6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPBR POR THB HOitß Pountti tljl Published evenings except Sunday by THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE}, Prtft <S- BHtor-in-CMrf F. K. OYSTER, Business Manaitr. OUS M. BTEINMETZ, MHating Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American rflfrre Ushers' Assocla- SSI* Bureau of Clrcu- BlntfW latlon * nd Penn iflfi 9 Eastern offlce, Ml £Bl Story, Brooks & jjjS Off Avenue Building, SgW Western office. " _ Chicago, 111. K ' Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. , dffTfc - By carriers, ten cents * week; by mall. $5.00 * year In advance, SATURDAY, JANUARY St, 1918 If I can mm om life the aching, Or cool one pain, i Or help one fainting robin Unto hit nest again, 1 shall not live in rain. — Emilt Dickinson. LIGHTNING RODS UP POLITICAL lightning rods are being erected here and there In a general testing of these safety-first appliances with a view to determining which particular rod is mast likely to prove efficient in the primaries and in the later political storms of the present year. Many of these lightning arresters are likely to prove defective and will promptly find their way to the junk heap; others will give more or less satis faction for a period, but will be dis carded for the two or three which must stand the final test in the pres ence of the voters of Pennsylvania. All parties and factions have a superabundance of material, If we may judge from the various pro nouncements and demonstration* of the last two or three weeks, but up to the present time the voters have not manifested any great enthu siasm in the preliminary contests. appears to he a sort of trylng-out demonstration, with an apparent tendency in all directions to await developments. The trend of events Is in the direc tion of the Republican party, provid ing its leaders will compose theii differences and instead of fighting each other unite for a general as sault upon the entrenchments of the natural adversary. Here and there is a disposition to appropriate the prohibition issue as the particular . campaign thunder of Individuals or factions, but the feeling is becoming widespread that this question will be largely eliminated by affirmative ac tion of all parties before the cam- ! paign Is much older. Republicans and Democrats sup ported the measure In Congress and they will do so In the State cam paign this year. It Is going to be a very difficult matter for any party to take over this Issue as Its partic ular property. Individual candidates must stand or fall upon their own attitude on this question. The Tele graph believes that an open decla ration by the Republican State Com mittee in favor of the amendment would clear the political atmosphere at once and permit of the selection cf a ticket that would be invincible at the November election. Events are crowding each other in HUch fashion as never before In the history of the Nation and the people are going to vote their convictions this year with due regard for the welfare of the people and with a de termination to do anything and everything that will aid In the win ning of the war. Piffling factional or individual po litical activities will c&unt for little either In the primary contest or the general campagn to follow. The sit uation demands, men of character and ability and the Republican party will grow stronger and atrotiger only as it clearly Indicates Its purpose to vitalize and make potential tho prin ciple* upon which the party was founded and our great National in stitutions were built. The ingratitude of Republics! Wo have already forgotten Funston, who died of a broken heart on tho Mexican frontier. Shall we forget Gardner as quickly? OUR DUTY THERE are signs hero and there of a more responsive attitude on the part of thoso in author ity at Washington toward the pro * tests of the country growing out of indifference to the manifest will of the people. The average patriotic citizen has a reasonable conception of the enormous difficulties which confront the Government at this time and he is disposed to be pa tient most of the time, but the time has come when silence may be con strued as approval of anything and verythlng which is done under the spur of water necessity. Organising a great army Is a tre menilou* Job and the fact of the ' SATURDAY EVENING, A H3CRRISBURO Wtf TELEGRAM , 'JANUARY 26. T9IS. task being' eo enormous Is as argu ment In favor of the most liberal action by those charged with these unparalleled tasks. All political considerations must be cast aside. Men of pre-eminent fitness -without regard to party or political preference must be sum moned to the places of authority and power. Little men bobbing about in big places must be dis missed for the good of the Nation. President Wilson must begin to see that the unlimited backing of inefficient men is not tho best evi dence of executive ability. Tho de mands of the hour are so great that individuals do not count. Personal loyalty has nothing whatever to do with the case. Theodore H. Price, in a recent ar ticle on "Optimism and Economy, the Duties of the New Tear," re ferred to the suggested removal of in competents in the Government war machine and observed that the num ber Is so small is really remarkable when we consider how rapidly the barnacles gather upon a ship that is not in motion and that our ship of state has been lying in the an chorage of peace for half a century or more. Mr. Price also observes that ever since the Pilgrims landed from tho Mayflower our housecleaning has been conducted in a sensational manner. "The carpets," he adds, "are pulled up and beaten with much noise. A great deal of dust is unnecessarily raised. The furni ture Is put in the yard. The pic tures are taken down and the house generally looks like lightning had struck it. In the end, however, it Is well cleaned and we are all bet ter oft for the agony to which wa have been subjected. In politics and governmental matters gener ally we pursue much tho same course and it is to be hoped that our idiosyncrasy in this respect will be understood and not misunder stood abroad, especially In Ger many." There is undoubtedly much of truth In what Mr. Price says and the flareup over the Garfield decree and tho Chamborlain charges may in tho end prove a blessing if it stirs our people to a full appre ciation of the responsibilities of the United States in this war. Regarding the fuel situation the same writer says: As to coal, we are now produc ing more of It than ever before in our history, but we are trying to run our factories and our rail roads upon the theory that they can produce and transport the twenty-lite billion dollars worth of goods that we consumed in peace times and the additional fifteen billons worth of war equip ment that we suddenly find our selves in need of. We simply can't do it. That is all. Manifestly, it is going to be neces sary for the American people to quit theorizing about the war and place themselves squarely on a war basis, doing their utmost to achieve the victory which is inevitable, but which may be long deferred unless [our own people prepare back of the [line to do the things which their boys at the front are ready to do. There Is no use getting cither too optimistic or too pessimistic. We must simply grit our teeth and go into this war with a full determin ation to win a just and righteous peace. Austria lias grown weary of the tyrannical domination of tho dual monarchy by tire Prussian autocracy. Austrians In this country are likewise tired of the way their country has been exploited by the Pottsdam gang GOOD WORK BY all means read the annual report of the Harrlsburg Young Women's Christian Association on another page of the Telegraph this evening. It is a record of social service unsurpassed in the history of the 1 city. To go into all the various useful activities of the organization would be to take up more space than Is permissible here. The big point is that the large building erected only a few years ago—when some of the managers feared it was so large that it could not be financed —Is al ready filled to overflowing, with those interested looking longingly toward the vacant property adjoin ing and hoping for the time when financial conditions will permit an to provide much-needed space for additional work. It is Interesting to note that the management has found it possible, through careful supervision and the receipts of the dlnlngroom, to close a most trying year with a small sur plus and all bills paid. Perhaps no department is so In teresting in its results as th*s in dustrial branch, which reaches into all parts of the city and has knit the industrial workers together in all manner of useful and pleasure-giv ing pursuits. This branch operates so quietly and with so little stir that Its exlstcnco Is unknown to thou sands of Harrisburgers, but Its re sults speak for themselves in a hun dred factories and stores from which tho workers look toward the Y. W. C. A. as a chery house of hospitality, where the latchstrlng is always out and welcome is written on tho door mat. The Y. W. C. A. has become the Olrls' Club of Harrlsburg. The Democratic party whip shows signs of fraying at the ends. GERMAN "PEACE TALK" THE outstanding feature of Von Hertling's address as published yesterday is that he imagines ho will be able to talk peace terms with one enemy nation at a time. He speaks of discussing Alsace-Lorraine with France alone. He would have the United States make paace sep arately with Auptrla-HungAry. But he will do nothing of the sort. He, or his successor, for the ax Is al ready being sharpened for Van Hert ling's head, will deal with the allies as Germany is fighting them —all to together. America and England will stand by France And France will stand by us. It will be one for all and all for one. We shall fight to gether and we shall make peace to gether. Germany would like nothing bet ter than to discuss peace with one of her enemies at a time, but the trap she has set is clumsily baited and nobody Is fooled. Germany, It becomes more and more apparent, has forsaken for the time her thought of world conquest and has turned her attention toward a peace that will leave the did military ring still In control, with enough prestige to start all over again to plan for world control at a later and more propitious time. That is what all this so-called Prussian "peace talk" at this time means. A GROTESQUE SPECTACLE THE grotesque spectacle of a j petty officeholder forbidding the I Governor of the Commonwealth to perform a charitable act because it conflicted with his Interpretation of a local ordinance ought never to be repeated in Harnsburg. The whoie city Is ashamed of Thursday night's occurrence at the agricul tural show. It feels that It owes the Governor an apology. A repetition of such conduct should be followed by Instant dismissal of the offender. foiiUct Ck By tlia Ex-Committeeman 1L „ , . J Official announcement of the "political calendar" of Pennsylvania for 1918 wan Issued to-day by George D. Thorn, chief clerk of the depart ment of the Secretary of the Com monwealth, in pamphlet form giving the following list of parties which are entitled to nominate candidates at tho May primary: Republican, Democratic, Socialist, Prohibition, Washington and Roosevelt Progres sives. This order of precedence was established for Pennsylvania at the presidential election of 1916. The spring primary is announced for May 21 and the general election for November 5. Registration days for the general election are given as follows: September 5, September 17 and October 5. All previous regis trations have expired. The primary registration days are first and second class cities, April 17; third class. May 1: boroughs and townships, under enrollment act, March 19 and 20. Tho voters will nominate candi dates for governor, lieutenant gov ernor, secretary of Internal affairs and congressmen at large; thirty-two district congressmen; twenty-five senators for four-year terms and three to fill vacancies and 207 repre sentatives on party tickets and one judge of the superior court on the non-partisan ticket. Petitions can not be circulated before March 2 and must be filed in the offico of the sec retary of the Commonwealth April 11. Tho last day to file nomination papers by independent bodies is Sep tember 6. Candidates may withdraw peti tions until April 12. Tho last day for filing expense accounts for the prlmai*y is June 6 and for the gen eral election December 5. —While highway Commissioner J." Denny O'Neil conferred with friends in Western Pennsylvania about pushing his gubernatorial boom after the big dinner in Pitts burgh, which all agree was a notable event and made a great Impression, Attorney General Brown, Insurance Commissioner Ambler and other ad ministration men who attended hast ened to Philadelphia to urge upon Senator-Vare that the lineup for tho McKeesport man. Governor Brum baugh is in Philadelphia to-day and it is said will seek to have the Vares make an alignment. However, thrt-e are many Vare men In Philadelphia and some in the counties nearby who oppose O'Neil for various rea sons. —The Penrose men are having a weekend meeting in Philadelphia to discuss the situation, which they say they have discounted and that there will be no change In plans because of the dinn>r. State Chairman Wil liam E. Crow, of Unlontown, who is much mentioned as a possible harmony candidate and who is strong among certain elements In the western counties. Is In Philadel phia and there has been a revival of Crow talk. Many say he would suit everyone. Whether O'Neil would quit for Crow la debatable. He will fight if the whole administration force leaves him, say his friends. •—Friends of Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, in the northeastern counties, have declined to accept the appear ance of Attorney General Brown at the O'Neil dinner as any evidence that the stale administration is irre vocably hitched to O'Neil. They be lieve that O'Nell's style of campaign will make things so unpleasant that a man lined up with the administra tion, but not offensive to the other side, will be demanded. And the chairman is to be kept In the pub lic eye as the available candidate. Meanwhile he is industriously saw ing wood, but maintaining a silence as profound as the northern tier woods at this season. —The mourning Democratic organs, which have been very busy boosting O'Neil as a means of helping on any scrap In the Reiftiblican party are .having .a hard time to explain whyl Pinchot and Lewis have failed to declare for O'Neil as they claimed they would do. O'NeJl has not claim ed either of them but would like to have them. The Democratic wind jammers here predicted Pinchot would go to the O'Neil dinner. He did not. They predicted he would de clare for O'Neil here. He did not. They declared he would get into the fight for O'Neil at once. He did iu>t Now they say that Lewis' statement against factionalism is a sign that he is for O'Neil. Anything to attract attention to a fight In another fel low's house when they are breaking up the furniture In your own, ap pears to be the Democratic machine attitude. What Is really giving the O'Neil men concern is not the former pro gressive element, but the refusal of William A. Magee to come under the tent. Magoe went away from Pitts burgh when the O'Neil dinner was being held ind has been boosting Alney. It Is believed that he has more of the inside of the Vare plans than some other men. —O'Nell's friends ar# busy send ing letters to the V&res and other big men In that wing to get them to come out for O'Neil. The same plan was successful with the Governor and Attorney General. —Belief Is that Congressman John R. K. Scott'i boom for Lieutenant Governor is In reality for renomlna tlon for Congress-at-large, and that It Is all part of a vare plan which A CERTAIN TYPE OF A SPORT BYBRICGS AND IN THC |Vie/Sf4Tli^e > _ UP north will work out a scheme of "appor tionment. " —Sproul men say that the Dela ware Senator is making headway with an occasional speech and no excitement. However, there are many who await a formal announcement. • —Men connected with the state government who are ever on the lookout for places for friends and folk* at the State Fire Marshal's of fice, were given a rude surprise to day because of a story printed that the fire marshal was making 3,000 appointments. Under the fire mar shal act of 1913 burgesses, fire chiefs and other officers are ex-oftlcio spe cial deputies to report fires and have to be given a card of authority every year as well as notice to attend to business and get fifty cents for each lire report. This year there were many new men elected to municipal offices and the list had to be revised. The story that jobs were being hand ed out caused a demand which em barrassed not only men importuned to land places for friends, but the folks who had no jobs to hand out. —A North American story from Johnstown says: "Ex-Congreßsman W. W. Bailey will be a Democratic candidate for Congress again in the Cambria-Blair-Bedford district, but Robert E. Cresswell Is acting a bit like a man who does not believe in signs. Cresswell and Bailey were political buddies In the old days. Both were 'original Bryan men.' When Wilson named Bryan secretary of state Cresswell spent considerable time thumbing an atlas and pick ing out the country that he thought was best suited to the health of an American ambassador from the In terior of Pennsylvania. It turned out eventually that President Wil son was not naming Bryan men as ambassadors. Cresswell failed to land, and charged the failure up against Bailey. The wound was re opened and some salt rubbed in when Cresswell failed to land a fed eral judgeship. That was charged up against Bailey also." -—A notable state convention is expected by Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, chairman of the Prohibition state committee, who has called a Prohi bition state convention to meet In Pittsburgh on February 12 to con sider suggestions for the state tick et to be nominated next spring and delegates to the Prohibition Nation al convention next May, and the ta titudo of Prohibitionists toward the proposed union of their party with the new National party and toward other parties in Pennsylvania in the matter of selection o# legislators pledged to ratification of the "dry" amendment. The character of the coming state campaign and means of financing it will be considered. HAVING EARS TO HEAR Is It heyfmd their knowledge that Philadelphia is the second port in the United States? It cannot be, for it has been brought to their at tention —or at least to the attention of some of the authorities —that magnificent wharves are at their disposal. And yet they harken not. What sense Is there in crowdthg the tracks around Philadelphia with goods for New York to add to the piles upon plies already there when these same goods can be shipped abroad directly from this port? Can thev satisfactorily answer that question?— Philadelphia Inquir er. INTERIOR DECORATIONS An Irish soldier coming out of ether in the hospital ward after an operation exclaimed audibly: "Thank God! That is over!" "Don't be so sure," said the man in the next cot, "they left a sponge In me and had to cut me open again.' And the patient on the other side said: "Why, they had to open me, too, to find one of their instruments." Just then the surgeon who had operated on the Irishman stuck his head in the door and yelled: "Has anybody seen my hat?" —From Illus trated World. AIN'T IT, THOUGH? When you live in the city of Xew York, a lii have had leisure eniinrh to be depressed every day since election at tho prospect of Tammany running the police department, and have been wondering Whether your street will have a gambling; hall or something worse in it, and have been asking people whether the police will drop 4n on you and collect ths Tine >ou must pay for running a legi timate business or whether you must enfl at headquarter* and shove "our money under the door, and at last you wake up on January 2 and find Mayor Hylan has appointed Freder ick H. Bugher police commissioner, and the newspapers tell you Mr, Fusher is not half bad and likely 10 do te'erably well*—"ain't it a Kruntl and glorlou* feeling?"— t'rom tbe ivcw Reflubtlj. • , Smileage Book Catechism w QWHAT IS n "SMLLCA#® Hoolt?" J A. A "Smileage Book" is a| book containing coupons entit ling the holder to admission and seat tickets at Liberty Theatofcs, Liberty Tents and auditoriums under the management of the Commission on Training Camp Activities in Nation al Army Cantonments and National Guard Camps. Q. By whom are they issued? A. By the Military Entertain ment Council of the Commission on Training Camp Activities, Washing ton, D. C. Q. What do "Smlleage Books" cost? A. "Smileaec Books" are of two kinds: The first costs $1; the second $5. Q. How many tickets docs each book contain? A. The $1 "Smileage Book con tains 20 coupons; the $5 book con tains 100 coupons. G. Where are they good? A. In all Liberty Entertain ments, in all National Army Canton ments and National Guard Camps under the management of the Com mission on Training Camp Activi ties. Q. Are they good in Naval sta tions and other camps? A. No. At present they are good only in Army cantonments and Na tional Guard camps. Q. Where will "KmHonse Books" be on sale? A. The books will he placed on sale by local entertainment councils throughout the country and in de partment stores, drug stores, clubs ahd various central places of busi ness. Q. Are Uto IxKiks to be inscribed by name to Soldiers? A. There is space for an inscrip tion to soldiers by name, but this is not necessary. THE CAUSE FIRST It is R matter for rcgrftt that a conflict has come about between I President Wilson and Congress. But ' the country should have no fear of , such a conflict. Out of it Is certain . to come the truth about war condi tions, and what the people want Just now is the truth. There has been no fight on Pi-ooi 'jent Wilson. The friends o:' the ad- C ministration who cannot distinguish utween the earnest desire of patri otic mon In Congress and in privalo life to speed up our preparation for war and a political flght on Presi dent Wilson as a Democrat, are lack ing in vision. There is fear for tho countiy, nl most everywhere. The people know tnly that after practically ten months since we declared war we Ut not yet in the war. Not only are we not prepared for war, but our Allies have despaired of our be ing able to do our part in tilt war during the year 1918. There is only one heart an*l one nlnd In the United State* to-day, and that Is ior the safety of tho Na tion. There is only one ilesire, and that,ls to win the war. President Wilson's anger at Congrei? for sug gesting a war counc'l •°.oos not change the condition in the least; dots not allay the fear that we have failed to meet, the emergency that confronts us. It does not explain why we are not ready for war. President Wilson is willing to as sume all the responsibility for the conduct of the war, and for the pieparation for It. But there Is itomethlng for more important than the Wishes oi the administration, and that It) tho desire of the country that such a grave responsibility be placed In the strongest, most capable, effi cient and effective agency that can b(■ formed by the Government. For the responsibility for the triumph of a Natiofl that is to be brought about only by the sacrifice of tb* blood of its young men and the cost of bll l ons of its wealth, is not a respon sibility to be lightly pliocl or as sumed. For that reason, Benatijr Lodge yeMerday expressed the vary soul of ' the country when he said; "We all owe to the President of i the United States, who it! charged i with these terrible responsibilities, all the support we can give him, tird we have done It evee since the end ' of April. But our allegiance Is not • to the President. Our Kr.it allegl- I anew Is to creater things than Pres idents or Government". Our hlgh . est allegiance is to the country and i the cause; and U ire see things going ' wrong we shall call the attention of the country to them if we cin. We i shall vote the President all powers, J all money, as we have In the past; Q. Are they transferable? A. Yes, to soldiers in uniform. Q. How many theaters have been built? A. One permanent theater seat ing 3,000 has been built in each Na tional Army Cantonment. Two Chau tauqua Tents seating 1,800 each have been erected in each National Guard Camp. <}. Are "Smllcngc Books" avail able for use h,v civilians? A. Civilians are allowed in these entertainments only when accom panied by o soldier friend with "Smileage" coupons. Q. How lmicli money does the Military Entertainment Council hope to raise from the sale of "Sinllrage Books?" A. The goal for the drive of the week of January 28tli has bVen set at 1,000,000 "Smileage Books," but if a million dollars worth of smiles are good for our soldier boys, why won't two million dollars' worth be much better? Q. How can I get these "Smlle agc Books" to tho soldiers? A. Send them by mall. Let the next letter you send to any camp contain a $5 or $1 book; think of the laughter in those coupons. And, of course. If you have a, boy, son, bro ther, sweetheart or husband of your own, in camp, you will see that he gets one. Q. Is there any "red tape" In getting' "Smllengc Books" to sol diers? A. No. Books can be bought from members of Local Military Enter tainment Council, or at Clubs, stores and other places where notices ap pear as follows: "Smileage Books On Sale Here." There is nothing you tan send that requires as little time and labor. No wrapping, no weigh ing. Five $1 or two $5 Books can be mailed first class for three cents. but if the money Is wasted and the war delayed, if the powers are inef fective, we should be traitors indeed if we sat silent and allowed the coun try to drift to disaster because we were afraid that somebody would call us treasonable."—From the Kan sas City Star. ANY WOMAN TO ANY MAN I cannot use tho bayonet, or swoi Nor take the life that It Is mine to give; My spirit dares —but ah, my flesh is weak/ \ And you—you would not have it. otherwise. A woman's strength lies not in force of arms; In loving mo, you love my weakness, too, That challenges the manhood of the race To fierce protection of its womankind. So you must go, and I must' stay. For you The mighty exultation of the flght, The wild exhilaration of tho fray; For me, to ply the task that once was yours. And fill your place, as best I can, at home. But, now that you are gone, all men should go— All, all! My heart Is filled With bitter hate To see a man still young enough to fight Doing the work a woman well might do. Away! away! and let us drive the car, And run the engine—yes, and mine the coal! Think not that when white Peace shall come again. Like morning'"after nightmare, we shall wish To keep the places only held for you. Ah, never, never shall our homes af ford A sweeter shelter than when war shall cease; The household tasks, once tiresome, then shall he As altar service in a sanctuary, Where you and I, and many more, please God, Shall break the bread of life with tremulous hands . Ana taste the wine of life with trem ulous Hps, Remembering those who left a h<vne like ours, Ar.d now have gone to the great Home of aIL 8o speed you. speed you, hero of my heart, Upon the mightiest quest tho world has known: And I, If T be cold or hungry here Shall smile to think I share the loaf with you, And warm your body with my meager Are. —FLORENCE VAN CLEVE. Times Have Changed Wo miss that usual winter story about the Kansaas burning com in their parlor stores.—From the Ro chester (N. Y.) Herald. LABOR NOTES A letter carrier in Altoona, Pa., has completed thirty-five years' serv ice, during he walked 153,- 400 miles. Through the eo-operatlon of state labor ageii(s and the Federal Department of the problem of farm labor is well on its way to solution. Laborers employed at the Cough lan & Son's shipyard at Vancouver, B. C., are joining the union of this calling, following an all-union agreement with this concern. A million women to act as home guards and take the places of men who are in tho Army is the aim of the Women's National Homo Guard of America, organised in St. Louis. The Brotherhood of Railway Car men reports that 44 new lodges were established during the month of October, being more than In any preceding month in its history. The 5,500 members of the Gran- Ite Cutters' Union In the Barre, Vt., district will be advanced twenty per cent, in wages beginning April 1. Aberdeen, Wash., Typographical Union has raised Wages fifty cents ft day for Ita members employed on newspapers. The new rates are 5 for day work and fG.SO for night work. Wages for women engaged In the fish canning Industry In California have been tixed by the State Indus trial "Welfare Cohimission at a min imum of $lO a week for forty-eight hours. Protection for labor after the war, by a policy of brepftredness against foreign competition, was de manded by the American Federation in convention in Buffalo. OUR DAILY LAUGH ~~~ NO TIME tO RJfflFOftM. I' tall you, you' will* have to cut down on your extravagance 11 WE t^ils pac * N\ >r Grouch fEFljtr-l J (pouting)— You II " ' might h'a v e i L waited till after XmM t0 mcn " XMPOHBIBL.E NOT TO. I want to get >r Yi Into some bust- / \ Jm ness where I am \ JB •ure to get a •<£ \ IAH That's easy, | \ Dtpome a chlr- \ | V opodist. ' I f*. r Jjk A HARD JOB. Bug: Geo. thl* ci*a* *t Is some hafd Jb! tJl'-TO-DATB. igJ| Bag" Hey BUI If yon wfcot torn* JsnUTotfll si r3- ] har to go "over 3ya^~ ! Bmttng (Eljat 1' Although scarcely realized by tli# hurrying passerby and almost un noticed by tho people who live next door there are many places in Hart risburg with historical significant;! and which in days gone by played a notable part in the life of the state's capital. Very few of the men and women who go by the Harris and Maclay mansions know tot what they stand in the history no| only of our city, but of the and similarly dozens of buildings, o Sites in llarrisburg, which go un marked In rather striking contrast to the custom in New England, Nov* York and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and Scranton, have stori les ol' their own which are very in* teresting. The way time passes and occasionally brings around building* to uses akin to those of years aga was strikingly illustrated the otheV day by one of our friends. She had been working along with other good ladies of Harrisburg at tho Red Cross headquarters and while in this potr'otic duty recalled that the Fa ger „iiilditig, which is now the eeu ler of this activity for mercy and comfort of the young men of Har ripburg, was one of the improvised hospitals for soldiers during th Civil War. She told most interest ingly of how with girl companion# the had in at thj windows of almost tho'very room in whlcH the women of present day Harris burg were working to see the wounded soldiers, fti the number in the Fager building Were Confed erates, two of them she recalled, from away down in Florida. It seems odd that after this laps® o* years that the building which had been given up to tho care of th wounded in the war to Save th country should now be devoted to preparations for the welfare of th soldiers in the world-war for free dom. i • • • Major W. G. Murdock, in charge of the state draft headquarters, say* that the way it looks now the dis tricts in this part of the state wiß 4 be called upon to send what are m termed their "shortages" to Camps Meade and Let. in the week of Feb ruary 4. The shortages are what are needed to replace men rejected. The district in this section still owes . Camp Meade about twelvo per cent, of its first call and these men will not go until later in February or maybe not until March. ♦ * Some idea of the manner in which the inmates of the state's new west ern penitentiary in Center county have been striving to keep the wolf from the door and raise their own food was furnished here to-day by the statement filed by Warden John Fr&ncles with the Governor. It shows that in 1917 the prisoners raised crops valued at $93,883 and weighing many a ton, all available for use In the Institution. The c °rn aggregated 11,436 bushels, hay 306 tons, wheat 4 383 bushels, oats. 4908 bushels, rye 132 bushels, fodder 14J tons And straw 250 tons, with pota toes as a banner crop with 10, on bushels. The orchard produced 2,- 058 bushels of apples, 11 bushels of peaches and 532 quarts of cherries with many berries. The beef aggre gated 15,700 pounds: pork 25,740 and lard 7390 and milk was 234,592 pounds with 2512 pounds of butter. The men gathered in 125 tons of ice and 284 shoats, 21 colts and calves were registered as born on the farm. Over a dozen kinds of vege tables were grown, one item being 96.685 spring onions and 209 tons oC cabbage. , • "There are fewer revivals being lield in this county now than at any time in twenty years," said a man who follows religious movements. "For years January has been tho time for tho revivals in this, city and in tho smaller towns, while pro tracted meetings have been usual in country churches. Now they are lucky to have enough coal for orai- m nary Commenting upon Sergeant Hus ton's weather observations on Sun days, a friend goes the RockVlUe man some better. He says that the mercury, by a singular coincidence, has gone below sero on the last fou* consecutive Sundays. This friend says that, beginning with the record cold day in February, 1912, when temperature went to twelve below Hero, R li of the really cold days since, h% least the zero days, have been ; Sundays, with one or two excep tions. • • • The state authorities have decided that the preparation of the Capitol park extension for tile landscapo work will not intefere with any war work and filling, nt the rate of 200 cubic yards a day is to be ordered shortly, the filling to be cinder from millet. Meanwhile the detailed plans will be pushed along and filling mado the big Object this summer. The appropriations are available and as ! soon as weather improves any men i made idle in industries can be taken j tare of. ] WELL KNOWN PEOPLE [ William D. I-Teebner, the Mont gomery county controlled will spend a eouplo of weeks ih Florida. —>■%. L. Nopple, head of the United Pusiness Men's Association of Phila delphia, is getting after the Philay g delphia post office department be- cause of disappearance of packages from mails. . .. —Mayor Filbert, of Reading, is trying to break up coal car raids ahd is finding it some Job. , p. r. Stevens, of the State Chamber of Commerce, made an ad dress to the State Lumbermen at Philadelphia on business legislation. —Congressman J. Hampton Moore * , says that Pennsylvania's Republican congressmen aro all working fop i Philadelphia as a greater exporting place. x | DO YQU KNOW —Tliat Sontli Harrisburg is making steel for many lines of governmental activity? HISTORIC HAKRISBtTIWi South Becohd street used to be the center for printing and leather & century ago. Revised [Memphis Commercial-Appeal] The coal famine changed the ol<t Adage to "early to bed and late to get up.' A Young Lady's Rise She was standing at , The counter, ~ j The young lady was, And her purse. She had left • On the chair. She sat down, flitting, of course, w On the purse. J&- But she rose suddenly •With an exclamation. Her purse, you see, Contained her Pin money. | • —Detroit Free Pm,
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