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SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 1
He giveth power to the faint; and
to him that hath no might he in
creased strength. — lSA. 40:29.
THE M M. PENN HIGHWAY
THE freeing of the William Penn
Highway of alf toll gates be
tween Harrisburg and Reading
Is just another step In the develop
ment of what is to bccomo in a short
time the main-traveled highway
across Pennsylvania.
Not only do travelers save SIOO,-
000 annually through the freeing of
the old Berks-Dauphin pike, but
every farmer In the territory af
fected and every resident of every
city and town along the pike and
within ten -nlles of it is a gainer,
because the elimination of tolls
means more farm products at a less
cost. Continuing down the line, deal
ers will sell more automobile trucks
to the farmers, because there 1s more
incentive for their use. The State
Highway Department has promised
that its repair crews will go to work
immediately, getting the William
Penn Highway between Swatara and
Womelsdorf in the best possible con
dition.
The Telegraph has noted "with,
pleasure the activities of the many
counties through which the William j
fenn Highway passes. It is the de
sire of these counties to make this!
highway the backbone of a county j
system of permanent roads. There
can be no road system which has no !
backbone. From the William Penn
Highway will radiate the laterals —
north, south, and other directions—
which will mean so much to the
sections they will benefit. It is pleas
ing to note that the majority of these
William Penn counties, as they
coming to be known, are anxious to j
benefit outsiders. They are not sel- >
fish. They are going to see to it'
that the*main highway is permanent
from border to border. And that is
as it should be. What county Is
there in Pennsylvania so all-sufficient
that It need pay no heed nor give at-1
tention to its neighbors? What!
county is there along this highway •
which could afford to construct a!
road system beneficial only to itself?
From a "paper" highway of
March. 1916, the William Penn High
way is advancing by leaps and
bounds. Before the close of 1918 i
nearly 60 miles of permanent road
will be added to what has already
been built and is now building.
Within three or four years the Wil
liam Penn will be nine-tenths of
permanent construction—and thot
is more than can be said now of any
other highway, or may be said then.
The William Penn Highway As
sociation Is showing Pennsylvania
what a hard-working good road or
ganization can do.
Big smokestacks and high buildings
In the district between Walnut and
North streets and the right of way
of the Pennsylvania railroad and Thir
teenth street will utterly destroy the
proposed treatment of that section as
it streets the outlook from the Capitol.
Construction of a monumental via
duct at State street will give an ex
tension of the view eastward toward
the green terrace beyond Cameron
street, and the vista should not be
spoiled by unregulated buildings.
This is a matter for th Planning
Commission and City Council.
ABAS THE CUTOUT !
Notwithstanding the efforts
of the Harrisburg Motor Club
and the general reprobation of
the community the cutout persists.
An ordinance regulating the use of
the public highways, together with
regulations of the police department,
provides:
Every motor vehicle using gaso
line or other explosive mixture or
substance as a motive power shall
at all times be provided with and
use a muffler or other apparatus
sufficient to deaden the sounds of
the explosions.
Chief of Police Wetzel and the
men of his ffrce must realize that
this particular regulation Is violated
openly and flagrantly in Harrisburg.
Life Is hardly worth the living on
some of the streets of this city ow
ing to the infernal racket resulting
frdm open cutouts on automobiles
and motorcycles. A certain class of
Individuals appears to regard the
nolsemaklng contrivance as the ef
ficient part of the particular vehicle
which they happen to use. It is not
unusual for scores of these noise
SATURDAY EVENING.
lnnatlga to follow one another In
close succession, emitting the most
unearthly sounds and making lite
miserable for scores and hundreds of
people who have a right to expect
that the ordinury ordinances of the
city will be enforced.
It is common report that offenders
of this clase have been arrested,
taken to police headquarters, gently
reprimanded and told not to do it
again! So long as these culprits ara
permitted to go their owjf swoet way
just so long will the nuisance con
tinue.
And while on thl subject may we
not suggest. In all fairness as to the
traffic officers, that they be provided
with an umbrella stand and semlphor
signals for the more efficient han
dling of the congestion in the central
part of the city? Policemen under
the present arrangement get plenty
of setting up exercise, but the "stou"
and "go" signal arrangement would
be much more effective.
ASH COLLECTIONS
IT IS well nigh impossible to credit
the report that City Council is
seriously considering the collection
of ashes and garbage from the curb.
To Install a system of that kind
would go from bad to worse.
There Is no prospect of getting away
from the contract Bystem for at least
another year, thinks to the shilly
shallying of council, and experience
has taught the people what that
\
means.
Now we are told that, to keep
down expense, council means to let
this temporary contract and then
to require the people to place their
ash cans and garbage cans on the
curb in front of their homes for the
collectors, -wherever there is not a
driveway in the rear. Slich a proposal
Is unthinkable and If the Telegraph
gauges rightly the temper of the peo
ple of Harrisburg and their pride in
the appearance of the city they will
not stand for It. With the mere
thought of saving a few dollars we
are asked to turn our streets into
depositories for ashes and garbage.
The man who has at great expense
built a beautiful house would be re
quired to decorate its front with re
ceptacles for offaK The man who had
spent time and money on window
boxes and grassplots would be forced
to spoil the beautiful effect by a dis
play of unsightly cens. Not only
that, but the cans would be constant
temptations to mischievous boys and
the ravages of dogs by night.
The picture of tljs new system in I
operation Is anything but attractive.
Rows upon rows of ash and garbage
cans transforming the city streets
into public dunrps, here and there a
can upset, its unsavory contents
scattered along the gutters, and the
collector calling with his usual lr
— |
regularity.
We are told that collections from
backyards would be expensive. So
are paved streets expensive, and
parks, and Altered water, and ade
quate sewers, and playgrounds, and
many other things that Harrisburg
people Insist upon having. For the
sake of a few dollars we cannot af
ford to undo the work of beautlfl
catlon in which we have been en
gaged for many years. The house
holder, and his name Is legion, who
spends from ten to fifty dollars for
porch and window boxes, would not
grudge the small extra expense that
would save his front pavement from
the appearance of aj>ubllc dump.
. We are Informed that the curb
system Is belnf considered In Har
risburg because New Tork and Phil
adelphia have had It for years. And
if New Tork and Philadelphia choose
to litter their streets and permit.
them to remain so dirty and un
kempt that they are a by-word In the
community and a reproach to the
municipalities in they exist,
Is Harrisburg to be forced Into the
same class? Indeed ndt! We In Har
risburg are not going to place the
dollar mark above the appearance ff
our city. What council should do Is
•
I to give more consideration to turning
garbage Into money, instead of hag
gling over pennies to be saved In col
lections.
Bending cotton to our adversary !n
Germany for high explosives and de
fective cartridges to our troops In
France will not greatly enhance the
prestige of our Government abroad.
Wo must get rid of the Incompetents
and little men in high places. .
Samuel Kunkel's memory Is en
shrined in the hearts of the children
of Harrisburg. But. notwithstanding,
it would be a properlhlng to change
"romper" day to "Kunkel" day in the
playgrounds schedule.
Granting that uniform primary laws
and-commission form of government
'experiments and other alleged reforms
are good things, as contended by their
advocates, why is it that since their
adoption the public Interest in matters
of vital Importance has steadily waned
here and elsewhere?
IK
By the Ex-Commit teem an
Pennsylvania has voted on over a
score of proposed constitutional
amendments in as many years and
has a couple of important amend
ments aheatl of it before the third
decade of the century begins, but It
not the only State wherein the
referendum is being Invoked on con
templated changes to the organic
law. There will be elections on sug
gested constitutional changes in per
haps a dozen Spates this year, but
what will particularly interest Penn
sylvania Is that the State of Maine
is about to struggle with woman suf
frage. The Pine Tree State, which
has held an Important place in the
political horizon of the Keystone for
years because of early election
and the prohibition law, Is going to
vote on September 10 on the ques
tion which this State defeated a few
years ago and which because of the
adverse action of the lower branch
ct the 1917 Legislature it will not
have a chance to express an opinion
upon until about 1921.
Maine is undergoing a strenuous
campaign with both the suffragists
rnd the antis placarding walls and
billboards and having banners on
streets, but tliey have not got the
system in the campaign that marked
the suffragists' organization here a
few years ago The form of the
proposition is different than in Penn
sylvania. There are two proposals,
although but one vote is required.
The spaces for voting, too, are ar
ranged differently than from this
state's voting plan. The advertise
ment, which is certified as a repro
duction of the ballot, shows a width
of three columns with white spaces
an Inch and a half long by an inch
deep at either side. There can be
no mistaking that the "yes" space
is at the right 'hand and the "no"
tit the left. The proposed amend
ment is No. 1. and gives notice that
"chapter 4 of the resolves of 1917"
submits it. There are four other
amendments for the voters of Maine
to wrestle with week after next. One
provides for removal-of sheriffs by
the Governor and council when the
sheriffs fail to be good; another pro
vides that the Legislature may di
vide towns into polling places; the
third puts the militia in line with
United States requirements and stip
ulates that Quakers and Shakers,
among others, may be exempted and
the fifth relates to the apportion
ment of representatives in event of
mergers of towns. Each town hav
ing 1,500 inhabitants is to get a rep
resentative. but no town can have
over seven except that when cities
nnd towns merge they have the com
bined representation. The plantation,
corresponding roughly to our second
class township, is taken care of in a
peculiar way. It is allowed to join
with a town to get.the 1,500 neces
sary to obtain a member, but there
Is also this provision; "Whenever
any town or towns, plantation or
plantations, not entitled to elect a
representative. shall determine
pgainst a classification, with any town
or plantation, the Legislature may,
at each apportionment of represent
atives on the application of such
town or plantation, authorize It to
elect a representative for such por
tion of time and such periods, as
shall be equal to Its portion of rep
resentation; and the right of rep
resentation so established, shall not
bo altered until the next general
apjftirtlonment."
Pennsylvania confides apportion
ment to its Legislature on a ratio
basis and if it ever got down to
such fine distinctions on a proposed
constitutional amendment there
would be a recrudescence of the de
mand for a new constitution with all
its terrors for business.
—Practically the whole State is
turning its attention to-day to fare
well to the drafted men and political
meetings and maneuverings have for
the time being a secondary place.
Even in Pittsburgh the parades and
demonstrations have detracted from
the mayoralty fuss and in the an
thracite region Labor Day parades
and farewells to the young soldiers
will dwarf the battles.
—Governor Brumbaugh will prob
ably stay a few days In Philadelphia
and vicinity, but it is doubtful
whether he will take any action on
anything. It was not known at his
office whether he wpuld come here
or not.
—Most of the Senators In Eastern
Pennsylvania were at the funeral of
Senator W. W. Smith yesterday.
—No decisions In the nominating
mandamus cases are expected be
fore the middle of next week.
Toll Gates Are Going
Another turnpike to be free! On
Saturday residents of Berks. Leb
anon and Dauphin counties will have
the felicity of traveling without cost
over the Berks-Dauphin pike, whera
tolls have been collected fqjr more
than a century, and an important
link in the William Penn highway
will be well rid of the obstructive toll
Kates. Let the good work go on.
Lancastor and Montgomery counties
are still unduly afflicted with these
barriers to travel, which bring great
reproach upon those communities,
and should make especial efforts to
tdlminate them. A toll gate in Penn
sylvania in the year 1917 is as much
an anachronism as flint locks for the
soldiers going to France would be.
—Philadelphia Record.
Rhymes From the Nursery
—DAD—
Gee! I'm glad I've got a mother!
There ain't been another
Or ain't never goin' to be.
Who will fuss more over me—
Who will slip me great big cakes,
Who will comfort all my aches—
Who —will take my part when
licked,
Kisses when my thumbs just
pricked—
I love mother, but I'm glad
Mighty for Just my Dad!
Dad ain't much at fussin' over
Me, or makin' my life clover!
Makes me work like thunderin' sin,
Can't see \*hen I'm plum all in!
Scolds and never takes my part.
When I get a broken heart—
But—when he ealls "Son, come on
Take a walk with me!" I swan!
I lovo mother—but I'm glad
Mighty glad to walk with Dad!
—Edna Oroff Diehl,
Paxtang, Pa.
Written For the Telegraph
HARRISBURG ItxEGRAPH
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One Language
[Kansas City Star]
It is reassuring to learn that the
Department of Justice is not un
aware of the seditious activities of
many newspapers printed In the Ger
man language in this country. The
utterances of this treasonable press
are being closely noted and all the
government is waiting for, the At
torney General says, is a clear cut
case in which there will be no possi
bility of a failure to convict. There
alter the government will be better
armed to fight this foe that hangs in
the rear.
Perhaps when this war is over and
Americans have a chance to look
back and measure the danger that
was in this alien press they will
recognize the desirability of dis
couraging the use of all foreign lan
guages in their country. English is
the language of the American dem
ocracy and the desire to use it ought
to be a test of the naturalized citi
zen's intent to leave behind him his
old allegiance and be faithful to his
new.
It is plain that the use of a for
eign lapguage by the nationals of
another country has the strongest
tendency to draw and hold them
together and apart from the com
munity in which they live. This se
gregation is against ever* American
interest. For one thing it has given
the politician the opportunity to con
trol as "solid" blocks the votes of
these foreign speaking citizens who
are appealed to and who vote on
grounds that are not> Amerioan,
that do not give growth to the spirit
of Americanism and that tend to
separate the interest* of communi
ties and perpetuate racial evils.
That this constitutes a real dan
ger to our democracy the crisis of
the war has now demonstrated. As
rapidly as possible all Americans
should come to the common Amer
ican tongue.
Growth of Red Cross
To handle the business of the Red
Cross a year ago there were seventy
five employes at Washington head
quarters; to-day there are seven hun
dred paid workers and sixty-one full
time volunteers. Only forty-three
of the paid workers receive in ex
cess of $2,000 a year each. The
highest salary is $7,500 and there
are only three workers who receive
as much as $6,000. In less than a
year the Red Cross membership has
grown from 206,077 to 2,547,412. —
(From the Boston Advertiser.;
The Kaiser's Mistake
"E\eryono knows England is our
most spiteful adversary. She spreads
the hatred of Germany over the
whole world, filling het allies with
hatred and eagerness to fight."
Kaiser Wilhelm to his troops.
The Kaisor is mistaken. Neither
England nor any other outside nation
could rcrtlMy have aroused the
world against Germany as It is
aroused to-d'jy. Germany is the
only nation that could have done it.
And Germany did It, beginning with
Belgium. (Kansas City Star.)
The Same Old Story
Even the price of honey is to be
25 per cent, higher. Costs more,in
wartime to feed the bees, of coufse.
—Albany Argus.
GERMAN BALANCE SHEET
Three years ago Germany began
this war for the conquest of Middle
Europe. What has she gained?
What has this gali*cont her?
She gained by her arms tho terri
tories of Belgium, Luxemburg, Ser
bia, a small but rich section of
Northern France, and part of
Lithuania, Poland, and Rumania
a total of llttlo lees than 204,000
square mllles.
She has lost:
Except for an insignificant corner
in Southern Africa all her colonies,
more than a million square miles.
Practically all her shipping not
bottled up in Bremen and Hamburg,
a loss estimated in tonnage as S,-
€OO,OOO.
Of the flower of her youth, over 2
million.
In cash nearly 20 billion dollars
to be added to her national debt.
Before the war, though unpopular
as a people, Germany was honor
ed among ;11 nations for her intel
lectual scholarship and her indus
trial efficiency. She has lost irre
trievably this respect un<l won In Its
place the mingled hatred and con
tempt of the civilized world. Scarce
ly a considerable neutral nation Is
left except those whose safety com
pels their neutrality.
No one things Germany can retoln;
her gains. No one imagines that!
she can recover her losses. It is not]
strange that t>ome of the German ]
people aro seriously discussing I
.-uriomr themselves the question,
Mother It Is not time to change
their business managers.—(From tho
Outlook.)
CARVING A MOUNTA
HONOR THE
NEARLY three years ago the
proposal to memorialize the
"Lost Cause" of the Confeder
acy In a fitting and permanent man
ner drew attention, finally,' to the
possibilities of Stone mountain, near
Atlanta, Ga. This mountain, strange
ly prominent in contrast with the
general flatness of the surrounding
country, has a precipitous, Hat face
01' granite, 800 by 1,500 feet in area;
und it was proposed to offer this
colossal tablet to the sculptor's
chisel.
Gutzon Borglum was awarded the
task of planning the form and de
sign of the monument. The sculp
tor, with an army of artists and
workmen, isnow prepared to show,
in varying relief, the great army
of the Confederacy, moving across
the face of Stone mountain, "ar
ranged to meet the ideas of beauti
ful grouping and display of tho
forces in tho field." All the im
portant Southern leaders will appear.
Writing in the World's Work, Mr.
Borglum describes his 4esign as fol
lows:
"In my exhaustive study of the
best use of the mountain'for me
morial purposes I reviewed Egyp
tion and Greek methods of utilizing
such an opportunity of carving great
single figures and the use of groups
and architecture, and, after consult
ing with tho three or four ablest
men In America, it was agreed that
the northeast wall of Stone moun
tain only was available for great
carving, and that surface here
was so extensive*' and because it
burst suddenly and as a whole upon
the eye of the observer, that only
a work which would or could ex
tend over an important part of the
face should be planned, as anything
else would bo too trivial. Then it
was that the idea of definitely mass
ing groups of men that was determ
ined upon, and, following that how to
group. * • •
Traffic Congestion
[The American City]
Some facts recently published in'
Service, a publication issued by the
New York Railways Company, of
New York City, show that in the re
tail section of Fifth avenue a pedes
tran can beat a taxlcab during crowd
ed hours. In one instance, to go by
automobile from Forty-second to
Thirty-fourth street which is exactly
hulf a mile, took twenty-six min
utes. The Fifth Avenue Association
estimates that $750,000 a day Is lost
through these increasing traffic
blockades. In one tabulation by the
car company It was shown that from
July 1 to November 30, 1916, a
street car was blocked by accident,
fire, vehicles on the tracks, etc., once
every eight minutes.
In suggesting remedies, the New
York Railways Company says;
"Nearly 25 per cent, of these de
lays were due to wagons and auto
mobiles on the tracks. • • •
Without the interruption by vehicles,
it is safe to say, street railway serv
ice could be 25 per cent more effici
ent than it is. * • • Much of the
use of tra.cks occurred also when
roadways on both sides were perfect
ly unobstructed."
Wanted: Masters For Scout*.
The Boy Scouts are finding It no
easy task to find enough scoutmas
ters. The New York Morning Tele
graph of July Hth stated that 100,-
000 were needed to look after tho
rapidly growing and Increasingly
efficient scout army. A similar or
ganization, but quite independent
and distinct, is the Woodcraft
League. In her "Woodcraft Girls
at Camp," Lillian Elizabeth Roy
writes interestingly of this outdoor
"club" and its activities. The book
is published by George H. Doran
Company.
Enjoyed the Fight
Mike was homo wounded from
the front and he was stopped by a
friend one day as he hobbling
down the street on his newly ac
quired crutches.
"And how did you get on In the
big battle?" asked the friend, gaz
ing with compassion on the gallant
soldier's useless limb.
"Sure, Oi had tho toime of mo
lolfe," replied Mike, decidedly.
"But you BO* very bsdly knocked
about," retorted the other.
"Yes, Ol know that," cried Mike,
enthusiastically; "but, begorra, it
was the first fight I was ever In that
the police fltdn't stop"—(From Tld-
Bits, London.)
"The carving Itself will be in full
relief whenever it is necessary to so
carve it to give the appearance of
complete relief. Otherwise the work
will be carved in simple relief, and
frequently even only drawn with a
chisel into ttw great wall. The moun
tain has been surveyed and its face
divided tnto sections. We have learn
ed that our mounted men, horse and
rider, must be from hat to fetlock
at least fifty feet to produce tho
proper effect.
"The problem of engineering has
been solved in a very simple way.
Five hundred feet of plank steps
(now complete)" are built, with four
platforms at convenient intervals,
extending from the top down the
precipitous wall, ending directly
above the carving. At this point
a horizontaltrack extending the en
tire length of the design is now
building. On this track will run
small trucks carrying hoists operat
ed by electricity which let down over
the work to the extent of four hun
dred feet cars like elevators eight
een feet square, in which the carv
ers work.
"The carving will be done with
automatic tools in units of four
carvers, and will be governed by
young artists, each In charge of
groups of three to four carvers, and
there will be from three to five such
groups working continuously until
the completion of the work. Models
for this work are made in the small
size; they will then be made life
size, and the latter will be come the
working models.
"The lighting of the work is ex
tremely fortunate, as the wall lies
northeast and southwest, presenting
a half north face and receiving, be
cause of Its location on the crest
of the mountain, a continuous top
light. The great watershed will be
taken care of by top drainage, and
there is no frost. As the granite
weathers to a fine dull plum tone,
the effect will be all that could be
desired."
After-War Conditions
[The Bache Review]
For the last two weeks the finan
cial and business world has had its
attention forcibly directed to the sub
ject of peace, not only as to its im
possibility from the present move
ment and as to what changed condi
tions might bring about, also as
to what the ultimate effects of peace
might be.
Since our own entry Into (he war
the enormous mobilization of funds
for war purposes and the concentra
tion of power to control distribution
and prices of products, directly or
indirectly available for war use 3,
have put a somewhat different phaue
upon reflections as to what after
war conditions might be.
As a nation outside of the war,
profiting enormously by its purchas
ing needs, with prices mounting up
wards and inflation everywhere, a
sudden cession of these activities
would have left us acutely open to
the unftfverable effect of falling
prices and complete disappearance
of demand.
Bat becoming a part, and a most
ectlve part of tho great aggressive
campaign to save the world from
subserviency, spending vast sums of
our own money and contributing
millions of men to carry on the war,
coupled with the control of taking
over by tho Government of vast In
dustries and products, tho relesso
from all this pressure (If continued
for a long time, as It bids fair to be)
might produce a very different and a
favorable effect upon conditions.
Aircraft Again
"The extraordinary aerial and ar
tillery work" of the Italians, which
resulted in destroying the lines of
communication and all the main food
supply stations of the Austrlans, Is
given as tho reason for the recent
Italian success. The fact Is of es
pecial Interest In the United States
because wo ar,e depending on our
extensive aircraft program to achieve
similar results on the Western front
next year. • •
At present the airplane force* of
the Allies are about equal to those of
the enemy. Neither side is able to
drive the other out of the air, blind
the artillery and break up communi
cations except locally. But If the
United States can give the allied
forces the overwhelming superiority
In the air by next summer, the Ger
mans will be at a very great dlsad*
Mintage. Indeed, unless expert opin
ion Is all *rfong. the disadvantage so
created will oventually prove fatal.—
Kansas City Times, (
SEPTEMBER 1, 1917;
A Prayer For the Airmen
Winds are thy messengers, O Qod,
Clouds are the chariot of thy path;
The tempest rages at thy nod,
The lightnliigs gleam, when thou
are wrath;
And if to scale thy heav'ns abovn,
Trusting in thee, thy creatures
dare, *
Shield them with thy protecting love,
Who ride upon the viewless air.
Fearless they cleave the misty
shroud.
They scorn the danger, scorp the
foe:
Fearless athwart the thunder cloud
They go, where duty bids them go;
Yet while, amid the heav'ns above
The instant face of death they
dare,
Shield them with thy protecting love
Who ride upon the viewless air.
Through crash of war,through storm
and fire,
With stiffening limbs and vision
strained,
Onward and upward, high and high
er,
They work untlred the work or
dained;
At risk of life through heav'ns
above.
While to • their brethren life they
bear.
Shield them with thy protecting love
Who ride upon the viewless air.
—A. C. A. in the London Times.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH
DESCRIBED.
"Pa, what is thrift."
"Thrift, "my boy, is what a man
has to practice so that his wife may
bo extravagant."
LATER VARIATION.
He—Sentimental peoplo used to
study the language of flowers.
She— Yes, but you can't blame us,
under the circumstances If we study
the language of cabbages and toma
toer
SIGNED HIMSELF.
"You'll And my ancestors name on
the Declaration of Independence."
"Well, you'll find my nrame on tha
registration Mts of 1817."
HER OPINION.
•
Mary—Have you seen Mazle's new
bathing: ault?
Grace—Yes. There'll be troublo
In that family If her mother an 3
lather ever co her In It.
Cbnttng QUpt
If the plan generally believed to
have been thought out for the organ
ization of units of <he Pennsylvania
Reserve Militia later in the year la
followed. It is improbable that Har
risburg will have any section of that
force. The plan is to locate the units
In such places as the State owns
armories, and there are about forty
eight such buildings owned by tlyi
Commonwealth throughout the Stat*.
Tho reserve force is to consist of
three regiments of Infantry and on*
squadron of cavalry, or a total of
forty companies or troops A the"cas
may be. This city's infantry armo??
Is not owned by the State and tlwi
cavalry armory will disappear
make room for park extension. "Wfp
rious plans for an armory here
been broached in recent years as the
n l tn 7, un 'ts " this city have in
rcascd In number, but tho State au.
Lw.it th ? be ? n inclined to
rwi , e , devel< H>nent of Capitol
Park extension and it must be con
fessed that not much enthusiasm
about securing a plot and donating It
to the State in consideration of the
building an armory
lias been displayed in our >mldst.
hax ' e b een suggestions that the
oitt, 1 Property near Reservoir
, ° r the park for the Infantry
oi along the River Front or In vlcln-
Lv° hi Ca P ltol Park, but there
thnnn-h eChopS - It looks as
though Harri&burg would be more or
' ,° E a Permanent station of State
? iMt In 1 ?!. d . uratloI > of the war
ill. J J 14 wou 'd rely upon
Inrh ns . e organization and
JL T b ? rs of the National Army
borhood tralnln S in this neigh-
• • •
The Country Club of Harrlsburg,
which occupies Its beautiful new'site
at Fort Hunter to-day without any
formal observance, dates from the
spring of 1896. It was Incorporated
on Juno 13, of that year by a num
ber of prominent residents of Harrls
burg and vicinity and occupied Its
clubhouse at Coxestown or Lucknow
a year later. Soon after the Spanish
•war Its golf links, the first in this
part of the State, were laid out. The
clubhouse was destroyed by Are In
December, 1915, but the bowling
alley and men's lockerroom were
saved and have been used since. The
old Luclyiow club was the scene of
many delightful entertainments and
Its tennis courts, baseball diamond
and golf links of many a notable
match, especially with the Country
Club's traditional rivals, York And
Lancaster, and with the golfers from
Reservoir and Colonial clubs who
have entered in numerous contests.
When the American soldiers went
abroad we were given to understand
that the national government was
perfecting a plan whereby people on
this side could communicate with
those near and dear to. them who
were in Prance with a minimum of
expense and annoyance and delay
and that letters from tho soldiers
would be facilitated in every way for
the home folks. As far as it goes
wo are all willing to pay whatever
tho postal authorities think is right,
but experience of people getting let
ters from men in the various arms
of tho service in France is some
what varied and 'causes speculation
an to what is the system. For in
stance, on postcards arriving from
Paris, marked passed toy field censor,
the person receiving here has to pay
four cents. Tho postcards bear one
one-cent stamp. 'Letters from tho
same country are charged for at
the rate of two cents additional when
they bear a two-cent stamp. It would
be interesting to find out from the
post office here Just what is the sys
tem of charging. It appears to be as
Indefinite as the period of occu
pancy of the new post office.
Men who were here for the an
nual convention of the League of
Third Class Cities this week recalled
the first convention of the league
which wasjield In Harrisburg some
thing like nineteen years ago. If
grew out of meetings which men In
terested In the government and wel
fare of the third class cities held to
discuss legislation. Two of the men
most active were the late Dr. John
A. Fritchey and the late Charles A,
Miller, both of whom filled tho office
of Mayor. Mr. Miller was then cit>
clerk and was one of the authorities
on municipal law, thanks to his serv
ice as a morali# of the House some
fifteen or seventeen years before, and
his constant study of the problems of
city government. Dr. Fritchey had
been Mayor and was soon to be
Mayor again. Another man active In
that early convention was the late
City Solicitor Daniel S. Seitz. Some
of the old-timers in the league re
called the early meetings here and
eulogized the valuable services ren
dered by Mr. Miller.
• • •
Major Qufnton O. Reitzel, who will
command the machine gun battallor
of the Fourth Infantry In the "Rain
bow division" shows t"he effects ol
baseball. The major was detailed tc
go to Fort Sill to get instruction lr
machine gun practice and grenades
jand displayed so much skill In throw
ing that they asked about It. Rase
ball was the reason. *
Lieutenant Governor Frank B
McClain Is giving a couple of days
a week to the business of the Stat<
Commission of Defense of which h(
Is a member. Mr. McClain happen!
to be the treasurer and he is hav
lng the accounts of the Public Safetj
Committee, which gets its fundi
from the Stftto Commission kept it
accord with the methods of the Au
dltor General's Department.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
.—Senator W. J. Burke 1s aspirlni
to be a councilman In Pittsburgh am
has taken leave from railroad w<*l
until the primary is over.
—William E. Ralston, promlnen
in the Society of Veterans of Foreign
Wars, is a Plttsburgher and actlv
in the organization there.
—Bishop Garvey, Altoona, Cath
ollc, and Bishop Hamilton, Pitta
burgh, Methodist, will speak wit'
Colonel Roosevelt at Johnstown o
SepteVnber 30.
—Mayor Miles B. Kltts, of Em
new president of the Third Claj
City League, says he likes to com
here for legislative sessions and con
ventions.
—J. L. Replogle, who will bu
materials for the government, o<
caslonally drops Into Johnstown fc
visits to old friends.
—Almon H. Fuller, new head e
engineering at Lafayette, comes froi
Seattle where he ranked among th
leading educators of the coast.
Dr. W. B. Keene, promlnei
Philadelphia physician, Is in Main
| DO YOU KNOW
That Hnrrishurg Is shipping
large quantities of building^ma
terial to n**rhy towns?
HISTORIC HARtHSBURG
One hundred years ago there wi
half a dozen mills, forges and fu:
i naces en Pa*ton creek.