8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KBIVSPAPER FOR THB HOMB Founded list Published evenings except Sunday by THB TBtBGBAFH PRINTING CO, Ttltcrapb Building, Federal Sqaare. E.J. BTACKPOLE, Pres't 6• Editor-tn-Chirf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. I Member of the Associated Press —The 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' Assocla-^ _ Chfcagof IU dlnK ' Entered at the Post Office in Harrla burg, Pa., as second rlass matter. By carriers, ten centa a week; by mall, SB.OO a year In advance. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918 There is no use arguing with the inevitable; the only argument with the east wind is to put on your over coat. — LOWELL. HOW MUCH? HOW much ought I give?" is the question which many of the Red Cross fund solicitors are asked by those they approach for contributions. There is no general answer, but if one must be given the solicitor Is Justified In replying: "Give about twice the amount you feel you can conveniently give." Giving is not giving until there is a real sacrifice involved. Tossing out a dollar where five are needed is merely getting rid of an obligation in the easiest possible way, regard less of the personal duty involved. "Give as the Lord has prospered thee," is an old injunction. It fits very well in this case. The Red Cross has need for every dollar that can be gathered. The women and children who are giving their days and evenings to its work, and their dollar*, too, for that mat ter, are rendering a service that , ipany others cannot give. The dol • lar is an order for itfO cents' worth of labor or 100 cents' worth of goods. The giver of the dollar gives both of his labor and his goods. How much ought you give? Down In your heart you know; It all <a matter of obeying the Im pulse. PROTECTION WINS THE biggest convert to the creed of tariff protection that has "hit the trail" in a long time is Charles H. Sabin, president of the Guaranty Trust Company, of New York. From his address to the Na tional Association of Cotton Manu facturers recently, an address which was highly applauded, the following is taken: The position of the country should be materially improved at tiie close of the war. We have be come u creditor nation and will continue to be. At the outbreaK of the war we were debtors to the extent of $5,000,000,000 or $6,000,- 1)00,000. Since then we have re ceived over $1,000,000,000 of gold l'ro#i abroad. It will be necessary for us to conserve our strength by evfery wise precaution we can devise. Chief among these meas ures is apt to be that of an ade quate protective tariff. I have always been theoretically a "free trader," but the competitive condi ditions which peace is certain to bring will be so different, from those which exist in ordinary peace times that I am convinced we shall have to put up protective liars, as will every other belliger ent nation, rather than lower them, in international trade. So the tariff is bound to be one of the big issues after the war. "We will never again be able, however, to rely upon the tariff as we have in the past for the bulk of our revenue. It is considered doubt ful if we shall be able to raise by this means more than one-fifth of the money we shall need to run the government economically. Heavy tax burdens must be borne. Obviously, therefore, we shall have to revise our tariff schedules In many respects, not only for pro tective reasons, but to increase our means for meeting the bills of the war and the prospective great ly increased expenditures of peace. If Mr. Sabln will stop a moment to consider, he w x ill see that, So far*' as Government revenues are concerned, the importance of a. protective tariff in the future is not nearly so much on account of the revenue it will bring In at the ports, which, relatively speaking, will not be great, as because protection insures prosperity by fending oft those com petitive conditions which he so truthfully foretells, and on the pros perity of the country depends the ability of the people to pay income taxes. NOT A MARCH TUNE DR. JOHN H. FAGER very prop erly raises objections to the in discriminate use of the "Star Spangled Banner" as a band medley and marching tune. We In civil life are entirely too careless with our national anthem, but It Is not so In the army. The regulations there guard most carefully the grand old song from becoming commonplace by familiarity. The tune Is always to be played or the words sung while standing. The soldier must stand at salute during .WEDNESDAY EVENING, HA3IIUSBURG TELEGRAPH! - MAY 22, 1918. th rendition. It may never be played or sung as part of a medley. It may never be used as & marching air. It may not be played or Bung twice during the same exercises on the same day. It would be well if band leaders observed the same rules as are en forced by the government for the army. Indiscriminate use of the "Star Spangled Banner" is becom ing a rather sensitive point with many. , * TOfc SPROUL VICTORY nomination of Senator Wil , X liam C. Sproul, for the Gover- norship of Pennsylvania, by a vote so overwhelmingly large that it approaches unanimity in many sec tions of the State, is most encourag ing to lovers of good government and to the great body of Republi cans who are tired of factional strife and personal bickering. Senator Sproul, as the vote plainly indicates, Is the candidate of the whole party, An analysis of the returns, shows that he carried the very strongholds of the opposition by majorities that can mean only that Republicans look upon him as the Moses who shall lead them from the wilderness .of inter-party strife. Senator Sproul Is a big man in every sense of the word and is worthy of the great trust placed In him by the voters of the State. His platform is a scholarly, comprehen sive document, covering every prob lem and phase of government likely to come before the authorities of the Commonwealth for consideration in the next decade. His labor leg islation views and his pledge to support the national prohibition amendment and other liquor regu lations as they are presented in the Legislature, are highly pleasing to the friends of both, and his promise to keep the office of the Governor out of politics is equally gratifying. Senator Sproul's message to the voters, following news that he had been nominated, breathes the spirit of the good Republican and the statesman. The primaries are over, he says in effect, by-gones are to be by-gones and he starts his cam paign with a clean page. He was viciously attacked during the pri mary contest and bitterly assailed, but he kept his temper through It all and now stands ready to forgive and forget, in the interest of a united Republican party. Tlrb "folly of dragging the govern norship into the prohibition fight Is now apparent. Republicans every where resented the unfair attitude of some of those who declined to ac cept Senator Sproul's declarations at face value and showed how they felt with regard to such tactics by swamping the man in whose favor Senator Sproul's candidacy was frowned upon by misguided temper ance enthusiasts. The old day of political juggling, of unjustified personal assaults, of character assassination and un truthful charges is past. The voters are no longer fooled by billings gate or slander. Campaigning of that kind is resented, andjn this in stance m'ost emphatically and ef fectually. The Telegraph congratulates Sen ator Sproul and predicts that he will have a .in November far surpassing that of any candidate for Governor In the history of the State. The weakness of the Democratic candidate who will oppose him is ap parent both in the small Democratic vote, a mere fraction of the tremend ous Republican total, and hy the fact that Judge Bonniwell, a man of no particular strength or backing, gave the successful nominee a hard fight, notwithstanding that Mr. Guffey had the support of the Palmer-Mc- Cormlck machine, all of the federal patronage and the endorsement of the national administration. The Democratic party in this Btate Is ap parently shot to pieces and stands absolutely no show of success in No vember. PERSONAL GOVERNMENT THE chief moral which adorns the tale of Gutzon Borglum's ■activities in the aircraft Inves tigation has nothing to do with the charges which Senator Thomas, of Colorado, has caused to be brought out against the sculptor. It has to do with the President's persistent practice of naming "personal repre sentatives" to deal with the most important and delicate problems whlph the administration is forced to handle. . ' In Mexico, In Europe, In this coun try, as "well, wo have seen a proces sion of these men. commissioned by private letter or by word of mouth and authorised to us# public monies and agencies, attempting: to unravel situations which have called for the best and the most expert and the most enlightened treatment. From Colonel House to Gutzon Borglum, the record is full of in* eptltudes and mistakes. folate u fejwKOifkcuua By ttie Ex-Committee man What stands out most prominently in the results of the primary election in Pennsylvania yesterday is the tre mendous run made by Senator Wil liam C. Sproul for the Republican nomination. It carries with it a pos sibility that he may have more ma jority than J. Denny O'Nell has votes. And equally striking is the defeat of Joseph F. Guffey for the Democratic nomination. for Governor by Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. In the general crash of things some very peculiar district and local results were also accorded. Two things in connection with the Sproul victory which were much commented upon to-day were the declaration of the Senator that he intends to put an end to what he terms "factional misunderstandings in Philadelphia" and the very evident repudiation, of the campaign policy pursued by Mr. O'Nell and the state administration acting in his behalf. The Senator at an early hour this morning was quite emphatic about his intention to end the rows that have disturbed the Republican party in the strfle and appeared to feel that the people had entrusted him with the job. The defeat of Congressman John R. K. Scott for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor, by Senator Edward E. Beidleman is dangerous for the Vares, for it amounts to a slam at their policy in the state as much as the downfall of U'Neil is a whack at the state admin istration. Senator Penrose, although not an issue, was bitterly assailed from the start of the campaign by O'Neil and the Vares and seems to have landed some prizes. —Just what will be the effect upon the Democratic state machine of the defeat of Joseph F. Guffey, is something over which people will be able to speculate for weeks. Guffey was defeated by the Old Guard* and the "wets." His rout was a terrific surprise to the Democratic' machine leaders aud it recalls the interesting fact that the same men who prom ised Pennsylvania if they got Wilson as a nominee and did not deliver, failed to land Vance C. McCormick as Governor when he was backed by the national administration and the remnants of the Bull Moose. Now, Guffey, after he and his friends had been in control of the machine for half a dozen years, falls out of the seat and is run over by iU —Not in years has a man seeking a Democratic gubernatorial nomina tion had as much in hjs favor as Guffey and the fact that he and his windmill crew refused to take Bonni well seriously was the primary cause of his downfall. —ln the event that Judge Bonni well pulls Howard O. Holstein with him as candidate of the Democrats for Lieutenant Governor, Harrisburg will be in the unusual position of having the two leading candidates for Lieutenant Governor among her citizens. This has probably not hap pened to any of the smaller cities be fore and it is also interesting to note that Thomas H. Hamilton, also of Harrisburg, is on the Prohibition state ticket for Secretary of Internal Affairs. . —There are some Democratic bosses who will not vyote for Holstein if he is nominated and they do not like Beidleman. Only the Prohibition ticket is left. It may also be added that one of the things which will be vastly entertaining will be the atti tude of the Democratic state ma chine and the national administra tion toward Bonniwell. —The election also means that the control of the Democratic State Committee when it meets here next month for reorganization may be a matter of doubt, which, means fight ing among Democrats, and it Is not impossible that the reorganization clique may be in back seats, volun tarily or otherwise. The control of the Republican Stkte Committee by the Penrose forces is assured and State Chairman W. E. Cro\V will be re-elected if he ddslres. —lt should not be forgotten that the Vares are solid with Sproul. The Delaware Senator had the full support of the Town Meeting people and Republican Alliance and the Vares threw their vote to him in bales. The fact that he got over 125,000 majority in Philadelphia, where O'Neil got less than 18,000 votes, is something which will flgur when the patronage lists are made up next January, —Many men active in politics r.e gard it as very doubtful whether Mr. O'Neil any longer entertains any thought of independent candidacy and if the state administration starts a campaign of reprisals among Cap* itol Hill people, it will simply mean some martyrs marching back ip January and much unpleasantness in between. —Capitol Hill was intensely inter ested to-day in the close contest for Secretary of Internal Affairs and in the result of the fight by Insurance Commissioner Charles A. Ambler for control in Montgomery county. Early reports were that Ambler had been defeated for the Senatorial nomina tion. —Another matter of interest was the outcome of the Dewalt-Croll fight for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Berks-Ijehigh district. Dewalt was also fought by the machine. The much discussed Sanderson confession figured in court In the Eyre-Berry suit yesterday. The Philadelphia North America says that months ago It "was peddled n round to newspapers, which, with out exception, refused to buy it, be cause It could not be verified and proved authentic. When this much nbused 'confession' finally became public yesterday, as court evidence, its language Satisfied every acquaint ance of the late Capta'n Delaney about its authorship. From start to finish the 'confession' Is in Captain Delaney's inimitable flowery and sweetened language and ngX at all in the hrusque, curt, snappy sen tences) which made John H. Sander son famous as one of Philadelphia's most impolite citizens." a ' —There were many hope ex pressed to-day that- in'view of the Sproul declaration for party har mony and the fact that there was no contest over the renomlnatlon of Superibr Court Judge,"W, D." Porter there would be no battles over the Supreme Court elections. Nomina tion. papers have to be filed and any one can enter It. —The appointment of Alexander Simpson, Jr.. of Philadelphia, law partner of the Attorney General, to be one of the justices Is generally expected. —Habßood rarrled McKean coun ty, but Sproul took Lebanon from Welmer. , • THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT BY BRICGS ===== ————— I I ————— ■„ . Hi —, _ _ (OH SKIN-NAVT) , —-—a S N HURRYUP! fU.BETCHA) ('ls it _\ RoN'LKei ) M, LL ION-eiLUor*/r?t PMLT?) IT*: dol ,^ (IN LATER YeARSi <*• Bravery IIS) FRAHCE.) V„ *>lgr->£? g . J/v „ THE STATE PRESS By putting his family into an au tomobile and starting for his Kansas farm, Willard has displayed good sense. Let him stay there, and thus end heavyweight prizefights.—Pitts burgh Sun. The Board of Public Education has responded to an undoubted public demand in ordering that the teach ing of German in the schools be stopped. The school board evidently believes that this feeling is enter tained by a majority of the people in the city or it would not have act ed. We assume, however, that the War Department will not reject of ficers who understand the German language, nor discharge from the Army soldiers who can talk with German prisoners and can under stand what is said in the trenches of the enemy when they approach them through No Man's Land. While l Ger man may not be necessary here, it is of the first importance that there be in our Army in France a generous number of men who understand the language.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Industrial Worker of the World Is more vicious than the an archist, for he disguises himself :n the garb of a workman and poses as a reputable member of society. Con gress should pass the proposed law to outlaw 'them, and then the Depart ment of Justice may crush the or ganization. If need be, the radicals can be driven out of the country or sent to prisons where they will have time to ruminate on the faultiness of their logic and the fo.lly of attempt ing to run counter to the welfare of the nation.—Pittsburgh Sun. New York, the largest city In the United States, according to one of Its new preachers, is not Christian. It Is not even as good its half pagan, in his view. Severe criticism' of churches or people sometimes is the result of the first startling sensations in a, strange environment, as well as of actual shortcomings, which may be the case with this indictment of New Yorkers. The wonderful gayety and the frenzied display of tireless enterprise may be mistaken for other qualities by one unfamiliar with such an atmosphere. Or it may be that New York is fortunate in numbering among its new citizens two pastors so well advanced in ethical concepts that congregations cannot keep up with them., —Pittsburgh Dispatch. PROPOSED AT CANTEEN .At the canteen of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. in St. Louis, maintained to serve the soldiers who pass through on their way to the sea coast, often is the scene of amusing incidents when the troop trains ar rive. This little story is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Often there is time for a waitress to hear the whole life history of a customer while he consumes his order. Of course, some waitresses and some customers make better use of the time than other*. One soldier, while getting outside an order of four hard boiled eggs, delivered himself of a proposal of marriage. His home was on a farm in Oklohoma, he said, and it had been a bum farm until they struck oil in the midst of It. "Now," he said, "I have a house worth $3,500 and I have an In come of SIOO a day from my oil wells." "My goodness!" exclaimed the waitress, "I wonder they ever let you escape. I mean, I wonder you are not married." "Well, I would be," responded the soldier, "but the trouble is all you good looking: women are already married." "Not all of us, somt of us are widows. Don't .you like widows?" ivolunteered the waitress. "You bet I do," he reeled heart ily, and with equal alacrity he asked, "Are you a widow;" "Yes, I am a widow," admitted the waitress. "Well, I'll .be —well, I'm coming after the war and see if you are ■till a widow." The Kaiser's Last Word Arthur Train, the novelist, put down a German newspaper at* the Century Club, in New York, with an impatient grunt. "It says here,].' he explained, "that It is Germany Vho will speak the last word In this war." Then the novelist laughad an grily and added: "Yes, Germany will speak the last word In the war, and that last word will be 'Ksmeradl' " —Washington •tax. DUTY OF ALIENS IN U.S. Federal Judge's Concise Statement of Their Obliga tions and Responsibilities While We Are at War In view of the importance of in structing foreign residents as to their duties and obligations to this coun try In war time, the Commissioner of Naturalization, Department of La bor, has" requested publication of the address delivered at the time of our entry into the war to applicants for naturalization in the Federal Court at Philadelphia by Federal Judge Joseph Bufflngton. It is regarded by the government as a model state ment for the perusal of aliens. TO-DA.Y there are 13,500,00 of met? in America of foreign birth; there are 14,000,000 the chil dren of those of foreign birth. A census recently taken of a plant in this state shows 25,000 workmen of foreign birth. Of these 10,000 came from the central powers. Of that 10,000, 1,400 are naturalized citizens. These facts and figures may startle those who do not know the foreign born, but to those of us who know them they cause no alarm. Almost a quarter of the foreign'born who come to the United States have lat terly made Pennsylvania their home. William Penn was the first founder who brought to his colony men of different laces. These different races have bought homes in it, have their children in our schools, and Pennsyl vania knows the foreign born, be lieves in the foreign born, and to-day we have 1,500,000 of them among us. In the twenty-five years I have been a United States judge- I have been brought, through these nat uralization courts, into close touch with the foreign born, have learned to understand them, have believed in them, and have always said that when war faced us these foreign born men would prove themselves Americans. The crux is not the fact of the hyphen, but whether the man's heart is at the American end of the hyphen. I have signed the decrees making thousands and thousands of them 'citizens, and I am always glad when one of them comes to me and tells nte I made him a citizen. In these anxious times, when there are fears among our foreign-born citizens of Internment or imprisonment or.some hardship, these men have been com ing to me for advice; and I have been able to help them, and, because I found It did help them, I thought it right that I should just now give a general message of cheer and counsel, of warning and advice, to our Pennsylvania foreign-born peo ple. And so I have asked the district judge to let me come Into his court to-day and you to citizenship, and I am going, through you, to give a message to the thousands and thou, sands of the foreign born in Penn sylvania. In the first place, I want to say that I have made It my duty to find out what our government would do In case of war, and whether It would follow the example of the nations abroad, and would Intern men who had at one time been citizens of countries at war with us. lam glad to say to you that the government has no purpose to Intern any man, and that any man who is internea will Intern himself, by proving that the government ought to intern him. The government Is going to start out with trusting and believing in all who are living here, and there will he no interning or. depriving any foreign-born man of any country of his liberty so long as that man is truly loyal to America. And I want to tell you, further, that our government feels very stiongly that any 111-will or bad treatment by any American citizen toward any foreign-born man sim ply hecause he was born in a country with which America Is at war would ibe a serious blot upon the good name of America. I am glad to give this assurance to our foreign-horn people, and to let every man who does no wrong to the government know that the government will not Imprison or disturb him. So much for the good will of the government toward them. And how about their good-will toward the government? This leads me to give a further message-of cau tion and friendly advice to those who may have a bad will toward our gov ernment, or who for any reason are becoming disloyal to America, or turning their faces away frem her. My advice to such men and women la to stop, look and liaten before they go further; for in times like these euch a course cannot but lead to a sorry end. War Is the dividing line. Remember, what was onlj [ foolish and unwise in word and dee 6 last week, in peace, may be treason when war comes. Remember, when war comes, no man can serve two masters. As of old the message comes, "Choose you this day whom ye will serve." There is no such thing as half treason. Any treason is all treason. And let no foreign-born man who is to-day in the United States com fort himself that, because he has not become a naturalized citizen, he owes no allegiance to the United States and that he cannot be pun ished for treason to the United States. That is not the case, and It is well for us all—whether native born, nat uralized or unnaturalized —to under stand Just where we each stand with relation to the government in the crime of treason. The highest duty of any government is self-protection. Therefore treason against a govern ment because it strikes at the life of the government, is the highest form of crime. Let me state to you the law: 1. Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, la guilty of treason. 2. Whoever is convicted of \reason shall suffer death; or at the dis cretion of the court shall 'be im prisoned not less than five years and fined not less than SIO,OOO, to be levied on and collected out of any or all his property, real and personal, ,of which he was the owner at the time of committing such treason, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding; and every person so convicted of treason shall more over be incapable of holding any office under the United States. And everyone who owes allegiance to the government can be guilty of treason; the native born man be cause he was born here; the nat uralized man because he took an oath of allegiance: the unnaturalized or alien man becauso he lives here for the time being. Everyone knows the native born and the naturalized man can be guilty of treason, but let j me read you from the book itself j what the Supreme Court at Washing-1 ton says about the alien who stays in the country in time of war: "The alien, whilst domiciled in the coun try, owes a local and temporary al legiance, which continues during the period of his residence," says that court, and it follows this by quoting and adopting the broad principle stated by Daniel Webster when Sec retary of State: "Independently of a residence wilh intention to continue such residence, independently of any domiciliation, independently of the taking any oath of allegiance or of renouncing any former allegiance, it is we'l known that, by the public law, an a'len or a stranger born, for so long a time as he continues within the dominions of a foreign government, owes ofiedi ence to the laws of that government, and may be punished for treason or other crimes as a native-born sub ject might be, unless his case is varied by some treaty stipulation." My advice, therefore, to every for eign-born man and woman who is staying in the United States to-day is to keep clear of any disloyalty; keep clear of anyone who counsels or advises it. Indeed, anyone, native, naturalized or alien, who knows of such disloyal plans, purposes or schemes is already on dangerous ground, although £e may not him self have done a i"ing; for as your , friend I should tell you that there is nat only "treason which consists of overt acts, buit there is a lesser trea son which consists in knowing of treason toy others against the United States and not making It known. < Let me make that very plain, for I it may save some people trouble, if i a man or woman knows of treason against the United States and keeps it to himself, it Is like receiving stolen goods So it is with treason: for to conc< al treason is to commit treason. Now, here is what the law provides about this lesser treason, or "misprision of treason" as it is called, and it applies to all persons living in the United States, whether native born, naturalized or not naturalised, for they all owe allegiance, 3. Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, and having knowl edge of the commission of any trea son against them, conceals, and does not, as soon as may be. disclose and make known the to the Presi dent or to some Judge of the United States, or to the Governor or to some Judge or justice of a particular'state, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years and fined not more than SI,OOO. So in these times the safe path for native born, naturalized and the alien is not only to avoid treason one's self, but, if one learns of it, either to go In person or write some of the ollicrs named in the statute and tell him what one knows. It is not necessary for me to tell you the many forms treason may take, for treason will always find a hundred different secret ways In which It can give aid and sympathy to the enemy. But rigtit can take_ but one plain course. Be loyal, true,' straight and square to the govern ment and you will be sure you are not committing treason. I am net trying to tell people how near they can approach the line of treason without crossing it. 1 am telling them how far they can keep from the line by simply being loyal to the flag and America. When a man is driving along a precipice he tries 'to drive as far away from the edge as he can. My advice to every foreign-born man who comes to me will be: Put a flag at your door, another on your coat, and above all keep 6ne in your heart. If you do, you will stand foursquare as countrymen of Washington and Lincoln, and no nation has ever loved any leader, be he king or kaiser, sultan or czar, as all nations to-day love George Washington and Abra ham Lincoln. In following their footsteps no man of any race can go astray. OUR DAILY LAUGH HIS VOCATION. Young Tlmseed —This term I'm going to undertake the study of Latin and Greek. Old Hard fax—l reckon them dead QUITE PROBABLE. "A shop lifter had tho nerve to ; ake my halr-dresslng right off my J wad yesterday!" I "What did you do?" "Why, I stood there speechless!" "FIEND IN HUMAN FORM." Her Mother Tou eay Henrj treats you cruelly. What has h< < done? 1 Young Mra. Snoops—The bruti keeps bare fish hooks In hla trouset pockets. X COMPELLING LIKENESS. Patron—Does that portrait really resemble my wife? Artist—lt's so lfte-llke tt'U cost you alimony to ft rid ot tt. lEbPtttttg (Eljat locust blossoms are blooming all along the state highways leading into Harrisburg and on country lanea throughout Dauphin and Cumber land counties, the fragrant flowers of the favorite tree for lining the roads and making posts are to be Been. Locust blossom time is the period for the grand change, as some people still call it, which means that It is safe to put on aum mer underwear. Probably not as many people note the blossoming of the locust as the time for donning light weight garments as years ago because there are many who do not change, but wear the same all the year round and others who make their change in March. Still, there are many in the rural districts and hi some of the suburbs who swear by the locust and who would not think of turning to sum mer garb until they saw the white flowers on the roadside trees. The locusts continue to be the popular tree for roads it may be said ir. spite of two drawbacks in recent years. For a long time there have been people who believe that lo custs draw lightning and for a time there was a diminution of planting, but when the supply of posts began to give out this idea faded away. The locust blight, which turned the leaves of many trees brown in mid summer threatened to exterminate the tree in some districts about Har risburg, notably up the Susque hanna, but through one of those mysterious moves of nature some bug or bird came along with a lik ing for the parasite and the locust trees have been recovering. L>ately there have been hundreds of. lo cust trees planted along roads near Harrisburg, although the popular, because of its' rapid growth con tinues to be set out more and more in the country. Repairs to the State street bridge, one of the most important connect ing links between the main part of Harrisburg and the rapidly develop ing Allison Hill section will probab ly lead to an early conference be tween state and city officials with a view to deciding upon a policy in regard to the viaduct which Is to rise from Capitol park extension and reach to the brow of the hill. The repairs have been so expensive that officials are anxious to get some permanent structure, especially as the Mulberry street bridge has been found by experts to be as sound as ever and to thereby clinch the con crete proposition. Under the plan of Arnold W. Brunner, the architect in charge of the Capitol park exten sion, the bridge Is to supplant the present structure, which only spans the Pennsylvania tracks, and to be an ornamental affair in which the state will provide an approach and the Pennsylvania railroad and Dau phin county bear part of the cost, while the city will be expected to transfer the loan for a bridge at Walnut street, to which the state authorities object strenuously, to the State street line, a block or so to the north. Mr. Brunner has made studies of the bridge and the sur roundings which will be submitted to the State Board shortly. Some idea of the time It now takes to secure trolley cars has been given to Harrisburg people by the arrival of the first four of the new steel cars ordered by the Harrisburg Rail ways Company. The cars were ordered last summer and the lacW' of them was severely felt during the deep snows and traffc congestions of January and February. Additional cars will be received during the sum mer and the maximum of service will be attained In the fall. I Coming: down to brass tacks soma of these people who are apt to re mark upon the fact that women work In the fields in Holland and other countries in times of peace and that they guess that women will have to take a hand in agriculture here this year are not well ac quainted with Pennsylvania. For years women have been plowing in this state. It is no uncommon sight to see women in fields in Lebanon, York, Lancaster or our own county of Dauphin. Only a few days ago a man from Harrlsburg counted three women plowing while on a trip in the Cumberland valley and one was barefooted, too. New automobiles on their way to New York from the factories) in Western states have been going through Harrlsburg at a rate consid erably greater than a good many people realize. The cars are sent from the cars under their own pow er in charge of mechanics and It serves the double purpose of •♦reliev ing railroad trains and at the same time getting the machines Into good shape. Mo3t of these strings pass through Harrisburg in the early fiorning as the men stop up the umberland Valley and come along after breakfast. Very few are com ing down the Juniata valley. • • • Fred A. Godcharles, deputy sec retary of the Commonwealth, is be ing congratulated upon the fine showing he made at the New Cum berland shoot. He shot 98 per cent. Mr. Godfharles had not intended to enter the shoot, but came to Harris burg during Saturday to help the Capitol Hill division of the Red Cross get started and found time to go win four prizes. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE j —The Rev. Dr. H. A. Weller, who declared in his sermon at Philadel phia Ministerium meeting that the Lutheran church must not have any disloyal lips, is widely known in Eastern Pennsylvania and has visit ed here. -—Edward J. Cattell, Philadelphia city statistician, was the chief speak er at the Allentown municipal enter tainment 'tor the men at Camp Crane. • —Landes F. Miller, the new head of the Rotary club, of Reading, is well known to a number of Harrls burgers. He Is a prominent In surance man. —O. Howard Wolfe. Philadelphia banker, has resigned to go to France to work for the Y. M. C. A. —George Wharton Pepper wtll b* the patriotic speaker at the Stater Bankers convention at Atlantic City. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg was one of the first dtlM to back up the Red Cross when it was established In America? HISTORfC HARRISBURG The State Capital had a dozen places for the care of soldiers during the campaign of 16,
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