6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A SBWSPAPBR FOR THS HOMB Pnniti lltf Published •▼enlnrr except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING* CO, Tcltmrk ftOlKil. Fc4Wl Saar*. XL J. BTA.CKPOLD, PreSt tr Bdilirr-tn-Chi*f r. R. OYSTER, Burintu Manager. OUB M. STEINMETZ, i/oiior"* 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. ▲ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Newspaper Pub ||j jjjjl East er n office. FlnVey, T _ Chfcago, 111. n *' 'Entered at the Post Otflce In Harris burs, Pa., as second class matter. ni~, By carriers, ten cent* a rtteriWain week; by mall. $5.00 a year in advance. MONDAY, JUNE 17. 1918 Ood will ettimate rucesi some day. —Bbowtukq. • THE ITALIAN DRIVE IT Is too early to forecast the re sults of the Austrian drive on the Italian front, but there is no rea son to believe that it will be any more successful than that of the Germans for Paris, and that, it is finally admitted, has been stopped with losses for the Germans out of all proportion to the amount of ground grained. This much Is cer tain, that there will be no repetition of the Italian debacle of last year. The opening attack, sustained alike by the Italians, the French and the English, while netting some gains for the Austrians. has been met with firmness and a terrific fire which has blocked the assaulting armies on their main objectives and has Inflict ed immense losses. Austria must win mightily on the Italian front or fail miserably. Noth ing but a victory of the first magni tude will satisfy the discontented people of the dual empire, many of whom already are on the verge of revolution. A decisive defeat by the Italians might go far toward splitting Austria wide open from within. The results of the present campaign are frought with even weightier results than the capture of Paris in the north, and the Allies will do well if they give Italy every ounce of aid they can spare from the sorely be leagured western front. It had to come. The dollar-a-year patriots at Washington were in many cases holding down jobs which should be under the care of efficient and com petent persons. So the nominal pay will give place to real compensation and real service. A LITTLE SUGGESTION TO those who may be contem plating some mention in their last wills and testaments in favor of the Public Library of Har risburg, one of our most useful in stitutions. it may be suggested that such provisions must be made before the passing of the testator in order to be valid. Good intentions, unsup ported by documentary evidence, are valueless in law. "I pay and bequeath to the Board of Trustees of the Harrisburg Public Library Association, their successors or assigns (here state the amount of legacy and describe the property) in trust"—either for the general pur poses of the institution or for a spe cial purpose, as the case may be. That Is all that is necessary to convey to the library uses such por tions of an estate as one may feel disposed to give, but better than any such provision is a gift right now. "Give while you live," should be the Harrisburg slogan. No. Maggie, nothing has yet been done about the planting and care of trees in Harrisburg. but when the wholesome shade and comfort of the trees shall have finally disappeared, through neglect or Indifference, the people will wake up—maybe. PENROSE IN POLITICS OF all public men In the United States none has been more fre quently pilloried by his political enemies than United States Senator Bote* Penrose. He has not always done what some of his friends have wished that he might have done, but be has always had the courage of his convictions, never hesitating to de clare his views upon all public mat ters, without regard to the effect upon his political fortunes. Also, he has no use for political hyprocrisy. At the great harmony conference of the Republican State Committee a day or two ago Senator Penrose made clear his attitude with respect to the suggestion of Presldent_Wilson that politics shonld be "adjourned" daring the war. He Is not in faVor of any sucU idea. It Is his judgment that now more than any other time political parties should discuss the great problems which confront the country and not permit a one-man government to be developed when all the strong forces and the most able statesmen should be mobilized for achievement of the great ends that are at (take in the world struggle. Senator Penrose believes, with thousands of his countrymen, that MONDAY EVENING. there haa been too much of an ef fort to throw aside the fundamental things in our system of government, permitting doctrinaire* to experi ment along untrodden paths which lead to lack of public interest and inefficiency. President Wilson has given eloquent expression to the spirit of the Ameri can people In his assurance,to France that we will not cease fighting until the Hun shall hava been put Into his proper place In the family of nations. It must be evident to the Kaiser and his gang of high-binders that der tag was a boomerang that has returned with terrific force to smite tha am bitions fit the most Impossible group of cut-throats that evar lived to plagu/ a world. A CITY AT PRAYER _ _ ORE things are wrought by prayer than thla world dreams of." Tennyson tells us, and surely there never wu a time when we as a people and as a nation needed the help of God more than at this mo ment. • We have placed ourselves in har mony with divine teaahing by offer ing upon the altar of aacriflce all we hold de&r for the suppression of a great evil. It remains for us to pub -1 llcly acknowledge our dependence upon the mercy of God and his guid ing and upholding hand. Like the Maccabees of old, we should be "fighting with our hands and praying unto God with our hearts." What more appropriate, then, than that our .Fourth of July observance include a period especially set aside for prayer. The Telegraph suggests that at some hour during the holiday the whole city pause in its celebra tion for two minutes to offer prayer for divine guidance and help. Two minutes for prayer! The time Is short, to be sure, but a mighty prayer may be offered in that time. Two minutes for prayer! By all means let's have it. • Secretary Daniels emphasizes a po- _ sition which has been frequently stated by the Telegraph on the proper attitude toward patriotic American citizens born in alien lands when, in a Flag Day speech, he said: L,et us on this day honor the men who. born under other skies, share with us love of the flag, hut let us not by unjust suspicion wrong the true patriots who came from the Central Empires whose lovalty and devotion to America is as "whole-hearted as is that of those who have known no other land. Call the roll of the nation s defenders on land and on sea and you will find some names of those born on the Rhine and on the Danube who are holding places of trust and honor. These patriots have been humiliated by the treachery of men of their blood, thev have been shocked at such ingratitude, as well as outraged at the sabotage and conspiracies of the spies. . BUILT A REAL MONUMENT HE is dead —is Frank H. Buhl, of Sharon —but he will live for generations to come in the grateful memory of the people of the big industrial community on the Shenango river. Mr. Buhl died the other day leav ing some millions of dollars, and most of his large estate goes for use ful purposes at Sharon, but not all. ! Two millions are definitely set aside j for the relief of the suffering people lof France and Belgium. He didn't appear to have much sentiment dur ing his life, but two or three years ago this Sharon steel magnate gave, in addition to previous gifts to his community, a splendid athletic field and country club, with lakes and beautiful parks and everything that Is attractive for the men and women and children. Then came an awakening of the community to the fact that Mr. Buhl had a lot of sentiment concealed about his person and they gave a great public demonstration in his honor. Now he is dead and the best monument to his memory is this gift of his money for the use of those who were his neighbors and friends. Other communities have rich men and women who should emulate the example of the Sharon millionaire, but it is not always necessary to wait until the gr\m reaper appears to carry Into effect the good intentions of those who are able to do the big things of life. The war is teach ing people everywhere how to give, and to give while they live. Harrisburg has reached the stage in its development when private funds must provide the utilitarian and artistic things which cannot al ways be secured through public grants. We're going to have a real, old time Fourth of July celebration, with out noise, but with patriotism de veloped to the nth degree. TUe peo ple of Harrisburg have met the Issues of the war squarely and with courage ous hearts, but there is still much to do and with faces to the foe we must set our hands to the doing of every duty that presents itself. Senator William EL Crow, the .chairman of tha Republican State Committee. Is * great harmoniser. In the troublous years since 1912 he has frequently poured oil on the' disturbed waters, but the climax of his powers In this direction was reached at the harmony session of the State Commit tee in Philadelphia. Theere-electlon of W. Harry Baker as secretary of the Republican State Committee Is a tribute to his popu larity and a reward for devotion to tear. [T>UUic*U "Puv&oifCauua , Judge Eugene C. Bonniweil'si threat at Philadelphia on Saturday! to reorganize the democracy of j Pennsylvania "from the bottom up'' i in the event that National Chairman ! Vance O. McCormick, National Com mitteeman A. Mitchell Palmer and their fellow bosses do not accept what the judge considers as the pop ular verdict at the primary on the question of whether the conduct of the party has been satisfactory, does not seem to have scared the folks about the Market Square wlnddiill. They are calmly going on preparing the details for the meetings attend ing the biennial session of the Dem ocratic State Committee in Pennsyl vania, as they term It. and confident that they will continue to run the machine. Briefly summed up, the Bonniwell People have answered the defiance of McCormick, Palmer and their satel lites by a statement through the judge as a speaker at a luncheon conference. In the old days the Democratic leaders used to meet in a hotel at Philadelphia and then the new leaders met In secret in Wash ington. The Bonniwell people per sist In meeting at luncheon with the doors open. In any event, the judge gave notice that If the reorganization did not give him the Btate chairman ship and allow him to write the plat form he would submit the matter to the Democrats of the state. The po sition of the bosses Is that Bonniwell Is only one of six candidates and that while he may have the state chair manship as a compliment he cannot have the secretary and the control of headquarters and shall not be al lowed to write the platform. Bonniwell realizes that the Palm er-McCormick crew has the state committee and intends to promulgate his platform at a mass meeting and to start a fight in the state committee and then carry it to the Democratic voters. If he loses he will charge treachery and demand a reorganiza tion, as Palmer and McCormick did after the 1910 campaign. Precedents are always dangerous. —The harmony in the Republican party of Pennsylvania evinced at the state committee meeting in Philadel phia Friday is being sharply con trasted by newspapers with the row in the eternally turbulent Democracy of the Keystone State. There are many compliments for State Chair man Crow and Secretary W. Harry Baker for the success of the meeting. —Senator Penrose, Senator Sproul, Senator Beidleman and other prom inent leaders" were guests of Senator W. C. McConnell, Union county, over the weekend. They went from the Schuylkill county Republican meet ing to the rural districts. —The Democratic city committee of Philadelphia will fight over the city chairmanship to-night. Charles •P. Donnelly claims he will re-elect Chairman Lank. Judge Bonniwell wants Lank to get out. -Ex-County Solicitor Simon R Light, was elected chairman of the Lebanon county Democratic county committee; Edward Cassidy was named secretary, and Edward Rank, treasurer. Resolutions endorsing Judge Bonniwell for Governor were adopted. —Reports that Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh had designated E. J. Fox, of Easton, for appointment to the Supreme bench to fill the Mes trezat vacancy could not be confirm ed here to-day in the absence of the Governor. At the Executive Depart ment it was stated that no appoint ment had been made and other branches of the government which would have been notified had no in formation. The Governor is not ex pected here until late in the day, having been in the vicinity of Phila delphia .for the weekend. Names of a dozen men have been mentioned lately. , —Hopes of Judge TV. D. Porter be ing on the nonpartisan ballot alone | for Superior Court judge disappeared to-day when the Bedford county re turn on the total number of votes cast came in. The Judge is shy about 40,000 of the number needed to make him sole nominee. Stephen H. Hu selton, of Pittsburgh, will go on the ballot with him and there is no way he can withdraw, in opinion of offi cials at the State Department. The grand total of votes cast was 721,- 337 which makes a record. Judge Porter got 338,338 and Huselton 162,797, their total being something over 500,000. —Resident Clerk of the House, Wil liam S. Leib, has been given the compliment of another election as Schuylkill County Republican Chair man. He has been chairman for years and the meeting was .marked by a notable gathering including Senators Sproul and Beidleman. —A Scranton dispatch says: "It cost Albert Davis $1,938 to conduct his campaign for state senator. Of this amount $1,450 was given to the candidate by his brother, D. J. Davis. Davis' opponent. Professor Samuel Phillips, who is nominated by the Republicans on the face of the re turns, has not filed his account, hav ing sent it to Harrisburg by mistake." —Charles B. Lenahan, Democrat, is the candidate from northeastern Pennsylvania for a place on the Su preme court bench. He has just an nounced his candidacy and is pre paring to make a state-wide cam paign for next fall's election. —McLean Stock was re-elected chairman of the Republican county committee, of York, on Saturday, and John H. Schum was elected chairman of the Democratic county committee. The Republicans meet ing made It apparent that a number of the former party leaders who had left the ranks of the "reKulars" and allied themselves with the Progres sive wing have returned and every thing was harmony. There was no opposition to Mr. Stock. He made an address, predicting Republican victory this fall, resolutions were adopted. endorsing the candidates of the party, state and county, and highly commending "William C. Sproul. candidate for Governor. -—Thomas C. Seible, Brumbaugh compensation referee in Berks, will be opposed for Berks county Re publican chairman. ' Former Judrre W. Kerper Stevens and Francis F. Wilson, the latter coming in the po litical limelight only recently, are urging Harry P. Shomo, of Hamburg, for the chairmanship. Mr. Shomo holds a clerical position In the Audi tor General's Department. If the In duction of Mr. Shomo Into the arena does not meet with the approval of a majority of the members of the new committee. It Is said Mr. Wilson will aspire to the position. Let George Do It It is presumed that the Harvard professor who wants to put a 25- cent tax on erasoline. a SSO a month tax on chaufTeurs. a big tax on talk ing machines and none on butlers and house servants, has no motorcar, doean't care for mualc. and Is ai helpless old bachelor.—Kansas City Times. HARRIBBURG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? BY BRIGGS I You >START On Yoor first • t"r\S o coT„ • BVM.V- AS H-. e^,fiS D^ s lb MISS PENROSE'S Georse J. Brennan, of the Phila- I delphia Inquirer, who isywritlng some I mighty interesting stories about peo ple under his special heading of "Who's Who in Pennsylvania," has ' this to say about Senator Penrose's service at Washington: I Senator Penrose has the heaviest mail of any member of Congress; < that is a matter of record in the f Post Office Department. This is ac- ' counted for in a measure by the fact 1 that he gets practically all the politi- | cal mail from his home state, his ' colleague, Senator Philander Chase 1 Knox, giving little or no attention j to local political matters. As the 1 ranking Republican member of the ! Finance committee, of the commit- ! tee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and of committee on Naval Affairs, * Penrose has a large correspondence ' of a national character affecting gen eral legislation, and as a member of ' the Republican National Committee 1 and of the Advisory Committee to National Chairman Hays and as the 1 recognized head of the Republican National Committee of the Republi can party organization in the Key- ' stone state, he is called upon to an swer many queries and to comply with many requests for assistance in various forms. His mall has almost doubled since the war broke out. The senior senator from Pennsyl vania Is fortunate In the possession , at the head of his office staff of a secretary of exceptionable ability, Leighton C. Taylor, who has tilled that role for more than ten years. Taylor has remarkable administra tive ability, is a compendium of in formation of legislation at Washlng- Jton and knows every JJepublican ot prominence In ms home state and, in fact, in practically every state in the Union. He has traveled all over the United States with Senator Pen rose and has the advantage of per sonal contact #nd acquaintanceship with all of the party leaders. He Is an expert stenographer and has re ported the debates In the United States Senate. He held an Impor tant position with the Westlnghouse Interests before he became associated with Senator Penrose. Taylor is a native of Adams county. Pa. His mother baked bread for the Union soldiers during the battle of Gettys burg. For two years he was a rfchool teacher In Cumberland county. He is said to be the highest paid secre tary in the government service, not excepting Joseph P. Tumulty, secre tary to President Wilson. END OF THE BATTLE [New York Times] The hardest fought battle of the war has ended In a severe German defeat. General Foch has Justified his appointment. When an attacking party does not realize any of its ob jectives, It is defeated. When in so failing It uses up great quantities of men at a time when men are of value; when It loses a battle In cir cumstances where time is precious, the defeat is a disaster. The Ger mans spent men prodigally; they fought with eight men to the yard; they threw in probably 350,000 men; When they were repulsed In one di rection they turned to another, and everywhere their attack ran dawn and stopped, with Immense and ter rible loss. Foch's task was to hold them from getting their objectives; It was not to make any brilliant plays, to anni hilate them by cards suddenly pulled out of his sleeve. That time may come later, but his" present task Is merely to checkmate them. And he ' has done It. He has done it blood -1 llv, at their expense. Their earlier i movement did not cost them ,any ' thing like the number of men this ' has cost, and this failure Is the most I complete of the whole war. Whatever the future may hold, off to Foch for what he has 1 done to-day. LABOR NOTES A bill is now in Congress to au . thorize a bureau of farm risk insur s ance. > Of 317,000 members In the mines • of South Africa, only 32,000 are ■ white. i Total number of sales of Swiss co ? operative societies reach almost 1 $15,000,000. In 1897, membership of Molders* International was 12,000. It is now 50,000. d Day laborers in the Dominican Re tt public are paid 60 cents a day. * A shipbuilding yard is to be start r, ed in Drogheda, Ireland. a . y Messengers in India are only paid about 9 cents a day. REPLY TO 800 To the Editor of the Telegraph: 1 The enclosed correspondence may t possibly be of interest to your read- < ers, as illustrative of the deception i claims of the liquor traffic on one . side and the growing Independence ] nnd moral sense of the traveling pub- i lie on the other'side. A traveling 1 salesman wrote to a liquor selling 1 hotel in Philadelphia, asking fcjr the i reservation of a room. The hotel 1 people answered, reserving the room 1 but accompanying their letter with . a card, containing the following statements, viz: i "PROHIBITION means that wines or liquors will not be served with ' or without food. "PROHIBITION means that food! prices will be raised in all hotel restaurants. "PROHIBITION means that hotel room rates will be advanced. "PROHIBITION means the loss to the National Government of about one billion dollars pet annum in taxes, which will have to be made from some other source. "PROHIBITION means the throw ing out of employment thousands of people who have made the hotel business their life's work. "PROHIBITION means that you will be denied your personal liberty. "PROHIBITION as provided for In the proposed amendment to the Fed eral Constitution would destroy, without compensation, hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of property I HOW TO HELP [From the Birmingham Age-Herald] The greatest, the most vital lessou the people of America are being taught by this war is the lesson of thrift. We have been called a Nation of spendthrifts, a charge which was supported by our wasteful habits If we and our allies are to win a vic tory over Germany and crush mili tarism, which menaces the world's Bafcty, we must save--npt for our own needs, but for the government ond our soldiers in Franco. It Is a fact to be deplored, but many American citizens who would scorn the thought of disloyalty do not yet fully realize the responsi bilities resting on every man, woman, and child in this country. | Each Individual must do his or her part, for it is only by concerted effort that the objects for which we are fighting can be gained. This is neither a rich man's nor a poor man's war —it Is a war of the people and for the people. Buying War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds Is not only the safest Investment that can be made; it is the easiest and most direct way to aid our government. People of means can buy Liberty Bonds with out making pecuniary sacrifices. Their sacrifices must be made in other ways, but for the vast majority of our citizenship to do their full duty in the greatest crisis the na tion has ever faced, they must eco nomize. They must put the money that formerly went for luxuries and frivolous amusements into the hands of the government, to be in paying the staggering expenses of the war. They will in time profit and profit largely by so doing. They will not only be paid a fair rate of Interest on the best security, but they will acquire a competence through government aid. They will become better men and women and better citizens. Harvard. Man U-Boat Captain The commander of the submarine which sank the transport President Lincoln was a former student at Harvard University, according to survivors who arrived In Newark. They said that when the U-boat re turned to the small boats after the President Llneoln went down, the U-boat commander appeared on i deck and said In English t6 one of s the American lieutenants: "I don't want you, Black; I want your Cap tain." Lieutenant Black, according . to the .men, recognized the U-boat t commander as a fellow-student at Harvard. The sailors said they were slng ■ lng as they left the transport In the r boats. "One man named Anderson drifted away on a raft and was brought back to our boat by the sub ■ marine," Hahn said. Another of the men said the chief petty officer weighed 325 pounds and had to have - a raft to himself. As soon as hi* raft got away from the sinking trans port he began to sing 'This is the 1 end of a perfect day" In a voice that could be heard by all. legally acquired and legally held for the conduct of a business which the 1 Government itself legalized and from which the Government (WHICH IS ALL. THE PEOPLE) now takes ap proximately one billion dollars an naUy. Not one of these investments would or could have been made had the Government not first given its authorization and encouragement to the liquor traffic by law. Can any honest citizen support such an UN AMERICAN PROPOSAL?" The salesman cancelled his order as follows: "Gentlemen: Kindly cancel reser vation for Sunday night. May sth, for which I wrote you April 29th. "On the card which wou enclosed In your letter, you state, among other things, that prohibition means that hotel room rates will be advanced. That means that the man who drinks intoxicating liquors is helping to pay for my room In your hotel. "As I do not indulge in intoxicants, I certainly would not tolerate a sit uation of this kind, whereby those who do drink contribute to the pay ment of my bills. "I do not see how any hon&st citizen can support such an unAmerl can proposition as to hinder the abo lition of the liquor traffic, which has been proven beyond any question t4 be one of the greatest curses of our country and one of the strongest al lies of the Kaiser." I . J. S. GERMAN OFFICER'S VIEW [From N. Y. Times Cable] "It is Impossible for the war to last much longer. They told us we would win by Christmas, then by Easter., Christmas and Easter went by. When the present offensive began they told us we would win immediately. We are further from winiling now then ever before. "We must have peace, and that quickly. Our losses are frightful. My company has lost 80 per cent. In killed, and I am Its last officer alive. The territory back of our lines Is hideous. It is all a hospital and cemetery., "You will save Paris despite our attacks In mass, and we will obtain ! nothing, for there is only one thing ■ to count —the—flnish v Germany can suffer no more. All our material | cracks and our people are at the ex i haustlon point. It Is Germany that • must have peace soon, and at any i price. We have not been quick enough. French tenacity has post [ poned too long the German victory, ; and now it Is too late for us." A. E. F. Recollections When this cruel war is over And we've laid aside our hates; i When we've crossed the bounding billows I To our loved United States; . When I sleep In thin pajamas. Not In sweater, socks and pants, r I'll think about the billet I Where I froze In sunny France. ) i When I sit all snug and crozy, } And it isn't any dream t That I hear the radiator r Hissing merrily with steam; r When the house is warm and comfy, t Here's an Idea I'll advance — s I'll forgive the heating system I That's all the vogue In France. Arising in the moVning From a soft and decent bed, With teeth that do not chatter Till they loosen in my head, I'U slip into a shower bath And call to mind, perchance. The bucket full of floating Ice I washed in while in France. I'll go downstairs to breakfast On grapefruit, eggs and steak, I'll sit before a table And with zest my food partake. But while eating thus in comfort. This budding poet grants. He'll think of those black bacon chips He downed outdoors in France. Each morning when I'get home "late," And meet the milkman on hts round, Perhaps I'll recollect the days X woke to the bugle's sound; Stood reveille at 6 a. m„ Then made to mess a wild ad vance, And groomed ten horses all before The daylight broke in sunny France. —Sergt. MaJ. Henry Wells, 26th Di vision. A- K. F, Franc*. JUNE 17, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 J ' i Cantigny was Yanked away from the Germans. —New Fork Evening j Sun. ■ I Why not get to the bat before Bill c does?— Los Angeles Times. One enemy alien in a war garden is i worth two on the tennis-court. — Wall Street Journal. The American boys took the i "Can't" out of Cantigny.—New York i Morning Telegraph. The Rhine cities no longer hold public jubilee over the booming of London and Paris.—Boston Herald. Any railroad president can tell you that Mr. McAdoo is a first class rail road fireman. Nashville Southern Lumberman. There is a general disposition to doubt the reports of von Hinden burg's death, but no doubt as to where he went if he did die. —Dallas News. Coincident with the increase of tanks at the front is an unmistak able tendency of the times to re duce the number at home. New York World. That Kansas man who says he would rather be shot than salute the flag should be permitted to exercise his preference.—Nashville Southern Lumberman. I OUR DAILY LAUCHI tSot. VERY TRUE. Old-fashioned Street Lamp —You may rive a brighter light than I do, but I don't look like a Chinese laun dryman, anyway I GOOD CHANCES. "We're bound to 'win. There'* victory in the air." "I don't dispute that If we build fclrplanes." WILLING TO LISTEN. He —You would never know how much I love you. She—What is your objection to UNDOUBTEDLY. * "He's rich and yet he nevei spend* any more than ha ha* to." "That'* probably the reason he'i rielk.- Abetting (Et|at Compliments which are very grati fying to Harrlsburgers Indeed are be ing heard In Philadelphia and other cities upon the war-time songs which have been written and set to musio by a resident of this city, Frank Hall, deputy chief of the State Depart ment of Mines. Mr. Hall l]as been known for years as an expert in coal production and mine regulation of the state which stands at the head in such Industrial enterprise, but few yere aware of his ability as . song writer until recently when he added to the songs of the years of the great war. His latest effort, "In Olden Days" has won quite favor able mention, but the swing of "Dear Old U. S. A.," a new patriotic song I caused It to take generally. This is a war song in which Harrisburg peo- I pie can take as much pride as In i that dashing Allen Sangree produc tion "Your Old Uncle Sam." Patrio tic muse found expression last winter in "Good-by, I'm Going Over," a song dedicated to the men who have started over seas. This also has an air as distinctive from the gener&l run of war songs as "Dear, Old U. I A." It has been sung in vaudeville J at community meetings throughout eastern states, at concerts and In Sunday and public schools. It has even been played on chimes and fig ured in a play at WilkPs-Barre. As Mr. Hall is devoting the proceeds of sales of some of the songs Red Cross and other war activities it would be a graceful thing for the bands to play one or two df them In the big Fourth of July parade which is being planned to make next month notable in this part of the state. In opinion of officials at the State Draft headquarters, the general re vision of the of men coming within the selective Bervlce age which has been started In many communities, will be the means of placing men needed in Lykens Val ley mining industry iri situations where the operating companies will be in better shape. It is declared here that one reason why the min ing regions gave so many men to the National Army was because the division of labor in mining was not clearly set forth and investigations made by inspectors have confirmed this. As a result word has been passed along to have the.cases of miners very carefully reviewed. Doi- , ens of instances have been reported here which it claimed should have been presented to district appeal boards and which would have re sulted in men being given deferred classification and enabled them ffi keep on at work. It is too late now to get many of the men back, but according to Major W. C. Murdock, the time Is now to see that every man needed in mining is placed in his proper place in review of his questionnaire. Similar steps in re gard to men engaged in railroad work or repairing or various branches connected with transporta tion and the iron and steel industry are to be taken so that essential in dustries will be protected until at least men working in other lines can be sent to fill the jobs. One of the greatest difficulties that is re ported here from mining regions outside of the draft is the raiding of the labor supply by agents for shipbuilding and munition indus tries. Men have gone through both hard and soft coal regions and taken away many who are badly needed to work about mines and as women can not be employed in coal production the situation is being given careful study here. Dr. J. T. Rothrock, the former State Forestry Commissioner who is the founder of the forest reserve policy of Pennsylvania, is now in his 80th'year, but he is as spry as many a man forty years his junior. Dr. Rothrock h&s been an open air man throughout his long life and he has spent much of his time in the woods and on the water. A few years ago he owned a yacht and cruised through the West Indies having many interesting experiences. Dr. Rothrock is now greatly interested in the work of the league to enforce peace. A year ago he was in the Maine woods with a guide and after ranging a considerable distance with out encountering any deer he dis missed his guide and himself covered the same ground bringing in a deer on his shoulders. Such men never get old. • • • Members of the Harrishurg Re serves got some things now down in the orders for the Flag Day pa rade, participation in which took the place of the Friday night drill. The provisional company was march ed to the Reservoir and drilled on the grass. Then the members i marched back to the city, part of their route being on Cameron street and through the Herr street subway and North Seventh street. It was a long hike, but it gave the men a chance to .deploy in street work and to go through various movements in places with which they were. un familiar. [_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —The Rev. Robert MacGowan, prominent clergyman and former Lancaster man, arrested on a train through some German propaganda work, "has commended Johnstown police for their vigilance. He would like to get the Hun sympathiser who caused his arrest because of his anti- _ Prussian lectures. —Chairman W. H. Stevenson, of the Allegheny safety committee. Is out in a letter urging that German publications be eliminated. —W. H. Chipman, Cambria county clergyman, will engage In welfare work in France. Mayor W. S. McDowell, of Chester, is taking vigorous steps to clear up some sections of his city. —Harry K. Boyer, Montgomery county food administrator, has di vided his county into four districts and Is endeavoring to get price* well adjusted. —W. H. Keller, deputy attorney general, is representing Lancaster citizens at the inquiry into prison affairs in that city. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburj? does a Wjt busi ness In shipping apples to foreign countries and oould do more with cold storage plants? HISTORIC HARRISBTOO —lt is 200 years this summer since John Harris built his first house on the Susquehanna. ,CHRIST HEIR OF ALL God, who at sundry times and In divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 1 bath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, *hom He hath ap ( pointed heir of all thing*.—Hehx*vs I, X and t.
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