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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918
Between the great things that tee
cannot do and the small things ice
will not do, the danger is that tee
shall do nothing. —Adolph Monod.
BACK TO THE PEOPLE
THE wa' bids fair to return to th<;
masses of the people much of
the land of Europe that has
been held for generations in great
estates by the nobility and titled
gentry of those countries. What is
happening Inside Germany in this
respect cannot >be told, but in Rus-1
sia the aim of the whole revolu
tionary movement is toward the re
turn of the lands to the people. Each
peasant wants his share of the great
acreage of the empire. To own for
himself a farm sufficient to meet his
needs is the ambition of millions of
Russians. The common ownership
of the radical Socialists has no place
in the doctrines of the simpl6 Rus- 1
sian ruralite. What he wants Is a '
piece of land for his very own. The '
Bolshevlki owe their hold upon the
people to this fundamental of party
principle.
But extreme Russia differs little
from conservative- England in this
respect, although the red flag Is less
in evidence there and the miracle is
being wrought by other means. The
immense landed estates of England
have been looked upon for centuries
as part and parcel of the empire, an 1
unchanging and unchangeable con
♦ ditlon. But the war has brought a
vast difference. The nobility has been
impoverished and many old families
have been blotted out completely, j
New millionaires have sprung up and
the old aristocracy is losing its pow
er and influence. Some of tho large
estates that have been sacrificed by
. families that have owned them for
generations have fallen into the
hands of the new rich, it is true, but
the vast majority have been broken
up and sold oft into small farms to
be tilled as American farms are cul
tivated, by the owners themselves.
This should make for a more pros
perous country, bigger crops and a
more contented populace. The great
est foe Sofcialism has is the man who
owns his own bit of soil.
The tenant farm is not good for
any country or community. The ten
dency of the tenant farmer in many
cases is to get as much off the place
as possible. Absentee ownership
makes for discontentment. It places
a premium on inefficiency and en- i
courages solvenly and wasteful meth
ods on the farm. The thing has fail
ed in Russia and in England. It is
rapidly gaining a foothold in some
sections of the United States, but it
will never become popular here. The
farmer who tills his own farm, or at
least oversees its cultivation, will al
ways be an outstanding factor in
American life. The spirit of Ameri
can independence is too strong for
anything else.
Dr. Garfield said he expected public
criticism, and. we Judge, he has not
been disappointed.
A "COLLARLESS" SUNDAY
THE laundries are closed, thanks
to the kindly intervention of Dr.
Garfield, and a "collarless" Sun
day is about to be added to our
"meatless" Tuesdays and "wheat,
less" Wednesdays." Here is a catas
trophe not unmixed with blessing,
tor though the linen collar stands
high—in more ways than one
among the articles of polite dress, it'
Vtands low in the estimation of most
men, who would rejoice to see it
relegated to the limbo of discarded
styles, along with "spring bottom
pants," knee trousers, powdered
wigs and calfskin boots.
Nobody knows the why of the
starched linen collar. There Is a
rumor afloat that a man up in Troy,
N. Y./invented it. If so, he must
have been a member of the German
hate squad, with a deep and abiding
abomination for the peace of mind
of his fellow man. But be that as
it may, the only present excuse for
the starched collar is that it pro
vides large dividends for sundry cor
poration i and fat pay enveldpes, for
other sundry workers who reside in
and about the aforesaid Troy and
'who wax prosperous through the
SATURDAY EVENING, HAJRRISBtJRG TEUEX3RAPHI • * JANUARY 19, 1918.
propensities of the aforementioned
starched collars to grow crops of
saw teeth about their business edges
or to tear out at the front button
holes. Nobody likes linen collars
but, on the other hand, nobody cares
to appear without one of the hor
rors about his neck. The collar is
the yoke Dame Fashion has wrought
to confound mere man wont to
laugh at his better half's abject
obedience to the dictates of style.
It marks him for the rank hypocrite
he is. for down in his heart he
yearns for a flannel shirt a.id a
Windsor tie, but because some Troy
manufacturer has Induced the
haberdasher to believe that men will
buy the stiff linen bands that mas
querade as collars, jind because the
haberdashery clerk appears horri
'fled when he mildly suggests that
he "might take an attached collar
this time," he buys < a half dozen
more of the little whitewashed
fences and goes on with his self-tor
ture. Linen collars are cold in win
ter and hot in summer. They are
neither comfortable nor pleasing to
the eye. If a "collarless" Sunday
were the only evil of the "coalless"
order and as a result man were
emancipated from the slavery of the
collar we venture the guess that Dr.
Garfield could be elected President
in 1920 by the flannel shirt vote
alone and nobody ask his politics.
It does not always follow that a
perfectly good college president
knows a coal wharf from a culm bank.
POPULAR HARMONY
■* y OT forgetting that the admin
l\l istration is face to face with
the biggest task in the world
and that it is making some head
way in it, the time has come when
Congress must take a hand in the
conduct of the war. The progress
that has been made has been marred
by grievous errors. The game has
been played too much from the
partisan standpoint The President j
i has not looked beyond the limited;
confines of his own party.
The country has supported him I
loyally. It has gone stolidly along, j
plodding and determined. It has no |
thought other than to see the thing!
through. But there is a woeful lack!
of popular enthusiasm. We are very
much in earnest, but in a cold- j
blooded, businesslike way. We lack |
fire, spirit and eagerness. What is j
needed more than any other one j
thing is a red-blooded leadership at j
Washington of the "come on boys,
up and at 'em" type that would lead |
us to our tasks with a cheer and
get the work on hand done to the'
enlivening tune of the "Star Spang'.ed j
Banner," or stirring notes of "Tramp, j
Tramp, the Boys Are Marching." We |
need a man of the. cheerleader
stamp. A man of fire and personal
magnetism. We need a Roosevelt.
The Senate is at work on a bill
creating a war council. The chair
man should be the Colonel. Say what
you will of him, he inspires confi
dence and typifies action. He knows
how to get things done in a hurry
and how to do them. himself. He
would be an outstanding figure in
the war—probably too outstanding
to suit those who are conducting
the war with one hand and build
ing a big Democratic machine with
the other.
The President is fearsome of the
effect of a coalition cabinet on the
voters of the country, not cealizmg
that nothing would-strengthen him
more in the opinion of the people as
prompt recognition of both Roose
velt and Taft.
But whether the President feels
that way or not, eventually he will
come to the place where the need
will bo so urgent as to cause him
to throw party interests to the winds
and to surround himself with really
big men regardless of party.
Isn't it strange ho insists on being
forced Into that state of mind? Here
is where Congress has its innings.
At least, nobody can accuse Dr!
Garfleld of being "crazy with the
heat."
WHEN THE BOYS RETURN
ENGLAND is witnessing the or
ganization of a society to be
known as the Comrades of the
Great War, made up of those who
have served in the Army and Navy
since Germany tried to over-run the
earth. A similar organization, no
doubt, will be formed in America
"when the boys come home'/ and it
will be as influential in the affrairs
of the nation as the Grand Army of
the Republic has been since the
Civil War. Also, it will cherish as
dearly as has the Grand Army those
ideal% of loyalty and patriotism
which have called so many of our
young men to the colors in the pres
ent crisis. The Grand Army has set
a fine example which the younger
warriors no doubt will not be slow
to follow. There is in the experience
of a common danger a tie of fellow
ship that time cannot dissolve.
Senator Stone is said to be prepar
ing to attack Colonel Roosevelt, and
we arise to ask the Senator if he has
his cyclone cellar all ready.
"High heels on women's shoes to
go," says a Washington dispatch.
That's the trouble with most high
heels; they go too much.
The Kaiser will no doubt be tickled
to learn that Mrs. Von Bernstorff Is
the proud possessor of $850,000 worth
of Liberty Bonds.
The proposal to have each Monday
a legal holiday during the coal short
age will have the solid support of the
school boy vote.
It begins to seem that the worst
thing about the Bolshoviki Is their
name.
.Something not to worry about—n
shortage of fly paper next summer.
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By the Ex-Committceman
Thousands of blank nominating
petitions to be filed by candidates
for* state, congressional and legisla
tive offices in advance of the May
Primary are being printed by the
State Printer for the department of
the secretary of the commonwealth,
the order being In accord with tho
decision of President Judge George
Kunkel, of the Dauphin county
court in the test cases brought last
spring. The blanks set forth that
tho petitions must be filed on the
day Uxed by law and that office
hours will be observed. The sug
gestion is also contained that peti
tions should be filed early, prefer
ubly a week ahead, so that they may
be examined for defects and correct
ed before being invalidated by ex
piration of time limit.
The first day upon which peti
tions may be circulated is March 2,
and they must be tiled by April 11.
Candidates to be nominated in
clude governor, lieutenant governor
and secretary of internal affairs,
four congressmen at large, thirty
two district congressmen; twenty
eight senators aryi 207 members ot
the House of Representatives.
The outstanding thing in state
politics at the end of_>this rather
eventful week Is that while Senator
Penrose is popularly supposed to be
the big factor behind Senator Wil
liam C. Sproul's candidacy for gov
ernor and Governor Brumbaugh to
be the man whose colors Highway
Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil will
carry in the primary contest, neith
er one of them has directly endors
ed any aspirant. Governor Brum
baugh has contented himself by say
ing that Mr. O'Neil's statement
meets views of many persons, but
lie does not say that he is for him,,
although he will be. The supposi
tion is that the Highway Commis
sioner, having determined to run
long, long ago, put out his an
nouncement the other day without
awaiting the formal approval of an
j administration war council.
—.-Senator Penrose instead of en
dorsing Sproul yesterday, as many
expected he would after the O'Neil
' announcement, made a . declaration
' for an open light at the primary.
He paid little attention to the at
tacks made upon him by the High
way Commissioner, Who says he will
make more next week, and went
ahead with preparations for an
active campaign, talking things over
with Philadelphia, Allegheny and
up-state leaders.
—The Penrose statement on the
openness of the primary is so broad j
and free that it is the subject of
much comment in the state to-day.
It is the very opposite of what the
administration people have been
contending is the Penrose attitude.
"The spirit of the popular primary,"
remarked Senator Penrose when
asked as to the O'Neil candidacy, "is
to give the opportunity to those so
inclined to submit their candidates
to the people of the state. The days'
of slating candidates have passed
by if they ever existed to any ex
tent. Every candidate must come
forth on his own merits and submit
his claims to the people. I sup
pose there will likely be a number
of candidates for the different state
officer, to be voted for in May. Full
and free discussion among the Re
publicans of the state is to be in
vited and encouraged."
—Mr. O'Neil left here last night
after saying that he would have more
to say on the moral and economic
issues at Pittsburgh. He will come
here Monday and go home for tho
dinner In his honor on Thursday. He
is supposed to be in Philadelphia to
day where efforts are being made by
Brumbaugh men to line up the Vares
for him. Similar work is being done
with William A. Magee, but up to
date the Highway Commissioner has
not gotten either element.
—lt is said by frends of Chairman
W. D. B. Ainey that he will not an
nounce any candidacy. He is being
boomed in many sections, but de
clines to talk politics.
—Gifford Pinchot, who said last
week that Sproul would have opposi
tion, has not yet said anything in
support of O'Neil. It is suspected
that the ex-forester, who. is very
much for Pinchot, will hold back in
the hope that things may take a turn
whereby he might be called upon to
lead an army of protest.
—One of the significant things
about the gubernatorial situation is
that Lieutenant Governor Frank B.
McClain, who lias been much men
tioned as a possible candidate, joked
about the O'Neil candidacy. "What
was it begun for if it was so soon to
be done for" he is quoted as saying
at Philadelphia. Mr. McClain is for
Sproul, it is generally believed, and
if he is, that means a good deal.
• —Senator Penrose yesterday rap
ped Mayor Smith of Philadelphia, for
the manner in which people are be
ing "llred" from the city hall in
Philadelphia on the score of econo
my. He said: "The wholesale dis
charges now being made in City Hall
are without precedent. Efficient em
ployes of long service with the city
under different administrations seem
to be ruthlessly discharged without
sufficient reason. The efficiency of
the municipal service is likely to be
completely shattered, and unless
some legal remedy can be devised
the civil service law is not worth the
paper it is written on. Of course, in
the end this and other phases of mu
nicipal maladministration will be
repudiated by the people at the
earliest opportunity and react on
those responsible therefor."
LABOR NOTES
At the convention of the Interna
tional Union of United Brewery
Workmen It was voted to change the
name of that organization to the In
ternational Union of the United
Brewery and .Soft Drink Workers or
America.
The Legislative Committee of the
Seattle Central Labor Council re
ports that the women's wage law, in
Washington, is used by employers to
hold these workers to a bare mini
mum, while living costs have in
creased over thirty per cent., ac
cording to government figures.
In eight cities Investigated by the
Federal Children's bureau, 28 per
cent, of the fathers earned less than
$550 a year and the death rate for
their babies wag 162.5, or one in
every six. Only about one-eighth,
or 13.1 per cent., of all the fathers
earned $1,250 or more, and the
death rate for their babies was 62.5,
or 1 in 16.
• In Great Britain, when war was
declared, the government called on
the organized labor movement of
that country. Labor's interests were
protected, mqp from their ranks
were takqn into the Cabinet and War
Councils, a Ministry of Munitions
was appointed to handle the problem
of supplies and labor and an eight
hour day recognized as the proper
standard to secure the greatest pro
ductivity during this period of
stress.
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THE STATE PRESS
Germany may not believe much
in rights for women* but Germany
is perfectly willing to accept the de
votion and sacrifices of Jts women
spies. All accounts agree that lots
of them are on the job. The motive
is pot always money. Social favors
at home, and chance for advance
ment in rank or imperial notice, are
bait enough. It is the duty of worn
f-n spies to establish themselves In
Important cities, and create social
relations with prominent people,
particularly with influential men. As
to how far they are to go, the gov
ernment would not ask questions.
After the war if results had been
achieved, the greater the audacity,
even the shamelessness, the higher
the honors to be assigned.—Easton
Free Press.
It is quite likely that Wllkes-
Earre will be pushed out of its place
as the second third class city in the
state when the next census is taken,
two years hence. At present Read
ing- is the first city of the third class,
but Its population in the next cen
sus will be over 100,000 and it will,
therefore, become a city of the sec
ond class. So if Wilkes-Barre could
maintain its relative position it
would in a few years be the first
third class city in the Common
wealth. The city of Chester, which
had a population of 38,537 in the
last census, has grown so rapidly
that it expects to exceed 150,000 in
1920 and' will go ahead of Wilkes-
Barre, Erie and Harrisburg, which
were only a few thousand below
Wilkes-Barre, had plenty of room in
which to grow, and Erie particular
ly has had a healthy industrial boost
twing to the war. Both cities are
likely to go ahead of Wilkes-Barre
in the next census.—Wilkes-Barre
liCecord.
* • •
Gilford Pinchot is making a bid
for the support of the state grange
as a candidate for governor. What
ticket he would run on is not stated
and it would be hard to imagine.
Pinchot is independent in politics,
but that is about all that can be
said in his favor as a candidate. —
Carlisle Sentinel. ,
MUST BE REORGANIZED
(Prom the New York World.)
Editorial extracts from different
newspapers on the Garfield fuel or
der are reproduced here. The New
York World, the most steadfast Wil
son organ in the land, says:
"In spite of the tempest of protests
which shook Washington yesterday,
in spite of the Senate, which, by a
vote of 50 to 19, urged that action be
deferred for five days, the Garfield
coal order was issued last evening
and took effect at midnight.
"Thus must be recorded the first
American defeat in the war; a defeat
that cannot fail to be disastrous. The
economic loss must be reckoned in
hundreds of millions. The suffering
and privation that must follow as a
result of the suspension of wages
cannot yet be calculated. But worse
than the economic loss, worse than
the individual suffering from .cur
tailment of wage income, is the
moral effect of Mr. Garfield's action.
"Public confidence in the conduct
of the war has suddenly been shat
tered, and can be restored only by
the long and tedious process of re
building. Some of the consequences
are already apparent. Others will be
felt later when it is again necessary
for the government to appeal to pop
ular trust for support. The whole
country has received a blow from
which It will not soon recover.
"Testifying before the Senate com
mittee yesterday, Mr. Garfield insist
ed that the transportation situation
made the order necessary. The trans
poratlon situation is unquestionably
bad, but the way to remedy it is by
increased effort, not by closing down
the industries of the country until
the railroads can catch up with
their obligations. This war is not go
ing to be won by shutting up shop.
It can be won only by doing more
work.
"Regardless of any excuses that
Mr. Garfield may offer, the simple
explanation of his order is that the
federal fuel administration has col
lapsed. It never mastered Its Job,
and finally the difficulties appeared
insurmountable. When that stage
was reached, Mr. Garfield and his as
sociates could see no way out except
to stop trade and industry until they
could qvertake their task.
"There is no use of crying over
spilt milk, and the country must now
proceed to make the best of a bad
business. But even the President,
whose loyalty to his subordinates Is
often an embarrassment to him and
a detriment to the nation, must per
ceive that Mr. Garfield's usefulness as
fuel administrator Is ended and that
the department must be reorganized
from top to bottom."
[_ A Blow at the WorlcTj
By OTTO H. KAHN
THE World has been hurt within
these last three years as It was
never hurt before. In the gloomy
and accusing procession of Infinite
sorrow and pain which has started on
•'ft thrice accursed day of July,
1914. the hurt Inflicted on Americans
of German descent takes its trag
ically rightful place. The iron has
entered our souls.
"We have been wantonb' robbed
of invaluable possessions which have
come down to us through the ccntu
6S'>.we .' lave been rendered ashamed
of that in which we took pride; we
have been made the enemies of those
of our own blood; our very names
carry the sound of a challenge to the
world. Surely we have all too valid
a title to rank amopgst those most
bitterly aggrieved by Pruseianlsm,
and to align ourselves in the very
forefront of those who in word and
deed are fighting to rid the world
forever pt that malignant growth.
"Heaven knows I do not want, by
anything I may be saying or doing,
to add one ounce to the burden of
the world's execration which rests
already with crushing weight upon
the rulers of Germany and their mis
guided people. Nor do I seek for
giveness for my- German birth by de
monstrative zeal In action or speech.
I was and am proud of the great in
heritance .which came to me as a
birthright, and of the illustrious con
tributions which the German people
have made to the imperishable assets
of the world.
"Until the outbreak of the war, in
1914, I maintained close and active
personal and business relations with
Uerinany. I was well acquainted with
some of the leading personages of the
country. I |ierved in the German
army thirty years ago. I took an
active interest in furthering German
art in America.
I'olHon of I'ruiMiniilam
"I do not apologize for, nor am I
ashamed of, my German birth. But 1
am ashamed—bitterly and greviously
ashamed—of the Germany which
stands convicted before the high
tribunal of the world's public opinion
of,having planned and willed war, of
the revolting deeds committed In Bel
gium and northern France, of the in
famy of the iAisitania murders, of in
numerable violations of The Hague
conventions and the law of nations,
of abominable and pertldious abuse of
tlieiv hospitality, of crime heaped
upon crime in hideous defiance of the
laws of God and men.
"I cherish the memories of my
youth, but these very memories make
me cry out in pain and wrath against
those who have befouled and discred
ited the spiritual soil of the old Ger
many in which they Vere rooted.
"Long before the war I had come
to look upon Prussianism as among
the deadliest poison growths that
ever sprang from the soil of the
spirit of man.
"Now, America, the never-defeated,
has thrown her sword into the scale,
because to do so was indispensable
lor our honor and our safety, the
preservation of our institutions and
our very destiny. To co-operate to
wards the successful conclusion of
PIES AND TARTS
It has been told of Ralph Waldo
Emerson that when asked why he
ate pie for breakfast he replied:
"What is pie for?" Now It appears
that the form of pastry so dear to
the philosopher and poet, and to all
New Englanders of whatever de
gree, must yield to the Inexorable
demands of the hour. At least this
seems probable from a recent dis
cussion In the comraittee-room of
the Massachusetts Women's Section
of the Council of National Defense,
These Massachusetts women, and
Massachusetts is In the very heart
of the Great American Pie Belt,
have urged that pie be sacrificed as
an aid to public economy.
The New England pie, as the ex
perts will tell you, is a creation of
two crusts with a tilling between. It
is a food staple in all well-regulated
New England families. .To give it
up will wrench both New England
patriotism and the New England
palate. \
In Its place, which is a hollow
phrase, the tart is to be substituted.
The committee recommends the
tart as a saver of wheat. It calls
attention to the fact that a tart is
now necessarily a mouthful of thin
pastry, with a dab of Jam, accord
ing to a widespread conception, but
can be enlarged to the dimensions
of the displaced pastry, when it be
comes, in fact, an open-face or one
crust pie.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
the war Is the one and supreme duty
of every American, regardless of
birth, of sympathies, and of •political
views.
"There came upon the German peo
ple a whole train of new and bane
ful influences and impulses, formida
bly stimulating as a powerful drug.
There came, among other evils, ma
terialism and covetousness and irre
ligion; overweening arrogance, an im
patient contempt for the rights of
the weak, a mania for world domin
ion, and a veritable lunacy of power
worship.
"Truly, history affords no parallel
to the spiritual poisoning and the re
sulting horrible transmutation of a
whole people such as Prussianism
wrought in the incredibly short period
of one generation. Nor would I be
lieve that such a dreadful phenome
non could possibly take place were it
not for the evidence of my own eyes
and my own ears.
"To deceive the German people and
steel them to patriotic determination
and sacrifice, the Prussian rulers and
their spokesmen affirmed at the be
ginning of the war, and have kept
reaffirming ever since with nauseat
ing reiteration and disgusting hypoc
risy, that theirs was a defensive war,
forced upon them by wicked and en
vious neighbors. A defensive war
indeed."
Not the Germany of Old
"There are some of you, probably,
who will still find it hard to believe
that the Germany you knew can be
guilty of the crimes which have made
it an outlaw among the nations. ,
"But do you know modern Ger
many. Unless you have been there
within the last twenty-flve years, not
once or twice, but at regular inter
vals; unless you have looked below
the glittering surface of the marvel
ous material progress and achieve
ment and seen how the soul of Ger
many was being eaten away by tho
virulent poison of Prussianism unless
you have watohed and followed the
appalling transformation of German
mentality and morality under the ne
farious and puissant influence of the
priesthood of power worship, you
do not know the Germans of this day
and generation. It is not the Ger
many of old, the land of our affec
tionate remembrance. .
"The Germany which brought upon
the world the immeasurable disaster
of this war, and at whose monstrous
deeds and doctrines the civilized na
tions of the earth stand aghast, start
ed Into definite being less than thirty
years ago. I can almost lay my fin
ger upon the date and circumstance
of its ill-omened advent.
The spirit of Prussianism and the
spirit of Americanism cannot live ill
the same world. One or the other
must conquer. In the mad pride of
its contempt for democracy, Prus
sianism has thrown down the gaunt
let to us.
"We have taken up the challenge
and now stand arrayed by the side of
the other freedom-loving nations of
the world, giving fresh strength and
our boundless resources to them who,
heroically striving, have borne the
heat and burden of a dreadfully long
and exhausting struggle, yet stand
unwearied, erect and resolute."
President and Confidence
(From the Philadelphia Public
Ledger).
By a vote of fifty to nineteen the
Unitod States Senate passed a resolu
tion in favor of postponement of the
carrying out of the order of the fuel
administration. The vote cannot be
called partisan, for weighty Senators
of. the Democratic side generally
aligned themselves with leading He
publicans in this condemnation of
President Wilson's administration. As
to the fuel administrator anc} his fan
tastic remedy tor a situation due td
gross inefficiency on the part of the
executive government at Washing
ton, It may be that that gross inef
ficiency conceivably brought about a
situation so grotesque as to need a
grotesque cure. Wo are not just here
dealing with that question. The stu
pendous interest of the Senate's vote
is in the fact that it cannot be re
garded as anything less than a clear
cut vote of lack of confidence in
President Wilson's administration.
There seems no doubt that but for
technical intervention by one Repre
sentative a similar voto would have
been ,cast in the lower house.
Playing Safe
[From the Minneapolis Tribune]
While there has been a good deal
Of guesswork on the subject. It is
pretty well agreed that unless peace
is declared sooner or later the war
will be continued.
/ 1
Otfer tftc "foja
in ""peiuau
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The Government demand for meat
less days has so increased the con
sumption of chicken and oysters that
a Cleveland bard has been moved to
tell the following sad story: "Said
the chicken to the oyster, I am feel
ing mighty blue; all my folks are
disappearing and I fear that your's
are too. Now, I lay the blame en
tirely upon Hoover, who, they say,
started all this fearful bloodshed
with his doggone meatless day.
"In the days before the Kaiser
took the Allies by the throat. Sunday
was the only day they could get a
chicken's goat; now that Tuesday has
been added, every feather friend I've
got is a victim of conscription—cold
in death, they serve him hot."
"I believe you," sobbed the bivalve,
"we are dying by the score. 14,000,-
000 lovely oysters beckon from the
other shore. Moral fiber in us weak
ens, Chanticleer, I get the blues
when I think how many comrades
on their dying day were stews.
"Soon I'll go to join my fellows,"
and ho shivered in his shell, 'with his
meatless day, this Hoover gives 50
kinds of misfortune. He's the author
of our troubles —man's his gorman
dizing dupe—they may serve you
baked or roasted; chances* are that
I'll be soup."
A man named Solomon Jones,
Maine woodsman, came down into
the settlement last week and for the
first time heard that America was
at war. As a namesake of The Sol
omon Woodsman Jones casts little
luster. He tailed to get by the
Army exactions for enlistment.
That funerals are a "wasto of
time" was the contention recently
of an Allentown man whose wife is
suing him for divorce. He objected
to his wife attending the funeral of
her grandmother and upon return
ing from the obsequies he threaten
ed to "knock her block off" accord
ing to the woman's testimony.
OUR L^UGH
THE DAT AFTER.
"Well, did Saint Nick put anything
In your stocking?"
"No, but he put an awful nick In
my bank account."
HABILIMENTS OP HUMANIIy.
"There Is no reason for putting
on sackcloth and ashes."
"Not exactly. But Just the same
I'm wearing mended clothes and
tending my furnace."
PROHIBITIVE.
"Do you cast your bread wp
the waters."
"Not sine* It's 10 cents a loaf,'*
i&wtfraj fflljat
Important matters concerning the
ownership of islands in the rivers
or Pennsylvania may be determined
y the State Board of Property wi(F
'n the next few months as the
suit of surveys made in the
ware and examinations of the
ords regarding the Susquehanna.
and ot her streams. For
InjT beforn ?" e8 ons have been cora
fr. o " e * or ® the Board regarding title
the searched lalands som" of
tury PrlL ? K°ne back a cen
up and sve5 ve been looked
,0 V will be adopted becaus^of P the
Power a wni°b a when wa?er
construcUo'n''i """"
f separitl 8 uf® !>' was clalme d that
coun?Pr nfo. and existed, but the
counter claim was that it was part
?hanl nf i Island. The constant
MMctaflv th lslands in the streams,
era ■ ihwJ ♦ Susquehanna and oth-
i i floods have caused
similai claims. State officials who
notion?" 6 i ntQ the ma tter say that
PP' only should it be settled how
to deal with such matters, but that
,uturo grants for
aco nn dOWn " Somo V* sß -™
ago an effort was made to take nn
numerous islands in the lower SuJ?
quehanna because of prospective
power development, but nothing
to'own th* i i Th H Btate may decl(io
lslands or exact a large
y f ° r theh ' uso or
• * •
State Fire Marshal G. Chal Port
/h?™ ne people t0 look after their
tbi^ ney M", u The Marsh al says that
there will be extensive use of bitu
minous coal or wood as the result
anthra clte shortage and as
fuel n °, t |, 41 l ed l ° that klnd ot
ther ® WI, I b e an outbre'ak of j
" res unless steps are taken A
to keep flues clean. 1
T * . 0 e-CaPtain George F.
StaTl B Su P erlnt endent of the
Police, are giving him the glad
hand on the way he acted about ten
Pn^ M T° \, In the Saturday Evening
Post Miss Mayo, who wrote the book
on the State Police, tells tho storv
of how Lumb, then a "top sergeant "
T C UP the ou tlawa at Florence,
oif*. of count y town where the
„fi Po,lce Proved their mettle for
e r a , L umb won advance
ment. It is a fascinating story of
" ory or ,he
Congressman Fess, the Ohio
statesman who spoke here a week
tgo, was the man who brought Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and Chairman
Ainey, of the Public Service Com
mission together. The Congressman
ana the Governor are both educa
tors and old friends. One day Mr
Fess wrote a letter to the Governor
and mentioned Mr. Ainey, who
served with him in Congress and
Had offices across a corridor. Tho
Governor looked up the man from
susquehanna and a warm friendship
Slew. Mr. Fess, who has spoken
here before, is one of the best post
ed men in Congress, especially in
foreign matters.
Paul I.ittlefield, secretary of the
Slate Chamber of Commerce, was
among those who heard the debate
in the United States Senate Thurs
day over the "shut down order."
Mr. Llttlefield says that it was with
out a dull moment.
People who recall the battle made#
in tlje House of Representatives last T
winter by Representative Charles
Walter, of Franklin county, for
changes in the Pennsylvania laws
relative to liens, will read with in
terest the success of his work as bor
ough solicitor of Chambersburg.
Tho Philadelphia North American
says of it: "It is doubtful if there is
another town in the country that
can point to an achievement such
as that performed by Solicitor Wal
ter in the matter of sewer assess
ments. Just five years ago the sew
er system was completed. The cost
of the entire system was $250,000
Of this amount, $125,000 was taken
care of by a bond issue and tho
other $125,000 was levied against
property owners on a perfoot front
basis, before a single lien was filed
approximately $97,000 had been paid,
by property owners. Then in 1913
liens were filed . for approximately
$02,000. In all, there were 831
liens. By December 1, 1917, all of
these sewer liens had been paid with
tho exception of 140. and of this lat
ter amount not more than three or
four will be made the subject of
litigation. Fifty-three liens were
amicably renewed and theso repre
sent, with interest for five years,
*5,400. Thirty of the liens, securing
about $2,000, were renewed, which
in most cases were made necessary
because of the properties being
owned by estates. Since December I
fifty liens, securing $2,800, have been
paid, and'seven dropped because of
errors, which leaves few for court
aetion, not Involving more than
SSOO. During the eight years of Mr.
Walter's incumbency of the office of
solicitor his legal advice was re
quired In the expenditure of ap
proximately $600,000, which went
for permanent public improve
ments."
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—h. N. Spencer, postmaster at
Lancaster, has been reappointed af
ter serving a four-year term.
—J. Denny O'Neil, the state high
way commissioner, Is Just fifty-one
years old and runs a newspaper, a
store and a bank in addition to the
state roads.
—Charles T. Davles, the new
Reading food administrator, Is a
hosiery manufacturer and promi
nent in business affairs.
• —J. Harry Brown, Lebanon's new
assistant treasurer, is a retired busi
nessman who does not need .the job,
but likes to work.
—II. G. Hinkle, Altoona's city
manager, says he is going to stir
up some of the people who think a
day's work should be done by look
ing on.
1 DO YOU KNOW
—That HarrlsburfC if* making
leggings for the Army?
HISTORIC HARRISnrRG
Canal boats used to bring coat
here back In the forties and the
fifties.
"When Do We Leave?*
"When are we to leave?" is
question that Is often asked In thft
soldiers' camps. One of the camp
papers, the "Wadsworth Gas At
tack," treats , this ever recurring
question humorously. After a col
umn of bogus interviews and rumoa
It prints this summary: , \
"Number of persons
9,781; number who know exactly
when we are going to leave, 9,781;,
number of persons who agreed on
I the date of departure."—From the
[Outlook s . .