16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TEI.EGRAPH PRINTING CO., Tflograiih IliilldinK, Federal Square. E.J. STACK POLE, Pres't &■ Editor-in-Chief F. R. OY3TER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches creditrcLto It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. - Member American Newspaper Pub- Jl 1111 - [r Tif lishers' Assocla- QBf&g&jjjSgL tion, the Audit Bureau of Clrou latlon and Penn- VIBJ.JSsSS M sylvanla Assocl , SSI R "sr M atcd Dailies. * ifil $ fifl| m| Eastern office, SSS J2 MMI Finley, r °°F?fth RSSESF V Avenue Building, New York City; Ga" lo> ' Building, _ Chicago, 111. Entered nt the PostOfflce in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a rrwttsfelfftrojirca > week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1(, 1917 1 would rather be beaten in the right than succeed in the wrong.— GARFIELD. JUDGE KI'NKEL'B DECISION NO matter what may be tho lean ings of the men who read the decision of President Judge George Kunkel in the mandamus proceeding to compel the Auditor General to recognize certain appoint ees of the Governor, they .may be assured that It is the law. There have been lew causes growing out of a political condition in Pennsylvania | better argued than that which was determined yesterday by the distin guished Dauphin jurist, and those who recall tho presentation of the case by Deputy Attorney General Keller will note that the decision is in line with his contentions. The ac tion attracted attention of lawyers and officials all over Pennsylvania and the newspapers, recalling the controversy which began long before the fateful day when the Senate re jected eight of the Governor's ap pointments, gave much space to the hearing. In spite of all that was Injected into the matter through political amimus, ingenious pleadings, volu minous citation and harking back to the constitutional debates, the nub of the case was whether the selec tions of July !) could be classed as "recess appointments." Judge Kunlcel fofind that they were and the right of the Governor to appoint being conceded, the case ended. That was tho law on the subject. Auditor General Snyder may de cide to appeal the case or he may invoke the law by quo warranto. Whether the case is prolonged by appeal or the controversy ends by acceptance of the finding of the court, whether the propriety of the action of the Governor can be ques tioned, whether the Auditor General took a mistaken stand or whether as a former member of the Senate he felt the affront offered to it, the fact remains that Judge Kunkel has laid down the law. And that, uf produce revolt in Ger many is by carrying on so vigorous a warfare that the German people will ro longer go to death for the support of monarchical ambitions* All the little manifestations of discontent in Germany just now are symptomatic, it may be, but they do not mean any thing upon which to pin hope of an early peace. IN GOOD CAUSE EVERY nation in the world, ex cept possibly Turkey, is re sponsive to the magnificent work being carried on by the Y. M. C. A. in the warring countries. In Europe the constructive work of tills great organization diffuses most of tlio light in a loud-deadened sky at this time. Soon after tin declaration of war, four yea 1 ug", the Y. M. C. A. lead ers were quick to i ecognize the fact that the figlitin;, men have intellect ual and spiritual needs quite as pro noum ed as their phvslcal wants. To meet this need, buildings that are accessible to our fighting men are being erected wherever United States soldiers are located. These buildings are furnished in a way to constantly remind the boys of the "folks back home." Writing mate rials may be had here; carefully se lected pictures adorn the walls, and the latest phonograph records are always available for an informal con cert. Building materials are high In France. A building that would cost s{>,ooo in this country costs the As sociation three times that sum in a country where labor is scarce and materials are high. • The people of this country believe t that nothing is too good for the boys FRIDAY EVENING. who are risking their lives for us who remain at home. The Y. M. C. A. is asking for a fund of $35,000,000 to conduct the war work until July 1 of next year. No one knows the amount that will be asked then, and no one seems to care particularly. That Y. M. C. A. funds are carefully administered is a matter of history, and the American people are per suaded that their money cannot be Invested to better advantage. We have noticed that a batch of buckwheat cakes or several pans of fried mush are a great com/ort on a "meatless day." GOVERNMENTS DON'T DEFAULT NO buyer of a Liberty Loan bond need have any fear that the government of the United States of America will default or repudiate the debt. That is probably more than can be said of the gov ernment of Germany, which is hope lessly embogged. There have been very few occasions when the interest on the bonds of reputable govern ments has been defaulted, repudiated or funded. Only in the case of new and untried governments has this happened, except as a result of an archy and the subsequent repudiation by the responsible incoming admin istration. Even in this latter case the repudiation has usually been tem porary. In the case of South Ameri can countries it lias been Impossible sometimes to pay off a loan at ma turity, but the countries' undeniably great natural resources have made this a mere matter of waiting for a more propitious time. As a rule, although wars and revo lutions may retard civilization, they I have the immediate effect of stimu lating human thought and endeavor. Thus, in the case of war there usually follows a period of expansion and in vention in the defeated as well as in the victorious country. The opening of the West and the industrial de velopment of the South after the Civil War; the stimulation of manufacture and agriculture in both France and Germany after the Franco-Prussian war; the industrial and political awakening of Spain and the stimu lation of agriculture and commerce in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip pines, all may be regarded as after effects of war. The present situation, created by a war absolutely without precedent in its size, scope, methods and destruc tion, is so abnormal that it would hardly be possible for any man to foretell Its consequences. But If past wars are taken as a precedent, then, since this war is on a larger scale than any which have preceded it, the results, so far as stimulation of energies is concerned, should be larger. Bonds of the Second Liberty Loan are well worth owning. The United States occupies a unique po sition. Part of its lowest yield bonds are available as a basis for note cir culation, which tends to keep their prices on a higher level. We have failed, up to this time, to see the customary notice concerning the scarcity of turkeys; or, maybe the season is just a trifle early. AMEND THE LAW THE next Legislature should be asked to amend the nonparti san judicial act, at least In so far as It pertains to the clause pro vided for "sole nominees." The language of the law Is so ambiguous that a new interpretation is placed upon it every time a fresh crop of candidates for judge come before the people. One year the courts make a ruling. Two years later they are asked to overrule this and, take a position almost diametrically oppo site. The thing is as absurd as it Is needlessly expensive. The election of a judge should be surrounded by all the dignity and the majesty of the law. The nonpar tisan act presumably was framed to take judicial candidates out of the hurly-burly and petty disputes of partisan campaigns. The fifty-one per cent, clause, however, has In volved the judicial elections in bick erings as bitter as those of a pre cinct primary. A way to relief should be found. I A DOR PROBLEM AFTER WAR AN official of the Canadian Pa cific Railway says that when the war is over. Canada will be confronted with a serious prob lem In connection with the employ ment of the soldiers who will bo dis charged from the service. Many peo ple try to belittle this problem and assert that it will solve itself, but he Insists that It should receive con sideration before the war ends. Very likely we shall have similar difficulties in this country, even if peace should come before American troops have done any actual fighting. Practically all the men in the Amer ican Army were In regular employ ment before enlistment. Their places have been taken by younger or older men, or by women and girls. Large numbers of the wqjnen and girls who are now employed for the first time Vlll desire to continue such em ployment. It is very likely that in many lines of activity there will be more workers than Jobs. In any event, there will be a con siderable period of readjustment during which many people will be out of employment. What to do with the soldiers during that period is a c.ubject that should be considered before the time comes to disband the army. ' ,| fotcttca- Lk 'Pt-KKOijttfaKta By tho Ex-Committeeman Bigr political organizations In the two large cities of the state are get ting ready for final drives that will make the approach of the election of 1917 one of the most exciting known in the state in years and indicate the importance attached to struggles in advance of the gubernatorial bat tle in 1918. In several of the up state cities the contests for control will be strenuotis and the signs are that there will be more overseers named by the courts to conduct elec tions than for a long time. The Town Meeting party in Phila delphia is facing a fight with the city administration and men who sign papers are being interrogated by po lice officers in the good old way. " In Pittsburgh the registration board ap pears to be the storm center and in Scranton the mine cave issue looms up. Thus far the state administration has managed to keep out of contests except in one or two instances, bul there ane signs of men connected with the Capitol figuring in the clos ing campaign in more ways than one. —Concerning the Philadelphia de velopments the Philadelphia Press to-day says: "The efforts of the po lice department were employed last night in investigating alleged frauds perpetrated in the filing of the nomi nation papers of the Town Meeting party candidates which, if proved, will disqualify all candidates of that party for the 'row' offices. In a state ment denying that the police again had been injected into politics, Pub lic Safety Director Wilson last night admitted that the investigations con ducted by his detectives had been made for the purpose of obtaining information upon -which signers of these nomination papers might be prosecuted." —Representative Isadore Stern, one of the principal witnesses in the Fifth ward murder conspiracy case, predicted in an interview in Phila delphia last night that unless Mayor Smith removed Director Wilson and Lieutenant of the Third district po lice station, there would be another murder in the Fifth ward before elec tion day. "The police department of Philadelphia," he said, "has become thoroughly demoralized and we are on the verge of anarchy and blood shed in this city." ' —Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Nell, who spoke with Secretary to the Governor William H. Ball at the State Baptist convention at Altoona yesterday, took occasion to \yhack Senator Penrose and liquor and malign influences in polttlcs. Secre tary Ball spoke on "clean politics" in Pennsylvania. Both are prominent Baptists. —The Philadelphia Ledger says editorially to-day: "When during the Blankenburg administration the po lice were employed to verify the reg istration lists where fraud was sus pected a howl went up from the or ganization against' "the injectioh of the police In politics." When under the Smith-Vare administration po licemen and detectives are assigned to hunt up and interrogate signers of the Town Meeting party pre emption and nomination papers the reformers denounce the maneuver as "a crowning defiance of law." a flagrant attempt at intimidation." —Senator James P. McNichol has so far recovered that he will be able to go In a day or two to a residence in suburban Philadelphia, but it will be weeks before he will get about again. —Auditor General Snyder in dis cussing the suitcases held at Union station declared that the papers in them were state property and should be in the Capitol and that he meant to get them and also the persons who tried to take them away. Con sidering all the fuss made about the extraordinary protective measures thrown about the Auditor General's Department last winter and the at tention given to it by certain news papers not much is being said now when the scheme to make away with papers is laid bare. —And right on top of the restric tion of election bonfires mayors of various cities are announcing that there will be nothing doing in the way of throwing corn or flour on Hallowe'en. It Is pure waste and will not be tolerated. —Congressman John R. K. Scott seems to be having a hard time with District Attorney Rotan in Philadel phia. Rotan has won the fifth battle with Scott over Sam Maloney. —Howard R. Sheppard, a well known manufacturer, who is secre tary-treasurer of th rsaac A. Shep pard Company, yesterday agreed to accept the chairmanship of the Phil adelphia Town Meeting party to suc ceed Thomas F. Armstrong, \yho has been named as the candidate of ' ~ UP Wj MS SLIDES * ' 4 ' OPENS BEDROOM SWS DOVA/Nl IKI CHAIR. APPR6ACHES DEO - -EASES SELF ON .BEX) DOOR- HING&a \IT SQUCAK-l AND tOOiE FLOOR "BOARDS SPRING 5 CRE AK SQUEAK. /, ',SQU (S&T-S ONE FOOT . '£|MK3 OTHER. FOOT" ' PRETEMW } • jfeACK ON-To 9 'v ASLEEP. ? C i a lot of stock In llllj [I Iwl a flsh trust on nß'|||M MHj that hypothesis. 1 These st y*e ■'"f '&JjijM I ■ make m e / \r* a warm day L faiL&\ occurs JI mm \A ■■ Whereat grlrli It v\ s * et us>r I <> 5 V And rush out jtheir furs. thnrtuq (Sljal The new clubhouse of the Coun try Club of Harrisburg which will be formally opened to-rtiorrow after noon at a public reception or rather housewarming, is one of the most elaborate clubhouses in Pennsyl vania. It is as large as some of the widely-known clubs In the vicinity of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and Is unrivaled for setting, The view from the clubhouse Is one of the most remarkable In the state. It shows the wide branching Susque hanna In all its glory at one of the most wonderful spots on its long course through Pennsylvania. The mountains seem to have been laid down in rows and then given twista while the river bored through. The clubhouse Is one of the important buildings of Harrisburg and in addi tion to be the last word in clubs has a golf course that is just nqw the talk of the golfers of Central Pennsyl vania. It had the advantage of be ing planned by experts who found ready for them land which had been in pasture for ten years, while it has all the topography that the real golfer loves. • * * People who have been wakened up to the views around Harrisburg by tlve building of the new Country Club at Fort Hunter need only to remember that Fishing Creek valley is not a marker to Stony Creek valley and that Powell's, Armstrong's and Clark's creeks all come down through some of the wildest, pret tiest land to be found anywhere. Even the Wisconisco and Mahanton go wend their way through scenic joys. All you need is to get tho spirit and a day's wanderlust and you can -find more enjoyable places to view in your own county than has been told. Over in Perry County you can see the seven ridges spread ing over Dauphin and coming down to dip beneath the Susquehanna, mountains folded and laid in rows and hills and valleys in between, and from Dauphin hills you can look down on a river scene unequaied and see beyond the period rldgcp of Perry. A ride through the country aroundabout Harrisburg these fall days will open the eyes of the city dweller as to the progress in fruit growing displayed by the average farmer in the past few years. Hun dreds of rundown orchards have been brought into a high state of pro ductiveness and apple-picking is now going forward along lines that were not thought of outside the big orch ards a short time back. There is, fbr example, on the road from Marysville to Sterritt's Gap, in Perry cpunty, one farmer whose apples have attracted such widespread at tention that automobilists drive ill the way from Harrisburg to lay In their winter supplies. A few years ago his orchard, which is small as orchards go, was worth scarcely a dyllar to him. That was before he bctan to treat it In a scientific man ner. Now It is worth hundreds of dollars a year In yield and is the most profitable piece of land on the place. He is known as the "apple man" among his neighbors, who, by the way, are sprucing up their trees and are following his example. • Speaking of apples and country side trips, this is the cider and apple butter season and the presses and the k