8 •" 'RISBURG TELEGRAPH A XEtt'SPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Teltcrapli Building, Federal Square. B.J. STACKPOL,E,PrM'# & Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUB M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en title'' 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. * Member American Newspaper Pub- I Ushers' Assocla iM Avenue Building, JFinley, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1918 Be is the freeman, tchorn the truth makes free And all are slaves besides. — COWPEB. THE COLONEL'S REPLY COMMENTING upon- Senator Stone's tirade against him Col onel Roosevelt in Washington yesterday said: "I am Infinitely less concerned about what Senator Stone said of me than what the President said of Senator Chamberlain." This was not the kind of reply which the Colonel's friends had expected him to make, perhaps, but It was infin itely better than such a volley of invective as he might have turned Icose on his assailant had he so de sired. Accused of bitter partisanism by Stone, Colonel Roosevelt disproves the accusation in a sentence. Sena tor Chamberlain is a staunch Demo crat. Not even his bitterest enemies would deny that. Yet the former President says he is there to help him and all others of all parties who desire to "speed up the conduct of the war." This Is the best answer that could be made to the false assertion that Republicans are playing partisan politics in the conduct of the war. The Colonel represents the best thought In the party when he says that his only desire is to help put the nation as quickly as possible in the forefront of the fight. All Republi cans are anxious to support the Pres ident in every proper measure, as their votes in the past repeatedly have shown when he was deserted by his own party leaders, but they must not be asked to submit to Presiden tial dictation in matters of legisla tion In which the President has no constitutional voice until the bills reach him for concurrence or re jection. The Lancaster Automobile Club could not* have been a party to the article appearing in the Philadelphia Record of Sunday, giving it credit for practically all the important good road developments in Pennsylvania. The Lancaster club has done good work, excellent work, Indeed, but it has done no more than the Motor Club of Harrisburg, which has been a leader n this respect. HAS JUSTIFIED ITSELF THE municipal street repairing plant has justified Its establish ment and the report of High way Commissioner Lynch shows that he has done very well with Its op eration. There can be no question that the paved streets of Harrisburg are In better condition now than they were under the old contract ar rangement. Mr. Lynch believes his plant should be enlarged. His recom mendation ought to receive Coun cil's prompt consideration. The Commissioner was hampered last year .by inability to prepare his ma terials in the quantities needed and he should not be required to work under that handicap this year. He is doing good work and should be encouraged to continue it. "Every vacant lot will be cultivated for war gardens In the spring," says the Chamber of Commerce committee, which is a guarantee that we shall have plenty to eat next summer and that home-gardening will be the popular outdoor sport here. It Is gratifying to note that the men who made such a success of it last year are again to be in charge. SIMPLIFYING LAWS ONE of the most commendable signs of the times is the move to simplify law. It has been the privilege of tho Harrisburg Tele graph to record and to praise the enactment of various codes, begin ning with the school cod® in 1911 a*d extending down to the dece dents' estates code of 1917. We have seen with pleasure the laws of Penn sylvania relative to boroughs, town ships, dogs, mining, public service, game, fish and other as sembled and a lot of junk enacted in a century and a half wiped off the books, replaced by up-to-date stat utes and making life easier, if less remuneratl\e, for lawyers. We have ■with more or less mixed Joy beheld the passage of a code of third class WEDNESDAY EVENING, HXBRIBBURO t&g£g& 7TELEGRXFH3 JANUARY 23, 1918, city law, although we admit that wp find more comfort in the cdm- pact form of the acta go\'ernlng our type of municipalities than with the provisions thereof. In due season the advocates of a change In municipal government who en vied our success under the act of ISB9 and Its supplements and took us by the neck inta commission gov ernment will realize that all that rolls off a lecturer's tongue is not to be accepted as gospel and that what suits Kansas is not always the best medicine for Pennsylvania. We are pleased to note that the plan for codifying more laws of Pennsylvania Is to be put into ef fect still more and that trades, oc cupations and professions, road and poor laws and other acts are to be grouped by subjects. We will then be in a place where we can, with some chance of being heard, ask that we be given an election coda which will be within the grasp of the mentality of mere man and not require annual recourse to the courts. And In the making of that code may we hope that the man with practical experience and not the theorist will be consulted. Wo want plain election laws; laws which will not put us within shadow of jail doors or benefit crooks; laws which will really record the free man's will; laws which we can un derstand. The late Senator Brady, of Idaho, was one of those men who carried great talent and industry to the new States of the West, who gave charac ter to those communities and who were enabled to take their reward in material success and In public prefer ment. As an editor and business man in Idaho, as Governor of the State, and as its representative in Washing ton, Senator Brady was always a thoughtful and effective factor, r..ain taining his force and interest in pub lic questions to the very end of his days. His death brings a loss to the Republican side of the chamber, not only in that his personality is taken away,'but in that his successor, until the next election, will probably be a Democrat—since the present Governor of Idaho is of that party. Anything which the Harrisburg Railways Company may do to remedy present unsatisfactory conditions will be approved by the people. Through the recommendations of an expert and the co-operation of the engineer of the Public Service Commission, the proposed changes in. the operation of the lines ought to result in improve ment. Of course, the transportation systems have all been seriously af fected by the unusual weather and fuel conditions, but the people have a right to expect that any utility will always do Its utmost to overcome these conditions. As a rule, the pub lic is reasonable and when it under stands the difficulties it is likely to be patient until remedies can be ap plied. Colonel Roosevelt will be applauded throughout the country for his pa triotic efforts to speed up the prepa rations for our part in the war. All political and other considerations must drop away from the main issue and the effort to maintain a political machine in the face of a great na tional crisis will have no real support among the people. Americans have responded with men and means and all their resources and they have a right to expect that nothing will be permitted to interfere with the crea tion of a great and effective army with the least possible delay. When a correspondent of the Tele graph the other day suggested that there might be provided a great Com munity Coal Pile through the gener osity of those who already have coal, and which would supply the needy householders, he was expressing the thought of the good Samaritan. Fuel Administrator Hickok also recom mended the other day that those who have coal should help their neighbors who have none. Now is the time to show the good fellowship which iqost of us like to encourage under all cir cumstances. If you are not a member of the Y. sr. C. A., which is doing a great work iu Harrisburg, you should lose no time In enrolling during the member ship campaign which is now under way. This organization is one of the great backers of the men at the light ing front, and those at home should show through their interest in its ac tivities their desire to help the boys who are lighting the country's bat tles. All testimony trom the men in the Held Is favorable to the Y. M. C. A. and what it is doing for them. Having chosen a City Treasurer, let us hope that the City Council will now clear the decks for a year of con structive effort in all lines of munici pal administration. This does not mean that there shall be unnecessary expenditures of public funds, but there should be close and careful manage ment of municipal affairs to the end that the greatest good shall come to the greatest number. The fruit growers and agricultur ists of Pennsylvania, who are in ses sion hero this week, are realizing more and more the importance of Har risburg as a distributing center. These annual conferences and exhibits are bound to promote the Industries represented and in this time of food propaganda the conventions of this week are particularly beneficial. Here's to Colonel Frank E. Zelgler, wha has been placed In command of the Machine Gun Battalions at Camp Hancock. Colonel Keigler Is a fine type of the American soldier, and the folks back home are watching his upward climbing In the national ser vice. While being examined by a Senate committee. Secretary Baker puffed a cigar. He also handed a first-class puff to himself as an administrative officer. But the smoke screen was not thick enough to hide the facts. Napoleon declared In his last hours on St. Helena that Caesar had built a great empire and that he himself had constructed another great empire, but both had fallen because they had been built on force. Christ's empire rested on love, said the great Corsican, and It would endure forever. Manifestly, the Kaiser has failed to study Na poleon with profit. Ck, By the Ex-Committeeman Pennsylvania Republican con gressmen, who realize that seats in ttfe Keystone state delegation will Tie imperiled if the Penrose state administration war goes beyond the primaries, have started a move ment to get the fighting ( It is realized at Washington that Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil will be a candidate to the finish in the primaries, but it Is hoped to end any chances of fac tional lighting in May and not to have scores evened up In November. Th* Pennsylvania Republican con gressmen ggt together at Washing* ton yesterday and after unanimous elections discussed the general sit uation in the state, planning to win buck the two Pittsburgh seats which were iost because of some internal disturbances "fckiid to stiffen up lines in other districts. —Concerning this meeting, which I will have an important effect on | stnte politics as congressmen do not. propose to be sacrificed because of ambitions which may impel men to carry fights beyond primaries, Washington dispatches say: "Pennsylvania Republican dele gation in Congress held a get-to gether meeting in the Ways and Means Committee room of the Capi tol to-day and effected a permanttet organisation looking to a closer co operation in matters of legislation affecting the state. The dean of the delegation. Congressman Thomas S. Butler, of West Chester was elected president: Congressman J. Hampton Aloore, of Philadelphia, vice-president, and Congressman I.icuis T. McFadden, of Canton, sec retary. After much discussion as to the forthcoming campaign and the necessity for redeeming cortaln Pennsylvania districts to the Re publican party, Congressman George S. Graham was re-elected the Penn sylvania member of the National Republican Congressional Commit tee. Following Mr. Graham's elec tion, the sentiment in the state was sounded by calling upon the various representatives, who generally ex prensed the opinion that durjng the pendency of the war, the Repub licans should unite in efforts to bring about an early and decisive victory. —That the Republican congress men's position has an appeal even ftr the other side is shown by the efforts under way among some of the Democratic congressmen to get some understanding as to how fur their own family tight is going to go. State bosses have commenced to hear about the manner in which they forced Naval Officer Crull Into the Berks-Lehigh congressional fight to even up ten-year-old scores against Arthur G. Rewalt nnd have troubles In other districts. There are now four aspirants for the Dem ocratic nomination for Congress in Berks alone. In the Northumber land district the fight Is already on against Congressman Lesher, while Congressmen Sterling, Brodbeck and Bfshltn are all threatened with opposition for renomlnatlon. —There is also said to be opposi tion among some Allegheny Demo crats to have anything to do with Clyde Kelly, who, it Is predicted, will be found mixing Into the Re publican state primary. —An announcement of great sig nificance In state politics for this year came yesterday in Philadel phia, concerning which the Public Ledger says: "Bishop Joseph F. Berry, senior bishop of \merican Methodism, "went into politcs" yes terday by issuing a statement in which he called upon the Repub lican voters of Pennsylvania to re jact any candidate for Governor who is not in hearty sympathy with the proposed constitutional prohibition amendment. lam committed, body, brain and soul, to the task of help ing rid Pennsylvania from liquor control,' asserted the Bishop, who said his object was to urge the "bet ter element' of the Republican party of the state to take control of its affi'irs." —Appearance of Gilford Plnchot here to-day is being hailed by O'Neil men. They predict that the former forester will be out for O'Neil very soon even though Cplonel Roosevelt appears to be for Sproul. —The Philadelphia Inquirer gives much attention to editorial comment for Sproul as the man of the hour. —Colonel H. R. Laird, of Wil llamsport, is being boomed as an ad ministration candidate for Lieutenant Governor, according to Capitol Hill gossip. The Colonel has not yet in dicated, however. —Between Auditor General Snyder dropping Vare men in state offices in Philadelphia, and Mayor Smith drop ping Penrose men, things are at least interesting In Philadelphia. —The Philadelphia Press says that Mayor Babcock was victorious in Pittsburgh council yesterday when his appointments were all confirmed by council. —Judge John G. Harman, sitting in license court in Bloomsburg, said that he did not consider his election a mandate to run riot with liquor licenses and that he would construe the law as he saw it. W. S. Vare, who has been in the South, is expected to return soon. —According to a statement issued at Chester the Non-Partisan League is to take a hand in the elections next May.* As a forerunner of this a gathering of prominent citizens decided to hold a public meeting on Tuesday night at the old Chester Club for the purpose of increasing the membership in the league. The organization Is composed of many well-known men of all political faiths. It was largely through the Non-Partisan League that Hie bal lot stuffing episode and other alleg ed offenses against the law were In vestigated In this county. SNOW,~SNOW, SNOW. (And still we apologize!) Snow/snow, snow, On the cold, white earth, oh Sky! But I would that my tongue could utter The times I have sighed "Oh my!" "Oh my" for the baker-man's boy, When he bringfrme my bread every day! "Oh my!" for the paper lad. As he trudges along his way. ' But the beautiful flakes waft down. To their haven In vale and on hill. But oh! for the touch of a soft Spring Breeze, And a rain that is warm and still. Snow. snow, snow. From thy cold, grey, snow-clouds Ch sky! But I wish for the tears of an April day. And the vloletr of days gone by! EDNA GROFF DIEHL. Paxtang, Pa. GOOD MORNING! HOW'S YOUR OIL STOVE WORKING? BYBRIGGS 9 -- ' * ALL .SMELLY ' ALL KKSWT- GooD ANJO C\Z£B'THIM6 " t>eo not tlilnk that 1 awl bitter that my son was called by God to make the supreme sacrifice. Killed in any other manner, in times of peace, I think my lite would have soured, and I would have become embittered ngainst the world, but dying as John Lauder did, I can only say that, even with the knowl edge of what pain his death lias cost me, I would send him to France ngain to risk his life anew were it possible to-dny to resurrect him from the ground. Because since his death, I have been to France, and I have seen the bleeding lily, and have como to realize more than ever that John Lauder's life was not giv en in vain, or uselessly.—Harry louder in the American Magazine. Joy I am wild, I will sing to the trees, T will sing to the stars In the sky, i I love, I am loved, he is mine, | Now at last I can die. \ T am sandaled with wind and with flame, ; I have heart-fire and singing to Igive, I can tread on the grass or the stars, Now at last X can live! —-By Sara Teasdale. show. And thus it has been throughout my career. "But now the Bolsheviki dele gates," he went on, "set a meeting for 10 o'clock and show up at 2:30. They speak two or three at a time. When we say to them that we ought to dictate terms because we are the victors, they say, 'Oh, no, you have beaten us, but we are the victors.' AY her. we ask them what they expect to' do in c.;se hostilities are re sumed, they say they will compel us to capture Petrograd. When we ask how about their army, they reply cheerfully that most of the army has run away and the rest is starv ing, and that consequently they must insist on our accepting their icrms without changing a dot. Af ter a couple of sessions, friend Sin had, our delegates from the Central Powers are on the edge of nervous prostration. The head of our mis sion cannot write homo because he) has forgotten his wife's name, anjl more than once he has been o*sr heard calling himself up on the tele phone. I suspect a nefarious plot, Sinbad. The Bolsheviki are plan ning to drive the leading statesmen of the Central Powers into a lunatic risylum, and then they can work their will upon poor Germany."— Simeon Strunsky in the New York Evening Post. START FARM ACCOUNTS In addition to the personal need for every farmer to keep a system of accounts, which by the way may be very simple, there are now many other reasons why he should keep them. Every year it Is necessary to prove something for the public's in formation in regard to farm prices, profits and products. Past experi ence has shown that the more ac curately the farmer can show these things the better his business is un derstood and the more readily the public acknowledges his lights. Still another reason why he should (we may even say must) keep accounts now is the requirement of the in come tax law. The farmer whose income is subject to tax will find the task of filling out the blanks a much easier Job than when every thing must be estimated at the end of the year. The farmer whose in come is not great enough, or per haps falls just a little short, can prove his position much more quick ly and satisfactorily should he be called upon to do so. There is ev ery reason why every farmer should keep an accurate record of his farm ing operations, and none at all why he should not. Now is a good time to start.—The Pennsylvania Parmer. Into the Future Slackers and pacifists might have a heart and look forward to the time when their descendants will be trying to into various orders of the Sons and Daughters of the World Revolution.—l'Vom the Washington Post. GROWING OLD We'll fill a Provence bowl and pledge us deep The memory of the far ones, and between The soothing pipes in heavy-llded sleep, Perhaps we'll dream the things that once had been. 'Tis only noon, and yet too soon to die, • Yet we are growing old, my heart and I. A hundred books are ready Jn my head 1° open out where Beauty bent a leaf. What do we want with Beauty? We are wed, Like ancient Proserpine, to dis mal grief, And we are • hanging with the hours that fly, And growing odd and old, my heart and X. Across a bed of bells the river flows, 0 And roses dawn, but not for us; we want The new thing ever as the old thing grows Spectral and weary on the hills we haunt. And that is why we feast, and that is why . We're growing odd and old, my heart and I. —Francis E. Ledwidge, the young Irish poet, killed while fighting at the front for England. Over tta IK *peKiau Regardless of the war on food conservation, a Salina woman still insists that her bull pup shall have his full ration of choicest bonbons. She will bo lucky if Hoover does not commandeer all the bull pups tor mince pie. ♦ • Champ Clark, it is said, borrowed the $lO with which ho made his start in life, and often has been praised for his good judgment in floing so. On the other ltand, we know quite a few who never re ceived any credit whatever. • * * A citizen of Altoona concentrated American spirit in an acrostic as fol lows: D—o your bit and help "Dear Old Olory;" E—ngage in no fabulous or slackers' story. M—ake sure that this world must be "Safe for Democracy." O—nward! You patriots; eradicate that Prussian autocracy! C —onquer your fears; protect our rights and honor, regard lessly. ft—ally 'round "Old Olory" and with your life do guard it. A—merica now! America forever! C —ome to arms! Come to arms, * and don't sever whatever. T—ou must fight for democracy— autocracy, never! I OUR DAILY LAUGH SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE. Walter — What will you have for breakfast? Patron—'What's the use of my sit ting here and guessing. You go ahead and bring me what the law allows for today. JW £„>-' * sK-srf LOOKED LIKE IT. Tramp Bird —My this must b Florida! i w JUST LIKE ON LAND. I Shark Real Estate Agent—Want to buy a nice lot, Mr. Suckerl OF COURSE. I Wife —He says his children ari i very bright. I Hubby—Oh, shucks. All chlldrei 1 are bright lEhctting ( > \ "Meatless days" do not mean jnuch to a lot of people In Harris ourgr and If what was learned yes terday from half a dozen butchers' establishments Is correct there are families which honor the patrlotio request of the national food admin istration niorc by breaking: it than by observing it. It would seem that the feeling of resentment which ev eryone really has against food and luel administrators and which jt should be the duty of every person to keep down, as we restrain harsh words at overcrowded cars, scarcity of uugar and refusals to sell coal because there Is none on hand, is cropping out where it is going to do most harm. |Ono butcher said yesterday that it was nobody's busi ness how much meat he sold but (luring the morning he filled a num - ber of orders which were demanded over the telephone "in time for lunch." Another man said his trade was the same on a "meatless day" as on a day when everything went, while another confessed after some prodding that he actually had done more meat selling on Tuesdays lately than heretofore. t One man • gave the explanation that some men who cannot get meat down town at restaurants go home for lunch and insist on having meat for the* mid day meal. That is a rather rough statement to make, but he extend ed an invitation to go and seo how many men were taking lunch at a well known cafe. One man who conducts an eating place said that in spite of his sign that he would not serve meat on Tuesdays he was being continually roasted for not having it on the bill of fare. A butcher who handles a good bit of fine trade was asked about the sale of meat on Tuesday and laughed When he said that he had the an swer why people ate it In defiance of the food administration. "Don't you know the reason?" asked he. "Well, they want to be contrary." Maybe he is right, but there is such A a thing as being contrary and un- ' patriotic with no earthly reason. • • The State Board of Agriculture, which is holding its annual meeting here, has been meeting in Harris burg for thirty years. Created in 1876 its members have been coming here, occasionally wondering why, • but nevertheless attending the ses sions and debating farming, politics and other things. The board start ed meetings in th,e old Supreme court chamber and has met in vari ous places about the, city, lately favoring the House caucus room, from which it was barred by tlie draft board this time. It is meet ing now in the hall of the Repre sentatives and while the weather has put a crimp in its discussions there is still a good bit of ginger manifested. • • Farmers who come to the city's markets say very frankly that they are by no means certain they will be able _to set out much additional ncreage in foodstuffs this year be cause of the labor conditions. Farm hands, according to the men who till the soil; are very hard to flnil and the men who have been work ing on farms are finding better paid jobs in the cities and on the rail roads. In some instances farmers have been talking of cutting up farms and subletting portions, fig uring that they can handle a certain part themselves and that a man leasing will care for the rest An other thing Dauphin farmers say is that there will not be much land cleared this year. * • • "In my opinion the school chll dren of Pennsylvania are going to " be a great help in launching thrift stamps," says Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Edu cation. "There are children saving money which can be converted Into the stamps at the end of the school year and be a great help." • Deputy Attorney General William H. Keller Is rejoicing iff the titla of grandfather and it Is claimed bv Deputy Emerson Collins that he is the youngest grandfather on Cap itol Hill. Attorney General Brown says he is the proudest, anyway. •• * • Dr. George Signor, who was for merly in charge of the Spring Citv State Institution and later at Hei shey, was here yesterday. He is connected with the food conserva tion activities of the Public Safety committee. * • • Governor Brumbaugh, who pre sided at the meeting of the State College trustees here on Monday, has fulfiled that duty four times. The meeting of the trustees is pro vided by law and when fhe Gover nor came in he decided that lie would do the presiding as required. Heretofore governors have delegat ed that authority. This recalls the time when the late Governor Sam uel W. Pennypacker called upon the : trustees of the University of Penn sylvania to meet here once a year. He discovered that the law re quired it. And the trustuees came here to meet at . the command of the determined old governor. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Col. Li. A. former lieu- . tenant governor, is taking a big jf part In the Thrift Ravings campaign* in his county of Lackawanna. —Dr. A. L. Suhrie, of the Uni- 1 versity of Pennsylvania, who Is well known here, has gone to Cleveland to accept a place In the city's edu cational system. —Ex-Judge Harland A. Denny, of Susquehanna, has gone back to the practice of law. —Senator Horace W. Schantz, of Allentown, Is going to be a candi date again. He is the first Republi can senator from Lehigh In 100 years. —H. Walton Mitchell, president of State Oollege trustees, Is an alumnus of the college. DO YOU KNOW | ' —Tliat Harrlsburg steel Is being made Into parts for auto mobile* for national use? | HISTORIC IIARRISBURG The first fair ever held In Harrls burg was on the river front, where there was a straight away race track. I Spirit's House From naked stones of agony I will build a house for me; As a mason all alone I will raise it, stone by stone,' And every stone where I have bled ' Will show a sign of dusky red. X. have not gone the way In vain. For I have good of all my pain; My spirit's quiet house will be Built of naked stones I trod On roads where I lost sight of God.\ —By Sara, Teasdale. ,r An Ancient Grudge? Jim Reed has a grudge against Herbert C. Hoover. Perhaps Sen- \ ator Jim never has forgiven Mr. Hoover for relieving the distress of the Belgians.—From th* Cincinnati Star-Times.