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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918
All days come that are to be.—Dick
kns.
RESERVES' GOOD WORK
THE Harrisburg Reserves have
undertaken a very excellent ,
and vitally necessary work in
deciding to devote a portion of their
activities to the rounding up of se- ,
tlltion spreaders and disloyal per
sons in the community. The inten- ,
tion is to place one of the officers in ,
charge of this branch of activity, ;
keep a regular system of reports and ,
to run down in a very quiet but ef- (
fectlve manner every hint of pro- ,
Germanism in this locality. i
The time is long since hero when <
we can look with tolerance upon s
lukewarm supporters of the cause
America represents in this war. i
Those who are not Intensely for us i
are against us. We have been mer- ]
cifully spared from the incendiaries ]
and murderers who have set fire to i
factories and blown up munition
plants in other parts of the country, i
but that is not because there is no i
disloyalty here. There are very i
strong indications that in Harris- <
burg and nearby towns are many
who Industriously circulate gossip
and reports designed for no other
purpose than to break down the con
fidence of the people, to mislead
" ihcra as to our alms in the war and
to create a desire for an inconclu
sive peace.
These and others who will not buy
Liberty Bonds, or support the Red
t'ross, the Y, M. C. A- or Knights of
Columbus war work must be smoked
out. They ought to be listed and
then ostracised. The making of
tiuch a list has been assumed by the
Reserves. It is a worthy undertak
ing and the members deserve the
thanks of the community for having
volunteered for such a disagreeable
task.
There are signs that Germany is
about to get "in Dutch."
P REP A REF ORPE ACE
A BRIGHT newspaper paragraph
er remarked the ojher day that
one of the encouraging signs
of the times is that people are be
ginning to talk about how to win the
war, instead of what we shall do
after the war. And yet, Just as in
time of peace we should have pre
pared for war, so In the time of war
ve should prepare for peace. While
the great bulk of our effort should
„ lie directed toward defeating the en
tmy by force of arms, a thoughtful
und energetic element of the nation
s-hould be set to work to prepare to
meet his organized efforts on the
Held of International trade and in
dustrialism after the signing of the
j>eace treaties.
However much the Germans may
feer American military prowess, and
indications are not lacking that they
iwe growing very uneasy as to the
might we shall exert in France, they
ure far moro fearful of the economic
letallatlon in which we may. and
probably will, Indulge after war.
"Do not be deceived," says the Vi
enna Arbeiter Zeltung, a newspaper
that for its outspoken opinions is in
1 igh favor among Germans of pro
gressive ideas and tendencies. "Ger
many's victories will never force the
entente to accept a peace of vio
lence. If the Germans could take
* , Calais and Paris, and even force
France and Italy to capitulate, then
there would remain the English,
unfe in their island, and America,
protected by the ocean. They can
always continue the war by sea, and
the greatest victory on land cannot
Impose a peace of force on America
and England." And then the same
editorial points out that with Eng
land and America controlling the
seas, blocking German over-seas
trade and holding control of the
•world's supplies of raw materials,
tho economic existence of Germany
•would be in a precarious state and
tiio Central Powers.
H Conservative German newspapers
•take the same view, and even old
von Tlrpitz himself, according to the
Literary Digest, sheds tears over
thoughts of our economic retalla
jp.;, tion. The German organ of finance,
Jtho, Frankfuerter Zeitung, adds its
FRIDAY EVENING,
voice to the general wall that lp
going up in the Central Empires and
says:
Nobody knows how and when
the war will end. No one can
say to-day what quantities of
raw materials will be at our
' disposal in the world after the
war. and consequently no one can
make decisions as to the dis
tributions of raw materials that
may be imported. No human
eye can see clearly whether af
ter the war wo shall be mainly
dependent upon our own pro
ductions, and the purchasing
possibilities of the world market
remain unfathomable. Because
we do not yet know in what
circumstances we shall be able
to begin the peace, a definite
program cannot yet be drawn
up. Our Intention is only to
carry the foundation of organi
zation so far that when peace
comes the practical work can
begin with the taking of the
fullest advantages of thi con
ditions that then exist. . . .
In the opinion of leading per
sonages, the actual Imports will
have to remain subject to a cer
tain control Immediately after
the conclusion of peace. As
regards raw materials, our aim
will be to make ourselves more
Independent than we were be
fore of foreign countries. It is
assumed that our own home
production of fibers will provide
a substitute for a considerable
part of the cotton Imports, and
in copper we have been able to
a large extent to , make our
selves independent of foreign
countries by our splendid tech
nical achievements.
What is the answer to all this?
Why simply that Germany sees the
cloak of commercial and Industrial
emergency which she covets falling
upon the shoulders of America and
England, and is taking what steps
she can to meet the situation. So
we, top, must be alert to our oppor
tunities, and no development of
trade that the war has brought us is
so vital to our future prosperity as
our newly-organized dye and chemi
cal industries. Prof. L. P. Jacks, in
the Yale Review, asserts, and pro
duces evidence to prove the claim,
that the whole of Germany's eco
nomic success has been based on
her mastery of chemistry and her
encouragement and promotion of
the chemical industries of the em
pire. "We must have chemical in
dependence in peace if we wish to
have it in war," he says, "and if
we wish to avoid any repetition of
the grave perils to which the health
of our people, the stability of our
industries and the productiveness of
our farms were exposed by our situ
ation at the outbreak of the war."
The coming of peace should find
us prepared to extend the protec
tion of the tariff to our latest ln-v
fant Industry, the chemical trade
has sprung up as a result of cutting
ofT the German supplies, for Ger
many will be prepared to make in
dustrial war to the knife with us
on this score, and if there is no as
sured business opportunity for
chemists In America during peace
times, why there will be no chem
ists.
Prof. Jacks calls attention to the
protest that went up when it was
proposed to protect American tin
by a tariff and peints out our utter
helplessness at this time had we to
depend upon England for the supply
of that metal which the tariff we
imposed permitted Americans to
develop until the industry was able
to take* care of itself and the duty
was removed. We must be prepared
to take the same measures with
respect to chemistry and chemical
products. To do so is almost as im
portant a step as prompt measures
for the energetic conduct of the war.
What are you going to tell the boys
If they come home and find you have
no Liberty Bonds? Also, what are
they going to say to you?
And now let us have a list of those
ible to buy Liberty Bonds who refuse
to do so.
It's not Liberty Day for you unless
you own a Liberty Bond.
TEN REASONS
THE Rev. Dr. Lewis Seymour
Mudge, pastor of Pine Street
Presbyterian Church, recently
wrote, at the request of the Liberty
Loan Committee, ten reasons for the
puichase of Liberty Bonds. Dr.
Mudge has covered the ground so
effectively that if you have not pur
chased as yet and you will not after
reading his reasonp you are hopeless.
The Telegraph has asked the Liberty
Loan Committee for permission to
publish them as a final argument at
the close of the big drive in Har
risburg, and here they are:
You will be approved if you do,
and suspected if you do not. To
be approved is better than to be
suspected.
You will be thrifty if you do,
and improvident if you do not. To
be thrifty is to think of others
and the future.
You will be business-like If you
do. and unbuslners-Mko if you do
not. To be bustness-'lkc is to
place your money Judiciously.
You will be wise if you do, and
foolish if you do not. To be wise
is to realize that to-day the Hun
Is more than holding his own.
You will be broad-minded if you
do, and narrow-minded If you do
rot. To be narrow-minded now is
to be a Prussian sympathizer, and
a peril to your country.
You will be unselfish if you do,
and selfish if you do not. To be
selfish at this Juncture will assist
in Germanizing the globe.
You will be setting a good ex
ample If you do, and a bad ex
ample if you do not. To be an
exemplarv ritizen Here Is to back
the boys Over There.
You will be patriotic if you do,
and unpatriotic if you do not. To
be unpatriotic with your pocket
bcok is treason.
You will be helping our allies
If you dc< and helping our ene
mies if you do not. To do the
latter at any time Is to be a
traitor to your countrv
You will be doing right If you
do, and doing wrong if you do
not. To do right in this matter
should be easy. You are being
asked for your money and not for
your life: and for 4 he loan of yoilr
money and not for the gift of It.
These are ten real reasons why
i you should buy all the Liberty Bonds
i your Income will permit. Can you
give one real reason why you should
not? Remember that doing our bit
In this case means doing your . best.
The man who is a miser is helping
the Kaiser.
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By the Kx-CDmmttteemn
The Philadelphia Town Meeting
organization, the moat militant body
of men interested in reform and of
independent political tendencies in
the Quaker City blnce the days of
tho old Committees of Seventy and
One Hundred, last night unanimous
ly endorsed Senator William C.
Sproul for Governor, Edward E.
Beidleman for Lieutenant Governor
and James F. Woodward for Secre
tary of Internal Affairs. The action
was taken while other candidates
were in various parts of the state
starting to perfect their lines for the
strenuous primary campaign which
will-start after the third-class city
registration on May 1.
The action of the Town Meeting
organization, which came into bloom
after tho Fifth ward scandal In Phil
adelphia last year, was anticipated,
but the attendance was larger than
expected and the candidacy of Con
gressman John R. K. Scott, for Lieu
tenant Governor, came in for a ter
rific scoring at the hands of City
Chairman George W. Coles, who said
it was a moral question which had
to be faced by the people of Penn
sylvania.
John C. Winston, a war horse of
reform of the Blankenburg type, en
dorsed Sproul In a ringing speech.
—While the Philadelphia reform
ers were declaring for Sproul the
candidate was in Wilkes-'Barre, while
J. Denny O'Neil was in the northern
tier after a strenuous day spent in
Susquehanna and Wyoming. O'Neil
spoko at Montrose night before last
and last evening spoke in Sayre and
vicinity. To-night he will speak in
Dußois at a meeting to be held un
der the auspices of the Dußois
Chamber of Commerce. He will
make an appeal for the Liberty Loan.
To-morrow he will be in Pittsburgh,
where it Is probable that he will.meet
John R. K. Scott, whom it is report
ed, will make speeches from tho
same platform with him during the
latter part of the campaign. What
is interesting people is whether
O'Neil, in event that "Scott joins
forces with him, will be able to con
vert the Philadelphia Congressman
to prohibition. Up to date Scott has
been as wary of committing himself
on that issue as O'Neil has been
about saying what he would do if
defeated at the Republican primary.
—Scott was busy with the M&gee
people in Pittsburgh yesterday and j
the impression seems to be growing
that the Vares will have some of
their friends declare for O'Neil in
order to test the wind. While influ
ential Vare men are declaring for
Sproul there are some who are
marking time and with the Governor
and Attorney General insisting on
V are support for O'Neil under pos
sible penalty of "firing" people on
the Hill, it may be likely that some
Vare ward leaders will shout for
O'Neil as have others come out for
Sproul.
—One of the stories told about the
visit of Congressman W. S. Vare here
last night was that he had come here
to see what the Governor had in
mind. The Governor has been res
tive under the failure of the Vares
to declare and as the Congressman
is interested In some coming ap
pointments and also in the draft
headquarters inquiry he dropped in
to talk it over. It should not be
forgotten that a number of the Con
gressman's friends are members of
Philadelphia draft boards.
—Senator Sproul left Wilkes-Barre
last night for Philadelphia with the
remark that he was well pleased
with conditions and that "some live
wires" were at work for him in Lu
zerne. Senator Sproul visited Wilkes-
Barre and Wyoming Valley yesterday
and got a fine reception wherever he
went. He spent the morning in
visiting the courthouse, city officers,
banks and office buildings and in af
ternoon toured Pittsburgh, West
Pittston, Wyoming, Edwardsville,
Kingston, Dorrancetown, Luzerne
and Plymouth. He met scores of vot
ers and many of them assured him
of their support. John R. Halsey,
former chairman in Luzerne, was
with him on the tour. .
—The Philadelphia* Ledger
to-day that there is politics in the
fuss at state draft headquarters.
—Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell was
busy in Pittsburgh yesterday further
ing his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for governor, al
though in the same city his rival,
Joseph F. Guffev, -was stirring
around on Liberty Loan matters.
—Reading city authorities will
give a reception in honor of Lord
Reading, the British ambassador.
—Joe Freyvogel, Pittsburgh's re
cent nonpartisan candidate for
mayor, was arrested on a charge of
setting fire to a schoolhouse.
—Registration figures for Scranton
show that Republicans outnumber
Democrats by more than 7,000, this
comparison including the voters who
registered last Wednesday. There are
13.557 Republicans registered and 6.-
435 Democrats. Only 24 4 voters
took advantage of last week's regis
tration day. Of that number 204
were Republicans.
—Pittsburgh's registration cost al
most $17,000, says the Gazette-Times.
—Discussing the Philadelphia reg
istration, the Philadelphia Press
says: "It looks as though the reg
istration in Philadelphia had reached
a high mark, perhaps a new record,
on Wednesday. The claim of the
antl-Vare forces of 60,000 saems in
a fair way to be substantiated. In
the independent wards of West
Philadelphia and Germantown thfe
registration was well ahove normal,
and even in the organization wards
there were increases, which in some
instanqes were surprising. Wednes
day's registration was for those who
had not put their names on the
books at the last eleotion, as well as
for thoee who had moved Into a new
division in the meantime or wisned
to change their party designation.
The first class was, of course, the
most numerous."
—Montgomery county Is com
mencing to attract state-wide atten
tion because of the Senatorial contest
between Commissioner Charles A.
Ambler and Representative James S.
Boyd. Each is confident of winning.
The control of the county organiza
tion depends on the fight and the
state ndministration is backing Am
bler to the limit.
Right to Revoke Citizenship
The man who is, not with us in
tills war—no matter who the man
may be —Is against us: Every- loyal
American must realize the Justice of
this sentiment, and for that rf&son
there will be genuine Interest in the
suit which has been brought in one
of the United States courts to revoke
the citizenship of a neutralized
American who is alleged to have
said that he would do nothing to
aid this country In the present war
and who is charged with having ex
pressed the hope that Germany
might win. It goes without saying
that such a person is not worthy to
be clothed with the rights and priv
ileges of citizenship.—From the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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'"Sounded just like the cash regis
ter In our store ringing up" writes a
Pennsylvania boy whose tin hat was
struck by a German bullet, bouncing
off without doing any damage.
Poor Sandy. No soldier has
fought more gallantly than the
Scotchman, but even as Harry Laud
er himself found so much fun in
"spoofing" him, so dpes every one
else. Latest is Sandy and Tommy
Atkins in a train-car. a pretty girl
opposite. "Do you know her 7" from
Tommy. "O, yes, very well." "I
say, then. Introduce me." "Ah. wait
a Dit," cautioned Sandy, "She hasna
paid her fare yet"
In 17 years William von Neida
Mohn, of Shillington, Berks County,
has not missed a Sunday school ses
sion at the Immanuel Reformed
church. For years he has been su
perintendent.
Odd Positions of Feet
"Have you ever noticed a row of
women's feet in a street car ?" said
one woman to another. Observe
them now, some lying on the side,
some turned in, some twisted about
each other—a contortionist would
envy them. Each position seems
more unlovely than the other in.ar
rangement. It is becoming rare I
to see a woman keep her feet
correctly In position. This pain
ful fact might well be supple
mented by the further statement
that other places than street cars
lend themselves to the odd positions
for the feet In restaurants It is no
infrequent thing to see the feet of a
woman twisted about 'he legs of her
chair. A visitor recently called to
her hostess" attention the remark
able stork-like style of her adjust
ment of feet by exclaiming sudden
ly: "Well, of course. I don't mind,
but do tell me how you do it!"
"Whereupon the hostess quickly drew
down the foot she had been sitting
on and thereafter kept them both
on the floor—Chicago News.
Making of Experts
It is announced that the govern
ment has established six weeks'
courses of Intensive training in em
ployment management, and that the
men so trained are to be distributed
among the various Industries in or
der to solve the problems which will
come up in connection with business.
Tlvs training, it is stated, will con
sist of an Intensive study of methods
to promote activities affecting hu
man relation* of the workers.—From
the Philadelphia Press.
LABORNOTES
Montreal, Can., painters ask 45
cents an hour.
Teachers throughout Ireland de
mand increased pay.
Toronto, Can., machinists have a
minimum of 55 cents an hour.
The United Kingdom has about
4,000,000 members of labor unions.
Shipbuilders and bollermakers at
Toronto are 100 per cent organized.
Vancouver, B. C„ policemen have
been/Increased $lO a month.
Land Army women in Canada are
being trained as mole catchers.
"Women are to toe taken on as rural
mail carriers.
Oregon has a law which prevents
women from serving as messengers.
The average age at which women
marry In Great Britain is 26.
Women of Michigan have united
to tender their services for farm
work this summer.
Rhode Island deputy sheriffs may
have their salaries raised from $3 to
$5 a day.
Belfast, Ireland, Teachers' Asso
ciation has affiliated with the Bel
fast Trades and Labor Union.
There has been a general 10 per
cent, wage increase In Rhode Island
woolen mills.
Coal miners In Nova Bcotia are de
manding that the corporations recog
nize the various unions there.
Liberty E
By EDWARD E. BEIDLEMAN
STATE SENATOR FOR DAUPHIN COUNTY
WE all know that the United
States of America will win
the war.
But we must put all our man pow
er and all our resources in the battle.
In a time when everything is un
settled businessmen hesitate about
starting new ventures. Investors
hesitate about putting their money
into new concerns.
But in liberty Bonds of the third
flotation we are presented with the
opportunity of investing our savings
in a concern—a going concern,
which has been in existence 129
years; and which has never default
ed in a debt, which has always paid
in full, and which will always pay in
full.
Liberty Bonds of the present Issue
are the soundest business investment
of the present time.
They provide the people with an
FOOD PRICES UP .
From January 15, 1917, to Janu
ary 15, 1918, the price of food as a
whole increased 25 per cent All
articles show decided increases, with
the exception of potatoes, which de
creased 16 per cent Corn meal
shows the greatest price change, an
increase of 77 per cent. Bacon In
creased 64 per cent, lard 53 per cent,
pork chops 44 per cent ham 42 per
cent, milk 35 per certt, hen 29 per
cent, butter 25- per cent, eggs 23 per
cent, bread 19 per cent, sugar 18 per
cent, and flour 17 per cent.
A comparison of prices as between
January, 1913, and January. 193 8,
shows that corn meal increased 135
per cent, lard 114 per cent, potatoes
107 per cent, flour 100 per cent ba
con 91 pr cent, pork chops 83 per
cent, eggs 81 per cent, bread 66 per
cent, sugar 63 per cent hens 62 per
cent, and mi:k 51 per cent. Food
as a whole advanced 63 per cent —
From the Labor Statistics Review.
THE FOX-TROTTER
What! the girl I adore by another
embraced,
What! the balm of her life shall an
other man taste,
What ! touched in the twirl by
another man's knee.
What! pant and recline on another
than me?
Sir, she's yours. From the grape you
have pressed the soft blue;
From the rose you have shaken the
dew,
What you have touched you may
take.
Pretty waltzer, adieu. —Byron
Have you ever stood by and
watched your best girl, or your wife,
or your daughter, fox-trotting with
some other man ? Can you recall
your thoughts and . your feelings?
Were you inspiring, soulful ?
Or when bear-hugging with some
other man's wife or daughter, what
were your thoughts, your sensations,
and your feelings toward the mod
ern dance?
You may recall descriptions of
sensuous dances that were preval
ent; In Rome Just previous to its
fall. They were of the fox-trot style
and became the rage. In those days
Intemperance was also fashionable,
and was indulged in to the limit.
Of course they didn't have our old
Monongahela rye, or the fancy
drinks served at fashionable balls,
but they made out pretty well with
their winefl.
While the social situation' Is bad
enough there is some satisfaction
In knowing that It might be worse.
And it may 4>e worse before it Is
much Improved, for the war spirit
certainly does prompt excitable peo
ple to go the limit, even to hapg ov
er tUe rdpes.
While our conduct as a people Is
far from being outrageous, the fact
remains that the spirits of pride,
vanity and selfishness are much in
evidence, with signs of their becom
ing still more so.
These always go before a fall or
a great reform, or change In so
cial conditions.
Before the call to the service of
the country the Idle element in soci
ety was being put to it to find some
thing strenuous and daring enough
to do, the highways to Paris and
other European cities being closed.
However, ways and means were be
ing provided here at home to sat.
lsfy the growing demand. —Erasmus
Wijson In the Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times.
outlet for investing their savings.-
They pay 4% %. which is slightly
better than the savings banks. They
mature in 10 years, and the interest
is payable semi-annually. In addi
tion the Government is setting aside
a fund to take up bonds which pur
chasers cannot afford fo carry. And
above every other factor in the sit
uation Is the knowledge that our
Government will meet its obligations.
The investor will receive his money
regularly; and in 10 years will have
his money back. There is no other
Investment with so strong- a guar
antee.
Every man cannot fight for his
country. Few women can avail
themselves of active participation in
the service of the nation. But every
man and every woman In Pennsyl
vania, rich and poor, can help in pro
viding the sinews of war—by sub
scribing for bonds in the Third Lib
erty Loan.
Great Thoughts on Peace
Peace is liberty in tranquility—
Cicero.
I have never advocated war, ex
cept as a means of peace—U. S.
Grant.
Nothing can bring you peace but
you/self. Nothing can bring peace
but the triumphs of principles—Em
erson.
lam a man of peace. God knows
how I love peace; but I hope I shall
never be such a coward as to mis
take oppression for peace.—Kossuth.
Peace, above all thing. Is to be de
sired, but blood must sometimes be
spilled to obtain it on equable and
lasting terms. —Andrew Jackson.
Peace ? A brutal lethargy Is
peaceable; -the noisome grave Is
peaceable. We hope for a living
peace, not a dead one.—Carlyle.
Record in Transportation
The derailment of a troop train at
Central Islip emphasizes the safety
with which hundreds of thousands
of soldiers have been moved about
the country in the past year.
While not more than 1,000,000 men
have been called to service, each has
taken more than one railroad jour
ney and some have traveled between
home and camp scores of times.
Therefore, In considering the matter
of safety, it must be remembered
that the ijumber of soldiers trans
ported in companies or singly has
climbed well Into the millions. And
railroad accidents have been very in
frequent—Brooklyn Standard Un
ion.
Correction of Injustice
A grave injustice to Army officers
serving abroad and having depen
dants at home has been corrected by
the commutation of quarters bill
which has been signed by President
Wilson. Quarters are to be provid
ed for such dependants or commuta
tion In money is to be p"kld. Such
allowances hitherto have been made
only in the case of officers serving at
home. The passage of the bill was
an obvious duty to brave men who
are serving their country in a peril
ous work and whose pay at best is
but meager compared with the ex
penditures they are compelled to
make for equipment tind malnte
nance.—Philadelphia Telegraph.
HOW WILL If~SEEM?
How will It seem when Peace comes
back once more.
After these desperate days of shat
tering pain ?
How will it be ylth all of us again,
When hushed forever is the thunder
of War ?
There still are primroses by many a
shore,
And still there bloom. In many a
lovely lane,
Hawthorne and lilacs; and the
rose's stain
Is red against full many a garden
door. t
Oh, days to be! Oh, honeyed nights
of •sleep,
When the white moon shall monnt
the quiet sky!
Shall we b£ wholly happy when buds
creep,
Remembering those who dared to
bleed and die ?
Can v ■ lad again ? Or shall we
weep
For who told this sad, glad
world good-by?
—Chas. Hanson Towne, In Harper's.
XFRTL 26, T9TS.
letters to THE EDITOR 1,
THANKS TELEGRAPH
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir: I wish to take this op
portunity of thanking you in behalf
of our Liberty Loan committee and
our employes for the very favorable
editorial' comment and .accurate
news item covering demonstration
last Saturday in the interest of the
Third Liberty Loan.
The result attained at our plant is
very gratifying- to tho officials of the
company and hope the spectacle of
so many men of all classes parading
in the interest of the loan may be
of some assistance to the general
committee in securing Harrisburg's
quota
Permit me also to extend my
thanks, and with best wishes, I beg
to remain,
Tours very truly,
ROBERT H. IRONS,
President
I Leave It to You
One may be led, blindfolded, Into
a boiler factory, a stamping mill a
Broadway cabaret, or even a Demo
cratic convention, and perhaps be
unable to cry out while sightless the
nature of the institution; but let one
be led, sightless, into a gathering
where one overhears the stock ques
tion, "I leave it to you. As man to
man, am I right or am I wrong?"
then one isn't possibly or probably
In a barroom. It is a barroom.—
Frank Ward O'Malley in the Cen
tury Magazine.
Names in the News
Emplacement is a military term
applied, to a position made of earth
or sandbags, in which a machine
gun is stationed, invisible to the en
enmy.—Exchange.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH
HER EXCUSE.
I'm surprised /■> ■j
that you'd let a . V<~. Jfr
man kiss you on M/
such short ac- wfo
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It was my own Ajgt
hadn't met him JDwl
1
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flirt with mo
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CHANGED.
The world
liv
conserving its
food supply H
nowadays, and JH
you'd better get
out and hustle JU
for your meals, ' I i j
OLAMP POST
REPARTEE.
Say, old man,
give us a light
will you? Mine's
Ibentttg €t|at
Proclamation of Liberty Day and
the activity for the sale of bonds and
the start of the drafted men for the
cantonments caused some of the old
er residents to recall the days of the
Civil War when the Union bondj
were being sold through the work of
Jay Cooke, assisted by patriotic
Pennsylvania bankers and when the
men were being taken from indus
tries as they are now to 1111 the regi
ments at Camp Curtin and the other
mobilization camps throughout tho
Keystone £ Late. Tho operation of the
draft here was not as well conducted
as it has been this war and every now
and then the provost marshal had to
send a guard around. Now public
sentiment and the call of the nation
are speeding up the draft and the
men are responding with a patriotism
which has been a source of gratifica
tion to residents of the-State's Capi
tal. In fact, Harrisburg in the mat
ter of the draft has been as fine as in
furnishing men by enlistments and
will have a proud record to add to
its already bright banner of service.
When the Civil War was nearing the
borders of the state and the bond
issues were a matter of serious con
sideration it is well established that
this place was a center of activity
in buying just as It is to-day, only
then there were no committees and
the bankers and businessmen used
to call the attention of their custo
mers to the offers. Few communi
ties of the size of Harrisburg had
more Federal bonds at the close of
the war than Harrisburg, and Its
prosperity was as much a matter of
comment as the readiness with which
people responded to the call to In
vest in Uncle Sam's securities.
• • •
A story is told of a Harrisburg
man now in the Army who was not
as sure of eye tests as the man from
Milton was with colors. He proceed
ed to memorize the letters on a card
he found was in the examining office.
Now his eyes were as good as any
one's, but he got nervous about it
and he studied the card and then
he learned it upside down and back
wards. It happened that when he
came into the room--he saw a news
paper on a desk some distance away
and glanced at it. As the distance
he saw the paper was test enough,
the officer in charge never asked
him about the card at all.
•
The amount of construction un
der way in Harrisburg Just at pres
ent may not accord exactly with the
urglngß of national officials not to
engage in much building because of
the situation as to material, labor
and finance, but It was pointed out
:L US ™ ormn & b y a man in touch witli
the life of this city that Harrisburg
is being called upon as are few cities
to do much to house people, to serve
the nation in its demands and
to contribute in many ways which
may not affect the smaller places.
This , city is increasing its popula
tion every week," said this man.
And t is due to the demands of
the railroads for men, the requirc
j ments for hands for* the score or
more plants which are making things
for the government and to care for
the men who are building for -the
government Just look at the troi
ley cars from Steelton and Middle
town r for instance. Then you will
have the answer."
• • •
Dandelions are not being allowed
to stay very long in Capitol Par!-;
The garden squad, which is awaiting
the days when the flower beds ari>
to be replaced with shrubbery, is
out with a knife and a bag and
every bright yellow spot means n
raid. It is an interesting thing thai
in spite of this annual combing of
the park hundreds of dandelions arc
found every week.
• • •
Dauphin county's big crow roo r t
near Linglestown seems to have been
pretty well wiped out by the use em
poisoned corn handled through tho
state game wardens. This roost was
in the Blue Ridge foothills and hun
dreds of crows assembled there dur
ing the winter, another large roost
being in York county. While the
snow was on the ground the crows
flew for miles around, big ones an
noying people even in the limits of
Harrisburg and Steelton. Corn was
placed near the roost, it being dem
onstrated that the strychnine with
which it was dosed would not harm
children, and many of the crows
were killed. In York county shot
guns were used to get rid of the
birds. This spring when warm weath
er returned and the crows began to go
north the number was considerably
reduced and there have been com
paratively few seen about this city.
While some protests were made by
people who feared that the poisoned
corn would be found by animals and
who declined to believe that it
would not harm chickens the state
authorities say that there have been
no reports made about loss of do
mestic fowls.
• • *
Rushing along the ordnance depot
buildings at Middletown will mean
the passing of a once famous ren
dezvous of fishermen, the White
House. This building, which stands
close to the Susquehanna below
Highspirc, is a relic of rafting days
when it was a tavern and accumu
lated more or less notoriety for the
fights that used to take place in its
long low barroom. It is one of the
early loghouses with numerous
rooms and for forty years was noted
among river men. Then it passed in
to the control of Harrisburg and
Middletown fishermen who made it
famous as the center of fish dinners
and fishing, the river being full of
salmon and bass near the site of this
place. Of late it has been a club, but
its glory has departed with the fi3h.
• • •
It is expected to begin painting the
names of Pennsylvania municipalities
that "go over the top" in the sale of
Liberty Bonds on the big board at
the State Capitol. Daniel F. Lafean,
commissioner of banking, is the di
rector general of the list.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—George S. Pomeroy, well-known
here, made one of the addresses at
tho "get together" meeting of the
Reading merchants.
—Governor Brumbaugh will visit
the camp at Allentotfn on Sunday.
—The Rev. F. W. Beekman, Beth
lehem clergyman, is now in France
on religious work among soldiers.
—Judge George B. Orlady, of the
Superior Court, was among those
honored by State College on occa
sion of the fiftieth anniversary of his
graduation.
—Frank A. Vanderllp will speak
to war savings people in Philadel
phia next month. He is the man
who is commonly believed to have
originated the plan.
1 DO YOU KNOW
—That Karrlstmrjc steel is being
used In Delaware shipyards?
HT&TORIO HARRISBURG
Early British officers used to say
Harrisburg was a strategic point in
Central Pennsylvania and that Is
why Fort Harris was built by John
Harris In the French and Indian
War.