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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!
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['politic* ot
By tbt Kx-Committeeman |
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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,
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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!
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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,