8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded ISJJ (Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGIIAI'H PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. - 'E.J. STACK I'D LE, P res't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Mar.oger. OUSM. ST E INM ETC, Managing fttitor. A Member American 1 Newspaper Pub- Ushers' Assocla- JhMSSB tion, the Audit SggWßffiWJl® Bureau of Clrcu f " la!ion and Penn sylvania Associ- EBB (EL ntc 'l Dailies. Cga v 3 BD| IJH Eastern office. Story, Brooks & MB {8 JBi |Bt Finley, Fifth JSif" k>* ti m Avenue Building, New York City; Western office. Si PSSA!" Story, Brooks & '■£;}>— -AJb Finley, People's i ' Gas Bunding, I Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as sicond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail. $5.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY, JULY 17. 1917 To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honor able youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smil ing age, is to be.a good artist in life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. —STEVENSON. TAKING MILITIA'S PLACE WHO will take the plAce of the National Guardsmen who are guarding the railroad bridges of the State when these soldiers are called into active service, is a ques tion that Is being asked on every side. The answer lies with the railroad companies. The State Police force it not large enough for this purpose and it is needed elsewhere for other service. Neither is this duty a proper one for Home Guard organizations, for these are mostly made up of men who arc willing enough to serve In the event of local disorders or other emergencies, but who can not be spared from their regular lines of ■work to protect bridges from Ger man agents, more or less mythical. Unless the State shall provide some provisional guard, which would step into the shoes of the militia, and this does not at the moment ap pear likely, the patrolling of the bridges will fall to the companies themselves. Watchmen can be pro cured for this kind of work who can handle a gun well enough but who are not fitted for very hard work and these are the men who should, and probably will be employed. SIGNS OF THE TIMES NO phase of the recent internal outbreak in Central Europe has been more important than the evident purpose of a large part of the population of Austria to break away from German domination. The : Czechs are restless under the iron hand of the Prussian military group and any moment may see the break ing away of a large section of the Austrian combination. These people realize that they are simply pawns in the hands of the German auto cracy and their manifest purpose to end the war as soon as possible is bound to have an important effect in the final disruption of the German alliance. No other feature of the recent de velopments has so greatly encourag ed those who are battling for peace and liberty throughout the world. Even among the people of Germany there is a growing desire now to force a situation which will compel the Kaiser to stop the bloodshed and restore peace. COAL PRICES HARRISBURG people are be ginning to wonder whether their first taste of real war may not come through failure to get sufficient coal to keep them warm next winter. Local dealers admit that it is impossible for them to get their fuel supplies and orders which have been on their books for months have not yet been filled. Whether there is any scheming upon the part of tho coal barons to force up the retail price ought to be developed through the governmental investiga tion which is now under way. EXPLOSION THREATENED THE letter which Secretary Baker wrote in condemnation of his colleague. Secretary Lane, be cause the latter agreed that the price of coVl should be "fixed" at three dollars a ton, bodes no good for the peace of mind of the admin istration. Mr. Baker described the price as unjust and extortionate. The country, on the other hand, looks upon it as fair and reasonable—and In any event it is not final. Three dollars a ton is not a price agreed upon to be fixed for the whole period of the war, or for any length of time, but merely as a basic or tentative price which is to be modi fied as investigation or other means "indicates that a change should be made. Moreover, the country is prone to .remember that Secretary Lane dealt with the coal situation by actually doing something, while his col leagues only talked about it. He brought the coal operators and the , coal committee of the Council of National Defense together and the problem was threshed out, with a result that tho tentative price was, placed at a figure considerably be low that then prevailing in the coal trade. He believed that the coal operntors had done a patriotic thing; U : ; - . • "... . TUESDAY EVENING, he believed that he himself had done a helpful thing. And the coun ty believes this, too. Consequently, it is eafcy to see that the President will have an oppor tunity to practice the arts of peace making at home long before he can do so at an international council table where will bo settled the prob lems of the war. Ho will have to decide whether Secretary Baker is right in denouncing the course which Secretary Lane has taken, whether Secretary Daniels is correct in play ing a "me too" role with Mr. Laker, whether Attorney General Gregory is within his functions in threaten ing to proceed under the Sherman law against all coal operators who sell coal to the government at $3 a ton. Mr. Lane, more than any other member of tho Cabinet, commands public confidence. He has distinctly made good in every position he has filled, he hails from California to which State the President is under some political obligation, and Mr. Wilson's action in the premises will be taken as symptomatic of the pol icy under which tho war is to be conducted and its collateral domes tic problems dealt with. If Lane is permitted to be stigmatized \>y two of his colleagues as a party to in justice and extortion and threatened by a third with prosecution, it will be taken to mean that Baker and Daniels and the inefficiency which they represent are to be the main reliance of the nation in the war. If a compromise is adopted, and all three men remain in the Cabinet with some sort of a modus vivendl under which the face of each shall be saved, it will mean that the pol icy of "muddling through" Is to con tinue. In either of these contin gencies, the fervent prayer will be that "God save the United States of America." But if the President squarely puts himself behind Secre tary Lane and takes the position that effective deeds are more to be commended than fair-sounding words, the whole country will take heart. It is counted here as a fortunate circumstance that the Incident has arisen thus early in the course of the war, while so many of the prob lems of war procedure are under consideration in Congress. If Lane is to be thrown overboard, there will he a reaction in Congress. If he is sustained, Congress will delay for a time the explosion which is bound to come sooner or later because of the manner in which the administra tion's subordinates have interpreted their functions and have jeopardized the national interests under the plea of "war necessity." THE ISLAND CAMP THE TELEGRAPH publishes on another page this evening etch ings from photographs of the girls' camp on McCormick's Island. Despite the frequent showers these little folks are having a gay time. When It rains they simply put on bathing suits and laugh at the storm. They are acquiring health and vigor with which to combat the rigors of school life in winter. They ,will store away health in their little bodies and delightful memories in itheir young minds that will last them through many, many years after the tents have been pufled down at the island camp and the happy party is scattered to the four winds of the earth. This municipal camp is one of the features of summer life in Harris burg. Also, it is one of the very few camps of its kind in the coun try. Harrisburg was, and Is, a pioneer in this form of outdoor recreation. TACKLING A BIG JOB UNCLE SAM'S representatives at Washinston are attempting the Impossible. Not that we doubt their ability to lay plans that will circumvent the world-power ambi tions of the Kaiser and his imper ialistic fellow plotters against dem ocratic ideals. Far from it; Ameri cans do their part to put German frightfulness under six feet of ground, all right. The German army hasn't been formed that can stand up against the American "Sammies;" but when the government tries to. dictate women's fashion —that's a bird of another feather. The defense committee some days since handed out this bit of advice to the lady patriots of the nation: Wear the clothes you have so manpower now engaged in femi nine fads and fripperies may be • released for real war service at home or abroad. Buy at reasonable prices regard less of style. Don't refuse to buy a gown because there's too much or too little material in it. Let us make use of what we have. Allow " the unenlightened men to find fault with you. Do not draw on the labor market to create useless things; it is poor political econ omy and poor patriotism. Insistence of woman on "some thing exclusive" to tickle her vanity and open tl}e floodgates of envy in the next-door neighbor's house was strongly advised against In the com mittee's statement. Women rushing into khaki also was decried, because "it puts the women in competition with the gov ernment for millions of yards needed for troops." The wisdom of using up present styles and having fewer styles dur ing the remainder of the war to con serve manpower will be seen by American women, the committee be lieves. It Is said that a woman framed this and we are ready to believe it, for no man would dare go to such lengths. Being a man he would know his own peril in making such a suggestion and the utter folly of trying to "put over" a regulation that the Kaiser himself attempted in vain and then gave up in despair. Besides, one of the press associations publishes a picture of the ladjf au thor of the new style dictum hand ing out her statement to the report ers—and would you believe it —she is charmingly garbed in as filmy a creation of silk, chiffon arid lice as one might hope to see in the giddiest fashion journal. Which, we feel, is the q. e. d. of the proposition we set out to dem onstrate. v Ck *PUtOIjjtoCLKUC By the Ex-Commlttceraan From all accounts the politics of the State seems to be more or less dependent upon the ability of rival Republican and Democratic leaders to get tog-ether on nominations antt appointments. The Republicans are having troubles to unite on a Phil adelphia tickit in which the Mc- Nichol and Varo elements will be represented on a "fifty-fifty" basis, and the Democrats are brawling over United States District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane. Senator Penrose's visit to Phila delphia yesterday, his first in weeks, was for the purpose of looking ovei the ground and it is said that if there is no agreement on a ticket that the Penrose men will make a drive for judicial nominations. The Vares have candidates seeking elec tion or re-election. The controversy over the Kane appointment is likely to reach Wash ington soon as the men opposed to Kane do not mind the very active endorsement given to Kane by the Democratic bosses. —Councilman Lennon. of Phila delphia, created a stir yesterday by accusing Secretary Daniels of play ing politics in the Philadelphia vice charges. There was a spirited meet ing yesterday and the Mayor, on re ceipt of Governor Brumbaugh's let ter, started to clean up the resorts near the navy yard. —Appointment of Ard C. Steel to a place in the. State Treasury is likely to h" the last appointment to bo made In that department for some time as Treasurer Kephart is retaining the system and plans to make his changes very slowly. Auditor General Snyder remarked last evening that there would be no Substantial changes In his depart ment until September 1 at least, and that while there might be some changes among filing clerks they would be few in number. —Governor Brumbaugh's sizzling veto of the Stern birth control bill yesterday caused much comment in the State as many recalled that the Philadelphia member was the man who threatened impeachment and who handled the Governor without gloves in debates in the House. —The question of a referee in compensation to succeed Paul W. Houck is said to be not likely to cause any disturbance. It will prob ably bo made where the bulk of the work is to be'found. . —lssuance of Auditor General Snyder's statements on the paypient of officials and on the controversy between himself and his predecessor over State papers Is being awaited considerable interest. Mr. Sny- Ner remarked last night that his statements would be "clear and to the point." The Auditor General also remarked that he proposed to have holidays and the eight-hour law in his department regardless of what critical newspapers might Jiave to say. ' f —The Democratic windrtilll force is spending considerable time these days trying to figure out something of benefit for the faction-torn Democracy as a result of the legis lative session. The trouble is that whenever anything is turned up that looks like a good chance to make trouble the searchers always find some Democrat in it. too. The abso lute failure of the Democrats in the House to make any fight for their ringmaster's platform bills is one of the things which no one can under stand around tho windmill. Day after day plans were made, but they always exploded. —Philadelphia papers say that Harry A. Mackey will get a $2,000 job for one of his henchmen in the water bureau in Philadelphia as the result of the resignation of George P. Darrow, who took the place of a Mackey man originally named and wli failed to qualify. —B. G. Bromley. Democratic city chairjrian in Philadelphia for a few years, is after tho Mayor to have the exemption boards get togethor for discussion. -—The School Board of Conynham township, Columbia county, is un der fire in court because of pur chases of stoves. —Senator W. M. Lynch, of Lack awanna, yesterday took formal charge of the Farview State Institu tion as superintendent. —Archibald Johnson, of the Beth lehem Steel Company, will likely be the first Mayor of Greater Bethle hem. / The He' ; Garden Herbs, too, she knew and Well of each cojild speak That in her garden sipped the silvery dew, Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak, But herbs for use and physic, not a few Of gray renown, within those borders grew; The tufted basil, pun^rovoking thyme, < Fresh baum, and marigold of cheer ful hue, The lowly gill, that never dares to climb. And more I fain would sing, disdain ing here to rhyme. Yet euphrasy may not be left un sung, That gives dim eyes to wander leagues, around. And pungent radish, biting infant's tongue, And plantain ribbed, that heals the reaper's wound. And marjoram sweet, in shepherd's posy found. And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom Shall be, erewhile, in arid -bundles bound To lurk amidst the labors of her loom And" crown her kerchiefs clean with mickle tare perfume. —William Shenstone. The Sinking Fund He who raises corn and beans. Helps the submarines; Who all day long the pesky week hoes Puts to death the fell torpedoes. But in the end I hate to state owes, A dreadful Bill for his potatoes. Yet, never mind, next year the Kaiser's Bones will make fine fertilisers. And while Bill's flesh doth gorge the vulture, j We'll thank our Gott for Acrl-Kul- Tur. J ,W. M. Written For the Telegraph. If He Has Any Will the fashionable American, de prived of his pockets by the decree of a tailors' convention, carry his cigars and his cash in his sock? From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. HARRIBBURG TELEGRAPH When a Feller Needs a Friend .. b t briggs ' EDITORIAL COMMENT Turks say all they want is the! right to exist, but the Armenians' said it first.—Wall Street Journal. It is not true that United States j money is refused in the counting room of the Staats-Zeitung.—New [York §un. The German general in East Af rica permitted by the Belgians to re tain his sword for honorable conduct in war probably will spend the rest of his life keeping away from Ber lin.—Newark News. "Let the American Army Come," says a Berlin paper, which is very sound advice under circumstances.— Indianapolis Star. Queen Sophia of Greece is the first member of the Hohenzollern family to have the Ex- before the title, but will probably not be lonely long.— Wall Street Journal. The voting age of Englishwomen has been fixed at thirty. There is lit tle likelihood of a stampede to a pollinsplace that has been made a confessional.—Newark News. Gust J. Papatheodorokounoundur gis-Tomichslakopulos, of Chicago, bought a United States bond and say 3 he is an American citizen. What's the name, please?— Kansas City Star. The Guards Came Through Men of the 21st Up by the Chalk Pit Wood, Weak with our wounds and our thirst, . Wanting our sleep and our food. After a day and night— God. shall we ever forget! Beaten and broke in the fight, But sticking it—sticking it yet. Trying to hold the line. Fainting nd spent and done, Always the thud and the whine, Always the yell of the Hun! Northumberland, Lancaster, York, Durham and Somerset, Fighting alone, worn to the bone, But sticking it—sticking It yet. Never a message of hope! Never a word of cheer! Fronting Hill 70's shell-swept slope. With the dull dead plain In our rear. Always the whine of the shell, Always the roar of its burst, Always the tortures of hell, As waiting and wincing we cursed. Our luck and the guns and the Boche When our Corporal shouted "Stand to!" And I heard some one cry, "Clear the front for the Guards!" And the Guards came through. Our throats they were parched and hot. But Lord, if you'd heard the cheers! Irish and Welsh and Scot, Coldstream and Grenadiers. Two brigades, if you please, Dressing as straight as a hem, We—we were down on our knees, Praying for us and for them! Praying with tear-wet cheek, Praying with outstretched hand. Lord, I could speak for a week, But how could you understand! How should your cheeks be wet. Such feelin's don't come to you. But when can mo or my mates forget When the Guards camo through! "Five yards left extend!" It passed from rank to rank. Line after line With never a bend. And a touch of the London swank. A trifle of swank and dash, Cool as a home parade. Twinkle and glitter and flash, Flinching never a shade. With the shrapnel right in their face Doing their Hyde Park stunt. Keeping their swing at an easy pace. Arms at the trail, eyes front! Man, it was great to see! Man, it was find to do! It's a cot and a hospital ward for oie, But I'll tell 'em in Blighty, wherever I be, How the Guards came through. —Arthur Conan Doyle. Country Versus City Life We are here among the vast and noble scenes of nature; we are thero among the pitiful shifts of policy; Vje walk here in the light and open ways of the divine bounty; we grope there in the dark and confused laby rinths of human malice; our senses , are here feasted with the clear and genuine taste of their objects, which are all sophisticated there, and for the most part overwhelmed with their contraries. Here pleasure looks (methlnks) like a beautiful, constant and modest wife; It is there an im pudent fickle and painted harlot. Here is harmless and cheap plenty, there guilty and expensive luxury. Abraham Cowlav. IN THE FIRST FLUSH OF VICTORY An Incident of tlic Russian Revolution Reminiscent of the Fall of the Bastilc by Paul Wliarton in the Atlantic Monthly J 1 PETROGRAD —On Wednesday, March 14, I visited the charred and smoking shell of the Courts of Justice. The courtyard, with its trees and walks, was crowded with curious people who wandered in and out, delving for souvenirs of that which was already a thing of yes terday. The grand staircase wai en tirely wrecked; only the lower third of a marble empress remained on her pedestal. The blackened torso lay at my feet, the imperial head, orb, scenter, crown, among the debris, and the archives were like the mouth of a live volcano. Going through a dark corridof, I reached an inner court next to the prison. The street entrance to the latter was closed by the soldiers, but I followed a crowd which had just forced an entrance through a high window reached from a woodpile and the roof of a leanto. I shuddered when X found myself inside this great human cage where everything was steel and stone, clanked, and was cold. Think of the delirious joy that flew on things from cell to cell as the revolutionists bat tered down the gates and flung wide every door! I went in scores of cells and in each saw a cube of black bread, in each case just a little bitten off; the call to freedom had come at the beginning of this simple meal, which was never to be finished. Most of the bread lay dashed upon the floor, but some prisoners, perhaps hopeless ones, thinking the first alarm too good to be true, had plac- The Get There Spirit Although a year or two ago it was only with the greatest difficulty that an appropriation could be secured (or a million or two for aviation. Con gress now passes in five hours a bill appropriating $640,000,000 for supre macy in the air, the largest appro priation for a single purpose, it is believed, in the history of the world. The mere suggestion of a half-bil lion for naval purposes, not so' long ago, would have seemed preposter ous. But now we are preparing to •spend much more than that in the navigation of the air. We have made many quick decisions, many amaz ing reversals, have adopted many astounding innovations in the past half year. All of which only goes to prove how earnestly we have entered the war. These hundreds of millions that are being poured out for mili-i tary, naval and aerial preparation are being silently approved by the Nation, just as many other extra ordinary and unprecedented de mands have been approved. Yet It is characteristic of America, having put its hand to the plo>v, not to stop to count the cost. The main thing is to put it through, to get there, to finish the job with neatness and dis patch. The Kaiser's envoys to this coun try, official and unofficial, must have but poorly studied the American habit of mind if they overlooked this | get there trait. Whether we were prepared for war was no guarantee that we would thereby keep out of It, or being forced into it would wage it weakly or listlessly. That Is not the American way. We do not do things by halves. And having made up our minds to do a thing we usual ly set out immediately to do It, em ploying not one but every effective means available or imaglnatUe. That $640,000,000 for aviation ought to be omtnous for Berlin as showing that our energy is as limitless as our re sources. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Price, One Bottle The movie, or "cinema" as It is called there, has become an extra ordinary social influence in England. In the villages which have grown 'U>! around the "coal-pits," in which many of the houses consist of only one room, and lack all the evidences of civilization, one can always be sure of finding a public house and a "cinema." Some of the propf-letoes of these cinemas do not charge a coin for admission in the case of children. Instead of money, the child presents a bottle, which is sold to the manufacturer of liquor, and afterward returned to the public house of the same village, to begin again its round to the parent of the child, to the movler to the distillery and back to the saloon. From tho Christian HeraM. An Important Omission • Constantine says he is still king of Greece, but his testimony falls to receive any corroboration from the payroll.—Anaconda Standard. Ed theirs on a shelf. I suppose some ! of us will try to put bread on a! shelf when Christ is coming. Those ! have seen so many overloaded shelves that they have grown skep tical about good tidings. Eventually I reached the com mandant's office, which was gutted -ftnd wrecked. Since there were not many bidders for it, I walked oft with an oil portrait of the emperor under my arm. The workrooms were \ depressing. It hurt to look at the! well-worn tools. I hurried on to ] the chapel, with its shattered door | and its Byzantine fittings in wildest disarray. Books, vestments, and robes were strewn about the floor. The marble altar wfis damaged and the crowd was curiously handling the ceremonial vessels* Presently a young soldier snatched up a richly-embroidered robe and flung it over his shoulders; next, he put on a long embellished collar; and last of all, he jammed a battered miter on the side of his head. Then hp opened the Testament and began to intone in a comic bass voice, while the bystanders laughed and some chuckled. There was nothing vin dictive in the young soldier's man ner. He was perfectly sober, but having a great lark. A short week ago it would have been indiscreet even to conjure up in one's mind such a picture as that chapel pre sented. The priesthood, for the most part minions of the government, are conspicuous by their absence during these stirring days.—Paul Wharton, In the Atlantic Monthly. The New Paul Revere Listen, my children and you shall hear Of a patriot's'work in this present year. He didn't ride thru the roads at night To rouse the neighbors to arm and light. But he went to work with a spade and hoe And he made 10 bushels of 'taters, grow. He mopped the sweat from his beady brow As he trudged behind his hand power plow; His hands grew .lough and his feet got Bore As he turned the stubborn furrows o'er. And his neighbors laughed and they called him slow. But he made 10 bushels of 'taters grow. Oh, cheer the boy with the sword and gun. Who lias fought and bled, when the war is done. And cheer the generals and majors, too. And the sailors bold on the ocean blue; But cheer this man and his spadfl and hoe. For he made 10 bushels of 'taters grow. —Edgar Guest in Detroit Free Press. Thick A teacher asked her class to write an essay on London. She was sur prised to read the following in one attempt: "The people of London are noted for-their stupidity." The young author was asked how he got that idea. "Please, Miss," was the reply, "It says in the text-book the population of' London is very dense," New York Globe. Starting Life Over, at Fifty It speaks well for the resiliency of the human race that Mr. Romanoff, erstwhile Czar of all thfl Russians but now not even a district leader, should be able .to adapt himself at once to new business of a new life. In asking the provisional Gov ernment to let him in on the Loan of Freedom he openp up the family budget as frankly as a commuter tells of his bungalow ventre. His request seems all the more genuine because the size of his subscription list is to be contingent on future re ceipts. From the New York Sun. Kerensky's Leadership In the marvelous results which Kereneky, Russia's energetic young war minister, has wrought of late, despite the desperate condition of the huge, drifting, rudderless derelict among nations when he took It in hand, the world has another example of the power of a forceful personal ity.—From the Chicago News. JULY 17,1917. Labor Notes Artificial rubber as a by-product of the manufacture of steel may &e a possibility, as English scientists are experimenting with its production from coke gas ovens. The oldest farmhand in the United States is Jacob Hoelback, of Rox borough. Pa. He is 105 years old and has held his job for 82 years on the Kirkner farm. London Board of Trade returns show the following rate of pauperism per 10,000 population of the leading Irish towns: Belfast, 82; Dublin. 270; Cork and Limerick, 284, and Galway, 127. Fifteen hundred thousand employ es rn out tho Einia" RANK! . • t Skunk—Gracious, a person can't go out any more on account ef fchaft horrid auto smell!. FIT FOR AN ASYLUM. | She—Why do they call that thiaf I tho plate? [ He —y73iy-cr-because that's whert the drops from the pitcher are caught. Ibentng Qlljat I- i ■ ■ ■ a If the prices obtained by the State Board of Public Grounds and Build ings for the material contained in the buildings in Capitol Park ex tension sold on Saturday keep up the estimate of the com monwealth from sale of bulldlnga will hold good. The prices obtained on Saturday showed the scarcity ol such materials for buildings as are contained in the brick structures which went under the hammer of the auctioneer, because the total was $5,000. The prices obtained prior to that sale ran over $35,000, nnrf there will be one more sale on tUi last Saturday of this month. In lot of buildings disposed of on Sat urday last were some which had been used by the state, the big warehouses and the armory of the Governor's Troop. The next sale will include the old Buss residence, lately oc cupied by the State Live Stock San itary Board, and other buildings which have been used by the state, including the Day School, which has been fitted up at considerable ex pense for laboratory purposes for the Department of Agriculture. It is the hope of state officials that they can get possession of the Citizen and Mt. Vernon firehouses by the twenty-eighth, so that they can be sold, too. This would put every property in the district in state hands by the end of this month and Sep tember should see the whole district as level as a floor. The state au thorities are hustling around to find quarters for th-bureaus which must leave park extension and some stores and buildings in the central part of the city will be used. Possibly one of the divisions will be located in Wal nut street and another in.the Meala residence at Third and North streets. The blackbirds have started In to preempt the squirrel-food boxes, and It is only a question of time until they have a pitched battle with tho robins. The latter birds have had a rather hard time in the Capitol Park because of the sparrows, which drove away the redbreasts when they gathered about the nut boxes which offered choice picking, espe cially after they had been freshly filled and the squirrels had been giv en a dinner. Lately the blackbirds, which have been appearing in in- Creasing numbers in the park, have taken to perching on the trees where the nut boxes are located and sailing down when opportunity offered. When the state removes the con servatory on Capitol Park there will be taken out some palms which have never been out of the place since it was built. Some of these p%lms be longed to the Haldeman collection, and were given to the state. They have prown until they touch the roof and are too large to get out of the doors. Just where the conservatory will be located when it is moved from the Capitol, as it shpuld have been long ago, has not been deter mined. It may be placed near the state arsenal. One suggestion was that it be located near where It is proposed to place the powerplant. Governor Brumbaugh's supply of pens with which he is acting on bills left with him by the last Legisla ture is holding out pretty well. There have been numerous requests for pens, but the supply stays good. Three pens had to be given up on one bill the other day. • • Dauphin county is going to have a good apple crop, accordtngfto the reports filed with the State's Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, which made a pretty close study of the sit uation. This country has not many orchards compared to Cumberland Valley counties, but It has had m steady increase In the number of trees planted annually and many of them are now commencing to bear. Thanks to intelligent care given to some nearby orchards for the last half dozen years the crop has been showing a steady improvement. * * * While It Is too early to make any estimates on what acreage in this part of the state will be put into wheat next year the remarks of farmers indicate that there will be more land devoted to corn than ever. Many farmers have been discouraged by wheat conditions, especially the fly and the weather conditions, and quite a few fields within sight of the Capitol .dome have been plowed down and plant ed with corn or oats.. Com seems lo be coming along fairly well, although storms have damaged it as they did two years ago. It is a favorite crop hereabouts, however, an.d if the prices are good this year the predic tions of the farmers in the Verfoekn street market will be verified. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE I —Auditor General Snyder has an ambulance unit named after him. —••James K. Barnett, former State Treasurer, has been given the honor of having the Washington county camp of the Tenth regiment named for him} —Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State .Board of Education, ha* been eiakfng a series of addresses at summer schools. —Emerson Collins, deputy Attor ney General, was the speaker of the day at the Philadelphia Bastile exer cises. | . ' —General P. W.J Stillwell, who Is the new commander of the First Bri gade, Is a Scranton banker and for merly commanded the Thirteenth Regiment. " —J. H. Landis, Montgomery school superintendent, has been seriously ill. I DO YOU KNOW Tliat Harrtsburjr furnished men to help build the Pacific rail roads ? • HISTORIC HARRISBURG. The first Pennsylvania Railroad station here was opened by the Gov ernor and the judges. Peace With Justice > Nothing will satisfy this free re public but the definite assurance that democracy has been made safe. In the meantime those who permit themselves to be deceived by the rumors of restlessness and peace yearnings in Germany are weaken ing America's powers of resistance. It has become necessary to teach Germany a lesson she will heed. 1 Peace with justice can alone be con sidered. From the New Haven Journal-Courier. . At Japanese Capital .Fifty years ago on July 12, the imperial decision was announced to remove tho capital of Japan from Kioto to Tokio, then known as Yedo. The late/' Emperor Melji made. his entry into the new cap ital on October 12, 1867. On one of these dates in July or October next a formal municipal Celebra tion of the important step sin Ja pan's history will take place. From tho East and West News.