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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1918
If we find but one to whom we can
speak out of our heart freely, roith
whom we can walk In love and sim
plicity without dissimulation, we
have no ground of quarrel with the
worId. — STEVENSON.
NO GERMAN PEACE
NO organization of patriotic and
thoughtful men Ls attracting
more attention than the
League to Enforce Peace. This body
pledges unstinted support to the
commander-in-chief of our army
and navy, the President of the United
States, and to all others In authority
in all measures for victory over the
military power of the Kaiser, realiz
ing that such victory is the primary
condition of lasting peace and the
necessary basis for a League of Na
tions. t
The league, standing for interna
tional law and Justice, declares until
Germany is overcome the paramount
and pressing duty of the United
. States and the other free nations,
with which this country is allied, is
to fight with unconquerable deter
mination for a victorious peace.
And, apprehensive of the lure of
an inconclusive peace, which would
enable the present masters of Ger
many to continue their dominion of
Central Europe and sooner or later
to menace again the peace and free
dom of the world, the league feels
that our people should be forwarned,
in case Germany should propose to
make peace on terms that might well
deceive the unsuspecting. Suppose
she should offer to retire from Bel
gium and France; to cede the Tren
tino to Italy; even to relinquish all
claims to her captured colonies, and
to promise some kind of autonomy to
the various races of Central and
Eastern Europe. Such an offer
would be highly seductive, and if we
are not prepared to understand what
it means might well beguile the
Allies into a peace which would be
delusive; because unless the prin
ciple of militarism is destroyed, the
promises would be kept no better
than those broken in the past. Au
tonomy of other races would mean
their organization for the strength
ening of Germany; until she had
control of the resources of a popula
tion of two hundred millions for her
next war; and the abandonment of
her former colonies would be made
r only with the hope of recoupment in
South America on a more favorable
occasion. Such a settlement would
be a mere truce pending a strife
more fierce hereafter. So long as
th predatory militarism is not
Wholly destroyed no lasting peace
can be made.
Arrangements have about been
completed for a great patriotic rally
next Saturday evening in the hall of
the House of Representatives to fur
ther the objects of the league, and
there should be a great outpouring
of our citizens.
We don't accept the general state
ment that the workingmen of the
United States oppose suspension of
the manufacture and sale of intoxicat
ing beverages for the period of the
war. I>abor is as sober as any other
class in this country.
IS PRIMARY A MENACE?
AGAIN the primary election has
demonstrated fundamental
weaknesses in the nominating
system adopted a few years ago.
Pennsylvania is not the only state
displaying dissatisfaction with the
system in use and demanding a
cfeange. The direct primary was
proposed as an electoral reform fol
lowing a wave of protest over the
abuses of the convention system, but
it Is now a question whether the
• abuses of the old order were half
so serious as the evils of the new
procedure.
As an Illustration, the vote on the
nominees for the Supreme Court
shows how Indifferent and careless
the people are In choosing candi
dates for this Important public ser
vice. Notwithstanding one of the
candidates announced his declina
tion, his name was printed on the
ballot and he received more than
160,000 votes. The candidates whose
name is nearest the top of the alpha-
THURSDAY EVENING,
betlcal arrangement starts with a
considerable advantage over all of 1 ]
his compatltors.
Individual responsibility, as has
recently been pointed out by a stu
dent of the present election laws, Is
practically eliminated and the citi
zen becomes indifferent to his
political duties "except where ac
centuated by personal ambition
or the desire to help a friend
as distinguished from helping gov
ernment." Men are not reformed
by legislation nor are they made less
selfish because of the operation of a
law. /
Of course, there were weaknesses
in the old convention system—rank
weaknesses—but under that system
party leaders for their own sakes
gave thought to the selection of
I candidates and fitness was not the
least of the considerations. The di
rect primary involves enormous ex
penditures and the wealthy and am
bitious political boss is In better
shape to acpomplish his own selfish
purposes than was possible under
the delegate plan. We doubt whether
the average political boss would
favor a return to the old method,
but the people must become aroused
to the positive menace of American
Institutions lurking in the direct'
primary.
As the Telegraph has frequently
; urged, the American government Is
based upon the assumption that
there will always be political parties,
and, while reform is possible in the
electoral system, the time has come
when a considerable element of com
mon sense must be Introduced in our
nominating campaigns if we are to
escape an absolute breakdown of
government from top to bottom.
Operation of the new bone-dry
liquor statute in New Hampshire for
the first month cut down arrests 01
per cent., compared with last May.
There has also been a reduction of
labor disturbances, an Increase of
credit at grocery stores and other
places, and an improvement In general
business conditions.
WHAT ONE MAN DID
THE death of Mayor Robert W.
Speer at Denver, which city is
a monument to his great execu
tive ability and remarkable civic
vision, has called attention to the
importance of communities provid
ing esthetic features . which cannot
always be supplied from the public
funds. Under the leadership of
Mayor Speer the patriotic citizens of
Denver have made gifts amounting
to almost $600,000 for the better
ment and beautificatlon of that city.
In the opinion of the Telegraph
there are public-spirited citizens in
Harrisburg who would be glad to
contribute to such a fund once prop
erly organized and brought to the
attention of our citizens. Here are
some of the achievements of the
metropolis of Colorado under Mayor
Speer's inspiration—
Denver's municipal debt is less
than that of any city of her size
in the country. The net public
debt at the close of 1917 amounted
to $441,000, or a per capita debt
of only $1.76.
The garbage of the city has for
twelve years been collected and
hauled away by a private corpora
tion, without expense to the mu
nicipality.
The Municipal Auditorium seats
12,500 people. It cost $650,000.
The new pipe organ was paid for
by public subscription.
Denver has a system of Moun
tain Parks, witn wild game pre
serves, connected by a fifty-mile
scenic mountain highway. The
total cost of the system was $414,-
000.
The city operates a bakery,
which supplies its hospitals, poor
farms and jails. If private baker
ies ask unreasonable profits, the
city bakery will sell bread to the
public.
Denver Js the only city in the
country which pays a premium
on a SI,OOO policy of War Risk
Insurance for every citizen en
gaged in the war.
Denver employs a non-sectarian
city chaplain to look after the
welfare of thoughtless, depressed
and unfortunate persons. When
the public interest is best served,
he recommends clemency to the
courts and pardons to the Mayor.
Denver invested $500,000 of her
sinking funds in Liberty Loan
Bonds, and gives citizens In the
draft free instruction in military
drill, conversational French and
rifle practice.
Denver formerly spent $6,000,-
000 a year for liquor. With prohi
bition the masses are better off,
business has improved ahd Den
ver will never return to a "wot"
State. , .
Denver's municipal coal depart
ment was the first in the country.
Tt controls three mines and sells
coal direct to the people. No city
funds permanently invested.
Harrisburg has accomplished a
great deal through the consistent
pushing of a large group., of public
spirited men and women, but there
is still much to be done and only
through consistent and persistent ef
fort shall we be able to maintain the
fine record of the city for municipal
progress and worth-while achieve
ment.
| After all. It Is not so much the
method of administration or the
form of government which counts
as it is the sort of men who direct
the city's business. The people
sometimes appear indifferent to the
welfare of their community, but these
lapses are frequently the result of
over-confldence in those charged
with public duties. It Is only when
the people awaken to the fact that
they have been deceived that they
wrest power from those who have
misused It or have failed, through in
difference or neglect, to properly per
form duties Incumbent upon them.
Denver entrusted her future to the
lamented Mayor Speer. Thrice he
was chosen as the chief executive
and his death Is mourned far and
wide because he represented in its
best sense the ideal of the faithful
publlo servant.
Of course, the crops need the rain,
but Mr. Demaln should remember that
bass won't bite when the streams are
muddy.
New York Is talking of employing
bar-maids. Better get 'em soon, or
they will have nothing to serve.
Noah had many faults, but at least
he knew enough to be prepared.
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Bf 0M Ki-OoniiullUtHii
The Republican state campaign of
19X8 really opened yesterday in
Philadelphia and In a manner quite
different from the way the Demo
cratic state show will begin. The
men nominated on the Republican
ticket at the recent pVimary ap
peared before the Republican city
committee of Philadelphia, and were
given enthusiastic assurances of sup
port. The meeting was one which
settled in the minds of many persons
exactly what would be done in the
Quaker City this fall and Is a prelude
to the meeting of the Republican
state committee, which will be held ;
at Philadelphia to-morrow and be :
as enthusiastic and harmonious as
the session held yesterday.
The ,city committee meeting was
not marked by any clash over seat
ing of members designated as sub
stitutes by the Penrose men who will
rally around the Republican Alliance
standard In the mayoralty flght. The
action of the Penrose men In refus
ing to * accept seats to which they
were elected caused threats by Vare
men to reject them, but It Is under
stood that the influence of Senator
Sproul averted a row and the matter
will be held over.
—The manner In which Senator
Sproul was received by the Vare
men constituting the committee and
the speech he made together with
the presence of Senator Beidlema'n
and Representative Woodward, his
colleagues on the ticket, constitued
evidence that the city organization
was going to be a big factor in the
rolling up of a heavy majbrity. Sen
ator Sproul, It will be recalled by
many here, was brought Out as a
candidate for Governor at a dinner
given here about a year ago by Sen
ator E. H. Vare and his personal ref- 1
erence to ihe Senator from South ;
Philadelphia was In laudatory terms.
He remarked that while the Vares
and if he had differed they had al
ways maintained good relations.
—ln his speech Senator Sproul
said: "The responsibilities of
leadership in the Republican
party, are greater both as res
pects to party affairs and the
principles on which our govern
ment rests than at any time in
our history. There has never
been a time when good service
was in greater demand. And I
am glad to have this opportun
ity to thank you personally for
your support at the primary
election. I am so closely asso
ciated with Philadelphians in
business and socially that the
vote I received here was regard
ed by me as in a sense a home
vote of confidence."
—Senator Beidleman said: "X want
to thank you for what I hope you
will do for me at the November elec
tion. If I am elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor, as I am confident I will be, I
will give every one a square deal,
whether he be friend or foe."
—Representative "Woodward, who
hails from McKeesport, in incidently
alluding to the fact that the Vares
had backed the Brumbaugh favorite,
Paul W. Houck, for the office for
which ho has been named, remarked
that he was thankful that the Vare
men did not do worse to him at the
primaries than they did.
—Senator Vare predicted that the
state ticket will probably have the
largest majority given to a Repub
lican ticket in this city for many
years. Congressman William S. Vare,
David H. Lane and David Martin
also spoke along the same lines.
—While the Republican city com
mittee was meeting Democratic
leaders of the Palmer-McCormick
persuasion were sitting in Philadel
phia getting ready to fight Judge
Bonniwell's effort to get control of
the machine and the Judge was in
conference in Pittsburgh preparing
to make a battle to a finish when the
state committee meets here next
Wednesday. National Chairman Mc-
Cormick sat in at the Philadelphia
conference and it is generally be
lieved that it was designed to head
off the effect of th® conference of
150 representative Democrats called
for Philadelphia on Saturday.
—According to what Governor
Brumbaugh has told friends no ap
pointments as Public Service Com
missioner, Supreme Court Justice,
members of the State Board of Pub
lic Charities or other officials are to
be expected from the Governor's of
fice for several days.
—There have been a number of
ambitious citizens taking out peti
tions to run for Supreme Court Jus
tice lately. Some of them have names
beginning with A and with B and
some with M.
.—The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that yesterday's meeting at the city
committee "means a record vote in
November" for Sproul and his col
leagues, while the Public Ledger says
Vare leaders and candidates "smoked
the peace pipe together." The Phila
delphia Record does not like the Re
publican harmony and says Sproul
and the Vares "jollied" each other.
The Press says Sproul praised the
Vares and the Vares praised Sproul.
The North American says the Vares
held a reception tor Sproul.
—Judge H. O. Bechtel, of the
Schuylkill county courts, is announc
ed as a candidate for the Supreme
bench of the state, to be chosen at
the election in November. Judge
Bechtel is serving his second term
upon the Schuylkill bench, during
which time he has evinced special
judicial acumen, which* his friends
declare equips him for a seat upon
the highest court In the Common
wealth.
Attorneys for Albert Davis, who is
disputing the nomination of David
Phillips for state senator on the Re
publican ticket, at Scranton yester
day produced in court affidavits. In
Iho ilrst district of the Seventeenth
ward Davis" attorneys maintain that
the list of Republican voters shows
only 133, whereas 177 Republican
ballots were found in the box. in
the same district It is asserted that
several of the registered voters have
gone away, while thirty-three did not
visit the polls on primary election
day-. Mr. Davis charges that his op
ponent gained several hundred votes
by irregularities. Judges Edwards,
O'Neill and Newcomb heard the
arguments and promised an early de
cision.
Merchant Marine of Future
[From the Wilkes-Barre Record.]
Upward of half a million men en
gaged In turning out ships, if they
remain at work for several years,
will give us the largest merchant
fleet in the world. Then the prob
lem will be to And-cargoes for the
ships after the war. Shall we keep
the ships and do a great part of the
world's sea carrying trade or sell
them and go back to where we were
as a tenth rate merchant marine
power?
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Success of Convoy System
[From the Boston Globe]
When the Germans turned loose
their fleet of metal sharks the first
protection which occurred to his
torical memories was the time-hon
ored system of convoys. It Is as old
as the Napoleonic campaigns, as old
as the Anglo-Spanish struggle for
the Americas, as old as Rome and
Phoenicia —jn short, as old as piracy.
It was such an obvious move that
failure to adopt it Instantly was hard
to explain. * * *Since then, however,
the convoy system has been abun
dantly elaborated, and beyond all the
dreams of the theorists. Escorted
fleets are being given rather a wide
berth by the German U-boats, which
are obliged to take their "chances"
at picking up small unconvoyed ves
sels, rather poor business for the Im
perial German navy. It arouses our
disgust quite as much as our ire.
Convoys of transports are also di
vided Into groups of slow and fast
ships, so that the speed of the whole
unit may not be reduced to that of
the slowest vessel. This maneuver
ing is supplemented by a variety of
antisubmarine devices; the zigzag
course, the hydroairplane for scout
ing, the small submarine chaser, the
arming of merchant ships, camou
flage painting, black petroleum
spread on the sea to cloud the peris
cope glass, listening devices, the
depth bomb, the smoke screen. A
year has sufficed to improvise an al
most wholly new technique of sea
fighting. ,
Offensive Peace Talk
[The Evening Sun]
The German "peace offensive" is
indeed offensive in all senses of the
word. It smells to heaven. It is
an affront to sane human intelli
gence. The proposal to England
and the United States that they buy
a shameful peace at the expense of
France would be merely silly and
not worth any discussion if it were
not for the fact that there are a
few pacifists in England, and more
here, who are still obsessed by the
notion that peace can be gained by
some sort of bargaining. We shall
not betray France, we shall not
abandon any of the weaker nations
to Germany, but that even the Teu
ton mind can conceive such treach
ery to be possible is amazing. That
they do believe it may be, in part
at least, due to the fact that some
of our pacifists are set in high places.
The demand that Germany "state
her terms for peace" is equally
vicious. No sane person cares what
Germany's "peace terms" may be.
It is of no consequence; it does not
matter what she wants. The only
terms are unconditional surrender,
after conclusive military defeat.
Terms of settlement must be laid
down by the Allies; not reached by
negotiation. We shall dictate them
—with Justice, stern, retributive
Justice, and also with mercy, but
without allowing the offender any
choice in the matter.
When an individual has com
mitted crimes such as arson, rape,
and murder, we do not allow him a
choice of punishments. When we
know him to be guilty we overpower
him and kill him. The case is not
otherwise with a criminal nation.
The idea that one cannot draw an
indictment against a whole people
is obsolete in the face of the events
of the last four years. If we fail to
do our full duty in pronouncing sen
tence it will simply leave the task
to our children and our children's
children. The world cannot exlafc'
half German and half civilized. B \ft
we shall not fail.
Foch's Coming Blow
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
At the proper time, therefore, we
may expect General Foch to deal his
blow. When that will be, there are,
of course, no intimations. As yet
the Germans have much greater
forces. As long as they can be held
after a reasonable yielding of terri
tory, it does not appear necessary for
Foch to resort to a general offensive.
That the Germans are bending every
effort to force a determination this
summer is perfectly plain. They
are awake at last to the importance
of the interference of the United
States. It may be, therefore, that
the day is not distant when the Allies
will be obliged to turn upon them
and throw every pound of strength
into an offensive movement. But it
may be regarded as fairly certain
that this day will be postponed until
avoidance is no longer possible, for
time is a great factor In this strug
gle. It fights against the German and
in our favor.
Slugging a Slogan
"See AmeHca first" la a good slo
gan, only boosting passenger rates
from 30 to 50 per cent, has a de-
I pressing influence on the wanderlust.
—Omaha Bee.
I I
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
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RIGHT WITH GOD
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
If space permits please publish the
following:
I was glad to see in the last night's
paper that the ministers in Harris
burg have taken a stand against the
nailing of the Kaiser, and other
erroneous practices. In reading
about those practices at various
times it brought back to my mind
my Normal school days, when we
boys did what we thought was great
and sometimes funny, such as writ
ing funny things on the blackboard.
To correct us one of the professors
wrote above or underneath our writ
ing in large letters "The Work of
Primarians." We soon knew what
it meant and we cut It out. To
win this war we as a nation must
get right with God and that not
from an outward appearance. We
must be devoted In expressing our
religious beliefs in a practical way
as our forefathers did in the Declara
tion of Independence. We must hold
the truth they established to be self
evident: "That all men are created
equal: that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain Inalien
able rights; that among those are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap
piness." We must not forget what
Washington said along this line.
"The continuation of this nation de
pends upon the Intellectual, moral
and religious training of the young."
"True religion affords government
the surest support."
Listen how Lincoln expressed his
trust In God. "I am not so much
concerned whether God is on my
side as that lam on his side." And
how he expressed himself In his sec
ond Inaugural address near the end
of the Civil War: "With malice
But, Why Can't They Vote?
[Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin.]
Speaking in the House of Repre
sentatives a few days ago. Congress
man Pou, of North Carolina, paid a
tribute to the loyalty of the colored
people. Said he: #
"As I stand here now I can see all
over the South the vine-clad cabins
of this kindly race. They have their
faults, but disloyalty is not among
those faults. In their homes you will
find a burning love of country, a
burning love for the flag. From
these little homes throughout the
South responding to their country's
call the young negro men are now
answering, 'Here; we are ready'."
No wonder this tribute was ap
plauded on both sides of the cham
ber. But it is a wonder that after
paying that tribute the congressman
from North Carolina does not intro
duce and force the passage of legis
lation which will assure that loyal
negro the right to exercise through
out the South the rights of an Ameri
can citizen.
Mr. Pou's party is in power in both
branches of Congress and in the
White House. That party is in power
because it counts the negro for the
purpose of securing representation
in Congress but does not permit his
vote to be entered or counted at the
polls.
The South should either permit the
negro to vote or should reduce its
representation in Congress in pro
portion to the number of citizens
disfranchised.
SUPREME COURT
[Wilkes-Barre Record.]
Charles B. Lenahan's announce
ment of his candidacy for the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania is of
much local interest. Luzerne has
not been represented on the Supreme
bench for sixty years, since the time
of Justice Woodward, though Lu
zerne and adjoining counties contain
a large percentage of the state's
population and the character of
many of the cases sent up from this
section requires a clear understand
ing of local mining conditions.
Two candidates are to be elected
next fall, and In such case the Con
stitution requires that each voter
may vote for only one candidate.
The purpose of the framers of the
Constitution was to have minority
representation, but the nonpartisan
law prohibits political designation,
so that there is no positive assur
ance that the successful majority and
minority candidate will be of oppo
site political faiths. If the late
Justice Meztrezat, who was the only
Democrat on the bench, is to be suc
ceeded by a Democrat, It will be
either by accident or by some under
standing among the party leaders.
toward none, with charity for all,
with firmness in the right as God
gives us to see the right, let us strive
on to finish the work we are In; to
bind up the nation's wounds, cherish
a Just and lasting peace among our
selves and with all nations."
The supreme test of the nation
has come. We must all speak and
work together.
We must not forget that the chief
burden of the war rests upon our
soldiers, sailors and aviators. Then
let our daily prayer be that the day
may soon come when according to
the prophecy of old—"They shall
beat their swords into ploughshares
and their spears Into priming
hooks."
When nation shall not lift sword
against nation, neither shall we learn
war anymore.
But that day of peace will not
come until nations and individuals
learn to obey the command of Jesus
to love their neighbors as their selves.
God knows that we are not doing
that. But just as soon as we will
do that it will have the following
effect:
Families will be more loving, in
dustrial life will be freed from op
pression and Injustice, political life
in the nation will be purified, we
will treat those from foreign lands,
taking up their homes among us,
as our brethren, nations will love one
another and seek to further one
another's welfare rather than to in
jure and destroy each other.
The foregoing are only a few of
my ideas regarding the winning of
the war.
Now if any of the readers of the
Telegraph doubt my views, I ask
you kindly to search the scriptures
before you criticise me.
J. W. HAAS.
Off Comes the Campaign Hat
[From the New York Sun.]
The campaign hat will not do for
the trenches. The American soldier
must lay aside the broad-brimmed
felt top piece that he has worn for
twenty years and submit to the re
quirements of modern war. A new
cap, brimless and peakless, is to be
worn by all our men overseas. This
will permit the soldier to slip on his
steel helmet without removing his
regular head covering. It will let
him walk in the trenches without
stooping too much, and with the old
broad brim gone he can peer into a
periscope with greater alacrity.
THE YANKS
I've seen them in th' trenches whin
th' roarin' Berthas roared.
An' I've watched th' bloomin' Yan
kees at th' gun;
An' I've seen the flghtln" devils as
th' hell-Taubes o'er 'em soar
ed —
Say—they're Nathan Haies an'
Lincolns, every one.
I've watched the spunky blighters
whie the zero whistle blew.
An' they jumped that blarsted
whistle every time
Why, the sergeant never shouted
"Give 'em hell, boys!" 'cause
they knew,
An' they drove the yeller Dutch
men t'ward the Rhine.
I'll say ther's nothing like them, tho'
I'm British every inch,
An' me 'at's off to the Yankee
Ivery time.
Thank God, the whole Dutch Em
pire is a licked one—that's a
cinch,
Just because them flghtln* Yan
kees got a spine.
You kin talk uv all the 'eroes in the
painted 'alls o* fame,
But I'll take the Yankee fighter
from the bunch,
'N by Jove, he'll put the average of
them 'eroes' 'eads to shame.
Just because 'e's on the Job t 'land
the punch.
Whin the battles all are over an' the
Hun is laid to rest.
An' the grand old Entente colors
kiss the sky,
Why, you'll find the men in khaki,
with their suits all nice an'
pressed,
Slttin' on the fence of honor eatln'
pie.
Now, this may all seem funny from
a withered guy like me,
But I tries to 'and the comps
where they belong.
An l me 'at comes off a-flyln' to the
men from o'er the sea
That is handing 'ell to Hunvllle
with a song.
—Herb Fendrlch, in Philadelphia
Ledger.
JUNE 13, 1918.
LABOR NOTES
Minnesota State Arbitration Board
has ruled that wages of painters in
St. Paul and Minneapolis shall be In
creased 7% cents an hour.
Wage increases aggregating $82,000
and affecting between 800 and 900
employes of the Winnipeg (Can.)
Street Railway have been put
through.
A penny collection In factories In
Nottingham, Eng., has raised $20,000
for the Lord Roberts Memorial
Workshops and Hostels.
The United States Department of
Labor estimates that 1.500.000 men
employed in non-essential industries
will have to be trained to war pro
duction.
Shipyard workers in British Colum
bia do not like the stipulation for a
forty-eight-hour week by the Mur
phy Commission at Vancouver to ac
company their ten per cent. Increase.
Quelph (Can.) Board of Trade has
decided to co-operate with the dis
trict representative in securing farm
help to take the place of farmers'
sons who are being drafted.
Hamilton (Can.) organized plumb
ers have raised wages from 47% to
52% cents an hour until September
1, when the rate will be 56%.
Liability insurance companies in
Wisconsin must accept awards of the
Wisconsin Industrial Commission,
even though the Commission does not
give them time to contest the award
in courts.
The State Supreme Court has ruled
that where a Colorado employer
sends a worker outside the state as
part of his employment, and the
worker Is killed, dependants can col
lect compensation benefits.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
VARIABLE.
Friend: How
I/ji much is that
w?tilmovie star's an
ts. / vJk' /A. nual income?
/' l Manager: It de
mi P cntl3 on whether
HL> we're talking to a
press agent or an
M incomo tar offi
cial.
QUITE SO. ,
The time, the
place and the girl /
are seldom found
That alludes to
the hired girl, all
rv D WASTING TIME
There's nothing
xsJoT — * n making ex
fy/LI ] "Ileuses.
® 111 You ' re right. 1
never yet framed
one that had th
slightest effect or
yjn (81 a traffic police
i 'Vi, man.
ALL THAT IS I
NECESSARY.
Is your auto
working well? fSilL^
can provide it l)
with a gallon or l R [M v#
two of gasoline. lif Ir|—
. AFTER MAR
SH mprm RIAGE.
|Mpl ||!| You see a dainty
n d murmur,
-1-"Jgjlr'v You win that
Y \ M straight way
J *" _ Beneath a daln-
Nobody likes
the umpire.
It's the logical <
result of trying to s&*■
be strictly neu- . UM
tral.
l&tttittg Gtyal
It's rather an odd fact that al
though practloally ajl of Harris
burg a street* have borne their names
for years, some curious examples of
lack of knowledge about them are
constantly cropping out even among
pedple who have lived here a long
time. For Instance, many old Har
risburgers habitually refer to Green
street as Two and a Half and It Is *
not uncommon to hear North Sev
enth street called "the avenue," es
pecially about the police station, OJN*
occasionally someone refers to Sixth
street as "the Ridge." These are
survivals of old times, especially the
"Ridge," when it was the main high
way to Camp Curtin and was on the
top of the high ground between the
Susquehanna and Paxton creek.
Some people persist In calling Front
street above Maclay "The River
Road," which is certainly taking It
from very ancient days. The Jones
town road is still given to portions of
Walnut and Regina streets and out
in the East End Derry street is "the
pike." Often people call Cameron
street Eleventh and the Harrlsburg
Railways Company is the worst sin
ner In this respect. Every now and
then people run across a name that
stumps them. For Instance, a short
timo ago a query came to the Har
risburg Telegraph as to where First
street was located. It seems that
someone had heard of it and wanted
to know whether it waa Front street
away down town in the Locliiel dis
trict. As a matter of fact, it waa a
plain trick. Out on the Hill there Is
a street called Fir. • It is as short as
| L n f,T Q - P e , Bißn on a house be
side it has this legend "Fir st." The
r run together. But odd
est of all was a driver who demanded
nt a bridge policeman where Cresson
street was located. A shipper had
confused it with Crescent Crescent
is one of the old streets and well
known, yet the policeman had to
hustle around to get it untangled. A
dozen people whom he talked to did
not connect the two.
■ is berry time and streets
are being talked of, it is remarkable
the people who get twisted in regard
to the smaller thoroughfares which
are named for the small fruits
Blackberry, Dewberry and Straw
berry are the three chief ones which
are most in the popular mind and
every now and then someone talks
about Cranberry. There used to be
Raspberry, but they changed that to
court with a wisdom of later days.
Some day this city will realize that
it is a state capital and the official
fu n f e L of u great commonwealth and
that its street nomenclature is de
cidedly out of fit. The only thing
about the street plan that fits in with
the dignity of the city is State street.
The names of men who made Harris
burg or put it on the map are per
petuated as, for instance, in Cameron
street, but why we gave Capital as
the name for a street less than half
a dozen blocks long when there are
with the world-old names of
Front, Second, Third and Fourth
available for the names of the coun
'in* i e state of which we are the
official hub is hard to comprehend.
Philadelphia, which is not the capi- .
tal, calls certain streets north of Mar
ket street for the counties and cer
tain streets south thereof for the Gov
ernors. Here we give the name of
the founder of our state to a narrow
thoroughfare and of our county to
another quite out of the central sec
tion of the city, and have Franklin
and Wayne away down in the First
ward with none called for Pennsyl
vania's great general, Meade, or for
the Keystone State's only President,
Buchanan, or his successor, the la
mented Lincoln, for that matter,
either. But we do have Daisy, Car
nation, Duck and Fir.
There is scarcely a train passing l
| through Harrisburg these days that
does not have squads of men in
khaki and bands of men who are
going to don it. Union Station is a
great place for uniforms these days
and it is interesting to see the differ
ence in the bearing of the men who
are going to the cantonments and
the men who are home on their first
furloughs. There seems to be a great
gulf at first, but it does not last long.
•
Some of the cigars which are be
ins sold to make up the demand for
a "five cents straight" since the war
tax forced the retail price of "K. O."
and other standard local products
up to six cents are suspiciously like
"twofers" and those who experi
ment with them have fearful and
wonderful results. Certain of these
cigars should be smoked near win
dows, and those wide open and
others make a pleasant smoke when
a smoking car is filled with Austrian
lelorers bound for a construction
operation. There are one or two
•"hlch are all right to smoke In an
a utrmobile when the car is golns
rapidly. They remind one of the
late William H. Eby. Mr. Eby sold
a box of cigars, during the days when
he and his brother the late Ex
mayor were in business, and the
price was well up. A day or two
afterwards the man met Mr. Eby
and demanded to know what kind of
cigars he had sold him.
"Why, where did you smoka
them?" asked Mr. Eby blandly.
"Why, at home after dinner," said
the buyer.
"That's where you're wrong.
They're outdoor cigars," replied Mr.
Eby moving off.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE [
—Robert S. Spangter, member of
the House from York, was among
visitors here yesterday. He traveled
by automobile and met some muddy
roads.
—Justice Alexander Simpson, Jr.,
has handed down three opinions al
ready which is causing comment that
he is carrying his Industrious office
habits to the bench.
—Major W. G. Murdock, the chief
draft officer, used to be the main
stay of the upper Susquehanna Val
ley fair associations.
—Dr. J. .George Becht, secretary
of the State Board of Education,
to make the address at Mansfield
State Normal School Sunday.
—Dr. Frank Woodbury, head of
the State Lunacy Committee, Is the
only state official to have a station
called after him. It is in Indiana
county.
DO YOU KNOW |
—That Harrisburg KM on® of
the first places to experiment
wjt.h steel ties?
HISTORIC HARRISBCTRO
The county prison was used as a
place of confinement for British
prisoners in the War of 1812,