12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE} TELEX. RAPH PRINTING CO, "Telegraph Building, Federal Square. J.BTACKPOLE, Pr*s"t & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. DUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American/ Ushers' Assocla- IffißlStEGSift Bureau of Clrcu | HI lation and Penn g§ § C&l m sylvania Assocl- BB S fiOS M Eastern office, fit k S=s' SI Story, Brooks & SP. Kf Flnley, Fifth -Avenue Building, X Story, Brooks & ' _ „ Chfcagofni! ' nSr ' Entered at the l>ost Office in Harris burg, Pa., as sjcond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917. Hope larger hopes. Thy heart to love expand; The lather's heart is large, And takes all in; And he can save His own In every land. Love thou, and hope that all The Christ may uiin. —Mabiaxxe Fabxixgham. NEW CIVIL SERVICE BOARD COUNCIL is to be commended upon its choice of a civil serv ice board to conduct examina tions of applicants for the police force, under the recently enacted law taking the force out of politics. Pierce Rettew, Technical High School professor of civil government, is well qualified for such an examining board, and Dr. Thomas E. Bowman stands high in the medical profes sion, while Mercer B. Tate has been identified with every progressive movement in Harrisburg for so many years back that he has become part and parcel of the city's life, a,nd knows men and conditions locally as few others do. The board may be expected to conduct police examina tions fairly and honestly. But the mere "taking of the force out of politics" is not going to rem edy conditions much. The personnel will not change with the operation of the new law. On the other hand, it is distinctly provided that policemen now in the service are to remain "on good behavior," which means that some men who never should have been appointed may have life jobs. What Council should do as soon as possible is to enlarge the force by about twenty men, and give the board opportunity to inject some new blood into the department. So > long as the present inadequate force is entrusted with the duty of pa,- trolling a city that has been grow ing rapidly while the number of men has been at a standstill, so long will theft and disorder prevail. There are many evils that the force as constituted could correct which have not been corrected, but the „-nder is that conditions are not worse. Now that we have a civil service hoard—and a good one—let's put it to work. SAVE THE BIRDS T GILBERT PEARSON, secre tary of the National Associa tion of Audobon Societies, writes the TELEGRAPH that "as a result of the high cost of meats peo ple have begun a perfect orgy of killing songbirds for food," and asks this newspaper to call the attention of the authorities to these viola tions of law. If there ever was a time in the history of America when we needed to protect our insectivorous birds it is now. The greatly increased acre age of land being put under culti vation calls for an equally Increas ed number of birds to help keep down harmful Insects. Government authorities are responsible for the statement that one-tenth of all the agricultural products in the United States are destroyed annually by in sects. This percentage now certain ly will be on the increase, at a time when the pendulum should be swing ing in the other direction. To be sure, the birds have been In the cherry trees lately, but the season is almost over and they will again turn their attention to in sects. Don't let anybody shoot birds within the limits of your observa tion. There is a heavy fine attached to violation of the song-bird protec tive law. HOME CANNING THE Federal authorities are do ing an excellent work in teach ing the housewife the latest de vices in canning and preserving, and arrangements have been made where by readers of the TELEGRAPH may have advantage of these new "tricks of the trade," which are fully described In a special bulletin just Issued by the United States De partment of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 839, "Home Canning by the FRIDAY EVENING, One-Period Cold-Pack Method." This bulletin is Of special Interest and value to all housewives, canning clubs, societies or persons interested in conserving the food supply of the nation. It may be had free by ad dressing- the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The bulletin contains very explicit directions for canning practically all of the common garden vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers, sweet peppers, pumpkins, squash, sweet corn, field corn, beans, peas and root vegetables, also various combina tions of vegetables. It also Includes canning directions for soft fruits and berries, hard fruits as apples, pears, quinces. Directions for the canning of camp rations, meats and soups are given in detail. Each step in the canning process by the one-period cold-pack method is carefully outlined from the pre paration of the equipment and the raw materials to the storing of the canned products. A special time table showing how long fruits, vegetables, soups and meats should be scalded, blanched or sterilized, Is of particular value to the housewife. Various types of homemade and commercial canning outfits are de scribed. Every woman reader of the TELEGRAPH should avail herself of this offer. Write soon, for the supply is limited. THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES ONE of the strongest arguments in favor of the improvement of our waterways has been brought out by Representative S. Wallace Dempsey, of New York, who states that ninety per cent, of the population of his State are located in the cities and villages along the length of the Erie canal and In New York city, at the mouth of the Hud son River. The Erie Canal was constructs# in the early days, and runs from Buf falo to Albany, a distance of about 300 miles. Mr. Dempsey states that to-day practically all the city popu lation and the wealth of the State, outside of New York city, are lo cated along that waterway. 1 "We believe," says he "that water trahsportation tends to the growth and the prosperity or any commun ity which maintains It." The people of Congressman Dempsey's State have certainly followed that theory in the millions of dollars they have appropriated for their great barge canal now nearing completion, the deepening of New York harbor, etc. With such co-operation at home the Government can better afford to extend aid than in the South, where every sunken log must be pulled at the expense of the Federal treasury. GIVE RAILROADS FAIR DEAL THE passage of the bill authoriz ing priority of shipments by rail as the President may direct means the virtual control of railroad operations by the administration and the exercise of this power may have a very great influence upon railroad revenues. Yet nothing has yet been done to counterbalance this. The food control bill, which like wise seeks to impose governmental regulation upon the farmer In the production and distribution of his crops, provides, thar a minimum price may be fixed so that, no matter what may happen, the farmer will not have to sell his products at un remunerative figures. The railroads should be treated equally well. The government tells the railroads how much they shall pay their em ployes, how many hours their men shall work, what character of freight shall be carried and all that; and this is all right, but the Government should also tell the railroads that the work they do for the public shall be paid for at remunerative prices. A RETURN TO COMMON SENSE HOOVER'S plan to secure food conservation through the vol untary efforts of American housewives is a sensible method of procuring willingly what even the most rigorous of laws would find difficulty in establishing. This is still a republic, despite the autocratic powers which have been conferred upon the President, and there is yet some truth In the old adage, "One may lead where one cannot drive." The craze for laws to accomplish that which common sense is perfect ly adequate to bring about is one of the amazing developments of war time —and it has been carried to an extreme in this country from which the reaction is inevitable, and, we fear, imminent. WHY NOT TAX AIR THE tax on electric light and heat is characterized by Representa tive Edward C. Little, of Kan sas, as "a tax against the civilizing influences of the American social structure." Mr. Little believes that big in comes and big profits should pay for the war, and that taxes on heat and light, which affect every small home owner, ought to be omitted. He de clares that water might as well be taxed as electricity. M'ADOO, 1920, BUBBLE NO SOONER was it known that the Liberty Loan had been taken up than the Democratic press came out with a prepared-in advance statement that to McAdoo was due all the credit. This despite the fact that ten days before the books closed the loan was but sixty five per cent, taken, and only after superhuman efforts of the banks and the newspapers was success finally achieved. The presidential boom of McAdoo for 1920 is on. NO "D. D'S" THE Socialist who has gone to Russia with the Root mission has been expelled from the party because he did not procure the party's sanction before accepting a government Job. It is evident that there is no Socialistic synonym for "deserving Democrat.'' , *"PottttC4 CK ""Pc,n,KOi{fcacuua By the Gx-Commltteeman Democratic machine leaders who had been hoping that something would turn up in the Legislature which would give them material for campaign thunder are well nigh In despair arter searching the records, Ibecause In almost every' instance things about which they would like to complain tangle up some deserv ing Democrats. There is hardly a single item on which a grandstand play could be made that would not catch a Democratic member and often an Influential one. Owing to the fact that there were no Democrats In either the Phila delphia or Allegheny delegations, the Democratic leaders hoped at the outset of the session to be able to use the Legislative Record for much noise, but the up-state Democrats went along on practically everything and showed such avidity in getting after appropriations in the good old way that hopes were blasted. Then Governor Brumbaugh remembered A. Mitchell Palmer's declaration that the state was bankrupt and ask ed why the Democrats voted so hard for appropriations of between SBO,- 000,000 and $90,000,000. The Democratic ringmasters will get together for a conference this month to frame up a policy for the county campaign. Prizes will prob ably be offered for some real Ideas. —News of the Governor's appro val of the Bidelspacher bill allow ing extra pay for election officers at the rate of a dollar for each 100 votes polled above the first 250 was received with a good bit of joy throughout the state late yesterday. It means thousands of dollars more for the election officers who have been seeking higher pay for several years. County commissioners who will have to pay the bills are not so much pleased. —A resident of Stroudsburg last evening sent a letter to the Gover nor In which he said that he could not understand A. Mitchell Palmer's objection to the conscription boards as in Monroe county one of the men I was one of Palmer's noisiest sup porters. —The following newspaper clip ping has been received at the Gov ernor's office from Senator W. C. Sproul: "There have been no com plaints regarding the men named for the exemption boards in Dela ware county and those who have ex pressed opinions upon the matter here are inclined to the belief that if partisan politics have been in jected into the matter It has been by Democratic Committeeman Pal mer in trying to make party capital out of some of the appointments In certain counties. State Senator Sproul, although not in accord with Governor Brumbaugh in Republican politics, stated to-day that the Gov ernor has made every effort to han dle the responsibilities growing out of the war situation in a broad minded way and that in his address and instructions to the public offi cials connected with the draft and registration he had shown a high minded patriotism and devotion to duty." —Secretary of Internal Affairs Houck does not plan to make any changes in his department for the present. Auditor General Snyder is said to be planning a number of new moves, but will wait awhile before announcing them. —Little opposition to the plan for merging the Bethlehems seems to l>e manifested and it is believed the election will result in the merger. —The Democratic Philadelphia Record says that the Vares are planning to gobble up registrars in some of the Philadelphia districts under the guise of Democrats and that the city committee will meet soon to devise some plan to head it off. The Washington party is ex pected to make a claim for regis trars, too. The House bill making it manda tory for county commissioners to ap point registrars in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton on recom mendation of ward or city commit tees of any political party or to file reasons for rejections was vetoed by Governor Brumbaugh, who says that it would "throw the entire matter back into the maw of politicians." The governor also said that the measure, if enacted, would take away from registration commissioners practically all power in the matter of appointments and that it "would stimulate unworthy political partisan manipulation and close the way now open to our electors for fair play and a square deal. The courts have up held the present procedure and tho petty politician should not be en couraged to defy the courts and the people by an appeal to the legisla ture." The present law, he says, is "a great advance, an important re form, over the old-time scandal" and adds "We can not allow such reac tionary and nonprogressive enact ments to become law." Dog Movie Star Dead Hero, the $20,000 dog and the greatest canine star in moviedom, is dead. This was revealed when Harry Marks, owner of the animal, sought recourse through Harry Epstein, at torney for the state labor commis sion. The animal received injuries which caused his death acting in films, it is alleged. With tears streaming down his face and his voice broken with sobs, Marks told how the dog had been the sole support for him and his in valid wife and how he had labored for ten years to tr/in the dog as the brightest dog in American films. Injured while acting in the film ing of a comedy for a Los Angeles corporation, Hero died a few days later, and now Marks wants com pensation for the loss of his faithful worker. According to Epstein, the film company refused to make any settle ment and Marks sought the aid of the labor commission, believing it could settle his difficulties. He was referred to a private attorney. Hero will be romembered by thou sands of Angelenos as the dog which traveled the streets with a squirrel on his back, carrying the squirrel's cage in his mouth.—From the Los Angeles Express. Ship Whale Meat East A meeting of representatives of whaling companies and meat dis tributors was held at Portland, Ore gon, recently to consider means of extending the market for whale meat •throughout the United States. The market already established on the Pacific Coast is regarded as perma nent, but the supply of ooeat is so large that it is proposed to ship it in refrigerator cars to Eastern cities. —From the Portland Oregonian. Reason For Peace In other words, according to the President, Germany wants peace be cause of a belief that the quitting would be much better now than later on.—Savannah News. HAimiSBURG fISSSH TELEGRAPH OH, MAN! By BRIGGS I ) 1 VbvJ VOtTT f ," D ® f ~ w 1 HeLL<> woo(_D II I can t Be / (|sg&^ I t !ii, ( liu MY I ( John we*sor i 7 / "Ths Ts vy birthday- / /oh You s ——— FFT e. y [ WJOUUD> J T THimk / I HOUU OLD VAJOULD YOU •> J LOOK" G£OR<SS HAS A fYou ONE IMIMVJTE / SU6SS IAM GEoRG.e.V FunnY WAY ABOUT QVSR \ -' V- r HIM- ME LACKS MtisjT" Labor Notes Hamilton, Scotland, has established a municipal meat factory. It is proposed to increase the pay of Canadian soldiers to $2.60 a day. In France the women letter car riers receive a dollar a day. New York city may release muni cipal employes for farm work. The Krupp munition plant in Ger many employs 25,000 women. Italy is depending upon her women to till the soil of that country. The new Labor Party in Rumania is in favor of women suffrage. Vancouver, B. C., City Council has passed a three-dollar-a-day mini mum-wage ordinance for city laborers. On July 21 at New York City American Wire Weavers' Protective Association will meet in convention. Fifty thousand disabled soldiers were placed in employment in Eng land last year. British women are taking the places of lumbermen being called to the front for war service. In Vancouver, B. C., 1500 women are enrolled as fruit-pickers and in Victoria 500. Kingston, Canada, separate school teachers were given a bonus of SSO because of the high cost of living. The Union of Women of France has over 2300 nurses distrib uted in 360 hospitals. All the woman organizations in New York City engaged in war work are to be put under one head. American Hotel Association will organize a force of cooks to teach other cooks at American army camps. Newry, Ireland, carpenters are asking for an increase from 12 cents to 14 cents an hour in their wages. Laborites in the Australian Par liament objected to a secret session for consideration of the recruiting problem. Successful experiments with cotton growing have been carried on in the Canal Zone by a North Carolina man. British textile workers, after a conference at Bradford, applied for a 65 per cent, advance in wages on pro-war rates. Food prices advanced 32 per cent, between April 15, 1916, and April 16, 1917, reports the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. New York City International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union has asked its organized employes to raise wages 20 per cent. The system federation of the Wa bash Railroad has secured an agree ment for a flat increase of 5 cents an hour and the eight-hour day. It has been ruled In Ohio that the ■widow of an unnaturalized citizen is entitled to a mother's pension, under the State law. The Illinois Legislature has amended the workmen's compensa tion law bv making compensat'on compulsory for employers' instead of optional. Tacoma (Wash.) Teamsters' Union has secured a one-year contract with the Team Owners' Association. Tho union shop and increased wages are agreed to. Following upon various experi ments carried out on a small scale last summer, a league has been founded in Berlin for the transfer ence en masse of town children to the country for a prolonged stay to work on farms. In the metropolitan area of Berlin, Germany, there were on January 1 more than twice as many wemen and girls engaged in industrial pursuits as men and boys, the number being re spectively, 274,600 and 118,901. South Dakota has probably less of what is known as "labor legislation" than any other State. The only statute of this kind that South Da kota has covers hours for the em ployment of women and sanitary regulations. During May there were 3 4 strikes in Canada, involving 134 firms and 10,955 employes. Twenty-four of these strikes, involving 79 firms and 3286 employes, commenced during the month. Seventeen strikes termi nated during the month. ( WILL ENLIST EVERY WOMAN IN HOOVER'S FOOD-SA EVERY woman in the State of Pennsylvania will be asked to join a food-saving army. Each woman is to be an enlisted "soldier" for Uncle Sam and the allies. The commander who will direct this army is Herbert C. Hoover, the man who fed Belgium, and now Food Administrator at Washington, D. C. The enrollment will be conducted by means of pledge cards similar to the one reproduced above. Read it carefully. Every housekeeper in Pennsylvania will receive one and will be expected to sign it before July 15 in testimony that full sup port will be given to the food con servation plan. Every woman in the household is 'to sign this pledge whether a mem ber of the family or an employe. In addition to the million and a half Pennsylvania "soldiers," Mr. Hoover will direct more than eight een million other women "soldiers" who are to be similarly recruited from the other States and territories. Each woman "soldier" will be as signed to the second line of defense to fight the waste of food. Mr. Hoover's position with respect to those who enlist will be less that of a general than that of an adviser, who suggests ways by which waste may be avoided. Enrollment com pels no one to any course of action beyond conviction of duty. Each member of this army will do as much of what Mr. Hoover advises as her circumstances warrant, and her judgment dictates. In other words, all co-operation, even after enrollment, will be voluntary. In connection with the activities of a food-saving army. President Wilson said: "To provide adequate food sup plies for the coming year is of ab solutely vital importance to the con duct of the war. Without a very conscientious elimination of waste and a very strict economy in our food consumption we cannot hope to Vice About Army Camps ' It is cheering to read that the vice | which usually follows an army has not established itself in touch with , the thousands of soldier boys en camped at Fort Riley. From other camns throughout the country the news is not so encourag ing. Eastern newspapers are print ing stories of vice resorts near army camps, and are demanding that the saturnalia of vice which reigned along the Mexican border last sum mer shall not be extended to any of the army camps of this war. It is said on good authority that during the first eighteen months of the war one of the great powers had more men incapacitated for service from preventable diseases contracted in the mobilization camps than by all the fighting on the front, and the Journal of the American Medical Association printed from the Vienna report the statement that "Since the ■war began a toital equivalent to sixty divisions have been temporarily withdrawn from fighting because of those diseases." In Massachusetts they are de manding that young Americans en listed in this war for democracy shall not be exposed to this secret foe: the conditions about the camjls must be kept decent. Mothers of California, who have given their sons to war, are demand ing of the government: "Bring my boy back clean." The Y. M. C. A. is getting ready to combat this vice in and around army camps. It has raised 3 million dollars for that work and is asking a million more. A man said once that if all the money spent on Y. M. C. A. build ings resulted in saving just one boy it would be money well spent. "Aren't, you a little extravagant in that?" asked another man. "Not if it was my boy," replied the first.—Kansas City Star. A Kentucky Complaint "A big howitzer uses up the equiv alent of two barrels of whisky or 20 barrel 3 of heer" In the form of alco hol <svery time it Is fired. The wast age of war Is somp'n scandalous.— Louisville Courier-Journal. No Mirrors For Martyrs The suffragette sentinels In front of the White House seem to ha<'e found it Impossible to keep their pa triotism on straight. New York Herald. fulfill this primary duty and In no other direction can women so great ly assist as by enlisting in the serv ice of the food administration and cheerfully accepting its direction and advice." Mr. Hoover has appointed as re cruiting officer for the State of Pennsylvania, Howard Heinz, Direc tor of the Food Supply Department of the Committee of Public Safety. Mr. Heinz has asked the co-opera tion of the seventy local Public Safety Committees in various parts of the State in enlisting the house keepers. Other agencies will also aid in the distribution of 1,500,000 pledge cards throughout the State. Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, Slate Su perintendent of Schools, has written every county superintendent of schools in the State, strongly rec ommending the co-operation of local school boards in the work of regis tration. Women's National Council of De fense and other women's organiza tions, Red Cross, Boy Scouts and civic and religious bodies have been asked to assist in making the regis tration complete. Each card when signed will be forwarded by the local committees to Mr. Hoover, in Washington. The name of each signer will be record ed. Specific instructions will from time to time be forwarded from Mr. Hoover. Household tags which will serve as badges of enlistment to be displayed in windows will be fur nished. The slogan of the army is "Feed the allies out of what we save." Ninety per cent, of the food con sumed in the United States goes through the hands of women, and tliey may best "serve by saving." If you do not receive a personal invitation to sign, consider this your invitation and ask your local Public Safety Committete for a card, or sign the form at the head of this article and mail it to your local Committee of Public Safety, or to the Food Supply Department, 14 26 South Penn Square, Philadelphia. Coal Enough Official figures for six months re assuring to coal users. Not only food but fuel is a vital need of this country and of our al lies—coal to run the ships and rail roads, to feed the iron furnaces and furnish steam for all the manufac turing plants, coal in greater quan tities than have ever before been mined in the United States or in any part of the world—and this need is being met in truly Ani ®k>'an fash ion by the operators and owners of the mines and by the diggers of coal. With these words, Secretary Frank lin K. Lane began his statement re garding the coal situation as report ed to him by the statisticians of his department. The production of coal in the United Stateslast year, he continued, was the greatest in the history of the country. A new record, however, was set for the first six months of this year, fully 270,000,000 tons of bituminous coal being produced since January 1, thus exceeding the output of the first six months of last year by about 20,000,000 tons. Even better news is that the limit has not yet been reached, for as the rail roads are able to work out to better advantage the problem of car sup ply and give to the mines greater facilities for transporting their prod uct to market, the supply of coal that reaches the consumer will be in steadily increasing quantities. In the early months of 1917, because of the congestion of the railroads and the difficulties of transportation, the production of bituminous coal fell behind the high mark set in January and February, a year ago. As a re sult of the patriotic and earnest en deavor of the railroad officials and the coal operators and representa tives of mine workers who have vol unteered their services to the Fed eral government in this emergency, production has been speeded up within the last few months and the output of soft coal which in May ex ceeded all previous records, was sur passed in June. You and Me A thorn upon the stem A drop within the sea, The shadow on the grass. That's me. A rose upon a bush A ripple o'er the blue, The sunlight after clouds, That's you. —Theodocia Pearce in the Toronto Globe, JULY 6, 1917. The Real Gentleman Do not undervalue the character of the real gentleman, which is the most respectable amonst men. It consists not of plate and equipage and rich living, any more than in the disease which that mode of life engenders; but in truth, courtesy, bravery, generosity and learning, which last, although not essential to it, yet does very much to adorn and illustrate the character of the true gentleman.—John Randolph. OUR DAILY"LAUGH S' inexcus ( '\ I>ad gimme a lickin' las' week fer sneakin' off flshin' when X oughter been in ■ HiHm/nlfo 1 A very hard SiMrofflT 3 [L. A socker! I hadn't caught noth in'. CHANGING fcoFFWge) THINGS PIHEERINTK AROUND. Jlr ira^'l What do you think of this suffragette busi- Jjarf"" 1 think that MTPT the way woman li 11 Xm Wflmf is taking man's |f r ~ 1 1? \l mfl place means 1ft:: J I/M that next leap Si# year it will be in g|] y\ order for a man IS to propose to a W woman. fNOT FOR THINKING. What did your husband think of the baseball game? Oh, he doosn't go there to think. He Just hollers. J Y VERT SOON. T Hello Bill, haven't seen you \ for a long time | | J —why did you \~V '/• tLA] quit Wall street when you were r 1 ml doing so well? ( \ f|T \ I have a bet- \\l \j QJHB ter proposition I \ \\ —l'm going in / \ v for gardening. \ J J NOTHING ' A/?' This business about the early b,rd catching the worm j 9 a n / jJ bunk. It's nine fefek/" o'clock, and I maCuii haven't seen one WHEN THE HOME RUN rfrTSfel* WAS MADE. & Bird: Heavens, they have start- •d to throw bombsl / / LJL Ibmng (tt^at! Farmers In this section of the State have commenced to cut hy and from indications the crop will be more of a success than the whe&* which has not been looking as wefl in this part of Pennsylvania as in former years. Jhe hay crop, thanks to the numerous rains, appears to be pretty fair, although estimates for the state at large are not as favor able as hoped. There will be a tre mendous demand for hay this fall and winter because of the number of horses in military service and the necessity of keeping the home supply of cattle up to the mark. The cut ting of hay is late this year, chiefly because of the weather, although in some sections labor shortage is the cause. The wheat and rye are also being cut now in some parts of the Cumberland and Lebanon valleys. The potato yield hereabouts will o tremendous, thanks to the foresight and energy of many town lotters. The whole yield of potatoes may go up to 33,000,000 bushels for the state against 19,000,000 last year. That is the present estimate, but the bugs have yet to be heard from. Out in the country the "blue devil" is in flower and the farmers and their friends aye taking every chance they can to chop it down as they go by. The other name of the "blue devil" is chicory and it is chiefly notable for its beautiful flower and its spreading proclivities. It is as bad as the wild mustard or the dandelion when it comes to spreading over the landscape. . It is hard to kill, the only way to get rid of it being to rip it out of the ground, and it is as damaging to the ground as the dandelion or the burdock. • * • Governor Brumbaugh's address some days ago at Ardmore in regard to fears of the Germans expressed by the federal government at the time of breaking of diplomatic rela tions has a very interesting connec tion at this end of the line. More than a year ago one of the news papers of national fame got the idea that there was danger from the Ger man element In this part of the country and especially in units of the National Guard from commun ities where German families pre dominated. It was hard to convince the aforesaid newspaper that the German people hereabouts are de scendants of people who fought in the Revolution and that they are not only fourth and fifth generation Americans, but that many of them cannot speak German. This lament able lack of knowledge of a large part of our people has a parallel in what Governor Brumbaugh speaks of. When things became tense last winter some one on the banks of the Potomac became seized with a fear that there would be a rising of the people of German descent agaUast industrial establishments, etc. The man who expressed that fear was told that there would un doubtedly be an uprising but that it would be of people of German an cestry and with German names who would join with English, Irish, Scotch, Welsh. Dutch, Italian and others in lynching any one who tried to endanger life or destroy property. A good story is being told about a man from a rural district who camo here to atted to registration for con scription. He let the time go by and was reminded of it some days later. He forthwith hastened to this city and the natural place for him to go was the United States army headquarters. He said he wanted to put down his name. They he wanted to enlist and they put him through. He passed a splendid ex amination and when it was all over he asked what else he should do. He nearly fell dead when he was told that he should start for a camp, to became a soldier. From all ac counts, he was game. Some idea of what the State Game Commission is 'aiming to prevent in the passing of the claims for boun ties for the heads of noxious ani mals may be gained from the simple statement that the commission ha 3 had to reject claims upon nineteen separate grounds. Some of these have been turned down because there were no affidavits, others be cause everything in the claims was all in the came handwriting, claim, statement, affidavit and witness all being in the identical form. In other instances there were proofs of fraud such as use of heads of various birds for goshawks, while the commis sion refused to pay claims except where it was set forth that the just- Ice had split the head of the fox, weasel or other animal. The reason for this was that there was nothing to prevent the man who had a pelt from going around to justice after justice to make claims as long as he could get away with the same old skin. Once the head was split it could not he used again. There were instances known where heads were not touched. Among the officers of the regular army who have important posts Just at present are the sons of the late General Calvin DeWitt, a native of this city. They are Majors Wallace DeWitt, of the medical corps, who is the medical officer at Fort Ethan Allan and Major J. L. DeWitt, who has been at the bureau of militi-i affairs. They are descendants of Dauphin countians who fought in the Revolution. • • * Robert P. Dohoney, son of John P. Dohdney, investigator of accidents of the Public Service Commission, is the latest Harrisburger to enter the United States service. He has Just been notified that he has passed the examination for one of the hospitals units and is here arranging to de part with his organization. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "T —Senator Charles H. Kline, of Pitts burgh, made three speeches on July 4. —R. L. Watts, dean of the school of agriculture at State College, Is making personal appeals to grafl. uates of the College to increase the food supply. —Charles E. Patton, ex-secretary of agriculture, had a birthday yes terday and the staff of the depart ment telegraphed congratulations. —Bishop Rhinelander, of Phila delphia, is to spend the summer at Newport. —Thomas W. Cunningham, clerk of Philadelphia courts, is spending a short time at the seashore. DO YOUICNOW That Harrisburg Is the center of a great potato raising district this year? HISTORIC HARRIS BURG In Civil War days Harrisburg had great depots of supplies for troopa. All Supposition Twenty-one is supposed to be the age of discretion, but some women live to be 60 years before they are discreet enough to wear corofortabl* shoos, —Houston Post, j. .
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