8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER POR THE HOMB Founded lt]i Published evenlags except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bulldlug, Federal Square. . J. STACK POLE, Pres't & Eaitor-in-Chirf U*. IV OYSTER, Business Manager. ©US M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member AmeriSkn Ushers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ- Eastern office. Avenue Building, Story, Brooks & Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as sjcond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a > week; by mall, $5.00 a year In advance. EVENING, JULY 9, 1917 The mole would live beneath the ground and Nature closed its eyes.— IHexby Dbummond. Our Great Opportunity' lr> the Editor of the Telegraph: There never was a more auspicious moment in our history for the trans formation of breweries, distilleries, bottling houses, etc., into industrial plants of unquestionable economic value than the present moment World needs must be supplied for years from American markets, and If the liquor advocates and inter ests of the country are awake to the opportunity the more speedily they change the less will be their cconoipio loss, with great possibilities of large gain. We have the advice of Mr. Hoover that two cents per meal saved will amount to an annual national sav ing of $2,000,000,000. By saving our drink bill we shall annually save from $2,000,000,000 to $2,500,000,- 000. One saving is no less impera tive than another, especially so when the poor families can less afford a curtailment of two cents per meal per person than they can afford a value of drink con sumed by the heads of the house hold, for two cents per meal less for each of a poor family of five to •eight would frequently mean no meal. While we are learning other les sons from nations that have experi enced war for the last three years, •we should not fail to learn that pro hibition makes for industrial effici ency. I have the testimony of the superintendent of a textile mill that his plant lost 165 working days last month, fully 75 per cent of which was directly due to the excessive drinking of employes. It Is one of the saddest of Amer ican anachronisms that our govern ment should license for a pittance the very industry which by its out put denaturizes and vitiates the spir it and efficiency of all other indus tries. The weight of evidence Is all on the side of prohibition, and why should liquor Interests and advo cates not be admonished to lie down end be quiet, instead of the pro hibitionists? Public sentiment on this question has always'been divid ed. but why must prohibitionists be called upon to remain silent when history, experience, facts and fore casts all brand the liquor* Industry as the offender? The time for the prohibitionists to "see it through" is now, and the time for the liquor ad vocates and interests to yield, and thus avoid delaying the necessary legislation, is now. Too long already we have endured an Irreparable economic loss and moral shame. MELVIN B. WRIGHT. THE ST. LOUIS RIOTS THERE is absolutely no evidence to support the charge that union labor was responsible for the St. Louts race riots. Perhaps labor troubles between whites and blanks did have their part In the disturbances, but it is foolish to say that the rioting was due to a plot. Such occurrences are not planned. Mob violence just happens. It flares up and dies down and is often past understanding. There is not in the history of this country a single in stance of a mob having been or ganized, for a mob is essentially an unorganized body. A mob can un derstand nothing but brute force. A volley of ball cartridges from the ■Rational Guardsmen at the outstart would have saved many lives In the long run. f THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX THE Spirit of Seventy-Six is alive to-day In the young men of the country who are rushing by thousands to volunteer for service under the Stars and Stripes. Take the example of Walter Cogswell Forse, aged 19, of Blnghamton, N. Y., for example. Because the loss of the "trigger linger" had prevented his enlist ment, Forse walked all the way from his home city to Washington to make personal application to the Major General Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. Forse carried ,a sign on his back which read •"From Blnghamton, N. Y., to Wash , lngton. D. C., to Joint the U. S. Ma rines. It's worth It!" Upon hie arrival here young Forse proved that the loss of the index finger of his right hand was no handicap in the performance of mil itary duty, and special authority was , granted for his enlistment. 8o far as lls known, he is the first man, sim ilarly handicapped, to pass the mil itary authorities. But right here In Harrisburg the •ocrarage and the patriotism that took young men Into the service In every '"war the country has known, is mani fest In the large number of recruits I for the Regular Army and the Na tional Guard. Th 4 district has ex ceeded Its quota for the regular (service, and marvels have been ac roompMshed by the Guard. After it jfeiad beih thought the town had done, MONDAY EVENING, its share, one motor supply truck] company was organized in twenty four hours with full quota, the lists are nearly closed for the ammuni tion truck company and Captain Btlne has completed, almost, his re cruiting for the new infantry com pany. When the history of this war is written Harrisburg will have no cause to be ashamed. LIMITING EXPORTS RESIDENT WILSON'S procla ■Jl mation limiting the export of food supplies to neutrals and dividing our supplies of all kinds equitably among our allies Is a se vere blow to Germany. It Is a wise move and should have been made at the very outset of the war. Doubt less it will be of great benefit, also, as the President hopes. In bringing prices back to something like normal In this country. As everybody has known for many months, neutral countries bordering on Germany have been selling their food supplies at high prices to the Central Powers and feeding them selves from our granaries, and It is strongly suspected that even some American-grown wheat actually has found its way Into Germany, to say nothing of salt meats and fats. Under the Iron hand of Mr. Hoover this practice will be stopped. Neutral countries will have to prove their needs before the United States will give them a bits. This Is Just. In order to save themselves from the sacrifice of war these nations are standing aside and permitting us and our allies to fight their battles. In addition, secretly they have been feeding eur enemies and -thereby to some, degree rendering futile the blockade the allied fleets have es tablished against German ports. They must now pay the penalty. We do not mean to permit their people to go hungry while we have plenty, If we can help It, but the smuggling of American products into Germany must be stopped at any cost. President Wilson rightly gives first consideration to the lowering of high prices in this country. That Americans are being robbed by food barons and that government control of prices Is an absolute necessity of the moment Is well Illustrated by wheat, prices In this country com pared with those abroad, as given out by the allied food commission and therefore beyond question. The government price of wheat In Great Britain Is SI.BO a bushel. The government price In Australia is $1.14 and in India $1.86. The gov ernment price In France Is SI.BO for home-grown wheat, including vari ous bounties. The government max imum In Italy has been fixed at $1.69 a bushel for soft wheat and $1.94 for hard wheat. The Belgian fixed price Is to be $1.60 and the German price about SI.BO a bushel. July wheat closed at $2.07 in Chi cago Saturday and September at $1 94. Information furnished to the food administration also shows that the Allied are requiring the mixture of 20 per cent, corn, rye or barely In the flour. It has proved Impossible to Introduce straight corn bread, be caure of the lack of corn mills In Europe, and the lack of durability in nornmeal does not permit Its ex tensive shipment. The consumption of flour in Eng land and France Is being reduced to between three and four pounds a person a week, or about three-fifths of the American consumption, de spite the fact that Europeans arc ordinarily larger bread eaters than Americans. There la proof positive here that the American consumer Is being robbed —ahd not by the farmer, either. The big dealer has taken advantage of conditions to feather their own nests. Mr. Hoover should be given a free hand. The people as a whole have only one regret, which Is that President Wilson and a ma jority In Congress have voted "wet," when by curtailing or eliminating the manufacture of beer millions of bushels of foodstuffs might have < been saved, and the price of bread automatically lowered. Ck "~P t Kivc LjciKia By the Ei-Committeeman Tone of newspaper comment upon Governor Brumbaugh's action In .re appointing officials who were reject ed by the State Senate is that it means a revival of factional fight ing. The Philadelphia Record; the Democratic organ of Eastern Penn sylvania, chortles over the prospect, while the Philadelphia Ledger, which prints an interview with Senator Boies Penrose denouncing the Gov ernor's action as illegal, attacks the gubernatorial action in an editorial in which it asks: "Has the Senate of Pennsylvania any rights under the constitution which the Governor is bound to respect?" The Philadel phia Inquirer says that the Governor has defied Senator Penrose and the North American appears to be thor oughly satisfied thait the row is on again. There will probably be much dis cussion of the subject later in the week, when the situation develops and Auditor General Snyder Is heard from. —The Penrose Interview, as quot ed in the Ledger, is as follows; "I expect that Auditor General Snyder, after his speech in the Senate on the subject, will refuse to approve the pay warrants of these men and that the case will be carried to a higher court and the Governor defeated," added Mr. Penrose. "In all my ex perience in state and national af fairs, never have I known an execu tive to attempt to override the law as in this instance. President Wilson, with all his defiance of Congress and precedents, submitted to the law time and time again and always obeyed it, appointing, new men aftei the Senate had refused the confirma tion of his recommendations. Only a few months ago President Wilson, after the Senate' had rejected the nomination of George Rublee, of New Hampshire, for a position on the Federal Trade Commission, made another nomination, and this after Congress had adjourned. The Penn sylvania law on the subject of con firmations, which gives the Governor the right to appoint with the sanc tion of the Senate, is copied identi cally from the Federal provision, and the precedents are the same." —Judges of the various courts of Pennsylvania will have to wait for their salaries until Governor'Brum baugh acts upon the general appro priation bill, which was the last measure passed by the Legislature which adjourned in the early morn ing hours of June 29. When the emergency appropriation bill was framed to pay the salaries of people in the state departments it was ap parently only made to cover the pay of officials and attaches, or employes of the state government. It amount ed to almost $300,000, and was pro posed because in years gone by when an appropriation bill was late in be ing passed and in being acted upon people had to wait for weeks for their pay, causing much Inconven ience, The amount carried is held at the Capitol to be only enough for the state governmental people for June and July. By August 1 the ap propriation act will be in force. —Selection of Senator W. M. Lynch, of Lackawanna county, to be superintendent of the state institu tion at Farvlew, may raise a question as to his right to accept the office, which may also get into the courts. The Senator is understood to have resigned his senatorial seat, but there are some here who are inclin ed to believe that he is prevented by the constitution from accepting such an office during the term for which he has been elected. The whole question is whether the super intendency Is a state office, and the Auditor General will probably ask the Attorney General for an opinion. —August Beigle, former sheriff of Carbon county, Is a candidate for renominatlon on the Democratic ticket and lias opposition, of course. —The greatest inte'rest is being shown throughout the state in the election to be held by the Bethle hems to-morrow on the question of consolidating into a third-class city. The two boroughs are in different counties, but au enabling act was passed by the Legislature. Suburbs will be annexed and the steel city will start off with 50,000 inhabitants. The plan has been boosted by Charles M. Schwab. —Patrick P. Lynott, the Scranton city treasurer, who died suddenly, was well known here. —Governor Brumbaugh has a number of vacancies in county of fices to fill. He will probably wait until after he completes work on legislation. —K. W. Grantland, long connected with the Philadelphia city govern ment, has been made director of surveys at $4,000 a year. —Senator W. P. Graff, of Indiana, has just bought 900 acres of coal land in Westmoreland and adjoining counties at SI,OOO per acre. —Appointment of a burgess for Columbia to succeed W. S. Detweiler, who is in the National Guard, will be made this week. —Alvan Markle, coal operator, hanker and chairman of the Public Safety Committee of the Hazleton district, has been named collector of county taxes for Hazleton city by the Luzerne commissioners. He will turn over his entire commission, nmounting to more than $5,000, to the Red Cross and will make the col lections through the Markle Banking and Trust Company. There was a hitter fight on between John Gough, the old collector, and John Helferty for the place, and the commissioners reached a compromise by giving the work to Mr. Markle. Unheroic But Needed The business of those who stay at home, who neither fight nor direct, is In one word—give. Spend wisely, save steadily, give what you save. It is unheroic, compared with bayonet fighting; comfortable compared with trench living; and safe. But it is necessary. Just because we are muddling now this war will cost us all the more. Well, giv it; give it freely, as it is asked; give It not as you give to a beggar, but as you glvo to your child. Give till it bites. Give as they have given in Europe—ln France in England, In Germany.— Chicago Herald. As in Much Greater Casep "Johnny, It was very wrong for you and tho boy next door to fight." "We couldn't help it, father." "Could you not have settled your differences by a peaceful discussion •of the matter, calling in the assist ance of unprejudiced opinion, if need be?" "No, father. He was sure he could whip me and I was sure I could whip him, and there was only one way to find out."—Washington, Star. HATTRISBTTRG TELEGB*FFI DON'T YOU BELIEVE THE MAN WHO IS ONLY IN THE GAME FOR THE EXERCISE By BRIGGS I I • • J Joe-*l DON'T CARE VJHAT DYA - NU _ WHAT MY SCORE IS ! OF THAT TJ. UP ' • - T T °O TO y w TO, The . Two'- UJDCK * " e ™S. es T t SXWCI a rumpus before the Russian Mission in Washington must have made the visitors homesick. Philadelphia North American. "Your Wilhelm," proposing with "further aid from Almighty God" to restore Humpty Dumpty Constan tlne, Invoked the only Power that could make It possible.—Wall Street Journal. King George must have welcomed General Pershing's arrival in Eng land. It's not often the King can get his name and photograph on the newspapers' front pages these days. —Nashville Southern Lumberman. Labor Notes Paris has women letter carriers. phlo had 114,567 Industrial acci dents last year. Japan will make a government monopoly of Industrial Insurance. Textile workers in Mexico have received the eight-hour day. Russian coal miners demand a minimum of $125 a month. Now Hampshire has passed a 54- hour week law for women. Carpenters at Newport News, Va,, will get 25c a day more on Septem ber 1. An Initiative and referendum law has been passed in Utah. Cleveland upholsterers have se cured a minimum of s2l a week. New York city has nine evening trade schools in operation. One June 30,' 1916, Australia had a total of 91,783 old-age pensioners. Ontario, Canada, will employ at least 6000 men after the war in build Ing roads. A workmen's compensation law Is proposed in Brazil, S. A. Bookbinders at Toronto, Canada, have secured an increase of $4.50 a week. Wichita (Kan.) plasterers have In creased wages 12% cents an hour. Paper-mill workers at Oregon City, Ore., have formed a union. Carpenters' International has 1850 local unions and a total of 233,000 members. Paisley (Scotland) printers have been granted an Increase In pay of 75 cents a week. The POL est Man Vice-President Marshall declares that the politest man lives in New ark, O. Mr. Marshall made a cam paign speech there list fall. When he was about half through, a man made his way quietly from the rear of the room up to the edge of the platform, waited until Mr. Marshall uauned to swallow, at the end of a paragraph, and then offered to shake hands with the Vice-President. "I'm sorry, but Til have to bid you good night," the man said. "I've got to go home now."—F. C. Keller In Collier's Weekly. United States Marines U for the Union our patriots pride N is for Never again to divide I for Ideal; democracy's pledge T is for Tried to the very war's edge E stand for Everyone loyal and true D for our Duty to the red, white and blue. S stand for Soldiers' and Sailors' great fame T Is our Trust In them, fearing no shame A for America's God given land T stands for Truth that forever shall stand. E is for Eagef to do and to dare S for her Safety from the enemies' snare. M for the Men that have sacrificed all A for quick Action In answering the call R Is for Right which Is greater than might I means Immediately ready to fight N for the Noble hearts, sturdy and brave E for the Emblem whose honor we'll save S for the Stars and Stripes, long may they wave. —Miss Blanche Miller, Marietta, July 6. r FAMOUS AMERICAN FLAG ' EVER since the first, flag was made In Philadelphia, In 1777, flags of renown have been floated on the breeze. Some of these have happily been preserved to awaken feeling of patriotism and devotion in the hearts of all who view them. Chief of all the distinguished his toric flags of our country now In existence, Is probably that revered and tattered flag which is treasured by the state of Maryland. This flag's record is authentic. It was carried as the regimental flag of the Third Maryland Regiment under Col. John E. Howard at the Battle of Cow pens, S. C., in January, 1778, by Wil liam Bachelor, color bearer, wno, when wounded, was sent to his home in Baltimore, taking the flag with him, which he' had carried, it is stated, at the battles on Long Island and Harlem Heights, and the several subsequent engagements in which the Maryland regiments took part in New York state. The flag was treasured by the fam ily after the death of Bachelor and carried by his son, William, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Maryland militia, at the battle of North Point. Later the younger Bachelor carried the flag in parades and functions of the .Old Defenders' Association, to which society the flag was be queathed and which presented it lo the state of Maryland at Annapolis on October 19, 1907. Another venerable flag claims the honor of being the oldest American flag in existence. This flag, It is stated, was carried by John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard In Outlook Is Optimistic The American Contractor In its is sue of July 7, in describing: the "Building Outlook" says: There are two factors which prac tically control the building situation and prospects. First, the degree of activity in general manufacturing and trading. Second, those influences which tend especially to stimulate construction. In forming his outlook, iierefore, the reader should first In quire regarding the volume of busi ness as a whole. On this point, cer tainly, all indications are most favor able. Except in the actual regions of combat, war invariably results in an enormous amount of business. Tho present war has an unusually strong tendency in this direction, because it Is essentially an industrial war, to a degree never before equaled in his tory. Not one businessman In ten here in the United States has yet realized the prodigious demands which will be made upon war facilities of pro duction and distribution. The only limiting factors are workmen and materials. Some idea of the rush of industry in coming months is given by the fact that within the space of thirty days over half a billion of dollars of cap ital was involved in the chartering of new concerns in the United States. This surpasses even the record breaking boom of 1916. It is simply inconceivable that this Immense pro duction now In view will not be ac companied by a proportionate degree of activity in the building trades. This second point to consider is whether there arc specific causes operating to give a particular Im petus to building lines as distin guished from Industrial and commer cial activity in general. Dissipation of George "My dear, you mustn't let anybody read that letter from cousin George at the front. I'm surprised that he'd write such things." "What's the matter with his let ter? It's mighty interesting." "Some parts of It are, but his con fessions of his disgraceful conduct are dreadful. I wouldn't for the world have anyone know of his do ings." "I don't get you at all." "You don't? Didn't you read that part of his letter where he says he was out with a British tank last night, and th*y rolled all over the place?"-—Detroit Free Press. Domestic Indignation "I Just can'fc get along with my husband, and that's all there Is to it," remarked the square Jawed woman. "I understand you begged him with tears In your eyes not to go Into the army If he could posslbl? avoid it." "I did talk rather sentimentally about the fear of losing him. And he made my affection an excuse to put up such an argument for exemption that they 11 probably let him out. I've got to look forward to having a slacker sitting around the house all through the war!" —-From theWash i tngton Star. the famous battle with the British frigate Serapls, on September 3, 1779. The flag has thirteen stars. Hanging from the walls of the National Museum Is the most distin gushed of "bur distinguished flags— the Star Spangled Banner which floated over Fort McHenry, Mary land, during the British attack in September, 1814, and on seeing which during the battle Francis Scott Key (held on one of the Brit ish ships) wrote the famous song of that name. This flag was made by Mrs. Mary Pickersgill and her as sistants, at what is known as the Baltimore Flag House, and measures 26 by 36 feet. In the battle one of the stars was shot away by the British. The ban ner was preserved by Major George Armistead, the valiant commander of Fort McHenry, and after his death by his daughter, Mrs. Eben Apple ton, who presented it to the National Museum with the condition that the flag should never, be removed for exhibition elsewhere. The youngest among distinguished flags is that which was made in the old Flag House, Philadelphia, in 1915. Each of the stars In this nota ble flag was supplied by the Gover nor of on© of the states of the Union. The flag was unfurled at the official opening of the Panama Canal In 1915. It was released by Presi dent Woodrow Wilson, who pressed an electric button sending it to the breeze. At the same time "The Star Spangled Banner" was sung In al most every town and city of the United States, sending a thrill of pa triotic impulse over the nation. —J. A. Stewart, In the Living Church. Give Until It Hurts The motto of the patriotic women of Canada, who are doing all they can to help win the war, is: "Give until it hurts." That would be a good motto for every citizen of the United States to adopt. It is the only true measure of patriotism in a time like the pres ent. Giving what is only "convenient," or giving merely what one can "af ford," without entailing a single hardship is not the kind of patriot ism that wins wars like this one. The young men who go to France: the mothers who part with their sons; the wives who part with their husbands arc all giving until It hurts. The war will not be won without naany being hurt, but the number hurt at the front will be far less if those who stay at home adopt the motto of the women of Canada: Give until It hurts. —Kansas City Star. Among the Benefits We are informed y the always reliablo metropolitan press that be fore the war ends the men folks will wear soft collars, because the starch supply will be reserved entirely for food purposes. We are hoping it Is true. , There may be a man here and there who really likes to wear a starched collar. Accurate statistics (any old guess Is as accurate as some statistics) show that 99.5 Per cent of the men wear starched collars only because such collars have come to be a sort of badge of gentility. Popu lar opinion has come to consider a man something of an old slouch If he neglects to encase his neck in a starched nuisance on public occas ions. The starched collar is really not a badge of anything except that the wearer put up with whatever is customiUjyj^^ovlrujton^RejMJbllcaiv CROP PEST LETTER By Prof. J. O. Sanders. State Economic Zoologist HORSE BOT FLY Untold suffering, reduced effi-. ciency and many deaths of horses arc caused by attacks of horse bot flies. Few people realize how many horses are aflfecttd by these pests, which attach them selves as larvae or maggots to the Inner wall of the stomach, where they remain for the greater part of a year. The stomach walls are often so thickly studded with the maggots, as large as a lead pencil in diameter, that digestion is seriously impaired. Tho adult Is a large tawny fly, which lays yellow eggs on the horses' legs. These eggs are licked oft by the horses, and quickly hatch, the tiny maggots attaching themselves finally to the stomach walls, and grow rapidly. Control Is easy. At least once a day rub down the horses' lrgs with an oily cloth Kerosene lightly applied la beat, but too much may injure the hair. JULY 9, 1917. The Trouble Song Trouble, trouble, trouble Come on ever' han'! Please God, de yethquake's Swallerln' de lan! Dey better fall ter prayln' Whilst It's time ter fall, No groun' ter pray on W'en de yethquake swaller all! Dey better stop an' lisscn Ter what de Good Book say: War time an' yethquakes, An' den come Jedgment Day! Dey better fall ter prayin' Fo' de mountains 'gin ter fall! No groun' ter pray on W'en de yethquake swaller all! —Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution. Didn't Hang All The task of forming an acceptable cabinet in Austria seems to be hope less. Germany hung 30,000 Poles, but that was not all of them.— Savannah News. OUR DAILY LAUGH | WOULDN'T EAT HXM. Rabbit—Why do you admire the elephant so much? Duck —Because he's a vegetarian, that's why) SINKS RAPIDLY. "What is a sinking fund, Johnny?" "Pa's bank account when the bill* tn rum# In-" KEEN ADVICE. "I'm so anxious to reduce before real hot weather comes." "Why don't you goNorth—lt would be much easier than reducing?" POOR TENANTS. Bug Landlord—Drat those Apple worms, they've skipped their rent and eaten half tha house besides! BAD "?lr's a gt*t rftader." "Of what" •••Gas met era." jlEtontng CHlfat The "war portion" is due to make Its appearance in Harrisburg this week. It has turned up in the res taurants in a number of other cities of the state and from all accounts is working well. A war order is "Just enough," in the language of a man who has been studying the food problem. In quite a number of place* a regular order is a good size, eipe clally if it happens to be an artiet on which the price has been ad vanced lately. The idea in the "war order" is to give enough to sustain without overloading. The average man eats too much anyway, especial-, ly in the middle of the day, say men who conduct eating places in Har risburg. In talking about "war por tions" one restaurateur, who ha* had much experience here, said thaA it would result in popularizing th£ 'Plate luncheon." This is nothing more or less than a modified Amer ican plan dinner, something akin to the "businessman's luncheon." It has been tried here from time to time and in some cafes has been popular, but there has been a sameness about it that has caused it to be abandon fu' that the men who provide the food in Harrisburg ai commen cing to use more gray matter they will probably work out some attract ive combinations such as an all vegetable plate luncheon, orders with fi. °' me 4' and some salad and the like. It is surprising what can be furnished for a small sum when thought is given to it and how quickly the public will take to nov elties and then accept them as reg ular things. Harrisburg is singu larly well situated as to food. It is in an agricultural community; gets s?i*?iw V ?f tern meat ; Ib a center for distribution of "garden sass," an. has many war gardens, while its proximity and good train servide from Baltimore enable it to have fish and shellfish that are excellent, "hen, too. It Is held by some men who have studied the food conditions here that Harrisburg people do not realize the unusual fruit stores with in a few miles of the city and that they let much go by their homes to New York and Philadelphia and then buy it back again. There are no: many cities so favorably situated af to food supplies as Harrisburg, and that is probably the reason why more thought has not been given to it, although it must b e admitted that when it comes to prices some of the restaurants In Harrisburg know how to charge and charge well. • • • Some time ago reference was made to quail being heard around Reser voir and Paxtang Parks and alont parkways and the Riverside Road In the last few days men who hav garden patches in the outlying: dW tricts and yet within the city sas that they have heard the birds in thf morning close to the built-up part; of the city. The quail has a stronf leaning toward the potatobug as an article of diet and If the birds an as numerous as they are said to b< it will be a blessing for owners oi "war gardens," practically all o which have potatoes. *• * * Speaking of potatoes, a couple oi men who attended Saturday market! here were inquiring of provisior dealers as to the rate for potatoei and one of them let drop that h< had agreed to sell all „of his crop thl; year to an aprent for a commission merchant at SI.BO a bushel. How ever, he said that he had not re ceived any money down and his let tprs to the address given had no brought any replies. "The potatoei will be coming along pretty soor and there will be lots of them, am wondering how I am tied ufcj said one man. The other said tha if the farmer was "tied up" he be lieved the agent was too, and offeree to bet that the agent would not bi around. With the organization of the vari ous motor truck companies now un der way. throughout the state anr the formation of the military policy of the division, authorized last weeV and now almost ready for Federa inspection, the tactical formation o the Pennsylvania, division will b< about complete. The Federal Gov ernment has ordered numerous ad ditional units which are being mus tered into guard service and it ha entailed an immense amount o work. The military police will be ii charge of Majors J. Franklin Mc Fadden and J. Clyde Miller, and wil be composed of Philadelphia aw Pittsburgh policemen. The trucl companies are nearly all made up o chauffeurs and the business branche of the service are being made up o men with business training. There is one thing that will causi a man to be jumped on in Harris burg- with alacrity and It will brini drastic treatment second only to ai Insult to the flag or some unpatri otic remarks. It is mussing up i garden. This was discovered on Sat urday evening when a couple of mei loaded down with pay and rum un dertook to take a short cut acros some lots fn the Hill district whicl had been planted with potatoes They had undertaken to cross "wa gardens," and in less time than i takes to tell it men who had beei bending their backs and energies t get the potatoes growing were oi their trail. The offenders did no realize what they had done an apologies and offers to have damag paid for saved them from some livel treatment. * * * The approach of the time for mo bilization of the National Guard I causing a tremaidous amount o work to be done by the officers of th state's military establishment. Al though yesterday was Sunday ther was much activity about the Adju tant General's- office and at. the arse nal and other places connected wit' the military end there were als men on duty. W&L KNOWN PEOPLE —Col. M. p. Brown, the new com mander of the First Infantry, is son of Wilson H. Brown, promUiac Philadelphian. —Major J. Clyde Miller, formert In the National Guard, will return k the service in the Second Brigade —The Rev. Dr. Luther Freemai Pittsburgh clergyman, la home froi a tour of the western states. —Richard T. Cook, Phlladelphl banker, has gone to New Hatapshir for the summer. —Congressman John M. Rose, 4 Johnstown, has sold his residence T the Knights of Columbus of thi city. —E. T. Stotesbury, Phlladelpht financier, has made a speech evei Sunday for the last Ave weeks t flagraisings. | DO YOUKNOW That Harrisburg's river dun Is being copied in half a dozen place* In eastern states? HISTORIC HARR/ISBtTRG The first schools In Harrlstrai were held In taverns and warehous< i along the River Front, with volui i teer teachers.