6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded liji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Butldliig, Federal Square. 'I.J. STACK POLE, & Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager BUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. Member American 1 Bureau of Clrcu ' iSmSiH lation and Penn -31 fi M sylvanla Associ b! I IS! m Eastern office, BBBEsIU Story, Brooks & hbSMSS Kg Finiey, Fifth ■iMJSB-jF 1s enU y 8u,,<1ln *' iHrarHsras Western office! x ' J| Flnley B p >ok "| £ 1 trggiy g ag Bullifing. —-—. Chicago, 111, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as s >cond class matter. .dgSJStgfv. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail. $5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1817 When the outer eye grows dim, Turns the inner eye to Him, Who makes darkness light. Fairer visions you may see, Live in nobler company, And in larger liberty, Than the men of sight. — John Oxenham. NOW THE ACCEPTED TIME CONSERVING the food supply of the nation is now a theme in every household and for the most part every family is doing its best to observe the rules laid down by those in charge of the food cam paign of the country. Millions of dollars' worth of vegetables have been raised and unless proper mar keting facilities are provided, so that these early vegetables may be promptly distributed to the con sumer! there is likely to be great waste. It is a common remark by those who have given attention to the raisins of vegetables this year that they don't know what, to do with the surplus. And here is the crux of the whole matter. Unless provision is made for get ting the consumer into.touch with the producers, great quantities of vegetables which have been raised since the campaign of the early spring will have gone for naught. Of course, the various committees in the several counties of the State are doing their best to conserve the food supply and Herbert Hoover has given some suggestions which are eminent ly practical. He says we should eat more vegetables, fruit and fish and economize in the use of butter, cut the daily allowance of sugar in tea, or coffee and in otjier ways make sensible U6e of the food at home. To reduce the consumption of food he has asked the individual to eat one vtfieatlcss meal a day, to eat beef, mutton or pork not more than once a day and to urge in the home or restaurants frequented the necessity for economy. Through the United States Cham ber of Commerce the local organiza tions have been urged to assist in bringing about concerted action in conserving the food supply. This movement may take torm in per sonal pledges to do the things that have been suggested in the dally routine of the home or elsewhere. Those men who stay at home must help win the war and In the true spirit of American energy it is pointed out that he must put his in dividual shoulder to the wheel. Here in Harrisburg we are favored with abundant markets and prox imity to the most prosperous farm jng regions in the United States. It is up to us to do our part in the conservation of food for our own people and for those with whom we are allied in this great war. WAR INSURANCE IF Congress lets it to a vote of the young men of the military service or to those about to be drafted there will be no question about war insurance supplanting pensions as a means of proving benefits for those incapacitated to any degree by wounds or sickness, or for the de pendents of those who are killed or who die during enlistment. Pensions are mere grants for which applicants must many times ' solicit for years. Marty a veteran has refrained from applying for pen sion because he was too proud to take the necessary steps. But with war insurance It would be different. Every man coming under this act would be a policyholder. He would be entitled to his benefits just as If he were insured in a life insurance company. Congress would have nothing to do with it. Politics would no t' count and every man would re ceive equally with every other that o which he would be Justly entitled, i no more and no less. PROTECTION ARGUMENT WITH the coming of the war the very heavy Importations from Germany ceased en tirely, and those from Eng land have fallen to very small proportions. Meanwhile, the Amer ican manufacturers have not been I able to Increase their capacity sufficiently to meet the heavy de mand which they must now satisfy. Wonder how that statement ever escaped tho blue pencil of the free trade editor of the New York Times, from which It is quoted. The Wilson-Underwood tariff law took all protection away from cut lery for Instance, and during the ten months free operation of that law. SATURDAY EVENING, October, 1913, to July, 1914, inclu sive, imports of cutlery increased 03 per cent, over the similar ten months period, October, 1912, to July, 1913, under the Republican protective law. Since the war wo have little compe tition, as the Times correctly ob serves, although Japan is showing up strong In our cutlery market. A con cern in New Britain, Conn., which | was engaged in the manufacture of 1 safety razors, recently closed down the shop which made the blades be cause it was found that the bladas could be purchased In Japan, and cost of shipment paid, cheaper than the concern could make them up. Now they fit Japanese blades to American handles. Editorially the New York Times stands for this sort of thing, but occa sionally the Times, as well as Demo crats generally, lets something slip which shows tho value of the protec tive policy. SHAMEFUL LL savagery Is not confined to A Germany. We shudder over the outrages German soldiers have inflicted upon the people of France and Belgium, but how are we to feel about the "mob of several hundred men and boys that set upon a lone colored man" In Chester yesterday and who would hare killed him but for the interference of the State po lice? In the case of Germany It is the government which has ordered or countenanced the outrage and in this country it is the spirit of the mob. The negroes have every whit as much right in Chester as have the white men who attack them. Both came there because work was to be had at far higher wages than in their home towns. Both are "out siders" so far as residence Is con cerned. The white man cannot claim that "his place" is being taken by a negro, for as conditions are it is Just as much the negro's Job as his. If, as has been alleged, the negroes are unruly, there is the law ready to take its course and absolutely no excuse for mob violence which has been worse than any crime that any of the negroes may have committed. The Chester riots are a blot upon the fair name of Pennsylvania. In Harrisburg and vicinity there are hundreds of negro workers. Many of them have been imported from the South to fill Jobs that no white man could be found to take. Some of these have been bad characters and have been arrested and pun ished. But for the most part there has been little or no disturbance since the newcomers found the police were in earnest and fearless. has been no mob violence and there is little chance that there will be any. The negroes who have claimed Harrisburg as their residence for years have aided materially in put ting a check on the Inclinations of the latecomers and have rendered valuable assistance to the authori ties in this respect. * There is plenty of work in Harris burg and Chester, too, for every body, white and black; more, Indeed, than can be done, for employers in every line are seeking In vain for men. Because negroes have comfc north in large numbers is no reason why they should be abused. To at tack them In mobs is shameful and cowardly. The use of ball cartridges on the next mob that assembles In Chester or anywhere else would have a salutary effect. If the negroes are at fault* let the law take its course. If they are not. let them alone. GET DOWN TO BUSINESS ALL that the American people ask of the administration at Washington is to get down to business and cut out the everlasting talk which has almost destroyed con fidence in the ability of those in authority to do the big things which are necessary to be done to achieve success in the war. If the little men could be brushed aside. President Wilson would be able to accomplish much that now seems impossible. There are scores of big and brainy men in the country who are willing to help him bear the burden, but they cannot accomplish anything so long as the decks are cluttered with busy-bodies and unimportant indi viduals who are fussing to no pur pose ahd getting nowhere after weeks of diecussion.^ CONSERVE THE PORK THERE Is no sign that Congrese does not mean to go deeply Into the public purse at this time for river and harbor appropriations. Indeed, it begins to look as though at least *28,000,000 will be thys ex pended. Congressmen have been de manding loudly that the people con serve the food supply and it is re spectfully suggested that Congress itself might do something toward saving "pork." • r Ck By the E*-Committeeman Filing of nominating petitions for the primary elections to be held in on September 19 will begin in earnest at the department of the Secretary of the Common wealth next week as the time tor entering such papers will expire on August 10. Thus far there have been something like twenty-five peti tions filed, but only three of them have been for candidates for com moh plana or orphans' court elec tions, and all of those filing being in cumbents who are candidates for re election. The. rest are candidates for nominations for associate judge in which Union, Juniata and Mifflin counties figure exterfslvely. A number of the nominating peti tions presented have been returned because they were defective, the candidates or persons circulating the petitions having failed to sign the affidavits which the State law re quires. —The last two men of the State Department of Health force of stream Inspectors completed work to-day. The appropriation for this force, amounting to something over fifty men. was vetoed by the Gov ernor last week and all but two men were dismissed, the two being as signed to complete work in hand. Their task is finished and only the bureau force of the department re mains. —To-day was the birthday of Da vid H. Lane, the sage of Philadel phia politics and one of the big fig ures in State affairs. Mr. Lane was congratulated by many people throughout the State. —Several members of the Legis lature came here yesterday on be lated visits to endeavor to secure action on appropriation bills. The Governor was not at the Capitol and they were unable to see him at the Executive Mansion. —The Philadelphia courts have dismissed the suit of a taxpayer against William S. Robertson, chief of the Bureau of Municipal Re search. This means that Robertson's job is safe. —From all accounts the Pitts burgh mayoralty situation ia becom ing complex. There are several men talked of as possible candidates and some of them are believed to be only stalking horses. The Pittsburgh peo ple have been rather expecting a repetition of the mayoralty fight of four years ago. —Auditor General Snyder will not make any moves to advance the mandamus proceeding which it is expected will be instituted next week to compel him to recognize men ap pointed by the Governor after being rejected by the State Senate. The chances are that the case may not be heard until late in tho fall a/id that the appeal will be argued in the supreme court here next May. Mean while officials will have to wait for their pay. —Whether Auditor General Sny der will insist upon a closer scrutiny of all expenditures from contingent and traveling funds is not known. Before he went away for the week end the Auditor General let it be known that he would shortly formu late a policy. It Is believed that the visit, of Private Secretary Ball to Auditor General last week had something to do with finding out the plans of the Auditor General in regard to auditing such accounts. —The Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Board, which was reappointed by the Governor yesterday after the Senate committee had failed to act on the nominations and the Legisla ture had refused to make any ap propriation, will have to worry along on $3,500. That is all tho money left of the cash voted to it. The appro priation act of 1915 provided that, the unexpended balances and $25,000 more should be available. It is j pretty well used up. —Governor Brumbaugh to-day re fused to make any statement about vetoes of items or appropriations on which he exercised 'his power of veto. They come under the general head of "insufficient state revenue." Indeed They Do Little Willie, although not much of a singer, has the spirit all right. He was rendering an especially erratic version of Columbia, Gem of the Ocean, the other evening, and an en tirely new, though suitable, interpre tation of the words of the song. He began: "O Columbia, gem of the ocean. The home of the brave and the free—" The listeners withstood several painful lines of this, and there wasn't a break. * "A world offers homage to thee," he screamed. Then came the triumph of the song. "Thy banners make Germany tremble." And the little group of listeners broke out into cheers.—lndianapolis News. In Plain Sight Willie Stone had been sent on an errand to the home of the rich Mr. Lott. He returned with the astonish ing news that Mr. Lott was going mad. "What makes you think that?" his father asked. "The way he talked," said Willie. "When I went into the room where he wanted to see me he said, 'Boy, where is your hat?' and there it was on my head all the time!"— New York Times. Nation Gives Up The kaiser must have given up the notion of annexing certain American states to Mexico or he would hardly have given up Zimmermann, who had the job in charge.—Philadelphia Press. ' Wanted From America Britain's appeal is for ships, ships, ships: that of Ffance for men, men, men. Now Russia is heard in poly syllables with locomotives, locomo tives. locomotives.—Springfield Re publican. They'll Do It Yet So far the German iinlversitieß have had the fortitude to refrain from conferring the degree of D. D. on commanders of U-boats. From the Columbia State. Matter of Statistics There is one way for every man to determine for himself whether the world Is growing better or worse. All he has to do is to ascertain whether the number of people who agree with him is increasing or di minishing. Houston Post. What's the Use? "Avoid kissing If you would have a beautiful mouth," says Lillian Rus fell. This Is outrageously false. Isn't Lillian's mouth pretty good looking, after all these years? Cleveland , Plain Dealer. HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS p f k Trtlnuwfe^ Wise or Otherwise Chicago Herald Mobilization of the National Guard suggests the Ger mans will soon be denying the arri val of another American corps or two in France. Philadelphia Public Ledger —No matter how much daylight is saved, there <vill always be time to be an American. Washington Post—Kentucky sta tisticians figure that conservation in corn licker is a poor way to save the colonels. Minneapolis Tribune—Women of the country are advised by the De partment of Agriculture to can as much fruit and vegetables as pos sible this year. The theory is that this kind of canning helps to can the Kaiser. The Heavenly Hills of Holland How wondrously they rise Above the smooth green meadows Into the azure skies! With blue and purple hollows With peaks of dazzling snow, Along the far horizon They march serene and slow. No mortal foot has trodden _ The. summits of that range. Nor walked those mystic valleys Whose colors ever change; Yet we possess thpir beauty. And visit them in dreams, When the ruddy gold of sunset From clitf and canyon gleams. The old Dutch painters loved them, Their pictures show them clear— Old Hobbema and Ruysdael, Van Goyen and Vermeer. Above the level landscape— Rich polders, long-armed mills, Canals and ancient cities— Float Holland's heavenly hills. —Henry Van Dyke, in Harper's Magazine- Labor Notes Siamese natives obtained petro leum from the earth by digging plti about sixty feet deep and dipping it out with pails. Toronto (Canada) linotype opera tors and compositors engaged in newspaper work received an increase in pay of $4.50 a week. The Parkersburg (Pa.) iron works will be shut down for a week*this summer so that the 800 hands can be used for harvesting crops. Seattle (Wash.) shipbuilding and metal trades have made rapid strides in the last few months, one local from 300 to 3,500 members, and still growing. The American Federation of Labor has refused to participate in a trade union peace conference to be held in Switzerland on September 17. Practically the only available source of supply of chalk is England and France, and in these countries chalk mining has been suspended. To teach domestic science in rural regions a Kentucky school official has mounted a twp-room housa on wheels and takes it around his ter ritory. Women in overalls doing the work of men Just as they have for some time been doing in England and France, have made their appearance in Chicago. The annual convention of the United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada will be held in Toledo, Ohio, on August 14. • A joint committee has been ap oointed tor Dublin, Ireland, and the Midlands, to deal with the treatment of discharged disabled soldiers. English women have released 87,- 000 men from banking houses, 41,000 men in transportation work and 117,- 000 in the Government employ. That approximately 25,000 high school boyg and girls are willing to help harvest the year's crops Is in dicated by the returns of the stata canvas*. A newly organized union of chem ical workers at Albany, N. Y., has reduced Its 10 and 11-hour workday to nine hours and increased wages. Equal pay for equal work, with out discrimination as to sex, is urged as a war measure in a bulletin Issued by the American Association for La bor Legislation. An additional one cent an hour Increase has been granted to the ma chinists on the west end of the Northern Pacific and Great North ern systems. SIX MILLION SANDBAGS FOR MILE OF TRENCH FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND men in France by snowfall? By snowfall? That is what the War Department thinks. That means lots of warm clothes, braziers, earmuffs and high boots. And it means winter trenches. One of the Royal Engineer officers. Lieutenant C. G. Martin, out of the wealth of his experience, has found the requirements of the "ideal" win-< ter trench. The ideal never has been and probably'never will be, attained, but it is something for the "Sam mies" to strive for when they want to work warmth into freezing feet. Lieutenant Martin fixes the re quirements for one mile of front, in-, eluding first and second lines and all communications, where breastwork® are essential owing to the prevalent waterlogged condition of the ground, as follows: One million eight hundred thousand yards, or 900 miles, of wire, weighing IXO tons; 12,000 6-foot standards; 12,000 smal pickets; 6,- 250,000 sandbags, weighing 1,000 tons aggregate; 36,000 running feet of corrugated iron; 1,125,000 run ning feet of timber, average dimen sions 3x3 inches; large varying quan tities of riveting material, including timber plants, wire netting and ex panded metal. According to Lieutenant Martin's estimate, an average man will fill ai.d place in position on the parapet, parados or dugout, at the most, twenty-five sandbags in one night. So to fill and place the 6,000,000-odd bags would take a working party of a battalion about 240 nights' work or some eight months. A British en gineer company of eighty engineers would require six years. Of course these figures are based on the ideal trench. In practice noth ing of the kind is possible, but it gives some idea of the vast quantities of material needed to construct even fairly suitable winter trenches and the amount of work involved. It has bden found in the British army that the engineers must be assisted by the infantry, and the di viding line between them has been continualy narrowed since the be ginning of the war. It is more than Riches From Extortion This country is spending so much money now that much of it is sure to be wasted and fall into the hands of sharpers and grafters. There is only one thing the government can do and that Is to see that for every dollar it pays it mupt receive a sub stantial return for it, and that the situation be guarded that every man who gets a dishonest dollar should be indicted for treason and im prisoned or shot. It is no time to parley with traitors. It was reported in the Senate debate that a man got $20,000 for a $5,000 aeroplane. Think of a boy over in the trenches risking hin life that such scoundrelism may exist at home. We have an idea that only burglars. Incendiaries and mur derers are criminals. Every man who takes advantage of his country's woe and makes ten or two for one ought to be arrested and sent to the trenches or to prison. We are too easy, too indifferent. Drafting a boy to fight for his country and then allowing some fellow to stay behind and get rich supplying him with food i 3 an insult to patriotism. Ohio State Journal. A Figurehead [New Tork Tribune] Louis Raemaekers, the famous Dutch cartoonist, does not- believe the Kaiser is a real "man bf blood and iron." "He is too conceited to be a strong man," la the judgment of this keen observer of human nat ure in general and Teutonic nature in particular. "He poses for a strong man. He is hollow." This opinion win And an echo in the suspicions of many a less atten tive observer. Those carefully train ed and fiercely erect mustache points, that mien of Jove releasing his thunderbolts, the blaze of decora tions which his chest thrusts forth, the hand-on-sword business these are the trappings of a stage emperor. No man could be as mighty as Mr. Hohenzollern looks. The probable truth of the matter is that the vu.n, self-conscious Em peror William, with his sense of di vine partnership* and his physical impotence, his love of publicity and his lack of humor, lends himself Ideally to the purpose of the sinister and silent bureaucrats who really guide the Germau machine. I likely that the same thing will be true of our own army. Many of the sandbags used in con structing parapets are a by-product of mining and tunnelling. The great socret of successful mining is silence, and it has been found that the most satisfactory method of disposing of the earth displaced in tunneling is to put it in sandbags and drag it to the head of the shaft by hand or by winch. Here the infantry take over the filled bags for use in the trenches. If there is an excess dummy trenches often are constructed on available ground high enough to cast a shadow visible to an aerial observer. The Prussians have been known to spend the greater part of a day shelling such a trench. The usual mine gallery now used is about 4 feet high, 2 feet 6 inches wide at the top and 3 feet at the bot tom, measured inside the timbering, and this means 9. section about 12 feet square. Galleries have frequently been run out 400 feet, yielding 4,100 cubic feet, or about 600 sandbags of earth. Work on the face of a gallery is usually done by three men - one working, one filling bags and one restiner. The remainder of the party share up and timbers the gallery. The average rate of progress ia about tweve f!et a day. The depth of a gallery varies ac cording to the tactical requirements and may be from 12 to 120 feet. There are two distinct types of charges used in mines—one for the 1 common mine, used with the idea of making a crater on the surface and destroying the enemy's work, another called camouflets, used toj destroy the enemy's mining works • under ground and so charged as to leave the surface undisturbed. Mines previous to the operation?; around Messines had been charged up to 13,000 pounds, producing crat ers 60 yards long and 4 0 yards wide. The charges of camouflets vary with the depth and the soil, and in some cases charges of two or tllree tons have been fired without disturb ing the surface. The galleries are generally lighted by candles during construction, but when the mines are being charged electric torches are necessary. Reducing Train Mileage When Fairfax Harrison tell 3 of the reduction of passenger train mileage about to be accomplished through the co-operation of the railroads of the United States his figures sound quite impressive. Casual readers will look a second time at astatement that 16,000,000 miles of train-haul are to be lopped from the total now accomplished without serious dis turbance of the service, yet not realize what tt means. A little closer inspection will show Just how impor tant this really is. The mileage of the railroads mobilized under the committee of which Mr. Harrison is chairman totals a little over 243,000, so that the reduc ion in train move ment he proposes to achieve will be equal to almost. 30 round trips over the entire system involved. The Union Pacific had the stiffest battle with the elements It ever experienced last winter in Wyoming and during that time the engines of the whole system consumed but a little more coal than will bo saved by the rail roads of the country when the new passenger schedule is adopted. The saving in man-power, which has al ready become Important In the United States, Is on a parity with the other factors.—Omaha Bee. 1 "Godspeed" Erawny, broad-shouldered lads ne'er known to lag, Heart's blood as red as the stripes in our flag. Brave, unfailing, strong and true: Noble heroes, we bid you adieu. Sacrificing, loyal, courageous, having no fears. Beloved, adored American soldiers. PERC Y VINTON RITTER. Harrlsburg. PROSPERITY BULLETIN "Our advertising proposition for spring (January 1, 1917, to June 30, 1917) was the largest In the history of this company, and our expenditures for fall will certainly not be any less." W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. JULY 28, 1917. Reed of Missouri Once more It is Reed of Missouri who is found opposing the President, blocking urgent war legislation, ap pealing to class passion, assailing character, impugning motives. Reed, of Missouri, attacking Hoover, is running true to form. Reed of Mis souri, fighting food control, is con sistently against the administration and consistently on the side of hid den privileges. Reed of Missouri, whether representing the worst in politics and corporation interests In Kansas City or lining up with the war profiteers in the Senate, is Reed of Missouri, all the time. Before he was Reed of Missouri and gave the state unenviable noto riety in the Semite he was Reed of Kansas City and was different in no material respect except as regarded the extent of his capacity for harm. In Kansas City he was always to be found on the side of the antlpublic foces. He had and has a natural pre dilection for the malign and the darksome in politics and attorney ism. He consorted and consorts by preference with those who work un der cover. He hated and hates the light and men who do things in the light. Reed of Kansas City was known here for exactly what Reed of Missouri is coming to be known In the Senate and in the country". Those who best knew Reed of Kansas City can understand his per sonal animus to Hoover. —From the Kansas City Star. A Little Premature In assessing a fine of $50,000,000 against Rumania the Kaiaer was a little premature. The Rumanian Commission at Washington hasn't obtained that loan It came for yet Kansas Ctty Journal. £ OUR DAILY LAUGH / % SOME WOP.M. U IT/fl Gee, I'd like to see the bird Xjrf could eat that worm! % ' ' ' ROMANTIC. vnj Blsbßu * : Te * pv/ hee Mr Bug , f 11 J~f these water falls \lllf—l |\. f make one feel \lr/liV>/" romanuo ' "£,£* Why did they A expel Mr. Crow i IS from the Ariel Oh, for caws! &Ja)SF S FLOWER. Original beauty, was her For women So she dolled Like a blue rih- Ten years hence lEhnrtng fflljat The legislative period of I#l7 ends with midnight to-night. Under thai constitution the Governor of Penn sylvania has thirty calendar days in which to act upon bills left with hira by the general assembly, which Ad journed on June 28. Governor Brum baugh will clear up all bills before night and the final ceremony In con nection with the legislation of the 122 nd session of the general as sembly will be held late to-night in the Capitol rotunda when attaches of the departments of the Governor and the Secretary of the Commonwealth will read a proclamation announcing the action of the Governor on all € bills. This proclamation which is a survival of early days attracts lit tle attention and is filed in the State archives. When the Legislature ad journed It left 696 bills on fhe desk of the Governor out of a total of 1,-' 075 presented to him. Of this num ber some were recalled. It will talce days to enter up all of the bills ap proved which officially become acta and are each given a number differ ent from that on the bill and the disapprovals which officially become vetoes and are also given a serial number. Governor Brumbaugh re reived from one to 640 letters on bills including many briefs, petitions and memorials. The highest number of letters received was on the bill to sus pend the operation of the full crew law during the war and one month * thereafter. This bill caused much , correspondence both for and against the measure and attracted wide at tention. On a number of appropria tion bills there was also much corre spondence. There were no hearings granted on any bills this Beason. The acts will be printed as rapidly as possible, the appropriations and vetoes being published separately by the State. More elaborate data was prepared for the Governor for study in acting on appropriation bills than ever before, the fiscal departments having furnished • estimates which were supplemented by various other branches of the government. • • * For who are considering short motor trips during the sum mer months no route is more attrac tive than that to Gettysburg. It may be interesting to know that the most desirable route at the present time from Harrisburg to the battlefield is byway of Lemoyne, Dillsburg and York Springs, returning over an ex cellent road, through Bendersville, Mt. Holly and Carlisle. There is also a fine highway between the battle field and Chambersburg which gives an alternative route for Harrisburg tourists. Speaking of the battlefield, there is strong public sentiment in favor of a boulevard between Har risburg and Gettysburg and It Is the hope of all touring Southern Penn sylvania that the Commonwealth may provide such a road in the near future. Harrisburg is not only having its own soldiers from units of the Eighth Infantry and the First Cav alry about its streets but many of the visitors here are men from the camps at Gettysburg and Allentown. The men at Gettysburg are from the new Infantry regiments and come from all over the eastern part of the country. George "W. Muse, New Castle law yer and former attache of the State Internal Affairs Department, Is presi dent of the New Castle Rotary Club, which took a prominent part in Se curing a large number of' men for work on the farms of Lawrence county. The chief need of the farm ers appeared to be to get men to hois corn and the New Castle business . men set an example to the rest of the state by securing volunteers and sending squads to help out the farm ers who had been thrown back by weather or who were suffering from a shortage of hands. Many of the men arc turning over the proceeds of their labor to the Red Cross and enjoying the farmhouse dinners. • • The Idea of community "sings" is catching hold In Philadelphia. The community dance, with asphalt streets roped off, had its start in that city and is a feature of life in some sections. Now a number of public spirited men are having people gather in squares for what they call "sings." It is a great idea and the sol diers have taken to it In style. The American soldier Is on& of the great est singers in the land and the camps will resound with singing this year. • * * Not only are there many people engaged in drilling In this city and vicinity just now, but there are quite a few who are learning to handle rifles as well an themselves. Rifles are hard to get, but there are few Saturdays on which men are not out at the range learning how to use the high-powered guns. • * • If the portion of the Eighth ward that was known for so many years as "De Ate" was not almost oblit erated to make room for Capitol Park, the denizens of that section would have been having the time of their lives watching the Governor's Troop drill. The troopers have been busy from morning until night marching and getting Into shape to go to camp and their bugles have been sounding every now and then. Ir would have been a situation to de light the people if there were only any left about that part of the city. The men of the troop have been working hard, and although there are a number of new men. the com mands are executed with snap and the inarches and drills attract much attention. f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"" —Harry J. Schools, who is a can didate for district attorney in Leb • anon county, is an attorney of that city. —General W. M. Black, of the United States engineers, is a native of Lancaster county. —Judge F. M. Trexler, of the eu perlor court, will take a tour to —Louis W. Hill, of the Great Northern Railroad, is the man who is planning to take over the Thomp son coal lands in Western Pennsyl vania. —Col. Frank G. Sweeney, the offi cer in charge of the draft headquar ters, has served for years .as In spector general of the National Guard. 1 DO YOU KNOW | —Tliat Harrisburg is develop ing into a big car repair center? HISTORIC HARRISBURG General Sulltvan considered Harris Ferry an ideal place as a base of supplies in the Revolutionary days. Very Conservative Lady A Marietta lady asks a divorce be cause her husband hasn't taken a bath for seventeen years. A pa tient woman, at that. Some would have begun to protest about fourteen years ago.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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