8 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 POLK, Prcs't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMKTZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —Tlie 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 lishers' AssOcia- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Avenue Building, ® 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. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1917 The longer I live and more I see Of the struggle of souls to the heights above. The stronger the truth comes home to me That the Universe rests on the s\oul ders of love. A love so limitless deep, and broad That men have named it and call it God. — ANON. INDUSTRY'S WAR SCHOOLS MEN at the head of Pennsylva nia's educational system who have more than once demon strated their ability to cope with j situations arising in a State with as complex problems as confront any in the country, have once more taken a step which will put the Keystone Commonwealth in the front rank. Arrangements were made yesterday by the State Bosyd of Education to establish industrial courses suggested by the war. These courses will be worked out immediately and suffi cient funds are in hand to launch j them where they are needed. Thou-1 sands of young wage-earners will be the beneficiaries and probably some questions with which the instructors have been wrestling will be settled through the experience gained in the next year. When Pennsylvania, with its un usual industrial system, set about to enforce its child labor law and to make work and school fit together, there was a good bit of interest throughout the country. The child labor propaganda had been so vigor ously waged and so contested in this State that there were many who looked for trouble, to be per fectly frank about it. Thanks to the farsighted businessman and manufacturers, especially, the State scnooi authorities weie given hearty| co-operation and the continuation 1 school to-day has its thousands en-1 rolled and is a recognized part of I the- system of industry and educa tion. And now, when business is at high speed and conditions are calling for every man and woman, and even looking toward the minors, the con tinuation school is going right along. As there have been suggestions that some specialized training would do much to increase proficiency during the stress of war operations in the industries, it is planned to make available courses of instruction sug gested by the conflict either to Sill in or fill out. It is a project that will not only prove popular, but valuable. Its possibilities are great. SEVEN CENT WAR BREAD DON'T be too sure about that seven cents a pound war bread of which the government is talking. Mr. Hoover is acting fri the best of faith and in the interests of the consumer. But bread—even war bread, which is quite different from the white bread now in general use —at seven cents a pound is news almost too good to be true, in the light of prices we are at present pay ing. Government price regulation with respect to coal was so promptly followed by advances to the con sumer that the public may be ex cused if it withholds its rejoicing over seven cent bread until the loaf is actually on the table. THE FARMER WANTS TO KNOW PERPLEXITY into which officials of the State Department of Agriculture have been thrown by the unexpected demands for speakers and advisors in specialized branches of farming is a sign of the times which the officers of the State government are glad to note, al though it means much work and some changing Of arrangements for the winter. From all accounts there are more farmers' organizations, neighborhood clubs and other bod ies interested in agricultural ad vancement in Pennsylvania now than ever known. The automobile is re sponsible for it in a way, because farmers can get around better and taster and take the folks along to talk things over. It is another in stance where gasoline is enabling the raisers of foodstuffs to find out how the men in the next township Mre doing and to compare notes and - 4 ■* 4} * • • 4- f Y . THURSDAY EVENING, HARRIBBURG t&yf&Q TELEGRAPH . NOVEMBER 15, 1917. exchange ideas. But at the same time it is marking a forward move ment In agriculture. The farmers have found that by following some rules which the j trained men have at fingers' ends j they can help nature in the congen ial task of filling barns and corn cribs and bank accounts and the re sult is that they are asking ques tions, instead of kicking about the tariff and fussing with politics. They have turned to the State which has been running farmers in stitutes for years and has asked the Commonwealth t'o help them speed] up the production of foodstuffs by sending soil physicians and tree sur geons and cereal diagnosticians, to j say nothing of specialists in drain age and pest prevention. Our friend the farmer seems to be going after things in the right way. STOP IT! I SEVERAL of the Y. M. C. A.- Y. W. C. A. war work campaign ers reported yesterday that they were badly treated by a few of those whom they approached and who made no effort to conceal their antagonism to the movement. It is about time the people are given the names of persons of this class. The time has when there can be no division of sentiment. Either a man is for the United States, *with all that he has to give and his own life if need be, or he is against the United States. Nor can it be said byway of excuse that the pur pose of the present campaign is not understood. It has been exploited fully in every way known to publicity experts. If a man is not familiar with it the only reason can be that he has not been sufficiently in terested in the welfare of our sol diers to read. One of those whose card was re turned to the campaign committee without a contribution is a man ofi means, the large income of whose family for years has depended upon the favor of the American public. He boasted to the campaigners that he had made h point of refusing to give to the Red Cross and that he has turned away those who tried to sell him Liberty bonds. Isn't it about time that such as he be required to declare themselves in public? We want to know with whom we associate and with whom we deal in a business way these days. There should be short shrift for the ir.an who sets his shoulder to the wheel against the effort that every loyal citizen is putting into this war work. The men and women who are giv ing four days of their time, in addi tion to their own generous contribu tions, for the success of this cam paign solely for the purpose of help ing America win the war, are mak ing personal sacrifices. The work of soliciting money is repugnant to many of them. They have sunk their personal affairs and their per sonal feelings in order to "do their bit" and they should not be sub jected to harsh treatment by small souled citizens who not only refuse to help on their own account, but per sist in boasting of their disloyalty. It Is time to halt this sort of thing and the Telegraph will undertake to publish the names of those who of fend in this manner, in order that the public may know just who they are, if the practice is not promptly stopped. JAMES V. M'NICHOL THE death of Senator James P. McNichol removes from the political life of his State one of its most conspicuous figures. But be yond that, it takes from the activities of Philadelphia a man who was more than a mere dabbler in politics. Sen ator McNichol was a far-sighted city builder, who was forced more by cir cumstances than by desire to inject himself into a political situation where his force of character and marked abilities made him a dom inating figure. He numbered his friends even among 'his opponents and was a philosophical loser in the few contests that went against him in his long career of leadership, as was marked in th£ 1912 State con vention when" he and William Flinn exchanged pleasantries between, pit, and platform in the best of humor at a time when the Philadelphia Senator appeared to have lost for ever his prestige of years' standing. A power in State politics. Senator McNichol nevertheless found city de velopment projects more to his liking, and the growth and improvement of Philadelphia were so great factors in his life that he was found at all times lined up where he felt he could do moat in that direction. Lk By the Ex-Committecman While friends and foes of the late Senator James P. McNichol, not only in Philadelphia, but throughout the state are uniting in praise of his manly qualities and his pre-emi nence as a political leader, there are many speculating as to who will suc ceed him in Republican affairs. Newspapers generally pay tribute to the late Senator's strength itnd agree that it will be a hard place to Oil. Some of the tirst intimations given were that it would shake the Pen rose movement against the Vares, which will be the big thing in state politics next year, but this was promptly dispelled by a statement from Senator Penrose that the tight would go on. The Philadelphia North American, which fought Senator McNichol year in and year out, gives over a page to a review of his life in a sympathetic way to-day and other newspapers carry editorials in which McNlchpl is given warm praise as a farslghted city builder rather than a political leader. The Democratic Record hays that the Senator was forced into politics, while the Press says the Mc- Nichol rule in municipal government was "less objectionable" than some others. The Ledger says that with out his powerful aid movements against sordid interests would not have been as strong as they were by a good bit. —Concerning the future in the | state Republican organization the I Ledger voices the opinion of a good I many observers that Harry J. Train i er is McNichol's logical successor. ! The Ledger also says: "What the po litical effect of McNichol's death will be, especially in view of his alignment with the Town Meeting party, and who will be his successor as chief lieutenant of Senator Pen rose in active command of the fac tion opposed to the Vares were ques tions of paramount interest in all political circles yesterday. McNichol's influence was so great, his following was so large and the independent leaders with whom he was allied ex pected so much from his followers in Councils that these questions arose as a natural sequence to the an nouncement of his death." —The Inquirer, which generally gives the Penrose view, says in part: "The last political utterance of Sen ator McNichol which was published was given as he left the polling place on election day, when he announced that he was a follower of the politi cal fortunes of Senator Penrose and that he would go where Penrose would lead. As to McNichol's prob able successor in politics, no one can safely predict. A man of his type must develop. None of the present Penrose leaders is regarded as in his class. Penrose adherents who formed the Republican Alliance, which in the late campaign support ed the Town Meeting party, are go ing to strengthen that organization and Penrose is counted upon to give them every encouragement to keep up the light against the combina tion between Mayor Smith's admin istration and the 'ares. Penrose is prepared to renew his fight against 'contractor rule,' which has been his political slogan against the Vares, even while lie had the McNichol fol lowing as one of his principal assets. Penrose has advised his friends that he is ready to go the limit against tne Smith-Vare forces and that he pro poses to resume activities at once in preparation for the primaries which will be held next May, when state nominations will be made for gover nor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of internal affairs and for four candi dates for Congress-at-large. along with district nominations for Con gress. state senator and state repre sentatives." —The Philadelphia Record to-day says regarding Philadelphia muni cipal politics: "Mayor Smith is en gaged in lining up councilmen in an effort to see that upon the reorgan ization of both bodies the first Mon day in January the re-election of Jurne* E. Lennon, a Vare lieutenant, as president of Select, and Dr. E. B. Gleason, a Penrose-McNichol fol lower, of be assured. It was claimed yesterday that the \loyor h'ifl drivpn of tho anti-Vare faction, into line, and ob tained their written pledges as to at tain his object. The rather crude manner of requiring members of Councils to submit their loyalty in writing for the reorganization of Councils caused some of. the men, not opposed to the succession by the presidents in each body, to balk. Some of the old-time friends of Sena tor McNichol, grieved over his sud den death, were almost moved to rebellion against the Mayor's con tinuation of his whipping-in process following the announcement of Mc- Nichol's passing away." —Republican members of Norris town council caucused and selected Norwood D. Matthias, for president H. P. Hiltncr for treasurer;, Harry Maxwell for clerk; H. M. Brownback, for solicitor; S. Cameron Corson, en gineer. There are twenty-nine Re publicans in the membership of thir ty-three in council. —Bethlehem is stirred by Con stable John Doran going over the heads of the police to clean up tho city of disorderly houses. Constable Doran got evidence against eighteen houses and served notice on the inmates to leave town by Saturday. —Attorney C. C. Shull has been appointed county solicitor by Mon roe commissioners to succeed his brother, S. E. Shull, who was ap pointed presiding judge. —Rome of the commissioners to take vo es of Pennsylvania soldiers at camps have sent word here that they will file their returns at the county seats and the duplicates at the State Capitol in ample time be fon the close, of the period for en tering them on November 23. There are a dozen commissioners who have not yet filed their returns and some of them have been spending several days at the camps or are taking short trips. They will be paid ten cents a mile for each mile traveled by the most direct route to the camp and return. —Commissioners i nt e r r ogated about the failure to enter results of voting in the poll books have re plied that the official returns have been enclosed In the envelopes for the county epurts and the secretary of the commonwealth which may not be opened until the close of the filing period according to a ruling of the Dauphin county courts. —The name of the Town Meeting party was pre-empted to-day for the third senatorial district's election next year. This is the Philadelphia district represented since 1905 by the late Senator James P. McNichol. The name of the Town Party was pre-empted last night for several Philadelphia districts. —The members of the State Sen ate, all of whom have been named to attend the funeral of Senator Mc- Nichol, will meet In Philadelphia on Saturday morning an hour before the funeral and will proceed to the cathedral. The senate mace, em blem of authority of the upper A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE .... ... BY BRIGGS j —— —— vuo.M-r"] T" fZ- 1 —\ You "PieASF / O I MOR.6' NJ TvUO.—' f I MAT ts A \ Fix That I / IEAH- \ r*-? I |WNUTe.S [ FUNJNY BIWD \ Cha.r <SJOW- / / Justa ' \/ )Vbi7R VALt/eiejv \ \ £ueV/c. wf- IT'LL ALL S Jl, V MINUTE ■/ 6V J, Tr~,e Z—<\ 1 V To D 0 HAMMER ?' MV WAV- CAft) T house, will be borne at the head of the delegation. State Chairman W. E. Crow and other western senators will start for Philadelphia to-mor row. —Mayor-elect E. V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh, has gone to New York State for a rest after his strenuous campaign and William A. Magee, his rival, says that he is going to enjoy himself for a while. Friends of Mr. Mngee say that he seems to be in better physical trim than he has been in recent years and that he does not seem anxious to take up official cares very soon. —James F. Woodward, McKees port representative, is planning an eastern trip to start things moving for the nomination for secretary of internal affairs. Secretary Paul W. Houck is expected to run for the nomination, too. —Senator W. W. Hindman, of Clarion, who was here to-day, is be ing boomed for the Democratic nomination for secretary. —A. T. Connell, mayor-elect of Scranton, says U >a t he is going t<\ have sorre enjoyment out of life in the next few weeks. The strike in Scranton will leave mirks for some time to come and Mr. Connell plans to launch his administration with a vigorous policy. —District Attorney Rotan's state ment shows less than SSO expended in his campaign. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 'i MR. 'llOXTfloilKßY COMPLAINS To tiic Editor of the Telegraph: We are inflicted with what is prob ably the worst system of street car lines that can be found in any large city in the country. Not only do the cars, outside of those of the Rock ville lines, have no schedule which anyone seems bound to respect, but the safety or the comfort of the public. The drivers jerk their cars so as to make it almost unsafe to change your seat In transit, and they carry you around four unnecessary squares in order to land you on a prominent corner of the city. It would be natural to suppose that good common sense should dictate that, if the cars have to run around the block that they would go straight to Market Square in the morning, when people are going to work, and take the long way around in the evening when time is less valuable. Not only Is this perpetrated but you are dragged up to the Bolton House before you are allowed to get off a car. Many times of late after waiting from six to ten minutes for a car, I have had the driver increase his speed as he approached, evidently upon the presumption that another var is following. This happened this morning when car No. 622 left me, after a considerable wait, to take the Rockville car following. I do not like to be a complaint agent, but without some things are corrected I shall feel it my duty to complain to the Public Service Com mission, of the delinquencies of this astonishing corporation. Yours very truly, THOMAS L. MONTGOMERY. LrABOR NOTES Joint action by 100 per cent, or ganized laundry workers, laundry drivers and stationary engineers em ployed in laundries in Tacoma, Wash., resulted In a union shop agreement and wage increases.' Pay women men's wages where they do men's work summarizes one section of the report of Mrs. R. A. Morton, president of the Wyoming State Federations of Women's Clubs, to the annual convention. In Detroit no unskilled municipal employe shall hereafter receive less than $2.25 a day and skilled mechan ics shall receive the highest prevail ing wage in that particular grade of work. The eight-hour day is obliga tory. Chicago City Council has appointed a board to which the city will loan 1200,000 to sell potatoes. The city will be guaranteed tho return of his money in nine months, plus 2V4 per cent., which Is guaranteed by fifty citizens. Governor McCall of Massachusetts has authorized the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration to con fer with the Secretary of Labor at Washington with a view to establish ing a better understanding for daal lg with industrial disputes in this state. Boston Street Car Men's Union lias asked the Boston Elevated Railway Company for a conference to discuss wage Increases because of the high cost of living. The union has an agreement which 4oes not expire un til May 1, 1918, What the Commissioners l Found COMMISSIONERS appointed by Governor Brumbaugh to take the votes of the Pennsylvania soldiers at Camp Hancock, where the men who went out as National Guardsmen are encamped, and at amps Meade, Lee, Sjherman, Gordon and other great cantonment 3 where the drafted men are gathered, de clare that the work being done by the Christian associations and which Is being systematized by the War Work Council for the training and active service camps can not be over estimated. A dozen or more men who have just come from the camps to file the returns of the votes at the Capitol have told in recounting their experiences that they were impressed by the importance of the Y. M. C. A. establishments and the need for rest places for the mothers and wives and sisters and sweethearts of the drafted men who are visiting the camps. "In my opinion the Y. M. C. A. is doing a valuable work and as the men progress in training as soldiers the plan of providing places for them will increase in Vuportance. I W!>s much impressed with the need for just such kind of work as the CHIVALROUS WARFARE [From General Orders No. 73, Is sued from Headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia, and dated Chambersburg, Pa„ June 27, 28C3.] Served with marked satisfaction the conduct of the troops on the march, and confidently anticipates results commensurate with the high spirit they have manifested. No troops could have displayed greater forti tude or better have performed the arduous marches of the past ten days. Their conduct in other re spects has, with few exceptions, been in keeping with their character as | soldiers, and entitles them to appro j bation and praise. There have been, however, in stances of forgetfulness OH the part of some that they have in keeping the yet unsullied reputation of the army and that the duties exacted of us by civilization and Christianity are not less obligatory in the country of the enemy than in our own. The commanding general, there fore, earnestly exhorts the troops to abstain with most scrupulous care from unnecessary or wanton injury to private property, and he enjoins upon all officers to arrest and bring to summary punishment all who shall In any way offend against the orders on this subject. R. E. LEE, General. NO CHANGE The postage on drop letters will remain at two cents, so the hero who trades at home will continue to get all his customary bills.—Kansas City Star. THE BRAVEST BATTLE The bravest battle that was ever fought, Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not; 'Twas fought by the mothers of men. Nay, not with cannon, or battle-sliot, With sword, or nobler pen; Nay, not with eloquent word or thought, From mouths of wonderful men. But deep In a walled-up woman's heart— Of woman that would not yield, But bravely, silently bore her part— Lo! there Is that battlefield! No marshaling troop, nor bivouac song; No banners to gleam and wave! But oh! these battles they last so long— From babyhood to the grave! Yet faithful still as a bridge of stars. She fights In her walled-up town— Fights on, and on, in the endless wars, Then silent, unseen, goes down! Oh! ye with banners and battle-shot And soldier to shout and praise, I tell you the klngliest victories fought Are fought In these silent ways! By Joaquin Miller. men are doing," said M. J. Emery, of Wayne county, who was at Camp Meade. Mr. Emery's opinion was echoed by several commissioners from the western part of the state who had meen at Camp Hancock and who said that while the camp of the Pennsyl vania division was in fine condition because the organizations were per fected from trained men it could be seen how such places as those pro vided by the Y. M. C. A. would be of great value when the men got farther away fro"- the southern cities. The problems attending the Guardsmen, many of whom got splendid training at El Paso last year, are not as great as those at the camps of the drafted men, where thousands fresh from civil life and unused to discipline are being made into soldiers. Commissioners to Camps Lee and Sherman say that the Y. M. C. A. huts will be the most popular places in the camps before long and that the men will become so used to them during training that when they go abroacPlhey will fre quent them and thus keep out of mischief. Funds to lie raised this week in this district will go to establish these places and to provide rest places I under supervision of the Y. M. C. A. at the camps of the men from Penn -1 sylvania. | OUR DAILY LAUGH Pr o fe a sor, I T . want to take up international law. CT 1 What course of j""f study would you J I recommend? u -***> I Constant tar fcA get practice. A SURE TIP. Now. little bride. this maxim JuSj&k ,*< , heed ~ 1 ' M Your wishes to attain— Sal If at /lrst you • don't sue- tC? \ IkJ\ Cry. cry again. So CAUTIOUS. I Vv Gee I'd hate' to I i i be a bird! Why? • Mil Cause they XA'I U would catch me \U ' hat the first jm thin,. MODERN / iQi yfy\ AFFECTION. ■■L,' W N tour fiance to j T j see you Madam. ( Tell him to fc 7 // /\\v wait—l must take W// / \ \ > I"ldo for a walk. fJHK bANOEIt- V< OUS ELEMENT \ A picture cute in bathing suit. Experience has "Jn taught her A picture's made for light and shade —, But cannot stand the * water. FAITHFUL PRECAUTION. • Why did ye /i\ call in a strange f jTtnJ minister whin ye \ war sick? l Sure, and did I :\ \ 'j ye thl n k Ol '/Yf \ 1 •] i wanted to give ■!.'] -J ( jur mlrlster the ./ J \ V j smallpox? ii/l I . ' JtN > Occr Cfwe l\ t ""peiuou J "I think I can say that I am willing, if need be, to sacrifice the blood of my three sons for their country, but the thing that I could not stand would be for one of them to live an unclean life. And. it is to safeguard our boys that the T. M. C. A. is raising the war fund, which needs the help of every individual." nrLi WUS e ploa of a Reading preacher recently, the Rev. J. O. Pierce, who has three sons in the ?o a r t°he a Y A M m c. A. aSkin * for funds • • • hun ters In the vicinity of Media appear to be made of paltry stult and poor nerve. Merely be cause one party had the misfortune ♦2ui i\P a ,lome of polecats, mis taking them for jovial and luscious coons, the hunting fever has sudden ly died out. What do you suppose a lusty Hun would care for so petty an obstacle? We are informed by the Sunbury papers that "little Miss Rosemary Duprey, of Arch street, lias received a handsome Boston Bull dog, the gift of her uncle in Brockton. He Js a thoroughbred, with screw tail and a harelip, this latter feature being greatly desired and extremely rare." Maybe so, but we know quite a few unfortunate humans who would gladly dispense with the luxury. The pants that made Shippensburg famous, may well be said of a pair just completed at the Louis Kremer plant of that town. They were made tor a man in Chicago whose waist measure is 66 inches; seat, 70 inches; thigh, 44; knee, 30. Two qrdinary men can stand in the legs and still have enough slack left in the rear for a cloak. .Fitt men cut this out and look happy. THE LESSON OF VERDUN "Military science turned over yet another page at Verdun and noted that against consummate general ship, unlimited munitions, and self less devotion on the part of the de fense, the most spectacular and highly-doped phalanx can spend it self in vain. Military science also noted that, under modern conditions, the capture of th. position or that signifies nothing: trie only method of computing victory is to count the dead on either side. On that reck oning, the French at Verdun have already gained one of the great vic tories of all time." From "All In it," by Major lan Hay Beith. THE BIG GUN THUNDER [From the New York Times J The headline stabs one from the printed sheet, In spite of nerves long since to horror stung; Its thunder echoes down the quiet street, And stoic calm is to the four winds flung. How go about small things, one's be ing set, Through life's routine, to that ti tanic tune. When you, beloved of many hearts, are met Where, noon to midnight, midnight back to noon, The big guns thunder on the Flan ders front! One sees you mantled in cascading tlame, In that terrific urge where rivers lap The life blood freely shed to sign the name Of holy freedom ever on the map. Splendor of life proclaimed in every breath, With years of your youth's heyday still to run. Your deathless victory spells bart ered death For mound recaptured, mile of ' frontage won Where big guns thunder on the Flanders front! So, be the mourning badge for you who fall Our service flag, white starred up. on the breast. Our song, the final courage that you call When Heaven puts you to the final teet. Unmarked, your graves make conse crated ground Of blood-soaked land wh%re now war's demon shrieks. For there white peace shall be anointed, crowned. And there the certain voice of god head speaks— Where big guns thunder on the Flanders front! MARO AIjSIU^vGIO^ Btentng (filial One of the results of the canw palgns conducted In Harrlsburg l behalf of the Liberty Loan, the Wat Work Council, the Camp and other objects has been to lfy Harrisburg people and theW neighbors of the boroughs whlcß cluster about the state's capital, It it can be said that it was possible, to band them closer in support oi the Government. When it is con sidered that in this community ol 100,000 there are representatives ol every nationality in Kurope and some in Asia und that it is consid ered a part of Pennsylvania In which the German element largely predominates the showing of the clis trlct Is such as to wake up some old er sections of the country which are very strong in talking of American* ism. The record of Harrtsburg lit recruiting so many men that it waa not called upon to furnish men tor the first draft attracted national at tention; its two Liberty Loan drives which exceeded requirements, also attracted note and the vigorous man ner in which it Is backing up the War Council has been the inspiration to men in some other districts. Last evening I asked a man—acttve in all these movements —what would be the next on the program and with the quickness of a man who has beert thinking he replied: "To educate out* people to pay their taxes on ac-4 count of the war without grumbling] and making trouble. The remark off Secretary of War Baker here a short time ago that we would have to 'pay taxes until it hurt' set me to 1 thinking and I ain going to work with some of my friends to kill the rumors and nail the lies and Im press upon people who circulate l stories crazy on the face of them the harm they are doing. Then I ami going to explain why the extra cent. Is needed for postage, cigars and, other things and I am going to help people get accustomed to the unusu al conditions we must confront. About New Year's day there will be 'a lot of wailing when the income tax commences to call for payments. About that time a lot of people will be needing something to cool them off." This suggestion about the income tax was echoed by a man connected, with the revenue service, who re marked when asked what he thought about war taxes: "Well, they are go ing to hit a lot of people who don't know it now. Lots of money has been made in this town and there are men and women right here in Harrisburg who would have been flattered a year or two ago by the suggestion that they would be in the income paying class who will owe Uncle Sam money right after New Year's Day. I hope they study the law and keep accounts for their own sake. I know what I'm going to get." "The heavy white frosts which have been noticed in this part of the country on the mornings of the last week or ten days are really something which we should bo thankful for. There have been other Novembers when we had rains and even snow," said a man who keeps tabs on the weather. "These white frosts are not only pretty, but they aid in making the days of the fine variety we have had lately. Out in the country the scene is very pretty at sunrise and well worth going for an early ride to see. The other morn ing I went to Reservoir park to see the sun rise. Don't laugh. It was worth it and you would have en joyed it. Incidentally you would have gotten an idea of the way Har risburg wakes up. It gets a fast start and it keeps going." • • From what people at the CapiU# say the shortage of fertilizer this year is causing more or less annoy ance and in spite of the fact that leaves are nature's own fertilizer, many inquiries are being made re garding their value, so many that Prof. Franklin Menges, a state ex pert on soils, has written a short ar ticle cyi the subject in which he says that a ton of leaves is worth over ten dollars. He says that at the prices now prevailing.the nitrogen in ton of leaves would amount to $7.20 and the potassium $3.20. Leav ing the lime and phosphorus and organic matter out of consideration he says the cost would be $10.40. In addition to these interesting cal culations he gives these practical suggestions: "In order to conserve the fertility contained in the leaves, as we>l as to make it available and prepare them to be applied next spring on the gardens, they should be composted, that is piled up inj piles ten to twenty feet square and. four to five feet deep and tightly compacted. Put down a layer of leaves and any other rubbish such as corn, tomato, potato, cabbage and other stalks, free from disease, to a depth of twelve to eighteen inches, compact well and cover the whole with caustic lime to a depth of two inches. Put down another layer of leaves to the same depth and cover with lime the same as before and so on' until the compost heap is five feet deep. Leave it until the leaves begin to break up and become fine, then fork it over and pile up to a. depth of four feet. Continue this operation whenever necessary during the winter and in the spring by the time the city gardeners are ready for it, the compost will be in splendid condition to be applied with the seed and plants as a fertilizer." • ♦ Among visitors to Harrisburg yes terday was Alexander T. Connell, the mayor-elect of Scranton, who was here to attend the first meeting of the commission to revise the state's banking laws to which he was ap pointed by the Governor. \ Mr. Con nell remarked that he had been through "some" batthp. [ .WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 Judge A. B. Dickinson, of the United States court of Philadelphia, is strongly denouncing people who do not check spread of vice near army posts. * E p Jennings, Carbon county food administrator, has a vigorous way of doing things. He found that prices were not right and he ordered a carload of vegetables and had them | sold on streets. A F. Huston, the Coatesvlllei manufacturer, is taking a prominent • part in the Y. M. C. A. drive in hia. part of the state. - A. C. Dinkey, prominent in steel affairs, has been visiting prospective sites for mills in the Hazleton-Wea.- herly district. Col Avery D. Andrews, of Phila delphia, active in the Public Safety , Committee, has been commissioned i In the enginers. He is a West Point | graduate. | *DO YOU KNOW . That Harrisburg is rapidly be coining a cur repairing center? . HISTORIC HARRISIUTRG I One hundred years ago there were ' live notels on Market Square audi [the post office at the igwer J
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