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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1018 Genuine great nets is marked by simplicity, unostentatiousness, self forgetfulness, a hearty interest in others, a feeling of brotherhood icith the human family. — CHAN SING. RAILROAD CHANGES RAILROAD presidents and di rectors are still dased over the theories of Government owner ship and operation of the railroad systems. Things are being done under direction from Washington thut upset all preconceived theories of conservative management. These are days of change and the old things are rapidly passing away. The United States Railroad Ad ministration now controls the great-, est transportation system in the world. 260,000 miles of track, with Bis,ooo locomotives. 2,500,000 freight cars. ">5.000 passenger cars, and freight and passenger terminals in s every center of population. This transportation system is a vital factor in every plan for defending the na tion during the war and assuring its prosperity and Its welfare after the war Is over. The terms on which 188 large • railroad systems and about 800 short lines were united for the period of the war and for twenty-one months thereafter are defined in the railroad control bill which became a law on March 21, 1918. This law provides that the railroads shall be operated as if single national transportation tiystem during the period of Govern ment operation: that fhe owners shall receive as compensation for the use of their property a standard re turn equal in amount to the average net operating income for the three, year period from June 30, 1914, to June 30, 1917; and that the Inter state Commerce Commission shall have final authority In the making j of rates, but shall be required in fix ing rates to take into consideration a certificate by the President that increased revenues are necessary to defray expenses and to pay the agreed compensation to the owners of the roads. The operation and maintenance of this great national system costs about $2,650,000,000 a year, of which more than $1,200,000,000 is paid for materials and supplies and $1,450,- 000,000 for wages to 1,800,000 rail road employes, who, with their de pendants, constitute more than eight per cent, of the entire population of the country. The Railroad Administration has advanced to the railway systems, either as loans or as advances on account of rentals, during four months 'of Government ownership, a total of $90,614,000. ' Orders have been placed for 30.000 box and coal tars to cost .between eighty and ninety million dollars, and for over one thousand locomo • tives to cost about sixty million dol lars. Negotiations for the construc tion of seventy thousand additional ( freight cars are still pending. It's a far err from the old Demo t , cratic anti-centralization days to the present period of concentration of control and autocratic power. John H. Patterson, president of the f National Cash Register Company. Says "we cannot win this war on what our forefathers did; we cannot win with the sort of weapons they used." That is the situation in a nutshell. We must back up our men on the fighting ' front with the most modern guns and • lighting appliances that an up-to-date country can provide. To do this Cncle Sam must have money, and the £'*■ drive for War Savings Stamps will Kive a further opportunity for pa triotic citizens to stop the Hun. I \VI£E CHAIRMAN HAYS J YTrjIIjLIAM H. HAYS, Kepub \\l lican national chairman, * radiates common sense and | voices popular thought every time he speaks. When he said in New York this Vyeek that he could see no | reason why women should not have lull voice in politics and the affairs of the country hfe expressed a grow ing conviction and looked forward , to a condition apparently to be | reckoned with in the very near | future. , But far more impressive, from ihe standpoint of being able to read SATURDAY EVENING. aright the popular conception of the ' IP duties of a national chairman and the public attitude toward pontics at this time. Is Mr. Hay's smiling I declination to be led Into a dis- I cussion of presidential possibilities I in 1920. The chairman rightly con- I chides that this is no time to raise fc that issue. The people are not in terested and nothing could be more fatal to aspiring hopes than that any man nursing a presidential am bition be suggested as a candidate now. So many circumstances moy arise, so many unlooked for de velopments may appear, so many changes occur that 1920 presidential talk now would be foolish and disastrous. There is pending In Congress an important measure having for its purpose the development of the powers of the country. It is not vis ionary to suggest that the day may not be far off when the tremendous power of the Susquehanna river will be harnessed for the development of great manufacturing and commercial enterprises along this noble stream. Harrisburg is admirably located for great industrial development, and cheap power may easily be provided through the use of the natural sup ply, which is already being utilized at different points along the broad Penn sylvania stream. , LET TH&RE BE NO BLCfr NE "drive" is scarcely over be- j| fore another is announced. I Last week it was for Liberty Bonds, next week the "fhrlft Stamp pledge campaigners will begin their t rounds. Following that will come the j Red Cross, and then, unless signsfail, the Y. M. C. A. will make another plea. There Is no dodging the per sistent war service campaigner. He comes with authority of the govern ment at his back and in a cause the mjerit of which none can deny. The sooner we rearrange our mode of living to meet the ever-increasing war demands the better for all of us. Of course, some are not in a posi tion to give heavily to every war serv- | ice activity, but all must do their part, large or small. It is easily un derstood that there may be men and women who cannot invest SSO in a Liberty bond, but there is none so poor in these days of steady work >and high wages as to be unable to buy Thrift Stamps. So the work of the Pledge Committee ought to be easy, although the amount to ba raised in this county is large. Truth is we have a long way to go before we* in Dauphin conpty reach our quota, j The sum fixed for us is S2O per capita for the year. Up to this time our investment In Stdmps in Dauphin county is given as $1.54 per capita, a pitiful com parison with little Union county, which boasts a per capita invest- 1 ment of $10.20. Nor do we stand well among our immediate neigh bors, Huntingdon having a per cap ita of $3.13; Snyder. $3.47; Sulli van, $3:97; Fulton, $2.31; York, $2.56; Lancaster, $4.15, and Cum berland. which has made an excel lent showing In every kind of war work, $3.72. We have boasted that we of Har i risburg and Dauphin county are a 1 patriotic people. We are justly | proud that Harrisburg was free ! from the first call under the selcc j tive service act and has just es j caped another draft because so many |of our young men enlisted as vol | unteers. Both city and county have I oversubscribed every Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other war work fund raised during the past year. A Thrift Stamp failure cannot be permitted to stand as a blot on the proud record of the com munity. WHY NOT NOW? JO3EPH F. GUFFEY. candidate for the Democratic nominat on for Governor of Pennsylvania, is quoted as> threatening liquor deal ers who oppose him with the wrath of the White House In the form of wartime prohibition. A news paper interview with Mr. Guffey credits him with saying: Should I obtain legal proof that liquor money is being used to cor rupt votes in this campaign, now or at the general election, whether elected or defeated, as a citizen and taxpayer of this Common wealth. I am going to make some people pay the penalty. And if the duly constituted authorities of the State of Pennsylvania can't stop it. 1 will be the first one to petition President Wilson to ex* ercise the power of war prohibi tion given him by Congress. But why wait? If Mr. Guffey is influential enough at the White House to induce the President to do what millions of people think he should do. make the country "dry" for the period of the war, why de lay? Certainly, it cannot be that Mr. Guffey means merely to use the legal club which the President holds over the head of the liquor trade. In the form of Congressional permission to mak the country dry during the war whenever he so. chooses, to drive the saloon crowd into line for Jilm at the polls. That would hardly comport with the dignity of the White House or with those prin ciples of fair play which Mr. Guffey is so fond of verbally championing. • But be that as it may, Mr. Guffey could do nothing that would pro mote his candidacy so much as to have it become known that he had Induced President Wilson to stop the manufacture of all intoxicants, at least for th 4 period of the war. LK IHrKOlfiotUUa By Am Kx-Oommltteemaa | Senator William C. Sproul and Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil, rival candidates for the Re publican nomination for Governor, met, greeted each other pleasantly and spoke at the same banquet In Pittsburgh, last night, while Joseph F. Guffey and his rival for the Dem ocratic nomination, Judge Eugene'C. Bonnlwell, were in Philadelphia, but did not meet. The rain, which was general over the state, seems to have drowned or blown out the "statements" which marked the mid-week politics. About the only thing that was given out, beyond the usual claims, was a terrific ar raignment of John R. K. Scott by the Philadelphia Town Meeting Committee. This was quite the worst of the numerous attacks made on the Congressman. The meeting of Sproul and O'Neil was at the banquet of the League of Boroughs and Townships, which was formed to head off the Magee plan of tying them up to Pittsburgh. Senator Sproul declared that the small municipalities had the right to live their own lives and confined himself to a discussion of municipal legislation. Mr. O'Neil made a speech in which he told of his own interest in the boroughs and an nounced that he was going to win his light for Governor with other campaign references. * Senator E. E. Beidleman, also one of the speakers at the dinner, was given a tine ovation and his remarks were cheered. Beidleman's presence in Western Pennsylvania has upset the plans of the Scott-Magee com bination. i —As soon as the banquet in Pitts burg was over the candidates all started for Philadelphia. Mr. O'Neil has a speaking schedule in the Le high Valley and will spend consid erable time the next few days in the eastern section. Senator Beidleman will be guest of honor at a reception in Philadelphia to-night and Sena tor Sproul plans to make his fight next week in the eastern counties. Appearance of O'Neil placards and posters, some printed in red and blue, about the departments and of fices of the state government under the Governor are taken to mean on Capitol Hill that the state admini stration wishes to let Its .people know which way it wants them to go in the coming primary. There have been orders and intimations given regarding the desires of those in authority and so that there may be no misunderstanding the visible evi dences have been liberally placed about the Capitol. The general be lief here is that there will be few removals or dismissals in advance of the primary. Each one made has caused so much talk that the prac tice has been advised against. What will happen after the primary may be in accord with traditions. It is very apparent that the next ten.days will be busy ones for those In active connection with the O'Neil cam paign. The Governor expects to spend most of tlfe week in campaign work, and will apeak at Reading and other places. Attorney General Brown will also take part in the speaking. Candidate O'Neil, will be here a couple of days on highway matters, with which he keeps a close and prudent touch, but' has an ex tended tour" mapped out. • j —The fact that the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, the biggest newspa per in Western Pennsylvania, has joined the influential Philadelphia Press in editorially urging the nom ination of Sproul is much comment ed upon. The Gazette-Times is owned by George T. Oliver, long friend of O'Neil and the man who secured his confirmation as High way Commissioner last year, but it Is apparent that O'Neil's refusal to declare that he would abide by the decision of the primary caused the big western organ of straight Re publicanism to declare for Sproul, who says he will abide by the pri mary. —The Philadelphia Bulletin last night and . the Philadelphia Record to-day comn\ent upon the fact that such a Vare stalwart as Senator Samuel W. Salus has come out for Sproul and that other Vare leaders are declaring for the man from Del aware. The Bulletin says: "The gradual falling in of Vare leaders and workers behind Senator Sproul is accepted as proof that the Vares will throw the bulk if not all of their votes to the Senator from Del aware county. It is not probable that there will be a meeting of the Vare controlled Republican City Commit tee. or a call for a "conference" of Organization leaders to indorse Sen ator Sproul or any other Republican candidate." —The Record takes this view: "The Vares permitted their hand in the tight for the Republican guber natorial nomination to be shown yes terday, when several of their ward leaders announced themselves in fa vor of the candidacy of Senator William C. Sproul. The ward com mittees went through the motkons of holding meetings and indorsing the Delaware county Senator, but It is admitted that their action was not taken until approval had been given by Senator Vare." —lt should npt be forgotten in this connection that David Martin, John P. Connelly and other leaders are also for Sproul, but that the Vare brothers have not committed themselves and when they do they will personally favor O'Neil, in opin ion of people who have observed their course for years. They would thus be in a position of giving the governor and attorney general their personal support and allow their ward leaders to make a showing on the other side. —The Philadelphia Ledger to-day prints an editorial lamenting the situation which has arisen over the supreme court vacancies and says that the governor "has himself to thank" for what hts happened. The endorsement of Alexander Simpson, Sr., for the supreme bench by Phil adelphia lawyers is being much dis cussed. If he should be named and be accepted by the Penrose people it would have a notable effect upon the closing days of the campaign. —Robert P. Habgood is touring Clinton and other central counties. —E. T Stotesbury is out for Sprout's nomination. —Chester city council has gotten into a fight over paving contracts. This is taken to mean the downfall of the liquor control In that city. —Guffey is in Schuylkill county to-day and will be here to-night. —The district attorney of Luzerne county wants the grand jury kept from acting on certain cases. He seems to have some doubts about the jury as "hand picked." —The Philadelphia North Ameri can, commenting uf>on the State Chamber of Commerce's survey of the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A MAN IN A PARADE WITH NEW SHOES BY BRIGGS ' ' " " 'V ' IHe START ONIC MIL 6 ONC AND ONE fourth * M,c6 **•> A HALF r*ut_g S x ( \ I POM T CARS) "FSuptm s~ p T """ • evei ruuK vMO . EI6HTHS FPTeerM- Si*TeEMTHS TvajO i*%ii,e S AwD OV>T' Lincoln highway, says that the high way has been "much written up, but has heen let run down." The state highway officials are given intima tions that they had better repair it. —Pittsburgh is having a real old time Congressional and Legislative campaign and the way Congressmen Porter and Campbell are having to fight for nominations is worth watching. Porter has been especial ly assailed for his record in Con gress. . —The Philadelphia quarter ses sions court has held that the Phila delphia municipal court is without the powers of a committing magis trate and has dismissed proceedings against Magistrate George Persch. —Chester county officials will de termine when they will be ready to try the Philadelphia Fifth ward cases, which have been transferred to West Chester to get a better at mosphere. —Lackawanna county is having the usual pleasant time in Legisla tive • contests. Judging from the newspapers, the candidates are mak ing most of the noise and the voter# are either cutting coat or going about their business without regard to what the politicians are saying. AX APPEAL TO REASON [From Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] Support of candidates best quali fied to discharge the duties of the state oftices to which they aspire is a duty of patriotism which cannot be ignored by citizens solicitous for j the common welfare. On considera- j tion of that factor, it being admitted • nothing can be urged against the | personal character of either of the j leading candidates for the Repub- : can nomination to the governorship, j the Gazette-Times is convinced Sen- i ator William C. Sproul should be I nominated and elected. The Dela ware man is peculiarly equipped, by long experience in the Legislature and assiduous attention to the large affairs of state government, to ful fill the office of governor with intel ligence and progressiveness and give complete satisfaction to the people. He is not an unknown quantity. He, is thoroughly famil iar with the needs of the common wealth and eager to realize them. He Is neither visionary, ultra-radical nor unduly conservative. A prac tical businessman, accustomed to handling large affairs, a statesman in the sense that he can and does project his vision beyond concerns of the moment and correctly ap praise the results of actions pro posed, which he knows how to make effective; a politician of high char acter and fine impulses, solicitous not for personal advantage J>ut for en during benefits to all the people; a man of principle and defined poli cies, scorning resort to base expe dients to advance himself at the ex pense of the public. Senator Sproul has made an enviable record in the upper branch of the Legislature and revealed himself competent and by temperament fitted to be executive of the State of Pennsylvania. Mr, J. Denny ONeil, 'who is con testing with Senator Sproul for the Republican nomination, is well known and respected in Allegheny county both as a man and as a pub lic official. As county commissioner, to which office he was elected twice, he was an admirable servant of this community. But, in this compara tively minor office, Mr. O'Neil never displayed talents suggesting his pos session of any of the equipment es sential to' a successful and satisfac tory governor. Nor has his later experience in administrative posts to which he has been .appointed served to qualify him for the higher office. It is almost certain, for the Amer ican people mean to "brine it about, that the war will end during the term in office of the man who is elected governor next November. The state government will be called cpon to exercise the utmost wisdom in the reconstruction period. Pre liminary to that the people of Penn sylvania must rehabilitate the "state government. That is to be accom plished by electing to the governor ship the best man available for the place. Unquestionably that man is Senator Sproul. Entirely Impersonal •A pretty girl at an evening party was bantering a genial bachelor on his reasons for remaining single. "No-00, I never was exactly dis appointed in love," he said. "I was what you might call discouraged. You Bee, when I was very young I became very much enamored of a young lady of my acquaintance. 1 was mortally afraid to tell her of my feeling, but at length 1 screwed up my courage to the proposing point. I said, "Let's get married.' [ And she said, 'Why, who'd have I us?' " —Tit-Bits. MARCHING IN When Pershing's men go marching into Picardy; Marching, marching Into Picardy— With their steel a-slant in the sun light and their gray hawks a-wing And their wagons rumblin after them like thunder in the Spring Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, Till the earth is shaken— > Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp. Till the dead towns waken ! And flowers fall, and shouts arise from Chaumont to the sea— When Pershing's men go marching, marching into Picardy. Women of France, do you see them pass to the battle In the North? And do you stand in the doorways now as when your own went forth ? Then smile to them, and call to them, and mark how brave they fare Upon the road to Picardy that only youth may dare ! Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, Foot and horse and caisson— Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp. Such is Freedom's jmssion— And oh, take heart ye weary souls that stand along the Lys For the New World is marching, marching into Picardy ! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ] B. R. T. ENDORSEMENTS To the Editor of llie Telegraph: Would you please give us the enclosed, in an early edition: Har risburg Lodge 383, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, at a regular meeting held on May 9, 1918, en dorsed Brother A. Ramsey S. Black as a candidate for the Legislature from the City District. Also L. G. Smith, who is a member of the B. of L. F. and E. The lodge also has endorsed Brother J. R. Wilson, who is a mem ber of Lodge 383. Yours fraternally, H. G. PETERS. Secretary, Lodge 383. LABOR 'NOTES . While on January 1, 1912, the fed erations affiliated with the central organization % of Swedish unions_ had only 80,707 members, on January 1, 1917, the membership had risen to 140,802 and during 1917 the member ship continued to increase so that in August 169,000 members were repre sented at the congress. In England to-day there is a de cided possibility of a labor govern- , inent. Out of a population of 46,- 000,000 about 4,000,000 are members of the labor unions, or about nine per cent, organized of the population. The labor unions have at present forty-two members in the House of Commons. The United State Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case j that involves the constitutionality of J the federal child labor law which de nies interstate shipment to commod- j •itles made in whole or in part by children under 14 years of age. The | case started In North Carolina, where [ cotton mill owners are objecting to this restriction. The Federal De partment of Justice is defending the law. Condition of Winter Wheat Within a twelvemonth the whirli gig of time has brought about a | v.-ondrous change in the wheat situ ation. Only a year ago the story j was of extensive winter-killing, and of consequent abandoned or plowed up fields, that only too surely pre saged the calamitously reduced pro duction of last summer's harvest. To-day the tale is of a prospect un cqualeci since the bountiful harvest lof 191 C and of promised abundant yields, especially In those great win ter-wheat states where last season harvests were so distressingly scanty. The striking improvement in the condition of the growing crop is gen eral, save the usual exceptions here und there, which fortunately fail to affect the general total. Men and Territory' General Foch will know when ter ritory becomes more valuable than men. To the Germans men are still less valuable than territory.—•Spring field Republican. April's sun is in the sky and April's in the grass- 1 - And I doubt not that. Pershing's ijien are singing as they pass— For they are very young men, and brave men, and free And they know why they are march ing, marching into Picardy. Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, Rank and ftle together— Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp. Through the April weather. And never Spring has thrust such blades against the light of dawn As yonder waving stalks of steel that move so shining on ! I have seen the wooden crosses at Ypres and Verdun, I have marked the graves of such an lie where the Marne waters run, . And I know their dust Is stirring by hill and vale and lea. And their souls shall be our cap tains who march to Picardy. Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, Hope shall fail us never— Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, Forward, and forever ! And God is in his judgment seat, and Christ is on his tree — And Pershing's men are marching, marching into Picardy. —Dana Burnet in the New York Evening Sun. A War Christening "And the name is to be?" asked the minister as he approached the baptismal font with the baby in his arms. ' . "John Jellicoe Douglas Haig Lloyd George Bonar Law Smithers." "Dear me!" said the minister, turning to the sexton. "A little more water, Mr. Jones, if you please!"— Tit-Bits. A Tribute to Harry Lauder Harry Lauder's remarkable war book, "A Minstrel in France," which appeared this week, is having a rec ord breaking sale throughout the country, partly as the result of the widespread publicity that the famous Scottish singer received during his recent American-Canadian tour. In addition to his work for the Red Cross, the Y. AI. C. A. and other na tional organizations, the veteran hu morist took a foremost part in the Liberty Bond drive. In seventy seven cities that he visited he ad dressed vast audiences in behalf of the Liberty Loan, his sales of bonds aggregating many millions of dol lars. He is now finishing his cam paign in New York. In recognition of Lauder's splendid work, the New York Times, last week, published the following poem by Vilda S. Owens, which deals forcefully with the spirit and object of the Liberty Loan: April music in the air, Do you h#ar? Blossoms bursting everywhere, Far and near. Song of birds upon the wing, Every bud, each living thing, Tells of hope ind life and spring Over here. Bombs are bursting "Over There, Don't you heur? Death is lurking everywhere, Ever near. Wallowing in slime and mud. Tortured by the grime and blood, Gallant are there to-day, Lads who laughed But yesterday. Over here. Maybe it's your boy and mine, Fighting in your fight and mine! Will you sit at ease, or wliine. Over here? Are you coward, traitor, slacker? God forbid! Then be a backer! Back that boy of yours and mine, Lend a hand, and get in line, Buy a bond, and swell the line! Buy a bond! "Will you leave him in the trench, With its poison fcas and stench, With the wounds that drip and drench? Lend a hand! Lend a hand anfl lift him out! Help him put the foe to rout! He can do it—never doubt. Lend a hand! By that consecrated sod, That those hero lads have trod, AVhere they went to meet their God Lend a hand! Lend a hand, and never cease Till with Victory comes Peace Forward! ■Haste this glad release Buy a bond! VILDA S. OWKNS. vf AY 11, 1918. Over tta LK ""pMuau Fifteen pupils cf the sixth grade in the public .school at Uhiontown, were arraigned before Miss Ella Peach, the principal, jftid fined 10 cents each for punching out the kaiser's eyes, cutting off his ehrs, removing his head and mutilating his body. They gladly paid their fines. The offense (this word is question ed) was committed in ttie pupil's geographies this morning by prcar rangement, it was admitted, because the patriotic school children "were sick and tired having the kaiser staring boldly at us every time we opened the geography," After the pupils were fined, it was announced by the school authorities that the page to which the students objected will be removed from all the geographies in use in the school. Troubles of a deaf and dumb wo man were aired recently in a West ern Pennsylvania court. She want ed separation on account of friend husband drinking, but what irked her more than that, from her testi mony. was that when she began to rebuke him when he came home late at night, he would turn off the electric light and silence her. | OUR LAUGH 1 ENVY. Bug—lt makes me sore. Worm—What does? Bug—Why old Turtle can take * bath whenever he wants. He carries a bathtub on his back all the time. GRAND. "Have you decided to do your bit?" "I am going in for farming. I think it will be perfectly grand jurt to vegetate." PROOF. "That fellow wouldn't lend money | i his best friend. He refused to buy one of Uncle Sam's Liberty Bonds.'.' CAUSE AND EFFECT. Mrs. Skeet —Look here, Silas you must have bitten a sour old maid. Tou've been awful grumpy these last few days! HEtottUtg Qlljal Gardeners employed by the State Department of Public Grounds and Buildings have just finished seed ing: what is probably the most ex pensive piece of garden owned by the state of Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Capitol Park Extension area and is one acre at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets In this cltv. This plot is a part of the twenty-seven acres bought £>y the state for extension of the park at a cost of about $2,300,000. It is conservatively valued at some thing close to SIOO,OOO. The gard en work was undertaken by Super intendent George A. Shrelner be* ** cause of prospects that the land scaping of the Capitol park would not be undertaken for some tlmo because of the condemnation pro ceedings and also because state of ficials found that costs would be very high owing to the war. A policy of handling the big project gradually was evolved and while the older part of the park is being improved and put into modern condition the newly acquired section will be filled up, graded and planted. Many thousands of yards of fill will be required and a start was mado at the corner where cellar walls and debris of buildings had to be re moved, tons of top soil carted in and then timothy and grass sowed. The work on the state's most ex pensive farming operation has at tracted wide attention. * * * With the muster of the Pittston company of the Second regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia into servffce next Tuesday night in that city tho eastern units of the state's new military service will be completed. One or two of thethlrd brigade units in the western coun ties remain to be mustered In and they are being rapidly prepared. The equipments are sent as soon as mustered. Arrangements are be ing made by Adjutant General Beary for the camp of instruction for of ficers and the brigade encampment The former is to be held in June at Mt. Gretna. ♦ • • Departments and bureaus of tho state government wishing to, buy automobiles will have to secure small cars and go slow on tires and t gasoline. This dictum has gone ! forth from the auditing end of the Capitol and purchases which have been under way for some tires have been restricted, while in others ad- - vice has been given not to buy be cause of the expense -which opera ! tion may entail. Similarly there is . a disposition to save money for the i state by cutting down all unncces -1 sary automobile trips and suggesting , that instead of taking cars that state attaches use train and trol leys and even jitneys. For some r time past there hns been a regulur addition to the rolling stock of the . state. Various departments have 3 been buying cars and the mainte . nance costs, including gasoline, sup -2 plies and tires, to say nothing about b attention, have been subjects re r mark and some times of question, a Lately purchases have been dis couraged because it is felt that the s costs of operation will be increased s materially because of the war con s ditions. 1• * Steps will be taken by the Public Service Commission in the very near " future to determine upon the scope - of its authority in complaints against " increase of fare on trolley lines ' where the fares are governed by ordinance. This subject was argued " some time ago and the commis ion is nearly ready to anounce de e clsion. The trolley fare increase complaints have been increasing and are being grouped for hearing I and determination. Charles E. Davis, the sexton of Market Square Presbyterian church probably the oldest sexton in active service in Harrisburg churches was eighty-three years old recently. In honor of his birthday, members of various organizations made up a purse for him. * • • | The decision handed down yester j day in the Hardscrabble case is one | of the most Important in local af fairs in a long time. Every com munity has certain questions hand ed down from the past and for years people have had various ideas about the River Front. The de cision will serve to correct some im pressions, especially it It is affirm ed by the supreme court. Some of t the Ideas about the River Front, it I may be said, bordered on the fan tastic, while others were of the opinion that it was all free of title claims. • • Harrisburg people are getting a pretty wholesome respect for the si rens on the fire apparatus. When the noise makers first came to the city people running automobiles and teams were not very speedy in get ting out of the way. In several in stances there were close calls from accidents on some of the streets be cause people did not take to the curb. Now as soon as the siren be gins to sound there is a general movement to the side, especially if a truck happens to be on the way. * * * r Calls for the blanks for the 1918 hunters' licenses are already being I made at the State Game Commission t offices where the license system is centralized. In some counties mag istrates have been writing for infor mation saying that hunters nave been applying to them. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Robert K. Cassatt,. head of the War Savings work in Pennsylvania is giving up his outdoor sports, of which he is very fond, to get the Thrift Stamp idea before the people. —E. F. Harrison, prominent in affairs at Pittsburgh, is urging Pitts burgh employers to have their men go into Military Training organlza jr tlons. 0 —F. C. Bell is the new school v superintendent of county. —Judge J. W. Ray of county, sent farmer Jurors home so that they could work on their fields. —Tho Rev. J. M. G. Darms, of Al lentown, will become post chaplain at Camp M^ade. —City Solicitor A. A. Cochran, of Chester, has two sons who are en signs in the Naval Reserve. | DO YOU KNOW Hi —That Harrisburg sells many tons of stee) to car building works ? ii , * HISTORIC HARRISBURG * This city has made iron for over' 120 years.
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