8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A SEH'SPAPER FOR THE HOUS Founded lt;i Published evenlags except Sunday by THE TEI.RGRAFH PRIJITISU CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Sqanr*. •E.J. STACKPOLE.Prrj'f £r E .utor-in-C hirf F. R. vJYSTKR, Business Slanafer. GUS M. STEI.VMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Entered at'the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as s jcond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail. 15.00 a year in advance. MONDAY JrLY 16. 1917 To tell truth, rightly understood, is not to state the true facts, but to convey a true impression; truth in spirit, not truth to letter, is the true veracity. —Stevenson. GOOD WORK PASSAGE of the 1640,000,000 aviation bill by the lower House of Congress is to be commended. It indicates a unanimity of belief at Washington, which is entertained by the country at large, that the de cision of the war at an early date lies with the aeroplane on the west ern front. 1- nquestlonably, the talent employ ed to bring this great unit Into the fighting forces of the allies, togeth er with the almost unlimited means at the experts' command, will pro duce within the next year such a force of fliers as will be able to blind the German armies in France, if they are s'till there twelve months hence. Preponderance cf power in the air will spell disaster of the first magnitude to the Central Powers. That the project is not to be ham pered or delayed by quibbling over appropriations is an encouraging sign. May be it indicates that Congress intends to cut out some of the politics it h<js been playing in order to give place to a little more patriot ism. THE GERMAN SITVATIOX VON BETH MANN-HOLWEG has reaped the reward of the "scrap of paper" type of diplomacy! that he represented. Nobody could 1 have been more faithful to Kalserism j than Hollweg. Yet Hollweg and his i career have been sacrificed upon the i altar of Junkerism as ruthlessly as was Belgium, to the betrayal of which Hollweg himsetf was party, i None will pity Hollweg. He "had placed himself without the pale. The! point is that his removal, while dem onstrating most forcibly the rising j dissatisfaction of the people of Ger-! many with the type of government I which Hollweg has represented, does not remove the cause. The change i in the chancellorship may bring Ger-! many nearer to the reforms which I Its people are beginning to desire and 1 nearer to the peace for which thev ! long, but if so that fact remains, to be demonstrated. Hollweg has be'en , removed, but his masters remain.! The outcome is not to be forecasted Rt this time. It is unthinkable theHohenzollerns have any intention of loosening their grip, but if they have it must be for the reason that the plight of Germany as a war power is far worse than the outside world suspects. The ruling powers have everything to lose and nothing i to gain by putting the people of Ger many in the saddle they have so long occupied. But once that is accom- 1 plished, either because the Junkers have found it necessary to dismount or because an unruly populace has thrown them out bodily, lasting peace with Germany will be in sight. No matter how liberal or how peace-inclined Dr. Michaelis, the i\ew chancellor, may be, and there is no evidence that he is any more so than Hollweg, the Allies cannot afford to quit, with victory in their grasp, unless the objects for which they are fighting are attained. The democratization of Germany must be accomplished from within or from without before peace can come. When that is brought about the Ger man peril will have been removed, for democracies do not fight democ racies and the ambition of Prussia for world domination will have been shattered for all time. No matter, however, what atti tude Dr. Michaelis may assume, the growth of peace sentiment In the empire is bound to continue, the leaven of Vienna having spread to Berlin and found ready incubation there. Austria, loyal a4ly though 6he has been, Is clamoring for peace and peace that will forever remove her from German dominion. The new emperor, it would appear, fears Berlin far more than he does Paris or London. Eventually he will rtiake peace, with Germany's consent If possible and without it if the Kaiser persists in the course he has taken. That is almost certain. The higher the peace tide in Austria, the higher it will become in Germany, where the half-starved people are hopeless of the victory they were promised. But more powerful as a peace In fluence than even that at work In Vienna will be President Wilson's ruling against feeding Germany through exports to neutral na-j MONDAY EVENING, tions. Cut out the balance between starvation and bare existence which Germany now has by meana of Im ports through neutral countries and the war s end will be brought mate rially nearer. All things are working for peace on the basis the allies demand, but j how soon it will come and whether from within or from wlthoift tlfte boundaries of Germany cannot now be foreseen. THE TROOPS DEPART "Jl AT ORE than 800 places In office and shop that were filled Sat urday are vacant to-day and that number of Harrisburg men have withdrawn themselves from the peaceful pursuits of Industry to shoulder their rifles and take up the grim duties of the soldier. The city has suddenly awakwied to the mean ing of war. Before Christmas, news dispatches from Washington say, these troops will be In, the trenches of France, with all that the phrase Implies. Those who remain at home are bidding the National Guardsmen farewell with tears in their eyes and joy in their hearts —tears for the sorrow they feel at parting, joy for the thought that the spirit whif.h brought forth this country as we know it has not died in.the youth of the land. These men are volunteers In the best sense of the word. Many of them have been In training for years. Theirs Is no sudden rush to the colors in the full enthusiasm of a righteous cause; long ago they rea lized that somebody must stand in the first line of defense and they lined themselves up beside the Regu lars In a citizens' army than which there Is none better In the world. The position of the nation In this hour of peril would be grave indeed were it not for the National Guard. Had the men who were mobilized yesterday not fully understood the necessity of "preparedness," at least to the degree required by the State service, we should be now without an armed force save the Regular Army. The National Guardsmen have justified themselves. Drilling once or twice a week, studying be tween times and practicing on the I rifle ranges when their friends were enjoying themselves socially or In sports, the Guardsmen often, never theless, were marks for the ridicule f of small-minded persons who could not understand the unselfishness and patriotism of the men in the service. "Tin soldiers" was a favorite term these back-biters employed. "Iron soldiers," it should have been. But the Guardsman has had his revenge. | As his officers called for volunteers !to bring their units up to war j strength, the little fellows who had : been calling him "tin soldier" hastily ! took refuge binder the bed or behind | the skirts of an "aged mother" to i whom they had never previously i contributed a penny for support. The men who went to Chambers i burg yesterday and those who mo bilize at Mt. Gretna to-day, together with their fellows in the cavalry ar , mory, and at Island Park, form a ! contingent of which any city might be proud. They go away with the best wishes of all Harrisburg. Our prayers will follow them. And If, ■ In their service, they find need of anything in the way of comforts or conveniences that the army regula ; tlons do not provide, they will have only to drop the hint in a letter I hoifts to have those wants provided. We shall not forget what they have i volunteered, to do for us. "EFFICIENCY" type of Democratic "efflcl- I ency" that is rapidly bringing the post office system to the I verge of ruin is demonstrated by the abolition of three post offices. Waynesvllle, Enterline and Carson ville, In the upper end of Dauphin county, and the substitution of a rural route twenty-eight miles in length. Can't you imagine a rural carrier making a daily trip of twenty-eight miles over the roads of that district in the winter and spring? The folks up there will be lucky if they get their mall twice a week. The change Is put into effect with out warning to anybody. an 4 those who use these rost offices have been greatly Inconvenienced by address ing to them mail which has boon delayed from one to two days in reaching its destination. The whole postal department has deteriorated in the past four years. The service between Harriaburg and New York, for instance, is generally from two hours to twelve longer than it used to be and conditions as a whole are unsatisfactory. IK By the Fx-CommiUrrman The mobilization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania for war serv ice has dwarfed the factional strife in the political parties in Pennsyl vania and the maneuvers on Capitol Hill and the lively squabbling among the Democrats in Philadelphia over reappointment of I'nited States Dis trict Attorney Francis Fisher Kane have been crowded off the first pages. It is not likely they will receive much more than passing notice the remainder of the summer. Governor Brumbaugh is standing pat on his reappointment of reject [ ed officials and the legal end of the ! State government will be pre\>aredto ask the Dauphin county court for a mandamus upon Auditor General Snyder in the event that he proves recalcitrant in regard to payment of salaries of the aforesaid official*. Meanwhile the administration forces are building up their case and send ing payrolls and warrants to the auditor general. Mr. Snyder is keep ing his own counsel. It is probable that there will be developments in this matter this week and that the controversy be tween Mr. Snyder and his predeces sor. A. W. Powell, will come to a head in a rather surprising way be fore the end of the month. Governor Brumbaugh with 400 appropriation bills and more than 15u of a general character to wrestle with between now and June 28. Is being watched with some interest. —While Governor Brumbaugh has let it be known that he prefers not to have hearings and that people in terested in legislation may file briefs with him, it is believed that he will give a hearing on the bill to sus pend the operation of the full crew law during the war. The Governor has been asked by railroad brother hood representatives not to sign the bill and some have requested hear ings. The railroads would naturally desire to be heard, too. Just when the hearings will be held is not known. The Governor gave a hear ing on the repealer two years ago and vetoed it about the end of the time limit, announcing his action on a Sunday night when he was on the way to Maine. —Considerable interest is being shown at the Capitol as to what the Governor will do with the items in the general appropriation bill relat ing to the auditor general's depart ment in view of the stand of Mr. Snyder in regard to reappointed of ficials. There are several items which the Governor's friends have been looking up. —Appointment of a chief of the bureau of industrial statistics and in formation in the Department of Labor and Industry to succeed Paul N. Furman will be made before very long. The man to be named will not be active politically. It is believed. —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times a few days ago printed the following interesting story: "The County Em ployes' Association and the county commissioners yesterday were two souls with but a single thought—ex cept that the thought of each took a slant in a different direction, so much so that any idea of making up is all shot to pieces. To be more cruelly direct and matter of fact,, while the former were meeting and figuring how they could get Govern or M. G. Brumbaugh to boost their pay, the latter were shooting out a letter to the same distinguished point declaring that such a thing would be an imposition on an al ready over tax-burdened populace. The county employes would like to have the benefits of the Burke bill, which provides for an Increase in salary for employes receiving less than $1,600 a year, applied to them. —Discussing the Governor's ap pointments the Philadelphia Press says in a political review: "It does not follow that the appointments which the Governor made immedi ately upon the adjournment of the Senate will be permanent. Auditor General Snyder, bitter opponent of the Governor, does not propose If he can have his way, that the men shall ever be paid. But the Governor, if intimations which have been made are realized, may make changes In personnel on hia own account; a political interpretation may be placed upon them by Senator Pen rose and Senator McNlchol and the possibilities of harmony In Philadel phia on one ticket for the Repub lican n-,maries carrying representa tives of both factions upon it and | virtually maintaining the present i political status quo may be dispelled. —Paul Pendell, of Throop, has been chosen as secretary of the Lackawanna county committee. —John F. Renninger has been named as postmaster of New Hol land. Other appointments in this section are- being made as rapidly as circumstances permit. —The Philadelphia Press says the Governor shquld have vetoed the direct inheritance tax bill. —This news comes from the Phil adelphia Inquirer of this morning: "Spirited contents for seats in at least two of the local common pleas courts are assured as the result of an nouncements made yesterday. The sitting judges of Common Pleas Court No. 3, whose terms expire this year. Judge Charles B. McMlchael, the president of the court, and Judge William C. Ferguson, have one opponent already. Representative Frederick Beyer, who was chairman of the Judiciary General Committee of the last House, of Harrisburg, has had nomlnatloh papers taken out In his behalf for the court and his friends say they intend to make an aggressive canvass in his behalf. Papers for Judges McMlchael and Ferguson have been In circulation for several days. Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of the Municipal Court, yesterday authorized an announce ment that he will be a candidate for nomination for Common Pleas Court No. 6. Two members of that court are up for re-election, Judges Wil liam A. Staake and John Mona ghan." He Worked Hard A languid youth of Washington, after having tried several Jobs anU fallen down out of sheer laziness. WM placed with a government natur alist. But even In this position he was slow. It took him - two hours to give certain living specimens of birds their feed. The good point he possessed was willingness. One afternoon, after having chang ed the water for some fish, he asked his employer: "What ihall I do now. sir?" i The naturalists reflected a moment and then answered: "Well, William. I think you mlgtU take the tortoise for a run." —Everybody's Magazine. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH - in _ f When a Feller Needs a Friend ~ / B,BRIGGS TEA ' LICKIM Russian Self-restraint Uater and more detailed accounts of recent happenings in Russia are of a nature that should greatly ad vance the popular estimate of the character of the people of that coun try. Their course throughout a won derful revolution has been notable for the single quality of self-restraint shown. The overthrow of a despotic government was accomplished with comparatively little disorder or vio lence and a provisional government has been set into running order in a very short time and made fairly operative with so little friction that the whole affair excites the wonder as well as the admiration of the out sider. It is yet too soon to look for absojute precision In governmental function; indeed, this is hardly to be expected of a democracy, but the Russians have astonished the world with the use already made of their freedom. Self-control is the first essential to success in popular gov ernment and this quality the Russian people have shown In an astonishing degree. Replacement of the old order by the new in Russia is one of the most remarkable events in history, and, no matter what its development may lead to, its inception will long stand as a bright spot in man's record. —Omaha Bee. A Transparent Mystery "It's a mystery who started this war," said a government official. "Yes. it's Just about as dark and impenetrable a mystery as that of the purloined pork." "Two colored men bought a piece of pork in partnership, and Wash took charge of it. The next even ing he led Cal aside at the poker club and said: " 'Strange thing done happen to mah house las' night. Hit shorely am a mystery to me.' "'Whah dat, Washin'ton?'- " 'Dis mawnin," Cal, Ah goes down fo* ter git a piece o' hog fo' break fus,' an' Ah puts mah hand in de brine, an' dere hain't no hog dere. All gone. So Ah turns up de bar'l, an," Cal, sho's preachin,' de rats had et a hole froo de bottom o' de bar ! an' dragged out all de meat!" "Cal at this news was frozen with astonishment for a moment; then he said: " 'How come de brine didn't run outen de hole?' " 'Why, you see, Cal,' said Wash, scratching his head, 'dat's de mys tery." "—Washington Star. A Mooted Question Ray Rohn, the illustratoc, is all het up. He writes In feverishly to know whether or not persons in. canoes are supposed to stand up when the band on a passing excur sion boat plays "The Star Spangled Banner." He wants to know If per sons are expected to give up their lives for their country in this man ner. Certainly. Drowning is said to be a pleasant death, and, anyhow, it is much easier than sticking around and starving to death in this era of aristocratic beans. Of course, you will be able to stand during only two or three bars of the anthem. The band will get as far as "Oh, say can you see." The passengers on the excursion boat will look over the rail to see if they can see, but there won't be anything to see, for you will just be going down for the third time.—From the New York Sun. The Soldier's Philosophy "Of two things one is certain; either you're momilized or you're not mobilized. If you're not mobilized there is no need to worry; if you are mobilized ( of two things one is certain: either you're behind the lines or you're on the front. If you are behind the lines, there is no need to worry; if you are on the front, of two things one is certain; you'ra rest ing in a safe place or you're exposed to danger. If you are resting in a safe place there is no need to worry; If you're exposed to danger, of two things one is certain: either you're wounded or you are not wounded. If you're not wounded, there Is no need to worry; If you are wounded, one of two things is certain; either you're wounded seriously or yotj are wound-* ed slightly. If you are wounded lightlv there is no need to worry; If you're wouaded seriously, of two things one is certain; either you re cover or you die. If you recover there Is no need to worry; if you die, you can't worry."—By a French Soldier Whom Inventors Neglected (Peabody Gazette-Herald.] Some men can't understand why their wives are so tired at the end of the day's work. Go to the average farm and notice the riding ploughs, the riding cultivators and even the riding grindstones. Then go to the house and see how many riding dish wathers and riding washing ma chines you can find. AMERICA GOES ABROAD Donald W llhelm In the Ktw York Independent. IT WAS startling in its psycho-i logical effect—the sudden ap pearance, right on scheduled \ minute, of these columns. They came marching four abreast, in line upon § line, till their faces made a passing sweep that played on one's emotion i like the flutter of an American flag. 1 They came marching up, Into the lighted space, and then flashed on into the shadows, to pause, take a look about and a moment's rest, then file up the gangplanks, down; the hatches and up to the upper 1 decks. They were tired; yet they came marching up out of the depths sym- j bolically, with a vigor that was as- j founding, marching with full equip- | ment ready to stay in Europe tiH the I Germans burn out and freeze them selves under. They came, thousand j after thousand of them, in order that i the imperial German government J would have deemed impossible here, I at an embarkation. There was no j confusion. They came and there j were no consequences—just a few low and quiet commands, a few ; wheelings and swift and direct ex-j ecution of movements desired. America was represented in those 1 first ten thousands, represented foro ; and aft and in the lookouts atop ' decks, in cabins and under hatches, 1 I all of America typical soldiers from whom one can extract nothing in the way of information about themselves; men from the North and the Bouth, from the East and the West—from all the levels high : and low of America. There were I men with distinguished names, just t like the other privates—Lees, for in stance —a few men of wealth, and not a few sons of the men celebrated i No Twilight For Slacker* (Philadelphia Bulletin) j Chairman Burnett's bill for the de i portatlon of aliens of military age who have pot taken out their flrit i papers in naturalization, and fail to ; do so within thirty or sixty days of I the passage of the act, is aimed at | the alien resident of the United States who cannot be drafted to tight for this country and will not fight I for his own. Under the interpretation of the se- J lectlve draft law, aliens who have taken out their first papers are held to be subject to the call for military J service under the Stars and Stripes, i to which they have taken the pre liminary oath of allegiance, but ! aliens who have not taken that step : are immune. Moreover, the laws of the United States do not recognize the Jurisdiction of foreign military service laws In this country, so that , the alien who Is enjoying the advan ' tages of a home in the United States and who Is a slacker in his civic i duties in failing to assume the re sponsibilities of American cltizen- I ship, Is peculiarly privileged by he , ing immune from th-s call to arms. The injustice of, calling citizens | from their ordinary places of occu | pation to take up arms in the na [ tirxn's defense, and permitting non | citizens to step in and enjoy the op portunities which they are forced to | forego, Is apparent and should be 1 remedied. * Reserved Seats | One night St. Peter at *he gate '■ Of Heaven sat disconsolate. Arrivals had baen few, , When looking down on fiery Sheol ' With pity such as saints can feel UP Saw a motley crew. "Hello! Old Scratch," he quickly said, • ; "A sight like this quite turns my head; What did these mortals do?" | Then Satan said with dev'llsh glee: ' "The crowd which on the left you see, j T tell you naught but facts, j Are army slackers, and the men Who dodged the income tax. And those upon the right you see I Unclosed In endless fires i Are Zeppelin and the U-boat fiends, And German press gang liars; i But hottest place in Hell is kept— A fact I don't deny, sir— j Is kept for worst of humankind. The present German Kaiser." —FITS N'IGLE. Hard to Find "Mother," said little Evelyn, "may I go out to play with the other chil dren now?" } "tou may play with the little I girls, sweetheart, but not with the boys; the little boys are too rough." "But, mother," rejoined the little I miss, "if I find a nice, smooth little J boy, can I play >!th him?"— New York Globe. in our down-to-the-date American life. On board one of the transports, a ! great ocean liner, I went over to a ] private standing alone by the rail—| a thoughtful, dark haired fellow staring into the distance, past inter- | vening miles. I imagined, clear away | to a little farmer mother standing in a doorway, thinking of him. "Arc | you downhearted?" I asked him. I "I'm just looking," he smiled. I "Where?" I smiled back at him. "Oh, somewhere," he laughed. And then, suddenly: "Hell, I got a girl." And then the boat moved a little—i the tension was off Its hawsers. "I envy you—l wish I were in! your place," I called to one of the men at the rail. "Perhaps you won't three month*j from now," he laughed. And then, from the same man: "Give my re gard to all the girls——" " to Broadway, too," called an other. And then another punned on something about Broadway with its skyline of stars, even when it's stormy! The next moment the boat had cleared, all except two hawsers. I glanced at my watch. There was \ minute left till schedule. She waited that minute out. There was that minute's pause, a curt order from the bridge and almost Instantly the big craft was moving slowly, but surely out toward the sea. Then there was music. Some boy with a cheerful heart startid it with "Tipperary," and the next moment a soldier band had caught up the tune, then turned it to the music that promises to be the marching song that will heal forever the wounds between North and South —"Dixie!" Congress and Prohibition [New York World.] Congress has not been honest In this legislation. It has not been j honest even with the prohibitionists whom it has pretended to coddle, I for they ha*e been used to mask the | operations of food speculators and ■ extortionists who dared not fight the bill In the open. The enemies of I the measure are still working under | cover, and with characteristic fatu ousness the prohibitionists in Con. j gress and out of Congress have been playing the game of as sordid a crew I as ever plotted for its own pockets, j This controversy can be straight ; ened cut very quickly if the Senate wi.-.hes to straighten It out. The ! varying votes on the different liquor 1 amendments indicate no sincerity of conviction whatever on the lubject of prohibition and are additional tea. timony to the sinister motive back of the attempt to make the measure so unpopular that it will be unen forceable. The compromise which | was außgested by the President and ' generally agreed to was fair and ! Just. It was not glVen up in the Senate !in 'ho public Interest. It was not j thrown aside for the good of the | country. Urfless the Benate disposes of this I measure without further delay, the | American people may rest assured that there are influences at work in Washington which are far more dan gerous to the United States in war than anything that hasyet been done by German spies. Day-Old Bread We are glad to see the day-old bread figures In the conservancy campaign. That is the kind of bread to eat. Bread baked the same day It is eaten is hardly fit to eat. It is more or less a soggy mess and rolls around In the stomach like a marble. We are glad to see the bakers re i solving not to take back any day- I old bread. There is no sense In their j doing it. It is morejhealthful than ! fresh bread, and to'condemn it is against the food conservation policy ! of those war days. The people ; should eat it. It Is good for them. >ltla a food saving habit. It Is stand ing by the soldier boya in the field. If you buy fresh bread, save It to eat the next day. In the old pioneer days, when a man would split rails all morning, he could come homo and eat several thick slices of fresh bread and it wouldn't hurt him a bit, but the pioneer days are gone and most men now get an appetite sitting down, and digest their food in the same comfortable way.. Day-old bread ia the bread of civilization. Ohio State Journal. No More Humorous Features But if the silk hat is abolished, as demanded by economic experts, how will It be possible to pull off pa [ radea?—Marion Star. JULY 16, 1917. Labor Notes The Amalgamated Society of Brit ish Watermen has presented a fur ther sum of 700 pounds to the Red Cross Society for the maintenance of their ambulance in France. This year 300,000 acres of grass land were broken up in England and Wales for corn crops. it Is planned to break up 3,000 acres of such land for this purpose in 1918 in the two countries. Life insurance policies calling for graduated amounts have been Is sued to men and women employed by the Pennsylvania Rubber Com pany. The company bears the en tire cost of the premiums on this in surance. Five thousand Japanese emigrants are t be sent to Brazil each year over a new steamship line. In their new home the Japanese will be em ployed in the cultivation of rice, beans, potatoes, onions and coffee. OUR DAILY LAUGH r"" SAD. ® a Worm Why so gloomy old Locust My s swe eth e art'a 3 n away on a 5 Cg3 M seventeen - ya TO MARKET C*Jfc£ ill TO MARKET, | j To market, eh, f to buy a pig, vs.' Now that trans- JfV __ action would Your Income takes a fear- JKgMk ggjTj i ful drop nlft'SMJk ' ,3 "-- ' In purchasing I a single ™ ) p A BC®N * 1 \ Bird — The, ps/' |in tlons are Indeed ■ a sr ® at inv ® n * MSST; Lo ? DESCRIBED. Pa, what is a v If J '( patriot ? • A patriot, my R \ boy, Is one who thinks a little more "of his \ f country than he V does of his per- ■ J\ 1 onal comfort. I / J REASSURING. He: While I an at the front, I •hall think of you to give me cour age. She: Ah yes, when you are lying out on the field v terribly wounded don't forget your little slrl Ibrnhtg <Eljai ! I State educational officials are view- I ing with considerable concern the situation with regard to teachers for many of tho rural districts Jn the state which have not yet engaged teachers for tho opening of the fall term. In quite a number of the rural districts school will start late In Au ! gust And there have been reports coming here that teachers have re fused to re-engage themselves. In some counties the conditions have caused superintendents much uneasi ness. The difficulty seems to be that teachers are tlnding better openings and pay in other occupations. The i Idea that a man must teach school ! for a few years as a preliminary to embarking In law or some olher bus iness seems to be passing out ana the rural districts are seldom able to hold young teachers very long. In some sections it Is denied that conditions are serious and that teach ers who have found profitable sum mer employment will return In time for the ringing of the bells. State authorities are making efforts to help rural districts by putting the direct ors into touch with teachers. The situation may result in unusual act ivity in educational lines in the ordi narily Quiet period. Uncertainty about bills to Increase teachers' min imum salaries is partly to blame for the conditions, it is claimed. Pennsylvania's division of the Na tional Guard will have hundreds of motortrucks when it goes into the camp at Augusta, Georgia. Some of these trucks are now owned or han dled by organizations having been given to them by their home com munities, whils trucks for some of the supply train companies will bo issued tor them this week at Mt. Gret na. The chauffeur is a bigger factor in Nattonal Guard affairs now than ever and the difference in the mat ter* of motor transportation at Au gusta and what It was at Mt. Gretna and El Paso last your will bo striK ,nß - . . . The rainy weather encountered by the Harrlsburg Guardsmen when they began their mobilization yester day recalled to the veterans of tho old City Grays and Governors Troop what they struck in April, 1898, when thev went to Mt Gretna for mobili sation. The Eighth Regiment blv ouaced in buildings used for poultry shows, and some of the facetious men roosted on the rungs meant for fowls and made the night memorable by their imitations of chanticleer. • * Judging from the Vay people vis ited the State Capitol last week this summer is going to be worth while iin the visitor line. Last year was a pretty brisk year, even better than i the year before, but thus far, except i for people who came here during ! the legislative session the visitors | have not been so numerous. Last I week furnished an exception and tho ' information bureau's register was better filled than for a long time. However, there are many people who do not register and many who go through the building without asking for a guide. The latter class miss a good bit because the guides have the features of tho building down pat and can give descriptions of tho paintings that hearing. The Pennsylvania Farmer, one of the most alert of the agricultural publication's of the country, makes these interesting observations on market conditions*. Although many lines of produce are plentiful an<l* prices are tending downward, the public harks back to market prices of last year and two years ago. It is a strange mental habit the public has of feeling that prices of agri cultural products should remain sta tionary, however much other prod ucts may fluctuate. It will be a. calamity for agriculture, hence to the whole country, if prices reach the level of last year and year before, since the cost of production has been so much greater. Some kinds of truck have already been plowed un der in a few localities because it would not pay to harvest them. A city paper in commenting upon this criticises farmers for not availing themselves of labor registered at city bureaus for farm work. tl } ny tion shdws that much of the labor is green and Inexperienced and yet ex pects current wages/' Major J. H. M. Andrews, who will command the First battalion of the state's first regiment of engineers, is a fowner Harrisburger and a son or James Andrews, who has hart charge of mills here at several times. Mr. Andrews attended Stste College and has been actlvo in. National Guard affairs. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE Fred J. Connery, New Castle's fire chief, has answered nearly 8,000 Thomas A. Gorman, appointed a member of the local exemption board in "Johnstown, was formerly president of select council in that city. Frederick B. Shipp, general sec retary of the Pittsburgh Y. M. C. A.. has' arrived in France, where ho is handling international work. \lvan Markle, the Hazleton coal magnate, raised the greater parl or the fund for the ambulance for the Hasleton battery. S. F. Bartonslager, new presi dent of the state organization of county controllers, is controller of Y< —Rabbi Joseph nam ed to represent the Jewish people in food control matters, is most influential rabbis in the country and a leading citizen of Philadelphia. 1 DQ YOU KNOW That Harrisburg lias won freah laurel* In everything undertaken In the national cause this year? • HISTORIC HARRISBTJRG This city was one of the first to respond to the call for aid for the Sanitary Commission during tho Civil War. Slang Slang and Its possibilities were vividly expressed in the conversa tion of two youths In a Back Bay homft one night recently. The boys got into a discussion, and when all legitimate arguments had been ex hausted the following repartee was heard: "Snow again—l don't catch the drift." "Keep on spouting, kid —you re a. whale." "Tie your shoe your tongue's hangin' out." "Hang crepe on yer ear, you mutt, yer brain is dead." "Ah, sand yer tracks yer sllp pln'!" "Sneese, little one yer bean la dusty-"—Boston Traveler.
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