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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917
Study to show thyself approved
unto Ood, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth. —11. TIM. 2:15.
EVERY MAN TO HAVE CHANCE
UNDER the plan worked out by
Secretary of the Common
wealth Woods and Adjutant
General Beary and for which com
missioners will be named by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, every Pennsylva*-
nian in the National Guard organl-l
zations, in the cantonments of the
drafted men and in the student offi
cers' training camps will have a
chance to vote for candidates for the
fficers training camps will have a
and may also write in the name of
any one he may desire. The sys
tem is the most complete ever de
vised in the State to enable sol
diers to vote. All that a soldier
needs to do is to see that his tax Is
paid and write down names. The
State is doing the rest. It would have
given regulars and sailors a chance
if it had been possible.
Mr. Woods directed the taking of
the votes of the soldiers of the Penn
sylvania division at El Paso last year.
It was the second time since the
Civil War that such procedure had
to be followed and after the law had
been expounded by Attorney Gen
eral Brown Mr. Woods evolved apian
whereby every soldier got a chance
' to vote and Governor Brumbaugh
personally thanked by many for
the consideration shown.
This year the problem is much
greater, but for weeks the means of
giving every soldier a chance have
been studied, even to arranging for
men to go with troops from the
Keystone State no matter where they
may be on land or sea when Novem
ber 6 rolls around. Books of nomi
nations, forms of ballots, poll books,
everything has been provided and
the Pennsylvania soldier who is en
titled to vote will have his oppor
tunity, no matter how many miles
away he may be.
Colonel Finney certainly chose the
right man when he detailed Captain
Henry M. Stlne to take subscriptions
for Liberty Bonds in the Eighth Regi
ment.
A LESSON FOR US
CAPTAIN HENRY M. STINE
wires the Telegraph that the
old Eighth Regiment at Camp
Hancock, exclusive of the officers,
expects to subscribe SIOO,OOO to tho
second Liberty Loan issue.
What do you think of that, Mr.
Citizen, who may be debating
whether or not you can Invest fifty
dollars in a bond? If poorly paid
soldiers, who might be excused both
by reason of their income and the
fact that they are to do the fighting,
are going to put their money Into
bonds, how can YOU withhold your
contribution?
Surely, there is a lesson in this
loyal, patriotic response of the
Eighth Regiment men for all of us.
You can have fun at a chestnut
party if there in not a chestnut with
in miles—providing the right girl Is
along.
THE GULF OF RIGA CAMPAIGN.
WE NEED not be too greatly
disturbed by German activi
ties in the Gulf of Riga. Their
military significance with relation to
the final outcome of the war is nil.
Two factors probably have entered
into the decision of Germany to eh
ter upon this campaign. The Ger
man public needs a change of news
diet. It is about "fed up" on allied
successes and German victories are
essential If discontent ■4s to be al
layed. There can be nothing of the
kind in Belgium or along the French
front, where the initiative has passed
definitely and finally to the Allies.
The British fleet and fear of internal
dissension unite to keep the bulk
of the German great seas fleet tied
up behind Helgoland. The Balkans
possess difficulties that grow with
the preparations of Greece for war.
The demoralized Russian front alone
remains, and Riga is the most vul
nerable point, and so It is Riga that
has been chosen for a fresh demon
stration of the power of Gorman
arms —a demonstration designed just
to quell revolution and inspire confi
dence at home, and, aecond, to drive
TUESDAY EVENING,
Russia toward a separate peace or
mar her plans for military prepara
tion during tho winter season.
As to the eventual effect, It is self
evident that Germany's man-power
and her resources are on the wane.
The more sho spends of both along
the eastern front the less she will
have with which to face the Allies In
the west next spring. The deeper
she goes Into Russia, therefore, the
more desperate her plight in France.
In the long run the Allies, and not
Germany, will be victors in the Riga
drive.
We suppose, in return for safe-con
duct for Von Bernstorff, Germany
would grant President Wilson safe
conduct, If he chose to visit Europe—
not. '
THE WORLD'S SERIES
HE "world's series" has been
played and the championship
decided. In countless newspa
pik cfllces/all over the land weary
news and sporting editOHS are thank
ing the little gods of baseball
that a seventh game was not re
quired. For the newspapfefc a world's
series comes well up in tho category
of necessary evils—along with inter
national yacht races, Big-Four foot
ball contests, the day after election
and similar events requiring, extra
editions and additional expenses.
The Telegraph, as usual, led in
the Central Pennsylvania field. After
all the games it was first off the press
with the fufK scores, and when the
games were played in New York all
Harrlsburg readers and where
trains permitted—all nearby town
subscribers were given t}>e full score.
No other evening newspaper in the
Central Pennsylvania field could do
this, for none has the Associated
Press franchise to provide the news
nor the mechanical equipment with
which to deliver it promptly to its
readers.
Telegraph readers got all the base
ball news and they got it first, and
just byway of good measure they
were given an exclusive account Sat
urday evening of the opening of the
Russian drive in the Gulf of Riga.
Henry VanDyke calls the Kaiser "a
werewolf," which, we think, is play
ing it low down on the helpless were
wolf.
CITY" SHOULD HONOR THEM
SOME day very soon, around
about October 27, the colored
citizenry of Harrisburg and
Dauphin county will be called upon
to deliver their quota of selected men
to the defense of the nation. They
will go to join their white brethren in
arms at Camp Meade. The day they <
depart should witness another such
patriotic display as marked the de- :
parture of previous draft delegations.
These young colored men are deserv
ing of all honor. They go forth to
fight for the flag that freed their
fathers, and for which many of their
ancestors died. Let us see to it that
a grateful public shows them proper
respect.
LET HARRISBURG I"NITE
THE city of Harrlsburg should by
all means participate In a for
mal manner in the proposed
planting of a tree for each governor
of Pennsylvania when the ceremony
that will mark the start of beautifl
cation of Capitol Park takes place on
the historic Hill on the morning of
Arbor. Day. Harrisburg will be a
partner with the Commonwealth in
tho great improvements which are
to be made in the public domain
about the State House. Harrisburg
will be called to make considerable
expenditure for its part in the en
terprise. Harrisburg will make its
plans for future development con
form to the comprehensive scheme
that will make the State Capitol the
local point of a great park sj'stem.
Harrisburg will be the center of all
State roads in time.
The municipal authorities should
arrange to plant trees from the city
nurseries at the Island, which have
been very successfully operated,
along the lines that will be part of
the metropolitan park system in the (
years to come, and to have a sturdy ;
specimen placed in the Capitol Park (
for Harrisburg. <
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PASS THIS ORDINANCE.
DOUBTLESS the Dunkie ordi- J
nance for a separate ash and ,
barbarge collection bureau will |
be passed by the City Council
with little or no opposition. At !
all events it ought to be. For too .
Jong collection of the city's refuse i
has been regarded a* a mere inci- ]
dehtal to the conduct of a sacjly over- '
worked Health Board, and just so i
long as that condition is permitted 1
to continue will the public be poorly
served. •
Responsibility for strict conformity ;
to rules should be charged to one
individual. The contractor and the
public alike should be made to com
ply strictly with regulations and pun
ishment for violations is a requisite
to the proper working out of this
system. In passing, it may be re
marked that .not all the blame for
the deplorabre failures of the past
few years can be laid at the door
Of the contractors, remiss though
they have been.
The Dunkie ordinance is designed
to fix responsibility and to assess
penalties. No permanent success can
be attained in any other way.
A GREAT INVESTMENT
IT is not often that tho oppor
tunity is afforded to make a good
Investment and perform a pa
triotic service at one and the same
time.
But, when you buy a Liberty Bond
you do both of these.
When you own a Liberty Bond you
are possessed of fifty dollars Just as
really as though it were in five dollar
bills. But you have more than that,
for ten five dollar bills kept in your
strong box will bo fifty dollars a year
from now, but a fifty dollar bond
will be worth $52, and you can spend
the two and still have the fifty.
Ybu will have even more than that,
for above the money value you will
place the extreme personal satisfac
tion of having handed the Katoer a
SSO belt over the nose.
TolCttct LK
By the Ex-Committee man
President Judge George -Cunkel.
of the Dauphin county court, will
probably hand down a decision with
In a day or BO In the proceedings!
to enjoin Secretary of tho Common
wealth Woods from certifying to
Philadelphia and Schuylkill count
ies tho names of the four highest
candidates for Judge In certain in
stances. This proceeding, which
was argued here yesterday, is to
obtain a new Interpretation on the
nonpartisan judicial nomination
law in regard to how to compute
the fifty one per cent of the vote
necessary to make a m.tn a solo
nominee. The decisions will not
only affect the Philadelphia or
phans court and common pleas No.
5 and Schuylkill common p'eas, but
Montour and other counties whero
f'fij-e are two associate judges to
be and where there are
controversies *>ver the votes. The
decision in the <Ase will g.ivern as
it will be too late to .?pea! .to the
Supreme Court owing to election
coming on November 6, but tram
Yemarlts made in tho argument
yesterday the next legislature will
probably be asked to either repeal
or amend tho law so that there will
be no more question about the
method of computation.
The act waspassed in 1913 the
"sole nominee" clause inter
preted by Judge S. J. M. McCarrell,
of the Dauphin county court, in
IWIS, but not changed at the lart
general assembly's sitting.
—An interested listener to the
arguments in the judgeship nomi
nation certifications 'yesterday vas
John G. Harman, former legislator
f.'om Columbia county, who once
ran f'cr State Treasurer on the Dem
ocratic state ticket and who took
beatings in the name of the party 1
when some of the present nhotuers
were hardly above the ward jtage.
Mr. Harmon was recently made the
sole nominee for Judge In the
Cc!uibia-Montour district and was
n roh interested in the way the
nrgurrents were made. He de
feased Judge Evans for the norni
-11.11.0n and will be elected without
any one against him next month.
The (V.!umbia visitor has mtrv o'J
friends here who will wisn him
tidvansement.
—A Pottsville dispatch regard
ing the situation in S-huylkiil
count* has this to say:
"With opposition in the fight for
judge.-? there will be more spice in
the campaign, especially for the
fellows who carry the vote of the
districts ih their vest pockets. T'.ier-s
will be more money in the conte.-t
and that means much to the patriots
who pretend to man the polls. TLis
would ease up tho financial contri
bution of the Republican candidate
for Sheriff, Joseph Wyatt, of Ma
hony City, and the Democratic can
didate for that office, Patrick J.
Murphy, of Shenandoah, who -will
be the only candidates in the fluid
should the Secretary of the Com
monwealth be restrained from hav
ing the names of Jones and 801 l
placed upon the ballot. The can
didates for Jury Commissioner ur
on the Republican and upon t'lo
Democratic ticket will bo elected"
without opposition."
—Collector of the Port William
B T7 is stl " fussing around in
1 hiladelphia because a Delawjie
Senator had the temerity to hold
up his confirmation in the United
States Senate. Berry, Crull and
Kurtz were among the patriot*
who found that because they be
longed to the reorganization crowd
•ii this state did not give a clear
track at Washington.
—Congressman Kiees is said not
to be disturbed by the fact tnat
there are congressional aspirants in
every county of his district.
Robert B. MeCormlck, sole can
didate for judge in .the Clinton dis
trict, is said to favor restricted li
censes.
Meanwhile one Peter Smith, cf
1 hiladelphia, is said to be wonder
ing whether his son is going to be
C r f. the bureau of industrial
statistics or whether it will go to
Pittsburgh, Scranton or Johnstown
Harrisburg is said to be out of it
now and Philadelphia seems to be
fading.
—Some Interesting political gossip
has grown up out of recent events
Many Democrats have commenced to
talk about Ex-Judge James Gay Gor
don as a candidate for Governor
Judge Gordon was a candidate for
the nomination against Judge Jenk
at the Altoona convention and is
not fancied by the reorganization
bosses one bit. He is too independ.
ent. The Gordon talk may account
for the more frequent mention of
A. Mitchell Palmer as the substl
tute fullback for Secretary of Labor
William B. Wilson and also for tht
space and horsebill type given to
references made by labor organiza
tions to E. Lowry Humes, United
States District Attorney for Western
Pennsylvania. The favor shown to
Congressman John R. K. Scott by the
Governor's appointment of the mili
tant Philadelphia lawyer as a mem
ber of the Valley For<re Park Com
mission may mean that the state
administration'may turn from men
suggested and try to run Scott as
its factional candidate. Scott has
flierished an ambition to be a can
didate for Governor, although it was
torpedoed when the speakership con
test turned out the was it did last
January. In the event that William
A. Magee is elected Mayor of Pitts
burgh, he will also loom up as a
candidate for Governor. Governor
Brumbaugh declares it is nobody's
business what he is going to do if
Magee is defeated. Meanwhile Lieu
tenant Governor McClain, Senator
Sproul and others In the, public mind
are stacking up cord wood.
—Things are getting to bo almost
ah strenuous In Philadelphia politics
without the Fifth ward hearing.as
during that proceeding. District At
torney Rotan yesterday defeated
Congressman John R. K. Scott in an
other effort to wet hold of witness
Pam Maloney; Senator Vare swore
out warrants for tive men promi
nently connected with the Philadel
phia Press on libel charges and
J.udgo Martin warned the police de
partment to be careful.
—The decision of the Supreme
Court yesterday In the Judicial va
cancy case from Philadelphia gives
the Governor the right to appoint
.successors to Judge Dallett, orphans'
court, Philadelphia, and Judge
Staples, Monroe-Pike common pleas.
—An also handed down
in support of a decree of July 20
last, in which the Dauphin County
court was reversed in the suit of F.
M. Noecker vs. Cyrus E. Woods, Sec
retary of the Commonwealth, for an
injunction to restrain the county
commissioners of Clinton county
from printing the names of candi
dates tor Judge on the ballots for
HAR**ISBURG II F WJG?V TELEGIC&PH
AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? .... BY BRIGGS
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YOU PRESENT YO<JPSELF AND THCY'RC THERE HE/NRT •' BEATS NOR(V\^U
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the November election, on the
grounds that the action of the Leg
islature in making Clinton county a
separate judicial district was uncon
stitutional. The lower court refused
to grant the injunction, but the de
cree of the Supreme Court sustained
Noecker. The opinion of the Supreme
Court states that judicial apportion
ment acts are to be passed at desig
nated sessions and the sessions next
following the taking of the decennial
census is the one designated by law
for the passage of such acts.
—The Fifth ward murder case was
made the dominant note in the ora
tory at a meeting of the Philadelphia
Kepublican City Committee yester
day, with John R. K. Scott, Vare
leader, charging that the arrest of
Mayor Smith and the others who
were taken into custody with the
New York gunmen was a "frame
up" to discredit the Republican party
leadership in this city. Mr. Scott
went so far as to attack District At
torney Samuel P. Rotan, whom the
meeting subsequently unanimously
indorsed as a candidate to succeed
himself. Senator Edwin H. Vare
predicted the election of the full Re
publican ticket. He said that five of
the twelve members on the commit
tee of the Town Meeting party were
not entitled to vote. He named
Thomas F. Armstrong, Rudolph
Blankenburg, Arthur H. Lea, Theo
J. Lewis and John C. Winston, whom,
he charged, had not registered.
—City Chairman Lane described
the Town Meeting party movement
as a "manifestation of the emotional
and prejudical part of the commun
ity," and said that the only support
It was likely to receive was from the
"emotional, credulous, or impres
sionable." He advised the Republi
can city committee and the Repub
lican ward committee, however, not
to underestimate the "opposition,"
but to wage a determined fight
against what he termed the "so
called independents."
—Complete fusion with the Town
Meeting party on the Philadelphia
city ticket, and practically complete
fusion In all of the debatable wards
on councilmanic nominations was
forecasted at a meeting of the Phila
delphia Democratic city committee.
While no formal action was taken
regarding the city nominations, the
dominating forces in the committee
are authority for the statement that
the Democratic nominees for district
attorney, receiver of taxes, register
of wills and city treasurer will with
draw in the interest of the indepen
dent movement, and that there will
be a special meeting of the Demo
cratic city committee called, which
will then nominate the candidates of
the Town Meeting party in their
place.
LABOR NOTES
The navy yards and arsenals wAge
committee, made up of representa
tives of the Federal Departments of
War, Navy and Labor, has revised
wages paid in arsenals and navy
yards. The increases in maximum
rates average nearly 10 per cent.
Nearly 300 more industrial acci
dents were reported to the Minnesota
State Department of Labor and In
dustries during' August than during
July. The total for the month was
2,926, of which 496 were serious and
2,430 were minor.
Secretary of War Baker has noti
fied the Adjutant General of the Armv
to instruct all department com
manders that children under 14 years
of age are not to be employed at gov
ernment forts, posts or other reser
vations.
To take over and operate them
selves the property and plant of the
company by which they have been
employed, and by which they are
still owed $7,000 in wages, is the un
usual suggestion made to the Cana
dian Minister of Mines by the work
men of the Island Coal and Coko
Company of Nicola Valley, Canada.
The government report for the
month of July. 1916, prepared by
the Department of Labor and In
dustry for New South Wales, indi
cates that the law has not prevented
strikes, but that it has enabled the
governmental machinery, operating
through the courts, to punish strik
ers If this is deemed advisable.
England is experiencing the' evil
effects of relaxed standards In wom
en's labor. Hundreds of women
workers In England who have been
over-stimulated to effort, wh,o have
worked 12 hours instead of 8, and
on Sundays as well as week-days,
are showing the effects of their work.
The govemment-owend rallrlrfds of
New South Wales were recently tied
up because of an attempt to enforce
the American discredited "Taylor"
system on employes. Over 7,000 en
gineers, firemen and metal workers
suspended work after-the govern
ment refused to submit the question
to an impartial tribunal.
Our Enemies
WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST
Dully Articles During the Liberty I.oan Cnmpnign
By NEWELL DWIGHT HIM,IS
No. II
THe roots of this war go back t(
1860. At that time, Bismarck
was the outstanding figure in
Berlin. Germany was then an agri
cultural nation, having little manu
facturing life. She had 40,000,000
of people, 130,0000,000,000 of prop
erty, and a second-rate position in
Europe. In 1860 England led Ger
many in the production of pigiron,
steel, cotton goods, woolen goods, the
building of ships. Germany lacked
good coking coal and hematite iron
ore that are necessary to good steel,
and without steel there was no Indus
trial future for Germany.
Two courses were open to Bis
marck: One was to accept an infe
rior sphere of influence for the little
German states, and the other was to
foment two wars and wrest away,
by military force, coal treasures from
Austria and later the iron mines of
France found in Alsace Lorraine.
Spreading out his plan before the
Prussian King, Bismarck organized
Germany into a standing army, and
told his officers that for the time be
irtg "Germany's chief national indus
try must be war."
No one ever accused Bismarck, the
statesman and diplomat, of having a
muddy mind. He made the advan
tages of war to be seen, lying out in
the sunshine. His argument ran
thus: Farming pays six per cent,
manufacturing eight per cent, bank
ing ten per cent, but, viewed as an
investment, war should pay a thous
and per cent! The war with Den
mark made possible the Kiel Canal
and access to the North Sea, and it
paid far more than Bismarck's thous
and per cent. The war in 1866 with
Austria paid five thousand per cent,
through conquered coal resources.
Then Bismarck planned his great
move—to steal the iron mines of
France. He tells us In his Memoirs
that he forged one sentence in the
French Emperor's telegram, and thus
threw the burden of the declaration
of war upon France; and, returning
from his victorious campaign, he
brought back to Berlin a billion dol-
KAISER'S REFLECTION
President Wilson has dlsclaimedl
any purpose to dictate to the people'
of Germany what kind of govern
ment they shall have, but if we
were the kaiser we would not draw
too much comfort from that. The
President said pretty much the
same thing to the people of Mexico
not so very long ago. He had no
purpose to dictate ,to them what
kind of government they should
have either.
Nty. of course, did he. He thought
the people of Mexico should have
the freest hand in settll'ix their
own affairs and should be left to
decide for themselves what man
they wanted for president. But, at
the same time, he could not help
feeling that Huerta was not the
man they wanted. lie felt sure
that if they thought the matter
over carefully they would feel .the
same way. It is a remarkable in
stance of the force of second
thought, that, although tho people
of Mexico had apparently decided
that they wanted Huerta, they no
.sooner had received this assurunco
from President Wilson tha; their
right of free choice would not be
denied them than they decided they
didn't want him.
The circumstance is one that. If
we were the kaiser, would make
that presidential about
dictating to Germany a very un
comfortable matter to reflect upon.
—Kansas City Star.
DIFFERENT METHODS
The prison visitor on his usual
rounds noticed that a new man occu
pied a cell that had been empty for
some time.
"My friend." he began, "may I ask
whnt brought vou here?"
"The some thing that brought you
here." replied the convict: "n desire
to poke my nose Into other people's
business, only I generally used to go
In by the basement window. Case
and Comment.
lars in gold, and also, what was far
richer, the title deeds to Alsace and
Lorraine. In that hour, it became
possible for Germany to produce the
high-grade steel out of the newly
conquered coal and Iron. Great steel
plants were established, plates were
rolled for the North German Lloyd
and the Hamburg American lines
and for the 42 centimeter 2guns.
Within 30 years, Germany passed
England, first in the production of
pigiron, second of steel third In
dier. I have myself, in Cologne,
chemical industries, fourth in toys
and fifth in industrial efficiency.
Plainly, the Franco-Prussian War
paid Germany ten thousand per cent
on her investment!
Germany's military success went,
like wood alcohol, to the head of her
people. The German officer became
the hero of men and women. The
army took control of the Fatherland.
In the social world, the officer was
the leader. At a banquet, who took
precedence and walked at the head
of the company to the seat of honor
at the guest table? Not th®. states
man. not the university professor,
not the artist or author, not the
banker or manufacturer, but the sol
seen a banquet held up for an hour
because the colonel had not arrived.
Finally a private was found to rep
resent the army and walk In with the
chairman, to the guests' table.
Obsessed with the notion of
military euperiority, Germany be
came one vast military camp. The
motto became: "Let Belgium produce
wealth, we will grab it." "Let France
paint pictures, carve marbles, weave
silks, and produce jewels, Germany
can steal them." "Let England pile
up treasures, we will hoist a black
flag on the submarine and spoil her
of her goods." "Anything that Ger
many does is right." At last, all the
weapons were ready and Germany's
soldiers stood like a burglar, with his
pistol, his bomb-shell and his fire
brand, before the treasure-house of
Europe, ready to prove that "war is
Germany's chief national Industry."
PERSHING LAFAYETTE
Speaking of phrases, when General
Pershing visited Lafayette's tomb re
cently, a large numbe^ - of French-J
men gathered to see and hear the
American commander. Pershing had
not planned to speak. IJu t after three
generations the French dramatic
spirit asserted itself, and Joining
hands with western matter-of-fact
ness, caused the General to utter this
tremendously simple oration. "Well,
Lafayette, here we are!" No won
der men and women sobbed aloud.
And if we may be allowed a harm
less prophecy, General Pershing has
made a phrase that will go down
with those school-history sayings of
Grant, Farragut, Dewey and John
Paul Jones. —The Nation's Business.
ABRAHAM AT BEERSHEBA
And that first wanderer to the West
Who crossed the Jordan's rapid
stream
Seeking some surer lahd of rest
Beyond the mountains' glint and
gleam,—
Yet never found, where'er he pres
sed.
The city of his dream.
Pitched tent and digged In the cool
grove
By Southern palms, and waters
cold
Sprang joyous; and when herdsmen
strove
For lordship round It Just and
bold
He swore that bond of neighbor love
In those rough days of old.
Binding two alien peoples, loth
To own a common social law,
In one firm hand of civic troth,
With sevenfold sanction of drc°d
awe.
At that first well-spring of the Oath
Palm-frlnged Beersheba,
And on the brink the tamarisk tree
Stood guardant by the sanred we\},
Where Abram's flocks, from strife
set free.
Roamed wide by peaceful range
and dell;
And, Friend of .God, In amity
With men he loved to dwell,
—J. Laurence Rentoul,
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OCTOBER 16, 1917.
BUSINESS AND WAR
Despite that fact that for more
than a century the United States
has tyeen developing a civilization
which flowers in peace, when the
crisis came, the heads of great finan
cial and business interests forgot
all differences and placed the
matchless resources of this couitry
at the disposal of President Wilson.
Secretary of War| Baker,' who
spoke before the Chamber of Com
merce in this city recently toll of
some of the accomplishments made
possible through the co-ooeration
of the Council for National De
fense. In the old days, said Mr.
Baker, when the quartermaster of
the Army needed supplies, he took
his market basket upon his arm
and went from store to store, pur
chasing supplies as needed.
In September, the Government re
quisitioned over 11,000,000 voolen
blankets for Army use. Shoes,
coats and stockings are purchased
by the tens of millions instead of
by hundreds of thousands. Despite
the unusual needs at home and he
fact that railroad facilities have
been strained almost to the break
ing point, when our soldiers ar
rived in France they found jive
times the amount of supplies, guns
and ammunition needed.
HE STRUCK
A mud-bedraggljsd Tommy was
plodding wearily toward the base
when a subaltern stopped him.
"Do you know that your regiment
is in the front line now? Why
aren't you there?" he asked.
"Well, sir," the Tommy explained,
"we were just going over the top
when the officer shouted: 'Strike.for
home and glory, lads'.' All the oth
ers struck for glory, but I struck
for home."—London Answers.
OURDAILY LAUGH]
TEATHt&if I
*CUAJS }l '/ WHY NOT.
!00, M\
Ostrich—Gee,
I wish I had a
dollar - rd Set
myself dolled
UPab ' U
<
A CTNCH. ffi
t'ly—Come on
fellers, here's a Jl. *\\ .//////.
guy that can't
move his arms. WWgf ////'^
JLs-*. AVOIDING
Ofc Jk ARGUMENT.
George; who do
Iyou regard as
■I * the greatest
i 'il ril * cneral ,n a "
\ A I Hubby
UU (promptly, de
" - siring peace)—
joan of Arc, my
Jj I dear.
lEhnttng tittpi!
tOp lar Kvp^ e Ken ' US WUI gct t0 tho
Culled n ° W Ulld tllen W0 uro
from th? n record how some one
UD MRT TH PART °,i the Btate 'novoa
world ot Industry and
a
ft",'*' ii>rot"; o,"v;-:
forget f„ e ';!x" ?r ba "- b,,t dld
With the bridge and^n^ucUonZ 8
partment of the Pennsylvania Stetl
Company that he went south on thi
one al of A thr rle erection^Jc>b*
south' yj a S T*T£VIZ°
pentine, and went to work wl
the teams' °Naturally,'™e da£?umu
lated considerable information abSuS
the business and five years ago ho
was made assistant to the president
the company. Now he is presU
dent of the company and aln itft
treasurer, and. among other Jh°ng S
is president of a railroad. lnlngs
• • •
There are more big pumnkinq
.around Harrisburg this fall thn
ever known before and some whop
pers weighing between fifty and sev
enty pounds have not even been at
wmV nS attention. And Mayor J
William Bowman is to blame. Tho
' year B ' ot the sp eds of a
!h "i 7 nnmg Pumpkin of remark-
HJW 1 ?? 8 ? ?? d diking rotundity.
He distributed the seeds. Nature did
where eß t'h n er around Cam P Hill,
where the Bowmans have a farm
gmced a rfn re , bis Pumpkins than
nJ£?i Readin B la 'r this year. The
whfrl thp n?ii them nnd Uis a P ,ace
nt til pedigree and dimensions
with the war ttro toplcs that
* ♦ •
rWf'^T ed , er ! Ck . M - OU - wh ° Will bo
chief maishal of the big parade to
ser o ved r fn r t U ht nK late , thlsmonth ! has
He is ono VAV Capaclty several times,
men of th/ ex R° r| enced military
men of the city and plans to make
the demonstration worth while
• • *
George A Shreiner, State Superin
tendent of Public Grounds nnd
he ' thinking out something
he is Koing to call "Governor's row. '
it is to DO a line of trees ALONE TH
he win V" 001 S ' de 0f Ca P |tol Park and
he will have some of the finest trees
Thnn"?r y an !n l tock P lat >ted there.
nf trees will be named in honor
of the governors and planted on Ar
bor Day, when the heads of the state
government will follow the example
of Governor Brumbaugh and roll up
their sleeves and plant trees
v- • *
Its getting to be costly to lose a
Rolf match at the new Country Club.
The usual fall matches are being
| Played and are not only more exten
sive than ever before, but also moro
m„ P n nß i V fi, Samuel c - Todd, chair
man of the grounds committee, lma
relieved the monotony and stimulat
ed skill by announcing that everv
loser has to pay a dollar for the Red
Cross. The first day he calmly an
nounced that fact something like s!*►
a lh Kar n ered , T and Saturday.-.
?^ tCh w" 1 Probably result in some
thing like S3O for the Red Cross.
• C( L'' Fran ' c G - Sweeney, the officer
in charge of the draft headquarters,
is getting down to stereotyped
phrases. The Colonel is asked the
same question so much (hat he gets
dizzy. Now he has gotten to tho
point when asked over the telephone
how soon the next call is to be made
and what local hoards should do ho
says, "Examine your men; get them
ready and prepare to give them a
fitting' sendoff. Uncle Sam and tho
railroads will do the rest."
News that Commissioner of Health
Dixon was in the University of Penn
sylvania Hospital examina
tion caused much regret here, as tho
Commissioner has many friends
among Harrisburg people. Dr. Dix
on in the twelve years he has been
In Harrisburg has taken a great in
terest in Harrisburg ar.d has desired
to make its sanitary system, includ
ing the disposal plants, a model for
the state. He has admitted the great
progress made in other lines and
hopes to see the city as far ahead
in trie sanitation question as it is
in other improvements. And whilo
Harrisburg is abqpt it he would like
to see the adjoining towns join in
Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon, who
has not appeared in the Dauphin
county court for many a dav has
lost none of his ginger. Indeed
some one remarked that the Judge
looked yesterday very much as he
looked when he retired from tho
State Senate, well, back in 1883. The
Judge made one of his characteristic
speeches yesterday in court and de
clared that "an arithmetical sole
cism should not defeat a great act.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"!
—Walter George Smith, one of the
candidates in the Town Meeting
movement, is head of the American
Bar Association.
—Charlton Wagner, Danville man
ufacturer and nephew of Charles M.
Schwab, is going into the Aviation
Corps.
•—Thomas R. Greevy, the Altoona
lawyer, has suggested that cities al
low cows to graze in their limits as
a war measure.
—G. K. Schrtigram, suggested as
one of the Thompson trustees, was
•secretary of the committee in charge
of the creditors' Jnterests.
—Senator Clarence J. Buckman
says he hopes to see Bucks county
freed of toll roads in another two
years.
—Francis A. Lewis, named on the
fuel committee for this state, Is a
noted Philadelphia lawyer.
—Effingham B. Morris, head of
the Girard Trust company, has
placed that big institution In the Fed
eral Reserve system out of patriotic
motives.
DO YOU KNOW j
—That Harrisburg still needs
to enlist many men to be free
under the draft's second call.
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
-AThis city was one of tho first to
provNje for families ofcsoldlcrs in tho
Civil War days.
STRENGTHEN THOU ME
My soul melteth for heaviness;
strengthen thou me according unt<
thy word. —Psalms CXIX, St,