6 HARRISBUXG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded iljl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAM! PRINTING CO.. Tele*ral> Building, Federal Square. TE. J. STACK POLE, prest & Ediltr-inChief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press la 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 f dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub (Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a dTftßsfrMSjtKHil week; by mail. 55.00 MWrifrf- a year in advanca. MONDAY, DECEMBER :tt, 1017 Advertity borrows its sharpest j sling from our impatience. — BlSHOl* Hokxe. A PATRIOTIC SERVICE TIIE members of the Dauphin County Bar who have been giv ing their services to assist draft ed men in properly filling out their questionnaires, have performed a patriotic duty of a very important character. They have given freely |V of their time for several weeks and have placed their knowledge of the law at the disposal of those who chose to seek it. They have saved ■ hundreds of conscripted men from ■ making mistakes that might have : placed them in embarrassing situa- I tions later. ■ When a lawyer or a physician ■ gives his services he gives his entire I stock in trade, which is more than ' most of us who deal in more ma terial things would care to do. This I makes the action of the lawyers all the more praiseworthy. I P TO TIIE COI\NTIES F ill years the farmers of Penn sylvania have been complaining that it was unprofitable to raise sheep because when the market prices for wool and mutton were ■ satisfactory dogs raided the flocks W l>> night and the owners had all ■ kinds of trouble to collect the money the State allows and requires the comities to pay. Between dogs with out domiciles and Democratic doc trine in wool tariff form the sheep raiser had troubles of his own. The war has nullified the evils of the Democratic wool tariff and the mut ton chop is a delicacy. Pennsylva nia has provided a dog code. Under the terms of the dog code every Pennsylvania canine outside of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Kcranton, and there are some hun dreds of thousands of them, will have to wear a tag after January 33. Furtherforo, / every owner of a dog must have it penned up or tied tip after dark. Experience has shown that dogs raid sheep at night. By thus establishing ownership it is held that on the same principle that dictates the method of dog catching in cities the Unlicensed dogs will be destroyed. The law makes it the duty of constables to kill unlicensed dogs and requires that County Commissioners pay the costs for each killing. The proceeds of licenses go to the county treas uries. It is thus up to the County Com missioners to enforce the dog law. 3t may be a hardship on some own ers to pay the license and it may be difficult to kill some dogs, but there are too many, it must be admitted. And it must also be allowed that if the State is to raise sheep dogs must be kept under control. It will be expensive for a few years, but if the counties do not act the State can end in its policemen, clear out the ownerless dogs, many of which are half wild in some counties, and charge up the cost to the Commis sioners. A PLACE TO COUPIJE CP A MOST amassing lack of uni formity In regulations for the control of smallpox between the Slates east of the Mississippi has been revealed by the efforts of Penn sylvania's State Department of Health to check Ihe outbreaks which have occurred in western and cen tral counties. There is more small pox In the State now than known for years, in spite of all the efforts being made, and new patients are be ins reported almost dally. The in ■ iHlon has spread from place to ■ and is so readily traceable that| ■ remedy appears to be plain. " Men have come from comniunl jm ties in Ohio, Michigan and some southern States whero smallpox exists without let or hindrance. In fact. In one instance a whole crew of la borers went from Cleveland to near Pittsburgh when smallpox prevailed and authorities had to employ guards to round up the whole party. Small pox has appeared in people from Akron to Detroit frequently andj some of the southern negroes do not '' seem to mind the disease except that it prevents them from going about. Uniform regulations regarding dis eases are as necessary to proper con , servation aa pooling of railroads. MONDAY EVENING, I War breeds disease. There should be little difficulty about compelling iso-' latlon of smallpox. WON'T SLACK HERE ARRISBURG'S reputation as a city which does what it sets out to do will not be dimmed as a result of the forthcoming campaign to raise $25,000 for the Knights of Colum bus War Camp Fund. In his state ment of several days agp Bishop Mc- Devitt called attention to the great good being accomplished by the Knights of Columbus through their activities in all training camps; and from time to time the Telegraph has published letters from Harrisburg soldiers who praise the Knights of Columbus and the Young Men's Christian Association in no uneer / tain terms for the great good they are doing. "All war and no play," it might be said, "makes Jack a dull boy." And these recreation centers in the train ing camps are going to go a great way toward keeping the United States soldiers clean morally and physically. The sum of $?5,000 is not a large one. Harrisburg owes it to all its several thousand soldiers to bo lib eral in its contributions to the K. of C. fund. And it is a peculiarly re freshing thing to note that in the prosecution of this campaign the Knights of Columbus have been en thusiastically joined by prominent men who are not members of the Catholic church, as the Y. M. C. A. campaign workers were joined by prominent Harrisburg men not be longing to evangelical churches. OUT WITH THEM SERGEANT EMPEY, speaking in Harrisburg Friday evening, said: The soldiers in the field will cheerfully do 60 per cent, of the fighting; it is for you at home to do the vest, lighting the German effort in this country to nullify our determination to v.*in the war. I am out after this type of Ger man-American. As Roosevelt said, use the big stick on them. If you tap the wrong one apologize after the war, but get after nil of them now. The arrest of a German who had tampered with parts of torpedoes he was engaged in turning out in a gov ernment factory for the use of the American fleet, illustrates the danger Empey had ill mind. The folly of our too trusting confidence in every Ger man who pretends to be friendly may cost us a frightful disaster one of these days. German agents by the thousands swarm over the country, i and the Roosevelt "big stick," as i Empey says, is none too good for j them. Indeed, about the only "per suader" the present day German can i understand is the kind Empey him- ; self displayed during his demonstra- ' tion of trench warfare—a wire- 1 bound, lead-loaded, two-handed I club, as long as a baseball bat and 1 designed to be laid across the backs of the skull with the full force of a i two-armed blow. The sneak In the dark, the poisoner of Red Cross ' bandages, the thrower of bombs, the j slayer of women and children, has i sunk so low that there can be no ' argument with him save that of brute force. Ambassador Gerard once . told the Kaiser that there is a lamp- 1 post for every disloyal German- ' American in the United States, andji the time is rapidly approaching when ' some of them may be put to use. 1 With full knowledge of German ] capabilities for intrigue, plotting and treachery what folly it is to permit them in our munition and war sup- 1 ply factories. , IXJCAIj FREIGHT PROBLEMS GOVERNMENT control of rail roads doubtless will do much to stimulate freight movement, and elimination of competition should go a long way toward the prompt handling of traffic, but neither government control nor own ership will solve the country's trans portation problem, which is largely of a local nature. The getting of farm products from country to city and from town to town is the real big puzzle of peace times. For ex ample, apples went to waste in the Cumberland Valley and in Perry county the past fall because it did not pay to haul them to the railroads and thence to the city. Also, for ex ample, .potatoes a few weeks ago were a drug on the market in York county while selling for $1.25 a bushel here. Lack of means of get ting their goods to market kept the York county farmers from obtaining fair prices for their vegetables and prevented Harrisburg people from buying comparatively cheap po tatoes. What is the answer? There are two answers, the motor truck and good roads. The gasoline driven freight vehicle is just coming into its own. in a few years it will be come the great medium of transpor tation between town and farm—go ing where railroads cannot and do ing Its work with one loading and very quickly and cheaply. From a doubtful experiment as a farm im plement the motorized freight car is fast becoming a recognized aid to agricultural efficiency. And so with the automobile proper. It is no longer a pleasure car. It has. become | a passenger car; a utility Instead of I a luxury. And Just as the motor truck is replacing the local freight, so | will the motor bus replace, In mniny localities, the rural "accom modation" trains. All thlß, of course, being dependent upon the improve ment of roads. I • ... 11 I Ck By the Ex-Committeeman Pennsylvania's Democratic state machine, which has been run around the track a couple of times lately to Keep the placeholders in mind of the l'act that it takes money tq_ keep an organization going' in cold weather as well as in the heat of a campaign, was givon a - jolt yesterday right in the home of the Democratic national chairman. The Harrisburg Democratic As sociation, composed of prominent Democrats of this city and headed by T. K. VanDyke, who is a Demo crat in time of storm and sunshine, adopted resolutions culling for a re vival of the old-tipie unbossed Democratic state conventions. The action was taken late Saturday in the form of resolutions which urge that the Democrats have a conven tion to discuss platforms and the merits of candidates in advance of the primary. It is pointed out that the primary act only takes away the right to make nominations and that conventions are desirable. As the Democratic bosses of Penn sylvania are to meet on the banks of the Potomac this week to slate Na tional Chairman Vance C. McCormick for the gubernatorial nomination for the folks at homo the idea to dis cuss merits of candidates will not be popular here. The VanDyke resolutions were not [given much publicity by the Demo cratic machine organs to-day, al though big Democratic papers like the Philadelphia Record gave the subject prominence. At the Demo cratic windmill the millers refused to talk, being very busy sucking the grain that has come in from the faithful. The resolution as adopted and Mr. VanDykes' comment are as follows: Whereas, the uniform primary law has not abolished the holding of a state convention, and it is desirable that delegates from every county in the state should thus assemble in order to give expression to the wishes of their constituents and formulate into a party platform the fundamental principles on which the Democratic party stands, as well as give expression to the prevailing views of the voters as to who would make the best candidates for state officers to be elected in the state at large, and also for the purpose of gathering the Democrats of tho state together again in a free, unbossed old-time Democratic blow-out; there fore, be it Resolved, That the Harrisburg Democratic Association heartily favors the calling together of such convention, and urges the Demo cratic state committee to revive this necessary Democratic reform. "Judge McCarrell, of this county, has decided in a Philadelphia elec tion case that the uniform primary law has not in any way abrogated the holding of state conventions," said Chairman VanDyke, "and those conventions can'still be held and do everything they formerly did before the passage of that law, except ac tually nominate state candidates. It was the opinion of all the members present at this meeting that, if we are to maintain real Democratic prin ciples. the Democratic state conven tion should be called." . —Mayor-elect E. V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh, has announced that he will name Stephen Stone, son of the former Governor, as his city solici tor. The directors will be named some time this week, it is believed, although the new Mayor may wait until he takes office. —Jefferson county is real "dry" now. The lawyers did not file any applications for licenses on advice of the court. —Mrs. J. O. Miller, head of the Woman Suffrage organization, says that all the Pennsylvania Congress men will be found behind the woman suffrage amendment. She has issued a statement in which she intimates that It is all over with the antis. —Governor Brumbaugh's appoint ment of a registration commissioner to succeed Mayor A. T. Connell, of Scranton, is being eagerly awaited in that county. There are half a dozen candidates and every leader seems to have a man up his sleeve. —Concerning the dinner to Mayot Armstrong, in Pittsburgh, the Phila delphia Ledger says it will be a sort of party council. It remarks: "The K her candy Jot away from her. xfr. '-Pwi Small Son—l fipf ' /.■ ? was fighting her T f it iy' IgH for my very ex- W istene'e and the VT J candy I took toT Indemnity. AND GOT fjkjtt*,,. Jg&4 COLD FEET. // I sent my Y \*** / daughter to a s cooking school F*~ Jl A to tit her for / i marriage. I J yl*'' ■■ Was tho ex- I 1 \ W reriment a sue- V \ \ cess? /\ } ' No. the roan \ M she was en- /Wr \\ il gaged to found //II Uil It out. STVIJSH. fSure thing. We had to stand up and eat tha refreshments In a most uncom fortable and awkward man* CONFLICTING yT> OPINIONS. The CorpoM.l At." \ftTy —How did the examining sur geon come to fSM** pass a soft I Itt|T7 n I headed thing ljp |n| jdJ] The Rookie — ' mIF/ Soft headed, eh. jCLi-if (reant said my ' I I . head was solid I IJ ff f&nting (Efyal While you can still get scrapple or ponhaus, as we know it better, and country ham Is procurable, the war seems to have driven from the cards of Harrisburg"s hotels and restau rants, its cafes and quick I'incheries some of the things we were brought up on like spare ribs, stewed kidney and mush, while it is very rarely that you can pet macaroni prepared in the Italian style, open-faced apple pie dusted almost brown with cinna mon and Juniata terrapin. Home made mince meat has not been In the markets for a long time and we doubt whether the farmers' wives are making smearcase any more. There used to be times when spare ribs could be had in almost any eat ing place Wednesday and Satur days and stewed kidney twenty years ago was a fine dish and In demand until the aromatic beef stew came along to chase It into the class with pickled pigs' feet. And who does not recall the Fridays when the tables of almost any eating place showed the Russ influence in macaroni or spa gettl cooked in that inimitable Italian way, while the hotels that catered to the country trade, especially dur ing court week used to make a spe cialty of boiled mush, which was also in vogue for a long time on winter mornings at the Commonwealth. As for that apple pie the men behind the counters say that people won't pay a dime for a cut and that they have to have fifty cents for each pie. It Is almost as sorrowful as the sit uation that has arisen in the matter of the Juniata red leg. In the days of "Boy" Russ and Pete Gonelli, no December or January was compete without the terrapin sign being dis played, and now, you have to keep your eyes and ears open for the word that some one has bought some of the "fresh water turtles" or else go and regale yourself on snapper. Of I a truth, the end of the war year is I bringing many changes in Harris- I burg diet. What with oyster stews costing thirty and thirty-five cents; sweitzer sandwiches fifteen and no . lirnburger, and not even a sprlng alie to he had, we are forced to wish ! that the rabbit season had lasted longer. . . . Our friend the lunch counterman probably feels about as badly over it as we do because he breaks out now and then with some Sicilian maledic tions against the men who protest that the orders of sauerkraut are so small that it takes two to make a portion such as they used to serve last winter. Me blames the farmers whom the says sells their cabbage to the men who "buy up queek an' much." It don't pay any more to have sauerkraut he says and pre dicts the deadt'ul time when it will follow other things to the "special dish" class reserved for high days and holidays. He says that the people miss a lot by not oating frankfurters and he tells you that Harrisburg folks don't know the good kinds of fish to be had. He slices the inside of the sandwich so thin that he is al most ashamed, but ho confides to you that his troubles are nothing to hlr white coated pal at the bar when the "schooner" and the "cannon ball" have departed never to return and where the "stein" holds about two-thirds of what it used to con tain two years ago. "Barkeep he havd much argue," is his description of the tribulations of the feilow who has the vanishing job. • • * It may be remarked in passing that recent events in the war have caused a considerable difference in the demeanor of the men from the land of the goulash and that ho no i longer has much to say to the Ital i ians either here or at Steelton. It ! may be said that the men who came here from Russia are now very much intent upon their own business anil are manifesting an eagerness to get out of military service. In fact, the breakdown of the Russian govern ment was followed very promptly by declarations that the suddenly very dear beloved Russia was out of the war and that there was no reason why her sons should be called on to serve. The Slav, Hungarian. Croat and other racial segment of the Austrian empire have if anything grown more reticent since the dec laration against Austria and in many I instances appear to be keeping out. ' of the way of trouble. It is rather ap parent that some of them are glad they are here and that they mean to stay. On the other hand some odd situations have arisen in regard to Austrians. In a number of instances it has been reported that men sum moned for the draft bluntly declared themselves enemy aliens. When ask ed all things being equal, whether in'event of this country being in vaded they would bear arms against Austria or Germany they have given the surprising reply that they had to take oaths when they left military service or their home province that they would not bear arms against the land of their birth. • • * Some rather startling statements are made to the attorneys who have been giving up hours day after day to advise the men of draft age how to fill out their questionnaires and the number of aliens who frankl> have no wish to shoulder a gun tin der anv circumstances, but who want to get' all the benefits of residence here without sacrifice in return is as tonishing. However, one of the most brutallv frank statements was made by a stalwart Slav who replied to the first question after giving his name and address, with -Now. meester, get me out." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John F. Short, the Cleared ed itor, has been named on the food administration for his county. —Chester E. Albright, who is a Northumberland countian, is work ing on plans to house the thousands of workers at Hog Island. Dr F.lwood F. Kirby, well known here, is the new consulting surgeon to the Eastern penitentiary. H. W. Dodd, head of the coun ty superintendents department of the State Educational Association, comes from Allentown. Victor H. Wleand. former sher iff of I.ehlgh. Is seriously UJL He is president of the Allentown Fair As sociation. H. A. Acker, Reading fnel ad ministrator. had to threaten arrests before some merchants would ex tinguish electric signs. 1 DO YOU KNOW ~~| Hint Harrisburg had more money distributed tn Christmas savings than ever before? HISTORIC HAIUUSBCRG To-morrow marks the beginning of the iSSd year of Dauphin county. The act erecting it was passed in 1785. LABOR NOTES The average pay of women typista in England is $lO per week. International Boilermakers' Untor has signed an agreement with th< Missouri, Oklahoma and Quit Rail, road.