_ SIQNDAY EVENING, HAHHISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 14, 1918 8 HARRISKURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by Tim tki,bx;rapii printing to., 'l'elrKraiiti liiilldlnK, Federal Square. "K.J. STACK POLK, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief I l '. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The 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. m Member American M Newspaper Pub- A ...|rc Ushers' Assocla tion, the Audit * SSSSfSTiffla Bureau of Clrcu- SHJJfvS latlon and Penn llSlgi jf sylvanla ASBOCS -9B 3 sBB 9 Eastern office, s? S I 3J Btory, Brooks & 5k S SSs ur Avenue Building, j BLS Jflf New York City; nM Western office, JHgOjf Finiey, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harrla burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a CBE6Ssysre£> week; by mall, >5.00 a year In advance, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1918 Friendship is to be valued for what is in it, not for what can 6e gotten out of itjr-H. C. TBUMBDIX. CRISIS BROUGHT HOME NOBODY within sojind of the voice of ex-President William H. Taft at. tho State Capitol on Saturday night could help going home with a feeling that the United States was engaged in a war not only to make the world safe for de mocracy, but for its very existence. The address of the former President, whose patriotism Is so well ex pressed by his own statement that "we are all behind the President," was a startling one for many of the people who sat in tl'e twin legisla tive halls to hear his discussion of the national crisis. And it was giv en official confirmation, if it can be said to have required it, by the speech of Congressman Simeon D. Fess, who compiled tho documents in the chain of events leading to the entrance of the United States into hostilities with the Prussian au tocracy. How any one could doubt the de liberate plans of Germany to crush France, Britain and then the United States in detail and re-establish Rome on the banks of the Spree aft er hearing Mr. Taft is hard to com prehend and doubts about the du plicity of the imperial diplomats were dissolved by the plain state ment of facts by the Ohio Congress man, who said that he had been reluctant to declare war. The crisis, for such it is, was brought home to us sitting complacently in the district of the United States which corresponds to that which Germany overran in Northern France. New York and Philadelphia would be hostages in German hands. It is Bethlehem, Steelton, Reading, Al lentown, Coatesvllle, Columbia, Ilar risburg, that would be the prey of Teuton armies once a landing could be effected on our soil and the de fenses of the big cities forced. And with the eastern munitions plants and the anthracite field in posses sion Pittsburgh would be the Kai ser's next objective. Germany has a swelled-head. The only way to deal with a people so afflicted is to hit them over the head. These are the very phrases of Mr. Taft. The swelled-headed one is a giant We have got to mobilize our resources, se®d forth more of our youth, put our dollars into bonds and quarters into thrift stamps to down him. And wo have got to do it now. The crisis is to day. That is the message of Mr Taft. The Germans have executed fifty eight more Belgians. Berlin dispatches say there were "only" two women and three girls among them. PROTECTING THE PARKS THERE is no occasion for Harris burg, even in the war period, to revert to old conditions without reason or excuse. Within a few weeks several large poles have been erected by the local electric light company on the weßt side of Front street above Schuylkill. For years, through a consistent policy of the river park development, poles and other obstructions of a like character have been gradually elimi nated from the west side of the city's main boulevard. Merely be cause it is easier for a corporation or suits the whim of owners of property on the west side of the thoroughfare to disregard an estab lished policy is no justification for any official who permits such a thing to happen. Tho people of Harrisburg are not going to stand for this sort of in difference to what they are striving to accomplish. These poles should be removed as soon as possible and a regulation by City Council which will prevent a recurrence of pole planting on the park strip should bo adopted. There Is also another evidence of going back to the old days In the way ashes and paper are being scat tered along tho river slope In the neighborhood <>C Mutiny street. There can be no reasonable objec tion to filling with ashes or other proper material, but it ought to be done under efficient regulation. Our officials must realise now and alwaj's that their first duty is to the community and that after estab lishing a park system at great ex pense it is not fair to permit any ! thing which will damage the play grounds of the people. The -weatherman appears to be suf fering fnom a shortage of teiriiera ture. THE "DRY" AMENDMENT THERE is always something to take the joy out of life for the average legislator. No session of the lawmaking body in Pennsyl vania is without an Issue or two to worry the solons. The General As sembly of 1919 will be no exception. Already the shadow of the prohibi tion amendment is falling across the pathway of the prospective candi date. It will be submitted to the next session for approval or rejec tion and there are signs now that opponents of the amendment will endeavor to focus public attention on the governorship while they elect whom they, will to the House and Senate, knowing full well that the next Governor will have nothing whatsoever to do with the "dry" resolution, which would not require his signature in any case. This trick has neen worked before in Pennsylvania when local option was an issue. The liquor interests care nothing as to the fitness of a man for office, nor as to his party politics. Republicans and Demo crats all look alike to them, Just so they vote "wet." It therefore be comes of vital Importance to the prohibition cause that the issue be not involved in party politics, but that "dry" candidates be set up for the Legislature" by all parties and an effort made to nominate them at the May primaries. But even in this great care must be exercised in the selection of men to make the fight. Candidates for the Legislature to insure popu lar support must have more quali fications than simply that they are pledged to vote for the prohibition resolution. Important issues other than that of prohibition will be be fore the next Legislature and the stress of the times requires that now, if never before, big men be chosen to the House and Senate. The serious error of electing men on their temperance sentiments alone is shown in many counties where unfit candidates for the judiciary have been chosen because they were either "dry" or "wet," but entirely without qualification otherwise for the office. It ought not to be difficult to find big, broad, able men in any com munity to run for the Legislature, whoso vote on the prohibition ques tion would be with the "drys," if the matter Is taken up at once by those | who have the movement at heart. Opponents of prohibition never sleep. One campaign is scarcely over before they begin to plan for the next If the "dry" amendment is to have any chance before the next Legislature, its advocates must begin now to induce candidates to get into the field for the .primaries who will not only be pledged ,to its support, but who will commend themselves to the public in other ways as well. The prohibition resolution passed Congress by a nonpartisan vote. Its great hope for success in Pennsyl vania lies in keeping it as free as possible from partisan entangle ments. The measure is in no sense partisan, but candidates for the Leg islature must expect the question to be a part of the campaign. Above all things, it should not be used fts a political club, one way or another, and those who participate in the conventions called for this city and elsewhere to consider ways of pro curing the adoption of the amend ment should see to It that selfishly inclined politicians bq not allowed to use these gatherings for their own / ends. The worst possible thing that could happen to the prohibition cause in Pennsylvania is that it should be permitted to utilize a great moral and economic question merely for the promotion of indi vidual or partisan ambitions. On the other hand, however, any can didate who tries to evade the issue must assume responsibility for the consequences. I ■ If, as the liquor men claim, more liquor is sold in "dry" territory than in "wet," they ought to be the most earnest supporters of the national | prohibition amendment. "Kaiser calls council meeting to discuss peace." Wrong, to discuss reasons why he intends to continue the war. If the pavements continue slippery council may not have much diffi culty in solving the ash problem. CK 'PfcKKOIj&KUVUv By the Ex-Committceman Senator Edwin H. Vare. of Phila [ tlelphla, whose silence in regard to his favorite for the Republican nomination for Governor has made him the most interesting figure in state politics, added to tenseness of the situation last night when he de clared that "it Is too early for a de cision" and that "there is nothing in any yarn that there is a split with Governor Brumbaugh." This he fol lowed up with a blast at the so called Pittsburgh ticket as ridicu lous. About the same time Governor Brumbaugh said that he was con fidently preparing to get into the campaign to name his successor, that he was not bothering about what the Vares had to say as at the proper time they would speak for themselves and that he would have something to say later on. Senator Penrose did not add to his remarks upon the Governor and his administration over the week end, but Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil told friends at Pitts burg (hat he was going to buck any Penrose slate. Pittsburgh dispatches say that Mr. O'Neil will announce his candidapy the middle of the week which squares with what he told friends here before leaving last week to meet with Western Pennsylvania friends, but took sick instead. —The Vare remarks, which cre ated a sort of sensation when they reached here, were as follows: "I have not indicated my position on the Governorship, nor has it ever been talked over by toe. It is too early for any decision and I don't expect to make one for some time to come. There is nothing In any yarn that there is a split with Gov ernor Brumbaugh. Any story to that effect is without foundation and absolutely untrue. Now you can also quote me that the ticket sent out from Pittsburgh, the so-called 'har mony slate, is ridiculous." ~lt is interesting, however, to 1 , at , prominent Vare men in 1 hiladelphia are all very friendly to Senator Sproul and that the Bull Moose leaders, with whom the state administration has been flirting, ?i? Ve J en on cordial relations with the Delaware Senator. Neither has S^ r f ssm £ n co,t ass ailed Senator Sproul as he has done almost every one else. J 1 bo A t u . boom it may thnf \ i ls Boinß to run and that his headquarters will be open ed here in a few days. Mr. O'Neil to have the active sup tl?nt Governor, but the fact with areti do not regard him with enthusiasm is well known. Ex tb?K°, r f, lia i" A " M sce's visit to h! in, w Sft turduy night was at the invitation of the Governor. Mr. M<xgee is opposed to Mr. O'Neil on the ground that the Highway Com missioner did not support him for rnayor as vigorously as he desired. tnirt i u Mr " Ma see has been told he may be public service com missioner again if he desires. th ,S S i aid by SOrtle newspapers a P° sslb i'ity of Senator Sproul withdrawing. Friends of the Senator say it is absurd. They de clare that it is in line with the pro paganda, industriously circulated here, that the Vares will il K ht Sproul. It is also said by the specta tors that in the event of Mr. Sproul getting out that Senator W E Crow or Adjutant General Charles A. Sny der would run, as both would relish a fight with O'Neil. Senator Crow says he is for Sproul and so is the Auditor General, to the limit —The Philadelphia Inquirer which is close to Senator Sproul, says: "Senator William C. Sproul. of Delaware county, has been the recipient of many telegrams of con gratulation and support since be announced himself a candidate for tnc Republican nomination for gov ernor. It Ik understood that he does not contemplate issuing a for mal statement as to liis views on the issues of the canvass until prob ably the first of February. He will then make the platform upon which he will go before the voters of the state and outline the policies he will advocate as governor of the Com monwealth. He has received & num ber of requests to address gather ings of various kinds 'in different parts of the state, but has not for mally accepted any invitations of that character up to date." —The Pittsburgh Gazette Times says "it is generally conceded that Senator Sproul will receive the sup port of the Republican state organ ization for governor. A formal statement concerning his candidacy and policies will be forthcoming soon. A strong sentiment developed at the conference for George E. Al ter for lieutenant governor. He has not indicated whether he looks with favor on the proposition. Nothing definite has 'developed concerning the candidates for congressmen-at largo and secretary of internal af fairs. Senator W. E. Crow did not have any conference with Senator Penrose. It is understood that the candidacy of Senator Sproul is en tirely satisfactory to him." —ln one of its usual breezy let ters from Chester county the Phila delphia Inquirer says: "The Sproul boom goes merrily on, buttons and boosters much in evidence. First open si a r at the Brnmbnugh-O'Nell organization was made recently at a meeting of the West Grove Farm ers' Club in New Garden township Taking occasion to resent the dis missal of County- Superintendent of Highways,ltev. Thomas It. McDowell, and who is an active member, the farmers in session passed a tart res olution In which the Governor and his advisers were soundly berated for putting the skids under a valu able official." —An editorial appeal by the Philadelphia Public Ledger for elec tion of a governor of Pennsylvania who will not take part in factional politics has attracted much atten tion as it says that "what is needed is a candidate or candidates who are acceptable, not to the Vares or to Penrose, but to the citizenship of the state." —Scrnnton has a woman cashier in the C'tv Treasurer's office. She is Mrs. Amelia Heil and Mayor Con neli named her. GERMANY WANTED WAR Not. as weak-willed blunderers have wo undertaken the fearful risk of this war. We wanted It. He causo we had to wish it and could wish it. May tlio Teuton devil throt tle those whlnern whose pleas for excuses make us ludicrous in these hours of lofty experience. We do not stand, and shall not place our tielves. before the court of Europe, Germany strikes. If it conquers new realms for its genius the priest hood of all the gods will sing songs of praise to the god ian Harden, Dec. 1914 SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE yvrzzr Ir' .=n I ' s r~- ■ — 1 / wen. 1 j y ■ , \ / TAkem oot here [ / I DOM'T MUCH FoK. INE / Yoo'LL. LIKG tS ABOU ) I -fey BOATS - ITS JVIST I Monies - THEY/ THIS OM/?- FIFTY YEAR 3 simple. PHOTOGRAPHV / Do so MVJCH J OLD-"? I Kmow . - Tft'C-K— LOOK" CLOJe / FAKIrJva ) I HER. Well- SHE'S / \ /\wD Ybo" C7AKJ DETCCt. J M I { / , r LOOK Vo->rJ<b - / \ / 1 S I \ SHE'S RtftLuy v/£RV J \_ „ ( THAT" THIM6 TMEV CALL J,*" AT sccme. 'W AFRICA' A SHARK IS JUST A TAVTEM RIGHT OUT J_ H|S M ° VIC - | Paper HERS INJ CAHFohmva— ,He " *-Ov/a MiKE,. i I lAJAS TOLD by THE it ISN't >0 'BAD j You MAMA6ER AN/D HE J COivJS\DERi M<3 / OUGHT To KNSovaj / \ (R HOW TO BURN COAL Fire small quantities of coal fre quently; the quantity will vary with conditions, but with a free-burning fire and a grate six by nine feet, the correct quantity will ordinarily be around 100 pounds,—six to nine shoveisful; the Intervals should not exceed ten minutes and may be as small as three minutes. Cover only the thin spots; spread fresh coal where the flame shows rapid consumption, keep the fuelled thin, —four to eight inches according to size of coal and force of draft, —and so far as possible avoid raking. Clean fires when clinkers stop draft; but if firing ls done with ef ficiency cleaning will have to be done less often; when cleaning fires deal with one side and then the other. Take small shoveisful; it is much easier to place a small shovelful on the bright part of tho fire than to distribute properly a large shovel ful. Stand directly In front o£ the fire door, take a quick glance at the lire before each throw, learn to let the scoop rest on the lower edge of the flredoir at the end of each throw in such a manner as to have the coal slide freely and spread over the place for which it is intended. Fire surely but rapidly, in order to get the door closed as quickly as possible and stop the intake of ex cess air over the fire. Keep the ashpit door open, in or der to insure a proper flow of air up through the grate and the fuel bed, and keep the grato bars cool. Regulate the draft by the damper In the flue; Keep the ashpit clear of ashes, or there will be trouble with the grate bars and uneven burning of the fire. Clean flues frequently, in order that accumulations of soot, ash or scale may not Interfere with trans fer of heat. These are merely a few elemen tary instructions for firemen. Most firemen will have done their part well if they carry a level fire of a definite thickness. The engineer or fireman has the responsibility of determining the conditions the fire man is to maintain. More Advice Eat less; breathe more. Talk less; think more. Ride less; walk more. Clothe less; bathe more. Worry less; work more. WastQ less; give more. Preach less; practice more. —From the Ohio State Journal. LABOR NOTES Women hair dressers are the best paid of the feminine workers in Ja pan. In 1897 United Mino Workers had 9,700 members; It now has 384,000. Six local unions have been form ed in Ashland, Wis., In the last year. Women are replacing men In the Federal Bureau of Mines. France now depends largely upon her women In the factories, as well as on the farms. From the British mines, despite some recalling from the trenches, over 170,000 recruits have been taken. Women and children are forced to work excessively long hours in fac tories in India. The British Ministry of Munitions is now employing persons a*d is spending nearly $3,600,000,- 000 a year. * ABC of Kultur S stands for superman. Ach, we are smart! Super in science and auper in art, Super in everything under the sun Is the super self satisfied son/d a llun? T Iss "der Tag," that glorious day When over the world wo will hiold regal sway, And the proud Prussian eagles In triumph shall wave O'er the land of the serf and tho home of the slave. U stands for U-boat that's under the sea. It Is sinking for you, It is sinking for me, Till every ship on the face of the wave Shall be "Spuiios Versenkt" in a watery grave. —Life. DUTY AND A PRIVILEGE AFTER a period of infinite pa tience and with well-consider ed deliberation and set purpose, we entered and are now engaged in prosecuting a righteous war. We have prepared to dedicate and are dedicating to this cause the full measure of our devotion. No hand is unwilling, nor is one heart reluctant to do what can be done. Businessmen are forfeiting large incomes and young men are sacrificing their most cherished am bitions in order that they may offer their lives to their country. Mothers art giving their sons to the nation and wives are bidding their hus bands God-speed, as thfey sail for 1* ranee. Millions of Americans are lacing tasks to-day that are new, and hard, and bitter, and aro facing them with a smile. Tho one great question on the lips of every man and woman is, "What can I do to help? What part am I to play? What share —what mite —of sacrifice and service can I con tribute to my country and my flag?" Sometimes this question ia answer ed with an opportunity fraught with danger and filled with corresponding glory. Far oftener the part assigned to us is inconsiderable: the buying of a bond perhaps, orpossibly the mere payment of a tax. Nevertheless, to play a small, an unremembered and inconspicuous part in the winning of this great world conflict is a rare and splendid privilege. Even that most prosaic duty the prompt, ungrudging payment of a tax—becomes an actual and an honorable service. For new levies must and will be made upon our purses, and we are doing a patriotic duty if we meet them cheerfully and willingly. I.ast year five hundred thousand individuals paid a tax up on their incomes. This year six mil lion citizens will be called upon to shoulder for the first time this new burden of taxation. Shall we, however, call this a bur den? Is it then a burden to support the great institutions in America that protect and shelter us? Can it be a burden to uphold the arms of our President in a cause that is just? Will we name that a burden which helps our country carry on a war that ls untainted by selfish aims and ambitions —a war that is a crusade to establish and permanently to In sure the freedom of all the nations of the earth? Some may call this a burden, but there are those, and there are legion, who will accept this new tax as a new opportunity for sacrifice and tor service, a rare occasion for show ins the government that its citizens recognize the great purposes of this war and that they will back the gov ernment in this supreme enterprise to their last dollar. For America now stands at the supreme moment of her history. She has been chosen as the keystone in the great arch of civilization. Her strong arm and fertile brain, her great wealth and vast resources, must bear the measured attack of tho mightiest, the blackest, the most sinister and most diabolical military machine that ever destroyed the peace of the world and challenged its freedom. America's great hour has struck. The tragedy and ruin of her failure would be as groat, as complete, as Irrevocable :is the glory of her success. Tho flood-tide of her affairs has set in and to take it at the full demands the 1 nave hearted loydlty and heroic self-ef facing patriotism of every citizen. Not a grudging loyalty that reluct antly does its legal and bounden duty. For a stingy and niggardly loy alty that cools when its pocketbook and comforts are touched, a loyalty that does not burn more brightly with each new and necessary sacri fice, js the loyalty of a soul that is dead. America could not command a loyalty so complete or inspire a de votion BO single and so fervid If its cause were not so sacred. It is but a short time ago that our President restated the noble aims for which we are striving—"The eyes of the people have been opened," ho said, "and they see. The hand of God Is laid upon the nations. Our cause is :.iust and holy—for this we entered the war and for this cause will*we battlo until the last gun ls fired." The cars of the world are accus tomed to the boasts of war-lords who draw their swords for brutal and selfish ends, but it is new to hear a call to battle voiced in such phras es as these and the other sublime' passages of the President's recent message .to Congress. ; With those high words ringing in our ears, with our spirits and the Fpirlt of the nation bathed and Klori fiecl by this exalted idealism, could I the least of us be recreant to his ! humblest duty—the payment of a j 1ax —and so forfeit his share in the | heritage of glory that will Inevitably come to our great country? No, not the least of us, for, of a certainty; there is no citizen who is unwilling to render to the nation the things that are the nation's. Assuredly there is not a man who would permit tho government to use any portion of that energy that it should and must give to this life-and-death struggle, in making him pay a tax that he Is legally bound to pay. anyway. We know there is not, for such a man would be as base an en emy to his country as if he were to stand in a German trench and shoot a bullet straight to the heart of an American soldier. This, then, is a call on every Am erican subject to the income tax to meet without delay the necessities of his government in its great task of accomplishing the freedom of the world. If every unmarried man with an income of SI,OOO or more, and every married man with an In come of $2,000 or more, will tako prompt steps to make report to the government, he will perform an in estimable service to the United States and to its Treasury Department. This department is already labor ing under the extraordinary difficul ties imposed by the war. By giving it his hearty co-operation each citi zen will be doing his share at least to ease its burden and to lighten the heavy responsibility of the new com missioner of internal revenue, who, many say, Is the most able and most efficient head that this important branch of the government has ever had. It is true, of course, that wo arb carrying a great burden of taxation, but we are poor businessmen if we regard these taxes as money lost. They are but the premiums we are paying on the greatest insurance of all times—insurance against the con ditions now ruling in Russia, insur ance that will protect and preserve out* families, our property, our lives, our ideals, all that we are and all that we hope to be. Think of Bel gium systematically ruined, think of Poland devastated and laid waste, think of Armenia, a nation massac red and murdered by an ally of the Huns. Think on these things, and then remember that every dollar of taxes you pay into the Treasury of the United States places another barrier between your loved ones and such unspeakable horrors as these. The payment of the income tax is the present duty—the splendid privi lege—of six million citizens. No loy al American will fail to give Im mediate answer to the call. For at this time of great peril and pressing danger, when the battle-line and frontier ot' civilization will soon be held by a million of our beloved sons, even the least failure to do promptly a simple and single duty might easily prove to be a deed that would follow us With shame to the end of our days. Let every American citizen whoso income Is not exempt act now—to day—and so write his name on the records as one who is willing to pay the price of liberty and honor. —From the Literary Digest. A True Friend "A friend," said Uncle Eben, "is a man dat laughs at yoh funny stories even if dey ain't so good; an' sym pathizes wif yoh misfortunes, even IC they ain't so bad."—From the Washington Star. TO A PACIFIST By Virginia Frazer Boyle. "Let us 'have pedce," ay, peace but not until The beast of greed is parted from its prey. "Let us have peace," but not till vic tory's host Proclaims the dawn of an unfettered day. And traitorous be the lips to breathe it now— Accursed be the tongues that idly speak, While demons iin the twilight of the gods. Rapine and death upon the nations wreak. "Let us have peace," ah, God, the mockery creeps Along the ways of life like petty thieves, To snatch the manhood that our fathers gave— To taunt a freeborn people as ft grieves. "Let us have peace," stand out there in the light. That truth may damn you as you say your part; Then mouth it there, before the blasting guns— There is no blood to trickle from I your heart. Ove>r the, Ik "~fV)uuu > At a meeting of prominent men of Altoona who are interested in farming, and particularly potato farming, William F. Gable could not be present, but he sent his regrets in the following verse which shows that farmers are not necessarily clod-hoppers, but when stirred up, have the makings of big league gen ius; <* * * The Battle Cry of Feed 'Em Yes, we'll rally round the farm, boys. We'll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of Feed 'Em. We've got the ships and money And the best of fighting men, Shouting the battle cry of Feed 'em. The Onion forever, the tyeans and the corn, Down with the tater lt's up the next morn— While wo rally round the plow, boys, And take the hoe again. Shouting the battle cry of Feed 'Em. Tlio last word in trying to escape Army service comes from Towanda where Howard Averill "reported himself dead on the day ho was to appear before a county draft board." A squad of sheriff's deputies ex humed Howard and took him to an Army post where they applied some cunning little tests which proved Howard to be not only alive, but kicking. * * * "Why did you say your prayers three times tonight?" asked little Johnny's mother. "I said 'em free times so's 1 wouldn't have to say 'em for free nights." 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH DOMESTIC till) DISCORD. 11l J |jr Now he ob jects to my com ing to breakfast Yj?' with my hair in V curl papers. Says that is the I climax. .What jfegl l - , shall I do? |F;rJ Better cdp the VjjiV |\ V climax, my dear. TJ rCj) • Ifffl POR FED. f&H LOW- L'J ' iW/EBt/ Snow Man— / 800, hoo! I wish It the boy that made me, hadn't L/fy | 1 given me such a X&/' I ti'"?/< tu nny looking \Z'< ''''/ \ face! DBSPKRATE hjm MEASURES. , What'a the —-S matter, dear? Mamma eated I Jk up one of my Jjf. Ate one of J, emptied my bean bag and cooked the beans for BUD- J WAR TIMES. N Mouse My ($ O goodness what ; ore we going to Hi } : ftjft do? Fo,ks put V/ " le c^ee9 ° in a safe now-a-day. Ebratng (Eljat The state seems to have taken to W killing' crows. Since the state game , authorities started lta campaign to scatter corn doctored with strych nine near the places frequented by crows and so located that it would not be found by domestic animals there have been ofganlzed moves to clean up the crows. One reason Is that the crows have multiplied In numbers considerably In the last few I years and there have been aomn great roosts established by the grandfathers of the flocks in South I Pennsylvania. The crow Is a tre- < mendous flyer and can cover coun ties in a day. He la held to be i, exceedingly destructive to animal, jl bird and plant life and his sins j more than counterbalance his value as a killer of vermin. Scientific t6sts have demonstrated that by ex aminations of stomach contents. It is also held that in severe weather J such as we have had this winter ' that the crow does not hesitate to attack chickens and that the insect destroying birds, already hard hit to keep life by the weather, are its prey. Probably half a dozen great i crow roosts exist in southern coun ties. There is one in this county somewhere near Linglestown and another in the York hills. A fly of thirty miles in a day Is nothing for the hig crows which we have seen on tne outskirts of this city or wing ing over the frozen Susquehanna. Another big roost is in Perry coun ty and there are others in the South mountain region of Cumberland and i Franklin counties and in York there are several. Lancaster and Chester county farmers have reported some such gathering places and the vi cinity of theso isolated, dreary spots is to bo sown with poisoned corn, which will not kill pheasants, quail or chickens, although it is doubtful whether any such fowls would last a quarter of an hour that close to the home of the rapacious crows. York County farmers have organ- j ized crow shooting expeditions to g get rid of the pests, which is rather a' conclusive evidence that the black * cdated, cawing marauder is a nuis ance to farmers. If the other farm- 1 ers do the same thing there will be fewer crows in the corn next spring. • • • "Have I missed any halls in Har rlsburg?" asked Ex-President Taft. on Saturday night at the Capitol. "I have spoken here several times and think I have covered the whole list. I have spoken a couple of "times in the Capitol; once at a tyg ball which seems to me to have been down town; at the Board of Trade hall and at Technical high school." The big hall the former president refer red to is Chestnut street where ho addressed a mass meeting held un der the auspices of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen some sum- J mers ago. He is a favorite with Harrisburg audiences and always , sure of a crowd of friends and be lievers in him. • • Mr. Taft has lost none of his humor with the passing of the years. Saturday night when he fin- [ ished his stirring address at the Capitol he had an intimation that ho would have to address an overflow < meeting and turning to the men about him on the rostrum he said: "Where do we go from here, boys?" When he came back into the Hall of t the Representatives there was a scarcity of chairs and he took a rath er small one near the piano. Some one hastened to hand him a more capacious chair. . "Oh, don't mind. \ If this chair I have is not. suited we'll soon know it," remarked the former president. During the ad dress of Congressman Fess the Ohio man who had been so bound up in ■ his address that he had not noticed ~ Mr. Tflft's change of position refer red to "That most distinguished diplomat on my left." On his left was State Librarian Thomas Lynch Montgomery. Mr. Taft waved his hand at Mr. Montgomery and re marking that it "fitted well" joined in the laughing. \ • One of the city's prominent clergynen applied an old story about the darky parson who re frained from preaching about the warmth of a certain place of future 1 punishment in cold weather to com ment on prevailing conditions yes terday. The minister was on his way home. The church had not been well heated, and he was walk ing briskly. "Walk up, here. I want to get warmed up," said he to a friend who joined him and was disposed to tread cautiously in def erence to the pavements. "I should think that you could have kept warm by referring to the lake of fire which you like to bring into your sermons for us sinners," was the barbed shot that he got from the friend. "If you had been around today you would have heard me go one better on the colored brother who \ said he would not preach on hell I because the pheumatic sinners would want to go there at the first frost." retorted the clergyman.' "In the hereafter there will be a place where there' will be neither occa sion for fuel administrators or com missioners to lower the high cost of living for the earthly things will have passed away. It's worth while getting in lino for." And they walked along in silence. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | j —H. P. Davison, the New York banker, was given a dinner Saturday at Troy, Bradford county, where he started his career in a bank. rH —George N. Reynolds, president i]H of the Hamilton Club at Lancaster, is about to celebrate forty years in that 'city. ■ —Ex-Senator Webster Grim has been, erected president of the trus tees of the Allentown College for Women. —Ex-Mayor Jermyn, of Scranton, will spend a couple of weeks taking : a vacation after his retirement from office. —James B. Neale, appointed a justice in Schuylkill, is the wealth iest squire in the state. He Is a (jH coal -operator and once before filled lH the office. His methods are gen erally effective, it is said. —Victor H. Wieand, head of the Allentown fair, is about again after a severe illness. DO YOU KNOW "I I —That every President from Buchanan to Wilson, except Arthur, hns been n speaker here? HISTORIC HARRISBURG George Whitefleld, the celebrated missionary to the Indians and who labored among the settlers, was the first man to hold revival services here. He preached at Harris Ferry in 1740. Lies Aqainst the Lord V I Woe unto them! for they have fled fl from me; though I have redeemed them they have spoken lies against ■ i me.—*-Hosea, vii, 13.
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