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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
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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.
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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.