HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Foundtd ttjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TBLBORAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Sqoar*. E. J. STACKPOLB.prtf'f fr BMor-in-Chirf F. R. OYSTER, Busintu Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing 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, All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. * Member American Newspaper Pub t Ushers' Assocla- Ea stern office. Avenue Building, Finle'y, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa* as second class matter. gfltjTro*., By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, J5.00 " a year In advance. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918 They tcho know not how to act agreeably, though they have learned many things, are still ignorant.— CITRAL. CRITICISM WITH respect to criticism of the conduct of the war from the American standpoint and the j I resentment of administration leaders here and there. It ought to be un derstood that there is a wide differ ence between fault-finding and con structive criticism. No official at Washington is infallible, nor must we lull ourselves into a false se curity because this or that thing is advocated by some department head. Fault-finding, of course, is always to be condemned, but the best evidence of the interest of an Individual in any movement is the fact that he expresses his opinion for or against the progress of the work in which | he Is vitally concerned. President Wilson has done ad mirable things and has, In many ways, met public expectation in the conduct of the war. but he has not always avoided mistakes. It Is not j humanly possible for him to do so. And for this very reason It is pre posterous for over-zealous support ers of the administration to insist that anything and everything which is done at Washington must be right because it is done under the direc tion of those In authority. The American people know that there have been many blunders and they also realize that there will probably be many more before we get through with the job of crushing the Hun. They also feel that they have a duty to perform when they point out the errors which have cropped out dur ing the last year. Most Americans have almost ceased to consider partisanship and are to-day standing together as a great body of free people determined to maintain and preserve their in stitutions and do their -utmost to protect the helpless peoples who are looking to this great Republic for ■uccor. So, It would be well for those who are disposed to regard reasonable criticism as fault-finding to remem ber that only through the co-opera tlon of the people can the govern ment achieve the results which all patriotic citizens so much desire. As has been said, one who is with out Interest will not trouble himself to criticise, but when the element of great personal Interest enters Into a situation he at once exercises his right to manifest his feelings by proper criticism for a helpful pur pose. Only In this way can the best results be attained. And the Amer ican people to-day are watching with increasing Interest everything that is being done to throw Into the war the last atom of force which a great people can project against a formidable foe in behalf of a righteous peace. Those who are so sensitive about what they regard as criticism should realize that constructive and honest pointing out of defects is the best safeguard of any administration. In asmuch as in this way the people are properly indicating to those In au thority their Interest in the conduct of our government of the people, for the people and by the people. Harrisburg is looking forward with great Interest to the completion of the Penn-Harrla Hotel. It is a great civic enterprise and much credit Is due those who have made possible this much-needed place of public enter tainment. THE POINT OF A PENCIL IF hell were turned upside down it probably would have 'Made In Germany* written on the back," wrote Inspector C. O. Myers to the Secretary of the State of X>hlo, in returning a consignment of lead pencils whloh his department would not use because they were of Ger man make. The StatQ Industrial Department approved Myers' action and his note. In all likelihood, if hell were an article of commerce we would doubtless get a lot of the German, as well as other brands. If free traders could continue to write our tariff laws. We did get a lot ot -j —•- t THURSDAY EVENING, ftATLRISBURG TELEGKMPfI APRIL 18, 1918. ' It, figuratively speaking, Just before the war broke out, and there would not be bo blamed many "Made in Germany" pencil* In this country to day If It had not been for the twen ty per cent, cut In the duty rate made by the Underwood tariff law. Fifteen hundred employes of the Eagle Pencil Company, New York City, petitioned the Democratic com mittee not to reduce the duty on pencil!, statin? that "we have al w-.ys received fair wages," and that the Republican duty rate "has pro tected us on cheap and medium priced pencils which, on account of | cheap labor, could be brought in so] cheaply from Germany and Austria j that our very positions aro threat ened." Five thousand people were dependent for their living on this company alone, and many other com panies ased for a continuance of the Republican duties. Yet the muggin ses who pushed the present tarifT law through, sat In their seats and smiled and declared for foreign com petition. The Democratic officials in charge of the State Administration of Ohio were simply being supplied pencils of which their Democratic brethren higher up, and their Presi dent, still higher up, had enabled the importers to lay in a four years' stock, and the money for them has been spent by the German® in killing our Allies long ere this. So doth a pencil point a moral. Let Ohio re form, and let the pest of the country sign the pledge to abstain from free trade henceforth, and sign it with an Indelible pencil "Made in Amer ica." Every official and every citizen of Harrisburg should co-operate in keep ing the city an attractive place for the boys when they come back. Let us not grow careless in our care of the parks, the streets or any other feature of our civic duty. Keeping the home-fires burning doesn't mean simply the singing of a song; it means supporting the boys in the service and preserving for them a comfortable place to which they will return. MAKE THEM DO IT THE Telegraph has received a let- i ter commenting upon a recent! editorial relative to the import ance of keeping steadily at work dur ing the war, in which the writer says that he knows of "a shop where the fathers of several sons at the front have called upon several 'four-days a-week' workmen and urged them to work six days, and in one case noti fied one fellow that he must either be more steady in his habits or take the consequences." The writer says he believes that a great majority of workmen feel this responsibility and are willing to do their full part and that "every one but the chronic loaf ers would work more steadily if they all realized what it means." The writer encloses a clipping from the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which he says sizes up the fellow who is not patriotic enough to "do his bit by steady work," of which the following is a part: What is one to name the con duct of some men—despicably misreprese-ntative of labor at large —who seize this present chance to make all the money they can and give as little as possible in return for their pay, when war work of the utmost importance is to be driven forward at top speed? We have before us shameful cases of mechanics already paid | inordinate wages who strike for more, even though the work they are doing is for men—who have been their own mates in the shop, perhaps—who are going to the front-to lay down their lives, that affluent strikers and slackers may remain in peace and ease at home. Man's inhumanity to man! Man's bestial greed! Talking won't rouse these contemptible cravens and quitters any more than putty pel lets or peas will ge through the hide of the rhinoceros. And he adds, "but I believe talking WILL help matters. I believe that the' average man who 'lays off' too often does not realize what he is do ing. I believe that if all the men who have sons or brothers at the front and who are working steadily to keep up the supplies necessary to keep them in the field were to try to convince the others that by failing to work steadily they are undermin ing the soldiers and helping the Kaiser, they might be able to pre vent a lot of slacking in the shops, that is not really intended to be such." This has the ring of good sense. Here is an opportunity for loyal, patriotic workmen to do valuable missionary work among their fel lows. The West End needs a market. Since the old Kelker street market house was turned to other uses that part of town has had no nearer mar ket facilities than the Verbeke street market houses. These are over crowded. and It would appear no more than proper that Council give favor able consideration to the request of upper-end people for a curb market twice a week on Kelker street. Cheer up, the worst Is yet to come —for Germany, We In America have not yet begun to fight, and it is America above all others that Ger many dreads. Put your money on L'ncle Sammy, in the form of Liberty Bonds, and watch him start a race for Berlin. - The more Germans the Kaiser forces the English to kill, the less there will be to shoot at American soldiers, thank Heaven. It used to be a difficult matter to get a Government Job; now it's Just as hard to keep out of Government i service. A Liberty Bond is & badge of loy alty, a testimony of patriotism and a sign of good business sense. We have built up a fine dyeing In dustry, and it Is to be hoped that Con gress will keep It from dropping after i the war. "When this war is finished, I will not stand any nonsense from the | United States." said the Kaiser to the United States Ambassador at Berlin. 1 That was before we entered the war. ' Does anybody doubt now that the purpose of the unparalleled drive on the western front Is part of the plan to make our people pay the price of this conflict! Never before has any nation forced Its men Into a (laughter pen as has the Prussian sang during the last three weeks, Man are being sacrificed by thousands to the end that some kind of victory may bo achieved before the American soldiers are able to strike with great force. Don't let us be deceived. Every man. woman and child must help to crush the onrushlng horde of Huns. I>eK7vo^Cccwua1 > eK7vo^Cccwua By the Rx-Commltteemaa Senator Sproul's friends through out the state are expressing great confidence in his nomination as the Republican candidate for Governor. Their faith in his candidacy is based upon his personal popularity, his kirge experience in public affairs and his special qualifications for a busi ness administration of the affairs ot the Commonwealth. There is also a feeling among Republicans and men of all parties generally that now is not the time for a continuance of political controversy, that the fac tional activities of recent years should cease for the good of the peo ple. There is a persistent rumor in political circles that Mr. O'Neil will not abide by the decision of the May primary in the event of his failure to secure the nomination, but will continue as an Independent candi date for the gubernatorial office. This rumor may be absolutely with out foundation, but the State High way Commissioner in the opinion of many owes it to himself and Re publicans generally to clear away without further delay any doubt on this question. No candidate who en ters a party primary in good faith and presents his case to the party voters has any right to expect party support unless he is willing to abide by the results of the preliminary campaign," is the way a prominent party man put It to-day. It is hardly conceivable that Mr. O'Neil with his experience in politic al warfare has any such intention, but as the rumor keeps bobbing up constantly It would be an easy mat ter for him to remove any doubt by ii prompt declaration of his purpose regarding the primary results. Sen ator Sproul in his formal announce ment submitting his candidacy to the Republican voters indicated his intention to support the nominee and so pledged himself. Republicans feel there ought not be any doubt about this matter as affecting any other of the candidates. —According to reports from Phil adelphia about 60,000 voters were registered there yesterday, about 75 per cent, of whom are said to oppose Scott for lieutenant governor, thus giving a big addition to the strength of Senator E. E. Beidlenian for lieu tenant governor. The Philadelphia Record says concerning the registra tion: "The prohibition issue was the common ground on which church men and active Republican party workers met. Reports received from all sections of the city, particularly the largely populated wards, show that there was complete co-opera tion between both elements. This was especially noticeable in the Rox borough, Germantown and Tioga districts and in West Philadelphia, where the Rev. Dr. Lampe, assisted by a thousand and more interested church members, worked in unison. "It was noticeable, too, that elec tors were eager to qualify themselves to participate in the primary. The returns received by the Central cam paign committee, from 7,500 work ers of the Republican party, proved the correctness of the forecast that 85 per cent, of the enrollment was in the Republican column. In every section of the city it was clearly brought out that the uppermost thought in the minds of those who enrolled was the prohibition amend ment, which unquestionably is to be the one big issue in the coming Con gressional, gubernatorial and Legis lative campaign. "At Town Meeting headquarters last night it was predicted that the registration for the day would total more than 60,000. Of the Republi can enrollment the leaders claimed 75 per cent, would oppose Scott at the primaries. Figures, based on re ports from scattering divisions were announced." —Captain James Tate was yester day removed as head of the Phila delphia Detective Bureau by Direc tor of Public Safety Wilson, who. was ordered to act by Mayor Smith. The entire detective force will be reor ganized and several sleuths will be 1 demoted. Tate's resignation was de manded yesterday morning by Di rector Wilson. TRAITORS THREE [From Life] Judas and Arnold and Kaiser Bill Sat and talked on a brimstone hill. '7," said Judas, "I sold my Lord To murderers for a cash reward." "And I," said Arnold, "betrayed my men; Every one talked of mj deed then." The Kaiser spoke: "Why, boys, I broke A sacred treaty with peaceful folk; "Betrayed them, man and woman and child. To be shot and massacred and de filed. "The remnant I work In armament town At shells to shoot their brothers down." An envious thrill through the dead hearts flew. "What a traitor you are!" said the other two. Knowing the Worst A Kansas small town is one in which the editor feels obliged to pull down the blinds before he begins his regular Sunday work on the ex changes.—Kansas City Star. Unexpected Livestock Wife—John, there are rats in the pantry. Hub—Here's a pretty fix! The landlord told us when we came we mustn't keep animals.—Boston Tran script. She's Wasted in the Kitchen If Mrs. Newton D. Baker can really cook cabbage without "smell ing up" the house, as she asserts, she ought to let the cabbage go and help her husband run the war.—Kansas City Star. All Present Anyhow, the Kaiser has main tained intact at least one unit of the Hun organization. There are no empty chairs at "the Hohenzollern family mess table." —New York Tele graph. AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'J when YOUR -SOLDIER BOY -and as vneeks - anE> You Begin tAjHO ABOUT to UavjE Go BY awx> YOU t WO rv * for FOR FRANCE AWB LICK The RECEIVE MO l ° 2£ 0 *:l V (SERMANvS • SINGLE HANJ.DEE> WORD FROIM HIM ok -T' PROMISES To WJRITe £v/eRY ~ DEem* KILLED DAY QRjSO • AND Them You realize - And Finally AS You are letters at^once— The Possibility of his TryinJG To .Decide whether OH~H~m . BECOMING ENAMOORED J 0 GC ONJ G OR GIRLS** \^\ WITH OME OF THOSE EMDING IT ALL - AINT IT AFTGJRA FRENCH BEAUTIES - BOOKS AND MAGAZINES The Marital Adventures of Henry and Me, by William Allen White. Illustrated by Tony Sarg. The Mac millan Company, publishers, New York, $1.50. To use the words of the author, • this volume is a humorous account, I of the experiences of "two middle aged old coots who go out to a ruth- | less war without their wives." Theyj have commissions in their pockets; from the American Red Cross, andj they are going to the front in the j interest of that organization. Their story is distinguished by an abun-; dance of good spirits. It is typical-1 ly American, exemplifying the buoy-i ant, whole-hearted fashion with; which thousands of Americans have | entered upon a great task, confident l that there is much that is unpleasant j before them, but resolved to make| the best of things. With its humor j and its general tone of wholesome-j ness it is a valuable antidote to the: numerous publications which have over-emphasized the grimness and' horror of the war Tho I>ark People, Russia's crisis.' by Ernest Poole. The Macmillanj Company, publishers, New York;| price $1.50. Mr. Poole, who has recently re turned from Russia, seeks in this book to discover the constructive] forces at work building a nation. He| deals, first of all, with Petrograd. the, Kerensky government, various politi cal parties and the Council of Work-1 men and soldiers. Then he takes up | the army, and after that the rail-j roads, the industrial and labor prob-, lems and the question of food andl supplies. All of these considerations lead finally, he finds, to the peasants, j commonly called "The Dark People. The last half of his work is there fore centered on them. Russian Re ligion, the Peasants' Congress, the attitude of the peasants toward the war, the revolution, the city work men and the land—these topics are considered in the successive chapters of a wholly remarkable and inform ing volume. AMERICA MUSTHURRY [Philadelphia Ledger] "Beat Uncle Sam to It;" That is, in brief, the Balfour ver sion of the Kaiser's orders to his j army. Mr. Balfour —than whom there is no keener-eyed nor cooler- j brained statesman in Europe—says ] of this last German drive that they j are planning their whole campaign and are sacrificing men with reckless extravagance In order that "the American help may arrive after their blow has been struck," No greater compliment has ever been paid the American nation as a potential fighting force than this present murderous massacre of Ger man infantry by their own officers. There is no other word for it. The German High Command deliver their first smashing blows with their heavy guns pouring concentrated death into the British trenches. That is war. They are fighting according to sound tactics and sane methods. But when the British have fallen back then sound tactics and every sane military maxim require that the Germans conserve their precious in fantry until they can bring up their guns. To send infantry against massed artillery and nests of spit ting machine guns, with only meager support and protection from its own artillery, is to send it to the sham bles. • • If the Franco-British armies should be unable to hold until Amer ica arrives in full force, democratic liberty in Europe would enter its tragic Via Dolorosa. So it is not only the Germans who should hear and heed the heartrending appeal to hurry! They are buying time with German lives. We must buy time with American energy, single rrrtndedness and the sublimely sacri ficial spirit which won us our Rev olution and kept us our Union; "free and indivisible." DEPTH BOMBS The "Depth Bombs." about which we hear a good deal in the news paper accounts of naval fights with submarines, aro simply charges of high explosive so arranged as to ex plode when they have sunk in the water to a certain depth. These bombs, we are told in a descriptive article published in The Scientific American. (New York), can be made in any size desired, but the average type in use Carries about 250 to 350 pounds of trinitrotoluol, which Is about the charge of the modem tor pedo. Their effectiveness consists in the fact that they do not have to hit the submarine to destroy It, PERSHING'S CARE FOR MEN A Reassuring Message Dr. Luther H. Gulick Brings From France After Two Months' Study of Moral Conditions of the United States Army in France THE most reassuring thing I got in France was General Per shing's attitude toward his men. So far as I know, he is the first mil itary authority to realize that the care of the men ranks with artillery and submarines and aeroplanes In winning the war. On his breakfast table the one thing that appears every morning is a report on the condition of the men from the dif ferent parts of the field. He has re duced the rate of venereal disease below that of any army in the world and way below that of the civilian rate in America- Parents in America are afraid that their boys will become debauched and diseased in France. General Bradley, who has entire charge of all the medical force in the army In France under General Pershing, tele graphed me the day before I left Paris that the venereal rates of the American Army in France week by week since January 10 up to date of sailing, averaged but one-third of one per cent. This means that there is only one man out of each 300 who is incapacitated for service by ven ereal disease. This is lower than can be found among any other group of men in America or elsewhere. The THE STATE PRESS Of a truth may it be said that the American people are on edge .tnd that serious consequences are likely to occur at any moment in various parts of the country. And if these serious consequences do occur, the| pro-German element will have only i themselves to blame. The American people have been patient, they have been over-patient. They have been slow in being aroused to anger. But just as slow as this public anger has been in mounting, so powerful and sweeping will it be, once it has defi nitely crystallized.—Allentown Call. The 11. S. Soldier The American soldier is a free man and a free citizen. He does not serve in the spirit of a serf or a vassal. When he obeys orders he knows that obedience ls essential to discipline, to unity, to success, to efficiency. He trusts his superiors and he re alizes that they, too, are subject to fair and equal laws. The American soldier knows what he is fighting for, and that the na tion, not any class, caste or party. Is carrying on the war. He knows that his cause is righteous, and that he is imperiling his life in order to pro mote justice and lasting peace. When thrown on his own resources he fights as bravely and absolutely as he would if there were whole bat talions at his back. ' The American soldier is the prod uct of American freedom, opportu nity and education. Admiration for our troops is admiration for our principles and institutions, our po litical and industrial democracy. Chicago News. German Papers Disappear [Editor and Publisher.]' Growing mortality among the Ger man newspapers In America is evi dencing the fact that Americans of German stock are aligning them selves with the ideals and war aims of the United States, according to Julius Koettgen, assistant secretary of the Friends of German Democ racy, New York. A survey has Just been made of the German newspaper field In Amer, ica by the organization, which ls sending out a weekly bulletin to these papers. Within the last two weeks, about a dozen newspapers have notified the Friends of German Democracy that they have discon tinued publication. One newspaper, the Texas Deutsche Zeitung, of Hous ton, Tex., wrote that it had suspend ed publication until after the war. "This high death-rate among the German papers," Mr. Koettgen said, "shows conclusively that the Ger man speaking population of this country ls anxious to become assimi lated as never before. It bears out our belief that the overwhelming majority of Americans of German birth or descent are eager to array themselves on the side of democ racy. Army instead of debauching men is cleaning them up, making a more moral atmosphere, and giving them better opportunity for clean recrea tion than any city or town in America. The most critical time for a sol dier is the first two or three days he spends in France. He knows things are new, he knows he does not know and he is reaching out with every thing he has got in him to get hold. General Pershing has commission ed a major who has exclusive charge of matters at the ports. No soldiers debark until there are adequate pre parations on shore to take care of all the men in ways that are clean and fine. The commanding officer of each group of troops has to report to General Pershing before he leaves the port of debarkation as to the exact number of men who have be come diseased while there. It Is ex pressly stated in the Army orders that the continuance of a man in command depends upon a good rec ord in this respect. This is not only in Army orders but it is actually be ing carried out in practice. A man can no more lose his men through venereal disease and immorality than he can waste them in battle and retain command. —Association News. SNAKES AS AN ASSET Bo careful how you kill snakes. Few of them are poisonous, and they are a national asset worth ' many millions of dollars. So says Gayne K. Norton, writing In American For estry, (Washington). Mr. Norton is afraid that one result of the intro duction to outdoors given to thou sands of indoor "tenderfeet" by the new gardening impulse will be the destruction of a large number of snakes by "well-meaning but misin formed gardeners." The kind of mis information that Mr. Norton fears i has, he says, been spread abroad for, generations, so that there Is a "very general tendency to kill snakes on sight." And yet, "every time a snake is killed more damage is being done than good." Farmers should protect and breed harmless varieties of snakes that destroy really harmful vermin—and these embrace a large proportion of the whole snake fam ily. Writes Mr. Norton: "Reptiles may not manifest friend ship toward us, few would welcome such a condition, yet they are not enemies. They never attack unless in self-defense. Of our 111 species but 17 are poisonous—two species of Flaps, coral snakes, and 15 species of crotaline snakes, the copperhead and moccasin, the dwarf and typical rattlesnakes. On the other band, the help they render is valuable. The pests destroyed each year, especial ly the rodents that injure crops and carry communicable diseases, roll up a large balance of good service in their favor. "Rodents are destroyers of farm products, cause loss by Are through gnawing matches and insulation from electric wires, and of human life through germ-carrying, particu larly the bubonic plague. Before the war the United States Department of Agriculture placed the bill at $500,- 000,000, one-fifth of which equals the loss of grain. With advanced prices this is increased." LABOR NOTES A bill introduced in the Massachu setts Legislature prohibits the tip ping of hotel checkroom empjoyes. Ten thousand United States sailors on vessels plying from Pacific ports have been granted wage increases varying from 25 to 35 per cent. Chicago women are raising SI,OOO for an experimental training camp fund for the Illinois Women's Land Army. Ministers of Winnipeg, Cana., are on record as opposed to a suspension of the Lord's Day act during seed ing operations. The wages of men, .vomen and children employed in Massachusetts laundries in 1916 averaged a little over $lO a week. That women make highly success ful farmers is shown by the fact that nearly 2,000,00t of them are in charge of farms In this country. t \| Otfer tta ""peruuu All short and long distance records for pie-baking go to Mrs. J. H. Tar man, of Shippensburg, who bakes more than 13,000 each year. Her daily record is thirty-five—big ones, too, with plenty of juice In 'em; her weekly output is 250. She conducts a little restaurant. A dentist down the Cumberland Valley, specializing on yanking out teeth, has a pleasing sense of mercy. His sign reads "Drawing Room" and there is no grotesque fang hang ing out to give you the jim-jams be fore entering. , Private Hosaclt, at Camp Dee, is a window trimmer by trade, in Sharon, and the glrly-wirleys who work there recently sent him a let ter, composed by all. measuring a full eighteen feet. They ought to trim 'em down a bit. List of the luxuries of a million aire: Trenton, N. J.—After making a bet with a boarder at his home here that he could drink sixteen glasses of whisky in succession. Thomas Lipi niski, 39 years old, finished the six teenth glass and dropped dead. A preacher out in South Dakota takes an "honest to goodness" oath that during 1917 his flock of sixteen hens laid an averagq of 143 eggs to the hen. He has exclusively single comb Rhode Island reds. More power, we say, to the reverend. Preachers' salaries are small enough, goodness knows. OUR DAILY LAUGH that fool bug ' /& wouldn't tako //ll\ iC 1 me for a lamp- (? /If n I ' post every time ll \l \ he gets loaded. ll | | - } 'V* SUBJECT IT. T> o tvVl ym ls y° ur hus band subject to dr£ " ft * I /Hi iiVV Ycs> Indeed. ' \ ■Mfjw Hb catches cold \\ J-rJ[ ' i.' at the 4Ughtest good IDEA. these communl- \ I v JUOT SO. Coal Shovel— I \ D o,cer ' j N \\ old boy, we are I ' V"* iK/-" having an easy i f time of It Jus' j, now ' Itottttuj (Efjat j "You're right about the people la this city not taking: the trouhle to< cross streets at Intersections'" aaldJ a policeman yesterday "But the trouble Is not so much: with the men and women who cut corners, but that they do not tralni the children to stay out of streets. Take big streets out on the Hill and up town or right in town, If you* want, and count the youngsters that are playing in the streets. If theytay along the curbs it would not be so •bad, but they are out on the car tracks and In the way of automobiles. If people would train them to 'stay off the streets' it would make, less danger and less trouble for ua! now and in years to come." • • • The Capitol park extension high ways are the favorite exercising;* ground for troops who come hero, on their way somewhere and who are let out of the cars for exercls*. Scarcely a day passes but what a. battalion or so is given liberty to get out and march while engines are changed, cars watered and iced- And the place they hike for is th& park extension where there is plenty of room to move around and g quick time without getting in the, way. Sunday one battalion held, forth in the extension for half an. hour and attracted much attention. • • • Automobile parties are commenc ing to arrive in Harrisburg from | Heading and other parts in Eastern Pennsylvania with sharp words on their lips for the condition of the stretch of road within Paxtang bor ough, which is even worse than the state into which the Borough Coun cil allowed this tenth of a mile be tween a well-maintained state high way and the tine asphalted streets of Harrisburg to fall last year. After the state and the counties have freed the Berks and Dauphin turn pike and most of the towns along the road have spent money to im prove stretches of the state highway in their districts, it Is the opinion of motorists that Paxtang's bit of road is quite the worst to be found in fifty miles. Highway Commis sioner O'Neil has written to the Bor ough Council offering to have the state go "fifty-fifty" In Improving the stretch, but has been unable to secure any agreement or even to get the road fixed up so thaf it is com fortable for traveling. • * • Some one called attention yester day to the fact that Harrisburg In spite of the numerous families of German extraction which had to do , with its early days and its develop ment was singularly free from names suggestive of the empire or its cities except possibly Hanover street. The English influence is strong in nomen clature although there is a German, alley in Harrisburg, but it is called i after a family and is pronounced . Garman. • • • • Suggestions made by officers of the State Department of Agriculture i that the farmers and truck garden ers of the state be urged to scatter food for the robins, bluebirds and 1 other insect-eating birds, which ■ have migrated from the south only to be caught in an April snowstorm 1 which has deprived them of fbod, • have met with a remarkable re ■ sponse. According to reports which have come hero telephone compan ies reaching rural sections called . attention of farmers to the possibll -1 ity of the birds being starved and ' the farms thus deprived of their biff ■ destroyers: railroads sent word along 1 ■ the Jine; granges and community 1 clubs passed the word along and state and county farming experts and field agents urged action, while ■ in cities farmers attending market ' were told conditions. As a ! plenty of food was scattered abou® ; farmyards. In reports coming hero ■ are mention of snow six to ten feet ■ deep, totally covering the fields and meadows and making it impossible for robins and other birds to'get t their accustomed food. The lack of i food and the cold appear to have > been particularly destructive to the > bluebirds, many of which have been 5 reported as dead. The reports of s serious loss of valuable birds evoked • a state-wide response which has . never been equaled. • • • People who want to start garden ing and who have to get prepared in ground which is infested with cut worms are in despair and wishing for a substitute for bran. Owing to the fact that millers are not putting out bran any more but grinding it ail up with the grain, there is practically none to be had. And the result is that the poisoned bran mash which is in so much demand for gardens where there are cutworms is not be ing used. Instead, chemicals that will clear out tht worms are being experimented with. • • Once In a while a story drifts In that shows how the dull momenta in court trials may be brightened by the literal application of the court's ad vice. President Judge Kunkel was told a story the other day of an Inci dent in the court of Judge W. Rush Glllan, of Franklin county, who sometimes comes here to preside. A Murder trial was in progress in Judge Gillan's court and had dragged along almost interminably because Of the proneness of lawyers to make their questions along and also of the disposition of witnesses to add un necessarily to their answers. "Gen tlemen, make your questions short,"' said Judge Glllan. at last out of pa tience, "and the witnesses, too, will be brief." "How long before your son died were you with him ?" the father of the murdered man was asked. "About an' hour," was the reply,, snapped off short. "Was he conscious or uncon scious?" asked the lawyer. "Un," was the repl*. thereby es tablishing a record fo* brevity in that particular court. PEP [Kansas City Times] It used to be assumed that a gov ernment bond issue was a solemn financial transaction, handled decor ously by gentlemen accustomed to dealing with large investments. So there were people who were shocked, when Secretary McAdoo started out campaigning for the First Liberty Loan and instituted a drive with red. fire and all the popular frills. But the secretary merely had more Imagination than his critics. He saw the need of making the loan a great popular subscription and he knew how to do it. His management of the loans has made good. The public likes to see an official, with energy and enthusiasm as weir as ability. That is why it Is takinff mighty kindly to Secretary McAdoo. War Prayer For Children The following child's prayer 1a pec ! ommended for the children of pa-< triotlc American parents: Now 1 lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. God bless my brother gone to war Across the seas, in France, so far. Oh, may his figtot for liberty Same millions more than little me From cruel fates or ruthless blaat. And bring him safely home at last, —Leslie's Week!*,
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