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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY I, 1918
To thine own self he true,
And it must follow as the night the I
day ,
Thou canst not then be false to any j
man. — SHAKESPEARE.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
PRESIDENT WILSON'S defini-;
tion of America's war aims will,
be received with bitterness by j
the German government and with
unalloyed delight, no doubt, by all j
of the allied peoples. At home the
speech will be regarded generally asi
setting forth very clearly and be-;
yond misinterpretation what the;
American public has come to'
understand are our objects in the
war—nothing more, nothing less. It
Is in strict accord with the popular j
conception of American aims. Rus
sia, whether It does or not, should
see in it a guarantee of that world- !
peace and national independence for;
which those who have been dicker
ing vainly with Germany profess to
be striving. Neutral nations will be
able to read into it nothing but
American good faith and devotion
to high Ideals.
The President's speech is the
reply of the United States to the'
' " Kaiser's efforts for peace on Ger
man terms. No matter how the im-'
perial government may profess to \
icgard this latest addition to the
literature of the war, it cannot be
other than a staggering blow to
llohenzollern ambitions. It means,!
if it means anything, that the mil-!
lions of France, Britain, Russia, Ser-!
bia and Belgium shall have not suf-!
fered and died in vain. It means!
that America will not retire from
the conflict until the Prussian beast j
is slain, cither by an aroused popu-|
lace at home or by the might of al- I
lied arms.
The President recognizes the right
of the German people to be ruled j
over by a llohenzollern if their de-!
praved tastes run in that direction, \
but in that event it must be a Ho
henzollern whose broken sword shall
have been turned into a plough-'
share and whose poisoned fangs
shall have been muzzled by a mask
of allied pattern.
If Berlin regards Lloyd George's!
speech as .a sign of weakness there j
will be found no such consolation j
in the President's firm demands, i
And yet there is in the esson-!
tial points laid down by Mr. Wil- j
sor. not one but that is eminently \
fair and essential to a lasting peace. 1
He has done nothing more than am-:
pllfy the doctrine of a world made
safe for democracy. His condemna
tion of dark-room diplomacy and
secret treaties is a fundamental lie
very properly regards as of prime;
importance, since all of the other
points he makes hinge more or
less upon it. International agree-!
nients open to knowledge of all,!
freedom of the seas, reduction of
nrmaments, "free, open-minded, ab-'
solutelj' impartial adjustment of all
colonial claims," Russian indepen
dence and integrity, evacuation of
Belgium, Serbia, France and other!
Invaded lands and reparation for;
losses, return of Alsace-Lorraine to
France, readjustment of Italian
boundaries to include all Italian
speaking peoples, guarantee of in-1
dependence for Austria-Hungary, an
independent Polish state, an open'
and internationalized Dardanelles,:
justice for Turkey and freedom for
Armenians and others unjustly held
tinder Turkish rule—all these are
demanded by justice and equity and
against which only an imperial and
selfishly ambitious Germany can
take exception. There Is but one
point upon which more light is need
ed before it will receive unqualified
American support—and that has to
do with "equality of trade," which,
if it Intended to commit the country
to perpetual "free trade" policies,
will meet with strong opposition in
the United States.
Tho President's attitude toward
Germany is the truly American at
titude. It is farthest from our
thoughts to crush the German peo
ple. We are not jealous of them
nor desirous of their downfall.
Rather, we would like to* see them
free from oppression and the dic
tators of their own fate. But If they
prefer the iron ,iand of the auto
cri.;, we mean to see that that band
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
is not strong enough to hold the
whole world beneath Its thumb. In
ono way or another we shall attain
this end.
There runs through the Presl-
I dent's utterances a note of confl
j dence as well as of fearlessness —as
' though he clearly foresees the end
j lie is striving for. The public will
hope that he has inside information
concerning both German weakness
and allied strength in keeping with
the tenor of his address. But,
whether the contest be long or short,
I whether the war be won by revolu-
I tion within or by force of arms
| from without. Americans generally
| will stand ready to fight it out along
the lines laid down by the Presi
dent, no matter what the cost.
When Secretary Lansing recently
declared respecting our new agree
ment with Japan that "in a few days
the propaganda has been undone and
both nations—the United States and
Japan—are now ablo to see how near
they came to being led into the trap
which had been successfully set for
them." he gave a hint which ought to
be of benefit to those pacllisls of this
country who are still listening to the
siren voice from Berlin. Germany has
dreamed of world empire, but it is
now proving a frightful nightmare.
* OI.D THINGS PASSING
WHAT a change has come over
the theory of our Govern-,
nient regarding the owner
ship and control of the railroad
systems of the United States. For 1
years there had been a gradual bar
rier built up by legislation against
i any pooling of transportation facili
j ties, but the outbreak on the Mex
; ican border in 1916 and later our
I entrance world war forced
new conditions and a wider vision
of railroad necessities.
For years the great carriers have
been compelled to live, as one ex
pert puts it, "from hand to mouth."
Material bettermen was out of the
question because they had been de
nied access to the money market,
and decreased net earnings meant
impaired credit. The wiping out of
the anti-pooling embargo imme
diately corrected the ruinous com
petition of the transportation lines
and whatever may hereafter trans
pire regarding governmental owner
ship of the railways it is practically I
certain that the prohibition against
pooling and the unification of traffic j
will never again be imposed.
Many things are changing in these,
days of world transformation. The '
political interests which were form- j
erly emphatically opposed to con- i
ccntration of power are now at the!
head and front of the movement
tending to intensive concentration
of the national control. Surely, old!
things have passed away and will:
probably continue to pass until the j
new day that shall be ushered in
with the close of the great war.
While there is still all manner of
dark clouds with little of the silver
lining in any of them, there is a
growing impression in certain quar
ters that Germany is reaching the end
of her tether. The Prussian beast is
now threshing around in an effort to
break through at any point and es
cape the inevitable finish, but the
lines are being tightened in every I
quarter. The restatement of the aims j
of the Allies in clear language should
have the effect cf arousing the co
partners of Germany to the import
ance of a flnel surrender before all is
lest.
A GREAT STATE FAIR
THERE is a chance that the mid
winter exhibition of corn, ap
ples, dairy products, wool and
other things which are making Penn
sylvania great from an agricultural
standpoint, to be held in Harrisburg
week after next, can be expanded
into a great show of State-wide char
acter. The interest aroused by the
addition of a display of farm tractors
indicates that there are many farm
ers who would wend their way to
Harrisburg to see the choicest of the
exhibits of the autumnal fairs and
the latest in machinery.
When the mid-winter show was
started it was to be a sort of annex
to the annual conventions of the
State Board of Agriculture and al
lied organizations which meet in
Harrisburg in January. The success
of the first doubled the second and
the third is already out of prearrang
ed bounds. All of the space has been
sold and hotels are being asked for
reservations beyond their capacity.
If the City of Harrisburg will pro
vide a hall the mid-winter show can
be made something which will bring
here yearly thousands of farmers
and others whose work is interrupted
by the weather and who plan in
January for the crops of August and
September. Farm machinei*y that
will save labor is one of the greatest
needs of agriculture to-day and the
assembling here of a dozen or so
tractors would in itself bring hun
dreds of farmers, while boys' corn
clubs are capable of being developed
until every county enters into com
petition.
The possibilities of the show are
worth studying.
"Dillsburg makes shirts for the
army."—News item. Now, if some
other town will only make some
coats and shirts and shoes and rifles
and machines and things, one of these
days we shall have a well-equipped
army.
A German writer says the "key to
peace lies in the Capitol at Washing
ton." Maybe so, but the Kaiser is
sitting on the keyhole.
What's become of the fellow who
used to "kick" about going down
cellar to put coal in the furnace?
We hope this sugar shortage lets
up before the strawberry shortcake
season arrives. •
Have you given your Knights of
Columbus donation? If not, the lists
are still open.
Now, if only somebody would come
out for the conservation of Easter
bonnets.
We might spell it op-Prussian and
still pronounce it oppression.
CK
"^PtKTvC^tiranXa
By the Ex-Committccman
A two-column editorial in. the
Philadelphia Inquirer to-day declar
ing that Senator William C. Sproul
possesses in a marked degree all of
the qualifications of the man to be
the next Governor of Pennsylvania
is generally regarded by men who
j follow politics as the prelude to a
j formal announcement of candidacy
I by the man from Delaware county.
' Indeed, it may almost be said that
the Inquirer editorial is the an
nouncement for it concludes: "Penn
sylvania and all of her people would
get a square deal from Senator
Sproul, and we are delighted to
know that he is a candidate for the
Republican nomination, and like
wise delighted to give him our sin
cere support."
Senator Sproul will be one of the
l guests at the Armstrong dinner to-
I morrow in Pittsburgh, a function at
| which Senator Penrose and many
j Republicans of prominence will
I gather and which will be part of a
! general party war council for the
! western part of the state.
j —While it is asserted by the Phil
adelphia Ledger and other newspa
; pers and generally believed that
| Senator Sproul has the support of
both Senators Penrose and Yare, it
' is well known that Governor Brum
baugh and Attorney General Brown
; are not for him and it is well within
the range of possibilities of the state
iidniinistration putting up a candi
j date of its own in the person of the
Attorney General or Highwav Com
missioner O'Neil, even with the South
Philadelphia leaders and some of
their allies throughout the state
with Sproul. Such a condition would
make extremely interesting the at
titude of such chieftains as Griest,
Watres, Magee and Leib. It is gen
erally believed that such nien as
Ejre, Johnson and Grundy will be
with Sproul.
. An interesting feature of the
situation is that Lieutenant Gov
ernor McClain and Auditor General
Siiyder are in a way receptive can
didates and that there is a possibil
ity of Western Pennsylvania leaders
insisting that Senator Crow become
a candidate.
Judging from the preliminaries
there have been few gatherings of
greater political importance in years
than the Armstrong dinner. !
—!t is strongly suspected that i
while Attorney General Brown i
, tlie . favorite of the state I
administration leaders and Governor
Brumbaugh's personal choice for
i,overnor, that there is a pretty
thorough understanding between
Mr. Brown. O'Neil and Gifford Pin
cliot. Piuchot has been here the last'
two days attending the food confer-'
ence and while refusing to discuss I
politics and insisting that his puv I
pose here is solely to talk over the,
tood situation with his farmer and
labor friends, he has been strength- !
ening himself with elements vrTiich \
other leaders have not appraised at
their real value this year.
—Mr. Brown will likely becom/ a
candidate even if the Vares do
come out for Sproul. The Philadel
phia Ledger says to-day: "It is vio
lating no political secret to say that
Mr. Brown is not now as close, polit
ically, to the Vares as he was before
the last campaign." If he does the
Governor will stump the state on a
prohibition, humane legislation,
labor law and compensation plat
form and in the language of some of
his friends "make the Hastings re
volt look like a side show." In the
event that Mr. Brown does not run
it is believed that Mr. O'Neil will
raise the "dry" banner and with'
Pinchot aligned with him, make a i
typical fight, which could very well 1
within the range of possibilities, go I
beyond the primaries and bring
about a result such as the defeat of.
Beaver in 1882. In that year it will |
be recalled John Stewart ran inde- i
pendently and Robert E. Pattison \
became Governor, and was talked of
as a Presidential possibility.
—While there arc some who re-,
gard the appearance of Secretary of !
Labor William B. Wilson, at the j
Jackson Day dinner in Williamsport I
last night as the launching of his j
candidacy for Governor, there are:
many people who incline to the be- i
lief that the cards are stacked foV
Vance C. McCormick, who has been j
hunting what some of his friends \
call "a vindication."
—The conference of Democratic
leaders to make the slate will be
postponed from time to time because
of Republican developmeijfs. Wilson
would make a fine candidate on a j
capital and labor issue, but McCor
mick men say his health is not ro
bust. while they assert the national
chairman is healthy, wealthy and
wise.
—Attorney General Brown's charge
before the Supreme Court In the
Snyder appeal argument yesterday
at Philadelphia that the Governor's
appointments could have been con
firmed If he would have agreed to
dismiss the chief law oflieer of the
Commonwealth recall some of the
sensational things said at the clos°
of the session. Senator Penrose
piomptly denied any knowledge or
any such thing, but Mr. Brown, In
an interview, reiterated what he had
said in court.
—Judge John Faber Miller, of
Montgomery county, has been pre
vailed upon to become a harmony
candidate after all. Col. Louis A.
Watres and Lieutenant Governor
Frank B. McClain. to say nothing of
Secretary of Internal Affairs Houck,
will also answer to that call.
—Calling in of state police for a
Lackawanna county town's Counc'l
r.ieeting would be a-good thing 10
bear in mind next time the Demo
cratic leaders get together in this
city to discuss the "dry" amend
ment. Between the prohibition
amendments and the demand for a
discussion of candidates before the
primary the Democratic windmill
sometimes misses a few strokes.
—The Women's party is to meet
in Philadelphia this afternoon to
frame its work.
—Friends of Mayor Babcock say
that there is little question of con
firmation of his appointments to
Pittsburgh cabinet positions.
—Dr. John P. Garber was re
elected superintendent of Philadel
phia schools and thus ends another
tempest in a teapot.
—The Philadelphia North Amer
ican makes a savage attack upon
Senator K. H. Vare for failure to
carry out what it considers prom
ises to have the two platoon system
of firemen established in that city.
—The very kindly reference made
to Thomas J. Lynch, State Water
Supply Commissioner, by ex-Gov
ernor Samuel •W. Pennypacker in
his biograpjiy now being printed in
the Evening Public Ledger, was a
source of gratification to the Beth
lehem man's many friends here. Mr.
Lynch was a most capable executive
clerk and the former Governor says
so very frankly.
HAHRIBBURG (jfufiftj TELEGKXFH
Otfer the
Ly t "~pe>v)ixu
v
Trotsky used to be a dock rat
and bellhop in New York. Now lie
is in control of 180,000,000 people.
Some hop.
The first negro to sit in any law
making: body in New York state,
Edward A. Johnson, Republican,
New York city, has just been sworn
in as member of the 1918 Legisla
ture.
If you live in the neighborhood of
Scranton and say "po-po-po-pocono
in-m-m-ountains" go to the new
school for stammering in Boston.
Dr. Swift, laryngology expert at Har
vard, says he can cure any thing
from baby lisping to chronic stam
mering with the new methods just
installed.
The Juniata river has frozen over
so solidly that in some districts it
is common to see fast steppers hitch
ed to a smart cutter engaged in old
time racer, the pilots famous driv
ers of days gone by when trotting
contests reigned supreme.
One thing may be asserted of
"Billy" Sunday without chance of
contradiction. He does not mince
words. Speaking of Kaiser Bill he
said the other day:
"Germany lost out when she trad
ed Christ for Krupp—the cross of
Jesus for the Iron Cross. The Prus
sian eagle to-day is a dirty buzzard!
"When our boys turn loose on that
fighting line the Kaiser and Hinden
burg and the rest of that nienda
i cious, dirty, rapacious low-down
bunch of bum sports, snakes, harle
quins, charlatans and degenerates
will know that Sherman was right."
UP TO CONGRESS
We are told from Washington
that the end of the first half of this
fiscal year "shows that actual dis
bursements have fallen far below
the estimates." As an example, the
actual outlay for the military estab
lishment has been $1,311,000,000 for
the six months, as against estimated
outlay of $8,790,000,000 for the
twelve months to June 30 next.
"Some doubt" is accordingly felt
whether expenditure in the coming
six months can rise to a rate bring
ing the total for the year to $8,790,-
nuO.OOO for the military and the
$12,316,000,000 estimated for all
government expenditures, exclusive
of si>.oUo,Uoo,otM) in loans to Allies.
"Some doubt" is good. Why not
a little certainty one way or the oth
er? Just a bit of simple figuring j
will show that if the war machine(
is speeded up in the coming six|
months to a rate of money con-j
sumption equal to the estimates it !
will enter tne next fiscal year de-1
manding for that year in actual out- j
lay for itself around $15,000,000,000:
and for all domestic accounts over
$20,000,000,000, or $26,000,000,000.
including loans to Allies. And this [
would be $8,000,000,000 in excess of
the estimates now before Congress
for that fiscal year.
Either this or we must suppose:
that the war machine will decline!
rapidly in speed after next June, I
Which is absurd under any condi-j
tions short of a certainty of early
peace.
What does Congress purpose to
do about these enormous miscalcu
lations either in the estimates for
this fiscal year or in those for the
next ilscal year? Are they to be
left to a dozen or more pulling and
hauling committees in either
branch, as heretofore? Or will it
PUt the w;hole matter up to a single
committee, as urged by the Presl
oent and as pledged by the Demo
cratic party?— New York World.
NO TIME FOR DISRUPTION
The action of the United States j
Attorney General in asking the Su-j
prcme Court to defer argument on j
the seven anti-trust cases pending
before that body until another term ;
is consistent with the need of the j
Government that every energy and I
facility of business enterprise and
organization shall be utilized in co-1
operative effort for the conduct of
the war.
At a time when the supreme au
thority of the Government has been
invoked for the formation of the)
biggest railroad combination ever;
known, when the anthracite and bi
tuminous coal producing interests;
have been pooled, and there is se-.
rfous talk of further combinations in j
the name of the Government for the |
purpose of standardizing prices, ef,
fecting economies and also of regu-i
lating trade and distribution, it |
would be folly to denounce indus
trial and commercial combination as
inherently evil and to set up, and!
attempt to maintain, compulsory!
competition.
The obvious reason is offered thati
the present would be an unpropi-1
tious time for the disturbance of the'
money market consequent upon a 1
dissolution and reorganization of!
these great corporations. But it is|
not more deserving of recognition |
than the fact that the formula of,
centralized control which has been t
worked out and tested by these
genii of modern business enterprise!
is the method by which the Gov
ernment hopes to solve the most se
rious of its domestic problems of
war management and economy.—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
ANYTHING HEATED
The New York flat dweller reads
with envy that the Cossacks avc in
"hot pursuit" of the Bolsbeviki.—>
New York Sun.
THE CALL FOR MEN
Bring me men to match my moun
tains,
Bring me men to match my plains;
Men with empires in their purpose
And new eras in their brains.
Bring me men to match my prairies,
Men to match my inland seas;
Men whose thoughts shall prove a!
highway
Up to amble destinies;
Pioneers to clear thought's marsh
lands
And to cleanse old error's fer.;
BrUig me men to match my moun
tains—
Bring me men.
Bring me men to match my forests.
Strong to Tight the storm and blast,
Branching toward the skyey future
Rooted in the fertile past;
Bring me men to match my valleys,
Tolerant of sun and snow.
Men cut of whose fruitful Purpose
Time's consummate blooms shall
grow;
Men to tame the tigerish instincts i
Of the lair, and cave, and den,
Cleanse the dragon, slime of nature—i
Bring me men.
Bring me men to match my rivers,
Continent cleavers, flowing free;
Drawn by the eternal gladness
To be mingled with the sea;
Men of oceanic impulse.
Men whose moral currents sweep
Toward the wide-infolding ocean
Of an undiscovered deep;
Men who feel the strong pulsat'.on
Of the central sea, and then
Time their currents to its earth
throb—
Bring me men.
SAM WALTER YOSS.
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND By Briggs
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WAR
Back of the Lines
By GRANTLAND RICE
EVERY one knows about what the
fighting man has ahead. His
business, in the main, is to
fight.
But how about the work of those
back of the lines? ,
I have in mind, as a prelude, two
major league ball clubs. The first
team had tlie leadership and the ma
terial to win with. There was no
question of this. But the fan support
at home was lacking—both in the way
of attendance and direct encourage
ment. The home fans apparently took
it for granted their club would win
the pennant and for this, or other rea
sons, were lukewarm in their support,
and over-critical of any managerial or
playing mistakes.
The result was a purely human
turn. The club finally became dis
couraged, began to sag in morale, be
gan to wonder just what the use WIJS
in playing for that type of support.
Needless to say, it lost the flag. The
second team had good, average ma
terial, but nothing bordering upon the
invincible. But it carried the full and
complete support of its home fans,
who paid their money at the box of
fice and who stood back of their clu'o
on the field, as loyal in defeat as-in
victory. Back in the grandstand and
the bleachers they helped to fight for
their club. This team, with its morale
finely molded by such support, fought
its way to the front, and held the peak
against better-looking clubs.
These are rot hypothetical cases.
They are not what might have hap
pened. They are what actually
place.
War is only a game upon a mighty
scale. Like any other game, it re
quires leadership, material, team play,
training, sacrifice—and support back
of thfe lines.
What are the concrete, definite
ways of giving this "support back of
the lines?"
"This war," remarked lan Hay
fMajor Beith) recently, "will be won
by the allies to a certainty, if the
nerve and nerves of the people back
of the lines only hold out."
Nerve and the control of nerves is
needed back of the lines fully as much
as in the field.
LABOR NOTES ,
Textile workers in Tennessee are
c rganizing.
City firemen at Everett Wash.,
are 99 per cent, organized.
New York city has 1,200 organiz
ed window cleaners.
Musicians at Three Rivers, Can
ada, have formed a union.
Over 200,000 British women arej
engaged in agricultural labor.
Teachers' International Union now
has over a thousand members.
A new Alabama law provides for
compulsory education.
San Mateo (Cal.) unions have
opined their new labor temple.
Bakers at Murphysboro, 111., are
100 per cent, organized.
Wisconsin does not allow the em
ployment of children under 12 years
old.
Textile mills in Georgia employ i
2,000 females between 12 and 10
years.
Pennsylvania has five public em
ployment officers in operation.
Porto Rico contemplates a mini
mum wage law for women.
Carpenters at Austin, Tex., have
been increased to $5 a day.
Co-operative companies are in
process of formation at Taylor.
Texas.
Ohio unions hope to establish
s'ate inspection of ropes and scaf
folds.
The Union label Is now required
j on all Shamokin (Pa.) municipal
• work.
What other ways are there?
There is an old golf maxim which
auvises—"Keep your eye on the ball."
This maxim is incorrectly arranged.
It should read—"Keep your mind on
the ball."
There are too many who keep their
Eye on certain injunctions to "Help
Hoover;" "Cut down the meat supply ;"
"Economize;" "Buy Liberty Bonds;"
"Help the Ked Cross," etc., etc.
Their Eye is focused properly, but
their Mind is not yet rightly adjusted.
Those back of the lines, who are
not in position to serve at the front,
can help immeasurably to win this
war and end it with greater speed if
they will only keep their Minds upon
the injunctions of the day— if they
will keep their Minds upon economiz
ing. upon sacrificing, upon swinging
into line with'the most effective Team
Play the world has ever known.
The entry who "does his bit" on the
ball field never wins a pennant. It is
the one who "does his all."
There isn't an American who doesn't
wish down through the depths of his
soul for a swift and proper ending of
this war. This goal can only be reach
ed by united team play back of the
lines, by united sacrifice, united econ
omy, united aid, united loyalty, united
concentration upon the main object
ahead, the winning and the ending of
the war. The longer citizens put off
their day of complete sacrifice, of
needed economy, of complete team
play, the longer this war goes on and
the greater the sacrifice that waits
ahead.
Many a pennant has been lost
many a football game has gone wrong
—because each man thought the other
fellow would make the play or do the
work. It Is made up of opposite in
gredients—it is made up of each man
taking upon himself the job of doing
his full and complete share, leaving
nothing to fate, luck, or destiny, tak
ing nothing for granted but the ac
complishment of the job at hand.
United for team play back of the
lines, as it will be at the front, the
United States will have the impetus to
carry it to 'he greatest goal the world
j has ever dreamed of—a swift and
I proper peace.
BALLADE OF GREAT
CAPTAINS
Of men of armd who've lived and
died,
Who conquered nations In their
day,
Who dared the world, and in their
pride
Held all mankind their .-ightful I
prey,
I've studied much; I know their
way
In every trifling circumstance;
But now—how small seem such
as they!
My son sets out to-day for France!
I've marched by Alexander's ;ide.
And with liim fought in bloody
fray;
Achilles' hosts have I defied.
And struck with Hector, young
and gay.
I've watched the hordes of Cyrus
slay,
I've seen kings shrink at Caesar's
glance;
But no^—are these the irreatesl?
Nay!
My son sets out to-day for Prince!
The Corsican was once my guide;
I've thrilled at Richard's proud
array;
With Wellington who would not
ride?
Once Charles Martel I'd fain obey.
I've quailed with Tamarlane at
play;
The troops of Ney I've watched ad
vance;
But now these names no thrills
ccnvey—
My soi sets out to-day for France!
L'Envoi
I
! Grout Captains, ye have passed for
i aye,
■ All glory gone, and gone romance;
A greater Captain now holds sway—
My son sets out to-day for France!
H. S. HALL, In IMm.
JANUARY 9, 1918.
I EDITORIAL COMMENT
The coal famine served one purpose,
anyhow. It made New York g'o to bed
early.—New York World.
Civilization is now looking to the
Cossacks.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One of the redeeming features of
the war is that tl\e man who lark*
initiative has some chance of getting
to the front. —Bmporia Gazette.
The work of supplying the Amer
ican Army with machine guns is go
ing ahead rapidly. Some factories are
now preparing to make the guns.—
Kansas City Star.
The eastern Siberians should not be
encouraged in their demand for pur
chase by the United States. We have
enough Siberian weather already.—
New York Evening Post.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
THE MAIN POINT.
"Phil, what are you laughing at?"
"I heard a flunny story today."
"How did it go?"
"I don't just remember, but It was
terribly funny."
WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG.
Jack —You are a fairy.
Maud —In that case, 1 suppose 1
grant you three wishes.
Jack —One wish will be enough
mi I want in the world i you.
DIFFERENT WILDS.
"Dad, I'm. -wild about Percy
®oofe."
"Yes, that's the way J fee! every
time I see him."
TAKING A CHANCE.
Friend —Somewhere the sun I*
shining.
Weather Man—Then you think I'm
ft ia predicting fair and warmer.
[ghgittog (Sfral
At the rate the proposed display
of tractors Is growing the mid-win
ter exhibition of agricultural pro
ducts will be more or less dwarfed
by the number of pieces of labor
saving machinery to be assembled
here. The demand of the farmers
for labor, which is causing men in
authority and economists to lose
sleep, has become so acute that hun
(l"' cif of farms only be partly
cultivated unless some Improve
ment in the labor situation comes
within the next ninety days. Some
farmers have not attempted to plan
their crops for this year because
they are not sure whether they will
have anyone to help. This con
tingency has brought about an In
terest in farm machinery, especially
tractors for plowing, that has spur
red the manufacturers and caused
farmers to form organizations to
own such machines to be allotted on
a schedule as is done with threshing
machines in some counties. Yester
day word was received that two
more types of tractors, making over
twenty In ail, had been promised for
the show here. It is believed that
the show will interest hundreds of
farmers and that there will be verv
large attendance at the various
meetings to be held.
• • *
Filling in on the line of the pro
posed highway across Capitol Park
Extension lias been started by Su
perintendent Shreiner, who has
contracted for thousands of tons of
cinder and filling from industrial
plants and raliroads. The new high
way will be about on a line or
Aberdeen and old East street which
will give direct access from the
Lnion Station or Market street to
the uptown section by an even more
convenient way than at present
through park extension. Eventually
the new highway will swing into
Sixth about Forster, but that may
not come for years.
• • •
State game wardens and special
protectors, who were working in tho
woods during the hunting season
| just closed, are getting ready to run
down some of the men who are
termed "hunting outlaws" because
of the reckless manner in which
they go hunting and their utter dis
regard of the provisions of the game
code. Most of these men shot deer
either out of season or else killed
c.oes or even fawns. According to
some of the game commission offi
cials these outlaws shot at every
thing that looked like a dqer and
why they did not kill cows the state
officers declare they do not know.
Cumberland, Fulton, Franklin and
Adams counties had some of these
illegal hunters and as they have
been traced arrests will be in order
before many days. There are stiff
fines for such violations and the
fact that the offenders live miles
away, in distant parts of the state
in some cases, adds to the costs
• • *
In spite of the chilly blasts and
the almost zero temperatures these
I days there are some people who up
j pear to like to walk over the Sus
l quehanna bridges and the Mulberry
street viaduct. According to the
takers of the shekels at the bridges
there are people who walk across
the Susquehanna, rain or shine, and
they nave not been deterred by the
terrible wintry weather through
which the state has been passing
lately. As for the viaduct there are
men and women who have not miss
ed a day walking over it, Sundays in
cluded, this winter. And it may be
added that as a promenade the Mul
berry street bridge is only slightly
worse from a windy standpoint than
the plaza in front of the Capitol
• • •
An interesting thing in connection
with the patriotic meeting of the
State Society to be held Saturday
night in the hall of the House of
Representatives is that the two armv
officers invited, declined in hasto.
They would have been glad to come
here. In fact, one of them had
j made all arrangements to be here.
! Their messages of regret had a
I strong tinge of salt water.
* * *
1 Coal has become almost as valu
able as gold in some sections of
Pennsylvania, the great coal
stato and it is grabbed quite
as eagerly as food in many
cases. A few days ago sixty tons
ot soft coal which had been i;i
storage for three years at a manu
facturing plant in this city was
thrown upon the market owing to
a change of the plant to other vfcan
a manufacturing concern. There
was no use for the coal under the
new conditions and the company
agreed to sell the coal to another
manufacturing plant in the city for
$.75 per ton delivered. This offer
was accepted by an uptown manu
facturer and the original owner
then employed a teamster at $4.50
a day to deliver the coal to its new
location. His llrst day's experience
in the delivery of the fuel was dis
couraging inasmuch as the teamster
spent a whole day in hauling 2900
pounds. As this meant a loss of
about $3.00 a ton on the coal tho
former manufacturer then conclud
ed to use his own trucks at con
venient periods and thus save his
bacon on the deal.
• • •
I The recent Christmas tree stunt
In the interest of the Children's In
dustrial Home netted that institu
tion $1,600. Of all the Christmas
enterprises this was easily the most
successful in aiding an institution
thut is doing much good.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Two members of the Light fam
ily are new Lebanon officials. They
are District Attorney Dawson Light
and Coroner John J. IJght.
—Dr. John P. Garber, re-elected
head of Philadelphia schools, suc
ceeded Governor Brumbaugh in that
office.
—Paul J. Sherwood, the Luzerne
county lawyer who figured in tha
supreme court decision yesterday,
was one of counsel for Dr. Stoug'.i
and tho action grew out of that
case.
—Jay Cooke, Philadelphia food
administrator, says he is becoming
an expert on prices of things he sel
dom heard of a year ago.
—lt. L. Fox. who will have charga
of Bethlehem s new ;tewer system,
had charge of similar work at
Johnstown.
1 DO YOU KNOW
—That Dauphin county sausage
Is on the diet list in camps?
HISTORIC IIARRISBIRG
The space east of the Capitol
where the extension will be built
was used as a drill ground during
the Mexicap War.
TRUE TO THE FAITH
To thee, O England, o'er the far
Dim sea with terror strewn.
Our thoughts go forth as to a star
In a dark sky alone.
For thou has kept thlue ancient
creea.
Strong bulwark of th
And in the world's sii\ teat ned
It turns in hope to tlu
EDWARD FULLER.