8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER POR THE HOME Pounded itjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Sqaare. E.J. &■ Editorin-Chirf V. R. OYSTER, Business Manater. GUS M. STEINMKTC, \l ana tint Editor. Member of the Associated Press—Tha Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the ue for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not othorwise credited In this paper and also tlie local news published herein. ▲ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Baste r n office. Avenue Building, jr'nley, Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. . grrya B >' carriers, ten cent* a week; by mall, $6.00 a year in advanca. SATURDAY, MARCH SO, 1918 God is Seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, t the soul and in the cloud. — BROWNING. EASTER IN the end of the Sabbath, as It began to dawn toward the flrat day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to ■ee the acpulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the l.ord descended from Heaven, nnd came nnd rolled bnck the atone from the door, and sat upon It. Ills countenance Tins like light ning, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the keepers tlld shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and anld unto the women. Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was • ruclfled. He la not here) for He Is risen, as He said. Come, see. the place where <lie Lord lay. And go quickly, nnd tell His dis ciples thnt He Is risen from the dend| nnd, behold, He gortli before yon Into aollleei there shall ye see Him* 10, I hove told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy, and did run to bring Hla dis ciples word. And as tliey went to tell His dis ciples, behold, Jeana met them, say ing, All hull. And they came nnd held Him by the feet, and worshipped lllm. Then auld Jesua unto them. Re not nfrnld) go tell my brethren, that they go Into Galilee, and there they nhall see Me.—St. Matthew, 2S-lUO. In W. H. Lewis, the People's Forum lias a speaker for to-morrow equalled by few as an orator. Mr. Lewis was Assistant United States Attorney Gen eral under President Taft. AN EASTER THOUGHT DON'T try to understand your Good Fridays until your Easter mornings dawn." Tills is the Easter sentiment of a well-known preacher of Ha'rrlsburg, and the Telegraph thinks so well of it that it passes the thought along. Don't try to understand what is happening in Europe to-day until its purpose shall have been revealed in the light of the glad Easter for the earth that must follow the awful sacrifices of the present. "God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." It Is not ours to doubt or to question, but only to trust with a faith beyond reason, and to strive valiantly that our works may equal our faith. So President Wilson refuses to see Ceneral Leonard Wood, the senior Keneral of the U. S. Army, the one military leader of all others who saw (he importance of preparedness and tlrst aroused the people to the need of universal military training. It was suggested to the President, according to Washington despatches, that he should hear the news of this trained soldier, fresh from an inspection of the conditions on the Western front, but it Is Intimated from the White House that the President knows of no reason why he should send for Gen eral Wood. Speaking of autocracy— YOUR BOY AN EXAMPLE YOU wouldn't like to have it said that any boy Is a better patriot than you are, now would you, Mr. Grown Man? Well, 1 unless you are the owner of at least one Thrift Stamp by this evening you will have to confess it, for the Boy Scouts of Harrisburg— nnd the Camp Fire Girls, too. bless their devoted little hearts • have spent a whole (lay selling stamps SATURDAY EVENING, while you will have been too "tight" or too thoughtless to have spent a quarter for the same purpose. But, of course, you are not going to admit to yourself that you hptye been disgraced by yoilr own small boy or girl. You are going to buy stamps until it hurts. Better get busy right now. if you have been neglectful, before the gcouts quit work for the day. It isn't lack of a charitable incli nation to give away our old clothes that will cause many of us to appear to-morrow in our winter suits. "WIN THE WAR" {jXTTTtN the war!" Vy What American connot rally to that battle-cry! What American can ask for more, or be content with less? It Is the text o? Colonel Roosevelt's speech in Mairte, a speech of re sounding Americanism and, as it should be, entirely free from partisan rancor, even though addressed to a Republican State Convention. Said the former President: This is the people's war. It is not the President's war. It is not Congress' war. It is the war of the people of the United htates for the honor and welfare of America and of mankind. It is the bounden duty of the Repub lican party to support every pub lic servant, from tho President down, insofar as he does good and efficient work in waging the war or helping wage the war, and to oppose him exactly to the extent of his failure to do such work; for our loyalty is to the people of the United States, and to every public servant in exact accord ance with the way in which he serves the public. It is the duty of the Republican party to stand like a rock against inefficiency, incompetence, hesitation and de , lay, no less than against any lukewarmness in serving the com mon cause of ourselves and our Allies. If we are men and not children, if we have the right stuff of manhood In us. we will look facts in the face, however \ ugly they be. and profit by them. We must face the fact, of our shameful unpreparedness before this war and of the inefficiency with which for the first year and two months this war has been waged by us. Is there a Republican callous to such an appeal? Is there a Democrat who would take issue with it? Not one of either, if he be a loyal, true blue, wln-or-die American. As Colonel Roosevelt says, the day fc>r fine phrases and rhetoric is past. Worn* roust give place to deeds. Party politics must give way to Americanism. 'A? mailed fist must replace the kid glove. The diplomat must stand back and givte the man with the rifle a chance. But the jpian with the rifle is a helpless soul with out artillery, and aeroplanes, and machine guns, and ammunition and clothing, and food. His gun will not shoot across the Atlantic, so he must have ships—ships; ships and always more ships. For a plentiful supply of all these things he must look to tlie government, and we are entirely within our rights in criticising .the government when it does not meas ure up to the task set for It. The gov | ernment is merely the tool with [which we propose to' Construct our defenses and if It be dull; or faulty, it must bo brought up to- fujl ef ficiency, no matter how unpleasant the process or difficult the task. , Colonel Roosevelt has expressed the convictions of men of all parties. This is not the President's war, or Congress' war; It Is the people's war, and the people must give themselves over wholeheartedly and devotedly, putting all their strength and all they possess into the balance if they are to win. As the President and Congress speed up the war machine the people will be with them; as they falter or permit politics to irtterfere with patriotic effort they must ex. pect to hear from the masses whose all is at stake. Minus an ear and the sight of an eye, the Colonel has lost none of his "pep" or patriotism. DAYLIGHT SAVING WHEN you go to bed to-qlght, or when the whistles blow at 10 o'clock, turn your watch or clock one hour ahead, to 11 o'clock. That's all you have to do about daylight saving. After that regulate yourself by the clock. If the clock says 1 o'clock, or 12 o'clock, or any intervening bour, that's what time it is so far as you are concerned. Just turn the clock ahead one hour and then forget that you did It. When you join the family egg-col oring party this evening remember that the dye is intended for the egg, not the tablecloth. KICK THEM OUT THE New York World relates that one Harry Meyer, a young Insurance clerk of that city, is nursing a badly banged up head and wondering where he will get another Job. He told the other boys In the office that his sympathies were all with the Germans and cheered the Kaiser's successes in France. Whereupon one of his fellow em ployes blacked his eyes and dressed him down in the latest and most ap proved Marquis of Queensbury style. In addition his boss "fired" him and the rest of the office force Joined In kicking him Into the gut ter. Ordinarily we are a calm and peaceful lot, in the Telegraph office, but our hearts, from galley boy to editor-in-chief, go out in sympathy to those simple-souled New Yorkers who have mastered the secret of putting- the spy-business "on the blink" in America. At the risk of "getting in bad" with the district at torney we recommend this method a complete and effective remedy for all such outljursts. "Wallop the offensive pro-German, with a base ball bat and apologize after the war," Is the advice of Sergeant Em pey and we like it so much we have adopted it for ourselves. Why won't the President see Gen eral Wood? Doesn't he want to know the whole truth about our.armies in France* T>cl£tu* U \ By the Kx-Committeemaft tVhlle Republican state and county leaders are at the seashore to discuss plans for .the primary campaign, Democratic machine bosses are keep ing their wires hot in an eifor.t to get the differences over the candi dacy of Acting State Chairman Jo seph F. Ouffey, of Pittsburgh, for Oovernor, ironed out before there is an open break. Tho situation in the Pennsylvania Democracy is declar ed by men who are familiar with It to be worse than exists among the Republicans who are out in the open and facing a real old-fashioned prjr mary fight. The Democratic leadiirs are pussyfooting around, uncertain whether to make declarations or to try to brush by. The Republican state leaders haVe settled down to a battle and as soon as the last of the petitions are filed there will be an opening up of cam paign activity all along the line. Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil plans to formally open his campaign on the last day for filing nominating petitions, which is April 11, by a big meeting in his home city at McKeesport, at which the Governor, Attorney General and others are to speak. Senator William C. Sproul is outlining his campaign plans at his headquarters with Wil liam I. Shaffer and will likely have some speaking engagements to start the middle of April. Robert P. Hab good. was in Pittsburgh for the Americus club dinner and is spread ing his "Hapgood and harmony" propaganda. —The Democratic situation as it exists to-day is that Guffey has the open support of the machine element in the counties and the tacit support of National Chairman Vance C. Mc- Cormick and National Committee man A. Mitchell Palmer with chances of getting; the Old Guard leaders won over. But he is opposed by the "dry" element among the rank and iile, which is divided between E. Dowry Humes, Meadvllle: Ex-Judge W. E. Porter, New Castle, and William 11. Berry, Chester. Guffey hopes to avoid making a declaration on the prohi bition amendment, but it is believed that he will be forced to make some sort of statement in favor of the amendment, but whether he goes to the limit of Sproul or O'Neil, is doubtful. —The Guffey men figure that they will be able to chase out Humes and Berry, who are federal otflcials, on pressure from McCormick who has the ear o? the President, but it will be .hard to eliminate Porter. The Lawrence countian is active in the Dry Federation. And it is said by some observers that he should be a candidate because if .T. Denny O'Neil, who was endorsed by the Federation for Governor without regard to party i!:es, should be defeated by Sproul, Portet- 'vould then be in a position to run as hb Vas not been active in party circles'. —Democratic lea?iflm= are general ly worried over the outlook and the Democratic windmill is dlspla%tK;r much uncertainty over the source of supplies for the primary. —lt is said that as a result of re cent flareups in Philadelphia that Captain of Detectives Tate will be bounced. He is blamed for the No ble arrest incident. —Harvey Chrlstman, Democratic county chairman of Montgomery, has decided he has had enough of the House and is a candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination. He figures out that between Boyd and Ambler there is going to be a fight which will go beyond the pri mary. —Samuel Buckwalter, of . near Phoenixville, has entered the race for the Chester county legislative seats. —•County Commissioner Frank J. Harris, of Allegheny, a Magee lieu tenant, will be in charge of the Scott campaign in western counties. —James F. Woodward is touring the anthracite regions in the inter est of his campaign for secretary of internal affairs. —Much interest is being manifest ed in the attitude William Minn will take in the State campaign. It is generally believed that Flinn will favor O'Neill, but how hard he will go in is a matter of speculation. Whether he will back Scott or Houck is also much discussed. —Attorney General Brown plans to be one of the O'Neill speakers at the McKeesport meeting on April It. —Congressman William S. Vare Is back in Philadelphia and a meeting of the Vare leaders is under way to day. —Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of Philadelphia, declined at Washing ton to express any preference as be tween O'Neill and Sproul for the nomination for the Governorship, but unhesitatingly declared in favor of the nomination of Congressman John It. K. Scott for the Lieutenant Governorship, and strongly indicat ed that he would be intensely in the tight if Senator Penrose insists upon the candidacy of Senator E. E. Beid eiman for that position. —The matter in which W. W. Roper, who was formerly a Wilson officeholder in Philadelphia, and is now a Republican, is aspiring to run for congress is attracting much at tention. —The Pittsburgh Dispatch says: "Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh has made his plans for the state campaign regardless of what the Vares, his political allies, may even tually decide to do. Undoubtedly the Governor is hopeful that the Vares will join with him and his administration and he wilt probably not appear publicly in the primary election contest until the Vare or ganization in Philadelphia has for mally gone on record as between Sproul and O'Neill for the Governor ship. But no matter which way they go, he will start out as an earnest advocate of Highway Commissioner O'Neil. Accompanied by Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown, Gif ford Pinchot and others. Including Billy Sunday, the evangelist, the Governor will tour the Common wealth." —H. R. Whittaker, who Is a can didate for the Legislature in Potter, is out on a "dry" platform. Dr. J. Bruce Hess is a "dry" candidate in Columbia. . —Clarion county, notoriously Democratic, is about four to one anti-saloon, and will vote according ly. Irvin E. Sweltzer, of Shippen ville, the present representative in the Assembly, will be a candidate for re-election. He will have opponents but they have not yet announced. Senator W. Wayne llindman, who represents the Twenty-sixth District In the Senate, and whose home is In Clarion, has not stated whether he will be a candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket or not. —Ex-Auditor General E. B. Hard enberg, is boosting the Sproul can didacy In Wayne county, and In Hazleton, says the North American. Sproul petitions are being circulated and his stock "has taken a big Jump as a result of his declaration in favor of the prohibition amend ment." —ln view of Lieutenant Governor ■ • . • •: HA.RRISBURG TELEGRAPH OH, MAN! ■;* • BY BRIGGS . , I • v ''HButcT -o*ENC6. Ves - Yes I've s Good \ I ' < IS Ym*T You pear. BCEm AVAJFVft. BOSV YoO'R= A. LITTLE I Ye s this > s henry- plorhy- verv— old ujo'mder 6irl~ _0"; vsr you ' Re f LPkY •OH BY" THE-WAVY- "AND -UH- SECMD MYSMO£S "IF IT WEEDS Ay j THE mam . ISS HE * e I | WISH YoU*S> .SEMO POVUM to THE. AWO 9R665/N6 OR- SOME- I movaj FOR The H\JC*S/( s£ar \ ' ' MY 60CP CLUBS UP Tfcu. 'EM To Pur .SO/MS TH.N6-- To THE C CuB WITH NEva/ .SPIKED IM T HE M- oQy< AT M y S WE *TE|I V \ olio / orders to HWE n AMI> 66T OUT MY <aotP Tod . J y^-y THEM Put iu SMAPE .suit AWD See its 1 /Z^'am IM <aOOV> SHAPE ' * ''' McClain's appearance as a speaker for Sproul, and Congressman W. A,V. Griest's reported advocacy of Scott for a place on the state ticket, there is much interest in what Lancaster county's powerful Republican orga nization will take. Congressman Griest said Saturday: "We are en gaged in endeavoring to arrange our legislative ticket so as to satisfy all elements in the party. Until our home affairs are arranged we will not bother about other matters." The list of names in the present Lancaster county delegation includes those of Major Q. O. Reitzel, of the American expeditionary forces, who is now in France, and Oeorge u. Hibshman, Who died during the week. This makes two vacancies, and it is probable that none of the nve old members will go back, as they are art -prominent businessmen with many private interests to en gage them. Congressman Griest has not said whethere he will be a can didate for re-election, nor has any other aspirant made announcement. T. R.'s RAPID FIRE GUN Some of Colonel Roosevelt's ver bal shafts takpn from his Maine speech follow: "War is won by brains and steel, not by kid gloves and fine phrases." "Some of the most important di versions of the government are al most chemically pure of efficient or ganization." "We cannot afford to tolerate flint lock methods of warfare in time of war or flint lock methods of govern ment for meeting problems of indus try in time of peace." "We are pledged to a hilt as a na tion to put this war through without flinching until we win the peace of overwhelming victory." "This is tbe people's war. It is not the President's war. It is not Congress' war. It is the duty of the Republican party to stand like a rock against inefficiency, incompe tence, hesitation and delay, no less than against lukewarmness in serv ing the common cause of ourselves and our allies. Tb support a public servant who does wrong is as pro foundly unpatriotic as to oppose a public servant who does right." "We are bound as a nation to re member that line phrases, that bold and lofty declarations of purpose, are worth only as they are turned into brave deeds by men who are both strong and true." Referring to German-American- Ism he said: "There can be no such thing as a 'flfty-ftfty' allegiance." Hereafter, It must be seen, he said, that " the melting pot really melts." The Enemy's Losing Fight Under the keen trained eye of Gen. Foch, the master military mind of Europe, 'he allied army held in reserve by the supreme war council is getting into action. Its first con tact Inflicted a gash six miles long and two miles deep on the left flank of the enemy's deep salient. The French penetration is near Noyon, at a point calculated to cut deeply and fatally into the outstretched enemy. An experienced surgeon, employing his scalpel with intent to reach a vital spot by the shortest route, could not excel the skill dis played by Gen. Foch in making the counter attack at the time and place ho has chosen. —Washington Post. LIGHT IS BREAKING THRU There is—or ought to be—an ele mentary principle of dynamics that the violence of an explosion is di rectly proportionate to the force of compression which is employed to confine it. If the administration at Washington had taken this principle Into account, it would not have in vited the outburst which rocked the senate wing of the capitol last Tues day and leveled the wall of secrecy built to hide from the American people gross and indefensible defi ciencies In the management of the war. Loyal public servants like Senator Chamberlain, the Democratic chair man of the committee on military affairs, had already done much to acquaint the nation with the danger ous conditions caused by official lethargy and incompetence; leading newspapers, although hampered by the rigid policy of concealment, had brought to light some of the worst results of neglect; but now that the Senate has begun to tell the truth to the country and demand It from the Government, it may be hoped that the era of organized deception Is at an end.—Philadelphia North American. What It Might Have Been "From the Soap Box to the Throne" would have been a good topic for his next bobk If Trotzky had not been interrupted en route. —From the Washington Star. German-Born Scholar Says War Against Kaiser Is Holy POSSIBLY the most profound and significant denunciation of Ger many has come from a distin guished thologia'n of the Reformed Church, the Rev. Dr. Theodore F. Herman, a professor in the Reform ed Theological Seminary, at Lan caster, and a native of Germany. His address, delivered in St. James' Episcopal Church, of that city, is being quoted far and wide. He was speaking on the text "Blessed Are the Meek, for They Shall Inherit the Earth." and the congregation as a prelude sang on bended knees: To the hearts that know Thee, Lord, Thou wilt speak through flood or sword; Just beyond the cannons'roar. Thou art on that farther shore. "There was a time, not long ago," he said, "when I was wont to regard Germany as the land of music and philosophy, and the cradle of en chanting fairy tales and beautiful lullabies, as the home of simple, kindly folk, who loved and lived for children, the church and the kitchen. There was a time, not long ago, when I was proud to call Germany my spiritual fatherland, at whose great fountains of truth I had drunk deeply, and where the faith that is in me, in God and man had been nurtured and strengthened. I want to tell you in this quarter hour why one who thus knew and loved the Germany of yore, to-day sorrows for her as a nation that has fallen from EDITORIAL COMMENT The license of the artistic temper ament seems to be at an end. Without fear or favor enemy aliens should be put where they can do no harm. That they will be seems to be the significance of the arrest and incarceration of Dr. Karl Muck, leader of the Boston Symphony Or chestra. The best guarantee against the ill-considered and regrettable mob action is prompt legal measures taken by the authorities. We can afford to be patient, but not fatu ous.—Philadelphia Record. Ours Is a Fool's Paradise We have been living in a fool's paradise. The war has been remote to us. Our interest in it has been academic. With the English and French between us and the Ger mans, many of us have been con tent to await the play of internal forces in Germany and Austria. With a show of military effort in France we have put our faith in joint debate and in our power by honeyed words to drive a wedge be tween the Kaiser and his people. This great drive has been a rude awakening. We are rubbing our eyes and asking: "If they break through, then what!" The answer is: "We shall be left naked to our enemies." If the Germans were to take Paris and double the English Army in confusion back upon the Channel, what would become of our little Army? We would still have the English Navy and our own to pro tect our own skins on this side for, the time. But the danger of a sep-' rate peace with France and the pressure for a general peace, with the triumphant Hohenzollern hav ing a large part of Europe under his control, would make the future for us dark indeed. The drive makes us see these things face to face. People who laughed at the sugges tion of Ave or seven millions of men for our Army are beginning to see a light.—Ex-President Taft in Pub lic Ijedger. THE INCOME TAX Your Building and Loan Stock Amounts placed to the credit of a shareholder in a building and loan association are subject to Income tax. Any amount credited to a shareholder when the title to such credit passes to the latter at the time of the credit, has a taxable status for the normal and additional Income tax. and should be included In the return, rendered for the year during which the credit is made. Where the amount of accumulations credited does not become available to the shareholder until the maturity of a share, it need not be reported as income, but upon maturity of a share the amount received in excess of the total amount actually paid in by the share holder Is to be returned. the pinnacle into the pit; why I am transfixed with the conviction that our war against Germany is a holy war from which we must and will emerge -victoriously. "The reason is this: Germany lias denied and repudiated the beatitude which forms our text. Jesus says, 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall Inherit the earth.' The meek are the mighty! But modern Prussia says, 'Blessed are the mighty, for they shall possess the earth.' The meek are the weak. Prussia said it, and, alas Germany believed it. For 30 years and more, though we un derstood it not, Prussia has played the role of Satan. She has showed Germany all the kingdoms of this wordl —colonies, commerce. con quest; and she has said, all this shall be thine, if thon wilt worship might." The particular significance of Dr. Herman's conclusion will be under stood, when it is explained that until recently, his church was known as the German Reformed. It was a direct offspring of the German Re formation and it fostered the Ger man lanuguage in this country with fond persistency, using it In hymns and sermons. The last religious stronghold of German language and traditions, it might be called, and the attitude of this one distinguished theologian has already resulted in a permanent breaking away from both on the part of nearly 400,000 com municant members. HER PRAYER We've fallen back oh! Christ, along the way That faith has led us for a thousand years; The old Hebraic tables blind our eyes, And deatli and terror scorch our falling tears. Thou wilt forgive us, Christ. If we forget— Forsake Thee in this chabs for a while, And shotit before the old Hebraic God- Do battle for the grim Jehovah's smile. The times are 111 accorded with Thy Word, When hell has left the molten gates ajar; And we are only women in the breach, With all our little sons gone out to war. Jehovah! give us men! Make men of these — > Flesh of our flesh (the man child that you sent) Wo held them, clasped them, would not let them go, TTntH we saw the laws of nations rent. We only know then, God, as comely lads, Bound up with all our joy and care and pain; But Thou wilt steel their sinews with Thy might, And make them fit, and send them back again. Jehovah! day and night we cry to > Thee. We're only women on the ramparts hurled; Give back our sons! but until the light Of Liberty is shot around the world! —Virginia Frazer Boyle. Have to Be There is one truth for which the war Most ample proof affords; The pens of Russians truly are More mighty than their swords.— Kansas City Times. MARCH 30, 1918. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks the Telegraph Thank you heartily for the edito rial in Saturday night's issue of the Telegraph entitled "Teachers' Sal aries." Such editorials help the cause very much. ' Sincerely yours, ELIZABETH S. BAKER, Pres. Harrisburg Teachers' Ass'n. LABOR NOTES Plumbers at limerick, Ireland, struck when refused an increase of )2 a week in their wages. "Women workers in the large estab lishments in Germany are compelled to work from 11 to 13 hours a day. In one month Michigan state la bor bureaus received 10,708 applica tions for positions and succeeded in placing 8,466. • limerick, Ireland, dock laborers went on strike when their demand for an increase of 50 cents a day was refused. It Is understood that the United Brotherhood of. Carpenters will ac cept the open shop principle in Unit ed States shipyards. Victoria, B. C., Metal Trades Council has decided to defer action in the wase dispute jvith the Imper ial Munitions Board. Kingston, Can., Carpenters' Union has decided to increase the minimum rate of wages from 45 cents to 50 6ents an hour. Spain will establish at Barcelona a permanent exposition, internation al in character, of the textile indus try and its branches. OUR DAILY LAUCH •- A GERM EX gt In terms of mll look to me like Sn. a great flnan ijjfft, rlcr. In fact, I would take hlirx \*\ to be somo kind \ \ ot scientist. \ \ JJJ. Correct. He'e a germ expert. '/Wk THE FAMILY K J CARBON. h \ l W,) Mother has a f /® neck 1a ce J/ , bright, The diamonds i/yM cheer her r^ some; 1 And f: '.her, too EBb y'TV finds great \| ' delight EmLI& ,j ! In several tons bML)P I J of coal MIGHT CALL ■Ww Sr° unda does H t flWryj your wife want compatibility? You may call (iM come ,sn>t oni* ■ I patible with her "OP COUP.3HS. I , What is the plural of man? plural of child? Abetting (Elfat "Song writing is a tricky propose tlon," says Allen Sangree, of the Har- \ risburg Telegraph staft who yester day signed a contract with the Jo seph Morris Music Publishing Com pany, of New York and Philadelphia, to print the words of the popular war song, "Your Old Uncle Sam" on the same sheet with the music of the "Old Gray Mare," composed by Frank Panella, bandmaster of Pitts burgh. "Marching with tlie Repub lican Club of this city on Flag Day last summer," Sangree related, "I heard for the first time 'Old Gray Mare played by the Golfisboro Band. It had such a stirring lilt that I was moved that very night to compose patriotic words to It, and In a few ."i\ y Judßnient Proved correct. nnH n f. waa , to copyright the song printed along with tho notes, for which end I wrote no less than half a dozen letters to the Mor ris company without any reply. Pan ella, the composer, added his appeals <£„ i. publis her and he must have tinally persuaded him, for at 6 o'clock jjestcrday morning when the rising sun was just tinting the familiar J5) uc . k sm °ke from the Pipe lending orks I heard a shrill cry from an apple tree in Balm street, tne nearest approach the visitor could make to Royal Terrace which is in a remote section of our great city. Is this A. Sangree?' shrilled the voice in New York accents. Ilully chee, I m Israel, music agent. fs>r Morris. Want t' sign y' up f'r Uncle Sam—Old Gray Mare—hully chee! As the apple twig on which he reprosed gave way he landed near my home. 'Hechvation. ain't it. hy doncher live n* Newawlc! Sign here; s'll right. Got t' hop a train f r Galveston; guy wrote a good Kaiser Bill song d'n there. Just come from Frisco. Sell good? You bet. Never heard it. S* long, see v' at Shanleys. Live in Harlem—got wife, n' three kids. They sav I ought t' been detective. S' long; gotto ketchtrain.' " The vigorous manner In which state game protectors have gone af ter the Susquehanna and Juniata River Valley men who have violated the state game code and the national rulings preventing spring shooting of wild water fowl and the publicity given to the names, penalties end circumstances surrounding the is reported to have had some effect in varius parts of the state. There have been unusual qnatities of wild ducks and geese seen this last ten days and from accounts the tempta tion to take some shots at the bir.ls was too, strong for men to resist. Consequently, it is proposed to en force the law on the subject so that warning may be given. These prose cutions coupled with the following up of men who broke the deer laws Ia-t summer will keep protectors busy for a time. Br Joseph Kalbfus,, secretary of the State Gamn Commission, has passed up the fuss made over the use of feathers for trout flies. In srmo sections of the state people in clined to stretch things have been declaring that the bright hued feath ers taken from game birds consti tuted a violation of the clause rela tive to skins and feathers of birds, but here it is declared to be very far fetched. In any event, many of thn llies are made out of guinea and and chicken feathers, and the quan tity used in manufacture of flies would not damage any law very much, say officials. , Thousands of young trout of an ago, able to take care of themselves, have been sent out from the Be!lc fonto hatchery the last two weeks to over twenty counties for distribu tion. The planting will be expand ed as the weather improves and it 5s hoped to make a spring record tfs the weather has been unusually open for March. The condition has stirred up sportsmen, many of whom have written here for supplies of young fish, agreeing to furnish reports on their condition and to comply with other state regulations. The num ber of fish at Bellefonte and other hatcheries for distribution will be Ifrge-r than usual this year, it is be lie "cd. The display of war posters which is being arranged for the Harrisburg Public Library bj- Miss Alice R. Eaton, bids fair to be one of the most extensive displays of the kind even seen in the city, and the an nouncement of the plans, has caused many offers of posters. The Com mittee on Public Information at Washington, has offered the posters from the official exhibit which in cludes those by Gibson, Flagg, Christy and noted artists, and there will also be a number of Canadian, English, Italian and French posters shown. —Highway Commissioner J. Den ny O'Neil's friends occasionally re fer to him as "Mr. McNeil" and sel dom fails to bring a smile. One time when the commissioner was a candidate .for something or other in strenuous Allegheny county, a man came piound and demanded to sets "D'.nnls J. McNeil." The name seems to have stuck. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Dr. Ed,ward P. Davis, Philadel phia medical man, well known here, has been made chairman of the gov erning board of the volunteer madi- service of the Army, He 1s an old college friend of the President. —James S. Austin, Philadelphia mining man, is home fronts trip to Nicaraugua. —Seward E. Button, state chief of mines. Is holding a series of meetings with anthracite inspectors to k9p down accidents and boost produc tion. • —rrank C„ Reese, former legis lator and now active In the Anthra cite Consumers' League In Schuylkill, Is heading a movement for higher taxes for Schuylkill coal lands. Dr Charles Harrison Frazl-r, prominent Philadelphia surgeon, will enter the army service and go i,broad. ' —Dr. W. W. Seibert, of Easton, has been elected head of the Lehigh Valley Medteal Society. He Is a prominent Northampton physician. —rK. Laird Curtln, new major of the state cavalry, is a descendant of the war governor and saw Mexican border service. DO YOU KNOW * —Tlia Harrisburg is furnishing thousands of dollars worth of materials every (lay for national defense and no one realizes liovv much of the energy of the city Is goiitg Into it? HISTORIC IIARRISRI'RO liarrleburg people subscribed lib erally tor construction of seven turn* pikts tc reach this city 100 years ago.
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