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By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advanc#, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 118 The men the world calls "lucky" Will tell you, every one, That success comes, not by wishing, But by hard work, bravely done. — Anon. OLD BUT EFFECTIVE TRULY there is "nothing new under the sun." Even "Liberty Bread" and "bread cards" are ancient devices to stave off hunger and fool the stomach with substitutes for wheat. In the book of Ezekiel we read: Take thou also unto thee wheat and barley and beans and lentils and millet and fitches and put them in a vessel and make thee bread thereof. And they shall eat bread by weight and with care. They shall eat their bread with carefulness, because of the vio lence of those that dwell in the land. The wonder is that somebody has not dubbed Mr. Hoover the Ezekiel of America, or called Ezekiel the Herbert Hoover of Israel. Elsewhere we read in Numbers, anent conscription: And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Lsr-ael, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the ! number of their names, every male by their polls: from 20 years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. And if you don't believe a draft army can fight continue on a little and read what happened when Is rael's conscripted men met the "Huns" of those days. How much can you give the Red Cross? Why just about twice as much as you think you can. What has become of the old-time bonfire with which we used to cele brate election nights? WHERE TEUTON SLIPPED SATURDAY'S wonderful Red Cross demonstration, which has had Its counterpart in dozens of other cities of the United States, ought certainly to convince any ob server, be he foreign or living among us, but not of us, that about bne of the worst mistakes made by the Ger man autocracy was in turning the thoughts of the American nation to war. From the very beginning of the present German empire there has been a tendency to sneer at the American commercial spirit. Amer ican business was what the Teuton master minds wanted then and what they want now. And, characteristic ally, they sneered at what they • wanted. Just as th > German autocrats thought that Great Britain was too much involved In trade to fight for integrity of treaties which it had * signed and thereby turned the Brit ish empire into a military machine, the Potsdam clique has by its dis regard for human rights and human ity changed the thought of the United States from industry to fight ing. It is a striking illustration of the inability of the German mind to realize than anyone else has brains. Military work is now the order of the day in this whole land where half a decade ago industry, agricul ture, transportation, science, educa tion and amusement were the , , thoughts. A year ago Harrisburg gave evi- dence of its patriotism in a great parade. It sent forth its sons in such numbers as volunteers that it won exemption from the draft It has met every call for financial assist ance to the government. It has lined up for the war charities. And with the men united, the women have fur nished by their parade some idea of the extent and enthusiasm of the work they are doing to back them up. It all goes to show that those who think this country, thl| state, this city are not bent on winning the war had better take notice and that very promptly. f. . ' If you haven't voted "dry" there la still a little time left. When 8.000 men parade to show their temnerc.nce principles the Indi cations are that there are three or V . . • '7 THyRSDAY EVENING, HARREBBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 21, 1918. four times as many more whose sen- * timents are that way. A NEW RIVER PARK THE agreement between the owners of the half mile of land i embraced by the new develop- ' ment. River View, north of Wormleysbufg, and the City Plan ning Commission, to preserve all the land between the river road and low water mark in the Susquehanna for park purposes is the ficst step toward turning the whole stretch from Wormleyshurg to into a park like that of which Harris burg is so proud on this side. The Planning Commission has been desirous of having the west side of the river parked ever since It began to study the local situation and Mr. Hershey's ready consent to the proposal of the commission that the land between the street and the river be dedicated for park purposes reflects a breadth of vision in which other property owners, once the ad vantages are shown them, should be prepared to share. This agreement procludes the possibility of build ings being erected between Front street, of the new development, and the river. In other words, It will prevent that section of the West Shore ever being troubled by a Hard scrabble problem and will Insure for those Who build houses along Front street In River View an un obstructed view of the stream. So much for the West Shore; for Harrisburg the parking of the west-, em bank means a fringe of trees and greenery forever along the bank of the stream opposite the city. It means that the present beautiful frame around the Susquehanna rlvei> basin at this point will be preserved and enhance*. There will be no factories, billboards or garages shoved out over the bank to ruin it for the West Shore residents who. are entitled to its use as a park or to mar the beauties of. the stream from the Harrisburg side. This good beginning having been made, the Planning Commission no doubt will proceed to interview other owners along the West Shore with a view of similar concessions to the north. I Another admirable feature of the, j Hershey development, worked out through the far-sighted Planning Commission, is the broad thorough fare running from the river to the railroad at a point where eventually a subway 'will be constructed under the railroad lines to meet a road from Camp Hill that will run down through the valley in the rear of the development, paralleling the Carlisle Pike. The pike is becom ing almost as badly congested" as a I city street and as the West Shore communities grow the traffic situa tion will have to be relieved by the opening of the valley road outlined by the commission. By dedicating the street at this time much expense for widening and setting back houses and other buildings will be avoided. The work of the Planning Com ' mission is not so important for the ' immediate present as it is for the far future. Its members must look into the years a century hence and " base their calculations upon growth and development, in order that the | community may not have to face the results of such frightful errors i * , as were committed in the times ' when towns grew up along cowpaths i and only the present was in the f mind of the builder. The intelligent f city planner must sow his seeds 1 without though of seeing the harvest. > for future generations, but though he may not enjoy the re r y suits of his labors as they will ap pear many years hence, he will live s in the good works he does and in the estimation of grateful genera-* " tlons yet unborn. His is a most r unselfish labor of lore. I 7>ctuic*u TtKKQuIcCUUA By tbe ICx-Oommltteeman H Primary elections being held throughout- Pennsylvania to-day will be paid for by the counties Instead or the state, the act of 1915 having relieved the state of the payment of the cost which was imposed by the uniform primary act of 1906. Some of the bills for primary elections held prior to 1915 are still in litigation. Under the law the primary results will be computed by the county commissioners instead of by the courts, as is done in a general elec tion, and the returns will probably not be filed as promptly as in the November elections. The returns of this year's primary must be sent to the/ Secretary of the Commonwealth tor recording. The statements of ex penses incurred at the primary must be filed at the Slate Department not later than June 5 in the case of can didates or committees in charge of campaigns of candidates for state wide nominations and in county towns of home districts where men go before the people for district nom inations. A change made by an act of 1917 is that the state committees are to meet for organization not later than the fifth Wednesday after th--clec tion. Under the former act they Had to meet before the third Wednesday. —The general impression among men who ha\*c followed the course of the campaign is that the vote will be light, except in the cities where there are fights over the liquorlssue, local antagonisms and efforts on the part of either men who are in power to stay there or ambitious young men who wish to break in. As a general rule the situation is ripe in many Parts of the state for some surprises and some old leaders may topple in counties where they have long held sway. The action of the Governor in hitching endorsement of his ad ministration to the O'Neil candidacy and the state administration driv<3 against some legislators opened the wsy to fight out things along well defined lines. —The attitude of the Vares in de ciding to fly against the Dauphin county court decision in the Town Meeting vote qualification case is now a matter of state-wide concern. 1 The Vare dictum is that men who voted Town Meeting shall not be al lowed to vote Republican no matter what the Dauphin court says. The Philadelphia district attorney says men shall be allowed to vote. —Concerning it the Philadelphia! Ledger says: "The Vare faction, through the county commissioners, yesterday sent out challenge afflda- j vits to every election division in '.he I city. This was in defiance of the de- ; oision of Judge Kunkel, of the Dou l -] phin county court, who declared that electors who registered as Republi cans previous to the last election | could vote in the Republican pri mary. A letter, purporting to fur nish the laws governing to-day's elec tion, was sent to thousands of voters, informing them that the decision of tbe court had no connection what ever with the qualification necessary to participate in t*e election to-day. When asked for instructions yester day on the matter of challenging the county commissioners read to a judge of elections an option given the com missioners by their attorney, Alex ander Simpson, Jr., to the effect that electors could be challenged and pre vented from voting unless they took affidavit that they voted for a ma jority of the Republicans in the party column at the last election. This was in direct contradiction to the decision of the Dauphin county court." —Alexander Simpson, Jr., is the man who is commonly believed slat ed for Supreme Court appointment and it will come along in a few days in opinion of men at the Capitol. There is no one mentioned much who seems likely to get the Demo cratic place. Whether there will be a fight on Simpson at the November election depends largely on what happens In Philadelphia today. —Governor Brumbaugh is spend ing the bulk of this week in Phila delphia in an effort to line up the Vares for O'Neil. The Governor is said to be much disappointed at the refusal to give O'Neil formal en dorsement. —Philadelphia and Pittsburgh newspapers are filled with "last card" stories and it is very apparent that the two cities will be the big points of interest. —Governor Brumbaugh and state officials will return here to-morrow or Thursday and it Is expected that the future course of the administra tion will soon develop. —ln a dozen districts there are in teresting battles on for Congressional honors and not the least Is the Re publican contest in the Seventeenth district between Congressman B. K. Focht and R. W. Williamson. —Chester will annex a. large tract of land near the city which will be used for housing operations. Winning the War [From the New York Sun.] We can win the war, we are going to win It; not because we can throw into it indefinitely fifty billions or forty billions, or as much as thirty billions a year; for we cannot. We can win the war. we are going to win it, because to back up our men and the men of our allies we can throw in enough resources to sur pass, many times over, the resources of the German Empire—to surpass the resources of all the Teutonic alliance put together, and to keep it up forever. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR , HERE'S HIS CHANCE To the Editor of the Telegraph: I noticed in the Telegraph recently a letter by a Reading railroader ad vising the use of a balloon for ad vertising the sale of Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps. Evi dently the agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company have not got in touch with this Reading rail roader, but we can assure you that it is not the fault of the Metropolitan agents; they have been trying to reach everybody and hope to do so sooner or later. If this Reading rail roader wants to buy any stamps, if he says so we will be on the job to deliver them. —, METROPOLITAN AGENT. TELEGRAPH IN FRANCE "Somewhere in France, May.l 3, 1918. To the Editor of the Telegraph: The first piece of mail I received in France was a copy of the Harris burg Telegraph dated March 11, and I can assure you that It was very eagerly read by two boys of lhat paper's town, Privates Egolf and Cle L B/6 "PXY e+T/ wcs There 0 A ONtrx M v r~ V Hg " B * eve* * V h „VA& I WAS 1 A'' PfK. IV* MORE FOOLISH Si""-'" " f135?" wea" " " [82!! 1 a,,, wen \aje\-L Weil GIVE \ Some Golfers so . /ff'W. V hp the G ame- AT least /^^\\ VJORSe! \, i, MEVTR V HUMANje To the ARn SIWAHOY. Tme. / \ } asfua, sk.";™-- _Jtv-1 pfiw'/m r-v ' v /C-S ' i-Jk V 1' - ? T . EDITORIAL COMMENT "With forty . tralnloads of wounded Germans passing through dally, it would seem that a consider able part of Hindenburg's army is again engaged in "strategic retire ment."—New York World. An enemy alien who went to Wash- j , ington to be naturalized has been j arrested. Now, If he had gone to i blow up the Capitol he might have , saved himself from being annoyed by the authorities. Philadelphia North American. RED CROSS A BULWARK [Kansas City Star] When Italy was faltering in the fight, and its battle line was break ing under the attack of German arms in front and German propa ganda* within its army, it was the Red Cross that overcame German lies, strengthened the arm of the discouraged nation and inspired the Italian troops to hurl back the in vading Huns and Austrians. When France, suffering and stag gering under the burden of war, needed relief for its civilian popula tion, it was the Red Cross that brought the relief. Of the worlje of the Red Cross upon the battlefields, behind the battle lines, in hospitals, and in its direct , service of healing the wounds of war. every one is familiar. But of its great field of useful and vital work aside from its service on the battlefield, the average American does not form the proper conception until the picture is brought before him. . . . In The Star of Wednesday there appeared a letter from Henry Allen, now In France, in which he gave another picture of the work of the organization through the Home Communication Service, of which he is in charge. Recreation for sol diers, the search for missing and for prisoners, the supplying of chap lains for hospitals, the building of huts for comfort stations, and final ly, the photographing of the graves, the resting place of the boys who fall over there, to be sent to the parents at home. The wonderful opportunity to have a part in such a service by con tributing to the Red Cross is all that need be presented to the pa triots of America. It goes beyond duty and becomes one of the great est of privileges. BLUFFING THE NEUTRALS ■(From the New York World.] The phrases their citizens use to describe the German menace to neu trals denote its gravity. Denmark | fears becoming 'another Belgium. Holland sees in German plans for her commercial conquest the will to make her "a second Rumania." Holland by land, Denmark by land nnd sea. are at the mercy of a mili tarism grown desperate. Denmark perhaps first. Copenhagen could j soon be smashed by German guns, Jutland overrun by German armies. German seizure Finland and tne Aland Islands has alarmed Denmark no less than Sweden. In grasping the Baltic, Germany does not forget its gate. Meanwhile she brags of "generosity" in sending Denmark coal stoleh from France and petro leum filched from Rumania. Upon Holland's toes Germany treads heavily, with a purpose. Just as Foreign Minister Louden Issues a statement in which can be read Dutch gratitude to the ehtente for sensing her delicate position, Ger many makes new demands. Whether she means attack or merely con stant threat and terrorism, who can 1 say? Cyril Brown in his letter upon Denmark in yesterday's World asks sympathy for the neutrals In their plight. They should have it. In word and act. Our decision to brave the submarine to rush food to Switzerland and our agreement to L supply as far as possible Norway's ■ many needs speak louder than words. I Yet a word also Is timely. And this r it Is: t Let menaced neutrals be of stout I heart. Only a victorious Germany can enslave them. With the power of the United States swiftly brought Into the field, Germany shall not be • victorious; she mßy bluff; she might invade; she cannot conquer. " HEARTS ARE THE eloquently appreciative words which follow are from the pen of a Fienph schoolgirl. They are quoted in the Earth (organ of the Santa Fe Railroad, published at Topeka, Kan.) by Dr. John H. Finley. "It was only a little river, almost a brook; it was called the Yser. One could talk from one side to the other without raising cne's voice, and the birds could fly over it with one sweep of their witjgs. And on the two banks there were millions of men, the one turned toward the other, eye to eye. But the distance which separated them was greater than the stars '.n the sky; it was the distance which separates right from injustice. "The ocean is so vast that the ea , gulls do not dare to cross It. During seven days and seven nights the great steamships cf America, going at full speed, drive through the deep waters before the lighthouses of France come into view; but from one side to the other hearts are touching. The Word "Character" The wird "character" is trjie to its derivation. It is a Greek word, THE STATE PRESS We an idea that the Germans are to experience very shortly some thing: lhat will strike terror to their [ hearts; that they are going to be I treated to a bit of surprise that will set some of them thinking. If the horrors of warfare once reach Ger man soil, we fancy that the Prussian war maniacs will have a Job on their hands to quiet the stricken populations.—Philadelphia Inquirer. * • • The root of the health subject as affecting the future of the nation seems to lie in the care of the chil dren, and instilling into youthful mind the fill value of a sound body. Much money should be spent on the present youthful generation to pro mote health and the .health of the next generation will be largely as sured.—Bethlehem Globe. • * It is predicted that the Kaiser will die before the war ends. If this Is to prove true It Is to be hoped that he will not die of old age.—Hagers town Mail. • • * The whole country will approve President Wilson's choice of Charles Evans Hughes to assist Attorney General Gregory in investigating the aircraft situation. Mr. Hughes, as was certain to be the case, has ac cepted the appointment and will | I enter upon hla new duties without i delay. That means the whole sub-! ject of aircraft program and produc tion will be thoroughly investigated. No other American surpasses Mr. Hughes in work of this sort; no other could have been called to the assistance of the government at this time who would add so much to public confidence in the thorough ness and impartiality of performance of a disagreeable task. —Pittsburgh Gazette Times. • • • From mud to dust is a mere step which 'must be elimlna'ted once the war is ended. Dustless roads and mudless roads will be the future re quirements of highway construction. —Pottsville Republican. ARE WE SEEING IT? [Kansas City Star] Every American is a steward of American democracy. Soldier or citizen It is his duty to help preserve it pure. Our.soldiers are doing their i part to the last full measure. They . are dying for it, and it is for those ! of us who are left at home to see , that their sacrifice is not made In i vain. Are we seeing to It?. Are i we keeping democracy a living i thing,* ready to occupy the new world which our armies are making safe i for it? We cannot make good that vaunted phrase while we allow self t politicians and their crea r tures to have ofTered as shelter to the peo- pies of all lands. Let Americans see to It! which the Greeks derived from the word which we pronounce harass, which they pronounce charass, but which had the same meaning then as now. They •'poke then of a coin in the mrnt, which was hammered and tortured by the sharp edges of the die. as being stamped upon, in deed. as a poor charassed thing—as bearing a character. Its character came to it because it was beaten, pounded by this tremendous ham mer. The more it was beaten the more distinct character it had. I believe all our words of similar im port have a similar derivation. Thus, when we say that a man has this "type" of mandhood, or that "type" of manhood, the original meaning is that he has been beaten into that shape by the blows of experience that have passed over him. Burns says "the rank is but the guinea stamp." This means, at bot tom, that a "pound" is metal which has been pounded. And there are metals which improve in quality all the time you stamp and hammer them. Just the same is true of a man, if he have the true heart, the true life, and makes himself matter of the circumstances instead of the slave. * * ♦ And the hammer ing is no unimportant part of the process. NEW SLANT ON "Y" WORK By ROBERT FKEEMAN You can get any opinion you want on the religious work of the Y. M. C. A. In France. It is overdone, it is underdone, it isn't done at all; it is narrow, it is bigoted, it generously broad; it is stiff, it is highty-tighty. It isn't churchlike; there is no singing worth speaking of, and why don't you have something besides hymns? And any one of these opinions can be defend ed, first by the character of the per son voicing it, and, second, by refer ence to the place visited by the critic. But here's a little incident that happened the other day which tells the whole story of the religious work of the Y. M. C. A. In France: An American lad with nerves shattered by what he had seen at the I front, was going out of his mind. He had had the experience before, and was in an agony of anticipation. He was a Catholic, and, as such, most anxious to confess. .He could not speak French and the only available priest could not speak English. "Is there anyone here who can speak French?" Inquired the priest. The Y. M. C. A. woman running the htel knew the language. So the | three retired ipto a quiet room, and the American soldier confessed his pins, through a Protestant woman to a Catholic priest, in a Y. M. C. A. hut in France. THAT'S MOTHER Twenty years ago the Telegraph printed an original poem by Charles Gingrich, of the P. R. R. station force in this city, which has just been reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution in the Mother's Day number of Camp and Trench, a paper published in the interest of the soldiers at Camp Hancock. The poem follows: "A little woman, no longer young, With halting steps and' faltering tongue, Thin hair with streaks of gray among, Thut's Mother! "Hands once dimpled, soft and white. Now lean and brown and shriveled quite, With battles of life she's had to fight. That's Mother! / "Yet she is the star of hearth and home. In pride or shame to her we come, For none can sympathize—not one. Like Mother. "If ever I enter the heavenly sphere, My mother's prayer will have helped me there, And I know I shall say, as I say it here: Where's Mother?" LABOR NOTES i Canadians are discussing the ques tion of having aliens now in intern ment camps in Canada employed on the highways of Canada. The average wage of girls em ployed by the wives of Pennsylvania farmers in 1917 was $40.02 per week. Some 30,000 or 35,000 typewriting machines have been supplied to the British government departments at home and abroad. Less than two in every 10,000 fac tory operatives meet death fropi ac cidents connected with their work. The Federal Bureau of Mines re ports that there were 2,696 fatalities in the coal mines of this country last year. The war has forced India to de pend upon her own supply of coal and has drawn attention anew to her large deposits, Two thousand four hundred col lege men have been enrolled for work in shipyards for the duration of the war. OUR DAILY LAUGH I BURNT INTO HIS MEMORY. "What time 'did the clock say when you got home last night." "I don't remember what the clock said, but I'll never forget wihat xny wife said." POOR GIRL. "This has been quite a late sum -1 ner." "Yes, I haven't had an opportua ; lty to change furs yet." NO HURRY. "How's this? Marie can knit a sook for the Red Cross twice as quickly as you can." "Oh, but I put my monogram on All mine, you know." DESCRIPTION. "Of course, you burn hard coal.* "Yes—hard to get." Ebening (Eljal Men who follow politics in Penn sylvania say that in spite of the im portant issues involved in the pri mary election which is being held throughout the state to-day the only points where much interest is dis played are a dozen or so cities, such ns the four or five largest municipali ties, McKeesport, Altoona and some others. Including Harrisburg. 11l places like Allentown, Lebanon, Lan caster, Williamsport, Greensburg and the larger boroughs the campaign is notable for the lack of popular in terest, while in the smaller com munities no one seems to care. This impression appears to be general throughout the state because the minds of the people are upon the war, the various campaigns and the demands of industry. For this rea son some of the men Intimately con nected with political work look for a light vote and some disappoint ments to-day. Aspirairta for con gressional and legislative nomina tions have been enduring some strenuous campaigning and privately admit that in many districts they find people uninterested. As a mat ter of fact, this is a politicians' cam paign and what fuss there Is beins made is in the newspapers which have given the candidates' state ments space which some people con sider is out of proportion to a cam paign at this time. If this view is correct, we may look forward to a rather quiet campaign in the fall, which will be a relief to Harris burg, which has been the storm cen ter of two or three campaigns in the last few years. Some of the men in politics were predicting to-day that the vote in this city would run small and that in the country districts but little interest would be taken; al though the fact that Senator Beidlc man is a home candidate for a high nomination will bring out some who would otherwise not take the trouble to vote. The big Red Cross parade of this city was the most fruitful source of conversation at the State Capitol yesterday when the men and women who live in other cities came back to the "Hill." It seems that almost every city had a Red Cross demon stration and the common theme was the number of women who partici pated. It would seem that the average man of Pennsylvania got an Idea of the work that women are doing to help win the war because he is talking a great deal about It. • The State Department of Agricul ture bulletin is growing real con cerned about the lack of bees in Pennsylvania and the scarcity of honey which is threatened. The bul letin says: "More sugar cane and sugar beets must be grown and more honey produced if we expect to have sweetening for our coffee next win ter." is the word from Washington. With honey at double former prices, all beekeepers will find most profit able every hour they can devote to their bees. Last winter's losses of bees because of starvation are as high as 80 per cent, in the upper counties of the state. It has been estimated that over a million dollars in bees and possible honey yield was lost in our state by last winter's careless ness in wintering bees." * • • It's amusing to hear the com ments of people ns they pass the big board erected in front of the State Capitol on which to place tho names of the communities that "go over the top" for the Liberty Loan. This board was ordered by state of ficials and is inscribed "The Honor Roll." That is what many people appear to have difficulty to compre hend. They stop and ask the po licemen what it means and often times demand why their home town is not listed. One of the oddest of the comments upon the board and its purpose was made yesterday when a man told another that it was for the 1 "towns with money." He got call ] ed down by a bystander who told I him that he would bet that he had not bought a bond. A pathetic note came from a par ty of automobile tourists. A wom an who pointed' out the board told those with her that it was to be used for the names of the Pennsylvanians killed in the war. • • * Corporal Ormerod, of the United States artillery, who was here when the French soldiers came to town, met the fathers of two of his com rades in the Twelfth artillery while here. At the flagratsing at the Marsh Run operation he happened to mention his regiment to E. J. Stackpole, who has a son in that command. The co.rporal said that he knew him very well. That even ing he met Ex-President Taft, whose son is in the same organization. Corporal A. H. Stackpole has been attached to the headquarters com pany and has been attending the French artillery school. He will be twenty-one soon and will likely be commissioned soon after. Charles P. Taft, his college piate with whom he enlisted is- now attending the school and will be commissioned during the summer. • • * A short time ago a Harrisburg man interested in rural pursuits had a turkey hen setting on a collection of expensive eggs. Hatching day came and the Harrisburg man was at the farm. In the course of the excitement the hen left the nest and one egg remained locked. It was not known whether it was bad or would produce. So they placed it in the automobile beside the engine which was hot through some strenu ous travel. The only thing was that they forgot to take it out for some time with the accent on the time. [_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —A. W. Mellon, Pittsburgh banker, is head of the campaign committee of the Red Cross in that city. —Congressman L. T. McFadden spoke at the raising of the flag in launching Bradford county's drive. —Joseph F. Guffey opened the an ' nual convention of the Natural Gas Association at Pittsburgh yesterday. —E. E. Ludlow, Lehigh coal of ficial, will speak at Philadelphia on responsibilities of a coal operator at this time. —Mayor Lewis Franke, of Johns town, has forbidden fireworks in his town on July 4. | DO YOU KNOW —-Tlint Harrisburg la shipping many tra<-tors to nearby farming districts? HISTORIC HARRISBURG • Indian chiefs used to regard Har risburg as an ideal place for holding councils and kept it up after Harris came her*