6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOUB Pound id iljl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Sqaare. - SI. J. STACKPOLE, ProSt & Bditor-in-CMrf F. R. OYSTER, Busintss Managtr. QUS M. STEINMETZ, Monotint Editor. 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- lishers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern office, Flnley, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. I m*T T B y carriers, ten cents a OOHS®SE) week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1018 Only one life, it will soon be past; Only what'B done for Jesus will last. MEMORIAL DAY, 1918 MEMORIAL DAY this year win have a new meaning for mil- lions of Americans. The war has done that for us. To many of the younger generations, born within the past 50 years, the war of the re bellion was little more than a bad dream; a part of the dead past and to be burled with it. They held in respect the veterans who fought it and they understood how It was that these men desired to set apart one day each year In which to pay tribute to the brave souls who laid down their lives in the great con flict, or who went to early graves because of the hardships they suf fered in those trying times. Past that, Memorial Day was a mere holi day, like the Fourth of July or Labor Day, to be given over to recreation and jollification. But these and all others of us understand better now. We are living In a period like that which called the young men of the 'Sixties to the sword and gun. We know now why they went and what the going means. We who are still at home are as ono with the veterans of the Grand Army in our desire to pay tribute to the soldiers of the country who sleep beneath the sod— whether of this war or that of a lialf-century gone, whether in this land or abroad. To-morrow the respect and devo tion of the American people for their fallen heroes will be expressed in the ttrewing of flowers upon thousands of graves in the cemeteries of the coun try. Let us not forget the new-made . graves "over there," and the great cause for which the soldiers of this day are giving their lives. STRAW HATS . HAVE you noticed the number of straw-hats on the streets these days bearing the unmistakable signs of last year's vintage? Time was when to appear in a straw of the season previous was to label oneself a financial bankrupt or a sloven in dress. In those days the hat-cleaner was an unknown Insti tution in the land. To scrub a straw hat and then venture forth in It was to make oneself a target for the jibes of witty friends. The new straw hat was as regular an accom paniment of late spring as straw berries and asparagus. Our "best dressers" decreed that last year's hat was taboo, and nobody but a few daring souls, so far removed from the ordinary walks of life that public criticism never reached them or so sunken in the depths of hope lessness that stirring ambition never prompted them to look beyond their present state toward more prosper ous days, ventured an objection. But that was before the war. To day the sunburned straw dome of yester year is as numerous on the streets as bees about a sugar barrel, and it is worn at a Jaunty angle, Indicating the conviction of the in dividual beneath it that he Is quite properly clad and proud of his n pearance. We are learning a lot of things about the foolishness of kneel . ing to the fashion and bowing before the dictates of precedent these days, and wearing last year's hats is one of them. Surely, the gentlemen of City Coun cil can find no real objection to the creation of a Shade Tree Commis sion and the planting of thousands of living memorials in -the way of trees in honor of our soldier boys. Other cities are doing It; why not Harris burg?. A UNITED PARTY FORMER Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft having shaken hands and renewed their old friendship, Re publicans everywhere may be trusted to follow their excellent ex ample and close forever the bloody chasm of 1912.' In Pennsylvania and elsewhere there are strong in dications of genuine reunion and lasting cementation of factional and party differences that will present a WEDNESDAY EVENING united fighting front against the common opponent In the next elec tions. National Chairman Hays has In jected the right spirit Into the organ ization everywhere and the reconcil iation of the two ex-presldents Is only an illustration of the tlesire of the leaders as well as the workers to drop all personal differences for the welfare of the party and the Nation. The constructive policies of the Republician party are more appre ciated to-day than ever before in Its history. The great war has Imposed tremendous burdens and the prob lems which must be solved are so serious as to demand the union of the forces represented by the Re publicans of the country. Here in Pennsylvania a fine start has been made in the nomination of a candidate for Governor who real izes the conditions and Is pledged to devote his best efforts toward placing Pennsylvania in its proper position for the winning of the war. If anyone has any doubt about the damage being done to the paved streets of Harrisburg by the heavy trucks that are used by individuals and corporations, they shoul<" ride over the block on Market street be tween Market Square and Front street. Is it reasonable to assess the people for improved highways ana have theße ruined by unrestricted traffic? ANOTHER COAL FAMINE? FROM authoritative sources come frequent warnings regarding a possible coal shortage more serious than that of last winter. It is little wonder, under the circum stances, that the river coal fleets are wording with unexampled energy. But the river source of supply will be far from adequate and recent as surances of additional railroad cars give some promise of relief later in < the summer. Manifestly, it is go ing to be necessary tp bend every ef fort toward increasing the supply and providing transportation to all parts of the country. An expert authority says: The incentive which has al ways acted most powerfully to urge on the doing of things has been the hope of reward —either quick reward or reward in the .future. This hope roused the early pioneer and sent .him sturdily plodding on over trackless prai ries in search of an Eldorado— inspired the promoter to find capi tal and lay rails through wilder nesses—encouraged the farmer, short of labor, to toil all day, every day, and into the dark hours to plant this year's largest acreage for winter wheat that the country has ever known. We are suffering to-day—and will suffer bitterly next winter— from coal shortage, and the only remedy which will be effectual has not been applied—the remedy of reward. In fact, the very op posite thing that at bottom stunted the coal trouble was done last year when prices of coal at the mines were fixed at prohibi tively low figures. Production In the early part of the year was stunted by the es tablishment of a price at the mines so close to actual cost that many coal sources were closed. Then, too late, car shortage came in to further minimize the distri bution, and the coal famine last winter ensued. To-day both car shortage and labor shortage are furnishing fatal obstacles to overwhelming production, which should be brought about. Evidently the outlook is far more cheerful, but it would appear that a remedy should be promptly ap plied to the end that the suffering of last winter may not be repeated in the months to come. Of course, the bSlting of the railroads under the old order and the failure of the em barrassed transportation systems to provide sufficient equipment as a result, were the contributing causes of the coal famine of last winter; but under Government control and with unlimited resources these dif ficulties should now be met and fuel provided for the people. The same authority above quoted declares that what we want Is coal, and coal enough to bridge over the winter dangers; that no niggardly policy as to cost or jealousy of po litical authority should stand in the way. They say theie's nothing In a name, yet Watertown, N. Y., went "dry" last week. RESTORE WOOD DR. BRADY struck a responsive chord in the hearts of his audi ence yesterday when he made a plea for the reinstatement of Gen eral Wood to the command of the division he would have led to France but for the pettiness of the adminis tration 'in sidetracking him. Gen eral Wood is being punished, it is presumed, because he permitted former President Roosevelt to criti cise the administration before the students at Plattsburg. General Wood Is less a diplomat than a soldier and he has far more military skill and frank courage than he has tact in dealing with the tender feelings of super-sensitive statesmen. Further more, all that Colonel Roosevelt t<ald and Wood condoned on that historic occasion has been borne out by de velopments since. If the President had hearkened to him the country would not have faced Germany unprepared. The people believe in the General a*d they cannot understand why the President, big man that he is in many ways, should stoop to petty personalities in the administration of the Army, especially since he would be the last to approve any such conduct on the part of a subor dinate officer. How will he explain to the country If, by reason of fall ing under the command of a less experienced soldier, the Wood divi sion should meet disaster In France? And what will our allies think of this piece of folly? Saving of food through the prohi bition 'of the manufacture of liquor appeals to the average person, and as alcoholic liquor is a waster of fuel, men, money, transportation facilities and Industrial efficiency,, there would seem to be no reason whatever for further postponing action at Washing ton. ' [ToUKMU. I By the Ex-Oommltteemaa | Headquarters erf the J. Denny O'Netl Republican campaign com mittee in this city will be cloned within the next week or ten days. The headquarters staff is busily en gaged in closing up the details of the campaign work, getting in and pay ing the bills and preparing to file the expense account, on which the last day is June 6. Commissioner O'Nell, who has been here since Monday, is looking after some of the details of winding up the campaign, "but most ly concerning himself with the work of the State Highway Department. No dates have been fixed for the meetings of either of the state com mittees. They must meet by June 19, according to the way it is fig ured out here. The probabilities are that the Democratic state committee will meet here about June 12. al though the leaders have not yet dis cussed the date. Joseph F. Guffey, who is acting as state chairman, will retain that position until the state committee meets to select a succes sor to W. L. McLean, who went to war after being elected chairman. The belief is that the man selected by Judge Bonniwell will be made state chairman. Nothing has been suggested as Vet as to the time and place of the Re publican state committee meeting. Officials at the State Department said to-day that it all depended upon what the big counties did whether there would be two candidates for Superior Court judge or not. There have been returns filed by thirty-five counties, mostly small ones, which show Huseltpn running well up. It' is believed, however, that- when the big counties file that there will be only one nominee, Judge W. D. Por ter. —Ex-Congressman J. Washington Logue is awaiting the final returns which will determine whether he is the Democratic nominee for Lieu tenant Governor before he makes any announcement regarding his future campaign plans, says the North American. He has been nom inated by the Democrats for Con gress in the Sixth district, embrac ing the West Philadelphia and Ger mantown sections. If the final re turns declare him a winner for the Lieutenant Governorship nomina tion, Logue will be placed in the position of choosing whether he will run for Lieutenant Governor or Con gross. - —Judge Bonniwell, Democratic nominee for Governor, and all can didates on the Democratic state •ticket were given a strong endorse ment at a largely attended meeting of the Woodrow Wilson League of Chester county, at West Chester last evening. Resolutions also were adopted condemning the action of Chairman Slack, of the Democratic County Committee, for attempting to associate the Democrats of the coun ty in his action of bolting the nomi nation of Judge Bonniwell, and an appfeal was made to the committee to select without delay a new chairman in sympathy with the party candi date Governor to conduct the campaign. —Many Republicans will be inter ested to l.earn that Thomas H. Gar vin, of Delaware county, chief clerk of the House, will not be a candidate for re-election as the head of the Republican County Executive Com mittee. Mr. Garvin has held this post I for years, and gave much of his I time and influence to the success of his party. His recent attack of ill- I ness has made it impossible for htm I to do much, if any active work. Wil fliam Cloud Alexander, of Media, I who has been nominated for the Legislature on the Republican ticket in the Second district, Delaware county, will, be chosen as the chair man. This has been agreed upon by the members and the selection gives entire satisfaction to those at the head of the Republican organization in the county. —Senator Vare denied yesterday that Congressman John R. K. Scott would be selected to fill the vacancy in the Third Senatorial district, caus ed by the death of Senator Jamus P. McNichol. William J. McNicllol, son of the famous Senator, received the nomination at the primaries, but it was rumored that he would with draw and that Scott would be sub stituted. "Under no circumstances will I agree to William J. McNichol withdrawing as the Republican nominee in the Third Senatorial dis trict, to succeed his father, the late Senator James P. McNichol," Sena tor Vare said. "Congressman John R. K. Scott will not be a candidate for any office at the" general election next November." —The Philadelphia Record says: "Scott is still a member of Congress, but, as he is seldom attending to his duties in Washtngton, it was be lieved an opening would be made for him for some state office. It was said yesterday that, if the differences between Governor Brumbaugh and the Vares could be patched up, Scott might be put forward to fill one of the vacancies in the Public Service Commission. The absentee Con gressman can still claim loyalty to the Brumbaugh administration, hav ing swung the Thirteenth and Four teenth wards to O'Neil at the pri maries. These wards were thfc only ones in the city carried by the Brum baugh-Brown candidate." —Justice Alexander Simpson, Jr., who was appointed to the Supreme Court bench last week by Governor Brumbaugh, was highly honored by members of the Philadelphia bench and bar yesterday. Practically all judges of lower courts in the city and many representative attorneys were present when court convened. Ex-Judge A. M. Beitler. chancellor of the law association, addressed Chief Justice Brown on the appointment of Mr. Simpson. —The Insider, writing In the Philadelphia Press on the primary, says: "The enormous plurality Sen ator Sproul received is very likely to put a check on any ambition J. Denny O'Neil and his supporters might have held for an independent campaign for him if he failed to win the Republican nomination. They could scarcely fail to draw the con clusion that his poor showing meant the issues he attempted to make lacked appeal to the voters. His only hope will he in an antiprohibi tion stand by the Republican party in which case he might feel he could persuade the voters that this stand also extended to the governorship, even though Senator Sproul is al ready most strongly pledged to pro hibition and is not likely to depart from his position in any way. How ever, this would be only a shadowy hope for O'Neil, and it is doubtful whether he and his advisers would feel that the effort and expense of a primary campaign held any promise of commensurate result. The voters have shown how they felt about Sproul. It is not outside the range of possibility that the entire vote cast for Sproul will be found greater than the combined vote for O'Neil, Guffey and Bonniwell, when the of ficial count comes in—a fact that should be discouraging to any man contemplating an Independent cam paign." HXHRISBURG TEJ^EGRAPH WONDER WHAT A BASS DRUMMER THINKS ABOUT BY BRIGGS [ ■- ~ ' ■ . "I T .I. I,■ I' I I - OVER THCI?E! GOSM ' BEUEVE GOOM • HOT>C ASWES -* HE -• PF *OB TY 6IVB >*E I t r c?-r TIBSN UCA-O.KIFI LEADER MAI HAV' 1 " A SOOD BKS TM® RA " POP ®E IM6 T OO T I GST ITFJSD HBABIWG SIWSLL ED MOT.* HOV. V. *- ADY W,I®M I LA R S LA S R WI6M T 7"MAT TUNC! • COM O US H/STBS * GS." R HOME —" I F VURIT£ . OSTTSP AJ6 I R?USR % OO " /-\ MVJ6LP• • M66R W COU'-P SB 6 COHAW * // S T *-> AWY MUJ *IHA POW'T TAKE WRT> THAT LOOKS U<K6 MIKE 10 L,KE TO SLUS M ' M ► ~.- THAT BOTTS OVGR THSR6 - A VAJAU-OP .OV/BR THE 0H WHAT A LIFE* FVE GOT TTO |_U THE BIT STIFP 1 VAJMV HCAD VAJI-T"M TM,S STTCW _ , P- TXJ ©OWT H£ PAV *E TV<6 ■ SORVAE -DAR*\E ME S GOT IUT S -A— " E "' - , J"-"* • HOPS lU> S 'J> T„EF TAAT • WIS URN I f Ow tta Toja uv 'pMuau i Pleading guilty to theft from his employer, A. D. Fetherolf, of Jack sonville, John Wisser was sentenced by Judge Gorman, at Allentown, to work on the Fetherolf farm until next January. Tough luck, John old boy. Just think how pleasant it would have been in that cool cell at the old Jail playing pienochle all day with the warden. Must be easier to get fat than to get thin. William Lipsky, of Easton, turned down by a recruiting officer two weeks ago because he lacked five pounds of the required weight, made up the deficiency and was accepted. Capper's Weekly reports that; "Buck Kilby wants to get in touch with Jesse Ka Ka Que, the Jackson county farmer whose wife recently ran him away from home. Mr. Kilby, who has never been able to infuriate his wife to that point, wants to bor row the Jackson county man's re ceipt." KAISER AND THE U-BOAT [Philadelphia Record.] When Admiral Sims says, "We have the submarine virtually beaten," the American people can snfely place full confidence in his words. The next thing to do is to make their defeat so complete that! the qualifying word "virtually" canl be eliminated from the statement.! That may be expected in a few! months, for it is not to be supposed that Germany will continue to throw away expensive boots and valuable lives after she discovers that llttlo is accomplished by such a sacrifice. Her resources are not sufficient to justify such prodigal waste. When the Kaiser counts up the costs of his ruthless undersea warfare, which was responsible for bringing the United States into the war and ar raying nearly the whole civilized' world against Germany, it is prob able that he will curse the day when the inventor of the submarine was borne. to Judgment Ye shall not respect persons in Judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as tha great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the Judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me and I will hear it.—Deuter onomy I, 17. RUTH AND NAOMI And FUmilecli, Naomi's husband, died: and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of! the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah. and the namej of the other was Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilton died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.— Ruth i, 3 to 5. Omar Up to Date A book of Thrift Stamps, under neath a bough, A loaf of Victory Bread, some coffee, sugarless—and thou Beside me, knitting in the wil derness. "* Ah, wilderness were Hooverlzed enow! —Life. The Best Example Russia is the best example of Ger man intentions the world has had. — Detroit' Free Press. LABOR NOTES Machinists at Hamilton, Ohio, se cured an eight-hour day. Durham (N. C) tdbacco workers have formed a union. The present Congress has aeven teen union labor members. Bartenders at Miles City, Moht.. get $5 for an eight-hour day. Sioux City, lowa, has a labor-union mayor. Miners at Belleville, 111., will build a labor temple. Wages of laborers at Pocatello, Idaho, Is $4 a day. Macon (Ga), unions have formed a building trades council. Teachers of Tulane county, Cal., have organized a union. - Woman Soldiers [From the New York Times.] "I notice on the billboards around the city an advertise ment of "the first American woman soldier." I have been informed that one Molly Pit cher fought at the battle of Monmouth, N. J., in the Revo lutionery War. taking the place of her husband, who was killed in that battle."—Letter in Yes terday's Times. Captain Molly wasn't the only one. We must not forget Nancy Hart, of Georgia, gun in hand, driving- her ten Tory prisoners into the American camp. But Nancy, prodigious fight er as she was, was not technically a soldier, whereas Captain Molly was made a Sergeant on the Monmouth battlefield and subsequently put on the list of half-pay officers for life by act of "Congress. She had the right to wear the uniform, and com promised by wearing an artillery man's coat over her dress and a cocked hat on her red hair. But Deborah Sampson, of Massachu setts, was the real woman soldier of the Revolution; she enlisted in the Continental Army, her sex being unsuspected, fought in battle after battle, was wounded, was com mended for bravery, and headed military expeditions. She was 21 when she enlisted. Despite her wounds, she managed to escapp de tection until a serious illness and detention in the hospital revealed her secret, and her comrades were astonished to learn that "Private Robert Shurtleft" was Miss Deborah Sampson, of Uxbridge. General Knox gave her an honorable dis charge; the Massachusetts Legisla ture voted her an honorarium. Con gress put her on the pension roll, and after her death voted a sum of money to her heirs, declaring that the "whole history of the American Revolution records no case like this, and furnished no other similar ex ample of female heroism, fidelity, and courage." The War of Secession, however, was full of such cases, one of the best known being that of Frances Hoox, of Illinois, who at the arte of 22, enlisted under the name of Frank Miller. Her brother enlisted with her, keeping her secret, a'nd was killed by her side at Shiloh. Francis was taken prisoner in the Chatta nooga campaign, when the Confed erates discovered her sex. They ex DOWN THE WAYS TKansas City Star.] The April deliveries and launch- Ings of new ships and those so far reported in May show America is getting into its stride in this essen tial department of war making. The "bridge of boats" that is to carry our millions of soldiers across the At lantic and maintain them there is building. It has gone far enough to remove all doubt as to our ability to build it, and with that doubt re moved the last uncertainty as to the effectiveness of America's partici pation in the war is dispelled. The potential war strength of this country has been recognized by the enemy from the start. He knew we had the men and the money, the food, the factories and the organiz ing genius are the measures of a nation's capacity for war. But all these things were discounted in hU eyes because three thousand miles of ocean separated us from the battle field. He was convinced we could not create the enormous fleet of ships necessary to transport the huge ar mies of modfern war such a distance, particularly as those armies could not be subsisted in France and would to be supplied from the home base. He know America had no mercantile marine. He knew the tonnage capacity of our few ship yards to a dot, and he said to him self that our more than fifty years' neglect of shipbuilding as a national industry had put it beyond our power to suddenly revive it. Why need he fear our armed millions if we could not bring them into action? We now know—after having en tertained some breathless doubts ourselveß—that the enemy deceived himself. With hundreds of ship ways on the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Gulf and the Lakes the shipping board is launching ships every day. Steel ships, wooden ships, composite ships, concrete ships are taking the water one, two, three and four a day, and our maximum of production is not yet attained. The job is not yet done, the full chorus of the riveting machines is not yet in voice, but we have measured our strength against the task and we know we can do it. Not boastfully, but yet hopefully, we changed her for a man. There were many others, Fanny Wilson, of New Jersey, Mary Owens, of Pennsyl vania (who went with her husband, saw him killed, was wounded in the same fight, and took part in three battles), and Major Belle Reynolds, ofylllinois, who got her commission for bravery, but she made no effort to conceal her sex. Most famous of all was Major Pauline Cushman, the Union scout and spy. On the CAnfederate side the best known was | Captain Belle Boyd, who got her commission at the hands of Stone wall Jackson after an exploit which saved his army from destruction. Next in celebrity on the Southern side was lime. L. J. De Velazquez, who disguised herself as a man, en tered the army under the name of Harry Buford, and became a Lieu tenant through her bravery in ac tion. After it was learned that she was a woman the Confederate Gov ernment employed her in secret ser vice work. Perhaps the advertisement meant "the first American woman soldier in this war." Even then it is open to doubt. One imitator of Deborah Sampson and Frances Hook got nearly to France before she was dis covered, and there may be others. How many enlisted in the War of Secession will never be known, for usually the fact was never revealed until the woman happened to be wounded. In The New York Times of July 13, 1863. among the local items is the account of the arrest of a woman named Mary Reizgle for wearing a soldier's uniform. It turned out that she had a right to wear it, having just returned from the battle of Gettysburg, in which she had taken part witl? the 41st New York Volunteers. In The New York Times of May 22, 1863, is a letter from a soldier telling of the surprise of his comrades of the Ist Kansas when they found that a Ser geant, who had just died, and "by -he side of whom they had march ed and fought for almost two years," was a woman. She had fought, he said, in a dozen battles and skir mishes. "She was as brave as a lion in battle, and never flinched from any duty or hardship that fell to her lot," No one, of course, ever learned her real name. Death re vealed her. Who knows how many others went unrevealed? can now count the months when the bridge of boats will be an accom plished fact and our armies will be flowing across it to victory. Good Government Assured [Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] No stlnps of defeat can linger with Pennsylvania Republicans who sup ported another candidate in the pri mary election after reading this ad mirable utterance of Senator Wil liam C. Sproul, when returns receiv ed gave assurance of his nomination to the governorship: "The decisive character of the Re publican primaries fills me with a sense of. deep responsibility, a con sciousness that a great confidence has been placed in me by the voters of my party. With a thorough ap preciation of my duty as R candidate and .of the work thut is ahead of me, I give myself over to that duty and that work, and promise a most com plete effort to deserve the faith In me which my friends and the people in general have shown. I have no grudges to pay, no enemies to punish, no debts to discharge—only a desiro to lead a united party to victory in November, that we may render de-* voted services to the nation and to our people here in Pennsylvania." The words give the measure of the man. They are a satisfying pledge of the quality of service he will give the Commonwealth in the next four years. They are Irresistible. There can be no dlsgruntiement with the results of the polling on Tuesday. Citizens, of whatever party affilia tions, must share in the pride of Republicans that Pennsylvania is to have for governor one so worthy as Senator Sproul is known to be. The very large majority given him, In an apparently light total vote, is an augury of party harmony in tho election campaign that may confi dently be expected to have its re flection In the businesslike adminis tration of Governor Sproul, untaint ed by tho demoralizing factionalism that has been too much in evidence of late 1 . Not only Republicans but all citizens of Pennsylvania are to be congratulated on the nomination of Senator Sproul. MAY 29, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 Those young bloods who kick about the government taking over the entire output of their favorite brand of cigaret have a way of ob taining a practically unlimited sup ply if they care to make the plunge. —Philadelphia Inquirer. Roumania now knows exactly how an ink-spot feels when the blotting paper is applied.—Chicago Evening Post. If the Germans captured Kemmcl Hill In order to secure an observa tion-point, they should take a good look while the looking is good.—New Orleans Item. What with the food and care and amusements and hospitals supplied to i>ur soldiers, this would really be a good war if it wasn't for the Germans.—New York Tribune." Speaking of faint praise, Jimham Lewis refers to Woodrow Wilson as "the greatest benefactor of humani ty New Jersey ever sent to man kind."—Buffalo Express. Another British failure! Ring joy-bells in Berlin! They've blocked up O.stend Harbor And now they can't get in! —Brooklyn Eagle. Joshua Succeeds Moses Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord.Ht came to pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead, now there fore arise, go over this Jordan. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.—Joshua I, l'to 5. | OUR DAILY LAUGH THE SAME ARGUMENT. plain about the size of my bill. It's not as big as L/ J It might have w That's right; I flM'yfpi wasn't as sick I J/l /f as I could have |^~"|/( been either, ' fy LA ~ ■JI \ BENT OVTSR, rvVSyf II i have a tlco ear ||| | But now she I / t) * las auto | w/|| I mobile hunch. THAT WOULD j [ Wish I could J j help the govern -1 ment win the <lß[ Why don't \J ( ri l'Tlt you Join the W I ) aviation corps; ti one with your I \ I ■ I I means ought to r /< . be able to lly i very high. BffilMir if GOT THE "GOODS ON Mr. Holdout jKlwV —How can you accuse me of robbln S the 'v %m7r -'/* l children's bank Yl rril]]! when you havo // HcS* 11.. only the word of LI ™ those infants I H njfj)L change Is short? /b-Tv * rhey are t,le M tle that sount. [lbmittg <El|al The big rush for registration of new automobiles in Pennsylvania is over and more transfers are !)eing authorized now than ever known be fore, according to officials at the State Highway Department. The applications for transfers have rui as high as 500 a day at the auto* mobile division and it is evident that as sales of new oars have been fall* ing oft due probably to curtailment of production that considerable bus iness is being done In used cars. The spring registration of cars In Pennsylvania this year broke all records for number and for receflhs and issuance of license tags in the 320,000 series has been started. Some of these tags are being used on transferred cars. Most of the cars now being licensed are of the low-priced makes and sales to farm ers are reported as constituting a considerable amount of the new business. The interesting feature, however, say officials, is the num ber of transfers that are being made almost daily. It is predicted that the number will Increase. Tractors have also shown a big increase in number registered. It Is estimated that the number in Pennsylvania will be doubled this year, largely because of the demand for machines for agricultural service. • ♦ Demolition of the Matterhorn, the building erected in Capitol Park ex tension by H. Homer Matter, will start in a few days. Already the Informal demolition is under vay as boys from the neighborhood have been raiding the building and smash ing glass. The Matterhorn becanio an object of state interest, as Mr. Matter resisted not only the award of the Capitol Park Commission, but bucked the decision of the courts, taking the proposition to the Su preme Court, where he also lost. Lately the only dispute has bean whether he would accept the money awarded him. The state has pos session of the property. Byway St suggestion one of the State Agricultural authorities who has been observing some farms in Dauphin county, fends this clipping from the Pennsylvania Farmer: "More profit could be made from the run-down, waste and otherwise unproductive land by raising buck wheat than any other crop. Land that is inclined to "go wild" and grow up with briers and bushes can be 'tamed' more easily by sowing it to buckwheat than by any other method. Buckwheat is not insistent upon great fertility; in fact, soil in a condition in which it would not produce a profitable crop of any other grain will produce a good yield of buckwheat, if it can be supplied with plenty of phosphoric acid. It is in every way a cheap crop to grow, and in these times of great need for cereal grains for human consumption there should be special effort made to increase the buck wheat crop. The greatest difficulty may be in securing seed, since the long and general use of buckwheat cakes during the past year has re duced last year's crop to small pro portions." • • "Got any pennies around?" asked a bank clerk of a businessman yes terday. "Maybe so. What's the trouble?" replied the businessman. "Harrisburg is one of the few towns where the trolley fare has not gone up and pennies are not needed as much as nickels. There are a lot of towns yelling for nies. Between trolley fares and cigars up to six cents the demand for copper coins is going to run high," said the clerk. * * • The United States government's announcement of intention to in crease passenger rates maj be the means of some people connected with the Pennsylvania state govern ment getting raises in pay. Many of the people at the Capitol are re ceiving salaries which were fixed ten or fifteen years ago and efforts to secure some readjustments have been under way. The propositions 1o care for people getting only $75 and SBO a month and having fami lies arc now being discussed with the Auditor General, it is said by heads of departments, of either get ting more money for such attaches or else losing them and their knowl edge of the business and their skill. Some of the men employed in steel mills make far more than Capitol 1 clerks nowadays. As a number of people connected with the Capitol commute it may be possible that the fare advance may be the means of bringing the move to advance their salaries to meet living conditions to a climax. It is certain that bills for a •general readjustment of salaries in the departments, as was sought in Legislature which was frowned upon by the state administration last ses sion, will be presented next year. [__ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | —Charles A. Reber, nominated for the Houso in the Allentown district, will go to France and refuse to .run for the Legislature. —Hampton L. Carson is deliver ing a series of addresses in Phila delphia with American patriotism as the theme. —Evan J. Jonss, who will run for Congress In the McKean-Clearfield- Center district, is a Bedford busi nessman. —Burgess George Koons, of Pottstown, will be fire chief In ad dition to his duties as executive. \ The fire chief was killed in an acci dent a few days ago. —Herbert C. Hoover will speak In Philadelphia on Friday in interest of the food saving campaign. —Judgo W. G. Knowles, of Phil adelphia, is on a motor trip to Vir ginia. DO YOU KNOW — l That IlaiTisburg's Y. M. C. A. Is much talked of among tho soldiers as a real place for rest lag? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first State Library was moved here in wagons from Lancaster. Sanderson Confesses (Philadelphia Public Ledger) Despite all the animus and all the maudlin desire of Sanderson to shift the blame to other shoulders, tfle, "confession," without dates or data," is singularly weak where it ought to be strong. And it looks very much as If the state, in any final rounding up for history of the true facts of the Capitol graft, will have to go to some other document than tho Sanderson-Delaney "confession" or the Pennypacker defense and auto biography to get the real facts of what w'ent on and who were who [in the great conspiracy*
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