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MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13
If only myself could talk to myself
As I kneic him a year ago,
I could tell him a lot
That would save him a lot
Of things he ought to know.
—KIPI.ino.
COAI. PRICES
COAL prices, the government
tells us, must not be advanced
more than 10 cents a ton Sep
tember 1.
In other words, the virtuous federal
authorities are not going to let the
bold, bad coal barons rob the poor
public of more than a dime In ad
dition to the extortionate prices now
being charged. For these small
things, we suppose, we should be
humbly grateful. But we are not.
What wc want in the way of coal
prices Is not 10 cents more a ton, but
10 cents or 50 cents, for that matter,
less.
Strange to say, the present high
retail prices are not attributable to
the coal trust nor to the small deal
ers so much as to the so-called "In
dependent" operators, men who boast
they are "not In the combine."
When the big operators ran short
of coal, due to Increased demand and
decreased production caused by lack
of labor, the "Independents" stepped
Into tho breach with accumulations
of coal which were knocked down
to the highest bidder Instead of be
ing distributed pro rata at a fixed
price, as is the custom of the trust.
So It is to the independents that the
government must look for relief now.
However, putting up the price
"only 10 cents" a ton won't remedy
conditions.
REPUBLICAN ?
FRANK WILBUR SMITH, a mem
ber of the Philadelphia force of
postal inspectors, has resigned
from the government service.
Several weeks ago Smith was ap
pointed by the War Department post
office inspector in charge of the
United States malls for the American
army In France. He went to Wash
ington and planned a postal system
that would expedite the delivery of
malls to American soldiers abroad.
He was ready to go to France, with
the rank of major, to take charge,
being attached to the staff of General
Pershing, when Secretary of War
Baker Informed him that Postmaster
General Burlecon refused to sanction
the appointment.
Smith was given no reason except
that Burleson wanted the place for
somebody else.
We don't know Smith and we have
absolutely no knowledge as to his
politics, but It's a safe wager he Is a
Republican.
MOTORING AM) GASOLINE
AUTOMOBILISTS who use thoir
cars for pleasure will find a
trlflle of comfort in the Issue
raised by Alfred Reeves, general
manager of the Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, with the statement of
President Bedford, of the Standard
011 Company, that all pleasure rid
ing must be discontinued '.f a famine
of gasoline is to be prevented and a
plentiful supply left for military and
commercial purposes. Mr. Reeves
does not believe that pleasure riding
need be seriously curtailed If •co'i
omles be observed by pleasure ride's
and owners of commercial car* a*
well.
But while ho takes exception to
the unqualified demands of Mr. Bed
ford for the elimination of all pleas
tiro driving, Mr. Reeves gives this
bit of pertinent advice:
Everything considered, there Is
no cause for alarm among auto
mobile makers and users over the
fuel situation, but it is both wise
and patriotic to encourage the
conservation of gasoline by avoid
ing waste and by careful car
bureter adjustments and handling
of cars so as to get the greatest
liosslble mileage from every gal
on of fuel used.
Doubtless President Bedford real
ized when he posted his conservation
■bulletin that all he might say would
not have the effect of cutting off
entirely the use of the Automobile
for pleasure and recreation, and Mr.
Reeves very properly takes excep
tion to his unqualified statements.
But the public will agree with the
Standard OH executive that much
Joy-riding could be eliminated with
out Injury to public health or pleas
ure and very much to the advantage
of everybody and everything, the
gasoline supply Included.
Nobody begrudges the hard-work
ing man whose only extravagance
is his car an hour or two In the
country with his family these hot
avenlngs, or even a whole day In tho
MONDAY EVENING,
open. The automobile Is no longer
the luxury of the Idle rich. It Is the
proud possession of many a working
man who never hopes to bo wealhy,
and the producers of autoinoblloa
and gasoline ought to be attempting
to cheapen their products and in
crease the supply.
Notwithstanding the present mar
ket conditions of petrol tho future
not so dark as might be imagined.
It is known that the Mexican oil
fields have been scarcely touched
and new fields are being discovered
yearly In many parts of the world.
The war condition is abnormal an<l
may be corrected by peace at any
time. But the automobile la growing
in popularity and one of two thinss
must happen—cither the quantity
and the price of gasoline must re.aah
satisfactory levels or somebody will
produce a carburetor that will burn
some other fuel satisfactorily. Thoro
never was a grave necessity like the
threatened shortage of gasoline that
didn't of Its very self produce ti
remedy.
GOOD ADVICE
HE TELEGRAPH Is in receipt
| of the following letter relative
to an editorial appearing In
these columns Saturday under the
caption "A Call to the Colors," point
ing out the necessity of Mod men
coming forward as candidates for the
three vacancies on tho School Board
to be filled in November:
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I read to my Sunday school
class of men to-day what the
TELEGRAPH had to say about It
being the duty of all good citi
zens to see that first-class men
are elected to the School Board.
Every man In this city ought to
read it. It ought to be posted on
all the billboards. One of mv
young men said: "O. what's the
use. They'd call us grafters If we
didn't do politically what they
wanted." Now, this is all too true.
Hut you are right. Good men
should not fear criticism if their
hearts are right. I say with all
my heart, come out. men and Join
the Harrisburg colors. We who
stay at home must see to it that
we have right here in America the
same kind of good government our
boys are fcoing abroad to insure
for all the world.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.
The importance of filling the va
cancies on the board of school con
trol with men well qualified in every
way for the great trust imposed In
that body Is proper subject for the
discussion of any Sunday school
class, or any other assemblage of
Harrisburg men, or women, at this
time. The Harrisburg School Board
was wrested from political control
after the hardest kind of a fight, only
to fall into the hands of directors a
majority of whom have displayed no
aptitude whatever for the duties de
volving upon thefn and no sense of
the Importance of their work to the
future welfare of the community.
There is text for an hour's sermon
in the concluding sentiment of the
TELEGRAPH'S correspondent. "We
who stay at home must see to It that
we have right here in America the
same kind of good government our
boys are going abroad to insure for
all the world." At this period of all
others in our history as a nation It is
important that we do have good gov
ernment "right here In America."
We have set for ourselves the task
of making the world safe for democ
racy, but what boots It that we should
achieve world-democracy If democ
racy at home Is not productive of
honest, efficient administration of
our public affairs?
Then, too, there is the necessity of
making every dollar buy a full dol
lar's worth—the conservation of
money, materials and effort. This
is no time to entrust to men who
have proved their lack of fitness for
the responsibility of supervising the
expenditure of more than a million
dollars. Waste has no place in the
economy of the nation at war. Taxes
aro high and going higher. The tax
payer cannot afTord to have his
money frittered away.
A fine place to begin this good
government program Is the School
Board. Who will volunteer?
THE APPROACH OF FALL
THERE Is something In the air
tho past few days that was not
there before. There is a chill
in the early morning and haze across
the landscape. Fields that were
bright and glorious green are turn
ing brown. There is a new note in
the song of the birds and the katydid
has begun to voice its complaints in
a manner that can mean but one
thing—summer is nearlng Its end
and fall is appioaching. Weeks be
fore the calendar records the wane
of the warm season nature tells the
tale and paints the picture for those
| who listen and look.
Have you noticed that -you do not
havo Indigestion after a Pullman car
dinner? That, however, la not be
cause the cooking or the food has Im
proved.
tK
""PiKKOiftcania
By the Ex-Committeeman
Governor Brumbaugh's request for
the resignation ol' Highway Com
missioner Black and the letter of the
Somerset countian in severing his
connection with the state govern
ment has superseded gubernatorial
talk and even Interest In the Demo
cratic row la Philadelphia over Fed
eral patronage. That the Governor
and his old-time friend and personal
selection for tho state highway chief
ship should break with sharp words
was a surprise for many people.
The newspapers of the state gave
much attention to the retirement of
Mr. Black yesterday, but there is
not much editorial comment upon It
to-day. The Philadelphia Public
Ledger sharply criticises the Gover
nor's action, declaring that he seems
determined to sacrifice state interests
and his own good name "to the pur
pose of partisan politics," and saying
that the Governor has "blindly sur
rendered his judgment" to politi
cians. The Pittsburgh Post, Demo
cratic organ, says that twenty mil
lion dollars is too much to trust to a
department that has any politics
in it.
—The Governor's office and the
administration chiefs here have de
clined to make any statement about
tho resignation and the Governor's
office did not give out the letter in
which the Governor asked Mr. Black
to resign. Mr. Black has refused to
make any further comments.
—The belief is that the drastic
action taken by the Governor means
that the state administration intends
to be a greater factor In the selection
of the next state ticket than has been
believed. No one high in adminis
tration councils has enthused over
the Sproul boom and the Scarlet
boom has not evoked any hurrahing
at the Capitol. A good many peoplo
cling to the opinion that Attorney
General Brown may turn up as the
administration candidate.
—Congressman Dewalt was given
a great send-off by Lehigh Demo
crats on Saturday and will be a can
didate next year. Reorganizes were
not very prominent at the meeting.
—Judge Harry Alvan Hall, of Elk,
in a statement issued Saturday says
that ill health is the reason he de
cided not to run again.
—When Frank B. Black retires
from the State Highway Department
on. Wednesday the direction of its
nffairs will devolve upon Joseph W.
Hunter, First Deputy Commissioner,
who was formerly Commissioner
himself and who has twice acted as
Commissioner since. Mr. Hunter
took charge when E. M. Bigelow
retired and when Robert J. Cunning
ham died. Mt. Black Is expected
here late to-day. although at his
office it was stated that no one knew
lust when he would be here, as he
had cleared up affairs before leaving
Friday.
—Things were going on as usual
In the department to-day and Chief
Engineer W. H. I'hler. who was re
ported as likely to resign, laughed
about it.
—Capitol Hill Is looking for ap
pointment of a successor to Mn
Black to be made very soon and In
surance Commissioner J. Denny
O'NeH, of McKeesport, Is mentioned
as the most likely vnan. Secretary
of Agriculture Charles E. Patton and
General A. J. Logan, of Pittsburgh,
mentioned when Mr. Cunningham
was appointed, are also talked of.
—General Willis J. Hulings, of
Oil City, who wants to be a candidate
for Congress on the Republican
ticket in the Twenty-eighth district,
will not have his papers filed unless
the courts order it. The Secretary
of the Commonwealth's department
declined to receive papers presented
Saturday by the general, who con
tends that he was misled by a printed
form which had been superseded by
the act of 1917 shortening the time
for filing. The first paper filed con
tained only 78 names. Two hundred
were needed.
• —E. V. Babcock has formallly an
nounced his candidacy for mayor.
There are now three candidates with
Commissioner Magee on the horizon.
—An Altoona special says: Tho
proposition for a trial of the city
manager is still being pressed. It
is probable that a committee of fifty
eight citizens, two of them from each
precinct in the city will recommend
four candidates on that Issue. They
will consist as is now heard of two
prominent merchants standing for
the business interests and two work
inemen, representing the wage earn
ers. The impression prevails that It
will make a strong combination to
be backed by a platform assuring
efficiency in city government.
On the other hand many residents
are said to be not willing to adopt
such a plan of conducting municipal
affairs. The present commissioners,
it is understood, may seek re-election
and appeal to the conservative ele
ment to not make a change at this
time, advancing, among other rea
sons, that it is proving too expensive
elsewhere and to await developments
to see if such form of government
is successful where now being used
before adopting it here.
Labor Notes .
Dominion Trades Congress meets
In Ottawa. Can., in Sepember.
Finding homes and providing enter
tainment for the 13,000 employes In
"the city of standing room only" Is
the task set for itself by the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company, of
Akron, Ohio.
In many of the large factories In
the vicinity of Bridgeport, Conn
where shells and cartridges are being
manufactured, lathes, milling ma
chines, drills and planes are being
operated by women.
Civil servants of the Saskatchewan
(Canada) government who desire to
work in the harvest fields will be
given leave of absence from their
duties for this purpose, and will draw
pay while away from their work.
In England feminine hands are seen
turning out 15-ich shells practically
without masculine assistance, doing
the bulk of the work on the famous
British tanks, guncarriages and. natu
rally, on aeroplanes and airships.
Philadelphia Wool and Carpet Tarn
Workers Union Is working out a plan
for a general flat increase of $3 for
the craftsmen. This involves approx
imately 1.500 in the trade who are
directly under the jurisdiction of the
organization.
Workmen in Germany's shipbuilding
Industry, particularly metal workers
at Hamburg, demand a reduction of
working hours to flfty-two weekly,
and an Increase In wages of 50 per
cent. Women workers have also for
mulated demands.
Sixty training schools, where more
than 32,00u ' (Undents have already
qualified, are now open in London.
England, and the provinces under the
scheme for free Instruction In muni
tion-making started by the Ministry
of Munitions and the educational au
thorities.
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Russia's Amazons
The female of the Russian species j
becomes dally more deadly than the j
male, If we can believe what we j
read. One turns from news of the
rout in Galicla to the epic of the
Legion of Death with a lifting of
spirits almost dizzying. When the
Russian morale is restored we shall
have Kerensky to thank, but also
these Slavic Amazons, these Lenas
and Sonias, who climb over the top
into hell Vvith a dash wholly Invin
cible. They carry each a ration of
cyanide of potassium against their
capture by the Germans. This is the
latest news, and a dramatic com
mentary on their heroism and on
the extra hazards which everywhere
dog their sex.
One of these sisters of the sword,
we are told, lies in a Petrograd
hospital, suffering from shell shock,
but with a German helmet on the
bed beside her, to bring her the
same joy and consolation which
come to little giris with the measles
from toys cuddled up close. This
helmet belonged to a man whom she
impaled on her bayonet.
Another girl in the company, de
scribed as its most popular member
(in the language of a high school
commencement). ran into a shell on
the battlefield and was blown to
fragments before the eyes of her
undismayed comrades. Still another,
a musician, was riddled with ma
chine gun bullets. Such are a few of
the incidents of their baptism of
fire, in the course of which these
amazing girls made many prisoner*.
Five of the latter were of their
own sex, they say—five poasant
girls, embryos of that type of patient
docile German hausfrau whom in
another era we have associated with
the milk of human kindness—indis
tinguishable in uniform, equipment
or deportment from the men. Wom
en vs. women, tearing each other to
pieces, no longer with gossip or
finger nails, but with shrapnel!
What are we coming to on this
careening planet!— New Tork Trib
une.
Cheated of Victory
Herr Loringhoven, speaking in
the Reichstag, laments that the sol
diers of Germany "have been really
cheated out of the fruits of their vic
tories" because the evergrowing
number of nations allied against the
Fatherland has made it possible for
"our enemies" to continue the war
far beyond the period of German
calculation. What was to have been
a short and merry conflict—Paris in
ix weeks and then on to Russia —
has dragged on into the fourth year,
and now the armies that set out for
conquest are told that theirs is a
war of defense. Doubtless Herr Lor
inghoven reflects a pessimism pre
valent throughout Germany. Official
reports have reeked with announce
ment of victory upon the heels of
victory, and yet the "victorious"
armies get nowhere. Why this
strange situation?
It is well for themselves that the
German people are asking—why?
The next step in their questioning
will be toward the end of discovery
Just where lies the responsibility for
the miscalculation that turned ex
pected victory into certain defeat. In
time the questioners will get at the
heart of things; they then will un
derstand that the reason for Ger
many's plight is to be found in
their own blind worship of a State
that can do no wrong, dominated
by an emperor who clings to the
nrchaic idea that kings rule by Di
vine right. They then will realize
that such a state belongs to the
Dark Ages, not to the civilized world
of to-day, and that leaders who rely
upon doctrines of the Dark Ages
cannot know how frfee peoples think.
When that understanding reaches
the German people It will be the
end of the Hohenzollern and of Ho
hcnzollernism. —New York Herald.
WHO COUNSELS PEACE?
Who counsels peace at this moment
ous hour
When God hath given deliverance to
the opprest
And to the injured power?
Who counsels peace when vengeance
like a flood
Rolls on. no longer now to be re
prcst:—
When innocent blood
From the four corners of the world
cries out
For justice upon one accursed
head?
Woe, woe to all, both woe and end
less shame
If this heroic land,
Fulse to her feelings and unspotted
fame,
Holds out the olive to the tyrant's
hand.
• • •
Down with the tyrant; with the
murderer down!
—By Robert Southey.
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
Thanks Carpenters
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I desire through your columns to
express my thanks and appreciation
to the, members of Carpenters Union
ii w ' lo so nobly responded to iny
call to them to work on the shoring
up of the building in North Third
street to prevent further accident,
after the falling of the one building.
Too much praise or thanks cannot
be given them, for some had on their
good clothes, which they immediately
changed, and procured their tools and
got on the job.
I further want to extend my thanks
to William Mcßride, of the Warren-
Moore Company, for sending me his
force of men. all members or 287, and
by their united efforts the place was
made safe enough until the wreckage
can be removed.
At my second call for six men to
work on Sunday, to further secure
the walls, ten responded.
When men respond in that manner
without hesitation, I believe they
should have all the praise and thanks
that can be given them, and I take
this manner of doing so.
Yours very truly,
H. M. BROOKS,
Business Agent, Federated Trades
Council.
Took High Bid
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Would you be interested in a news
item for the benefit of the public,
proving that the purchasing depart
ment of the Harrisburg schools paid
SI.OO per gallon of the people's money
for the same material that was of
fered to them for BO cents?
On May 2 the Harrisburg schools
submitted bids for supplies for the
year.
On the item of disinfectant, this
company bid 50 cents per gallon; on
item of liquid soap this company bid
50 cents per gallon, goods delivered
Harrisburg. You can therefore Imag
ine our surprise to receive a letter
from the secretary in which he stated
that the board of education was pay
ing for disinfectant *I.OO per gallon
and for the liquid soap 80 cents per
gallon.
We asked for an explanation as to
why we were not given the contract
and we have never received any. We
took the matter up with the mayor
and still received no satisfaction. '
Therefore, this Is the reason I am
calling the matter to the attention of
your paper, as surely a business
transaction of this kind should be of
sufficient public interest to warrant
investigation. I am
Very truly yours,
_ F. C. BARTON,
Panozone Company.
Philadelphia. Pa.
Our Resources
"When Li Hung Chang visited this
country several years ago ho took
back to China the report that the
vast resources of America were un
known to our own people," remarked
Stephen Demmon, a stockman of
Wyoming. "Wu Ting Fang also was
impressed by the great possibilities
of the country. Lord Roberts like
wise has remarked upon the won
derful riches of the United States.
Here at home, however, we do not
appear to realize how great our
country Is and how limitless its re
sources.
"I can remember when 15,000
cattle on the Chicago market was a
record. That was along In 1885.
To-day 40,000 cattle In a single day
on the Chicago market does not even
cause pasiing notice. In the leading
cattle markets—Kansas City. Chi
cago, St. Paul, Sioux City, Omaha,
Denver and Fort Worth —there are
daily sent to the markets more than
250.000 head of cattle. We are pro
ducing more beef cattle to-day than
ever, of course, and the relatively In
creased production Is not very far
behind the increase In population.
True, prices have gone up along with
the increase In production. Twenty
years ago 6-month-old Polled-Angus
steers would bring from sl7 to S2O a
head; to-day this same class of cattle
are commanding from S6O to S7O.
It was not so long ago that the
farmers with the old-style, horse
drawn Implements would thresh
1,100 bushols of oats a day; to-day
we thresh 15,000 bushels a day and
10,000 bushels of wheat.
"It Is not geneally known that
Montana to-day grows more wheat
than Kansas, and the grade of wheat
1b equally as good as that of Kansas,
Nebraska or lowa, Montana cattle
that reach market will weigh 1,70 ft
pounds, as against" cattle of other
states that will not average more
than 1,400 pounds, and all the Mon
tana cattle are hay fed.
"There Is a little town In Wyoming
—Monfort It Is called—that has a
population of less than 150 people
that sends to the market every year
more than 7,000,000 pounds of wool.
Our own people do not comprehend
what an Immense country we have
and the extent of our resources.
"At Fremont, Neb., they are pre
paring to entertain 500,000 people atj
Training of Dogs
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
As a matter of Information to your
readers who may be interested in the
subject, I hope you will give the fol
lowing a prominent ylace in your col
umns:
Under the provisions of section 26
of the Act of June 7, 19X7, the new
game law of this State, dogs, when
accompanied by an<l unser control of I
their masters, may be trained upon j
any of the living wild game or birds
of this State, excepting elk and deer
and fawn or wild turkeys, from the
first day of September to the first
day of March next following, Sundays
excepted, so long as no injury Is
inflicted upon said animals or birds.
We recognize that it would be impos
sible to adopt a hard and fast rule
regarding the training of all dogs. We
know that while the bird dog may be
and should be limited In its range,
both in the matter of time such dog
may run as well as in the distance
he may go from his master, that to
attempt to apply to rabbit dogs or
coon dogs a rule that might be ap
plied to bird dogs would not only
be unfalt, but would also be ridicu
lous an* •mpossible.
We, tiiurefore, propose to interpret
this provision in a manner that will
place bird dogß under the rule that
might be applied to rabbit dogs, or to
ooon dogs, and to say that dogs In
this respect shall be under a rea
sonable control by the 1 " masters. By
this we mean that the person in con
trol shall take his dog out, and shall
see to it that tl\e dog Is taken home
when the man returns to his home,
and that dogs s'fiall not be turned out
J.o run as they please all day or all
night as the case may be, regardless
of what harm they may do.
During that/Interval between Sep
tember 1 and March 1 next following,
the majority of game, both animals
and birds, is so fairly well matured
as to be able to take reasonable care
of Itself for a limited period, but
Just as the fox hound can run down
and kill a fully developed fox by per
sistent and continued effort, so much
of our game could be and would be
destroyed if dogs were to run at will
during any period of the year in this
State, and the law does not intend
that this shall be. but the running
of dogs In course of training will not
be questioned during that period be
tween September 1 and the first day
of March next following, if the dog
is under the reasonable care and con
trol of Its master, and is not allowed
to run for such a lengthy period as
must, of necessity, result in Injury or
death to the game pursued.
Respectfully yours,
JOSEPH K ALB FUR,
Secretary Game Commission.
■ •
a tractor demonstration. Before the
European war the crowds at such
exhibits rarely reached more than
80.000. The tractor engine has revo
lutionized farming and made avail
able hundreds of thousands, yes. mil
lions, of acres of land that with the
old style of plowing could never ha v..
been made to produce, perhaps."—
Washington Post.
Hope For Russia
Ellhu's Root's expression of con
fidence in new Russia is welcome tes
timony In view of the pessimistic
tone of many of the news dispatches.
Mr. Root is not a man who would
be easily duped by theorists or mis
led by dreamers in matters of gov
ernment. His belief, therefore, that
order and discipline are triumphing
in Russia disposes of much of the
superficial discouragement over the
Russian situation.
Even the reverses and desertions
at the army front do not seem to
dishearten Mr. Root or the members
of the commission. It Is apparently
their feeling that the fundamental
desire for a stable, efficient govern
ment Is powerful enough to over
come the Intrigues of the pacifists,
the wild eyed radicals, and the Ger
man spies.
All the commissioners agree that
rioting and anarchy are, as a matteV
of fact, conspicuous by their ab
sence. It Is on this fact perhaps as
much as anything else that their
confidence Is based. A nation that
can go about its business "as usual,"
In spite of every temptation that
must be offered when old restraints
are removed, is, we have reason to
hope, a country that cannot go very
far wrong.
From the Insufficient evidence at
hand it would seem that the council
of soldiers and worktngmen does not
represent tWe country at large. Cer
tainly a large share of the troubles
of the provisional government may
be traced to the council. It has
exercised almost tyrannical powers.
But If, as the American commission
believes, Russia is on the road to a
representative, constitutional gov
ernment, the influence of that self
appointed body will be short lived.
—Chicago Tribune.
AUGUST 13, 1917.
Feeble-Mindedness
The addresses by prominent osteo
paths at various churches in town
last Sunday, and reported In The
State Journal yesterday, were all in
teresting and uplifting. Dr. Drew
spoke of the mental defectives and
the danger they were to the future
welfare of the nation. He spoke
decidedly against the increase of
feeble-mindedness through ill-sorted
marriages, and his position was well
taken. There is another view in this
matter that should engage the scien
tists' attention. The mind, so much
talked of, is not a definite and inde
pendent faculty. It conies from a
contact of the spirit with the en
vironment, so the way to strengthen
and purify the thought is to provide
It with a wholesomo environment.
Now society, the street, the sports,
the funny pages, the shows, the talk,
the empty leisure do not constitute
an environment that will strengthen
the mind and elevate the thinking.
They are the influences that contri
bute to feeble-mlndedncss, the kind
that Dr. Drew spoke of. They make
the morons that crowd society and
the streets. They are the influences
that lower the citizenship. We have
been engaged in an effort to dissi
pate these influences, and introduce
those that would give tone and char
acter to the mind. The usual phar
macopeia with its salves and lotions
does not reach the spot.
The true doctrine is the Bible doc
trine—"as a man thinking in his
heart, so is he." So the idea is to
fill his heart with good things to
think about. These are nature, good
will, faith and the graces of the spirit.
This is our prescription for defective
minds. The doctor is all right in
his matrimonial strictures, but he
needs the tonic we have suggested.—
Ohio State Journal.
OUR DAILY LAUGH 1
PARDONABLE CRIME.
"If I should kiss you, would you
have me arrested?"
"What would be the use? Any
judge would acquit you."
SOLD.
"Is this hammock perfectly safe?"
"Not for me to sit In alone, miss.
There's a constant danger of falling
out unless you havo some one to
hold you."
BETWEEN ROOKIES,
"llow do you like the Idea of dying
for your country?"
"I don't mind the Idea of dying
for my country, but I'm blessed M
I like this job of peeling potato*
for her,"-
Brottag ffllyat--
I It Is a pity that Harrisburg does
| not have moro military ceremonies
I such as that which took place at the
Island on Saturday night when three •
of the Eighth Regiment companies
participated In evening parade with
Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Zelgler
In command. It was the first time
since the men were mobilized last
month that the people of this city
had a chance to see them assembled
and the favorable comments were
many. The policy of scattering men
at home stations worked against suc!i
gatherings at first, but In other cities
the commanding officers, realizing
the stimulus It gives to interest in *
things military, have taken advan- ®
tage of the War Department's per
mission to have parades. It would
give great pleasure to the city an<*.
the surrounding towns which have
given their young men to see all of
the national guard units here assem
bled in a parade before they leave
their home stations for the southern
training camo.
The camp of the regulars at Get
tysburg, which Is rapidly assuming
large poportions and which without
much advertisement is becoming
noted throughout the eastern states
for the thoroughness with which the
young soldiers are being drilled, is
causing the battlefield town to be a
point of attraction for Sunday excur
s on ra "roads and for auto
mobile pilgrimages for miles around.
k a ttlefleld with its wonderful
collection of monuments has long
peen a place of tremendous Interest
to every American and the visitors to
it are in the thousands every sum-
I ne , r- This year the camp for the
training of regulars has drawn to it
many more people and the railroads
are hauling thousands every Sunday.
The training of the soldiers for war
and the visits puid by men, women
and children around Gettvsburg
should Inspire every Pennsylvanlan
for the tests which are to.come.
• * •
Frank Payne, who was named by
the State Committee of Public Safety
to have charge o< organization of
th home defense police for this
county, has been assured of the co
operation of the Harrisburg Re
serves, which have been undergoing
training at the Island twice a week
for the.last eight or nine weeks. This
organization will furnish a nucleus
for the Harrisburg unit and the rest
of the county wii; be organized grad
ually.
• * •
Frank B. Black, who laid down
the position of chief of the State
Highway Department on Saturday,
was one of the wealthiest men con
nected with the State government.
Mr. Black comes of a family long
identified with Somerset county,
which has turned from an agricul
tural district to one teeming with
mining and manufacturing, and al
though his personal taste was for
scientific farming the former com*
missioner naturally fell into line with
the development of properties. Some
of the ventures have been extremely
profitable.
• • •
General Peyton C. March, chief of
the artillery of the American forces
in France, is a Pennsylvanlan and a
member of what most college men
know as "the March family." Their
father was Dr. F. A. March, long
Identified with the Lafayette College.
General Msrch. like his brothers, was
a noted athlete and a hard student.
He is a brother of Professor Thomas
S. March, stat<3 high school lnspecctor
and author of one of the best his
tories of Pennsylvania for ready t
reference, and of Alden March, the
man who is rehabilitating the Phila
delphia Press.
• • #
About one of the best examples of
heeding advice to aliens to keep quiet
is furnished by a native-born Ameri
can who has lived most of his life
in Austria and who is now employed
in a business establishment here. He
was born in Pennsylvania and whon
he was two his parents returned to
Austria, where he grew up and ab
sorbed Austrian ideas. He came here
some years ago'and Is a model work
man. When the "war arguments"
grow heated and the Teutons are
roasted because of the atrocities of
the Prussian military caste he does
not "jaw back." He walks to the
window and looks out.
• • *
The recent number of In the
Open, the. publication of the Wild
Life League, contains the last article
on forestry written by the late 8. B.
Elliott, of Reynoldsville, for years
a member of the State Forestry Com
mission, and with Dr. J. T. Rothrock
a leader In the forest conservation
movement in Pennsylvania. It Is en
titled "Forest Lands and Tax Prob
lems" and reviews in his thoughtful
manner one of the big things in
systematic reforestation.
* * •
Whether it is because the outbreak
of war has called many young men
to the colors or forced them to more
work In the industrial and business
operations whoso increased pressure
is part of Harrisburg's part in na
tional defense, the fact remains that
there Is not so much interest In river
sports. This has been explained bv
some men on military and industrial
grounds and by others by reference
to the vagaries of the weather and
its effect upon the Susquehanna. The
city turned to its splendid natural
playground last year with such In
terest that he contrast now appears
striking. Perhaps the Kipona will
revive it. ,
f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE^
—W. A. Garrett, Philadelphia
transportation expert. Is home from
France, where he went to look Into
the railroad situation.
—M. P. Qulnn, of Overbrook. has
been selected by Archbishop Pren
dergast to have charge of the food
conservation In archdlocesan mat
ters.
—Ernest T. Trigg, president of the
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce,
has started after gas rates in that
city.
—Representative James H. Maurer
of Reading, will attend the Minne
apolis labor conference this month
—Elmer Spahr. of York, has bi*=&
selected as president of the StaW.
Bricklayers and Plasterers" Union.
—The Rev. Henry Finn, Johns
town clergyman, may be named a
chaplain In the army.
—City Controller E. S. Morrow of,
Pittsburgh, has celebrated his sev*
enty-elghth birthday.
■
1 DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg has several
men in tho aviation training
camps?
HISTORIC HARRISBUKO
John Harris' stockade was located
along the river front from Mulberry
to Vine street and was the first for
tified place on tho Susquehanna.