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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5
It fortifies my soul to know
That though 1 perish, truth is so;
That howso'cr I stray, and range,
W'hate'er 1 do, thou dost not change;
I steadier step when I recall
That if I slip thou dost not fall.
—CI.OUGH.
THE NEW ADJUTANT GENERAL
PROMOTION of Colonel Frank D. j
Beary, deputy adjutant general j
since 1912, to be the adminis-i
trative head of the military establish
• ment of Pennsylvania as successor to
the late Thomas J. Stewart, not only
recognizes efficiency in office, but re
wards that hard work and self-sac
riflce which make for the best in the
public service. Almost from the
time that he entered the office the
man from AUentown was tho right
hand of General Stewart and in the
days when the General was worn
with the weight of duties it was
Colonel Beary who relieved him and
tool: over much of the burden of
an office filled with detail. Colonel
Beary has to-day the advantage of
a score of years in the Guard. He
began as a private and rose through
the grades to be a major of the lino,
varying his service by working in
the important departments that go
to make an army, but which are not
in the limelight. In handling the
official matters which come to the
Capitol he has had to spend many
a night at his desk and many an
hour upon trains. But it has all been
to his benefit, for he takes his new
office splendidly informed, well sup
ported and vigorous in health.
In selecting the officer upon whom
will devolve the task of organizing
the Reserve Militia first of all, so that
the Commonwealth may have a new
line of defense, Governor Brumbaugh
w;.s able to follow the recommenda
tions of the Army heads, who showed
that among the officers coming un
der national inspection Colonel Beary
ranked among the very first for effi
ciency and general knowledge of tho
duties of an officer.
• The appointment of Colonel Beary
is a good choice viewed from any
angle.
"Pea coal reduced sixty cents a ton
lr. Philadelphia." Therefore, we are
told, Harlsburg people should feel
grateful to the President's fuel ad
ministration.
"IIARDSCRABBLE"
CITY SOLICITOR FOX is to be
congratulated upon his en
ergetic handling of the
"Hardscrabble" matter. This should
no longer be a subject of adverse
comment in public places.
Every reasonable thing has been
done to safeguard the interests of
the property owners in the district
affected and there can be no charge
of inconsiderate action against the
city. From the standpoint of the
municipality great consideration has
been shown all in interest and the
City Solicitor may be trusted to bring
the matter to a proper conclusion
without further unnecessary delay.
Veterans of the Philippines will be
lieve that 8010 was well named.
HOW ABOUT COTTON?
COTTON growers and others in
terested are meeting in New
Orleans to consider the advis
ability of holding all cotton for a
minimum of thirty cents a pound.
This ought to bo a signal for ac
tion by the Federal Government.
Steelmakers, coal operators and east
ern and western growers of wheat
have been called to Washington and
told solemnly that prices have been
fixed for \heir products, that to at
tempt to get more would bo punish
able by prison term or fine, and that
any move toward price juggling
•would be regarded as next door to
treason.
Why this price fixing by the ad
ministration? To help win the war,
to keep down the living expenses of
the people, we are told.
All very well, but how about cot
ton?
Isn't cotton a household necessity?
Isn't a plentiful supply of cotton es
sential to a proper conduct of the
(wnr? Won't the government save
ipiSUlona .of dollars if the price of
FRIDAY EVENING, KOUtSBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 5, 1917.
cotton Is kept down to a reasonable
figure? Says the New York Sun, dis
cussing cotton prices:
The cost of cotton production Is
as disputable as the actual price
it costs to produce a ton of steel
or a pound of copper. It ranges,
according to conditions, between
eight and fifteen emits a pound.
If the Government can say to the
farmers of the Middle West that
$2.20 shall be the price received
for wheat, why cannot it say to
the farmers .of the South that a
price fixed after thorough inves
tigation shall be received for cot
ton? Talk of holding cotton for
a minimum of thirty cents a
pound will hasten such a price
fixing. Thirty-cent cotton would
be profit-grabbing in its worst
form.
The answer to the government's
failure to fix cotton prices lies in the
fact that the cotton crop is grown in
the South and that Southern Demo
crats are in control at Washington.
But there is a worse side to the
cotton question even than that of
price. Its export is not under gov
ernment control. Thousands of bales
are finding their way from this coun
try to the Central Powers, where the
cotton is being turned into ammuni
tion for German and Austrian can
non and rifles. An embargo on cot
ton would be a serious blow to the
Prusssian arms, just a govern
ment fixed price an cotton would
tend to keep down family expenses
and government outlay at this time.
But Democratic Washington is
silent concerning Democratic cotton.
Theodore Roosevelt stands out be
fore his countrymen to-day as the
very Impersonation of American
spirit. He has no patience with the
blathering pacificists or the other
slackers, wiio would promote the
cause of the Kaiser through direct or
indirect interference with the prepa
rations of the Government for a suc
cessful assault upon the entrenched
foes of humanity and liberty.
PROFIT FROM GARBAGE
IF Baltimore is offered SIOO,OOO
for its garbage and other waste
materials by a responsible con
cern and if cities , like Springfield,
Mass., and elsewhere are likewise
receiving thousands of dollars for
their waste, then it ought not to be
a difficult matter for the officials
of Harrisburg to find a source of
revenue in the garbage, instead of
an item of expense.
Since much time has been taken
already in consideration of this
matter no mistake ought to be
made in the final conclusion. No city
has suffered more from the system
or the lack of system in garbage
disposal than Harrisburg. It is due
our citizens that the unsanitary
conditions which have prevailed
here shall cease. There can. be no
excuse for prolonging the careless,
indifferent and incompetent garbage
arrangement which has been a seri
ous joke for several years.
No consideration ought to be
shown those who would protect their
own interests at the expense of the
taxpayers- It is not a question of
easing the financial burden of those
responsible for our present plight.
The duty of the municipal author
ities is as clear as the sun. They
should provide a definite and satis
factory and efficient disposal sys
tem, and no attempt at justification
on the score of a few dollars more
or less will satisfy the people for
failure to remove the waste of the
city promptly and with regard to
sanitary regulations.
The people are watching this mat
ter more closely than ever before
and if the city can be saved money
instead of increasing the cost of
operation *the City Council should
see to it that this is done.
Let's have no more temporizing.
To-day's fire is an argument for
fireproof garages.
WHERE IS THE "NEW BLOOD?"
FOLLOWING the President's
cruise to New England in the
Mayflower, we were told, a great
shake-up was to take place among
the bureaucrats in the departments
at Washington. Red tape was to be
cut. new blood was to be Infused.
Well, the cruise is long since ended.
The only shake-up that has taken
place is one caused by the operations
of age and the law. General Scott
)ias Reached the age of retirement
and has quit the post of chief of the
general staff. His successor will have
to step down and out for the same
reason in three months' time.
The infusion of new blood will be
delayed that long, at least.
"Food and fuel will win war," says
Potter. In which case is the credit to
go entirely to the sappers and miners?
SCRUTINI ZING N EEDED
SENATOR MARTIN, of Virginia,
the Democratic leader in the
upper branch of Congress,
warns the Senate that "the govern
ment's finances aro in a perilous sit
uation." He declares that the duty
of the Senate "to scrutinize these es
timates grows every hour."
The Senator describes as "extrava
gant and almost reckless" the esti
mates which are pouring in on Con
gress from the administrative de
partments. These strong words are
Justified; and we hope that Senator
Martin will not content himself with
words alone.
There is a splendid opportunity for
him to turn to action to make his
words effective by co-operating with
the Republican Senators who, as a
whole, and the Democratic Senators
who, to the number of fifteen, have
gone on record as favoring a joint
committee of Congress to scrutinize
the financial operations of the war.
"Bryn-Mawr girls in fistfight on
street." —Newspaper headline. Quali
fying for the ballot in Philadelphia,
we suppose.
NO EXCUSE FOR DELAY
SELECTION of a site for the
new high school should
be postponed for po
litical or other reasons. Ade
quate facilities must be provided for
the increasing school population and
we trust that the directors will lo3e
no time in getting the whole build
ing program under way. Too often
1 Important municipal improvement^
and the development of the school
facilities are dependent upon poli
tical campaigns. It ought to be ob
vious to the average public official
that the best recommendation he can
have for the public favor Is iinsel
fish public service and efficient ad
ministration of the business of the
people.
HPe&ttea ov
'PTKKOIFCTFUUA
By the Ex-Commtttceman
Decisions in regard to details of
the method whereby the votes of the
Pennsylvania soldiers will be taken
in November will be reached early
next week by state officials and the
general plan will be submitted to
Governor Brumbaugh for approval.
The Governor said to-day that he
hoped to be able to name the com
missioners within the next ten days.
It has been determined that com
missioners will be sent to the camps
where there are organizations of the
National Guard, the mobilization
camps of the drafted men and the
various training camps where there
are ten men or more, but another
problem has entered into the case
because when election day comes
Pennsylvania soldiers may be on the
high seas.
While there is ho information
when any of the men will sail, ar
rangements will be made with the
Federal Government whereby com
missioners will go on shipboard if it
is found that any units will be on the
ocean on election day.
—Secretary of the Commonwealth
Woods has telegraphed to the com
missioners of a number of the coun
ties asking that they forward imme
diately lists of the nominees for of
fices to be voted for by or
cities. In a number of instances the
lists have been sent in without the
address of the candidate being given
so that they could be identified. The
idea is to gather all of such nomina
tions in a pamphlet and furnish them
to soldiers, who can also be given the
local nominees by committees which
send them. The department has pre
pared a form of skeleton ballot
which will be sent to county officers
for their guidance. Soldiers will have
the right to write in any name they
please.
—The time for paying taxes, which
is a requisite for soldiei-s to vote, ex
pires to-morrow.
—Governor Brumbaugh, who has
been getting numerous letters and
telegrams of protest against the dis
memberment of the 18th, 13th, Bth
and other regiments, will likely send
a personal representative to Wash
ington to call the attention of Sec
retary of War Baker to the situa
tion which has arisen as a result of
the reorganization , at Camp Han
cock. The Governor informed visitors
yesterday that General C. M. Clem
ent was the officer In charge and
that all he could do would b$ to pro
test. The reorganization has caused
so much objection that the Governor
will likely issue a statement about it.
Secretary Paker will be in Harris
burg next Monday and the matter
may be brought informally to his at
tention as this city is the headquar
ters of one of the dismembered regi
ments.
—The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: "Under the name of the Town
Meeting Party, the committee author
ized to put an independent ticket in
the field at Philadelphia at the Town
Meeting in the Academy of Music
last Thursday night began its
campaign against "Government by
Murder" and against the election of
the contractor bosses' ticket for
Councils and county offices. The title
for the new party was pre-empted
yesterday when papers covering
every waril in the city were filed in
the office of the Prothonotary of the
Common Pleas Court. At the same
time a duplicate set of pre-emption
papers were filed in the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
for the purpose of pre-empting the
party title for the state at large.
Through this measure of precaution
the new party will be enabled to put
a state ticket in the field at the
Gubernatorial election in November,
1918, when the successor of Govern
or Brumbaugh is to be elected.
Should politicjj.l conditions at that
time justify the move the new party
might put a Gubernatorial candi
date up .'V
—Half a dozen of the big counties
liave failed to file the official returns
of their primary on judgship nomi
nations and there Is unusual interest
in them because upon what is found
may depend the test of the sole nom
ination clause.
—From all that can be learned all
is not lovely in regard to the Pitts
burg mayoralty situation because
some men connected with the state
government have declined to espouse
the cause of William A. Magee for
mayor with the vigor hoped on Cap
itol Hill. Some Pittsburgh papers say
that the Philadelphia upheavel is
having its effect in that city, while
it is an open secret that administra
tion friends In Scranton are not
pleased with the situation in that
city at all.
—Harrisburg people read with
considerable interest the clash be
tween Congressman John R. K. Scott
and District Attorney Kotan, asi Mr.
Scott, who is well known here be
cause of his legislative service, said
he represented the Department of
Public Safety of which William H.
Wilson, his former legislative col
league, is chief.
—Governor Brumbaugh is being
besieged by men with booms for
various appointments, but it is not
likely that he will name any one to
big places for some time.
—Senator W. M. Lynch, of Lacka
wanna, said last night before going
home, that he did not think he would
have much trouble being re-elected
superintendent of Farview state in
stitution.
—According to the expense ac
counts filed in court at Scranton,
Alex T. Connell, one of the success
ful candidates for the nomination
of Mayor of Scranton, spent $6,-
263.68, while A. A. Vosburg, defeat
ed for the nomination, expended
$6,513. J. U. Schlager, successful
candidate for the Republican nom
ination as sheriff spent $5,296.
—Charles E. Jefferies, who ob
tained the Democratic nomination for
county controller at. the Blair county
primary election, filed a unique ex
pense account. In a letter to the Pro
thonotary, he said: "to secure 2,336
votes and the Democratic nomina
tion for county controller in Blair
county, cost me just twenty-five
cents."
TOUGH LUCK
Tough luck, indeed. The United
States Is converting an unusually
IAH onbbage crop into kraut, and yet
Sweden will not get to send any of
it to her German friends.--Kansas
CUy JournaJ
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT
J H.CKRICS FOR) |\AH
K? &>% * ' W,.;.. HARVEST-
MARITIME SUPREMACY
It is surely one of the most sig
nificant developments of this war
that, in all pxesent likelihood, the
United States will emerge the lead
ing maritime nation of the world,
displacing Great Britain, which has
for so many generations been su
premo on tho seas. Figures just
published in Washington reveal that
within two years more than 15,000,-
000 tons of seagoing shipping will be
flying the American flag, less, of
course, such damage as may be done
by time and the German submarines.
Such a shifting of maritime
leadership cannot help but carry
with it very important changes 111
the relationships between this
country and all of the older nations
of the world. Great Britain, for in
stance, has always looked upon her
dominion of the seas not alone by
war vessels, but by ships of peaoe as
well, as essential to her trade Posi
tion, and there can be no doubt that
her mighty fleets have had much to
do with forming and strengthening
this island people.
With a predominant merchant
marine has always gone, as an ap
parently necessary adjunct, a pre
dominant navy. Are we as a people
on the threshold of a development
along such lines, wherein it is to be
considered necessary that we com
pete with England for naval supre
macy?— Detroit Free Press.
GOT TO HURRY
There is an expression coming out
in Germany that is getting to be
fashionable. It is this: "The little
loved Prussian."
Each day brings out a new fash
ion; some new expression explodes;
and, boys, believe me, it's coining to
an end.
These little-loved human locusts,
the Prussians, are taking their va
cations in Bavaria. And they are
taking their Teuton vacuum tum
mies with them. They are paying
twelve to fifteen cents apiece for
eggs, taking these eggs from the
poor; and the poor are taking 1 it>Z
eral draughts of water.
You know, water is one of the
few staple articles of diet in Ger
many of which there is no great
shortage.
Water for baths In .homes is
taboo, but there is plenty for drink
ing purposes.
Germans said, "We will show
England, with our scheme of under
sea murder, what's what." I ask
you, "Will they accomplish this starv
ing scheme ahead of their own de
feat?
With over twenty-four million in
habitants eating at mass-feeding,
with practically little butter, 110
other fats, no sausage or pork, and
with millions eating qoup, I tell you
the food jugglers of Germany have
got to hurry.—The Silent Partner.
THE FLAG OF FREEDOM
O flag of freedom! 'Neath thy folds
A nation great its sway still holds!
We greet thy Stars and Stripes to
day—
Thy Stars that shine with un
dimmed ray
In mighty constellation bright;
Thy Stripes of crimson and of white
That guard thy starry fields of blue
And bind our hearts to thee anew!
Old Flag, you tell of storm and strife
Of Freedom won, of peaceful life
That ever broadened 'neath thy
sway,
As o'er a continent your way
You held in march of Destiny
O'er lands that stretch from sea to
sea!
And then the seas themselves you
spanned
And Freedom brought to Orient
land! #
To-day we greet you, Flag of Right,
For now beneath your folds >inite
Once more, with purpose true and
stern,
Heroic hearts that glow and burn!
While gathering hosts, armed for
the fray.
Gladly follow where you lead the
way;
For still you float in Freedom's van,
The symbol of the hopes of man!
Across the sea a challenge came
With roar of guns and flash of flame!
'Twixt Might and Right the line was
drawn
And Freedom's last great fight was
on!
America that challenge heard;
Her answer all the world has stirred!
See! Streaming? on the winds of
France
Her flag and Allied flags advance!
Nor will those Allied flags be furled
Till Freedom triumphs-through the
world.
—H. T. Suddrith in the New York
i World.
Potash From Sargasso Sea
[ From the Engineering News]
Obtaining potash from seaweed in
the Sargasso Sea is a project which
is to be undertaken by W. S. Warner
of Tampa, Fla. Mr. Warner was for
merly a sea captain, and has also
done work in the development of
the Florida phosphate deposits. He
plans to build an 8,000-ton vessel
of re-enforced concrete, 300 feet In
length, 50-foot beam and 24-foot
depth of hold. The vessel is to be
subdivided by bulkheads into water
tight compartments, and is to be
equipped with machinery for hoist
ing the seaweed from the ocean and
reducing it to ashes.
As the seaweed is raised from the
water, it wilt be run through three
successive sets of heavy rolls which
will remove 85 per cent, of the sur
plus water which it contains. After
passing through rotary drying kilns,
the seaweed will be bprned and tho
ashes, in which the potash content is
concentrated, will be discharged into
the hold of the vessel. The equip
ment is planned to be capable of
hoisting, drying and burning enough
seaweed to produce 200 tons of ashes
per day.
Captain Warner claims that the
Sargasso Sea is a region of such con
tinuous calm, with freedom from
both wind and wave, that the work
can be carried on continuously with
out interruption, and there will be no
LOVE OF DEMOCRACY
During the early period of our
country's history the necessity for
facing such foes as fire, flood anel
Indians bound whole communities
together for common self-preserva
tion, and to this elay in rural elis
tricts a burning barn or a prairie
fire brings every neighbor to the
rescue. That disaster always stirs
the American heart to the very core
was never better proved than during
the San Francisco earthquako when
those who had saved food or cloth
ing or money gave freely to those
who had not, while the whole nation
responded quickly and generously to
the city's cry for help.
We are threatened now by an ene
my more savage and relentless than
the Indian, more dangerous than
fire, flood or earthquake, and it is to
be hoped that the old-time pioneer
spirit, which is the very heart anel
soul of Democracy, will assert itself
now as in the past. Men and women
responded gallantly and unselfishly
to the urgent call from Held and hos
pital and now our most pressing need
is for money. The second Liberty
Loan is offered to investors and our
people must see to it that every
penny of the three billions of dollars
is raised at once so that the govern
ment may carry on its costly work
of preparation with ample funds at
its disposal.—From the Porcupine,
New York.
A WAR LIBRARY
Bet those who wish to understand
the hideous evil wrought by the foes
who at the moment are the moat
dangerous of those outside our own
household, and the even greater
menace to our future wellbeing pre
sented by those who at the moment
are the most dangerous of the foes
within our own household, read such
books as Owen Wister's "Pentecost
of Calamity," Gustavus Olilinger's
"Their True Faith and Allegiance,"
James Beck's "Evidence In the Case"
and "The War and Humanity," Ar
thur Gleason's "Golden Lads," and
"Our Part in the Great War," Fred
erick Palmer's "With Our Faces To
wards the Light," Vernon Kellogg's
"Headquarters' Nights," and the
various documents, including poems,
sketches, brief essays issued by that
capital organization, the Vigilantes—
among the writers being Herman
Hagedorn, Porter Emerson Browne,
Julian Street, Edwin Carty Kanck
and William H. Fischer. If any man
still honestly wishes to know "why
we are at war," these writings will
enlighten him. He can well ask why
we did not go to war immediately
after the Lusltania horror —and to
this there never can be any satisfac
tory answer —but no brave and pa
triotic man or woman has the right
to ask why we are at war now.—
From Theodore Roosevelt's "The
Foes of Our Own Household."
FORGETFUL KAISER,
If the Kaiser is disappointed that
only 85 were killed and Injured In
the night raid on London, it Is his
own fault.. He should remember
that little children are tn bed. not
on the streets at that hour.—Phila
delphia North American.
difficulty in transferring the accumu
lated ashes from the seaweed gath
ering barge to the steamers which
will visit it regularly to transport
the ashes to shore. The amount of
seaweed in the Sargasso Sea is so
vast as to be beyond estimation.
Steamers, however, can navigate the
sea, and the patches of seaweed in
it are not continuous.
Sargassum bacciferum, according
to the Americana, is the famous gulf
weed, which forms rafts of islands
floating together on vast areas of the
various ocea'ns, and called "sargasso
seas." The one lying in the North
Atlantic ocean, between the Azores
and the Antilles, its exact position
being determined by the central
whirl of the Gulf stream, is so dense
as to be often a-- hindrance to navi
gation. It coversV a territory nearly
equal to the European continent, and
was discovered by Columbus on his
first voyage, he and the succeeding
Spanish navigators calling it the
Mar de Sargaco; it is connected by
a smaller belt with a smaller sea—
between the Bermudas and the Baha
mas. There is still another sea in the
Pacific, and one in the Antarctic
ocean. It is a disputed question
whether the weeds have been torn
from the shore and blown to their
final resting place, or whether they
live and propagate themselves on the
high seas.
"LAUDER'S LOGIC"
Tho natural inclination is to laugh
at "Harry Lauder's Bogie" as the
latest patter book from a profes
sional funny man, just as, years ago,
the audience at Drury Bane burst
into f.ts of laughter at the contor
tions of the clown, unaware that
they were the agonized efforts of
Grimaldi, tortured with rheumatism,
to reach the shelter of the wings.
In our day the typical Scottish
comedian has been called upon to
sacrifice the life of his son, anel there
is a more than ordinary pathos in
the cry which he utters from be
hind the paint and tinsel of the
stage, "Rob a lioness of her young
and beware of her. And shall we,
who have been robbeel of our young,
lick the lianels of the murderers?
These lads died for Britain. Shall
Britain betray them? Shall we
make terms with hell and balance
our gains with those whose hands
aro red with the blood of our sons?"
ro THE KAISER IN HELL
Kaiser, Kaiser, ere you fell
To the lowest pit of Hell,
Ere' your guilty hands were red ■
With the blood of millions dead.
Ere your wretched soul wus damned,
And hell's gates behind you slammed,
Kuiser-Koenig Wilhetm, tell,
Did you ever dream of Hell .'
Kaiser, Kaiser, doomed to Hell,
Evermore to burn In Hell; •
Though we seem to'see you here,
Ruling still by force and fear,
Sitting In your state alone,
Crowneel and sceptered on a throne.
Your tormented soul coulel tell,
Even now, you burn inrilell.
Kaiser, in the flames of Hell,
Doomed forevermore to Hell,
Where the lire forever burns.
And the conscience writhes and
turns,
Deft with all your crimes alone,
Damnable and monstrous grown;
Kaiser, howling down in Hall,
Burn!—and think of Nurse Cavell.
Kaiser, Kaiser, down in Hell,
Burning evermore in Hell;
You shall see, as on a scroll,
All the murders on your soul.
See the Dusitania's name
Written on the sheets of flame.
Watch the little babies drown,
As twelve hundred souls go down.
Kaiser-Koenig Wilhelm, tell.
Can you hear their cries in Hell?
Kaiser, Kaiser, down in Hell,
Burning in eternal Hell;
By your pledge and broken word,
By the Justice of the I-iord,
By your treacherous plots and spies,
By your robberies and lies,
By the lands you've trampled down,
By each sacked and ruined town.
By the fields of slaughter red,
Sanguine with ten million dead.
By the terror and the pain
Of the little children slain,
By the murdered women's cries,
Heard in the avenging skies.
By their blood upon your soul,
Evermore in torment roll!
Amen!
BERTRA.ND SHADWEDD,
LABOR NOTES
England employs 150,000 women
as clerks in government offices.
International Union of Mainte
nance of Way has 5,14 5 Canadian
members.
One British munition plant em
ploys over 20,000 women.
The membership of the United
Mine Workers exceeds 350,000. .
I.ast year 2,941 railroad employes
were killed and 176,923 injured.
Farm laborers at Donegal, Ireland,
struck for increased pay.
London (England) post office em
ploys over 40,000 women.
V
Every woman in Cologne, Ger
many, is forced to work.
Practically every shipyard in Brit
ish Columbia has been unionized.
Over 3,000 Breton (France) women
earn their living as sailors.
Stockton (Cal.) printers ask an
increase of 50 cents a day.
Women are fast replacing men in
the British printing trade.
Child labor on farms is denounced
in Connecticut.
Toledo (Ohio) garment, cutters
have secured a minimum of s2# a
week.
The cost of living in Frisco has
Increased one-third in two years.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH I
TRUE.
"Pa, what Is efflcionci - ?"
"A much overworked word, iaj
boy."
JAWING.
Mr. Pee wee: X suppose you're very
much annoyed by me.
Ills Wife: I never allow myself to
be annoyed by trifles.
A PIE FIEND.
"Don't patronize that restaurant:
they charge ten cents for pie."
"What of It 7 I'm a piece-at-an?*
pric6 man."
mmm ij|
DISAPPOINTED.
Miss Caterpillar: If\> hoo! Tr.at'f
•v picture of my Ji'.amma, an<? 3 Jon't
look ft Ul iJUkt sfett
lEtontng Qlljai
TT Tl1 ? , mos t pathetic pile of mall In
llarrisburg does not reach the may
or s office, the police station, the
courthouse offices or even the Asso
ciated Aid Society. It is sent to the
Mate draft registration headquar
ters at Locust and Court streets.
I Here is received every day a col
lection of letters that can produce
almost any emotion—sorrow, regret,
amusement, suspicion and indigna
nt" J* lank cowardice or stupidity,
the draft headquarters gets all of
the mail that is sent to any one at
the capitol about the draft, all that
the local and district boards pass
along, all that Washington consid
ers belongs here and what is sent
direct to the headquarters. There
trL^ ap, if al ? fron i women against
taking husbands or sons who are
their support, even letters from chil
dren objecting to fathers going
away, some appeals from aged par
ents, kicks from employers, objec
tions from drafted men and some
statements of scruples against mili
tary service that are inspired bv
anything but religion. The other
uay in the same mail came a vigor
ously worded protest from a man
against being called to do military
duty on the ground that he had in
formation invaluable to his employ
er, who ran a broom factory, and
Another from tlio friend of a man
recently sent to camp and whose
wife was worrying herself into a
state bordering on insanity. As in
sanity ran in the family of the wom
an it was hoped that a way could be
round to have the drafted man re
turned. The wide ramifications of
the draft, the manner in which it
I touches almost every home, the se
riousness of the call to national de
fense must impress themselves upon
every one who notes that pile of
mail, which arrives with the regu
larity of the hours, morning, noon
and night. >
WilUamstown, according to re
ports received from that borough tiyi
members of the Dauphin county!
committee, is setting a record for
Liberty Loan enthusiasm. There
nr.. approximately 3,000 residents of
WilUamstown. Of this number 200
have volunteered for service on the
Liberty Loan committee. That
means WilUamstown and the sur
rounding country will be covered
like the dew covers Dixie. From
Carlisle similar reports have beer
coming to Donald McCormick ant
others of the local committee
Farmers were a little backward ii
the first sale of Liberty 3'/.s, but in
dications are that they will make 111
for it in the present loan. Agricul
turists of the United Slates this fa
total their receipts by $2,000,000.00
more than ihey did last fall. Thu
is to say, they divide among 1 the!
additional profits of two billion do
lars. Considering the fact that tli
government seeks to sell only $3
000,000,000 of bonds at this tini
there is every reason to believe tin
the agriculturists will own not M
,than half the total issue when tl
flag falls October 27.
Joseph B. LeCompte, assista
cashier of the Stato Treasury, wl
started on a trip to Oklahoma t
day, remarked to a friend that 1
was going to visit a town large]
settled by folks from his home tod
of Bradford. This calls attentii
to the fact that all through the nc|
er portions of the western States a
towns in which people from Pen
sylvania counties are numerous,
other words there are communiti
of Keystoners transplanted to whe
the buffaloes and Indians used
roam.
Word has Just been received he
that Samuel A. Kephart, brother
the State Treasurer and the Superil
Court Judge, has been promoted
he a colonel of coast artillery. 1!
has been a lieutenant colonel ai
stationed at Panama.
M. O. Brown, the Crawford ooun
lawyer, who died a few days afi
was the man who drew the Clai
third class city commission gover
ment act. Mr. Rrown, who had ben
a student of Pennsylvania law an
of municipal government for yeap.
drew the law in an arrangennfit
with A. M. Jollier, Mayor of Mel
ville, wX> one of the leamr:
for a change in governmental null)
ods.
Men of the old Fourth PennsyU
nia Infantry have been sending th
congratulations to Adjutant Gene
lieary on his appointment. The g
eral is pretty close to the Foir
as lie spent almost thirty year*
that organization and was in clif
of their subsistence when the c"
tnand was in Porto llieo. In •
the good care taken of Col. C s
command on the island was di°
the energy and system of the"
lentown captain, as he was in 30
days.
The effort of the members ) ' l °
Ilarrisburg Reserves to obtair*J >s
to drill young men of draft in
the rudiments of military wor ftv ®
been ably seconded by a nun " r
residents who have loaned
prized ICrags which they had 1,10
Spanish War and which the?®
rifle ranges. It is hoped u'tam
enough guns for the drillln- t,le
young men next week.
There is a good bit of T r -f n '
the Country Club of 11 s
these days to get low seq Th e
course is difficult, one of t sP°'°t
lest" in a long distance • 11 ' s
some battle to beat old (Bogey,
who roosts around 82. Thi r .
ert McCreath has come s . '°
beating par, which is 72. l ot ,3-
WELL KNOWN pPLE
—Highway Commlsf )r O Nell
is commenciriß to reap l harvest,
lie Is grcttins more >atlonn to
speak than he can (111
—Banking Commi. ir Lafean
has been taking: a c<® °* days
oft to attend the Yorlc- .
—Col. H. C. TrexleJartermas
ter general of the N na ' "Jf 11 ™ 1
is likely to lie put ln ir ß® "" *'J®
quartermaster end of °' tno nig
camps, according to ors - , .
—Forestry Commit' Conklin
likes to "reminisce" J"° day a
when he worked in j>ntinfc olflce.
—Deputy Attorn? cne ™ Co '"
iins has taken to • Attorney
General Brown say unt '" K anc *
canoeing will do hin' a while.
DO YOtTIQW
—That irarrlslm sc "s tons
and tons of saito nearby
towns for bnllilinirposcs?
HISTORIC
William Maclay 1 to entertain
marty State ofJlclathH® here on
trips about the Staiter the Revo
iution. His first ie stood neat
the mansion wbirte erected al
Front and Soutl*ets.
DECEIVE THYSELF
I,et no man live himself. If
any man amoKl seemeth to b
wise in this wiritt him become a
fool, that he nay wise.—l Corln