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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.
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"~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
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State Capitol the middle of next
week, will begin to fill vacancies
now existing in various offices, in
cluding a judge for Philadelphia and
public service commissionerships
very soon. Before the Governor left
this city it was announced that he
intended to take up the matter of
appointments after election. There
are half a dozen important ones to
be made. Much speculation exists
whether the Governor will name Wil
liam A. Magee to the Public Service
Board again since he has been
defeated for mayor of Pittsburgh.
Reports have been current that the
Governor might not select the Alle
gheny countian, but would pick a
personal friend in the western part
of the state. No one appears to
know where the place made vacant
by the death of Robert K. Toung
will go. It* is generally credited to
the central part of the state, but
the Governor has been known to
disregard such lines. There will
also be a member of the State In
dustrial Board to be named.
—Commissioner of Labor John
Price Jackson leaves in a few days
for Washington to take up his work
at. a major in the Engineer Reserves
and the Governor will be called upon
to name some one to act while the
Commissioner is on leave for which
he has applied, as did Colonel John
C. Grflome. When Dr. Jackson leaves
Lew R. Palmer, the chief inspector,
will become acting commissioner by
operation of law but under the
leave of absence act the Governor
must designate a commissioner.
Palmer, who is the old Princeton
end, is a high type of official.
—Although Auditor General Sny
der has refused to talk on the sub
ject, it is known that steps have been
taken by his department since the
first of November to stir up the reg
isters of Vills in several counties in
regard to prompt payment of direct
or collateral inheritance taxes. Mr.
Snyder received as a legacy some
accounts for collateral inheritance
tax owed by slow-paying registers
and also some cases wherein the
state had not been able to get the
required for getting its money
in others. The Auditor General has
taken up the whole list of unsettled
cases and back accounts due the
state and notice of a rather summary
kind is understood to have gone out
to county officials to make settle
ment. Mr. Snyder has also stood
behind the officers oi me county bu -
reau in insisting upon closing up old
cases. Early next week , the inquiry
into the conditions which were dis
covered in Northampton county,
which dated from a previous admin
istration of the fiscal affairs, will be
made. It is expected that it will take
a couple of weeks, out meanwhile
other registers will be called upon to
"come ;icross" with cash due the
state. The Auditor General has been
establishing pretty rigorous rules for
auditing of accounts filed with him
and itemization requirements are
strict.
Constitutional Burden
When the Public Service Conimis- i
sion decides that In a specific in-1
stance the operation of two cotnpet- |
ing telephone companies in a district:
which has hardly sufficient business]
to warrant one. is a costly burden on!
ihe public, but declines to approve a
proposed forni of relief through ini-l
p..ting to the Constitution of the'
state something that is not there, it |
may be questioned whether there is
more need of amending the Consti
tution or the Public Service Commis
sion. One or the other means of re
lief for tho burdened public ought to
be sought.
When the Constitution was drafted,
prohibiting the merger of telegraph
companies, the telephone had not!
been invented and no specific men
tion of the latter service was possible.!
Since then, for purpose of incorpora-J
tion and regulation, the legislature
and the courts have linked the tele
graph and telephone together, but it
does not follow that the two services
are identical In character, or are to
be considered as occupying the jmo
field and subject to like
The amendment which the major
ity of the Public Service Commission
seek to interline in the Constitution
in the Mercer county citso. seems un
necessary, but if it shall be sustained
by the courts, it will only serve to
emphasize the handicaps encoun
tered ln'the administration of a law
under a Constitution which was
drafted before telephones, electric
lights and power, automobiles and
scores of other essentlnl factors in
the activities of the present day wero
invented, or their contingent condi
tions and requirements were oven
contemp'ated.—Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin.
Cup Defender's Humble Fate
SHORN of her masts and intri
cate rigging, which in a large
part made her one of the pret
tiest soiling craft afloat, the racing
yacht Columbia, the first American
cup defender of that name, which
thrilled the blood of American and
British sportsmen of nearly fifty
years ago, is now in the harbor be
ing further dismantled.
The famous old yacht on which
American sportsmen pinned their
hopes when then entered her in the
intermuional cup race of 1871
against the crack British yacht, Liv
onia, the result of which was an
American victory that brought much
Bnglish gold to this country, is be
ing overhauled at the yard of a ship
building company in South Balti
more.
Although she no longer has the
raking masts which marked her in
her palmy days, and the bowsprit
has been cut off almost even with the
stem post, the graceful lines which
enabled her to cut through the wa
ter at Sandy Hook far in the lead
of her British opponent have not
been marred. The high, lean bow,
perfectly proportioned and rounded
sides and the long overhung stern
are the same as when she Wife built
in 1871. and probably never will be
changed so long as her ancient tim
bers remain afloat.
The old blue blood of the yacht
world, which never in her history
has been anything less than a yacht
for American sportsmen, will end
her days in the ignominy of an or
dinary freight carrier, or rather
worse, a fishing schooner.
Her present owners have no use
for her tall, highly polished masts
nor for the thousands of yards of
canvas which formerly stretched
from the massive booms. They have
been removed, and the holes where
the heavy butts pierced the deck
have been boarded over. Her hull is
just as pound as when built for
Franklin Osgood in 1871, the years
in the water mnking no inroads on
the carefullv selected timbers which
incase her frames. That is all lief
new owners are interested in.
Gasoline to Boplnce Wine
A smelly but high powdered gaso
line engine will he installed in the
hull, which formerly held nothing
but ballast and champagne with
which properly to celebrate her vic
tories, and she will be sent out on the
southern ilshing grounds. The broad
deck, which likewise had nothing but
FREE SPEECH
[From the Outlook]
Freedom of speech, whether in
college, pulpit, press or street, is sub
ject to the same "fundamental limi
tations as freedom or other activity.
A man has no more right to use his
tongue to the injury of his neighbor
or his country than he has to use
his list to their injury. The right of
free speech does not mean irrespon
sible speech. The right of free press
does not mean irresponsible printing.
The right of free press and. free
speech does not mean that the soap
box orator has a right to lampoon
his fellow, citizens of a different race,
political opinion or religious faith,
and incite mob violence; it does not
mean that the press has a right to
lampoon the government and Incite
readers to resist the law of the land
and give aid and comfort to the en
emy: it does not mean that a col
lege professor has a right to take ad
vantage of his position to conduct
propaganda against the efficient con
duct of the war and use the 'name
of the college in doing so. The doc
trine that speech and press should
be uncensored still leaves the govern
ment unimpaired authority to punish
the speech or the article if it violates
or incites others to violate it, he
must not comalaln if he suffers the
penalty that is coming him. He can
not have the glory of martyrdom
without Its inconveniences.
INCONSIDERATE SIDDONS
There is a good deal of indignation
among the women of our neighbor
hood duo to the fact that Sam Sid
dens goes home to lunch. The women
say it is a burning shame that Mrs.
yiddons should be compelled to pre
pare three meals a day.—From the
Topeka Capital,
NOT WORTH IT
>"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.