8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded its' Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Square. JB.J. STACK POLE.Pre.r'f 6r Editor+n-Chirf 9. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. BUS 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. iA.ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Assocla- Bureau of Clrcu f latlon and Penn- Eastern office. Avenue Building, Story. Brooks & Finley, Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall. $5.00 a year In advance. nVM)NT.SDAV,FEBUU AltY 27, 1918 If men can be induced to believe in the love of their fellotrmen, they ere well on the road to believe in the Jove of Ood. — MARCUS DODS. DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON IT Is impossible to calculate the loss Pennsylvania has sustained in the death of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health Commissioner. It Is not too much to say that it will he impossible to match him as health executive of the Commonwealth. He was at once a creator, an orgfinlzcr, an administrator, a laboratory ex pert, a medical specialist and a businessman of great ability and vis ion. These talents he combined with b warm sympathy for the sick and unfortunate, a conscience of the old JCew England type, a lively sense of Justice and a passion for detail and bard work. Dr. Dixon has left his mark in- Idelibly upon the life of the Common- V -wealth. His anti-tuberculosis meas ures alone have saved the lives of thousands and have sent hundreds of hepeless consumptives back rosey cheeked and happy to families that looked upon their cure as little less than miraculous. And this is but one phase of his many-sided career. Mfhen Dr. Dixon was appointed Pennsylvania had no such branch of government as a State Health De partment. He not only organized the department but made it one of the |most efficient and far-reaching or ganizations In the world. With powers second only to those of the Governor, in many respects. Dr. Dixon exercised them so dip lomatically and so equitably that he won popular support where a less able or a less conscientious man would have aroused antagonisms. He was an ideal public servant, such a one as appears only once or twice in a generation. If Governor Penny packer, who first appointed Dr. Dix on, had done no other thing, his ad ministration would have been justi fied. To knit or (k)not; that is the yarn. STARTING WELL IF' WILL H. HAYS, the new Re publican National Chairman, continues as he has begun, the party will go before the voters in 1920 united and harmonious. In one toreath Chairman Hays naively tells (reporters that he has called on Col onel Roosevelt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Taft, Senator Penrose. Senator Smoot and Senator Johnson. "I am going to get into touch with all the leaders and bring them together In a closely united party," he says, and Republicans everywhere wish him the best of luck in his endeavors. The rank and file of the Repub lican party are tired of bickering and pick of inter-party strife. Petty politics has no place in America to day. Bigger things occupy the atten tion of the public and big issues alone can hold attention and mold opinion. The Republicans next cam paign not only must show a firm and unbroken front, but they must be prepared to lead the way toward the jiew era of national life that Is Just around the corner on the road to to-morrow. That way lies victory. The party must find some issue big ger than mere faultfindings. It must be affirmative, not negative. Mr. Hays is moving In the right direction. First organize thoroughly; then take the offensive. National prohibition Is anything but dry topic just now. IMPRACTICAL MEASURE THE plan of a Philadelphia news paper to take the prohibition issue out of the coming campaln |n Pennsylvania Is impractical and Hot likely to receive very serious consideration at the hands of those who will have to deal with the ques tion. In the first place, the Legisla ture could not be pledged solidly in advance to vote for a resolution put ting the matter to a referendum vote, nor could friends of temperance be certain it would abide by the results of such a referendum, siiould it re sult in a "dry" victory, unless the Candidates were pledged for the Amendment in advance, and this )rould bring the matter right back ''." . * e WEDNESDAY EVENING, . YTARRISBURG llfijiiflu TELEGRAPH ' FEBRUARY 27, 1918. again to the choice of "dry" or "wet" legislators, Just where It stands now. The prohibition movement has reached a stage where It will come before the Legislature next session automatically. The Legislature can not dodge the responsibility placed upon it, even though it would. Tem perance sentiment is growing by leaps and bounds. The candidate for House or Senate who does not reckon with It will make a sad mistake. The legalized liquor business is unpop ular, not only with men who do not drink, but with thousands who do. Its evils are admitted. Its days are numbered. It remains to be seen whether Pennsylvania is to ba first or last to adopt the amendment, or whether this State will permit the reform to be made without having had a voice in it. Every candidate for the Legisla ture must make his own decision as to where he will stand, but if he choose to be "wet" he must bo con tent to abide by the <>onsequences. A majority of the great newspapers of the State are on record that they will support none but "dry" candi dates for House and Senate this year. In every county non-partisan organizations for the promotion of prohibition sentiment and its crys tallzatlon around "dry" candidates of all parties are being formed. Never in the history of the country has there been such a wave of public opinion in favor of the abolition of liquor. Wise political leaders will see to it that it does not leave them high and dry on a desolate beach. Dodging the question is impossible. We suggest that the invading Ger mans are sufficiently punished by having to tell their friends they have captured Pskov. RAILROAD LOYALTY JOHN PHELAN, track foreman of sub-division No. 5. Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania railroad, has the right conception of patriotism. Phelan knows that courage and faithful performance of duty are as necessary back of the lines as in the trenches. Like wise, he is almost as adept with his pen as he is with his pick, as a little poem he has just published proves. Phelan sums up his own doctrine of "do your bit" in these stanzas; I'd like to fight with all my might For dear old Uncle Sam: I'm a big galoot and I can shoot. But I'm over age. I am. But I'll tell you what I CAN do. As long as my climbs permit. I'll bend my back to repair the track, And thereby do my bit. All day long I'll make them strong, So our Sammies they can run From the West to East to catch the beast. The wicked, cruel Hun. Catch the Idea? The trackhand is an essential part of the great war machine, because if the road bed Is not kept up traffic cannot be? handled expeditiously and the soldier trains and the supplies in tended for our men abroad will be held up. How correctly Phelan has diagnosed the situation any railroad man will tell you. There are scores and hundreds of railroad men who have caught the vision of service this poet laureate of the Philadelphia division so vividly paints. Practically one whole regiihent of Pennsylvania railroad men, embracing many of this city, and officered by their own executives, are reconstructing and operating the railroads of France in a marvelously efficient man ner. teaching Frenchmen American methods and speeding up the whole transportation system of the repub lic. To-day, on another page, the Tele graph begins the publication of a series of articles by Pennsylvania railroad employes showing how the men of the rank and file of the Pennsylvania system who must re main at home are supporting the President and backing up the boys "over there" by doing their part to solve the great railroad problems with which the Nation is confronted. It is heartening and Inspiring to observe how seriously these men take their work and to note how they are putting every ounce of strength and ability they have into an effort to make themselves 100 per cent, efficient for the sake of Uncle Sam. This war will not last long if each one follows the example of Phelan and the foreman in charge of his section, of whom the railroad poet writes: • I'm in a gang under Foreman Bang, Who works with might and frenzy To drive each spike so the boys can hike Secure along the Pennay. Community singing bids fair to be come a popular outdoor amusement In Harrisburg next summer. NO CHANCE FOR PEACE VON IIERTLING'S speech holds out no hope for ai^ early peace. He deliberately closes the door President Wilson held open for him. His address was intended for home consumption only. It abounds In false conclusions and deliberate lies. It is hypocritical and cynical. It as cribes to the Allies war aims that none of them hold. It prolongs the conflict Indefinitely and spells utter ruin for the Hohenzollern dynasty, for Von Hertllng makes It very clear that America, at least, cannot make peace with Prussianism; that democ racy cannot live in peace and har mony with an autocracy which pre tends to be making war for defensive purposes only at the very moment it Is looting and pillaging the ruth lessly annexed territory of a helpless neighboring state. With only one paragraph of Von Hertllng's Bpeech are we in entire harmony, that part being In which he says: "The blood of the fallen, the agonies of the mutilated and the distress and sufferings of peoples will fall on the heads who in- ftistentty refuse to llßten to the voice of reason and humanity." That Is true, and the blame lies with the Kaiser and his crew, who In the end must guilty and face the nations sitting in judgment on their crimes. ""Potitic4- tK By the Ex-Committccman '* Governor Brumbaugh's statement j yesterday to the effect that he was ! still undecided whether to call a spe cial session of the legislature or not and his mention of half a dozen big subjects as suggested to him for ac tion in addition to the "dry" amend ment have had the effect of reviving speculation as to what might hap pen. It Is to be noted that the Dem ocratic newspapers are keeping very quiet on the subject and that very few men of prominence in either party have spoken on the subject. The comment among the men in the street cars on the way home from work is that $400,000 or $500,- 000 would be a pretty big sum to pay unless something of vital im portance to the state and nation could be enacted, while up-state pol iticians are not showing a great deal of interest in the projects for changes in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton, pointing out that an other legislature will be here in ten months. The apportionment idea is generally held to run counter to the decision of the supreme court in the Clinton county case and as Lancas ter inay be one of the counties to lose a member of the House it is thought that plan may be abandoned. Reapportionment has caused more rows than anything else in recent years. Some people see something indi cating no intention to have a special session on the amendment in the Governor's statement denouncing the idea of a special referendum on that subject next year. "We shall have a definite referendum in May and again in November," says the Governor. Prominent "dry" men say that the 1917 legislature, avowedly "wet," might give the amendment a black eye, while O'Neil men fear Sproul would vote "dry." Then, again, the Governor said It would be a serious matter to get men to stay here long enough to consider all of the subjects suggested to him. —According to the Philadelphia Record the Philadelphia factional row bids fair to crop up again as an obstacle to securing harmony in the Republican party. The Vares are demanding, in addition to Con gressman John R. K. Scott for lieu tenant governor, the abolition of the Town Meeting party and the Repub lican Alliance. These two organi zations were responsible for the small majority polled by the Fifty- Fifty ticket last fall. One is com posed of independents and Demo crats and the other of Penrose men. The Vares want to roll up a big vote In Philadelphia and to demonstrate control. *'o do so they want the other two organizations taken out of business. The Town Meeting men are holding meetings in various wards and invaded Mayor Smith's bailiwick the other evening, while they are behind the investigation of the mayor's Interest In bonding con cerns. —Congressman Bruce F. Sterling, of Uniontown, has denied that the Democratic congressmen of Pennsyl vania had declared for Acting State Chairman Joseph F. Guffey for gov ernor. as alleged by Congressman Gug F. Campbell. Campbell wants to be re-elected and needs Guffey, who is himself in need of more support among the Democratic lead ers of the state. The Guffey idea js said to be popular in machine cir cles, but the "dry" element is not sure or him and the Old Guard rem nants are only looking for a chance. —The declaration of A Nevln Detrich, state chairman of the old Washington party, that the former Progressives were for O'Neil threat ens to start a factional row among the former supporters of Colonel Roosevelt, says Philadelphia ;peo ple. Thomas Robins, an argent Roosevelt supporter, at whose home the Colonel generally stays when he visits Philadelphia, declared for Sen ator Sproul. Robins predicted that other supporters of Roosevelt would get together and declare for the Chester Senator. —State Chairman B. E. P. Prugh, of the Prohibition state committee, who goes with David McCalmont, of Franklin, to represent the State Pro hibition organization at-the National party convention, which Prohibition ists have been invited to Join, says the Prohibition party is going to stay very niftich on the map this year and will preserve its identity in the Key stone State. The Doctor Is among those firing at the suggestion of a special referendum on the amend ment. He Is naturally a fighter and wants to have It made a clear cut issue and fought out. —Asher R. Johnson, of McKean county, is being talked of as a pos sible candidate for secretary of in ternal affairs on the Democratic ticket. The Pittsburgh Gazette- Times says Col. "Jack" Spangler, of Bellefonte, wtho is now for the "dry" side, will not be a candidate on the state ticket. —Judson Tiffany, who will run against Senator E. F. Warner for the Democratic senatorial nomination in the Monroe-Carbon-Pike-Wayne dis trict, is Democratic state committee man from Wayne county. He is the third man to be trotted out by the state bosses against a sitting Dem ocratic congressman or senator. —Reviewing the Chester county situation the Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Briefly, the situation stands: The organized strength of weight and numbers, the effective working machinery of the regular Republican party that is the powerful and all- Important preponderance of votes, will be thrown to Senator Sproul. The O'Neil faction gains its recruits from the ultra drys, the recalci trants, the perennially unreconciled. In no sense Is the support of the Sproul movement In danger. Tho county that has always upheld and admired the Chester Senator and road builder will support him roy ally."' v A Flat Failure The Kaiser's olive branch, with lemons growing upon it, is the horti cultural wonder of the age; but as German camouflage is a flat failure. The foliage falls to conceal the fruit. —Louisville Courier-Journal. The Nonessential The nonessential Is something that belongs to somebody else and that he should be forced to get along Without.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Out of Date "Well, the world seems to be go ing dry. Shall we take Julep 6ut of the dictionary?" "Leave it in for old times' sake," counseled the other lexicographer. "Just mark It obsolete." —Louisville Courier-Journal. A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE BY BRIGGS rSIi 1 You see N/UMAT -S n I v ) v j V oo T O>= >t J Th MATTER WITH tvo fro J ( 'l* * 1 aI_L ts r c / A lik i ~ i I / r-r — ~ 1 it- Just- i.ET-ouT-rne ~ \ 2 COURSE i vJW/"00"*, / Why PiDm > y oo Toßio |i COt-D AIR" OP COURSE \ You HAVJt if - SiMPCGTOnJ .• AIMT EXPECTED \ To SHU T )J — ES"N-V I SGEOF ITo KWOVAM'POUT SUCH / j I |.T o<=F \ tags, PTT.F U I_ CASES DUMB- BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Gov. Pennypacker's Autobiography The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia announces for issue, March 15, in book form, "The Auto biography of a Pennsylvanian," by Samuel W. Pennypacker. J-'he work will be published complete in the exact form in which it was written by the late Governor, including the humorous and pungent references to numerous Pennsylvanlans. It contains the stirring personal memoirs of a lighting Pennsylvan ian. It is the intimate history of all his encounters with other promi nent men. Friends and foes alike are described with a frankness that reveals the late Governor's remark able insight into the hidden motives of his associates. The autobiography will be pub lished in full. Shortly after Gover nor Pennypacker's death, a number of prominent Pennsylvanlans, in cluding Governor Brumbaugh, Hampton L. Carson, George Whar ton Pepper, Mayor Sulzberger and others addressed a letter to his fam ily, requesting that no part be omit ted out of a desire to avoid contro versy or to protect the sensitive feel ing of those bruised by Governor Pennypacker's blunt frankness. This request has been granted. Beyond the verification of certain names, dates and minor incidents, there has been no editing. What ever or whoever may be maimed, the autobiography goes forth unchang ed. The wide range of interesting ex periences covered by Governor Pennypacker's narrative is suggest ed by the following excerpt from his "Foreword:" ''l have been brought into rela tions with the Presidents, from Lin coln to Roosevelt; with the Generals Grant, Sherman, Hancock, Sickles, Howard and * Sheridan, and have corresponded with Darwin, 'Le Compte de Paris, Delldop, Scheffer, Bayard Taylor and Lloyd Mifflin. I have made addresses at Stony Point and at Gettysburg. I have presided over the Law Academy, the Histori cal Society of Pennsylvania, the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, a court, and the Commonwealth. I have walked one hundred and seventy five miles on a stretch and have ridden down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House at the head of ten thousand men. I have carried on my back at one time twenty pounds of putty and at an other a musket. I have made pills in Kensington, thrown a load of wood Into a Chestnut Street cellar, kept the books of an oil company, mowed weeds in a meadow, gather ed a great library, written eighty books and pamphlets, tried men for murder and sent sixty-six criminals to be hanged. Therefore is this story begun." THIS YEAR'S ISSUES The Tribune Is convinced that those Democratic and Republican leaders who are so very anxious to bring war issues to the front in a state campaign are really interested in sidetracking Important " state Is sues. They are wise enough to understand, we hope, that the over whelming majority of the people of the Commonwealth, regardless of party affiliations, are loyal and true. Indeed It Is our conviction that if the war were made the great issue, and If the Republican platform treated President Wilson in a criti cal way, many thousands of Repub licans would refuse to vote for can didates standing upon such a plat form. President Wilson is not per fect; he is a very pronounced parti san; he is very tenacious of his own opinions; but, for all that, he has the confidence of the American people of all parties and any effort to embarrass him by criticism hav ing for its motive partisian advant age. would recoil upon its- authors. The people of Pennsylvania are asking political leaders to deliver them from rum rule. They want a legislature that will adopt local op tion as a temporary expedient and likewise ratify the prohibitory amendment to the national consti tution. Give them prohibition and they will very soon make an end of the "rich men's clubs" concerning whose existence Mr. Secretary Wil son is so greatly concerned. They want to vote for a candidate for Governor who Is not afraid of the brewers or the politicians, anfl they are anxious for legislative candi date of the same caliber.—From the Altoona Tribune. Coming to It "Eat bannas; win the war," is a new slogan. Someone may yet start this for a slogan: "Use common and win the war."—From the Detroit Free Press. LESSONS IN MODERN WAR LEARNED IN ANCIENT YPRES WHEN the kaiser's army began its rush across Belgium In an effort to reach Paris, it en tered Ypres October 3, 1914, but had to evacuate the city a few days later. Since then Ypres and this region of Flanders have been stain ed by the blood of many hard fought battles. In all this time Ypres has suf fered terribly from shell' fire, and it is now a heap of ruins. Before the war Ypres was famous for its cloth and lace. The Hat district about the city was the best dairy land in the world, and furnished the butter that fed England. The wealth of this province in West Belgium was the greutest per capita In all Eur ope. Linguistically and racially it is Flemish. Ypres was a quiet city, through whose streets the dog carts carried the rattling milk cans and loaves of bread to be delivered to the white-capped old dames at the doors. There was a sluggish moat on which beautiful swans paddled their way in peace. An object of great interest'was the Cloth Hall, begun in 1201 and completed in 1342. There were the Gothic cathe dral of St. Martin, with rich carv ings; the tdwn hall, with frescoes and paintings; and the Eleventh Century church of St. Peter. But the Cloth Hall, now a mass of ruins, was the largest and oldest struc ture in Belgium. It was 433 feet long, and its massive square belfry was 23 0 feet above the gro.und. This was the monument to its material prosperity, overshadowing the ca thedral, which was 317 feet long, with a tower of 190 feet. The Cloth Hall had three stories, with point ed windows in three rows, a sloping slate roof, and was ornamented by statues of' forty-six counts and coun tesses of Flanders. When the "Ca rillon," or peal of mellow toned bells, called, this building could house all the citizens of Ypres. Once Greater Than Ixnidoii At one time Ypres was greater than London itself. When the pres ent world metropolis had less than fifty thousand inhabitants, Y'pres, capital of West Flanders, had two hundred thousand. It ranked with Ghent and Bruges as the greatest lace and cloth-producing centers in the world. It had then four thour sand looms. Time and again it sent thousands of men to fight, without stopping a single loom. Flemish cloth was famous for its brilliant ! colors, excellent dyes; it was de manded all over Europe, and even in distant Asia. When the London poet, Chaucer, before 1400, tried to praise the skill in weaving of the LABOR NOTES Dakota farmers are uniting to eliminate the middleman. The French government has" open ed a school where women are given professional training vlth a view of I'laclng them in positions vacated by the men who have been called away to war. Wage differences between the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad and its organized telegraphers have been adjusted by arbitration. Wages are increased $10.65 a month. Twenfcy-flve thousand teen-age boys will be raised by the Young Men's Christian Association of Sas katchewan, Canada, in the campaign organized by the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion to aid with the crops this year. The high percentage of undernour ished children in New York City's public schools was attributed at a Board of Aldermen committee hear ing to the high cost of living, which ha far outstripped wage Increases. A universal seven-hour day during the period of the war. instead of present suspension of industries by the Fuel Administration to conserve coal and relieve railroad congestion, Is suggested by President Gompers. The Federated Labor party was formed at a conference of delegates following the conclusion of the con vention of the British Columbia Fed eration of Labor. The ne\y party will be a working class party. Street railway employes In Detroit nre asking for an increase of ten per cent, in wages. The present rate of wages Is 30 cents n hour for the ,-.rt three months and a maximum of 40 cents thereafter. Wife of Bath, he merely wrote: Of cloth making she had such a haunt, She passeth them of Ypres and of Ghent. Ypres suffered by the wars in the Middle Ages. At one siege at the end of a single day's lighting there were picked up in the streets enough arrows to fill more than two great hogsheads. In one century the city was captured four times by the French. Under Spanish oc cupation it suffered frightfully. Yet, through all the Middle Ages it could look back at one glorious battle —the Battle of the Spurs. With riches came city betterment, and broad streets and its great struc tures were built, and its Grande Place, the finest in the country, with the exception of the wide square in Brussels, was conceived. Ypres was no.w at the height of its prosperity in 1325. Then evil fell upon It and armies despoiled it periodically. Fi nally, in 1383, jealous Ghent be sieged its walls, captured it and al most destroyed It. It was done to destroy a bustness rival. Many thou sands of artisans fled to England. From that time the city has con tinued to decay. Sikhs Saved Pay For British When, in October, 1914, the Ger mans had to evacuate the city, be gan the first great battle of Ypres. it, in reality, overlapped the battle of the Yser. The Germans attempted to take Ypres from the British. Those were dangerous days for the Allies. The Germans were attempt ing to break through the British and French lines, the objective being the French Channel ports. October 24 the allied lines ran from Dlx mude, in a great arc, through Lan gemarck, Gheluvelt, through the woods southeast of Ypres, along the eastern ridge of the Mont-des-Cats, across the.Lys, to La Bassee. Day after day the Germans made terri fic attacks, using some of the crack regiments of the old Prussian Guard. Now for the first time in this war East Indian troops entered the trenches to do battle for the British Empire—Ghurkas and the Sikhs, those powerful mountaineers from the foothills of the Himalayas, in the northern part of Upper Burma. The lines of battle swung back and forth for days along this battle front. The defense made by the British, outnumbered and outgun ned, against the successive attacks of the Germans will ever remain re markable In the annals of this war. These attacks came very near succeeding, but the third day the half-savage Sikhs and Ghurkas, who know no fear, made a terrific drive and recaptured the village and held It. How King Albert Lives [Prom the New York Sun] People frequently wonder where the king of Belgium Is to-day and how Belgium operates her govern ment with 95 per cent of-her-popu lation interned within the German lines. The King of Belgium lives in the open meadows of Belgium, in the middle of ' about twenty-five square miles of territory still intact. It is a place called Les Moers. That is some fifteen miles from Dunkirk. His resilience, a country mansion, resembles Mount Vernon viewed from the west, a white, plain, sim ple, 2-story building with a garden in Tront well planted with flowers. GIRL TO HER MIRROR How shall my face change, girl-face that I love, Wide eyes that smile at me, Smooth brow above? How shall I bear watching Gray for my hair's gold, Faded cheeks for rose tints. When I am old? How shall my face change? Shall the coming years Scar it with their troubles, Blanch it with their tears? Shall my friends and lovers, Seeing gray for gold, y Sigh, "Ah, not this face we lovedr* - When I am old? Keeper of the life-years. Give my face instead Sweetness for It rose tints, Courage for Its rod, for Its Kirl-eyes, Peace for Its hair's gold. And I shall smile to face the glass When I am old! —Margaret Widdemer In the Youth's Companion. EDITORIAL COMMENT One advantage of a supreme war council of three is that it would leave one man on the job while Sen ate committees quizzed the other two.—Chicago Herald. Three hundred society women of New York have organized to teach the poor how to economize. In self defense the poor should organize to teach the rich how to spend money. —Cleveland Press. The Boston Transcript says "this is just the honeymoon period of the war," implying that the real fighting has not yet begun.—Kansas City Star. A Ford boat a day keeps the Ü boat away.—Kansas City Star. No wonder that Russia produces so many anarchists, Bolsheviki and other long-haired and crack-brain ed "statesmen" of the Trotzky var iety. They have this kind of wea ther every winter. lndianapolis News. ' God Is Love He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.—l John iv, 8. BEHAVE WELL IN PARIS It seems to n(e a remarkable thing that in going about here in Paris for two weeks I should have seen but one soldier who was the worse for drink, and he was not an Ameri can. The Yankees are notably ser ious and businesslike in their be havior. True, I saw one playful New York lad at the Follies Uergere the other evening, standing in the front rows and with baton in hand doing what he could to assist the leader of the orchestra, but he was a real come dian and contributed to the joy of the night. A lot of young men in khaki who had learned a few French words were tossing them at the actors. The danseuses or sing ers were frequently interrupted by shouts of "Pourquoi—pourquoi?" from the boys. It was obviously just a sample of newly acquired goods and it amused the players. Everywhere the too playful sol dier is treated with good natured tolerance. The performance was partly in English and there were many compliments for Uncle Sam In it.—lrving Bachellor in the Inde pendent (N. Y.) OUR DAILY LAUGH ! 1 if if ALXVAYS DO, . |p 1 1 I,ke y° ur 111 huaband very I'll liMl much, he seems Mt *-I HHI t° be such a jol- I V fsPlll ly fellow. Oh, yes! He's < * 4 been Jollying ma \v/ Vs for years. By every token m ( jS The backbone Is starting to yourself w whatever hap ■l That is your gpoii advice as I far as It goes, J t but don't hesl ■■ / tato to charge ■k. I If improvements DHL / d ho made. lEbettitu) fflljat In the event that the committee representing the newly formed al liance between the State Federation of Labor and the State Grange Is able to work out a plan for direct buying of foodstuffs from farmers by members of labor unions such as has been uhder discussion for the last three or four months IS will solve one of the greatest prob lems in Pennsylvania to-day Jr opinion of men who have hew.-, studying the food and labor situa tion. This state, remarked a man active in the work of the State Com mittee of Public Safety, is one of the most diversified in the country and its labor question is going to be uppermost. The reason for this, he pointed out, is that Pennsylvania must not *>nly be the arsenal of the United Slates, as Governor Brum baugh has said in his speeches, but the Clyde of America. At the same time, said this student, it must in crease foodstuffs. One of the state's college presidents, a great student of economics, declared that labor and the farmer had to get closer together. Labor will be moved from place to places more or less auto matically through the law of sup ply and demand will insist that enough food be supplied for next winter. The farmers are short of farm labor and the limited number of tractors which the state will be able to place on farms and which will be available through private and community enterprise will help some but not to the extent desired. Hence, the laboring people must bo in closer touch with the producers. If they understand each other's problems things will be materially improved. The general plan is for the purchase of food in carload lots. Labor unions will unite, arrange credits and deliveries and farmers will pool their produce. It will simplify some problems which have been worrying many men. The predictions that potatoes will be plentiful in the next month, which have been made at the Capi tol, bid fair to be realized. There are already signs that many bushels will be on the markets soon. Far mers have saved over the winter more potatoes than usual, some of the people who follow food movements and quite a few have been frosted. The farmers in some cases held back for higher prices, as do manj* other people with other things, but it Is a fact that many who had hoped to get their pota toes Into the market by the middle of January ran up against weather which stopped all chance of any satisfactory movement. The result was that ttie potatoes had to be held on the farms and the farmers suffered. Judging from what has been said here the last few days by representative farmers the fi&ing of prices for wheat and the making plain of the situation in regard to potatoes will cause as many ship ments as the railroads can care for and the truck will be a big factor. • * James K. Linn was in town the other day. It is a long time since "Jim's" friends have been able to shake his hand and inquire as to the reasons for his prolonged ab sence. At present this former Har risburger is identifier! with the em ployment bureau of the Pennsylvania railroad. His headquarters are at Philadelphia, but he is more fre quently away from his office than in it. Keeping the Pennsy forces up to the limit in numbers just now, is some task. There is a scarcity of help, but by good missionary work, Mr. Linn has been able to furnish a goodly supply of men to various departments and divisions. This is not all. James K. Linn is also gen eral director of the Tobacco Ftinrt for the Pennsylvania railroad in the Kast. He is also treasurer of the Mutual Beneficiali Association for Pennsylvania Railroad Employes. He is an associate editor on the Mu tual Magazine, the official organ. When there are any labor contro versies, the order is "send for Linn." He geta to Harrisburg frequently but only for one or two hours at night, to see his mother. When here the other day he said, "lanr always glad to get back to Harris burg, but everybody must do his hit, and must keep going these days." * • • "When it comes down to climates give me Porto Rico over Florida east coast," said Governor Brum baugh, talking about his trip to the sunny part of the sunny south. "It is too hot. Porto Rico is hot, but it is not the kind of hot Florida has." There are suspicions about the Cipatol that the Governor likes North Carolina better in winter than some other states. • • • "If I had my way about it, it would be up North for me," re marked Attorney General Brown, talking about winter trips. "I have been in Florida and know the whole state, but I think that what we need is a change of climate that tones up. I like going where it is real winter and a Canadian winter has its appeal to me." WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —E. T. Stotesbury was congratu lated by many friends yesterday on his birthday. ■ —c. W. Kiser, the Pittsburgh banker, who is the treasurer of the O'Nell Republican committeee, was here yesterday and says he is en joying the campaign. —E. -P. Albrecht, head of the Philadelphia Bourse, is objecting strenuously to 'the plan to have young sailors trained at Boston in stead of Philadelphia. —A. C. Campbell, the Luzerne food administrator, is standing for no noneense. When liquor dealers did not obey the law about Sunday selling he .protested in court and three lost licenses. —Mayor A. W. Hendenreich. of Allentown, is personally directing the crusade against gambling in his city. DO YOU KNOW —That making horse shoes wu one of ITnrrishurg's Jo* (lustricß luul it is still good ones? HISTOIUC HARRISBCRG Harrisburg Ferry and Lebanon had a great contest over the county seat when Dauphin county was erected. He Accompanied Wilson After delivering his speech before Congress the President and Mrs. Wilson wont walking down Pennsyl vania Avenue. A telegraph messen ger boy achieved the distinction of walking by his side for three blocks without being molested, He edged up to the side of the President, said nothing, and walked along several blocks. He was on one aide, Mrs. Wilson- was on the other. The President smiled. The boy looked neither to the right nor the left, and whistled nonchalantly, as he kept step side by aide with the Nation's executive. When he came to an office building he walked away, still unconcerned.—-Exchange.
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