8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR TUB HOME Founded iSj: Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't 6- Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en title') 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. Al! rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub § Ushers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern office. Story. Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue F.ulldlng. New York City; Western office. Story, Brooks & Finley, People's Gas Building, _ Chicago, 111. ——- Entered fit the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year In advance. SATURDAY, APHID 13, 1018 Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of earth is toil. — HENRY VAN DIKE. THE BEST SIGN IF Germany has been looking the situation over in the United States with the hope of finding a lurking inclination toward an in clusive peace, as developments in Europe appear to indicate, her rep- ( resentatives must be grievously dis-1 appointed with what they have j found. The best sign of the times i is the steady, unshakable Conviction j of the people that we are going to j win the war. One and all realize that we may be, and probably are, in | for a hard, gruelling contest of lons i duration. That we' recognize this j and are willing to face the condition | cheerfully and confidently is a fact j that should give the German mili-| tary group pause for thought. We] are young and strong in men, money and resources, and we have not yet begun to light. Germany is tired and her supplies of men, money and the munitions of war are no match for ours. All we need, then, is the will to win, and, thank God, we have it in an unmeasured a degree. The soldier gives his all. You must j lend a part. IM POSTER BLT A~IPATRIOT I NAVAL, intelligence officers in New York yesterday arrested Joseph Rollins and arraigned him as an impostor in' the uniform of a lieutenant commander of the United States Navy. linposter tie j was, by his own confession, but a | patriot for all that who should be j given an honorable discharge instead of a fine or a reprimand. The coun try would be safe for all time were all its impostors of the Rollins type. When asked why he had donned the uniform of the Navy Rollins ex plained: "I did it to inspire younger • men to enlist. Ah! I love that uni form. I love it as if it were my child. It is the very fiber of my be ing, that blue uniform. Every night when I go to bed I kiss it and pray God that victory may come to the brave men who wear it." Something of his fervency, his hyper-Americanism, is ascribed by his friends, whom he numbers by hundreds, to his nationality. He was horn Rontelli, and for years has been -an Italian interpreter in the New York City Court. Several years ago he changed his name to Rollins. For sixteen years he was a mem- \ her of tlie New York National Guard, seeing service in the Spanish war and rethink' with the rank of lieutenant. After the United States entered the ■present conflict he exhausted every endeavor to obtain a post in the mil itary forces. When he was arrested two letters, creased and grimy from long carrying, were found in his pocket. One bore the signature of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, and the other that of Josephus Dan iels, Secretary of the Navy. They ■were almost identical in context. In the curt phrases of a rushed war bureau each informed Joseph Rollins that his services were declined, that he was too old to be of use. His uniform gave him opportunity to organize recruiting campaigns, in •wl'ich he was very successful, and made him particularly energetic in the sale of Liberty Bonds. "It may seem a terrible thing that I have done," said the old man, "but in the yes of God it was not." Truly "in the eyes of God it was not." On the Great Book of Records sood intent is entered on the credit tide. Would that every foreign-born American were as patriotic. Would that all loved the uniform of service is well. Rollins did no harm by his deception and accomplished much A court of law may punish 3iim. A court of justice would award Jiim a medal. Senator Penrose, in his recent dec laration anent his reading; out of the party by the Vares in Philadelphia, inade it clear that politi cal leaders no longer regard party Regularity quite as seriously as was Alio case under the old order. He calls attention to a number of important instances of prominent Republicans %V. ' ' SATURDAY EVENING, - HARRIBBURG t£S£& TELEGRAPH APRIL 13, 1918. who refused to be bound by results ] brought about through conditions of fensive to decency and personal re spect. Senator Penrose's defiance of the Vare pronouncement is In line with his declaration a year ago against the same Influences In Phila | delphia, which have resulted in the deplorable factional war \vhlch Is now rending the party in Pennsylvania. We still believe Republicans might better be fighting the common politi cal foe than each other. Help hold the line. Subscribe for Liberty Bonds. That's your part. THE MUSICAL ALLIANCE THE Community Singing move ment inaugurated here with the visit of Dr. Freund should be developed into a branch of the Musi cal Alliance of the United States, which Dr. Freund himself organ ized as a vehicle for the promotion of music as a vital factor in national, civic arid hoijie life. The Alliance is new among the or ganizations of the country, but it is sweeping into popularity in many States. Its aims are manifold, among them being its purpose to work to increase the attention to music in the schools; to induce municipali ties to provide money for music for the people; to aid all associations and organizations whose purpose is the advancement of musical culture; to encourage composers, singers, players, conductors and music teach ers resident in the United States; to oppose all attempts to discriminate against American music or Ameri can musicians, irrespective of merit, on account of nationality; to favor the establishment of a National Con servatory of Music, and to urge the creation of the post of Secretary of Fine Arts in the President's cabinet. Surely, the program is ambitious enough and comprehensive enough to unite on fi common jilatform all American musical interests. It is a far cry from the days of the old time "singin' school" to the great centers of musical education of to day. There has been a wonderful uplift in the taste of the people in opera and the recital and concert work field, and not a little of this 1 outside of the large renters of popu-1 lation no doubt may be attributed j to the refinement of the tnlking ma- j chine, bringing, as it has, the famous artists of all the world to play and j sing in the homes of even the most | humble. But there is much, very j much to be done. The populariza- j tion of the better class of music has j created a thirst for individual and! community betterment along musical j lines. What are wa going to do to meet the demand? Having sown the seeds of community work here and having found the ground fertile, are we going to leave it at that or are we going to take the next step, which looks toward a cultivation of the musical spirit of Harrisburg? There is a big work to be done here, as the Community Singing Committee which organized and con ducted the recent campaign so effi ciently has found. As an instance, the municipality should be educated to the point of contributing money for band concerts and other forms of musical recreation, which are as much a part of the life of the city and quite as important as the con duct of public golf links, tennis courts and the like. A branch of the Musical Alliance in Harrisburg would be popular and useful, and could be formed at small expense or trouble. It is to be hoped those at the head of the recent festival will inaugurate the movement. Highway Commissioner O'Xeil | omitted any reference in bis platform to his intentions beyond the primary. His chief opponent. Senator Sproul, made it clear in the announcement of his candidacy that he would abide by the decision of the primary election and support the nom nee. This is one of the things which Mr. O'Neii and all other candidates must do if they hope to have the support of Republicans | in the primary campaign. While there is much trickery in the politi cal game nowadays, it is one of the principles of party action that any candidate who declines to make him self subject to the decision of the voters in the primary is undserving party support in the preliminary round. EAT POTATOES EAT plenty of potatoes now if you want plenty of potatoes ,iext winter, is the advice of the iocui Food Administrator. Potatoes are the cheapest food on sale to-day and unless you use many of thom the farmers will not plant large acreages this spring and the result will be that potatoes will be both scarce and high in price next fall and winter. It sounds paradoxical, but you must cat more potatoes now in or der to have more next year. A PATRIO'I IC TOWN W. HO would have expected little Thonipsontown to be the first community of Central Penn- I sylvanla to "go over the top" in the Liberty Loan drive in Central Penn sylvania? Thonipsontown has a population of only a few hundred, and a few days back th 6 place was visited by a lira that wiped out almost the en tire business center and a number of houses. When Thonipsontown, therefore, was naked to buy bonds it might have replied: "Wo'ro very sorry; we'd like to help Uncle Sam. We'd like to buy bond:;, but we simply can't. We have troubles of our own. Why we are in almost as bad shape as though the Germans had raided the town and burned the business pari, of the place. It is really our selves who should have financial as sistance." But Thonipsontown isn't made of that kind of stufl. When the Lib erty Loan leaders appointed a bond committee for ths*t place the mem bers went right io work and sub scribed the full allotment In the first two (lays. Better than that, even, they are continuing on the job and expect to roll up a record for towns of the size. Some town! r^ > oILUc& IK "~P t >vkc i| to<xy\ltx, By the Ex-Committee man Everyone of the hundreds of nominating petitions filed at the de partment of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for the May primary ■ will bo gone over and the records ; | verified within the week so that the , list will be correct when certified' ' I to the commissioners of the various I counties two weeks before the pri mary election. Many petitions are . j being examined by attorneys for candidates and it is probable that contests against a number of them . will be instituted in the Dauphin county court, that of James F. Wood ward of McKeesport, candidate for Secretary of Internal Affairs, against 3 the papers of James Woodward, of i Ashland, being now in preparation, r The time for withdrawing peti ' tions expired last night and several ' withdrawals were sent here during 1 the night, too late to be accepted. - The same condition prevailed in cases . pf some aspirants for nominations ' whose papers came too late yester -5 day. 5 It is believed that at least twenty ; per cent, of the petitions circulated by candidates were not filed, being ' i retained at headquarters. This was especially true of candidates for ) state-wide nominations. —Probably one of the most inter esting of the unprecedented filing, at • the eleventh hour of nominating pe • titions for the May primary was that in so many districts either Re publican or Democratic leaders fail ' ed to get candidates to stand. In many sections candidates were only secured with difficulty aud accord ing to what has been learned here ' .there were instances where men of cither high standing or great polit ical strength in their . communities were given Support in circulating pe titions which virtually made them sole candidates. Personality seems | to have counted for more than much j else. While there are contests on i for most of the state-wide nonaina- j tions, there are four Congressional' districts where Democrats put up no j candidates for nominations against i ! sitting Congressmen. These districts > are Westmoreland and Butler; Arm-1 ' strong-Jefferson,lndiana-Clarion ond: 1 the 29th and 31st districts, Alle-j | gheny county. On the other hand ! there nre numerous contests on tor, i senatorial nominations, which is due: to the prohibition amendment issue. I Republicans have not presented any j candidates for legislative nomina-i • tions in such typjeal Democratic | counties as Fulton, Greene, Pike and j Montour. Neither is there any can i didate in the Third Lehigh district, j i The Democrats have named no can didates in Franklin, Forest, Johns town city, Huntingdon, Indiana, 3rd! Lackawanna, first Luzerne, Snyder, j Union, Tioga and Venango. In But- i ler, second Cambria and second blair, j which elect two members each Deni- | ocrats have put up but one candi date. —Now that the nominating peti tions are on file it is believed that Capitol Hill will see the state admin istration become politically active and that the dismissals of Factory Inspector W. G. Fisher, Sunbury, and Capitol Guide Boyd Manbeck, of Mifllintown, will lie followed by oth ers. In the cases of these men the removals are .generally ascribed to political reasons. i —Candidates who filed withdraw als within the period allowed by ope ration of the law which gave one day after the close of the time for filing 1 under operation of recent acts were: Congress—Walter F. Enfield, Dem., 19th; John J. Moore, Rep.- I Deni., 11th. Senate —John E. Baker, Rep., ' 28th: T. C. Harter, Rep., 24th; Dr. | : J. W. McKay, Rep., 4 Bth. House—R. Earl Penrod, Rep., Ist j Columbia; Stanley M. Evans Rep., I 4tl Lackawanna; David H. Fee, J. Willis Martin, Rep., Washington; Martin W. Yadusky, Dem., Ist Schuylkill; Gomer Parry, Rep., 2nd Lackawanna; Charles B. Bennett, Rep., 14th Phila.; Arthur B. Eaton, Rep., 17th Phila.; George J. Camp bell, T. M. 16th Phila.; Oliver F. Martin, Rep., 2nd Lancaster. State Committees — Republican, M. J. Hoffman, Berks; F. W. Sapper, Erie; Democratic, Peter J. Noll, Joseph F. Brennan, Lackawanna. —According to the Philadelphia Record, Republican organization leaders are commencing to be wor ried over the activity of Governor Brumbaugh and Attorney General Brown in behalf of the O'Neii boom and says that while the Sproul forces expect the Vares to "turn in" for the Delaware Senator. The Record also says: "Both Senator Vare and his brother. Congressman Vare, have persistently declared that they have ! made no choice as to a Guberna torial candidate, but will leave it up to the City Committee to decide s whether Sproul or O'Neii is to get the support of the local .machine." i —According to gossip in Pliila . delphia yesterday Mr. Brown had given the Vares notice that he ex " pected support for O'Neii because s both he and the Governor are per > sonally unfriendly to Sproul. At the , same time the reform and independ ent forces in Philadelphia let it be known that they were for Sproul. i —David 11. Lane is sending around . reprints of interviews he had in Philadelphia newspapers in which he read Penrose out of the party, which indicates that the Senator and his followers will be attacked in the primary if they try to vote. Sen ator Penrose has retorted that he does not propose to be barred out by people who have left the reserva tion themselves occasionally. At the same time the fact that O'Neii has not made any declaration about abiding by decision of the Repub lican primaries is being used by Penrose men. —The mayors of the two big cities are having troubles of their own. Mayor Smith is being assailed by > reform and other forces in Phila- !>ecauso of vice conditions, und u. Pittsburgh Deputy Attorney , General 10. K. Trent has filed pro t, ceedings against Mayor E. V. Bab . cock's expense account. ' —Philadelphia reformers and for ' mer Progressives last night endorsed r Senator Sproul at a big meeting in one of tfte independent wards. •—Ex-Mayor Magee's champion- J ship of a senatorial candidate for 1 his brother's seat who is declared j "dry" is causing much comment. Magee is for John R. K. Scott, while Donahoc, the man he backs, is for • O'Neii. t New Version German invaders who cane to 1 F'skof remained to prey. Wall Street Journal. Trained to It t It may yet turn out that the Hun ' penetration of ltuxsia will prove a 1 goosestep.—Washington Post. SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE /T \ f~T CooK~S~~*\ I/DON'T YGVJ f N Z V /„^ WAT A . ' JUST une THINK SHE / WONDERFUL ILL TcLL IHE BEAVTI FUL / I IT . S FA THER IS THE / SH*PEC> HEAD 7 \ G/Mvj£ HOVAJ ( I CM.CD? / I 7 1-VAAGE OF 0 (SO .NTELMGEMTJ S V / \— C \ HER FATM6R J\ —■' MUT-n oHt i — < ' - LOOKS LIKE AAE- I f 'V ' - IT'LL., M/\K£ QUITE/ C" < • 'IF j _ N 0 0 THEY Say / -SHE'LL GET ) UK6 YOU ZJ TALK ABOUTI NSHTVL__ LOOKS / OVER N LIKFC/ POI-SOFO IT7 1 (\ POOR -/ WILL TH6 V OTHER , IMOVM! / \ HELPLESS/ ) CHIL O LNETJ FR^NKLV . MB J Over tfve l\ t A western editor observes thatl the Kaiser has lost all his American [ colonies except Milwaukee. I Maryland as a matchmaker does, not appear to b always successful, | as witness: 'John Z. Hunter and Mi3s| Margarite Sbright, of Felton, Pa., j came to Elkton this morning and] got a marriage license. The couple: then went to the parsonage of .the Elkton Presbyterian Church when j the bride-to-be balked and refused to j go on with the ceremony. The per- ] suasion of the prospective groom was of no avail and they returned home as they came, single. This country is getting just a lit tle bit too soft-hearted. We'll have to Nietchze up some. A Pennsylva nia food expert even cautions us to "Be sure and boil potatoes gently." Everybody around here will agree with Kaiser Bill in one thing at least, namely, that a few hundred thousand Germans, more or less, isj no loss to the word at this time. Many women, says Philadelphia, are painting last year's straw hats. Well, keep it on the hats. Homesickness and a frenzy to see his three-weeks bride urged Amos Eye, of Alfarata, Pa., to desert his job as musician at Camp Meade and he is now in a dungeon cell. Bright gleamed the village lights Of old Alfarata; Shone clear to Amos as he Played an obllgato. Love rushed him, frantic, to his Bear enamorata; Now he's a jail bird on the Blue Juniata. Every child in the Sharon Springs school, says a Kansas paper, has a Thrift Stamp, a Baby Bond, a Red Cross membership, or the mumps. OVER-PATIENT JUSTICE [Cleveland Plain Dealer] Introduce a certain topic of con versation in almost any group of Americans and the response one gets is something like the following: "It's a shame the government doesn't do something to these pro- German spies and mischief workers. Every day or two we read how some enemy of the United States has been arrested for carrying off valuable plans, or for trying to blow up a munition plant or for tampering with American airplanes so as to make them deathtraps for our boys flying in France. And what does the gov ernment do with them? Why, pack them off to an Internment camp, where they are well fed and so well treated that they do not even have to work. It's a shame; that's what it is!" There Is widespread dissatisfaction over the leniency shown enemies of America who are caught at these ne farious practices. The question in volves the safety of our hundreds of thousands of soldiers in France. Further, it involves American honor. A few conspicuous examples of American justice meted out to these malicious enemy agents would go a long way. Where Words Fail We're advised to refer to the Ger mans as "the enemy." Which seems the proper thing to do. But what shall we call the profiteers?— Toledo Blade. Sweden's Neutrality Sweden declares that she will con tinue to maintain a neutral -policy. Mail for the Kaiser should be ad dressed "via Stockholm," as usual. — New York World. Penelope's Web Woman ninety-nine years old will knit sweater —(Headline). Some of the younger set of knitters bid fair to bo ninety-nine before they tlnish theit first sweater. —New York Sun. Point to lie Remembered May we not at. this time advert to the obvious fact that all this slaugh ter on the western front was made possible by the crimes of Lenine and Trotsky and their so-called sacial ism ?—New York Herald. Don't Try It Although the government has taken over the railroads, the -rule against butting a train off the track with an autouiobilo still stands.—Milestones. The Poison of Self-Pity DR. FRANK CRANE, IN APRIL PHYSICAL CTWCRE i I Get angry with yourself, pat your-i I self on tlie back, commend yourself, | I praise, blame, love or hate yourself! | —do anything to yourself, but don't I pity yourself. Self-pity lias a certain septic sat j isfaetion, like picking at a sore, and j there is an undeniable "luxury cf | self-dispraise," but it's as dangerous; i as getting drunk. It's habit-forming. |lt grows on one. Quit it. Pity is a glorious and creditable j | attribute —when it Hows out toward j i another. Then it is like the mountain brook sparkling, chattering, leaping, the laughter of the woods, the re freshment of bird and beast, carry- < ing health and joy to all who drink : of ijs cool flood or even gaze upon its h/;>py play. But pity, when it turns upon self, i is like a stagnant pool, covered with hateful scum, and concealing ugly, slimy things in its foul ooze. One who is sorry for himself is al ready half beaten. The self-pitying are abused. No i body treats them r/ght. People talk about them. Others are promoted over them. They get no proper thanks. They are unappreciated. Alas! Also Alack and Woe is Me! Exeunt omnes into the garden and eat worms. The self-pitiers invite every va riety of spiritual microbes to come in and breed. They are the clouds, mud and slush of mankind. They are rarely efficient. No man Public Spanker for all Self-Pitiers. WHAT TO WEAR Many men may find that they, too, have had the puzzling experience re lated in the communication which follows: "To the Editor of the Sun — Sir: What should a man wear when invited of an evening ? i "When I put on evening clothes all the rest have on tux edos. "When I put on a tuxedo all the others have on evening clothes. "Won't you make a ruling and oblige? "Sartor Resartus. "New York, April 9." Wo advise our disturbed inquorer to wear the blac ktrousers which have pockets that are easily reached by himself and from which money may readily be extracted. When a man goes out of an evening, invited or not, he is likely to enuocnter an opportunity to buy a bond or to con tribute to the Red Cross or some other worthy fund. The wafstcoat should be that which best fits the form of an Amer ican who, by conforming to the sug gestions and regulations of the Food Administrator, has become slimmer of girth. The garment should have pockets from which small money may easily be taken when the eye of the wearer is struck byq a War Sav ings or Thrift Stamp sign. The coat, be it dinner or swallow tail, should be that which will most easily harbor, without bulging, one or more bonds. If the coat as fit ted before America entered the war. the shoulders may ne.ed enough busheling to permit of a more erect bearing. We assume, of course, that "Sar tor Resartus" realizes that there is now only one really important style of clothing for evening wear. It is not black, but olive drab, and It exposes no shirt front whatever. Our best young men aro wearing it. In France it is their modest and becom ing garb when th,ey go out of an evening, frequently without invita tion, to pay a visit, bombs In hand, to the enemy. When they come back to this country victorious we. shall be glad to join in discussions of the varied fashions in broadcloth suits. i BAKER MAY REMAIN | [Army and Navy Register] Persistent rumors have been rife for several days, with no opportunity to trace them to their source or to sustain them by any officially vouch safed confirmation, to the effect that Mr. Baker will remain abroad, prob ably In connection with the interna tional war council, and that he will be succeeded as Secretary of War by General George W. Goetlials, at pres ent acting quartermaster general of the Army. Such an appointment Is possible under the law, inasmuch as General Goethals is on the retired list; If ho were on the active list, his appointment to a Cabinet position would operate to vacate his commis sion lu the military establishment. that hasn't enough healthy egotism to admire himself a bit ever amounts to much. Bad as egotism is, it is infinitely better than self-contempt. The self-pitiers are hard to love, trying to live with and impossible to please. They cannot enjoy riches, nor ap-*l preciate poverty. When they are well they think j they're sick, they're sick they think they're worse. They are gloom-spreaders and lieart-depressants. Self-pity is the most exquisite form of selfishness, the camouflage of impotence, the acme of disagree ableness. Self-pity requires no brains, no capacity, no worth. It is sheer and gutter no-accountness. If you pity yourself, you are hyp notized by yourself. Come out of it! No self-pitying clerk ever rose to be general manager; no self-pitying merchant ever made his business thrive; no self-pitying woman ever retained her husband's love; and no self-pitying human being was ever a help to another human being. Self-pity is the collapse of all the faculties, it is cowardly surrender in the face of the enemy. Don't complain! Keep your chin up! The courageous soul, in no mat ter what conditions, is a point of cheer, a lamp of brightness, a tonic draught, to his fellowmen. In every city there ought to be a A BENIGHTED PEOPLE [Philadelphia Record] Germany has weighed the Lithu anians in the balance and found them wanting. After a preliminary survey, she has decided that these people "do not possess that degree of kultur which would qualify them ! for the Prussian conception of autonomy." A vivid, not to say lurid, picture of that preliminary survey which brought Germany to this conclusion has been given to the public press. Here is the report (the German ver sion is doubtless on file in Betlin, with ether scientifically accurate state papers); "An orgy of rapine, pillage, crucifixion and drunkenness • beyond description witnessed by Lithuanians since their country was overrun by the Germans. • ' The Huns have given free rein to their lust for flesh and blood. Count- I less bodies of girls of tender age i sacrificed to the brutality of the ■ German officers have been found in '■ the deserted German trenches." Having drawn her conclusion t from this thorough survey, Germany ■ has determined to forcibly annex • the country In order that the Lithu ' arians may become possessed of sufficient kultur to deserve Prussian • i/ed autonomy. Could missionary ' zeal for a benighted people go fnr ther? In just what the lack of the " Lithuanians consists, wherein their kultur is insufficient it may be a lit ' fie difficult to an un-kultured mind ; to see. Perhaps it was revealed in ! their failure to appreciate the sur ' vey. [ WOMEN ALIEN ENEMIES [lndianapolis Star] ' The espiqnage bill passed by the , Senate and now beforo the House . applies to enemy alien women as I well as to men. And why not? Wora . en In Washington were undoubtedly , of great service to Von Bernstorff in . supplying him with desired Informa , tion which they could ascertain . through social agencies better men. They were useful, too, to Von ! Papen in New York. These women and many others of i their class are perhaps in Washing ton yet and may be known to the government. It is high time, there fore, that means should be taken to round up such spies and, as a pre liminary, to require them, as well as enemy alien men, to register. Not all enemy aliens are spies bv any means or unfriendly to the I'nlted States, but all alike, because of the peculiar conditions, must be more or less under suspicion and must sub mit to the regulations with the best grace they may. If they are Inno cent of disloyal act or intention, they can afford to accept the restrictions without complaint or resentment as one of the fortunes of war. Blessed Are the Righteous i For thou. Lord, wilt bless the righteous: with favor wilt thou com pass him as with a shield.—Psalms v, 12. LABOR NOTES, Five large printing concerns in Oklahoma City have signed a two year agreement with the Bookbind ers' Union. Journeymen rates are in creased $1 a week each year and women's wages are increased $1.50 the year and $1 the second year. Figures of the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the food cost to the average German family for one week to he $13.01, compared with $5.98 before the war started—an increase of 117 per. cent. Increases in cost of fuel, clothing, shoes and other nec essary commodities have been more rapid than in food. Among the most highly paid and hazardous of professions is that of the aeroplane tester. Certain British aeroplane manufacturers have on oc casion paid as high as $2,500 a week. In experimenting with machines of new types they take their lives in their hands. If the design proves a failure their lives are likely to be lost. The state committee on women in industry, composed of representa tives of all interests affecting female employment in Wisconsin, oppose women street car conductors on the ground that an emergency has not 'been proved. The committee would include transportation lines in the state law which prohibits the em ployment of women in manufactur ing plants after 6 p. m. The Colorado School of Mines has placed five scholarships at the dis posal of the Colorado Labor Educa tional Association, which was formed last year by the Colorado State Fed eration of Labor. Through the educa tional association organized labor in this state is arranging' to paythe col lege tuition of young men and wom en, who will be expected to return the amount required after they have graduated. [OUR DAILY LAUGH MM Jk ** ow manyserv ijli tIBhKm About one out i RESENT IS# a ! MENTS. „ „ •• 0 i How do you .nl/ i explain the high II 'i cost 01 livln s'? J \ 1 don't feel I I v called upon to I V wW explain. I think MMKm, somebody ought I// >0 apologize.. bywy-oi A: The lines oi sfj£#Y your hand, SfflKu madam, indicate j your future will marry a t second time. # J* That proves that you're a frjsg' irillUllftlM fraud ' over • 1 "i'l 1 marry again It ! : . V; 'fl will be for the Q; fourth time. O /-pv LINE BUSY. I guess the ' j wife is home, all fjgL What makes (1(11(1 111 y° u so * 111wil'll ica} ing to get the Tj* house on the | phone for three cfi Quarters °' an TrV\Yill hour, and the line has been v_ Bmtittg (Ebat While the chances of city council passing an ordinance providing for a line of u dollar on any person who crosses a street except at the regu lar "crossing" are very remote, the fact remains that nine-tenths of the accidents and much of the confusion and disturbances of trallic are due to "cattacornering" on streets. The suggestion that if people will not learn they should be made to pay lines has been made by one of the city police officials who has been studying Market and Third and other streets and he undoubtedly has a good idea, but it would mean riot calls if It was put into effect. The late Col. J. B. Hutchison used to say that people ought to learn to cross streets at right angles and that any one who walked across diagonally was foolish. In the Compensation Board decisions there are refusals of compensation to men on streets who cut corners and walked diagon ally across highways while working, in this city we have never gotten be yond the stage of going across a street anywhere any any time. Tho older citizens cross Market street liko they used to in the days when it was unpaved and had gas lights, while the younger generation give scant heed to the regular crossings. One of the oldest police officers yesterday stood on the pavement in front of the courthouse and called attention to women with children beside them going diagonally across the street and holding up traffic while they did it. Motormen and truck drivers say that people at regular crossings nev er bother them. What they fear is the person who cuts across. The work of the corner policemen has made things easy at corners but they admit that they are compelled to keep weather eyes opSn on the streets to prevent accidents to peo ple who (lo the worst possible tiling in haste to get somewhere. Louis E. Lauchlin and K. J. Cou per met a group of prominent Har risburg men at the residence of W. P. Starkey the other evening to con sider the sending of a representative of the Harrisburg Y. M. C. A. to China or some other foreign field in which the association is doing such remarkable work. Mr. Lauchlin rev resents Scranton in this work and for fourteen years has maintained headquarters in China. Mr. Couper is a leading businessman of Minne apolis, where he is said to have sur rendered a salary of $50,000 a year to devote his energies to the war work of the Y. M. C. A. He made the statement that he would not ex change his experience of the last six months for his whole business career of thirty years, successful as it had been in material results. Mr. Lauch lin is a university man and a fine type of the college-trained worker in the Y. M. C. A. field. lie told how the people of China were look ing to the United States for leader ship and how our entry into the war was promptly followed by a declara- I tlon by the Pekin government. The conference at Mr. Starkey's demon strated the constant and rising inter est in the matters and things which before the war were regarded with much indifference by many success ful businessmen. • • • "Judge" George D. Thorn, of the State Department, who sits in regard to nominating petitions was called to the telephone yesterday morn ing and rather violently Interrogated as to the time for filing withdrawn In of the nominating petitions which have kept every one about the Cap itol on the jump this week. The "judge" is a mild mannered mini and he explained that the depart ment closed at 4. "Keep 'er open," said the voice. "Not much," said the chief clerk who had been losing sleep trying untangle knots in petitions. "Well, say, I'm out here on a stato highway and it's rotten. I want to get to the Capitol to llle a withdraw al for a friend, but I can't fly," re marked the man with uncalled for vigor. "Well, get an automobile to take you to a station," suggested the "judge." "I'm in an automobile now and it's on one of the state's own road* and I can't make it by any 4 o'clock," came back the voice. • • * David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh registration commissioner, has been having some funny experiences. His name is the same as that of a news paper man who is noted for ills Washington and war letters. He was at a hotel here yesterday and some people came round to chat with him on world topics. Mr. Lawrence Is more interested in State Demo cratic politics than anything else just now, but he is used to being tak en for celebrities and he listened and then "woke up" his callers. • • John P. Gohl is back In Harris burg. Didn't you know John had left us? Why, sure. When five feet of snow stuck him and his elefctrie car up around Kockville last winter John took a deep, fancy oath that he would hike for Florida and stay there eleven months. "No more of this cussed winter for me," lie vowed, I and so inspired was he with the thought of balmy breezes, fragrant flowers and a broiling hot sun that he invited any number of old friends to join him. From time to time John sent a sweet posy or a cute little liz ard to Harrisburg, but his letters of late showed a hankering to come home and crank up the electric jit. "Regular summer weather" they wrote down to him when the recent spring days struck Harrisburg and that started J. Gohl north with the throttle open. Stepping off the train a Polar blast blew him into Market street, froze dead two lizards and half his pet crocodile and wilted $4.31 worth of orange blossoms. Rolled up in fur coat and six blank ti Brother Spicer found him, and ter first suggesting the removal of the deceased Florida livestock pro ceeded to glean his sad story. It was very brief. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Congressman T. W. Templeton, of the Wllkes-Harrc district, who was here this week, says he found one term at Washington enough. —Governor Brumbaugh is to be host to the governors of the thir teen states In Philadelphia late this month. —John M. Flynn, Democratic lead er of the House of Representatives, who is out for renomination, has been coming here as member since 1903. —John A. Voorhees, secretary oX the Republican Alliance in Philadel phia, who was here yesterday, will be a prominent figure in the Phila delphia campaign. 1 DO YOU KNOW ~ That Harrisburg manufactur ing lias increased ten per cent. In a year? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Forges here made nails for Wash ington's army In the Revolution.
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