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MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 24
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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
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answer at first, j
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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
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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<the thror.e, which would
place him in so odious a light in tho
eyes of the house of Hapsburg and
of the Dual Empire generally that
the alliance between Berlin and
Vienna could not bpt be gravely af
fected thereby.' And it is this con
sideration that is being pressed upon
the British government.
The memories reveal so much
double dealing at the expense of Aus
tria, such ambitious designs, express
ed in writing, to supplant the Haps
burgs in the rulership of the Dual
Empire, such a Prussian contempt
for Hapsburgs and for the Austrians,
for the Slax races subject to Em
peror Charles' rule, that the Kaiser
would never dare to show his face
again in Vienna.
What probably William dreads
even still more are the revelations
concerning his incredibly unfllial con
duct .toward both his parents.
I may add that nowhere would
the confiscation of theso memoirs
by the British government and their
publication create greater satisfac
tion than in Germany, where tho
cult of Bismarck grows rather than
diminishes with years, especially
since the beginning of the prespnt
war, and where his relatives and his
admirers all look for the day when
by the publication of those remin
iscences the Iron Chancellor's name
will bo righted in the eyes of the
world.
Students of history all over the
world look with interest for the pub
lication of this third volume of Bis
marck's memoirs and correspondence
so dreaded by the Kaiser and are
gratified to know that the docu
ments in question have escaped the
fate of the equally frank, dlscon
cernlng, and voluminous diaries of
his own father, the late Emperlor
Frederick. Literary Digest.
SONGS OF SHADOWS
Sweep thy fafnt strings, Musician,
With thy long lean hand;
Downward the starry tapers burn,
Sinks softly th waning sand;
The old hound whimpers couched In
sleep,
The embers smoulder low;
Across the walls tfre shadows
Come, and 80.
Sweep softly thy strings, Musician,
The minutes mount to hours;
Frost on tjie windless casement
weaves
A labyrinth of flowers; f
Ghosts linger in the darkening air,
Hearken at the open door;
Music hath called them, dreaming,
Home once more. *
—Walter De La Mare.
ADAGIO
Her smile she keeps for other men
(Her winsome smile so fair to see).
But when her heart is heavy, then
Her wistful glances rest on me.
Though others fevel In her smile,
I shall not envy them—not I;
I dwell in glades of Eden while
I hear the .music of her sigh.
HARRY WEIR BOLAND.
Binting fflljaJ
According to what men at
State Depactment of Agriculture hi
been able to JOdge from reports
celved Pennsylvania will add ten ]
cent, to its wheat acreage this f
This means approximately 140,1
acres. National authorities sugtfc
ed that fourteen per cent, additlo
acreage be set out in .wheat and
effort to do this has been made in
southern counties, notably Lancast
York, Chester, Berks, Lebanon, Cu
berland, Franklin, Dauphin, Wa;
ington and Somerset, but owing
the rotation of crops, soil condltii
and the labor problem, which 100
up greatest of all, it is not belie>
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.