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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 101"
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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^'
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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.
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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,