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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1
When love is strong.
It never tarries to take heed,
■Or know if its return exceeds
Jts gift; in its sweet haste no greed,
No strifes belong.
—HELEN HUNT JACKSON.
THE MAYOR'S REPLY
IT is pretty safe to predict that,
whatever may have been true In
the past, burlesque show manag
ers will see to it that the law of de
cency is not overstepped in Harris
burg during the term of Mayor J.
William Bowman.
With the law as it stands, it is no
easy thing to draw the line as to
just how far a show may bo permit
ted to go before its management be
comes liable to arrest. There is
nothing in the statutes covering pub
lic amusements that would allow
Mayor Bowman or any other public
official to forbid the exhibition of
burlesque shows in this city or any
city, so long as they are not of an
immoral character. And by the same
token it is true that a burlesque
show, although little can be said In
praise of such performances, need
not be either lewd or vulgar. In the
case of that given here Thursday
night Mayor Bowman's committee of
representative citizens finds nothing
-objectionable was presented. That
being true, the Mayor could go no
farther than to ask another com
mittee of censors to attend this
week's show, for the purpose of ob
serving its character and to bring
suit if necessary. This he has done.
In this course the views of the
Mayor and Judge Kunkel agree,
the Court on Saturday, in ad
dressing the grand Jury, having
recommended prosecution without
warning for violators of amuse
ment laws. This is good sense
and good law. Instead of merely
giving immoral shows a lot of free
advertising designed to provide sala
cious entertainment for morbid read
ers, the way to do is to swear out
warrants for the arrest of those
guilty. Any citizen with knowledge
of the facts may bring such suits.
This Mayor Bowman proposes to
do if the law is violated. Nobody
can read anything else Into the
Mayor's reply to the Ministerial As
sociation, which spells the end of
immoral shows in Harrisburg, at
least during his term of office. Yet
the cowardly character assassins who
operate the subsidized newspaper or
gans of the Democratic gang in this
city maliciously take the stand that
the Mayor favors lewd exhibitions, i
They lie when they take that posi-;
tion and what Is worse they know
they lie, and a thoughtful perusal of
their advertising columns will dem-
onstrate other reasons than those
political for their vicious attack.
It la the same old story. Mayor
Bowman is being stuck in the back
by the samo dirk that has been used
on other good men of this commun
ity. But the people of Harrlsburg
know the Mayor for the high-mind
ed, good citizen that he Is. Also, they
know the foul history of the gang
that would ruin and blacken his
reputation. They cannot injure his
character. They are the same
tribe who tried to persuade the
people of Harrlsburg that Judge
Kunkel wai a man unflt for the
bench. They are the same parcel of
political plotters who attacked Judge
McCarrelJ In similar manner. They
are the same sneaking, hypocritical
scoundrels who up until two weeks
MONDAY EVENING.
ago accepted and used twenty-four
passes to every burlesque show thftt
came to Harrlsburg, and their oourse
In attacking Mayor Bowman Is Just
as consistent as their suddenly as
sumed holier-than-thou attitude to
ward these "lewd performances"
whloh the records of the theater
show they formerly attended regu
larly and In numbers.
The Telegraph holds no brief for
burlesque shows. It is on record as
having attacked them on more than
one occasion when circumstances
warranted. It accepts no passes to
burlesque shows and publishes no
reading notices praising them to the
skies, such as have appeared in the
Patriot of recent dates. And In this
regard, will the Patriot please ex
plain why, If the shows have been
as bad as they have been painted,
It on August 8 of this year published
the following free reader for the Or
pheum theater management?:
The attraction at the Orpheum
to-morrow will be "Some Babies,"
considered one of the best and
most progressive burlesque shows
on the American burlesque wheel.
A glance at the roster discloses
the Dublin Doll, Grace Fletcher,
Tom Coyne, Harry Le Van, Eddie
Fox, the happy tramp; Bell Inman,
McGarry and Revere, Billy Elea
nor, James Dowdell and the gol
den voice tenor, Hay Rottach.
"The Love Cure" is the title of
the opening burletta. In its
wake comes twenty baby vam
pires that have never strayed
from their nests and are now see
ing the country with "Some
Babies" for the first time. They are
all real burlesque babes and will
pass the smiles over your way the
minute they step out on the il
luminated diamond-tinted elevat
ed runway which has never before
been seen in this city.
Did the Patriot publish this cheap
clap-trap for the virtuous purpose of
Inducing the youth of the city to go
to the Orpheum to feast its eyes on
the "twenty baby vampires" or for
the sake of the twenty-four free
passes which it accepted and used
for that performance? Was It sin
cere then, or is it sincere now?
Tho Telegraph believes, with
Mayor Bowman and Judge Kunkel,
that the management of all improp
er shows should be prosecuted with
out warning, but resents the unwar-
ranted assumption that the Mayor
will not perform his full duty In this
respect. He is merely following the
suggestion of Judge Kunltel, upon
which the Patriot lays so much stress
—namely, first get the evidence, then
prosecute.
WHAT, IIARRISBTJRG BEHIND?
IT is rather startling to read that
Harrisburg, which sent so many
of its young men to the army that
it was not called upon to give one
man under the draft, is short on its
contribution to the national fund for
establishment of libraries at camps.
The Information is given to-day
that the city, which went far over its
allotment in the first Liberty Loan
campaign, that exceeded what was
asked of it in behalf of the Red Cross
and that has given as freely of its
wealth as it has of its manhood for
national causes, is behind in provid
ing what was requested of it to give
for the camp libraries.
Harrisburg was the first city of the
State to send books to Camp Hancock.
It has never been a slacker when
called upon for any patriotic purpose.
Hence our surprise at the announce
ment to-day.
Pennsylvania's capital city behind
in a patriotic move? That will never
do to record.
The capital city that had the proud
distinction of being free from the
draft requirements slacking in pro
viding its share toward wholesome
reading matter for its sons and the
sons of its neighbors? Send your
contribution to-night. The list closes
to-morrow.
THE DRAFT BOARD'S JOB
PITY the members of the local
draft boards. Theirs is a diffi
cult and a thankless job. If
they exempt too many the govern
ment and friends of those who are
ordered to the training camps com-J
plain. If they exempt too few they
work a hardship on the communliy
and arouse local antagonisms. Men
are prone to err, and draft board
members are no exception. They are
performing a patriotic service, giving
of their time and effort freely with
out pay and at the expense, in many
Instances, of their own private af
fairs. They are doing their bit for
their country and however we may
criticise them let It be in kindliness
of spirit and with full understanding
of the difficulties that beset their
every move.
RAliElt EXPOSES DELAY
ALTHOUGH he uses language ex
ceedingly diplomatic, Secretary
of War Baker is one of the se
\ erest critics of the procrastinating
policy of the administration.
He has ju3t authorized the issuance
of a bulletin from the Quarter
master's Department in which the
statement is made that upon the out
break of the war the department was
confronted by the task of equipping
a great army and that the work be
gan almost "from the ground up."
He says that the department was
"unexpectedly called upon to clothe,
feed and house" this great army.
Difficulties arose from the outset,
he says. There was a shortage of
everything except food. The whole
I Btory, coming immediately after the
declaration of Secretary Daniels that
the President on February 3, 1916,
gave to the navy the Impulse which
has produced three times as many
ships In commission as the nary de
partment had a year ago, leaves no
room for doubt that noglect is point
ed to In unmistakable terms.
The navy got Its Impulse In the
' early days of 1916, The army was
"unexpectedly called upon" In April,
11917.
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fofctttca- Lk
By the Ex-Committee man
The upheaval In Philadelphia
politics may have the effect of post
poning action by Governor Martin Q.
Brumbaugh in regard to changes
and appointments on Capitol Hill
and it is not believed now that the
Governor will precipitate In bring
ing the matter of tenure of office of
Chief of Mines James E. Roderick
to a crisis. However, it may be pos
sible that the Governor may per
suade some of the members of the
State Commission of Agriculture to
give more attention to the work of
the commission or else decide to
make some changes. The Governor
is understood to be dissatisfied with
the way the commission idea has
been working out.
Chief Roderick has not been idle
since it was communicated to him
that the Governor desired to have
j - B . ive way to a younger man
and friends of the Governor and of
the chief have been impressing
upon Dr. Brumbaugh the situation
from tho Roderick standpoint. Mr.
Roderick has been sitting tight and
awaiting the next move.
It Is regarded as improbable that
the Governor will fill any vacancies
in departments or commissions with
the possible exception of adjutant
general for some time. Col. Frank
D. Beary, deputy under the late
General Stewart, who has been en -
~ itl ' details of organization
of the Reserve Militia is the man
most talked of for the place.
*phe Philadelphia Inquirer in Its
Chester county political review yes
-4 r Ti^, Sa ' <l: " ' Lew ' Miller, Register
PJ* * ills, is in no end of a stew over
the action of Auditor General Sny
dcr in appointing two collectors for
the new inheritance tax passed by
the late Legislature. The Register
says * are entirely superfluous
and their pay, SSOOO, an unnecessary
nurden on the taxpayers. The Audi
tor General has failed to be con
vinced, however, and through the
recommendation of Senator T. Larry
Lyre has appointed to tho posts
Fred B. Cope, of Lincoln University,
and Harry Sloyer, of Phoenixville.
Both have reported for duty, but
have been denied official recognition
by Register Miller. Mr. Cope, who
js a former member of the Legis
lature, has a powerful political fol
lowing in the lower chain of town
ships and is both shrewd and re
sourceful. The outcome of the
tempest will likely be the retention
of both officials."
The Philadelphia Ledger says edi
torially regarding- the recent poli
tical upheaval in the Quaker City:
"The success of the endeavor to rally
the good citizenship of Philadelphia
to a mass attack upon the Contrac
tors' Plunderbund will depend in
great measure upon two important
factors, namely, <he character of the
leaders who shall be enlisted to lead
the movement and to carry the
standards, and the extent to which
the substantial element of the com
munity, as represented in organiza
tions like the Union League, the
commercial bodies, large and small,
In the banks and trust companies,
etc., shall be willing to enroll them
selves openly against government by
murder and in support of a program
of nonpartisan efficiency."
—Evidently the practical side of
politics is uppermost in Schuylkill
county, judging from a Pottsville
dispatch, which says: "Since it is
certain that Judges H. O. Bechtel
and Charles E. Berger have been
automatically elected by reason
that they have each received over
fifty per cent, of the total vote
cast at the primaries on the 19th
il! V, can lidates for Sheriff on
the Hepublican and the Democratic
tickets will be obliged to bear the
expense of the political campaign
from now on to November 6. The
cost of the campaign, therefore, falls
upon Joseph Wyatt, Mahanoy City
Republican, and Patrick J. Murphy'
Shenandoah, Democrat. Each of
them knows what a political cam
paign means to the purse strings
Each has been before the electors
before. Wyatt campaigned and won
as a meinbor of the Legislature upon
the Republican ticket and Murphy
won out on the Democratic ticket
for Sheriff, from which office he re
tired after serving a term, to which
he was elected eight years ago."
wii7i °r. Mercantile Appraiser
ft, ®- t Finley, a isute officer,
Philadelphia councilman and first
ptn. e j & i nt i.i of Senator Vare. in the
Philadelphia ucandal on Saturday
has caused much sensational i.ilk
throughout the state and is bound
to have much effect upon the No
vember elections. District Attorney
Itotan has declared that oUier ar
rests will be made as evidence war.
rants, but asserted with emphasis
that he has nothing against Senator
Vare.
Meanwhilo things are moving
toward an Independent political
movement in. Philadelphia ar.d Thos.
F. Armstrong, chairman of the
town meeting, will start to-day to
enroll men for the new partv at the
old 'slankenburg headquarters.
—Senator Vare has declared that
Deutsch was "not on his side" and
Deutsch declares njw he never cot
any money from Finley.
—ln Pittsburgh there have been
some moves against illegal voters
and In one case a man prosecuted
by a Magee chieftain- for alleged
illegal registration produced a tax
receipt issued from the office of
Delinquent Tax Collector Grenet,
one of Magee's leaders.
—The Pittsburgh Gasette-Times
says that Ex-Auditor General Powell
has gone to Washington to offer hie
military services to the government.
Powell served In the Tenth regiment
In the Phillpplneß and wen.t on the
retired list of that regiment after
the return from the border.
—Senator Vare in quoted by the
Philadelphia Press as saying the ar
rest of Finley Is a "frame-up." The
North American says it will be no
"cut and dried affair" when the
hearings are held.
—The terms of office threaten to
cause trouble in the Middle district
coal field, which was regulated by an
act passed this year. The courts
Will decide.
—Ex-Congressman Joseph E.
Thropp, of Bedford, is developing
congressional aspirations again.
LUCK ~
A very nervous freshman met
Dean Jones, of Tale, one morning
and found himself obliged to walk
out of chapel with the dean, who
was a friend of his family. Chimes
ringing at R church they were pass
ing made him attempt a conversa
tion.
"I think those chimes are wonder
ful," he said. No answer. "Aren't
thoee chimes exquisite?" he stam
mered. Still no response. "Those are
the most beautiful chimes"—he rais
ed his voice a bit.
"Did you speak?" said the uean.
"X can't hear on account of 'those
(infernal chimes!"— From tho Ladies'
'Home Journal.
TELEGRAPH
■ ' I
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT
Russia couldn't be expected to pre
serve the fruits of revolution without
a few jars.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Staats-Zeftung Is properly se
vere in its condemnation of Count
Luxburg. The Count was found out.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Kaiser announces that Riga
has been freed. But it is receiving no
congratulations from Belgium.—
Philadelphia North American.
The only thing which seems to be
interfering with Kerensky's success
as a dictator is that he can't dictate.
—Nashville Southern Lumberman.
For some reason, the notable ex
ample of Russia is not now so confi
dently expected to inspire a revolu
tion among the neighboring Teutons.
—Savannah News.
There's nothing new about the
manufacture of paper shoes. The
curious thing about It ts that the
makers took so long to admit It. —
New York Telegraph.
Germany lfe reported as agreeing
with the Pope upon "the absolute
independence of Belgium." She had
a similar agreement with France and
England prior to August, 1914. —
Brooklyn Eagle.
OF THE OLD BRIGADE
'Long In the sixties —old-time flghtin'
then!—
Chargin' o' the cavalry, broast to
breast the men!
An' all the bands a-playln' an' flags
a-flyin' free,
Time we marched with Jackson an'
follered old "Bob" Lee.
Left an' right,
To the fight!—
All the regiments in sight.
Saw the swords a-flashin'
An" the bayonets, lightnin' bright!
'Long in the sixties- —now so far
away,
Wasn't it a mix-up of the Blue boys
an' the Gray!
North an' South divided—flghtin'
Kast an' West,
Brother meettn' brother, dropped
the bayonet at the breast!
Now we're One—
Blade an' gun,
Every son One Country's Son!
Jes' One Flag a-flyin'
Over hearts that beat as One!
'Long in the sixties—that time's put
away;
But O to jes' be numbered with the
flghtin' ranks to-day!
To share the New Time battle be
fore its lightnin' fades,
An' feel the Flag a-flyin' o'er the
Old Brigades!
Left an' right.
To the f.ght!
It's the Heart that makes the
Might!
Captains of the Old Brigades—
The battle is in sight!
—Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta
jPonstitutlon.
TO RE-ELECT CANNON
"Uncle Joe" Cannon will go back
to the Sixty-sixth Congress for his
twenty-second term at Washington
without a fight. The primaries are
nearly a year away and the electiono
are not to be staged until 1918. Be
fore Congress sits in December, how
ever, the real politics in all of the
district will be played, and quiet but
significant developments are report
ed from all parts of the state.
Personally, Mr. Cannon would pre
fer to quit with the present session,
and his family sides with htm in
such a stand. The Danville district,
however, expects that the former
speaker will be renominated with
out opposition in the Republican
primaries and the Democratic con
test against him undoubtedly will be
perfunctory.
Agreement to this effect was
reached within the last few days and
the word was brought to Chicago
that "Uncle Joe" agrees to take one
more term. The old Progressive ele
ment Joins with the regular organi
sation spokesmen in the counties in
the district in this determination,
the reports say. The politicians do
not want any factional fight precipi
tated while the war is In progress
and with the unsettled conditions
that are prevailing In many sections
of the district.—From the Chicago
Tribune.
LET HILLS~HEAR THY
VOICE
Hear ye now what the Lord salth;
Arise, contend thou before the moun
tains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
—Mlcah, vl, 1.
Northcliffe and Wilson
THAT this is not a commercial
war and that the United States
is not in it to "make the world
safe for democracy" is declared by
Lord Northcliffe, head of the British
war mission, in a plain-spoken article
entitled "What America is Fighting
For," to appear In the October issue
of Current Opinion Magazine. Lord
Northcliffe takes issue with President
Wilson and refutes a stock argument
of the veiled pro-German press in
stating that "if this country had
meant to take up arms in defense of
British or French interests, or in the
interest of Belgium, or in order to
spread democracy, it would not have
waited until April, 1917. If its aims
had been commercial, it would have
been In the war long ago. The mo
tive which brought the United States
In was not sympathy with any other
nation, was not desire for gain, was
not an abstract fondness for demo
cratic as opposed to autocratic gov
ernment: it was self-interest, self
preservation, Belf-respect. The Ameri
can people are not fighting to make
the world safe for democracy, but to
n ake the world safe for themselves."
The only way to do this, Lord
Northcliffe asserts, is to make Prus
sia admit that her theory of a state
which has no conscience, a state
which can do no wrong, is out of
date. "The German people," he adds,
"have been purposely deluded into
the belief that they are defending
themselves against foes who are set
upon crushing them out of existence,
a design which nobody but a lunatic
would conceive or imagine possible
of execution. Austria fancies that
she went to war to defend herself
against Russia, the truth being that
she was used as a cat's-paw by the
Hohenzollern gang. Bulgaria is still
under the delusion that she will gain
the reward promised her by Prussian
Junkerdom for her treachery to hor
fellow Slavs.
"Even among the Allies there exist
misconceptions as to the causes and
aims of the struggle. A number of
English people still fancy that Britain
could have kept out of the conllict If
Belgium had not been Invaded. These
people are still unable to understand
that Prussia's object In forcing war
upon France and Russia was in order
to clear tliem out of the way and be
able /to attack England, and, in
course of time, the United States,
with a good prospect of success
later on.
"In Russia the pro-Prussian propa
gandists have Infected many with the
crazy notion that the new republic
has no Interests of Its own to defend
apalnst Germany, and only remains
In the war for the benefit of France
and Britain. I have even heard
French people speak as If their coun
try took up arms for the purpose of
THE TOILERS
An hour ago X gazed with aching
eyes
Upon the ugliness across the
Bt reel•
Revolting at the sight of wretched
folk
Who plodded by on weary, drag
ging feet.
A sudden tide of storm came sweep
ing up,
And veiled with curtained rain the
garish day;
And twilight followed hard upon
the storm,
The twinkling lights came tripping
out to play.
And now I see anew the shabby
streets,
Transformed from tawdriness to
sudden splendor;
The fairy prince who stands across
the way
A moment back was lust the pea
nut vender.
m
The little lady smiling to herself,
And brooding softly, who would
ever know
She Jingled tambourines to silly
tunes —
A street musician not so long ago?
Where stitched the stolid, pallid
sweatshop girls,
In that big building opposite to
me,
X see, amid those soft and mellow
lights,
Exquisite women sewing Joyfully.
And oh, I think the vagrant fairy
gold
That ever hides within the toller's
heart
Was gently coaxed Into the twilight
soft,
That 1 might find the faith and
play my part!
—Nancy Fitzhugh Rlchey in the
Christian Herald.
regaining Alsace and Lorraine,
whereas we know that France would
never have brought upon the world
the frightful calamity of war for
selfish aims.
"Hero In the United States I am
told, and 1 have discovered proof for
myself, that there are people deluded
by German and pro-German propa
gandists into supposing that 'this is a
commercial war.' It is not very easy
to make out exactly what these
people mean by that expression. So
far as I can learn, they suppose that
the cause of the war was commercial
rivalry, and that the combatants are
each seeking to obtain control of the
world's markets."
It la at the British empire that
fingers are pointed when there is talk
of this being a commercial war, Lord
Northcliffe complains, and asks:
"What would have been the good of
Britain going to war with Germany
in order to secure markets? As soon
as she had secured them they would
have been open to German as freely
as tc British trade. The German
vice-chancellor. Dr. Helfferich, has
asserted that Great Britain's object
was "the economic oppression of
Germany." How could Britain op
press any nation economically so
long as she allowed the traders of
all nations to compete with her own
traders upon equal terms?
"The peoples of the British empire
did not want war. They had nothing
to gain from war. They were threat
ened. They were attacked. Whether
Prussia had invaded Belgium or not,
Britain would have been obliged to
fight in self-defense. It was not
Brussels that the Germans wanted
when 'for strategic reasons' they
marched their troops across the Bel
gian frontier which they had signed
a solemn contract to respect. They
wanted Antwerp, which Napoleon
called, with clear-sighted understand
ing, 'pistol pointed at the heart of
England.' They wanted an outlet for
their ocean-going submarines. They
wanted Calais.
"Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, is
reported as having said: 'I do not
believe in sending our youth to the
trenches of Europe Instead of provid
ing an adequate army to prevent
home Invasion.' Tho war can be
ended, the world can be made safe
for us all to live in. only by fighting
the Germans where they are. His
tory shows that all nations which
have waited to be attacked have suf
fered in cohscquence. Ask any
Frenchman whether ho thinks It an
advantage to France that the war Is
raging on French soil. There could
only be one answer to such a foolish
question. The American army must
fight the Germans in Europe In order
to prevent them from bringing the
war to the United States."
LABOR NOTES
Denver (Col.) Typographical Union
has secured a new Job scale which
carries with It an advance of $2.50
per week and continues for three
years.
The thirty-third annual meeting of
the City of Dublin Nursing Institu
tion was held recently, when efforts
were made to standardize the status
of nurses.
The Massachusetts Minimum Wage
Commission has recommended a
minimum wage of a week for ex
perienced women employes in men's
clothing factories in that State.
The National Efficiency Board cre
ated by the New Zealand government
has decided that every man and
woman In the Dominion must engage
in war work if necessity arises.
Officials of tne International Hod
Carriers and ' Common Laborers'
Union announce that thirty-six new
unions were added during the last
■ quarter.
A new union has been formed fit
Oklahoma City, 1 Okla., composed of
waiters, waitresses and cooks, char
tered by the International Alliance
of Hotel and Restaurant Employes.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men opposes the plan of Ralph
Peters, president oif the Long Island
road, that Its members enlist and al
low female relatives, to replace them.
Thej take the grourt d that the work
is debasing for wom^n.
Winnipeg (Can.) l\ocal branch of
the International Pwoto Engravers'
Union has succeeded jjn having every
shop in the city slgyn up its new
agreement, which provides for an In
crease In wages and ibetter working
, conditions.
OqrOpEß 1, 1917.
THE EAGLE'S BROOD
[From the Chicago Herald]
We come, O men of bleeding France
To do our bit, to fight, to share;
Our Eagles sweep the reddened seas,
Swift-winged and true they cleave
the air;
And over all the Grand Old Flag,
Torn from arches of the night,
Streams like a splendid orifiamme
Above the battle-hosts of Right.
Beleaguered comrades, hold the line!
The flag is coming, shining still
As when it shone at Lexington,
As when it gleamed at Hunker Hill.
The flag for which your Lafayette
And Kochambcau drew sword and
lance.
Is flying now for those who fight
For freedom and for stricken
France.
O brothers In the common cause
Of liberty beyond the seas,
Lift up your eyes and catch the
gleam
Of Glory streaming In the brcene!
Somewhere along the far-flung line
Of trench and barricade it shines
In warlike splendor, red and white
And blue above the battle lines.
The Eagle's wings are spread for
flight.
Once more is born its warlike
mood;
Somewhere in France the Eagle's
Flag
Is carried by the Eagle's brood.
God save the Flag, that those who
die
May not have fought and died in
vain:
God give our Eagle's brood the
strength
To win—to save the Flag from
stain!
OUR DAILY LAUGH
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Highway Commissioner J. Denny
O Neil's suggestion that the autumn
nal arbor day be made the occasion
for planting trees along the state i
highways and that If his idea should
be popular that people plant cherry
or apple trees falls In line with an.
old habit In Dauphin and Cumbers
land counties and one which foi*
years was popular in Perry. Thcra
are many roads in the three counties
which are bordered by cherry trees,
although the locust is the favorite
tree for lining the roads because It
combines good lines, shade and wood
value in spite of the popular relief
that locust trees have a propensity
llor drawing thunderbolts. The pop
lar has been used to a certain extent.
However in many sections of the
Vliree counties there are roads which
Arc bordered by cherry trees, some
for quite a distance from farm
houses, although of late years be
cause of the depredations of "city
fellers" who go out into the country
on Sundays fruit tree planting alons
roads lias not been encouraging.
There are some sections which have
apple trees along the roads near
farmsteads, but they suffer worse
from visitors than cherries. Most of
the chestnut trees that used to bor
der country lanes in this part o£ tne
state have been clubbed into un
sightiiness and very, very few such
trees have been planted anywhere
near a road lately. The same is true
of walnuts which used to be a fa
vorite tree along roads in some parts
of lower Dauphin county. The sugar
maple and rod oak will be more
popular for planting for shade in
this section than fruit or nut trees
which have to be watched too close
ly. It may be added that while farm
ers are not enthusiastic about the
choice of fruit or nut trees -to lino
roads a number spoken to about the
O'Neil suggestion arc very much in
accord with the Commissioner's
thought to get the roads shaded and
there will be planting of trees this
fall in a number of places.
• • •
It is not generally known that the
reason the movement of drafted men
to the three camps last month was
so successful was because it had
been planned out weeks in advance
by the most experienced men in the
passenger service of the railroads
and if by the same token the second
movement, to start Saturday, is
also successful It will bo for like
cause. Before the llrst movement
was ended the railroad men who
have been handling tlio transporta
tion schedules here under direction
of C. W. Crowther, of the Pennsylva
nia's service, were working on plans
for the second and sitting up late at
night at it. The public does not know
that for every district, and there
are 282, there is a separate schedule
worked out with the time of each
shipment at each place set down to
gether with train connections, meal
tickets and all other details. On
the occasion of the first shipment
there were districts which sent moro
men than called for and others
which were away short. At least one
Philadelphia district did not send
any men and some In Lackawanna
and other counties were short, la
mentably short. These deficiencies
were due to delays on the part of
local and district boards, which it iu
now endeavoring to prevent on tho
second movement. When tho first
trains left there wore extra men of
fered in order to overcome shortages
with the result that the accommoda
tions provided were inadequate. The
railroad men took cars off regular
trains and sent the drafted men on,
each one given a seat, while the pub
lic that was accustomed to travel on
the trains, kicked, then grinned, and
then stood all the way home.
• • •
Captain John W. Morrison, the
deputy commissioner of banking,
who is one of the commissioners for
the state's participation in the Vicks
burg celebration, is home with an
interesting account of the way the
Mississippi town proposes to honor
the visitors. There will be notable
programs and the southern people
will make the men from the North
feel at home, a striking illustration
of tho way the war feelings have been
obliterated. Pennsylvania had a
number of famous regiments in the
battles at the town and will send a
big delegation from this state to take
part in tho ceremonies.
Colonel Harry C. Trexler, Quarter
master General of the National
Guard, the other day received a com
pliment that made up for the valu
able time he has given to Uncle
Sam. The Colonel is one of the busi
ness magnates of the state, but for
sook everything to handle tlie Job of
caring for the Guardsmen when call
ed to service. Accompanied by Act
ing Adjutant General Beary he visit
ed Governor's Island the other day
and was told by one of the higher
officers that it was evident that some
one with business ideas was looking
after the equipment and care for
the Keystone State Guardsmen. In
fact, the officer waxed enthusiastic
in praise of the way Pennsylvania
things had been handled, especially
as some states were not as fortunate
as the Keystone. As the Colonel
was the man behind the system that
got the unexpected praise, all he
could do was smile occasionally.
• • *
Saturday's golf match at the new
links of the Country Club of Harrls
burg between the golfers of the Lan
caster Country Club and the Harris
burners, developed some unusual golf
as not only were extra holes played,
hut the scores were very low. Rob
ert McCreath, of this city, made sev
enty-three and James S. Locher, who
played against him, had seventy
eight.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—City Treasurer Davis, of Pitts
burgh, who is trying to save tha
Eighteenth Regiment, Is the only
surviving field officer of the reglmorfc
during the Spanish War.
—Ex-Attorney General John 0.
Bell is taking an active part in or
ganization for the Liberty Loan In
Philadelphia.
—W. C. Hood, the new assistant
general superintendent of the Prick
coal and coke Interests, has been
with the company for twenty years
and has lately been at Brownsville.
—Director Kursen, of Philadel
phia, says that the State of Penn
sylvania has given more than its
quota of medical officers to tha
Arnry.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrtsburg ferro man
gaacse is In demand among;
stcJ works?
\
KISTORTO HARRISRURG
Rlglt after the French and In
dian tar travel .through H&rrlsburg
to th Southwest Jumped Immense
ly am the ferry ran some times at
lsht