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TUESDAY, APRIIj 23. 1918
Heaven never helps the man who
will not act. — SOPHOCLES.
EVERYBODY REGISTER
THE Dauphin County Dry Ratifi
cation Committee has issued a
call to the voters of Harrisburg
to register and enroll in order to
vote at the primaries in May.
Moro than 5,000 unregistered men
in the city must be enrolled if they
are to have their proper voice in the
selection of legislative candidates.
"Unquestionably, those who oppose the
prohibition amendment are counting
upon this to nominate "wet" men for
the House on all tickets. They can
count upon the liquor element going
to the polls, but they believe the
"drys," as usual, will stay away from
the primaries and thus insure a
liquor victory. This must not be.
It is the duty of every friend of
prohibition to make sure he is prop
erly enrolled and entitled to vote at
the primaries. Not only that, but, as'
the Ratifcation Committee points
out, those earnestly back of the pro
hibition amendment will make it
their duty to see that other advocates
of temperance are also enrolled. The
hig fight will be at the primaries.
Go to the polls and vote only for
"dry" candidates for the House.
Great industrial leaders are predict
ing a period of prosperity following
the war as a result of the efficiency
resulting from the war activities and
the building up of plants and facili
ties to develop our resources. Our
business leaders are now being given
their proper place in the Government
and we may expect to see a different
situation so far as the conduct of the
.war is concerned.
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
TAKE with a grain of salt the
bulletin from Berlin reporting
victories of German troops in
the American sector. Wait until you
hear from General Pershing before
accepting news of "defeats."
The Germans have two purposes in
lying about their fights with soldiers
from the United States.
First, they know the folks back
home in Germany are fearful of our
men and they want to make it ap
pear that the German soldiers can
heat them.
Second, they know that these bul
letins are flashed to America and
they hope to create doubt in the
minds of soldiers here who have not
yet "gone over" and of Americans
in general. Don't be deceived.
In his recent patriotic and stirring
address at the Chestnut Street Audi
torium, the Rev. Dr. Bagnell empha
sized the importance of the majesty
of the law against brut® force and
the arrogation by individuals of the
right to punish Infractions of the
law. He manifestly had in mind the
recent tendency of individuals to take
into their own hands the infliction of
punishment upon those responsible
for sentiments and opinions against
the best interests of the nation. Dr.
Bagnell expressed the thought of all
order-loving citizens. We are a lib
erty-loving people, but the worst
thing that could happen to Americans
would be the Bpread of mob rule.
GERMANY LOSES
DESPITE the large gains of ter
ritory resulting from the re
cent German drive in Plcardy
the North of France the Ger
mans have lost more by that offen
sive than they have won. Nor are
their losses to be reckoned solely
by the failure of their objectives to
split the French and English armies
and to annihilate the British force
as a fighting unit; nor yet by the
frightful and irreparable damage in
flicted upon the man-power of the
attacking millions. These are the
encouraging aspects of the situation
as viewed by the military experts of
the allies, but there Is yet to be reck
oned the effect the failure of Hin
denburg to reach Paris has had on
the German people, and signs are
becoming apparent that the fnry of
the German commanders in fling
ing men recklessly against the al
lied machine guns was prompted as
much by the effort to "make good"
with the people at home as It was
to break the opposing lines.
The Literary Digest of current
Issue quotes Dr. Bernhard Dern
feurg, ex-minister, at a meeting In
TUESDAY EVENING,
Frankfort, as having made a most
violent attack upon the Fatherland
party, which Is largely responsible for
the war, and one may gather from
his outspoken opinions to what
length the spirit of unrest has gone
beyond the Rhine. Among other
things Dr. Dernburg said:
It is against the foe within as
the foe without that we must
fight. The whole power of the
Fatherland party is in the hands
of reactionary despots, the very
men who uphold despotic govern
ment, unequal suffrage and class
privilege.
This party has developed Into a
powerful weapon against pro
gress, with the press of the land
owners and the great interests as
its organ. Witness the saying of
the notorious Herr von Olden
burg-Janushau—"lf we get equal
suffrage in Prussia, then we have
lost the war."
We demand more liberty. If in
ternational trade is not re-estab
lished. we shall have a hunger
peace, for you can take away ter
ritory from a state, but you can't
compel it to exchange goods with
us. A dictated peace, according
to the Fatherland model, would
make the entente alliance perma
nent. Then the whole world would
stand in arms against us and we
Should have to meet the expense
of ever-increasing armaments in
volving annually some 12,000 mil
lion marks. It would not then
take two years, as in this war,
for England and America to have
an army ready. Even now our air
service is costing us more than
our entire army did in peace time.
A war-indemnity is not to be
thought of. Let us put it out of
our heads.
Evidently, the ruling party was
forced to make its supreme effort
this spring as much in fear of the
growing strength of the enemy be
hind as he unquestionably was, and
Is, of the Increasing power of the
enemy In front. These opponents
of the Kaiser in Germany are just
as much our allies as the Fhrench.
They fight as we do for democracy.
But they will not be powerful
enough to make their weight felt
effectively in Berlin until we are able
by superior strength in France to
make the case of the Kaiser hopeless
on the field of war. Perhaps then
we shall be able to treat with these
liberal-minded Germans for the
freedom of Germany rather than sit
at a peace table at which the mil
itary party of Germany continues
to have some voice. Let us hope so.
That the revolutionary spirit in
Germany is not dead but that it
has been reawakened, If In fact It
has ever slept, by the failure of
Hindenberg to make good his prom
ise to be in Paris April 1, is shown
by a recent editorial in the Berlin
Kilfe, which contains these striking
paragraphs:
Despite all the lessons that the
war has taught us, we have not
vet become a real nation, as is
well proved by the discussions in
the Prussian Diet. We still have
a House of Lords, or rather, of
Junkers, in which the different
clans struggle for their existence
one against the other, and this
primitive turmoil we dignify with
the term parliamentarism.
The great majority of the Ger
man people do not desire revolu
tion if it can be avoided by timely
measures. It would be fatal,
however, to believe that the revo
lutionary wave from the east can
be stopped either by the police,
the censor, or the pressure of the
Government. When the caldron
is beginning to bubble over there
is no means of stilling it except
by quenching the fires which are
the sources of its agitation, and
thev can not be .quenched by a
counter-irritation which would
only add to their fuel until the
whole system is ablaze.
Even the Berlin Vorwarts. which
In recent months has shown lean
ings away frofn its former out-and.
out Socialism, warns against at
tempts to make a "strong German
peace" In ar. editorial written in
the midst of the German advance,
saying:
While the fighting at present is
inclining in Germany's favor, none
the less after this fight we shall
neither be in a position nor shall
we have the moral right to treat
the enemly on the principle of
"hands on the throat and knees on
the chest."
The necessity for a political un
derstanding lies behind even the
greatest military decision. Such
an understanding, however, will
be all the easier for us once the
poisoned cloud of Pan-German
war-lies has disappeared. After
this war the German people can
only exist if they live as a peace
ful. self-governing nation.
Utterances such as these provide
reading of a most encouraging na
ture. but we must not be led by
them to the conclusion that peace
may be had by other than force of
arms. Rather, it should spur us on to
greater efforts than ever. In the hope
that once we begin to push the Ger
mans back out of France, as we
shall do when the American tide of
battle begins to roll high along the
western front, the break will come
withip Germany and a much longer,
bloodier war be thus averted. It
would be a happy day, Indeed, when
that occurred, for It would mean the
salvation of Germany as well as a
permanent peace for the world, and
such an end of the war is by no
means beyond the pale of possibility.
Washington la now seeing: the light.
Goethals and Schwab and other great
organizers are being called to the
colors. It is regrettable that they
were not summoned earlier to the
places where practical and proved ef
ficiency would have prevented some
of the blunders which have resulted
in unfortunate criticism and incidental
lack of public confidence.
Use the school buildings for com
munity singing and conferences was
the suggestion of a speaker at the
Court House the other evening. Of
course; capital idea.
Japan will turn over to the United
States sixty-six ships, and yet there
are those who would have us believe
that the Japs are looking for a chance
to make an alliance with Germany.
Harrisburg celebrated the first an
niversary of "Everybody's Patriotic
Parade" with a "Service Parade."
which was a very fitting way of ob
serving the occasion.
If one of our boys gives up an arm
In the war and you refuse even to
give up wheat hread, are you going to
be able to look him in the eye when
he comes home?
After the war a Liberty Bond or an
army discharge'will be necessary cre
dentials.
Liberty Loan advice: "Buy Liberty
Bonds or wear German bonds."
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By Sw Bi-Cammlttßmm
The Philadelphia Republican City
Committee did not endorse any as
pirants for nominations for Repub
lican state nominations yesterday,
but Senator Edwin H. Vare an
nounced that another meeting would
be held in the next ten days at which
the matter might be discussed.
Friends of J. Denny O'Neil are
claiming that the committee will en
dorse John R. K. Scott for Lieuten
ant Governor in a short time and
that Scott will then make common
cause and appear on the stump with
O'Neil and the Philadelphia commit
tee will fall into lfne. On the other
hand Sproul Republicans say that
the committee will not endorse
O'Neil. but allow ward leaders to do
as they see fit on the Gubernatorial
nomination.
The meeting of the committee was
largely taken up yesterday in a move
to "stand from under" responsibil
ity for police conditions which have
beenturned upside down by the Unit
ed States government. The action of
the Navy Department in virtually
taking charge of the police of the
city was a bitter blow to the Smith
administration and evoked such
comment that the city committee
promptly moved to take the police
out of politics.
Concerning this meeting, which is
destined to have an important effect
on the primary and general election
camrteigns and the next Legislature
as well, the Philadelphia Press says:
"Sensyig the trend of public and
governmental sentiment, the Repub
lican City Committee yesterday au
thorized the preparation of a 'dras
tic" measure totally to eliminate po
lice from politics and pledged its
support only to members of the next
Legislature who would -vote support
to such bill. The measure putting
the Vare-controlled City Committee
on record in opposition to police
dabbing in politics was offered by
Harry A. Maokey, the Vare leader of
the Forty-sixth ward, but it was not
passed until Senator Edwin H. Vare
had offered an amendment to pro
vide that the police should still have
the privilege of making pre-election
canvasses to purge the voting lists."
Writing in the Philadelphia In
quirer's "Who's Who" column,
George J. Brennan says: "The Gov
ernor is having: many names submit
ted to him for appointment to the
supreme bench. There is a sugges
tion that Alexander Simpson, Jr., of
this city, a law partner of Attorney
General Francis Shunk Brown, could
have the appointment, but it is said
that he does not aspire to the place.
The name of Judge George Kunkel,
of Dauphin county, has been promi
nently mentioned in the same con
nection. Admirers of Judge George
B. Orlady, of Huntingdon, and John
W. Kephart, of Cambria, both of the
Superior Court, have been sounding
sentiment regarding their respective
favorites and in this city President
.Tvdge Charles Y. Audenried. of Com
mon Pleas Court No. 4, and Presi
dent Judge J. Willis Martin, of Com
mon Pleas Court No. 5, are both fre
quently mentioned as presenting
available material for the Supreme
Court bench. Within the last two
days friends of Judge John M. Pat
terson, of Common Pleas Court. No.
1, have started a movement in his be
half."
—Commissioner O'Neil, who re
turned from Philadelphia last night
after making a speech in West Phil
adelphia in which he predicted his
nomination and said that "Billy"
Sunday w6uld be along next month
to campaign for him. One of the odd
features of the meeting, according
to the Philadelphia Record, was
that Samuel A. Wilson, one of the
speakers, made a demand for the de
feat of John R. K. Scott, with whom
it is said O'Neil had a meeting earl
ier in the day.
—The O'Neil forces were consider
ably elated to-day by the announce
ment that Mayor Alex T. Connell, of
Scranton. had yesterday announced
himself as favoring the nomination
of J. Denny O'Neil as the Republi
can candidate for governor over Sen
ator William C. Sproul. The mayor
said that, inasmuch as he was elect
ed on a "mine-cave platform," and,
with Mr. O'Neil taking a stand for
needed legislation of this kind, he
will do all that he can to aid him
in the fight.
—The Scranton mayor has had an
eye on some of trie big state posi
tions that are vacant for some of his
friends and has also wanted to have
his private secretary appointed to
succeed him as registration commis
sioner for Scranton.
—Philadelphia newspapers are
landing very vigorously on Mayor
Smith because of the action of the
Federal government in the vice cru
sade.
—Senator Penrose's strong decla
ration in favor of the nomination of
Anderson H. Walters, the Johnstown
editor, for Congress-at-Large on the
Republican ticket, appears to have
generally pleased the Progressives, as
Walters was one of the Bull Moosers
elected to Congress in 1912 and is
one of the wheel horses.
—ln Altoona the city manger has
named a bureau of city welfare, a
new idea in government, which will
be closely watched throughout the
state.
—Speaking of Lancaster county
legislative affairs an exchange says;
"The slating of Assemblymen Michael
R. Hoffman and Harry L. Rhoads
for renomination on the Republican
ticket in the Second district assures
at least two votes in the House for
the prohibition amendment from
Lancaster county. They have voted
consistently for prohibition ever
since they have been in the Legisla
ture, and there is "no reason to be
lieve they will do differently this ses
sion. The new men slated by the
Griest organization to fill the places
made vacant by the death of George
Hibshman and the absence of Major
Quintin O'Reitzel, who is with the
Rainbow Division in France, are G.
Graybill Diehm, of Lltitz, and Joseph
T. Evans, of Ephrata. There has been
no expression of sentiment from
them on the prohibition issue."
Attila and Wilhebn
Attila, the Hun, spared Rome on
the plea of Pope Leo I. William, the
German, is unmoved by the plea of
Pope Benedict XV to spare Paris.—
From the New York Sun.
Thine Eyes Upon the Truth
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon
tfhe truth? Thou hast stricken them
but they have not grieved: they have
made their faces harder than a rock.
—Jeremiah V. 3.
Caution
The Hun should remember that
the hand that shells the cradle is not
the hand that rules the world.—ln
dianapolis News.
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LABOR NOTES
United States postal employes have
been recommended for a 15 per cent,
increase.
Baltimore hotel managers have de
cided to employ women as elevator
operators.
Providence, R. 1., phone operators
have been granted $1 a week wage
increase.
Street railway employes at Augus
ta., Ga., have secured a 20 per cent,
increase in wages.
The Nation's Welfare First j
(Theodore Roosevelt in the Metro
politan Magazine)
Whatever the administration does
X shall continue to act in the future
precisely as I have acted in the
past. When a senator like Mr.
Chamberlain in some great matter
serves the country better than does
the administration I shall support
the senator, and when a senator like
Mr. LaFollette perseveres in the
course followed by the administra
tion before it reversed itself in Feb
ruary, 1917, I shall oppose him and
to that extent support the admin
istration in its present position. I
shall continue to support the admin
istration in every such action as
floating the Liberty loans, raising
the draft army or sending our troops
abroad. I shall continue truthfully
to criticise any flagrant acts of in
competency by the administration
such as the failure in shipping mat
ters and the breakdown of the War
Department the last fourteen
months —when it appears that such
truthful criticism offers the only ]
chance of wrong. I
shall support every official from the
President down who does well, and
shall oppose every such official who
does ill. I shall not put the personal
comfort of the President or of any
other public servant above the wel
fare of the country.
NO 'COMPROMISE
[Poem delivered at a banquet to
Major Edouard Dupont of France
at Charlotte, N. C., on April 13 J
What? Compromise now? When the
poisoned sword
Still seeks for blood and spoil?
Halt now? When the foot of the
heathen horde
Yet stands on freemen's soil
Have we lost the zeal of that ringing
note
Which marked our heroes' might?
Our reply is a rush at the typrant's
throats:
"We have only started to fight!"
As long as the memory of Bunker
Hill
Shall cause our souls to start;
While Saratoga brings its thrill
To every patriot heart;
Until the visions of Valley Forge
Have faded from our eyes—
We'll answer the blear eyed battle
lords;
"We seek no compromise."
As long as the name of Lafayette
Is one that we sanctify
With the truth that France is bleed
ing yet
For the light we lift on high.
We'll hurl our line in the vandal's
way
Till the last mad rush is stayed:
Till the jury of all the earth shall
say:
"Your debt to France is paid."
As long as mother's name is dear
To our hearts, where'er we roam:
As long as the tender thoughts <hat
cheer
Are memories of home.
Where Love is waiting, as yet se
cure.
With eager, tearful eyes;
We send our answer, strong and
sure:
"We want no compromise."
As long as the God of nations rules
The destinies of power;
And wrecks the plans of plotting
fools.
Who plunder for an hour.
We'll battle on in holy might.
And strike with Canaan's brawn,
For we know that out of the death
filled night
Victory will come with the dawn.
While an iron shark scours the open
sea, - ,
And the law of lands is naught.
There can be no peace in the hearts
of the' free. -
No healing respite bought:
we'll fight till the King of Hate
must bow:
We'll throttle the Teuton lies;
Until the day—the world must
know—
"We make no compromise."
Private Verlin Harrold.
Base Hospital, Camp Greene, N. C.
fr 1 — :
|| Lincoln and Free Speech
IN a recent paper ex-President
Roosevelt declared that "patriot
ism means to stand by the coun
try." He says further: "It does not
mean to stand by the President or
any other public official save exactly
to the degree in which he himself
stands by the country. It is patriotic
to support him in so far as he effici
ently serves the country. It is unpa
triotic not to oppose him to the ex
act extent that by inefficiency or
otherwise he fails in his duty to
stand by the country. In either event
it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth
—whether about the President or
about anyone else—save in the rare
cases where this would make knewn
to the enemy information of military
value which would otherwise be un
known to him." • • •
One form of servility consists in a
slavish attitude—of the kind incom
patible with self-respecting manli
ness—toward any person who is
powerful by reason of his office or i
position. Servility may be shown by
a public servant toward the profiteer
ing head of a large corporation, or
toward the anti-American head of a
big labor organization. It may also
be shown in peculiarly noxious and
un-American form by confounding
the President or any other official
with the country, and shrieking
"stand by thp President," without
regard to whether, by so acting, we
do or do not stand by the coun
try. • * •
Abrrfham Lincoln was in Congress
while Polk was President during the
Mexican war. The following extracts
from his speeches, during war time,
about the then President, ought to
be illuminating to those persons who
do not understand that one of the
highest and most patriotic duties to
he performed in this country at this
time is to tell the truth whenever It
becomes necessary in order to force
our government to speed up the
war.
In a speech on January 12, 184 8,
Lincoln justified himself for voting
in favor of a resolution censuring the
President for his action prior to and
during the war (which was still go
ing on). Ho examines the Presi
dent's official message of justification
THREE BROTHERS
[From the Beaver]
Back in the 70's three promising
youngsters from Blair county re
ceived their preliminary education
at the McAUstervllle Orphan school,
and all three have "made good" In
public life. One of the boys entered
the service of his countfy and after
j graduating at West Point, earned
the title of colonel In the United
States Army and now holds the re
sponsible position of officer in change
of Uncle Sam's coast defenses at the
Panama canal. Another, after build
ing up a splendid law practice In
Central Pennsylvania, was induced
to become a candidate for high offi
cial position and was elevated by a
large vote to ,the bench of the Su
perior Court of Pennsylvania—where
he has amply demonstrated his abil
ity for larger and broader service to
his native state and its citizens. He
is now well nown as John W. Kep
hart, judge of the Superior Court.
The third brother of this energetic
trio, Harmon M. Kephart, after some
years of service with the B. arid O.
R. R., represented his district In
the State Legislature and was ap
pointed Chief Clerk of the State Sen
ate in 1909, the position which he
held untl< resigning to take up his
duties as Treasurer of the Common
wealth in 1916.
They Proved It
(From the Montreal Star.)
The Bolsheviki tried out all the
easy ways of living with a mad dog
nation loose in the world. They
talked, theorized, encouraged class
feeling at home and entered Into
peace negotiations abroad. They were
not forced to act by public opinion.
They went their own way. The Bol
sheviki were no worse than our
pacifists. The existence of pacifists
In our country explains the Bol
sheviki In Russia, teaches us to
what extremes of credulity, cupidity
and stupidity man can descend. The
Bolsheviki got for Russia what they
deserved. The said part of it Is that
Russia deserved better. So does Can
ada. Therefore, avoid theorizing,
class warfare and idle peace talk.
Action comes before declaration.
and-says "that, taking- for true all
the President states as facts, he
falls far short of proving his justifi
cation; and that the President would
have gone farther with his proof if
it had not been for the small matter
that the truth would not permit
him." He says that part ct the mes
sage 'Ts from beginning to end the
sheerest deception." He then asks
the President to answer certain ques
tions and says: "Let him answer
fully, fairly and candidly. Let him
answer with facts and not with argu
ments. Let him remember that he
sits where Washington sat and so
remembering, let him answer as
Washington would answer. him
attempt no evasion, no equivocation."
In other words, Lincoln says that he
does not wish rhetoric or fine
phrases, or glittering statements that
contradict one another and each of
which has to be explained with a
separate key, or adroit and subtle
pleading and constant reversal of po
sitions previously held, but straight
forward and consistent adherence to
the truth.
Lincoln had to deal with various
critics of the "stand by the Presi
dent" type. To one he answers that
"the only alternative is to tell the
truth or to lie," and that he would
not "skulk" on such a question. He
explains that the President's sup
porters "are untiring in their efforts
to make the impression that all who
vote supplies or take part in the
war do of necessity approve the
President's conduct," but that he,
[Lincoln, and his associates sharply
distinguished between the two. and
voted supplies and men but "de
nounced the President's conduct"
and "condemned the administra
tion." He stated that to give the
President the power demanded for
him by certain people would "place
the President where kings have al
ways stood." • •
To the President's servile party
supporters he makes a distinction
which also readily applies at the
present day: "The distinction be
tween the cause of the President
• * and the cause of the. coun
try * * * you cannot perceive. To
you the President and the country
seem to be all one. • • • We see
the distinction clearly enough."
A PLEA FOR LIBERTY
[Vesper C. Smith, of 1727 North
Fourth Street, a clerk in the P. R. R.
offices at Lucknow, has written the
following poepi.—Editor Telegraph],
My Daddy is across the sea.
We say "Somewhere in France",
He's fighting there for "Liberty",
For you, and me, and France;
I love my Daddy, oh; so much
He's all the world to me.
And I •kn*>w that if you'd meet him,
Yca'd I'ke him Just like me.
My !>addy left Dear Ma and me.
About three years ago.
He said "I'll fight for 'Liberty*
"Against that treacherous foe;"
His regiment was sent to France,
That friend of ours to aid.
Who in years gone by, a great deed
done.
That can never be repaid.
My Daddy wrote and told us,
What the Germans did o'er there.
They marched through little Bel
gium,
And left the land so bare;
They burned up all the homes
throughout.
They forced the men to war.
They snatched the babes from moth
er's arms,
And gave them back no more.
My Daddy said he longs for home,
To see Dear Ma and me.
And oh: my hgart Just longs for him,
To come back home to me;
But while my Daddy is away,
I know what I can do,
I'll make him safe in far off France,
And I wish you'd help me, too.
I'm going to buy some Thrift Stamps
With the pennies that I earn.
You buy the Bonds for Liberty,
And do your little turn;
And may these aid the Allies,
In their fight for "Liberty",
Restore France, and Little Belgium,
And bring my Daddy back to me.
From the Ancients
"Xanthippe on the wire, BIT."
Socrates looked up from his proofs.
"Tell her," he said, "that this Is
monologueless Monday."—From the
New York Evening Post.
APRIL 23, 1918.
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Over tta
Harrisburg will be hit as hard as
any city in the state when prohi
bition wins, and that's a certainty.
Saloons are so thick that: "Where
is the nearest saloon?" shrilled an
incoming visitor. "Why" pointed the
genial native "there's two, and round
the corner is—
"One'll do just now" thanked the
stranger thirstily.
Some of the Capitol guides are
r.ot botanists. "That's a beautiful
group of trees'" commented the
saunterer from out-of-town. "Are
they deciduous?" "Well," said the
guide "there has been some insects
at 'em, but they're fairly healthy
now."
We are sure that some Germans
and Austrians love your Old Uncle
Sam, any way, for there are 123,000
unnaturalized Germans and Aus
trians serving in the American Army
and Navy. Congress has a bill be
fore it permitting naturalization of
these men.
Tough luck, but a good lesson to
Flippie Flyer, a South Penn lad
who has had great sport mocking
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sowers, ancient
and honorable citizens of his home
district. "Old Mary," and "Old Pete,"
the flyer would cry every time he
whizzed' by on his bicycle until the
old folks could not stand it any
longer; so Flippie was hauled up
and fined $5 amidst an avalanche
of tears and promise to be a "good
boy."
OUR DAILY LAUGH
INSIDE DOPE.
A person who || llv
writes fairy S gra j y \Y
stories for || JT } j jA
THE RULING PASSION.
Recruiting Of-
fleer—Won't do.
1 vout*. -1 We're not tak
, . | waKwew j ingr actors In
the aviation
* If Leading Ju
tirp jfi venlle "Why
jWjj ' n0t ' may *
We've tried 'em
jf out and every
/li time they see
the enemy's
111 | searchlight they
ijf I ' head straight
ZZnJ for it, thinking
It's a fmo'l'>►.
The Little '
One —How Is It TjJjl
you don't mind fW\ nV\
these chilly Wgi, VMhT*" (
The Big One flvl} Wmß
—I was hatched Rayy iHljl
from a cold fi*g
storage egg,
ll&lllll Crit HIS AIL,MENT "
r /vwts 11 (y) ' Doctor what
I/ r ll j t0 ' s ® the
i\l S/ matter with my
husband?
H i ■ as * < * l8 ~
—/(I ■ ease peculiar to
m A golf players at
M this time of the
B '~M What is It?
ÜBP I An itching t#
II I go South.
lEbetttttg Gtyat
The fact that It was Just forty
six years yesterday since the first
Arbor Day in America was pro
claimed out in the state of Nebras
ka, calls attention to Pennsylvania's
second Arbor day which falls on
Friday. The first Arbor Day was
the twelfth, but the weather was
atrocious and everyone was glad to
stay indoors. The second Arbor
Day comes the latter part of this
week and there are indications that
the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire
Girls by the example may succeed in
getting many people interested. "Al
ready there are plans for municipal
plantings in parks and in extensive
work in woodland areas. There are
abundant trees to be had from the
state and the fruit tree planting
idea has national support. Gover
nor Brumbaugh has summed up the
thoughts in regard to the day in his
proclamation which reads in part
as follows:
There is increasing demand
for fruit and nut bearing trees
in Pennsylvania. Our greatest
highways, now happily becom
ing satisfactory avenues of trav
el for our people and of trans
portation for our products,
should be lined with these trees
and their products utilized to
keep these highways always in
excellent condition. Thus our
many matchless miles of scenic
splendor can be- made also a
source of grateful shade and en
during good to our people.
It is not only a duty imposed
by law but an obligation im
posed by every sane considera
tion to encourage the humane
treatment of all living things
that are not harmful to human
life. Our songbirds are among
our blessed ministries. They
should be protected and wel
comed. We need trees for their
refuge and nests. It is most
important that Arbor Day
should include among its (lomi-t
nant features some reference to
our feathered friends. Lot Bird
Day be made f>art of Arbor Day.
Teach our children that when
they plant a tree they plant a
home for birds, that these birds
must be our companions if we
are to live aright and that there
are few songs, if any, in the
heart of a people if birds are
not singing at dawn from the
tree top and forest fastness. A
boy that harms a bird is not a
good American boy.
Trees should be planted about
our homes, our churches, our
schools; in our public parks,
along our streets and highways;
and on our remotest mountains.
Memorial trees, in honor of
great men and women and great
events in our history should
have commanding place. An
example of this is to be found
on the campus of your State
Capitol, where a row of trees,
each bearing the I name of an
honored colonial igovernor, is
now planted. Let the love and
loyalty of our people find fitting
expression in a widely ranged
observance of Arbor Day.
• • •
"Billy" Tunis, who was the man
who dug up the frauds which were
later admitted In the Woodward
nomination contest in the Dauphin
county court, had some amusing ex
periences in Schuylkill and Berks
counties while gathering up the evi
dence and the witnesses. When he
went to Ashland to subpena the
Woodward who had come in with
the three quarters past the eleventh
hour nominating papers, he found
him out and left the subpena with
the hotelman who employes the can
didate for Republican nomination
for secretary of internal affairs.
Next day he called up the hotelman
and asked if he had given the pa
pers to Woodward.
"Yas" came back the voice of the
boniface
"Well, what did he say ?" asked
Tunis.
"He said to thank you kindly and
to say much obliged."
In another instance he walked
five miles ■ to find a much wanted
man. When he got to the house he
banged the door but got no answer.
Finally he asked an old Irish wo
man sitting on a nearby step who
lived there.
"Bart Flannery—whin he's hom",
said she.
"Where is he ?"
"Whist, Barney and the auold wo
man had a row. Hez oft agin," said
the old lady, who then asked: "Air
you wan of thim men that's after
min to be soldiers ?"
"No."
"Well, do yez want Bart to play
baseball ?"
"Well, yez ain't said what ye is,"
commented the aged dame.
In Reading Tunis got a description
of John H. Burnish, who turned out
to be a very important witness and
going down street near where he
lived was almost knocked down by
a m-n carrying a big piece of lum
ber. Tunis thought he looked like
the man he wanted and yelled "Hey,
JoTin Burnish, what're you trying to
do ?"
It was John and he was subpenaed
forthwith.
♦ • •
William M. Donaldson, who is the
county chairman in charge of the
War Savings work, is arranging to
go to Philadelphia Thursday for a
conference of the chairman to dis
cuss the plans for the campaign this
summer. It is the idea to have a
Pledge week when things will be
brought home to every one how they
can save for Thrift Stamps and buy
Liberty Bonds too to Back up the
Pennsylvania boys "over there".
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—H. B. Work, city school superin
tendent of Lancaster, says that as
public sentiment is against teaching
of German it may as well be elimi
nated.
—State Chairman W. E. Crow,
who was here on his way home from
Philadelphia, used to be district at
torney of Fayette county.
—William A. Law, who spoke here
yesterday, is one of the youngei>t
and most enterprising of the Phila
delphia bankers.
—J. Gilmore Fletcher, brother of
J. Rowe Fletcher, is now In
charge of all purchases for the avia
tion service.
—Charles A. Mills is the new head
of the Reading Chamber of Com
merce.
—Mayor A. H. Swing, of Coates
vllle, is the latest mayor to Join in the
movement to make loafers work.
1 DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrlsburg Is making
many commercial trucks these
days ?
HISTORIC HAItRISBURG
Fifty years ago there were three
blast furnaces along Paxton creek.