6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME , Founded tS.tt . Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Biilldlnv, Federal Square. E.J. STACK POLE, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. — 7 • Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. 'f All rights of republication of- special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Bureau of Clrcu- Ea stern office. Avenue Building, ChlcagoriVl. S ' Entered at Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a iweek; by mail, J5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 5 There are three kinds of people in the world—the wilts, the wonts and the cants; the first accomplish ev erything, the second oppose every thing and the third fail in every thing.—WM. T. ELLIS. PATRIOTIC UPPER END THE patriotism of the people of the upper end of Daupnin county was demonstrated again last evening when they joined to gether at Elizabethvllle to do honor to the young men who will leave shortly to go into the new National Army. The attendance and enthu siasm would have done credit to a community of much larger popula tion. t The upper end always arises to the occasion. Millersburg set the pace last spring with a preparedness pa rade that put to shame many of similar celebrations in larger towns. Then followed the Liberty Bond and the Red Cross campaigns, in which upper end people gave of their means in large sums to the cause of liberty and the successful prosecution of the war. When the history of recent events is written the people who re side north of the mountains will have no reason to blush tp r their part in them. SINKING IN THE very rage to which the Ger man press gives vent in its com ment upon the President's peace message is an evidence of Junker dom's fear of its effect on the popu lar mind of Germany. One striking exception is Vorwarts, which sees in Mr. Wilson's proposals an open door to honorable peace upon grounds which would satisfy the demands f progressive Germans for a govern ment responsive and responsible to the will of the people. This fear less and radical journal in this in stance, at least\ expresses the viev.-s of that wing of the Reichstag for which Mathias Erzberger iB spokes man. The peace sentiment and the desire for a representative, tic form Of government appear to be growing together and there are in dication'that Erzberger, who forced a crisis in the Reichstag a few weeks ago by the presentation of resolution* that were in effect a dar ing attack upon Prussianlsm, will lead a majority of delegates to even more radical action when that body meets again shortly. Erzberger is said to have been profoundly impressed, by the Presi dent's reply, and if that is true, as there is no reason to doubt, and If he is able, as is predicted, to swing into line a coalition of the liberal forces of the Reichstag, it will be because the members have heard the voice of the German people and are more fearful of public opinion than they are of their imperial masters. Tlfct there is a gradual change of opinion in Germany there can be lit tle doubt. Even German-American newspapers which have been as radi cally pro-Prussian and as strong in their support of the Kaiser as the journals of Germany itself, have dis played some indications of returning reason and an appreciation of the advantages of popular government totally absent since the beginning of the war. The New York Staats Zeit iing expresses the belief that democ racy is a growing force among Ger mans, who have been impressed re cently with the fact that their coun try Is surrounded by self-governed people whose will to sacrifice and military prowess are in nowise sec ondary to those of subjects of the much vaunted Prussian system of state- control. Revolution is still a long way oft In Germany, despite growing discon tent and slow starvation, but demo cratic reforms may be forced through the Reichstag at an early date. The extent of these and the length of time required to bring them about will be determining fac tors upon the length of the war find the eventual peace demands of the * allies, America Included. BETTER SERVICE PLEASE HERE is a suggestion for the Harrlsburg Chamber of Com merce. Recent changes in railroad schedules connecting Harrls burg with the Lykens Valley have L \ ♦ WEDNESDAY EVENING, . KABHIBBURG TELEGRAPH - SEPTEMBER 5, 1917. bewi such as to greatly inconveni ence the people of that locality de siring to do business lh Harrlsburg. Unless better service is provided the trade that is coming to Harrisburg and the friendly relations which the city is endeavoring to foster with its neighbors will be transferred to Pottsvllle. The matter is worthy of immediate and vigorous attention. A BATTALION OF CADETS years this newspaper has strongly advocated military training in the schools of Har risburg. Once through the co-op eration of the late James H. Worden. then president of the school board, a cadet corps was established at the high school, but owing to the milk sop physical instructor placed in charge the cort>s never got beyond the organization stage. Subsequently an effort was made ,to interest cer tain of the school authorities, in cluding the principals pf the two high schools, the Harrisburg Acad emy and the parochial schools, but owing to the indifference of one or two of those interviewed the matter was allowed to drop and all the data which had been gathered on the sub ject was turned over to Superinten dent Downes. It should be said that Dr. Fager, the head of the Techni cal High School, and Father John son, of the parochial schools, exhibit ed a real interest in the matter, but nothing could be accomplished in the absence of co-operation by the other institutions. Now that there is general interest in the military training of school boys it may be expected that some thing will be achieved along this line without further urging on the part I of the Telegraph or those who real ize the importance of training our boys for military defense. Major General H. P. McCain, the Acfjutant General of the Army of the United States, in a recent letter to the head of Pennsylvania Military College at Chester points out that a consider able number of students failed in the various officers' training camps because of their loose training in educational institutions. He refers mental and physical indifference and suggests that the school authori ties had not placed sufficient em phasis in the avoidance of this men tal and physical handicap. On this point he says: At military camps throughout the country mental alertness, ac curacy in thinking and acting, clearness in enunciation, sureness and ease of carriage and bearing must be insisted upon, for two reasons; that success may be as sured as nearly as human effort can guarantee it with the material and means at hand, and that price less human lives hiay not be criminally sacrificed. Only by the possession of the qualities re ferred to does one become a natural leader. A great .number of men have failed at camp because of inability to articulate clearly. A man who cannot impart his idea to his com mand in clear, distinct language and with sufficient volume of voice to be heard reasonably far is not qualified to give commands upon which human life will de pend. Many men disqualified by this handicap might have become officers under their country's flag had they been properly trained in school and college. Manyjmen fail to measure up to the requirements set for our of ficers' reserve because they have not been trained to appreciate the importance of accuracy in think ing. Too many schools are satis fied with an approximate answer to a question. Little or no Incen tive is given increased mental ef fort to co-ordinate one's ideas and present them clearly and un equivocally. Insistence upon de cision in thought and expression must never be lost sight of. This requires eternal vigilance on the part of every teacher. It is next to impossible for military instruc tors to do much to counteract the negligence of schools in this re gard. This again has cost many men their commissions at camp. Three months is too short a time in which to teach an in corrigible "beater-about-the-bush" that there is only one way to answer a question, oral or written, and that is positively clearly and accurately. As a last important element that seems to me has been' lacking in the moral and mental make-up of some of our students is the characteristic of grit. Not that thev would have proved cowardly in battle, necessarily, but some have exhibited a tendency to throw up the spor.ge updn the ad ministration of a severe rebuke or criticism. Their "feelings have been hurt" and they resign. They have never been taught the true spirit of subordination. They are not ready for the rough edges of life. The true training school should endeavor to Inculcate that indomitable spirit that enables one to get out of self, to keep one's eyes fixed upon the goal rather than upon the roughness of the path, to realize that one un able to rise above the hard knocks of discipline cannot hope to faco with equanimity the tremendous responsibilities of the officer under modern conditions of war fare. This idea of grit belongs in the schoolroom as well as upon the campus. When the Telegraph strongly urg ed military instruction in our local schools, epecially the high schools, we were met with the argument that the people would not favor such in struction because it might smack of militarism. In opposition to this view we held that military training would inculcate reliance, obedience and mental and physical discipline. Perhaps the time is now here when th*e people will approve such a course and favor the organization of at least a battalion of cadets com prising one company each freffn the two high schools, the Harrisburg Academy and the Cathedral school. Who will lead the way? AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE DURING the third week of the present month an important war convention of American business will bo held at Atlantic City under the auspices of the Chamber o£ Commerce of the United States. It Is proposed, at th'ls convention to consider the duty of business to the government, how the business of the country may render greater service ir. winning the war, how we may best provide for and protect our forces on land and sea and those dependent upon them at home; what may be done to control prices, how greater efficiency in land and water transportation may be developed and the ways and means by which busi ness may most readily adjust Itself to the conditions produced by the war. It. Is also on the program to consider what readjustments after the war must business prepare. It promises. to be one of the most important gatherings of business men ever held in the United States and the great responsibilities which are now resting upon the business world Justify the most serious con sideration of the problems whl<4i are going to be discussed at this meet ing. The business men of the Unit ed States have entered into the war with a patriotic devotion to the in terests of the country and it is be lieved that one of the outcomes of the stupendous struggle will be a better understanding among those who are engaged in the development of our economic resources. Notwithstanding the terrific upset that has coma by reason of the war conditions, there is inspiration in the thought that the men and women of the United States are emerging from their smug acceptance of old conditions and together are going forward to a higher plane of en deavor in every, line of activity. The Atlantic City convention will mean much for the United States and the coming together of leaders of the business worl£ for an ex change of thought upon the big problems of the day must result in widespread benefit for all classes of .our citizens. IK By the Ex-Cnmmlttcemau J i * ■ I Auditor General Snyder's appoint- I ment of Charles Johnson, Montgom ■ e®' county. Republican leader and treasurer of the Republican State I committee, as First Deputy Auditor I General so close upon the Governor's j selection of Charles A. Ambler, fex- Speaker of the House and prominent I in Montgomery county affairs, to be Insurance Commissioner as successor to J. Denny O'Neil, is regarded as an acceptance of the challenge for the control of the State ticket next year. Newspaper comment throughout the State is that the Governor's appoint ments wer notice to Senator Boies Penrose and his friends that the bat tle was on. Mr. Snyder appears to have accepted for the Senator and his partisans. It Is notable that Mr. Johnson is the leader against whom Mr. Am bler and his friends have been con tending in Montgomery county and that Mr. Ambler is the man whom the . State administration backed against Senator Snyder for the Audit or General nomination. What everyone .is interested in now is what will be the next move at the Capitol. The Governor has several judgeships and State places to fill and there arc always rumors 1 floating around that this or that head of a department is to be displaced to make room for some one more In sympathy with administration polit ical ideas. . —Except for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, there has been practically no editorial comment upon the Governor's appointments. The Bulletin says that the two men appointed are but pawns in a politic al game. —Governor Brumbaugh is expect ed to return to the State Capitol next week, probatbly late in the week and in all probability he will set about filling some of the places which he has at hand. His return will start a fresh crop of reports about "house cleaning." Attorney General Brown, who has been ill, is not expected here until next week. —"I have nothing to add to my statement of last night," said Com missioner O'Neil this morning. "I meant what I* said about poll tics. When I was in office in Allegheny county I did not go after them with a club. I am going to do the best I can in regard to the highways of Pennsylvania and espe cially to meet the war needs." —lt became known here to-day that it was only last Saturday night that Governor Brumbaugh called upon Mr. O'Neil to take the highway commissionership. The McKeesport man had been spoken of for the place a number of times and it Is un derstood that he declined it some time ago. Last Saturday the Gov ernor who was in the vicinity of Philadelphia, asked him to reconsid er the matter. In another conversa tion across the State, which took place on Sunday, Mr. O'Neil con sented and immediately began pre parations to turn over the insurance department to Mr. Ambler, whom the Governor had been desirous of plac ing for some time. —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times charges that the resignation of Wil liam A. Magee, candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh, as Public Service Commissioner, had strings attached to It. The Pittsburgh paper says that the Governor "has never pub licly indicated that he accepted the resignation." Mr. Magee resigned by letter direct to the Governor and it was said that the Governor accept ed the resignation by telegraph. —The Philadelphia Record to-day revamps the story about Senator W. M. Lynch, of Lackawanna, being choseh superintendent of Farvlew State Hospital. This attracted much attention- immediately after the Leg islature adjourned, but the Senator, who came here to sie the Attorney General, said that he did not come under the clause which would forbid a Senator from accepting a place to which he would be chosen by a board. The Senator was a member of the board. —United States District Attorney Kane, of Philadelphia, who has been roasted by the North American for not being more active against pro- Germans, and who was ripped up by ■John P. Dwyer, managing editor of the Democratic Philadelphia Record for his course, has at last asked the Federal Grand Jury to get busy. It is said that the national Democratic leaders began to grow nervous over Kane. He. was one of the "high brow" appointments put through by the reorganization clique. —Senator McNichol has signed transit contracts for $10,000,000 on bids submitted six months ago, say ing he is willing to take the risk. Senator Vare has refused to sign. —Representative J. V. Cummins, of Philadelphia, Is taking an active interest in State highway contracts. iHis tirm bid on four yesterday. —A boom for A. Merritt Taylor, transit expert, for mayor of- Philadel phia, has apeared. —Pittsburgh's mayoralty candi dates are going at it hammer and tongs. The Pittsburgh Dispatch says that bricks are flying and other pa pers say that Dr. J. P. Kerr is ma king the friends of W. A. Magee mad. The registration commissioners of Pittsburgh have been taking a hand In the fight. —To-morrow Is registration day In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton and It is expected that the registration will be heavy. —Alderman W. A. Mutchler, well AIN'T IT A GRAND ANDGLORIOVS FEELIN'? .... By WHEM You, A POOR -AMD JOSE. THE" HOMESICK YANKEE PIG; WAITER SUPERCILIOUSLY - AND * OU THE 5*T DOWNJ IN A SPANISH HANDS YOU A WHOLE DOG-GON'D RESTAURANT MENU CARD THING IS IN SPANISH. ' - AND YOU ARE WONDERING -WHEN— XSUDDEMLY —- OH H H BOV !!! . HtSERABLY WHAT THE You-* See IN-' a'^ FOLKS ARE EATING CRIPPLED ENGLISH — "LY FEELLN • BACK HORV\ E - HAMM an BGS BO cents! known in politics at Easton, is dead aged 57. —Scranton City Council has pro tested against the increase of trol ley fares to six cents. —E. C. A. Moyer, one of the Montgomery candidates for prothon otary, tried to withdraw. He was told he was too late. —Controller Kay, of Chester, is making an inquiry into witness fees and has started to cut expense bills. He is not a candidate for a full term. German Collapse In Denmark there is no doubt j whatever expressed as to the out come of the war. Whatever the pes simistic feeling in this country may be, over there where they are con- getting inside information from commercial travelers and oth ers coming fresh from Germany there is little expectation that Ger many will last longer than next sum mer. They figure that the present crops being harvested may last till then, but that afterwards the case Is hopeless. No longer is the question asked among the Danes "Who will win?" The only question that you hear there is "How long will Germany hold out?" German conditions as they are pic tured by people coming into Den mark, are intolerable, especially in the German cities. There are almost daily outbreaks among the dissatis fied people and the authorities have to be terribly strict to keep things in hand. Arrests are being made freely and rewards are offered for the apprehension of people who voice dissatisfaction. Lots of Germans are coming to Defamark to live because they can't startd conditions at home. People have come there apd have been made sick because they were not used to the comparative abundance of food. In Berlin they say that they are supposed to get one egg a month per person and that this costs a mark, while 150 marks is the cost of a fowl like a goose. People have been forced to sub scribe as much as 75 per cent, of their total worth to the immense war loans. Police come In to value their property and even the um brellas in the halls are counted. Not that there is any law compelling subscription, but black and white lists have been prepared and those not contributing are placed on the blacklist which involves a practical boycott. Military Training Helps Tire beneficial results of military training are already to be noted among our sons and brothers who have joined the army. Daily there are to be seen young men who stand up straighter and walk better, whose skins are healthier and whose eyes are brighter and steadier us the re sults of their active life. If these results can so quickly be obtained, what may we not expect as a result of eight or ten more months of preparation? Military life, too, is having an other highly beneficial result. It is tuning up the mental paraphernalia of numerous easy-going young men and teaching them to be alert, re sponsive and self-reliant. They are learning the lessons of discipline. When this war Is over several mil lion young Americans will have had a schooling which will always stand them In good stead. They will be infinitely more capable in business and industry, in art or the profes. ■ions, than they otherwise would have been. The military camp is not without Its danger, both moral and physical. Some of our men will not pass through these without damage. But as time goes on the various military and civilian agencies Which are to safeguard the young men from phys ical and moral deterioration will bp come more and more efficient. What has been accomplished In a few monts toward transforming soft young men into fine, upstanding sol diers of the nation speaks volumes for the futuro, and for the success of the system of training.—Cinctn ! nati Times-Star. Grandmother Knows It Not all good conundrums are modern. Our grandmothers teased one another's wits with excellent ones. Here Is one that we remem ber: There Is a word of plural number, A foe to peace and human Blumber; Now how strange this metamor phosis: By adding "s" what plural was Is so no more, And sweet what .bitter was before. —Youth's Companion. IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS THE HEAD WENT WITH THE CROWN The Modern King, Who Loses His Job Is Much More For tunate Than His Predecessor Now the Royal Vagrant Usually Is Pensioned^ It is a poor year for kings, says the Boston Globe. Who would have guessed, a year ago, that Nicholas Romanoff would be dating bis letters "somewhere In Siberia"? A railroad ticket to Tobolsk is an improvement on the ax with which the English expunged Charles I in the Seventeenth century, and on the guillo'tine with which the French dismissed Louis XVI in the Eighteenth century. Either the Twentieth century is learning to dethrone its monarchs humanely, or the Russian people are gentler than their western cousins. To the ancient Greeks the fall of a king was tragic. To Americans it is comic. The picture of a king hang ing his crown on the hatrack of pri vate life and putting his scepter in the umbrella stand of political Im potence is one that we peculiarly relish. Kings hire themselves. The people "fire" them. For this France holds the record. In fifty-five years, be tween 1815 and 1870, the French auc tioned off no less than four: Na poleon in 1815, Charles X in 1830, Louis Phillipe in 1848 and Napoleon 111 In 1870. Fnte of French Kings Charles X, when his services were no longer required in Paris, made a march to the coast and sailed for England, with the French people nitrely watching to make sure that he went. Louis Philippe slunk out ot a back door of the Tuillerles and started for the sea and England as plain "Mr. Smith,"'carrying a cotton cmbrella in place of his scepter. Queen Victoria staked him to his meals. Napoleon 111, captured after the Ger mans defeated the French at Sedan, was deposed by his own people and" v/ent to live at Chislehurst In England and ended his days tinkering with some sort of patent stove. . England, In fact," has ever been the' Happy Hunting Ground of monarchs out of a job. Napoleon, In 1815, sought refuge there, but was quickly passed on. Lord Liverpool has hau the credit of the idea of sending him to St. Helena, but the scheme really originated with Pozzo di Borgo, a Corsican neighbor of Napoleon, who had waged an unceasing family feud against him throughout his career. When one government would make peace with Napoleon, Pozzo would move on to another which was mak ing war against him, and, with a de votion worthy of a better cause, he American and Foreign Labor [From a speech of Senator Hard ing In the United State Senate on the War revenue bill.] Senators, if any taxation less than actual paralysis would more equit ably distribute the profits of Ameri can production and tend to bridge the great gap In our social-economic life, I would greatly urge it. But unnecessary taxation only halts and hampers the needed activity of cap ital, and appeals to envy rath€r than encourage acquirement by industry and thrift. It would be better to equalize by creation than to seek to level by destruction. I believe some measure looking to the fairer division of the profits of production in this country is abso lutely necessary to continued prog ress and abiding tranquility. I wish I knew the solution. I only know taxation will not effect it. I know that thrift, genius, pluck, talent, and Industry make capital, and I know that idleness, imp-ovl dcnce, and incapacity halt millions of men to whom the way Is inviting ly open. Perhaps we should accom plish more by legally regulated hab its of living and' expenditure; but no one would dare to propose that amid the boasted freedom of dem ocracy. I know life Is a very bitter strug gle to the unfortunate and to the un derpaid. It is even more bitter to the envious and the improvident. We need more knowing economists In everyday life, and less theorists on the soan boxes, and fewer advocates of legislative remedies, because first aid is to be found In the home. This does not argue against the American standard of living. It is the highest in tho world, and I rejoice to boast It, because it proves we have out- f'nally obtained his chance. Before the British sent Napoleon to Elba, Pozzo told them that it was too near heme. The next time, after Waterloo, they took no chances and listened to Pczzo'a advice, which was St. Helena. Even as recently as 1910, England was the asylum of a deposed king when Portugal wearied of paying for the expensive upkeep of Manuel 11. He fled to the arms of his uncle, the old Duke of Orleans, Bourbon pre tender to the throne of France, and the London Tory papers sentimen talized over him extensively. Abdul Hantld In Exile Since 1908 crowns have been slip ping off royal pates with encourag ing frequency. In 1909, Abdul Hamid 11 was petitioned into involuntary bankruptcy as a sultan by the young Turks and packed off to Saloniki. What has become of him since the war began no one seems to know, and few to care. His neighbor, King Constantine of Greece, was given his discharge June 12 of the present year, though the Kaiser, who has a strong family prej udice in favor of kings keeping their jobs, has promised to restore liim to the throne of Greece. Since China "went republican" we have had, within the last month, a spectacle of the Manchu emperor "popping out of a box and popp'ing In again." The status of the boy em peror is the amusing one of an em peror of a foreign country <S>. a visit to China with an allowance of a few odd millions on condition that he re main a tame king in the political backyard. Dm Pedro's Merry Exit The last king to be dismissed from American soil was Dom Pedro, de posed in 1889, but so pleasantly that, as he was set aboard the steameir to Portugal, his Brazilian friends pelted him with lowers. Kings <are balng jostled aside be cause they no longer fit the modern Ideas. Many of then} have less power than an elected, president. But to blame a kfng personally for the fol lies and crimes of his rule is a gross misconception. His acts are dictated by the Interests In whose behalf he governs. Nicholas Rontnnoff coulo not have liberated Russia if he had tried. He was, like all kings, the willing tool of a conservative element which controlled the country. When they fell, he fell. And. as kings reap glory they do not deserve, they also reap scorn and hatred which they do not deserve. stripped all other peoples in attain ment. however far we may be from the highest ideal. And wc must BO on; but I think it is good sometimes to stop to measure our progress. Only a day or two ago, reading in the press of the eagerness of the Austro-Hungarlan people for peace, I noted the statement that Hungary was feeling deeply the failure to re ceive {8,000,000 yearly which Hun garian workmen in the United States were in the h%blt of sending there out oi their wage savings. There was no information as to how many Hun garians were on American pay rolls, and nothing as to their rate of wage. It is a fair guess that a goodly pro portion Is engaged In the less skilled employment, and therefore drawing the lower scale of wages. Born to a different standard, they toil and save, and have given to the needy in tho land of their nativity a reflex of American opportunity, however little it may be valued here at home. There is scarcely a Senator enroll ed on this membership—l will not restrict it to my few hearers—who lives In an industrial center, if ho will step to the money-order depart ment of his post office on a pay night in his community, who will not find scores and scores of the representa tives of the lowly and the industrious of foreign lands turning their pay envelopes into money orders to send to the lands of their origin.' I de light to think of it. because to me it is the most substantial proof in the world of the progress America has made in opening opportunity and extending encouraging compensation for activity and industry. Japan's last rice crop broke all records for that empire, having amounted to 298,466,706 bushels, which beat the former official high record (1914) by 6,630,270 bushels. Cuirassiers of France [Owing to changed war conditions, the crack cavalry corps of the Euro pean nations have been in largo measure dismounted and sent to the trenches to act as infantry.] We Cuirassiers of France! Oh, the bugles would bray as we can tered by. With our bridles low and our sabers high, With our T)lack plumes flaunting to the sky From the tips of our helms, with our plates aglance. And our hope was an open plain and free. With the squadron thundering knee to knee; .Of the swish of our keen, straight swords dreamed we. We Cuirassiers of France. We Cuirassiers of France! A burrow worms through our chosen plain. ITnmalled, wo hold it, now cSunt it vain That the squadron drop, if the ditch remain As the boundary-line of our French . advance. But beyond our dream ourselves we see. Though our harness rust for a mockery. Of the steel they took from our backs are we, We, the Cuirasse of France! —By Thomas Jeffries Betts in Scrib ner's. Some Cross of Honor A Mississippi blacksmith, encour aged by the mounting ire of his friends and customers, is said to have hammered out an iron cross weighing fifty pounds and sent it to Senator Vardaman as a badge of hon or conferred upon him by the kaiser for helping to prevent the Senate's adoption of the President's armed neutrality plan in the closing dayp of the Sixty-fourth Congress. Tbfe cross reached Washington, but it is not on .record that Vardaman appre ciated it, gave thanks for it or wore it on his rounded and swelling chest. Representatives of trade unions having jurisdiction over crafts em ployed in the Chicago stock yards and packing plants have perfected an organization to unionize the 40,- 000 men, women and children em ployed in these institutions. | OUR DAILY LAUGH TO BE SURFI. "I owe him a grudge." "In cases of that kind it Is better to suspend payment." A CRUCIAL xi TEST. 4jk V maiden still A L The whlle ■ h ° UJ eats corn r . *B3l from the cob I surely last / \ until' / V" Old Time hlm- self has lost A PEST. 3o la a pest The' man wh6 Pf .w\ W "Well, ain't I Ql| r f TAKING HER PROFIT. After he brok* the engagement why did you re turn hia diamond * I didn't. I gave him a paste one Instead. lEbratng (Eljat i Tollgates arc down on the high ways that radiate from Harrlsbur; like the spokes of a wheel except li York and Lancaster counties and thi nearest places where people are helc up are twenty miles from the 6tat®'f capital. This is the en last night by a man who has fol lowed the highway situation in Penn sylvania and who is keenly Interest ed in the making of things easy fo] folks to visit* the great building they crowns Capitol Hill. Twenty-flv years ago there were tollgates on at sld6s of Harrisburg, and one has bu to recall the days of the Spanist war to remember that people had t< pay toll right above Division stree on the Riverside Drive, out near Ru therford on the way to Hummels town, down below Highspire on th< way to "Mlddletown and at varioui places in the county, while th< memory of tollgates near Camp HU and Shiremanstown is still fresh Ir the minds of people who had t< pay. It took years to get the count; commissioners and the township au' thorities up to the point where the: were willing to buy the toll roadi and the struggle to free the Rivei road is still fresh in the minds o many people. The Berks and Dau phin • turnpike section between th< railroad crossing just east of Hum melstown. one of the worst In thl section, by the way, was the las turnpike in the county barring somi stretches down in Conewago whicl are tentacles of Lancaster count; turnpikes. The Lancaster toll road; bid fair to go before long as thi , people of that county, led by pro gresslve citizens of Lancaster city have agreed to help the State an< county buy the rights. York alsi has a number of toll roads, but mos of them are well kept up. Unfor tunately the tollgates of these twi counties are astride roads which leai direct to Harrisburg, although if on knows the way th6y can We avoided "Man wants but little here below,' said a philosopher in one of his sai moments. The William Penn high way between this city and Readin; was freed of toll gates Thursdaj The gate keepers are off the job ani innumerable $1.02-pieces are stayin where they belong. Before the roa was freed, however, the State High way Department had a visitor fron Lebanon. "I came to see about the Willlar Penn highway, between here an Reading," said the visitor. "It will be freed next Thursday, said the Highway Department of fioial. "I know that," said the Lebano man, "but I came to see about im provements. When are you going t advertise for bids for the construe tion of a concrete road over tha thirty-five miles of pike?" "Great Scott, man!" ejaculated th highway department official, "we'r doing pretty well, aren't we? We'v put $35,000 into the purchase of th pike. So have the counties. Now before the gates are freed, you tal about thirty-five miles of all-new an permanent road." "That's the Idea," said the ma from Lebanon. "There's nothing lik going after what one wants. That' the most important stretch of roa in Pennsylvania. What can you d for us?" Then the official promised tha maintenance forces would be put t work immediately. The Lebano man went home determined, to g t.he commissioners of his county an Berks and Dauphin counties to agrc to match the highway department dollars —dollar for dollar—to bu thirty-five miles of 22-foot concret highway. Harrisburg's motor fire apparati appears to attract about as much a' tention as anything going theso daj and almost every official of a city c borough who comes this way loot up a fire company. Harrlsburg is o a fair way to become as noted fc its fire apparatus as it is for pave streets and other evidences of mi nicipal progress. Wood chopping has become popi lar again in Harrisburg. Years ag when men wanted exercise they ci down trees on vacant lots. The la: few days every man who wanted t swing an ax could get a job in tl section of the city where the stori did most damage. There were me dfeC work swinging axes who had m done such labor In years and the appeared to be enjoying it. One < the results of the storm was that fit wood became very plentiful an there is more than one yard wherei wood is stacked up. Telegraph linemen are still tall ing about the fact that the storm d 1 little damage to lines in and aboi Harrisburg. Of course, in the arc where the storm "dropped" tel graph and telephone lines wei hurled about with the rest of thing but considering the severity of tl storm the damage done to lines ! the city at large was trifling. General E deV. Morrell, the em nent Philadelphian who was burid at that city to-day, highly compl mented Harrisburg as a city for pa rades when here at the Hme of Gol ernor Brumbaugh's inaugural, J which procession he was chief mal shal. General Morrell said that tl streets were well laid out for ui covering a line and that all that.wf needfed at the Capitol was a propi entrance. The state is now on afa way to get it. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —J. M. Justice, prominent Phlli delphian, will go to California. . —H. A. Jenks, Phoenixville banl er, will retire after twenty-flve yeai servioe. , „ —Samuel Gompers, head of tl State Federation of Labor, in speech at Erie, declared that lab< had been recognized by governmel for the first time in history in th country. —James I. Blakslee. fourth assls ant postmastdr general. Is making scries of addresses at conventioi of rural mail carriers. —James T. Hardy, new seeretai of the Oil City Chamber of Con merce, was formerly connected wit commercial organizations in Ithac and other New York places. —Bishop W. F. Oldham, form* pastor of a Pittsburgh Method! Church, will return to preach at 1 anniversary exercises. DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsburg used to be a center of ear building ? HISTORIC HARHISBURG William Penn's sons and gram sons were frequent visitors to Joli Harris ferry where they held col fcrences with people from this se< tion. Because the United States Buprerr Court has recently held that tl workmen's compensation law doi not apply to employes under mar time contract, water front and shl] ping employers and employes at S Francisco are attempting to voU their own compensation system.
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