6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded lßji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRIXTINO CO., Federal Squnrc. E.J. STACKPOLJ3, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Butiness Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. >M elrl ' ,er of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 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 (A Newspaper Pub -A .nafflf lishers' Assoc la tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu latlon and Pena ,-,'L sylvania Ass&el ftS? S rf* ated Dailies. fllSraiHß Eastern office, BMnilj! M Stoi v, Brooks Ar. iifig {a CJiB PSJ Finlcy, Fifth B Avenue Building, sßm' fif * New York City ; Western office, ©l3 Story, Brooks iii vIPEJJMESDS Finlcy, People's C!as Building, - Chicago, 111'. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., a.s second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by .mail, J5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 101" > Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the score of conse quence. —Tennysox. THE "GANG'S TENTACLES" IN the language of our Democratic friends the Republican organi zation is the "Gang." When .a voter professes Republican princi ples we aro solemnly informed that he has fallen into the "tentacles of the Gang." Sounds awful, doesn't it? And when a voter accepts a day's wages to serve as a Republican watcher at tiie polls the act is con strued as oftenso, worthy % at legist-rrt*fhe penitentiary, albeit the Democrats have as many paid watch ers usually as the Republicans. This inoyiiii" tun subsidized m'outhpioco < f the Democratic bosses announces f Ions; list of those who were paid lor their services at the Republican primaries. We notice that the "Gang tenta'cles" have extended into the very heart of the office of the Patriot itself. Horrible, isn't it? Perhaps it may be out of the way for the Telegraph to offer the sug gestion that in view of certain Demo cratic campaigns in Harrlsburg and Pennsylvania, in which excessively large amounts of money were ex pended. in "educating the voter,,* the organ of Democracy ts merely inrit- Jiitf trouble for Itself in criticising too severely the election expenses of the liepublican organization. Three thou sands, the Republican primary cam paign expenses, as compared with $33,000 campaign expense of a cer tain other year appears like an ex tremoly modest expenditure, REGISTER WOMEN have been asked by the President and the Governor to register for such war work •as they may feel able to perform. Many Harrisburg women have re sponded, More will do so. If you are in doubt as to where to go or how to proceed call at the Red Cross headquarters in Walnut street Wo men who want the ballot should not lose this opportunity to prove that they are as ready us men to give of their time and energies to the wel fare of the community. By all means register. Every woman can do some thing. THERES SOMETHING \\ KONG AT the risk of incurring the ill- of Washington, may the Telegraph ask Commissioner Garlield how it happens that Penn sylvania towns, at the very doors of of the coal regions, are compelled to pay more for certain kinds of coal than are charged elsewhere and that a shortage is permitted to exist here, while l'ar-off communities have plenty of fuel? in our humble opinion there 1s something radically wrong with a system evolved to reduce prices which lias no other effect than to run them up, and which leaves the con sumer in worse plight than before, both as regards cost, and supply. t AN IDEAL CAMP SITE WHEN tne plans made by Ad jutant General Beary and State Forestry Commissioner Conklin for the planting of trees in and about te State's military reser vation in the Conewago hills are half completed Pennsylvania will have a site for encampment of its troops which will be a place in which tho whole State can take more pride. When the work is finished along the lines approved recently Ihe tract will be unrivalled as a point for concentration and training of troops. Mt. Gretna has long been known for its natural charm and is considered by experienced military men to be ideal. Improve ments along a dozen lines was all provided for and would have been carried out this year if the national government had signified a desire. ( No one can understand why the National Guard of Pennsylvania was not mobilized at Mt. Grotna when called to the colors or why the splendidly located camp site was not utilized as a training point for drafted men. Beside it the sand and trees ot Camps Meade and Dlx are not to, be mentioned, and as for Yaphank it is not to bo discussed at the same time. But we are not Hnd- SATURDAY EVENING, [ in.g fault with the Witr Department or the men who picked the camp I sites. It is e-ur business to 'stand behind tljem, but while wo are do ing it we wonder why an already prepared site, \yith ample railroad facilities and a most salubrious climate, was passed up. The State his improved tho roads and connected up largely increased cleared iureas; doubled the water supply; provided for additional drainage; built more storehouses and done everything that would be necessary to care for 30,000 men. The War Department seemingly does not need it, but some day Penn sylvania will. Meanwhile the roads are to be bordered by trees; paths cut through woods; water supply still further conserved by systematic planting and tracts reforested. For estry, Health, Water Supply and other State Departments are all go ing to cooperate with the military in making it an ideal camp site to whose advantages Washington may some day wake up. CHOOSE CAREFULLY THREE school directors are to be elected in Harrisburg next Tues day. Tn the light of recent events it behooves tho voter to choose care fully for whom he shall cast his bal lot. It would be regrettable if there j should develop next spring another such fiasco as that which marked the selection of High Sphool architects. It would be even more regrettable if the High School building program should be further marred by delay and mismanagement. Voters should scan the list of candidates carefully in order that they may make no mis takes. Too often tho school board con tests are lost to sight in what are regarded as the more important elec tions. In truth, there is no more im portant local office than that of school director. The opportunities for good are so great and those for evil so many in tho school board that the best judgment of the voter should be exercised in seeing to it that only men of sound judgment and unques tioned integrity are elected. 'IiIBKRTV BOND VALUES THE man who pawntd a SSO Lib erty Bond yesterday for $16.50, was foolish. The bond is worth face value-. If he wanted to borrow money on it in an emergency, he might have taken it to any bank where he would have been able to raise much more than $16.50 and at a much lower rate of interest than pawnbrokers ordinarily are accus tomed to charge. Don't part with your Liberty Bonds for a trifle. They are as good as gold, and better, for gold coin does not draw interest, whereas the Liberty Bond does. INSCRUTABLE! THE Telegraph is in receipt of a letter from a Harrisburg wo man, in which she asks: If, as 1 hi! President and Mr. j Hoover tell us, food will win this war, and wo ere told to save | wherever possiblp, to rat less that our limited store may be con served. and if the President has power delegated to him by Con gress to stop the waste of ma terial for 11,000,000 loaves of bread that go into the making of l>eer daily, why does ho not stop the manufacture of beer and save this food for us and our allies who need it so badly? Dear reader you have propounded a question that would have stumpad the Oracle of Delphi. The ways of the national administration are mys terious and past all finding out. Even that all-knowing, all-wise agency, the Official Bureau of Information, has been unable to offer a satisfai tory explanation. All that the humble American can do In the circum stances is to sit idly on the banks of the amber river as it tlows un ceasingly from brewery to bar and, while he munches reflectively upon his dry crust of rye bread, marvel in ever-growing wonder upon the in scrutable wisdom of the powers that be. TEACHERS' RETIREMENT PROBABLY not many people paid much attention to the Item that appeared yesterday to the effect that the State Teachers* Retirement Fund Board had organized. Never theless, it marked the commencement of one of the bluest movements to do justice to faithful workers for the public that has been undertaken by any state. Pennsylvania has a habit of doing big things. It launched its Workmen's Compensation system when students were doubtfifl, ami It has done wonders for conservation of health and resources. Even now It Is planning systematic study of old age pensions, health insurance, better prison metlfods; refornt in banking, insurance and penal laws and other subjects of which other common wealths speak with a megaphone. The teachers' retirement fund marks the establishment of a system for which a band of devoted instruc tors, some of whom live here, have struggled for years. Time and again they were rebuffed and more than once beaten when success seemed at hand, But last season the plan was put before the lawmakers so suc cinctly and with such backing that they approved the system, provided for an organization and paved the way for the State to give a third of the funds. Teachers are to contribute and so are school districts. It will be a foundation with millions of dollars, for which some share of taxes will have to be paid, but when one conies to think about it, tho teacher is among the most deserving.of those whose serve us. Everyone will rejoice to know that the preliminaries for a proper teach ers' retirement system are at last under way! "fofctcC* UV By the Ei-Commlttooman Ninety thousand ballots for the soldiers of Pennsylvania now in various camps and cantonments throughout the country to record their votes next Tuesday will be In the camps by next Monday. The first shipment of ballots and sup plies was made yesterday from tha Capitol in charge of the Commis sioners to take the vote at Camp Gordon, over 12,000 ballots being re quired. To-day over 29,000 ballots were started for Camp Hancock, where the bulk of the National Guard is encamped, in charge of twenty-seven commissioners and be fore noon to-morrow the ballots for the men in Camps Meade, Lee, Sher man, Upton and others where Penn- are quartered will be on the way'. Eleventh-hour arrange ments were made to send commis sioners to the camps in Kentucky and New Jersey- where there are some Pennsylvanians and some time ago provision was made for Commis sioners to accompany any bodies of troops moved within or without the country'. Bach Commissioner is required to take in the car with him the ballots, nomination lists and poll books for use in taking the votes of the sol diers Tuesday. The Commissioner.! report to the commanders of the camps. The action of the Philadelphia Grand Jury yesterday in making a presentment in which the impeach ment of Mayor Smith and summary dismissal of Director Wilson are de manded and their usefulness attacked is the most startling of a series of stirring political events in Philadel phia's campaign, which is now of state-wide importance. The action was so unexpected and came from a source which it was least supposed would do anything like that. The general opinion expressed by men who have been observing the Phila delphia situation is that if the Town Meeting people have any sort of or ganization they ought to benefit im mensely by the Supreme Court's re versal of the Weasels decision to crowd candidates off the ticket and the tactics of the Vare attorneys. —The Philadelphia Record says the action of the Grand Jury was by an unusually representative jury, giv ing the occupations of the men. The North American says "a single biting paragraph" which makes up the re port shows the trend of the public mind, remarking that the foreman is a Vare worker. The Public Ledger says the recommendation is the first of the kind ever made in Philadel phia, and the Inquirer says the Grand Jury "was entirely right." The Press makes this significant comment: "The Town Meeting party leaders might have acted in time to make the impeachment of. Smith and Wil son a more direct issue in the cam paign, but they did not. And now it only remains to consider the moral value of the Grand Jury's findings on the subject, which Is indeed tremen dous." —The unanimity of the newspa per* of Philadelphia In backing the Town Meeting party, which has been the subject of some bitter attacks by the Vares and their followers, is made the occasion for some in teresting comments by the Philadel phia Evening Bulletin. In one of its editorial page columns there is the following: "Because the Philadelphia editors were Immediately unanimous in their judgment on the Fifth ward case, and have since treated its conse quences in the campaign from pretty much the same point of view, is the result, of no concerted action. They have all been of substantially the same thought on this riuestion, as they were, and are. on the question, for example, of t>ur country's decla ration of war on the 6th of last April, un<i there would b(- just about as much fact or reason in shouting that they were 'conspirators' on that oc casion as there is in bellowing that fiey came together in a conspiracy ai'te i the crime of the 1 Oth of Sep tember. Even Colonel IClverson, of the Inquirer, one of the 'most gen erous and spirited of men in his ar dent loyalty to friendship and to party ties, and proud of his paper in its- long career as a spokesman" for the regular Republican organization, was among the earliest to Weak away frofn his customary moorings. Nowhere vas there occasion for con spirators or conspiracies: the news rapers simply responded, for once. t<< an impulse common to all of them." —The members of the bars of -Philadelphia and Allegheny coun ties have issued calls to the people ot 4 hose counties to re-elect the sit ting judges. There is a notable move ment on in Pittsbu/-gn without re gard to politics. —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times k;>vagely attacks the friends of Wil liam A. Magee for suying that a vote for Babcock means higher fares. The newspaper arys that Magee as a former Public Service Commissioner ought to know better and advise his friends. The Pittsburgh Dispatch de clares that Magee possesses all the qualifications to make an ideal Mayor of Pittsburgh, and says that I.abcock lacks them. The Pittsburgh Post, a natlomU Democratic newspa per. is for Babcock, while certain Democratic Congressmen are for Ma gee. --The Heading Eajjle prints an In teresting statement regarding the Socialist vote in that city In view of the tremendous fight being made by the Socialists to get control of Coun cil. The burden of the article is to show that registration does not mean much to the Socialist voter, The Eagle says: "The registration and the high vote in the three parties in 1916 com pared as follows: "Democratic —Binder polled 6,848, registration was 8,133. "Republican —Plowtield polled 5.- 141. registration was 7,412. "Socialist —Maurer polled 6,109, registration was 1,04 0. "The Socialist vote is always high er than the registration. The oppo site is true of the Democratic and Republican vote. "A significant feature of the So cialist vote at the September pri mary was the nearly 1,000 difference l-etwoen the high and low Socialists' vote. The high man got 4,041 and he was the only one who came near the 4,000 mark, leading to a report * HARRISBURS TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A MAN GETTING BACK INTO THE GAME -> BY BRIGGS 1 A R<ECFTLLS SOES OU~ IKI AM HH- HE ! IM THC WORL-D HADN'T THOUGHT Lowfc PRN/ES, WOMDW, -y SEE IP HE HAS - LOO ' < 3 * T BKLAWC! T °VS W.-TH SAM^' ® 1 _ _ * 1 _ I that ho was tlie only man the So cialists are really expecting to land in a j£b at City Hall. The nearest man to him fell about 700 votes short or' his total, 699. to be exact. —Scranton's Mayoralty contest is one of the kind in which the an thracite region lias always delighted. Notwithstanding the second-class city nonpartisan law there is a very definito alignment of men, accord ing to parties and the Republican and the Times, both virile sheets, be it said, were never stronger party or gans than now. The Republican is behind A. T. Connell and the Times t-chind John Durkan. —The Wilkes-Barre Record looks foi a Republican triumph in Lu zerne. Friends of Judge H. A. Fuller sav he will win easily for judge, not withstanding the fuss being made by the Shea people. The Altoona Tribune has been making a great fight in the Council iranic contest in the Mountain City where the city managership Issue is uppermost-. The Tribune says it will win, too. —Cambria county party leaders very carefully sent to the camps complete party tickets already print ed for the convenience of the sol dier?. It is said that was also done in Erie. —Meanwhile the cards for J. Denny O'Neil for Governor continue to float about the state. The latest boosting card urges the man who gets it to tell his neighbors that O'Neil would be the best candidate and also to tell J. Denny. O'Neil sny he does not know who Is doing it, but the movement is corrugating some brows in Philadelphia, Ilarris burg and Pittsburgh. —Meetings are being held In Phil adelphia morning, noon and night and the whole state Is watching to see What It is going to amount to. 4 OFFICIAL WAR SONGS Uncle Sam appears in the role of Impresario to the extent that he has prepared a collection of war songs In j a little book which be offers to men in the camps at forty per cent dis- ; count from the regular price. It is; official, but so far as learned (Mr.; Creel has not issued any ukase'on: the subject) it is not definitive. Ap parently our boys may sing other! songs than those in the volume with- j out coming under military discipline.' The book is quite as notable fori what it does not contain as for its' contents. One looks in vain for "Yankee Doodle" in its pages. This may be because that song is doggerel and is valuable only when played by a band, but as "Yankee Doodle" is much appreciated in France, where there is a general idea that it is our National hymn, it Is a pity not to have it included. The same applies to "Dixie," which the boys sing right along, whether officially promul gated or not. Most of the standard war-songs are there, but not many which bear on the Civil War in a direct manner. "Marching Through Georgia" is, per haps, one of the most popular of these old-time tunes, one of the few which have survived, but it is con spicuous by its absence from the of ficial book. There is also no Confed erate song on its pages, although for the very good reason, no doubt, th;it the conflict did not produce a single one of the slightest merit, certainly none which even the South to-day is anxious to recall. The astonishing thing is that so far this great war of 1914 has yet to bring forth a song, or tune, of any value. That it will eventually do so seems certain, in which case Uncle Sam will kindly oblige by getting out a new edition. —Philadelphia Bul letin. LABOR NOTES After the war PrMish workers will demand a six-hour day. Canada had only one new strike In August. Housemaids at Beattl#, Wash have organized. Toronto (Canada) letter-carriers ask Increased pay. A $400,000 labor temple Is planned In Chicago. Dressmakers In Italy receive 60 cents a day. Bookbinders in Winnipeg, Canada, get an increase of $3.50 a week. Women chauffeurs in the British army number 400. One million New Yofk women are to be enrolled in a food-saving army. Calgary (Canada) painters arc asking for 60 cents an hour, an in crease of 10 cents. There lire 10,000 unorganized women and girl workers in Seattle, Wash. THE PEOPLE'S FORUM HOARDING GOLD AN EVIL 1o the Editor of the Telegraph: Carlisle, Pa. To-day an honored and respected neighbor, a township official and di rector in a progressive bank, re quested that 1 assist him to secure SI,OOO in gold. This ho intends to place in a safe deposit box. This reminded me that another man who stands as high In the esteem of his fellows, a member of an honorable profession, and old enough to know better, has a safe deposit box liter ally stuffed full of currency. The standing of these men leads me to believe that there are many people who are probably doing the same thing, and 1 write to you In the hope that' your "able peu may point out to your readers the folly of hoarding mojiey in the strict sense of the word—and helping to dry up the blood not only of prosperity, but, in our complex life, of existence. The man with the safe deposit box stuffed with hard cash bought a paltry SI 50 Liberty Rond of the second loan; none of the first. The retired bank director-farmer is will ing and eager to grab SI,OOO in gold, yet he owns not one Liberty Bond. These t two men live in a community of about 3,000 population. There must be ten more like him. If one in every thirty of the people of the United States' is holding back SI,OOO or SSOO in cash, not saving It in a commendable way by investing it In any legitimate enterprise. Liberty Bonds, etc., but by hiding it away, how long will there remain any me dium of exchange? If 3,000,000 citizens of the United States are hiding SI,OOO or SSOO each, fearing, or hoping, that the country will soon lie ruined and that they can then come forth with their ready money and profit bv the disasters of their more patriotic and unselfish brothers. It la about time for a con scription of wealth here as well as in France and England. 1 believe that the quiet, sneaking, hypocritical money hoarders are more dangerous to the country Just now than the talkative pacifists. They are the fellows we must tight In the dark. Your next door neigh bor may be one of them. Mine hap pened to be. Let us not be over confident, but let us not be doubtful of the courage of our men and our Alließ. Let us destroy the jackals who wait for disaster to their friends and by that very act make our fight the harder. Yours. J. SCORES "SOME" MEN Harrlsburg, Nov. 1, 1917. To the I'.ilitut of th ■' Telegraph: If you will allow me space In your interesting paper, 1 would like to give my opinion of some of the men of Harrlsburg. 1 have traveled in many states, both East and West, but I must say I still have to travel to find men so indifferent as to their manners as they are in llarrisburg. I boarded a car on Monday, and, as all seats were tilled with both men and women and children, I had to stand. A very elderly lady boarded the car. and not one offered her a seat. The car gave a jerk and she fell full-length across the lloor of the car. I have since made inquir ies and find she is at home with one arm broken, the other badly bruised, and injury to her leg and possibly other injuries. I hope some of those men who were on the car will stop and think for a moment, then make tip their minds that in the future they will at least honor old age. Yours. A FRIEND OF THE AGB]D. WHAT Y. M. C. A. DOES To tt' liilitor of the Telegraph: 1 am sending under separate cov er a copy of "Trench and Camp," published by the Army Y. M. C. A. You will notice the llarrisburg com pany as usual in l the limelight with its social activities and athletics. I would appreciate very much if you will tell the folks back home In the columns of your paper the wonder ful work the Army Y. M. C. A. is doing at Camp Hancock. Words cannot express how thankful we are .to have their buildings to go to, sta tionery, moving pictures and prac tically everything that could be found for their comfort and amusement, absolutely free. 1 will put you on the mailing list, so you can see what work is really being done down hero and you will find It in "Trench and Camp." Thanking you for your kindness, 1 am, sincerely yours. CY HECKER, M. 8. T. 103, Truck Co. \o. J. LOOKS THAT WAY Is it possible that the chiefs of the miners' labor organizations are giving orders with Angers crossed?— Rochester Herald. OBJECTS TO "MOVIE" TAX 1 0 the Editor of the Telegraph: Moving picture sign on Market street: "Come on now. Be patri otic. Pay your war tax. Help your country." I am perfectly willing to pay my war tnx, but why should 1 give the movie man four cents more? If I should ask my boss for a fifty per cent, raise, he would fall dead. How about the cigar dealers, who were charging six cents for nickel cigars, when the tax onTy started to day? I am for the U. S.. first, last and all the time, but I am against such as these. Your paper repre sents the people, and I hope you roast them good and proper. JAMES L. Fi HKLP TJIK HOSPITAL To the hthiol of flit Telegraph: Words from the pen of Otto 11. Kahn are not to be regarded lightly, especially in these war times, when the voice of the financier has become the voice of the savior-prophet. When Otto 11. Kahn, in his recent book, says that to neglect local char 7 ities and, instead to devote all of one's time to war relief organizations is a typical American crime, his words are to be accepted as state ments of one who knows what he Is talking about. It is a recognized fact that Harris burg has been giving from her abundance to the various war relief associations. It Is also a recognized fact that, in the past, she has not been negligent in giving of her plenty to local institutions. War times arc changed times, however, and the common fault Is to neglect the or ganization or institution which helps those at home. The meeting of the Woman's Aid Society of the Harrlsburg Hospital yesterday evening, was a meeting of little place in the busy life of a world, but to those who read behind and between the lines, it showed that women of social prominence are giv ing their time to the work of a local Institution of mercy. The Harrlsburg Hospital is deserving of support; it is deserving of everything which can be given for Its help. The institution' which relieves the cries of pain and' anguish, which takes away the gloom i of sickness and brings in Its place, the happy glow of perfect health, is an Institution which is worthy of full and enthusiastic support from every citizen of Harrlsburg. To those who wish to help and to serve their country in war times, there Is granted an exceptional op portunity for they can be allowed to contribute to the cause of humanity when their checks are sent to the Hospital. It is Just as necessary to conserve the health of civilians, as it if necessary to conserve the health ot' the military officers and men, for if this war is to be won, we must have "business as usual." That means "health as usual." A hospital is the foundation of health; it is the in strument which conserves the man supply of the nation by giving prompt, careful treatment of disease and suffering. A FRIEND OF THE HOSPITAL JAP PARTICIPATION [Vancouver Sun.] At the end of 1914 and the begin ning of 1915, when the outlook seem ed dark for the Allies, the Fnooh press almost unanimously advocated hrlngrihff Japanese army to the western front. The British papers did not join in the agitation and it died out. Now, after two years, ttio French newspapers are again urging the Allies to induce the Japanese to send an army to Europe, but with Iho difference that now they advo cate the employment of the Japan ese forces on the Russian front. The Krench papers argue that the Al lies cannot afford to allow the Ger mans to gain access to Russian gran aries. It is strange that Russlu, whose in exhaustible manpower was looke'l upon as the chief asset of the Allies at the beginning of the war, should need reinforcements to keep the en emy from overrunning her territory. The great strength of tho Russian bear, on which the Allies depended, appears to have been a myth. The Japanese army is not needed on the western front now. If it were needed It could not be transported there and its wants supplied, for lack of ships. But the Russian collapse is a source of great concern to the Al lies and it is felt that the Germans must he prevented from replenishing their food stores from Russia. Also, a Japanese army of a million men on the Russian front would affect a great change in the military sltua-l tion in the east, J " • 7 NOVEMBER 3, 1917. EDITORIAL COMMENT Hindenburg claims Germany was forced into the war, and now here's General Halg slowly but surelv forc ing her out of it!— Chicago Herald. A professor of the Sorbonne es caped from a German prison by feigning blindness. Just think what Senator l.a Follette might escape by feigning dumbness!— New York Tele graph. The • Austra-Hungarian Foreign Minister declares that the Central Empires can carry on the war as as long as the other side can. They used to-say they could carry it on longer.—Dallas News. Describing the British capture of Foelcappelle, the war correspondent cables: "A German detachment clung tenaciously to a brewery in the eastern outskirts and fought until the end."—New York Telegraphi When Washington announces an American destroyer attacked an Ital ian submarine by mistake, inflicting severe damage, it's a safe bet many a German U-boat has suffered up' to the present time. —New York Tele graph. Of course, they may give General Ilalg credit for recent Allied suc cesses if they wish, but you know, and we know, that the German lines are weakened simply because we got busy and carried our own packages from the stores last month.—Kansas City Star. # Speaking of barometers, the Kai ser went into the war with mus taches like this A /; now he wears them like this —• > —; by Christmas they will be like this / \ tJoston Transcript. MISPLACED PKOPI'CTIV F,>'FSB What is the matter with the Ship ping Board? Reports from Washing ton are to the effect that Admiral Capps Is proving persona non grata to some of his associates and *hat an effort will be made to displace him as president of the shipping corporation. If the Shipping Hoard could only produce Bhips as prollfi cally as it developes controversies, we could sing, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" with both truth : nd feeling. And If it fulfills its promise to complete a million tons of ship ping by April 1 we will sing it that way. OUR DAILY LAUGH ENOUGH |!II'F£T BAM jLLJ Mable W ingffiG&S. (VCan't Imagine ffirl (ffl what the hard 'TLV/ Jhß ships of the .•J trenches must ) jJV-jxS I H:irry—X can, a I went on n all n, day picnic yester day. NO FEATHERS. The umpire calls Yet not a feather Correct! he an swered; even But (his Is a J \\ jj picked one, you know! / SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. (™H Manager—How '"\ did that dramatic Jf -v\ critic come to £ write such an lilflJ unqualified roast IT of our new play? Vi Author—Maybe HL he over heard some of the things you said to * me about It. A REDEEMING VIRTUE. —^ strictly a self- Z'9I, i| LMLA made man. muan't expect me to compliment KH'K( WMM your workman- pffl $ jß> ship but It's fine B H\ and manly of [V ■ \ you to admit It M f-\ B A and not try to "A put the blame on tomeoM else. Bmttttg ®lpt! P^°L e i .'S®" 000.000 dozens of f,? D 1 iU " e now in co ' d storage snnsylvania5 nnsylvania win have to be of' fh °. n , th ® m arket or shipped out tmrrl if ? they are not l' ut into trade totofe Christmas time. Some ..f,*, are understood to he sched r Shipped abroad, but there ® t ' r" ia "y. nmny dozens, which are Pit l,^" lly . in p hiladclphia and biiJfff T ', are suspected of niiriwia t* y for speculative StLte r;-, ! If also be lieved at the Mono nnn hat hCrne 8.000,000 or bP m,? n , dß ° f bu,ter will a,s ° out before Christmas by op and SLS n The re P° rt of Dairy on Commissioner James Foust tMits A S L orage warehouse con- In?* October 1, showed 14,367,-r Potnttvf.?" 8 of eggs> most of them 4 FennSjlvania products, in storage. n^siV £T ran a head of the de posits on the same day last year. olfft Ca " ?. nly be ke P l ln storage hwLrf" 0n under Pennsylvania £Z.,Vl d ttH A l ril ls tho bi K month for storing eggrs the time limit will bo up aron,l h M S V naB bnkin K "me comes fn a ov" ,nany eKKS are stored <i9The report also showed 10,- tj 4i Pounds of butter in storage 5£ e f„ m gcncra >'>" stored In this i and June and has nino months to stay in storage. The poul try in storage, which went in during T. o ' ls estimated now at o\er 2,000,000 pounds so that if the ?nii P^fp n A S from „f he South and West Call off there will still be enough fo- Christmas dinner. Some amusing things are being told about men commissioned to go to camps to take the votes of the sol diers next week. One man started for a camp in the South as soon as he was named and then wired here for instructions. He was told to come back and get them and his supplies. Another man inquired as to the salary and was plainly sur prised when told that all he got was mileage. One man is understood to have offered to go for just what it costs him. However, no one has re signed. Extending from Nineteenth to Twenty-third streets just south of the Philadelphia & Reading railway tracks is a long narrow strip of woodland which is the scene of many romps and play days for the children of the Thirteenth in the summer. Parents have their wor ries, however, to keep the young sters from crossing the railroad tracks to get to the "woods," as there ate only two bridges, one at Nineteenth street and the other at Twenty-third street. Incidentally in the spring there are quite a few wild strawberries to be found all through the strip of woodland and the youngsters get their share. ' >e easionally sparks from a passing en gine set fire to dry grass, particu larly in the fall furnishing excite ment for the youngsters. At times it is necessary to call city fire appara tus to extinguish the blaze. Railroad employes who travel on passes will not be exempt from rev enue tax under new laws unless they are on company business. While 110 official order has been issued re garding tax on free transportation, it i:f expected to be forthcoming soon. It is the belief that pleasure trip tickets will be taxed. If this comes true, all passes will have to have an additional stamp. If this is not done passenger conductors claim they will have to ask too many questions. Those who are on company duty carry a certain kind of pass. Men on the retired list and those given extra pass privileges because of long service. It is said, will be exempt, "it is going to be a complicated proposi tion, and if any further additional duties are given us we will have lo have an assistant all the time," saiak one conductor to-day. Pullmair passes are exempt. An order to that effect haß been posted. There are many employes who get trip passes only and the burden of taxation may fall on this class of free riders. The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, whoso publicity chief is W, K. 1). Hall, former Philadelphia newspaperman and the man who put the State Highway Department's work before the people for five years so successfully, hfts issued "An American's Pledge." It Is one of the most striking of the "war cards" and reverberates with patriotic senti ment. Incidentally, it Is one which should be copied by many similar or ganizations. It contains space for a signature to a pledge "to support the military, financial and economic policies of my country." It gives a series of reasons, first, that the United States stands for democracy and it recites that under this Gov ernment by the people "I have re ceived a good education; I have been protected in my life and property and I have had an opportunity to enter any activity in life for wliicli 1 am fitted." There are others which show the German ambitions against this country and the pledge con cludes: "I accept the judgment of the. President Umt no man and no nation can depend upon the word or treaty of the present German gov ernment. For these reasons I pledge myself and my property to the cause of my country." Quite a few people who took pnrt 'n the Liberty Loan Campaign have laid away their badges and buttons and other materials used in the Bell- Ins: of the bon.ds to Keep for years to come. When one comes to think of It there la ;;oin; to he much In terest in the future In what we lire doing now and how we are doing It in Harrlsburff. We have been plunged into RO many lines of activity of which we never dreamed that con sidering it from the standpoint of a few years the Interest will be ap parent [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —George W. Maxey, Lackawanna district attorney, wlio is a candidate for re-election, is engaged in running a newspaper debate with speeches on the side. —Judge H. A. Fuller, Luzerne judge, is going ahead holding court as usual in spite of the fight against liim for re-election. —General Willis J. Hullngs, of Oil City, who did not get on the pri mary ballot of the Republicans, is running for Congress on the Wash ington ticket and having R lot of fun out of It. —Representative W. G. Sarig, of Berks County, who has been ill, is about again and making speeches. —Senator Boies Penrose, who was R7 the other day, says that he doesn't feel it. DO YOU KNOW Tliat Harrlslmrg Is making parts of machinery for bis ex cavations for war purposes? HISTORIC HARRIS BURG In old days Harrlsburg voted at the Courthouse, the Burgess' office unci the schools. , NEW SOURCE~OF TAXES If Bridgeport factory emnloyes ar earning wages of SSO and S7O a the covernment at any rate should profit from the new crop of income taxpayers.—New York World,
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