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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
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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.
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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
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IS# a ! MENTS.
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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..
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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
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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.