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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 11)18
Verily I say unto you, Except ye
turn and become as little children,
ye shall in no wise enter into the
kingdom of heaven.- —MATTHEW 18:1.
LOCK THEM UP
THERE is no stronger advocate
of law and order than the
Telegraph, but it sympathizes
ileeuly with those patriotic citizens
who took authority into their own
hands at Lima, 0.. .yesterday and
compelled celebrating pro-Germans
to kiss the American flag and other
wise humble themselves in the pres
ence of their neighbors. It goes a
step further and expresses the hope
that, in the event of similar occur
rences in Harrisburg, the vigilant
committee in charge of the cere
mony will supplemel c moral sua
sion by a series of vigorous and
swift kicks delivered where they
may be expected to prove most
effective.
The pro-German in America can
understand but one thing force,
and he should be given a taste of
it whenever he offends. We have
been entirely too lenient with the
enemy within our gates. The time
has come when we must come down
hard on all such. The arrest of Dr.
Muck, ex-director of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, is a case in
point. Muck ought to have been in
a concentration camp long since.
The former leader of the Kaiser's
own musicians, who refused to per
mit his orchestra to play the Star
Spangled Banner, is not a man with
whose tender feelings the govern
ment should have much concern at
a time like this. He has demon
strated very clearly that he is pro-
German in his sentiments, and if he
has not done the country any dam
age it is not because he has not been
willing. His place is a concentration
camp for the remainder of the war.
The same kind of treatment should
lie meted out to Mrs. Stokes, who
presumes upon the influence of a
big fortune to spread seditious doc
trine and to tell her audiences that
fhe is "opposed to the war and the
government." Away with all such
as she. If we have to keep a watch
on them let it be in droves behind
stout stone walls.
German dispatches Indicate that the
Kaiser had hoped the Americans in
France intended merely to stand on
the side line and cheer. He appears
to have been shocked by their rude
behavior.
TURN OF THE TIDE
UNLESS all signs fail, we are at
the turn of the tide of the
great Ipattle in France. It is
scarcely likely that the Germans will
ever again be able to repeat their
terrific drive against the English.
Terrific fighting is still in sight, but
the great force of the Prussian blow
is not to be repeated again and
again. With every stroke it weakens;
with every stroke the resistance stif
fens. The Kaiser has done his worst,
indications are, and the outlook is
for swift and effective counter-at
tacks such as we witnessed after the
isiisaults on Verdun had slowed
down.
The situation is much the same as
when the British drove the Germans
out of the Hindenburg line and be
yond, with this difference, that
whereas the advantage then luj with
the allies when they paused, the ad
vantage just as distinctly lies with
tliem now and against the Germans,
for the Kaiser himself advertised
Ihe present drive as "the decisive
battle to tell whether England or
Germany shall be master of Europe,"
and he will have difficulty convinc
ing anybody that he has won frtiort
of the capture of Paris by the Ger
mans.
If the allied line continues to hold
or allied counter-attacks make
themselves felt, the Germans havo
been defeated just as effectively as
though the allied line had not given
an inch under the first blow, for the
German purpose clearly was to
break through, and since they have
not been able to do so their whole
campaign has failed and the "grand
cffensive" may Just as well never
.have been started. When the allies
WEDNESDAY EVENING, BABBISBURG (Sflifa TELEXSRXPyi MARCH 27, 1918,
Anally and definitely halt the un
rushing Germans, as they appear to
have done or are doing, Germany
never again will be a great offensive
power. Always the French, the
English and the Americans will feel
their superiority and the end of the
war will come either from one of
two causes—Germany will break up
from within, a contingency not so re
mote as it appoared a few weeks
ago, or the allied lines will hold the
Prussians at bay as they have done
until the preponderance of American
arms in France will enable us to
break through the German defenses
and Invade German soil.
These are deductions having their
source in French and English suc
cess In halting the present drive, and
short of a great and now entirely
unforeseen disaster they are not only
the possibilities but the probabili
ties of the future. They afford
strong arguments for energy and
haste in war preparations on this
side of the ocean. The great offen
sive, no doubt, was prompted as
much by fear of America's growing
armies as by the clamoring of the
German people, and the sooner we
get into the war with all the might
our men and resources give us the
sooner the conflict will end in an
allied victory.
We wish the folks who go out
sucker fishing these mornings
wouldn't display their fishing outfits
so prominently: it's anything but
j conducive to industry.
NEGRO EDUCATION
T 1 HE mass meeting in the Interest
of negro education at the Tech
nical High schol this evening
should, be attended by men and
women of all races. The matter of
proper schooling for negroes is par
ticularly important in Harrisburg,
for recently large numbers of col
ored men and their families from
the South have taken up their resi
dence here. Doubtless a large ma
jority will remain. It is entirely to
the interests of the community, as
well as our duty to these new
comers, to encourage them to keep
their boys and girls within the ele- j
vating influence of the public schools
until they have had a high school
training.
The fact that Dr. F. E. Downes,
City Superintendent of Schools, will
preside, and that Governor Martin
G. Brumbaugh and Leslie Pinkney
Hill, principal of the Cheney Train
ing School for Teachers, will speak,
indicates the scope and importance
of the meeting. The Telegraph be
speaks for it the attention it de
serves.
Muck's name appears to be mud. |
A CLEAN-CUT CAMPAIGN
UNLESS political leaders of all
parties quickly realize that
the greatest concern of the
people now is the winning of the
war and not the achievement of
partisan or factional they are
headed for an awakening that will
be quite as uncomfortable as that
of the Hun when the forces of the
United States are fully concentrated
against him in Europe.
It is expected, of course, that the!
interests of good government must |
be closely safeguarded even in the j
midst of war, and under our sys-l
tem of government—through and by
parties—there will be necessarily
more or less political activity. So
long as this is along proper lines
there can be no criticism, but when
it descends to mere personalities,
foolish bickering and the promotion
of selfish ambitions it may be safely
assumed that the voters will them
selves determine the issues and the
fate of candidates in their own way.
All that good citizens demand is
that there shall be clean-cut issues
and clean-cut candidates. Ambitious
men who vainly imagine that they
can accomplish their personal ambi
tions while the people are engrossed
in the vital problems growing out
of the war will discover before long
that they are pursuing a course that
iis likely to bring upon themselves
public resentment and emphatic dis
approval.
So far as the candidates of this
year are concerned, it would seem to
be only reasonable to expect that
bitter and personal controversy
should be absolutely eliminated.
Clamorous agitation and the beating
of tom-toms should be drowned in a
vigorous protest of the people.
Senator Sproul has indicated in
the formal announcement of his
candidacy for governor that he will
abide by the decision of the primary
and earnestly support the nominees
of his party. This is the only log
ical course for any candidate. Any
other attitude would be contrary to
the principles of fair play. The
primary campaign throughout should
be so conducted that there will be
no heartburning or bitterness of dis
appointment after May 21. As a
matter of fact, every candidate seek
ing Republican support in a nomi
nating primary should pledge him
self to back the winner. Otherwise,
he should not expect Republican
votes.
Park Commissioner Gross should be
commended for his efforts to have
the Donato statuary properly located
and installed. This gift to the city
has been neglected in a warehouse
since its presentation by Mr. Hershey,
and it is time that official action was
taken. It is a question whether the
Reservoir Park provides the most
available site for this statuary, but'it
may be assumed that Commissioner
Gross will make no recommendation
until he shall have thoroughly studied
the matter from every angle. In any
event, the fact that some concrete
move has been made will be approved
by the people.
Secretary McAdoo'a report that war
expenses are not so high as antici
pated sounds good to the American
people, but it will be absolutely no
excuse for cutting down your sub
scription to the tibery Bond issue.
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By the Ex-Committee man
Indications that the friends of'
United States District Attorney E.
Lowry Humes do not propose to
. tamely acquiesce in the slating of
Acting State Chairman Joseph F.
Guffey, of the Democratic state com
mittee, for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor by the machine
were seen all over the state yester
dayl and there were also signs that
ex-JUdgrc AV. E. Porter, president of
the Dry Federation, which had given
J. Denny O'Neil its nonpartisan en
dorsement here last month, was de
veloping feelings that the Demo
cratic people wanted him. GufCey's
announcement is expected within
forty-eight hours and then the stale
machine will begin to give a dis
play of ruthlessne.ss in the name of
pure politics. The Democratic stale
windmill in Market Square is dis
playing much activity and it looks
us though the bosses would order the
workers to get busy for Guffey very
soon.
It is interesting in view of Guf
fey's silence about where he stands
on the prohibition amendment to
note that the Dry Federation work
ers are boosting Porter and that the
state is being flooded with "litera
ture" by "dry" people in behalf of
Humes.
—The Philadelphia Record to-day
calls attention to the effort to put
Humes to the front as a "dry" can
didate. It will be recalled that Humes
started a boom, but after a confer
ence with National Chairman Mc-
Coriniek concluded that the gover
| norship was an expensive proposi
tion. The Press also notes Demo
-1 cratic internal troubles and the
j North American sums it up this
way: "In the Democratic organi
zation the leaders are 'sitting tight'
and waiting until the Republicans
have agreed upon their candidates.
Joseph F. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, is
expected in Philadelphia this week,
to announce himself as a candidate
for governor. Among the followers
of A. Mitchell Palmer, leader of the
state Democratic organization, there
are many who want the candidate
for governor to take the 'middle of
the road' and stand on the prohibi
tion issue. If Guffey, who is the
choice of President Wilson for gov
ernor, announces, men close to nim
say, that he will have nothing to ray
regarding the ratification of the pro
hibition amendment until after the
primaries, the question then would
be decided by the state committee
in making up the Democratic plat
form."
—A. Kevin Detrich, chairman of
the late Washington party state com
mittee, who was given leave of ab
sence from his duties as chief ex
aminer of the State Insurance De
partment late yesterday at his own
request, will become one of half a
dozen field men for J. Denny
O'Neil's boom for governor. Detrich
is declared by Insurance Commis
sioner Charles A. Ambler to have
requested leave of absence some
time ago so that he could play poli
tics but Mr. Ambler says that he
wished him to finish up some work.
When Detrich moved the chief ex
aminer's office from Philadelphia to
this city it was predicted that there
would be trouble for him. The an
nouncement of the granting of leave
followed a visit Auditor General
Charles A. Snyder had Detrich pay
at his office. Mr. Snyder said that
the visit was "satisfactory" to him.
It is understood he asked Detrich
what he was doing and Detrich told
him he intended to secure leave of
absence. Mr. Snyder denied empha
tically that he had forced Detrich to
take a leave.
—Thomas C. Jones, of McKees
port, will be the chairman of the
O'Neil campaign committee, al
though O'Neil will run his cam
paign himself. Mr. Jones is a former
judge and personal friend. Joseph
N. of Pittsburgh, will be
secretary in charge of headquarters.
—Mr. Snyder's notice that he
would insist upon men active in poli
tics showing him whether they were
working for the state has caused a
subsiding of some politically active
citizens at the Capitol.
—"State Senator William C. Sproul
permitted it to become known yes
terday that he does not intend to be
come involved in any controversy
that may resolve itself around the
Republican choice for lieutenant
governor," says the Philadelphia In
quirer. "Senator Sproul proposes to
follow the course originally outlined
by him, of adhering strictly to the
campaign lie is making as a guberna
torial candidate on the broadest and
most progressive lines, irrespective
of any factional differences, that
may arise in the Republican ranks
from time to time."
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
says that the Sprout announcement
in its "scope of informative discus
sion" has a "value far above any
considerations of partnerships." T-he
Wiikes-Barre Record says editorial
ly that it is evident that he "is not
going to he on the defensive." The
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin gives
strong editorial endorsement to the
announcement of the senator.
—Thomas J. Pfarr has been re
appointed fire marshal of Allegheny
county for the fifth time.
—Schuylkill's enrollment will
show 31,000 Republicans and about
15,000 Democrats.
—The Vares having demolished
Magistrate Campbell, are now after
the ward leadership of Clerk of the
Courts Thomas W. Cunningham.
—John Fishier, prominent Phil
adelphian, will be a candidate for
Congress.
—Reading voters are getting to
gether in a nonpartisan league to
down the Socialists. Republicans
and Democrats alike will fight Rep
resentative .Tames H. Maurer and his
associate, Henry Stump. A bitter
attack upon Maurer as a Socialist
is expected to be 'made.
—Representative Isadore Stern,
who was here yesterday, says he ex
pects to be a candidate for Con
gress-at-Large and that he will flay
John R. K. Scott.
—What the leaders are looking
for is a man of the type of the late
Congressman Henry W. Palmer, says
a review of the Luzerne congression
al situation.
—Town Meeting party loaders in
the eighth senatorial -district in
Philadelphia have asked V. Prank
Gable, a. forcer state senator to again
be a candidate for the senate. He
was unanimously chosen at a recent
meeting of Independents in his dis
trict, and said that he would give
the matter serious consideration.
—Senator Vare has not yet picked
his candidate for senate in the eighth
district. Three names have been
submitted to him, he said yesterday,
and he intimated that either Com
mon Councilman William T. Scargle,
of the Forty-third ward; Select Coun
cilman John J. McKinley, Jr.. of the
thirty-third ward, or Lawrence K.
Crossan. of the thirty-fifth ward,
would be selected. Scargle, who is
a brother-in-law of former Senator
Gable, is considered the most likely
to be named on the Vare slate.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MILLION AND HALF GIVEN j
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The $750,000 fund for National j
Lutheran Commission's work anions
our Army and Navy boys has been
over-subscribed by practically $500,-
000. Twenty-eight states have rais-|
ed more than their quota. Minne
sota leads with $258,000. Pennsyl
vania is second with $203,000. West.]
Virginia raised four times its quota,!
of over $12,000. Many places still j
to be heard from, which will easifyj
bring the total to $1,500,000, or twice |
the. amount asked for!
Lutherans are to be congratulat- j
ed and God should be thanked for,
this remarkable exhibition of Am-|
erican loyalty, liberality and solidar
ity! Think of it it! A million and
a half!!
H. C. H.
MERIT REWARDED
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
It is surely gratifying to the many
friends of George S. Mish, of Mid
dletown, draftsman in the State
Highway Department, that he has
been promoted to the position ofj
assistant engineer. That ho Is j
worthy and deserving of his promo-j
tion is very evident as the State'
Highway Commissioner, Denny O'-j
Neal, saw proper to recognize mer
it. Mr. Mish bring ability and ex-|
perience to his new position. He is
a most capable and painstaking
workman. His many friends ex
tend congratulations.
A FRIEND
Corn Situation Serious
The March Farm and Fireside j
says:
"Two avenues are open to the far- |
mer who wants to 'do his bit' by ;
raising at least an average corn crop j
in 1918. The first lies to the crib j
where the old corn is stored; the j
second still remains the cornfield 1
with its 1917 crop. If 10 per cent. of. |
the necessary seed corn was picked
before Friday, October sth, and 50
per cent, can be secured from the
old corn, there remains 40 per cent,
for the 1917 crop, after the October
freeze, to supply. All through No
vember and up to the middle of De
cember, farmers were being urged to
lose no time in geting out into their
fields and picking from five to ten
times as much seed corn as would
lie needed for planting in the spring.
The farmer who would need 15
bushels of seed corn was urged to
pick from 60 to 150 bushels; and dry
it out thoroughly. From that
amount it is confidently believed the
necessary 15 bushels can be secur
ed."
This Is a Holy War
The overthrow of old standards
as a result of war conditions is strik-
I ingly shown by the recent action of
la Methodist conference in Pennsyl-j
vnnia, where the members declined
to record themselves in opposition
to Sunday work at the Bethlehem
Steel Company's plant on the
ground, as one speaker put it, that
"it is as righteous to make bullets
on the Lord's day as it is to fire
them on the Lord's day."
REASSURANCE
'Mid mud-stained gore and cannon's|
roar, m
And broil of war incarnate;
'Mid crashing gun and gloating Hun |
And bomb-burst, ten a minute, j
When fiend of Hell his revels swell!
To rouse the whole, wide planet; I
With leering faces, he drives the
race
To passion without limit.
It seems that God from his throne
above
No longer rules, a God of love.
But while among the woods I
strolled —
All bursting with Spring glory—
To solace my soul from warring cries
Most sad, most melancholy.
There in my path, the pregnant
earth
To violet blue had given birth.
Her slender form and fair fresh
face
With purple eyes, all winsome grace
Transported' me to glory.
To find her face of old-time blues,
So lithe of stalk, so blithe, so new
Brought home the needed story.
"Twas there, my God, I found Thy
love,
Full in the dainty flower—
And I know, too, in Hell's black
war
Thou art there in Self-same power.
By GORDON G. PLATT,
Ilarrisburg
jj A Message
We Think of You —We do not al
ways know where you are, but dur
ing all the hours of the day and
many flours of the night, we think
of you. You may be in training,
or on the high seas, or you may be
fcr away in the trenches in thej
midst of the great struggle, but we;
think of you. Everywhere and at alii
times, the thoughts and hearts of,
your friends are with you.
Wc Pray For You —At morning,
noon, and night, and many times
during the day, we lift our hearts in
prayer to the Go 4 who hears and
answers prayer, that you may be
kept and that you may be strength
ened to win the great victory which
shall banish oppression from the
earth and make God's people free.
We not only think of and pray for
you, but we think of and pray for
the comrade at your side, whose face
and name we do not know.
We Work For You—lt would
cheer your hearts if you could see
all of the millions of mothers, wives,
sweethearts, and friends who are
busy with needle, and in planning
and working for you. And, again,
millions more have joined the great
army for conservation and are sav-l
' THE STATE PRESS
The Germans will learn many
things from the men they are about
to meet. In the American they are
going to find the dash of the
Frenchman, the bull-dog tenacity of
the British, the high courage of the
Italian, the endurance and capa- !
city for sacrifice of all three, and in
addition the initiative, the personal |
element that will take great rislcsi
to gain great ends. The American
realizes hat he is on the battle front
to save the world, and he propqses j
to stay there until the job is finished. 1
—Altoona Mirror.
Keep the American Hag in the
church. The church which does
not fly one to-day is poor indeed in
what makes it all worth while. We
are becoming more familiar with
the meaning of our flag than we
used to be. Its trinity of colors pro
claims its three-fold message ap
pealingly and compellingly. Purity,
sincerity and courage! These are
the qualities we aspire to have our
boys show "over there," and we
do not blink the obligation to live
1 here what we want them to com
mend there.—Philadelphia Record.
COLORED WOMAN HELPS
"That this world shall be made
safe for democracy means much to
us as a race," said Mrs. Mary B.
Talbert, president of the National
Association of Colored Women. She
sees the duties of her own people
in relation to the country's war prob
lems.
"It becomes our duty first," she
tells her people, "to renew the spirit
of patriotism of our brave boys. We
believe that they will receive the
same consideration that other sol
diers receive, who will be called to
the defense of the country... .1 shall
urge you to do your best in the mat
ter of food conservation. The great
bulk of conservation lies in the kit
chens of the country, where one mil
lion of our women are daily called
to service. I urge you to buy Lib
erty bonds, even if cramped in so
doing. Help in relief work in every
possible way. Let us work quietly,
yet effectively, ,not with the blare of
trumpets, but with a quiet deter
mination to make our work count."
WHA T HE WANTED
Sub Editor —Our war correspond
ent has cabled us ten thousand
words.
Editor —Great! That fellow ought
to get more pay.
Sub Editor—Yes, that's what the
cable is about.—From the Boston
Globe.
THE INCOME TAX
Fiduciary Tax Liability
Who is liable for payment of the tax assessed
against the net income of an estate or trust?
Liability for payment of the income tax attaches '
to the person of the fiduciary up to and including
the date of his discharge.
ing in order that there may be am
ple provisions for you who are fight
ing our battle for freedom and right
eousness.
We Relieve in You—lt would in
spire the heart of every man in his
nation's service if he knew the faith
j that those at home have in him and
i in the great cause of righteousness
j for which he stands. God is in His
| heavens, and He has not forgotten
| His children upon earth, and not
withstanding the dark hours and the
awful struggle that is on, we know
that righteousness and truth shall
prevail, and we have an unwavering
faith in the strength and noble pur
pose of every man who has gone
out to win this victory for freedom.
We Look For You—As we believe
in God and righteousness, and in
truth, and in you and your ultimate
success, so we look for you to come
back bearing the palms of victory;
and the love and great welcome of
a great nation is waiting you, but,
best of all, the loving hearts of your
dear friends are waiting to welcome
you home.
May you be cheered by the
! thoughts, prayers, work, faith, and
love that is yours for now and for
I all time —Salem D. Towne.
LABOR NOTES
Gait (Canada) police have received
a wage increase.
Canadian Aeroplane Company, Ltd.,
employs none but British subjects.
According to the London (England)
! Taxicab Drivers' Union, there are
still about 2,000 drivers out on
I strike.
California employers have dropped
their demand for the importation of
Chinese labor and are now asking
for Mexican peons.
Arbitration awards give new con
cessions to London (England) County
; Council tramway employes totaling
ro.ooo pounds a year.
I Trenton (N. J.) Street Car Men's
I Union Is asking for a uniform rate
I of 31 cents an hour.
There arc now 5,063 prisoners of
I -war In England working in agricul
ture and 1,400 moro are to be em
ployed.
It is proposed to give London
(England) firemen an increase of 15
shillings ($3.75) a week until after
the war.
The National Federation of Foun
' dry Unions lias been recently estab
lished in England, with a member
ship of 50,000. •
British employment exchanges
filled a daily average o.f 5,361 vacan
cies during the four weeks of No
vember.
Wage Increases of $2 to $4.50 a
. week have been negotiated by the
Frisco Garment Cutters' Union.
, 1 Toronto (Canada) metal spinners
and soft metal workers have organ
ized a union and will affiliate with
the International.
Pennsylvania's 150,000 anthracite
miners are now mining approximate
ly a quarter of a million tons a day.
| An additional war bonus to be giv
en to the police of the city of Lon
don will amount to 12,000 pounds a
. year.
A nine-hour workday and a living
wage have been won by the work
lngwomen of the state of Kansas.
Toronto stationary engineers have
decided that their wage scale for the
future shall be 40 cents an hour.
San Diego (Cal.) Moving Picture
Operators' Union has won a long
fight against five nonunion theaters.
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One good thing about the prolong
ation of the war is that many a lei
surely woman will have time to fin
ish that sweater.
O
Vice-President Marshall says that
"brains alone will win the war in the
long run over brute force." "Won't
do much good, though, if scattered
around by Hun artillery. Would be
a fine thing for Uncle Sam to have
plenty of shootin' stuff along with
the brains.
• • •
There will be a lot of quiet rejoic
ing when the new three cent-piece
comes in. You will hardly be able
to tell it from a nickel in the collec
tion basket at church.
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Excuses for evading the draft are
accumulating more and more every
day, instead of lessening. One cur
ious subterfuge was tried the other
day, when a registrant declared him
self "morally •unfit." The exemption
board had a sense of humor, declar
ing: "This man is the victim of
temptation, and is more to be draft
ed than censured. He is assigned
to A 1 class."
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Bunco steerers and Get Kick
Quick Walllngfords will be a little
cautious since the State Board of
Pardons refused to pardon Albert
A. Carter, of Philadelphia, who rob
bed Ellis Hess, a venerable York
county banker near Stewartstown of
SIO,OOO by a wire-tapping scheme.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
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GETTING
ALONG.
.your friend
Old enough to
> make a goose SjllaMk. \
i of herself when
she tries to play HBEP r /
the chlclten.
FP&Ie GETTING HIS.
"" You seem to
v -j£\ ''/ A £/ e! >joy seeing the
Jw jt/ ,Tud.ge with his
gjW, A Yes, 1 like to
M|jj see him get
|!|l some of his own
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(H; l\ I like to see
in ;f| her overrule
"UNAVOID
ABLE.
The poet vowed
his luck i
was bad rgj.
In fact dis- '/iH
tinctly cruel.
A lot of burning ' , riJB
thoughts he
They were no
good for ' j
§HIfl Bit AVE
Mrs. H • a -
peck: I must
•ay I am disap
pointed In you.
Ther® was a
time when I
thought you
were a man ot
boundlM* ceatr-
H onpc k :
That •was when
I proposed to
you. of coursa.
Abetting (Hljal
Those who have visited the army
cantonments and camps, are im
pressed by the intensive training
which has been going? on steadily for
many months. There is no letup
from morning until night. At Camp
Hancock, on the outskirts of Au
gusta, Georgia, is the Keystone Di
vis.on, comprised almost entirely of
Pennsylvania troops. Here there
over forty miles of trenches,
similarly constructed to those in
I< ranee, where the thousands of
Pennsylvania soldiers are being
drilled in trench warfare. There are
also barbed-wire entanglements,
subterranean hospitals, barrage fire,
bayonet exercises, physical instruc
tlon, boxing: bouts, instruction in the
lightning use of the gas mask. etc.
It niay also be interesting to know
that the field bakeries produce 15,-
000 loaves of bread a day, and tho
food is universally pronounced
wholesome and satisfactory bv the
men.
...
Every Harrlsburg contributor to
the war work of the Y. M. C. A. will
be glad to know that their contribu
tions are giving the boys in the serv
ice and in the field, a large touch of
the home life. The Y. M. C. A. shacks
in all of the big cantonments and
camps are the clubs where the sol
diers gather in great numbers and
remember with gratitude the contri
butions of the people which have
made these places possible. All dif
ference of creed are submerger In
the general appreciation of the sol
diers, and they don't hesitate to say
a good word for the Y. M. C. A. oil
every occasion.
...
Speaking of the army camps, it
may be interesting for the home
folks to know that the outdoor life
is practically making over thousands
of men, who were regarded as too
slight and delicate for military serv -
ice. One Jlarrisburg boy lias" added
twenty-eight pounds to his weight
since last summer and is to-day a
vigorous, athletic specimen of man
hood. Others, who were soft and
flabby and without muscular de
velopment. are to-day trained ath
letes. Still others, who could hard
ly march from the railroad station
to the camn on their arrival, are now
able to hike long distance over
muddy roads and come back fresh
as daisies. Whatever else comes out
of this war, it is certain that there
wfll return a body of men who will
j be men. from top to toe pnd read>-
! to take a man's part in the important
1 neriod to follow the war. "Tell tile
i folks back home," said one of the
I Harrisburgr soldiers "that they need
not worry about us. All we ask is
that tliey back up Uncle Sam and
leave the resit to us."
...
City Solicitor John P. Connelly,
keen observer of things political and
student of municipal affairs, stood
in the corridor of the south wing of
the Capitol yesterday afternoon, not
ing the people going in and out. lie
had heen talking about politics and
suddenly remarked: "There may bo
n change in these people next win
ter, if some people don't watch out."
or words to that effect. However,
his meaning was plain.
Senator W. W. Hindman. of Clar
ion county, who was here yesterday,
met Insurance Commissioner Charles
A. Ambler, at the Capitol. The
genial Ambler, is a candidate for
state senator from Montgomery
county, and he greeted Hindman
with. "Hello, senator."
"Well. I guess I'll return the com
pliment. How are you, senator? T
understand you ha\ e hopes and I
am not sure whether I am going to
run again" replied the Clarion man.
Chairman W. T>. B. Ainey, of the
Public Service Commission, who is'
a great believer In composing com
plaints, between people of the small
er towns and their utilities, effected
o settlement of a case which was
chockful of local antagonisms yes
terday. When if had gone some dis
tance. the chairman made some sug
gestions and when an agreement
was reached, remarked to attaches of
the commission: "We are great on
getting folks to dwell together in
amity."
* • •
Mild weather has brought the
blackbirds back to the farms in
Southern Pennsylvania counties in
swarms, according to reports coming
here, and indications are that the
plowing season will soon*be at hand.
The blackbirds were out of Penn
sylvania less than usual, probably
because of the open spring. They
disappeared when the weather grew
cold, just before Thanksgiving Day
but were to be seen In Capitol pari:
last week. Farmers have reported
them at hand In many sections and
. there is some curiosity to sec
whether they survive any banquets
on the corn poisoned with strych
nine, which the State Game Commis
siori put around to kill off the crows.-
Experiments have demonstrated, say
the Game Commission officials, that
chickens and quail have only ap
peared to be stimulated after eat
ing enough of the doctored corn to
kill a score of crows, but that It Is
bad medicine for wild turkeys. The
appearance of the blackbirds in this
section, is always hailed as the time
to uncover flower beds in Capitol
park and to begin spring work. In
cidentally. hostilities start promptly
between the Capitol park squirrels
and blackbirds.
•
Some Front street lawns are com
mencing to show dozens of spring
bulb plants. They are appearing
through the grass and if the weather
does not make a change to the atro
cious, which has been known to hap
pen before this, there will be a fine
display of tho crocus by Easter.
Last year seems to have been a
favorite planting year for many peo
ple and the gardens should be bright
with flowers.
| WELLJCNOWN PEOPLE
—Fred E. Lewis, of Allentown
who is developing state ticket aspi
rations, was formerly mayor of that
city.
—J. M. Fry. who will have charge
of the farm labor work In North
umberland county, is a prominent
resident of Sunbury.
—Col. Lewis E. Peltier, of Phila
delphia, former Deputy Secretary of
the Commonwealth, Is In charge 01'
organization of the Liberty camps
of boys, for farm work.
—Reid Kennedy, Homestead
banker, may be a congressional can
didate.
—lra D. McCord, former Chester
county legislator, says he is too busy
farmlhg, to think of running again. l
DO YOU KNOW ~
—Tluit IlniTlsliurg is sending
tinplatc to shipyards for ves
sels?
HISTORIC IIAimiSIUTRO
The county officers inet in the
White Hall, while the Legislature oc
cupied the courthouse, joo years
. ago.