HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A ÜBWSPAPBR FOR THB HOMB Pouniti iljr Published evenings except Sunday by the telegraph PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Stur*. E. J. ST> CKPOLE, Prtft Or Biitor-in-CMrf P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINME'IV., Managing 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. M Member American Newspaper Pub § Ushers' Assocln latlon and Penn- Eastern office, Chlcago^lV.^ l " B ' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, 5.00 a year in advance, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918 Life is not days and years: Life is love and labor. —P. H. Newnham. HOW LONG? THE supineness which character izes the attitude of many citi zens of Harrisburg in the mat ter of local administration can only f>e accounted for on the general theory that many of our citizens be lieve the best way to remedy unsat isfactory conditions is to allow in efficiency, carelessness and neglect In official places here and there to become so rank that the public gen erally will at last observe what is transpiring. Forms of government cut mighty little figure in efficiency or satis factory administration. The human element is the deciding factor. Of ficials are needed who will give to the performance of their duties the same consistent and intelligent di rection as they devote to the con duct of private business. Just what was anticipated when the commission form of government was wished on Harrisburg has large ly happened. Here and there the of ficial job Is looked upon as a sort of side issue to private business. Promises are made with respect to the things which should be done. P er ' orma *ice rarely succeeds promise. This situation does not apply to all departments of the muni cipality, but it does apply in far too many. Now that we are in the midst of a great war and the burdens of the conflict are beginning to be felt !n every household, the people of Har risburg are going to insist that they get a square deal or know the rea son why. Bluffing and fourflushing may last a little while, but the revul sion is approaching in the public mind and those who are public ser vants, whether heads of depart ments or subordinates, will learn in no uncertain way that the people expect them to make good. Why it should be necessary for citizens to constantly prod officials paid to attend to the city's business In order to get results la beyond ordinary comprehension, but since the unfortunate division of authority and duties among five men, and these duties subdivided among subordi nates, there has been an ever-in creasing feeling that the clock is running down. Isn't it about time to wind it up, that it may again strike true? At last the gents in Germany who conspired to take over the world and all that therein is, have commenced to pinch themselves that they may awake to the awful fact that not only will they not gain the real estate and other holdings of other nations, but will lose the trade which was rapidly being taken over by the Germans when they started something they can't stop. WHITE HOUSE AND BOOZE PRESIDENT Wilson i. manifestly not enthusiastic over prohibi tion of the liquor traffic. Vested with the power of a decree to sus pend the manufacture of intoxicants during the war, he has refused to exercise this power. Twice during the last ten days he has likewise ex erted his influence to prevent the enactment of any legislation as im portant as a bone-dry statute through the medium of a rider to an appropriation bill. It is beginning to dawn upon the minds of intelligent people who favor the absolute prohibition of the liquor business that they need expect no help from the White House, notwith standing frequent 'assurances that the president has no objection to a general prohibition law. Wonder how many people have a real appreciation of the great work of the Y. M. C. A., especially since the outbreak of the war. Don't forget this Important Institution in your giving. STUDENT'S VIEWPOINT NO more timely or forceful grad uation oration has lever been delivered by a Harrisburg stu dent than that of Maurice Glfeen ■wood Beard, Technical High School valedictorian, at the commencement exercises of. that Institution Thurs day evening. The graduate seldom . stoops from the rare atmosphere in- t. /' • SATURDAY EVENING, habited by Bases, philosophers, prophets, scholars and high school or college seniors, but young Mr. Beard has made the descent most gracefully and Incidentally has pointed a lesson which the school board should take home to itself. Ills subject, ".Military Training In the High Schools," is one that Is at tracting attention all over the country and the oration sums up in a very clear, concise and convincing manner most of the arguments for and against the adoption of such a course. The presentation is of value as it sets forth the viewpoint of a High School boy on the subject, which no doubt is fairly representa tive of the thought of the whole stu dent body. Had every Hfgh School student i been familiar with the manual of arms and possessed of rudimentary military training, we would have (been three months earlier, at least, with our 700,000 men in France, and the spring drive of the Germans would have been blocked at the out set. The next war may not find us with a year in which to prepare. It is necessary that we be able to de fend ourselves at the first shot. Nor can the physical side of train ing be ignored. The State College lad ca.h be picked readily from a dozen other schools by his erect carriage and his alertness of movement. That is because he has had military train ing. These and a dozen other argu ments urge upon the school board the early adoption of a military training course in the High School. Much good and no harm can come of It. Good evening, Mr. Harrlsburger. Fine progress that's being made on the Penn-Harris, but have you ever thought what an amount of civic pride and real red-blooded courage that big building represents. Every citizen of Harrisburg should have at least one share of the stock, as an evidence of his or her interest in the city. A UNITED PARTY NEVER did gubernatorial can didate in Pennsylvania open his campaign more auspiciously than Senator Spijoul before the gath ering of the Republican State Com mittee in Philadelphia yesterday. On the same platform with him, offer ing unqualified pledges of support for the whole ticket, were those who had opposed him most vigorously at the primaries, and they were wel comed as sincerely and as heartily as only a very big man can greet an unsuccessful opponent. Senator Sproul's address, which will be the keynote of the coming campaign, was in full harmony with the occa sion and measured up to what his friends expected of him as a candi date. • As in the platform upon which he based his candidacy previous to the primaries, he laid most stress upon the winning of the war and the part which Pennsylvania must play in the conflict now being waged. It was a most constructive speech, as all Sen ator Sproul's utterances have been, and will add to his strength as a candidate. The Chester Senator looms larger in the public eye with every expression of his views and with every passing occasion like that of Yesterday the wisdom of his nom ination becomes more and more ap parent. Republicans may well congratu late themselves upon LUe dominant position of their party in this State. The vote that will be rolled up this fall will be an indication of the stand the Commonwealth will take In the elections of 1920, and the party has but to maintain its leadership of thought and action # along sane and progressive lines to insure its re turn to power in the nation two years hence. The ltepublican party has a great constructive work to perform. It can and will give full support to the President in all war measures, as Mr. Hays very properly urges, brt on the other hand, it has constitutional rights which it cannot be expected to yield at the behest of an administration that even as it an nounces "politics is adjourned" is plotting and planning to perpetuate itself in power. The Hepublican party is fundamentally a war party. It came into being with the Civil War and its patriotism and devotion will be but emphasized in this. With such a leader and adviser as Sen ator Sproul at the capitol there can be no question as to where the Ke publicans of Pennsylvania are headed. The next four years should be bright in the history of the party and should mark another big ad vance in the progress and efficiency of popular government in this State. Secretary and Mrs. William G. McAdoo arrived from Washing ton on their private car this morning and have with them Helen Curussi, of Washington, who will be with them for some time, and Miss Sally P. McAdoo, Oscar A. Price, who was recent ly appointed Assistant Director of Railroads, an office which he shares with Walker D. Hines and J. M. Shafer, also arrived on Mr. McAdoo's car. This Is a White Sulphur Springs dispatch. Who said the private and luxurious car was taboo under Mc- Adoo control? / It is not necessary, in the view of many patriotic citizens, to create one autocracy to get rid of another. An autocracy is as objectionable in one part of the world as another. Some United States Senators still believe that they have certain im portant functions in our scheme of government and don't propose to be shackled. The swivel-chair brigade at Wash ington, thousands strong, are said to wear spurs to keep their boots from slipping off the tables. Are those Yanks In Prance doing anything worth while?. Ask President Polncare! • - Flshey, flshey bite! * V ['politic* ot By tbt Kx-Committeeman | lll ■ i 1 <ll. 3M The manner in which the leaders of the recently opposing factlqns in the Republican party in Pennsylva nia and the rival candidates get to gether at the meeting of the Repub lican state committee yesterday has attracted national attentl6n and Is taken to mean that the Keystone state Is not going to have any closo contest this year. The divisions In the Democratic party, so recently reorganized and harmonized, have assumed a serious stage and with the Republicans united there is small doubt of a big majority for Sproul and the whole ticket together with the election of a large number of Re publican congressmen and legisla tors. The appearance of J. Denny O'Neil and his speech pledging support to the ticket ends any chance of any third ticket. While the state ad ministration, except for O'Neil, was conspicuous by absence, this it not taken to mean anything except some personal feeling which will soon pass away. Mr. O'Neil was well re ceived as was John R. K. Scott. Things are now in shape t,o have the platform drafted and early in the fall the state campaign will be open ed. The re-election of W. Harry Baker as secretary of the state cora mitteaJias been a matter of state wide commendation and an energetic campaign will now be waged. —The Bonniwell faction of the state Democracy is not taking the de fiance of its attempt to get control of the Democratic machine with any degree of equanimity. The Bonni well people are going to have a big meeting of "representative" Demo crats in Philadelphia to-day. This meeting will supplement the Pitts burgh conference and is designed to get some authority for a demand that the reorganizers submit to re organization. —Leaders'of the Palmer-McCor mick faction, who met in Philadel phia a day or so ago, have sent word to the Bonniwell people that the judge as nominee for governor is just one man and that he may name the state chairman and nothing else. The judge holds that his nomina tion indicates a lack of confidence In the present rulers of the party and that they should take a long voyage and not be in a hurry about re turning. —-The whole row is over the con trol of the offices of the state com mittee and the writing of the plat form. —The gloom was very dense about about the Democratic state head quarters to-day because of the cjhances of a bitter fight here next Wednesday and owing to the har mony which was so noticeable about the state committee meeting of the Republicans yesterday. —Rooms in Harrisburg hotels went to a premium to-day because of the requests for reservations which poured in from Democrats who are coming here to attend the meeting of the state committee. Most of the re servations began with Tuesday and it Is evident that there will be a gathering of Democrats here such as has not been seen since the old state convention days. The closing of the Commonwealth Hotel and the fact that the new Penn-Harris is not yet complete has reduced the hotel ca pacity in this city materially. —The meeting of the Democratic state committee will be in the old Board of Trade hall, where the re organization faction, which is now engaged in a struggle with the Bon niwell people for control, won its victories in 1911. —Time for filing expense accounts of campaign committees which han dled funds for candidates will ex pire next Thursday .according to peo ple at the Capitol and most of the big accounts are to come In. The O'Neil committee is the only one of any size to file as yet. A number of small committees, county organiza tions and similar bodies have entered their accounts, among them Carbon, Susquehanna. Columbia, Huntingdon and others. , —Certification of the men elected to the Democratic state committee which will meet here Wednesday for reorganization has been completed at the State Department. Fifty-four of the members, or about half were re elected. —Notwithstanding that G. Frank Bruram, of Minersville, obtained the Washington party nomination for Congress In this, the Twelfth district, he desires the nomination upon the Republican ticket,- says a Pottsville dispatch. He hopes to get that by a contest in the courts. He has filed with the court a petition to have the ballotboxes of eight of the 166 dis-. tricts in the county impounded to have them reopened and to have the ballots recounted in the presence of the court. He was defeated by a vote of 397 at the primaries by John Reber, of this city, for the Repub lican nomination. —The biennial dissatisfaction with the nonpartisan primary law and the system which does not expedite pri mary election official returns is be ing heard at the Capitol. It is be lieved that it will be reflected in some bills next winter. Governor Brumbaugh started out to reform the election laws, especially those relative to the primaries and asked Judges for their suggestions. Some wrote long articles on the subject and some terse suggestions, while the late Judge C. N. Brumm brought a wire ballotbox to the Governor's office as a means of preventing fraud. Rut the Governor got busy on something else. —The Scranton Republican says: "As a result of the primary elections held in this state last week there is demoralization among the Demo crats of Pennsylvania. State, county and city leaders in the party were dazed by the rejection of Mr. Guffey, the gubernatorial candidate put for ward by A. Mitchell Palmer and Vance McCormick, and the decisivo victory of Judge Bonniwell, of Phil adelphia." Down With Bolshevism [New York Times] On the same day that a Bolshevist mass meeting in New York peti tioned for American recognition of their Soviet "Republic," the Ameri can Federation of Labor, in an nual session at St. Paul, received and considered a report In favor of send ing a delegation abroad to promote opposition to Bolshevist!" by the workers of all lands. 'That is a singular thing to do, for the Bolshe vist meeting declared the Soviet "Republic" to be "the guardian and the hope of the loftiest ideals of tho toiling masses." Hardheaded people look beyond the beautiful language to the ugly facts and see that tho "Republic" in Russia is more auto cratic than was the Czar, HAKRJSBTJRG TELEGRAPH! GOLF SCORES ARE NOT NECESSARILY MADE ON A GOLF COURSE BY BRIGGS I . * . I r ° Gex ' " —■"} —— Icfc Ke MlNll> 0N BUSIM&SS) fBO SOUNDS A <3oin<J To ADP d AK h ° ' \ LOT BETTER V p THAT SCORE S AQ . Th9o *" ,F AGAIN- 1 MIGHT INSTEAD OP 1 HAD OMLY vSumk MAVe ADDED ' J j 90- DAHGAna/Mt! Th * t EIGHT iwch \ WROK6 \ I • ?UTT on THE •/ V J SECOND HOLE — y rrril VP CORRECT - CONCEDED THAT / QQ. 17-5 MO - ninety . ?UTT OM Thc I oRe Than( V Second hole- \ FAIR / ) l CONCEDED ONE / \ , J \ lb Jlivi MUCH / HARDER THAM j t I mine y s CONFIDENCE IN FOCH I [From the Philadelphia Evening; Telegraph] No one will be disturbed by the boast of the German Minister of War that General Foch's reserves are exhausted, because all the world knows it is untrue. There is supreme confidence in the commander of the Allied armies. While the Huns have made some ad vances in their latest drive, after! nearly two weeks of effort they have gained nothing that brings them anyj nearer a decision which.they were forced to attempt in a last demon stration, and nothing that is of great military value. They have reached none of their objectives. They are in a less fa vorable condition to continue a drive than they were a week ago. They have not only met and been held by the veteran legions of France and England, but they have had a tragic experience of the fighting qualities of Americans, hundreds of thousands of whom are now on the battle front. All attempts to break through the! Allied linos have failed, while the] price the Germans have paid for the effort has been terrible in the num ber of men destroyed. All believe in the strategy of Gen eral Foch. All have confidence that when the right hour comes, when the German divisions are thinned | out, as they are being by the en gagements now in progress, he will turn with all his reserves, and with all the force of his genius take the offensive and force a victory that will be significant of the end. Apprehension does not exist. The civilized world knows that there is no tide that can carry the Hun to anything but the defeat he deserves. VICTOR HUGO 3RD [From the New York World.] News of the distinguished conduct at Cantigny of Lieutenant Victor Hugo, 3d, who is attached to the American forces in France as in structor, will Be read with interest in this country. Was it with a shrewd understanding of American sentiment that the French assigned \ the great-grandson of their illustri ous novelist and poet to service with our army? That army from over seas is surprisingly familiar with "Les Miserables," and a certain pro portion of it has even read "Hernanl" in the original in college classrooms. Americans have indeed an appre ciation for the French patriot and poet next only to that for their great est English authors. What a power against Prussianism would that virile pen be which glorified Napo leon the Great and excoriated the Little! OUR NEW RATIONS [New York Sun] The deficiency in our customary beef ration imposed by the latest reg ulations and appeal of the Food Ad ministration, which reduce house holders to a pound and a quarter of clear beef a week for each person, may easily be supplied by increasing the consumption of pork products, of which there are sufficient to assure an adequate supply of food for all. The beef stringency comes at a time when persons engaged in sedentary occupations customarily reduce their consumption of red meat; that reduc tion might in many cases be made much more drastic without Impair ment of health or loss of vigor. In deed, In numerous instances elimina tion of beef from the diet would pro duce excellent effects. Men and women engaged in man ual labor require a heavier ration, and the exercise their employments entail will permit them to eat pork products without danger to health. Last year's great corn crop is now available In the form of pork, and the ancient prejudice against pork as a hot weather food Is only a sur vival of the days when refrigeration was unknown, or at best was for the rich alone. Now properly preserved meats of all kinds maV be had by all, and a Judiciously constructed bill of fare Including friend Pig in any of his palatable manifestations Is at tractive, nourishing and satisfactory. Becfless days mean no real hard ship. Even If they did, wo should ; endure them gracefully, for every man deprived of his favorite cut would realize that he sacrlfled it only for the benefit v of a soldier, a sailor or a civilian whose lot is far worse than anything the experience of most of us has held. In Dry Georgia rFrom the Atlanta Constitution.] We fish Just for the fishing's sake And snakes no more affright us, For with no "antidote" to take, We beg 'em not to bite us. Binding the Fetters on Austria From The Literary Digest IP we can believe the dispatches and comments cabled from vari ous quarters of Europe, a purely nominal independence seems to be all that is now left to once "happy Austria." By the "firmer" alliance arranged between Emperor Karl and Emperor Wilhelm on May 15, it would appear that Austria has sur rendered to Prussia her military and economic life, receiving in return "the solution of the Polish ques tion desired by Austria." The Ger man paper shows a considerable re ticence about the actual terms, and, in fact, the usually well-informed Swiss organ, the Neue Zurcher Zeit ung, tells us that the final formali ties of signature have not yet been completed. The Swiss paper says: "No formal agreement was sign ed at this time because the moment did not seem opportune. Neverthe less, the direction and basis of a new treaty of alliance were definitely fixed, and it only remains to frame the different clauses as well as to establish the precise form of the continuation of the present alliance and of it extension." The Berlin newspapers, however, indicate that three important factors in the new relations between Aus tria and the German Empire have I been definitely decided. We are told that— "l. The duration of the alliance was fixed for twenty-five years. "2. Germany and Austria to sign a military convention imposing upon each much stricter military obliga tions than did the preceding treat ies. "3. Economic relations will be regulated so as to realize* the 'Mit teleuropa plan.' " The apprehension excited in Hun gary by this compact may easily be imagined when we are informed that the Hungarian Premier found it nec essary to reassure the House of Deputies by saying: "The existing alliance was strengthened and extended lengthily. The monarchs agreed to ask their respective governments to open ne gotiations to confirm this new agree ment, but no treaty wtis signed. "Certain military'agreements were made, but we do not surrender our independence." The Vienna correspondent of the Budapest Az Est quoted Count Bur ian, the Austrian Minister of For eign Affairs, who declared the con vention inevitable: The Vienna correspondent of the Budapest Az Est quoted Count Bur ian, the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who declared the convention Inevitable: "Extension of the Austro-German Money For the Schools [ Wilkes-Barre Record] Next year's Legislature will be con fronted with a formidable recom mendation from the State Board of Education for an Increase of at least twenty-five per cent. In the two-year appropriation for the schools, and the claim will have much forceful backing. For war reasons the Legis lature will hesitate to place addi tional tax burdens upon the corpora tions and other Interests, but also for war reasons the claims of school au thorities and employes should have recognition. Many of the teachers have.not had an increase In salary since the be ginning of the war, though their per sonal expenses have 'been more than doubled. In some pacts of the state the drift to other employments threatens to Interfere seriously with the progress of public education. If efficiency Is to be maintained the men and women must not be expected to make all manner of sacrifice for the sake of their calling. The Legislature cannot easily rtiunt aside this prob lem of increased compensation. Trying Your Faith My brethren, count It all Joy when ye fall Into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faithi worketh patience.—James I, 2 and 3. Slim Chance Girls are urged to wear low shoes this summer in order to conserve leather. Does any girl with any kind of an ankle need urging?— Clev eland Plain Dealer. alliance, which , after long years of peace has stood the test of difficult times and has taken deep hold on the minds of the people, corresponds with what has become a historic nec essity. It is necessary owing to the fact that Austria-Hungary and Ger many are surrounded by a ring of enemies. The new alliance will be defensive and will serve to bring about peace. It will show the world that Austria-Hungary and Germany, united, can not be beaten, and will conert our opponents to peace by the strength of our will for peace." The Berlin press speak in a rather veiled manner of the Immense im portance of the meeting, as - if the news were too big to tell. The Ber lin Dokal Anzeiger says: "The meeting of the two emperors at which the King of Bavaria was present as the head of the second largest federal state, was a political event of first-rate world importance, which in view if the tremendous military strain in the West is par ticularly calculated to enable us to look forward hopefully and con fidently to further successes for the German sword." The cautious reference by this in spired organ to the King of Bavaria's presence at the meeting lets one of the cats out of the bag. Hints have been heard from time to time and recorded in these pages that the oth er federal states of the German em pire are restive under the none too gentle predominance of Prussia, and] when the Kings of Bavaria and Sax-1 ony discovered that this Austrian! move was on foot, the cables say, they turned up at German general headquarters and, much to the an noyance of the Kaiser, insisted an putting their fingers into the pie. The Munchner Neueste Nachrlchten re marks on the djssatisfaction of Ber lin, and says: "The hour is grave, and Bavarin can not allow Prussia to be the sole arbiter of German destiny. King Ludwig, therefore, proceeded to headquarters. The departure of the King of Saxony to take part in the negotiations a participation that was by no means desired in Berlin circles —was due to the same cause." Not a few German papers are clear-sighted enough to see that while this subjugation .of Austria may look very wrfll in theory, it per haps will not work out in practice, us the peoples composing Austria- Hungary have had no part or lot in the negotiations. As the imperial istic Bremen Weser Zeitung puts it: "Wo hav® learned In the Jnst four years that only reality rules in diplo macy and that the words of the polite language of the courts decide neitjier friendship nor enmity, peace nor war." • MERCHANTMEN IBy C. Fox Smith.] All honor bo to merchantmen while And ships of all degree, In warlike dangers manifold, Who sail and keep the sea, In peril of unlitten coast And death-besprinkled foam, Who daily dare a hundred deaths To bring their cargoes home. A liner out of Liverpool—a tanker from the Clyde— A hard-run tramp from anywhere— a tug from Merseyside— A cattle-boat from Birkenhead—a coaler from the Tyne— All honor be to merchantmen while any star shall shine! r All honor bfe to merchantmen, And ships both great and small, The swift and strong to run their race And smite their foes withal; The little ships that sink or swim, And pay the pirates' toll, Unarmed save by valiant hearts, And strong in naught but soul. All honor be to merchantmen, As long as tides shall run, Who gave the seas their glorious dead From rise to set of sun; All honor be to merchantmen While England's name shall stand, Who sailed and fought, and dared and died, And served and saved their land. A sailing-ship from Liverpool—a tanker from the Clyde— A 'schooner from the West Countrle —a tug from Merseyside— A flshing-smack from Grimsby town —a coaler from the. Tyne— All honor be to merchantmen while sun and moon shall ahlnej JUNE 15, I9TB. LABOR NOTES Mississippi labor unions will form a state federation. A war bonus has been granted gov ernment employes in Austria. Metalworkers' unions in Germany have increased their membership. Of industrial accidents, almost ten per cent, are injuries .to the eye. Congressman Zihlman, of Mary land, is a glassblower. Canadian paintei-s demand legisla tion for occupational diseases. • Membership in Austrian trade unions has decreased to 150,000. Independent labor bodies in Cana da have a membership of 8,400. Despite England's war troubles, the agitation for a forty-eight-hour week continues. Congressman Helvering, of Kansas, in private life was a streetcarjnan. At the present time there are forty-five state branches affiliated with the A. P. of L Already 36,000 women and girls are employed In the auxiliary services of the Austrian army. On June 20, at New York City, the White Ratf Actors' Union of America will convene. On account of a dispute between the engineers and firemen, Liverpool (Eng.) refiners have shut down. Congressman Cooper, of Ohio, fit ted himself for his present high posi tion while working as a railroad man. OUR DAILY LAUCH ' ■ SCHOOL DAYS. Goto' to col. i l !'!' I legre thls faU 1 1 Bill? A "WORD OF CAUTION. C"V\ l/^s! Now son. when you get to (I V-T I France don't 'J s raH you try to get / 'J /) l) smart and go up A ! \\AJ in one of those j J flying machines they're too I dangerous. You J just stick to tho l\ trenches. / IT MAKES A j <B| I DIFFERENCE. I' m Alimony Amy So my husband \ is exempt Now he looks at me quit* charming "While before he showed contempt. THE WHOLE STORY. V When a man Is angry he tells /. you what he thinks of you. |E| ; Yes, and when h [ j i woman Is L h mgry she tells rou what she M f thinks of you flffiKl and what every- WMj body else thinks [ lEbenutg (£lfat War-time economy is commencing to be felt at the State Capitol, where branches of the state government been, going along on contingent fund unci similar appropriations made on a basis of last spring and in some of the offices expenditures are being held to a minimum to stretch the cash until next June, when the appropriation year ends. The postage charges are' giving the most trouble and some of the de partments will probably have to se cure authority to use other funds or to create deficiencies. Similar cur tailments In regard to supplies ore being made and while the contracts Just made for furnishing the depart ments with everything from pens to tiling cases represent many thou sands of dollars, it Is probable that furniture and other things which have been in service for years will be retained. Another feature of the economy is the Insistence of the r> tU iV! l . i!oart * of Public Grounds and i>ui Icings that no automobiles be purchased for departments or bur eaus without the approval of the board. In the last few years a number of cars were bought on re quisitions, but now the board has to be shown the need for cars and where economy will be effected in owning and operating them. And tho cars being bought are not of the ex pensive varieties. • • Sabbath breaking fines are com mencing to come into the State Treasury in the usual early summer Such fines are payable to the Commonwealth under old acts and amount to from $5 to ac cording to the number of violations. I or a long time such fines were im posed mainly in Western Pennsylva nia counties, but of late the enforce ment has been general. * • In these days of military activity we are apt to regard many of the soldiers as mere boys. So they are. But we must not forget that in the £h S i USg ' e between the North and South thousands of the boys of that period left school to rally to the colons Few woul( , imaglne that y' P oss ' l be well-known mer chant tailor, who is modest to a ?„ eg '' e .® al l d . f an seldom be induced to talk of his war experiences is a \eteran of the Civil War. He is a Juniata V.alley boy and first went service with Company H, 195 th Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the end of his first Enlistment he re-enlisted as a member of Company M of the Seventh Pennsylvania Cav alry, and served until the end of the ???: b ® ln £ mustered out in June 1865, at Nashville. Corporal Ross saw all kinds of service and was present at the capture of Jefferson Davis by a contingent of his own brigade. Talking about the incident he said "I recall climbing upon the stump of a tree as the ambulance with Mr. Davis a.s a prisoner came along so that I might have a good view of him. Mrs. Davis was sitting with her husband's head resting on her knee." Corporal Ross has a fine sense of humor and his recol lections of the raid through Ala bama and Georgia are most inter esting. • • • Scores of foreigners who failed 1 to heed the Governor's proclamation to stop carrying firearms and many men in the coal and industrial re gions, who have been making a habit of going armed are being arrested and theU* guns confiscated. • In some counties this work is being done by game wardens, who are also killing dogs which are owned by aliens and they have refused to reg ister, both being offences against the law. The bulk of the arrests, how ever, have been made in the smaller towns where men who have been watched for some time, including' certain so-called "bad" men have been quietly rounded up. It is be lieved that the vigorous enforcement of this act, In which constables and police officers have been assisting will have a very good effect and that the conditions brought about by the war will lead to diminution in the number of foreigners carrying re volvers. • • Many questions have been asked here about the effect of the bill pend ing in Congress to ratify the treaty with Canada about shooting of cer tain bir-ds. If it goes through there will be no more reed bird shooting. Some protests have been made on the matter, especially from eastern counties where the birds furnish some fine sport. The central coun ties are not so much interested, al though certain other birds will be affected. • * • There is a small street running from Second to Front, between Cal der and Broad streets, which should be renamed as a citizen has sug gested, "Patriotic Alley." This nar row lane is hedged with service flags showing mtiny stars and it is creditable to the people who live there that thay keep their flags wav ing constantly. To-day many of the National emblems were flying along side the service flags. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —John D. Evans, Pittsburgh judge, prominently mentioned for supremo court, Is taking n promi nent part in patriotic movements in his end of tho state. —State Chairman William E. Crow, who was re-elected yesterday, used to be district attorney of Fay ette county. —The Rev. Dr. Anthony Kaul, elevated to the rank of Monsignor, is one of the oldest priests of Lan caster and well known to many Har risburgers. —Dr. Llghtner Witmer, of the University of Pennsylvania, is Just home from the Italian front. —City Solicitor John P. Connelley. of Philadelphia, will be the orator of Wilmington commencement. f~~ DO YOU KNOW —That IlarrlslnirK had a Library book in 1790? HISTORIC HANMSNRRTG This place took an advanced posi tion In war relief work in 1861 and named a committee to care for fam ilies of soldiers. FOR OUR DEAD [BV Sir Sidney Low.] For you our dead, beyond the sea, Who gave your lives to hold us free. By us, who keep your memory, What can be said? We can not sing your praises right, Lst heroes of the endless fight; Whose souls Into the lonely night/ Too soon have fled. We can but honor, cherish, bless, I Your sacred names; no words ex press The measure of our thankfulng. I To you our Dead,
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