10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A SEWS PAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STACK POLK, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business .Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. I Member American lation and Penn sylvania Assoc!- Eastern office. Story. Brooks & Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as s scond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, 15.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 7 My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not decked with diamonds and In dian stones; Not to be seen; my crown is called content; A crown it is that seldom kings en joy.—SHAKESPEARE. AMERICAN JEWS AND THE WAR j, SINCE the decision of the United I States to enter the war there has come an appreciation of the j' important part which 1* being taken)' by the American Jews in the terrific 1 conflict. They have not only given j largely of material support, but are responding to the call to the colors in large numbers. It Is stated that 1 more than $5.000,000 has been con- 1 tributed by the Jews of this country , for the relief of their kinsmen in Europe and in Palestine. This sum Is being contributed by the three * million persons of Jewish origin in J the United States. I A narrative of unselfish work 1 which has been done by the Jewish I people would open the eyes of many , who fail to appreciate the unstinted 1 1 support which is being furnished the I government by this section of our population. As one writer has sug gested, "the story itself breathes ro mance, pulsates with heart throbs ! and is replete with inspiration." But it is not only for their stricken 1 race in the war zone that the Jews , of the United States have labored so earnestly; they have come to the aid ' of every branch of activity in the 1 development of preparations for the 1 war. "With the United States now ( Involved In the war," says the writer above referred to, "the loyalty of Jews to this government, their affec- ' tion for this flag and the unanimity ■ displayed by them in support of , American ideals, no matter what the land of their birth, provides an ad ditional example to other Ameri cans." Most persons are familiar with what 1 is being done in the way of prepa ration by men like Jacob F. Schiff, whose philanthropies have extended In every direction and whose interest in the welfare of his own people is an example for men of every race and creed. As much may be said of Oscar Straus and Felix M. War burg and scores of other distin guished Hebrews, who are standing shoulder to shoulder with other pa triotic American citizens in the great work that now involves a na tion dedicated to liberty and religious Ireedom. When this war shall have ended, lis end it must some day, there will be less of caste and creed and racial dissension. Differences that have seemed insurmountable up to this time will vanish, and out of the sorrow and loss and stress will come a people strengthened, unified, con secrated to higher ideals, and with a better conception of the opportunities and blessings vouchsafed through our American institutions. Bryan has squandered a whole thou sand of his million dollars on Liberty bonds. Isn't he the spendthrift. THE WAR LOAN MEETING FRANK A. VANDERLIP, whose commanding position among the bankers of the United States gives him a deserved prominence among men of affairs, and ex-Con gressman James Francts Burke, whose eloquent tongue has told the story of the nation's needs here and elsewhere, will be the speakers at the Liberty Loan meeting at the Technical High School auditorium this evening. Harrlsburg Is awake ai never be fore in its history to the importance of sustaining every department of the government In this war crisis. We are giving of our men, our means and of every material thing to aid In crushing the demon of war which Is now devastating a large part of the Old World, EDITORIAL Sinking a submarine at this season Is like "swatting" a fly in the early springtime. WELL DESERVED DEGREE THE degree of doctor of literature conferred yesterday by Frank lin and Marshall College upon Benjamin M, Xead was well de served. Mr. Nead is not only an able lawyer, but a thorough atudent and an especially gifted writer along historical lines, His contributions to THURSDAY EVENING, the historical records of Pennsylva nia. and particularly of the Cumber land Valley, are voluminous and valuable. They have no counter parts and they set to paper events and Incidents that otherwise might have been lost for all time. Much of Mr. Nead's research has been original and his writings are inter esting as well as Instructive. PROPER INVESTMENT THE investment of surplus coun ty or municipal moneys in Lib erty Loan bonds is entirely prop er and commendable. The Legisla ture should enact without delay the resolution offered yesterday by Sen ator Beldleman authorizing cities and counties to buy these bonds with sinking funds not immediately re quired for the purposes for which they were created. Let public money work for the public good, and do double duty whenever possible. There Is no danger of overworking money. ; With bacon at forty-four cents a pound, even "Jack'* Johnson would have had difficulty in bringing home enough for a full meal. HARRISBURG PAVING IT is plainly evident that some definite policy must be adopted by Harrlsburg with respect to the maintenance of Its paved highways and the use of the streets by heavy trucks. During the last year or two the paving has been deteriorating at a rate which is giving concern to all who have a pride in the fine charac ter of our improved highways. It has been assumed in some quar ters that the condition of the streets ;is the result of Imperfect paving specifications, but this is not the fact. No better specifications were adopted for any city of Pennsylvania than i those which were provided for Har- 1 risburg. Careful attention was given to this matter at the outset of the ' paving campaign here and much of : the deterioration has resulted from new conditions and the use of enor mously heavy trucks, some of them of seven-ton capacity. Unless and until different specifica tions are adopted for future paving and replacement of the present sur face it is probable that the city re pair plant will be Inadequate to maintain the street conditions which have given Harrlsburg a fine repu- , tation in this respect. As an illustration of what is trans piring all over the city and casual : study of the situation will show that the heaviest trucks are now utilizing the main boulevard of Harrlsburg, along the river, for purely traffic purposes. It is almost the rule for these heavy transportation vehicles, with their loads of coal and stone and brick and other heavy material, to use Front street, instead Of pursu ing the natural outlets on other high- Ways. It is not uncommon for the drivers of these trucks to go far out !of their way to reach Front street from one end of that highway to | the other. Other cities have adopted I traffic regulations which keep free at least one street for purely pleasure driving and it may come to that in j Harrisburg in view of the misuse of| j the only boulevard the city boasts. 1 By reason of the increasing loads I which pass over the paved highways there are thousands of depressions, and it becomes apparent that soma action must be taken very soon to overcome the threatening menace to the paved areas. Too long there has been indifference to the situation and what this newspaper has been calling attention to for two or three years Is now apparent to all who have eyes to see. Commissioner Lynch, as the head; of the Department of Public Works, i is probably doing all that is possible | with the asphalt repair plant of the 1 city to restore the defects in the high- | ways, but it is doubtful whether one such plant wlll.be sufficient to place! the street surfaces in the shape that j the public demands. It may become necessary to inaugurate a general re pair campaign from one end of the city to the other, replacing areas I worn out and strengthening those streets where the business traffic is heaviest. It is not too late to save many thousands of dollars by ini-' mediate attention to the situation, but j delay now may involve the city in I enormous expenditure for replace ment hereafter. Generally speaking, the city has been Justified In assuming that few other cities are so well favored in the matter of street paving, but we must not fall into the error that a street once improved is Improved for all time without further attention of any sort. This policy has resulted In the destruction of many improved highways throughout the State and Governor Brumbaugh has frequently called attention to the necessity of sectional foremen to keep constant j watch of the highways, so that the . first sign of deterioration may be the 1 signal for activity on the part of the ' repair force. This is fine growing weather, ob serves an exchange. Yes, for weeds. "foCctutt CK r P,n,it©ift<KUtZa. By the Ez-Commlttrman Perhaps the most Interesting event In Pennsylvania politics this week is the retirement of David H. Lane, the veteran Philadelphia Republican city chairman. Mr. has been seeK- Ing harmony and it is feared that his refusal to serve longer means a fac tional flght In the big city this fall. Concerning the retirement the Philadelphia Press to-day says: "Da vid H. Lane, nestor ot the Repub lican organization in this city and for forty-three of the seventy-eisht years of his life an active member of its city committee, declined the unani mous election it tendered him yester day for his eighth consecutive term. In a few minutes of impressive silence, during which factional differ ences arising over opposing claims for recognition by Vare and McNichol ward leaders were laid aside, 'Uncle David' said that he realized that the last call to which he would be re quired to respond o'l earth would soon sound for him and that white he would be found wearing his full armor, he realized that his strength was declining and that he did not feel that he should be asked lonsjer to serve as chairman. His wor'ls produced a deep Impression. The response of his fellow committeemen was by unanimous vote 10 create the position of honorary chairman and with equal unanimity to elect Mr. Lane to it. Sheriff Harry C. Ransley was chosen to be the successor of Mr. Lane as active chairman." Because of the conflicting claims for seats presented by Blakely D. McCaughn, McNichol leader, and Michael I. Crane. Vare leader of the Twenty-fourth ward, and William H. Jones, Vare leader, and John E. Fla hertv, McNichol leader of the Thir teenth ward, the meeting of the city committee for organization vesterdnv excited unusual interest. But few of the large number who assembled had any intimation that the veteran chairman was to retire, and his an nouncement therefore occasioned all the deeper Impression. The commit tee decided to lay over the contests for seats until June 15, when a special meeting to consider them will be held. Congressman Vare called the com mittee to order and nominations for a permanent organization were at once made, the old officers being named: Chairman. David H. Lane. Vice-presidents, Senator William Wallace Smith and Congressman Peter E. Costello. Secretaries, James B. Sheehan and Senator Edward W. Patton. Treasurer, Thomas F. Watson. Executive director, William E. Finley. Auditors. Senator Samuel W. Sa lus. Kennedy K. Crossan and Alfred M. Waldron. —The prospects for an early end ing of the session do not seem to have been much improved in the last few days. The general Impression among the legislators last night and to-day was that there was little chance of the Assembly going home before the first of July. There was some June 2 8 talk heard in the cor ridors. hut senators declined to com mit themselves. —To-day the appropriations com mittees were speeding up their work so that the bills will be sent to the Governor within the next ten days. Governor Brumbaugh has refused to discuss the legislative session, but is making his preparations to meet any emergencies which may arise. It was said to-day that there was a possibility that the Governor might sign all of the bills, and the Legis lature being In session, call upon it to vote the money needed to provide the cash. —The gubernatorial appointments will probably be held back until just before adjournment. —Speaker Baldwin and the State Suffrage Association are engaged in another bout. The Speaker last week addressed a letter to the association asking if certain statements In a circular letter were from the asso ciation. Tn an extended reply Issued last night the association informed the Speaker that the letter was of ficial and that the officers stood by what was written. Incidentally, the Speaker and the members who voted against suffrage were rapped in the letter. —Chairman Woodward, of the House appropriations committee. Is the most popular man on Capitol Hill. His bill to provide the salaries for attaches in the period of watting until the general appropriation bill is disposed of will he a blessing to hundreds of persons who have bien nially been inconvenienced by the delays in handling the measure. Through no fault of their own these people have had so many troubles that approval of the bill by the Gov ernor is assured. —Attorney Genpral Brown has de murred to the suit to test the coiv stitutionality of the bill to make Clin ton county a separate judicial dis trict. —President Judge Rrown, of the municipal court of Philadelphia, de livered an interesting address to the National Conference of Probation Of ficers at Pittsburgh in which he out lined the relation which probation officers hear to the court and the clients of the court: the moral in fluence it is their duty to exert on probationers and their families, and the great help they are to the cour* In investigating the conditions, en vironments and past history in every case, obtaining complete information at first hand which, when submitted to the court, enables the judge to deal Intelligently and mercifully with each case. This Is Allegiance From the speech of Rernard J. Rothwell. former president of the Roston Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting of the Economic Club of Roston: "And now, as an American of for eign birth lo whom the old land must forever remain a fragrant memory, these closing words: "Whatever the land of our birth, this is the land of our deliberate choice. The former was accidental —the latter is by design. "We accepted the privileges of cit izenship—we assumed Its responsl | bllities. We are Americans by con i vlctlon. We owe no other allegiance 1 save to God and our firesides. Old WorTd antagonisms, racial feuds, fac tional quarrels, religious prejudices here have no place, and, be he high or be he low. In church or state or private life, he Is a traitor who would Invoke those passions or permit them to govern his action. If days of supreme trial are now to test the soul of the nation, grant to each one of us the vision to see clearly the path of duty and the strength to fol low It manfully."—Collier's Weekly. A Bird With Young If a bird's nest chance to be before thee In the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the egg*, thou ahalt not take the dam with the young.—Deuteronomy xxll: 6. HARHISBXJRG TELEGRAPH SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By BRIGGS SOiNJG TO") ISTE*J 1 pTbo^MAP eOPLe 1 WL/KNJT As OOW'T YOU \T S6PDS I Vou * Re DOIMG CftfiOeMS- |TS J \J—3 PCW I just THE UJOPST Go ,MG TO BE // I OOE J I TH/inJC-. VOO COUCO- i \ Thp roiO^TIOM II S V DO FOR- THE ) \ |h *- " lamD / i CHAW6E IIU OUR. 1 ( V / ECOIvJOMICAL SYSTEM V You IN YOUR ATTEMPT lIS GOIM6 To PLAV L (y 0 J)o WHAT VoU THIWK 1$ J \ HAVOC- FIGUftE T [ \ "RISHT BUT -SC(FnJC£ V \ OUT US THAT-J f <^\ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR j HE IS LIABLE To the Editor of the Telegraph: A native of Sweden, now a resi dent of the United States, has de clared his intention of becoming a citizen and has taken out his first naturalization papers. Is such a man exempted from con scription and all military service on the basis of his claim to being an alien? REGISTRAR. Editor's Note: His first papers make him liable to conscription or military duty for seven years after making his declaration. If after that time he has not taken further steps toward citizenship his first action becomes void and he is not liable. A Little Bit of Heaven To the Editor of the Telegraph: That was a little bit of Heaven we had on Tuesday between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. Instead of loafers in all stages of drunkenness from the man unsteady in his gait, making it dan gerous to women and children, to the rummy who lies on the doorsteps or pavement unconscious made so first by the barkeepers and then af ter being put out of the saloon it is gotten for him by his friends until he is paralyzed. Instead of every decent woman being afraid to pass the crowds of loud-mouth men in front of the saloons or adjacent cor ners sure of being insulted; instead of brazen women openly soliciting around the saloons, we had a per fectly quiet, decent, respectable neighborhood. The panhandlers who beg for money and then buy a half pint and drink it in the alley, were not seen the whole time. No swear ing reached your ears, ladies walked along in perfect safety and as I say it was a little bit of Heaven until the bells struck 9 and then—the loud mouths appeared, indecent women and swearing men were on the ground and hell took the place of Heaven. It wasn't long, but it was a wonderful experience and made you wish it was a permanent institu tion. JOHN H. FAGER, SR. Reprisals Col. Richard L. Woodhouse said in a recruiting address in Lexington: "Nothing will stop the Huns' bar barities but reprisals. If Rheims Cathedral is destroyed, let us destroy Cologne Cathedral. And on every ship that enters the submarine mur der zone we ought to put Germans of high rank." Colonel Woodhouse paused and smiled. "There's nothing like reprisals," he said. "A tobacconist sent a doc tor the other day a ten-dollar box of cigars, saying he knew they hadn't been ordered, but they were so ex cellent he was sure the doctor would enjoy them. Bill inclosed. Terms strictly cash. "The doctor wrote back: " 'Delighted with the cigars. Though it is true you haven't called me In, I venture to send you here with two prescriptions for rheuma tism and dyspepsia, respectively, that I am sure you will like, as they have given universal satisfaction to my patients. My charges being $5 for prescription, we are now quits." ' — Washington Star. Stockholm Peace Terms [From the New York Tribune.] The peace terms suggested by the German and Austrian delegates to the Socialist conference in Stock holm show the practiced handiwork of Bethmann-Hollweg. They are adroitly constructed for the purpose they have in view, which Is to en trap the Russian Socialists and to create friction between revolutionary Russia and the other members of the entente combination. Chancellor Hollweg would not venture to avow such peace views in the Reichstag. High Prices Due to Extortion [From the Philadelphia Inquirer] It is easy to believe the statement made by Mr. Joseph Hartigan, the New York City Commissioner of Weights and Measures, that never in the city's history have tho individ uals and corporations dealing in foodstuffs made so much money as they have within the past few months. He says that there is noth ing in the situation to justify the enormous advance in prices all along the line which has been made. There is an abundance of food In the store houses and the dealers have simply taken advantage of the opportunity which existing conditions present to gouge the public. Liberty Lending [From the Wall Street Journal.] Every dollar subscribed hits the Mark. — I NAVAL SECRET NOW DIVULGED <L_ . WHEN this war shall have ended a thousnad romantic inci dents will be forthcoming from the obscure islands of the South Seas. Every once in a while a foretaste of the coming feast is furnished by the narratives of re turned travelers. In a on "Easter Island" In the Geographical Journal (London) Mrs. Scoresby Routledge divulges a naval secret that the British Admiralty would have given much to possess some thirty months ago. Mrs. Routledge and her husband were at the head of an expedition which visited Easter Island to study certain ancient monuments there. Easter Island is a lonely dot of land, 2,000 miles from South America. It belongs to Chile. The visitors arrived at the end of March, 1914. A Chilean warship dropped anchor in the bay later, at the beginning of August, but as the vessel had left Chile before the Euro pean crisis it brought no momentous tidings. Two months later, in Oc tober, a German squadron anchored in the bay. The explorers were merely annoyed because the natives left off working for them to see what they could beg from the ships. The Germans took on large supplies of fresh meat. It was not until five days later that the news of the war leaked out through the crews. "Then," says Mrs. Routledge, "we heard also that England was a re public, as were Canada and Aus tralia; that India was in flames, and j I know not how many English ships j had been sunk off the mouth of the Thames. Then Von Spee and his Will You Loan or Give? At the end of a war which cost Germany only half a billion dollars, Bismarck extracted just double that amount from France In an indem nity. ,Germany kept an army in France until the last dollar was paid. Guess how big an indemnity the Kaiser will collect from you and me, England and France it he wins this war? It has alreday cost him more than twenty times what his grandfather raid out in the Franco-Prussian war. On that basis we are already sure of twenty billions of indemnity. America's share would be at least a third, or, cutting oft all trifles like millions, would mean to-day six bil lion dollars. There you have a knockout argu ment for buying a Liberty Bond. If you don't buy a bond and win the war you are sure to be forced to buy two or three later on to give the Kaiser. Remember this especially: You are onW asked to loan your money to Uncle Sam. but what you hand to the Kaiser is not a loan. It will be an outright gift.—"Girard," in the Public Ledger. Almost Unanimous [From the Baltimore Sun.] Nearly every war road leads to | Berlin these days. Brazil is assum ing a hostile attitude to Germany, | Chile is becoming fighting mad with j her, the Spanish people are getting their blood up, and even the patient and pacific Chinese are meditating an expression of displeasure. Before long the vote against Prussianism will be almost unanimous. Very like ly Turkey and Bulgaria wish they had not cast in their lot with the Kaiser. It has rarely, if ever, hap pened before that practically the sentiment of the whole world has united in condemnation of one na tion. Is it difficult tp find the rea son? Voluntary Censorship [From the Philadelphia Inquirer.] Of course, no information that would in any way benefit the enemy should be printed. And of course none will be. That is all that is nec essary. What is willingly conceded needs no drastic law to be made operative. The government may go on with its military plans and they will be safeguarded. The newspapers will see to that. But pass a law that Is a virtual gag of the press and there would be resentment, not so much by the newspapers as by the public. The Tax Situation j [From the Philadelphia Press.] The Senate finance committee is proving Itself in these days a real asset to the sanity of the country. It Is giving to the revenue bill intelll ' gent attention that will result In a | far different measure than that I which passed the house. That It will I be far from a scientific plan of tax latlon Is true. But it will be an im provement over the system of taxa tion that came forth from the other branch oX Congress. ships departed, and the quiet sea once more wrapped us round." Fortunately the expedition's yacht was away on a trip to Chile for sup plies. Her name was the Mana, a South Sea Island word for superna tural power. She was again absent and Mrs. Routledge and the yacht's cook were the only members of the expedition on the island when the Germans paid another visit. Mrs. Routledge does not give the precise date, but it was in or after Decem ber, 1914. She says: "This time it was the cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederick, which for about a weejc used the island for a base to secure fresh meat and to coal from a captured French collier, which she subsequently sank off the island. On departing she left with us her pris oners of war, nearly 50 English and French sailors. When at length in the following March, the Mana re turned she was at once dispatched with messages to the British repre sentatives at Santiago (Chile), in forming him of the use to which the enemy were putting the neutral ter ritory of Chile, and of a suspicious vessel seen In the neighborhood of the island. From Easter Island, Von Spee went to destroy Sir Christopher Craddock's ships ip battle off the coast of Chile near Coronel on No vember 1, 1914, and thence to be de stroyed by the squadron of Sir Fred erick Sturdee in battle off the Falk land Islands on December 8, 1914. The auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel ) Frederick slipped into Newport j News, Va„ on March 10, 1915, after I a destructive cruise of more than ; SO,OOO miles. She is now the Baron I De Kalb, United States navy. That Is Dangerous [Cleveland Plain Dealer.] Lincoln's first call was for three month volunteers. It was popular In England at the beginning of the present war to lay plans for a three months' conflict. Kitchener, as events prove, was the only big leader who foresaw the real dimensions of the task his country had undertaken. The United States entered the war late enough to be afforded some thing like a real perspective. Kitch ener's prophecies were already near enough fulfilment to permit us no shallow optimism. Yet there are plenty of Americans to-day making the same mistake that was current in England at the outbreak of the war. To underestimate the strength or valor of one's enemy is poor policy from any standpoint. Had Kitche ner's view of the war's magnitude been adopted by his fellow-Britons at the outset, it would have saved Great Britain much heart ache. But that country had to learn its lesson, as painful and costly as it proved to be. And in America we have plenty of men of like inability to grasp this big problem of war in its real big ness. The only safe attitude for the United States to assume Is that the war will continue for several years at least; that the enemy we have en gaged has no more thought of lay. Ing down arms without a victory than we have. This is precisely the attitude which the majority of Amer icans do assume. Dogs and Sheep Raising [Prom the Philadelphia Record.] Oregon sheep to the number of fi.ooo have been bought by the New York City Food Supply Commission and are to be sold at cost to restock farms within the State. The signa ture by the Governor of the Wicks dog bill is believed to have given New York sheep raisers a chance. There is a similar, though less dras tic, bill somewhere in the Legisla ture at Harrisburg; and. possibly, Pennsylvania farmers also would take a chance at raising wool and, Incidentally, mutton, if they could get it. The dog population of the United States is estimated at 35,000,- 000, and the larger part of It la neither useful nor ornamental; in the rural communities- the roving dog Is an intolerable nuisance. No Time For Disloyalty [Flrom the Philadelphia Ledger.] This Is no time for disloyalty of thought or of tongue. A good many private opinions are of no moment when they are weighed against the one great purpose that commands the unfaltering allegfance of us all. Tolerance ceases to be a virtue when It Is shown to those who disparage their country or their countrymen in this hour. The critics by unanl ' mous consent may have a long vaca tion. They may wait to heal the faithful wounds of a friend till the crisis is past. In the meantime, they would be more useful drilling or planting potatoes or guarding a bridge. i JUNE 7,1917. Labor Notes The last Ohio Legislature passed a law prohibiting private Insurance companies from participating in the compensation field. The Wisconsin State Assembly has passed a bill which provides for a State referendum on women suffrage in April, 1920. Less than fifty members of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union havs been In in dustrial conflict during the last four years. Bryn Mawr College will use the old Garrett estate near Baltimore as a farm to teach the girl students how to farm and be gardeners. Denison. Tex., 'butchers have abol ished Sunday work. Municipal firemen at Seattle, Wash., have organized. Hours of Ohio women workers are limited to 50 a week. A labor paper has been started at Greenville, S. C. Hamilton, Canada, labor unions will erect a labor temple. Cohoes, N. Y., Textile Council pub lishes a monthly magazine. Quebec, Canada, city laborers have secured an eight-hour day. Carbondale, Pa., requires the union label on all city printing. I OUR DAILY LAUGH UNPOETIC. Tom—Do you know I envy the birds? Bess—Yes, they're so gay and free, fly here and— Tom—Yes, and havo only one bill the year round. ENCOURAGED. "How'i your motor car behaving?** "Well, the way It uses gasoline shows that while It may be weak in spots, its appetite is all right." ON THE PIAZZA. **l hope you're going to dance thta evening. Miss Summers?" "You bet I am. You didn't thlitk I came up here for vacation sin*, ply to reat, did you?" \ fli we *\Y MOMIFb TOtMfcHT LiSh ***o - *cre! the movie vUfitvn -who Vi&A ttvurde** in Hb heart. Vic-a push him into tto -mo.it Srkmd. Setting (Ei}at| Registration week appears to have rought out the most surprising crop ° rumor a and inquiries about the war and the telephone bells In news, paper offices have been threatened With cerebral thrombosis. The war us far has not been as productive 0 crazy reports as was the Spanish fleet w!Tn, 1 ,f ly . b ° fore tho Spanish k. ''n.s.'.v 0 a list of questions thrown at newsna! McaMv t- has bcen ' m Presslve. Prac -1 b ?™ h^thro y neTrndtaHous U cat P Mtr" * Phes have occurred to every armyud ! navy. President Wilson ha„ b„ "e --.Ported as taking ail kinds of drastic actions ,and the National Guard haS been ordered out every Tuesday with Inn occasional Friday report to That | effect. For the last few days there have been riots and rumors'of riots ,tn every place where there has been a sprinkling 0 f German Population" invariably winding up with a plain news statement which shows i re Sistration end meetings incidental thereto in Pennsylva nia and most other states have without anything that could be classed as a disturbance. The bat- Pennsylvania and various other \essels of the navy have been victors and vanquished in these re rom ;.i llst is lnfi nite and it is remarkable that so many silly ru "u 0 "? should be spread. One of the ■nmf ! lutho , rltles °n publicity, who is nntinn "f V . r ln ,he "ne of dissemi in information, said last night about the m,anner in which J " a nd rumors have gone up and down the streets, "If the people Sii® hea r these reports would not w^niH r m about - but instead would either go to the bulletin boards of newspaper offices or call up on . P * hone anfi ascertain if any n , ews is out they would /P Selves , and a lot other people time and possibly worry." This man remarked that he believed Jl? ar stories when he saw them in even then mad e allowance 01 distance and that he thought in a time like this this rumor-monger ing was morfe than a nuisance. He advised finding out without chatter ing if curiosity was too strong; oth i erwise, he suggested, wait until the papers come out. • • • A good story about registration i comes from Scranton. A young man . attended to that duty and the crush ' be n.K rather great he had getting out. So he had a chance to ne®'" the next man answer questions. ' _iy ba t race?" asked the registrar. The applicant looked about, studied ■ a bit, and then answered: "Human " • * The action of the government in fixing wheat prices—and naming a j figure beyond which the price may • not bo, allays the fears of many who looked for rises all along the line," said a provision man to-day. Frugal housewives, for example, who con - sidered the purchase of sugar In bar rel quantities, have been told that the government will not permit the > food barons to boost the price be yond a reasonable figure. If it were possible for the federal authorities 5 to fix a figure for wheat it is also possible to fix a limit for other staples; and the ghost of high-prices c before-fall seems to have been laid successfully. • • • ' The tremendous amount of freight that passes through Harrisburg every twenty-four hours is somethlngwhich ■ the average person does not note and it would be interesting as well as enlightening to know how many i s loaded cars are handled by the rail roads centering here. But still more impressive would be a list of the 1 railroads whose cars are handled in our system of yards. It is not in frequent to see cars from Canadian and Texan roads end to end and some of the through trains coming 1 into Rutherford from the South and passing through Enola are made up of cars from a score of roads, many oi them hundreds of miles away. • • • Locust blossoms, the signal for the "grand change" in underwear each summer, have appeared and roads in vicinity of Harrisburg and parts of the parks are filled with trees white with the blooms. Tho locust trees present a beautiful appearance when they are flowering and some of the l cld-time country lanes near Harris burg which are lined with locusts are well worth visiting. The preva lence of the locust rust the last half dozen years does not seem to have impaired the vigor of the trees if the blossoms are anything tc go by. They s are as numerous as ever, it seems. • • The suggestions being made that ' German prisoners be placed on farms in Virginia, Maryland, North I Carolina and other States where farm laborers are scarce is inter esting because one of the projects which the Continental Congress carried out in the Revolution was to put British prisoners to work In Pennsylvania. There were a number of blast furnaces in Central Penn sylvania which were operated by men wanted to help the government but who were unable to get hands. The Congress sent them a lot of Hessians taken at Trenton and they did excellent work, most of them becoming permanent employes of the plants after the war ended. In Berks and Lancaster counties descendants of some of these men own farms to day. In other States Scottish and Irish prisoners of war sent to work on farms became Americans before " the war ended and were valuable s citizens. i 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ -—Ernest L. Tustin, who is figuring in the political news in Philadelphia : Just now, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for mayor. —Attorney General Brown will be fifty-nine on Saturday. —John F. Lowers, deputy register of Allegheny county, who was here yesterday in reference to legislation, used to be a legislator. —Dr. David Todd, Amherst pro fessor, who has studied Russians, de clared in a speech at Pittsburgh that he thought they had great posslbill. ties. — A. V. Barker is the new head of the Cambria Bar Association, c ■ ' | DO YOU KNOW \ —niat Harrlsbnrg steel Is used for axles for motor trucks? \ HISTORIC "HARRISBURG \ The Legislature met annually ta Marrisburg for over sixty years. \ Starch Shortage / [From the New York Sun.] ,'Mere man, the slave of fashion, wuil learn without regret that war, b* making starch expensive, may de pNve him of the boiled shirt and the ha>d collar. Already reason has ac complished something for his eman cipation from these articles of tor turie, and If the necessities of a hun i gry\ world confer entire freedom on * him he will have cause for rejoic- tog. * i.l j - * m AL.
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