8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THB HOUB Foundtd ijj/ Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELBGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building. Federal Bun. •at J. STACK POLE, Pr**"! fr Eiitcr-in-Chiff T. R. OYSTER, Busintst Manattr. GUS M. STEINMETZ, II ana ting Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled 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. ULII rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. )' ■ m Member American Newspaper Pub- E ast er n office. Avenue Building, Finley, Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cent* a week; by mall. $6.00 a year In advance, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1918 Xot every man according to his ' Viood and fancy, according to other s people's giving or other people's t ability, but "every man according to J his ability." —H. C. TBI'MBCTX. 1 t t HELPING THEMSELVES ! WHAT are you going to do to c help the boys?" Is the title of 1 a popular Liberty Loan song, ' and the answer lies with eVery one of us. But the boys are not all waiting for somebody at home to help them. There is the instance of a young Harrlsburg second lieutenant who is in the trenches of France, where he lias been facing death almost daily since January. The other day this lad's mother received notice from "Washing-ton that he had asked the government to take SIOO from his pay for the purchase of Liberty Bonds for her. The boys over there are setting us fin example. They are helping them selves and now, once more, and finally—"What are YOU going to do to help the BOYS?" Oregon is the first State to report officially that its Liberty Loan has over-subscribed, but then, it doesn't have so much to subscribe as Pennsylvania. "PAT" WAS RIGHT WHEN" Lieutenant "Pat" O'Brien, after his lecture in Chestnut Street Auditorium Monday ' evening, looked over the vast audi-1 1 ence and saw scores of people has- ' tening out while those who remained were singing the "Star Spangled Banner," he said: "If people did that while a British audience sang the national anthem they would be arrested;" and the tone of his voice indicated that he would like to do the same for those whose actions called for the remark. "Pat" was right. We in Amer ica are all too prone to be careless of our conduct while the "Star Spangled Banner" is being sung. This is our national anthem. Cus tom and patriotic feeling demand that we stand at attention, uncov ered, while it is being played or sung. For no other air is this de manded. Even "America" does not command this observance, but very often audiences forget and stand to Bing that stirring old song. Let us give no other patriotic Bpeaker opportunity for criticism in Harrisburg. Let us all stand while the band plays th? "Star Spangled Banner," or while it is being sung. By doing so we show our respect and devotion to the flag and all those things which it represents. The only trouble about the George Creel debate is that he is scarcely Important enough to consume so much .valuable time. POLITICS AND THE WAR ALL the political parties having placed their candidates in the field, the process of elimination ■will now go forward until the pri mary election on May 21. It is difficult to arouse any con siderable interest in the political game, owing to the tremendous pres sure of war activities, but every voter should see to It that he is fully informed regarding the various can didates and their qualifications for the public service. So far as Penn sylvania is concerned the State was never confronted with more serious problems than are now up to the people for solution. Those Individuals who imagine that the people are likely to be In different under existing circum stances to the sort of men chosen for public officer will probably get awake, after the ballots shall have been counted, to the fact that the average voter is doing a lot of thinking albeit lie is snot "saving the country" by street-corner harangues and soap box orations. With regard to the Republican party, it is the duty of all voters to give full consideration to the merits of the several candidates seeking their favor in the primary contest. One of the dominant issues, of course, is prohibition of the liquor L traffic, but the average citizen Is not eotng to lose sight of the other great MONDAY EVENING, ' issues involved in the campaign this | year. First of all is the war; all other matters are secondary. It is ] obvious that the proposed ellmina-j tlon of liquor is a direct result of' the tremendous interest in the ti- j tanlc struggle for the preservation. of civilization which is now being fought out across the seas. Every ( American citizen must bend all hlsj energies in the direction of winnlngl the war. Partisanship and factional j activities should have no consldera-; tion at this time. Ambitious men j who hope to further their personal i Interests through political machlna- 1 tion in this crisis are likely to arouse i such a storm of resentment as will cause them to regret their foolish ness. Let the campaign proceed with dignity and a proper appreciation of the colossal problems of the war which all should and must aid in solving. As has been indicated heretofore, the prohibition matter is eliminated so far as the gubernatorial contest is involved, all the candidates for governor having declared for the proposed constitutional amendment. But the election of a Senate and House which will be favorable to the amendment must now have the at tention of all intelligent voters. That is the crux of the situation. Candi dates who will not declare them selves in favor of the amendment can. of course, expect strenuous op position at the polls. They have no ! right to hope for any other result. The main Issue, however, Is the winning of the war and political leaders will do well to keep that fact constantly In mind. The Louisville Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times have issued jointly a beautifully illustrated and splendidly edited number entitled the "George Rogers Clark Centennial Edi tion." It is worthy the reputation and , prestige of the Courier-Journal, and is graphically descriptive of the whole Louisville region, its people, its activi ties, its progress and its future. The number commemorates the first defi nite steps to make a great city at the Falls of the Ohio and the realization of that aim. as well as the accomplish ment of the nine-foot river stage at that point. A PRIMARY PLEDGE I enter the primary contest in the fullest spirit of the primary election laws, which I have helped to frame, and will feel that I am in honor and duty bound to sup port, cheerfuly and honestly, all of the nominees of the Republican voters of the State who may be chosen at the primaries to which I have submitted my own candi dacy. In this pledge of his formal entry into the gubernatorial contest, Sen ator Sproul has clearly indicated his purpose to "cheerfully and honestly" support the Republican nominee. It is the duty of Mr. O'Neil, Mr. Hab good and all other Republican can didates, If they have not already done so, to make a similar declara tion. Republican voters have a right to know whether candidates seeking their support in the primary are go ing to abide by the decision of May 21. Any candidate refusing to bind himself in this regard is not worthy of and should not expect Re publican support. Senator Lewis is known as the Democratic whip, but some of his re cent remarks incline one to the belief that it ought to be whip-cracker. ARROR DAYS GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH pro vided in his proclamation this year for two Arbor days, the first Friday, April 12, and the second, Friday, April 26. As the weather on the first day fixed was impossible from an arbor day standpoint, every effort should now be made to arouse interest in the second day, so that there may be state-wide planting and interest in the question of shade and fruit trees. We are busy with everything growing out of the war, but there is nothing more deserving of attention than the matter of tree planting. Every school teacher ought to have something to say about tree planting during the next week or ten days. Too often the school build ings in the rural districts are with out shade or any of the attractive features of shrubbery and flowers. Now Is the time to create real Inter est where there bas been Indiffer ence and neglect heretofore. There is pending in the House at Washington a bill that has already passed the Senate providing commu tation of quarters for army officers. It has been the history of all legisla tion having to do with the war that matters of this kind are frequently unfairly handled in the process of legislation, owing to indifference to the men in the field. Since the big German push, however, there Is a change In public sentiment that will back up the people in Washington In everything that has to do with the support of those who are doing the fighting. This bill seems to deserve prompt consideration and approval. , It is only one of the many measures that ought to have passed long ago. An inspiring sentiment Is expressed in almost every card of acknowledg ment from the boys In France who 1 have received packages r* tobacco i through the Telegraph smoke fund. Almost without exception these sol diers on the fighting front speak of i "the good old U. S. A." and their pur pose to win the war. These cards all breathe keen appreciation of the thoughtfulness of their friends back home who have provided tobacco for ' those "over there." where tobacco is 1 a luxury. Rudolph Blankenburg, a former Mayor and reform leader in Philadel phia, whose passing has called atten tion to the robust character of his loyalty to the country of his adop -1 tlon. was a fine type of the German > who brought to America the right I ideals and who never was guilty of j divided allegiance. Also, he was a re former who could see good in others. The Germans shelled a maternity hospital in Paris yesterday. How t would you like to have that tribe t over here? Buy Liberty Bonds. "~P <-n.KC ifLr&KUi By the Kx-Oommltteeman [ A substantial movement to bring about such changes in the state government as will do away with duplication of work by departments of the state government and which will inject new business methods and modern economical methods in j to various offices will probably result i from the inquiries which have been instituted by Auditor General Charles A. Snyder. It Is even possible that the reports of the Economy and Efficiency Commissions, the last of which was rewritten before being given out, because of drastic changes recommended, will be referred to In statements on the subject. The con ference held last week by the Au ditor General with a view to getting rid of the overlapping of field work by State College and the Economic Zoologist, has started much com ment about the Capitol in regard to other instances where work is duplicated. In one department in quiries have been made, because there are theories that an elaborate office checking up system has been built up in order to keep people on a payroll, while in another there is so much "system" that the force is j almost twice what it was four years I ago. The whole scheme of state government was studied twice, with in the last six years and numerous recommendations which would have cut down cost were made in 1915 and 1917. —Members of the executive com mittee of the Democratic State com mittee will likely be called together after the primary to discuss the con ditions in congressional and legisla tive districts where no petitions have been filed for Democrats. The ex ecutive committee has power to name candidates where vacancies exist, but indications are that there will be districts where nominations will go by default, because of diffi culty of getting men to stand for nominations in strong Republican districts. Because of the failure to file petitions there are chances that men may be nominated by writing in names. —ln discussing the Democratic gubernatorial raid and the opening of headquarters by Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, the Philadelphia In quirer says; "The McCormick-Pal mer leaders have sent out an alarm all along the line and are urging the Federal "fiiceholders and other ben eficiaries of the reorganization lead ership to prepare for a battle royal and to be sure to do everything pos sible to boom the candidacy of Guf fey and to sidetrack the Bonniwell boom." —Death of Justice Potter gives Governor Brumbaugh another major place in the state government to fill. There are now vacant the health commissionership, for which Director Wilmer Krusen, of Phila delphia, is much mentioned; two public service commisionerships and in addition to the Supreme Court justiceship a judicial vacancy in Philadelphia and a number of minor places. —Between the notice of Secretary Daniels to Mayor Smith that unless he "clean? up" Philadelphia In a week the Navy will. do it and the attacks of the reformers on John R. K. Scott's candidacy for lieuten ant governor, there is plenty doing in Philadelphia these days. Mayor Smith said that he would "clean up" the town after hearing from Colo nel Hatch, a Marine officer who has been In Philadelphia for a long time, while Senator Vare said that he did not know of any vice in South Philadelphia. —James S. Chambers, of the Pub lic Ledger, who is writing a series of long-distance reviews of the gu bernatorial situation In Pennsyl vania, makes the prediction that there will be four candidates for governor after the primary, saying: "No matter who wins the nomina tion in May, it is said on good au thority that there will be four candi dates for governor. Some time ago Mr. O'Neil said he was in the fight to election day for the principles involved . and to give the state a sound administration. It is said that Governor Brumbaugh will stump the state for O'Neil. Judge Bonniwell. representing as he does an element that would have no outspoken can didate in the field if he should retire after the primaries, is booked to fight the battle to the end in Novem ber for the liquor element. His can didacy will have some effect in the senatorial districts and it is intend ed to pull through some weak aspir ants for the house of the State Legislature. The contest Is on now and there will be no wavering until election day." —Mr. O'Neil has never =aid whether he would run or not in the event that he failed to get the Re publican nomination and his friends have been reticent on that point. —Democratic state windmill men. who have been much disappointed at the turn affairs have taken in their party, are announcing gleefully that there are only fifteen contests for seats on the Democratic state com mittee. The other 100 are not being fought for. —Joseph F. Guffey, candidate of the state machine for the Demo cratic gubernatorial nomination, an nounced yesterday that he welcom ed a fight with Bonniwell or any one else, because the nomination was worth fighting for. He also announc. Ed that until the Liberty Loan cam paign ended he would be busy sell ing the nation's bonds and after that there would be time for politics. Mr. Guffey will resign as general man ager of the Pittsburgh gas concern to run his campaign and will be a busy candidate for governor. Guf fey's patriotic stand was much com mented upon In the newspapers. —J. O. Hauser, of the Philadel phia Press, who has been making a study of J. Denny O'Neil and Alle gheny county, writes that O'Neil is strong in that county, but that he needs Magee to win it at the pri mary- Mr. O'Neil spoke in four churches in Allegheny county yester day. —T. K. VanDyke, of this city, is out against Guffey for Democratic honors and so is Mortimer C. Rhone, city solicitor of Williamsport, both gladiators In their own chosen fields. —Philadelphia reformers are out in circulars calling on the people of that city to register Wednesday. Chairman Coles, of the Town Meet ing party, sent letters to 138,000 men asking them to register. —According to Philadelphia news papers the Penrose forces may swing to Anderson H. Walters, of Johns town. for Congressman-at-Large and leave off Thomas Robins. The Vares are for Robins, provided Pen rose does not back him. It Never Go( a Trtjout An exasperating fellow, Tirpitz, to have let our unslnkable ship cross the Atlantic without shooting a tor nado at It. —New Tork Sun. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH THE END OF A PERFECT—FRIENDSHIP BY BRIGGS [7#e*es MOTH.MO) J~ '{Yei- """ F THAT'A F^TT L.K6 CbMGEN/.AL V "PSPFFCT /7T7T~\ J, f*> / COMPAK/IOJ>S IO / I>S X>AR - OH. \ FOUR! / I I _ .. 4, " ...._ The Industrious Fly This is fly time and the disease carriers are "hatching out" by the millions. Every dwelling place and ! every meat and green grocery store j should be' screened. The fly may look lazy, but it is far J from it. Few creatures sent by the Creator to plague ul are more en terprising. Flies prefer indoor life to outdoor and if there is any way to slip through they lose no time in finding out about it. Screen material does not come i very high, but suppose it were more 1 expensive than it is, it would be bet- | ter to deny oneself some of the com- . forts rather than not to provide j against the fly menace.—From the , Birmingham Age-Herald. LIBERTY^BONDS L.—is for the Loan for which we're striving, I—l ß for the interest paid, you see, B—is for our brave lads who are fighting, E—means that we all must earnest be: R—means that our land can yet be rescued, T—is for the tyrant who must fall; Y—means that we want you to sub scribe, sir, Buy a U. S. Liberty Bond, that's all. B—is for the birth of democracy, O—means only that shall rule our land, . N—means never shall the tyrant con quer, D—is death to the autocratic band. —Martina M. Moeslein, Harrisburg, Pa. Fiqhtinq For France Again The chief novelty at a recent mati nee in London, organized in aid of the Irish Guards war fund, was the recital by Henry Ainley of the fol lowing poem, entitled "The Irish Guards" specially written for the oc casion by Rudyard Kipling: We're not so old in the army list, But we're not so young at our trade, For we had the honor at Fontenoy Of meeting the Guards Brigade. 'Twas Lally, Dillon, Bulkeley, Clare, And Lee that led us then. And after a hundred and seventy years We're fighting for France again! Old days! The wild geese are flight ing. Head to the storm as they faced it fore! For where there are Irish there's bound to be lighting. And when there's no fighting, it's Ireland no more! Ireland no more! The fashioa's all for khaki now. But once\hrough France we went, Full dressed in scarlet army cloth — The English left at Ghent. They're fighting on our side to-day. But before they changed their clothes, The half of Europe knew our fame. As all of Ireland knows! Old days! The wild geese are flying. Head to the storm as they faced it fore! For where there are Irish there's memory undying, And when we forget it, it is Ire land no more! Ireland no irnre! From Barry Wood to Gouseacourt, From Boyne to Pilkem Ridge, The ancient days come back no more Than water under the bridge But the bridge it stands and the water runs As red as yesterday. And the Irish move to the sound of the guns. Like salmon to the sea! Old days! The wild geese are flying. Head to the storm as they faced it fore! For where there are Irish their hearts are unchanging. And when they are changed, it is Ireland no more! Ireland no more! We're not so old in the army list. But we're not so new in the ring, For we carried our packs with Mar shal Saxe Wheji Louis was our king. But Douglas Haig's our marshal now And we're King George's men. And after one hundred and seventy years We're fighting for France again! Ah, France! And did we stand by you when life was made splendid with gifts and regards? Ah, Franee! And will we deny you In the hour of your agony, Moth er of Bwords? Old days! The wild geese are flying. Head to the storm as they faced it fore! For where there are Irish there's i loving and fighting, i And when we stop either, it's Ire land no more! Ireland no more! Here's What We Are Kipling Draws Striking Picture of An Enslaved World Under Lash of the Hun "Nothing else under heaven mat ters except that the war shall go on to victory," declared Rudyard Kip ling recently in a striking speech in advocacy of war savings. "The money we loan to the government helps to set our land and our world free," continued Mr. Kipling. "Our security is the whole of civiliza tion. "What is the personal aspect of the case for you and me? We are fighting for our lives, the lives of every man, woman and child here and everywhere else. "We are fighting that we may not be herded into actual slavery such as the Germans have estab lished by force of their, arms in large parts of Europe. "We are fighting against eighteen hours a day forced labor under lash or at the point of the bayonet, with a dog's death and a dog's burial at end of it. "We are fighting that men, women and children may not be tortured, burned and mutilated in the public streets, as has happened in this town and in hundreds of others. And we will go on fighting till the race who have done these things are in no position to continue or repeat their offense. "If for any reason whatever we fall short of victory what happens to us? This: "Every relation, every understand ing. every decency upon which civil ization has been so anxiously built up will go because it will have been proved unable to endure. The whole WHY THE KAISER STRIKES [Philadelphia Record.] There is undoubtedly a pretty close connection between the fur ious German drive in France and the decline in the effectiveness of sub marine warfare as revealed in the last two weekly reports issued by the British Admiralty. Of course, these reports, favorable as they are to the allied cause, cannot be relied upon as marking beyond all doubt a per manent and radical change for the better, but still they are significant as evidences of a steady improve ment in the defensive methods adopted to combat the U-Boats. In 14 weeks of the present year these boats have sunk 152 British vessels of of over 1600 tons each, whereas in the last 10 months of 1917 they j disposed of 733. This was at the rate of 17 per week. If that rate had | been maintained this year the sink- | ings so far would have numbered 238, as compared with the actual fig ures 152. The improvement is so decided as to warrant the belief that if it continues through 1918 the ravages of the submarines will be more than made up by new British shipping, not to speak of the 10,- 000,000 tonnage which the United States expects to have in the water before the coming of 1919. WHICH?' To tlie'Editor of the Telegraph: Your editorial Friday night on "Butcher Bill" prompted the fol lowing: WHICH ? After the war Butcher Bill Bosses or Butcher Bill Bungled. Yours for the cause, J. G. SANDERS. TO A SERVICE FLAG Little blue star in your field o' white Ensign of service for your country's right We bow In admiration as we pass by Knowing that your mission is to do or die. Little blue star in your fleld o' white Down Time's vista with your mes sage of light Will eternally shine the deeds your valor won We salute you, little blue star—some mother's son. Little blue star in your fleld o' white God grant you return safely from the fight. May sorrow's symbol ne'er dwell in your fair space But Victory's wreath adorn you at the end of the race. —Percy Vinton Rltter, Harrisburg, Pa. idea of democracy, which at bottom is what the Hun fights against, will be dismissed from men's minds, be cause it will have been shown in capable of maintaining itself against the Hun. It will die discredited, to gether with every belief and prac tice that is based on it. "The Hun ideal, the Hun's root notions of life will take its place throughout the world. Under that dispensation man will become once more the natural prey, body and goods, of his better-armed neigh bor. Women will be the mere in strument for continuing the breed; the vessel of man's lust and man's cruelty, and labor will become a thing to be knocked on the head if it dares to give trouble, and worked to death if it does not. And from this order of life there will be no appeal, no possibility of any escape. "This is what the Hun means when he says he intends to impose German Kultur—which is the Ger man religion—upon the world. This is precisely what the world has banded itself together to resist. "It will take every ounce In us: it will try us out to the naked soul. Our trial will not be made less by the earnest advice and suggestions that we should accept some sort of compromise, which means defeat, put forward by Hun agents and con federates among us. "But be sure of this: Nothing— nothing we may have to endure now will weigh one featherweight com pared with what we shall most cer tainly have to suffer if for any cause we fail of victory." LABOR NOTES Toronto carpenters liave ten local unions, with a total membership of 2,500. Two young: girls were fined £1 each at a Midland fEng.) court for alter ing their birth certificates in order to be employed at larger salaries. Policemen and street car conduc tors in Munich, Germany, are pro vided with protectors which they may attach to the dangerous end of women's hatpins. Of the 100,000 members of the British National Union of Railway men now serving with the forces more than 3,000 have been killed. Fines of SIOO to SI,OOO may be imposed at Winnipeg, Canada, on barbers who use eggs for shampoo. |lt takes three eggs to prepare a : shampoo, and yolks are wasted. A detachment of bilingual tele phone operators, many from Quebec, to run United States Army switch boards in France, have sailed from 'an Atlantic port. The cost of living in Germany Is Increasing at the rate of 42 per cent, a year, requiring the average Ger man family to go into debt for the necessaries of life. Miss Hendricks Vander Flier is now in this country for the purpose 'of raising $1,000,000 to build a gar ! den village near Antwerp to "shelter Belgian widows and orphans. Women collectors have been put to work bv the New York G*s Com pany In Flushing, and the company is considering employing women as meter readers. Government of the Commonwealth of Victoria. Australia, was defeated by a vote of 23 to 21 on a motion of the opposition protesting against re duction of war bonuses for railway men. One or more of the three features of direct legislation, as applied to municipalities, has been authorized or required by constitutional amend ments or otherwise in 44 state 3. Plasterers' laborers at Toronto have settled with their employers for a rate of 50 cents an hour, time and one-half for overtime,' and will re ceive their wages every week. In a report by the State Bureau of Statistics it is shown that in 1915 54 per cent, of nearly half a million adult wage-earners in Massachu setts received between $8 and sls a week. In 191$ the wages of 614,202 male adults ranged between $S and |IS a week. APRIL 15, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 History may call this Germany's Suicide Battle.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Of Russia's 180,000,000 people, about 000 have formally agreed to accept the German terms.—Chicago Daily News. Where would the Kaiser's sons go if the Allies should invent a gun with a range of seventy-four miles? —New York Morning Telegraph. We should feel more concerned over Switzerland's grain supply if Switzerland were not such a week end resort for affluent Germans who have found conditions irksome in their own country.—Kansas City Star. So long as a tenor's income tax is as large as the gross salary of the President of the United States, grand opera deficits will continue.—Kansas City Star. Captain Archie Roosevelt was given a resounding kiss on both sides by the general who decorated him. Scunds funny to read of a Roosevelt turning the other cheek.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. It seems easy to abolish Geripan made aviation goggles, tut when it comes to the editorial eyeglasses it Is harder to detect the Hun trade mark or to correct the distorted viewpoint.—New York Morning Tele graph. It now begins to appear that the Kaiser's six sons are being conserved for the purpose of filling the two by-four, made-in-Germaiiy thrones which the Kaiser expects to create. —Nashville Southern Lumberman. fOUR DAILY LAUGH THE OPE* BOOOK. KNv'SV A man ' s Kwju, ( /.' should be Ilk* fMfl J an open book. few people care i/r t0 interest iv lh #/ ImSs®! themselves in a h boolt that ' ant * AND TEN PER f CENT. GRIT. * cjl £ Scientists' say that strawber- .^■N rles are ninety ////. St per cent, water. They are away off. These J rwjf are ninety per | V \ cent, vinegar. i 7 tit " k vK- Cd ' f. PREPARED. dinner tonight, know. 1 always tell the cook to have dinner an hour later than usual when there's a dou- Harold, you IK musn't eat all KLf of the peanuts "V( even If you are p pretending to be a monkey. You must give sister (7® some. ' But, mother, I'm pretending k she's some sort !£&. of animal that rrt don't eat pea- I lEtettittg (tt^at Because the unexpected April snow spoiled all chance of observing Arbor Day on last Friday, the first of the Arbor Days proclaimed for this year, efforts will be made by state authorities to have the second Arbor Day marked by general plant ing of trees. This day has been set for Friday, April 26. The storm prevented the inauguration of the greatest reforestation movement ever undertaken in the state last week, the State Department of For estry having gotten ready to plant 7,000,000 seedling trees from state nurseries. This work will be launched in a few days in five up state counties where camps have A been established and will be in full swing over a wide area when the cecond Arbor Day comes around. An effort will be made to have plant ing of trees along state highways which has been urged by national and state officials made general on the twenty-sixth and also to have rural schools plant trees In their yards. in several cities municipal park planting will be done. Owing to the Incomplete condition of the Capitol park extension because of litigation over properties in Walnut street the constitution of the line of trees known as "Governors" Row'" and designed to girdle the park can not be continued this spring. The first trees of this row were planted last fall. • • • Pennsylvania's wheat crop has not been injured by the April snow according to people at the Capitol who have been following up crop conditions very closely this year be cause of the national move to in crease foodstuffs. In many sections the snowfall was from two to flvo inches and the wheat was not harm ed, although It had been well ad vanced because of the mild weather earlier in the month. In the south eastern counties, where wheat hns been set out more extensively than for years the crop is reported in good condition. • • • It Is an interesting fact that Har risburg, which has never had an elec. tive state officer In a hundred years has no less than three candidates for state-wide nomination at the May primary. These aspirants are Sen ator E. E. Beidleman and Howard O. Holstein for Lieutenant Governor, and Thomas H. Hamilton for Secre tary of Internal Affairs. • • Although the time for filing noni- I mating petitions for the May pri mary expired at midnight of Thurs day and the period for filing with drawals ended the following day the mail of Saturday and yesterday con tained petitions and withdrawals when It reached the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. There were a dozen and a half with drawals which arrived In time and half a dozen which came too late while the number of aspirants for nominations who were behind time with their papers was fifteen. Some of these candidates sent letters stat ing that business prevented them from attending to the matter earlier, while one man traveled almost 200 miles to take off a name, only to find that he was a day late. Ex amination of the petitions for re cording in the books at the depart ment shows that an unusual number of legislative candidates have filed on more than one ticket. This is es pecially so of the anthracite region. Some of the candidates for state offices have filed over 5,000 names when they did not need more than a , tenth of that number. * * * In opinion of officers of the State - Highway Department receipts for automobile licenses forl9lß will pass : the $3,000,000 mark and establish a : new state record this week. By July . 1 the record of receipts for 1917 will I have been passed. The number of . new trucks being registered is great er than in any previous year and scores of new tractors are being list . Ed because of the demand for such 1 machines in country work. • • • , The display of War Posters now being made at the Harrisburg Pub lic Library has attracted attention not only from Harrisburg people, but from nearby towns. It is the first attempt made to gather togeth er the art works which have been brought out by the war in which art ists of international fame have Riv en their best to awaken the nation to the critical stage of affairs. The display is an interesting study and some of the appeals are striking. • • • The Capitol squirrels have been the most surprised of all the resi dents of the city at the snow. They had things all arranged for spring festivals and had prepared a choice array of tricks for visitors when the snow came along and chased them into their boxes whence they have been coming a manner most disconsolate. It must be as hard for the squirrels as it is for us humans to see hyacinth* in full bloom ap pearing above the snow covering. As for the Capitol pigeons they are too disgusted to get in the way on the old "boardwalk." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Dr. John P. Garber, superin tendent of Philadelphia schools, is not in favor of abolishing German as an elective study in that city. —R. D. Blair, re-elected superin tendent of Crawford schools, was given an increase in salary. —J. R. Osborne, machinery man ufacturer, has been elected presi dent of the Dußols chamber of com merce. —The seashore cottage of Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of Philadel phia, was wrecked by the storm. —Ex-Senator V. F. Gable Is a candidate for senator in Philad'.'l ph.o again. —Congressman N. L. Strong, of Brookville, is the only congressman in the state against whom nominat ing petitions were filed. —Edwin R. Cox. Philadelphia leg islator, who was candidate for speaker last session, will run again. —Fred W. Scott, former burgess of Duquesne, who is a congressional candidate, has been a prominent law yer. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg Is Increas es the value of its products every month? TV,I n^ r ? RIC HARm *BURG xne state records were brought I*l2 " waßOn * from Lancaster in The Word of God Tli© word of God is Quick and powerful, and sharper than any two rd, piercing even to the nLJ I a " un ler of soul and spirit and is a dlscerner of the thoughts and Interests of the heart—H. brews iv„ 12.
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