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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME
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'& J. PTACKPQL.E, Pris t &• Editor-in-Chief
y. R. OTSTER, Business Manager.
OU3 M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
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TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 7
I will be true, for there are those
who trvst me:
I will be pure, for there are those
who care;
I will be strong, for there is much
to suffer;
I will be brave, for there is much
to dare;
I will.be friend of all —the foe —the
friendless;
I will be giving, and forget the gift;
I will be humble, for I know my
weakness;
I will look up—and laugh, and tove,
and lift. — ANON.
DO WE LIKE CORN?
JUST note this learned observation
from the editorial columns of
our esteemed but grossly mis
taken, contemporary, the New York
Sun:
Americans do not like corn as
food.
Ah, come on over here to Harris
burg, Mr. Sun Man and let us treat
you to some—
Chicken corn soup, or
Corn fritters, or
Corn pudding, or
Corn roasted in wood ashes, or
Corn pone, or
Mush and milk, or
Fried mush, or
Pawnhuus, or—
But what's the use of rambling on
forever and besides we must hurry
out and buy three dozen ears of
fresh corn. We're going to have
roasting ears for supper.
PENXSYLVANIA GERMAN S
THE New York Herald pays high
compliment to Pennsylvania
Germans and their patriotic con
duct since the beginning of the war
with Germany, in the following edi
torial comment:
Pennsylvania leads all the
States in army recruiting Bince
April with a total of 20,007 en
listments. The nation's call Is
being answered in the Keystone
State in ar. admirable manner,
and the enlistments come from
the rural districts quite as gen
erously as from the cities, as is
indicated by an "Honor Roll"
printed by a rural newspaper.
Town and Country, of Pennsburg,
showing that no fewer than
thirty-four "country boys" from
a district about ten miles square
have enlisted. Kspecially note
worthy is Pennsylvania's line re
cruiting record because the State
Is the home of hundreds of
thousands of citizens of German
extraction, who by their acts give
proof that hyphenism is non-ex
istent among them.
Since the beginning of the war
Americans have been hearing so
much from the Vierecks, the
Hexamers and the Weissmanns
that the impression spread that
they, and they alone, represented
the ideas and the ideals of
Americans of German descent.
Event.s have proved that these
comparatively new arrivals from
Germany had gained a veneer of
Americanism and that behind
this lay a loyalty to the kaiser
and his de-humanized modern
Germany. The Pennsylvanians of
German descent, whose ances
tors came to America before the
Revolution and whose blood flows
In the veins of millions of Ameri
cans, are the ones who by long
residence and proved loyalty have
the right to speak for the real
American-? of German descent.
Hitherto. ince the invasion of
Belgium aiul the sinking of the
I-usitanla they have turned their
faces away f-om the modern
Germany that glorifies such hor
rors. Since the Kaiser began his
war on tha United States the
Pennsylvania "Germans" everv-
Kafr a nH e lL lßtlnK , flKht the
jirUtlTo proeflthaf VE *o r
IMhe n, Ume Btate '- ,lrSt ' last and
The Herald has taken a correct
v'ew with respect to the "Germans"
Pennsylvania, who in reality are
no more Germans then they are
Scotch, or Irish, or Dutch, or Eng-'
ll*h, for most of them have resided
in this State for go many years that
the younger generations in many
cuses do not know even from what
district in Germany their ancestors
came, or the year of their coming.
T" e sure, their language has per
sisted, in a more or less altered
form, but they have inter-married
until there are Pennsylvania "Ger
mans ' who have such names as
Hodgeson, Palmer, MacCormack and
Mcllhenny. Many -such cherish the
traditions and customs of their Ger
man forebears and are proud of their
lineage. In them live the kindly dis
position, the hospitably, the thrift
and the sturdy virtues that have
made of them good citizens and loyal
Americans. They owe allegiance no
more to the Kaiper than to the King
o(" Spatp Indeed, many of their an
cestors left the Fatherland because
they could no longer render loynlty
to a government with the principles
of which they were out of sympathy.
During the Civil War these Penn
sylvania Germans rendered gallant
service for the union. Hosts of the
older men wear the Grand Army
TUESDAY EVENING,
badge a* their proudest decoration
and It was a dense diplomatic servtce
Indeed that imagined the eons of the
men who risked life and limb for
this country would turn against it
In the hour of Its need. In favor of a
government that had done nothing
for their forebears but make It BO
unpleasant that they were compelled
to take up their residence elsewhere.
The people of Pennsylvania know
the "Pennsylvania Germans'* and
they are proud of them, but it Is
pleasing to note that their virtues are
appreciated abroad.
Charity Begins at Home
JOHN YATES, secretary of the
Associated Aids, finds himself
beset on every side with requests for
assistance and less than SIOO in the
treasury. He is making an earnest
plea for Immediate contributions.
The recent Boy Scout campaign,
the Liberty Bond sale, the Red Cross
campaign and numerous other de
mands on the public purse have
made serious inroads upon the gifts
of money usually reaching the cof
fers of the Associated Aids. Added
to this is the increased cost of every
thing that goes Into the work of
the charities. Coal, clothing and
food are all higher In price than
ever before, and there are more
persons In want than is usual at this
t
season.
How this happens, with work more
plentiful than ever and wages higher,
is explained by Mr. Yates, who says
that desertions of families by hus
bands are more numerous than at
any time since his coming to this
city. The effect of the war has been
to slacken the moral fiber of so
ciety and ability of men to pick up
work wherever they happen to be
has encouraged delinquent husbands
to drop family ties and depart be
tween sundown and dawn for parts
unknown. Scores of helpless women
and children have been left thus
to the tender mercies of public char
ity. Every week brings to the As
sociated Aids more of these deserted
wives and babies.
The usual spring campaign of the
Associated Aids was abandoned this
year in favor of the Red Cross, It
being deemed necessary to give the
national movement preference over
merely local needs. But the extra
ordinary conditions generally pre
vailing have greatly increased the
need of local charities the country
over. Everywhere charitable or
ganizations are making the same
appeal as here. Funds are low and
those in charge fear that a reduc
tion of Associated Aids resources
would remove the only protection
these deserted women have and so
tend to increase the evil.
As Mr. Yates says, the morale of
the country is quite as important as
the morale of the troops, and what
ever agency tends to harden the
moral fiber of the nation is indis
pensable in this crisis. The disabling
of institutions caring for the poor
would be a real calamity.
Harrisburg must do Its part in
this critical period as it has in all
others. Charity begins at home.
THE STUDY OF GERMAN
OHIO school authorities say
there is a great falling off in
the number of students de
siring to study German the coming
year. This is not surprising. Nor Is
the reason solely sentimental. There
is hard common sense behind It In
many cases, no doubt. High school
pupils may study only a given num
ber of languages. What more
natural, then, that French, or Italian
or Spanish, the latter especially,
should supplant German, for at the
close of the war our dealings with
Germany will have shrunk to a min
imum, while our business with
France, Russia, Italy and above all
the Latin-American countries will
have gained tremendously. Of ut
most Importance is it that our young
people be able to speak Spanish,
with French as a strong second.
Germany used to stand for cul
ture, and there is an old-time Ger
man literature that is as delightful
as the literature of any people and
more charming than most. But it
has been supplanted by the hymns
of hate and the boo!"* of war to such
extent that America has come to
look with suspicion upon anything
German, and to ponder on the sin
cerity of stories and poems, religious
works and essays the sentiments of
which do not correspond with the
acts of the people. It Is a question of
actions speaking more loudly than
words, and lack of interest in the
study of the German language is
merely a reflex of Unpopular atti
tude of mind.
UK
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By the Ex-Commltteeman
While Mayor Thomas B. Smith is
moving for harmony among the Re
publicans in Philadelphia there are
signs of a bitter mayoralty contest
about to bo staged again in Pitts
burgh and in some of the smaller
cities there are battles soon to start
which will have more or less effect
upon the selection of Republican
candidates next year. Men active in
Republican affairs have been striving
since the Legislature adjourned and
the bills were disposed of to allay
the sore feelings aroused between
December 1 and August 1 and the
Philadelphia mayor seems to be tak
ing a prominent part.
The Philadelphia newspapers all
carry extended stories about the
mayor's move. The Philadelphia
Inquirer, which generally speaks
pretty straight for the Republican
organization, says:
"With the primary elections only a
month off. Mayor Smith yesterday
put himself on record for the re
nomination by the Republican or
ganization of James B. Sheehan and
W. Freeland Kendrick for the offices
of register of wills and receiver of
taxes, respectively.
" 'You can go as far as you like in
support of Kendrick,' said the mayor.
'I am too busy with more important
matters to keep track of the trend
for or against party harmony this
fall, but I am not only for Kendrick,
but X expect the other fellows to be
for him, too. As far as I am con
cerned, there can be no harmony l
without Kendrick.'
"In supporting Register of Wills
Sheehan for another term the mayor
said: 'I have been for Sheehan right
along. Regarding the fee question,
he has only done what I or any other
man would have done. He did not
institute the suit over the fees in
order to pocket them. The fee ques
tion was raised, and Sheehan was
obliged to be a party to the suit in
order to have the courts clear up the
question. I think the register's po
sition is altogether proper and con
sistent.'
"When asked to give his views on
a candidate for the office of district
attorney the mayor excused himself,
saying he had an important engage
ment. Friends of Mr. Rotan say he
is sure of renominatlon.
"State Senator E. A. Patton and
Magistrate Thomas W. Watson are
most prominently mentioned for city
treasurer.
'Senator McNichol, when told of
the mayor's views, said he was not
prepared to comment upon any
phase of the political situation at
this time. 'I am looking after mat
ters pertaining to subway contracts.'
said the senator, 'and just now I
have no time nor inclination for any
thing else.'
" 'The time is not opportune to go
upon record on political matters' was
Senator Vare's only comment."
—When Mayor McDowell pre
sented a resolution in Chester's coun
cil asking for the appointment of
T. Woodward Trainer, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce and
Board of Trade: Dr. William F.
Lehman and Byron G. Pickering
(the latter principal of the Larkin
grammar school) as members of
the new clvi! service commission
council turned down the resolution,
allowing him but one man, Professor
Pickering, the other four members
voting to seat Peter Guildea, a manu
facturer, and Dr. J. P. VanKeuren.
—Columbia judges are at odds
again. Judge Evans handed down
an opinion discharging the rule to
oust the Conyngham township school
board on the grounds that they have
violated the provisions of the school
code in letting the contract for two
stoves costing $436, which retail for
less than half that amount, without
advertising as required by the code.
He took the position that it was not
wilful and intentional failure to per
form a duty required by the code.
Associate Juges Hauck and Rhodes
thereupon handed down an opinion
declaring It to be an intention and
wilful violation and made the ouster
rule absolute.
—The Pittsburgh situation Is con
siderably mixed. The announcement
by William Price that he would not
be a candidate for mayor was fol
lowed by an official announcement
from Dr. J. P. Kerr, president of
council. Some expression from Com
missioner W. A. Magee, who is con
sidered a candidate, is looked for,
and E. V. Babcock will likely bo
heard from.
—Rice Garland, clerk of the
Philadelphia municipal court, Is out
with a sharp attack of Director Wil
son in regard to vice conditions.
—Appointment of E. Vinton Phil
lips as county controller of Chester
by the Governor Is looked for. Phil
lips wants to be a candidate for the
:ull term, however, and the Repub
lican organization is for G. F.
DeWees. There will be other can
didates.
—John G. Harman, of Blooms
burg, former candidate for State
Treasurer and Democratic legislator,
is a candidate for Judge in his
county.
—Ex-Representative P. C. New
baker, of Danville, is a candidate for
associate judge in Montour county.
Our Burden in the War
Sir Edward H. Carson, speaking
as a representative of the British
Ministry, expresses his confidence in
the triumph of the entente allies. On
the eve of the fourth year of the con
flict Sir Edward is able to view the
situation calmly and even cheerfully.
He admits no doubt that Russia will
again be brought into effective co
operation with the allies. But he
puts the strongest emphasis on his
faith in the influence of the United
States. He believes that we shall, in
"good time give material aid of over
"whelming power which will make
"an end of ail doubts as to the com
"pleteness of the victory of the al
lies." So also Major General Fred
erick B. Maurice, representing the
British war office, is confident of vic
tory because the allies "have the
whole power of the United States tc
draw upon.—New York Times.
America's Foreign Trade
America's foreign trade In 1917
reached the unprecedented total of
$8,953,000,000, of which $(>,294,-
000,000 was exports and $2,659,-
000,000 imports. Exports in June,
the last month of the fiscal year,
totaled $576,000,000, the highest of
any month in the country's history
with the exception of last January,
Imports during the month were
valued at $307,000,000.
The trade balance in America's
favor for the year was $3,635,000,000.
That was $1,499,000,000 more than
the year before, $2,640,000,000 more
than In 1915 and $8,164,000,000
larger than in the last year before
the war.
The increase in the country's total
foreign trade was $2,422,000,000 over
1916, $4 511,000,000 over 1915 and
$4,695,000,000 over 1914.
Exports during the year were
greater by $1,961,000,000 than In
1916, $3,525,000,000 in 1915 and
$3,929,000,000 In 1914. Imports also
show a great increase. The 1917 total
was $461,000,000 over 1916, $986,-
000,000 over 1915 and $765,000,000
•ver 1914.—Exchange.
HARRISBT7RG TEtEORAFH
Impudent Pretenses
The New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung,
the principal daily newspaper
printed in the German language in
this country, is engaged in publish
ing from day to day what it claims
are the only complete lists of the
vessels sunk by the U-boats. These
lists are much longer than those
given out by the governments of the
allied countries, and their correct
ness has been challenged.
The editor of the Staats Zeltung
seeks to justify the publication, in
this country of these and many other
statements, the object of which is to
make it appear that the Germans
are winning greater successes in the
war than the allies are willing to
admit or the newspapers printed In
English are making known to the
public, on the groun.d that the Amer
ican people should be informed of
the truth, whether it is palatable to
them or not. Viereck, the editor of
the notorious Fatherland, renamed
the American Weekly immediately
the United States entered the war, is
following the same course and mak
ing the same defense of it. So are
the editors of practically all the Ger
man-printed newspapers In the
country.
There is n,o use in mincing words
about this matter. The claim of
these German, or pro German, edi
tors is false. The Leader is safe In
saying for the American press that
it ha facilities for obtaining war
news immeasurably superior to those
of the German publications In thiß
country, and that it is not following
the suicidal policy of trying to de
ceive the public. The American peo
ple know the American newspapers
and should need no reassurance on
this score. On the other hand, by
the confession of some of their own
number the German-American edi
tors rewrite what little real news
they print and "doctor" it to suit
their own notions and purposes.
The object of the Staats Zeitting,
the erstwhile Fatherland, the Kai
ser's organ here; the Waechter, and
similar publications, is to discourage
the American people as much as pos
sible In their prosecution of the war
and to give Germany all the help to
win It that they can. The question
is, How much longer will this be
permitted to go on? —The Cleveland
Leader.
South Feeds North
The South is furnishing annually
about $200,000,000 worth of early
vegetables, fruits, fish and oysters to
the North and West, without which
these sections would suffer a food
famine, especially for potatoes,
onions, citrus fruits, peaches, ap
ples and other products. One South
ern road alone handled 34.500 car
toads of vegetables and fruits orig
inating on its line, while the total
traffic of this kind shipped from the
South to the North and West
amounts annually to about "200,000
carloads, or over 3,000,000 tons, and
at a low valuation it is estimated
that the aggregate is over $200,000,-
000.
The extent of the potato industry
is indicated in shipments from the
Charleston section of over $4,000,-
000 worth of potatoes this year,
while Florida shipped a still larger
amount, and the aggregate ship
ments from Virginia will reach
about 4,000,000 harrels, worth to the
growers about $20,000,000. On one
day In July 656 carloads of potatoes
were shipped from Virginia to the
North and West. The total shipment
of potatoes in the United States on
that day was 838 carloads, and of
this amount all but 57 carloads orig
inated in the South, and of these 5 7
carloads produced in other sections
2 3 were from the Pacific coast.
In addition to these enormous
shipments of vegetables and fruits,
the South, from the Chesapeake Bay
to Texas, furnishes the bulk of the
oysters consumed in the West and
a large proportion of the fish.
This great contribution of the
South to the nation's food supply
has been so slightly appreciated that
a few months ago the Assistant Sec
retary of Agriculture was constant
ly threatening the South with star
vation unless it raised all of its own
foodstuffs, because, he said, the
country would not permit cars to be
used to carry grain and meats from
the West to the South, entirely
ignoring the enormous shipments of
Southern foodstuffs into the North
and West.—From the Manufactur
ers' Record.
Labor Notes
Canadian labor unions advocate a
federal income tax.
Vancouver, B. C„ is planning a mu
nicipal coalyard.
Building laborers at Winnipeg. Can
ask 40 cents an hour.
The first agreement In fifteen years
between the painters and their em
ployers of Ottawa. Canada, has been
put into effect. The painters will re
ceive 37% cents an hour, and the
paperhangers 42 cents an hour.
Fifty thousand workers in the Lan
cashlre, Cheshire and Derbyshire
bleaching and dyeing trades have
been granted by the Manchester Con
ference a new bonus ranging from
$1.75 to $3.50 a week above pre-war
rates.
Maintenance-of-way employes have
secured their first contract with the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad. The contract includes an
average wage increase of $5 a month,
overtime and Improved conditions.
A few conscientious objectors still
teaching in London, England, ele
mentary schools are to go. After a
long debate recently the London
County Council decided by sixty-one
votes to 18 to transfer them to other
branches of municipal work.
Buffalo (N. Y.) Hotel Men's Asso
ciation has signed a two-year agree
ment with its organized waiters and
have made a verbal agreement with
cooks, granting wage increases, one
day off In seven and a 10-hour day
within fourteen hours.
The Southern Pacific Railroad has
several "tramp traps" in the shape of
freight cars which are left in condi
tion to Invite the tramps, and after a
number of them have boarded It the
doors are mysteriously closed and
they are prisoners.
Maryland, like West Virginia, has
a compulsory labor law, to meet the
emergency of war, which goes Into
effect on August 20 and requires every
able-bodied male in the state, between
the ages of 18 and 50, to register and
hold himself available for such em
ployment as may be assigned him In
case he has no Job of his own.
Steam Engineers Union No. 18,
whose members are employed in
breweries In Cincinnati, Newport and
Covington, Ky„ have secured a new
agreement which raises wages J4.50
a week and, for the first time, abol
ishes the seven-day week. Eight
hours a day and the six-day week
will be the rule hereafter.
In the year 1916 there occurred in
New York state over snn noo acci
dents; in the United States, 3,000,000
industrial accidents, 20,000 of which
were fatalities. These 3,000,000 acci
dents, the equivalent of one-third of
the population of the state of New
York, involved a total time loss of
105,000,000 days. This Is 350,000 work
ing years; 3,500 centuries.
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When a Feller N # By BRIGGS I
CoWrtghud 1817 bj The Tribune AMMT(New York TK
How Nations of the World Have
Successively Declared War
July 2 B—Austria declared war on Serbia.
August I—Germany declared war on Russia.
August 2 —Germany Invaded Luxemburg and violated Belgian
neutrality.
August 3—Germany declared war on France.
August 4—Germany declared war Belgium.
August 4—Great Britain declared war on Germany. Germany
retaliated with a similar declaration.
August ti—Austria declared war on Russia. Russia declared war
on Austria.
August 7—Montenegro declared war on Austria.
August 9—Austria declared war on Montenegro.
August Ift—France declared war on Austria.
August 12—Montenegro declared war on Germany.
August 12 (midnight)— England declared war on Austria.
August 23—Japan declared war on Germany.
August 25—Austria declared war on Japan.
November s—England declared war on Turkey.
1915
May 23—Italy declared war on Austria.
June 3—San Marino declared war on Austria.
August 21—Italy declared war on Turkey.
October 15—Serbia declared war on Bulgaria.
October 15—Great Britain declared war on Bulgaria.
October IC—France declared war on Bulgaria.
October 19—Italy declared war on Bulgaria.
October 19—Russia declared war on Bulgaria.
1016
March 9—Germany declared war on Portugal.
March 15 —Austria declared war on Portugal.
August 27—Italy declared war on Germany.
August 27 —Rumania declared war on Austria.
August 28—Germany declared war on Rumania.
August 31—Turkey declared war on Rumania.
September I—Bulgaria declared war on Rumania.
November 25—Greek provisional government (Venizellsts) de
clared war on Bulgaria and Germany.
March 14—China severed relations with Germany.
April 6-—America declared a state of war against Germany.
April 7—Cuba declared a state of war against Germany.
April 9—Austria severed relations with the United States.
April 10—Panama declared a state of war against Germany.
April I—Brazil severed relations with Germany.
April 13—Austria severed relations with Brazil.
April 1 3—Bolivia severed relations with Germany.
April 23—Turkey severed relations with the United States.
April 28—Guatemala severed relations with Germany.
May 9—Liberia severed relationswith Germany.
May 18—Honduras severed relations with Germany.
May 19—Nicaragua severed relations with Germany.
June 9—Germany severed relations with Haiti.
June 11—San Domingo severed relations with Germany.
July 22—Slam declared war on Germany.
How the Belligerents Line Up
Central powers - allies —Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and
Bulgaria—four nations.
Entente powers and their allies —America, England, France,
Russia, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro, Japan, San Marino, Por
tugal, Rumania, Cuba, Panama and Slam—fifteen nations.
Have severed relations with Germany—China. Brazil, Bolivia,
Guatemala, Liberia, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Domingo—eight na
tions.
Soldier's Reward
"It is in the toll and danger ->f so
great an adventure as you are soon to
experience that a man's true charao
ter will become manifest. He will be
brought face to face with the reali
ties. The little things which once
engrossed his thought and called
forth hl3 energies will be forgotten
in the stern events of his new life.
The sternness of it all will not de
prive him of the satisfaction which
comes from doing his best. As he
found gratification and Joy in the
peaceful pursuits of the old life, so
will he find a deeper gratification
and a greater Joy in serving his
"country loyally and doing his part
in molding the future.
"And when your task is completed,
when tho grim days of battle are
over, and you return once more to
the quiet life of your profession or
occupation, which you have so gen
erously abandoned at your country's
call, you will find in the gratitude of
your countrymen an ample reward
for the great sacrifice which you have
made.
"If enthusiasm and ardor can make
success sure, then we, Americans,
, have ao cause for anxiety, no reason
to doubt the outcome of the conflict.
I But enthusiasm and ardor are not
all; they must be founded on a pro
found conviction of the righteousness
cf your cause and on an implicit
faith that the God of Battles will
strengthen the arm of him who fights
for the right.
"In the time of stress and peril,
when a man stands face to face with
death In its most terrible forms, God
will not derert him who puts his trust
in Him."—Evening Ledger.
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PROSPERITY BULLETIN
NO. 44
In no preceding years in the
history of the organization has
this company invested so much
in advertising as this year. Op
timism prevails in every depart
ment, and throughout the com
pany lines which girdle the globe.
High hopes are held for the
future. No change In policy Is
anticipated, and there Is every
reason to believe we shall In
crease rather than diminish the
volume of our advertising.
S. DOUGLAS MALCOLM.
Manager, American Express Co.,
New York.
AUGUST 7, 191 7.
Kelcey's Trousers Crease
It is claimed that the late Herbert
Kelcey, an English-born actor who
became widely known in this coun
try, started the fashion of creaaed
trousers. One does not have to be
old to remember when trousers were
worn uncreased, being pressed onlv
to remove bagging at the knees, the
shape of the legs being left round.
In fact, creased trousers were taboo,
because the readymade article, as it
came from a pile on. the counters of
the stores, was always creased, and
the particular customer at once or
dered the removal of that blemish,
as it was then considered. The
marked difference between store
"pants" and trousers made by a tai
lor lay in the creasing of the gar
ment. It may be that Mr. Kelcey
was responsible that fashion turned
to the store clothes method, and
thereby forever removed a distinc
tion that had long obtained, but
proof of the fact is n,ot overwhelm
ing. The claim is that Mr. Kelcey
appeared on the stage of the Metro
politan Lyceum Theater with his
trousers creased, and the idea imme
diately commended itself to New
York clubmen, so that its vogue
spread abroad, and soon the despised
crease became the mark of a well
dressed man.—The Springfield He
publican.
OUR DAILY LAUGH |
chef boiled them £
for himself and
HAVE THEIR \ . JBB
USES. £5 J
Why do you
plant radishes? /■£*> I A
They contain
very little nour- ( 1
lshment. i
Maybe so, but Y\/fu
they come ttfongf
rapidly. You Bf.L
know we ama- > i
teur gardeners
like to see a few
results. f .
f SUPER
ABUNDANCE.
••O * • eoatter
sun shine,"
rune the
"And brighten
every spot!"
But with tho
summer
heat so
I'd rathor
iEtoetrtng (Eljat
Announcement that State authori
ties are getting ready to proceed with
county commissioners of York, Lan
caster and other counties to acquire
toll roads in their districts, will be
received with considerable pleasure
by hundreds of automobile owners
from all parts of the State who come
to Harrisburg to see the Capitol and
to enjoy the rides along the Susque
hanna and then strike miles and
miles of toll roads in the two garden
counties of Southern Pennsylvania.
The comments frequently heard in
this city by pefrsons who have just!
come to Harrisburg from Philadel
phia or Baltimore and have met the
turnpikes of the two counties are
anything but pleasing. It is worth
noting that since the State movement
to free Cumberland valley turnpikes
began under the late E. M. Biglelow,
a few years ago, there has been a
marked increase of traffic and that
the freeing of the Berks and Dauphin
turnpike will divert considerable
travel from turnpikes in Lancaster
county on the way to Philadelphia
goes without saying. The Fenn-Lin
coln link will not amount to much
until the tollgates go.
Speaking of roads It would be
hard to find a worse stretch any
where on a State highway, in a Cen
tral Pennsylvania borough or per
haps in a township In this section
than the short road between the city
line and Paxtaifg avenue. It is on the
pike to Lebanon, called Derry street
because it is an extension of Derry
street, and wholly within the borough
of Paxtang. Paxtang councilmen
have been importuned to improve it,
assurances have been given time and
again to individuals that improve
ment is about to start, but nothing
is done except fill in a few holes.
The stretch is a succession of bumps
and gives a bad name to Harrisburg,
at whose gates it begins. Some of the
boroughs near Harrisburg have rath
er indifferent reputations for condi
tion of State highways within their
limits, but Paxtang, Harrisburg's
closest neighbor, comes near being
indictable for the condition of its
main thoroughfare.
Dauphin is another sinner in the
eyes of people who like to hear our
county spoken of as a district where
the highways are good. Penbrook haß
lately taken up the job of improving
its roads and as for other boroughs
of the county they are progressive
and anxious to make their highways
worthwhile. In the case of Paxtang
an attempt was mad i a couple of
years ago t® have the State Join with
the borough and do something but a
penny-wise-pound-foolish policy in
the borough prevented it. Since that
time the State has allowed boroughs
to shift for themselves and some of
them have been worse than shiftless.
Under a new State law the Common
wealth can unite with boroughs and
improve streets within their limits
which connect with improved high
ways at each end, but the borough
must pay a share. The good old days
of making the State pay the whole
bill are over.
The recentannouncement that pud
dlers were striving for a rate over
$lO a ton caused some old-time mill
workers to tell of tho days when they
thought $6 a fine price to pay. There
are men who recall working in the
puddle mills at McCormick's, Bail
ey's, Chesapeake and the old "Hot
Pot" works when $5 was a big pric™
per ton. There were some splendid
men in the mills in those days and
$lO a ton would have opened their
eyes. Harrisburg does not have a sin
gle puddle mill now and it is doubt
ful if there is a puddle furnace in
the county that is in active use. Tho
Central mills have turned to plate
making. Chesapeake has disappeared
and they are making shells near
where the "Hot Pot" men used to
wield their long Iron bars. Duncari
non is the nearest puddle mill now.
Major A. M. Porter, the command
ant of the Harrlsburg Reserves, who
was a member of the Tenth Pennsyl
vania in its Philippine campaign and
a veteran not only of that regiment
but of one of the Philadelphia com
mands, has a hard time to curb the
zeal of the four companies of his
battalion. The businessmen, lawyers,
bankers, clerks, railroadmen an 1
others who make up the Reserves, go
at the drill with so much snap that
they do not like to stop when the
bugle blows. In spite of the great
heat last week there was a good at
tendance of the active membership
of the organization and the men hus
tled around in various movements for
an hour. They were all perspiring
and yet did not want to quit when
the time came. The major does not
believe in long drills, but In just
enough to keep the men keyed up
and steadily learning the fundamen
tals. The Reserves have made rapid
progress and are hopeful of getting
rifles soon.
• •
Edgar C. Felton, former president
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company,
is the man who has taken charge of
the work that has been undertaken
by the State Public Safety committee
to insure a supply of labor through
out the State during the war. Mr.
Felton built up the Steelton plant
and pulled the company out of the
receivership.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE |
Horace B. Haskell, the new
president of Beaver College, was
formerly connected with Newman
college, at Jerusalem. Lately he has
been in Vermont.
Palmer J. Kress, prominent Al
lentown oculist, will go to France
with American troops to look after
their eyes.
—Dr. O. J. Snyder, who is stirring
up things because of the War De
partment attitude toward osteopaths,
is a member of the State Board.
Arthur B. Cole, new transfer
man of the Pennsylvania, at Altoona,
used to be In the Mountain City
Countll.
—By Walton, Girard College phy
sical director, will have charge of
athletic training of troops at Syra
cuse camp.
—Dr. Charles Schall. Oreensburg
pastor. Is chaplain of the Tenth
Pennsylvania.
DO YOU KNOW "]
Tlint HaMlsburg furnishes
much of the State's book bind*
Ins machinery.
HISTORIC HARRISIItTW©
The county prison dates from
1790,
Trimming the Hedge
Divinity doth hedge a king
And thus protect his crown.
But by and by the folks get wise
I And chop the darned hedge down
| •—Kft&aaa City Star,