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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 . 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