8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBtVSPAPBK FOR THS HOMB Founded lS]t (Published evenings except Sunday by THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Square. . J. STACK POLE, Prtt-t 6, Bdltor-in-Chirf y. R. OYSTER, Business Manager, OPS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Bditor. Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl- Eastern office. Story, Brooksv & Avenue Building, N#w York City; Western office. Story, Brooks & Gas y ' B^fuf' 6 ' 8 Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, *6.00 a year In advance. TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 12 Be who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; J>ut he who loses spirit loses all. — ANON. TO-MORROWS LUNCHEON PROF. BORIS E. SHATZKT, pro fessor of constitutional law at the University of Petrograd, ■will be the luncheon speaker of the Chamber of Commerce at the Har rlsburg Club Wednesday noon. He ■will discuss the political situation In Russia In reference to Its relations with the United States. Professor Shatzky comes to us with the reputation of a gifted speaker and Just now what he may have to say regarding the Russian crisis will be well worth hearing. He has been associated with the leaders of Rus sian democracy and Is in Intimate touch with recent developments In that country. At the same time A. J. Sack, the American staff correspond ent for the official publications of the Russian ministry of finance, will speak on questions developed by closer trade relations between Rus sia and the United States. No other business organization in the United States has had the privi lege of hearing so many of the leaders of thought In this country as the Chamber of Commerce of Har risburg and the Wednesday luncheon promises to be of unusual Interest. KNOCKING UNCLE SAM TT is almost invariably the rule • that In every public movement X criticism is heard of Individuals or groups of individuals concerning their attitude toward the particular object to be obtained. The Liberty Loan canvass has been no exception. Men who should know better have given expression to drastic state ments regarding the alleged selfish interests back of the loan and It is quite the common thing to hear that persons most able to subscribe for the bonds have not done so. Of course, there is no Justification for indefinite criticism of the sort indi cated. There are rich men and poor men who are showing anything but a patriotic interest In financing the war, but whether a man is poor or rich is of no significance in consider ing his real attitude toward the needs of the country. If he is rich and refuses to give of his wealth, he is no worse that If he be poor and refuses to do any service which Is within his power to further the cause in which his country is now engaged. Too many men plead poverty as an excuse for failure to perform a patriotic service. Often those best able to give are the persons most frequently guilty of Indifference to the common welfare. During the energetic canvass of this city last week there was tremen dous interest in the Liberty Loan where it was least expected. Here and there a person of ample means absolutely refused to lend Uncle Sam even fifty dollars, while in other cases hard-working men and men subscribed to the loan from their future savings and were glad to do so. We hear now and then that this Is "a rich man's war," that the "workshops and factories are being '•Craped for the poor man's dollars." Nothing finer in the way of con crete, devoted patriotism has been shown than in the railroad shops, the Industrial plants and wherever else the tollers are engagred, through Individual subscriptions to the loan. Men who cannot fight are willing to help in the only way that is pos sible for them. Women and girls are In the same class of patriotic citizens and are doing their bit un selfishly and with a real desire to aid In placing the counter on a war basis. It has also been said by these critics that the huge corporations are "conspicuous by their absence from the lists of subscribers" to the loan. Here again ignorance of the facta is shown, because • a glance down the list of subscribers already reported will show millions of dol lars offered by corporations and in dividuals who are ranked among the captains of finance and indus try. This is in no sense a rich man's war. It is a war In defense of Amer ican rights and It comes with poor face from men of intelligence and high standing In the community to t TUESDAY EVENING, create doubt by thoughtless criticism when they themselves are doing nothing to help. I "Billy" Sunday and John D. Rocke , feller played golf yesterday. It Is not announced who won, but after the match ■'Billy admitted that he wouldn't need any more money to finance his New York campaign. THE FOURTH OF JULY WHAT la Harrlsburg going to do about a Fourth of July ' celebration? So far as the public knows noth ing whatsoever has been done look> lng toward a proper observance of the day In this city. It would be out of place, under the circumstances, to indulge in a hlp-hooray - and - a - tiger Jubilation such as used to mark the day. The times are too frought with serious ness for that. Too many of our young men are soon to march away to the hardships and uncertainties of war to permit anything like fri volity or boisterousness to have a part In the day's observances. But since we have dedicated ourselves anew to battle for the principles set forth In the Declaration of Inde pendence It would be unseemly If the anniversary of the signing of that Immortal document should be permitted to pass without some rec ognition of the event. If It be no more than community | singing of patriotic airs at Reser | voir Park, a patriotic band concert and the reading of the Declaration, at least we should have that. The Fourth of July must not be allowed to pass without public rec ognition of the holiday in Harris burg. / Navy beans are going to be scarce next winter, we are told. Possibly because the army will need so many. TROUSERS SUBSTITUTES NOT only does this war threaten to take the shirts off our backs, but also the very trous ers from our legs. News comes from London that the kilt is being ser iously considered as a substitute for good old-fashioned "pants." Kilts are a cross between an Atlantic coast feminine bathing suit and a kitchen apron, resembling both and possessing none of the beauties or comforts of either. They were in vented in Scotland and the man who first wore them. It is understood, was dragged into police court for ap pearing on the streets without prop er clothing and passed away at an early age in a madhouse of rheuma tism in the knees. Since that time kilts have been carefully confined to Scotland, being smuggled out occa sionally by some such distinguished citizen as Andrew Carnegie and go ing back again without having made anything like a favorable Impression elsewhere. Not even such a popu lar gentleman as Harry Lauder could "put over" a fad for kilts In Ameri ca- Anybody who has wasted valuable time at the seashore to study the construction work of the nether ex tremities of masculinity on display there will understand in a moment why "kilties" will never become pop ular In this country. American men, In short, are not built that way, how ever different the opposite sex may be in that respect. But there Is another, and equally as potent a reason why Harrisburg ers, at least, Mil hold on to their "pants" as a drowning man in a stormy sea would to a life preserver. Imagine walking down Second street, or coming in over the Mulberry street bridge, or waiting for a trolley car in Market Square next February with only a scanty kilt and no good old red flannels between your shivering knees and the icy blast. Or, again, think of the gallons on gallons of "skeetershoot" that would be neces sary to make life liveable for a kllt clad populace during the season of the pesky mosquito. Not so, we pray. Take from us, if you must, our shirt and our shoes, yea, even our sox, but leave us, oh leave us, we beg, our beloved "pants." Navy secrets having been stolen by a spy, It la about time to get the wall ready for a little event at sunrise. THE "DOPE" HOSPITAL BILL THEi Legislature will be called upon this week to pass upon the Vare bill, one of the provi sions of which is the establishment of a hospital for the treatment of "dope fiends." There are many of these unfortunates in Pennsylvania, despite the restrictions placed upon the sale of narcotics by federal law. There will be many more until the use of drugs is stamped out by thorough police regulations such as Senator Vare and others In the Leg islature propose as Supplements to the national statutes. Relief is not in the Immediate future. The hospital proposed Is needed both for the treatment of men and women now addicted to the habit . and as a means of helping to break up the /traffic, for It Is notorious that the vice Is Bpread by "fiends" who deliberately teach others the habit. Many men and women now suffer ing the tortures of the damned might be saved and transformed into use ful Individuals by treatment in such a hospital as is proposed. The place to begin food control la ' in your own appetite. T>ea ic*u By the Ex-Committeeman Democratic legislators who have been studying their party's situation in this state are commencing to talk about available men for next year's gubernatorial campaign and the last few days there hs been considerable mention of Senator Charles W. Bones, of Wllllamsport, as one of the candi dates. The senator has never ex pressed himself on the subject, but It is understood that the proposition will be put up to him soon. His friends are urging him because they believe he could unite the factions and at the same time give assurance of a purely business administration. In view of the Republican strength in the state, this is all very In teresting. Senator Sones is one of the promi nent men of the upper Susquehanna valley and extensively Identified with lumbering for years, having recently retired from some large operations. He comes from district repre sented for years by J. Henry Cochran and his friends dream that with him as a candidate Lycoming, Columbia, Montour and Sullivan could be con verted Into another Berks-Lehigh citadel of Democracy. In the event that Senator Sones gets into the contest it is certain that with his genius for organization and his resources he could give any other aspirant for the Defhocratic nomi nation one of the grandest little exhi bitions of fast trotting seen in the state in many a day. —ln addition to the names of Sen ator William C. Sproul, the Dela ware county publisher and business man; Lieutenant-Governor Frank B. McClain. Auditor General Charles A. Snyder, E. V. Babcock, Pittsburgh lumberman; Secretary of the Com monwealth Cyrus E. Woods; ex-Lieu tenant-Governor L. A. Watres, Scran ton's choice; ex-Auditor General A. E. Sisson, Erie, and Colonel Harry C. Trexler, the Allentown business genius, as Republican possibilities, there Is persistent mention of the name of ex-Senator John S. Fisher, of Indiana county. —Charles P. O'Malley, former member of the House and one of the big lawyers of Scranton, is being urged to run for mayor of that city. Mr. O'Malley is well remembered by many friends here. —According to the mournful or gan of the Democratic estate machine, things are not going well for the much heralded Democratic legisla tion which was planned to save the state. It seems that Instead of the legislators regarding the Sarig "trust buster" as the real thing they have been looking over others. In view of the masterly inactivity of the Demo crats this session, this morning's statement is of interest. After hard work on the part of Assemblyman Sarig, of Berks, and other prominent, Democrats, the House committee on corporations was induced in May to report the Sarig bill favorably. But the committee at the same time took good care to report another "anti trust" bill introduced by Assembly man Fowler, of Lackawanna. The Fowler bill is regarded as a Joke. It was introduced a month later than the Sarig bill. Of extreme brevity, the Fowler bill slams trusts and mo nopolies, but that's about all It does. ler is a Republican, which is a great sin in the eyes of Market Square. —Representative C. C. A. Bald!, of Philadelphia, was given leave of absence for two weeks last night by the House. He is on his honeymoon. Ex-Representative Howard W. Body, of Berks, county and division chairman at various times of Demo cratic prosperity and adversity, looked in on the House to-day. The decision of the senatorial leaders to close up the work ot the Legislature on June 28 caused a gen eral feeling of relief about the Capi tol and the members of both branches immediately began to pile up busi ness by hustling to get outheir bills. As one man remarked, the way the Legislature works to close its busi ness is by getting more to do. Dur ing the session men who very busily urging that the session be ended speedily were rather active in keep ing it. going. There are some who fear that after all there may be another change and that the session may be prolonged into July. There is no question bfit that the decision to adjourn is very popular in the departments of the state gov ernment. In some of them the delay in passing legislation has forced marking time and the preparation of plans for expansion and various work had to be held up. —ln the next few days there will bo an Industrious cleaning up of bills in committee and the result will be tremendous calendars with bills which will never get through. —Members of the House of. Rep resentatives promptly oegan prepa rations to close up the session last night by passing a resolution for three sittings a day on Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays and for a Friday morning session in addition to the usual Monday night meeting. The hours of meeting will be: Mon days, 9 p. m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11a. m„ 3 p. m. and 8 p. m„ and Friday, 10 a. m. The resolution was adopted with some "noes." ' Come On, Small Investors A fSO or SIOO Liberty Bond subscription may be regarded as more Important than a $25,000,000 one. The great desideratum is not to have the loan fully taken but to have It fully taken by the max imum number of individuals. This country is full of money and prob ably the imperial German govern ment expects the 52,000,000,800 bond Issue to be subscribed or evftn over subscribed. What it Is telling its people now is that this Is Wilson's war, that It Is extremely unpopular with the common people in America and that their apathy is such that they will never make the sacrifice necessary to put it through. The result- of the army registra tion was one blow to the Kaiser but this doubtless will be explained in Germany by references to compul sion and the iron Heel, a fqree read ily comprehended by Germans. A tremendous volume of small sub scriptions to the pending loan would be harder to explain away, for the German people know how such loans are managed. To the mind of every lr.telllgent German It would Indicate that the masses of the American people are behind this war and mean to sec it through at any cost. So. if you have SSO or SIOO or If you are going to have It within any reasonable time, buy a Liberty Bond and help plunge the Prussian auto crats Into the slough of despond which wo may hasten the end of the war.—Ohio State Journal. "We must exert all our power and employ all our resources to bring the government of the Oerman em pire to terms and end the war." WOODROW WII.BON, President of the United Statea. HARRISBURG ' i'KLEGRAPH The Days of Real Sport By BRIGGs] EDITORIAL COMMENT | We may solve the food problem by cutting down the waist.—Sioux City Tribune. England can safely agree to give Ireland any kind of government the Irish will agree on.—Florida Times- Union. German air-fleet has raided east England again. Little premature, Wilhelm; the women and children are not yet at the beaches. —Phila- delphia North American. France Wants Roosevelt Georges Clemenceau, former pre mier of France, in a letter to Presi dent Wilson, has made an eloquent pie afor the presence of Roosevelt in France. He sums up so admirably the arguments made by numerous newspapers of this country in behalf of the organization of a Roosevelt division for duty in France that, com ing from one of the great statesmen of the world and a man eminently qualified to judge the needs and the desires of the French people, what he has to say with regard to Colonel Roosevelt Is well worth repeating. This portion of his letter follows: Allow me to say in all candor that at the present moment there is in France one name which en hances the beauty of American in tervention. It is the name of Roosevelt, your predecessor, even your rival, but with whom there can now be no other rivalry than that of heartening success. I only saw Roosevelt once In my life. It was just after I laid down office and he had returned from a lion hunt in Africa. He is an Idealist, Imbued with simple, vital ideal ism. Hence his influence on a crowd; his prestige, to ure the right expression. It is possible that your own mind, inclosed in its austere legal frontiers, which has been the source of so many noble actions, has failed to be impressed by the vital hold which personalities like Roosevelt have on the popu lar imagination. But you are too much of a philosopher to ignore the fact that the Influence on the people of great leaders of men often has exceeded their personal merits, thanks to the legendry surrounding them. The name of Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time, and, in my opinion, It would be a great error to neglect a force which everything counsels us to make use of as quickly as possible. Roosevelt was one of the great est craftsmen in the great labori ous work which will constitute your glory. It cannot dintlease you that your two names are coupled in our minds. He, more over, followed your idea. He wished to raise four volunteer di visions of infantry to be incor porated in our armies. The Con gress did not withhold its con sent. If the law has charged you, the President, with all the prac tical issues of the undertaking, it is no less true that Roosevelt rep resents a vast potential factor which no statesman is able to overlook. Roosevelt cannot come alone, for his prestige on our battlefields demands that he come with the prestige conferred on him by his countrymen. I only claim for Roosevelt what he claims for him self—the right to appear on the battlefield, surrounded by his comrades. We have Just heard of the ar rival of the first American unit at our front. All our hearts beat fast. With what Joy our soldiers greeted the starry banner! Yet you must know. Mr. President, that more than one of our poilus asked his comrade, "Hut where is Roosevelt? I don't see him." It is to convey this remark to you, not knowing whether my message will reach you, that I have written this letter. You will forgive me, for it is the rule in democracies that each at his hour tries to make himself heard. Kminent Americans have con sulted our military loaders on the problems of our common cam paign. It is not for me to dispute technical questions; my ambition Is more modest. I have not con sulted our soldiers, hut it was not necessary, for I have seen them work and know them well. Send them Roosevelt. I tell you, be cause I know it—lt will gladden their hearts. What, orie wonders, will the Presl dnet be ahle to say In reply? Why First Issue Two Billions "The first issue of bonds—s2,ooo,- 000,000 —has not been determined by any arbitrary decision or Judg ment; It has been determined by the actual necessities of the situa tion. It is the least possible sum that we can afford to provide for the Immediate conduct of the war.. We are trying to spread the pay-' rnent for the bonds over as large a period as possible so that there shall he no financial disturbance, and we are going to redeposlt the proceeds In the banks upon some equitable plan so thnt there shall he no Inter ference with business. This money Is not going to be taken out of the country." SECRETARY McADOO. THE PEOPLE'S FORUM L Send Them to College To the Editor of the Telegraph: In this national crisis there is a matter which should, I fhink, be brought very forcibly to the atten tion of the American people, be cause in the stress of present exi gency It is likely to be overlooked or slighted. Two problems arise out of the present state of national affairs. First, how shall we as a nation best prepare ourselves to accomplish in the most competent manner the try ing business which we have set out to accomplish? This is a problem, of course, which the Federal au thorities must solve and are solving. And the solution of it involves the taking of army of our ablest young men to fight the nation's bat tles. Many of these young men, a great many of them, have recently graduated from our colleges, or have left the college halls to join the na tional fighting forces. Thence arises our second problem. If we believe in the efficacy of the American college for efficiency in government, in business, an art; If we believe that It really is a vital force in moulding the solidarity and permanence and well-being of out nation; if we believe that our na tional affairs must be handled in the future, as in the present and past, mainly at least, by our college trained men, the problem at this time becomes very acute. How shall we prepare ourselves with men of college training who can meet most efficiently the perplexities which peace, when it comes, will bring with it? The college ranks are now de pleted, so that colleges are obliged to make the greatest retrenchments. Unless young men, the boys who are this year leaving our high schools and preparatory schools, respond at least as well as they have in the past, many of our smaller colleges must go out of existence. Several years of inanition will take the life entirely out of them. It seems to me, therefore, a matter of the ut most national importance that the pliblic press urge with the great est earnestness that the fathers and mothers of these boys send them to our colleges, however great the sacrifice may be. It is surely our highest patriotic duty to do what we can to see to it that when one college-trained man above twenty one years of age leaves to fight and perhaps die for his country, his brother under twenty-one years of age should prepare himself to stay here and live for his country. The I latter is preparing for just as noble a service as the former. A circular issued by a committee of the alumni of one of our great est universities, which recently came to me, contains the following sen tence: "The permanent maintenance of civil liberty depends upon the ultimate control through civil in stitutions of the belligerent tenden- New Rooseveltisms "I want u <ye t-fiay to show that we are £t tn %e the spiritual heirs of the men who upheld the hands of Lincoln and followed the sword of Grant." "He Is a patriot who stays at home because it is his duty, and not be cause hef thinks he wouldn't lik'e to go to the front." "We can't be any more sure'of our safety than Belgium was seven years ago." "In practice a man who can love another country as well as his own is on a level with the man who loves another woman as well as his wife." "No man is a good American who hates another country more than he loves America." "I don't care how lofty our senti ments may be if we don't shoot straight." "A hard heart isn't much worse than a soft head." "You could make quite a stir 140 years ago with a firelock, three flints and twelve bullets, hut they are sort of out of place to-day." "You can't improvise a fireman or an engineer. Neither can you impro vise a soldier." "I believe In education, but you don't expect a boy to get credit be cause he had an education, but only if he made good use of It." "No one wants a mushy-headed person who can't keep order com manding."—Address to Railroaders at Philadelphia. * Looks That Way The Russian soldiers on the east ern front nre beginning to suspect tho olive branch the Germans are holding out is poison ivy.—Kansas City Star. , cies in human nature, whether of a domestic or international character, and this requires the training and scattering through the community of the most highly trained minds that the country can produce." ' I respectfully submit that this is a real problem and one which must be attacked with the greatest zeal. This college graduate club has un dertaken to do what it can not only for Gettysburg College, but for col leges generally, and I believe that other graduate associations will do likewise. Your editorial column will be our greatest ally. Very truly yours, „ FORREST MERCER, I resident, Harrisburg - Gettysburg Club. More About Hose To the Editor of the Telegraph: I have read your article in your paper of the ninth instant (Shows How City Can Save on Hose) which I read with interest because the party who wrote the article Says he is the lowest bidder for the best hose and at the same time intimates that he should get the whole con tract to make it pay him. Now I wish to kindly ask you to look over the bids and samples if you wish and you will find that the firm I represent, the C. C. C. Fire Hose Company, of Canton Junction, Mass., have given your city the following proposal: 6,050 feet of multiple woven cot tor. rubber lined hose for $6,000. 8,000 feet of junction double jac ket cotton rubber lined hose, $6,000 Or any amount of the first named at per foot and the second at 75c a foot coupled in 50-foot sec tions F. O. B. Harrisburg. Besides we have forwarded a certified check for S6OO and cover our bid with the same guarantee as any other bidder and are ready to furnish the bond required and are ready to submit our 75c hose of which none of the papers have mentioned, but which I personally, as representative of' the C. C. C. Fire Hose Company, I would like to have the taxpayers of I Harrisburg enlightened on. I also wish to state that Mr. Cornelius Cal. lahan, the father of the cotton rub ber lined hose business Is the head of the firjn and has been in business long before others have and in that time has sold his hose direct from the factory to the purchaser and no local dealers to receive commissions and for that reason he can give his customers the benefit of fire hose made on honor and sold on merit. I only look for a square deal and if my firm has given all required by Mr. Gross I can't see why they should overlook ouV proposal. With best wishes and hoping you appre ciate my position in the matter, I remain Yours respectfullv, E. O. HARTMAN. Lebanon, June 11. Keep On Smiling [From the Kansas City Times.] It has been suggested in this coun try that the press and platform con fine themselves to serious things; that anything with a smile In it'be banished as not in keeping with the carnage and privation of war. It is pointed out that Paderewskl has ceased to play his beloved instru ment because of the suffering and despair in his native Poland. Harry Lauder, whose son, serving In a Scotch regiment, gave his life for Bryain, has stopped making people laugh and now is preaching to them. One day when Lincoln's Cabinet met the President asked one of the members if ho had read Nasby's lat est. Mr. Stanton—austere, stern, dignified—took the President to task, saying he ought to be thinking of sterner things. Mr. Lincoln replied: "Stanton, I think I have the bur dens of this nation on my heart, but laughter Is my safety valve. I am sure that If I couldn't laugh some times I'd 'bust.' " If laughter (which is so closely akin to tears) will better fit us to bear our load then we cannot do without laughter. Sometimes a tight ly wound spring snaps. he avoided by loosening the tension. Laughter is a means of loosening the tension of the human system. It Is needed especially now. Will Have Suitable Work The German authorities are said to be expecting "a great moment" some time during the summer. There won't be nny .snow to shovel then, but suitable work of some nature can doubtless be devised for them. —Savannah New*. JUNE 12, 1917. ■ , Labor Notes Holland has ten paper mills. Miss Essie Conway, of Liverpool, has been elected vice-president of the National Union of Teachers in Eng land. The question of taxlcab proprietors and drivers of London, England, raising fares has been submitted to arbitration. The proportion of married women gainfully occupied Increased from 4.6 per cent, in 1890 to 10.7 per cent. In 1910. The work day Is reduced one hour and substantial wage increases have been secured by the Barbers' Union at Seattle, Wash. A Rhonda Valley (Wales) miners' meeting decided to abstain from drinking beer until the present prices were reduced. The age limits for women employ ed in the British Govecnment who are sent to France must be over 20 years and under 40. There are 1,250,000 British women in industry who heretofore were not engaged in manual labor. The wom en are joining the trade union move ment. Pittsburgh (Pa.) Bartenders' Union has reduced the work week of 72 and 80 hours to not over 60, and raised wages $3 a week. St. Louis, (Mo.) Jewish bakers have signed an agreement with em ployers which reduces the workday from 10 to 8V& hours. Thirty thousand Canadian women are employed in army work as cooks, waitresses, motor drivers and in sim ilar occupations. A seven-pound electro-magnet that will lift fifteen times its own height has been invented for many uses about machine shops. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH 1118 CHOICK be broke dan bo one of do small AS THE PER- yjwjßßgpß was we vowed '/jllljj yea, we were aw — L, ISt'/Z,' RtTBBINO U IT IN fj? Monk Her tl why dont you enlist as a perl \ f ■cop® 7 JUST THE REVERSE. f Were you I with your hus- ft f V band when he was arrested lor I should say i not. When I'm /P/K. JrM with him the w only thing he gets arrested for ' Is blocking traf- \j l Stoning (gfotlfl all the legislation before "the present General Assembly there has been little to attract more attention than that pertaining to third class cities, the municipalities having less than 100,000 population which have graduated from the borough stage. There are now something like thirty, one such municipalities not counting In the BOthlehems. which will vote next month on the proposition to make one city out of two which r,"! d b * co .? e cities next Jan vntJA ♦ Butler and Duquesne have voted to get out of the borough list In January and Beaver Falls may make another try. Warren also has the bee. Norristown, Chambersburg. bhamokln, Sunbury, Mt. Carmel and a number of the other large bor oughs are also considering plans for another try. In this connection it is Interesting to note how sentiment changes. Now the desire is for home rule in the municipalities, for the enactment of a law elastic enough to meet local conditions, but at the same time to conform to a general btate standard. What suits Read ing, Wllkes-Barre, Harrlsburg and other large cities of the class doea not suit Oil City, Lock Haven and others. But prior to the passage of the constitution of 1873 the cities were all governed by their own char ters. And when the constitution was ratified they all gave up their char ters except the canny Lancaster folks who are continuing to operato under a charter granted in 1818. The only other city that had a char ter which has hung on to it, al though it is but a shadow of a city is Parker City, a great oil town in Its day, but which waned with the passing of oil drilling In its vicinity. Reading was the first to give up its charter, surrendering on July 8, 1874, and then came our own fair city which handed back to the Com monwealth Its grant of privileges and accepted the constitutional form of government on August 2 5 of the same year. Wilkes-Barre did not sur render Its charter until 1898, Monon gahela In 1912 and Lock Haven aa late as 1913. Four cities, Bradford, Lebanon, York and Easton were in corporated under the act of 1874, and Johnstown, McKeesport, Hazle ton and Plttston under the act of 18 89, while Pottsville and Connells ville came under the act of 1911 and Unlontown and Dußols by the pro visions of the law of 1913. The Bethlehems had trouble getting into the third class as one election in South Bethlehem was declared void, while Beaver Falls lost out entirely. Malachi Sheahan, a member of an old Harrisburg family who was for years stationed at Governor's Island in the offices of the Department of the East, has been commissioned as a captain In the Quartermaster's De partment of the army and is now stationed at Hoboken where he is in charge of important work at the North German Lloyd docks. Captain Sheahan will have considerable to do with the fitting out of the liners for United States service. * * * An interesting fact In connection with the big battleship Pennsylvania, which w'as reported sunk, torpedoed, rammed, blown up, snapshotted, photographed and embalmed in a "movie" tllm all within four days last week, is that it is just a year ago to-day since the huge warship was commissioned as a part of Uncle Sam's navy. Incidentally the Penn sylvania is safe and sound notwith standing the rumor mongers. • • General J. J. Pershing, who Is In England preparing for the part the United States army Is to take In the 4 war, is nothing if not a clvillzer. There are officers who tell of how soon after he had pacified the Moro country he had a country club estab lished for the officers and their fam ilies. • • Owners of small automobiles are sitting up and taking notice of the legislation pending to readjust the licenses for cars. The small cars have been playing $5 licenses for a long time, but the new bills will cause considerable difference to the owners of lighter cars. And they are becoming vocal In their protests. • • • Announcement that the truck com pany of the supply train of the divi sion of the National Guard would be formed here, will give this city still another unit of the organized mili tia outside of the reserve medical units, the hospitals and the other or ganizations which will go from Har risburg into service. There are now two lettered companies, the head quarters, supply and machine gun companies as well as headquarters and the band of the Eighth infantry here and Troop C of the First cav nlry, the Governor's Troop. In addi tion some Harrisburg men are going into other commands of the Eighth In order to get Colonel Finney's regi ment up to the war strength. • * * Thomas E. Orr. connected with the Philadelphia office of the Public Safety Committee, who was here yesterday in connection with the plan of the committee to stimulate recruiting, did newspaper work here during the strenuous times of the Capitol investigation. He was then connected with the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. ♦ • * Among recent visitors to the city was Walter L. Hill, a Scranton lawyer, who had a case before the Public Service Commission. He ts~ a son of David Jayne Hill, former Ambassador to Germany. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Fred T. Fruit, who was here yesterday representing the borough of Sharon lp the gas rate case, Is a former legislator. —Prof. Irving Fisher, Tale pro fessor and author, In an address at Pittsburgh, declared that prohibition was hound to prevail In this country before long. —Homer D. Williams, president of the Carnegie Steel Company, has been made a doctor of laws by Le high. — J. Rogers Flannery. active In the Pittsburgh Red Cross work, has taken charge of a national campaign for the organization. —Col. D. J. Davis will head the Flag Day parade In Scranton Thurs day. | DO YOU KNOW | That Harrisburg used to be one of the big brick manufac turing centers of tills part of the State? HISTORIC HARRISBTTRQ This city turned Its churches and srhools Into hospitals In the Civil War. The Time Has Come The time has come— "When reason primes the rifle, When honor draws the sword. And Justice breathes a blessing On the cause that we uphold,"
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