"THURSDAY EVENING . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 2, 1918.
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THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1818
For none of us Hveth to himself,
and none dieth to himself. — ROM.
14:7.
"BUY ANOTHER BOND"
UY another bond," Is the urgent
t? request of President Wilson,
who himself has purchased one
on the instalment plan.
Nobody knows better than the I
President what the failure of the
country to meet this Liberty Loan
would mean.
Nobody knows better than he what
encouragement such a failure would
be to Germany. I
Nobody knows better than he what j
a blow an oversubscription of this!
loan would be to the Kaiser and hisj
fellow tyrants.
So the President has bought an-j
other bond.
Back him up by following hisj
example.
TIME TO DECLARE
THE Pittsburgh Post makes the j
surprising assertion that J.
Denny O'Xeil Is not ready to say
he intends to abide by the decision
of the Republican voters at the May
primaries, llr. O'Neil, if he Is quoted
correctly by the Post, puts himself In
the very peculiar position of asking
for the support of the Republican
party, while intimating that he may j
desert the party to head some other
ticket. If he or his committee so
desires after the primary results are
known.
Says the Post, in' a news article
following the visit of Mr. O'Neil to
that city last week:
State Highway Commissioner j
J. Denny O'Neil. who is seek- i
ing the Republican nomination
for governor, says he does not i
know whether he is to abido I
by tlie decision of the May pri- |
maries. That, he says, is a mat- i
tr fr his campaign committee I
lo decide. Also, he says, he is j
Just as much In the dark re
garding any announcement from
his committee on the question |
before the primaries. Kruni
O'Nell's statements it would ap
pear that the question of con- (
tinning as a candidate, if de- i
feated for the nomination in the
primaries, is one for his com
mittee to determine.
When asked yesterday if lie
would abide by the decision of
the primaries, Mr. O'Neil said:
"That is a question for my com
mittee to decide. They deter
mine all matters of policy."
"Will they make any an- |
nouncement before the prima
ries?" he was asked.
"I cannot say, as I have not
discussed the question with the |
committee."
Many Republicans will not agree I
with Mr. O'Neil that this is a matter I
of "policy." They look upon it as
a question of personal integrity and
honesty of purpose to be answer
ed by Mr. O'Neil himself. When a
candidate enters a party primary it
ought to be agreed that he will
abide by the decision of that pri
mary just as willingly if he Is de
feated as he unquestionably would
were he nominated. He offers his
candidacy as a member of the party.
He ought to stand by the party In
defeat as loyally as he would expect
the party to stand by him were he
nominated.
Sir. O'Neil has been too long In
public life not to understand his ob
ligations In this respect and It Is
not to be considered for a moment
that he really means to bolt his par
ty's decision should It happen that
some other candidate receive more
votes for the gubernatorial place
than he.
The other Republican candidates
have openly declared that If de
feated they will stand by the ticket
nominated and Mr. O'Neil should do
the same. Certainly, he is not
strengthening his cause by dodging
so personal and Important a ques
tion. On this matter Senator
Sproul, for example, makes himself
very clear. He says;
I enter the primary contest In
• the full spirit of the primary
election laws, which I have
helped to frame, and will feel
that I am in honor and duty
bound to support cheerfully and
honestly, all of the nominees of
the Republican voters of the
the primaries to which I have
submitted my own candidacy.
There Is no dodging nor lde-step
plng there. Senator looks
the law fairly in the face and sees '
in it a call to his honor and integ
rity as a Republican to abide' by
the decision of his party, and Repub
licans will give small consideration
to candidates lese frank and straight
forward. We believe that Mr, O'Neil
doee not mean to be placed In a
false light In this respect and that
lie will make his position clear with
in the next few days*
Americans on the French front
smashed a heavy German attack yes
terday, but that's nothing to what's
going to happen when about J,000.000
Americans start their own little drive
on the German lines,
OUR HOUSING PROBLEM
WHILE concentrating our at
tention on the winning of the
war we must not lose sight of
local problems a* they rise. In this
respect Harrisburg must give some
attention Immediately and earnestly
to provisions for housing Its growing
population. The demand for dwelling
houses Is unprecedented and every
rental agency of the city and vicin
ity Is overwhelmed with appli
cants whose wants there Is no
means of meeting with the present
available supply.
Two factors enter Into this con
dition. The larger Industrie* of the
city and vicinity have developed
more rapidly than anybody anticl
pated a few years ago and the gov- .
eminent has brought many people
to Harrisburg In connection with
aviation, ordnance and quartermas
ter depot construction work In this i
vicinity. These factors alone would
have given us a housing problem, J
but the situation Is greatly aggra- I
vated by failure of builders to pro- j
vide for even a normal Increase in 1
population. High prices of materials J
and scarcity of labor have dls- J
couraged real estate developers and ,
contractors alike. The consequence j
is that while the population has i
grown by leaps and bounds, new ,
building has fallen oft proportion- <
ately and radical steps must be
taken if we are to care for even the '
Immediate needs of the city, much ]
less for what prpmlses to be an ex- j
ceptionally rapid growth In the very :
l
near future. 1
The time is here when broad- •'
i
minded men of means must come to i
Harrisburg's rescue with invest- |
ments in houses to rent or sell at :
reasonable figures. The Chamber
of Commerce, which, through its
president, Andrew S. Patterson, al
ready has been considering a federal
housing survey, should lead the way.
Here Is a great service to be per
formed and one for which the <
Chamber Is exceptionally well qual- ,
ifled. The national authorities have 1
assisted other communities faced by !
conditions such as exist here, where
the population has been abnormally
increased by war work activities, j'
and no doubt co-operation of the
kind could be procured for the re
lief of conditions in Harrisbiyg.
We must do something, either
| with, or without help, or lose many
j desirable residents to the suburbs or
I other towns aroundabout. Not only
| that, but if it becomes known
! that there is to be no relief in the
; housing shortage here, industries
contemplating locations and firms
i desiring to open offices here will
hesitate, and in the end we would
lose thousands upon thousands
of dollars' worth of business
that would come our way and add
i to our importance as a trading cen
iter and to our prosperity as a com
munity. Tlie time is ripe for the
! inauguration of the movement.
COMMENDABLE ACTION
THE action, of the Harrisburg j
Real Estate Board in calling a
meeting, to which Mayor Keis-
J ter and newspaper reporters have
j been invited, for a discussion of the
I excessive house rent problem is very
! commendable.
The Real Estate Board when it
was organized some months ago an
nounced among its objects the pro
] motion of the real estate business by
j the discouragement of illegitimate
j practices of price boosting and other
j shady transactions, for which only a
small proportion of those Interested
were responsible, but which, ihe
members felt, reflected on all of
them.
Among these dishonesties there Is
! none more disreputable than that of
| collecting more rents from the poor
than the properties are worth. The
owner Is at all times entitled to a
fair return on his money. Every
body will concede that. But the
landlord Is no more warranted In
charging double rents for his houses
than the grocer Is In charging double
prices for beans or sugar, or the
trolley company In charging two
fares for one ride.
This the Real Estate Board -eal-
Izes, and It Is for the purpose of tak
ing some action for the correction
of the evil, as it has been reported
to Mayor Kelster, that this evening's
meeting has been called. One way
to orlng about the relief desired is
to publish broadcast the names of ail
offenders. A better way will be to
take measures for the erection of a
sufficient number of houses at rea
sonable rental to force those who
have been charging unfair rents to
reduce them through an increased
supply of dwellings.
7>*lLtLc*U
""Pouvoijltfcuvta
By the EZ-Commltteenuui
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The biennial discussion of ways
and means to simplify the present
primary nominating system and to
avoid tile troubles which arise In the
final rush of petitions at the office
of the Secretary of the Common
wealth is on at the Capitol and It in
Kosslble that some suggestions will
e made to the next Legislature. The
chief theme appears to be a way to
avoid the filing of petitions to
"Jockey" aspirant* for office who
have announced candidacy out of
advantages they may have by reason
of the flint latter of their names or
initials. Such things are becoming
common. One of the suggestions
made is that candidates for state-wide
nominations, at least, should draw
lots or deputise some one to draw
lots for them, to determine order of
place on the ballot. This is done by
candidates for council In third class
cities under the third class city non
partisan election clause. Another
step which Is suggested is rearrange
ment of the time of tiling and for
withdrawal. By operation of the obi
law which regulated withdrawals
and of a new law which shortened
the period In which to (lie, so that
more time could be given to certify.
Just one day as allowed for with
drawal this year. The conditions
which will prevail in the election of
Supreme Court Justices this fall,
when nomination papers will have to
be fllod and the iield will be open,
will also receive attention.
—While some newspapers are
calling upon Governor Brumbaugh
to take his time in regard to filling
the two vacancies on tlie Supreme
| Court bench and select men who will
. command the respect of bench, bar
and public and be nominated and
elected without serious opposition
this Kail, other newspapers and
some politicians are calling attention
to what fine plums there are for
political use In the appointments.
The Philadelphia Record Intimates
that the vacancies are being thought I
of In connection with the campaign, |
while the Philadelphia Bulletin calls;
upon the Governor to take the Su- j
preme Court out Of politics and name j
one tftepublican and one Democrat j
who will measure up to suite de- (
mands and be elected to full terms j
without a tight in November. In this j
connection it is interesting to note |
that Senator Sproul has declared for
Judge George Kunkel and A.
Mitchell Palmer as the two men to
be Justices. It should be borne in
mind that one of the Judges must I
be a Democrat, under the constitu-1
tion. Justice Mestrezat was the Dein- |
ocratic member of the court.
—While the Vares are still Insist
ing that notwithstanding the deci
sion of the Dauphin county court
Republicans who voted Town Meet
ing cannot vote at the primary, it is
apparent that they are going to do
so and that Penrose and others will
not be stopped. If they are there will
be arrests. Senator Vare's assertion
that other decisions conflict is all the
more reason, in minds of students
of political matters, for a revision of
the whole primary.system. In Phila
delphia attacks on petitions for com
mitteemen are developing some new
questions, which are puzzlers, one
being whether a man must be both
"registered" and "enrolled."
—Commissioner O'Neil spent yes
terday on a tour of Allegheny county
and will leave there to-day to take
part in the anthracite region tour
which is being termed the "grand
spring offensive" about his head
quarters. The O'Neil men look for
tesults from their speeches in that
section and believe the people are
interested in their announced pro
gram to assail Penrose. Senator
Sproul, who spent yesterday at Wil
liamsport, left to-day for Pittsburgh
and will be in Western Pennsylva
nia, where Senator Beidleman is
quite busy, the next two weeks. Sen
ator Beidlenia.i casually remarked
that while Confess was working for
the nation at Washington and had
been for some time. Mr. Scott had
been much in Pennsylvania.
—No one here was very much
surprised when it was announced by
John R. K. Scott, at Philadelphia,
last night, that he proposed to
stump the state with O'Neil. The
O'Neil headquarters was silent on
the subject, just as Scott's partisans
have been silent on the question
whether he will come out and join
with O'Neil on tlie "dry" issue or
remain on the fence while also on
the O'Neil speaking platform. Scott
came here a week ago and got his
speaking dates at O'Neil's head
quarters and it has been no secret
that he was getting ready to join
forces.
—Some people here think that
Scott's appearance with O'Neil, the
Governor and the Attorney General
will be intended to show the people
that while the Vares are hot en
dorsing any candidate for Governor
tliey are sympathetic with O'Neil,
otherwise Scott, their favorite for
Lieutenant Governor, would not be
seen with O'Neil. The belief is
growing that the Vares will remain
neutral.
—The Philadelphia Press makes
this remark about Scott: "Scott's
slgnificent action of yesterday un
doubtedly upsets the contention that
the Vare organizatiqn will be solidly
for Sproul. It now becomes a ques
tion of how far the city organization
will wander from the path originally
marked out, whether it will be a di
vision of support between the two
candidates, or unqualified support
for O'Neil." The Democratic Phil
adelphia Record says: "How O'Neil
and Scott will mix was the big ques
tion being debated yesterday In this
city by political wiseacres. The
unique combination of church work
er and Tenderloin Congressman and
attorney is expected to cost the
Highway Commissioner thousands
of votes in the rural sections of the
state and also among the church
people in the cities. On the other
hand, O'Neil Is sure to be benefited
In the Vare-controlled ward of this
city."
—The Nonth American, which an
nounces the arrest of eleven Vare
workers In Director Wilson's ward
on "phanton voter" charges, pre
dicts some lively speeches as the re
sult of Scott joining O'Neil, Brum
baugh and Brown.
—Warren county became "dry" at
midnight. Erie and McKean coun
ties are the only "wet" ones left in
the northwestern part of the state.
—Norrlstown policemen have
been given an advance in pay.
—The Hills Association,
which aided in electing Congress
man Guy E. Campbell two years
ago, is now out for Fred B. Scott,
the Republican candidate.
—Vare ■ leaders In Philadelphia
have started "firing" men In offices
whom they think lean toward Pen
rose In ward committeman fights.
—Mayor Connell, of Scranton. has
ordered a clean-up, Army officers
are said to have prodded him be
cause of the big camp to be estab
lished at Tobyhanna.
—The Hazleton and Montgomery
districts are certainly furnishing in
teresting senatorial situations.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
When fighting the undoubted
enemy is no time for kicking those of
your friends who are also lighting
him.—San Francisco Chronicle.
If the Kaiser ever faces any cap
tured American officers he will find
that while he possibly may be able
to stare a general or a major out of
countenance, he can not outglare a
second lieutenant. Kansas City
Star.
Ground glass has been found in
candy at Lawton and Fort Sill, and
the factories in which the candy was
made have been forced to close their
doors. Dear, dear, can such inhu
man punishment be dealt out by a
civilized government'.'—Kansas City
Star.
The Purpose Accomplished
(From the New York Sun)
We are convinced that as to the
constitutional objections to the
Chamberlain bill sound lawyers in
the Senate will be found in agree
ment with President Wilson's gen
eral prosition. All this being true, we
say, and the protest of the President
being valid against the overthrow of
civil jurisdiction in cases defined by
civil law, it is also true, nevertheless,
that by introducing the bill Senator
•Chamberlain has added to his dis
tinguished services in the promotion
of war efficiency. He has probably
accomplished liis purpose. By the
extreme character of the remedy he
proposes he has called attention, in
the most striking manner possible,
to the deplorable laxity of the treat
ment now accorded to spies and
traitors. The whole loyal nation is
becoming .hotly indignant at the
manner in which the existing stat
utes are administered and at the
constant escape of public enemies
from the proper consequences of
their crimes: and the country is be
coming more and more disposed to
hold the Department of Justice and
its multitudinous organization re
sponsible for that the laws already
enacted, and the civil courts already
constituted, are adequately adapted
to a more vigorous and exemplary
prosecution of these despicable
criminals.
Perhaps that is what the Senator
wanted to emphasize.
At the same time the Senator af
forded to the President a magnifi
cent opportunity to prove that there
arc war powers which he is not anx
ious to take upon himself. The
r.ianner in which tli President has
grasped the opportunity shows that
it was welcome to hint, and his use
of it is reassuring to those who are
looking for a limit to the stupendous
process of centralization.
Too Costly
In the armjf of Madagascar Is a
cavalry regiment mounted on oxen.
This scheme is too reckless a waste
of good beefsteak ever to be adopted
by the European combatants. —
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE HERO ,
It is not the deed, but the danger
That tests the hero's soul;
And the songs of strength are not
so rare
As the sign of self control.
A torch, a cheer and a niche of fame
For the man who met the foe,
But here's to the men who fail or
win
In a stress we do not know.
Some are cheered by a nation's hon
or
And some by a steadfast friend;
And some by the light of a woman's
love
Till the strain and strife have end.
And after the story Is writ and read
The heart of the world Is stirred.
But here's to the man who tolled
alone
And whose tale was never heard.
There Is Joy In a fateful struggle—
If the watchers understand.
There Is Joy In the lift of another's
load
By a loyal heart hand.
But some things fall to the lot of
11 f o
And ever It must be so—
Some no others can understand.
And some no one can know.
In the long, long run we reckon
Each man at his social worth;
With a partial glance at his circum
stances
And the stars above his birth.
But under the breast that stands
the test
The heart tide ebbs and flow.
Then here's to the one whose duty's
done
In a stress we do not know.
—Charles Poole Cleaves in the
Youth's Companion.
Even War Can't Subdue Hardy
Army Rhymsters in Trenches
Sound of Enemy Guns Only Adds "Pep" to Editors o£ News
paper Published on the "Frontier of Democracy"
THE Stars and Stripes is the name
of the daily newspaper print
ed by the lads of the American
expeditionary forces in France.
Herewith are printed some excerpts
in order that the folks at home
may see how their boys abroad feel,
think and hope.
A martial poet gives this metric
reason why America is in the war
and, incidentally, why you should
buy that Liberty Bond:
This is what we're fighting for—
That the girl on mother's knee
May not know the scourge of war.
Shock on land and shock on sea;
That the little boy may read
On and on of Fairyland.
Undistraught by Teuton greed.
Safe from blow of Teuton hand.
Other little children fare •
Not so peacefully as these:
Mothers have they none to care,
Father.s have they none to plea*f.
Racked by horror, caked with
grime.
Have they been these weary years,
Ever since the German crime
Made their land a vale of tears.
Hard their lot and sad their ways!
Little love on them was lavished.
From those early August days
When the Hun their country rav
isned.
Till the time when strajigers came —
Kindly folk, but still outlanders —
Working, in the Sacred Name,
For those helpless tots of Flanders.
So, to keep the flame and sword
From our children and their
mothers,
Forward then with one accord,
North and South, allied as broth
ers.
East and West, as one unite!
Bring to naught the Prussian's
yearning—
Then may children's eyes be bright,
Unafraid at our returning!
You have three guesses as to the
nationality of this poetaster:
ST. PATRICK'S DAY 1918
Sure, the harp and shamrock lead
the van on every battlefield,
The blackthorn stick is ample cause
for Prussian's foe to yield;
The flsts of sturdy Irish lads, up
front have paved the way
For victory—so honor them on this
St. Patrick's Day!
Those modern missionaries well up
hold St. Patrick's fame—
From reveille to taps at night they're
always in the game;
The unbelieving Boches are convert
ed once for all
When on their heads the weapons of
Melting Potpourri
An English newspaper writer on
the American front In France got a
new Idea of America on learning
that the postal censors who read
the letters of the American Expedi
tionary Force are required to know
47 languages.—From the Springfield
Republican.
Universally Execrated
Who censors the censor's love
letters ?
The censor has no love letters.—
Kansas City Star.
"FIGHT ON"
Dark may be the present hour,
And in the distant future far.
The blessed dawns
But, thank God, still hearts can
hope,
And as they through the darkness
grope,
Still fight on.
What matter if the night be long,
And love be weak and hate be
strong,
A brighter day,
When all the world shall be at peace
And strife and tears and sorrow
cease,
Is on the way.
On! Fight on! Bow not thy head !
Qod does not sleep nor is he dead,
Our cause is Just;
If hell hath reared himself a throne
God shall smite It stone from stone.
In him we trust.
H. K. SADDLER.
Oakmont, Pa.
the Irish 'gin to fall!
The "fighting race" has proved its
steel in this our A. E. F. —
To wheedlings of the pacifists its
members all are deaf;
Tliey never sprang from any one, but
always at their throats —
In any sort of scrimmage they will
make the Huns the goats!
St. Patrick s job was. driving snakes
and other reptiles out—
So, in St. Patrick's manner, watch
the Irish put to rout
The Teuton snakes and reptiles who
would poison all the world
With tyranny, wherever German
standards are unfurled.
Then success attend the Irish who
Columbia's cause uphold!
As scrappers leal and loyal, they are
worth their weight in gold!
Their cheery wit and songfulness
drive all the blues away—
I Turn out, salute Ould Erin on this
wartime "Patrick's Day"!
You may rest assured that the
editors were pleased with this trib
■ ute from one whom they expect to
lie a constant reader:
TO THE STARS AND STRIPES
I am glad to find in France a
newspaper written and edited by and
for our soldiers. Wisely managed,
it can be a forum for their Ideas, a
means, for each part of the Ameri
can front to speak to all others, a
means for drawing closer together
all tlie soldiers of the A. E. F. Good
luck to the Stars and Stripes!
NEWTON D. BAKER.
GEOGRAPHY IN THE A. E. F.
"Germany—A constantly dwind
ling country situated In Middle Eu
rope, the inhabitants of which are
fed solely on lies and promises.
"Austria —See Germany first.
"Turkey—See Germany.
"Russia —A large country situated
half in Europe and about half In
Asia, not ruled by anybody In partic
ular and not caring much about be
ing ruled by anybody.
"Great Britain —An island which
mtglit for its size be dropped in
I,ake Michigan, but which instead
has dropped on Germany's neck like
a thousand of brick.
"France —A country populated In
the main by the soldiers of the civ
ilized nations of the world, possess
ing great extremes of heat and cold,
and in its upper or fighting portions
given over almost exclusively to the
production of mud.
"Belgium—A country with guts.
"Mexico—The home of the rattle
snake, the tarantula, the tropic sun
and the fever, but. at that, a lot
more civilized than Germany.
"America —See heaven."
USE NO MORE WHEAT
Hats oft to Jefferson county, Ar
kansas !
That particular subdivision of a
wonderful state which already has
done piuch to help wake up the
Western world has gone wheatless.
While folks elsewhere have been
fussing and fuming at the 60-50 or
der, and In many instances side
stepping it. the entire supply of
wheat Hour on hand in wholesale
and retail houses In Jefferson coun
ty—some ten thousand barrels —has
been placed at the disposal of the
Federal Food Administration.
And, at a general conference re
cently, It was unanimously agreed
that no more wheat flour be sold
In that county until new crops or
new conditions assure a normal sup
ply for France, England, Belgium
and Italy*
So hats off to these real patriots,
who thus have typified the finest
brand of Americanism. —From the
Philadelphia North American.
Cuba to Aid French
The work of helping to maintain
and educate the thousands of chil
dren in France orphaned by the war,
begun some time ago here by the
executive committee of the Father
less Children of France, has been ex
tended to Latin-America. Word has
been received by Seymour L. Crom
well, chairman of the American ex
ecutive committee, that a branch of
the organization has been founded
In Cuba, and that President Menoc
al had accepted sponsorship for the
work there.—From the New York-
Evening Pa>-.
"BILL" WHITE RETORTS
A friend, writing William Allen
White about his latest book, "The
Martial Adventures of Henry and
Me," chided him on dragging a love
story into a book of travel. "But,"
the writer broke off, "I suppose I
am an old grouch." To which the
author replied as follows:
"The love story was not written
for such as you. You are an old
grouch. You only lack the oppor
tunity and the courage to be a wife
beater. You never hear the birds
sing any longer, and the odor of li
lacs does not mean anything to you.
Doubtless you would enjoy taking
Euclid to bed with you and would
burn the midnight oil over Schop
enhauer and Kant. That love story
was written for blithe younpr souls
who still hold the Joy of life in their
hearts and who like chocolate can
dy and spring moons and Strauss's
waltzes.
"Give my affectionate regards and
condolences to your wife. Tell her
to'bear up. for life Is not so long as
it seems and soon death will release
her from your lugubrious company.
Your life probably is not really over
30 or 40 years.
Conjugal Perils in Chicago
Within three years Chicago Juries
have acquitted twenty-three women
who killed their husbands, so it
would seem that next to aviation,
; husbanding is the most dangerous
branch of the service there.—Grand
Rapids Press.
fOUR DAILY LAUGH I
SHE DIDN'T TELL.
I "The girls were all crazy to know
• 1 you are engaged, but 1 didn't tell.
, I said I had promised faithfully to
et you announce it yourself.
DANDY WATER.
"Don't drink that, Bill. Let's get
a drink out of the brook. It's ful.
of nice bugr,"
BIRDVILLE DRAMA.
Desperate Desmond—Marry me or
I'll throw you in yon water!
Bessie Duck —Ha, ha! Water has
no terrors for me, vllllan!
A GREAT PRIZE.
He —But, darling why were you so
sure that I had never proposed to
! any other girl.
! Bhe—Because, you Wonderful boy,
you were not married.
Itetttng (SUfat
If there Is anything in that con
viction of Army officers that a sing
ing soldier makes a good soldier the
carloads of men who have been
passing through Harrlsburg the last
week to the National Army canton
ments or somewhere else will be
splendid upholders of the traditions
of Uncle Sam. There have been
many thousands of men moving
through Union station since the war
began and of late, due to the draft
calls and other movements, there
have been several trains a day. In
deed, among the station employes
the trains of soldiers and drafted
men are not attracting much atten
tion excopt to see that everything is
in proper shape, although to the
people who gather about the sta
tion and on the bridges the trains
are a never-falling source of Inter
est. Every train that has come into
the station this week has been filled
• with cheering singing soldiers. Tho
arrival and departure of the trains
can be told by the outbursts of
cheering from the cars, Monday
and Tuesday the train shed resound
ed with songs and some of the im
provised glee clubs among the sol
diers ( ilid very well, so well, In fact,
that they won applause from the
people gathered for trains. This
gathering for community singing
seems to be the thing among the
soldiers for when they can they pile
out of the trains, stopping their card
I games and even eating to gather
round and sing. When they cannot
leave the cars they lean from the
windows and sing as lustily as
though they were sitting around un
der a tree at home.
Efforts are being bent by officers
at State Draft headquarters to have
all data regarding occupations of
men within the age limit of the se
lective service act completed before
the call comes for the big contin
gent of men to be made early this
month. The classification cards
have been called for several times
and it is hoped to be In shape to
immediately meet any calls for men
with special qualifications. Numer
ous instances whether men who had
been given deferred classifications
because of work and who have
changed without notifying draft
boards have been discovered, while
there have also been cases arise
where status of railroad men anil
miners as workers In necessary in
dustries have been questioned, in
one county boards are taking into
consideration the actual division of
work done by the applicants who
work in mines.
Recent filing of notices of inten
tion to increase rates for service
by electric companies throughout
the state has brought a flood of in
quiries and a number of complaints
to the office of the Public Service
Commission. Many of the inquiries
are of a kind that would naturally
be made at offices of the companies,
but the customers take the matters
to the commission for notice, al
though they are referred back to
their localities. In a number of in
stances requests have also been
made of the commission to have im
mediate investigations ordered,
which cannot be done because of
the cost which would be tremend
ous.
• • •
Speaking about the Governor's
Troop and what it hit at Mt. Gretna
when it mobilized there with the
rest of the Guard for the Spanish
War just twenty years ago. one of
the veterans recalled that the Troop
was one of the few organizations
that spent the first night in tents.
The troopers found the ground full
of snow, but managed to get tents ■
from one of the cars and put up the
whole thirty-two and the hospital
tent for the officers. The infantry
men slept in cars and chicken hous
es, but the cavalry were out in the
snow.
• • •
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, the secre
tary of the State Game Commission,
who is recovering from an attack
of grip, has written to men living in
the northern tier who asked about
trying poisoned corn to get rid of
some of the crows which have mi
grated to that part of Pennsylvania
from the southern counties and
Maryland and Virginia, and advises
; against using that method now. The
danger, he says, exists in (he fact
that some of the insect eating birds
are also corn eaters and of the kind
which would be affected by the
strychnine which can be eaten
without harmful results by chickens
and other birds. Dr. Kalbfus says
that poisoned corn accounted for
many {-rows this winter arid spring
and that while some birds have been
lost the harm done is not to be com
pared with the damage caused by
; crows. After the migratory birds re
i turn hen eggs fixed with poison may
be used, the eggs being placed where
crows can see them. The greed of
the crow will soon cause the poison
to do the work.
• ♦
The State Department of Agricul
ture is making an appeal for lawn
clippings as chicken feed. It calls
attention to the fact that when grass
gets long enough to cut in the spring
it is the very best kind of food for
chickens and urges that people feed
ft; to their own fowls, or to those
owned by other people. Grass can
be turned Into greenbacks. Insists
the man who writes "pieces" for the
Department.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—Harry A. Mackey, chairman of
the Compensation Board, addressed
the Philadelphia Medio-Legal Soci
ety on the compensation system.
—Dr. F. W. Hinnltt, president of
Washington and Jefferson college,
will accept a pastorate in Scranton,
after a tour of duty in France.
—John S. Miller, senatorial can
didate In Somerset, used to be dis
trict attorney of that county.
—The Rev. Charles Freeman of
Hamburg, is chairman of the organ
ization of the Reformed churcn*..
in the Reading classis, which have
property worth more than a million
dollars.
—Robert C. Miner, son of Col.
Asher Miner, commanding the Lu
zerne artillery and a former legis
lator, has been appointed a captain
of artillery.
—John Reber, Schuylkill congres
sional candidate, has resigned from
the War Savings committee because
of his political activities.
~ *
DO YOU KNOW
—That Harris Ferry had an
effective way of dealing with
men not In sympathy with the
War for Independence ? It
gave them twenty-four hours to
leave tlie district.
HISTORIC HARRISBCRG
The first roundhouse built In Har
ilsburg housed five engines and was
considered a very large one.