8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A VBWSPAPBR J'OR THE HOME Pouniti list Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO* Tth(n|k Building, Federal liun. E.J. STACKPOLE./Wl tr Bditor-in-C hitf F. R. OTSTER. Buiintis Managtr. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Preps is exclusively en titled to the use for republijatlon of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published hreln. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American / Newspaper Pub- Eas tr n offlcj _ Chicago. 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. gwyfr, By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall. $5.00 e. year In advance, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1918 The man who would be truly happy should not study to enlarge his estate, but to contract his de sires.—PLATO. BY SAVING ALONE THE campaign to pledge the pur chase of War Savings Stamps to the amount of 120 per capita in Harrisburg and Dauphin county is underway. Not one cent of imme diate outlay is asked, although stamps to the redeemable value of SI,OOO per individual will be sold by the campaigners upon request. The plan is to finance the purchase of Thrift and War Savings Stamps out of savings. This not only makes the buying easy, but the principle back of the convenience offered is sound from the standpoint of business. In deed it becomes more and more ap parent that the war must be financed from the savings of the people; that the present savings are not sufficient to supply the huge money needs of the government, and that rigid econ omy must be inaugurated and strin gently maintained in order to bring the country's savings up to the figure of a round fifteen billions a year. In support of this, the Bache Re view, without going into the sta tistics, which are as yet incomplete, of what the country is saving now, says It may fairly be assumed that savings must be doubled to reach the fifteen billions needed. The wage-earners of the country, not Including a vast clerical army of salary earners, have had their wages increased to an extent which would keep them nearly abreast of the in crease in commodity prices. By a judicious elimination from the daily living expenses of some of the es pecially costly items, the eating cost is reduced. Luxuries in other lines have not yet been cut out, either by the wealthy or those in prosperous circumstances to a great extent, and there is no evidence that any economy has been adopted that would double savings. The question is how to bring about a realization of the necessity of adopting stringent economy. It is true that other items, besides expen ditures for the table, enter into the budget of the housekeeper and show, like clothing and everything else, marked increase in prices. But aside from increased prices which he has to pay, most of the population have had no personal realisation of the war forced upon them, except in one very important and vital particular, which has been brought about by conscription. Nearly every family in the land is touched closely or remotely by the presence of a relative in the armed • forces, either preparing to go over or already on the fighting line or on the lighting ships. Many have al ready been killed and the gold stars multiply, shining through the dark night of sorrow and telling the story of heroic sacrifice. This Is what is uniting this great heterogeneous population binding it together as one force and making poMlble the participation of upward ot 16,000,000 people in the last Lib erty Loan, and It will be the most potent factor in winning success for the Wax Savings Stamp pampaign. We are going to pledge ourselves to buy stamps because we are vitally interested In the war, and we are going to save because only by so doing can we fulfill our pledges. There's one thing commendable about the pointed-toe shoes men are wearing. They make splendid spear heads when tume<f against pro-Ger mans. SHOOTING WIDE OF MARK J DENNY O'NEIL, candidate for t the Republican gubernatorial nomination, in a speech at Phil adelphia last week, continued to at tack Senator Penrose and Joseph Ortuidy. It is respectfully submitted that neither of these men la a can didate before the voters of the State at this time and, whatever their faulta or virtues, Mr. O'Nell shoots wide of the mark when he directs his fire at them in this campaign for surely he does not hope thereby to injure Senator Sproul, his leading opponent, whoso candidacy was not MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH . MAY 13, 1918. auggreated by either Benator Penrose or Mr. Grundy, and whose Independ ence In politics Is attested both by his record in the Legislature and the fact that he once strongly op posed the choice of Mr. Penrose for United States Senator. Mr. O'Nell says he "finds the peo ple of the State strongly in favor of the adoption of the Sheppard amendment." We hope that is true and we believe It is, but here again the Highway Commissioner misses his target, for the prohibition Isßue is not Involved in the selection of Republican candidates for governor. Messrs. Sproul and Habgood, the or.ly Republican candidates whose cam paigns have made any considerable progress in the State, are heartly in favor of prohibition, as is Mr. O'Neil himself. -v The inference the Highway Com missioner candidate tries to make is that he is the only genuine prohibi tion candidate in the field, which is not true, and also that by accept ing the support of the Republican organization Senator Sproul has committed some offense, the precise nature of which is not clear. But does not Mr. O'Nell remember that he himself accepted the endorsement of that same organisation when he was confirmed for State Insurance Commissioner by the votes and favor of men high in the councils of this same Republican organization? Surely he does not expect the public to forget matters of such recent record. In submitting his candidacy to the people, Senator William C. Sproul recognized the importance of the prohibition amendment and placed himself squarely on record in favor of its ratification, but he doesn't harp on this one string to the ex clusion of other vital issues which have to do with the gubernatorial campaign. His attitude is that of a citizen experienced In public affairs who seeks in a big and broad way to serve his State. His public addresses are not filled with denunciation of other candidates or political leaders who happen to differ with him, but have been admirable in their sane and common sense treatment of live questions which are forcing them selves upon public attention. Senator Sproul seems to senso more clearly than most men the large problems which must be dealt with after the war. And because he has gone be fore the people in this way be con tinues to grow in favor among all classes of citizens. Deplorable as Is the factional con troversy in the Republican party, it must be remembered that the real interest of the people of Pennsylva nia is in the election of men thor oughly qualified for the public serv ice. They care little about the other factors in the contest. The Kaiser will no doubt be pleased to hear that our ordnance department is preparing for "a steadily increas ing program at least until 1921." STORAGE SPACE IT is a matter of regret that Har risburg, which is in the .jaMet. a fertile agricultural and truck gardening region and contiguous to the Pennsylvania apple and peach belts, does not have cold storage fa cilities of greater capacity. We are all much concerned about our sup ply of food next winter and spring, and every day we see it go through our gates from our own district to other places where cold storage warehouses have been erected through local enterprise. It is not generally known that Harrisburg does a great deal of pre paration of meat products and that various perishable foods are assem bled here. Neither is it realized that there will soon be a tremendous in crease in poultry raised in this lower Susquehanna valley group of coun ties. Farmers are finding that there is money in sheep and hogs, as well as grain and vegetables, and as for potatoes, they will be raised in great quantities by smaller growers and, if not as extensively as last year on the farms, yet on a scale .that will be worth while. The point Is that if we had cold storage plants here, we could store up lots of food and we would not be buying next winter provender that was raised near our city, shipped through it, stored some where else and brought back here, with storage and rail charges added, when we wanted it. The German Crown Prince says he intends to visit America after the war. Save your eggs, boys, save your eggs. BACKYARD POULTRY THE Dauphin County Poultry Commission urges Harrisburg people to raise chickens in their back yards. Properly housed and cared for poultry maybe raised with out offense to neighbors or danger to health even in the closely built sections of towns and cities. The Poultry Commission, through its chairman, Ehrman B. Mitchell, is ready to show how this may be done. Poultry raising Just now is not only a household economy but a pa triotic duty. To increase the meat and food supply is as essential as to buy bonds or enlist for the war. The family with a small flock of hens not only ha_i an egg supply and a meat reserve, but It has a profitable means of turning ita table refuse, which otherwiswould go to the gar bag* can, Into high priced foods. The garbage problem is solved for the household that has a chicken coop on the backlot and egg prices have few terrors for the owners of a dozen laying hens. X More pay for railroad men means more prosperity for the people of Harrisburg. The decision of Secretary McAdoo will be eagerly awaited. The public would look favorably up on an order from Mr. McAdoo allow ing soldiers on furlough half-fare .tickets on the railroads- . T>ctiCcU By the Kx-Gommltteeaum I If the meeting held in the court house on Saturday night is any fair sample of the gatherings the var ious candidates for gubernatorial honors have been addressing about the state, the assertions that the people of Pennsylvania are not as much interested as the politicians in the primary this year are well found ed. No less a personage than the Democratic national chairman pleaded with the men at the meet ing here on Saturday to overcome the apathy of the voters and get out a big vote for the nomination of the man who is the chairman of the Democratic state committee. The meetings held last week where they were not formal affairs such as banquets or gatherings with a purpose other than politics, are ad mitted by friends of • candidates in both Republican and Democratic parties to have been small. In some instances they were styled Confer ences of workers. The fact remains that unless there was some occasion outside of the visit of candidates, the assemblages were small. One of the largest of the week seems to have been the reception given by Senator A. F. Daix at" his West Philadelphia home In honor of Senator E. E. Beidleman on Saturday night. Phila delphia papers say that several thousand persons attended and the Dauphin Senator made a ringing speech from the porch, in which he said that Sproul would make the best of governors. —The often repeated story that J. Denny O'Neil once held stock in a brewery was put out in Philadelphia Saturday and denied. Mr. O'Neil ad mitted he was once interested in an ice company which got mixed up with a brewery, but that he quickly retired. He also denied some other stories about owning a building in which a saloon was located and that he had given out cups inscribed "Take one on Denny." His brother owned the building and the only cups were paper ones for a picnic. The usual flock of statements is be "in|r made in the campaign by friends of all candidates, those of Mr. O'Neil being sizzling as usual. —Judge McCarrell's decision in ruling out Chauffeur Woodward s senatorial papers and his comment upon the fidelity with which the of fice of the Secretary of the Common wealth is administered has been well received all over the state. The Dauphin Judicial decisions in elec tion cases this year have attracted much attention, although one in curred Senator Vare's displeasure al most to the point of defiance. —Lycoming county commissioners and auditors are in a grand old row over the way the county finances are run. —Clinton county is claimed for Sproul and Beidleman these days. —Judge H. O. Bechtel, of Schuyl kill county, is being urged as the Democratic candidate for supreme court justice. The Governor has given no signs of his intention in the supreme court vacancies. —All York legislative vandidates are out on a "dry" basis except two Democrats, one being Senator Was hers. —Wilkes-Barre news stories are to the effect that the friends of Joseph Lord have taken umbrage at the way the O'Neil campaign has been run in Luzerne county by the reS?e!br'a close friends and that the whole campaign of the state ad ministration has to be changed. —Declaring that as long as he was made a target by the Governor and O'Neil without being an issue in the present campaign Senator Boies Penrose yesterday added to the literary features of the campaign by a terrific assault upon Governpr Brumbaugh. The statement takes up a couple of columns in the Phila delphia Press. In one place the Senator says: "Governor Brumbaugh has failed in every pledge and en tirely forfeited the respect and the confidence of the state. He attempts to name as his successor a person whose conduct of the Highway De partment during the short time he has been at the head of It, gives ample assurance that things will be no better than they were before and may be worse, should he be elected governor." —The Philadelphia Inquirer com ments upon the fact that Senator Sproul is endorsed by two former attorneys general, Hampton L. Car son and M. Hampton Todd, ex-judge Dimner Beeber. John Gribbel, George Wharton Pepper and other promi nent Philadelphians. —Discussing the situation of the Vares who had a meeting of the Philadelphia City Republican com mittee on Saturday, the Philadelphia Record says: "Several weeks ago Vare declared that he would be guid ed entirely by the action to be taken by the leaders of the wards, and if that statement still holds good, he learned yesterday that It is up to him to support Sproul for the nomination. On the other hand. O'Neil backers declared that the Vares would make no public announcement of their choice for the nomination, and would permit the to support either candidate." The Pittsburgh Post gives much attention to Joseph F. Guffey and claims that h<s will win out in the primary contest with ease. —According to the Philadelphia North /V rierican J ? h " r K ;, , J SCO m has "thrown down O Neil and will not speak with him at Reading this We vacancy in the Supreme Court is the theme of an editorial in the Philadelphia Ledger and a dis cussion of the situation by James S. Chambers, in which he points out that the court is in deed of imme diate appointments. —Three Berks ounty legislative candidates are out on "dry" plat forms. Prominent men of Allentown, among them Colonel Harry B. Trex ler and Claude T. Reno, are out in a statement in behalf of Fred E. Lewis for secretary of internal af fairs. As neighbors they urge him. —The Montgomery Republican campaign has reached the "affida vit" stage and both sides claim vic tory. A. S. Swartz Jr., leading the anti Ambler fight, declares that the game is to put the county under the Vares' machine. —Congress Crago was endorsed for renominatlon by members of the House Military Committee. It was a surprise to the Greene countian and pointed out his great value to the nation. Crago is a former Guards man an expert on military af fairs. THE USUAL THING There comes a sound of deviltry by night, A howling on the wyftde. Oh, well, why worry while we leave Joy riders unconflned? •—Tennyson J. Daft, Kansas City i Times. Over tta Lk "peiviuu "Have been discharged. Coming home. Going to Atlanta through country tonight. Please wire me SCO at Atlanta so I may pay for uniform and come home direct Waive identification as I am not known in Atlanta. Wire cash quick so I can get it tomorrow morning." This is the wire a Pennsylvania father received, as he thought, from ills son, and accordingly responded. But he found that he had been swin dled by a stranger and so common has this trickery become that Wash ington is warning all persons to ver ify by a letter or telegram to the commanding officer of the camp when a request of this sort is made. "Our advice" says a German newspaper, "is that no more than 60,000 American soldiers have land ed in France." Poor boob ! There's that many newspapermen, over there. Abubeker and W.ilhclm [Prom the Savannah News.] Going back to the year of our Lord 632 by turning to a page in Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Em pire, it is found that the Caliph Abu beker not only was a democratic sort of person, tut possessed high I ideals, being temperate in all his dealings with friend and foe. When he was about to send his Mahometan armies into Syria the Caliph.person ally instructed his chiefs as follows: "Remember that you are always in the presence of God, on the vergfe of death, in the assurance of judg ment and the hope of paradise. Avoid injustice and oppression; consult with your brethren, and study to preserve (the love and confidence of your troops. Let not your victories be stained with the blood of women and children. Destroy no palm trees nor burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruit trees, nor do any mischief to cattle, only such as you kill to eat. When you make any covenant or article, stand to it, and be as good as your word." German Kulture re pudiates all this, and in its stead would-establish for the guidance 0? mankind a policy of might and blood with the right to abrogate any cove nant, however sacred. THE STATE PRESS Another thing worthy of note is the fact that we do not brag as much as we used to. There has been a rude awakening on account of the serious business that Is ahead of the nation.—Lebanon news. • • • * * This Indisputable fact is that af firmative action by Pennsylvania on the Federal prohibition amendment is dependent altogether on the elec tion of state senators and represen tatives pledged to vote for ratifica tion. And it follows that, since Pennsylvania is overwhelmingly Re publican, success is to be achieved only by the election of Republicans so pledged.—Pittsburgh Gazette- Times. • • • The best Justification of the Pres ident's insistence upon his unpre cedented grant of power was unwit tingly offered by Senator Lodge in the Senate debates. The Senator has often rightly declared that "this is not the President's war," but yes terday he critically declared: "If he (the President) will Just win this war, so far as I am concerned he can -hAJ'# the presidency and the Senate and everything %se."— Springfield Republican. ♦ • • Charles M. Schwab, the nation's shipbuilder, has put 5000 Hog Isl and workers on his list of partners. "You are working with me, boys, not for me." was the contract he made with them in a rattling man to-man talk at a patriotic rally at the shipyard. And when he wound up his talk with a "Go to it, boys," they gave him a cheer that made the flags flutter at the masthead 100 feet above.—Exchange. LABOR NOTES Inexperienced men in hazardous in dustries are resulting in an increase ip accidents in Washington, accord ing to the State Industrial Insurance Commission. Forty deaths and 2,200 nonfatal accidents is the toll during the month of March. Eight months ago stationary engi neers in Athens, Ohio, organized. To date they have perfected a 100 per cent, union, reduced the workday from twelve to eight hours and in creased wages thirty-flve per cent. The Bethlehem Steel Company has agreed to obey the Federal law which provides that Government work aft er eight hours shall be paid at the raite of time and one-half time. It also agrees not to victimize trade unionists and to receive shop com mittees. Shoe lasters of the Southeastern Massachusetts district have secured wage increases that range from 10 to 21 >4 per cent. About 3,200 em ployes are benefited approximately $200,000 a year, or S6O a year on an annual investment of sl3 for dues to the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union. Union labor urges the enactment of a general federa? compensation law for all seamen, in view of the fact that there is no general law in the United States providing definite com pensation for injuries received by seamen on board the vessel or in the service of the vessel. CONSEQUENCES He "wanted to go," but his wife said "No!" And she wept at the very thought, So he stayed at homfe while across the foam The war of the worlds was fought! He was held and bound to the daily round By the toils of a clinging love That would make the goal of an eagle's soul The cote of a cooing dove. He "wanted to go," but his wife cried "No!" And she held fc'ap there with her. While the news that came from the war's great game Set his brain and his heart awhirr; He was "mad" to sail on the soldier's trail. , To venture and risk and dare. To face the brunt at the very front Of the fighting over there. He "wanted to go," but his wife wailed "No!" Unequal to sacrifice. Though the chains might chafe she would hold him safe— And she paid a heavy price! For his love turned hate for his ■elfish mate, As the strongest passion can. So she lost her "romance" —and he his chance To live or to die a Man! BERTON BRALEY, In New York Times. WHEN A FEILER NEEDS A FRIEND - BYBRIGGS (Go UP STA(RS AMD 1 I LIE o<o The SEP A 1111 'jpf HTTLO WHILE JAM£3 [UULITO)M PlftW AMD -PERHAPS Yoo'LL . MffflVllllJ/ '] i /f FEEL BETTER- i LtV Wjl/| j /]/ 'OS 6om E ice- / I Will//] N | TAK€M voHSNJ ick— CR6/SM ftMO CAKG AN/C> EVER' THIMfi IS Be'.rJQ. Parsed When Detroit DETROIT is "dry." That city, which has borne the reputa tion of being as wet as the Sa hara Desert is moistureless, has barred the saloons and its bars. The city was one of the last to surrender to the Prohibitionists, although in other places in Michigan local op tion had blasted out the "wets." Now, the day before 'the last great schooner was drunken and the bar towels all laundered and dried, a certain A. L. Weeks of the Detroit News crossed out the word likker on his "likker license —No. 62847" and substituted above the line the word "Poetic." This gave him poetic li cense to celebrate and to deplore the town's crossing of the bar, which he did with the assistance of the news paper's full staff of poets, as follows: "By Our Own Thomas Moore" 'Tis the last stein of summer, Left bubbling alone; All her high proof companions Are gargled and gone. No cup of her kindred. No seidel is near, To reflect back her amber. Or give cheer for beer. "By Our Own Robert Burns" John Barleycorn, my Jo. John, When we were first sequent, My locks were like the raven, I wasn't even bent. But now that I am broken, John, My bean is white as snow, And you have left me in the lurch, John Barleycorn, my jo. "By Our Own Lord Byron" Dew of Scotland, when we part, I must climb upon the cart, But before you go away, Give, oh, give me back my pay ! Hear my vow before you go, We will meet south of Monroe. "By Our Own George Pope* Monroe" Voter, spare that spree, Touch not a single snort ! In youth it Jingled me, And Vll protect my quart. "By Our Own Waiter Scott" The stag at eve had drunk his fill Where reels the moon by Erie's rill For now stag parties all must go To Cleveland or to Buffalo. "By Our Own Robert Louis Steven son" Chicago's so near with a number of drinks, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kinks. "By Our Own Omar Khayyam." A Book of Verses underneath the I | EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 Students of ttye war would do well to t/egin to familiarize themselves with the map of Germany. The time approaches for a change of scene.— Chicago Dally Kewa. The seventy-five-mile gun with a trajectory eighteen miles high may be intended as a strong hint to Gott that more immediate results are de sired at Potsdam.—New York Even ing Post. It la announced that tlje high cost of living Is driving offlceseekers away 1 from Washington. We have been confident all along that some good ! would result from the high cost of living.—Minneapolis Tribune. There's one thing about this war —no on# wno baa been to France Bough, A jug of water, Wheatless Bread and thou, Beside me painting in the wilder ness— Oh Michigan were Wilderness enow! "By Our Own Robert Browning" The near beer's the thing; And dark is the morn; Bedtime's at seven; The stein is dew-pearled; The gin's on the wing; And so is the corn; Is there a heaven ? All's wrong with the world. "By Our Own Famuel Taylor Cole ridge" It is an ancient Mariner And he stoppeth traffic cops. "By my long dry throat and my parched lip Now wherefore are the hops ? Water, water, everywhere ? An awful thought to think ! Water, water, everywhere, Ncr any drop to drink!" The thirsty guest he heats his breast As if his heart would break. And running down the avenue, He sailed across the lake. He went like onn that hath been gypped. And wished he'd not been born: A wetter and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn. "By Our Own Rudyard Kipling" "What are the voters votin' for?" said Nose-a-Ruby Red, "To turn you out, to turn you out," the negro porter said. "What makes you look so sad, so sad?" said Nose-a-Ruby Red. "Ah'm dreadin' what Ah-ve got to watch," the negro porter said. For they're hangin' Scotch-and seltzer, hear the soda foun tains play, The regulars in every square are mournin' him to-day; They've taken of his chaser oft an" cut green stripes away. An' they're hangin' Scotch-and seltzer in the morning. "By Our Own Edgar Allen Poe" Once as in the drug store dreary, as I wished that I were beery. Over chocolate ice cream soda I had never tried before— While to like it I was trying, softly then there came a sighing As of some one gently crying, crying up above the door, Then I saw a crimson raven, weep ing up above the door; Quoth Red Raven: "Nevermore!" and seen the effects of it comes back wanting to make peace on the Kais er's terms.—Detroit Free Press. Those that don't come back have peace on the Kaiser's terms.—St. Louis Star. 1 [ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" THANKS THE TELEGRAPH To the Editor of the Telegraph: The Executive Committee of the Community Singing Campaign here by desires to express its earnest ap preciation of the kind lielp and sup port you have given the work. The committee is indebted to you for your co-operation and assistance as well as for the splendid contribu tions from your office. Much of the credit for the success ful launching of the movement is due to your interest in the same. Respectfully yours, HOWARD E. GENSLER, Sec. of the Com. Singing Campaign Committee.. OUR DAILY LAUGH) By the way, old man, how is your suit with A\ r Miss Roxley 1h playing a wait ing game Just A waiting in • Yes. I'm wait ing for her to /J? change her || mind. A WINDOW 'm* 35 fy-i GARDEN. Have you /a * \/ -Jbt/ /// back yard? 77 i No. I live In 4 * flat wwjft A Doing roar } / Yes> * am J raising a couple of onions in • ' ' >tnato can * MORE SEASONABLE. , VI hope you are a man who ap preciates a fireside." "In due season. Just now I am B&ugcllng up to an electric f.in." . AN EPICURE. Ostrich —My, what * nice restau rant I'll have to eat there in the tuturel A 810 MAN. "He seems to feel rather Import ant." "Well, yes. He think* tobacco stocks ought to slump a bit when ever he swears off smoAlng." Abetting QUjal ika^—— . I | Some men Interested In the busi ness affairs of Harrlsburg and itaf vicinity and connected with the var ious patriotic "drives" that have been under way in this community were talking: yesterday about the re sponse that the State Capital district has been making on every cal£ !?2' C , ry .. tlrne lt has more than met ex pectations, we all know. It has not taken hard work and strenuous ef foi ts by men who have made sacri fices to do it, but as pointed out In this column the other day the fact that one person in every three in Harrisburg subscribed to a Libert?" Bond in the campaign Just ended places this city on the Nation's real financial map just as much as It is l on the military map because of Its splendid record of enlistments, which have brought it twice immunity from draft calls. "The truth of the mat ter Is, said one man who Is a keen observer of his home city, "that Harrisburg Is hard to wake up. We had that experience when we wanted to get out of the mud and secure pure water and you know what a prejudice had to be beat down be fore we could get the funds for the park system and the Improvement of the River Front. And now everyone talks about them. And then 1001/ at the new hotel. And we are getting thanks from all over the state for putting it up. The truth is that when it gets started this place has an al mighty lot of 'pep' in it. It will put over this War Savings 'Pledge Week* proposition and give the Red Cross what it asks and be ready for the Fourth Liberty Loan after putting up all that lt had for the Third right in the face of the time when Uncle/ Sam is calling for income tax pay ments that are fierce. And by the same token, just let anyone ever start anything to disturb the peace and good order of this town as has been done in some other places. Has lt ever occurred to you that we have a big alien population and we are more concerned about whether smallpox gets among It than any thing else?" "War Savings Stamps fit right In with the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross. As a matter of fact, if you want to buy bonds you have got to learn to save. And if you can beat that quarter at a time scheme of the Thrift Stamps show me," declared William M. Donaldson this morning as a final word for the start of "Pledge Week." By an unusual combination of dates almost all of the boards con nected with the administration of the state government will hold their monthly meetings this week. This is due to the fact that the first of May fell upon Wednesday. Next month a number of boards will adjourn ses sions for the summer. The Public Service Commission to-day held ses sions for argument and considera tion of the Philadelphia and Pitts burgh transit situations. To-morrow the state's fiscal commissions will sit and final orders made for invest ment of funds in Liberty Bonds and the State Water Supply Commission will act upon a number of bridge ap plications. Wednesday the State Board of Pardons will hold its May session. It is very rare that the Board sits in the same week as the Sinking Fund and Revenue Commis sions. A meeting will also be held shortly by the State Defense Com mission. Tuesday the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings is scheduled to sit for the opening of the bids for the annual supply con tracts, aggregating many thousands of dollars in value. Some people out In the western end of the state are watching to see whether the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings is going to meet to-morrow and they are not in terested in Capitol contracts. It is a case of being able to get over a river. It is unusual all the way through. Out in Forest county right near the county seat of Tionesta the Allegheny river receives the Tionesta river, which is a deep, rapidly run ning creek. Last winter the Alle gheny backed, up and the flood and ice carried the bridge that connects with the county seat up the stream. Generally bridges are being wrecked by being carried down. This one was carried up and wrecked. The peo ple found that under the law the state had to replace such ruined . bridges. They came here and launched the usual court proceed ings and a day or so ago an order was made in court for a bridge after viewers had solemnly gone through the customary motions. And It is up to the State Board to name the engineer. Meanwhile the nearest bridge to {he county seat of Forest, seven miles away, is the only means of crossing the Tionesta and the stream is too swift to ford and a ferry would not pay. * • • There's a tooth and nail contest on between the boys of the various classes at Tech on the purchase of Thrift Stamps. Just how deeply the spirit of • patriotism is rooted in these lads was recently shown In the case of one Freshman who each day for three days purchased a Thrift Stamp. On the fourth day this Freshman, not having put In his ap plication for a stamp, was ap proached by one of the profs with the query, "Don't you want a stamp to-day?" And the Freshman re plied, "Have a heart, prof, I've gone without lunch for the past three days to buy stamps and I'm hungry." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE • —Joseph F. Guffey, the Demo cratic gubernatorial candidate, played -football at Princeton and among the men he ran up against in games were Vance C. McCormick and A. Mitchell Palmer, now aligned with him in politics. —Dr. William E. Slemons, Pres byterian clergyman of Washington,, Pa., will act as president of Wash ington and Jefferson until Dr. Hin nltt's successor Is chosen. —Dr. John Carey Anderson, Pitts burgh college president, is home from a trip to the trenches In France. —Frank D. Buser, formerly of Harrisburg. is one of the vice-presi dents of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania. —A. M. Carlin, Jr., Pittsburgh lawyer, will do work as a Y, M. C. A, secretary In France. —Edward Trainer, secretary of the Chester Chamber of Commerce. Is taking a hand in the probe of rent raising In his city. 1 DO YOU KNOW -—That Harrlsburg had one of the finest enlistment records ef any place In the Atlantic states? And it's getting better all the time, HISTORIC HARRISBURG People In this section who had doilbts about American currency In the Revolution unloaded It on John Harris, the Harris Ferry trader. And ttarrls became neb.
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