HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER PGR THE HOME Foundid :ljt Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building. Federal S<u>are. E. J. STACKPOLE.Pw'f & Edilor-inChirf F, It. OTSTER, Business Manager. GU3 M. BTEINMETZ, Mattering 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. 411 rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American ' Newspaper Pub ~~ _ Chtcago?Ul. dlnß ' Entered at the Post Qfflce In Harrla burg. Pa., as second class matter. ■flUrwy-jj Br carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, *5.00 MBkig- a year in advance, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918 'Tit sweet to feel that tee may be In partnership, dear Lord, Kith Thee; Tis avert to feel that all ice do To make our lives sincere and true Is knour-n to Thee, and that tee share JLs partners all Thy love and care. — Maby D. Brine. DEMOCRATS UP A TREE THE Democratic organization is very much "up a tree" on the Prohibition question. Some of the leaders would like very much to be "wet," but they are afraid to voice their sentiments openly. Others fa vor waiting to see what the Repub licans of the State do before coming out with a formal statement on the , subject. Even gubernatorial candi dates are being kept in the back ground pending a decision on this subject. The machine bosses are at their old game of "side-stepping." Even a superficial analysis of the situation shows that the Democratic leaders of Pennsylvania are in no position to make an aggressive fight for the prohibition amendment with any chance of convincing the public of the sincerity of their stand. The boss of the Democratic party in this State is its national chairman, who stands at the elbow of President Wil son, and President Wilson has it in his power to make the whole coun try absolutely "dry" by forbidding the manufacture of beer, under au- i thority given him by Congress, the making of whiskey already having been stopped. If the Democratic leaders are sincerely favorable to national prohibition the public will want to know why they have not gone to the President to urge their cause. It will be noted that the newspaper mouthpieces of these bosses sing very low when the tjuea tion of national prohibition by Pres- I • idential decree is raised. German newspapers are as one In declaring that peace should be made, but the only kind of peace we know anything about doesn't appear to be anywhere in sight. CHEER~UP, FOLKS CHEER up, folks, every day brings the war nearer an end. Don't let anybody mislead you into fears as to the outcome. That is as fixed and certain as though finis had been written to the con cluding chapters of £he great con flict —we are going to win. Make no mistake about that, and every day our arm grows stronger and everyday we are acquiring punch and "pep." The man who fears his antagonist is whipped before the contest be gins. The winner is he who holds out for fifteen minutes after the other fellow has admitted he is beaten, as somebody has put it. Don't be discouraged. We are en tering that phase of the war which corresponds to the year preceding the battle of Gettysburg or to the few weeks before the fight at "Water loo. There were those then in both instances who would have made an Inconclusive peace. But braver hearts and more far-seeing brains had their way, and Lee was forced to surrender and Napoleon was beaten. When the history of this war is written historians will say that from the German defeat at the Marne to the final engagement it was apparent that German arms could not win. It is so written of Lee and Gettysburg, and Napoleon and Waterloo. There is only one essential to vic tory that we must have—and that is the same unswerving loyalty and the same high courage and cheerful optimism at home that marks our troops in France. Cheer up' Don't look glum. "It's a great life if you don't weaken" and "the darkest hour is just be fore the dawn." LANCASTER'S BIRTHDAY -|--|-ARRISBURG ought to extend r-1 Its felicitations to Lancaster on its double anniversary on Wed nesday night, for the city of the BED ROSE county, the richest agri- TUESDAY EVENING, cultural community In the country, will celebrate the centennial of Its incorporation and tho bicentennial of Its founding, Harrisburg Uaa al ways been on terms of Intimacy with Lancaster, a rival In athletics and other form 3 of competition, and has cherished a good, kindly, neighborly feeling always. It ought to extend greetings in some way. Lancaster is In a sense a mother of Harrisburg, just as Philadelphia is our grandmother, for until the erection of our own county of Dau phin, Lancaster was our county seat and the early deeds for land on which Harrisburg and the boroughs of the county stand, as well as those for our own daughter of Lebanon, together with the official papers for the opening of roads, the raising of troops for Indian and Revolutionary wars and many other things pertain ing to county government, are all in the courthouse in that city. Lan caster was a town when Harrisburg was a ferry settlement, and our folks went to court in the old city for decades. Tho neighborly feeling ought to be increased, and a birthday is a good time to do something to show good wishes for continued growth and prosperity. , "Tou've got to hand it to the Ger mans," used to be a form of compli ! ment. Now it is an order to the j United States artillery. EATPOTATOES EAT potatoes and save grain for our allies. There arc thousands of bushels jof potatoes In storage within easy ! reach of Harrisburg. These should be eaten by the time the new south ern crops begin to arrive on the markets. If they are not and north ern farmers fail to find a market for them they will not plant so many potatoes this year and the re sult will be a repetition of last year's petato famine next winter. The farmer is in business for profit and no matter how patriotic he may be he will not raise crops for which he cannot find a ready majket. So we must all eat potatoes liberally during the next few months. This should be no hardship. A year ago, when potatoes were breaking high price records every day and few were to be had at any figure, the mere thought of a "potatoless" meal was sufficient to cause murmurs in even the most i well-ordered families and little less | than riotins if suggested in res taurant or boarding house. Potatoes, as most folks viewed the matter, were one of the inalienable rights guaranteed by the constitution and removing them from the bill of fare was almost as painful as cutting off the bread supply. But now, with potatoes plentiful and wheat at a premium, we are crying for white flour and ignoring potatoes. We are in this like a small boy weeping j for pie and refusing to be comforted j by a plentiful supply of beef and j gravy.- The food administrator asking! us to "sacrifice" by eating as many i potatoes as we desire. Sounds like a j good joke, doesn't it? If we are not I able to control our appetites suffi-' ciently to conserve by the full-! stomach method of eating liberally | what is to be had in large quantity in order to save along some other line we are poor patriots. Eat potatoes, then. Eat them as frequently and in as large quantities as though they were as scarce as they were last year and you had suddenly acquired a large supply. Eat potatoes and be patriotic. The Kaiser expects an early victory on the West Front. So he did in 1914. GERMAN FOOD SITUATION AGENTS of the .German govern ment are warning the people of that country "not *to ex pect too much" in the way of increas ed food supplies from Russia. Be yond question, some relief from grain shortage will result from German control of the great grain fields of Ukrania and tho other wheat pro ducing provinces, but if the Ger mans have been expecting a normal before-the-war flow of grain through Odessa and the other wheat centers this year they will be greatly disap pointed. The czar was deposed largely be cause of grain shortage. The people charged the bread famines of Pet rograd and other large cities to gov ernment manipulation, but really it was because the wheat had not been grown. Kercnsky's downfall may be traced in great part to his inability to feed the populace. Trotzky's pro gram was land and bread for the peasantry, and because he could not produce he had to get out. Russia had at one time more men in the field than any one other bel ligerent. These soldiers were drawn largely from the farms. The result was that farm production fell off. Land that had been tilled lay fallow. Seed reserves were milled and eaten. The whole situation was bad enouglr when there was some semblance of orderly government under the czar. It is far worse to-day after one year of no government. Doubtless the organizing abilities of the Germans, will enable them to do something toward correcting this failure in some of the provinces, but if Russia is made to suffer because the Germans take all the wheat that is grown, or even a very great part of it, anarcliy will be the result in Russia if a counter-revolution that is bound to spring up Is not success ful. May be next year Russia will be made to contribute sufficiently to the bread box of the Kalset' to reduce' considerably the cravlngu of appe tite In the Central Empires, but it is very doubtful. K By the Ex-Coxmnittecmuu I , . 4 . , i; Acting Democratic State, Chairman Joseph F. GutTey is in Philadelphia to see whether it will be worth while to stay in the ring as a possible candidate for the Democratic guber natorial nominations. The eminent Pittsburgh public utility man went to Philadelphia yesterday to see who had let the gas out of his boom and found that Democratic bosses in that city and in practically all of the eastern counties were inclined to be friendly with him, but at the same time to be awaiting to see what Na tional Chairman Vance C. McCor mick had to say. Guffey took it for granted after the recent conference in Philadelphia that lie would be the candidate of the machine and began to arrange mat ters, but when the Republican light began to loom up McCormick de veloped misgivings about Guffey's availability, insisting that a pro nounced "dry" 'candidate be backed. Then A. Mitchell Palmer began talk ing about the prime qualities of ex- State Treasurer William H. Berry as a gubernatorial candidate. And then Mr. Berry wrote to Mr. McCormick, saying that if the national chair man felt that the call was loud enough for him to be a candidate he would be for McCormick to the fin ish. Otherwise Berry wanted to try again. As it stands now, McCormick has chased all of the other possible candidates to the high branches and is at the foot of the tree waiting to see whether the chances are good enough for him to be a candidate himself. If lie does not consider them bright enough he will announce] that his duties in Washington have 1 first consideration. But at the same! time Democrats aligned with the na-i tional chairman say that with a Re-! publican split there are chances for a Democrat to be elected governor of Pennsylvania and that from the gu bernatorial chair the road is glitter ing with the White House at the other end. —As to the Republican situation the Vares are insisting on Congress man John R. K. Scott for the Re publican nomination for Lieutenant Governor and there are all sorts of threats about what they will do if he is not taken. Congressman W. W. Griest, of Lancaster, is reported be hind Scott. The talk in Philadelphia is that when the Republican city committee of Philadelphia meets it will declare for Sproul. but insist on Scott and Secretary of Internal Af fairs Paul W. Houck for the rest of the ticket. The Penrose people will back James F. Woodward for Secre tary of Internal Affairs, but' have made no announcement on second place. Tho Public Ledger says to-day that the Penrose people are showing "unalterable opposition" to Scott and favor William A. Mngee, former Mayor of Pittsburgh, for Lieutenant Governor. —The Philadelphia Press says that Penrose may be found making "dry" speeches before the campaign ends because of the spread of sentiment and that Brumbaugh men who cir culate O'Neil petitions may have to explain to Auditor General Snyder if they work in office hours. —The North American giv%s prom inence to-day to the declarations of Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart and Benjamin F. Dimmlcfc, the anti- Penrose candidate for Senator in 1914, for Sproul as the best fitted man for Governor. —Brumbaugh and O'Neil men were very cocky to-day over what they declared would be some "inter esting news" and inclined to resent any suggestion that the Vares would be for Sproul. Mr. O'Neil is in Pitts burgh where he will attend a big re ligious meeting and meet some of his friends, while the men who have been active in the administration's political work were intimating that more heads would fall soon. —Pittsburgh and Scranton news papers are not saying much editor ially, but are very much inclined to print all of the news no matter which side is hit or favored. ThcAltoona Tribune is calling on men to enroll to tight for "dry" legislative candi dates, but has not come out for any candidate for Governor. —No one about Capitol Hill was very much surprised yesterday when the news came out from Philadelphia that a couple of factory inspectors had been "fired" as such matters are known in Philadelphia hotels before officials of departments in which they work admit that it is true. The" Capitol has been prepared for a long time for dismissal of men on "disloyalty" charges and the specu lation is as to who it is going to be next. —Friends of H. M. Sutton, who has been talked of as likely to run for the Legislature in the Second York district, say ho will not run. W. S. Hammond, the old war horse of that district, is being talked of. —Congressman B. K. Focht is hav ing a very entertaining time in his Lewisburg paper these days, com menting upon what is said by "big and little politicians." He is very ardently for Sproul and says that the Delaware senator has been ordered from what Commissioner O'Neil con ceived to be "his own particular po litical clover patch. "Between whack ing the Governor and the Commis sioner the congressman is a busy man. —State Chairman Crow and Con gressman Crago are to be speakers at the Amerieus Club dinner in Pittsburgh on March 28. —ln Pittsburgh another educator has been named to public office. Mayor Babcock has appointed Dr. William Grant Chambers, dean of the BChool of education at the University of Pittsburgh, to head the municipal bureau of recreation, at the same time displacing Fred L. Roberts, who had been private secretary to for mer Mayor Armstrong, and was ap pointed head of the recreation bu reau just before E. V. Babcock took his place as mayor. As the former mayor supported Babcock it wasn't supposed that Armstrong's late ap pointees would be disturbed, and the leaders were upset over the change. The position pays $4,000 a year. —John A. Fitzgibbon, of Brad ford county, is a candidate for Re publican renomination to the House. So is Represe"htati%*e Conrad G. Mil ler, of the Hazleton district. —The praise bestowed by the irtourning Democratic organ of this city upon Floor Leader W. G. Sarig, of Berks county, is interesting when one considers various things which happened in the Legislature. —Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. of Philadelphia, is figuring considerab ly in the news and is making so many speeches thai there ore suspicions that he is thinking about being a candidate for governor. —J. W. Crozier has been appointed sealer of weights and measures for Johnstown. HXFTRISBURG UFTJSLIL TELEGRAPH THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT BYBRICGS j I AW- I V H^__^ V^' D . ZTYA HE 3L*PP£D TCOCHGD HIM R I SEEM YOHI WMFTTCHFT \WANT/V \ M£ FTNI ' WJ^W(^Y V- I DIDM'T / WJHENJ VUM PICK OM A ME IM FN 1 SHIMS FT4R// L" LJ DOME ,T / LITTLE KD J ■WEV/ER-TRT.MG FYPM — —V \ <—■ — FOR- POT UP R I WEVJ£R. ( N M\ v OUR { A Health Record The report by Admiral Sims that in the nine months of foreign serv ice there has been but one death from disease among the men on the destroyers and supply ships which are under his command, is a re markable testimony to the rugged ness of the American sailor and to the care which is given his physical needs and circumstances. The death rate cannot be given lest it would afford a deduction of the number of men in this service, but imagination need not run wild as to the ships constituting the American fleet operating from the English base to compute an enviable percentage, particularly when the conditions which patrol work must encounter are taken into considera tion. Sixty-two operations under general anesthesia have been neces sary, chiefly for abdominal troubles, but without aj.single case of infec tion, and 189 minor operations com plete the record. The boys in the Navy blue do not escape the perils of warfare by any means,* and although fortune, plus watchfulness, and the skill of navi gator and gunner, have thus far kept the losses at a minimum figure, which was not anticipated at the be ginning of the war, the danger of the unseen torpedo is ever present. But in immunity from disease the sailor has an advantage which the man in the trenches lacks and which not even the most scientific sanita tion of the camp can match. —From the Philadelphia Bulletin. Less Money in Elections The new chairman of the National Republican Committee is satisfled that more money has been used in elections heretofore than has been necessary. There are times when campaign literature may be used for a good purpose—for the purpose of informing voters .upon issues being made in the campaign. It costs money to employ speak ers to talk to the people regarding the issues; men who are gifted in speech are sought and serve, that costs money. But in most national campaigns spellbinders have been sent out whose chief care was the quid pro quo. and not that they are so overly anxious about the welfare of the country. But campaign funds have also been used for the purpose of cor rupting voters, for the making and the using of venal voters. That ought to be stopped, and It Is be lieved the time is ripe for stopping it. The man who can get office by no other route than the money route, and resorts to bribery is not fit to be trusted or honored with an office. —From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune. Test of a Man j The test of a man Is In what ho is able to do. Rhinestones sparkle but they can't cut glass.—Milwaukee News. When We Try to Sing It (The following bit of verse upon the subject, "When We Try to Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner,' " was submitted by one of the Red Cross nurses at the base hospital, after she had been present at a gathering of hospital orderlies, when the national air was attempted). Oh, say, can you sing from the start to the end. What so proudly you stand for when orchestras play it; When the whole congregation, in voices that blend, Strike up the grand hymn, and then torture and slay It? But they bellow and shout when they're first starting out. But "the dawn's early light" finds them floundering about, 'Tls "The Star Spangled Banner" they're trying to sing. But they don't know the words of the precious old thing. Hark! The twilight's l-.st gleaming has some of them stopped, But the valiant survivors press forward serenely To "the ramparts we watched" where some others are dropped And the loss of the leaders is manifest keenly. Then "the rocket's red glare" give the bravest a scare, And there's few left to face the "bombs bursting in air" — ' Tis a thin line of heroes that man age to save The last of the verse and "the home of the brave." (Let's all get busy and learn our [national anthem). | —Trench and Camp. * S Wanted —A Leader From The North American Review X J PEACE —peace ."without victory" for us, peace with victory for the Iluns! Is that what it all portends? We cannot, we will not believe it. Black as the outlook is and black as we should frankly recognize it to be, ultimate triumph is as certain' as that there is a God in Heaven, if we will but clear our vision and press on and on, be it for one year or for ten. What the mighty forces of civilization need and all they need is a leader. Our war-worn but indo mitable Allies know this and admit it; and they recognize the man—• Woodrow Wilson, whom above all others they would prefer to have in person at the head of the great council, and whom, even as merely but suitably represented, they stand ready and glad to heed and to fol low. But the President himself holds back; he keeps aloof as a "co-belli gerent;" he outlines programs with out consultation with accredited representatives of the associate na tions; he consults only one elderly and amiable, though estimable, gen tleman; he is surrounded and sup ported almost exclusively by profes sional pacifists; he addresses the Congress, the country and the world, not as the leader of God's children. This Year's Big Slate Question [Philadelphia Evening 1 Telegraph.l Much misunderstanding exists re garding the proposed prohibition amendment of the Federal Constitu tion, leading some persons into ex travagant assertions and untenable positions. The amendment submitted to the states for ratification provides that "the manufacturer, sale or transpor tation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof," is prohibit ed after one year from the ratifi cation of the amendment. It. Is within the power of Congress to determine whether ratification shall be by the legislatures of the states or by conventions, in three fourths thereof. In this instance Congress haa specifically provided that the ratification shall be by state legislatures. A popular vote on the subject would have no practical ef fect whatever. Prohibition fs by all odds the most important home question now before the people of this country, and it must be met with courage and con | vietion. The amendment will not be i made a part of the Constitution un ; less the legislatures of three-fourths, I or 36 of the 4& states ratify it. It is right that the people should ! have a means of expressing thom- I selves on this subject, and that j means is provided in the election of ' members of the legislature. The i Governor of Pennsylvania, chosen i this year, may have certain influ ence in the matter, but officially he will have nothing whatever to do with it. Whatever action the Legis lature may take will not be subject to his approval or disapproval. The whole issue centers In the election of members of the Legisla ture. and the interest in the subject is such that every candidate for the Legislature will in all probability be required to declare whether he fa t vors the ratification of the prohibi tion Amendment or is opposed to It. This is practically a referendum to. the people, since the election for members of the Legislature will de termine whether or not the amend ment is to be ratified by Pennsylva nia. For the Club Only Captain MeCurdy, of the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, states that married men stand shell shock much better than the unmarried. No gen tleman will mention this at home. —Minneapolis Journal. THE INCOME TAX That Corporation Stock You Own:— In 1915 T purchased 10 shares of the preferred stock of a cor poration and received 10 shares of common stock as a bonus. Has the value of this bonus a taxable status? No; but when the stock received as a bonus Is sold tlve entire proceeds of the sale are income subject to normal and additional tax md should be included In your return rendered for the year during which the sale is made. fighting, bleeding and dying by the million in the great cause of human freedom, but as a judge between all nations, powers of darkness and evil no less than peoples of ligljt and good. This cannot go on. We must win. Our Allies arc drifting, drifting from lack of direction, aggression and in spiration, which Woodrow Wilson alone can give. We beseech him to sever the bonds which now hold him fast, to delegate to others, bettet trained for the purpose than him self, the work of organizations and reorganizations, to slough off the in finitely distracting details of man agement, to charge responsible poli tical leaders with the shaping of do mestic legislation and the execution of the laws, to rid himself of pander ing, palavering Pacifists, to call to his aid and counsel the fighting souls of America;' in a word, to take a fresh perspective and then apply the full power of that remarkable Intellectual force and indomitable will which have constituted'liim the natural,' inevitable and universally recognized, spokesman of civilization and leader of the world in the great est crisis the world has ever known. God grant that he. this son of Destiny, may see the light and fail not! LABOR NOTES In Switzerland thero are 421 co operative societies. Of Australia's trade union mem bers 7.3 per cent, are females. Eigl\ty-four of our international unions have Canadian locals. Virginia labor unions demand a state printing plant. locomotive engineers in India re ceive 42 cents a day. Mexico forbids night work in fac tories for women. Twenty-two operations are needed to make a pin. ! About 100 women are employed in the British National Physical Lab oratory. Qirls are employed as caddies on British golf links. Membership in the British Na tional Amalgamated Union of Labor lis 101,450. Italian women of all social classes i are working in munition works. California has enacted a $lO a week minimum wage for female laundry workers. i A Saturday half holiday has been I granted women in the clothing trade in France. Forty per cent of all persons en gaged in agriculture in Southern States are colored. Structural iron workers at Walk erville, Can., have secured an in crease to 60 cents an hour. The average daily wage of mate employees in 38 occupations in I France is $1.07. Joplin, Mo., Boilermakers' Union has secured agreements with several large concerns. Wages aro increased 7 cents an hour. Tacoma (Wash.) Central Labor Council aisks Congress to submit an amendment to the United Stateß Constitution providing for the recall of Federal judges. San Francisco carpenters' new wagfe scale of $6 for an eight-hour day is now effective. Carpenters employed in shipyards receive $6.60 a day. MARCH 19,\ 1918- 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT Russia talked peace—and look at her now.—Albany Knickerbocker Press. Whatever the sins of the packers, they are entitled to pity, since Prank Walsh and Francis J. Heney are bath on their trail.—St. Louis Globe-Dem ocrat. The Kaiser says the sword has opened the way to peace. And the sort of peace he has in mind would quickly open a way to the sword.— Chicago Herald. Another compensation of war; Two hundred and seventeen enemy alien janitors are among our in terned prisoners in Federal Jails.— New York Morning Telegraph. "Defense of the Fatherland," says von Hertling, "is our war-aim." And he might have added, extension of the Fatherland automatically calling for more defense.—New York Eve-, ning Sun. Mr. Hays, the new national chair man of the Republican party, seems to have adopted as his policy re garding the unfortunate split in the party in 1912, peace without indem nities or annexations.—Columbus Dispatch. Germany doubtless realizes that it is much easier to ask for Gibralter than to take it. —Newark News. About the only ones who can be on good terms with the Germans are the dead and the doormats.— Detroit Free Press. The "new freedom" is working in Russia, judging from the filing of 38,000 new divorce suits.—St. Louts Globe-Democrat. THUNDERER AT SIX CENT The famous London "Times" an nounces that its circulation will be limited to 120,000 and that the pFlce will be six cents a copy. Thus is the war brought home to the Londoner. Not only is the great London "Times" compelled to limit its circu lation, but it lias been compelled to reduce the size of its paper to a I comparatively small sheet. Here in our own country the high est price for a daily is 5 cents a copy, and this price is confined to three er four isolated instances. The ruling price throughout the United States is now 2 cents, but the reader need not be surprised to find newspapers selling at a much higher rate than 2 cents at the end of the year. The first example if an increase from 2 to 3 cents is in Chattanooga, where the "News"*Th that city is now ask ing 3 cents a copy. However, the change of 6 cents to the London "Times" is higher than any changes that have so far taken place in this couritry. Six cents in London is much more than 6 cents In America. The Chatta nooga "New*," therefore may be ac cepted as a forecast of surprisintg newspaper price changes through out the United f States, unless the beneflcient white' paper manufactur ers lower the price of their product. OUR DAILY LAUGH fN S^AiLi. What's the •natter now? Whoever thought we'd |f|k have to buy coal tjjrffi on a doctor's pST Km prescription. r] I^B § TROUBLE Jack is awful* ly annoying: at times. He mad* me so angry to* day that I pick ed up a book. What! You surely didn't throw It at him? } remembered in | weren't married Bmtittg (ttlprt It would not bo very auiprlMßi If the liquor license court held 1M; month, by Dauphin county's judges, would be the next to the last to the state's capltol. This does,not mean that the Pennsylvania Legislature will necessarily ratify the amend ment soon after It meets, although there will unquestionably be a drive In that direction, bnt at the at which the l&wmakem of the wrtoni states are riving their assent to the "dry" amendment, there may be the required number of approving com monwealths by March 16. The amendment will take effect to one year after the necessary number of states act. Our next legislature will meet here on January 7. The "drys" expect to control it, and to put rum on the sliding board very promptly, but the "wets" are making a tight, althougl! they know they have the losing end in both stato and nation. Liquor interests have never been remarkable for political gen eralship anyway, and they will prob ably make a tremendous battle. It is the general belief, expressed by observers and editorial writers, that the amendment will bo ratified by enough states to make it effective about this timo next year, so that Pennsylvania will still have a chance to come under the wire. Col. Wil liam Perrin. writing in the Philadel phia Bulletin, calls attention to the situation in regard to the amend ment, saying: "Operation or enforcement of the prohibition amendment will not be gin at the same time as Its adoption. Thus it is provided that the amend ment shall not go into effect until one year has passed. This would mean that the very earliest time at which it would be likely to become operative in the normal course of Legislative sessions, in various states next winter, would bo In the spring of 1920. Consequently it is virtually certain that there will be at least one more "Liquor License Court," in Philadelphia; that is, for the year 1919. But it would not be surpris ing if, after that time, the rapid march of events in favor of tho "drys" would result in extinguishing the "court" and the law on which it is based." • * * While William I. Shaffer, the Del. aware county lawyer, was arguing for a rehearing in the Springfield Consolidated water rate case be fore the Public Service Commission yesterday, ho declared that one rea son why it should be reopened was. because in the last year or so—sinee the proceedings against the company began—there had been phenomenal developments in that rogion due to munition plants, etc. "Why, marshes over which Com missioner Alcorn and I have hunted are now worth $2,500 an acre—you can't buy them for that," said he. "I wish yoti would come hunt over some, 1 might mention." remarked Commissioner Ryan, "You're some hunters." "Yes, you might come up into Sus quehanna county," said Chairman Ainey. * • In spite of the war and price con ditions, It is to be noted that there has been an unusual number of (arm sales this spring and the attendance has been large. Incidentally, it is to be noted that the farmers are ap pearing at the sales in automobiles, there being more to be seen about, sales than ever before, and some of the places look like the parkins space at the old Grangers' picnic at Williams Grove, looked a couple of years ago. There is no question but what farmers are doing more buy ing and selling in our sections of the state than ever before and that tlie.v have a lot of money with which to buy. It maybe remarked that prices for live stock are away up. * e The passing of Williams Grove as a Grangers' picnic will be regretted by many people from all over south ern and central Pennsylvania. The picnic was given up when the war began to hit us at home and it looks as though it was going to disappear ' because the place has been leased for a summer resort and entertain ment place. * * Mexican quail which are to be brought into this state when weather is settled, to propagate and restore the losses of the birds due to wea ther and failure to take care of them in some sections, will not want for protectors, according to what has been learned here. In a number of instances, people have not only of fered to see that they are liberated 'under proper conditions, but to feed them until they get acclimated. One of the reasons Is that farmers have discovered that quail are the great est eaters of potato bugs and that they are mighty handy to have around farms. The first quail will be along soon, and will be placed by state wardens, under directions from the Game Commission, which has been having conditions carefully checked up. It mn.y interest some Harrlsburg ers to read that the food administra tion in Clearfield county is in the capable hands of John F. Short, former newspaper correspondent and now editor of one of the live news papers of Central Pennsylvania. The chances are that there will he no funny moves up that way. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —James Shand, well-known ln --caster man, was honored with a ban quet, when he completed twenty-live years as head of the Y. M. C. A. In that place. —Bishop McCort, of Philadelphia, is one of the most ardent advocates of an aggressive third Überty I>oan campaign. —F. B. Hangaman, at the "Wll liamsport Y. M. C. A., will take charge of the association at Punxsu tawney. —The Rev. D. T* Marsh. Pittsburgh •lergyman. will leave this month to do work in France. He was given a notable farewell In his city. —Dr. 11. 8. Drinker, president f Lehigh, has been attending confer ences on collegiate war work at Chicago. —A. W. Calloway officer In charge of coal distribution for the ment, comes from Indiana county and Is proud of It. So is the oounty, —Ex-Congressman J. / I, Casey, of Wilkes-Barre, is in charge ef govern ment work to prevent Industriat dis turbances. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisbnrg distributed more automobiles last year than ever before? HISTOIUO iiAURIKBUKO j Where South Harriaburg blast fui>- I naces stand, ased to be Indian village I sites.
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