6 BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building. Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE,Prj' & Editor-in-Chitf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other wise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American M Newspaper Pub . ..m Ushers' Assocla tion, the Audit Bureau of Clrcu latlon and Penn- MMnOI sylvanla Assoc!- Sl $3 fkjM Bated Dallies. AS 3 sfl sl| Eastern office. sg aa ihi m Story, Brooks & §!sfi£!l© Ftnley. Fifth R Saif tV Avenue Building, JBLHSBg vat New York City; Western office, Ws ~'J2 Story, Brooks & JSttlE Finley, People's Gas Building, __ Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a 4 week; by mall. $5.00 a year In advance. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 2 For if ye forgive men their tres passes, your Heavenly Father tciU also forgive you. — JESUS. HALLOWE'EN PRANKS THRIFTY people long have de plored the custom of throwing flour and corn about on Hal lowe'en, and the use of cabbage as battering rams for front doors on that occasion of pranks and horseplay, but this year prohibition of such waste shoulc tie made man datory At a time when half the world Is hungry our plentiful crops and abundance of garden supplies should be no excuse for the use of j provisions in any way except for fota Thousands of bushels of corn, co.uitless poi-nds of flour and hun dred:- of heads of cabbage will be ruined by Hallowe'en celebrators un lets measures are taken to prevent. 7h<- matter should be made the sub ject of police regulation. It Is seri ous enough to warrant the attention of City Council and the adoption of an ordinance giving the chief of po lice full authority to arrest and pun ish violators. Foreign-language newspapers will be forbidden to refer to the Govern ment of the United States or any of its Allies, international relations or the war unless they file with the local postmaster a sworn translation, and at the head of each article in ques tion print a statement to this effect. Why not eliminate foreign-language newspapers and be done with it. Many of the pacifists and anti-American groups in the United States to-day have been encouraged by the foreign language press through mistaken leniency on the part of our Govern- 1 ment After this war there must be no hyphenated Americans. BULLY FOR THE COLOVEL COLONEL ROOSEVELT is talk ing straight from the shoulder when he calls LaFollette a "neo copperhead" and advances the idea of sending him as a present to the Kaiser. LaFollette is as disloyal as the Haywoods and their ilk, how ever much he protest otherwise. But LaFollette Is a copperhead with a rattle. He makes a noise. We know ■where he is. There are thousands of silent, slippery copperheads whose presence we know not of until they strike. It is these we must scotch If the nation is to escape their venom ous fangs. Every community should have its Vigilance Committee. The American Defense Society, of New York, is urging the formation of local bodies of this kind. The Vigilance Commit tee will play the part of snake-hunt ers during the present war. The cop l perheads must be searched out. America, with hundreds of thou sands of her brave young men In arms, Is no place for traitors, or • even lukewarm patriots. Bully for the Colonel! He is preaching from a popular text and a doctrine vital to American victory. "The French and English," says a Berlin writer, "are on their last legs," and judging from recent news from Flanders, they are the same kind our own American soldiers possess. EAT POTATOES EAT potatoes!" That's the latest advice from the food conserva tionists. and gladly we wigwag back the answer, "You bet your life we will." There's a reason. Pota toes arc plentiful and. as compared with last spring, prices are low. Therefore, save wheat by eating po tatoes. It's not such a hard sentence the court Imposes, now is It? Somebody has said that the saddest sight in the world is a fat man eating a potato, but we know of many fat men who cheerfully, yea with great and unconcealed glee, thus daily con tribute their share of sorry spec tacles to the world. For what is din- | r.er without a potato, and what Is I life, especially to a fat man, without' dinner? We don't know what Europe did before the early explorers brought In tho first potatoes from South America, but it's perfectly evident tliat lack of potatoes 'n Germany \.\ on* iil the factors in the coming de feat of Prussian auto,t**y. Thus, f"r lack of a potato |ho Kaiser will So Is the Importance of tho SATURDAY EVENING, potato In the scheme of world affairs demonstrated. But above being a' necessity, the potato is a luxury. We didn't dis cover that until last spring, when tho hanks began taking 'em as col lateral and John p. Rockefeller was caught one day on Wall street trying to trade a bunch of Standard Oil certilicates for a quarter-peck of the tubers. But we know It now. For we have found that roast beef and gravy count for little without mashed potatoes, that chicken and waffles are sailly lacking when there are no po tatoes on the side and that even the juiciest of tender broiled steak has lost its flavor when not accompanied by a dish of French fried. Why, we even stand for the word German on the menu when It precedes the words "fried potatoes." We used to groan and grumble as we toted the baskets and bags of potatoes down cellar to be, stowed away In the bin for winter use, and the potato bin was the most despised place in the whole catalog of winter rtores. But now we whistle (Cs we toil and when visitors come of an evening the first thing we do is to boast about how many potatoes we have land away, and then we take 'em down among the dust and cob webs to show 'em the goods and prove we are not "spoofing." City Commissioners Lynch and Gross will doubtless make every ef fort to complete the outdoor work be fore the severe weather of the winter compels a stoppage of outside opera tions. There is considerable yet to be done on the streets and in the parks, and Commissioner Gross has prom ised to complete the rlprapping of the river slope. While we are in war and our thought and energy are being di rected in that channel, we must also understand that the city should have constant attention. Our boys are com ing back some day and the old home town must not go to seed during their absence. UP TO THE PRESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE Dixon, of Indiana, one of the Democratic members of the Committee on W ays and Means, is quoted as saying that the Democrats of the House aro "not indisposed" to establish the Joint Committee on War Expendi tures which Senator Weeks and Con gressman Madden have been bat tling for. The disposition of Congress, however, on both sides of the politi cal fence and at either end of the Capitol, is of little consequence so long as President Wilson opposes the creation of the committee and can use his veto power. The increasing demands for money which are being made upon Congress and the deplorable conditions which are developing thus early in con nection with the high cost of the war—to 6ay nothing of the disclos ures of defective ammunition which has been supplied to the troops in France—make such a committee a necessity. MILITARY TRAINING UNIVERSAL military training is now pretty generally accepted as a policy which will become fixed In our system of government. There seems to be little doubt that our entrance into the war might have been unnecessary had the United States been prepared for such an emergency through uni versal military training of its young men. It Is not too late to consider the subject with relation to our local institutions. Through the Harris burg Reserves the citizens of this community are demonstrating their faith in proper preparedness. These are patriotic citizens, giving of their time and effort to the organization of a force which is designed for the home defense. No argument is needed to prove how important is this public service. Nor should any argument be necessary to demon strate the need of universal mili tary training, to the end that the country may always be prepared for invasion or defense against any foe. After the war thousands of our young men will be thoroughly trained and will constitute of them selves a great national bulwark, but the country ought not to drop back into the old atmosphere of com placency and indifference as to pre paredness for any eventuality. At the recent great conference of business men at Atlantic City a res olution was adopted unanimously favoring military training. Writing on this subject the other day an expert declared that we need a lit tle foresight, a keener appreciation of the necessity for providing for future contingencies. He said fur ther: Since the boys may at any time be called upon to depend our country and our flag, we owe it to them to provide them with a careful pre-trainlng so that they may perform this important na tional function both efficiently and as safely as possible. We must not be asleep at the switch. Tho responsibility Is up to the American citizen and the voters of this country to demand the passage of the Chamberlain bill or some similar measure by Congress at Its next session. It has already been postponed too long. It's time now for action. Let us not delude ourselves wltn the thought that we may never have another war and that therefore mil itary training would be a waste of time and effort and money. The best preparation for peace is preparation for var. Sleeping cars were more extensively used last year than at any time in our history, and strange as It may seem, the Pullman Company believes this was due to the fact that business men were more wide-awake than ever before. "You never can tell what a woman Is knitting," observes an exchange, and we venture to suggest that in some cases we're no worse oft in this respect than some of the women themselves. The second Liberty Loan being due, we will repeat the popular American sport of loaning ourselves a lot more money while we sit back and collect the interest therein. It's a fine game, till* helping: lick the Kaiser and at the same time making a profitable Invest ment. "Pennsylvania has a law for apple standard." says the Worcester Even ing Post. Yes, and standard apples, too. *"P otitics tn, 'PtiutOtjtccuua By the Ex-Committeeman Word has been received at the De partment of the Secretary of the Commonwealth that the bulk of the counties can furnish lists of nomi nees for county and city offices to be supplied together with judicial candidates the soldiers' voting by the end of next week. Philadelphia, it was reported at the Capitol, can not give the list for ten days. Alle gheny will be ready before that time. The pamphlet containing the candi dates' names will be sent to the camps with the commissioners to take the vote who will be named by Governor Brumbaugh when he re turns next week. Over 10,000 blanks containing powers of attorney for soldiers to authorize persons at home to pay their poll taxes so they can vote will be sent to General W. G. Price at Camp Hancock. Others will be sent to mobilization camps. Thus far only counties which nom inated candidates for associate judge have filed their official returns at the State Capitol. The big counties are not expected for some days. —Auditor General Charles A. Sny der has gotten most of the Informa tion requested for the card Index system which he proposes to estab lish for the State Capitol and depart ment heads who do not supply the cards properly filled out will get a 'second notice to comply with the re quest on October 1. When the re quests for the information were mad£ there was some hesitancy about filling out the cards, but when the matter was brought to the at tention of Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown he immediately ad vised compliance with the request and commended the plan. The In formation about the appropriations from which salaries are made up Is one of the things which Mr. Sny der desires to have stated. Some attaches get small salaries made up from a couple of sources. One set of the cards is to be put on record at the office of the guides and an other at the telephone exchange as residence addresses and telephone numbers were requested so that of ficials or attaches could be reached any hour of the day or night. -The I hiladelphia Ledger has this to say of the aftermath of the town meeting to protest against political conditions: "Philadelphia's independ ents, in the opinion of expert poli ticians and political observers, have the greatest opportunity in the his tory of the city as a result of the tremendous town meeting, to admin ister a crushing defeat to the Organ ization. This was the consensus of thought among such men as Charles P. Donnelly, leader of the Democratic city committee; Thomas F. Arm strong, chairman of the town meet ing and head of the committee au thorized to prepare an independent ticket; Gecrge D. Porter, who was director of public safety under Mayor Blankenburg; Judge Bonniwell and other leaders." —The Philadelphia Record gives the Democratic view: "District At torney Samuel P. rlotan will not withdraw his name from the Repub lican ticket as a candidate to succeed himself at the November election. The district attorney -expressed his determination to keep his name on the Republican ticket yesterday and put an end to the speculation as to | whether or not he would decline the i Republican nomination to head the ! new independent ticket which will be put in the field within the next two i weeks. Neither the leaders of the new independent movement nor of the Republican city committee ex pressed surprise when apprised of Mr. Rotan's announced intention to accept the Republican nomination which he won at the primary elec tion. Republican leaders declared that they had known all along that District Attorney Rotan would not withdraw from the Organization ticket." —While the September grand jury was making a presentment in open court in Philadelphia yesterday de nouncing the Fifth ward conspiracy and demanding "that all those re sponsible therefor, either directly or indirectly, or by intrigue, whether they be high officials or persons of low degree," should be brought to trial. District Attorney Rotan directly charged Lieutenant David Bennett with being implicated in the murder plot and in a convincing letter to Mayor Smith demanded the removal of the strong-arm officer from the Third district. —The Philadelphia Press in a special from Washington gives this Interesting news: "Senator Penrose will go to Philadelphia when Con gress adjourns, probably one week from to-morrow, ready and eager to do his share in the movement to clean up F hiladelphia. The Senator is not giving interviews on the Phila delphia situation, but he Is keeping In close touch with all Its develop ments. It is plain truth to record that his duties on the Senate finance committee are keeping him busy all the time. Senator Lodge's health and advancing years are keeping him out of Washington and Senator Pen rose is the only Republican member of the finance committee In the capi tal. Senator Simmons, chairman of the committee. Is relying upon the Ptnnsylvanlan for much of the detail work connected with the war reve nues and the soldier's insurance bills, the two most important measures of the war and the ones carrying the greatest appropriations In the history of civilization. Those who know Sen ator Penrose In his nours of ease In Philadelphia would be amazed at the burdens he assumes here at the industry that takes every minute of his waking hours." —The formal announcement* of the candidacy of Representative Ana A. Weimer, of Lebanon, for the Re publican nomination for Governor, contain a statement of his ambitions together with some things about his business career, pointing out his qualifications for the place of Gov ernor. Ho sets forth his willingness to sacrifice private business Interests for the good of the state. The state ment also says: "He Is not a Fourth of July orator, neither does he have a 'barrel' with which to buy his nomination, but the reflection of his energy. Integrity and ability in the performance of his duties In the ad ministration of the state's affairs would be in a conscientious, economic and businesslike way." HAR**IEUBURO ifißb TELEGRAPH THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT By Bnggt TF YA WAWT ME 'FTJNT"I %■Je*s LETTERS TO THE EDITOR How Wrecks Occur To the Editor of the Telegraph: I draw your attention to a condi tion that one of these nights is going to cause a serious accident. I was bowling along through the rain Thursday night on the road between this city and Reading. Suddenly we approached a grade crossing. I siowed up and when I got within 30 feet cf the tracks I was able to make cut a slowly moving freight train. 1 stopped quickly and was n.ot in danger. After the train passed, the watchman came from his little office and signaled me to cross over. Suppose I had been a stran ger to the locality or had not had my car under immediate control, what then? Ought not the watch nitn have been out to warn me, or, that being impossible, ought not some light signal be swung wtien trains are passing crossings? If this is not done, fatalities are bound to occur. . AUTOMOBILIST. In Good Hands Tc the Editor of the Telegraph: Have you noticed how energet ically the work on the long delayed post office building is moving? That is because the Government has put n reliable local contractor—Augustus Wildman—on the job, and Harris burg workmen are employed. If this course had been followed from the iirst, there would have been no de lay and the post office would have been completed. Wildman has a reputation for getting things done on time. MAIL MAN. GIVINGTNOT GETTING "We are to judge men hencefor ward." Secretary Lane said in an ad dress yesterday, "not by what they have, but by what they give." Apply that principle in Kansas city. The men who are riiaking this city are the fellows who are do ing things for the town, not taking things from it; those who devote themselves to giving, not to getting. Service is the big word. The selfish man who is absorbed in squeezing out dollars for himself Is no asset to the community. It's the men who considers service first of all —how he can serve his cus tomers, how hr can serve his city, his state, his nation —that counts. The city where every man is simply looking out for Number 1 is in a had way. Natural location may make it prosper, but it will prosper in spite of itself. It is im possible to keep taking out without V-utting back in. t A man's citizenship depends, as Secretary Lane says, on what he give, not on what he has. —Ex- change. SHOULD BE TACTFUL (Indianapolis Star.) According to complaints that reach New York papers information comes in private letters from some of our men In France that there is an unpleasant disposition manifested by a class of American soldiers, not excluding officers, to boast that they have come to "save Krance" the Im plication, even the direct Intimation, being that the Allies would be de feated without us. It is a form of the old bragging assertion that America can "lick" the world. It Is not at all likely that this boastfulness is general, however, or that where it is indulged in it Is any thing more than the careless talk of boys who do not mean what they say sorlously and are unconscious of the offense that may be given in case their "Jokes" are not under stood. The majority of our fighting men are modest enough. It Is safe to say. They know they have much to learn from the French and British armies and are ready and willing to learn. They hope to aain the friendship and respect of these associates, and It should be the aim to suppress any individuals of the boastful order, whose idle talk may make a dis agreeable Impression that will in terfere with this friendship. TOO SYMPATHETIC This story is told by a man who has an old negro working round his place on Ix>ng Island. On the day after the United States declared war Uncle Ben came bright and early to do his chores. "Well, Mistah John," he said. "I hope youse gwlne ter be kind to pore ole Germany now." "Why, Uncle Ben, what are you talking about? Don't yon know we're at war with Germany?" "I knows It: I knows it," the old fellow persisted, shaking his head. "But suttlnly dat country'll ned a frien' now! "-—Saturday Evening Post. r~ ; Books For the Soldier Boys By Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, of New York. THE national slogan, "A Million Dollars for a Million Books for a Million Men," appears by some to have been misunderstood. We seek in the nation $1,000,000 to provide for the young men who have join,ed our National Army and who are distributed among the thirty-two cantonments provided by the Gov ernment and to provide for the. sol diers overseas and the sailors of the Navy suitable, abundant and proper radir.g matter. We do not propose to spend sl,- 000,000 fcr 1,000.000 books in the literal sense. Arrangements lyxve been made for the purchase of large quantities of books of the sort ap proved by the council, for much less than sl, contrary to some misappre hension among the general public. The $1,000,000 Is needed not only to purchase the books but to provide temporary library buildings at each cantonment and elsewhere for them, and to provide capable persons to care for the books and to act as li brarians for the young men of our Army and Navy, who will be so sorely in need of both relaxation aud mental stimulus during their AGAINST THE WORLD [Chicago News] Infatuated apologists for Germany may well ask themselves why so many governments, including gov ernments of the Western Hemisphere tbat heretofore have consistently held aloof from European quarrels, are gradually ranging themselves on the side of the enemies of that pow erful empire. The reason is, of course, that Germany persistently manifests a ruthless disregard for the rights of mankind and of neutral nations, thus making neutrality im possible to self-respecting peoples except in certain special cases of peoples united to the Germans by close commercial ties and overshad owed by the remorseless German sword. Cuba. In declaring war against Germany, may have been influenced largely by the example of the Unit ed States. But the other countries of the Western Hemisphere have their own reasons for disliking and fearing Germany. Some of them have no particular fondness for the United States. <?osta Rtca, which severed diplomatic relations with Germany last week, acted because of the discovery that German resi dents of that country were conspiring against the government. The Argen tine Republic's reasons for consid ering hostile action against Germany have been made plain. Germany and its autocratic allies stand at bay, facing a world defen sively armed against them and de termined to break their arrogant spirit, because they have exalted force and greed over justice and hu manity. OHIO PROVINCIALISM Provincialism in the way of pro nunclatlon are common, the country over; and are not always easily ac counted for. We of Ohio are not guiltless; nine out of ten of us do not pronounce the name of our State correctly. We say, "Ohiah"—not "Ohio." Years ago a backwoods journalist wrote a doggered rhyme to illustrate this fact. It ran; A charming young miss named Mariah Lived out In the State of Ohiah; And she often would sail Down a banister rail — When she thought that no ono was nlgh-ah. Her impish young brother Joslah Fixed the rail with a piece of barbed wlah; And I never shall tell What that maiden befell— For I'm blushing already like flah. —James Ball Naylon in Marlon (O.) Star. POST OFFICE INKWELL How many humble hearts have dipped! In you, and scrawled their manu script! Have shared their secrets, told their cares. Their curious and quaint affairs! Tour pool of ink, your scratchy pen. Have m'oved the lives of unborn ■ men. And watched young people, breath ing hard. Put Heaven on a postal card. —Christopher Morley in Collier's Weekly. leisure hours in the service of the country. Large numbers of books undoubt edly will be given to the council, but unfortunately it has been found that many of the books thus dounted by well-meaning persons have been un suitable, have represented the Inter ests of propagandists, have been works on important subjects so old as to have lost their value, or have been of a < liaracter which would fail to appeal to the men whom the War Department and the Library War Council hope to serve. Besides the desirabilty of provid ing our valiant youth with appealing literature for their own entertain ment, there are tremendous reasons why these young men should have placed In their hands books which will tend to miike them more patri otic, abler and better citizens upon their return to civil life. This can be accomplished only through the raising cf $1,000,000, which, consid ering the needs and the purpose, is a most modest sum for the nation to raise. I ani sure that there are thousands of citzetre who will respond to the appeal of the War Council once they understand the full details as •to what it plans for our young men. BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS [New York Sun.] The great drive for $1,000,000 with which to provide libraries for our soldiers in the field, both abroad end at home, is well launched. It deserves complete success and the support of those who, while forced to stay at home, recognize their ob ligations to contribute to the com fort of the soldiers at the front. Much- of the soldier's time is idle time. Lack of occupation is his sor est trial, for it is in the hours of idleness that homesickness and wor ry attac.l him most cruelly. A book that w.:i engross his mind and take it far from the problems or the sor rows .of the moment is the surest antidote. People are already giving books by the tens of thousands through the Y. M. C. A. and other established helpful organizations. This is a use ful service and must not be neglect ed. But the movement to establish regular libraries of new books for the soldiers is an official action, author ized by the Government, and prose cuted by the American Library War Council. It will not only supply books from a carefully prepared catalog, but will establish library quarters and supply librarians. The long professional experience of those in charge gives assurance that the nature of thf, books will be suited to the men who are' to read them. Those books which Charles Lamb described as "books which are no books" and "books which no gentle man's library should he without" will be rigidly excluded. In a time when the demands upon a patriot's money seem to be Illimit able this Is one of the causes which deserve generous support. We call atfention to Judge O'Hrien's letter in another column. SOLDIERS TO DECIDE [From the Kansas City Star] What are you knitting, my pretty maid ?" She purled, then dropped a stitch, 'A sock or a sweater, sir," she said, "And darned*lf I know which!" THREE OF A KIND [From the Milwaukee Journal.] Arthur Shattuck, the brilliant Wis consin pianist, has given his entire income, $60,000 annually, for the maintenance of European musicians pauperized by the war. His private yacht he has offered to the American government. His splendid apart ments in Paris, which he has main tained for years, he has turned over to Belgian refugees. He is now liv ing on what he earns from his work as a musician. Wright Patterson, a sailor, whose! parents live in Chicago, was in Syd ney, Australia, 10,000 miles away, I when ho heard of America's entrance into the war. He started back im mediately, and has enlisted at the Great Lakes training station, to do his bit in the great flght for democ racy. O. B. Perry, general manager of the Yukon Gold Company, Canada, has just quit a $50,000-a-year Job to volunteer in Uncle Sam's cause. Ho is nw serving aa a major in the United States Army at a salary of $3,000. Three of a kind, these men are. It Is the spirit which rules the breasts of such patriots as these that will win the war. SEPTEMBER 29,-1917. LABOR NOTES Mobile (Ala.) machinists have se cured an eight-hour day. International Brotherhood ot Bookbinders has 12,630 members. Australia has declared the I. AV. W. an illegal organization. Textile workers at Chattanooga, Tenn., have the union shop. Women have not proved a success as section hands. . Los Angles (Cal.) garment work ers have secured increased pay. Messenger boys in Kansas City, Mo., get S4O a month. Leather workers at Dallas, Tex., ask $4 a day. Women bookbinders in Philadel phia have rased wages 20 per cent. Membership of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers is almost 40,000. Peasant women are harvesting tho crops in Italy. Women are employed as coachmen in London, England. TESTING OUR MODESTY Americans have been too busy doing it to realize just what they really have- accomplished since they determined to go to war, but from some foreign observers we are learn ing a little. Giving these friends of ours, who have looked over the ground with critical eyes, credit with sincerity, and we have again aston ished the world. Such swift celerity of preparation as we have shown was not expected; our national ten dency to muddle and moil over de tails has been discounted by our friends, consequently the business like methods adopted and results achieved have astounded them. In live months we have gotten an army of a million and a half of men Into preparation, organized and under going intensive training; have made provisions on a scale so elaborate that e\et Kurope accustomed to war on a gigantic scale, says we have done wonders, and have brought public and private enterprise into close and effective co-operation for the further prosecution of enter prise of war. All this has impressed our friends from abroad, even if it does not seem so very much to us, now that we finally have started. However, they will find our national modesty equal to the test, Just as our valour and devotion has been ! proved.—Omaha Bee. | OUR DAILY LAUCHI § DEFINED, Pa, what's a specialist? A man who has discovered which of his talents will bring him the most money, bridge with And then she buys a can of beans And home ward hies. ! I FRONT COVER i WA K. I AND LAST [1 i&m page. * 81 j Did he marry MSTW in a girl like a |M|Jm iff "I- magazine cover? aBIn! If ft ; Yes. and then t VLr expected her to |PS Jj§ work like a coo'k Biwttttn QUftti This should be a good year for th big: pumpkin, according to report which are being made by fari agents to the State Department c Agriculture, especially men who llv in the counties where special atten tlon Is given to the raising of cori More reports of big pumpkins ax coming in than usual and the e* hiblts at various fairs have show development of some notable spec' mens of the basis of the great Amei lean pie. From all accounts ther was unusual planting of pumpkin last spring and because of the actlv lty In behalf of foodstuffs last fa seeds from many of the prixewli ners at 1916 fairs were sold over wide area. Some of the yields c these seeds have been followed u by state agents and very large sped mens have been reported. If th early reports are borne out ther will be plenty of pumpkins, not onl of the edible variety, but of th "cow" style. • • • Figures at the financial depart ments of the state government shoi that the receipts of the State High way Department for automobile 11 censes have not fallen below $2,00 except on two business days at th Capitol. The aggregate of the re ceipts is over $3,00,000 and th license total over 300,000. On man days the receipts have been u around $3,000 and $4,000. On th two days that the sum went belo\ $2,000 the receipts were around sl, 800 each. The fact that the receipt are holding up so well when th year has only about three months t run Is considered remarkable. Th half yeur license rate went into ef feet July 1. All of the revenue fron automobile licenses goes for highwa maintenance. • • It is not often that three forme state fiscal officers get to Capitol Hll together, but yesterday A. E. Slssori of Erie, former Auditor Genera and Colonel James E. Barnett, o Washington, and James S. Reacom of Greensburg, former State Treas urers, ull were at the Auditor Gen eral's Department. They had quite time recalling days gone by In stat affairs. • • • The sight of British officers er gaged In recruiting work within slgl of the dome of the State Capitol < Pennsylvania attracted considerab! attention here the latter part of th week. The officers were a part the party which has been engage in this State on recruiting an secured several men who were sul Jects of the empire. The officer wore their uniforms and had th assistance of American soldiers. • • • The outcome of the jitney cases i being watched with the greatest in terest In other cities of the Stat and some of the officials have beei closely following up developments i Harrlsburg where the Public Servic Commission took cognlzapce of th jitney complaints by establishing j policy for transportation in the city In other places jltneymen have bee required by local authorities to hav fixed routes and terminals, while i others the jltneymen made their owi regulations and sent them to Councl for approval. • • • The raising of sheep, for years on< of the big adjuncts of farming ii this sectton of the State, bids fai to be taken up again because of th< attractive prices for wool nd th market offered for the meat. In thi last few days several Inquiries havi been made by farm owners In thl: section for sheep and If prices cat be fixed there will be some purchase made. It will mean the penning uj or killing off of a number of dogs however. Perhaps one of the funniest of thi many funny expressions heard abou the paintings at the State Capito occurred yesterday afternoon wher a couple of hoys were looking through the hall of the House 01 Representatives. One boy polntec out the central painting which was Abbey's conception of the flight 01 the hours. "Each one of those women ur there is named for a county," said A good story was told a few days ago by a newspaperman of this clt> i>liout Secretary of War Xewton D Baker, who is to speak here shortly While Mr. Baker was mayor 01 Cleveland he was attending th mayors' convention at Philadelphia which was attended by many mayors of the country. Among the speaker: ,vas Mayor Nevin, ot Easton, who dii r.ot approve of various enterprises li: which itties engaged. "Why, In one city," declared the Easton mayor in reciting the list ol thitr-'s done by municipalities, "the> actually had the city sell the ice cream in the parks." "Yes," interjected Mr. Baker. "J was the mayor who did It. We gol pure ice cream, chased out the fakirs sold in large quantities and gave th< children better and more ice cream." State draft headquarters gets some funny letters In addition to such as came last night from a Philadelphia local hoard threatening to resign 11 some way was not found to check activities of attorneys who charge !arg( sums for making affidavits. The other day a letter came addressed co "Mr. Governor Brumbaugh." An other was addressed to the "Head Drafter" and another correspondent took liberties with the name of the provost marshal general, referring to him as "General Chowder." , 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"") —R. K. Shryock, former Altoona resident, now of California, has pre sented the Blair County Historical Society with a portfolio of Pennsyl vania newspapers dating from 1774, —Dr. 8. S. Leopold, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, who has been studying Infantile paralysis, says that the germ is still baffling science. —The Rev. W. N. Schwarta, the new president of the Moravian His torical Society, Is one of the promi nent clergymen of that denomina tion in this state. —Highway Commissioner O'Nell was the chief speaker at the Somer set fair yesterday. —Dr. R. IJ. Hayes, superintendent of Pittsburgh parochial schools. Is urging children to join the Red Cross. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrjsburg Is furnishing skilled men for work on can tonmcnts? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first bridge here got the man who built it Into trouble for debt FORETELLETH CHRIST As the people were in expectation and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he Vere the Christ or not; John answered saying unto them all, I Indeed baptlie you with water; but one mightier than I Cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. —Luke ill, IS and IS.
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