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MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 24 w • The mere lapse of years is not life; knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good ness, faith, alone can give vitality to the mechanism of existence. — MAß- CUS AUPELIUS. FAIR PLAY THE Telegraph Is In receipt of the following letter from a life long resident of Harrisburg: To the Editor of the Telegraph: 1 Sir—This morning's issue of the Harrisburg Patriot contains a typical piece of hounding by that newspaper. It says at the top of its first page: "Mr. Bowman —It's up to you to close up the burles que shows." 'What I want to know Is why did not the Patriot call upon William L. Oorgas, JJemocrat, who has been occupying the office of may or, to close up the shows? For ten days the Harrisburg Patriot has been protesting against the burlesque shows. Dur ing those ten days Mr. Gorgas filled the office of mayor. Why did not the Harj-isburg Patriot ad dress him by name to close up the burlesque shows as it i& doing to Mr. Bowman before he has even had a chance to take the oath of of office? The declaration at the head of the Harisburg Patriot's editorial column contains, among other high sounding statements, this sentence: "It will be fair and just to all men." It strikes me that in Its eager ness to start hounding Mr. Bow man it is giving another charac teristic exhibition of its policy of declaring it Is animated by the highest motives and then acting the other way. FAIR PLAY. In these views the Harrisburg Telegraph concurs. Mayor Bowman may be trusted to do what is right. His term of office will be too short to accomplish much in a construc tive way. He will have scarcely time to become familiar with the routine j of the office before his successor is j elected. Opportunity for great re forms will not be his. This must be | perfectly apparent to the subsidized j newspaper organ of the Democratic I bosses which started to hound htm! before he had been officially notl-! fled of his appointment. It Is little wonder* tinder these clr- j oumstances, that men of high Ideals. and of good reputation In the com-; munity hesitate to offer themselves j as candidates for public office. Hon esty, consistency, a decent regard for j truth and honor and a proper spirit! of fair play matter little to the scan- | dal-mongertng character assassins who for years have been trying to, build a successful political machine | upon the graves of those who do not happen to agtee with them pollt-' ically. In their eyes everything Democratic Is good and everything Republican Is ba<\. For the sake uf political preferment they have be smirched the characters of many men and It Is to be expected they will continue this outrageous policy. The Jeopard does not change his spots nor does the hog leave his wal low. But should they attempt this with Mayor Bowman their efforts will be In vain. His reputation Is too well established In Harrisburg. His pub lic and private life speak for them selves. If ever the mayor's chair was filled by a high type, honest, public-spirited citizen it Is to-day and any attack upon him or his poli cies would only reflect discredit upon those guilty of them. The sad fea ture of to-day's preliminary outburst is that it may discourage others of the Bowman type from the accept ance of public trust In Harrisburg. FISH FSOD ADMINISTRATOR HER BERT HOOVER has undertaken the very laudable task of teach' ing us to eat more flsh. But, aa in making rabbit pie. the first necessity is to catch the rabbit, so In learning to eat more flsh, one must first get the flsh, and Mr. Hoover will gratify a. very, very large portion of the popu lation of America If he will teach us how to catch fish. If Mr. Hoover can do that he can be elected President of the United States by the solid fisher men's vote alone, not to mention the support of the sporting goods deal ers, the rod makers' guljd jind the line weavers' union. But we warn Mr. Hoover that he has a Job on his hands. We know quite a few residents of Harrisburg who don't believe It can be done. They speak from experience. Almost every week this summer, when their attack of chronto Ashing fever ran so high aa to make them mentally Irre- MONDAY EVENING, HAIUUSBURG TELEGRAPH ' SEPTEMBER 24, 1917. sponsible, they have grabbed their rods and the various other accoutre ments which anglers affect and have hied themselves blithely away to the streamsldes In this vicinity. And with what result? Ah, let us draw the curtain of an understanding sym pathy upon the remainder of the comedy. Comedy, did we say? Aye, tragedy; for tragic Indeed Is the re turn at eventide of the mild-bespat tered, half-starved, sunburned fisher man, sans the fish he went out to catch. Not that the fisherman per se, aa the lawyers would, put it, are such a sad lot. Not they. They live in ever lasting hope, and many of them so far gone as victims of the Waltonian malady that even the odor of salt mackerel is tonic to their nostrils and a fishing trip ia a taste of para dise, even though there are no fish within miles. It is the'slgns of Idiocy that are engendered by the home coming of the empty handed fisher men of which we worry. "Fisher men's luck," chortles one insane hu morist from the sidewalk. "Gosh, I had my pan already greased," chimes in a second hopeless imbecile. "Fishey, fishey bite," warbles a third. And so it goes, a display of mental degeneracy that would bring tears to the eyes of even a hardened in vestigator into the causes of feeble mindedness and sufficient to con vince him that half the population is headed straight for the State lu natic asylums. If Mr. Hoover can find a way to teach all fishermen how they can catch their limit every day wo feel sure that there will follow auto matically a great increase in the use of fish diet in Harrisburg. But In doing so he must take thought, also, for the conservation of labor, for it is a foregone conclusion, if the aver age man can be convinced he is go ing to bring home a string of fish every time he goes fishing, there will be a great many in Harrisburg who will discover that the state of their health demands pretty frequent ab sence from work. BUSINESS AND WAR AS the work of the war conven tion of the Chamber of Com merce of the United States ot Atlantic City is analyzed the import ance of the great gathering of busi nessmen is appreciated. From all py.rts of the country came the indus trial and commercial leaders to con sider ways and means of backing the government to the limit in the prose cution of the war. There were no sentimental pacifists there and the La Follettes In public life were han dled without gloves. While criticism of those In charge of affairs at Washington were care fully avoided, there was an under current which indicated more clear ly than words the opinion of these practical, hard-headed men regard ing the inefficiency which has char acterized much that has been dono in tho preparation for the national defense. Boiled down, the recom mendations of the convention were as follows: War meetings of all organiza tions affiliated with the Ctiamber of Commerce of the United States before November 1. This assures concerted action by American business from coast to coast upon all recommendations of the con vention and upon all suggestions made by Herbert Hoover and the other executives of wartime ef ficiencies. Demand that all war purchases for the United States be concen trated in one purchasing board. That payment of war taxes above a certain determined amount be divided into quarterly installments. That a foreign trade commis sion be appointed to study and re • port upon trade conditions and problems now present and likely to arise after the war. That the Government take im mediate action to keep at parity the American dollar In every country of the world. > That an International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, con sisting of representatives of our allies and neutral nations, be call ed at the earliest possible mo ment. That the movement to extend the closed shop In industry be checked and that there should not be an attempt to change stan dards of labor or employment which employers and workers were unable to change under normal conditions. That, loans and other support be given the new Russian Gov ernment. Thjit an arbitration board be created, consisting of representa tives of employers, labor and the Government, for the adjustment of all labor disputes during the war. Endorsement of tho plan to save daylight toy putting the clock one hour ahead In spring and sum mer. That all profiteering by busi nessmen be condemned. That all industries not now or ganized be immediately organ ized for war work. That the principle of universal military training be unreservedly approved. Promotion of export trade by passage of the Webb-Pomerene Bill. A campaign for education and naturalization of all alien resi dents. Also, there was adopted, with a solid vote, a resolution favoring the prompt Improvement of our public highways, the preamble setting forth that it 'ls essential that all the trans portation facilities of the nation should be brought to the highest state of efficiency In order that food stuffs may be moved most economi cally from the farm to the market, and that manufactured products be moved at the lowest cost from the factory to the consumer." Congressman Kreider's speech de nouncing as treasonable the activi ties of the I. W. W. and other agita tors and declaring that the pussy footing which has characterized the attitude of many toward this clas* of persons should cease, was one of the most striking utterances of the convention. A storm of applause emphasized the approval of the dele gates and there was general agree ment with his proposition that It was not reasonable to send our men to the trenches and then permit a dis loyal element at home to deprive them of the necessary supplies to eonduot a successful war. The Atlantic City conference has electrified the business atmosphere and the Potsdam gang hus been given fair warning that the business men and manufacturers of this coun try are in this war to the finish. •"Potttcc* ot "^tTuvoifCrtUua By the Kx-Committee man The Judicial primaries of last Wednesday appear to have left the usual number of questions in £heir train and the old problem of what constitutes the 61 per cent, necessary to make a candidate a sole nominee may be fought out in the courts again. Two years ago there was considerable doing in that line and the state authorities have held that a candidate must not only get 61 per cent, of the votes cast for the office but 61 per cent, of the total number of ballots given out. The last Legis lature failed to clarify the matter and the courts will be asked to rule. Schuylkill and Luzerne are the two counties where the question appears to be uppermost and there are inti mations that It may arise fn others as a result of the official count A Pottsvllle dispatch says: "The question whether Judges H. O. Bech tel and Charles E. Berger have been elected as the result of the vote cast at the primaries last Wednesday must be decided by the Dauphin county court. Intimations have been re ceived here that state officials indorse the claim of the judges, but a com mittee of the bar, headed by William Wilhelm, who have been examining the lajv on the subject, declare there was no election and the names of all the four candidates for the two judicial offices must go on the ballots for the November election. Judge Bechtel got 141867 votes and Judge Berger 14,186.' The total vote cast for all the judges was 44,807. Wil helm says each candidate must get 51 per. of this total to claim an , election, as each voter had the privi lege of voting for two judges. Friends of Judges Bechtel and Berger claim the basis of computation is a division cf the total vote by two." —Elk and Cameron counties were the first two to (file returns of their judicial primaries at the Department of the Secretary of the Common wealth. Their official results were received to-day. Only counties where there wers primaries for judicial or congressional nominations will file returns at the Capitol. —Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods will take up the problems at tending the voting of the state's sol diers this week with Attorney Gen eral Brown. He will make a report to Governor Brumbaugh when the Governor returns to the Capitol next week. —The fact that Governor Brum baugh will not be here this week is regarded at the Capitol as likely to postpone any move in the case of State Chief of Mines James E. Rod erick, who Is reported to have been requested by the Governor to give way to a younger man. Mr. Rod erick's friends say that he Intends to sit tight for the present. At the Capitol it Is Intimated that the Gov ernor may act. J —Numerous cards have been re ceived In Harrisburg from friends of Representative Asa A. Welmer, of Lebanon, announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor. Many of them have been sent to Capitol Hill departments where people are Inclined to wait to hear from the Governor's office before declaring themselves. -The Philadelphia situation Is commencing to attract public atten tion in other states and indications are that this week there will be some startling developments which will have far reaching political ef fect. The Philadelphia Inquirer is calling upon Mayor Smith to resign and the other newspapers in Phila delphia are nearly all sharply criti cising 'him. The hearing in the al leged conspiracy case is to be post poned because of the illness of Sen ator McNichol and Appraiser Carey, the latter one of the victims. It is understood that Senator McNichol called the attention of the mayor to the situation days ago. A mass meeting to protest against condi tions is to be held Thursday night. —ln Pittsburgh the forces of Bab cock and Magee are lining up for a bitter mayoralty campaign. Indi cations are that things will begin to move wlthlb a day or so and that there will be campaigning such a.s the city never saw. The state ad ministration is getting behind Magee with considerable vigor. The state administration is also taking a hand In Scranton where it is understood to be behind Connell. —York Democrats are face to face with a bitter internal row over the way the nominations for county of fices went. State headquarters scouts have been working In York county endeavoring to get the Democratic factions to quit brawling, but have not been able to accomplish any thing. —Defeated candidates in Harleton are out with threats "to make it warm" for rivals and while the cam paign Is under way there may be some investigations started. —Philadelphia suffragists are planning a series of meetings this fall to stir up interest in the next legislative election when the amend ment resolution will be submitted again. The state headquarters Is now In Philadelphia. —A contest to determine whether Judge H. A. Fuller is to be sole nom inee in Luzerne Is threatened. —This interesting story is car ried by the Philadelphia Ledger in a dispatch from Reading: "The primary last Wednesday opened the eyes of the old parties to jthe danger of the Socialists some day capturing Reading's city govern ment. There were twenty-three can didates, Including four Socialists, for the eight councllmanic nomina tions, with four to be elected in No vember. Voters of the old political organizations dissipated their ballots among nineteen candidates, while the Socialists succeeded In nominat ing their four men, J. Henry Stump, L. Birch Wilson, Jr., Charles F. Sands and George W. Snyder. Ev ery one of the present Councllmen went down to defeat save B. Frank Ruth. Progressive Republican, who won the third nomination for this office. He has already served two terms, or ever since the Clark sys tem of the city government was in augurated. The city has now on Its hands the liveliest councllmanic flght It has ever witnessed. Every effort Is to be made by the old parties to for get their differences and pool their Issues against the Socialists." —The first battle In the hottest political war In the history of Dela ware county has been fought, and so far as the Republican organisation Is concerned, it has won the nomi nations for Hherlff. director of the poor, county controller and Jury commissioner. Although the organisation hoped to defeat Al bert Dutton MaoDade as well as James L. Rankin for Judge, Judge William B. Bromall was unable to get fifty-one per oent, of the vote to enable htm to a lone place on the ticket at the November election. As It stands now, Broomall and Mao- Dade will he on the ticket at the general election. —The Philadelphia Inquirer in a dispatch from Altoona has this to say on t"he Mountain City's Interest ing contest. "The primary election resulted In the nomination of a group of strong men for city com missioner. The issue at the Novem ber election will be the decision of the ques'tlon whether the people want a city manager or prefer the present form of government. Three of the present commissioners, Ira Shelly, W. C. Myton and Frank Rooney, as well as George Kuebler will stand on the platform opposed to a city manager. Charles H. Cas sldy, N. A. Stevens, J. P. Lafferty and W. C. Westfall are the candi dates In the race favorable to a city manager. It Is recognized that all of these candidates are exceptionally Strong and each has a large per sonal following. The campaign promises to be exciting and the votersT will be given an opportunity to be thoroughly enlightened on the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed city manager plan of gov ernment." EDITORIAL COMMENT The cement ship Is a concrete ex ample of what can be accomplish ed by a good mixer,—Gaelic Ameri can (New York). We may not call it "economic war," but we advise the Huns not to stamp their goods "Made In Ger mang."—Boston Transcript. The Kaiser still talks of "my fleet" and "my armies," but when the time comes he will speak of "our defpat."—San Francisco Chronicle. Where Denmark made her great mistake was In not selling Crocker Land to us last month.—Boston Transcript. LABOR NOTES Water mills were In use among the ancients. On September 17, at Atlantic City, N. J., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America will meet in convention. In Arkansas labor commissioners are now empowered to enforce labor laws and circuit judges required to charge grand juries for violation of same. Chicago Building Laborers' Union has more paid-up members than there are paid-up members of the I. W. W. throughout the country. Speeding up in industry and Inex perienced workers are responsible for a 25 per cent, increase in indus trial accidents in Wisconsin for the year ended June 30, according to representatives of the State Indus trial Commission. The number ot accidents was 20.500, against 16,051 for the previous year. Quartermaster General Sharpe, U. S. A., has ordered the insertion in all Government contracts for the manufacture of harness for the quartermaster corps a "supplemen tary clause requiring the observamce of the provisions of the eight-hour law, Including time and one-half for overtime." The Ohld branch, Council of Nat ional Defense, has started a com palgn to discourage the entry of wo men Into industrial work, such as railroad employment, and to let It be known that the committee rep resenting the State Is flatly opposed to any suspension of labor laws, the child labor law In particular. Germany's Industrial life is now at the mercy of her labor unions, and through this they practically control German's war destiny. Nor have they hesitated t-o use this power. In the munition industries the wagqs have risen as much as 300 per cent. Every time there is a conflict between the employers and the employe the military authorities sides with the workers. NOT CHICAGO On Monday afternoon Mayor Boldt dropped Into the City Hotel, where some hangers on at the bar were discussing the war, and when Fred Schaade, an employe at the tannery, uttered an insult to the United States flag, Mayor Boldt quick as a flash gave him a punch on the nose with his fist, spilling a quantity of, traitor, ous blood and demonstrating that he is not only willing to do his duty as Mayor, but as an American cit izen as well.—Cheboygan 'County News. ORDERING COAL There Is an article about the use of .coal In the October Woman's Home Companion. The writer of It says. "Ordering a certain size of coal for a furnace or range is too often a matter of habit with the average householder. If you were to ask the average coal dealer, he would un doubtedly tell you that his customers order as follows as a rule: For a steam furnace. . . .Stove coal For a hot-water furnace. .Stove coal For a hot-air furnace Egg coal For a kitchen range Nut coal "This results in a great shortage of coal of the nut and stove sizes each season, and it has also resulted in an advance in prices. Many a householder does not know that It Is possible for him to burn larger coal, nor does he know that his dealer can supply htm with sizes such as 'large egg, or small egg,' for ex ample. "For economy In a steam furnace use: On bitter, winter days, large egg coal. ■ On ordinary winter days, small egg coal. In hot-water furnace use: On bitter, windy days, large egg coal. On ordinary winter day, small egg coal. In a hot-air furnace use: On all winter days, large egg coal. THE FRONT The front, the front, I want to go to the front, My daddy went and my granddaddy went I want to be with the regiment At the front, the front, the front, the front The front, the front, the front. The front, the front, I want to go to the front I hear the call all day and night Come on, you slacker, get into the fight! At the front, the front, the front, the front, The front, the front, the front. The front, the front, I want to go to the front. I want to march with the good and the bad, The very thought is driving me mad— To the front, the front, the front, the front, The front, the front, the front. The front, the front, I want to go to the front. For most can go, but I must stay; Damn the luck! Is all I say Of the front, the front, the front, the front. The front, the front, the front. •—J. F. C. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND . By & SYSTEM | / CpyT*hUd 1917 by THE Trfbun* AKMLT CNEWYTRKTRTOMIK THE CAVELL ROSE It is a much happier conceit to name flowers after heroines than It was te give the names of battlefields to colors. Last year the French named a beautiful rose for Edith Cavell; this year they have named one for Emlllenne Moreau. Four fifths of the world's Inhabitants know why the memory of Edith Cavell should be honored, and honor her. Emlllenne Moreau, a young girl of Loos, during the battle which re sulted In Its capture by the Allies, helped to save wounded British sol diers under Are. and later shouldered a rifle and assisted in driving the Germans from the town.—Christian Science Monitor. DANIEL In the third year of Cyrus, King Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Bel teshazzar. —Daniel x, 1. * OUR DAILY LAUGH TELLING THE Dentist V Whloh tooth Is C^/[ it that troubles f Jj you, Sam? VI Jj Pullman Por- ' / ter—Lower, five, I ANSWERED f Jf ' — \ A PRESSURE. What did you \\ i Cnffl say • when h V ? 2. V iQB asked you if you V / /vTB loved him ? I refused to answer at first, j . but he squeezed K it out of me. SOME HELP. 5* She's a vain f| fflrl. There Is / > JJ no mirror Xwis handy, so now f|JfSjj i|\, she is looking at ffll the barom'w\ WR How will the barometer cater /f'// '// V /■ to her vanity? // /, // tS*nl It says, Fair! jf j / 1 _____ - ALBO THE Who's the 1 jfk,. n#w boar d* l ' T V A profes 2. slona * humorist, Um - Pa ** him JJjIK the prunes. II Kaiser Dreads Hidden Secret TIGHT locked in the vaults of the Bank of England is a powerful weapon against the Kaiser, which it is said he keenly dreads, but which thus far England has not pro duced against him, in spite of the pressure which has been brought to bear upon her. It is a question of honor yiat saves him, the honor of the Bank. This weapon, according to an account given in the New York Evening Sun by La Marquise de Fontenoy, Is the manuscript of the third and most Interesting volume of the memoirs of the Iron Chancellor — "his posthumous revenge upon the Kaiser." The Sun says: It may be recalled that Bismarck died full of the most bitter and sav age resentment against the Kaiser; a resentment carefully fanned by the old princess and by all his en tourage. He had a vitriolic tongue and a still more vitriolic pen, and It is known that he did not spare the Emperor in his final reminiscences. In the unpublished volume are re lated with all the bitterness engen dered by Bismarck's forced retire ment the events In connection with the Illness of Emperor Frederick, the vain attempts to eliminate that ill fated monarch from tho succession, his brief reign, and the first few] years of the present Emperor's fule ; The story of the Kaiser's differences with his mother over the disposal. of his father's diaries and the details 1 of Bismarck's own dismissal from; office are set forth. The memoirs | would have been published in their I writer's lifetime had not the Em-| peror threatened dire penalties to the author In the event of its ap pearance, and so— The old Chancellor, fearing that the Kaiser might proceed to the| length of ordering the seizure not| only of his manufcrlpt but of all I his papers, correspondence, and 1 documents at Friedrichsruhe, man-] aged, though not without difficulty,! to smuggle the manuscript of the third volume and his most precious papers out of the country and over to London, where they have been lodged ever since in the Bank of England. In a similar manner, after the BIG POTATO CROP One of the great problems to be met with the forthcoming late po tato crop is that of securing an equit able distribution and an even flow of this year's crop for the nine and a half or ten months during which it Is used for food.' According to the Food Administration, the railroads have stated that it will be possible for them to handle approximately one-third of the crop from the be ginning of harvest until the last of November, if shippers will see to it that cars are loaded to maximum ca pacity from 4 2,000 to 60,000 pounds, instead of SO,OOO pounds— and also see that they are unloaded within 48 to 60 hours of their arri val at destination. Two-thirds of the crop would then remain to be dis posed of. Under the ruling of the Federal Reserve Board, part of the remaining crop might be stored later Jto be distributed as market demands afford opportunity, and the remain der stored by owners.—Exchange. OHIO SOCIAL FUNCTION The Misery Club met at the home of Mrs. H. R. Israel Thursday even ing. A miserable bunch was pres ent and the evening was passed in misery. A% miserable lunch was served by the hostess, and all re ported a very miserable time.—Alli ance Review. Iron Chancellor's death, his sons were warned that the memoirs were not to be published, and all the heirs are now bound by a solemn pledgo that the volume shall remain in the Bank of England and shall not bo published during William's life. The Kaiser endeavored to obtain from them the surrender of the manu script, but In this he failed. Tho Sun> continues: The memoirs are said to contain revelations concerning the Kaiser, both priof l and subsequent to his accession to that more than 140,000 acres \ be added to the 1,382,600 acres ported in wheat this year. Penne vania, as a matter of fact, has b* extending its wheat acreage in last few years. In 1915 there w 1,325,057 acres devoted to whi and 1,341,994 the next year. P auction, however, has not kept pi owing to wheat and pests, in 1! the yield was 25,014,654 bushels, i 80 4,192 next year and it is estima will not bo much over 23,300,000 t year. With greater care, mora i? r ant * m . ore systematic use of f tilizer the increased acreage to be wheat this fall should make a bet showing, say men here. It is ei mated that 40,000 more acres \ be devoted to rye, which has b< recommended as better adapted the central and northern count than wheat. The state acreage rye this year is given as 265,5 which is 6,000 acre 3 less than t yea,fs ago. The production for t year is estnmated at 4,453,000 bui els, against 4,680,000 last year, the event that the increases estimal are made the state should add a n lion and a half bushels to its wh and 650,000 bushels to its rye p duction without difficulty. Some interesting sidelights on I man nature are being afforded Dy 1 gathering in of money and bo< lor the establishment of the libr ies at the camps where Pennsyl nia soldiers are to be station Quite a few people have sent cash the Harrisburg Public Libra which is the central point for to teen counties in this section a some of. the donors have asked tl their names should not be used. Ho ever, it is the aim to get as mu contributors as possible and thi who can not atiord to give the dol which the lied Cross, the Amerlc Library, Association and others terested in the movement have si gested as the sum, have been ser ing in books. It is rather remai able the number of people who t sending just such books as tl: would like to give to a young frie in tiie camp. There has ibeen v< little effort to get rid of old boo Some of the contributiorfs have be small, but they have been ma with such a heart interest that tti have been doubly acceptable. Hi risburg was one of the ttrst places the countryv to send books to a cart Harrisburg sent the flrst books to t library at Camp Hancock, Augus Georgia. In spite of the fact that sumn is ended and the park at Paxta has been placed in shape for win there are many youngsters who v the park and enjoy roaming about the woods along Spring creek. T park zoo is not as extensive as was before the war, but the sw£ are profiting by the increased i tention given to them. One of t advantages of I the park, as at t Reservoir and in Wildwood, is tl youngsters are in no danger fr< traffic. Speaking about parks, one son times woliders what is the limit l people sitting on a park bench. I licemen say that unless it is c< they find people in the parks as li as 11 and often times have to chi out couples still later. Early risi for work, market or business, ma of whom take to the Riverside par for walks on their way say that ( sunrise finds men sitting on bencl watching tho Susquehanna doing part. These persons have not be there all night. They get up ea: nnd go to see the river. Why no o seems to be abla to telL Some jdea of the work of militr preparation for home defense tl Tias been done In Harrisburg -tl summer may be gained from t statement that ever since early April former members of the mi tary companies here and men w were beyond the active service a have been drilling. The forn: guardsmen have an organization their own which will likely iigi extensively in the formation of t unit of the Pennsylvania Reset Militia to be formed here. The H* risburg Reserves, which is a sepan organization and formed for hoi defense, has been drilling twice week since June 12, having .sta ed two drills a week on Flag Day. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Emil Li. Nuebllng, who has be commissioned as a major in t Engineer Corps, Is the chief engine of the Reading water departmt nnd well known here. Captain John W. Morrison, depi 'banking commissioner, who is one the Vicksburg commissioners, serv in the Mississippi campaign. —S. Davis Page, prominent Ph adelphian, who had a birthday Si urday, was busy receiving telepho calls all day as a result of announc ment of the day by a morning ne\\ paper. —-Joseph F. Guffey, who will the petroleum administrator, is nephew of the famous colonel w led the Democracy of Pennsylvar for years. —Dr. David M. Steele, who Is f urlng extensively in tho demand I a change in conditions in Phllad phia. is a prominent clergymen w has often taken part in civic mov ments. —James A. Gardner, city solicit' of Now Castle, is serving as a mei ber of a draft board in his h*-" community. | DO YOU KNOW That Hnrrlshurg's river dam will noon have counterparts In tlic western end of the State? HISTORIC HARRISBURG' In early days there were big bar along Front street where wheat w stored which was floated down t Susquehanna and Juniata. MORE TRAINING The War Department authorlz the following: The Secrotary of War has direct* thnt the date of graduation at tl colored ofllcers training camp Fort Des Moines. lowa, be dnferri until October 15, and that lnstru tlon at the camp be continued un that date.