8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founiti IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. ST A CKPOLE,Prj'f Sr Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMLTZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republijation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. , All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. • Member American Newspaper Pub ® Ushers' Assocla-' Eastern Avenue Building, F'.nley, People's ~" 5 " _ Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. -jjjjgisjjj. By carriers, ten cents a CZ6^Fweek; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1918 True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends But in the worth and choice. —B*;N JOHNSON. WHAT'S YOUR IDEA? A READER of the Telegraph suggests that the sale of Thrift Stamps and War Saving Stamps might be promoted in Harrisburg by the display of a distinctive flag at every place where the stamps may be purchased. This has the appearance of a good Idea. It ought to be adopted. Perhaps there are many more such ideas floating about that never come to the ears of those In charge of the stamp campaigns. What's yours? If you have a pet scheme for War Savings Stamps sales or some plan of your own whereby you render the purchase of them easy for yourself write a brief let ter to the Telegraph telling about it. It Is now Dr. William C. Sproul, and his friends are confidently predicting that it will be Governor Sproul next year. VOICING A PROTEST IT IS Interesting and helpful to observe the constructive effort of our esteemed Sunday contempo rary, The Courier, to arouse a more general and widespread interest in the administration of the af fairs of the city. Repeatedly the Telegraph has called attention to an apparent indifference to local administration and the attitude of The Courier, as well as a disposition in other quarters to focus public attention upon municipal activities, will encourage all who believe that through the co-operation of all Sfosses of our citizens only can we uphold the best traditions of Har risburg. As was Indicated by this newspa per a few days ago, too many ex cuses for inefficiency and failure are based upon alleged "war necessity." This will not deceive any consider able number of people for any con siderable time. It is possible, as the immortal Lincoln suggested, to fool all of the people some of the time, but all the people can't be fooled all of the time. We are not surprised that The Courier calls attention to enormous increases in expenditures without resulting benefit. Of course, there been large increases due to jumping war prices of labor and materials, but these expenses are not all chargeable to this fact alone. The one thing in particular to which The Courier refers, and which has been a matter of public com ment, is the failure of the Commis- j sioner of Public Safety to provide a thoroughly qualified engineer for the conduct of the important water de partment. It was understood, after the grave and inexcusable break down of the water system last win ter, that an operating head who knew his business would be employed. In fact, the Council put itself on record lr this matter. Up to the present ti.ne, however, this has not been done and no public explanation has been given for the failure to do so. Com missioner Hassler makes no pre tense of being qualified to look at,ter the technical details of so im portant a utility as the water sys tem of Harrisburg. He is a physician and not an engineering expert. It ought to be apparent without fur ther discusion that he should have an experienced engineer to operate the pumping station and the filter plant The people of this city will not again excuso any failure such as as tounded the community last winter. There has been a tremendous Jump in the city budget for 1913 The Courier says sl2o,ooo—and the people will demand an accounting of those who are responsible for the administration. It is said that exces sive prices are being paid in the ash and garbage bureau for truck serv ice and that a large increase of cost has followed the change of sys tem. We are passing through a period when individuals are conserving in every direction. Economy is being practiced in every household to meet tWSPT ? " 'i t K/ i ':'' *-•' ■ ;'j ,: *V \ '"; V * EVENING, ~ HARBISBURG C#B6l TELEGRAPH MAY 16, 1918. the extraordinary war sacrifices and needs. Individauls will not excuse of ficials for any disregard of ordinary care in public expenditure, nor will they overlook indifference or care less br incompetent administration. More and more our citizens are coming to believe that the business of Harrisburg is quite as important as any private business and that the commission form of government is essentially a failure because it leads ito competition for jobs, instead of broad and intelligent public service. The Courier is simply voicing the thought of many citizens and is giv ing expression to a protest whjch is likely to become more vehement as time goes, on unless there is a sud den and radical improvement in ad ministrative lhethods. Who says the banking institutions of Harrisburg are not patriotic and generous. Already one of the leading trust companies has declared a special Red Cross dividend. ECONOMY OF VICTORY A DOLLAR'S worth of Thrift Stamps is worth more to the Government of the United-States and is a better investment than $1 put into a Liberty Bond. The worth of the stamp as compared with the bond is apparent from an interest standpoint and from the fact that the stamp can be cashed in any time | for face value. The value of the statip to the Government lies in the fact that it is purchased in a very large number of cases out of savings, whereas in many instances Liberty Bonds are purchased from money In bank or the sale of other property. Since the war must be won by saving and not by money already in hand, the popularity of the War Stamp in financial circles can be easily understood. President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale University, has issued a state ment through the Connecticut War Savings Committee, in which he de clares that savings will win the war, because "probably one-tenth of the total labor of the country and one fifth of its high-grade labor is being utilized for war purposes." Presi dent Hadley says: To prevent this loss of pro ductive power from becoming a disaster, those of us who stay at home must work harder and con sume less. This is the only way in which the nation can meet its war bills. Loans and taxes may give the Government the neces sary dollars, but loans and taxes I will not enable us to win the war unless they are backed up by actual savings. For the war is not won by dollars. It is won by food and clothing, by coal and iron. That is why a man or woman who saves money to invest in Govern ment stamps helps the country more than the bank that finances the loan or "the capitalist who sells railroad stock to convert it into Government bonds. The bank or capitalist V'ves the Govern ment dollars, but dollars without goods behind thorn mean in creased prices, not increased in dustrial efficiency. A man who saves money out of current in come saves goods as well as dol lars. His subscription to the Government loan represents an excess of production over con sumption, an actual creation of capital which can be used for war purposes. If he has made money to put into the Government loan by working harder, he has helped to make good the deficiency in labor power due to the draft. This is the reason why Thrift Stamps and War Stamps purchased cut of current savings are even more important to the Government in this crisis than Liberty Bonds bought from accumulated money. There is none so poor that he can not buy occasionally a Thrift Stamp. There is none who will not be the better for such a purchase. None of us can dodge personal responsi bility for this war. Everybody must give either himself or his money. What will be the position of the man who refuses to purchase Gov ernment securities when the war Is over and he is asked, ."What did YOU do to help save the country?" No matter what this war costs I the Government and the people of the United States in the way of money, It Is going to be much cheaper to win this war than to lose it. The commercial and financial losses that would follow a German victory are not to be calculated. All that we spent would be lost, in / demnities beyond calculation would have to be paid, and along with these losses would come a continuing loss of foreign commerce that would spell disaster. With these material losses we would lose our national liberty and independence, our power to secure our international rights, our right to live In a world ruled by ':ho dictates of humanity and civilization. What are we going to do about it? There is but one answer—support the Government to the limit. Just now that means, buy Thrift and War Savings Stamps. If it is necessary to ask the Legis lature for authority to employ pris oners on the ppblic highways, let the Commissioners of Dauphin county blaze the trail. It is the commonsense thing to do, and might have been done long ago, with benefit alike to the taxpayers and the prisoners them selves. In bringing this matter be fore the commissioners, the Board of P.rl*an Jnnoactojj tuive shown a proper ] appreciation of the trend of the timea | and likewise of war conditions, i Husky prisoners should at least be | earning their board and lodging:. HUGHES' APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT of Charles Evans Hughes by Wilson to assist in thiKaircraft failure probo >s both an assurance of a thorough inquiry and a guar antee that' the President means there shall be no white-washing. More cf such nonpartisan selections for im portant duties would strengthen the President immeasurably in the minds of the people. Mr. Hughes" record in the New York insurance investigations staVnps him as a fearless and skillful law yer and his intense patriotism will provide the motive for going to the bottom of the wholo matter. AVe shall now be uurs of getting the whole truth. WELCOME TO THEM THE Bonniwell headquarters in Pittsburgh are in charge of a "whiskey Republican," says the local subsidized organ of the Demo cratic machine to-day. That's all right, the Democrats are welcome to that kind of Republicans. T>ol£C<*tn. "7 > e)v>voi|Co'Q,Kta By the Kx-Commit tec man The primary campaign for state nominations in Pennsylvania Is en tering upon its final stages to-day. Men connected with the state EOV ornment have started to go to their homes to perfect their lines and there are hurried conferences being held with the leaders of the fac tions of the two major. The re ports are commencing to reach the headquarters and the activity of men who are supported io "get out the vote" is rather significant. The "dry" organizations are com mencing to stir around on the leg islative situation as it is realized! that unless the voters are gotten to j the polls the "wets", will nail down' nominations which "dry" men now! think they have cincjied. Through-! out tho state it seems to be the idea of Republican voters that there is| nothing to choose between Sproul) and O'Neil in regard to prohibition and that they stand for the samel thing. The Democratic campaign is a fine old row in which the "wets" and the Old Guard are out taking put shots at Joseph F. Guffey and his colleagues on the machine ticket. Gurte.v is very indignant that any one should think of opposing him when the President is for him. —Senator Sproul will be in the eastern counties the remainder cf the week and his friends claim that 110 will not only carry Phila delphia in style, but roll up a com fortable majority in the rest of the state. This claim is angrily refuted JIY tl'e O'Neil people who say that o Nell will go to the Philadelphia line with 4 0,000 majority and have a nice majority inside of the city. Mr Guffey claims a big majority arid Judge Bonniwell says he is going to win by 25,000. —The whole thing In the Repub lican fight turns on the Tares and it is strongly suspected that whO You'fte \AJALKINJ6_ AND ALL OF A suooetJ - AM MPO Div/e IMFO ALOU6 PRETTY CLOSE VBU HEAR. A SWELL COMIIO6 A SHE'LL HOLE JET AND THS SHFLL STRIKES Bfr Rl 6HT ALOUGSIPE oi= You Vp" \ Over tke Many Allentown soldiers are fa miliar with Pennsylvania German and sometimes use it in conversation among themselves. Since arriving at Camp Upton strict orders have been issued that conversation in Pennsylvania German will no longer be tolerated there. A member of tha German Reich stag vouchsafes the Information that 100, marks, or about $25,000,000,000 is the amount of the indemnity the kaiser is going to levy on the United States.TTe hee! There is said to be luck in odd numbers, and there are prudent farmers' wives who are careful to put an otld number of eggs under a hen for hatching. Of course, the fatal thirteen is an exception to the rule. A Kentucky firm of grain dealers advertifed it had 1,250 bushels of corn to be husked in a hurry. Im mediately several hundred Red Cross women offered to work at six cents a bushel. Donning overalls, ols dresse, kimonos, bathrobes and even bathing suits, women, married and unmarried, wives of bankers, lawyers, preachers, laborers stuck to the job, clearing $7 5 for the organ ization. "They fairly, made the husks fly," is the locitl report. The Wakoville Post prints the tragic news that Abe Pelter "gave his horse poultry medicine by mis take and now the critter has scratched up the whole pasture, looking as 'hough he wanted to find a place to set." After being separated for 46 years, six children of a Civil War veteran —Charles A. Ulrich, J. Harry Ulrlch, William W. Ulrich, George W. Ulrlch of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Meyers of Lewistown, Pa., antl Mrs. William Vincent—are united. All the family went through the meatless and other foodless sacrifices of the Civil War period in Lewiston. Charles A. Ul rich, rccaling those days and com paring thfm with the present time, said: "So far, people of this gener ation do not know what war sacri fice means. Neither will they until our schools and churches are turned into hospitals for wounded soldiers brought back from over there, as they were in Harrisburg after the battle of Gettysburg." "And He Called It Germany" TH. C. Witwer, in Collier's Weekly.] Well. Joe, we gotta lot of new songs over here now, besides "Where Do We Go From Here?" which same is our favorite, and a lot more of the old standbys, which runs moVe to the sob. stuff. This one is all the rage here now with the English, and we often sing it together. It was wrote by a English guy which ,used to be a actor and is now tryin' to live that down by fightin' for his country. I'll tell you tho words so's you can learn it before you come over and also because the words is as good as the music, which happens very seldom in songs—hey, Joe? The tune is "A Little Bit of Heaven." (Remember how John McCormack used to make that baby lay down and roll over?) This one Is called "A Little Bit of Hell." It goes like this: Have you heard the tale about the land that lies beyond the Rhine, And who it was discovered that home of Huns and swine? One day old Satan felt distressed, the sparks flew from his eyes, And he Bald: "I'll find another home somewhere beneath the skies." Chorus: So old Satan found a spot on earth, all steeped In blood and crime. And he hollers out with all his might "This bit of earth is mine!" 'Tis thi land of Huns and Kultur, is this little bit of hell, Where they butcher babes and moth ers,' as they murdered Nurse Cavell. They sent their Imps in submarines to murder on the sea, And the rotten Kaiser never thought what would the harvest be; So the\Devil sent for all his mob and shouted out with glee: "I am going to move my Demons here," and he called It Germany! Some ballad, hey, Joe? The Eng lish sing it more than we do, hut we got a new line for the end of the chorus: "When we get through with Kaiser J"ll. they'll be no Germafly!" History of An [FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES] (Prom the New York Times.) "The Liberal Frankfurter Zeitung, though admitting that the treaty with Rumania is not in keeping with that resolution, greets it with satis faction." George Renwick's dis patch in yesterday's Times. The resolution Mr. Renwick re fers to is the Reichstag resolution solemnly disclaiming any intention to make annexations. That reso lution is as dead as Julius Caesar now, and it never was alive In Ger many; yet what a life it had outside of Germany! A pernicious life; it throve lustily among pacifists and dullards in the united Sthtes, Eng land, France," Russia and Italy; it had the growth of Jonah's gourd among the traitors and seditionarles in those countries. Everywhere it was pointed to as proof that we needed only to stop this wicked light ing and get comfortably around- a table with Germany, and all mis understandings would be smoothed away. For awhile it was uphill work for commonsense to get her word in, to make men hear that the reso lution meant nothing, that Germany could not be negotiated with until she had been beaten. Life! It had a lusty life, outside of Germany. It lived stalwartly In Russia. It was on July 19 that the Reichstag adopted that resolution, and it was on July 23 that the All- Kussian Soviet", then under Keren sky's control, issued to its armies tho proclamation beginning: , "Fellow-Soldiers: One of our ar mies has wavered, its regiments have lied before the enemy. Pari of our front has been broken. Emperor William's hordes, which have moved forward, are bringing with them and destruction." It had a great life, for a time, in Italy. The glad news that the Reichstag had pledged Germany to make no annexations, that the Kaiser had accepted the resolution through Chancellor Mlchaelis, went through the Italian army in the Alps like quicksilver. The pacifist and the So cialist went along with if, saying everywhere, "Why go on fighting? The Germans don't want to light any more than you do. Lay down your arms, the Germans will do tlte same, and then there will be an honorable peace, with no annexations on either side." On October 24, in the Alps, the resolution of July 19 completed its fatal work, and, in the form of a German army, swept like a whirl wind through the Italian soldiers and down into the plains of Italy, carrying with it the usual atrocities, the usual slavery of the old men, women and children it encountered in its path. It had a brave life in England, France and the United States; no lie ever had a braver. But in these j countries there was always a steady ! majority which kept its head. The LABOR NOTES Peterboro (Can.) city teamsters will receive $5 a day. An agreement between Springfield (111.) Teamsters' Union and the Team Owners' Association provides for a wage Increase of $4.50 a week. Total membership of Canadian trade unions at the close of 1917 was 204,360, or an Increase of 44,223 over the previous year. Local unions in creased 132 to a total of 1,974. Warnings From Gerard It may >be of Interest now to call extracts of letters forwarded to me by Ambassador Gerard from Ber lin, says a correspondent of the New York Times. He says: "I do not expect to see Germany 'outhungered.'"—November 9, 1916. "There is absolutely no chance of peace. The war Is going on for a year or more." —November 23, li>ls. "I tell you forcibly that if I were dying and could send but one mes sage, 1 should warp America to be ready."—December 28, 1915. "Germany will undoubtedly last through, especially with grain from Rumania, and copper from conquer ed Serbia and a large mine in Sax ony. There is enough rubber in hand for military purposes. * * * I don't think that the blockade, however un comfortable It may make Germany, will decide the war."—June 21, 1916. "Hope this Mexican flurry has so bered you and shown the need for real preparedness."—July 26, 1916. lie of July 19 was not yet done with its work in Russia; even after the fall of Riga the deluded Soviets went on trusting to it, believing that they had the clue to what was going on in the minds of the German people, that all they had to do was to lay down their arms, and then, if the German militarists should give the order to fire on them, the German people would rise and enforce its declaration of July 19. So they gave the supreme proof of their trust'by disbanding the Russian army; and German troops have been cutting Russia's arteries ever since, to the j accompaniment of joyful applause from all Germany. And now the resolution, which never had a life in Germany, but had such a glorious life elsewhere while it lasted, is as dead everywhere as in Germany. Ukraine and Rumania slew it; there is none so dense as to give it the pretense of belief. "Democratic journals like the Tage blatt," says Mr. Renwick, "register their approval of this use of force," in Rumania. No one objects, in -Germany. As for Ukraine, there are •uneasy voices in Berlin, but only on the ground of expediency; It is, per haps, unsafe to goad the Ukrainians too far into madness. Why was it so sure, from the first, I that the resolution of July 19 had 110 real life in Germany, could only have a life outside? Because, even if the Richstag meant it, the Reichs tag's declaration was worthless. Civilians have ceased to have any part in the decision of Germany's policies, except what the generals let them have. The decisions of pivilians, of lawmakers, of states men, mean nothing unless they please the soldiers and are approved by them. Constitutional government is becoming only a form in Ger many; the absolute despotism of the Middle Ages is returning there, and it makes 110 difference what Reichs tags may resolve or say or do. t It may "resolute till the cows co'me home," and still its resolutions will mean nothing unless the Vehmege rlcht of Potsdam stamps them "O. K." When an agreement on any thing W reached between those two factors" (the nominal government and the generals), "It is only achieved by the government giving way." So said Noske, Socialist deputy, In the main committee of the Reichstag, last Wednesday; and he added; "There is no getting away from the impression that Germany is under absolute rule." Let us pay the Reichstag the compliment of agreeing, for argument's sake, that the resolution of July 19 was not an intentional fraud, that the Reichstag really meant it at the time, and then comes the inevitable question: What difference docs that make? What has the Reichstag got to do with It? THE STATE PRESS The history of the present conflict shows that nations have profited lit tle or nothing by the teachings, the discoveries, the inventions, the science and the literature of many 1 centuries. They still .continue to de termine the quarrels of rulers by the cave dwellers' method of the of the property and lives of individuals, and in the present war the military propagandists of German kultur have excelled their ancestors only in atrocious cruelty. The soldiers of Attila, however, did not make a practice of raping wom en, of impaling infants on spear points and of murdering prisoners and' noncombatants. If the soldiers of Germany were asked what they are fighting for they would reply as did the German soldiers who deso lated Africa or Invaded Gaul, "We know not, save that It is the will of Caesar."—Lebanon Dally News. Industrial production is a science and In the world competition we must meet nations who conduct it on a scientific baslb. We have in the past worked on a traditional and haphazard basis. If a mechanical or agricultural method was handed down by the fathers. It became fixed for many years. There were not many producers who would analyze ■it to its elemental principles to find if it was correct. This spirit of pa tient, indefatigable investigation qf detail, of research for complete in formation about processes and ma terials, is necessary to any national efficiency. The people who are win ning to-day are those who have caught this idea of patient intensive study—of all sources of information about their work, —Kaston Fret Press. He Saw Two [From the European Edition of the New York Herald] He was a convivial old soul and in the small country village he missed the delights of town. So he consoled himself at the vil lage inn and next morning he was up before the local j. p. at the neighboring town. "The constable," observed the city man to the magistrate, "seems wonderfully certain about the details of my case. How is it he doesn't call his fellow officer to corroborate what he says?" "There's only one constable in Peddleford," explained the magis trate. "But I saw two last night." in dignantly asserted the accussed. "Exactly," said the magistrate, smiling broadly. "That's just the charge against you." Kindness to Enemies The American government is wel coming the relief work undertaken in this country through the auspices of the legations of Switzerland and Sweden in the interests of the needy alien enemies in the United States. It is the intention to supply relief for the families of interned aliens. This is the Christian spirit. It is the spirit of civilization* and whether it is of reciprocal operation in Germany matters not. The United States does not pattern after Germany, but it can set an example in the care of humanity for the balance of the world.—Charlotte Observer. I OUR DAILY LAUGH AT THE CIRCUS. Then the tat too artiats does j not merely dec- I orate the sur deep designs. iT7>( PUZZLED. Vl } J/l\ frih) Ant — l don't | ( jM. L'/AjJnL see why folks don't put a guide post so a '/J feller'd know ■■/ i .... which one of r ° ads to TUNATE. Miss Cigar— I Oh, horrors, Y/Xw jBl there's that } \ fresh Willie Cigarette, Just 4sp/lv/h<. when I'm loos- / /M\ tag my wrapper. "Aren't you one of the men who married a short time ago to keep out of the army?" "Yep, I'm one of 'em. But then i a guy can't be scrappin' all the time. 1 So here I am." lEbenmg (ttlfal Men who have been connected with the three Liberty Loan drives" and the campaign for the Red Cross subscriptions declare that their experiences this week in re gard to the War Savings Stamps, commonly known as "Thrifties" or "Babies," according to the value, have been the most interesting and they are of' the opinion that once Hai risburjj gels a chance to recover its breath and to.get down to syste matic saving after all the strenuous things of this month it will buy stamps at a rate that will surprise many people. The simplicity of the idea is all that William M. Donald son, chairman of the committee which is in charge of the War Sav ings campaign in the county, claims for it. And it is astonishing' in spite of all the signs that have been dis played and the yards and yards of "publicity" that ha\e been put out by mail and printing press that so few people have become savers. And this is all the more remarkable be cause Harrisburg some years ago got used to the stamp idea through the Dime Savings Fund, which the late James McCormick launched in this city. Perhaps, It has been because there have been so many appeals for funds and prices for everything havo been going up so that the stamp sav ing proposition has not become more general. Some of the men who are canvassing say that when the scheme is explained many housewives promptly agree to start saving and that one of the drawbacks appears to be that people hcve an idea they can only buy the stamps at the post office. "What should be done is to print a list of the pTaces where War Stamps can be bought," said a man who is active in the present week':, work. "X understand that requests have been made for such informa tion, but the people in charge do not either seem to have a list or to realize the importance of it. I think that if we could get people to under stand that our big stores are all cell ing the stamps we would have many more bought." St. Matthew's Lutheran congrega tion which has established its homo at Green and Sencca streets, has a Thrift Stamp plan working that ought to commend itself to every one. This congregation, which is a new one comparatively speaking, but composed of livewires, has an an niversary coming the latter part of June, and the officers have asked each member to save enough for one Baby Bond between now and the an niversary ajul donate it to the church toward its funds. People who have heard of the plan have highly com mended it and there are many hopes in Harrisburg that this practical means of combining patriotism, thrift and religious work may work out in the best possible way. There are a lot of youngsters in Harrisburg who are making garden, keeping pavements swept and help ing around the house these days to save for Thrift Stamps and some of the youngsters have tine cards. \V. Brooke Moore, the railroad official, who was here the other day from Al toona, told with a lot of quite justi fiable pride how a grandson did some work in a store and put what he got into Thrift Stamps. "And did I match him?" askccl Brooke. "Well, I guess." One of the schemes to popularize the War Savings Stamps in the city which was talked of a short time ago and then put aside because some one had his head full of something else, was that there should be a War Sav ings flag adopted which could bo hung outside of stores or offices or places where the stamps are to lie | bought and also displayed over the counters or booth inside of a depart ment store or building. This flag could be reproduced in the newspa pers until everyone would know it as the place where War Stamps could be bought just like when you see a blue bell on a sign you know that an indispensable public utility is at i vour service there. * * * Another idea which went to the "canning factory," and which it is understood the Harrisburg Railways Company, always prompt to do its share in a safety movement or any thing else of a public character, was that the street cars carry "W. S. S." signs on their fenders for a week. The street cars advertise Paxtang Park ar)d picnics and other things and the celerity with which Frank B. Musser would help along War Stamps by such means can be imag ined. • • Millers Bros. & Co., has utilized the Thrift Stamps idea in a novel and very sensible way. This firm has some, attractive pictures of homes on dis play and a sign which reads: Thrift Stamps make Foundations for homes. • • • John F. Dypp, who has been de voting weeks to the War Savings work in the city without any brass band attachment or leading citizen sign, has been complimented by many people for what he has done. Mr. Dapp does not regard himself us indispensable to any movement, but has gone along quietly, getting the Thrift Stamp idea firmly into the heads of the plain people and there is many a well-filled card to-day that j is due to his energy and his sacrifice of his time, while others,may have been parading. [_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Mayor E. V. Babcock, of Pitts burgh. was one of the first to buy War Stamps in his city. —Adjutant General F. D. Beary considers Thrift Stamps one of tho best of investment*. —Dr. J. P. Ker/, Pittsburgh coun cilman, has had his service in the war approved by his colleagues In a formal resolution on the minutes of the council. —James H. Mauser, who is having •a fight for re-election as president of the State Federation of Labor, has held that place since 1912. —The Rev. R. N. McDonald, Pitts burgh clergyman, will take a charge in Chicago. . —Judge John G. Harman. who de clined to order a "dry" week during a G. A. R. convention in Danville, is a former legislator. 1 DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg will have to hustle to beat some smaller towns in tlip sale of Thrift Stamps? HISTORIC HARRISBURG This city furnished almost two reg iments of men in the War of 1812, In Other Countries We have been making pets of spies by interning them. There is a less expensive method of handling tuples In use in all countries engatrad in war. —Memphis AW>tJL