10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSsi Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Sqaare. IE. J. STACK POLE, Prist Sr Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER. Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press la 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. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Bureau of Clrcu u| 9 |g|< jjp Eastern office, Avenue Building, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. B >' carriers, ten cents a *.< week: by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 19 Our acts our angels are for good or ill Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. —Fletcher. THE UNIFORM PRIMARY EVERY primary election under the uniform system demon strates anew the difficulties which art bound to hedge about such a law. It was conceived as a great electoral reform, but all who know anything at all about politics under stand and appreciate the failure of this alleged reform to accomplish the results claimed for it. Of course, the old convention sys- , tem had its faults and it was far j from ideal, but it at least had the virtue of arousing general interest in the choice of proper candidates. Through the operation of the uni form primary scheme it is now pos sible for an indefinite number of can didates to get into the running with- j out regard to fitness or any other j qualification. To-day we close another of those hectic campaigns for the selection of nominees and the usual trail of dis satisfaction is seen everywhere. So long as men enter these primary campaigns with no other thought than the attainment of a job the sit uation will be no better in the future than it has been in the past. Men of character and ability are discour aged from allowing the use of their names for the consideration of voters, because they see. time after time, the utter insincerity and hypocrisy of those who should manifest real in terest from the standpoint of good government in the choice of proper candidates. It will be urged, to be sure, that the old convention system was sim ply the machinery of selfish poli ticians. but those who take this view will hardly contend that the uniform primary has been any improvement. Through a division of the vote and the multiplicity of candidates it is almost impossible to nominate in all cases the best men. It seems almost inconceivable that the present system shall continue any great length of time without radical amendment. As it stands now it is an invitation to all the demagogues and political misfits to get into the limelight, confusing the voter and making efficient govern ment almost impossible. That story of the retirement of Dr. Dixon is so old somebody in his well tonducted department ought to give it a dose of disinfectant. REASON FOR SLACK BUILDING NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts of many well-intentioned per sons to maintain "business as usual," business is everywhere ad justing itself to war conditions. For instance, throughout the coun try there Is a diminution of ordinary building activity. The scarcity of labor and the high cost of materials has caused people to postpone con struction work that would otherwise be undertaken. Labor is being em ployed more extensively in the pro duction of those commodities which are most essential in time of war and in the construction of canton ments, and several hundred thousand men are about to enter the national army. Building operations postponed now will be conducted more rapidly when labor is again set free from its pres ent unusual occupations. Business will remain unusual as long as con ditions remain unusual. "Germany is beaten and doesn't know it," says the London Times. For the love of Mike, why doesn't the ed itor mall the KaUer a copy of the Times? SPUR THE IDLER TO supply our own armies and the armies of our allies with food, munitions and equipment Is a task no less Important than that of putting our armies In the field in Europe. Selective draft was adopted aa the most practical and most effect* Ive method of raising an army. Some sort of Industrial draft may also be necessary In order to make most efficient our work of supplying food, materials and transportation. In these days of the nation's great need there should be no idler within our WEDNESDAY EVENING, borders. Every person capable of productive effort should be engaged In some useful, productive occupa tion. At the same time that we are endeavoring to conserve the products of labor we should conserve labor itself by assuring its utilization to the fullest extent. The regulation of the personal conduct of the citizen, when not re lated to interstate transactions, is a matter of questionable national juris diction. Notwithstanding the na tional importance of the useful ac tivity of every able-bodied man, it may not be within the province of the general government to legislate against idleness. However that may be, the subject need not be neglected. The State of Maryland has already undertaken to compel its citizens to engage in useful occupations. Other States and municipalities should take similar steps, with a view to assur ing that while no slacker evades his duty on the firing line, no other slacker, exempt from military service there, shall remain in idleness her* at home. Who says the price of living isn't going down? Haven't the prices of bathing suits been reduced? JAPAN AND AMKRICA THOSE who have mistrusted the sincerity of Japan in the present war, and who have been looking almost as anxiously toward the Pa cific as they have over the Atlantic in the direction of Germany, may have some of their fears allayed by the addresses of the members of the Japanese mission now in this coun try. If ever a delegation of . dis tinguished visitors came to the Unit ed States with olive branch extend ed and apparently a sincere desire to cultivate our friendship, it is that which Japan has sent to us at this time. The speech of Ambassador Sato, unquestionably a friend of America, at a dinner in Philadelphia, express j ing the sentiments of his fellow j statesmen, reflects anything but a I hostile disposition. The ambassador said in part: We are loath to think of the j blood and treasure engulfed by j the dismal maelstrom in Europe. But let it be, if it must. We have been and are taking our share of the sacrifice to the full measure of ability. It now requires merely co-ordination of our energy for a fatal blow to be dealt upon our common enemy. We who believe in the bright, golden future of humanity, where justice and , peace will reign supreme, shall do well to stand ready to pay no ) small price toward the consum- i mation of this sublime end. I It is enormously encouraging to perceive that the people who are free, honorable and most peace loving are the sturdiest when they have to vindicate thei: cause by recourse to arms. The United States has always fought its battles to secure peace and freedom. Japan has always waged her foreign wars in order to de fend her country and people. And now together we fight a common enemy for humanity. A league of peace-loving na tions, a concert of free and hon orable peoples, is insuring the victory of the higher character in humanity, is going to strengthen man's belief in men's real value. A dead Douglas of Scotland won a battle. I am confident then tha\ the pealing of the broken Bell of Liberty peacefully resonant throughout the world will seal the fate of the malign foe of hu manity and usher in the bright day of peace on earth and good will among men. If Japan ever had designs upon the United States that day is past. Our tremendous resources, our rap-1 idly growing army and navy and the j immense distance lying between! Japan and America, combine to make combat with this country suicidal for j the little yellow men who defeated China and Russia. There is this difference between \ the Japanese and tho Germans, that while both may be ambitious for world-power, the Jap is as canny as any Scot. He cherishes no delusions as to his own omnipotence, however much he may parade his prowess be fore the world. Desire for extension of dominion under the new condi tions will never tempt him to attack the United States, Vut injured pride i may force him into a very resentful I mood. It, therefore, becomes the part' of Washington to see to it that the Jap gets fair treatment alotog the i Pacific coast. If Americans had suf- j fered in Japan half the indignities! the Japanese have in California we I would have been at Japan's throati long since. The man with a cellarful of coal isn't worrying about the additional dollar a ton it may have cost; he's just plain glad it's where it is. PAST AND FUTURE JL'ST now everybody is thinking of war or problems and work incident to or affected by the war. Few have any time, as they ouglfc to have, for contemplation of questions that will be important af ter the war. Those who have the time and inclination to think about after-war conditions should find food for reflection in this belated admis sion of the Atlanta, Georgia, Journal: "During the first six months of 191 J, the larger branches of business were highly depressed; railroads were earning little and uncertainty and unrest prevailed everywhere." Only one important event had oc curred affecting industrial conditions just prior to that time, and that was the enactment of the Democratic tariff law, opening our markets to the products of cheap labor in Eu rope and Asia. That law was enacted in October, 1913, and disaster fol lowed. The first half of 1914 saw a rapid decline, which was stopped only when war orders from Europe started the wheels of American in dustry. The Atlanta Journal, a Democratic paper printed in a solidly Democratic State, now tells the truth about the depression which began with the in auguration of Democratic economic policies. It will not as frankly admit the causes. It is too intensely par tisan for that. But the American voter, whether in Georgia or else where, should r reflect upon the sig nificance of the admission above quoted, and determine whether he will insist upon a return to that sound protective tariff policy which has been the bulwark of American Industrial prosperity. T>tO£c ctv By the Ex-ConimlUcetnan —Major General Charles M. Cle ment's return to this state on fur lough from Camp Hancock for a few days to attend to personal business at his home in Sunbury, coupled with a brief visit here, has revived re ports that the General may be ap pointed by Governor Brumbaugh to succeed the late Robert K. Young as a public service commissioner. The General was prominently mentioned for a place on the commission prior to the call for Mexican border serv ice last year and it is said that Immi nence of the war with Germany pre vented him being selected last winter. The north central section of the state does not have a representative on the commission since Mr. Young's death. Congressman E. R. Kiess, one of the men named on the first commission appointed by Dr. Brum baugh came from Lycoming. Tho name of Commissioner of Banking Dani£l F. Lafe&n has also been men tioned in connection with the va cancy, while ex-Mayor Ira W. Strat ton, of Heading, haß ambitions. —Although war is the business of the American people now, there are a good many men at Washington and in the larger eastern cities who are watching with the closest interest the result of the primary election in the state to-day. The state adminis tration and its partisans have started an attack all along the line upon Senator Penrose's phalanx and are building greatly upon the mayoralty in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia is quiet except for local contests in which the North American has been attack ing Mayor Smith, who is close to the state administration, which the North American continually upholds. Another interesting fight is in Mc- Keesport where a drive upon High way Commissioner O'Neil's candidate for mayor is making tilings hum. —The closing meetings and cam paign moves in the Pittsburgh con test as reported by the Pittsburgh newspapers and in dispatches from that city indicate a condition which far exceeds the strenuous battle be- J tween Armstrong and Porter four I years ago. The registration is very large and partisans of E. V. Bac- J cock say he will lead the field with J second place between Magee and I Kerr. —Scranton reports are that Con-1 nell leads for mayor with Myer! Kabatnick running well up for the! leading nomination for district at-! torney of Lackawanna. Williams-; port names a mayor to succeed | Fischer, who resigned after some sensational quo warranto proceed ings. —York, Chester. Luzerne, Erie and Susquehanna counties rejoice in county or judicial contests and Perry. Juniata, Union, Fulton, Mifllin and other counties which nominate as sociate judges are in the throes of first class primary fights in which party lines are disregarded. —lt is not considered likely that the results will be known in many counties much before to-morrow af ternoon. —lnteresting mayoralty elections in addition to Pittsburgh. Scranton, McKeesport, Williamsport and Har risburg are in Bethlehem, wllere Arch Johnston, the steel manager, is being supported by almost every one for the first mayor of Greater Beth lehem, in Connellsville, Pottsville and Hazleton. —The falling off of registration in Philadelphia was a jolt for leaders. —Chester's mayor ordered police under arms to prevent any election day race outbreak. —Altoona's city managership pro position is the basis of the contest In that city. —Senator McNichol is still very ill and it is understood that Governor Brumbaugh has intervened to have his drafted sons* departure held back for three weeks or so. j A story which would have been one of the most interesting: in the | politics of the Keystone State, if I true, was printed to-day in the Phil adelphia North American to the ef fect that upon his return from Mont Alto, where he has been ill. Dr. Sam uel G. Dixon would resign as State Commissioner of Health. Stories that the eminent scientist and adminis trator would resign have been heard from time to time as the commis sioner is one of the hardest workers in Pennsylvania official life and whenever any restless political scout gets distressed for a report he se lects the doctor. I The rumor that the doctor was | about to resign was denied at the Department of Health and at the i Governor's office Secretary William I H. Ball said he knew of no founda tion for any such report. Dr. Dixon has been ill at Mont Alto for a month as the result of overwork and is on the high way to 1 recovery. For days he has been out lining the winter work of his depart ment and has kept in constant touch. Only yesterday Governor Brum baugh telegraphed to the commis sioner his congratulations upon his recovery and expressed the hope that he would soon be back with the of ficial famly ■/. the State Capitol. The Governor was considerably surprised at the publication of the report. I —The formal opening of the new State headquarters of the Pennsyl vania Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia will take place to morrow and Friday of this week. Although the headquarters were re moved from Harrisburg June 1, when the Legislature adjourned, the formal opening and announcement of future plans have been delayed as all suffragists both as individuals and through their organizations have been engrossed in patriotic service. Executive board members represent ing all parts of the State will assem ble to-morrow to perfect plans for work to ratify the program which has been drafted for the annual con vention which will be held in Pitts burgh, November 20, 21 and 22, when many nationally prominent speakers have been invited to ad dress Pennsylvania suffragists, and to report progress in the Federal amendment campaign, which is be ing waged under the direction of the National American Woman Suf frage Association. IMAGINATION There is a notion adrift every where that imagination, especially mystical imagination, is dangerous to man's mental balance. Poets are commonly spoken of as psychologi cally unreliable: and generally there Is a vague association between wreathing laurels in your hair and sticking straws in it. Facts and his tory utterly contradict this view. Most of the very great poets have been not only sane, but extremely business like: and if Shakespeare ever really held horses, it was be cause he was much the safest man to hold them. Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly \vhat does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cash iers, but creative artists very seldom. —O. K. Chesterton. HARRISBURG TFXEGRAPH THE GOLFER'S WIFE By Briggs OM DEARIE) 1 \ \ XHOW' 5 YOUR] IST P = ° TEUL ME WELL- ' 3 RL> GAME THE^E}- YEAR ABOUT YOUR Y FAR SJIO % / YEAR 4 DAYS? R GFTME "DT D TEAR GAME, F J V VOU A / - - > \F" ** czzr - STH r^r^r^Tr ' fAR fc E M ? VEftR i "7 ,E vou": r;^r (UH* v L 5' p c 03E - — ~"X~^ WOOLWORTH RULES There is an article about Frank Woolworth, the famous five and ten cent store man, In the October American Magazine. The writer, in talking: of Woolworth, says: "These are his deductions from lorty-three years as a merchant or ganizer and builder of the world's tallest structure: 1. "Of course you will be dis couraged. But keep on. 2. "If you believe in an idea give it a chance. .Some of my first stores failed because I hadn't studied the situation thoroughly. I placed my stores in the wrong part of the town. There's a right place. Find •Ht. 3. "Everybody likes to make a good bargain. Let them. Small profits on an article will become big profits if you sell enough of the articles. 4. "I believe in doing business by and with cash. I had been in busi ness several days before I knew how to make out a check. Large credit is temptation to careless buving. 5 "Supervise details, but don't al low them to absorb you. Don't waste the time of a high-priced organizer or. a clerk's job. 6 "I prefer the boy from the farm to the college man. The college man won't begin at the bottom and learn the business. 7 "There are plenty of opportun ities for young men to-day. Many fail because they are not willing to sacrifice. No one ever got far who van in bondage to the body. You can't huild a business on thoughts of having a 'good time.' " PUBLICITY WINS To raise a $20,000,000 endowment fund for pensioning- retired min isters, the pension agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church, voted to set aside SIOO,OOO for advertising, at the national convention of the body held recently in Chicago. It was also urged that every church maintain an advertising fund, and that where possible every pastor take a course in journalism to gain the co-operation of the press and the attention of the public. The Rev. J. T. Brabner Smith, "press agent and editor of the Vet eran Preacher, related his experi ences in church publicity work throughout the country. "I have found the editors of the great daily newspapers are willing to give publicity to any effort which is for the public weal," he declared. "The pension idea needs the sym pathy and co-operation of the public press. "The church should advertise it self," he continued. "It should pay for information printed, and also give news. Paid advertising, as well as news, are absolutely essential to success in church matters." A GERMAN'S VIEWS Here are some pithy punches from the pen of Maximilian Harden, the noted German editor: At the present rate "honor" seems destined to be but a battered coat-of arms adorning the funeral proces sion of the white race. Obtainable peace should not be delayed a single day Adequate indemnity is no longer nossible. All have given up hope for It. Each month widens the cleavage between the sacrifices and the results that luck might bring. To the peoples there dawns out of the storm and hail the sinister feel ing that victory must give birth to new war. Nations cannot be crushed; buried as dead, they rise from their tombs and prepare for new combat to eon* quer breathing space. Tf the wishes of our ultra-fanatical patriots were to be fulfilled, the bond ot our enemies would become Indis soluble, for the community of loss would forge it into an iron ring. And the children, the grandchildren of the Germans of to-day would not be allowed an hour of rest. If, on the other hand, our enemies were to succeed in dismembering the German empire, on the very day of the conclusion of such shameful peace the enemy would see sparkling out of every eye in this land the vow to steel and exert all the strength of the nation to reconquer what is lost. In either case Europe would be I impoverished and barren. A TRUTHFUL FISHER Dr. Crutchor is bemoaning the loss of a huge marlln nwordtish, the first of the season seen in Catalina waters, which struck on the local angler's line but which broke away. Crutcher denies the report that he was just about to land the big swordflsh when its mate came along and reached up with his sword and sawed the physician's line in two, thus freeing the entangled denizen of the dep.-*-From the bong Beach i Press, Comfy Kits For Soldiers 4 J) HALF a million circulars on the i making of comfort kits and! bags were issued to-day by the! American Ked Cross. The circulars | can be obtained on application at any j Red Cross Chapter. A million com fort kits are to be made at once j for the men of our Army and Navy. I A million more wil be made for the j Russian Revolutionary Army, as a j pledge of cheer to the allied armies! on the eastern front. The Red Cross | is to be under no expense for these; kits, all being provided as gifts from ! the women who wish to make them. I Miss Florence Marshall, director j of the Woman's Bureau announced! that the circular embodied the sug-i gestion of the War Department, of I General Pershing and of Major Gray-1 son M. P. Murphy as to what the ] men wanted. Three types of kits! are suggested, a simple bag with| draw string, and with pockets, one ! for the trenches and one suitable for hospital use. Anything similar j will be gladly welcomed. The kits are to be made of plain khaki.! Colored cretonne has not been ad-j \ ised because it is dangerously vis ible when carried by troops at the! front. The circular is Illustrated with' diagrams of each type of bag. It j lists the personal equipment given to! each enlisted man by the War De- i partment, in order that women may ! not duplicate these articles in Ailing j the comfort kits. But it also notes} that the regular outfit of any soldier is liable to be lost or destroyed and \ that additional supplies even of his necessities may be welcome to him 1 at the front. The Red Cross Commissioner in j France has advised about comfort] kits as follows: 'They should contain pipe and to- j bacco pouch, heavy socks, handker-1 chiefs, wash cloths and soap, mouth- j organ or game, pencil, writing paper; CHEAPER MEAT [From the London Times.] By an order issued yesterday the Food Controller Axes the wholesale maximum prices for dead meat and regulates the ifriccs which butchers may charge the public. A schedule of decreasing prices is drawn up, and though the full effect of .this will not be felt till January there should be an immediate decrease, as the order comes into operation next Monday. The effect of the new pro visions is that the butcher must not sell his meat at prices which, in the aggregate, exceed the price paid by him by more than 2%d. a pound, or 20 per cent. —whichever is the loss. Out of this margin he will have to meet his working expenses. Local food committees are empowered ttt fix schedules of maximum retail prices tor various joints, and with these the butcher will have to com ply. It is expected that by the end of the year "the average price to the public for home-killed beef should not be more than Is lV£d. a pound. Monday, September 17, has been fixed for the introduction of the ninepenny quartern loaf. Tea and Matches The Food Controller states that there is at present no cause for alarm concerning supplies of tea, al though it is most desirable that all possible economy should be exer-| cised. Lord Rhondda in a communication on the subject of the local food con trol committees, emphasizes the im portance of their obtaining public confidences. If it is shown that a committee'has failed in its trust lie would be prepared to intervene. Meanwhile he is asking for a detail ed return of the membership of the committees and subcommittees. In view of 'the complaints in re gard to the supply and price of matches the president of the Board of Trade has decided to extend the powers of the Tobacco Control Board so that they can deal with the match industry. COLD WILKES-BARRE People who have no other means of heating their homes and offices would doubtless be willing to pay a couple of dollars extra to the com pany if they could induce it to reg ulate its service according to the weather instead of the contract dates. It would be cheaper than run ning the risk of contracting pneu monia, bronchitis and other ailments. Under uch circumstances an arbi trary date is an unbearable outrage and steps should be taken to alter It by compulsion 1/ necessary. Heat has been needed as much during the past few day/ as in midwinter and there shoul<l*>e some way to compel the compai*y to furnish It.—Wllkc*- Barre Record. or pad, and envelopes, and if not too expensive, singlebladed knife and spoon. "They should be made of stout material so that they can be used in all sorts of practical ways. "They should have, if possible, an American Hag sewed on the outside." Materials for making the kits can be procured by the Chapters from the Red Cross Division Supply Ser vice. Individuals may purchase their materials from the chapters or local retail stores. Certain articles, like the combination knives and spoon:?, may be had from the Division Supply j Service. The suggestion for hospital kits describes the making of a souvenier pocket, where the invalided soldier may store his little collection of treasurers which more often than not includes a scrap of shell or the : bullet that brought him to the hos- j pital. No playing cards are to be 1 included in the kits that go to Rus- j sia, and no mouthorgans or knives ] and scissors for the hospital kits. A list of additional articles is suggested that may be added if in dividuals desire to have their bags particularly full of plums for the man "out there." Blotting paper, chewing gum.* chocolate, (if wrapped inn tin foil) completers, callapsible cups, com pressed tea tablets, compressed malted milk tablets, scrapbook, con taining good story or jokes, gaiter laces, khaki color, garters, knife, two-bladed, such as boy scouts use, marbles, nail brush, nail file, pinball with pins, puzzles, scissors, folding in sheath, watertight matchbox, post cards. shoe laces, black for the navy, khaki colored for the army, slip pers, especially for hospital kit, tal cum powder, tape, white, black or khaki colored, toilet paper. Complete articles should be sent, if possible to the Harrisburg Red I Cross Chapter. I WINTER'S COAL SUPPLY Even with all the available forces | of production and distribution actu ; ated at top speed, it is the judgment ; of those who have studied the sit j nation that the problem of the coun i try's coal supply for the coming win | ter is one that calls for and j careful attention on the part of the j consumer. Fuel Administrator Garfield has ; just issued, through the American ! Chamber of Commerce, a circular on I the subject of coal conservation in j which he stresses the importance of | observing economy. He says "if ! every family will save a ton of coal. I if every industrial .plant will save 10 j per cent, of the coal it uses, which | coal it now wastes, the coal problem I will be largely solved. There is plenty of coal in the ground, but there is a shortage of cars and of I labor at the mines." | It will be observed that the fuel ; administrator piefaces his important suggestion with that very important . little word "if." The plan suggested is, of course, worthy or consideration lat all times, but it should be borne in mind that the country is con fronted by unusual conditions calling for an increase rather than a dimi nution of the vital element of power. In the admonition of the fuel ad ministrator families are reminded that their health would be improved by reducing the temperature of their homes "at least five degrees " therebv saving "millions of tons of coal." While the suggestion Is worth acting upon, it will hardly commend itself in zero weather, or to those who are compelled by force of circumstances to buy in small 'quantities and who have reduced the question of coal economy to its lowest possible point. In the case of manufacturing plants that will have an increased demand for output this winter the suggested 10 per cent, reduction in fuel will be more imaginary than real. The speeding up of great mills cannot be accomplished with diminished fires. An increased product makes the in creased consumption of coal in evitable. and while It is well to advise I economy In fuel, the conditions are such this year as to call for an in creased coal supply. It will be well, I therefore, for the fuel administration [to devote its attention to this branch of the business. The saving of coal that may be effected with the best care in regu lating combustion will not by any means provide a sufficient supply of fuel for the country's needs during the coming months and the mining of coal on a large scale will be an essential factoi* in maintaining the desired standard of national efficiency rendered necessary by our partici pation In the war.—Scranton Repub lican. SEPTEMBER 19, 1917. LABOR NOTES North Dakota State Supreme Ccurt has upheld the teachers' pen sion act. Members of the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men are jubilant over (heir successful ending of a wage controversy with the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad. In. creases average 6% cents an hour. Although agreements exist between the Brewery Workers'* Union ana employers of Philadelphia, the lat ter have voluntarily raised wages on the claim of their employes that this was necessary to meet the high cost of living. At the request of the Barbers' Union and the.Master Barbers' As sociation, Winnipeg (Canada) City Council has changed the law respect ing Saturday night closing fof bar ber shops by reducing the time from 11 to 10 o'clock. Federated shop employes have se cured an agreement with the Fort Wayne and Denver City railroad. Wages are increased six cents an hour for all trades and a 52-cent minimum is established. Oregon's Governor urges the crea tion of a board of seven members to conciliate and arbitrate Oregon in dustrial disputes. He suggests that three members be chosen from or ganized labor, three rrom employers and the seventh member to be the chief justice of the State Supreme Court. Officers of the Brotherhood of Boiler Alakers report that the Beth lehem Steel Company has agreed to meet a committee representing these organized workers. In the past the corporation lias had its own commit, tee, which was supposed to represent the workers. | OUR DAILY LAUGH THE METHOD. What kind of nT ; M a school is your rvV son attending? tfip H|| Very fashlon- Ull lil JIUVII A * > ' E > ONO °f Plr ! ill/7 — [WIH/i these lnstltu- II tions where you *-l MSj develop the IMI mind without l|| using: it. horrid fT\ y FxZsrd RECKLESS BENEFITS OP *r \ ° Wf 1 ' •fIS EDUCATION. T r Do you think J V/V a c °l ,e K e educa- W< tlon pays ? a JOT Sure It does. Ulr My son Is earn- J/ . ing |3 a day in a stone quarry, '"'vswv/ because of jyy the practice h Sot while in col ■ | W, lege as hammer n f. thrower * SEVERAL M VARIETIES. Did you have s anything !n your | flk-* garden this | fj Wy spring? 1 II A Oh, yes, sev- \~ZZ£mk'm / eral varieties. 4* What, for in- stance? ' £ /? —" Xj^ Oh, Plymouth // Rocks and horns." yf I Bmttng (Cljal Governor Brumbaugh's four lines of Pennsylvania red oak trees will be staked out In the Capitol Park extension area within the next few months, according to informatlor given to the Governor yesterday by Superintendent Shreiner, of the State Board of Public Grounds and Build ings. The complete engineering datu regarding the old Capitol Park and the extension made by E. Clarl Cowden and George Roberts thif summer has been sent to A. W. Brun |ner, the architect in charge, who with Warren H. Manning, will plai the park improvements. Numeroui changes in walks and new walks wili be features, but the first thing to b donp after the grading operations are started In the park extension wil be to provide the lines for the trees The grading operations will be died under Mr. Shreiner's persona direction and will begin as soon ai the section below State street ii cleared of buildings, which will b( very soon. Only the warehouse which is used for military purposes will remain for the present. Every thing else is to be cleared off. Thei the section north of State street wil lie cleared and State street's pave ment will come up. The lines o trees will be at right angles to th< Capitol building and form a lam right down from the space set apar for the court of ceremonies, whicl will bo flanked by fountains, to th< railroad. The red oak was chosen ai a typical Pennsylvania tree and thi greatest care will be exercised in se lecting the specimens. State expert will give their assistance. Whei these oaks and the Front street elm reach their height there will be tw< avenues in Harrisburg worth talk ing about. • • * One of the interesting things abou the operation or the draft law is th< fact that the older generation o foreign-born workmen in Steeltoi and other towns where there are mei from other lands in any number notably those who have been her any length of time, regard the draf as the natural thing and appear t realize that it is only an emergenc which has brought it isrth ii America. It was one of the thing which they came here to escape an> while those who are within the limi do not like it they are lining u cheerfully enough. Of course, ther are instances of objection, but as rule, according to men who hav been observing the matter, the for eigners appear to understand tha the cause for which tney are fight ing is some way related to thel homes and their Jobs in this countrj The percentage of men taken seem to have impressed the foreigners They evidently must have looked fo everyone up to fifty to be taken. •• • , A good bit of persiflage is to b heard about the doings in variou cities. A Pittsburgh man was "guy ; ing" a Harrisburger the other da and the man living here took note c the turbulent political conditions i Pittsburgh and told his tormento that he talked like "a mayoralt orator." Soon after a man was "kidding a prominent banker and the money ed man suggested that Harrlsbur was a good place for him to come t after all. "This is a low town. It's not nea as fast as Altoona," was the reply. "Altoona?" asked the banke "Why you can only buy a ciga there every other Sunday." • • Judge S. J. M. McCarrell is rathe hard to get anything by in the shad of a resignation of an election officii without good reasons. The other dal some resignations turned up in coui accompanied by petitions foi ai pointments of others. "I presume the reasons are give for the resignation?" asked tl court. "I suppose so," was the attorney reply. "Well, they had better be state We want to know why men retii from such service," replied tl judge. • * • Edward Wilson, who is making tl study of the almshouse and prlso population in this section of tl State with a view to ascertain!! how many can be put to work on tl county farms next year to advam the crops of foodstuffs ond benei the people, is a son of the late e: Mayor S. C. Wilson, of this city. M Wilson has been connected with I State Board for some time and hs been specializing in public chari work. • • • Lee Solomon, secretary of tl Sate Compensation Board, ran v against a new one a few days ag He had some correspondence wil a man about a compensation cai and the anxious inquirer request! information about the methods follow in many a claim. Mr. Solomc sent him forms and papers to I filled out as required and got no r ply. So he sent a follow-up lette The man kept the letter for a fe days and then wrote back: "Yoi papers are all here. When will learn about my claim?" | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Lawrence A. Williams, an All gheny county assistant solicitor, seeking to join the aviation servlc —Bishop J. F. Berry, of Philade phia, who was here a few days ag opened the Erie conference of tl Methpdist Church at Brookville. —Major James Bayllss, U. S. J the new military instructor of tl State College cadets, comes fro Massachusetts. He rose from tl ranks. —Anderson H. Walters, the John town editor freed in the Stutsmi libel suit, was formerly a Congrea man-at-large. > —Mayor A. H. Swing, of Coate vllle, is seriously ill. —Congressman John M. Rose,. Cambria, says he thinks Congre will adjourn shortly. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg shoes are be ing shipped to the West Indies to meet increasing orders? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first public library was fori ed In Haqrlsburg about 1790. GERMANS QUARREL Relations between the Prussia ind the Bavarians are so strain that those taken prisoner have be kept apart to prevent their fieri Ing among themselves, according i dispatch from Jassy. At a battle on the Sereth, accoi 'ng to the dispatch, a group of E .arian prisoners, pointing to otli captives, cried to their Rumanl captors: "Kill those Prussian dogs! Th >nly continue the war to ruin u The Bavarians and the Prussia immediately engaged In a roug ind-'tumble fight in which sevei were badly hurt before the Ruma lung could MStor* order—New To i World.
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