6 • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STACK POLE, Prest & Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches 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 Newspaper Pub- JL llT trf Ushers' Assocla tion, the Audit aria • Bureau of Circu- IBmjjnfflGH* lation and Penn . JB sylvania Associ- JS9 & SSs M ated Dallies. phi fit B, ■on fiSS Eastern office, sasssa| ►•JJ Story, Brooks & Hi 3 Sit WE) Finley, Fifth SSiSIS? m Avenue Building. jjfiS y, New York City; 'i jiSj Western office. Story, Brooks ~j — JbrtJKLiß? Finley, People's _ Chicago. 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as, second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. iSVTIKDAY, XOYEJIBKR 10, 1917 For the treasure freely given Is the treasure that ice hoard, Since the angels keep in heaven What the angels lent unto the Lord. J. G. SAXE. WAK HITS SCHOOLS PROBABLY the last place where the average citizen, and cer tainly the average parent, would look for effects of war would be in the schools. Pennsylvania has so carefully built up its educational system and State and local districts have been so liberal with appropria tions that such a thing as the titanic conflict interfering with the course of instruction in the cities and hills ami valleys of the Keystone State probably has not occurred to many people. But the fact is that the con tinuance of the war another year is going to make things serious for some schools. In fact, so serious is the outlook now that the State Board of Educa tion has been called to discuss the problems arising out of the war. A survey of typical districts among the 2,600 into which the State is divided has been under way and re ports will be submitted to show how the call to national service has taken some of the best teachers of the younger generation; how their ab-1 sence has increased the burdens ofj the older teachers and forced to the j front still younger men; how the in dustrial activity with its greater re wards is summoning men and even women from school desks, and how the enlarged sphere of women is : menacing the present mainstay o|; the teaching system. All these con- j ditions, aside from the rising price | of supplies, the increase in build- j ing materials and the cost of trans portation where schools have been consolidated, are other matters of! vital concern. Some of the school districts of Pennsylvania are not rich in natu ral resources and have hard enough times scratching along with what taxes they can impose. The continuance of the war is going to force some changes, which it is to be hoped will only be temporary. A VAUNT THE CUFFS NOW comes the irrepressible and insatiable Mr..Hoover with the suggestion that we trim off the cuffs from about the bottom of cur trousers; or, to be more accurate, with the recommendation that we Bive our tailors instructions not to make our blue serges and other kinds ■with rolls at the bottom. The idea, of course, as you must already have perceived, is to conserve goods enough fron. the bottoms of many pairs of trousers to provide cloth enough for the making of an addi tional pair, and, trousers being one of the essentials of all self-respecting soldiers, thus to aid in winning the war. We modestly desire to suggest that Mr. Hoover has neglected the seldom mentioned, but generally well-known, fact that most of us wear -trousers! made by tailors with whom we do' not have a speaking acquaintance and I that when the garments reach us it I is weeks and sometimes months since' the cuffs have blossomed and come 10 full fruitage on the shelves of dealers In natty gents' furnishings, (the advertising writers will pardon us, we know, for borrowing this popu lar, although highly technical, phrase) so that to remove the cuffs would merely add to the high cost of liv ing, the clothing store man very properly charging for "unnecessary alterations." Of course, if for a trifle we can make a hand-me-down look like a custom-made merely by having the cuffs removed, why the temptation will b e to have the sur prical operation performed, but this is mere catering to pride in vain things, while the cause of conservation profits not one whit. Cuffs on trousers are not essential, says Mr. Hoover. No more are ruffles around the bottom of a wo man's skirt, but who would be brash enough to suggest that the ruffles be removed. By being unessential, we suppose, Mr. Hoover means they do not cover any length of shin that would not be covered otherwise, and SATURDAY EVENING, if that is the idea, why pause with j the cuff? Why not trim the trousers neatly off exactly at the placfc where! the sock Stops and the bare lfcg be-, gins? That would save enough stuff to make a pair of elbow sleeves, and why should coat sleeves be longer than to the elbow, any way? Here is another happy thought our con-, servationists at Washington appar ently have overlooked, so while the force of it is sinking into the minds of those who so wise- j ly direct our goings and our comings, j if not our shortcomings, the con- j gregation will arise and sing thatj well-known and appropriate old song: "Where the 'Serjjps' Cease to Roll." CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 'Chamber of Commerce dl -1 rectors in choosing Andrew 8. Patterson head of that organization for the coming year, have taken a step that not only gives that body an energetic and very able executive, but which will encourage the younger men of the city to take more active part in public affairs than ever be fore. The immediate future of Har risburg lies in the hands of men just now coming into the prime of intellec tual and physical manhood. To them older citizens must entrust largely the active conduct of affairs, both for the reason that with age come addi tional personal responsibilities for most business and professional men and because the grueling require ments of publii and semi-public serv ice are such in these trying days .that they must rest upon shoulders strong and fit for any burden. The Chamber has further honored young men In the selection of George < S. Reinoehl and Arthur D. Bacon as first vice-presidents. This does not mean that the older members of the Chamber, who have been bearing the heat of battle for any years and who have served the city excellently, are being crowded to the wall. Far from it. They are as numerous on the board of directors 1 1 and in the work of the organization i 1 as ever. They serve on the general i staff, while the younger captains carry out the carefully laid plans for civic betterment and for Harrisburg's part in the prosecution of the war. And this latter branch of the Cham ber's activities must stand out above 1 all others the coming year. President < David E. Tracy, than whom the Chamber never had an abler or a more untiring executive, emphasized this in his address at the recent an nual meeting of that body. War work, he said, had occupied much of the attention of the Cham ber of Commerce the past year and must have even more attention in the twelve months to come. It will devolve upon the new officials to con tinue and to enlarge upon this policy, so well defined and put into operation by Mr. Tracy and his colleagues. ! There never was a time when the Chamber was in position to perform such wholehearted, unselfish service for the city and the country as at present. The opportunity is great and so is the responsibility. The young men who have come into office by vote of the directors have won their spurs in many campaigns. They have the confidence of their fellows. They may be relied upon to di what should be done, and to that end they will have the co-operation of the mem bership as a whole and of the citi zenship at large. VERY PROPER USE THE Civic Club puts its hou3e in North Front street to good use when it throws it open for | weekly gatherings of the wives, i mothers and sisters of Harrls | burg soldiers in the service. The clubhouse is designed for just such . community uses. The Civic Club holds title to it by bequest, as It should, but its membership is big enough and broad enough to co-operate just as it is doing with the Red Cross for these weekly gatherings of Harrisburg's patriotic women, whose men have gone to the defense of the nation. It is a fine thing that these women have a place where they can gather and become acquainted. They have much In common, and no doubt friendships will be formed thus that will last through life. Besides, wo men thus brought together will find many ways of assisting in war work and the bonds of the community will be mightily strengthened by asso ciations thus brought about. There is nothing stiff or formal about these meetings. Every wo man entitled to be present at any of jihem is welcome. The surroundings] ( aro home-like und the environment] j pleasant. 1 I—] ""PoCtttca- Lk "~P eKKO ijCcaKUi. By the Ex-Commltteeman II ( j Decision of the Philadelphia courts | that if necessary every ballotbox ! will be opened to establish who won the election in Philadelphia, charges that commissioners named by the Governor to take votes of soldiers electioneered among the men in khaki and announcement that Sen ator Penrose, now hunting bear in Snyder county, will have a war council In Philadelphia next week to start a bigger hunt for his oppo nents aro among the interesting de velopments of the last twenty-four hours. The Philadelphia Inquirer says that the Penrose war council will be held the middle of the week, add ing: "In order to assure his follow ers that he is in the light to a finish the Senator has asked them to be ready to respond to a call to resume the war against the Smith-Vare combination at any moment. While the candidates for city and county offices have not been declared elect ed; owing to a dispute over the marking and counting of the ballots Senator Penrose has told his friends in the several wards to keep up their tight upon the Smith-Vare combination and to be prepared to increase their activities when the candidates for Governor and other state offices, including members of the next Legislature and members of Congress shall be canvassing their respective constituencies for the May primaries." —ln regard to the court ruling it is claimed it will bfc state wide. The Public Ledger expresses this view of the day's happenings: "Counsel for the Town Meeting party won a legal victory, which may have a decisive effect on the vote for the city and county ticket, before Judges Martin and Finletter in the election court yesterday, when Judge Finletter pointed out that the court proposed to open ballotboxes if that were necessary to get an honest count of the election returns. The Vare- Smith attorneys, headed by John R. K. Scott, failed in a determined at tempt to block, in the election court at least, a full investigation of ballots which had been rejected by election officers, because they contained a mark for District Attorney Rotan in addition to the straight party mark for the Town Meeting ticket." ' —lt is the contention of Town Meeting leaders that if all such re jected ballots are officially counted, the result will be the election of the independent ticket and the defeat of the Smith-Vare ticket. Judge Fin letter's observation from the bench as to the Town Meeting-Rotan bal lots, in the opinion of the counsel for the independents, marked the turn ing of the tide in favor of the new party in opinion of observers. —There will be some thing of in terest to Harrisburg in Philadelphia next week. The Philadelphia' Record says: "When Congressman Vare takes the witness stand on Monday he will be asked to explain the trans actions referred to by Maloney. In the event he fails to tell what he knows of the activities of Maloney's men at Harrisburg and in down town wards, it is declared, the de fendant will exercise his right to take the stand in his own behalf and tell the whole story. Since the arrest of Mayor Smith and the gunmen in con nection with the murder of Detective Eppley on the day of the primaries, the Vares have claimed that they had no dealings with Maloney, and in sev eral statements issued by 'Brother Ed,' the public was led to believe that the two leaders never had busi ness dealings with the local head of the Val O'Farrell Detective Agency. It is now known, however, that dur ing the bitter fight in Harrisburg last winter between the Penrose-McNich ol forces and the Vares to elect a Speaker, strong-arm men were taken to the Capitol by Maloney in the in terest of a well-known attorney and Vare ward leader. It is even inti mated that the men sent to Harris burg by Maloney were instructed to rough-house the caucus on the night before the election Of the Speaker, but that the plan miscarried when the presence of the strong-arm men became known." —Appointment by Governor Brum baugh of Samuel E. Shull, Democrat, Stroudsburg lawyer, to be judge of the Monroe-Pike district, seems tp have made a big fuss. A Strouds burg dispatch Says: "The Democratic faction led by former Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer openly denounces Shull's appointment and alleges that Brumbaugh was led to appoint Shull to get even with Palmer, who assert ed several months ago that the Gov ernor was, playing dirty politics in his manipulation of the draft exemption board* personnel. The anti-Palmer faction is jubilant over Shull's ap pointment and says that the Gov ernor is a big man, and the natural thing for him to do was to appoint a Democrat in such a strong Demo cratic county as Monroe. —lt is well known that the Monroe county Republican organization and the Brumbaugh followers in the county urged the Governor to ap point former Judge Wilton A. Erd man. William W. Lhommedieu, the Brumbaugh leader, openly supported Erdman in letters sent hero and now says he cannot account for the Gov ernor's actioh. —Judge Henry A. Fuller was re elected Judge by a majority of 7,- 663 votes over Thomas D. Shea, ac cording to the official count; which was completed at Wllkes-lJarre yes terday. Fuller received a total of 28,882 and Shea 21,219. Evan J. Williams, with Republican, Socialist and Prohibition nominations, re ceived 27,104 votes, against 21,447 cast for Con J. Gallagher, Democrat. George Wagner received 28,013 votes on the Republican, Washington and Prohibition tickets, against 20.064 cast for Albert Demanski, Democrat. Edmund 11. Bevan. Republican, was elected jury commissioner with 22,- 159 votes, and Peter C. Gorman, Democrat, was re-elected jury com missioner with 19,277 votes. —Ten more commissioners to take the votes of soldiers in camps filed duplicate returns and poll books of the elections held in cantonments at the Capitol to-day and several duplicate returns were received by mail. Some of the returns did not state from whom they came and are being held for further Informa tion. The commissioners bringing returns here stated that the original figures were forwarded to the home counties of soldiers from the camps. Approximately fifty commissioners have filed expense accounts here for auditing. —lnquiry as to procedure neces sary for pre-empting name of the Town Meeting party at the Capitol to-day rather indicated that more pre-emptions were likely to be filed within a few days. There have also lieen inquiries' made from up the state about various new party names. —Governor Martin CJ. BrumbauKh, who is expected to return to the HAJUUSBURG tSBk TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A GOOD SOFT LEAD PENCII A FRIERJD ASKS ~ LIST£WS R 0 - HERE!- COME ' 6ETS; "&A.CK PERJCN_- FOR LOAN OF PENCIL OW BACK vO(~r THAT " THAT 5 A HANDS IT TO IM WAR. FRIEMD PENCIL' AS FRIEMD .SOFT ■P"ifty per cent, of the world's crim inals, according to an authority, can be saved by surgery, but we doubt if the Kaiser is worth it —Washing- ton Post. costly fixtures and was trod by the feet of neatly uniformed yachtsmen, will support windlasses and great tarred seines. And when her work begins, the holds and decks will be piled high with fish, which she will haul to a fertilizer factory. As the Columbia is a big vessel with plenty of room, despite her rac ing lines, she will hold a consider able cargo, and in her new work is expected to reap good returns for her owners. Upon the completion of repairs now being made and the in stallation of an engine, the old cup defender will be towed to Jackson ville, Fla., from which port she will work. Served as Private Yacht After finishing her days as a racer, the Columbia was purchased by Henry M. Flagler, of the Standard Oil Company, who for five or six years used her as his yacht. Later the yacht was purchased by Lester Wallack, an actor, who retained pos session of her until 190G, when he sold the vessel to a Mr. Kimball for a houseboat. In 1908 she was pur chased by Charles A. Tucker, of New York, who cruised about in her and used her as his home off the James town Exposition grounds while that was in progress. He removed the houseboat superstructure with the intent of converting her into a sail ing craft once more, but had her towed to his country home on the Magothy river. He sold her only a few weeks ago to the Southern Men haden Company of Jacksonville, Fla. The Columbia is constructed of seasoned white oak and white pine, but her interior is finished in Santo Domingo mahogany, rare teakwoods and bird's-eye maple. The yacht is 114 feet long, and there is not a piece of timber in her bottom less than seventy-five feet in length. The deck is of white pine planks three inches thick and three inches wide and of unusual lengths. She has a 26-foot beam and is eight feet deep. The yacht as a racer was of the two masted, centerboard type and spread 1 >I.OOO yards of canvas. It took a crew of twenty-five men to handle her. The famous race in which the Co lumbia won by more than twenty seven minutes over the Livonia, from England, was run in October. 1871, twenty miles to windward off Sandy Hook lightship and return.—Balti more Evening Sun. THE CLOISTER My boy is gone! I gave him just one kiss; One kiss upon his brow! 'Twas where I used to kiss him when a babe All wrapt in infant slumber When fearful I crept in, lest my beating heart Should wake him; then upon his brow I kissed him. Now—now — On that same spot I kissed him once again— Upon his brow, And then he smiled, and I smiled back— With manly head erect, And steady light within his eyes he went. Marching, marching, down the street. The band 'was playing; people cheered; But I—l closed the door and came upstairs; One flight—two—and here I am in this old attic! The cradle now Is brown with dust, The covers old and faded; But the sweet smell lingers. I fall upon my knees; X creep up close—softly, softly, Lest my beating heart should wake him. I stoop to kiss his precious brow — Oh, dear God! I cannot! He is gone! But now—but now — I hear the band—the people cheer! I am alone, and yet a peace That passeth understanding fills my soul. My boy is gone! I am alone! But Liberty and Right and Love sljall live! EDNA GROFF DEIHL, Paxtang, Pa. GIVING CHEERFULLY Every man according as he pur poseth in his heart, so lot him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.—II Corinthians, IX, 7. NOVEMBER 10, 1917. LABOR NOTES Musicians of Quebec, Canada, have organized. Russian railway men have secured increased pay. Philadelphia street cleaners demand a nine-hour day. German labor leaders demand ex tensive labor reforms. Canada's Independent labor party is making progress. Connecticut will pension teachers who have taught forty-five years. Seattle, Wash., has a housemaids' union, with over 2,000 members. Chicago fur workers have secured increased pay and a 48-hour week. In the automobile industry women are beginning to do much of the lighter work. Plasterers at Philadelphia have se cured a scale of 70 cents an hour. Of every 1,000 wage-earners em ployed in the industries of New Jer sey, 274 are women. A separate wages board will be established in Ireland under the corn production act. Organized cooks and waiters at Pittsburgh, Pa., have asked for a ten hour day and a six-day week. St. Louis (Mo.) Central Trades and Labor Union is conducting an organ izing campaign among nepro barbers. Women doing men's work are now admitted to full membership in the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen. Macon, Ga., painters have organ ized and affiliated with the Brother hood of Painters and Decorators. OUR DAILY LAUGH SOON DTJR. It's gotta com®, gotta "• ''Ujfe Ere W ° E ° VOry I'm suro we shall be hearing Yh# |IOO car. TO THE POINT. Lady—And what Is your best seller this season? Book-seller—lt Is a very charming little volume entitled, "How to Jlva on one's salary." HAD KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH. Banker—Do you know anything about checks-and drafts. Applicant—Yes, sir, I've run our turnace for years. f WORDS AMD ACTIONS. Is Jones a pa- Yes. But he's the kind that would be more useful In a school of elocution than In a training camp. Batting Uptt Commissioners to take the votes of Pennsylvania soldiers in the various camps and cantonments who have been here the last few days to file their duplicate and poll books at the ofllce of the Secretary of the Comr monwealth declare that army life is doing the men good. The intensive training being given to the regiments and auxiliary organizations of what were formerly National Guard of Pennsylvania commands Is making the men even better fit physically than ever. Many of the men went through the training at the Mexican border and came back much ind% proved. They are going to be better than ever. But it is Of the men In the camps of the conscripts that the commissioners speak as making _ the greatest progress. The operations ' of the draft reached many men ■who had not given much thought to their well being and who, while they may have played ball-and gone on ram bles when they were young became, especially if they lived In the city, more or less types. Country boys, who had been worked hard and giv en a rather monotonous diet were also included in the draft as well as young men whose habits were not such as to make them physically fit. What the commissioners all say is that It Is striking to observe the dif ference in appearance and manner of men that they knew in their home communities since they le.t amid tears and the blare of bands In fare well. "There is no question about what this military service is doing for these young men. It's the best thing, the very best thing, that could happen to many of them," said one of the commissioners. "I observed the men in the camp as they swung along in their uniforms. They are very much soldier and the fellows from my home city I hardly knew. Why, they have all put on flesh and are getting as hard as nails, well set up, have clear eyes and walk in a way that they would not have dreamed of some time ago. And then they are not only getting advantage of sys tematic exercise, careful direction, balanced diet, but have a sense of discipline that is going to be as val uable as what they have gained in a physical way. The training and the gain all around that, will come to these young men is well worth some of the war taxes, I tell you." Not until Christmas is here and thousands of pennies that have been let loose from the small banks of lit tle folks, are in circulation, is relief expected from the present shortage of coppers. To open those banks now and help out the railroad ticket office attaches would be a kind act, and will be appreciated. It is rather amusing at times to watch those tick et clerks at the local stations gr. scouring for pennies. The first raid is made on the penny slot weigh!na machines. Next comes the chewinp gum boxes. At times there is a race .between the ticket clerks and the at taches at the newsstand to get the pennies. Those slot machines are usually cleaned out two and three times each week. Now they are drained almost hourly. These effort" have not brought the relief looked for. Yesterday two attaches of the Pennsy ticket office were given SSO in dimes and nickels and sent on n trip through the city. They were gone one hour and came back with only sl4 worth of pennies. Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary ol the State Game Commission, thinks that the time is near -when some stem will have to be taken to preJßil ruffled grouse from being extermln. ated in Pennsylvania. "The attempt.': we have been making to propagate the ruffled grouse have not been very successful" said he. "The weather conditions have had something to do with it and the birds have not en joyed such hatching weather as hoped. In places where conditions have been favorable it has Deen hard enough for the birds and many sportsmen have come to the conclu sion that steps will have to be taken. When we consider the success thai followed the closing of the season on wild turkeys for two years only a few sessions ago it can be realized what might be done for the rufflled grouse' he continued. "This resulted in the state having more wild turkeys to day than known for many years and it may come that we will have to have a closed season on the ruffled grouse. X see the subject is being agitated and I hope that it will be seriously considered. We are ready to do our part and I would be glad of an expression of opinion. There are many fine places in the state where the grouse can be raised and if the hunters desire it we can act." Sentiments of hunters in this city, many of v/hom belong to clubs which specialize in quail and grouse hunt ing is distinctly favorable to a closed season for a couple of years. • * State Librarian Thomas Lynch Montgomery, who read the paper on Col. James Burd before the Dauphin County Historical Society the other evening, says that the work of this noted early resident of this commun ity is too little known. He was among the mo.it valiant of Indian fighters and a staunch patriot. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Commissioner of Health Dixon, who has been ill in Philadelphia, is able to leave his room occasionally. —E. V. Babcock, the new mayor ol Pittsburgh, has issued a statement that any intim.itions that he has any pro-German leanings are simply ma licious. —Mavor Louis Francke, of Johns town, is'visiting in Illinois for a short time. —A. T. Connell, the new mayor oI Scranton, used to be prominent here in legislative affairs. —General A. J. Logan, who com mands the old Second brigade, has been taking his command on moon light hikes. —Judge Thomas J. Baldrldge, ol Blair, startled his cotlrt when he stated in the court of proceedings for revocation of a license that he had seen a drunken soldier coming out of a saloon. | DO YOU KNOW ] Tliut Harrtsburg In making Iron tliat Is going to half a dozen r> cities to make special products?,^ HISTORIC IIARRISBURG This city had a municipal wharl along the Susquehanna about 100 years ago but the canal put it ont ol business. SOCIALISTS' BLAME If Socialists, as it is reported, aw responsible for the defection In th ranks of the second Italian army, allowing the enemy to break through, they will doubtless be proud of their handiwork when the Huns swoop down on the Italian villages and the defenseless womenfolk there in.—Buffalo Commercial.