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<fer all, is
what tho public wants.
ENCOURAGING GERMAN REVOLT
WAITING for Germany to revolt
is worse than waiting for dead
men's shoes. The spirit of
the German people will become at
tuned to revolution only when they
see their armies pressed h < rpon
tfceir own soil, when the All Highest
is no longer able to resist 1 iic thrusts
of his enemies, when liunp< r aid cold
and imminent peril have taught them
that trust put ir. princes is in vain.
The way t> 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 <he
Independent movement Tor receiver
of taxes. Mr. Sheppard was treas
urer and vice-chairman and later
chairman of the independent upris
ing of 1911, which elected Rudolph
Blankenburg to the Mayoralty. He
was chairman of tho campaign com
mittee of the Committee of One Hun
dred, in 1913, is a member of the
Committee of Seventy, and has ac
tively participated in practically ev
ery independent campaign in Phila
delphia in the last twenty years.
—The four state officials who were
reappointed by Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh to offices for which the
Senate of Pennsylvania withheld
confirmation in its closing hours
won their fight yesterday in the
Dauphin County Court for a manda
mus to compel Auditor General
Charlds A. Snyder to recognize them,
but they will have to wait a long
time. So will the three men who
were also reappointed after being re
jected, but who did not join in the
suit. It is even possible that they
may have to defend their titles to of
fice in a new proceeding. The de
cision of Judge George Kunkel de
cides that the men are recess ap
pointments, the contention of the
Attorney General, whose use of the
name of the Commonwealth Is also
upheld. Governor Brumbaugh said
when appraised of the result, "I felt
sure that the court would take that
view. I am very glad that it did."
Auditor General Snyder immedi
ately countered with the statement
that while he was surprised he felt
a satisfaction in that he had acted
in good faith in bringing the suit and
felt It Incumbent to appeal to the
Supreme Court. "I shall act
promptly in the matter," said he.
Whether Mr. Snyder will institute
quo warranto proceedings against
the four men who took him Into
court Is not known, but the effect of
an appeal would be to hold up their
pay and recognition still longer be
cause the Supreme Court will hardly
hear th case this year. Not only
the four officials who brought suit
have had pay and expenses held up,
but James W. Leech, Compensation
Commissioner; William Young, late
ly of the Industrial Board, and B.
F. Nead, Accountants Board, have
not been paid a cent. It Is Intimated
that they will not be until the Su
| preme Court acta
BXItHISBUHG TELEGRAPH!
MOVIE OF A MAN TRYING TO BE QUIET AT 4 A.M. BY BRIGGS
fl r HI CAME ' STOPS To [clock ' jf>' ~
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<PILLO\A/' ■"" Q - Si
Z. ||| t - snoring j| |(I
NEW PARTIES
American political third parties
have been factors of importance in
the life of the nation chiefly by indi
rection, since they have influenced
the old-established parties and the
governments chosen by the latter
only from the periphery of affairs.
Despite the failure of new parties to
establish themselves permanently,
with the conspicuous exception of
the Republican party, the suggestion
is offered by a group of persons rep
resenting various elements in con
ference in Chicago that one more at
tempt be made. The idea is to gath
er together the forces behind the
farmers' nonpartisan movement, the
remnant of the Progressive party,
the Prohibitionists and the backers
of universal suffrage, public owner
ship of railroads and other radical
policies.
On the basis of past experience it
is easy to predict that the new party,
if actually launched, will have only a
short existence. Coming so soon aft
er the breaking up of the most lor
midable third-party movement in
years—the Progressive party, once
led by Theodore Roosevelt, now re
turned to the Republican fold—many
will think that only moderate suc
cess at best can be won by the pro
posed organization. However, in
these extraordinary times predictions
based on' past experience easily may
be misleading. The world in many
respects is moving in ways incon
sistent with past tendencies. Unex
pected developments may suddenly
furnish the basis for new activities
and new alignments.—From the Chi
cago News.
ENEMIES WITHIN GATES
There has been much criticism of
the government for slackness in deal
ing with enemy aliens, and uome of
it has been deserved. But the experi
ence of other countries shows that
the United States is by no means
alone in finding it difficult to solve
the problem satisfactorily. Thus
there is complaint in England that
the pacifists have too much rope,
and the attitude of Washington to j
their agitation is contrasted favor
ably with the attitude of London.
Italy, too, is being vexed by a pro-
German agitation, directed against
Baron Sonnino in particular, and the
Italian government is blamed for
not interning at once all the Germans
still residents in the kingdom. The
root of the difficulty, of course, lies
in the fact that free and democratic
nations cannot act as resolutely as
autocracies in matters of personal
liberty. Public opinion has to be
convinced that the agitation is un
patriotic and the agitators are dan
gerous before it will sustain meas
ures which, however necessary in
time of war, would be condemned In
time of peace.—Philadelphia ledger.
AN AMERICAN JUDGE
There Is one public official out on
the Pacific Coast who has a red
blooded view of the duties and obli
gations of American citizenship, and
who has the courage to express such
sentiments. This is Judge Jurey, of
Seattle. In a recent citizenship pro
ceeding before him he held that a I
man who would go out on a Rtrike In
an industry needed by the country to j
carry on the war is unfit to become a
citizen of the United States.
A nilip carpenter had applied for
his final papers, and. in response to
questions had testified that he had
voted for the ship carpenters' ritrlke
and was then waiting to be called out.
Judge Jurey promptly denied the ap
plication nnd explained very "clearly
the reason. "I think any man r.o
lacking In patriotism," he isaid, "that
he would strike at such a time when
the United States is in dire need of
ships to carry supplies to our noldiers
r\nd allies across the seas, is not fit
to become a citizen of this country.
—Philadelphia Press.
Planting by Tape
There ha Just come from the
presses of the J. Horace McFarland
Company li< this city the most elab
orate seed cats log ever isßUed by
any gardening firm. It is the effort
cf the American Seedtape Company
to prepare for the big gardening rush
that is expected to come with the
nf.w year. The seedtape company
specializes In seeds fastened to tapes
In exactly the proportions In ivhich
they should be planted to produce
best results and the gardener plants
them 'n long strings or tapes In
trenches as he desires. The com
pany has done a big business in the
past and is preparing to meet the
early rush for seed catalogs the
coming ■winter and spring. The color
work of the booklet Is the most
extensive ever attempted for any
seed catalog. V.
rr w
The Last Troubadour
JI
OVER in Baxter street, where the!
barrel organs always have been
made, and from where the I
only troubadours and wandering!
musicians that America has ever
known have set off on their tours,
there is a high, blank boarding all
around the old corner shop, at Eliza
beth, where for fifty years Joseph (
Mollnarl, the last of the makers of
the hand organ, hammered brass
brads into barrels In a most myste
rious way.
For from this most Italian of oc
cupations no great Industry has
grown. There are few organ grind
era left. The monkeys will soon be
on the town. It is ten years ago
now since Louis Oliva stopped mak
ing hand organs In his dimly lighted
quarters in "The Castle," next door i
to the Grand Duke theater; and
twenty-five years since Jerome Mo
rello stopped making them. He was j
in Baxter street, too, but perhaps ;
his place never had quite the gla-|
mour about It which Louis Oliva'sj
had. Weber and Fields and Harri
gan and Hart began in the Grand 1
Duke theater and Louis Oliva used I
to send over his organs, gratis, to be I
the orchestra.
Now Joseph Molinari has gone,
too. The property has been sold,
and the old shop Is coming down.
The children and the old, old women
still have very dark eyes in liaxter
street, and the pushcarts still crowd
together into long, vivid market
places with their peepers and their
fruits and vegetables of one kind
and another, but the narrow street
will never be quite so truly Italian
again since the music makers haye
gone, and no more itinerant min
strels set out on.their tours.
There are many perfectly reason
able reasons why this old order has!
changed and given place to new. I
Americanization has set in. There j
are ofher things for Italian Immi
grants to do when they get to Ameri
ca than strolling about with a musi
cal instrument. Their friends meet
them at Ellis Island to tell them
how many other things there are
bringing more return. The old or
gan grinders are wearing out and
dying, and there are no young organ
grinders.
In the Good Old Days.
But in the old days It was differ
ent. Joseph Molinari can tell you
how It was. Organ grinding was the
easiest thing to do. What more nat
ural than to make music and, in do
ing so, walk all about the country,
seeing how this place was quite a
different thing from Italy, and In
finitely bigger! The more daring of
them got as far as Cleveland and
Chicago, in those first days, but it
was as much a feat and an adven
ture as Christopher Columbus' first
adventuring, and most of them
turned back sooner. It was not nat
ural for one country to keep on way
over to the next ocean!
Eventually, they went all over the
country, and the majority of the
hand orgnns which went with them
| were made in Mr. Molinarl's shop., 1
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
The Knights of Columbus at their
dinner to-night have occasion for
congratulation on the large public
service they have been able to under
take in connection with the war. At
the request of the War Department
this organization has undertaken to
do the same sort of work that the
Y. M. C. A. has engaged in for the
Army encampments and canton
ments. It is building, equipping and
maintaining buildings for social, re
creational and religious centers.
In July the Knights raised a fund
of a million dollars as a nucleus and
already have Installed buildings in
eighteen places. Additional funds
are being raised to supplement this
work, and the Kansas City organiza
tion has just completed a successful
campaign In which It obtained more
than J40.000 as its share. The
Knights of Columbus and the Y. M.
C. A. are co-operating in these activ
ities, the one organization providing
for the Catholic men, the other for
the nonCathollc.
These camp recreational facilities
are of very great importance. In
connection with the outside facilities
for which a fund Is now being raised
in Kansas City and throughout the
country, they provide the most prac
tical means possible for Insuring the
welfare of the young men ot the
army.—Kansas City Times.
Of course, the young Italians chose
then to be organ grinders when
right there in Baxter street, which
they took to be New York city, were
makers who financed the trips, tak
ing rental for the organs on the in
stalment plan or when a three
months tour was over. It was not
until many trips had been made and
much wandering done that a grintfer
bought his organ outright.
That sad and world weary look
which the ancient grinders wear in
their eyes surely was not there when
they were young and starting out to
see America. Surely It was adven
ture for them then —they must have
wondered what little town would |
show up just around the curvingi
country road, what kind of foreign
city would come next. It seems a
sad thing to have worked so long at
troubadouring and being a minstrel
that there is no more joy and sur
prise—and still to go on playing for
the pennies.
In those days, too, the burden of
the organ on their backs was not so
great, nor did they ever have to push I
or pull the ones which go on wheels.
Almost unimpeded the first grinder
went, for at first it was only little
organs, melodeons they were called,
that Joseph Molinari made. Later ■
the sophisticated instrument with a
post or a peg was made, to be slung
by a broad leather strap, as only a
careless and debonnalr Italian can
sling, over the left shoulder. Still
later than that came the wheeled or
gans. The great street pianos, such
as center merry-go-rounds, and were
mostly made in Berlin, had no place
at all in the Molinari shop.
Figures in History.
Only with barrels did Molinari
have to do, hammering the bright
brads in at various lengths and
stated intervals, so that several tunes
were pricked out on one cylinder,
and setting notch pins in the'bnrrel
head so that the tunes might change.
Each slow revolution of the barrel
gave one whole tune.
Organetto a Manovella, Joseph
Molinari and the grinders would call
these instruments, or else organo
tedesco, which last word gives the
origin of the barrel organ, In The
Netherlands, somewhere around Uie
middle of the fifteenth century. In
England, too, it is often called the
Dutch organ. Soon after, however,
it was in use in Italy, and with the
Italians it is usually associated. For
The Netherlands do not care so much
to wander and to sing, making music
and a livelihood In the easiest and
most pleasing way. In France, too,
the barrel organ has been for cen
turies —the orgue de Barbarle or or
gue d'Allemagne, and the merline or
bird organ, which was tiny and in
the shape of a book.
But ir. the Netherlands was the
origin. In the archives of Belgium
is the record of an organ builder,
one Jehan van Steenken, who was
made "Master of organs which play
of themselves." At first these wore
not portable. It may bo that it was
the wandering Southern peoples who
saw to that.
THE BLASPHEMER
"Onward with God!" So this blas
phemer cries.
When he has deluged half the
world in blood,
Broken the bond of human broth
erhood,
Patched up his infamies with pious
lies,
Laughed at his murdered victims'
groans and sighs,
The reddened earth with outraged
corpses strewed,
Done deeds that would shame hell
and called them good.
And hoped for victory as his. foul
crimes' prize.
And yet this crowned destroyer of
his kind
Pretends that God is his ally, and
calls
On those who follow him with mad
ness blind
To fight for God! But when God
wills he fails,
Leaving a rtame accursed of men be
hind.
A record that a ravaged world
appalls!
—Victor Vane in the Brooklyn Eagle.
DIPLOMACY NEEDED
[From the Dallas News.]
Another thing—what do these mil
lionaires who are working at Wash
ington for a dollar a year tell their
wives when they go home on Satur
day night without any wages?
OCTOBER" 19, 19T7.
LABOR NOTES
Women are being substituted for
drafted men and are paid one-half
the wages paid men, reports Karl
Ferguson, state organizer of the
State Federation of Labor.
Regardless of the fact that the
laws of Arizona permit picketing,
the Bisbee Loyalty League has in
duced city authorities to pass an or
dinance against picketing.
Springfield (111.) municipal tire
men have organized and are char
tered by the American Federation of
Labor. Similar Illinois organizations
exist in Chicago, East St. Louis and
ltock Island.
The Children's Bureau of the Fed
eral Department of Labor has in
structed its representatives through
out the country to see that the Keat
ing-Owen child labor law is en
forced.
Low wages and long hours were
indicted by Probation Officer Hertey
of the District of Columbia at an un
employed conference under the aus
pices of the Federal Department of
Labor.
Russian Radicals demand free
medical aid to workers at the ex
pense of the employer, with support
of the workman during the time of
illness.
Louisville (Ky.) United Trades and
Labor Assembly has petitioned city
authorities to enact a semimonthly
pay law for municipal employes.
At Carney's Point (N. J.) plant of
the Du Pont Powder Works, ar
rangements are being made to in
crease the force of 200 women in the
smokelfss powder department.
British radicals demand the close
organization of the workers against
war.
I OUR DAILY LAUGHI
PLAYING SAFE.
Jones is throw
| Ing his money
awa y right and
left since he made
that big killing
/ fIV war stocks.
tit* I don't blame
) him. That's the
best way to mako
sure that Wall
street woVt get It.
all back again.
AS TO FISII.
There are
Just as good flsh
In the sea as £■ , A
ever were f Jj £
So everybody Sh v V*" ,/ Y^
think one might Ktfn
be ablo to sell nP>
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<ttiet arc doing a rushing business.
All of the culls and windfalls are
going into the cider presses that
are net used for applebutter-making
and. as the crop hereabouts is very
good, as a rule, the applebutter pro
duction is going to be larger than
for many years. Vinegar is also be
ing made in large quantities, the
farmer having taken to this Indus
try very largely since James Foust
and his pure vinegar law forced llie
fake brands off the market.
• •
One young woman who is anxious
to get a sweater knit for her soldier
boy in the South, in timo for a
Christmas present, met with a set
back the other night. She took her
knitting to the Majestic theater. She
was one of the girls who can knit
and watch the performance at the
same time. One thing she did not
count on. In the same row was a
young man who did not like the
show and left early. In getting up to
allow the young man to pass out, the
i ball of yarn dropped to the floor.
Of course the Mujestlc floor is not
on the level, and before that ball of
yarn stopped rolling it was in the
orchestra pit. Everybody wanted to
be kind to that young woman and
took a hand in trying to pull the
yarn back. They succeeded, but it
was not in a ball when it reached tho
fair knitter. That particular hank
of yarn will not be a part of the
sweater.
• •
The State Capitol register shows a
remarkable variety of visitors al
most at any time. Of course, Penn
sylvanians, predominate, but there
are people from almost every state.
On on<j day this week there were
men from Honolulu and Havana and
people from eleven states registered.
Some people who are traveling by
automobile over long distances are
among those who put down their
names.
* •
It Is the plan of the Camp Curtin
Commission, which arranged to pro
ceed with the purchase of the tract
selected for the future monument at
its recent meeting with Governor
Brumbaugh, to collect the local
stories and reminiscences of the fa
mous mobilization camp for tho men
of the Civil War. The Governor is
greatly Interested In having the his
tory of the camp complete. Thomas
M. Jones will probably compile the
data.
• • *
Veterans of the Hartranft Division
of the Ninth Army Corps were much
interested last night to learn that
the headquarters flag of tlieir'corps
was now in the Capitol. Tills flag
and others-which have been pre
swted to the state lately will be for
mally placed one of these days.
• • *
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—Col. C. T. Crcswell, one of tho
new members of the State Armory
Board, used to be head of one of the
Philadelphia regiments.
—Congressman John M. Rose, of
the Cambria-Blair district, is making
a series of food conservation
speeches.
—District Attorney B. J. Firman,
of Erie County, who was here, this
week, tried out the new Country
Club golf course.
—Senator W. W. Hindman, of
Clarion, who was here yesterday on
a Public Service case, is the young
est Senator now.
—D. M. Hertzog, well-known here
and active in Uniontown affairs, will
be one of the J. V. Thompson trus
tees.
| DO YOU KNOW """]
—That Harrisburg banks will
waive notice to let people take
out cash from savings funds to
buy Liberty Bonds?
HISTORIC HAItRISBITRG
—Some of the biggest buyers of
civil War bonds were Harrisburg
lodge*