[BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A SBWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1131 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO- Telegraph Building, Federal Sqmare. H. J. STACK POLE, Sr Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. — : Member of the Associated Press—Th Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication 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' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern office. Story. Brooks & Flnley, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City; Western office. Story, Brooks & Finley, People's Gas Building, ~ = "~~ _ Chicago, 111. Sintered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cent* a week; by mall. *6.00. a year In advanc*. SATURDAY, MAY 18. 1918 "The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, ui to be in reality what we would appear to he; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the prac tice and experience of them." — SOCRATES. A HOME CANDIDATE DAUPHIN county will have a home candidate in the State primary elections ofnext Tues day in the person of Senator E. E. Beidleman, of this city. His friends expect he will receive an over whelming majority In both city and county, and doubtless he will. Sen ator Beidleman aspires to the Lieu tenant Governorship of the State, which carries with it the presidency of the Senate. For this duty he is well qualified by both natural ability and experience. His candidacy is especial ly acceptable to the labor unions of the State, due to his constant friend liness and support of labor legisla tion as it has appeared from time to time during his two terms as a mem ber of the House, and later during Tiis first and second terms in the Senate, to which he was first elected on the Republican ticket in the stren uous campaign of 1912, when he won out in a hot three-cornered fight. His re-election came with little opposi tion on the part of the Democrats and none within his own party. Senator Beidleman, if elected Lieutenant Governor, will have a vote in the Senate only If there be a deadlock on any question. With re gard to prohibition It Is only remotely possible that he will have a voice in deciding the fate of the resolution to ratify the national amendment. With respect to his attitude on this ques tion he has said that he will vote "dry" If a majority of the candidates for the Senate to he elected next Fall are "dry," and "wet" If a majority of those elected are "wet." Senator Beidleman's only opponent is Con gressman John R. K. Scott, who voted against the national amend ment when it came UD In Congress and who up until a few days ago was known everywhere as anything but a friend of temperance. In addition, he represents that faction of Philadel phia politicians who have been keep ing the State in an uproar of dissen sion and who are largely responsible for the quarreling and bickering that have disgraced the Commonwealth for the past few years. As between Scott and Beidleman there should be little hesitation in voting for the Dauphin county Senator, who is a man of spotless character and unim peachable honesty. Bondholder, bloated or otherwise, will not be a term approbrium after this war. Everybody's doing it. PRESIDENT VOTES "WET" DEMOCRATIC newspapers in Pennsylvania which are making at least a pretence of supporting "dry" candidates for State office are in a most embarrassing position. They are crying with a loud voice for the popular ratification of the na -1 ional prohibition amendment, re gardless of the fact that the people of the United Slates, through Con gress, already have spoken on that nubject. They have given President Wilson power to eradicate the drink evil at least for the period of the war. All the President has to do Is to write a brief note expressing the •belief that rum and war do not nilx, and every grogshop In the i country would have to close. A law passed last year gives him that power. But the President, by his silence, votes "wet." There is a very real need for pro hibition in this country. Only "bone dry" candidates for the Legislature should be nominated on Tuesday. "We should by our votes do what the for some ununderstand eble reason, will not do. Perhaps If all of the Democratic newspapers of the country demanded of the President that he make the .country "dry" he would do so. But not one of them has the temerity to suggest it. In Harrlsburg, for ex ample, the principal newspaper ex ponent of a "dry" Democratic party, . ~ • SATURDAY EVENING, RAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 18, 1918. makes loud-mouthed prohibition pro testations, while its owner in "Wash ington fawns at the feet of the Pres ident, who continues to vote "wet.". Senator Penrose can hardly be blamed for a red-hot rejoinder to the charge that money had been con tributed for his campaign when It Is the common practice of all parties to collect funds for campaign pur poses. A little less of hypocrisy and more consltsency would help the cause of democracy at home. Hysteria Is a rather common ailment In cer tain quarters. ONLY "DRY" CANDIDATES MAKE sure that the legislative candidates for whom you vote, whether Republican or Demo cratic, at the primaries on Tuesday are pledged to vote "dry." If there is only one "dry" candi date in your district, vote for him only, and thus add to his strength. The great issue of prohibition is being fought out now. Your part is to vote as your con science dictates. There can be but one answer to that. Vote only for "dry" candidates. Senator Beidleman's friends are going to compliment him with a large vote In the primary next Tuesday. While there has been an absence of the usual political activity this year, the people are fairly well -informed regarding the campaign and the im portance of selecting proper officials. TURNING TO THE RIRLE C 1 OUNTLESS persons, in the stress of mind and heart resulting from the sorrows and sacrifices of the war, are turning anew, or for the first time, perhaps, to the Bible for comfort, consolation. Inspiration and help. Thousands upon thousands of soldiers carry their testaments with them under pledge to read at least one chapter a day. It has been so since the days of Israel. In the hey-day of peace and prosperity the sons of Abraham were wont to turn their 'thoughts to worldy pleasures and pursuits and to become forgetful of their God. The history of the Chosen People is a constant repetition of transgression, punishment, penitence and triumphs. Always there was at hand a wicked, covetous people to be used as the whip to drive the erring Israelites back to the faith of their fathers. There are those who see in the madness of Germany the concentra tion of the evil spirits of the world in the German people, and who be lieve that, like the herd of swine, they are rushing headlong toward the sea. Others read the book of the present and future In the light of the past. They see in the Kaiser and his hosts the whip that is to chasten the | Christian peoples of the world and to bring them to their knees in prayer and supplication, after which, it may be, the whip Itself shall be cast into the fire. But whether or not these or any of the other numerous scriptural theo ries of the war are accepted, it is plainly apparent that people in gen eral are turning to more serious thoughts of the things that are vital and eternal and away from the flippant and the ephermal. The Bible has 'become the great textbook of the war for the allied peoples, and its in fluence is growing as we give our selves unreservedly to the cause of right in the great conflict. Postmaster Sites has been so busy with the War Savings Stamps cam paign that he has not even worried about the approaching moving day when the Federal Building will again be occupied by Uncle Sam's postal force. Meanwhile, the postmaster not forgetting the attractive environ ment of shrubbery and green sward which will finish the much-delayed remodeling of. the Government Build ing. He proposes to make the syr% roundings of the enlarged building harmonious and worthy Uncle Sam. Another intensive drive for and in the interest of the war chest of the Government has been concluded in this city and county. Again the peo ple have demonstrated their patriot ism through liberal subscriptions, al beit the allotment may have been out of proportion to the total amount pos sible under the circumstances. Baby bonds will serve two important pur poses—the direct support of the Gov ernment and the teaching of thrift among the people. Commissioner Lynch is naturally pleased with the priliminary findings of the engineer who inspected the Mulberry street viaduct. When the complete report shall have been re ceived he will be in a position to make some definite recommendation regarding the further protection of pedestrians. It ought to be remem bered by the public generally that automobile traffic had not developed to Its present proportions when the bridge was designed. Commissioner Gross will have the support of the community in his an nounced purpose to eliminate the few remaining poles which disfigure the River Front parks. A couple of husky motorcycle officers in the park service would be much more effective than the present guardians on foot, and would prevent the constant de struction about which there is so much complaint. If there is any reason why Harris burg should not have a Shade Tree Commission, which would give atten tion to the trees that we have and those which should be planted, let the people have it. What is every body's business is nobody's business, and any citizen with half an eye can see the necessity of something like consitent care of our trees. "That's going to be a regular hotel," was the observation of a vis itor as he walked through the Capi tol Park and stopped to gaze at the Penn-Harrls. No enterprise has ever attracted such favorable attention tts this big hotel, tho one great need of the city. Those who have not visited Wild wood Park this spring are missing a great deal of pleasure. Great patches of bridal wreath and other flowering plants invite the eye and rest the soul. But until the roadways are made wider the main driveway through this beautiful park ought to be confined to one-way traffic for safety. To-day will practically conclude the activities of the several candidates who are seeking nomination for one office or another in the several po* litical parties, Meanwhile, the peo ple have been less disturbed than usual over the superheated contro versies, the attention of the average American citizen being centered now on the winning of the war rather than the winning of any political ambi tion. • —■ "poCtiZc* CK 'P&H'TvOifCrfUua By the Ex-Oommitteemaa Pennsylvania voters will hold their primary election next Tuesday for the eleventh time under the unlr form primary system established at the special legislative session of 1906 and there will be nominated com plete state tickets and candidates for congressional and legislative seats. Increases of enrollment have been reported from many of the boroughs and the • registration In the larger cities has shown a gain. There will be nominated candi dates for Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor, Secretary of Internal Affairs and four Congressmen-at-Large on party tickets and one person for Superior Court judge on the non partisan ticket. Withdrawal of the only other candidate who had filed paper leaves Judge W. D. Porter un opposed for renomination. No candi dates for the two vacancies on the Supreme Court will be nominated, as aspirants will have to file nomi nating papers prior to the Novem ber election, the vacancies occurring after the time for filing petitions for the primary had expired. Candidates will be nominated for thirty-two district congressional seats and twenty-eight senatorial togas. Twenty-five senators will be elected this year by expiration of term and vacancies caused by deaths of Sen ators J. P. McNichol and C. J. Ma gee and resignation of Charles A. Snyder, now Auditor General, are to be filled. Candidates will be nomi nated for 207 seats in the State House of Representatives. Members of all party state com mittees will be elected, although in some instances there are no petitions filed for member of committee. —Just exactly how the public is regarding this campaign can be realized from the attention given to it by the newspapers. None of the candidates has been "first page stuff'' for more than a day and it is hard to find any candidates getting display heads. The bulk of the Phil adelphia and Pittsburgh newspapers are for Sproul. The Pittsburgh Ga zette-Times is for him as the best equipped and because he agrees to stand by the decision of the primary. The Philadelphia Press and Inquirer call for Sproul's nomination and! the Evening Bulletin prays to be delivered from administrations like the present. —Mr. O'Neil spoke to a great audi ence at McKeesport last night and charged that his opponents were trying to practice fraud and that they should be watched. Senator Sproul ijiade several speeches 5n Eastern counties in a more tem perate vein. He has not abused "J. Denny." as he calls him, but rather twitted him upon the vigor of his remarks. —Senator Penrose and Attorney General Brown have made up for the lack of variety by a series of red hot statements about each other which recall the night before the organization of the last Legislature. —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times comments upon the fact that while O'Neil was denouncing Mayor Bab cock as an autocrat who was forcing men in Pittsburgh to line up for Sproul, the Governor was telling heads of departments in a meeting at the Capitol to line up for O'Neil. —The Rev. Dr. John Royal Har ris, active spirit of the Dry Federa tion, which has been suspected of being a personally conducted O'Neil organization, said in McKeespcrt last night that there is little doubt that "we" will nominate O'Neil. —The Rev. Billy Sunday last night telegraphed Mr. O'Neil that he hoped he would win. Mr. Sunday was ad vertised as one of the men coming here to speak for O'Neil. He Is busy in Chicago, but sends his blessing and best wishes for O'Neil's success in the battle against ,the "wet" peo ple. Up to date there had been no signs that O'Neil considered Weimer dangerous. —The Vare registration board is having quite a hard time In Phila delphia. The courts rapped their practices. —Luzerne and Montgomery, no less than Dauphin, are battlegrounds for mastery of organizations. —To-night the machine Democrats will dine In honor of Guffey and listen to A. Mitchell Palmer In Pitts burgh, and the Bonniwell men will fold their tents In Philadelphia. —Ex-Representative Robert B. Habgood is conducting a vigorous campaign for the nomination for Governor on the general platform of nonfactlonallsm. He declares: "My candidacy for Governor in the Re publican primaries will crystallize the sentiment throughout the state in our party against factionalism in the nomination of a Governor. lam not and will not he the candidate of any faction or clique. The national amendments for prohibition and woman suffrage are endorsed by both the factional candidates and by me, consistent with my approval of a nation-wide basis for the past twfelve years, but only my candidacy stands upon the platform of Republicanism over and above factionalism." Mr. Habgood believes in publicity and has been using newspaper advertis ing in his appeal to the voters. —George J. Brennan, writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, gives some interesting facts regarding the election on the prohibition amend ment held in Pennsylvania on June 18, 1886. At that time the results were different from what would hap pen now. He says: "Philadelphia gave a surprise to the Prohibition ists. When the votes in the Quaker City were finally tabulated it was found that while 26,468 had voted for the proposed amendment, there were 118.963 recorded against it, a majority in the city of 92,494 for the "wots." The total vote in the state, including Philadelphia, was 296,617 for prohibition and 4 81,644 against It, a majority for the "wets" of 188,- 027. At the same special election there was submitted a suffrage amendment which was defeated by a majority of 236,952." —The Franklin Repository soys: "It IH very amusing to see a few people around he.e oppose the can didacy of Senator Sproul on moral grounds when such well-known Phil- SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OVT OF LIFE BYBRICGS ( tL .T T A\ (^r^) adelphians as James Dobson, Alba B. Johnson, C. Stuart Patterson, John Gribbel, Nathan Folwell, Dim ner Beeber, Effingham B. Morris, Hampton L. Carson, Howard B. French, George Wharton Pepper and others equally as prominent, affix their signatures to a call to the Re publicans of Pennsylvania to support Senator Sproul at {he primary on ac count of his superior qualifications, his eminent fitness and capability, his integrity and experience, his judgment and strength, a man who will measure up to the demands of the day and lead all Pennsylvania to meet fully the requirements of the first state of the Union." r 1 Otfer tfwe Joja Lk 'peiuuu **— ~ There's a nice new garden near my old home kltcjien door, Where I while many happy hours away; While a spring song's ringing, and singing o'er and o'er. To the tune of "Darling Nellie Gray." And the harvest will be strong, Attune your heart and soul unto | the sod; For the soul of earth Is giving Of the season's richest song. Through the wondrous love and J grace of God'. —Lena B. Clendening. I Pennsylvania soldiers abroad arc i learning to eat snails, according to this letter from. Frank Fabarelli, of | Easton; "I am driving a seven-passenger! Puegot, no 'tin Lizzie,' but the 'tin Lizaies' make them all eat dirt On the hard hills. They can pass all the big cars. No 'sauerkraut guz zlers' have got me yet, but' a trolley nearly did —one of them about the size used on the South Side. I am not having a bad time of It—stop at the best hotels and have lots to eat—chicken, duck, veal, frogs and snails. Yes, sir, edible snails, and they are some good, too, so don't worry about me. Just the same 11 want to sec this thing blow over, j "You know you can't send over | any more stuff unless It's wanted.' It's right too, for a lot of stuff sent! over is wasted, and we can get j everything from the canteen or the j Y. M. C. A. as cheap or cfteaper than ! you can get it back home." Debate in Deutschhmd It is not all clear sailing In Ger many for the military party when the Berliner Tageblatt prints the following, between the lines of which so much can easily be read, in spite of the clever camouflage under which it shelters: It was in 19—. Three friends sat in a corner of the shelter, waiting in one accord for peace. And time and again recurred the subject of—the war! The first stroked with an a<r of dignity his graying full beard, and said: "The world-war was a historical necessity. Entirely simple. We must hold out." A younger companion furrowed his smooth brow, shook his head and replied: "The world-war a necessity? On the contrary, it was a chance (af.ts trophe. springing up from incom putable elements." The third, a guest who was pursu ing the study of criminal law, spoke a more emphatic negative: "I regard the world-war to be the wretched machination of conscious criminals, a disease injected by ruth less tricks conjured by souls that think in terms of murder. I recall June, 1914." Another subject came up, a burn ing one—the question, "When will it end? " The man with the full beard and the necessity said definitely: "It will end when all the objects are attained which history has set our time to accomplish. We must hold out." The second said dreamily: "It will end as it hegnn—suddenly In every corner the machine will come to a stop all at once. Without basis." But the last said: "I know, when it will end. ONE will come—a man with a mighty hand. He will make an end, smooth everything out. Perhaps he is al ready here." "Force is everything," said the first. "Chance is everything," announced the second. "Fact Is everything," declared the third. After this little exchange of opin ions, they ali with one accord waited for peace. The Negro and the War THE colored people are rallying to the call of patriotism all over the country. They are giving their sons, their money and their energies to the task of mobilizing the nation for the cause of democ racy. Fof the Negro holds his citi zenship high. The friends of the United States arc his friends. Its foes are his foes. The United States draws no color line in the Army and Navy. It sum mons Negroes to arms just as it does whites. More than 700,000 men of color registered, and already 100,000 of these have been called to the training camps to fit themselves for service. Thirty-six per cent, of all the Ne groes examined were certified a3 physically fit for the National Army, a ratio higher than the whites can show. In sixteen cantonments scat tered throughout the northern and southern stat©3 the dusky troops are being prepared to meet the Hun. In the old Regular Army of the pre-war days were four colored regi ments the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry and the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry. These troops proved their value in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, just as they did in the Indian campaigrns on the border. They are notably steady under fire, patient to endure hard ship, cheerful and good-natured nt all times. And they can fight. * The War Department has organ ized a division of colored troops, known as the Ninety-second. To lead these men 750 colored officers were commissioned after a course of training at Fort Dodge, lowa. Al ready a number of Negro chaplains have been named to serve with these and more are soon to be appointed. Three regiments of Artillery have been formed and 0, school for Signal Corps has been organized. Howard University, an institution for colored people in Washington, D. C., will be kept open this summer to supply technical training to promising men BOOKS AND MAGAZINES During the last week Joseph Fen nell has received congratulations on] his lithographs of War Work In America from two most important sources one, President Wilson, writes him: "They the lithographs) are remarkably interesting and re markably fine." And the other from the French ambassador in Washing ton, M. Jusserand, who has informed Mr. Pennell that the French govern ment proposes to show a set of these prints in the Luxembourg. These are the lithographs which the United States government au thorized Mr. Pennell to make and which have been published under the title of "War Work in America" by the Messrs. J. B. Lippincott Com pany. Perils of Enterprise This is the 4ishing season and if the early worm Is not careful it will be caught by thp early boy before the bird has a chance to breakfast on It.—New Orleans States. APOLOGIST FOR SCOTT (From the Public Ledger) The logic—lf there be any such thing in it—of Bishop Berry's ex traordinary letter of advice to voters appears to be that so long as a can didate pledges himself to-day to support the Prohibition emendment it doesn't matter in the least what his past record or his present quali fications for office may be. Here is a Christian bishop—the shepherd of flocjc—publicly advising his pastors to rally to the support of one John R. K. Scott, a man who, to quote a recently published descrip tion, was In his professional capacity for years "the chief refuge of the criminals and crooks of the under world in Philadelphia, in escaping the lush of justice and in preying with Immunity upon society." He frankly admits that the record of his chosen candidate "makes him objectionable to some of our temper ance people" and that It is "not sat isfactory to some," but because, for sooth, this candidate has given his pledge to the bishop—not that he will support the prohibition amend ment, be it noted —but that the amendment "Bhall have an absolutely square deal" in tho state senate. Bishop Berry is therefore willing to assume the responsibility of advising the pastors of his church to support of that race. At least 150 Negroas are engaged in Y. M. C. A. work in the Army. Some of these are now in France with the troops ser.vin:; under General Pershing. Back of the actual fighting army is the army of civilians at home. Tho Negroes of the country have joined in ev'tfry activity that evinces a spirit of patriotism. They show a whole hearted desire to take their full share of the war load. They support tho principles which President Wil son has defined for us, and they as sume cheerfully the burden laid upon the country as a whole. The way that the colored citizen has taken hold of the Liberty Loan is encouraging. Five thousand Ne groes recently attended a patriotic meeting in a small North Carolina town and established a record for the quick purchase of War Savings Stamps. This record is being du plicated all over the country. The war has brought to the Negro a better chance for national self expression than any event in his history, and he is making the most of his opportunity. Much of the best talent of the race has been ab sorbed In meeting the need caused by speeding up war industries. Graduates of colleges and technical schools have found a ready field for the use of their knowledge and trained skill. The demand for edu cated Negroes has exceeded the sup ply. No such impetus has ever before been given to education for the Ne gro. It is true that the illiteracy of the race has decreased from 90 per cent, at the close of the Civil War to 30 per cent, to-day, but the neces sity of wiping out ignorance has been called sharply to attention by the demands which the war Is making upon our manpower. The proper training of the Negro is a problem which concerns both ratfes. To leave one-third of the colored people undeveloped is failure to uti lize the resources of the nation. — Exchange. LABOR NOTES The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that a wage of $1,500 a year will only provide "the minimum standard of comfort." Entry into Canada of the weekly Industrial Worker and the Lumber jack Bulletin, both published by the I. W. W. at Seattle, is prohibited. The Belleville (III.) Stove Mounters and Range Workers' Union has ad vanced base prices 20 % per cent, and secured a day rate of 50 cents aa hour. The International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers' Union of America recently dedicated its new headquarters at Quincy, Mass. Sixty-five hundred and thirteen women are holding down 61 different classes of jobs on the Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of Pittsburgh. The Newfoundland railway strike has been settled by the men resum ing work with the understanding that a revision of wages shall be made within a month. Many married couples with chil dren have ma.de application at the immigration and colonization office at Winnipeg, Can., for work on farms this summer. A bill has been at Washington to punish criminal syn dicalism, a doctrine which advocates damage by an employe to an em ployer's property. For the month of March this year the paid-up members of the United Mine Workers were 459,528. This is the largest membership in the his tory of that organization. The Scottish Farm Servants' Union intends to demand a minimum wage of $11.25 a week, which, it claims, is equal to the value of wages before the war. \ Women will not be needed In In dustry in America unless the war lasts beyond 1920, according to a final report on a survey made for the Society of Industrial Engineers of Chicago. The Department of Labor and the United States Shipping Board are at tempting to work out a system whereby wages will be regulated to compensate for the increased nt Iwing. EDITORIAL COMMENT If Miss Philadelphia wants a sol dier or a sailor for a beau she must act like a lady.—New York World. Red tape is daily growing redder with the soldiers' blood.—Wall Street Journal. If Guatemala, which has just de clared war upon Germanv, could hit that empire with one of its earth quakes it might soon take rank among the lirst-class Powers.—New York World. The Russian government is report ed to have adopted the red flag as its official emblem. But wouldn't their past performances make them more familiar with a white flag?— Nashville Southern Lumberman. Just now Germany is like the small boy with the bucksaw and the cord of wood. When asked why he was laboring in such mad haste he re plied that he wished to get through before his saw got dull.—Chicago Daily News. Quarrels-in Ireland over home rule will be purely academic if the Hun wins.—Washington Post. Holland may be between the devil and the deep sea, but it at least is likely to know which is which.— Springfield Republican. The Prussian minister who said Americans could neither fly nor swim may observe that they can cross the ocean in German steamers.—Phila delphia Record. — OUR DAILY LAUGH Every man is V entitled to his /// JmC Yes, but some / opinions are L like malaria, 1 excusable, per- nPPi^- hap? under the JPIV c i rcumstances, jfllWlffK hut nothing to | | | AND I other article re- K, jS Jected—a great 1 I ''j writer is never ! ' -^(l, ts°d Ular Untll j jpil Try soldiering come back you \\ | l ifrP I li wu ° 1 d have i ( I I |i[jl|w SOme ® oo< ' wt \\lil Will ° h ' no —dead IJOjMlMiEilfi men no talea. NOT TTNTHJ J forget daughter, The • / I hand that rocks the cradle rules Yes that's |V true providing U equal suffrage to J YVS. j all is granted. I | WILLING TO RISK IT. Surgeon—Do you carry accident Insurance. Insurance Victim —No.' But go ahead and operate; I'll take a cha.no*. lEbftttttg GUfal One of the most gratifying things about the "Pledge Week" campaign for War Savings which a Harris burger of much experience in such matters and one of the keenest of observers commented upon in chat ting over this week's strenuous work for patriotism and thrift was the spirit of sacrifice that people are commencing to show. "I tell you the thing that has impressed me in getting about among the people was the way they wanted to help. I found that especially among those who had the good fortune to have sons in their country's service at this time. I have always envied such people. And I have found and heard Mi of persons who have had their sources of income considerably di minished by the patriotism of mem bers of their families, who are I skimping and saving to buy Liberty Bonds. To such people the War I Savings seemed to be a pleasure. All honor to them." Still more sig nificant was the remark of another man of experience. "I know a woman whose husband is In the army, whose father, died two weeks i ago and who has two children," said he. "And listen. She has taken two Liberty Bonds and has agreed to buy eight 'baby bonds.' How she does it I don't know. Then there is an uptown woman who sold a diamond ring and .put the cash into War Stamps. She's better off, but I tell you it takes sacrifice to sell such things." One of the men active in this week's work tells of another woman up town whose son is in the army in France who sent homo his first pay to go into Liberty Bonds. And she is putting her allowance from Uncle Sam into War Stamps," he added. These examples are only some of those that have come under notice. There must be more and their number will increase in Harris burg just as the small number of persons who have refused from no tices of disloyalty or out of jointness to buy bonds or stamps will decrease. • • It is not generally known that some of the best known of Harris burg's businessmen have bought all the War Stamps that they are al lowed to buy. These men sized up the proposition as a fine one and in vested the eight hundred and some odd dollars which it. requires to buy SI,OOO worth of the "Baby" bonds right off the reel. The very first buy er of Thrift Stamps in Harrisburg bought what will be a thousand dol lars worth in 1923. And there have I been many others. • • • "Splendid for Harrisburg. I knew it would do it," remarked ex-Gov ernor John K. Tener a short time ago when told that the city which he likes so much had gone over the top for the third time on the Liberty Loan. Governor Tener keeps in close touch with the Capital City and watches all its activities. More than one person who en tered the Federal courtroom in the Post OHice Building during the past few days thought he saw the un conquerable T. R. on the witness stand in the famous Lemasters Bank case. "Can it be possible that Colonel Roosevelt has been called in as a wit ness?" was a question asked of court officials a number of times. The re semblance between Clyde E. Kuhn, promoter of the McConnellsburg- Loudon railway, and the strenuous ex-President is very striking, and it is said that local people who know the Colonel commented upon this resemblance. Even Judge "Witmer, who presided at this week's session of the court, commented on Kuhn as Roosevelt's "double." Judge Charles B. Witmer, who t presides in Federal court here this week, has an unique and romantic history. Born In Union county, he taught school at Beaver Springs, Snyder county, and while there mar ried a black-eyed Snyder county beauty. He studied law under the famous old barrister, Simon P. Wol verton, and became United Sates marshal, advancing step by step from the marshalship to the office of dis trict attorney and later becoming Federal judge for the Middle Dis trict of Pennsylvania. "It is a rather remarkable step from a S2O peda gogue to a judge's chair," com mented a court official speaking about the judge's history. The judge Is an ardent sportsman,, and with Senator William C. McConnell owns a game preserve in Union county, where the two go for fishing and hunting jaunts. • • Miss Alice R. Eaton, librarian of the Harrisburg Public Library, leaves to-day for a visit to the can tonments about New Yor.- Gity to inspect the manner in which the camp libraries are being organized. She will also address library classes in New York City. One of the camps which she will Msit by request will be Camp Upton, where a big library has been established. • • • The big Paxton oak, which local tradition says began to grow before the first log cabin was built at Pax ton Presbyterian Churchyard, was among the trees destroyed in the storm of last week. • The big oak was the pride of the grove and has looked down upon worshipers in the woods, the log church and the stone church for fully 200 years. The same storm which wrecked BO MANY trees In and about Harrisburg de stroyed the old willow near the manse, one of the prettiest trees in that part of the county. 1 WELLJCNQWN PEOPLE —John Penn Brock, well known here, presided at the safety meet ing held by the Bethlehem men at Lebanon. „ . The Rev. John H. Dougherty. formerly of this city and now at Sunbury, is pastor of a church dat ing back to 1790. —The Rev. Wilbur Crafts Is mak ing speeches for the "dry" amend ment in the Pittsburgh district. —Lewis S. Sadler, of the Public Safety Committee, is visiting ties to inspect methods of handling war activities., . , —George T. Hersh has taken charge of the war chest campaign at Allentown. DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg is increasing the numlicr of its motor trucks immensely? HISTORIC HARRISBURG a The first mail service was estab- £0 lished to this place more than 140 years ago. It was a private enter prise. WHY FEAR? The Lord is my light and my sal vation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; cf whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, enme upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp agajnst me, my heart shall not fear; though war 'should rise aga'lnat me, '•K this will 1 be confident.—Pßalm LSI, 1 to 4,
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