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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1917.
He hath showed thee, O man, what
is good; and rchat doth the Lord re
quire of thee, but to do justly, and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God.' —MICAH 6:S.
THE DAY AFTER
fp HE American notion of one holi
day at a time is all wrong.
There ought to be a "day off"
before each holiday In order to prop
erly pr-epare for the great occasion,
another "day off" to get back to
earth again, and the holiday itself
sandwiched in between. As It is, the
poor holiday-maker gets all tired out
holding down his Job and planning
his celebration and the morning after
he fails to hear the alarm, reaches j
the office or shop an hour late and is
called down by the boss, who men
tally, if not verbally, sets him down
as an ingrate and a loafer; and the
poor wretch goes shrinking to his
post wondering how it is that the
boss is always dotfn early on the I
mornings that he is late.
These are no mere theories of
ours. They are facts. We have
proved every one of them beyond
dispute. All agree signify by
saying "Aye." Contrary, "No." Car
ried unanimously.
HINT FOR HOUSEKEEPERS
A HINT for housekeepers directly
in line with the conservation
movement now so widespread
throughout the country is contained
in this week's bulletin of the Me
chanics' Trust Company, of this city.
.It has to do with prevention of
waste. Says the Bulletin:
In connection with the nation
wide campaign for sensible econ
omy there is one way in which
every citizen can definitely help
the government and that is by
taking heed of what are ordi
narily classed as waste mate
rials. Never before have scrap
articles of all kinds commanded
such high prices and the house
wife as well as the businessman
can turn many an honest penny
by keeping a sharp lookout to
avoid the throwing away of such
things as waste paper, bottles,
rubber and metal articles of all
kinds. These should be care
fully sorted and accumulations
disposed of from time to time
to the scrap material man. It
is surprising how much good
money can be derived from these
seemingly valueless articles by
the ordinary family in the course
of a year.
THE NEW RUSSIAN DRIVE
MORE important even than the
successful drive of General
Brusslloff on the Galaclan
front is,% the failure of Prussian
diplomacy to make separate peace
with Russia, as is indicated by the
powerful assault of the reorganiied
armies of the new republic upon the
Teuton lines. At every point the
efforts of Germany along diplomatic
lines have failed. Almost all of them
have gone down to defeat Just as
they appeared to be at the point ot
success. This is because they have
not been sincere. In every case the
barb to the hook has been concealed,
but concealed so crudely that tho
frightened fish has dashed away at
the very moment it seemed about to
swallow the bait.
The early successes of Brusslloff
must hot b e received too optimis
tically. It is not likely that he is in
position to drive home the advan
tage he has won. The demoraliza
tion of the Russian fighting force Is
of too recent date to permit of that,
perhaps. But he has demonstrated
at home that the German foe which
thousands feared might any day start
a victorious march upon Petrograd is
not the Invincible host it has tried to
picture itself as being. Russia now
knows that its army, properly
equipped, can win battles. The sol
diers of the republic have duplicated
the successes of the Brusslloff armies
of the empire a year ago. All that
Brusailoff requires is the equipment
and freedom of action. He has
proved by the greatest and most suc
cessly drive of the whole war,
against the Austrians a year ago, that
hei s a soldier of courage, resource
and rare ability.
As was suggested in these columns
when Brusailoff accepted appoint
ment as commander-in-chief of the
Russian armies in the field, he must
been well convinced In his own
mind that he would be able to weld
the disorganized troops Into an ef
fective body and that he had been
assured of the hearty support of
Petrograd, else he would not have
risked the ruin of a reputation bril
liantly achieved and absolutely se
cure BO far as history Is concerned.
THURSDAY EVENING,
Brusslloff must have been better ac
quainted with the possibilities in
Russia even than those fct the
national capital, for no more than a
few weeks back the heads of the
provisional government, while pledg
ing themselves to a continuance of
the war, saw no possibility of a
successful offensive before next
spring.
Whatever be the ultimate result of
the renewed fighting in the> East,
great good has been accomplished by
the demonstration of force. Confi
dence will have been restored in
Russia, Germany will be hampered
by another vigorous foe, German
hopes will drop to a new low ebb
and the Germrin fighting forces will
have been reduced on the west front.
It is not well to become too opti
mistic, but the possibilities now open
ing up are so vast that the allies are
entitled to Jubilate and certainly they
may be permitted the speculations in
which they are now engaging.
FAIR RULES: FAIR PLAY
PRESIDENT WILSON, or who-!
ever is responsible for the ;
framing of the exemption reg r
ulations under the conscription act,
made a good job of it. The rules
leave little to be desired. The petty
politicians, who have hoped In some
way difficult to understand, to make
capital for themselves by charging
that favoritism would be exercised
In the making of exemptions, should
read the following paragraph of the
rules and then publicly apologize:
It shall be the duty of the pro
vost marshal general, generally or
specially, to authorize and direct
some person to take appeals from
all decisions of local boards to the
district boards having jurisdiction
in all cases where certificates of
discharge were granted and is
sued because of a claim filed for
discharge under the provisions of
subdivision H of section 20 of
these rules and regulations.
Division H of section 20 is that
dealing with exemption because of
depenJents, under which most of the
claims for discharge are expected to
be filed. In the final analysis the lo
cal boards will have nothing to do
with the exemptions. If any of them
should report unfairly its delin
quency would, be discovered before
it was a day old.
As to the charges of the near
treasonable "Mitch" Palmer, that
only Republicans have been named
to the exemption boards In this
State, the following letter from Cyrus
T. Fox, a well-known and highly
respected citizen of Reading, gives
tht> lie direct:
In regard to the statements of
ex-Congressman Palmer, as men
tioned in the enclosed clipping,
the exact reverse is true so far as
this county (Berks) is concerned.
I know the county politically from
end to end. having been chairman
of the Republican county commit
tee for ten years, or twice as long
as aty other man served; there
fore, i am acquainted with politi
cal affiliations of most of the
members of the conscription
boards appointed for Berks
county. The ratio is two Demo
crat* to one Rrpubllenn, but In n
number of dUtrlcts nil Drmorrnln
were selected. In my precinct of
the Fourteenth Ward, this city
(the strongest Republican district
in Reading), there are two Demo
crats and one Republican of inde
pendent proclivities. The Demo
crats are the SherlfT of the county
and the City Solicitor.
Probably a large majority of the
exemption board members in Penn
sylvania are Republicans, but as Mr.
Palmer discovered .to his own
chagrin some time since, there are
nearly twice as many Republicans
as there are Democrats in this State,
so the proportions are not bad, after
all. One wonders why the righteous
minded Palmer doesn't carry his in
vestigations to States below the
Mason and Dixon line.
The truth is, v and everybody knows
it. that the exemption rules are fair
and will be fairly administered.
This is r ■> political war In America;
neither Is it a rich man's or a poor
man's war, for one of the striking
points of the rules is in favor of
the poor man against the rich. To
be exempt a husband and father
must show that "his income from
which his wife and children receive
such support was mainly the fruit
of his mental or physical labor and
was not mainly derived from income
from property or other sources, in
dependent of his mental or physical
labbr."
A FLY IN' THE OINTMENT
SECRETARY DANIELS, Secre
tary of War Baker, Admiral
Sims, Admiral Benson and
everybody who had anything to do
with getting the American troops
to Europe safely are to be congratu
lated. But there is one gloomy side
to the brilliant achievement. Some
where in the Navy Department there
is a traitor. Somewhere In the Navy
Department there is a man who
plotted to send every one of the
thousands of American troops now
in France to the bottom of the
ocean. That man must be found and
shot. He is too dangerous to be al
lowed to remain at large and an ex
ample must be made of him that
others may hesitate to play the same
role.
Censure Daniels as we may for
permitting anybody aside from him
self and Admiral Benson to know
the character of the sealed orders
the captains of the transports car
ried to sea, his frank admission of
treachery in his own department is
refreshing. He recognizes the grav-.
ity of the situation and apparently
means to sift the mystery to the
bottom. To that degree he is to be
commended.
That the attack of submarines in
force can be successfully met when
army transports are accompanied
by cruisers or destroyers has been
demonstrated, and that is a highly
gratifying discovery, if the word
can be applied to the proof of a con
tention long made by men familiar
with the fighting qualities of our
naval units. Once we shall have
routed out the spies from the Navy
and War Departments, transporting
troops to France can be made al
most as safe as ocean voyaging in
times of peace .The nation well may
rejoice.
,T>o(£t£c4 £.
By the Ex-Committeeman
Governor Brumbaugh renewed his
onslaughts on rum yesterday in a
series of Fourth of July speeches in
Jefferson and Clearfield counties, and
every whack he took was received
with much applause. Thi Governor
'let it be known that if this country
is to win the war It must banish
rum and that liquor had no business
in politics, either. The Governor was
greeted by thousands of people, the
welcome accorded him at Punxsu
tawney being notable.
In the course of his addresses the
Governor also declared that Penn
sylvania would be called upon to give
a tenth. It Is not only a forty-eighth
of the country, but a tenth in. popu
lation, production and other things
which enter Into the national life.
The Governor was the guest of Rep
resentative Lex N. Mitchell, who pre--
sided at the Punxsutawney meeting.
From the Jefferson county seat the
Governor went to Sykesville and Cur
wensville, visiting Charles E. Pat
ton at the latter place. The closing
speech was at Dubois, where the
Governor spoke to 7,000 persons.
—The Governor's remarks yester
day were interesting, although he did
not discuss legislation. Extracts from
his several speeches were as follows:
"No nation weakened by rum can
fight and win. Rum must go. I said
that when I was a candidate, and I
have reiterated it since. Consequent
ly I have made enemies. The amend
ment to the food control bill now
in the United States Senate will, if
passed, give this nation victory as
surely as the sun shines. I am a
peace-loving man. My father was a
peace-loving man: yet there were |
times when my father took a young j
Brumbaugh over his knee and soak
ed him in the interest of peace. We
are a peace-loving nation, but the
time has come when democracy must
turn autocracy across its knee and
spank it In the Interests of peace.
Pennsylvania will play its part in this
as It has in all things else."
—Again he said: "Pennsylvania
contains more than one-tenth of the
people of this nation. It holds more
than one-tenth of Its wealth. Its {
citizens subscribed to more than one-i
tenth of the Liberty bonds sold and j
gave more than one-tenth of thai
$100,000,000 gift to the Red Cross.]
In a short time it will send to France'
more than one-tenth of the men who I
will compose the first selective serv- 1
ice army. I want to urge upon the
men of Pennsylvania between tho!
ages of eighteen'and forty years the
necessity of offering their services to 1
their county before this great army
is mustered into service."
—The men in the State who are
interested in politics were awaiting
word from the Capitol to-day about j
appointments and reappointments. |
The Governor did not indicate any-;
thing yesterday and said he was:
awaiting word from the legal de-'
partment.
—lndependence Day appears toj
have caused the Palmer yowls about i
the conscription boards to be for-1
gotten. The Democratic chieftain j
has not been heard from since he'
was rapped by Mayor Smith at Phil- j
adelphia.
—Democratic bosses are said to be !
somewhat disturbed by the promi- |
nence given to Senator C. W. Sones, |
of Wiliamsport, in the discussion ot
available Democratic gubernatorial
candidates.
—The Bethlehems have had a
mass meeting and started this mov
ing for a great campaign in behalf
of consolidation of the two munici
palities. Charles M. Schwab is chair
man of the executive committee.
—Circulation of nominating peti
tions in behalf of candidates for Ju
dicial nominations seems to be gen
eral throughout the State and it is
probable that the next month or so
will see many of them entered at the
Capitol. Some of the best-known
Judges in the state are candidates
for renomination.
—Over a dozen booms have been
launched for Judgeship nominations
in Allegheny county. There prom
ises to be a keen rivalry at the pri
mary.
—The bill changing the date of
the primary election Is on Governor i
Brumbaugh's desk for action. It
jnakes a change of one day.
The German "Lid"
"No news is good news" for the
German people these days, for all
that is news to the outside &orld is
bad news for them from the view
point of the Kaiser and his cohorts.
More failures at Verdun, where the
Hohenzollern is making his last des
perate efforts; more Hindenburg re
treats before the steadily advancing
armies of Great Britain; the landing
of an American army in France, the
definite alignment of the people of
Greece on the side of the forces fight
ing for liberty—knowledge of those
thir.gs is bad for the German people,
especially bad at a time when the
spectre of starvation looms larger
and larger.
The more rigorous censorship in
stituted at Berlin means that in the
opinion of Kaiserism the German
people must not be allowed to know
what the world knows. When men
among them make bold to talk of the
necessity of the democratization of
Germany it would be unsafe for the
suffering masses to read the notable
address of Mr. Lloyd George, deliv
ered at Glasgow, in which the sharp
distinction is drawn between peace
negotiations with the present Ger
man government and negotiations
with a democratized Germany.
Terms of peace, as Mr. Lloyd
George made clear, must have effec
tive guarantees behind them. Tho
only guarantees which the Allies
could accept from the present Ger
man government would be written
In the terms of heavy indemnities
with security given for payment. The
government of Kaiserism has shown
itself a thing of perfidy, an institu
tion which has no respect for Its
treaties—a pariah among govern
ments because Its plighted word is
utterly valueless. With such a gov
ernment the Allies can treat only on
terms of abject surrender and of
heavy indemnities.
With a democratized Germany, a
Germany freed of Kaiserism and of
the truculent militarism before
which the German people have been
subservient, the Allies could and
would make better terms. In such a
government the German people
would have a v6ice.
It would be worse than emharrcs
slng for the Kaiser and for Kaiser
ism to have the German people know
and understand, particularly at this
time, the distinction which the Allies
draw between them and the German
people. Hence the clamping down
of lid" on the German press.
This serves, however, only to post
pone the day when the German peo
ple will know and understand.—New
York Sun.
Women Broke Through
With all the censorship precau
tions, a few women with banners
tchleved the most dangerous publica
tion made since the war broke out.
—'Washington Star.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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Labor Notes
The French Chamber of Deputies
ordered employers in the millinery
and dressmaking trades to give their
employes the Saturday half-holiday.
Motion picture films showing the
entire process of honeymaking by
bees have- been made by a United
States Government expert.
New York City factory 1914 out
put was valued at $2,200,000,000.
More than 116,000 persons were m
--ployed and paid £511,000,000.
Appeal has been made by the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad for women to
work in its terminal shops and ter
minals at Loraine, Ohio, as car in
spectors, crossing guards and clean
ers.
The Irish National Foresters of
Clonmel intend opening co-operative
stores in that town for the benefit
of tradesmen and workers generally.
Members of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers employed by the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad are demanding
wage increases that will approximate
25 per cent.
A German industrial bureau has
been established in Brussels for the
purpose of recruiting Belgian labor
for German war industries and Bel
gian women for farm work.
Arrangements have been made by
the British Ministry of Munitions
which will provide a considerable
number of the 500,000 men required
for the army before the end of July.
Italian women of Philadelphia will
be mobilized by the State Depart
ment of Labor and Industry Bureau
of Employment to handle the berry
crops of Pennsylvania and Jer
sey.
The biggest employment bureau in
the world—that of the Women's and
Girls' Division of the Employment
Service—is directed' by the Federal
Department of Labor in Washington.
Each of the six chiefs of the army
"commands" throughout Germany
now has a woman attached to it as
directress of the division of women's
service.
The treasurer's report 'of the
American Federation of Musicians
shows that the organization has in
the banks of the United States $96,-
113.22, and Titanic Mine gold bonds
valued at SSOOO. The receipts from
their journal during the year were
$23,685.38.
The State Supreme Court has up
held the Arkansas minimum wage
law which provides that inexperi
enced women employes shall receive
not less than $1 a day and after six
months the rate shall not be less
than $1.25 a day for nine hours.
MaTly trade unions affiliated with
the American Federation af Labor
have decided to keep up the dues of
members who enlist for the prote<!-
tion of the country. In addition,
they will pay death benefits to their
families in case they die in active
service.
It Is estimated that since the war
began down to October, 1916, 998,500
women or 30.6 per cent, of the num
ber employed in July, 1914, had been
drawn various Governmental In
dustrial and commercial activities in
Great Britain, and that in October,
1916, 933,000 women had directly re
placed men in industrial plants.
Liquor and Food
It "may be necessary," says the
New York Times, to restrict the
waste of foods In liquor, but "that
sitnition has not yet developed."
Then the alarmist warnings of a
critical food shortage must be cruel
ly. false. How can the President and
expert publicists and well-informed
newspapers proclaim the need for
minute economies in the American
diet, and still maintain that there is
no need to stop the diversion of
more than 6,000,000,000 pounds of
grain, sugar products and other food
materials to the making of Intoxi
cants? If such an Item of waste Is
not worth considering, how can im
mediate passage of the food control
bill be represented as an urgent
need?
Pro-liquor logic reaches the cli
max, however, in the solemn sug
gestion that the prohibition move
ment "affords an easy refuge "and
concealment for those whose real
motive Is that of opposition to the
war altogether." The discovery that
pro-German citizens are fighting to
close the breweries gives a welcome
touch of humor to an undertaking
which lacked that kind of Interest.
—Philadelphia North American.
MISGUIDED )
i
There is an imperative national
necessity for stimulating trade right
now, for inspiring individual confi
dence and helping to prevent the
hoarding of cash.
Your humble servant, your silent
partner, has just returned from a
lecture trip through the great West
r —just returned from an experience
worth while.
This talk trip loaned the advan
tage of certain first-hand knowledge
—loaned the information of real
value to the writer.
I am convinced that the country's
call is not for conservation of cash.
The tremendous trade, manufac
turing and banking interests of this
country, the personal welfare of our
people generally, demand that we co
operate—that we conserve our re
sources and circulate our cash.
Cash out of circulation is as val
uable to humans, so far as more pro
duction is concerned, as a common
potato without eyes.
This government has just pledged
seven billion dollars for more produc
tion, and billions more are sure to
follow from the same source. All
of this money is to be rushed to the
Prospects of Socialism
A Chicago orator predicts that the
change of public opinion after the
war will be along socialistic lines;
that all shades of political opinion
will be badly shattered in their read
justment and new points of view will
be taken. There will no doubt bo
a good deal of this happening. The
great danger will be, at least for so
cialism, that the leaders will push
their cult to a conclusion which takes
little account of the social status or
how far we are gone; that is, they
•rill try to establish a situation that
does not accord with the progress
we have already made, but push be
yond it, into a boisterous radicalism,
never thinking that public sentiment
cannot be tiampled upon with im
punity. There are certain claims of
socialism that will be granted by
public opinion, but it will defeat
them to demand more. There is a
large contingent of socialistic advo
cates that the people will not tol
erate just now, but may in a century
or two, to which time these people
should wait. The world will go
ahead no faster than It will simply
Krow. —Ohio State Journal.
• In a Moment of Deression
General Grant wound up a memor
able remark by saying "if it takes
all summer," but a commander in
this present outlandish war would
have to say "If It takes the next ten
years."—Columbia (S. C.) State.
Who's Who Among Garden Enemies
The following "Who's Who Among Garden Enemies" is prepared
: for the readers of the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH by the National |
: Emergency Food Garden Commission of Washington which is co- |
operating with this paper in a nation-wide campaign for more food J
| gardens and in a campaign to conserve the nation's food supply. X
ANTHRACNOSE, "leaf spot" or "rust" attacking beans, tomatoes, g
■ : celery and melons. Us® Bordeaux mixture or summer-strength lime- ;%■
sulphur or ammonlcal copper-carbonate to avoid stains on foliage of |j
i celery. ::
APHIS, or Plant Lice. Attacks peas, melons and so on. Use nico- :
tine preparations or kerosene emulsion at intervals of three or four :
: days.
ASPARAGUS BEETLE. Use arsenate of lead on summer foliage;
: cut and burn all vines in, late summer. /
BLIGHT, affecting cucumbers, potatoes and other things in vari- ::
ous forms. Spray with Bordeaux frequently enough to keep all new
growth covered. Dust with sulphur lead preparations.
CATERPILLARS. Various kinds attack cabbage, tomatoes, tobacco
and so on. Use arsenate of lead, paris green or hellebore; or pick
| by hand.
CUTWORMS. Fjit, ground worms, brown with dark stripes, cut
: ting through the stems of many plants, especially when Just up or ;;
; newly set out. Trap'under pieces of shingle of flat stones; or scatter
i; about toward nightfall a mash made of one quart of wheat bran, one
:: teaspoonful of parts green or white arsenate, one teaspoonful of cheap ::
: molasses, m4xed with enough water to make a mash.
CUCUMBER BEETLE, yellow and black striped. Use tobacco dust.
Pick by hand the first bogs in early morning. !
FLEA BEETLE. A small hard shelled Jumping beetle, which
punctures leaves of tobacco, potatoes and seeding plants. Use to
bacco dust or kerosene emulsion on seedling plants; Bordeaux candle
lead on tomatoes and potatoes.
MEALY BUG. A scale-like Insect with cottony covering, attack
ing some flowers. It seldom appears in the vegetable garden. Use
kerosene emulsion; apply alcohol with a smull brush.
POTATO BEETLE. Use arsenate of lead or parts green. On egg
: plants use lead only and pick by hand.
SQUASH BUG, lively flat black. Use tobacco dust, or pick by jj!
: hajjd to get rid of old bugs and eggs; use kerosene emulsion or nico
: tine sulphate lor the young ones.
WHITE FLY. Attacks tomatoes, vine crops and some flowers.
Use tobacco dust, spray with kerosene emulsion.
inwnHUmtnmmiminniniiiiin>mwMHmmaimwffitg
markets, the factories, the farms of
America. With all these added bil
lions in action, there can be no ex
cuse for extravagance.
Extravagance at any*- time is a
business burlesque—is the virtue of a
vagrant. Thrift is the word that we
want to use. Saving is the only saving
graco for some people, but you know
"saving" to most folks means hoard
ing. Hoarding cash now is almost a
crime. The man or the woman who
hoards cash now hampers produc
tion, clogs the wheels of commerce,
compels the merchant to buy less,
and forces many employers to lay off
help.
Hoarding cash hits the big depots
of trade more than any other enter
prise—hits the department stores in
this country in a vital way. And when
the department stores arc hit, the
whole country resounds with the
recoil.
My suggestion to the good and
thrifty women of America —to the
•purchasing agents of our country—is
this: Practice thrift, for this is a
personal and patriotic duty now. But
always remember that what we call
"saving" does not mean "misguided
and extravagant economy.
How Can I Serve?
There are 6trange ways of serving
God,
You sweep a room or turn a sod,
And suddenly to your surprise
You hear the whirr of seraphim
And find you're under God's own
eyes
And building palaces for him.
There are strange, unexpected ways
Of going soldiering these days.
It may be only census blanks
You're asked to conquer, with a
pen,
But suddenly you're in the ranks
And fighting for the rights of
men!
—By Herman Hagedorn of the Vig
ilantes.
What a Pen Can Do .
John D. Rockefeller wrote a check
for $5,000,000. Some day that will
be forgotten; It was only a small
thing for him. But you can write
a line with a pen and make some
body happy or break a human heart
Judd Lewis wrote a little poem with
■o pen that will live forever; Presi
dent Wilson wrote a message des
tined to carry the banner of democ
racy around the world. It Is said
that Francisco Madero could have
saved his life by signing his resigna
tion as President of Mexico with a
pen which was tendered him. The
pen Is a wonderful thing, yet some
of us who try to make a living
scratching with one find It mighty
hard to do.—Austin Callan In the
Temple Mirror.
JULY 5, 1917. •
Quite True
One of the attractions of tho
church fete was a fortune-teller's
tent.
A lady took her 10-year-old red
haired, freckled son Inside. Tho
woman of wisdom bent over the crys
tal ball.
"Your son will be very distin
guished man if 'he lives long
enough!" she murmured in deep,
mysterious tones.
"Oh, how nice!" gushed the proud
mother. "And what will he be dis
tinguish 1 for?"
"For old age," replied the for
tune-teller slowly. Knoxville
Sentinel.
Food in Canada
Canada looks to W. J. Hanna,
its food controller, to conscript tho
wealth represented by the high
prices that empty the purses of tho
consumer's of food and All the poc
kets of the providers of food.—To
ronto Telegram.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
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Anyone who took a trip about the
city and Its environs yesterday could
not help but be Impressed with the
new order of things brought about
by the war. Instead of going to
baseball games or taking rides or
going on picnics there were hun
dreds of sturdy Harrisburgers and
not a few women hnd children work
ing in the gardens. All over the cint
where there are scried rows of po
tatoes, tomatoes, cabbages or other
things there were some people ell T
ier out looking over the plants to j
stop the bugs and pests or else vig
orously wielding hoes to keep down
the other enemies, the weeds. Work
ing in a "war garden" Is a new way
to celebrate Independence Day, bi\t
It shows the trend of the times anq
not preaches the lesson or
thrift, but will bring its recompenur:.
by and by.. The spirit of the day In
Harrisburg was soberer than for a
long time. It was in striking con
trast to the big day in the year of
the Spanish war because on July '■
of that year the city was enthused
over the naval victory at Santiago.
This year those who did not work
attended various and exer
cises and the idea 01 abandoning
parades and demonstrations was
generally commended. One of the
interesting things about the observ
ance of the day was that the State
Capitol was visited by many people
and that the battle flags seemed to
attract much attention, possibly
more than otherwise. More an 4
more the Capitol is becoming a place
for •visitors on holidays and there
were numerous automobile parties
to be seen wandering out Its corri
dors and admiring the great rotun
da.
• • •
In connection with Independence
Day It is interesting: to note that the
men of Dauphin county, then Lan
caster county, had very decided
Ideas on independence of the colon
ies and resistance to tyranny and"
militarism. They held a meeting in
what is now West Hanover township
on June 4, 1774, and Colonel Timo
thy Green, an old Indian fighter,
presided. This meeting adopted
some pretty stiff resolutions, of the
kind that would have caused arrest
if they had been in the coast towns,
and named a committee to take
steps for defense. The late Dr. Wil
liam H. Egle in an address in 1885
said that this committee was com
posed of Colonel Green, James Caru
thers, Josiah Espy, Robert Dixon,
Thomas Coppenheffer, William
Clark, James Stewart, Joseph Bar
nett and John Rogers, many of
whose descendants are living in Dau
phin county to-day. Not much be
hind the men of Hanover were those
of Middletown, the oldest town In
what afterwards became Dauphin
county. They held a meeting on
June 10, with Colonel James Burd
presiding and the very next day the
people of Hummelstu.vn did the
same thing with Captain Frederick
Hummel as chairman, the German
residents of that section pledging
their support to the last man to
their Scotch-Irish brethren of the
Hanover district. It should be
borne in mind that these meetings
were in 1774 almost a year before
Paul Revere made his famous ride
and the shots that were heard
around the world rang out on the
road to Lexington.
* •
The manner in which these early
Dauphin countians, who then in
cluded Lebanon men, followed up
their resolutions should prove a a
stimulus to the young men of the
county to-day when the call for men
to bear arms is sounding. One of
the first companies raised in the
colonies was assembled right in this
neighborhood. Its commander was
Captain Matthew Smith, of Pax
tang. It was ready for the field a
few days after Lexington and was
the second company from south of
the Hudson to reach Boston, ac
cording to Dr. Egle. In its ranks
were men who had gone to Paxton
Church with rifles in their hands in
the days of Colonel John Elder, the
"fighting parson," when Indians
prowled below the Blue Ridge.
Young men from the farms and
from the trading post at John Har
ris Ferry were also in its ranks, as
were men from what are now Leba
non county towns. This company
not only marched to Boston, but
took part in fights there and then
"hiked" to Quebec with Arnold. It
left some dead on the road that
skirts the base of the fortress on the
St. Lawrence and others died prison
ers of the British, taken when Mont
gomery fell. One of the survivors
was John Joseph Henry, the first
Judge of Dauphin county.
• • •.
Walter H. Gaither, who has agreed
to act as executive secretary of the
Dauphin County Public Safety com
mittee, is a former newspaperman.
He did newspaper work in Pittsburgh
for years before being made secre
tary to Governor Jdhn K. Tener. He
has had wide experience in public
affairs and served as a member of
the public service commission.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
. — Swank . active in Johns
town s good roads committee work
expects the State to join in building
some permanent roads.
-rwiT? 0 " 0^1 *'• J - Kress marched in
Pittsburgh s veteran parade yester
day with Civil War and Philippine
veterans. •
—John H. Thompson, a recommls
sioned major in the Tenth Pennsyl
vania, is a former state senator.
• —H. T. Farrell, Pittsburgh rail
road man, has been made president
of the Pittstyirgh and West Virginia
railway.
—Thomas J. Evans, new clerk to
Schuylkill commissioners, was assist
ant clerk for a number of years/
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg has the sec
ond largest volunteer Arc de
partment in the state?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first Presbyterian church built
in Harrisburg was at Second and
Cherry streets.
Injustice to Anarchist 4
Asked why, while here, he did not
overturn the United States govern
ment, a returned Russian anarch
ist gave the old. old answer: The
police wouldn't let him. —New York
World.
Helps Some
This war is bringing a lot of men
to the front who were never heard
of before, and it promises to send a
lot to the rear who have been heard
from too often.—Washington Star.
What Real Trouble Means
Now that the Irishmen have been
told to settle their own difficulties,
they begin to realize what Parlia
ment has been up against —Florida
Times-Union,