12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded lßjt , Published evenings except Sunday by THE TRLGGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building. Federal Square. B. J. ST ACKPOLE, Pres't <s* Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER. Business Mana£er. GUB M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en- 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- Ushers' Assocla- Bureau of Clrcu lation and Penn ml £& m M Eastern office, Ifflll JWW Avenue Building, Finley, P(jOj?le's Entered st the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. m I I nryTfr _ By carriers, ten cents a 4*jfeftlPM'jEjKftrt 'week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25, 1918 The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art in life is to have as many of them as possible. —BOVEE. I LEWIS AND HARMONY THOUSANDS of Republicans in Pennsylvania will say amen to the sentiments of William Draper Lewis, emphasizing the nec essity of harmony in Pennsylvania this year if the party is to elect a governor next November. • What boots it if this or that faction win at the primaries if the Democrats are victorious at the general election? Pennsylvania is a Re publican State, and as Mr. Lewis says, ought to be given opportunity to vote for a big, broad, outstanding citizen of high ideals and unques tioned integrity for governor next time. This is the desire of Repub licans; this they will insist upon, and woe be to any man or group of men attempting to lead the party in any other direction. Sugarless, wheatless, beefless, pork less, coalless and waterless, but thank the good Lord not yet quite hopeless. WARNING LIGHTS THE coroner's inquest and the Public Service Commission's In vestigation will be required to! tlx responsibility for the accident at Paxtang yesterday morning, but whatever facts may be thus disclosed it seems reasonably certain that there would have been no collision had the sleigh carried a light. By law trolley cars and automo biles are compelled to show lights at night, but owners and drivers of liorse-drawn vehicles persist in "run ning dark," as railroad men say. Frequently the Legislature has been a&ked to pass a law making the carrying of lights mandatory for all classes of vehicles, but each time the influence of antagonistic farmers has prevented the adoption of such a measure. The time has come when wise farmers realize that they are taking their lives in their hands every time they go driving at night without a light to warn oft approaching street cars and autos. Is it too much to hope that at the next Legislature they will force the enactment of the necessary restrictions? Here's hoping the Austrians are better revolutionists than the Rus- THE TRUTH THEODORE ROOSEVELT voiced the sentiment of the whole American people, regardless of party, when, speaking in Washington yesterday, he said h opposed the in jection of party politics into the war; that he desires the people to know the whole truth concerning the progress of our preparations and that he means to expose every official he finds lacking in efficiency and to support any one, regardless of party, who is devoting himself solely to speeding up America's part in the great conflict. This is the same Roosevelt who flayed Republican shortcomings in the Spanish-American war and he is therefore qualified to pass censure in this war, let the blame fall whore it will. That he is sincere In his non-partisan attitude needs no other proof than that he has taken up the cudgels for Democrats and Republi cans alike in the Senate Military Committee, which has been fearless in Its exposures of inefficiency In the War Department, and that he was Just as ready to accord praise to Secretary Daniels for recent marked improvements In the Navy Department as he was to censure the Secretary of War for delinquencies in the administration of the army. As Colonel Roosevelt said, true Americans have small consideration Just now for party politics. With their sons dying by hundreds in the training camps by reason of the failure of those in charge to properly provide for them, with their millions Invested in Liberty Bonds, thla !s not the war of the Government, but of all American cltlzons and their sole, desire la that It be prosecuted successfully. Americans are Just as FRIDAY EVENING, HA3UUSBTJRG TELEGKSPH JANUARY 25, 1918. ready to chMr & Democrat m a Republican. -nd J ust as to censure. This war is not going to he won cither by Democrats or Re publicans. If it is to be won at rli it must be won by all of us of all creeds and all parties. Tills is so self-evident that it re quires no demonstration, out if proof bo asked we need only to turn to England or to France, where coalition cabinets and governments were found to be necessities very early in the war. Sooner or later we shall be forced to a similar course in America. Woe be to him who thinks that this is a one-man con flict, who believes that the reins of power can be concentrated in a single pair of hands. In the language of President Wil son, so aptly quoted by Colonel Roosevelt yesterday, it is the duty of Congress to sift the purposes and ac tivities of all government officials and to keep the public informed concern ing its practices and purposes, in or der that the country may intelligent ly support the government in every proper move. This is the practice ol "pitiless publicity" which the Presi dent advocated when he entered the White House, but it is not in keeping with his present-day effort to hold down the lid on administration in efficiency and error by squelching Senators and Congressmen who dare tell the public of conditions as they exist. This war can be successfully con ducted only by the intelligent sup port and co-operation of all the peo ple, and to the end that they may know the extent of the effort an sacrifice required of them they must have the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. If reputations must be shattered and men in high places demoted for the winning of the war, that is too bad, but never theless oft with the heads of any who stand between us and success. That is war. We will use to the extent of their abilities and cast aside scores of good men before this conflict ends-. That also is war. We must suffer, and bleed, and die; and that too is war. But by efficiency in high place, b> speeding up our preparations and by substituting patriotism for politics at Washington we shall greatly re duce our suffering and our sacrifices and get this awful business over the more quickly. That is all Colonel Roosevelt, and Senator Chamberlain and others of their kind desire. So long as they can support the Presi dent and be true to those principles so long they will support him whole heartedly. But when Presidential policy and the convictions of men as able "to judge the truth as he, and in full possession of the facts, come into collision, the President must be prepared to concede at least the pos sibility of error on his own part and to act accordingly in co-operation with those every whit as patriotic as he. "We will set our teeth and see this through." says the Philadelphia Even ing Ledger. ies, but let's remember to set 'em in the Kaiser and not in ourselves. THE Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN THE Harrisburg Y. ( M. C. A. is out for 500 new members and should have no difficulty in run ning beyond that number. ' The association membership should be so big it literally would push out the walls of the structure it calls home and force the erection of a larger building. Unless all signs fail that is what is going to happen "when the boys come home." The Y. M. C. A. is the club of the soldier in camp, and it will he his headquarters when he returns to private life. One of the biggest influences for good In the war is the Army "Y," and it will be one of the most popular and potent organizations in the world after peace is declared. There will be no need for membership campaigns then. Indeed, there should be no such nefcessity now, for whatever the local association may have been, or may not have been, in the past, it certainly does not overstep when it advertises itself to-day as the "Llvest Hen's Club in Town." Mr. McAdoo is against Government ownership of railroads. What! Got enough of it already? THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW HVRRISBURG automobile deal ers will be prepared to-mor row to show us the very latest designs in motor trucks and the most advanced styles in passenger cars — for, be it understood, there is no longer any such thing as a "pleasure car." The big show that will be opened to-morrow evening is staged at great expense and the motor merchants have brought to gether an assemblage of automo biles and power vehicles that would do credit even to a metropolitan ex hibit. It will be both interesting and instructive. Whether or not you own a car or contemplate the pur chase of one at an early date, you can spend an hour there very profit ably. There were those who predicted that the war would cause the bot tom to drop out of the automobile market, but Just the opposite is apt to happen. With the railroads con gested and only food and fuel being shipped, men are looking as never before to the motor truck as a solu tion of the local freight problem. With passenger schedules all shot to pieces and half the trains oft the road the public finds Itself forced to look to automobiles for trans portation, and thousands of them will be taking the places of accom modation trains next spring and summer. The motor driven vehicle Is Just coming Into Its own. It Is no longer a toy, but an essential factor In modern business. It commands your attention. Oo to the show and view Its latest developments. titles ot By the Kx-Commlttecman Republican newspapers generally regard the speeches and incidents connected with the dinner tendered to Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Nell at Pittsburgh last night as indicative of a fight to a finish, and the zeal with which some of the Democratic newspapers, notable in Harrisburg, are press agenting the Highway Commissioner tends to a suspicion that the Democratic ma chine managers hope that it will be such a bitter content that It will go beyond the primaries and enable them to reap advantage which, owing to their own family lights, they would otherwise not possess this year. Mr. O'Neil has stated his platform and is in the field with the blessing of the most potent factors in the state administration and assurances that if he wants it he can have the open endorsement of Governor Brumbaugh. The Governor practical ly gave it last night in a letter he sent to the dinner and Attorney Gen eral Brown certainly committed the administration. It now remains to be seen whether the Vare interests, which bost the Governor on all oc casions, will follow suit and whether Congressman John R. K. Scott, one of Senator Vare's closest friends, will hitch his boom for Lieutenant Governor to that of O'Neil or go it alone, trusting to developments. And since the O'Neil candidacy is now in fine working order there is consider able interest in what win be the next move of Senator William C. Sproul, who says that he will be a candidate, but not of a faction. —The manner in which the news papers regard the O'Neil dinner is significant The Democratic Phila delphia Record says that the state administration puts its O. K. on the Highway Commissioner's candidacy and the Public Ledger says that the boom was launched "to the accom paniment of send offs" from the Governor and Attorney General. The North American says that it is a war on Penrose to the bitter end. Other Philadelphia newspapers print straightaway news stories about it as do the Pittsburgh papers. —William Draper Lewis' declara tion that he opposed a factional can didate for Governor and that he did not think much of the factional contest at this time was not much commented upon at the Capitol. Gif ford Pinchot, who was declared by an O'Neil press agent to be like ly at the dinner, turned up in Harrisburg yesterday to make an address to farmers. He was a day late, but that did not matter. He did not make any excuses and no one asked for any. He spoke on agriculture and slipped out of town without making any political state ments. It is suspected that Pinchot still has hopes. The O'Neil men have been looking for him to declare for the Highway Commissioner. —The Philadelphia Evening Ledger almost nightly insists that Vance C. McCormick Is to become the Democratic candidate tap Gov ernor, a view generally shared by Democratic workers here. And it may he added that there are hopes that he will run among Democratic leaders, bosses and workers all over the state. The year 1914 has not been forgotten. —The Town Meeting party lost its case to have the contest bond re duced. The Town Meeting men are not very enthusiastic about pros pects and it is probable that they will go back to the Republican party and be welcomed. —Senator Sproul, in a speech to State Lumbermen at Philadelphia yesterday, said that this was not a time to throw rocks, but to stand behind the national administration. The North American says they "cheered him as the next Governor." -—The Philadelphia Record com ments upon the fact that Philadel phia leaders, except Congressman Vare, are not going to Florida ?is usual this winter. —Mayor Babcock appears to have things in good shape in Pittsburgh and his administration to have started off at last. —The Scranton Republican says that the belief of people in north eastern Pennsylvania is that Palmer will name McCormick. Palmer has influential connections in Lacka-* wanna county. The Republican says that Congressman John R. Farr is expected to run again and that Ex-Mayor E. B. Jermyn, Rob ert Jones, C. P. O'Malley, Ex-Rep resentative Albert Davis and John Bowcn are talked of for senator and that Representative Hugh A. Dawson, one of the best-liked men ill the House, will not run again. Representatives David Fowler, Fred C. Ehrhardt, W. W. Jones and W. F. Davis will seek re-election as will M. J. Ruddy, the lone star Demo crat, of Lackawanna. —Western newspapers are still talking about Senator E. Crow, the state chairman as a can didate all can line up for, while there is considerable newspaper support for Auditor General Charles A. Snyder. —The Philadelphia Inquirer in a discussion of the Schuylkill Con gressional situation says: For Con gress, the Republicans have but one choice, and that is the incumbent, Robert D. Heaton, of Ashland. He will be nominated without opposi tion, and will also be elected, prac tically without opposition, for the Democrats have none to place up against him, who can draw any strength. A number of names are mentioned for the Democratic nom ination. Among these is Charles Ditchey, of Shenandoah, who re cently retired from the office of Sheriff. Ho is out of a job. JUST SHOES [Washington Times] All life is tied up more or leas with thought of shoes. The happiest face is that of a mother trying on the first pair of tiny, foolish blue kid shoes, with white buttons, on her new baby. The saddest face is the mother's putting away forever the pair of lit tle shoes, worn at the toes* the last that her baby ever wore. Long and strange are the walks that human beings take in their shoes. The condemned man puts on shoes and laces them —to walk a few steps to the scaffold. How did Woodrow Wilson feel when he said for the first time: "Here I am taking off my shoes In the White House?" Friends throw an old shoe at the happy bride. The undertaker puts new shoes on the man In his cotfln, never to walk again. Nature -working over a million years succeeded In giving a shoe of horn to the horse. And man's brain working five minutes gives to that horse a better shoe made of steel. MAN! BY BRIGGS OH-H- 'SAY- (Ve JERRY VOUIXTRoueLE*"-\ \ weLL ; 1 J.fJ QOI THE NICEST LOOK -VAJOPRI} I < T HOU<H WE I T °? ® tOARM£SrALITT-e WH ,T6 OM TROUBLE- ?LEMTV a lot- FLAT No COAL. y id ' IKOUOLt OF .COAL IM / A lo t T , / .. t iajorr.ES OR IYooRl Yooß -COAL THIS r 6U(LDiM6f y * ee L * s iT nothing -PRGTjry v Troubles J j 0 La5T aU I SOFT! " y v MO MORE- WHEW WE ) Died WrtA~r UU£D IU I ' CjET HEAT -THEW / Your fl*T- owe MAM-) || /\ y | | / / CO**e s PweUMOMIA- I HE OUST ABOUT Your/ ■ ']/yJ .•- C/vT • - MAY-BE OnLV a / 6UL-D 100 -~~ ' DUMNO O O a l|aJA ys \ WEEK MY COAL P.L£ MAYBE , S " I \ \AJILL LAST- / HAF T'RCE / / J I AKia/6 H £ j Over tfu "Jojs Ik '"pouuu Talk about hard times in Pennsyl vania! Over in Sweden at a fash ionable wedding, recently, the invi tations begged: "Please bring your bread cards." This meant that even rich hosts dare not provide guests with bread except in restricted amounts and in the manner ordain ed by law. Nine hundred employes of the Adelaide Silk Mills, Allentown, ga ther each noon for community sing ing. They do this after lunch. Is Allentown becoming Americanized? Well, rather! Other cities would do well to give this recreation to their workers. A rousing song helps di gestion more than a schooner of beer. Those two young school teachers at York Haven who stole two hun dred chickens in Conewago, Dover and Manchester townships in a cou ple weeks have made a good start to be a Jesse James or Lewis the Robber. The vicious young peda gogues made a practise of hiring a team and diving along, and if they found the farmer not home they looted his chicken coop to the last fowl. Both have been caught. Why tlie Headline Writer Ijeft Town (From the Rossville Press.) Aaron Fitzwater Is Called to Final Rest. Hundred and Fifty People Enjov Event at Woodman Hall. * * • In Pittsburgh forty women have been taken on to the postal service as letter carriers. DROP THE LITTLE MEN Senator Chamberlain, a Democrat and Chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Military Affairs, said this on Saturday: "The military establishment of the United States has fallen down. There is no use to be optimistic about a thing that does not exist. It has almost stopped functioning, my friends. Why? Because of ineffi ciency in every bureau, in every de partment of the Government of the United States." This is alarming testimony, and it is authoritative. There is corrobor ation from many sources. Coal shortage is but one item, and a minor one, of the general collapse. Curtailment of industry is but a lo cal application, it will not cure grave constitutional ills. The cause of the breakdown is plain. President Wil son has chosen for "the performance of these great tasks inferior and in competent men "who must trust far too much to his constant direction and guidance. They are helpless without him, and as he cannot mas ter all the enormous detail of the administrative business, failure and collapse are inevitable. There is but one remedy, it is in the President's hands. If we are not to fail miserably in the great War work we have undertaken he must replace the incompetents by men equal to their tasks, able to bear and willing to assume respon sibility, leaving the President free for his higher duties. We cannot win the war with a staff of clerks all the time running to their chief for instructions. The President big men about him.—New York Times. 'WE SHALL "GO ON" When Lloyd George told the labor unionists that England must "go on or go under," he said what is ob viously true for England and for all the Allies, and we do not suppose he had a moment's doubt about which England and the rest of the Allies would do. Of course, we shall all "go on." Not for an instant can there be any thought of "going under," and every person who reflects upon the terms Germany is trying to force upon Russia knows that there is no mid dle course. No compromise is pos sible. The men who precipitated this war for the sake of conquests, of extensive territories and vast in demnities, are now in full possession of the German Government. It is again, as Bernhardt said before the war, "world domination or decline" for Germany, and If Germany insists on that alternative the rest of the world has no option but to borrow a phrase of Grant's and "fight it out on this line if it takes all summer," o' several summers, though we firm ly believe that one will suffice.— From the hPhlladelphia Record. It Isn't ''Bleeding MONSIEUR Anatole Le Braz finds that in America -o-dav there exists a certain miscon ception of France; monsieur regrets that so often when he picks up an American newspaper or an American magazine he should find in '.he countless articles devoted to a whollv laudatory appreciation of his coun try the unfortunate words "bleeding France." Monsieur insists that that unhappy adjective is a misfit and that every conception it gives of his native land Is erroneous and exceptionally mis leading. And monsieur has a peculiar right to speak for France, and a peculiar right to be heard in America. Anatole Le Braz is to-day the representative of the old Celtic literature, whose more than twenty volumes of poetry and prose have only one theme, his own land of Brittany; several of his books have that last distinction of French literature, the crowning of the I'rench Academy; he is known throughout the world as one of the great writers of the France of the twentieth Century, I cannot tell you," monsieur says, "how repellent is to me that phrase 1 meet with constantly here—'bleed ing France.' Now, an Individual who js bleeding is generally an object of commiseration, an unpleasant object to look upon and one that suggests exhaustion and a certain lowering of vigor. To-day France is the exact antithesis of that. "I'ranee is upright; she is alert in every fiber; she is indomitable. Nev er has she been more vigorous. She is the epitome of valor and the ex pression of unconquerable will; she is unflinching and she is girt with strength. "She has lost during these last three years her brightest and her best, but those who are left, if you picture them as broken and 'bleed /is Judge Gqry Says The policy of Germany and, in less degree, of other nations has been to construct, to build up, to extend, to enlarge, to foster enter prise, and to protect Industry; while our policy has been, ii\ a measure at least, to disorganize, to disinte grate, to prevent, to limit and even to destroy. For this reason Ger many to-day has a military organi zation and a business organization ahead of all others, and this has prolonged and will further prolong the war, notwithstanding the su periority of her enemies in wealth, numbers and other resources. We should be placed on an equality. It is not intended to convey the idea that unbridled license to concentrat ed business is advocated; quite the contrary. In these matters, as in all others, there should be author ity for governmental investigation, supervision and control, nonparti san and subject to Judicial Inter ference and correction for proper cause. Abuse and oppression by the public or the Individual should al ways be preventable by law.—Ex change. Caesar and Wilson History repeats itself. When Caesar wanted to get the people on his side in his fight against the Senate, he advertised on the walls of Rome. To-day, when Woodrow Wileon wants to make the people of Rus sia know the real attitude of the United States, and how It compares with the treachery of Germany, he ADVERTISES with huge billboards all over Russia. Washington Times. , Two Cent Papers Make Biggest Gains The biggest gains In the volume of advertising carried dur ing 1917 all over the United States were made by two-cent newspapers. What was true of other parts of the country were true of Harrisburg. . The Harrisburg Telegraph Harrisburg's only two-cent newspaper gained practically five times as much advertising over 1916 as its nearest penny competitor. When three out of four homes in a community say in effect: "No matter how many papers are published here at a penny, this two-cent paper is the one WE WANT," what better buy is there for the advertiser? The Harrisburg Telegraph will cover Central Pennsylvania for you, and it costs less. ing," you are displaying an unpar donable ignorance of France and the spirit of France to-day. "Here is an instance of what I mean. You know the great artist, Lemordant, Ire was before the war like the god of the seas, a specimen of manhood it was a joy to look upon; well, he was shot blind, abso lutely blind; his work, his joy in life taken in one moment away from him. "After he came out from the hos pital I went to see him in his fa mous studio. I forgot completely that the man was blind, so gay he was, so eager, so interested in ev erything, so indomitable and so con vinced that France would conquer, and conquer soon. When I rose to go I said: 'Oh, now you will show me those marvels,' waving my arms toward the walls where gleamed the pictures that have made him fa mous. "Not a shadow crossed his face. Gayly he said to me: 'Not I now, someone else will show you.' I was miserable at my cruel thoughtless ness, but when I tried to tell him of my grief he smiled and said: 'Oh, it is only that tj\e eyes of the artist are closed, there is nothing to grieve about, the beauty remains and for ever will remain.' "I am the father of three sol diers; the youngest of them fell on the battle field of Lorraine. He had been blinded in one eye and as soon as he got out of the hospital he went back to the front again. One night he crawled out to No Man's Land to bring in the body of his captain, and as he was doing it they shot him. As he was dying and they asked him if he had any message to send, he said: 'Tell only to my father that I am dying like a Breton.' He was just 18. "That is the spirit of France; that is why I tell you that the concep tion of a bleeding France is an in sult to my country." AVOID FACTIONALISM [Altoona Tribune] The leaders of the Republican party should be big enough and pa triotic enough in this emergency to abandon faction and unite upon a candidate not prominently identified with recent bitterness. The party in Pennsylvania is rich in statesman. There are gentlemen who have not, been intimately con nected with the recent factional de velopments and whose elevation to the office of chief executive would be an honor to the state. There is former Governor Stuart, whose splen did record endeared htm to the peo ple and whose administration was absolutely impervious to criticism. (Here the Tribune adds the names of U. S. Senator Knox, W. D. B. Alney and Charles E. Patton and says farther): Any one of these gentlemen—and the list is not meant to be an ex haustive one—would harmonize and consolidate the party, provided he stood upon a platform which com mended the Republican party to the confidence of a majority of the voters. But the platform is going to be an Important matter and must not be neglected. Let us have done with the factional antagonisms of Phila delphia and Allegheny counties, and to that end let our candidate come from some other section of the state and be free from factional affilia tions. Flirting She who flirts And runs away Will marry a bigger Flirt some day. —KnoxVille Sentinel. LABOR NOTES The Laclede Gas Company, of St Louis, is training women to read gas meters so that they can replace male inspectors. An advance of $9.75 a month is the main item of a settlement of the demands of Illinois Central railroad telegraphers. Hours are adjusted and the men will be paid for Sunday work. An increase of twenty-five cents a day for machine operators and fifty a day for floor men and ad men employed on newspapers has been secured by thfc Eugene, Ore., Typo graphical Union. Chambermaids in Denver, Col., hotels and boarding houses are or ganizing a union. The girls say they are going after $lO per week, with half day off each week and pay for overtime. After a lapse of thirteen years, window glass workmen are to re ceive wages which will compare fa vorably with the high wages received under the old Philadelphia wage scale In 1901-02. Organized bookbinders at Atlanta, Ga.. have adjusted differences with their employers, both parties sign ing a contract which provides for improved working conditions. Galway (Ireland) dockers have gone on strike because the Employ ers' Federation refused their request to begin the working day at 7 in stead of 6 in the morning. State Senator Robert Wagner, of New York, will lose no time in pre senting in Albany legislation look ing to municipal purchase and sale of food necessities as the best and quickest means of regulating prices. OUR DAILY LAUGH | AXi, FIXED Well, there Is • one thing I can What's that? 1 / / A I finished his fl sweater, hI s I wristlets and his - \ I helmet, and A/X| \j\ T when Tom does V' [ a \ I finally go into I I \ I the trenches 11)1 !L) I he'il be as well dressed as any " I of them. -**■ 8 pwC so romant iC' * '7 \ Tomorrow la i (§ll A time of romantic mem >k|| Yes, It Is the ,liP annivers iffijll ary of ray fifth J Oh, fudge. SAVED! \o%o\ Wooden Sol- L . \ i dier: Ah, help Jl Mr Z Is at hand. The M F| munitions have v/jf arrived! IJI MART'S rJT TLE SHOE / H V "*J ary kad a VI And furrows '/ ifl in er brow Ift '* aW mi &h* couldn't l| MUIuM wear a I g;MMmRI number two fj But tried It | iEbeitbtg CKjat The situation regarding farm la bor for Pennsylvania, which was the big theme for the farmers and men engaged In allied occupation at the meetings held hero this week has commenced to attract the attention i, m .s n in other walks of life and will be a matter for serious consid eration by men interested In the business of southern Pennsylvania in the next few months. In tha opinion of Secretary of Agriculture jiarles E. Patton the attendance at the various meetings held here this week was most representative and as the same view In regard to labor was shared by farmers, stock rais ers, vegetable raisers and others he says that the statements regarding: what confronts the state must bear weight No less a representative farmer than William T. Creasy says that with labor on farms consider ably less than one-half It means that production will be materially de creased. Paul Littlefleld, Secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, said to-day: "Prom reports we get the farm labor situation is most serious and farmers can not Increase their acreage without help." The chances are that there will be some strong memorials sent to Washing ton in the next few days. Pennsyl vania has over 215,000 farms and there are literally thousands of acres of arable land which will not be cultivated this year because of the shortage of labor. "War gardens will nourish, but the truck farms on which many people rely and the corn fields will be fewer in opinion of farmers who have been here this week. • • * "The people of this city will have to begin to realize that the Monda'y closing order means business. Clos ing means closing except where ex emptions are granted," said Ross A. Hickok, the fuel administrator, to day. "Grocers can only remain open until noon on Mondays except by special permission from the food ad ministrator, who has to be shown." * • • Harry A. Vollmer, of the United States revenue office, Is commencing to be a wizard at figures. Mr. Voll mer is in charge of the office where people with matters on their con sciences and money in their banks oome to ask questions about the in come tax forms. Mr. Vollmer can tell you all about war taxes, which do not interest the average man; excess profits, which touch few and old law and new law. And he can make the figures form parades and look like what you owe Uncle Sam. And he does it all with a smile. • • ♦ H. E. Bodine, who addresses the Chamber of Commerce on the way Altoona won city managership, used to be connected with the state gov ernment. He is now secretary of the Chamber of Commerce on tho Mountain Top, having gone there from several places like Clearfield. He used to be part of tne Bureau or Industrial Statistics. * * * The talks being given at the Har risburg Public Library assembly room these Saturday mornings by Lieutenant G. W. Danforth, of the United States Navy, for the children of the city are a real incentive to patriotism. Lieutenant Danforth is talking on the Navy and the flag and to-morrow will speak to children on the flag and what it means. He is helping make a lot of youngsters glad they were born in Pennsylvania where the flag was born, too. William Draper Lewis, former candidate for Governor and promi nent lawyer, was here yesterday on business at the Capitol, being en gaged in some litigation with the Philadelphia Electric Company, which appears to be one of his di versions. The doctor was asked dur ing some very dull testimony to vary conditions by his views on state poli tics. His reply was that he could not discern much politics in the way some things were going. I• • • Men who have come to Harris burg the last two or three days from rural districts of the state sav that the average city man has no idea of the conditions in the country due to the snow storms and the extreme ly cold weather. "You complain 'that on some streets the pavements have not been cleaned and that the milkman and the coalman have no way of getting through the snow banks. Well, you ought to see some country roads. The farmers are lit erally snowed In," said one man here for the meetings this week. "All you need do is to go ten miles from your own city and you will find what It is like if you don't freeze going there." WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —William Potter, State Fuel Ad ministrator, says that his present job is one of the kind he used to read about other people having. —C. T. Davies, Reading food ad ministrator, is effective In dealing with violators. He made a man who sold on Monday put a card in hia window apologizing for his action. —G. W. Koons, head of the Ly- 1 coming Supervisors for another year, * has been one of the road boomers of that section. —Congressman Thomas S. Butler, chairman of the Republican dele gation from this state In Congress, has been a member for almost twen ty years. —Judge W. D. Porter, of the Su perior Court, appears to have lined up half the counties of the state for his renominatlon. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg paved street area was secured at a less cost than most of the cities of the B&me size of the country? HISTORIC HARRISBURG At one time there were ten tav erns In Market Square alone. Now there is but one hotel. DELUDED'GERMANS "Gentlemen, it is quite true that a considerable number even of our artisans, our small tradesmen, our officials —of our middle classes, in short— have been affected with this imperialistic mania. They have either been Intoxicated by the na tionalistic claptrap or they are suf fering from the delusion that they will share the benefits accruing to them from a policy of conquest. There is no doubt that there is a terrible awakening In store for them; some of them will soon come to a->e matters in their true light, and then they will sigh and groan on ac count of the increasing burdens."— Deputy Haase (Social Democrat) In the Reichstag, April 22, 1912. Reeds in Noah's Day [From the Chicago News] Very likely Noah was grilled bj the Vardamans and Reeds oX biz [day.
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