8 HARRISBUKG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I I'ubllshed evenings except Sunday by THE TKLFXiRAI'II PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STA CKPOLK,Prj'( & EditorinChirf- F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. % All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Newspaper Pub- n office^ _ Chicago, 111. K * Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. ' By carriers, ten cents a > week; by mail. $5.00 a year in advance, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1918 "The man who can not forgive any mortal thing is a green hand in life." —ROBEBT LOUIS STEVENSON. C FOOLING NOBODY THE Kaiser is touched, deeply touched, he says, by the suf ferings of the Estlionians. "The • despairing cry of distress which is ever more urgent finds an "echo" in his tender breast. Therefore, he will seni troops into the Baltic country. Just what the German sol diers will do to relieve the situation there may be judged by what they have done in Belgium, and France and Serbia. The Kaiser is fooling nobody with his mawkish insincerities. He wants the Prussian Baltic provinces and j this is his excuse for taking them. I If the "cry of distress" is so pain ful to him why ls it fallen on deaf ears from the lips of starving babies, and ravaged women and dying old men? # The old reprobate's crocodile tears are red with the blood of his mur dered victims and slimy with the ooze of the unspeakable depths of infamy in which his soul wallows. The mark of the beast is on him and he can't hide It. The British having taken Jericho we may safely look forward to an other flock of predictions based on Biblical writings. HOUSING PROBLEM HARRISBURG is facing a serious housing shortage, it would ap pear, with conditions likely to grow considerably worse before they improve. With rents high and scarce ly a house empty in the city, con tractors are discouraged from build ing because of the national govern ment's request for curtailment of new construction that might embar rass the government, which is now on the market for all manner of building supplies and Is sorely In need of carpenters and other work men. Another important factor is the high prices of everything that goes into the erection of a house. With the location of big military depots here and the consequent in crease of our population, the need of more houses will become acute and may be an excuse for lifting the gov ernment'% embargo somewhat here. From any angle the situation is se rious. If we do not build we go back as a community. Improved housing conditions are essential to civic pro gress. We ought not to permit the war to Interfere with that We- must not bring our b.oys back from the army to a less desirable city than they left. Some how we must find a way to overcome this difficulty. It is not a matter on which final judg ment may be parsed in a moment. Here's a good thought. Take the interest from your Liberty Bonds and invest it in Baby Bonds. A PERPETUALTCAMPAIGN CAMPAIGNS come and cam paigns go, but the Thrift Stamp Campaign, like Tennyson's brook, goes on perpetually. And, also, like the brook, the farther it flows the bigger its volume until, when the quarters and dollars merge Into the mighty government ocean at Wash ington, they form a gigantic stream that is helping the United States very materially in winning the war. But Thrift Stamps are like boom erangs, too. They speed 011 their mission and after taking a whack at the head of the Kaiser come circling t>ack to the feet of the owner to be used again against old Hard Times or some other enemy ot individual prosperity long after the German autocracy bugaboo shall have been laid to rest. Buy Thrift Stamps, help win the war and at the same time make a good Investment for yourself. Here's where patriotism and profits go hand in hand. The fifteenth annual financial, coal a/id business review number of the Washington Observer, just issued, is all and more than previous issues of this special edition of Washington county's leading newspaper have been. Under the direction of John L. Stew art, publisher and editor, the Observ er's annual review of the material re- SATURDAY EVENING, sources of Washington and Greene counties has achieved no little repu tation throughout the State, and the 1918 edition is more comprehensive and representative of the community it serves than any that have gone be fore. For all who are interested in southwestern Pennsylvania, its diver sified industries, its coal, oil and gas operations, the Observer's special number provides information as valu able as it Is accurate. POOR OLD JESSIE Jesse James was a man, a friend to the poor; Never did he suffer a ma a. a pain; „ , , And with his brother. Frank, he robbed the Chicago Bank And held up the Glendole train. —Old ballad. Poor Jesse! If he landed over In that Russian bunch now they'd take the gold out of his teeth. Jesse would cut no more figure than a cat with seven kittens under the kitchen stove. Jesse couldn't be elected jan itor for a peace conference over there. | Heaven help the German super man who falls into the clutches of a real, live, enterprising Bolshevlki or a graduated Ukrainer. Consider the unfortunate Italian ambassador skidding homeward in a fancy sleigh under the grinning moonlight, purring snatches of light Neapolitan airs, when —Presto, hoch der Kaiser, up spring a thousand swarthy bandits who take his fur coat (some coat that was, too, > el low Siberian wolf skin); then frisk him for his pocketbook, shoe strings and last jitney. Shades of Dick-Turpin and Cap tain Kidd and Monk Eastman, what is coming to Russia! "Stand and de liver," is the cry for men, women jand children. This is what Germany ' has brought on the world. "Kill the weak" her philosophers ordered.. Not even bloodthirsty, daredevil old Jesse ever did a thins that - This Bolsheviki crowd have the James Boys backed off on a platform talk ing like Billy Sunday and looking like Dr. Stougli. Plenty of food in Harrisburg now, but there will not be if we continue to "eat our heads oft" the coming spring. SEED CORN PROBLEM /-•i EED. corn is scarce and likely to btcome more so as the sea son advances and buyers from other States deplete the Pennsylva nia stock. Here Is a very Important matter for the farmer's considera tion. Much corn was harvested in a damp or soft last I - all and the hard freezing weather has kill ed the life germ. This corn looks just as good as live, fertile corn. Before planting the farmer should carefully test all seed for germina tion and plant accordingly. Wc can afford to take no chances with the 1 corn crop this year. It is a vital factor in the conduct of the war. Don't forget the patriotic meeting at Chestnut Street Auditorium Mon day evening. MUNICIPAL POULTI^ THE municipal piggery having come into being, why not a municipal hennery? The idea is not new, but it might be worked here in connection with the piggery. The federal authorities throw out the hint when they announce that a municipal poultry farm —the first in England—established in Bradford, England, last May, promises to be a profitable enterprise. Seventy thousand eggs per annum are needed to meet the demand of the medical institutions maintained by that municipality. The farm is situated in the ground of the Bierley Hall Sanatorium for Consumptives and has fifty chicken houses built on the latest approved plans. There are 800 birds, and it is believed the production will reach 80,000 eggs per annum. The farm buildings include incubators, food stores (where food is hoisted in by a crane and runs down from the store by galvanized iron chutes to each bin in the mixing house below), and an egg house, where there are nine tanks for the storage of 23,000 eggs. The pre servative used is water glass. Plenty of sugtr for homo canning. Good news! Now, let's hope or big crops of fruits and vegetables. SPECIAL SESSION TALK GOVERNOR Brumbaugh's fib sence from the State probably has kept the special session rumors afloat much longer than otherwise would have been the case. Had he been at home when they started It is likely tin* they would long since have been set at rest for it is unthinkable that the Governor has given any serious consideration to a measure that would cost the State a half-million dollars for the very doubtful experiment of putting the prohibition amendment before an admittedly unfriendly legislature. It Is not likely that members of the House and Senate who were on rec ord as "wet" last year have changed their minds to an extent sufficient to give the amendment the necessary number of votes, and to defeat pro hibition at a special session would give the movement a black-eye at the very beginning of the most vig orous campaign ever waged in its behalf in Pennsylvania. The present Is no time for a spe cial session, considered either from the standpoint of economy or the interests of the prohibition amend ment, and the extreme probability is we shall hear nothing more of the matter after the Governor's return. ADMITTEDLY AN EVIL ONE of the most significant fea tures of the prohibition cam paign is that nobody is wast* ing his breath painting the evils of the liquor traffic and the use of alcoholic bever ages. Time was when no temper ance rally was complete without a scientific discourse upon the disas trous effects of alcohol on the hu- man system and society in genei Now all that it is so well known that it is regarded as self-evident. Alco hol is admittedly an evil. That be ing the case, all the temperance peo ple have to do Is to get out at the primaries next Spring and put can didates into the field who will vote against continuing the sale of an article that not even its friends are able to defend as either necessary or desirable, and upon which a largo part of .the population looks with disapproval. fdUictU B.v the Ex-CommiMecmait Hundreds of blank petitions for placing the names on ballots for the May primary have been mailed from the department of the secretary of the commonwealth in the last ten days, the number being in excess of what it was thought would be asked at this stage of the preliminary cam paign. The petitions can not be cir culated for one week, the period in which names may be secured be ginning on March 2. Generally the rush for petitions starts within three weeks of the filing time which will be on April 11. Several hundred petitions for leg islature candidates have been issu ed and papers have also been issued ■for congressional and other nomi nations to the Republican Alliance of Philadelphia and Town Meeting committees in various parts of the State. Socialists have se*nt for pap ers lor State candidates and inquir ies have been made by friends of men mentioned for governor in both the Republican and Democratic par ties. Parties which must make nomina tion at the primary are Republican, Democratic, Socialist, Prohibition, Washington and Roosevelt Progres sive. State officers are impressing upon people getting papers the import ance of tiling before the last day so that mistakes can be corrected and papers not be invalidated. —Judging from what is printed in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh newspapers and what is not printed by the Democratic 'newspapers here the bosses of the Pennsylvania Democracy are in control at the con ference in Philadelphia on a state ticket and a hand-picked list of candidates will be offered again to the Keystone State. Two things stand out very prominently in the gathering of bosses at Philadelphia to-day. One is that it is realized that this is not going to be a Demo cratic year in Pennsylvania because if it was either McCormick or Pal mer would be found at the head of the ticket, and the other is that Act ing State Chairman Joseph F. G.uf few, embodiment of machine poli tics, is the man favored for the Democratic nomination for governor. The meek manner in which United States District Attorney Jf. Lowry Humes appears to have Rmndoned his gubernatorial nomination aspira tions, after his flamboyant state ment, is also interesting. —No one seems to have a good word for the extra session idea. The sage of the Republican organization, David H. Lane, says that he would discuss it for publication if he thought there was any possibility of it; Robert S. Bright, termed "a militant Democrat." slams it hard and prominent "dry" leaders say it would be a mistake. Yet, the Philadelphia Record says Democratic leaders are concerned over it as a possibility. —One of the interesting things about the Lackawanna county con gressional situation is that in spite of all that has been printed and said Congressman John* R. Farr is the candidate announced. —Highway Commissioner O'Neil's friends are claiming the Cambria county vote for him. The commis sioner spoke there yesterday and is having a weekend conference in Pittsburgh. —Senator Sproul is homo from Pittsburgh well pleased with his re ception at the banquet. The absence of Messrs. Maekey and Scott does not appear to be bothering him. —Twenty-four Vare men were put on the city hall payroll in Phila delphia yesterday, most of them re placing Penrose men. —The subcommittee in charge of the drafting of the platform for the State Grange and State Federation of Labor alliance worked until late yesterday on its eighteen or twenty planks and will send them to mem bers for approval. Ten candidates will be quizzed. The declaration on prohibition and conscription of la bor for farming will be awaited with interest. —lt is significant that every local election held this week in Allegheny county boroughs or townships un der'the special local option acts for that county resulted in an increase of "dry majorities." —lnsurance Commissioner Charles A. Ambler wUI be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Stnato in Montgomery county against James S. Boyd, say his friers. —W. H. Martin, Wilkinsburg; S. J. McKlm, Swissvale, and W. N. Wil son, Elizabeth, have been endorsed by the Tenth Allegheny Legislative district organization of tlie Anti-Sa loon League of America for the Re publican nomination for State Rep resentatives. The same meeting un animously put itself behind the can didacy of J. Ren Wylie of Wilkins burg for the Republican nomination for Slate Senator in the Forty-fourth" Senatorial The men are pledged, if Elected to vote in the Pennsylvania General Assembly for the ratification of the prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitu tion. —Johnstown councilmen have or dered a codification of all its ordi nances, being tired of grouping through volumes. —Director Charles B. Prichard, of the Department of Public Safety of Pittsburgh, has placed the ban on policemen and firemen drinking while in uniform, and in the future any member of either department caught violating this order will be immediately dismissed. In the po lice manual there is a rule *o this effect but for some time it has not been rigidly enforced. Taken For Granted Many tombstone inscriptions have we read, but n#ver this one, which would apply to many men: "lie was liberal with advice." —Toledo Blade. Woman Suffrage Complete woman suffrage in Can ada now being the itvowed policy of the government, women will soon be voting from the Mexican border to the North Pole.—Springfield Repub lican HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH NEARING THE END OF THE LONG TRAIL BY BRIGGS if//, '■ *" —'VW, - x Iv IWO NO IM ALL \ m, IN PAPDfv/efi- Ten. f maK£ HUE y/i \ - GtfcwFz " / V The boys at t h e I Moe efforW '* \ • / V. 19 Tm MY Lf\6T UOORBS / / WL-- KE j "Hl'Ki ■/&, [ JK. " J 7/ ,F=4- i%3> 7 .J*- ' **** rVfiX^/y -(f 00 Ovxer tkc in *"peitiuu i Tliey are trying to lure young womanhood into potato raising now with the query, "Why is love like a potato?" The answer is: "Because both spring frorr\ the eyes." This ought to help some toward war gar dens. 4'he proper study of mankind is man, we are told. But how would you figure this fellow? "Did you know we are at war?" inquired a federal judge of James Lynch, a sandwich man in a Western Pennsylvania town, who had failed to register for the selective draft. "Yes, I heard of the war, but not all the details." A popular athletic teacher recom menda that girls go in for baseball and. tells how it will rejuvenate the whole weaker sex. They might learn, for one thing, that the reason a lot of girls never land anybody is be cause they don't bynch their hits. SIGNS OF THETIMES [From the Altoona Tribune.] The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, of | which former Senator George T. Oli ver is one of the chief owners, came out some time ago in favor of the ratification of the prohibitory a- by the legislature of Pennsylvania. That influential Re- I publican newspaper has long been | friendly to local option. It is to be I taken for granted that it will do all ] in its power to secure a friendly leg- | islative delegation from Allegheny | county and from other counties in the western part of the state. The atitude of the Gazette-Times is highly gratifying. A few days ago the Harrisburg Telegraph, the only Republican newspaper published at the state capital, indulged in a double-leaded editorial favoring the ratification of amendment under which the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor in this republic is to be forever put under the ban of the organic law. The Telegraph presented the arguments on behalf of ratification in the most energetic manner and it is believed its remarks will bo ser iously considered by state leaders of all sorts of opinion. Well may they be. An even more significant qction was that recently taken by the York County Republican club at a re cent meeting. The Tribune notes these signs of the times with much satisfaction. It is quite sure the increasing demand for a specific declaration in favor of the dry amendment and for local op tion in this state pending the ratifi cation of the amendment by a suffi cient number of states, is In perfect keeping with the sentiment of the voters. It feels quite confident that the adoption of a state platform de manding such legislation and the nomination of senatorial and legis lative candidates who will comply with that demand will heal the threatened breach in the ranks of the Republican party of this com. mqnwealth and insure the triumph of the state ticket at the November election. Let us hope that wisdpm and reason may rule the counsels of candidates and leaders.—From the Altoona Tribune. The Dollar's Duty Every dollar in this war ought to do its eight bits.—From the Los Angeles Times. THRIFT STAMP ARMY Out of the poor man's strain and stress, Out of the rich man's fruitfulness, Millions and millions of little me Assert the might of democracy. We come In squads, platoons and flies: Our ranks stretch out for many miles; Proclaimed by neither fife nor drum But sure as Loyalty we come! We come! We come! Our silent army plods ahead, Our bugles never blow retreat: Our ranks defy the whizzing lead, We fear not frost, we fear not heat. But grim an Death and like him dumb iWe march nhead. We come,! We come! The rich man's feast, the poor man's crumb Alike give life to us. We come! W come! We come! —ELTAS LIEBERMAN. THE PEOPLE'S GRATITUDE OF SOLDIER-BOY I 1 o the Editor of the Telegraph: Miss St. Peter of 1619 N. Penn is in receipt of a letter from a soldier boy, named but unknown, belonging to a detachment of the Aviation Sig nal Corps stationed at Camp Han cock. During the fall of last year Miss St. Peter, in a spirit of kindly feeling for the boys who are making so brave a sacrifice, knitted sweat ers with the intention of relieving somewhat the austerities to which they are exposed in camp. The ex pression of gratitude now from the lucky one more than compensates her, we feel sure, for the many hours spent in the laborious task. The tone of the letter leads us to suppose that were it not for Miss St. Peter s thoughtfulness some one would have been neglected—this of course is inevitable where hundreds of thou sands of men have to betaken care of. It furnishes an added incentive to us not to abate any effort to make the boys as comfortable as possible. The letter bears with it the assur ance that there is no missmanage ment—the authorities see .to that. Our every little 'bit' registers to the benefit of our boys and our boys are decidedly grateful. A Friend of the Telegraph. WHERE PRUGH STANDS To the Editor of the Telegraph: In Friday's issue of another paper appears a letter from Dr. Claypool, Harrisburg district superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, contain ing a statement in which he uses my (iame in a way that might lead some people to a wrong conclusion as to the attitude of the Prohibition party toward the Pennsylvania Dry Federation. I do not for a moment think that Dr. Claypool meant it so. However, under the circum stances I crave space in which to try to make clear just what our attitude is. We are a partisan organization, while the league claims to lie non partisan or oinnlpartisan. The fed eration is also a nonpartisan organ ization. The league claims to be a "federation." It will not be diffi cult to see that nonpartisan organ izations are formed for the purpose of dealing with the political parties In a sense. It will not be difficult to see further that It would be out of place for one political organiza tion to form an organic part in a nonpartisan organization that might have to deal with itself as well as with other political organizations. A political organization can deal with other political organizations only along partisan lines. Therefore the Prohibition party is not in organic union with the Federation. We are not concerned with the reasons why the Anti-Saloon League, a nonparti san organization, does not thus ally itself with the Federation. But while the Prohibition party cannot enter Into "organic" union with the Federation, It has entered into advisory connection, and since the Federation was formed, as state chairman of the Prohibition party I have been one of the vice-presidents of the Federation, meeting with Its executive committee as often as I could. At the meeting of the state committee of the Prohibition party last May, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "That we, as a party, co-operate with the Dry Federation of Penn j sylvania for the purpose of secur ing prohibition legislation: and we ! recommend the placing on our ticket of the names of candidates advo cated by the Federation, provided such candidates previously, publicly, and unequivocally declare them selces in favor of prohibition of .the liquor traffic without compromise and pledge themselves to prohibition legislation." At our recent state convention a resolution was adopted calling upon our candidates for state offices to be ready "to place their resignations In the hands of the state executive committee, if the committee so re quests, to the end that, If the com mittee sees fit, the respective vacan cies may be fillod wtth the names of candidates advocated by the Dry Federation of Pennsylvania, or other prohibition organizations in which the committee has confidence." The foregoing ought to make clear the fact that the Prohibition party is working in as close co-operation with the Pennsylvania Dry Federa tion as it Is possible for a pcjhtlcal party to do, and that we have our eyes upon the goal of prohibition and are eager for the shortest way in which to reach the goal. B. E. P. PRUGH, State Chairman. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 23, 1918. LIKES THE TELEGRAPH 1 o the Editor of the Telegraph: Having read of so many letters of appreciation to you about your pap er, I desire to let you know how much 1 appreciate it: I receive the Evening Telegraph every day and I think it has done wonders for me. Although raised around Harrisburg I have been away for so long that I had almost forgotten the city, but by reading your paper it refreshes my mind and it does me good to read about old friends and places. I am now connected with the Phila delphia Police, but at present am at Camp' Hancock with the Military Police, having charge of the Division Camp Prison. We have a lively bunch of boys here and every one is anxious to go across, which I think will be very shortly. Wishing your paper a great success and thanking you again for your paper, I am Wilmer Farver, Prison Sergt., Camp Prison, Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. LONGER PASTORATES To the Editor of the Telegraph: One of the advance steps taken by the United Brethren Church dur ing the last twenty-live years, is the longer pastorates. In the early his tory of the denomination the cus tom of sending pastors for a term of only three years prevailed. The change to longer pastorates has re- j suited in the building up of strong er churches and enabling the pas tors to bring in better financial re- i ports from their respective fields of labor. Especially is this advance move ment noticable within the bounds of East Pennsylvania Conference, which includes all the United Breth ren churches in this territory. At the head of this list stood the name ,of the late Rev. Dr. D. D. Lowery, of Harrisburg, who served neariy twenty-five years as conference sup erintendent. By his aggressive lead ership he was instrumental in bring ing the conference up to a high standard in every respect. Some of the pastors whose names ' appear at the head of this list are 1 the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, of Harris- , burg, who is serving his eighteenth year; the Rev. H. E. Miller, of Leb anon, his fourteenth year; the Rev. H. M. Miller, of Penbrook, his elev enth year: the Revs. O. D. Batdorf. of Lancaster, S. E. Rupp, of Harris burg, and O. T. Ehrhart, of Leba non, their seventh years. All of the Bishops of the demonia tion favor this advance step, and do not hesitate in appointing the min isters without any respect to the number of years they have served on the same field of labor. O. G. R. Quebec's Loyalty Quebec French Canadians are sending a mission to England to ex plain that they are not disloyal If they sent more men to fight "thev would have no need for a mission to explain their sentiments.—Toronto Mail. LABOR NOTES Carpenters at Oelwein, lowa, have organized. Concord, N. H„ has four union aldermen. Mount Carmel (Pa.), cfty em ployes have an eight-hour day. Boilermakers at St. Thomas, Can. get 52% cents an hour. Colorado has had 31,000 indus trial accidents since August, 1915. There are 5,000 women farmers in Missouri. Pennsylvania had 3,152 fatal in dustrial accidents In 1917. New Jersey wiU abolish prison labor contracts on July 1. A Woman's minimum wage bill is before New York's Legislature. Longshoremen in Porto Rico de mand an increase In pay. Kentucky State Federation of La bor favors a state printing plant. There are over 1,100 women bank clerks employed In Canada. Toronto (Can.) metal polishers secured better working conditions. Street railway employes at Enid, Okla., have secured increased pay. , FEBRUARY 23, l<)t8, AMERICA My country! 'tis of thee, Sweet land of'liberty! Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride. From every mountain side, Let freedom ring. Our Father's God! to Thee, Author of liberty! To Thee wc sing; Long may our anld.be bright, With freedom's holy light. Protect us by Thy might. Great God, our King. God safe our splendid men, Send them safe home again, God save our men. Make them victorious, Patient and chivalrous, They are so dear to us, God save our men. Patriotic Jack Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a cracker made of wheat, corn meal, molasses, peanuts, alfalfa, kafir, rag-weed and sage bush, And said, "What a martyr am I." —Kansas Industralist. OUR DAII.Y LAUCH PUNCTUALITY. "Telephone sendee prompt?" "Parts of it. The bills always get around on time." ifps EDITION WENT LIKE WILDFIRE. "Was your last book a success?" "Oh, immense. The publisher sent the entire edition "to my house just as we ran out of coal." THRIFT. , "It costs three cents to send a letter now." "Yes. I'm using narrow spacing though to bo sure to get my money's worth." DEBQRIBED. "Pa, what is red tape." "Red tape, my boy, is the govern ment string to efficiency's pocket , book.". I Baiting Cttljat Farmers of Pennsylvania go lng to plant as much corn as the can take care of this year and ar bending efforts to get the seed cor of the highest germinating powei while they are looking up fertilizer with an eagerness that has not bee manifested for years, according t men who have been attending th farmers Institutes aiyl other gather tngs. The reports which have bee coming to the State department c Agriculture tell of very large attend ance at these Institutes, York, Leba non, Berks, Bucks, Erie and oth counties largely agricultural havin had thousands in attendance wit a PP ear 'ng not only i L .v! „ automobiles. The bul t , fa r™ ers have bombarded th ♦1i e lecturers with que; nnH ft i the supply Of farm labc and asked much about the rulini in regard to agricultural labor unde lne sPPrt aCt - The incu ries regarc h,V„ 1? corn and 3011 treatmer i" 6 . b . een ,Yfry numerous. A get rtmnt i < nto ' ncre ase acreaf devoted to grains and to take u shot™ "l? 5 - affain has also hee ?? nU .T, lnstltut es will close i i , n,.™ ®f weeks - They fore no land i , Berks - Northumbe aml Montgomer wfi 1 J e norlh central sectic T he s P eak ers at the it hav e been adding food cot ser\ation to the agricultural talks of G p a pnLS| l(l T ishcry Commlsslone l!r tn a ure all strongly 01 fawt y D Uspenßion of tho sail laws of, the State for the period < Washing a " have Protested j u 0 any ste P- s being ta en which would let down the ba n!inMf°,.i SCo making food moi J'' Jose Ph Kalbfus, se ° t 0 stiltc Game Comml sion says he does not think thi anything like that will lie dtne In r gard to game laws as it would un< years of conservation, while Natiu rV ," u ' Ier > State Commissioners i Fisheries, says he will protest to tl end and will not abate the laws , the State which he contends are li fli . ?r°" Kh t( l ""PP'y Plenty of lis Distribution, he contends, is mo needed. Dr. Kalbfus has address* a protest to Pennsylvania senato and congressmen and sent copies sportsmen in which he declares th the disappearance of the buffalo at wild pigeons and prairie cliickei was the result of careless huntii and tears that any suspension game laws for the war would load extinction of not only game, li birds which are of great value to II farmer. The suspension of gan laws, he holds would destroy a val able assets, which is destined grow more valuable as the years i • * Mrs. Charles M. Alexander, wi of the chorister of the State Y. 3