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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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K. R. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917
God nothing does nor suffers to be
done
But what thou xcould'st thyself—
could'st thou but see
Through all events of things as
well as He. - — AXON.
-MARVELOUS MECHANISM
THE marvelous mechanism of j
the news gathering associations
of the country and the vast op
erations of the telegraphic compan
ies were never more brilliantly dem
onstrated than by the draft draw
ings in progress the past two days in
Washington.
Take the HARRISBURG TELE
GRAPH, for example. When yes
terday's edition went to press it car
ried every number drawn at Wash
ington up to an hour previous. Al
most as soon as the numbers were
known they were flashed by wire in
to the TELEGRAPH office. When
the extra editions of the paper were
printed at $ and 10 p. m. all the
names drawn up to those hours
were included in the lists, this being
made possible by concentration of all
the mechanical forces of the office
to that end.
In thousands of newspaper offices
all over the country the progress of
the great lottery was recorded as it
was by the TELEGRAPH. The
achievement is all in the work-a-day
routine of the newspaper office.
Every day. In some manner o? an
other, it is duplicated. Nevertheless,
it is a marvel of facility and enter
prise made possible only by the re
markable development of the tele
graph and the vast improvements of
recent years in printing machinery
and news gathering.
OUR VOLUNTEERS
HE volunteer system is not a
failure so far as Harrisburg is
concerned. If men had volun
teered the country over in the num-1
bers they have in Harrisburg since
war was declared there would have'
been no need of a conscription law;
to raise the first National Army j
which was called to the colors yes
terday. Harrisburg was one of four|
districts In the State to have the
honor of a full quota before tht-.j
draft was begun. The honor is great
and it belongs entirely to the men
■whose patriotism summoned them to
duty even before the federal author
ities in their wisdom deemed the
time ripe for calling out the hun-'
dreds of thousands who will go to l
make up the first great citizens army.
This response of the men of tho;
city to the need of the hour is heart
thrtlllng to those of us who wit
ness it and a proud heritage to hand
down to future generations. It proves
that here, at least, the spirit of the '
fathers lives in the sons. This Is in
deed a red letter day in the history
Of Harrisburg.
But the fact that the first draft j
leaves the city untouched has a value
not merely sentimental. The re-ad-!
Justment of Industrial forces made
necessary by the enlistment of large
numbers of men Into the Regular
service, the Marines and the Navy]
has been so gradual that it created
little or no disturbance. The call- 1
ing of the National Guard had been
discounted for months, and so
created little or no hardship. But
the draft was quite another matter.
Nobody knew where or who It would
hit Every employer found himself
liable to the loss of a large percent
age of valuable workmen, but not
one of them, pending announcement
of the drawings, could take a step
to protect the business at stake. Ail
men liable to draft were In similar
quandary. They were not able to plan
* week ahead. Then, on day of
SATURDAY EVENING.
the draft, came the news that not
one man would be drafted from the
city and only a handful from the.
| county at large, and with it as- j
! surance that for three or four I
| months more industry may go fof
-1 ward uninterrupted until the second
I call for troops shall be made.
This is a big thing for a com
munity so clearly allied with many
of the line* of trade and transporta
tion upon which the nation relies for
the speedy prosecution of a success
ful war. It means there will be no
let-up in the railroad service and
that the munition and steel mills can
continue with capacity unabated and
with skilled workmen guiding the
whirling wheels.
But though Harrisburg may re
joice that Its men have volunteered
to the number required as its quota,
it has no thought of reproach for
other communities where the young
men have awaited the draft. Ever
since the passage of the conscrip
tion ljiw the citizens of enlistment
age have gone about their business,
doing a full day's work and carry
ing on as cheerfully as may be their
usual every day activities, fully
realizing that any time they might
be called upon to lay aside their
tools or their pens for the accouter
ments of the soldier. "They also
serve who only stand and wait," and
jome times It is harder to linger on
the sidelines awaiting the call to go
into the game than It is to rush in'
where the contest is hottest. All
honor to the thousands who will re
jpond to the call of the government
> :
for men to make up the first Na- 1
1
tional Army. It will consist of the
flower of the youth of the land, :
(
Years hence Its veterans will have a '
place In affections of the people siml- 1
lar to that which the venerable men '
j
of the Grand Army enjoy to-day.
:
They may hold up their heads as <
Americans chosen for the glorious 1
task of making the world safe for 1
democracy. To them has been ex
tended the enviable privilege of <
1
knocking kaiserlsm Into a cocked hat 1
and of putting the perpetrators of 1
the Lusltanla outrage where decent
I
men may mete out proper punish- :
ment for them.
All hail the men of the First Na- '
tional Army!
Hats off as the heroes of 1917 1
rally to the Stars and Stripes! 1
1
PENNA'S. PROUD PLACE
PENNSYLVANIA occupies the J j
proud position of leader* in the
recruiting of a great national j 1
army. Up to and including July 18 | !
this State had enlisted 17,184 men j s
since the first of April for the Regu- 1
lars. I
This is a fine showing for this j
grand old Commonwealth, and the j
figures stand out luminously, repre- j
senling more enlistments than the!
combined total of eleven other States j
as follows: '
Pennsylvania, 17184 Alabama ....1539 '
Arkansas .... 885 I
Florida 1219
Georgia 3725]
Kentucky .. . 2651
Louisiana .. .1565
Maryland ...1161
Mississippi .. 881 I
N. Carolina .. 127 |
, Tenessee ... .2019
Virginia 1165).
16937 j
These figures do not include the |
National Guard of the State nor the j
many men who are in the officers' | 1
training camps, the Navy, the Marine '
Corps and other branches of the!
service.
FIRE COMPANIES MOVE
THERE doubtless will be entire
harmony between the four fire
companies of Harrisburg which
will double up as a result of the re
movals from the Capitol Park zone.
One will find a welcome at the
Friendship headquarters and the
other at the Hope house.
The Mount Vernon Hook and Lad-1
der u.nd the Citizen fire companies
are two of the older organizations
of the city and it is undersoood there
will be no change in their relation
to the department, each maintaining
its separate identity.
It would seem that there might be
some little demonstration upon the
retirement of these two companies
from their own quarters and their
reception under the hospitable roof
trees of their friendly neighbors, the
Friendship and the Hope.
MUNICIPAL SINGING
HARRISBURG is lagging behind
other progressive cities of the
country in the matter of mu- ,
nicipal singing. Here and there over
the land cities are organizing their
singers Into choruses of mighty di
mensions for outdoor choral concerts
during the summer and for festal oc
casions the year around.
The slopes of Reservoir Park or
the "Front Steps" along the river
would afford an excellent setting for
community singers. The organiza
tion of such a chorus would be with
out expense. It would do much for
the life of the city. Nothing makes
for contentnuuu and physical and
mental well-being more than song. I
People who sing together are the'
better for the experience. They be- j
j come better citizens and better
neighbors. Some patriotic Harris
burger with a talent for organiza
tion and ability as a musician could
do a wonderful service for the city
by popularizing such a movement
here.
""Po&ttco- UV
By the Ex-Committerman
Less than two score bills of gen
eral character and about 450 appro
priation bills remain in the ' ands of
the Governor at the start of iho final
week of the period in which he must
dispose of measures passed by the
recent Legislature. When the law
makers adjourned they left 096 bills
on the Governor's desk, one of the
largest lists in years.
The Governor has beenViaving in
formation obtained on the appro
priation measures and the lists are
being made up for scanning. It is
expected that over $2,000,000 will be
cut off these bills. Up to date the
Governor has taken over $2,750,000
off bills carrying appropriations.
Thus far 354 bills of general char
acter have ben approved, together
with forty-six carrying appropria
tions, not Including any acted upon
to-day.
The Governor has vetoed 157
measures, exclusive of any which
may be acted upon to-day.
When the Governor finishes his
work next Saturday a proclamation
will be read in the rotunda of the
State Capitol announcing what has
been done to every bill and the rec
ords will then be filed in the office
of the Secretary of the Common
wealth, who has charge of the print
ing of the various acts.
—The thousand blank forms for
nominating petitions ordered by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth's
Department for the judicial nomi
nations this year would have been
exhausted several times if requests
for blanks had been granted. One re
quest was for 250 forms, each
capable of holding over 100 names
and addresses with other data. Only
200 names are required to nomi
nate any candidates under State i
auspices this fall. Only two candi
dates for common pleas or orphans' I
court judgeships have (lied papers,
but there are a score seeking nomi
nations for associate judge. Most of
those who have filed are from Juni- ■
ata, Mifflin or Union counties.
-—The Tare Construction Company 1
yesterday got the contract for the i
construction of sewage treatment .
works in Philadelphia at $919,000.
The McXtchol firm was the only 1
other bidder.
—Mayor Smith has shaken up the 1
vice squad in Philadelphia as a re- |
suit of tho government charges.
—The borough council of Hanover
has passed a stringent curfew law '
which is attracting much attention. ,
—Capitol Hill does not expect the
Governor to give any hearings on
any bills. He will probably dispose (I
of the bill to suspend the full crew i
law without a hearing.
—The decision of Justice Brown
declaring the act erecting Clinton
county into a separate judicial dis
trict to be unconstitutional was cer
tified to Secretary of the Common
wealth Woods yesterday. Clinton will
elect its associate judges again. Jus- ■
tlce Brown will hand down his opin
ion shortly. It is expected to be an
important declaration on apportion- '
ment law.
—Ex-State Treasurer Young con
tinues to improve in the Blossburg '
Hospital. His operation was a sue- j
cess.
—Secretary of Internal Affairs
Houck has let it be known in his I '
department that he does not con
template many changes. 1
—Talk of changes in the State In
surance Fund Board is again rife.
—Auditor General Snyder will re
turn here on Monday and will prob*
ably have a conference with Attor
ney General Brown, who has been -
spending the week since Tuesday at '
Elkton, whero he goes out and works
on his farm to forget such things as 1
State governmental problems. Mr. ■
Brown is said to be more interested 1
in big tomatoes and prize shoats at "
this moment than the legacies of the '
late Legislature.
New Ambassador to Japan j 1
For the second time during the
Wilson administration Pennsylvania
has had the distinction of furnish-j
ing an Ambassador to Japan. Thej'
appointment of Mr. Roland S. Morris j
to that important post is not a sur
prise, and it is generally understood j
that it was made upon the recom- J
mendation of National Chairman .
Vance McCormick, to whom the post!
was originally offered. j ,
The appointee is a man of educa- |
tion and standing, although he has: .
never had diplomatic training or ex
perience, unless the chairmanship of
the Democratic State committee is to !
be placed In the category. Probablv '
one who is able to emerge from that
position with a whole head and an!
uninjured reputation may be con-1
sidered sufficiently dexterous in mind I
and body to fill the most difficult
diplomatic position. Our relations!
with Japan at present are apparently
agreeable, and it is quite likely that
they will remain so, but we are living '
in strange times and it may be that
Tokyo will suddenly assume immense
importance in the world's affairs. |
When Mr. Gerard was sent to Berlin
everyone assumed that his most ini- ;
portant duties would be in attending '
State dinners, but unexpectedly he I
found himself in the whirlpool of a!
great war. However, he met the sit-!
uation very well, and there is no!
reason for supposing that Mr. Morris |
would not do likewise under stren-1
uous circumstances. j
From the standpoint of State poll- '
tics the selection is likel" to cau3e !
some heartburnings, none the less in- ,
tense, because they may be borne in
silence. From the time Mr. Wilson!
assumed office he has given the pat
ronage of Pennsylvania to a select
coterie. A few men have taken all
of the choice plums, while the rank
and file of the party, famishing for
the want of a few crumbs, have been
permitted to do most of the hard
work. When nominations or appoint
ments are to be made they go to Mr.
McCormick, Mr. Palmer or Mr. Mor
ris, or to some close personal friend
of these three receivers of the Dem
ocratic party in Pennsylvania, for as
everyone knows that party in this
State is bankrupt and its only assets I
are the places that are given out j
from time to time by the President.
/The very scarcity of the loaves and!
fishes would suggest a more equit- (
able division. The "Old Guard"!
Democrats get nothing, and, as some j
wit has suggested, very little of that.
The three favored ones have <formed
a little "Hog Combine" of their own,
and all who do not swear bv them
are forbidden to come within the
sacred circle.
Partisan and factional politics re
ceive scant attention from the peo
ple in these stirring days, but when
conditions become normal the mem
bers of this Democratic combination
may have to fight to retain the spoils
which now coming to them with
out any apparent effort.—Philadel
phia laaulrar.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Thanks the TELEGRAPH
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
I want to think you for the very
fine co-operation you are giving our i
nation-wide drive for the canning!
and drying of fruits and vegetables!
and that you have given the garden!
planting campaign as we see from j
the clippings from your paper that
came to-day.
We appreciate this very much anil'
trust you are getting our dying and!
canning lessons regularly for by!
printing them we can imagine no.|
greater service you can do your|
reader and your country at this time. l
' Yours very truly
P. S. RIDSDALE,
Secretary National Food Garden
Commission.
Our Honest People
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I take it as a tribute to the hon
esty of our people that the hundreds
of home gardens all about Harris
burg have been so free from moles
tation. With vegetables ripe and
ripening there has been little or no
vandalism and so little theft that it)
is not worthy of the name. It is a
pretty good old town where so many
valuable things can be left "lying
around loose" without being ap
propriated by somebody not their;
rightful owner.
HARRISBURGER. |
. President and Pickets
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dr. Anna Shaw in a telegram to
the President mentions the army of
suffragists who deplored the picket
ing of the White House. But there'
was a greater army of suffragists
who applauded such work and' who
have failed to see the courtesy and
patience on the part of the Presi
dent that Doctor Shaw talks about.
Those splendid women who have
braved inclemency of weather,
fatigue of body and endured the
jeers and insults of creatures called
men, would have still been In the
Virginia workhouse had it not been
for the splendid work of such men
at Malone, Hopkins and Colby and
the great protest which arose all over
the country against the lack of jus
tice and shameful Indignity of the
whole affair.
Further along in her message to
the President Doctor Shaw speaks of
the sacrifice, courage and persist
ency of women that have labored for
seventy-five years for their enfranch
isement. Yes, Doctor Shaw, and
they would have kept on laboring
and sacrificing for seventy-five years
longer if real women would not have
been willing to go to prison for the
principles they hold so dear.
RYERSON W. JENNINGS.
East St. Louis Riots
East St. Louis, though a suburb of
of the great Missouri city, is itself in
Illinois. In that State tha Chicago
Tribune, which, as it reminds us,
"has flailed the evil of lynching and
especially reproached its countrymen
of the south for their failure to
stamp it out, does not propose to
offer any palliation of this outrage
in Illinois." It continues:
'The blood of victims spatters the
State. The riot will burn as an un
forgetable dishonor in our memories.
We do\iot propose to talk now about
face hatred or economic rivalry or
any other learned aspect of the of
fense. There is just one truth, one
sickening, shameful truth—in an
American city, in a city of Illinois,
there has been a loathsome irruption
of the brute, and neither civilized
public sentiment nor constituted
authority was capable of arresting
It. . . .
"The East St. Louis riot is nothing
to be covered with official white
wash. Illinois stands shamed before
the world. Her authority has been
proved futile. Her name will be a
byword If she does not establish
that authority, so it will never be de
fied again."
A leader of the negro race, Booker
T. Washington's successor at Tus
kegee, expresses his pain, chagrin,
nnd discouragement at these riots on
the eve of Independence day, at a
time when the nation is calling upon
negroes as well as whites to Join in
the war for "democracy" and the
"square deal." for weak peoples.
Major Moton adds, In a letter to tho
New York World:
"There Is room In America for the
various racial groups to work out
their valvation. Killing and maiming
men because they are seeking eco
nomic salvation is not, in my opinion,
a credit to our civilization or to our
boasted doctrine of fair play. With
all her faults, the south, at least, can
not be criticized for killing men seek
ing employment and a better eco
nomic status."
THE ARMY IN FRANCE
THE War Department'has not an
nounced the numerical strength
of the regulars and marines now
in France. Nor will it announce the
size of the force in the very near
future, if this guess is guided by sane
military precepts. Whether there are
25,000 or .75,000 cannot be said.
But we know American troops are
in France, and we know they are
moving slowly but surely toward that
elastic, almost invisible line north of
Paris that is the front. Even now
most if not all, of them are in their
permanent camp, where they will
learn those now methods of warfare
developed by the master minds of
Europe and not taught for patrol
along the Mexican border rfor in gar
rison in the Philippines. And they
will learn within sound of the mon
ster guns that soon will be at their
backs. They will throw grenades,
build machinegun emplacements,
man trench mortars in all the at
mosphere of battle except for the
lack of an enemy at the bayonet's
point.
The people of the United States
have been reading about the great
war for nearly three years. They
have read millions of words of and
about it. But they know nothing
about it after all. That is only
natural, for the reason that it has
been more or less impersonal. The
average man and woman have fol- j
lowed the developments In the,
newspapers as they would the un
folding of the plot In a Tolstoy trag- j
edy, with the feeling that it was,
horrible and glorious, ghastly and
heroic—simply a kaleidoscopic pic
ture in the panorama of life to be
gazed on and be thrilled or de
pressed, enthused or subdued, ac
cording to the shifting of the scenes.
Now our men have gone! More
and still more of our men will go;
They will leave American ports be
tween night and day, as they for
safety must. They will be here to
day and engulfed by distance tomor
row; without a goodby, without a
wave of a friendly hand or a "God
speed your crossing!" They go Into
that maelstrom that has swallowed
20,000,000 other men since August
1914, but they go Into battle for
the same cause that our fathers
fought for in 1776, in 1812, in 1848,
in 1861 and in 1898. They have a
heritage—they have a tradition be
hind them. Their heritage is liberty:
their tradition is courage. And they
go with a song in their hearts and a
cheer on their lips! All they ask is
the sustaining sense of support and
sympathy and encouragement at
home.
The men I saw at a French port
nearly three weeks ago, coming m
orderly file down the gangways from
great gray transports Into a mist and
drizzle that would have dimmed any
but the most rock-bottomed ardor,
knew "the folks back home" were
with them. When they went aboard
their transports they knew 500,000
and still another 500,000 of their
fellows would follow them; that they
were simply the vanguard of a
mighty host that would lift a part
of her burdens from France. The
men were happy.
Don't think for a moment, how
ever, "Pershing's army" is actuated
solely by exalted patriotism. Sol
diers do not parade their patriot-
Ism. It Is taken for granted. They
have an abiding faith in their coun
try's and the allied cause; they are
willing to die if need be for it, but
they are not shouting it from the
housetops. Adventure, as more than
one of the men has confessed to me,
was some small factor of inducement
to sign up in the first place. Re
cruiting posters for several years ad-
CROP PEST LETTER
By Prof. J. G. Sanders, State
Economic Zoologist
CHERRY LEAF DISEASE
ONE-HALF of Pennsylvania's
sour cherry crop is lost each
year, because of a leaf dis
ease commonly known as "shot
hole" fungus," which causes pre
mature yellowing and dropping
of foliage, so necessary to de
velopment of fruit buds for the
next year.
Few growers appreciate the
absolute necessity of holding
foliage on fruit trees to furnish
the sugars and starches, so im
portant in tree growth and pro
duction of fruit.
Spray cherry trees at once af
ter picking the fruit, with Bor
deaux mixture, 3-4-50 formula,
or with self-boiled lime-sulphur
solution. Plum trees should be
sprayed in similar manner. Ful
ler instructions on request.
vertised "a chance to see the world."
That was another inducement. The
opportunity to get into the greatest
conflict in the world's history, to
play an active part in the epoch
making drama, counted in the scales
for or against enlistment. Then
there was one big, broad shouldered
chap from Nebraska. He probably
summed it up when he said tlieso
words: "You see, these poor devils
have been having a pretty tough
time, and I guessed it was up to me
to give 'em a hand if I could. So
here I am."
And the Yankees are going to
"give 'em a hand."
Where will the Americans "hit
the front"? General Pershing knows
and the General Staff in Washington.
It is a question that was thoioughly
discussed when Marshal Joffre and
Lieutenant General Bridges, of Eng
land, were here with the French and
British commissions. They know
just where the entire American or
ganization will be used. The War
Department, however, has requested
that there be no discussions of the
disposition of the units along the
front, and particularly that there be
no references to individual regi
ments.
It may be said without infringing
on the topics now taboo that France
wants relief, and she wants It as soon
as possible. Official circles in Paris
say their older men must have rest.
They must be withdrawn perma
nently from the front and be re
turned to their farms and their vine
yards and their shops. Many of them,
forty years and more of age, have
been fighting incessantly for three
years.
It is these men America will re
lieve. French man power is on its
ebb. We must supply the deficiency.
Not only must we meet this defi
ciency but we must make certain
that the allied numerical superiority
over the Prussian organization in
creases.
That is the big task of the United
States in the field.
Labor Notes
Minnesota newspapers will estab
lish a papermill.
Women operate taxicabs In Wash
ington, D. C.
Brazil contemplates a system of
labor exchanges.
Trunkmakers and Leather Novelty
Workers at Frisco have organized.
Iron molders at Brantford, Can.,
have secured an increase in pay.
Twenty per cent, of the munition
workers in France are women.
Cobalt (Can.) miners demand an
increase of 50 cents a day.
There are about eighty operations
in the manufacture of a gold pen.
Street railway employes at Van
couver, B. C., have received an in
crease in wages.
Trieste, in Austria, is a center of
the meerschaum pipe industry.
Engineering work is for the first
time being offered to women in Eng
land.
Holland will establish a govern
ment service for unemployment In
surance and public employment.
The Pullman Company Is the larg
est single employer of colored labor
in the United States.
London (Eng.) Munitions Tribunal
has decided to impose heavier fines
on munitions smokers.
Philadelphia Slate and Tile Roof
ers' Union has raised wages from
56 >4 to 62 H cents an hour.
Georgia will employ prisoners to
work on the farms.
Plumbers at St. John's, N. 8., de
mand an increase in pay.
Frisco Iron Trades Council has
twenty-five affiliated local unions.
Hendon (England) schoolteachers
will receive an increase of |6O a
year.
Bethlehem, Pa., is constructing
2,500 new houses for workingmen.
There are 700,000 female workers
In Russia subject to factory laws.
Boilermakers at Honolulu are ask
ing for an increase in pay.
There are 2,000 savings banks in
the United States,
JULY 21, 1917.
Fighting Other Vermin
An applicant who was described
as an "insect exterminator" was
granted conditional exemption by
the Birmingham Military' Tribunal
last week. He is a house dlsinfec
tor, and it was stated that his serv
ices were of the utmost importance
to the health of the community.—
From the Times, of London.
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fortunate! Just
fs}~l2r as * wish for a
—^V~-= — bit more to eat,
that obliging
fisherman helps
me to a Dice
THE REASON
Man Phllos.
makes woman A yTTßSftfty!?) I
hensiblo is that
she acts on im- ,\V
pulse and with- x
out. motive.
Girl Observer x
queer things a fcf,
woman does are \\jjh| in
done to reduce mH Bjl
the weight and Hffl Jm
improve the &<r~ l
nomnlavlnn " I ~™ ll ■■■■■■■■•
AT THE
'""N VT\ BEACH.
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HM /dressed In
ffln fflto bathing
R We see her
1 ■ 4^ V - $ hold aloof;
?'/' 'str / And she Is wise,
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. mr} \ waterproof.
NOT SO HARD. fU\
First Social
Climber: The
entree to society
In this city
Feems to be very
difficult; how
did you get ad- Vyjrr'.ry
mitted?
Second S. C.: VHRV
Oh, I didn't—l \yg|£g
Just admitted X
myself.
t raphanger
tEircttmg (Ehat
Harrisburg's stir over the an
nouncement of the draft numbers
yesterday and last night, which fur
nished the city with more thrills
than It has had for a long time,
called to the minds of older residents
of the State's capital the days when
the men were drawn for the Union
army in the Civil War. The draft
was put Into operation rather early
and there were some stirring scenes.
Fortunately, this community did not
have anything like the disturbances
which occurred in New York and
other places. One resident recalls
how the old jury wheel was mo"unt- M
eel on a platform and used for the
first drawings in Market Square.
Another man says that the drawings
took place at the courthouse and
still another says that the slips con
taining the names were taken from
the wheel by a blind man, who was
also blindfolded as an additional
precaution. The old wheel with some
of the slips containing names which
were left in the wheel when the last
draft was over Is now preserved
ii' the Dauphin County Historical
Society rooms.
• * •
i' ro i_ keep up a snii'ing front when
telephone messages are insistent and
frequent, to answer a dozen tele
gi'ianls in flve minutes and handle
all the minute details of a proposi
tion affecting most of the families
in a state of 8,000,000 people is the
task of Colonel Frank G. Sweeney,
the officer in charge of the federal
registration bureau. The colonel has
two assistants as good as himself
. e i Hutch ins and Mr. Murdoch,
tney have been working sixteen
„ ay an< * never Blipping a
cog. Sweeney presides at the
table which handles as much busi
ness as a railroad and has the happy
faculty of being able to see the fun
in many of the situations which
arise.
• • •
, Members of the State's farm coun
selor corps who were detailed for
advisory work to help farmers gath
er their crops and to stimulate the
planting of grain and other food
stuffs for 1918 have been almost
overwhelmed by the number of let
ters that have been sent them by
farmers and other people throught
out the State who want Information
on various phases of husbandry.
The farm advisers are now under the
direction of the State Defense Com
mission which has taken over the
schedule prepared by the State De
send them throughout every county
In the next four months. When the
counselors finish their tours they
will go on the farmers Institute lec
ture platfofms to advise about next j
year s crops. The commission has I
appropriated SB,OOO for their ex
penses.
• • •
Bass fishermen throughout the
State are writing to State officials
complaining that their sport has
been ruined by the continued wet
weather and asking what steps the
Mate intends to take to propagate
bass for next year. Some of these
letters bring out the interesting fact
that the trout fishing season has been
unusually good. In many cases the
smaller streams were not much af
fected and the rains soon ran off.
The late spring caused the trout sea
son to be late and at the time when
people ordinarily give up angling for
trout, the gamy flsh were biting bet
ter than for a long time. On the
other hand the high state of the
streams spoiled the bass angling.
Salmon fishing will not be very good
this year.
• • •
Weather conditions havo been In
terfering with raising of quail in a|
number of sections of the State, ac
cording to what game commission
officials have been hearing. Many
quail have been distributed and have
been carefully looked after in State
preserves. In the country districts,
however, the weather conditions
have been unfavorable.
•
The "car barn" car is the latest
to make its appearance on the lines
of the Harrisburg Railways Com
pany and the familiar "Special"
sign which has been used on every
occasion from a funeral to a run for
the barn at 1 a. m.. is now replaced
by the more sensible "Car barn"
designation. It has been funny to
see so many cars bearing the leg
end "Special" on the street. Peo
ple have been wondering what was
going on. "Picnic car" and "Car
barn" are sensible signs.
* • • •
The codification of laws of Penn
sylvania this session seems to have
attracted attention in other States
as men are writing to the State Cap
itol for copies of facts. This State
began to codify its laws about a
decade ago and the fights over the
soft coal code and the first school
codes are worth remembering. Now
there is a marked preference for
codes and tho Public Service code of
1913 and the borough code of 1915
have with them the decedents' code,
the game code and the township
code with chances for a fish code. It
simplifies law amazingly and a per
son does not need a lawyer when he
wants to go hunting or to discuss
township affairs. Efforts to secure
codification of insurance, banking,
lunacy and pauper laws failed this
year.
• •
Men of the National Guard units
are having considerable fun with
friends in the city over the results
of the draft. Some of them were in
forming men who were selected that
they would be glad to initiate them
when they got to camps. Others told
selected men that it was not too
late to join the Guard and "go with
your friends from your home town."
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"")
—Dr. J. H. McNeil, selected for a
$4,000 post as chief of the bureau
of animal industry in New Jersey,
is a Philadelphian.
—C. A. B. Zook, of Lancaster,
heads an organization to free Lan
caster county of toll roads.
—General F. W. Stillwell says thai
the National Guard will hardly b
ready to saM much before Novem
ber.
—Dr. William McClellan, Univer
sity professor, assisted at the draft
at Washington.
—Dr. J. B. Carnett, tho former
college football player, has been ap
pointed a major in th medical
corps for the war.
—Morris Knowles, Pittsburgh en
gineer, has been named to have
charge of southern camp construc
tion. *
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg is manu
facturing immense quantities of
steel plates for government
storehouses, shipyards and
camps?
Many Do
More advice Is given and less fol
lowed on the subject of marriage
than on anything else. A woman
teacher who has preached against
teachers marrying has acted con
trary to her own, Buffalo
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