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By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, *5.00 a year in advance, FRIDAY, MAY SI, 1018 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thy sell. —LUKE 10: 27. CUT WOOD FARMERS with woodiots or for est land who can procure suf ficient labor would do well to turn their attention to wood-cutting. There are indications that next win ter the coal situation will be much worse than it was during the cold season just closed and wood will be in much demand as a substitute. The Forestry Division of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Curvey has sent, through J. S. Holmes, State Forester, an appeal to the local chairmen of the State Fuel Administration asking them to in duce the owners of timber tracts to help meet the fuel shortage in that State by preparing unusually large quantities of wood for market. Pennsylvania has thousands of acres of forest and immense acreages of slashings that would yield profitable returns If culled of wood for house hold purposes at present prices. We ! 'are in better position to avail our selves of this supply than is North Carolina, due to our excel lent railroad facilities and our nu merous big centers of population, but while we are marking time the authorities of that State are busy. The matter has been impressed upon the public there by the recent proc lamation of Governor Bickett calling upon everyone to "cut wood." With the Governor's consent, the State Forester has worked up some of his ideas into poster form, copies of which have been posted all over the State. "Cut wood, cut wood," he urges. ."Cut more wood; the time to cut it is right now. Woodyards—lay in your supply of firewood now; house holders—order your firewood for next winter now; farmers —cut your nest winter's wood now; schools and churches—secure your firewood now; everyone—prepare for next winter now." Other States also are taking up the Idea. The Immediate establishment of municipal woodyards in all parts of New York State is urged by Con servation Commissioner George D. Pratt, and rural communities are warned to make all possible use of time that can be spared from other duties to provide for the shortage that It is feared will come with next winter. Harrisburg and vicinity could save thousands of tons of coal in this way, If put to It. Many householders 'ire ready to buy wood in largo quanti ties. Fuel Administrator Ross A. Hickok has asked for the addresses of those willing to undertake the work of meeting the demand. There Is no reason why owners of woodland should not make a tidy profit from wood-cutting at this time. COCK YOUR EARS HAMPTON INSTITUTE, the famous school for colored youth of both sexes, will cele brate its semi-centennial Novem ber 1, and President Wilson has made'a provisional agreement to be present and to speak. We hope nothing will arise to pre vent him. from keeping this appoint ment; and its date, coming as it does just prior to elections, should enable him to say something of beneflt- He will not fall, of course, to ad vert to the progress which the col ored race has made since achieving freedom in the face of the opposition of several members of his family who fought in the Confederate army; and he cannot fail to allude to the gal lantry of colored troops who now are with the American armies in France. Nor can he escape from dwelling upon the manner in -which the nation has requited the colored man for his loyalty and devotion. In this connection it will be an excellent opportunity for the Presi dent, in the name of his party, to promise that the impediments which Democrats have put upon the black man in the exercise of his civil right FRIDAY EVENING, shall be taken away and that the Constitutional guaranties to which he is entitled shall be restored. A LESSON FROM RUSSIA THAT no country can be run on the mistaken theory that work is a crime and that the average citizen must be In a place of power and authority has been demonstrated by the absolute collapse of the so called Bolshevikl government in Russia. Radical socialism has had its knockout in that unfortunate country. The Boisheviki finance minister declared. In a formal report to the central executive committee of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates on the financial condition of the country, that the semi-yearly expenditure- would amount to 40,- 000,000 rubles and that the income would amount to about 3,300,000 rubles, with no other sources or loans obtainable. He said the railroads of the country were carrying 70 per cent, less freight, while the oper ation a verst cost 120,000 rubles, against 11,600 formerly. Wages of employes, M. Gukovksy said, had been increased several hundred per cent and the hours reduced, neces sitating three and even four shifts. He said further that no taxes were being collected by the central gov ernment in local, city and provincial districts, as Soviets were levying contributions at will and using the money for their own purposes. He pictured industrial conditions in the blackest colors, citing the Sormoff locomotive works, which turned out two locomotives a day instead of eighteen, as formerly, making the cost of one locomotive 600,000 rubles. The minister urged a better ad ministration scheme, better co-oper ation and the reduction of expendi tures by decreasing the number of clerks, officials and officers, but his speech was received in a dead silence and at the conclusion was greeted by one solitary handclap. All of which goes to show how utterly absurd is the theory of gov ernment as tried out by the mis guided people of Russia. But is there not a lesson in the tragic collapse of the theoretical revolutionists who ousted the Czar for those people of the United States who have insisted, from time to time, upon radical changes In the system of govern ment without any reason save the unrest of those who Imagine that progress means idleness and pros perity disregard of recognized prin ciples of government. Here In America we are having under war conditions a real dem onstration of government owner ship of railroads and other public utilities. For years the railroads were denied the right to Increase freight rates or to do other obvious and necessary things. Immediately the government takes over the lines and by decree increases wages and freight rates and does other radicaf things which under former condi tions would have been regarded as absolutely revolutionary. Perhaps it is well for the people to have this demonstration during a war period, but it becomes a grave question whether all initiative may not be de stroyed by the sweeping changes which are now taking place at Wash ington. Regulation follows regula tion and price-fixing and adjustment of every sort. The average American is patient and willing to be shown, but he is not going to subordinate his own judgment and his own Intelligence and his experience 'to the dictum of those with extraordinary power with out asking "Why?" A YEAR OF SERVICE I THE farewell luncheon of the Ro tary Club Monday, at which George F. Lumb yielded the gavel to the incoming president, Ell > N. Hershey, marked the close of a 1 year of service to the community on the part of the organization along , many lines. The club in the seven years of its existence has become a very useful and helpful factor in the life of the community. It has grown and de veloped in purpose as well as in in fluence. Its contributions of money to all manner of enterprises have been generous, but the individual efforts of its members and the hearty co-operation of the organization .It self in many worthy movements have been worth far more than its cash contributions. The club has a great opportunity before it. It has given substantially of its members to the military serv ice, but as most of the Rotarians by the very nature of things are be yond draft age, theirs must be largely the duty of helping to keep the home fires burning. They, in addi tion to their "win tho war" work, must promote in the city a spirit of civic pride and-see to it that the Harrisburg to which the veterans of the war return is a better city in every way than that which they left. As former presidents Arthur D. Ba con and John S. Musser said in their talks before the club yesterday, the coming year is fraught with great possibilities for service. It Is • for the organization to live up to its splendid traditions. PATRIOTIC STEELTON WITH the same cheerful alac rity that murked tho doub ling of its Liberty Band quota, Steelton !ast week tripled the amount assigned to it as a propur contribution to the Red Cross fund. Asked for $20,000, the generous people of the borough gave $60,601, and W. H. Nell, chairman of the campaign committee, is still receiv ing contributions. Mr. Nell and his fellow workers have applied to the various war campaigns waged in Steelton the same spirit, energy and determina tion that the big 'chief of the Beth lehem Steel Company, Mr. Schwab, is putting into his drive for ships, andl with equally good results. The J Schwab spirit and the Steelton spirit are Identical and applied to any cir cumstance or problem either is bound to give good account of Itself. i nag—eamaacig' ' ' J FOLTTCC* IK *P.hrKOlficCUua n By the Kx-Oammttteeman | The Republican State Committee will meet in Philadelphia during the week of June 10, probabjy June 12, for the biennial reorganization meet ing, and State Chairman William E. Crow will be re-elected with W. Harry Baker as secretary and Charles Johnson as treasurer. The state candidates will appear before the committee. The Democratic State Committee meeting will prob ably be held in Harrlsburg about the same time. The Prohibition State Committee will meet in the state headquarters in this city on June 5. The certificates of election of the stg.te committeemen will be issued from the department of the Secre tary of the Commonwealth within the next few days. As fast as counties file their returns the committeemen are being certified. —Although Governor Brumbaugh was not here to-day there was con siderable gossip about the Supreme Court appointments and the name of Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, of the Public Service Commission, was mentioned, although with Judges Gustave A. Endlich, Reading; S. J. Straus, Wilkes-Barre, and John D. Evans, of Pittsburgh. It is said that the Governor has not decided to name a Democrat. —Mention of Mr. Ainey's name caused some surprise, but it is said that William A. Magee. of Pitts burgh, just reappointed to the com mission, desires to become chairman of the commission. Mr. Magee's nom ination will have to go before the next Senate for confirmation. —The fact that the exclusive use of the name National party in Penn sylvania belongs to men who are not aligned with the Bomberger-Coats element which has been having meet ings to start a third ticket came out to-day. The name was pre-empted some months ago for 1918 in this state by a number of Dauphin coun tians who are emphatically not in sympathy with third tickets. —Considerable speculation is be ing indulged in here as to what J. Denny O'Neil may do in the event that his name appears on many of the returns of counties on the Wash ington party vote. In the returns from Schuylkill and several other counties the name of O'Neil appears in the Washington party column for Governor. Mr. O'Neil has gone home for the weekend and no one at his headquarters knew anything about the matter. The headquarters are being prepared for closing up. —Some of the returns filed at the Capitol show that there was a gen eral disposition to put Republican candidates into the Washington and Prohibition columns and even into the Socialist. In some instances Re publicans ran tie with Prohibition ists for the Prohibition State Com mittee. —Senator William C. Sproul was I very heartily received in the Lehigh pValley yesterday when he went to | Easton to deliver the Memorial Day address. There was small doubt as to the high regard felt generally for the Republican candidate and his trip was series of greetings. The Senator Is seeking a few days of rest, but his mail is filled with letters from men all over the state urging him to make visits. —Senator Beldleman yesterday re ceived another large number of let ters and telegrams congratulating him and urging that he make some visits. —Neither of the candidates will do much speaking until the cam paign formally opens. —Friends of Judge John D. Evans, of Pittsburgh, have been making a drive in his behalf for Supreme Court justice, but thus far seem to have had very little encouragement, i in Washington A. IMltchell Psflmer said that he had not been tendered appointment as a jus tice and did not look for it, either. —Senator Penrose indulged in some discussion of the primary elec tion in Philadelphia yesterday which 'attracted much attention as the Sen ator claimed that the alignment of ■independents and good government 'men with the Penrose wing of the Republican party would continue and that the battle to eliminate the I'Vares as a factor would be made the big issue in the coming mayoralty campaign In the Quaker City. The Vares have not yet unblanketed their candidate for mayor. It is said, how ever, that they will select some one who has not been an active partisan. —The chances are that there will be no contest when the city commit tee meets In Philadelphia for reor ganization as the Vares control it ab solutely. Activity of the liquor forces in the Legislative nomination contests in the primary election continues to be the theme of much conversation, es pecially at the State Capitol.' It happens that iij Philadelphia the number of men ple'dged "dry" has Increased, while the number who are frankly "wet" has gained in Alle gheny county, compared to two years ago. It happens that In one Allegheny district which is noted as a church-going community and where it was believed no one but an out and out "dry" could be nomin ated for the Legislature the "wets" won out. The church people did not vote. Similarly In some up state counties where It was thought that the "dry" sentiment would result in victory for the "dry" Legislative candidates everyone took it for granted and let the work to the other fellow. The liquor men did not take anything for granted. They worked. The stories told by men who were Interested in Legislative contests this year form interesting alibis. —Appointment of Dr. Louis New ton Robinson, professor of econo mics at Swarthmore College, to be the chief probation officer of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia wag announced yesterday by President Judge Charles L. Brown. The ap pointment is effective June 15. The new appointee is the son of Mr. und Mrs. John Marklin Robinson and was born near Tunkhannock", Pa., in 1880. —Allentown city council has p&s ed an ordinance creating a municipal bureau of markets for the establish ment of curb markets and the ulti mate erection of a city market house. • By the Thousands The Prussian minister who said Americans could neither fly nor swim may observe that they can cross the ocean in Oerman steamers, —Philadelphia Record, BARRISBXJRG TELEGRAPH SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE BY BRIGGS _ i— — . _ cUu -it *o -tJL MY K-IX). ANJD SHE KFC ; JU^JC 1 IX / ° ** I - \ "DEAREST" - AHEM J V~ ■*- I UULLZZZ, fzfy, ,TF-O --IT-C-VM —CA C-P-YX \ t, mJt - l-J!: tu I Ca&f -tf- \ y M ThS { KA^ ER !- <LA* JO<^ TAFT AND WOOD Writing in the Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger of the demotion of Gen eral Wood by removing him from his command, former President Taft says: \ "The public properly has no patience with a policy which would deprive us of the services of a valu able and able military leader at the front merely because he has not re strained himself as he should from pointing out the military mistakes of the Administration. The public will not approve his Impropriety, if it was such; but it will not think this a reason for holding him unfit or for denying to the country the benefit of his great military knowledge and ability in this crisis. One may well recall Lincoln's long patience with McClellan's rude remarks and In sulting conduct toward him, and Lin coln's remark tjiat he would hold McClellan's horse for him if Mc- Clellan would only render the ser vice the country needed. With a like spirit, Lincoln called Stanton to the War Office in spite of Stanton's pre vious bitter criticism of him and his Administration. Is there not time to retrace the unwise step?" A Close-Up of Pershing What of General Pershing, who may one day have as great an army as any? The question is asked as often in Europe as in America, says W. Beach Thomas, in Harper's Mag azine for June. It Is not, I think, known in America how deep a first impression his character as man and soldier have made on the British and, indeed, the French. When he landed In Erigland In June, 1916, one of the British news papers, whose correspondent had been for a long while in his presence, compared him with Moltke, who was "silent in 17 languages." What General Pershing, the master of several Philippine dialects, said was little and good. When General Joffre shook his hand in Paris a few weeks later —a scene worthy of a great historical memorial —he said to one of his staff. "General Persh ing will think first and act after wards." At all junctures the gen eral has been cool and prompt and determined. His colonel in Cuba wrote of him, "He is the bravest and coolest man under fire I ever saw in my life." His own recorded maxims are few; but at the most worrying crisis in France —when nts./s of the arrival of American troops was published while some of those troops were still in the danger zone at sea —he said, "I do not worry, and when the day's work is over I go to sleep." Next Drive in Kansas [Kansas City Times ] The crop report from Kansas is sued a few days ago by "Jake" Mphler, of the State Board of Agri culture, indicates a total of 98,000,000 bushels of wheat. But when Kansas gets that near to the goal It can be depended upon to go over the top for 100,000,000 at least. Kansas exceeded Its quota in the Liberty Bond drive and in the Red Cross drive. Look out for it to break over the limit when it comes to the big wheat drive. DIGGING Tt is seldom that men discover rich mines without digging. Nature commonly lodges her treasures and jewels in rocky ground. If the mat ter be knotty and the sense lie doep, they must stop nnd buckle to it. and stick upon it with labor and thought and close contemplation, and not leave it until they have mas tered the difficulty and got posses sion of the truth.—Locke. A Familiar Name t [From the Outlook] "Those who can French a little," says an American soldier writ ing from France, "are constantly naked questions by those who can't, such as, 'Why do they call so many dogs in France Ici?' One hates to i tell them the reason is that 'icl' means 'here,' and of course In call ing the dog they say, 'Here, here!' " The Way of the Wise i Early to bed and early to rise Would make a man healthy, wealthy and wise, I But for a fact that should cause no surprise: ■ He quits early rising whene'er he gets wise.—Tennyson J. Daft —in Kansas City Star. What You Can Do tFrom the Indianapolis Star] You may be in no position to whip the Kaiser, but you can lick a Thrift Stamp. Next Drive in Kansas [Kansas City Times.] The crop report from Kansas is sued a few days ago by "Jake" Mphler, of the State Board of Agri culture, indicates a total of 98,000,000 bushels of wheat. But when Kansas gets that near to the goal it can be depended upon to go over the top for 100,000,000 at least. Kansas exceeded its quota in the Liberty Bond drive and in the Red Cross drive. Look out for it to break over the limit when it comes to the big wheat drive. DIGGING Tt is seldom that men discover rich mines without digging. Nature commonly lodges her treasures nnd jewels in rocky ground. If the mat ter be knotty and the sense lie doep, they must stop and buckle to it. and stick upon It with labor nnd thought and close contemplation, and not leave It until they have mas tered the difficulty and got posses sion of the truth.—Locke. A Familiar Name t [From the Outlook] "Those who can French a little," says an American soldier writ ing from France, "are constantly nsked questions by those who can't, such as, 'Why do they call so many dogs in France Ici?' One hates to tell them the reason Is that Mel' means 'here,' and of course in call ing the dog they say, 'Here, here!' " The Way of the Wise Early to bed and early to rise Would make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. But for a fact that should cause no surprise: He quits early rising whene'er he gets wise.—Tennyson J. Daft —in Kansas City Star. What You Can Do tFrom the Indianapolis Star] You may he in no position to whip the Kaiser, but you can lick a Thrift Stamp. jf \\ A Regiment of Heroes War Crosses to 117 of the One Hundred Fourth Massachusetts Infantry [From The Stars and Stripes, France.] ON the high plateau within a . few hundred yards of the Ger man lines, with the sun • just smiling through the mist, like a, mother through her proud tears, a French# army, corps commander decorated 117 members of the 104 th Infantry, Massachusetts, with the Croix de Guerre on a recent Sunday afternoon. The regimental colors of the 104 th also were decorated. The 104 th Infantry is the first American regiment in any war to be so honored. The award was made for the signal bravery the regiment showed in the three days' fight in and about Apremont Wood, which began April 10 and during which a bitter onslaught of the Germans was repulsed with great enemy losses. The regiment, heavily bombarded and attacked by superior numbers, checked the Hun advance and re took the trenches from which it had fallen back, capturing several pris- : oners in its brave stand. Regiment Passes in Review Except for the sound of the Ger man guns reverberating through the lowlands, the plateau where the decorations were made might almost have been Boston Common. The I men were the same kind of men who, one April day one hundred and forty-three years before, at Lexing ton and Concord, fought for the same ideals of world honor and democracy. As the regiment arrived at the re viewing ground, it was formed in line and prepared to pass in review. At the reviewing stand were the reg imental colors and the soldiers who had been decorated. These faced the regiment, and stood about six paces in the rear of the reviewing officers. And as the regiment, sturdy and up standing, majrched by their com manding general and the French commander, it was an effort for the onlooker to restrain a cheer; it was impossible, by any effort to keep the lump out of the throat; and the eyes of many French and Americans watching the inspiriting sight cloud ed up with pardonable tears. It was another of those times when you felt like turning a somer sault with pride Just because you were an American. And as the American general went up to each WATER BROOKS (Robert M. Gay, in the Atlantic Monthly.) There was a pool by which we stopped one day to look at a great dragon fly In golden mall lighting on a lily pad. I suppose that he did not live the season through, but his race has not lost a scintilla of his radiance, and there is a curious comfort in thinking that even in days like these, when mankind seems to have goner mad, and "when but to think is to be full of sorrow," I have only to go to the same pool to see a creature as beau- I tlful, lighting on a lily pad as green, j floating on water as pure. Nor is ! this mere sentimentality. To become aware of the fleeting permanency of all these bright short lived things, their incessant change with essential changelessness, their pass ing beauties but persistent. Beauty brings health to the spirit of -mnn. After his wars and revolutions he always returns to the Ijrooks, and is surprised but happy to find them still dancing and singing. OUR SOLDIERS' GRAVES [Elizabeth Krazer in the Saturday Evening Post.] At present, in the case of Ameri can soldiers who die in France, a cross marks the grave. At the trans verse of the cross stands a metal shield with a design in low relief revealing a youth with broken sword, his face lifted to heaven. Round the shield runs the Inscription: "He died to keep men free." Underneath are his name and regimental status. It Is the Intention of the Red Cross to remit this shield of glory to his relatives after the war, when some permanent form of remembrance shall have been devised by the War Department Henry F. Caron, Corporal— Courage and devotion remark able in the combat. At the end, mortally wounded, he passed the remainder of his grenades to a comrade, saying: "I cannot use these; you hurl them at the en emy." Henry R. Knight, Lieutenant — Remarkable coolness, judgment and valor in the conduct of his section through a barrage to re enforce our first lines during the attack of April 12. He fell glor iously at the head of his men he was leading to the counterattack. —From the record of the gal lantry of the 104 th Infantry in France. of the honor men, giving him 4 personal and friendly word of ap preciation and congratulation, every man In the regiment and every other man who witnessed it knew that the general was the spokesman of the the whole United States, here and at home. The Nation, great and grateful, was thanking, through the general, these men for their part in keeping it great. Croix I)e Guerre on Colors As the regimental band played the first few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner," and merged into "La Mar seillaise," the French general, ex pressing his pride at decorating the colors of a regiment that had such bravery, walked to the regi mental colors and tied to the top of the staff the red and green ribbon, the bronze Croix de Guerre hanging therefrom. "This regiment," said the general "In the battle of April 10, 12 and 13, showed the greatest courage ani a tine spirit of sacrifice. Subjected to violent bombardments and attacks by great German forces, it succeeded in withstanding a dangerous . ad vance; and it retook at the point of the bayonet, with a vigorous energy and the capturing of prisoners, the demolished trenches from which it had fallen back at the first on slaught."' Then the general decorated the regiment's commander. Col. George H. Shelton, and 116 officers and men of the 104 th. LABOR NOTES A conference was recently held In England to provide parents with ad vice and information on the various professions and occupations open to girls. In the county of Frontenac, Cana da, thee following scale of wages will be paid boys who help the farmers: Up to 15 years, $lO to sls; 15 years and over, S2O to $35, board Included, and a ten per cent, bonus will also be paid. London, England, has relaxed Its employment restrictions for soldiers returned from the front by decreas ing the age limit for tramway driv ers from 21 to 20 in the case of ap plicants who have served their counr try at the front and have been dlsf charged. Military exemption has been granted to a man named Beardsley,. aged 25, who is the owner, manager and only employe of a coal mine near Matlock, England. He mines from twenty tp twenty-live tons of coal weekly, and last year his output was 1,000 tons. He works from ten to twelve hours a day. Seattle (Wash.) Photo Engravers' Union has given a line example of trade union effort in their new two year agreement. This, year's mini mum will be $34.50 a week, and next year's will be $36. The night scale is $5 a week over day rates. The work week'is forty-four hours for day work and forty-two hours for 1 night work. Every worker seeking employment i in New Jersey after July 1 will be required to present a card from; the state, federal or municipal emijloy i ment bureau showing where he was i last employed and/the reasons! for i leaving that employment. The object i Is to end the practice of "floaters" ' of working a few days In one olant and then moving to another. MAY 31, 1918. 1 Von Hindenburg Rumors [Scranton Republican] What are the facts with regard to Von Hindenburg, until recently the hero of the war so far as the Ger man people are concerned? Some reports have it that he is dead. They are not generally credited. Others are to the effect that he is in a hos pital at Strassburg suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. That is more reasonable and, inas much as the story comes byway of Geneva, many are inclined to accept it as correct. Many accurate reports concerning German matters come to us byway of Switzerland, If Von Hindenburg is critically ill and in a hospital it is easy to under stand how reports of his death came to be circulated among the German soldiers. It is admittedly trye that some thing has occurred ta check the activities of this German com mander. His name has not been connected with anything recently done by Germany. Ludendorff's name Is the only days, that is written side by side with that of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince. "A STAR SPANGLED BURG" In a letter to the New York Times a correspondent at York, this State, says: "To a Pennsylvanian the poor claim of six-starred Palenville is pitiably pathetic. The borough of York Haven, York county, Penn., flaunts a flag with a score of stars. With a population of 680 and an allotment of $5,000, this village had 285 subscribers to ?105,000 of Lib erty Bonds of the third issue. 13 or is not York Haven the star-spangled banner burg of the United States? I OUR DAILY LAUGH I HEARD AT lfj 11J THE PARTY. That Mr. Dubb j you introduced I J 7 mR •*3f to me Is a fine V|]j Hi dancer; he's so ly-v ] light on his feet. Mix When you get better acquaint cd with him \ you'll discover W j? I \ WRlljj both ends. Ljjl j jMjljj SHE FELT RELIEVED. /L ( Arthur, dear, /\\ you Bay you V fl ▼tt were in the iJj&P Jk ; Kk. stock market. h Yes, on a ttjm si I [mm margin. 11l Hil/R Oh, that's dlf l It BIIHS I ' erent - 1 was /4 IM I I af'aid you'd get Jl M li\ llllfjl • xclted and |l I'V IW plunged all the Uijjf fe^ moneyln - A GOOD BAR- Prosecutor Each Juror 0"*" Ift ahould put him- V S-i j "tA j self In the place I * of this woman's I, husband. If the Ja j.risoner had beaten your j/t wife, or yours, . what would you cTtrov i give him? Mjif wl t Juror Henry If|lJ l - 00 * 1 N. Peck. —If he L ' did a good Job I I'd give him a . dollar. s Do V°u think s j / \/y.' a classical edu '< wmm/, SST * WX WW/ ft s urel y- 11 t \JX helipe him to B yZ" 'j forget his own e L. t-roublee by - WE) ] j] thinking about WW I • \v| those of the ' K|/ h\ Greeks and ,T ?l\ f 1 Romans. \ ' Ebettmg <2H|at Anyone who moved much about Harrisburg or its vicinity yesterday could not help but be Impressed at . the tremendous activity on the rail roads passing through this city. The trains handled the numerous en gines and the swarming railroad men were all evidence of the importance of the Harrisburg district in the wonderful transportation system of the Keystone state and no one needed to wonder long why German army officers have years shown remarkable familiariCr with the Standard Railroad of The movement of cars through Har risburg now, if the figures could be obtained, would probably be of a size which would make the "record movemonts" of which we used to talk so much a few years ago, seem like very ordinary efforts. The num ber of engines in service hereabouts is away beyond last year and the government has recognized the vital character of Harrisburg railroad' work by sending two dozen big lo comotives. Sundays and holidays are like every other day In Harris burg railroad work now and the ■coal trains that are sent down both sides of the Susquehanna on the Pennsylvania, brought in by the Reading and the Cumberland Valley from the soft coal fields are worth looking at. Lately they have been assuming proportions which would have made old railroad men sit up and talk. The Reading bridge is scarcely free of a coal train day or night and the Enola and Harrisburg yards are filled with cars notwith standing the ceaseless movement within their limits and the depar ture of huge trains for the seaboard. Transportation is going to win the war and Harrisburg is giving up holt days and sleep to help do it. * * • An interesting thing in connection with the naming of highways in Pennsylvania, which Interests thlfe city because It is on the Willian, Penn highway and the Susquehannfc trail, is that a road from Pittsburgh, down through the Monongahelfe valley has been named for an emL nent Pennsylvanian, Albert Gallatin, who was secretary of the treasury b century ago. The Interesting fact is that some body or official was about to name the road the Pitts r burgh and Uniontown way, but it was suggested that perhaps a little thought could evolve something less prosaic and the Western Historical Society of Pennsylvania was asked to make the suggestion. Gallatin lived Jn Fayette county and helped colonize it with people whor stopped at Harris Ferry and were ferried over the Susquehanna here. The selection of the name met with gen eral favor and there is a n?w entry on the list of highways which bear . the names of Lincoln. Penn, Sullivan, St. Clair, Perry and other famous men and those of streams like the Susquehanna and Lackawanna. * * * Harrisburg was one of the first 1 cittes in the country t*> observe Memorial Day, or Day, I as it was first called, when Vile cus tom was launched, but It Is doubtful 1 whether there was ever so general 1 an observance as that of yesterday. It was commented upon by many of ' the older residents and the shadow 1 of the year was over everything. ' The number of people at church ser -1 vices was very large indeed. * • * | Arrests of violators of the state's ; fishing code, especially in the matter ■ of trout, have been at a rate which is astonishing state officials and has caused some speculation as to whata must have been the number of in fractions of the law before the pas sage of the act providing for the 1 co-operation of the Game and For , estry wardens and State Police with . the wardens of the Department of I Fisheries In the work. The Game officers have been very active and ' their appearance as assisters of the fish protectors has caused some panic among the law breakers. The majority of cases have resulted . from catching of trout less than the length allowed by law. In sorno cases it was evident that the fisher men wanted to get something and could not resist the temptation to keep fish which were illegal. Quite a number of cases have come to notice wherein men had not only more than the new limit of twenty-flva but over the old limit of forty. Out lines and nets are also being used on trout. It Is the expectation of state officials that an early test of the fish code will be made in court. • • * Heavy rains in the last ten days have played havoc with corn and potato patches in many of the "war gardens" and on the truck farms near the city. These patches are owned by people who use the extra hours of daylight in cultivating them and serious damage has been re ported from a number of gardens especially in low lying places where the water has a full sweep. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ] —Dr. W. F. Hlnnit, former presi dent of Washington and Jefferson College, has been elected pastor of a church at Indiana. —Dr. W. Gilbert Condit, Pitts burgh clergyman, has been granted leave of absence for war work. —Col. O. L. Jackson, New Castle attorney, has completed half a cen tury at the Lawrence county bar. —J. E. Goodfellow, appointed dis tributor of charcoal In the fuel ad ministration at Washington, is a Bradford businessman and active In McKean county affairs. —H. M. Gooderham. Cambria county food administration, has said that he will see that all beans raised by Johnstown children in "war gar dens" are bought. —Floyd Rose, new head of Uni versity of Pittsburgh alumni. Is a former football star. [ DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg railroad men of aJmost every brunch are in United States army service In France? HISTORIC HARRISBURG In the Civil War railroad men were taken by the Army to r*n trains In Virginia campaigns. | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NEED OF PENN-HARRIS To the Editor of Hit Ttlegrapk: Several experiences this week Il lustrate the great need of the Penn- Harrls hotel, now being rushed to completion. Two prominent gentle men wired for comfortable roomi and could not be accommodated. A touring party from New England were much embarrassed for lack of proper quarters but Anally found a place to sleep. 80 It goes every day. The Penn-Harrls Is going to uv many apologies when the visitor comes to town. u ONZ WHO KNQWfI, ,
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