re-elec
tion. and the leaders of the Demo
cratic Club, representing largely the
anti-Donnelly control of the city
committee, will support Magistrate
Eisenbrown. The Penrose-McNichol
indorsement, it is anticipated, will be
accorded to Magistrates Rooney and
Tracy. The Vares will support for
election Magistrates Oostello and
N'eff, who are now filling unexpired
terms. Because of the larger salary,
it is possible that Senators McNichol
and Vare may split on the magis
trates at least and that factionalism
will reign in the contests for the
seven vacancies."
—The boroughs of Bethlehem and
South Bethlehem will vote on July .
15 on the proposition of becoming a .
third-class city under the provisions
of the Schantz law, recently approv
ed. The councils of the two towns
have acted and It Is understood that
Charles M. Schwab Is In favor of the (
project. • ,
—Judge T. J. Prather, of Crawford ,
county, is a candidate for re-election '
with a fight in prospect, but it is be
lieved that he will win because of
his no-llcense attitude.
—The conference committee re- .
port on the Graeff judges salary bill !
will come up in the House on Wed
nesday afternoon and a fight is in
prospect.
—The Philadelphia North Ameri
can to-day prints an interesting re
view of the antidraft agitation at
Reading and says that Representa
tive James H. Maurer denies any dis
loyalty. It says that there is no
more patriotic community In the
state than Berks county and the Ac
tivity of those opposed to conscrip
tion is resented.
—Some interesting selections were
made in the reorganization of the
Farvlew State Hospital Board. Ex-
Speaker Harry F. Walton succeeds
Walter McNichols, former state sen
ator, as president, and C. H. Dorf
linger, the Wayne county manufac
turer, becomes treasurer again in
place of Senator W. M. Lynch. Ex
liepresentatlve Alfred Marvin, of
Pike county, was re-elected vice
chairman.
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
calls attention to the fact that very
few people are seeking the passage
of the Beyer bill to establish elec
tive school boards in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh and says "That pub
lic sentiment here is against a
change is obvious." *
—W. S. Stutzman, former sheriff
of Cambria county, is out for re
nomination.
—C. C. Townsend. who was named
to a legislative post here early in
the session, has been /reappointed
Chester county's sealer of weights
i and measures.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer in a
| West Chester dispatch says that Sen
| ator T. L. Eyre expects the Legisla
ture to take a recess instead of ad
! journing finally when it quits this
month.
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"]
"WHAT WILL THE JUDGES DO?"
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
This question has been asked with
reference to tho closing of saloons
on registration day. Happily this de
sirable end has been accomplished
by a request from the proper, tho
executive, officer of our city. Truth
fully has it been said of the Mayor
that he has no authority to enforce
his request. It is equally true of the
Judges. In the frequent queries as
to why our Judges have not ordered
the closing of saloons at certain
hours or on certain days we have
waited tn vain for some reference to
the law granting such authority to
tho court. Because In some districts
Judges have exercised the power to
close saloons It Is assumed that our
Judges arc at fault because they have
failed to act in like manner. It '.a
plain that the distinction is not made
between power and authority. Sinco
when has tho judicial arm of the
government been Invested with func
tions of the Legislative or Executive
arms? The invasion, by one branch
of government, of the domains of an
other branch is always to be deplored
notwithstanding the present benefit
to be gained by such act. The bet
ter the cause tho more dangerous the
act, because a desirable end achlev*
1 cd may blunt the vision to tho dan
ger of an entering wedge to the mis
use of power. It Is to the credit of
the Dauphin county judges that they
refuse to exercise a power which
does not Inhere In the office.
ELLIS N KREMEIi. I
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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Predicts Dry New York
If the war continues New York
City is likely to vote "dry" in April,
1919, William H. Anderson, State
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon !
League, predicts.
"Early this fall," he said, "our or
ganization will call a conference in
each of the borough 3 and later a
city-wide conference to get up a
petition for a vote by the necessary
one-fourth of the voters, approxi
mately 200,000. The league will not
try to force a vote, but will put
its staff and resources and organiza
tion at the service of the city in
order to help secure a vote if there
is a general demand for it."
He said the men's Bible classes in
tho churches would circulate the pe
titions in every block.
If the petition gets the requisite
signers the city will vote next April
on the question whether ox not it
will come under the provisions of
the local option law. If the city so
votes, the special election of April,
1919, will decide whether the town
shall bo "wet" or "dry." Under tho
statute It is possible, Mr. Anderson
said, for the people to close the sa
loons without stopping the sale of
liquor in the hotels, "thus giving
them a period in which to adjust
themselves to the inevitable.—From
tho New York World.
Why Lions Roar
The eminent English naturalist.
Sir Richard Owen, made the inter
esting discovery that the lion roars
simply because the hyotd bone In his
throat is loose. In the cat the bone
is stationary, and therefore the cat
purrs and cannot roar, but in the
lion and tiger the hyoid Is loose,
and even when calling to their mates
the larger members of the cat family
including the leopard and jaguar,
roar.
The roars of the jaguar and leop
ard are "like hoarse, barking coughs;
an interval of about one second sep
arates the expiratory effort," says
Sir Richard. The cheetah and the
puma are like the domestic cat; their
hyoid bones are firmly set in place,
and they can purr.—From the
Youth's Companion.
General Misinformation
[From Bostonia.]
A graduate of the College of Lib
eral Arts who is teaching In a New
England high school sends us the
following artswers which were actu
ally handed in at a recent examina
tion designed to test the amount of
general information possessed by the
students:
What was the Slstine Madonna? A
sewer in Paris. The wife of tho pope.
What Is an octogenarian? Tho
eighth generation from a negro. An
animal which bears its young in
eights. An 8-leggcd animal. One
bdrn in October. One who feeds
octopuses.
What is the motto of the United
States? Watchful waiting. Give mo
liberty or give me death.
A Suspicious Move
[From Albany (N. Y. Times Union.]
A well-to-do manufacturer who
made a hobby of archaeological re
search was traveling in Palestine
when news reached him of an addi
tion to his family. The manufacturer
sacrificed archaeological to parental
joys. Providing himself with some
water from the Jordan to carry home
for the christening, he at once set
out for Kentucky.
On the morning appointed for the
baptismal ceremony he arrived at
the church ahead of the rest of the
family In order to hand over the pre
cious water to the preacher. As he
pulled the flask from his pocket tho
minister held up a warning hand.
"Not now, not now,' 'he said soft
ly. "Maybe after church Is out."
A Stirring Sight
[From the Philadelphia Record!
It was a stirring sight for Amer
icans in St. Paul's, London, when the
colors of five battalions of the Amer
ican Legion in the Canadian contin
gent were placed beside tho altar
and the great audlenco sang "Mine
eyes have seen the glory of the com
ing of the Lord." and "Tho Star
Spangled Banner." written while an
American fort was resisting bom
bardment by a British fleet.
The General Attitude
1 As we understand It, Iho protests
against the war revenue measure
1 which afe being made in Washing
-1 ton may be summed up thus: Get all
tho money you need. Uncle Sam. but
1 for God's sake sting the other fellow
' and don't touch me."—Houston
| Post.
; Charles M. Schwab says:—
i I don't suppole that a wife, ordl
■ narlly, should try to tell a man how
to conduct his business; but she
j should be Interested In It. and it will
l , pay him to keep her educated about 1t
i I believe In people marrying young
for a happy married life la one of th<
beat inspirations a man oan hava.
(
RUSSIAN CONSCIENCE AGAINST
PEACE
\ _ _ >
By Herman Bernstein
From time to time disquieting ru
mors have come to this country from
various sources to the effect that
Russia was on the point of conclud
ing a sepaarate peace with Germany;
that a truce was about to be de
clared between the Rustian and Ger
man armies; that the New Russia
wants peace at all costs. Those who
know the Now Russia, who are inti
mately familiar with the leaders and
their program, know that these ru
mors arc without the slightest foun
dation and are, indeed, a slander
against the people who have thrown
off the yoke of the Romanoffs and
who would not now place Russia at
the mercy of the Hohenzollerns.
Among the Russian master minds,
Vladimir Korolenko,the famous nov
elist, editor and publicist, now holds
the place in the hearts of the Rus
sian people that Leo Tolstoy occu
pied. Korolenko has been conspicu
ously identified with tho struggle for
Russian freedom, has been known as
a pacifist, and is regarded as tho
"conscience" of Russia.
In the course of an appeal to the
Russian people, this great Russian
writes in part as follows:
"I feel it is my sacred duty to
speak- of something which it has not
been my custom to discuss, to ac
quaint my fellow citizens with my
fears.
"Russia has accomplished a great
task. She has thrown off the yoke
of centuries. The world has lost one
despotism and gained one democ
racy. But a short time ago our ene
mies reproached our Allies for their
alliance with Russia, and the Ger
mans styled their struggle ngalnst
us as a struggle against despotism.
Now all the nations turn to our fa
therland with admiration and hope,
because the young liberty that has
Just been born possesses a bewitch
ing power, which rejuvenates the lib
erty of other nations, which gives
them new life and vigor.
This is the signltlance. of our de-
A Veto With a Sting
[Wilkes-Barrc Record]
In vetoing the bill raising the fees
in tho ottlce of Recorder of Deeds
in Luzerne and Eackawanna counties
Governor Brumbaugh remarks that
the people have a right to pay a fair
price but not an excessive or discrim
inating one for the rendition of a
public service, and he further re
marks that "there are many protests
against it (the bill) on the ground
that the present price is adequate if
competent clerks and not merely
persons with political claims are
given this work to do."
As the Record stated the other
day, the Legislature's liberality in
increasing the compensation of
county officials and their subordi
nates reaches scandalous propor
tions. The Legislature is an easy
mark where the taxpayers' money is
concerned. < )fficlals and subordi
nates, backed up by the politicians,
and supported by the courtesy which
prompts one set of legislators to vote
for another set's salary raising
measures, can get most anything
they go after.
A governor who consistently
chucks such measures overboard
and leaves to tho counties the right
to regulate their own official salaries
does something worth while.
Revive the Schoolship
In view of the depleted finances of
the State and city a few years ago,
there was doubtless some warrant
for discontinuing the appropriations
to tlie nautical training ship, so long
Jointly maintained by both, especial
ly as the number of students showed
a declining tendency, but there is ex
cellent reason now for restoring this
admirable adjunct to the educational
systems of the Commonwealth and
municipality. There is a bright pros
pect ahead for the American mer
chant marine, and capable officers
will be needed. There promises to be
opening for all the boys who can be
turned oui from such training ships.
There is now pending in the Legis
lature a bill appropriating $50,000
for a revival of the Pennsylvania
nautical school, provided that Phil
adelphia giveii an equal amount, and
it certainly should be passed. Just as
surely this city should furnish the
other $50,000. The old Saratoga, and
later the Adams, trained many young
mariners for lives of usefulness upon
the sea, and the school should be re
stored. The time is most opportune
for It. The Delaware Utvr is said
to be the greatest shipbuilding cen
ter In the world. We should also
give here the technical training that
will fit young men to navigatae some
of these vessels.-~Phlladelphla Rec.
fense of Russia. By defending our
fatherland, we are defending the
new freedom which the enemy's In
vasion threatens with fatal danger.
It the German flag should spread
over our land, the flag of reaction
would spread with it. the flag of
the re-established despotic order. We
would be ruled not only by Nicholas
Romanoff, but also by Wilhelm
1 lohenzollern. And Wilhelm is eager
that Russia shall long remain in
darkness and oppression.
"Is that not clear to you? In
order to avert this danger Russia
must stand at her threshold with
double, with tenfold energy. On ac
count of this danger let us forget our
quarrels, let us postpone our dis
putes about the future. Down with
partisan differences! Let the grave
historical hour,find Russia prepared.
Let all of us look into one direction,
from which we hear the heavy foot
steps of the Germans and the roar
ing of their cannon.
"The immediate task of the mo
ment is to resist the enemy's inva
sion, to defend our fatherland and
its liberty.
"Let us leave to the future the
problems of the future. Now we
must concentrate, all our energies
must now be concentrated on this
great decisive hour. It is not enough
to rejoico and en.loy liberty. We
must deserve it to the end. And
we can deserve it in but one way—
by making a supreme effort to de
feat the enemy.
"It may be that the day Is near
when at the great conference of the
civilized nations the delegates of
Russia will come and say: 'We en
tered the war as slaves, but at the
close of the war we come as free
men. Listen to the voice of free Rus
sia. She will not utter now the word
which the Czar's diplomats would
have said.'
"Free Russia will have something
to say at the great conference of the
nations, something which shall lay
the foundation of a safe and lasting
peace."
This Is Your War
[Nashville Tennessean.]
Outside of Washington, New York,
and other large cities of the East,
Americans are not yet awake to the
seriousness of the grim struggle) to
the death into which this nation has
gone.
There is much waving of flags, pa
triotic rallies, and some enlistments,
but the ominous cloud which now
hangs over the country's future Is
not seen.
One speaker who came to this city
from the battlefields of France gave
this advlc: Take five minutes each
day to think as hard as you can what
this war means to you.
Conceive, If you are not of craven
heart, what defeat to America will
ineart. Think. Think hard. Victory is
far from certain. England and
France, our own leaders tell Us, were
whipped when the United Btates en
tered the war as their ally. Our
actual aid at arms has so far been
almost negligible, and there Is little
immediate promise of any substan
tial assistance. It is possible that
England and France may be forced
to acknowledge defeat before we
can take an effectual stand by their
side. Germany scoffs at us.
Have you yet taken your part Jn
the struggle that your brothers have
entered for America? Think that
over also.
This Is not written to frighten
anybody. This 1s no time for panics.
Keep to the normal in all things ex
cept those where your country calls;
you. But In the name of all that you
hold sacred don't deliberately refuse
to realize t*at this IS your war.
Modest Madame Joffre
Parisians are familiar with the
Bmall mansion occupied by Marshal
and Mme. Joffre, at Passy, Rue
Mlchel-Ango. The couple lived there
in perfect harmony. Thanks to the
radiating kindness of Mme. Joffre,
her husband always found in their
home regularity, rest, relaxation, Joy,
l,lke niot French wives, Mme. Jofle
is animated, cheerful, modest, In
dustrious, possessed of a sober ele
gance and an affection for her home
which makes her put it above every
thing else. In the midst of celebrity
she has always shunned notoriety;
and she sought refuge from the trib
utes won by her excellent heart and
illustrious name I'n work, tn the.
peaceful seclusion of the family. It
Is said that the dream of the couple
Is to buy, after the war Is over, a
motor houseboat, and thus to cruise
anonymously along the r)vers of
their beloved France to which the
marshal will havo been the first to
give the assurance of victory.—Jules
1 Pols in the Bookman,
JUNE 4, 1917.
Labor Notes
Ohio has appointed a commission
for the study and report of health
insurance and old-age pensions.
'The Children's Bureau of the Fed
eral Department of Labor empha
sizes the importance of a strict en
forcement of all child labor and
school attendance laws and a gener
ous development of Infant welfare
work by public and private agencies
In those war times.
In the metropolitan area of Berlin
there are now twice as many women
and girls engaged in industrial plants
as men and hoys, tfie number being
respectively 275,000 and 119,000. The
number of male employes has de
creased from 161,000 a year ago.
The amalgamation of the National
Federation of Postofllce Clerks and
the Brotherhood of Railway Postal
Clerks, both affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, has been
effected under the title National Fed
eration of Postal Employes.
The 12 leading Detroit automobile
companies are at present engaged in
enlarging their plants. The total
amount of this increase Is given at
$5,000,000 cost, 850,000 square feet
of floor space, offering employment
to 5,000 additional men.
The London Times says that as a
result of the government's appeal to
farmers to plow grass lands, 200,000
acres have been added to the grain
growing area in England and Wales.
The acreage in Scotland has been in
creased by 50,000 and in Ireland by
500,000.
The Bell Telephone Company Is es
tablishing a pension and employes'
sick benefit fund which will go into
effect July 1 next. When established
each of the 9,000 employes who have
been notified will benefit by the fund.
Tho fund will be administered by five
officials of the company.
OUR DAILY LAUGH |
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fancies she is*
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DOING.
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fetiow, will you?
Moon—Sorry,
but I can't do It,
I'm down to my
last quarter
now I
HE NEEDS NINE.
"A eat has nine lives."
"A baseball umpire ought to find
Mil hew the sat arranges U,"
Etottmg Gttfat
Hie meeting: preliminary \> the
organization of the Home Defense
Corps, of Volunteer Reserves, as the
f/ St i. cla i' on wl " Probably be called.
hL st to be held in Harrlßburg
"cause of a national emergency in
over half a century. There have
been periods of internal disturbance
when committees of safety, posses
ana various other bodies were formed
ror preservation of order, protection
®,., Property and upholding of con
stituted authority, but thev were only
for acute conditions. During the
Spanish-American War provisional
organizations of the National Guard
were formed in Harrisburg, such as
SiL 1)0 (,ouo as soon as the
McKee bill passes the legislature.
1 his measure provides for three rejU
ments of infantry and a squadron if
cavalry to be brought into being
whore designated and equipped by
the State. Adjutant General Stew
art, who organized and equipped five
r ®Kjmentfl of the Provisional Guard
ot 1898, in addition to handling the
entrance of the regular guard or-
KH nidations into federal service, will
have charge of the Provisional
Guard. This organization, however,
will be distinct from the association
started on the way on Saturday
night. The volunteer organization of
citizens will be one which will run
itself, but be ready to respond to a
call in emergency at home. While
not formally recognized by either na
tional or state governments, it will,
nevertheless, be a part of the defense
system. Similar bodies have been
formed in various parts of the state,
some of them being military organ
izations, uniformed, equipped and
drilled like the National Guard, the
expense being borne by the members.
Others are to protect certain deilned
districts in event of disturbance or
trouble or to render aid when called
upon. still others have specific
duties, such as caring for families of
soldiers, keeping track of aliens sus
pected of being undesirable or worse
or inculcating the spirit of sacrifice
Which must show before long. The
local body's scope will be defined at
the meeting to bo held on Saturday
night next to organize permanently.
There will be a place for it in the
community even if its members are
not called upon to do anything more
serious Nian attending drills and
learning use of rifles and revolvers.
Announcement of the adjutant
general of New York that the aero
companies of the Empire State Na
tional Guard has been disbanded be
cause there was no place for them
In the federal service will be heard
with interest by quite a few people in
Pennsylvania who were much stirred
up because the national and state
authorities declined to embark on
organization of suuh arms of the
service. When the suggestion was
made that Pennsylvania either or
ganize or recognize aero "companies
for the National Guard there was
quite a movement. Adjutant Gen
eral Stewart, however, declined to
Issuo orders making such organlza
tipns a part of the Guard. Ho was
"roasted" for it in several cities, but
the federal government not having
sanctioned such organizations, he de
clined to act. In Now York they
went ahead and the companies were
formed. Even this did not move the
Pennsylvania adjutant general, who
declared that aero work was a mat
ter which was of such importance
that it should bo under the federal
government. The War Department,
which had been considering aero
units, did not act, either. The Na
tional Guards were called into border
service and machine gun companies
were organized when the War De
partment ordered them. So wore
motor truck units. But the militia
aero units femained at home. The
other day the War Department an
nounced that aero units wero not
desired. The inside is that the
service is to be exclusively a federal
affair, just as Is control of wireless
telegraphy.
• • •
Harrie A. Douglass, the moving
spirit in the Harrisburg Rifle Club,
says that the interest taken in rifle
practice has jumped amazingly in
jhe last few years, llarrisburg's or
ganization is an Integral part of the
organized rifle clubs of the state,
which number thousands of mem
bers, and men who knew little about
guns a year ago are now working as
often as possible with high-powered
guns and becoming proficient with,
them.
• •
Captain H. M. Stine. who has been
active in the establishment of the
volunteer reserve organization for
homo defense, has been identified
with military organizations in this
city for over thirty years Ho served
lrt the old City Grays in the days
when they wore bearskin shakos,
gray swallow-tall coats and wliito
"pants" and was a lieutenant in Com
pany I of the Fourth Regiment which
went to Porto Rico.
• • •
Harrisburg people who recall the
late ex-State Treasurer B. J. Hay
wood will be interested to know that
a memorial to him was dedicated at
West Middlesex Cemetery, In Mercer
county, on Saturday. It consists of
a gateway and fountain, which were
presented by his widow, who Is a
frequent visitor to Harrisburg, where
she has many friends.
• * •
The example of the State author
ities in Illuminating the flag on tho
central building of the Capitol im
mediately beneath the dome has
been followed by half a dozen enter
prising firms about the city. Tho
flags are bathed in the strong light
from high-powered lamps set in re
flectors and are to bo seen for blocks.
Visitors to the city during tho last
week remarked upon tho substantial
manner In which- Harrisburg was
showing Its patriotism by night as
well as by day.
f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "
—Ex-Speaker Walton, re-elected
head of the Farview State Hospital
board, was a member of the origUsa*
board. ,
—Hampton L. Carson, former At*
torney General, has been elected a
trustee of the University of Pennsyl
vania, tho tlrst trustee to be named
by tho alumni.
—AI Hell, the state champion shot,
who will defend his title at Bradford
this week; comes from Allentown.
—Representative W. T. Ramsey,
of Chester, delivered the flag oration
on tho occasion of tho big firemen's
gathering in that city Saturday.
—W. B. Hackenburg, prominent
Phlladelphian, celebrated eighty year 3
of age and forty as head of the
Jowish Hospital.
—Judges Stephens and O'Connor,
of the Cambria courts, suspended All
courts for to-morrow.
1 DO YOU KNOW J
That llarrisburg's Importance aa
a food distribution as well as
producing center is being ex
tended every day?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This city wns one of the first to
take steps to care for the families of
men who went to tb*front-lix-lt61