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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917.
The things that belong to men
must be understood in order to be
loved; the things that belong to Ood
must be loved in order to be under
stood. — PASCAL.
ARBOR DAY
TO-MORROW Harrisburg will
celebrate Arbor Day as never be
fore. The public school children
of the city will join with Governor
Brumbaugh, Auditor General Sny
der, State Treasurer Kephart, Mayor
Bowman and other public officials in
dedicating trees in Capitol Park to
the memory of the early Governors
of the State. The observance should
be mado an annual event.
If you have not been impressed
with the importance of tree-plant
ing, read Mrs. Wood's remarkable
poem on the first page of the Tele
graph this evening, ond be con
vinced.
ASHES AND GARBAGE
THERE appears to be little im
mediate relief in the way of ade
quate ash and garbage collec
tions in Harrisburg. Conditions are
bad and give little promise of be
coming better. Every resident is af
fected and every candidate for Coun
cil should be pledged now to do his
best to arrange foi prompt collec
tions if elected The ash and gar
bage problem is the most annoying
that now confronts the city. No
Councilmanic nominee should be
permitted to dodge responsibility on
this issue.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
GATHERING war clouds have
not been able to distract the
vision of those whose duty it is
Ic| plan for the future growth of
Occupied as the city
planners have been with Red Cross,
War Council and Liberty Loan cam
paigns, they have yet found time in
' which to think about the Harris
burg that will be a flourishing city
long after the present world war
shall be a mere matter of grewsome
history. Witness the North Third
and Green streets development as
outlined by the Telegraph of Tues
day evening. That is a striking
•example of the kind of thing that is
being done at the weekly meetings
of the Planning Commission.
The land lying between Green and
Third streets, north of Division for
a distance, Is low and is flooded in
places by large and ever-flowing
springs. The Planning Commission
would turn this into a lake, with
proper planting and landscape dec
orations, transforming a none too
desirable piece of property Into a
very attractive residential district
and giving to the West End a bit of
park area that promises to add
greatly to the beauty of the dis
trict. It is not often that it is pos
sible to make such a marked im
provement at such moderate cost,
and It may be remarked in this con
nection that it would have been
brought about had it not been for
the Planning Commission. Under
the old method of procedure some
real estate promoter would have
come along, bought the land, filled
up the ltfw spots, sewered the
springs into the river and —a beauty
spot would have been lost forever
to the people. The skilled men at
the helm of the Planning Commis
sion alone saw the possibilities and
took advantage of them. This kind
of thing, on less marked scale, is
happening all over the city and in
its suburbs where the city planners
have opportunity to look toward the
future in making changes or in out
lining developments.
Now is not the time for bond is
sues to cover public Improvements,
desirable though they may be. , The
resources of the nation must bo con
served for the vital task of waging
a successful war, but it is inspiring
to know that there is in the service
of the city a body of men who, with
unclouded vision, are looking to
ward the fair to-morrow, when our
attention shall be again turned for
the betterment of our immediate
surroundings and who, through nil
the stress and turmoil of the times,!
are working and thinking, so that!
when we are ready for the new and'
THURSDAY EVENING,
more agreeable tasks of home build
ing there shall be ready for us a
complete and comprehensive plan
for our consideration.
READ; THEN GO BUY!
READ Dr. Hints' speech in the
Telegraph this evening—and
then go out and do one of two things;
either enlist or buy a Liberty Bond.
It is unthinkable that you will not
do either.
Never has an American audience
been given a more striking picture
of the frlghtfulness of the German
military machine in France and Bel
gium, or a more vivid illustratiorpof
what is in store for America if the
Hun is victorious in Europe, than
that presented by Dr. Hillis at Chest
nut street hall. Nobody who attended
last night's meeting or who reads
the text of the speaker's remarks
will be able to ask himself again,
"why are we at war?"
Dr. Hillis presented no secondhand
information. Every item of his dis
course he investigated for himself.
He has the documentary evidence to
back up his every assertion. His I
testimony would stand in any court,
fie has convicted the Gern.a,n gov
ernment and the Germany soldiery
of the most ghastly crimes in the his
tory of the world. He has proved
them the unspeakable beasts they
are. He has shown us what would
happen right here in Harrisburg if
the German armies win in Europe—
for as sure as sermon follows text,
the United States is next on Ger
many's scheme of world conquest.
Picture it for yourself—the Ger- |
mans in Harrisburg, our beautiful
buildings laid waste, the Capitol in
ruins, firing squads lining our old
men and young up before their |
homes and shooting them dead in the
sight of weeping mothers and wives;
wives and daughters snatched from
the arms of their loved ones, torn,
outraged and murdered, while pa
rading Huns march about with babies
impaled upon their glittering bayo
nets! And all that stands between
that and us is the gathering armies
and the billions of dollars of the
great American republic.
What are you going to do about it?
Are you going to enlist or will you
buy a Liberty Bond?
And if you do neither, how can
you square yourself with your con
science?
THE TIME FOR SAFETY
COMMISSIONER JACKSON'S or
ders to the people connected
with the State Department of
Labor and Industry to go on the
stump for safety is well-timed, be
cause If there is any period wherein
the average man or woman is apt
to overlook the little things that
make for protection or prevention
against accidents it is when they ore
working at top speed. The files of
every newspaper are filled with re
ports of mishaps wherein people
have been killed or maimed because
something small was overlooked.
The broken guard, the worn part of
machinery, the rattlety bolt and the j
screw loose somewhere have taken
their toll of life and dollars, if one J
may be so material as to mention i
them in the same sentence.
By the same token, the suggestion
of State Fire Marshal Port that fire
escapes and similar appliances be in
spected before ice and snow come
around and that chimneys be cleaned
out and rubbish cleared up so as to
reduce the fire hazard is well worth
following. Conditions in industry
are at such a pass because of the
speeding up of production and the
accumulation of materials and prod
ucts that fire has chances to start
which would not prevail in normal
times.
The business of this nation is war,
and as Pennsylvania is making one
tenth of the products needed und
giving one-tenth of the men, it be
hooves those who are working at
home to maintain the men in the
lines and in the camps and to take
such precautions as will sustain them
in health and safety.
If e\er there was a time when
safety should be the watchword it
rhould be now.
A DOUBTFUL) COMPLIMKXT
THE advance agent of Secretary
McAdoo's western tour was
quoted as saying that Mr. Mc-
Adoo was running the whole Treas
ury Department from his car en
route. This was intended as a com
pliment, but every business man
knows that it either is not true or
that if the Secretary is trying any
such stunt the public service is suf
fering. It does not lie within the
power of any one man—not even
"miracle man Hoover," to run
whole department at a distance of
3,000 miles, and do It effectively. Be
sides, such statements as that are
not likely to create a very favorable
impression In the minds of people
who have to wait unreasonably long
periods for answers to their letters
addressed to the Treasury Depart
ment.
folCtlco- Lk
If IcCLKia,
By the Ex-Committeeman
No time will be lost in getting
started the commissioners to take the
votes of the soldiers, whom it is ex
pected the Governor will name to
day. The supplies for them have been
prepared for ten days by the force
of Secretary of the Commonwealth
Woods and everything is in readi
ness.
The commissioners will be called to
meet at the Governor's office on
Tuesday when the Governor will ad
dress them and the Secretary will
give instructions. At the same time
.arrangements for the transportation
of the supplies will be made and
everything will be started off prac
tically a week ahead.
It is not expected that any one
will have to go abroad or be on a
transport on election day.
—The Philadelphia Town Meeting
nomination paper suits are attracting
state-wide attention. The hearings
yesterday were breezy and on the
whole favorable to the attackers. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says of the de
velopments: "That the method of
preparing nomination petitions for
the Town Meeting party ticket was
identical with that used for years by
the Republican organization, was the
testimony given yesterday by one of
the witnesses in the court proceed
ings brought by the Smith-Vare com
bine, alleging irregularities. Dozens
of signers to the nomination papers
generally admitted they had signed
the affidavits on the back without
being sworn by a notary public. But
their explanation was that they did it
supposing it to be a matter of form,
or that one of the five signers to each
paper would be sworn as sufficient
for all five."
—The chief issues which the
Town Meeting party will use as their
heavy artillery in the battle to de
eat the fifty-fifty harmony candidates
at the November election in Phila
delphia, says the Press to-day, "in
clude the supplanting of bullets and
blackjacks by the honest ballot, the
removal of the police force from
politics, inauguration of sectional
home rule by the removal of section
al bosses and the forestalling of an
Increase in the tax rate. The appoint
ment of speakers who will campaign
throughout the city was accomplish
ed yesterday, and with this task
finished the committee arranged the
program of issues which will play
an important part in the tight."
—Congressman William S. Vare, in
bis first speech in the campaign for
the election of .the "fifty-fifty" slate
in Philadelphia, last night declared
that in the fight between the Repub
lican Organization and the Town
Meeting party the Republicanism of
Pennsylvania is at stake. Then he
said the election is a national affair
in these words: "If the Republican
party is weakened in Philadelphia it
will be weakened in Pennsylvania.
If it is weakened in Pennsylvania it
will be weakened throughout the na
tion."
—Senator Vare yesterday referred
to Representative Isadore Stern as a
"cipher," when he refused to reply at
length to the charge of Stern that
the Fifth ward murder money was
supplied by him, and last night Stern
issued an open challenge to Senator
Vare, Congressman-John R. K. Scott,
Senator Samuel Salus, Representa
tive McNichol or any member of the
Vare camp, to meet him in debate on
the issues of the campaign. Stern of
fers to pay the rent for a public hall
and will allow his opponents to name
the date for the verbal combat.
—The Philadelphia Republican
Alliance representing Town Meeting
interests which are attempting to
take from the republican city com
mittee as by the Vares,
dominance of tlv local political sit
uation, opened headquarters yester
day. Surprise was occasioned when it
was announced last night that Clin
ton Rogers Woodruff, chairman of
the Nineteenth district draft registra
tion board, would assume charge of
the headquarters. It was announced
that before the end of the week that
the new alliance would have repre
sentatives of every ward enrolled as
members. Eventually, it is intended
to ask the courts to have the power
of the present Republican committee
transferred to the alliance.
—Judges Wenner and Ross refus
ed to approve the purchase of a 77-
acre tract in Springettsbur.v township
for the erection of new almshouse
buildings, because there is no ade
quate water supply on the tract, and
it is too far from railroad and trol
ley Tacilltles.
—An Easton dispatch says the
Stauffer shortage may be ?70,000. It
Is stated In the dispatches from that
city: "The Auditor General's office
has taken complete charge of Stauf
fer's office and closed it completely.
Last night Detective Frank Flynn
wos on guard at the office, and to-day
Constable Harry E. Hayden relieved
him. They will alternate as guards
until the Governor names Stauffer's
successor. Who this is likely to be has
r.ot even been intimated. Albert F.
Kahn, a young Easton attorney, is
representing Auditor General Snyder.
He announced that the office would
remain closed until Stauffer's suc
cessor qualifies. When the office is
reopened expert accountants from
Harrisburg will begin a thorough
audit of the accounts. It was report
ed to-day that the Auditor General's
office contemplated legal proceedings
against Stauffer. When its represen
tatives came to Easton they are said
to have possessed photographic
copies of certain checks that Stauf
fer received, but for which he never
made remittance to the state. Stauf
fer is reported to have heard this,
and rather than face exposure and
prosecution decided to end his life."
TALKING OF RESULTS
In conversation among sevcja.l in
telligent gentlemen the other even
ing the talk turned upon what will
take place after the war. It was
started by the suggestion that the
Government's efforts to regulate
prices would continue, and this re
mark evoked another, to the effect
that it would fail and that the fail
ure would be succeeded by social
ism. One of the gentlemen, at least,
thought that the progress toward so
cialism would be accompanied by a
revolution of the blood-spilling kind.
There was no doubt in any mind
that a great change would follow
close upon the attainment of peace.
This war has shaken mankind to its
foundations and it will not settle
back upon its old basis. Just what
that change will be, no one can say,
but that there will be a new life
after the war, everybody expects.
Tne most of the expectation is that
the change will bear much of the
socialistic hue, and that every form
of social, political and industrial au
tocracy will disappear and that prop
erty itself will lose its pre-eminence
in human affairs.—Ohio State Jour
nal.
HAMTTSBURG EI!S#(STF TELEGRTTPW
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ABOUT FORESTALLING
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The article prepared by- Mr. Crow
and printed in your columns in rela
tion to the forestalling of city mar
kets is most opportune. This is a
pernicious evil that has had full
sway here for only too many years,
and the City Council should not only
act promptly, but also in a most ef-1
fective manner.
in this age of high prices of all
kinds of food products (not even ex
cepting the common field turnip,
which were formerly almost given
away), foreFtalllng is a double evil.!
Practical observations and experi-:
ences fully confirm this allegation.]
One of many examples noticed was
that of a dealer from another mar
kethouse visiting stalls and selecting
and buying all of the dressed poul-j
try that he could get at the lowest
prices at which he could induce the
farmer to sell to him. After getting,
all of the choicest and best poultry
available, he rapidly retraced his
way to his own stall in another mar
ketliouse, there to resell the same
at fancy prices and at a big profit.
While the transaction may appear
businessliko, it is done at the expense
of the consumer who, perhaps, ran
illy afford to buy even at the normal
cost of articles of food. The same
transaction occurs on every market
day not only with dressed poultry,
but with other desirable and choice
food products. There are National
and state food regulations intended
to conserve food ahd regulate values,
but forestalling in our city markets
certainly does not agree with any of
such regulations or attempts to assist
In the conservation of food supplies
for the benefit of the ordinary class
of consumers.
ANTI-FOOD SPECULATOR.
THE LORD IS GOD
And let these my words be nigh
unto the Lord, that all the people of
the earth may know that the Lord is
God, and that there is none else. —
I Kings vlii, 59 and 60.
RABBIT, SHEEP, WORM
A Itabbit, a Sheep, and a Wriggly
Worm
(Three ardent pacifists they)
Were overheard discussing the war
In a pasture field one day.
The Rabbit (he spoke as rabbits do
With trembly quivering chin)
Said: "They're draftln' folks to go
an' fight
But they needn't count me in."
"My heart is weak, I have chilly feet,
Good reasons to be exempt—
What do I care, if I save my skin.
For words and looks of con
tempt."
"Baa, baa!" said the Sheep. "You're
right, quite right
I'm busy now raisin' wool,
I ain't got time fer to go an' fight.
The sheep that fights is a f >ol."
"Here, here!" 'twas a whisper from
the Worm—
"This war's not our affair,
It's a rich folks war, and further
more
I hear many worms declare."
"We are fightin' another country's
fight.
The quarrel Is not our own."
I say: "Let 'em sink what ships they
please—
They'll leave you and me alone."
"I think" —but a shadow passed o'er
head—
The Sheep went off at a bound.
The Rabbit streaked for the shelt'r
ing wood
And the Worm crawled under
ground. ,
I have heard a young man—native
born—
Say: "This is a Wall Street War."
"No one has landed upon our shores.
What are we fighting for?"
I have heard a selfish business man
Say: "I'm too busy these days,
I have no time for this 'fighting
stuff" —
I 'tend to business —that pays."
I have heard such t Iks as this
thrown off;
"Thjs fight is England's fight."
"The Germans would never have
troubled us
If we had but acted right."
"If our vessels had all been held at
home
We would have no cause for strife.
If our people had all kept off the
sea
There'd have been no loss of life."
When I hear, from men, remarks
like these
I'm ready to then affirm
A mild respect for the timid Sheep,
The Rabbit, the Wriggly Worm,
i —R. Trotter.
BULGARIA AS A DOVE
NOAH HOHENZOLLERN sends
forth Bulgaria as a Dovo of
Peace to see whether there is
anything green among the Allies,
and if there is, to bring it to Pots
dam, where there is a demand for
encouragement far exceeding the
supply.
Bulgaria has been doing nothing
for the Kaiser for some time. Now
it has an opportunity to render him
a real service. He is riding for a fall.
He knows perfectly well that he can
not win, but pride restrains him
from pulling out, and there is a little
danger that he may be thrown.
Therefore he is looking diligently
for a soft place where he can fall
without too great a risk of breaking
his neck.
The Kaiser can't sue for peace: his
pride as a Hohenzollern, his obliga
tions as a War Lord, forbid. Hut if
Germany's allies should give up, of
course, it could not be expected to go
on fighting the whole world alone.
It could open negotiations for cessa
tion of hostilities with the minimum
of humiliation. So Bulgaria's agents
in a neutral country have sought and
obtained an opportunity to state the
terms on which it would like to pull
out of the wreck. It wants Mace
donia, but is perfectly willing that
Servla should be indemnified out
of Bulgaria's ally, Austria-Hungary.
This shows the amount of affection
both the Kaiser and Bulgaria enter
tain for their ally.
If Bulgaria can get out of the war
the bitterness to Germany of seeking
peace would be materially reduced.
OVER THE CREST
Germany affected to believe Brit
ain would never arrive in time. Brit- j
.•tin has arrived and we are coming.
Meantime there has been no German I
victory, and Germany, having fought!
France and Russia for more ;han
two years, while Britain was prepar
ing, has now to face a relatively
fresh Britain, while still a fourth foe,
the United States, is training her
millions and equipping them.
Unmistakably we are over the
crest of the hill. Only weakness in
spirit now, only the failure of those
behind the front in France, Britain
and the United States can prevent
the realization of the fruits of the
great sacrifices and the splendid de
votion of recent years. And unless
there is a decisive military victory
over Germany the real goal will not
be attained and the work may have
to be done again. The German
army must be decisively beaten upon
the battlefield, beaten so that its
defeat will be obvious, first in Ger
many and then elsewhere. Once
this .has been done the end of the
war will be within sight. It is not
necessary to occupy Berlin or cross
the Rhine, but if the German menace,
to civilization is to be abolished it'
must be abolished by such an allied
victory as will strip the German mili
tary machine of the last claim to in
vincibility. a claim nowhere recog
nized now save in Germany and
among the faint hearts and pro-Ger
mans in Allied countries.
The Somme deprived the Germans
of the offensive in the west. The
battles of Arras and the Aisne this
spring deprived them of the power
to attack on any front on a consid
erable scale. The Ypres campaign
has demonstrated unmistakably Ger
man inferiority in the field and the
rapid decline alike of German num
bers and German morale. Their
machine, the great Prussian military
machine, is slowly but surely going
to pieces.
On the military side the defeat of
Germany has been made certain, as
certain as anything in the future can
be, if the war is continued for
another campaign. The greatest
German retreat since the Marne has
already been made practically cer
tain, either this fall or next spring,
with the date depending upon the
weather and not upon German ef
forts—Frank H. Simonds in the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
EVEN 'POSSUM
"I can't make out," said Brother
Williams, "how 'possum is gwine ter
make up fer de high price er ham
bone. Dey's no sich thing ez free
'possum, an' de las' one 1 seen wuz
roostin' so high dat I got de swlm
min' In he head fum des lookin' up
ter him! 'Pears like he done hear
'bout meat gwine higher, an' he's
climbin' ter de clouds!"
SWAGGER STICK USEFUL
Styles change: these meatless days
Make appetites all balk.
And when ma sports a swagger stick
The youngsters walk a chalk.
--Memphis Commercial-Appeal
If Turkey also could get out, there
would be still less mortification for
Germany in admitting the inevitable.
Of course, Bulgaria wishes to get
out for its own sake, and so does-
Turkey. Neither went into this war
as a free agent. Both hate Germany
as only people who have been sub
jected to German domination can
hate it. And if both could make
separate peace it might serve the in
terests of Germany in another way
than that of affording Germany i'n
opportunity to bow gracefully to the
inevitable. When the Allies win,
Turkey will cease to exist and Btil
garia may. Neither could then be of
any use to William II in realizing
that Ham burg-to-th e-Persian-Gull
scheme. Germany holds a mortgage
on each of these victims of its im
perialism. j The mortgages are worth
nothing it the Allies administer on
their estates. But if the Allies should
be willing to give easy terms to Bul
garia and Turkey for the sake of
hastening the end of the war, there
might be enough left of each of these
unfortunate countries to serve the
purpose of William IT in the event
of that next war, about which Ger
mans are already writing.
The Allies are not likely to bite
at the bait, even with the disturbance
that the Germans are able to get. up
in the Gulf or Riga. They are in a
position now to beat Germany next
year and make peace on their own
terms with Germany and its three
serfs. Bulgaria will not be allowed
to break the Kaiser's fall. The war
will go on until an end shall be
reached that, in the language of
war.—Philadelphia Record.
BAKERY ON WHEELS
Fresh bread at any and all times,
for American soldiers will be pos-|
siWr if the War Department ap-I
proves and adopts tlic portable au- j
tomatic bread-making machine, that;
is now being demonstrated at the;
Presidio at San Francisco, and le-|
termincs unon their installation. The I
bread maker is the invention of
James Garvey, and its adaptation to
the motor truck has been brought
about by Ralph Hamlin, says the
Power Wagon.
Bread that is fresh and highly pal
atable is very much desired by sol
diers, but at the present time there
is no way to keep them supplied with
it when at the front. Usually the
bakery is far in the rear, or there is
no fresh bread at all. JJut with such
a machine as Garvey has designed,
mounted on a motor truck chassis, it
is believed possible to overcome this
difficulty as the vehicle is well able
to keep up with any other part of
the transport, and the bread produc
ing speed is sufficient to supply any
need quickly.
HERE, TOO
No one will doubt that CJiester is
shortly to have a civic center.
Chester Times.
"UNCLE IS CALLING"
Uncle is 'calling— he asks for a loan
I You have heard of your "Uncle" be
fore
But listen: This Uncle Is really your
own
Not the one with three balls at his
door!
Uncle is calling—he'd just like to
know
If you'll lend him some money to
fight
And remember, he's got to have
money to go
Lend him something, if only a mite!
Uncle is calling—you'll answer him,
sure
He has needs that have got to met
He'll pay you good interest, your
money's secure
And remember, you owe him a debt!
Uncle is calling—he's called once be
fore
Every nephew should fight or chip
In
Won't you stand by your Uncle—
your Country AT WAR'!
If not, don't expect him to win!
Uncle is calling—oh, don't turn him
down!
He has guarded our interests so well
A loan to your Uncle —not a tax to
to a crown
For FREEDOM your dollars wllli
tell!
Uncle is calling—to you and to me !
And he's waiting to hear what we'll |
do
This loan will protect our great Land
of the Free
And preserve us the Red, White and
Blue!
r—John Nelson Stewart, Jr.
OCTOBER 25, 1917. * " '
DO YOU KNOW 1
—TIuU Harrisburg products
were never bringing such high
prices as now?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
One hundred and twenty years ago
everyone in Harrisburg owned aome
Government securities.
LABOR NOTES
In Denmark large numbers of
women are employed by the stiitc as
steamship pilots.
New Brunswick, Canada, will give
returned soldiers a real training in
agriculture, both practical and theo
retical. ,
Taconia (Wash.) municipal fire
men and city authorities have ar
ranged a two-platoon system.
A strike ultimatum of St. I>ouis
flnd Southwestern ("Cotton Belt")
Railroad shopmen resulted in gen
eral wage increases and the first
agreement with this company.
About twenty women gardeners
who have been trained at Kew, Kng
land, are going to France, where thev
will take up the duty of tending the
graves of British dead soldiers.
Vancouver, B. C.. through its city
officials, has handed an ultimatum to
coal dealers to cut the price of coal
or the city will step in and sell some
on its own account far below the
price generally charged.
Employes in the rolling mill de
partment of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad have been organ
ized by the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers;
An average of three Japanese wom
en immigrants enter the L'nited
States to every five men.
Northern fishermen ore to be sent
to southern waters this winter to
speca ui; fish production.
Definite plans for the registration
of America's wonianpower have been
approved by Washington.
IQURbAILYLAUGH]
ALSO, WHEN* SHE'S ABSENT.
"Pa, when do they call a woman
an old hen?"
"When she has become hopelesoly
eef in her way, n-.y son-"
MOTORISTS ENDEAVOR.
"Tou must put your shoulder to
ths wheel."
"I haven't been doing much else.
I had to change all four of my tirea
this week."
SOME BPEED!
Mama Snail— Go down to the stora
and get a pound of sugar, WUlle, and
hurry back. I want to use It next
Mkl
fcketrtnq (tfljal
To-morrow's Joint observances o(
the autumnal Arbor Day and the
start of the plan of beautification of
Capitol park and its extension in ac
cordance with the Brunner-Mann'nK
scheme approved last spring: by the
State Board of Public Grounds ui.d
Buildings bids fair to attract to
Harrisburg the interest of the whola
state. Because of the necessity of
systematic conservation work and
the urgings of men in public Ufa
there will be more trees planted in
Pennsylvania to-morrow than for a
long time and in this city, where ob
servance of Arbor Day has been spas
modic there will be many trees eet
out. the city authorities having given
the most substantia] form of encour
agement by offering trees in the
nurseries on the City's Island. it
may be said in passing that the nur
sery, which was violently attacked
a few years ago, is now recognized
as a valuable municipal asset. The
general plan for the ceremonies of
to-morrow morning are of such a
character that everything that takes
place can be seen for the trees will
be planted at intervals of ninety feet
and will be on a line which will
eventually extend around the whole
Capitol park. The trees will be
Pennsylvania oaks and while there
will be some others added from year
to year the whole plan will be one
worked out in accordance with the
general idea adopted at this time.
The manner in which the appoint
ments and promotions in the Penn
sylvania Railroad service spread
about the city yesterday afternoon
was something rapid even for this
day and generation of quick trans
mission of information. The news of
the promotion of Mr. McCaleb to
have charge of the water system was
the talk of the city within a few
hours and railroadmen all over the
Pennsylvania lines and yards in this
section picked It tip somehow. By
supper time everyone "on the road"
knew it.
• • •
Within ten months the Harrisburg
chapter of the Harrisburg Daughters
of the American Revolution has con
tributed no less than S3OO in cash
for war work of various kinds. This
fact was brought out this afternoon
at the meeting of the chapter of
which Miss Cora Lee Snyder, is the
regent. The report of Mrs. Rudolph
K. Spicer, the treasurer, showed these
contributions: SIOO to the American
Ambulance Service Fund in France;
$126 to the Soldiers' Library fund;
$25 to the State D. A. R. fund for the
purchase of ambulances; S3O for a
sewing machine for the local Red
Cross rooms, and smaller amounts
In various emergency calls. Chapter
members have also contributed lib
erally as individuals to war work
and many are doing excellent work
with the Red Cross, Kmergency Aid
and the Pennsylvania Woman's Divi
sion for War Relief. To-morrow aft
ernoon at the Central High school,
three prizes in gold will be awarded
for the best essays on a patriotic
subject by senior girls. This encour
ages research and awakens interest
in the early history of the state and
nation.
• • •
This is the shortest sale of Liberty
bonds on record. It occurred at an
early hour:
Very busy telephone bell—
Sleepy voice; "Well, what do you
?>
"Morning, Mr. Autumnleaf. Want
ed to start bond campaign bright
and "
"Ungh. Put down five, one hun
dred-dollar kind. Goin' back to the
hay."
Away off in the distance man in
pajamas hunting up number of an
other man to nail before he gets up.
• • •
The Philadelphia & Reading Rail
way Company has issued "a war
card" that is attracting much atten
tion nmong businessmen here. It
says these are war times and that
the company desires to assist the
government, shippers and receivers
In the movement of freight. Then it
says: "You can do your bit by—
Loading cars promptly.
Loading cars to capacity,
Unloading cars promptly.
• * *
This is contained in a Camp
) Meade letter regarding a standard
article of Army diet:
"liy virtue of his ability and skill
in preparing meals for a hungry
crowd of 250 men, the company
cook is either the most popular or
the most cordially hated person in
the outfit. Take the matter of
beans, for instance. The men call
them, because of their regular ap
pearance on the menu, 'Hebrews, 3,
Hi: The same yesterday, to-day and
forever.' In some of the early at
tempts at making beans palatable,
careless cooks served a half-cooked
product that the men found almost
indigestible. More experienced cooks
converted the same materials into a
dish that rivaled Boston's best home
baked beans. It is the cooks of the
latter type who are holding their
Jobs and winning promotions—for a
private can earn his chevrons and
work hts way up to a commission
about as quickly through the all-Im
portant kitchen of the modern army
as through the ranks."
• • •
A friend who is just home from a
trip which combined war and busi
ness in the Levant, tells an interest
ing story about one of the reasons
why that big British army is held
up before Jerusalem in the southern
part of Palestine, much the same
way that Richard the Lion Hearted
was held up centuries ago. It seems
to be generally admitted that the
British could batter Jerusalem to
pieces with their heavy artillery, but
they refuse to use Prussian tactics
and are slowly stopping up commu
nications. The army in Palestine is
a strong one and designed for big
business after awhile. However, just
now It Is held up by the fortifica
tions.
"It seems," said my informant,
"that when the Kaiser visited Jeru
salem and marked the place for his
Church on the Mount of Olives He
acted in a characteristic manner.
The four corners of thatchurch were
made towers with remarkable firm
foundations. Now they mount can
non that sweep approaches to the
city for miles and miles. The church
has given way to plain militancy."
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "f
—Banking Commissioner Daniel
F. TnFean snys that the figures re
cently issued by him show that the
people of the state are saving money.
—William H. Ball, secretary to
the Governor, recently elected a trus
tee of the State Baptist Association,
was the active man in the Philadel
phia association.
—Judge S. P. Emery, of the Law
rence County Courts, marched with
the Liberty Band paraders in New
castle.
—A. E. McVlckar, long with rail
roads at Johnstown, has heen pro
moted to have charge of Connells
vllle and Somerset branches of the
Baltimore and Ohl".
—Congressman Henry W. Watson,
of Langhorne, has been speaking fot
the Liberty Loan in western coun
ties.