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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1018
My doctern is to lay aside
Contentions, and be satisfied;
Jest do your best, and praise er
blame
That /oilers that, counts jest the
same. — RILEY.
LET US BE CONSTRUCTIVE
TIE Telegraph very much fears |
that >lr. O'Neil, in his contest 1
for the governorship of Penn
sylvania. is weakening his own can- j
didacy by a mistaken choice of cam- j
paign methods. When Mr. O'Neil |
speaks it is almost invariably to at- |
tack some one of his opponents. J
rather than to make a straightfor- (
ward statement of his own attitude
on public questions. In this he has i
clearly erred as to the temper of the j
voters. Unless all indications are 1
at fault, the public is interested much
more at this time in what each of
the candidates personally Is and
what he stands for rather than in
what he is not or does not stand for.
In other words, the voters want to
know from the lips of the several
candidates themselves just what
might be expected of. them should j
they be elected to offlce.
Mr. O'Neil has planks in his plat- l
form that might be enlarged upon and '
discussed with enlightenment to the
public and advantage to the candidate
himself. The voters want to hear
Mr. O'Neil's riews on state questions,
but they are in nowise concerned as
to what he chances to think about
Senator Sproul, or Mr. Habgood or j
any of the other aspirants for offlce. j
They are quite as well qualified as
is Mr. O'Neil to pass judgment
upon the character and standing of
his fellow candidates. They are
likely to resent uncalled-for attacks
upon men of high standing in their
several communities.
Senator Sproul has been much
more discriminating in his selection
of means for putting his candidacy
before the Republicans of the State 1
He has correctly Interpreted the
though', of thousands of people
when he says that it would be wrong
and unpatriotic at this time to thrust
upon the public anything in the na
ture of a personal campaign; that
the only platfor, . worth while is
based on the winning of the war.
the solving of the great moral and
economic problems that the war has
brought to the front and planning
for the reconstruction period that
must follow the attainment of a vic
torious peace.
Comparatively few people are giv
ing more than superficial attention
to State politics, outside of the elec
tion of prohibition candidates to the
legislature, and they are in no mood
to be bothered by the everlasting
twaddle of those who cannot or will
not see beyond their own personal
or factional interests. The candi
date who hopes to win public confi
dence and support will devote his
attention to the discussion and pro
motion of constructive policies. Vio
lent personal attacks and defama
tion of character will not win many
votes this year.
Lebanon people appear to think
that a little disinfection by means of
tar applications, followed by a period
in which to think the matter over in
tail, is a likely cure for pro-German
outbreaks.
NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT
W*EN it became apparent that
Harrisburg had over-sub
scribed its Liberty Loan quota
the big assemblage of voluntary
salesmen gathered to hear the re
ports spontaneously broke into the
very appropriate chorus—"Praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow."
This was not on the program. It was
not prearranged. The hymn simply
happened to express precisely -what
was in the hearts of those who had
worked earnestly for the success of
the loan and so it came out as an
unpremeditated feature of the big
demonstration.
The occurrence is not without its
significance. It marks the growing
reverence of the American people.
We are convinced that we are flght>
ing the good fight; that we are on
God's side. We have placed ourselves
.
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TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG tfttftg TELEGRAPH APRIL* 30, 1918..
i us a tool in His hands, to be used
j for the preservation on earth of
those principles for which Christ
died. Consciously or unconsciously,
we have as a people made ourselves
more nearly as one with His doctrine
of supreme sacrifice than ever before
we have been as a nation.
When we shall have learned to
sing with true submissiveness of
mind and heart, "Praise God From
Whom All Blessings Flow," we shall
become an invincible host before
I whom the Hun will be no more able
to stand than were the Catl&anites
before the Israelites of old.
What Harrisburg businessman be
yond the draft age will lay aside his
own affairs for six months to become
a war worker for the Y. M. C. A. in
France?
REGISTER TOMORROW
REGISTER to-morrow.
It is your duty to vote at the
party primaries in May.
At that time candidates for the
Legislature will be nominated who,
iJ elected, will vote either "dry" or
"wet" when the National Prohibi
tion Amendment comes before the
law-making body of Pennsylvania
next year for adoption or rejection.
The "wets" will use their utmost
efforts to nominate men who will
he pledged against the amendment.
You who believe that trade in
strong drink should be abolished
lean prevent this if you go to the;
| polls and vote for "dry" candidates
But you • sn't vote at tbe prjina
i ries un!ess you are registered and
enrolled as a member of a party.
To-morrow la the only day on
i which you can register and enroll in
j Harrisburg. Unless you registered
and enrolled under a party heading
last fall j'ou must do so to-morrow
or lose your primary vote.
The 5,000 who are unregistered or
unenrolled in Harrisburg can turn
the tide locally fot prohibition.
W'U they do it?
Let's hope the sugar shortage is at
an end before the strawberry short
cake season opens.
"PUTTING ONE OVER"
A WELL-KNOWN Harri sbu r g
physician, too modest to permit
the use of his name, suggests
that the Telegraph make a cam
paign in behalf of the humble dande
lion, the narrow-leaf dock, shep
herd's plant and other edible greens. !
Says he:
My practice takes me into the
suburbs occasionally, and last
Sunday I noticed a half-dozen or
more men and women busy with I
knives, baskets and bags in
a big field just outside the city.
On closer Investigation 1 found
them to be people of foreign birth
gathering great bags of dandelion,
narrow-leaf dock and shepherd's
plant, which looks and tastes
much like dandelion. I thought 1
over this matter and I have con
cluded that these harvesters of
greens are "putting one over" on
most of us. Not only are they
conservin— food, but they are get
ting a very desirable spring tonic
into their stomachs as well. Why
not encourage dandelion parties?.
It has not been so very long ago j
that the "dandelion party" was part |
and parcel of the life of every well- (
ordered American family. It came
as regularly as spring and house
cleaning season and was regarded
more in the light of a festivity or
celebration than a duty. It was
joined in by young and old. Before
the snow was all off the fields the
dandelion squad was busy with its
first spring offensive and the results
were highly gratifying to the stom
ach and soothing to the system long
confined to a diet of stored foods.
Later came the narrbw-leaf dock —
as nourishing and as pleasant to the
taste as spinach and to be had for
the gathering.
"Greens" in those days formed a
! staple of spring diet and there were
cooks who could make a dish of
dandelion—by the aid of a rasher of '
bacon, a couple of hard-boiled eggs
and a dash of vinegar—fit for the
proverbial king, and a blame sight
better than some kings of European
vintage are going to have on their
menues before the present racket
is settled.
It was a great day when mother
took her paring knives in hand,
swung her basket over her arm, put
on her old sunbonnet and invited the
little folks to "go along for greens."
The skies were blue in those days and
| the appetite was keen; and tastes
were simpler and life not nearly so
! complex. We agree with our corre
spondent that the foreignborn har
vesters of greens were putting one
over on most of us. We have
learned a lot of things we ought to
I unlearn and have acquired a lot of
I habits not half so beneficial as those
Iwe no longer practice. We used to
go out in search of dandelion and
prize it as a dainty. Now we dig it
out of the lawn and toss It over the
back fence; thereby offending our
stomachs and needlessly adding to
our grocery bills.
Next to a bull in a china shop is a
cat in a war garden.
STREET SINGING
ONE of the most effective means
of arousing sentiment for the
Liberty Loan was the choral
singing by church choir volunteers
after midnight Tuesday. Coming en
tirely without announcement it was
all the more enjoyable. The message
of the singers carried by the breezes
reached thousands of sleepers and
aroused them not only from their
dreams but to a recognition of their
duty. It is impossible to reckon in
dollars and cents th* results, but
beyond question they are registered
substantially in the Libery Bond re
turns now being filed by the com
mitteemen with the general com
mittee.
T>oUUC*CK
I
By the Kx-Committeeman
Failure of the little coterie oper
ating under the name of the endorse
ment committee of the Dry Federa
tion to approve of the candidacies
o:' aspirants for legislative seats in
only a little more than half of the
counties of Pennsylvania attracted
quite as much attention to-day as
the remarkable side-stepping in
dulged in yesterday on the question
of candidates for state nominations.
From the very beginning the Dry
Federation has been regarded as an
O'Neil Institution. It brought to
gether men active In the cause of
the prohibition amendment, but the
tact that at the meeting here tn
Februarj it endors-ed the state high
way commissioner for governor and
confided everything else to a com
mittee caused much speculation at
the time. The actions of its en
dorsement committee since have
confirmed the idea in the minds of
many people that it was committed
to O'Neil. When it endorsed O'Neil
again yesterday as far as endorsed
by local organizations, but did not
act on endorsements given to Wil
liam C. Sproul, the faith of a good
many people in the disinterestedness
of the federation began to ebb.
However, the meeting of the fed
eration yesterday was not without
much discussion. The Rev. Dr. C. F.
Swift, representing the Anti-Saloon
League, objected to an out-and-out
endorsement for O'Neil. and John A.
McSparran. master of the State
Grange, fought any effort to men
tion Sproul. The endorsement of
Guffey came only after a battle, and
yet J. Washington Logue, Demo
cratic aspirant for the nomination
for lieutenant governor on a very
"dry" platform, failed to land, al
though his declaration was the same
as Guffey's. John R. K. Scott, who
will speak from the same platform
as O'Neil, did not get any endorse
ment either.
It may be added that some of the
practical men among the O'Neil con
tingent breathed freer when the Dry
Federation completed its work last
night and if it holds another meet
ing it will be surprised.
—Commissioner O'Neil came back
to Harrisburg to-day after a short
tour and will be here until to-mor
row night, when he will go to Pitts
burgh for a few days. He will go
Thursday night into the anthracite
regions, probably accompanied by
Governor Brumbaugh and Attorney
General Brown.
—The appearance of the Attorney
General beside Mr. O'Neil wilT be
hailed as a sure sign that the Vares
are for him. Mr. Brown will make
view incidents of the last legislature,
ciew incidents of the last Legislature.
Both he and the Governor intend to
attack Senator Sproul.
—Senator Sproul will speak at ]
Williamsport to-morrow and then go
to Western Pennsylvania where Sen-,
ator Beidleman is to-day. Joseph F.
Guffey intends to stir around in
western counties this week, while his!
rival. Judge Bonniwell. like John R. j
K. Scott will be busy in the eastern
section.
—By to-morrow when the third
class cities will be holding their reg
istration. the primary campaign will
be In full swing. The "wets" and the
"drys" are saving the political work
ers the trouble of drumming up peo
ple to get registered this year. There
are thousands of people in the third
class cities who have not registered
and an effort to get them on the
books will be made. They will be
claimed with the utmost promptness
by every candidate.
—The contrast between the action
of the "dry" people of Dauphin
county in making endorsements last
night of candidates for the Legisla
ture in this county and the "passing
up" of Dauphin endorsements by
the Dry Federation was commented
upon to-day.
—The Philadelphia Record says
to-day that Governor Brumbaugh
is insisting that Senator Vare "im
mediately cease pussyfooting" be
tween Sproul and O'Neil and that "a
demand for a final showdown" has
been made. The Record also says
that the Governor may "fire" some
Vare men If the Vare organization
does not declare for the Commission
er. The Yares, It ia said, have of
fered to be neutral, but this does rot
satisfy the Governor. It is well
known that for some days a decision
has been demanded of the Vares.
whose own ward leaders are divided.
—Commenting upon the Supreme
Court vacancies the Philadelphia
Press suggests that the Governor
make drafts on the active lawyers of
the state instead of calling men from
the Common Pleas bench.
—Colonel Oliver S. Hershman, for
merly a colonel on the Governor's
staff, and owner of the Pittsburgh
Press, is out for Sproul.
—Mayor Smith has finally ordered
city ads taken out of German pa
pers in Philadelphia and Captain
Mills has ordered politicians out of
the Philadelphia police stations.
—Arrangements for a series of re
ceptions for Senator Sproul the lat
ter part of the week are being made.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer scoffs
at Senator Vare's assertion that des
pite the decision of the Dauphin
county court Penrose and other men
who voted Town Meeting shall not
vote at Republican primaries and
asks if it is true that John R. K.
Scott is really a resident of Mont
gomery county. The Ledger also
takes a whack at the Senator setting
himself up against the court.
—Dismissal of Lieutenant Little,
granting of a change of venue for
trial of Deutseh and other men in
the Fifth ward mess and the gen
eral activity to suppress bad police
conditions are making Philadelphia
a very Interesting place.
Writing in the Philadelphia
Press on the way the campaign is
going "The Insider" has this to say
about what must be apparent to ev
eryone except the politicians:
"In the last week there has some
how come over political circles a
realization of the fact that with
Pennsylvania facing a general elec
tion at which a Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor are to be chosen,
the people of the state are compara
tively little interested in the situa
tion. The war has subordinated pol
itics, as it has everything else, to
second place. This fact has been
patent for some time to a good many
Individuals but it has not reached
general expression among politicians
until within the last few days. Now
it is generally admitted around all
the headquarters. They say that the
public is thinking so much of rela
tives and friends at the front, or,
where that Is not the case, of war in
its general relations to the fortunes
of this country, that It has title room
In its mind for the details of politic
al adventures. This condition Is re
ported from the rural cross-roads
as well as from the crowded dis
tricts of Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.
As the United States becomes even
more actively engaged In th<* fight
ing, the condition is bound to be ev
en more acutely felt. It will have
an important effect on the cam
paign, without a doubt."
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Emperor Charles is a Dual Mon
arch, all right.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Why did Fate put those two is
lands so close together and yet so far
apart?— New York Sun.
Mr. Creel's boast that America
went to war'unprepared presumably
will not be made a conspicuous fea
ture of the next Democratic national
platform.—Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
The Kaiser Isn't so many. The
National Ancient Free and Accepted
Councilors and Princesses of Joshua
of the World was lately incorporated
at Little Rock, Ark.—Kansas City
Star.
Address Bu Mr. Hughes
The address of ex-Justice Charles
E. Hughes to the American News
paper Publishers Association was so
admirable as an interpretation of the
duty of the citizen in the war to pre
serve civilization and democracy, so
judicious in dealing with the Gov
ernment's responsibility for the pun
ishment of sedition, so valiant In de
fending criticism of the conduct of
the war, so flawless and invigorating
in its patriotism, so strong in the
faith of victory and of a temper sane
and temperate that it ranks as one of
the inspiring utterances of the war
by a representative American.
There was the ring of exemplary
nonpartisanship in Mr. Hughes' dec
laration. "I stand on that plaform
supporting the President of the Unit
ed States." Coming from a man
who was lately the Republican can
didate for President and is now the
official leader of that party, the
pledge was impressive. Sincere with
that matter-of-fact honesty so char
acteristic of Mr. Hughes, there was
no reservation. Bui he insisted on
the right and duty of what has been
called ."constructive criticism." It
could not have' been better stated
than as follows:
War demands fighting men
who see straight and shoot
straight. It also demands fight
ing critics who see straight and
are honest and candid in crit
icism.
The Department of Justice has
been charged—some say justly, oth
ers say without warrant—with slug
gishness in prosecuting the seditious.
Mr. Hughes asserted that constitu
tional power was not wanting to deal
with traitors and conspirators. It
must be remembered that he is an
eminent authority on the law. His
quotation from Lincoln might be
regarded in the light of a constitu
tional precedent:
"I ean no more be persuaded that
| the Government can take no strong
measures in time of rebellion be
cause it can be shown that the same
could not be lawfully taken in time
of peace than I can be persuaded
that a particular drug is not good
medicine for a sick man because it
cannot be shown to be good medi
cine for a well one."
It is dangerous to invoke the Con
stitution when the question Is
whether the nation shall deal with
enemies within Its gates who plot to
betray it to the enemy threatening '
to destroy it. About the duty of the ;
press in time of war and its right to j
immunity from arbitrary restric- ]
tions, Mr. Hughes spoke brave
words:
"There Is only one rule acceptable
in war. It ought to be the only
rule in peace, but a state of war
should drive it home to our con
sciences—the truth, the whole truth,
in a few instances where mil
itary exigencies forbid.) and certain
ly nothing but the truth."
Stout in his faith in the ultimate
triumph of America's cause, Mr.
Hughes did not, however, blink the
fact that the war would be long and
exact many sacrifices: drain the
country, it might be, of its manhood
and its resources. It was with a
sense of responsibility as the leader
of his party that he said he approv
ed of the proposal "to put 5.000,000
men into the field at the earliest pos
sible moment." That was a fine
saying that "it is not the measure
of our high calling to win a stale
mate or to gather a force merely to
hold a line of trenches."
It is the fighting spirit only that
counts now ,the inflexible resolution
'to win a military victory if it takes
our last soldier and our last dollar;
and nobly did Charles Evans Hughes
Republican, but always the Ameri
can and patriot, give expression to
the will of a great, free people.*
THE ROD OF LOVE
We had to punish our lad one day,
Though it grieved us more than we
can say;
We knew if w>e did not the child
would go
On and on in his wrong and would
naughtier grow;
'Till too late we would realize that
our little son.
Was not the same smiling, sweet,
innocent one
Who had played at our feet, and
had prayed at our knee —
So we knew we must punish him,
hard though it be.
We punished with aching hearts.
For we had fear.
That why we should treat him thus
would not seem clear.
And t'was so, for the lad in his lim
ited ken.
Could only sob out "I'll not do it
again !"
That night when we laid him down
to his calm rest.
The dear little man laid his head
on my breast,
And said in his simple and beauti
ful way,
"I'm sorry that I was so naughty
to-day."
And his penitence made us just love
him far more,
Than ever we'd loved our wee darl
ing before.
Through this struggle with our
little one dear.
Our Heavenly Father's Love became
clearer,
When oft he will not let us have
our own way
And to things that we wish for he
says to us "Nay"
How for our own good it is all be
ing done,
As our punishment was for the good
of our son.
And just as in pity my heart did
melt.
When our lad was sorry; so I knew
God felt.
When oft in the paths of sin we
have roamed,
And in penitence deep we have come
back home.
And just as our baby's soft pitiful
cry
"Oh Father, dear father, so sorry
am I !"
Had made us love him so much the
more,
So I know God opes the Forgive
ness Door !
When in sorrow we knock, and with
eyes all dim,
Say "Forfclve dear Father, and take
us in!"
God holds us close In His Gentle
breast.
And there we may safely and sweet
ly rest.
—By Mrs. Edna Groff Delhi, Pax
| tang. Pa. *
SHAikIU E
IHIEM NBSOT gttlS?
\ I mt
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
BOOZE AND SOLDIERS
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Will you kindly spare me a little
space In your esteemed newspaper
to express my views as well as the
views of the many thousands of
Harrisburg good thinking and law
abiding citizens, concerning the ac
tions of the liquor dealers of this
city at a recent meeting held for the
purpose of voting on the request of
our Honorable Mayor to refrain
from selling liquor in bottles over
the bar, during the present war cri
sis. What could have been more de
moralizing than the result of their
vote. Surely our Chief Executive
did not ask anything but what was
good for the cause. He has been
trying to help our fair city come out
with a clean title and I think under
: the present conditions he should be
encouraged and assisted, instead of
being voted down and a defiance
hurled at him. when the United
States Army to-day is trying to edu
cate their soldiers to abstain from
the use of rum and all its agents.
Considering the defiance these
rum agents and lust for gold mer
chants of the Capitol City of the
I greatest Commonwealth of all the
! states has hurled into the face of
! Mayor Keister let us hope that the
Government of the United States
will just go another step further and
order these wine mongers to close
their doors and keep them closed. ,
It was anything but a patriotic move
and their actions belittle their mem
bers. No doubt some ef the mem
bers of the Association did vote yes
but the rough element, like their
business irnt th mnlnrity and the
better of the good element. The
same as the booze will do if you get
it in quantity, such as the majority
of the liquor men of Harrisburg
would like you and the soldier boy
to get.
We are proud of our mayor and
his manly principles not only in this
case in particular but in everything
that carries with it the scent of vice.
He has rid our city of its houses of
ill-repute and while perhaps some
have moved in uptown districts and
are trying to carry their trade to a
respectable neighborhood, the Po
lice Department will soon rid them
from whence they have gone and
criminal actions will follow as this
can be and I know will be done, but
the whisky man can take a man in
the gutter quicker than any of these
and laugh and chuckle with glee and
get away with it. Let us pray that
they overstepped the bounds of pro
priety in their late action and will
live to regret their dishonorable ac
tions in saying "Yes we will bootleg
in face of the war and defiance of
the honorable request of Mayor
Keister.
Respectfully,
"One who believes in harmony."
THEYTATE PRESS
It has taken the men and women
of this country a long while to
awaken to the meaning of this war,
but now they are fully aroused and
ready to fight and to suffer to the
limit until the cause in which they
have enlisted is successful. The men
who sing while they fight and the
women who smile through their tears
never intended to bow before the ad
vance of the barbarians. —Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Very Little, Really
Women do not have much to do
with war; they only bear the men
who go out to fight, nurse the ones
who are wrecked while there, live
with the ones who come hack and
mourn for the ones who do not.—
From IJfe.
Down to Business at Last
One of the indications Is that peo
ple have quit speculating on what is
going to happen after the war and
have got down to business figuring
out how to win the war.—Detroit
Free Press.
Preparing the Next Course.
Ravings of a Recruit
Tc the Editor of the Telegraph :
I am a Harrisburg boy, formerly
from "350 Hummel Street, Harris
burg-, Pcnna." I enlisted last No
vember 8, 1918. I was stationed at
Columbus Barracks, Columbus, 0.,
and at Kelly_ Field, San Antonio,
Texas, and now at Eberts Field. Lo
noke, Ark. I was recently appoint
ed Sergeant First Class of the 125 th
Aero Squadron. I remember quite
a few things that happened while
yet a recruit, and from that have
formed a small poem. Would ap
preciate very much if you would
publish it for me, so as to give the
folks back home an idea of Army
life. Was a steady reader of the
Telegraph while in Harrisburg.
No more ham and eggs or grape
fruit
When the bugle calls for chow,
No more apple pie or dumplings—
' Cause you're in the Army how.
No more fizzes, beer or highballs
And the drilling makes us warm,
But you can't cool off on liquor—
' Cause you wear the uniform.
No more shirts of silk or linen.
We wear the O. D. stuff,
No more night shirts or pajamas—
' Cause our pants are good enough.
No more feather ticks or pillows,
But we're glad to thank the Lord
We'e got a cot and blankets—
When we might just have a board.
They told me not to be drafted,
But to join and get my pick;
Then I came to I'jlly Field— •
And got my pick and shovel quick.
The only time I have left the ground
Was to mount a truck and throw
wood down.
And the only time I've been in the
air—
Was when the sand blew everywhere.
And they feed us beans for break
fast.
And at lunch we get them too.
And at night they stuff our "tum
mies"—
With that D Old Army Stew.
But we will lick old Kink the Kaiser
When each one of us learn how,
'Cause D him, he's the reason—
We're in this "One Man's" Army
now.
Herbert B. Daniels, Sergeant 125 th
Aero Service Squadron, Eberts Field,
Lonoke, Arkansas.
A Privileged Class
The Food-Control Law provides
that any storing or holding by any
farmer, gardener or other person of
the products of any farm, garden
or other land cultivated by him shall
not be deemed to be a storing or
holding withlng th'e meaning of this
act."
For other persons hoarding is an
offense punishable by rather per
emptory methods. It is to be noted,
however, that the Food Administra
tion has warned all farmers that
they must market their wheat before
May 15 at the prices fixed by law. on
pain of requisition by th? authori
ties in case of failure. By the fur
ther provisions of the act, grain re
quisitioned in this fashion is to be
paid for at a rate satisfactory to the
owner, and failing in that, he is to
recover such further sum as may be
fixed by a Federal District Court.
In spite of price-fixing which has
doubled the earnings of most grain
growers, there has been much
hoarding on their part, for which the
severest penalty imposed by Con
gress is a lawsuit to determine their
rights. Other profiteers are dealt
with summarily and put out of bus
iness. Are the food-hoarders a priv
ileged claas?—From th New York
World.
LABOR NOTES
To prevent labor shifting, a stand
ard wage scale 'for shipbuilders lias
been put in effect at all Atlantic and
Gulf ports.
The Xew York Legislature turned
down a proposal to investigate mini
mum wages for women and children
in Xew York state.
Wage advances granted since Au
gust 1, 1915, at the Bayonne, (N. J.)
plant of the Standard Oil Company
total from 79 to 98 per cent.
The ten-hour day rule for British
Columbia logging camp employes
has been changed to the eight-hour
day rule by the Loggers' Association.
Representatives of 100 women's
organizations in New York are de
manding passage of legislation cov
ering women's working conditions.
j{ OUR DAILY LAIJGHI
THE USUAL WAY.
•
"I suppose you and your wife
share everything?"
"Not at all. She Insists that I hiv
all the faults."
-i -F.ft . I
A PLEA.
"I ain't kicking at these meatlesi
iayr. mam, you understand."
"Well, then?"
"Only let's have a pruneless day,
:00, once in awhile."
STRUCK.
"Hasn't he a striking car?"
"Yes, It gave me quite a jar."
J1
ALL STUCK UP.
He —The last place 1 played the
manager got stuck on one of my
tricks.
She—He told me that he got stuck
on u whole act.
Ibenutg Cljal
Harrisburg comes within Just one
tenth of a mile of being a city Ave
miles long. According to the official
maps which City Engineer M. B.
Cowden keeps locked up in his of
fice, and measuring by the Susque
hanna's banks, which is what most
of Harrisburg goes by. the length of
the state's capital is exactly 4.9
miles. This measurement takes in
the new Fourteenth ward so that
from the last house in Riverside to
the north of the Spring creek below
Cedar street it is Harrisburg. And
the beauty of it is that a consider
able portion of this stretch, which is
not realized by many, is the
bank has been improved. Mr. Cow
den's line takes in the curve at the
pumping station at the foot of North
street, but as since the hank was im
proved the line has been straighten
ed so that it is a fair estimate of
the length of the city. Perhaps as
a crow would fly from up near Es
therton to Lochiel it might be a
tenth of a mile shorter. As for the
width of the city Mr. Cowden esti
mates that it varies from one to
three miles. Counting in the Sus
quehanna, because the city line runs
to low water mark on the Cumber
land shore, and £oing out through
the Thirteenth ward to the city line
at Poorhouse lane or 29th street, as
it is officially known, is three miles.
The river varies in width, as does
the city being from three-fifths to
seven-eighths of a mile wide. The
city is narrowest in the First ward
because of the way the Susquehanna
sweeps in and It is odd to run up
against Nineteenth street within a
little over two thirds of a mile from
the river. Hence, the young Har
risburgers can now boast that they
live in a city almost five miles long
and three miles wide at one point.
• • •
"It's just twenty years ago Sun
day" said one of my old National
Guard friends this morning, "that
the National Guard of Pennsylvania
went fo Mt. Gretna and opened
Camp Hastings, the mobilization
camp of the Spanish-American
War." •
"Yes" put in Captain Charles P.
Meek, who was one of the officers
of the Governor's Troop, "Do you
remember how it snowed and what
a beastly day it was to go into
camp?"
Adjutant General Beary, who was
an officer in the Fourth Pennsyl
vania in those days, recalls feeling
ly that the shelter the first night was
In one of the buildings used in sum
mer time as a place for exhibiting
poultry.
* * *
George B. Uttley, secretary of the
American library Association, was
here yesterday arranging matters in
connection with the annual conven
tion of that body which will be held
in Saratoga Springs in July. Dr.
Thomas Lynch Montgomery, the
State Librarian, is the president of
the national organization. In ad
dition to the State Library people
the Harrisburg Public Library will
be represented.
* * *
One of the oddest excuses given in
a long time why farmers do not buy
Liberty Bonds is that they have no
place to keep them. It is about on
a par with the excuse that a man in
the country would not be a good in
vestor in Thrift Stamps because he
does not get to town often enough to
have them converted into Baby
Bonds. One of the best-known pro
fessional farmers in the state said
while here recently. "Now, don't
blame the farmer for not buying
Liberty Bonds. You see he has to
work hard for all he gets."
"Well, don't I?" put in the man to
whom he was talking.
"Yes. but you live in town and are
near banks. The farmer lives in
the country and has no safe deposit
boxes," replied the apologist.
"Hey, where does the farmer keep
his money when he takes it in for
wheat and potatoes? Where does
he keep his deeds and his insurance
policy? He don't keep them in tho
Bible in the front room or in the
photograph album, does he?" fired
in a man who had come up.
• • *
Harrisburg's two candidates for
lieutenant governor. Senator Edward
E. Beidleman, who aspires to the
Republican nomination, and Howard
O. Holstein, who is running for the
Democratic nomination, met the
other day on the street. Both said
they enjoyed being candidates.
• •
Warnings given by Major W. G.
Murdock, the chief draft officer of
Pennsylvania that men given defer
red classification under the draft be
cause of their work being essential
and who change or get dismissed
must be restored to their place, has
resulted in numerous letters coming
to Harrisburg from draft boards,
while telegrams and telephone
messages are being received tell
ing of changes which should be
made. The result will be that some
men who got deferred places because
of working on farms and then went
during the winter to industries will
have to go back to the farm or as
sume their rightful place in the
draft. It will also hit some men in
railroad service.
• • *
The Department of Labor and In
dustry offices at the State Capitol
come pretty close to having the rec
ord for the highest price for the sale
of a packet of chewing gum at the
recent Red Cross sale. The packet
was made to retail at a nickel, but
it. was sold and resold and auction
eered and turned around until final
ly it rested on the desk of one of the
officials as representing $21.25. Even
the people who attended to the sell
ing do not know how it came to roll
up such a figure, but the money was
there and the gum is in the curiosity
class.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "
—E. L. Fell, who becomes head of
the committee to prevent waste iu
the state, is head of one of the big
printing companies.
—Ex-Mayor Joseph Armstrong of
Pittsburgh, is prominent on one of
the Sproul committees in that
county.
—Senator W. C. McConnell Is at
the head of the Liberty Loan Com
mittee for Northumberland.
—Charles T. Davies, Reading food
administrator, has urged people with
more wheat than needed to give It
to the orphanage of Berks county.
—Dr. Wllmer Krusen. Philadel
phia health director, says people may
have to be drafted to make them un
derstand what a cleanup means.
The Rev. Samuel Henry Stein,
chaplain of York's fire department,
preached the 42d memorial sermon
to the firemen of that city.
n
| DO YOU KNOW "~1
—That 'Harrisburg is earning
the gratitude of many soldiers
by tlie work of the women's or
ganizations whose members
meet the trains passing tlirougCi
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
April has been the big month fop
Harrisburg soldiers to go to war.