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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
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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.
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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
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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 .
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Occr Cfwe
l\ t ""peiuou
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"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