- . ' • i • ' W ~TO '
, " V V "' * ■' i '•'■<' K. ~<'•-■ ' . >"•'• V . 1 * . i : * j
WEDNESDAY EVENING, tELEGRAJPH OCTOBER 3 1917)
HHArrisburg telegraph
SSHt V XBU'SPAPER FOR THE HOME
"* Pounded itjt
r • Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Tiltcrnph Building, Federal Square.
'4l , .
E. J. STACK POLE, Pr 7 <5- Editor-in-Chief
F. R. OYSTEH, Business Manager.
QCS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Member of the Associated Press—The
Associated Press Is exclusively cn-
L. titled to the use for republication of
Mi news credited to it or not other
wise credited in this paper and also
the focal news published herein.
x All rights of republication of special
' dispatches herein are also reserved.
M Member American
Newspaper Pub-
SS? t§ Wfi M Eastern office,
EBfBjHB fig Avenue Building,
Entered st the Post Office in Harris
burg, Pa., as second class matter.
By carriers, ten cents a
rrtflnfMg)taffi week; by mall, $5.00
a year in advance.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 3
Ko man's religion ever survives
his moraIs.— ROJJEBT SOCIII.
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS
LEISURE without books is death
and burial of a man alive,"
wrote Seneca, and over the en
trance of a library of the ancient
Greeks was inscribed —"The Medi
cine of the Soul."
Our boys in the training camps
will have many leisure? hours and |
they will be far from home, amidst;
many temptations and sorely in need !
of the soul tonic to be found in the
Soldiers' Libraries for which one I
million dollars is being raised.
One week more has been alloted in !
which to complete the subscrip
tions.
Have you given your mite?
A TRANSPORTATION CENTER
JUST below Harrisburg,,along the
main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad, is the aviation and mo-j
tor vehicle depot of the United States!
Army. From it will be distributed;
motor driven machines for the Army;
the country over.
Above all else the government de-'
sired for this station a central point; I
m a place l'rom which quick action and
sure transportation would be guaiv i
nnteed to all parts of the country.
It had the whole United States to !
choose from, and it selected Harris
burg. '
There is a reason, and it lies in our
fortunate geographical location, com
bined with our unexcelled railroad
facilities.
- Private business seeking a dis
tributing point please take notice.
Colonel House continues to be the j
mysterious man of the Wilson admin
istration. An entirely private citizen,
with no official connection with the
Government, he is nevertheless called
upon in ever\' crisis to do the things
which ordlnarllv would be referred to
important officials at Washington.
Official or unofficial, however, If this
mysterious counsellor of the Presi
dent will give such advice as will aid
th* President in steering a straight
course, he will have the good wishes J
of men of all parties and shade of
political belief.
BRIXTON CHAIRMAN
CALEB S. RRINTON has Jieen
chosen by the Republican Com
mittee of Cumberland county as
its chairman, succeeding Josiah W.
Kline, who resigned. Chairman Brln
ton is widely known throughout the
Cumberland Valley and will continue
the direction of Bepubllcan affairs
across the river to the satisfaction of
all who favor a strong party organi
sation. He has the confidence of men
of nil parties and his personal ac
quaintance throughout- the Cumber
land district assures a cohesive and
effective organization.
SAFE-GUARDTNG FINANCES
IT will be hardly he charged that
the Democratic Chairman of the
House Committee on Appropria
tions at Washington Is playing par
than politics when he rtemands that
there should be a central body In
Congress to keep tabs on appropria
tions. He points out the slipshod
methods which have characterized
eni-rivous appropriations and mani
festly fears that in the great rush for
money scandals arise. His reso
lution offered in the liouso the
other day provides that all appro
priations shall go through n central
committee. He denounced his party
as Mtravagant and warns the Demo
crats that if the appropriations were
not more carefully scanned there
"■OTSH! be scandsl.
Representative Fitzgerald wants
S.lVappropriations to originate In and
l.e reported from a single committee,
end &!' estimates for the support, of
the various governmental establish
ments to be referred to that commit
tee. He calls attention to the fact
tfcat sinco Congress convened ia
April the Committee On Appropria
tion* has passed upon estimates ag
gregating more than 110.000,000,000.
Ho also suggests that it would be dis
astrous to the nation's finances If, in
the coming session, control of all ap
propriations be not concentrated In
otM, committee.
All head of the Committee on Ap
propriations Mr. Fitzgerald has been
In clos* touch with the enormous
grants for war uses. But notwlth
. standing £la protest there are those
r In administration circles at Washlng
■ c >
for restricting or supervising these,
expenditures is in tljo nature,-of a
reflection upon the administration. It
ia high time that this atmosphere of
cant be dispelled. Men are human
and likely to err and every safeguard
should be thrown around the outgo
of the funds of tie people.
j ASH COLLECTIONS
___HATEVER shall be done by
VV City Council regarding a gar
bage and ash contract, care
should be exercised that no such ex
perience as the city is now passing
through shall ft>llow another private
I contract. The people of Harrisburg
' are thoroughly disgusted with what
they have undergone in the last few
years and they have a right to de
mand that there shall be no repeti
tion. The health of the community
and its comfort depend largely upon
a proper solution of this problem.
Specifications and conditions of a
contract amount to little unless they
are strictly enforced, and the trouble
in this city has been that the contrac
tor has not been held to either the
letter or the spirit of the agreement
with the city.
Admitting that the contractors
compensation was not sufficient, it is
still due the people that any new
contract shall bo of such character
as to safeguard the interests of the
householders.
The garbage and ash nuisance has
reached the limit of patience so far
as our citizens and taxpayers are
concerned and City Council should
do nothing to aggravate an already
serious situation.
We believe the municipal authori
ties want to do the right thing and
no final action ought to be taken until
there is positive assurance that what
shall be done will correct the present
unsatisfactory conditions. It isn't a
question of helping a contractor; it is
altogether and solely a matter of re
lief for the community at large.
Th.e great trouble of the past few
years has been lack of adequate regu
lation by the city. The work of su
pervision has been entrusted to the
local health department, which ia
under-manned and in no position to
keep track of the oversights and de
linquencies of the collectors. The
constant tendency of even the most
conscientious of contractors is to got
his money with the least possible ef
fort compatible with what he re
gards as proper service, but his idea
of service is apt to be biased and
considerably at variance with the
views of the parties of the second
part. What is needed is daily su-1
i
pervision of ash and garbage collec- (
tions, and this will necessitate the
creation of a separate bureau, which
should be under civil service rules,
but subject to the same councilmanlc
authority as is the health depart
ment. The city should be districted
and every move of the contractors
should be constantly under the eye
of a city employe. Only in this was
will the work he well done.
TREES AN I* HIGHWAYS
STATE HIGHWAY , COMMIS
SIONER O'NEIL heßeves tfiat
the next Arbor Day, which will
be Friday. October 25, ought to be a
real tree-planting day in Pennsylva
nia. He advocates the planting of
trees along the roadside, and as this
is In harmony -with a suggestion
thrown out by Governor Brumbaugh
on his automobile tour of the State
last October, there ought not to be
much difficulty in having something
dope in this diregtlon.
Just a little encouragement will
start such a tree-planting campaign
as has never been known in the
State, but it must be done in some
organized way, and there is little
time to be lost. Commissioner o'Nell
might very properly indicate the
character of the planting and the
State Highway forces could be placed
in charge of all such trees.
FINDAJIKMAL PRINCIPLE
THERE are some economic prin
ciples that are as eternal as the
sun in its course through the
sky. War may obscure some of those
principles, or emphasize them, but it
can't overthrow them. One of these
principles ia that if you buy more
than you sell, you must pay the dif
ference or accumulate a debt. Re
cently this has been emphasized by
large shipments of gold to Japan.
The shipments were so large as to
alarm government authorities. The
cause for the increased exports of
gold may be ascertained by reading
the report of exports and Imports
Just Issued by the Department of
Commerce, Our exports to Asia re
mained pr&ottcaUy the -same as last
year, while our Imports from that
continent for the fast seven months
. are greater than
for the same period in 19.1 G. Japan
has been asking us to pay our debts
In gold.
But, as stated above, this is not
merely a war-time condition. In
time of peace, if we buy from a na
tion more than we sell to It, either in
commodities or service, we must pay
the balance In money. Many people
overlook this fact when they study
the tariff question.
Under the Republican protective
tariff purchases abroad were dis
couraged, and the balanco of trade
was in our favor. From the day the
Democratic tariff law was enacted
in 1913, wo increased our purchases
abroad—in both Europe and Asia—
and decreased our sales. Our fa
vorable trado balance gradually di
minished until the balance was writ
ten on the wrong side of the ledger.
That situation caused consterna
tion to American business men and
the economic results were declared
by President Wilson to be "purely
psychological." The results were ex
actly what anyone with ordinary
business acumen should have antici
pated. The outbreak of the war
effected what was for all practical
purposes the highest trade barrier
in our. history. It was a more effec
tive bar to imports and a greater
stimulus to exports than any tariff
could possibly be. The consequence
was that we enjoyed the greatest
trade prosperity in our history.
But don't overlook the fact that
before the war, and now, and after
the war, we shall be governed by
the laws of trade and if we buy
more than we sell, we must pay the
difference.
"PoCttcca ot
By the Ex-Commltteeman
J*
Things are going swimmingly for
the Republican candidates in Dau
phin county. Their election is as
sured. Henry W. Gough, who has
conducted the office of county con
troller since its creation, ft* not a
politician in any sense of the word,
but he is an expert accountant and
as a result of the system he has in
troduced in keeping track of the
county's money, it is possible any
day or hour to tell just how much
has been spent, who got the money
and what It was spent for. In the
old days that sort of thing was im
possibly. It is this efficiency in con
duct of the county affairs that has
made the way of the Republicans
this fall so remarkably easy. The
other big place on the ticket is that
of prothonotary, and the nominee,
Charles E. Pass, is a native-born
Dauphin countian and has lived here
all his life. During recent years,
although at the time not active in
politics, Mr. Pass has been in much
demand as a public speaker In all
parts of the county. He has graced
many patriotic and other gatherings
and has a wide reputation as an ora
tor. He is not a man of extensive
means but he has had an extensive
business experience and will be elect
ed by a very large vote, those fami-
I liar with the situation say. He
publicans who have been touring the
county say also that Coroner Jacob
Eekinger will be re-elected by a
larger majority than last time. His
strength in the county was revealed
at the primaries and he will be
stronger at the general election than
he was when nominated.
—Judge McCarrell, however, has
it easier than any other man on the
ticket. Nominated as a nonpartisan
judicial candidate by what amounted
to a unanimous vote, his will be thei
only .name on the ticket for judge in
Dauphin county this fall.
"How is your campaign coming
along?" asked a friend who stopped
to shake hands with the Judge the
other day.
"Why," responded the Judge, "I
scarcely know I'm running."
And that about sizes up the situa
tion, except that the Judge's friends
are urging voters all over the county
to roll up a big complimentary vote
for him
—A straight-out declaration for
local option In the New Jersey Re
publican platform and what was
termed as a "designed silence" upon
the part of the Democrats, featured
the annual convention of each party
organization held in Trenton yester
day. The Republican plank, how
ever, was adopted with the under
standing that any candidate for the
Legislature who won at the pri
maries as an opponent of this issue
is not to be bound by the platform
declaration. The Democrats took the
stnnd that the issue being a purely
county one every candidate should
bo loft to determine the issue for
himself In the event of election to
the Legislature. Indorsement of the
administration of Governor Edge at*l
the work of United States Senat&
Frelinghuysen also characterized thef
Republican gathering. A feature of
the Democratic platform wns a five
hundred-word preamble Indorsing
■the work of President 'Wilson and
likening him to Washington, Jeffer
son and Lincoln.
—The new Philadelphia city
which will try to put into effective
ness at the polls In November the
program of civic regeneration de
cided upon at the Town Meeting,
In the Academy, probably will come
Into being to-day when pre-emption
papers are to be filed. The party
name Is of course being kept a se
cret and will be until the papers are
filed, for the reason that those active
in the new movement see in the
earlier pre-emption of the titles
"American" party and "Liberty"
party a political scheme to bewilder
the voter, and to capture every pos
sible party name to that end.
MEN OF THETCAMP
They're h first class set of fellows,
These Keystone men In camp;
And no need for folks to grumble,
If here and there's a scamp.
They are cultured, clean and manly.
As a rule they pass at par—
These Keystone men at Hancock
Who are training fpr the war.
We have met a good fair sample,
Generals, Colonels," Majors too,
With a solid line of privates—
These Keystone men will do;
With Captains, Sergeants, Corporals,
And don't forget the Cooks,
While Lieutenants In their glory.
Are surely some for looks!
Georgia greets you, Pennsylvania!
For your coming here is great.
You're a splendid set of fellows.
And a credit to your state.
Yes, we greet yoO Pennsylvania!
You'll be winners, sure as fate:
Heres a heart and hand In Dixie
Land,
With a "Tiger" for your state.
—A greeting by Dr. J. E. Rushnell,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, Augusta, Ga. (Reprinted
from Augusta Chronicle.)
<V '•
| EDITORIAL COMMENT [
Wc still believe the Russians will
win in the long run.—Toledo Blade*
Buf for the ract that German se
cret diplomacy Is neither secret nor
diplomatic it would appear to be
pretty accurately named.—Boston
Transcript.
The German Crown Princess has
given b}rth to a girl, "according to
Uerlln advices." Our understanding
is thut Berlin advice was to give
birth to. boys. Chicago Herald.
The soldiers as a rule are of an
uncomplaining disposition, but the
$20,000 worth of footballs recently
sent them by Harvard students will
give them something to kick about.—
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
A French cabinet nowadays looks
more like a - whatnot.—Boston Tran
script.
A NOISY BLOCK
[New York Tribune.]
All summer long our block has been
A noisy one. Early and late
Boys clad in khaki have hung out
Around the cwner, where the store
That olTers candy and ice cream
Served splendldlyas meetlngplace . .
Under my windows, In the dark
Of summer nights they made rude
love.
Their voices rose, as, unashamed,
They paid their court.
And mingled with them, strident,
shrill.
Were girlish giggles, mocking laughs
. . . They sang; they danced; they
played upon '
Jewsharp and whistle. And their din
Seemed always worst when I had
need
Of greatest quiet to do my work.
Their sentries paced the block. But
they
Were without nerves, or else they
liked
The noise that little children made
Riding cock horse upon the shafts
Of combat wagons that were lined
In a long row across the street.
The night before I went away
More pairs of lovers were below
Than I had seen for many nights.
And midnight struck, and one, and
two.
Before peace came, and sleep . . .
Now lam back. The block is quiet.
The combat wagons have gone out.
No lovers send their voices up
Into my windows. Not a shout
Shatters the silence. All is still . . .
God —send them back! All —every
one —
Safe —shouting—dancing—singing—
Soon!
THE SILVER SICKLE
[From the Milwaukee Journal]
And now the silver sickle of the
Autumn moon. ,
Autumn is like age; it steals up
on us before we know It. So silent
ly, so stealthily, it creeps on the
heels of summer that we are hardly
aware except from reference to the
calendar, that it has come. But
some afterndon we look about us
to find the sunshine has paled since
morning. The forests far and near
flume with crimson and gold. Be
neath our feet the purple leaves
rustle in mournful reminder of the
summer that has gone. The shocks
of corn stand in the brown fields
like Indian wigwams; the air fills
the nostrils with whiffs of burn
ing leaves; the horizon flashes with
darts of flickering flame; in the skies
the battle line of wild geese moves
swiftly to the long winter home. Au
tumn is here before we know sum
mer had gone.
Autumn is like age; it fills men
with memories. There were a
thousand things we had thought to
do in the warmth of the open air.
There were a thousand things that
went wrong when summer was here.
But memory gilds them all with
the gloss of forgetfulness, leaving
only the joys of the sunsliino and'
God's out-of-doors to brighten the
melancholy months of fall and win
ter. Nature's way, this, of compen
sating for the rigors of winter and
what time has taken away.
Autumn is like life; it promises
another life. Nature has cast aside
its beautiful decorations. It has
gathered its harvest. It has wrap
ped itself in Its blanket, in protec
tion. of itself for another spring
time, a rebirth, a bigger planting
and a bigger harvest.
In the spring the silver sickle of
the crescent moon!
WOMEN'S SPHERE
[Washington Post]
Those women who have demanded
an enlargement of their sphere in
order that they might be placed
upon an equality with men may real
ize their ambition. Reports continue
to come in telling of the employment
of women to take the places of men
who have answered the call to the
colors. The latest to do this is a big
express company, . which until re
cently never had a woman in its em
ploy. Three years ago, owing to
the demand for men, this company
began employing women stenograph
ers, and but a few days since the
bars were furthor let down and
women bill clerks were given em
ployment. In the munitions works
thousands of women, arc doing men's
work at men's wages. In some of
the large buildings girls are operat
ing elevators In places of boys. One
ol' the large railroad systems is con
sidering the possibility of employing
women as conductors on passenger
trains and as ticket and baggage
agents in the event /that the short
age of labor reaches an acute stage.
The war has resulted in very ma
terially widening women's sphere and
in opening up new lines of employ
ment to them, and after they have
demonstrated their ability to do the
work men will have to make up their
minds to compete with them when
times are again normal.
GOOD-BY
There's a lump in my throat and a
catch in my voice.
And gone are my spirits gay,
And deep in my heart an ache abides
For Johnny-Who's-Goln§-Away.
Oh, the fates will be kind and soon
he'll return.
And we'll smile In the same old
way.
But 'tis tears and not smiles that
clamor Just now
For Johnny-Who's-Going-Away.
The sun may keep shining although
he is gone
And the same old moonbeams
play.
But what are the sun and the moon
to me
Without Johnny-Who's - Going-
Away ?
There's a place In his arms where
myself just fits.
And I snuggle my griefs to bay,
And a gUam In the eyes and a place
In the lips
Of Johnny-Who's-Golng-Away.
Yet though there'll r>e none now to
cheer and to kiss.
And cold are the distances gray,
Sure, 'tis not with a sigh and a sob
that I'll part
From Johnny-Who's-Golng-Away.
With head held high and a wish in
my eyes.
I'll smile him good-by to-day.
For love Is a beacon, and we have
love.
Oh, Johnny-Who's-Golng-Away.
—Paulina Nlchthauser In the New
York Herald. ,
t ,
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND ■: - By Briggt]
Democracy in Hungary
[Eugene S. Bagger in New Republic]
The Intolerable hardships, above
all the scarcity of food, the constant
sacrifice of thousands of men, and
the untiring propaganda of radicals
and Socialists have combined in
bringing about in the mind of the
Hungarian people the realization
that they were compelled to fight
for no purpose, or worse still, fdr the
purpose of somebody else.
The entrance of America into the
war afforded Count Karolyl an op-,
portunity among others, to drive
home the point that after all it can
not be worth while for Hungary to
fight against the combination of all
the democracies in the interest of
Prussian ruthlessness. But the event
that doomed the Hungarian junker
party was the announcement by the
Russian government of the peace
formula of no conquests and indemn
ities. Hungary, which was hurried
into the war by the dread of Mus
covite imperialism was made to see
that Muscovite imperialism was no
more and that the Hungarian people
had nothing to fear from the great
rising democracy in the east.
Whatever tho ambitions of the
Magyar junkers have been, the Hun
garian people themsleves have never
dreamed Qt conquest. Thus it has
not been too difficult for the radicals
to convince the majority of the peo
ple that the one Insurmountable ob
END OF THE DELUGE
And God remembered Noah, and
every living thing, and all the cat
tle that was with him In the Ark:
and God made a wind to pass over
the earth, and the waters assuaged
And the ark rested upon the moun
tains of Ararat. Noah opened the
window of the And he sent
forth a raven. Also he sent forth
a dove from i him. But tho dove
found no rest for £he sole of her
foot, and she returned unto him.
And he stayed yet another seven
days; and again he sent forth a
dove out of the ark; and the dove
came in to him in the evening; and
10, in her mouth was an olive leaf
plucked off; so Noah knew that tho
waters were abated from the earth.
—Genesis vil, 1 to 11.
NO CONFISCATION
[Philadelphia Ledger]
With the leaders of the adminis
tration in the lines of commerce and
Industry doing everything they know
how to rally the business men of the
country to the support ofjts policies
at home and abroad. It is certainly
the height of folly for Chairman
Kltchin to inject partisan and pro
vincial politics into his stand on the
war revenue measure. For one thing
is certain —whatever else this much
mauled-over bill may contain, it
should not contain any of the threat
ened confiscatory clauses that Certain
radical congressmen would like to
see In it. This is no time in such a
grave enactment for anything except
a statesmanship that rises above the
potty desire to punish or to put the
attalner of class hatred on the men
who, as Lord Northcllffe has Just
said.' are winning the war for us and
for the world at large. Even school
children know what killing the goose
to get the golden egg means. And
yot, as certain clauses in the revenue
measure as it has been reported indi
cate, there are men of supposed lev~
elheadness who would do that very
thing. Surely those who are, sup
posed to speak for the administra
tion are not so purblind as to think
that they can count on rallying busi
ness and Industrial Interests to "save
the country at wai," as the phrase
goes, while they encourage an an
tagonism to capital which in its
worst aspects suggests the fanatical
arguments of the I. W. W. and other
advocates of communism and whole- j
sale expropriation!
1 'A
stacle to peace wus the regime of
Count Tisza and the junkers, and
that the way to overthrow this ob
stacle lay through universal suffrage.
Fortunately for the cause of dem
ocracy, this time the Interests of the
Hungarian people coincided with the
desires of the new king. Charles IV
seems to have realized from the very
beginning of his reign that the only
chance for the survival of his house
and of the Austro-Hungarian com
bination was a quick peace, and that
an all-powerful Prussia was anything
but a blesslsg for Austria and the
llapsburgs. Consequently he was in
clined to support the Hungarian peo
ple against Count Tlsza, the expo
nent of uncompromising Prussian
lsm. By giving his consent to the
democratic reforms and by ridding
Hungary of the Junker government
he Inclined to enhance the possibil
ities of an agreement with the allies.
Accordingly, Count Tisza was dis
carded, and the reforms promised.
It is noteworthy that the fall of
Tisza came almost simultaneously
with the indorsement of Count
Czernin of the Russian peace for
mula, and it is to be recalled that
as an adherent of trlallsm, or the
plan of an independent Jugoslav
state as a third unit within the Haps
burg combination. Count Czernin
was alwayfc bitterly hated by the
Magyar Junkers.
WASTING TIME
If time be of all things the most
precious, wasting time must be, as
Poor Richard says, the greatest
prodigality; since, as he elsewhere
tells us, lost time Is never found
again; and what we call time enough,
always proves little enough. Let us,
then, he up and doing, and doing to
tho purpose; so by diligence shall we
do more with less perplexity. Sloth
makes all things difficult, but Indus
try all easy; and he that rlseth late
must trot all day, and shall scarce
overtake his business at night; while
Laziness travels so slowly, that Pov
erty soon overtakes him. Drive thy
business, lot not that drive thee:
and early to bed and early to rise,
makes a man healthy, wealthy and
wise.—Benjamin Franklin.
CHILDREN'S HYMN
Now the world lies down to sleep
Un,der God's klmlghty wings,
Froy Thy trusting children keep
Wicked and unholy, things,
Who would thrust from out His
' ' , throne
Our Lord Jesus, Thy dear Son!
Selfishness and Hate and Fear
Shut us In their prison wall.
When our prayers to Thee draw
near.
Come, and overthrow them all!
•Who would thrust from out His
throne
Our Lord Jesus, Thy dear Son.
Guard our soldiers day and night.
In their danger, bend to bless,
Make them wise and strong to fight
All the powers of wickedness,
Who would thrust from out His
throne
Our Lord Jesus, Thy dear Son!
Make us humble unto Thee.
Make us proud to face Thy foes,
Make us purpose steadfastly
Never to be found with those
Who would thrust from out His
throne
Our Lord Jesus, Thy dear Son,
Amen.
•These two lines taken from old
hymn.
—London Westminster Uasettfe, j
LABOR NOTES
Metal polishers at Toronto, Can
ada, demand 60 cents an hour.
Regina (Canada) carpenters have
secured a minimum wage of $30.25
a week.
The trades unions of Hamilton,
Canada, want the government to ap
point labor representatives to the ex
emption tribunals.
Bootmaklng and brush manufac
turing In Italy have been developed
extensively since the war began.
No experienced woman can now be
employed in any mercantile estab
lishment in California at a salary less
than $lO per week.
Wichita Falls (Kan.) Broommak
ers.' Union has signed up a scale with
the employers which provides for an
increase of 12 per cent.
Kansas City (Mo.) Factory Com
missioners have ruled that women
working in the factories of that city
can wear overalls If they choose.
Butcher shops, meat merchants
and fish stories in Victoria, British
Columbia, are exempt from the pro
visions of the weekly half-holiday
act.
j OUR DAILY LAUGH
M THE TRIO,
Iread and
'/A cheese are
JCjM So statistics
r — Kisses, by the
A by.
/I \ Are about th
( \ AS.I
u ~ I
IN A NOVEL.
Well. this
heroine marries /
early, I must II '
Page thirteen. —
KEEP THEM
* -j\ ™ you seem to glvt
what few yot
have plenty ol
LOST BALLS. _
We ought to
have that pond HSc*
on our links
filled up. /
Give It time.
The members
are 'filling it > v
with golf balls /V>V
at a rapid rata. o- mR
lEbwttag ffllja!
Highway Commissioner O'Nail's
suggestion that the people of Penn
sylvania observe Arbpr Day by plant
ing cherry or apple trees along the
state highways, has caused numer-i
ons letters to be written to the head
of the highway system, some of
them in protest against the cherry,
while others declare that apple trees
are not suited for highways. The ob
jections to the cherry are that it at
tracts boys and one man wrote that
he feared it would tempt boys to
steal. Another voiced the same ob
jection to apples. The cherry was
also the object of some criticism at
the Capitol as State Zoologist J. G.
Sanders says it attracts"pests and is
one of the hardest to keep clear from
dangerous insects, while Forestry
Commissioner Robert G. Conklin
says that pines, oaks or evergreens
are more suitable- for lining trees.
Mr. O'Neil when informed that his
advocacy of the ruddy cherry was
causing some comment said that peo
ple should try them out and that
he was not wedded to the cherry but
would like to see trees planted along
the roads. "If they do not want the
cherry or the'apple, let them plant
a nut tree or as I also suggested
plant the sugar maple or the red
oak. I don't want to argue about
varieties of trees, I want to see the
trees planted/'
He was a little codger of two and
his mother asked hlni who she was.
"You're mudder," he said.
. "Mother who?" she asked.
"Mudder Goose," was the prompt
reply.
The suggestion has been made
that there he conservation of food
products in the celebration of Hal
lowe'en, this year. This would mean
that corn and other cereals he not
used in the usual festivities of the
ghostly period. To make this effective
Mayor Bowman might suggest to the
police department that corn and
cereals shall not be hurled against
windows and in faces, the latter
part of this month, and by the same
token any one who throws flour
should be arrested on sight.
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, Secretary of
the State Game Commission, has or
dered rigorous prosecution of per
sons who violate the game laws by
shooting in advance of the season
and has called attention of officers
commanding soldiers stationed in
various parts of the state to alleged
offenses by their men. Game war
dens have brought seven actions
in the last week for shooting game
out of season. "There can be no ex
cuse for shooting game out of sea
son. The provisions of the new game
code have been brought to the at
tention of the state by the news
papers which have given much space
to the changes," said Dr. Kalbfus.
"We have been spending money to
increase and protect the game in the
state and wc do not propose to allow
people to kill it off out of season.
Just because deer are becoming
plentiful and roam about is no rea
son why they should be shot until
the proper time which will bo from
December 1 to 15."
Pennsylvania's new apple packing
law. which requires that the apples
shall be uniform through a/ box of
barrel and named, graded and pack
ed in a specified way is being gen
erally observed throughout the state,
according to officials who havo
charge of the new act's enforce
ment. This Is the big packing sea
son In Southern Pennsylvania, and
every grower and shipper was pro
vided with a copy of the law, while
state agents have been visiting the
region where orchards are most num
erous, explaining what is required.
The belief is that the new law will
place the state's apple product,
which is increasing every year, in
better shape for national and Euro
pean trade.
Captain Paul L. Barclay, who is
the heart of the Philadelphia divi
sion police department, has some
reputation for having an efficient
force. Notwithstanding' the fact that
he has about all he can attend to
in the way of territory, the Captain
and his men are frequently called
upon to do special duty. During the
fair season he suplies the necessary
extra protection for cities )n which
fairs are held and located along the
Pennsy system. This is not all.
Whenever there Is a strike or trou
ble on any branch, Captain Barclay
1b consulted and details his best men
to look after certain districts. With
in the past two weeks Captain Bar
clay's men have been on special duty
at Trenton, Carlisle, Reading and on
the Allegheny division. This week
several of his men will he on duty
at the York fair and railroad sta
tions in that city. This is not all.
Frequently there is occasion when
travelers become ill and must be
looked after. Captain Barclay not
only provides nurses, but sends an
officer along to see that the passenger
is well taken care of and delivered
safely at his or her destination. Re
cently it was necessary to take care of
several demented folks. The men who
have been doing most of the special
duty arc Lieutenant Edward J. Cran
ford, and Officers James Morrlssey
and Alfred Roat.
• •
Among visitors to Harrisburg
yesterday was the Rev. Dr. Luther
DeYoe, the man who built up Mes
siah Lutheran Church and one of
the best loved of the clergymen who
have ministered here. Dr. DeYoe is
now pastor of one of the largest
churches in Germantown.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—Senator W. C. Sproul, who is
attending the State Firemen's Con
vention at Butler, has been a mem
ber of a fire company at Chester
since he was a boy.
—W. L. Owens, the Pottavllle
schoolteacher, who completed fifty
yeiirs of teaching on October 1, hae
had many prominent Schuylkill
men as his pupils. .
—Ex-Representative William Ward
will be one of Chester's representa
tives at the waterways convention.
—Judge Joseph Bufllngton, of
Pittsburgh, has been making a
of addresses In the state and Is on a
tour of the camps. He has been
speaking for the Y. M. C. A.
—Dion Martinez, named as one
of the Philadelphia transit engineers,
formerly resided here and was In
the nteel Inspection business.
QO YOU KNOW ""j
That Harrisburg boilers fur
nish heat for lowa school
houses?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrlsburg riflemen used to prae
tlce on the blui(s which mark th*
beginning of Allison HUL