8 HAPJUSBURG TELEGRAPH A NSWSPAPBH FOR THE HOUS Penndtd lI3X Published evening* except Sunday by THE TELBGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STACK POLE, Prrrt 6r Bdtitr+n-CKitf F. R. OYSTER, Busintss Managtr. GUS M. BTEINMETZ. M attaint Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en title* to the use for repudiation 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. t Member American Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern, office. Avenue Pulldtng, Finley. s ** _ Ch?cagoflll! dlnS ' Sintered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents • CEsfiEjifSiSKD week; by mall. $5.00 a year in advance, WEDNESDAY, JTNE 19, 1918 Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all un-' necessry actions. —BENJAMIN FRANK LIT*. AMERICA AND ITALY THE good news from Italy is fur ther enhanced by the announce ment that American troops will be fighting soon on the Italian front. The Italians, by holding the Aus trians at almost every turn and in flicting upon them tremendous losses for every foot of ground gained, have shown themselves the equal of any . fighting forces on the fields of Europe, for they have been beset by overwhelmingly superior forces and by an immense cencentration of ar tillery. It Is do or die with the Aus trlans and it begins to look as though the latter alternative would be forced upon them. The Italians, by their stiff resist ence and their actual gaining of ground in some Bectors in the face of vigorous attacks, have set the mili tary authorities at Washington to wondering whether the war might not be ended on the Italian front rather than along the line in France. Tt is known that General Pershing has had a decided preference for American concentration along the • southern end of the French line, and it would be but a step further to Italy and a possible penetration of Austria, as the Italians originally planned and as they might have ac complished had they been given the aid they needed in ammunition and artillery in the early stages of the war. Americans will be liappy to fight shoulder to shoulder with the gal lant Italians. There Is much simi larity In their methods of war. The paine spirit, dash and Initiative that carry Americans to victory where less Impetuous troops would fail characterize the Italian soldiers, and the two, side by side, ought to be able to account for double their number of tired and dissplrlted Aus trlans any day. As suggested by the Sunday Courier, the gradual elimination of the smoke nuisance in Pittsburgh has made It clear that there Is no excuse for an Increase of the nuisance here and elsewhere. Pittsburgh is being cleaned up, and this city, as the seat of State government, must not sub mit to unnecessary smudging. OUR "BLACK DEVILS" HARRISBURG has not yet for gotten the Inspiring visit of the "Blue Devils" of France and the presence of these doughty warriors of our French allies is still arousing enthusiasm throughout the country. But their coming to the I'nlted States has had another ef fect which is now manifesting itself on the fighting front on the other side. We refer to the negro soldiers of the United States. A few days ago the Telegraph printed a letter from a colored man commenting upon the visit of the "Blue Devils" to this city and ex pressing the hope that the negro soldiers would be given a full chance to show what they could do In sup pressing the Himi He suggested the name and tfoght the "Black Devils" might bWme quite as fa mous as their comrades of France. Now comes a story from rverseaa * regarding the ambition of the negro soldiers to demonstrate their fighting qualities under their own officers. While white officers have been as signed to the colored regiments, there are other units which are com posed entirely of negro officers and men. These propose to demonstrate In Europe that the "Blue Devils" have nothing in fighting on the "Black Devils." And all who have watched the colored soldier and have note.d hit patriotism and bravery will not question the record of these colored regiment* In the war for humanity. That they will justify the confidence of their super ior officers admits of no doubt ,A a correspondent in France has suggested regarding the colored troops, "they are going where there la no eolor Una; they are going for WEDNESDAY EVENING, the purpose of proving that white and black both bleed red under the Stars and Stripes." Conservation of food and clothing: Is being practiced more Intensely than at any other period during the war. The savings of the people are going into the various Government securi ties, the small investments of the peo ple finding their way naturally In the War Saving Stamps. All patriotic citizens are co-operating in this movement with a view to aiding the Government in the prosecution of the war and to supply our Allies with the necessary equipment and munitions. THE NEW BRIDGE ENDORSEMENT by J. E. Greiner of the State street monumental bridge idea in support of the recommendation of Arnold W. Brunner has double weight. In the first place, Mr. Greiner is a noted bridge designer. Secondly, 'but no less important, he drew the preliminary plans for the proposed structure at Walnut street and certainly would have advised no change from that location unless he was completely convinced that the State street bridge, as now planned, is far and away superior to the other. With Mr. Greiner's expression of opinion doubtless the last objection to turning over the Walnut street fund to aid the State in the construc tion of a great boulevard bridge at State street will be banished and the city authorities can begin to prepare the necessary measures for the transfer with no fear that they are offending anybody or moving against the expressed wishes of the voters. The State street viaduct, eighty , feet wide and reaching from the new Capitol extension to the crest of the Hill near Thirteenth street, will be all that the Walnut street bridge could have been and far more. It will take care of all the traffic from the W T alnut street area, by means of ap proaches from the south side of State street at intervals and will drain the north section of the Hill as well, letting traffic out on the west side of the railroad to flow north to North street or south to Walnut street over broad highways, thus relieving such a congestion as would have been inevitable with the one-outlet Walnut street structure. In addition, it will carry* the Capitol Park right up to the very doors of the people of the Hill and will en hance the value of property beyond Thirteenth street as well as along the crest to the south. And best of all, the city does not have to pay more than the cost of the proposed commercial viaduct at Walnut street for the magnificent monumental bridge proposed for State street, the Comm<fhwealth agreeing \o bear the additional bur den in order to bring the bridge into full conformity with the great new park to be constructed on the ground taken over by the extension purchases. Every argument Is fn favor of the new State street struc ture and no time should be lost In getting the plans prepared in order that the work can be started as soon as the Legislature provides the money next year. Manifestly, the Germans fear the crash that is impending in Austria. Having forced an unwilling ally to untold sacrifices on the Italian front, the German murderers must now real ize that another long step has been taken toward their own finish. GOOD ADVICE GOVERNOR LOWDEX, of Illi nois, who in a public statement expresses his disappointment I over the acquittal of the men who lynched Prager, an alleged German sympathizer, at the same time calis upon the Federal authorities to see to it that all disloyal utterances or actions are properly punished by due process of law. Governor Lowden takes a wise view. • Had the United States authorities been as vigorous in their action against pro-German ism as many people believe they should have been the Prager inci dent most likely never would have occurred. The Lowden statement is just as applicable to Pennsylvania as to Illinois. He says: The Federal officials within the State must see to it that every charge of disloyalty or sedition be promptly investigated and that the guilty be vigorously and se verely punished. The local officials must see to it. not after the event, as in the Prager case, but before, that mobs be dispersed and punished be fore they have a chance to wreak their vengeance. If juries will not convict In cases like this, the local authori ties must prevent them from oc curring. If in any community they fall in the discharge of this plain duty, nothing remains but to declare martiaj law In such community. Democracy Is on trial. Every activity of a mob is an assault upon the very principle of democ racy. Every man who joins the mob Is answerable, morally and le gally, for everything the mob does. A true patriot in this crisis Is he who not only helps his country to win battles abroad, but who helps his country to preserve order at home. The easiest way to prevent lynch ing of pro-Germans by outraged citi zens is by the legal suppression of the activities of these traitors to the country. Mob law Is always de plorable. Lynching parties, how ever, are not always maliciously dls regardful of the law. Sometimes they are driven by desperation to In diet summary punishment upon those ' whose offenses are overlooked by those whose duty it is to suppress , crime. At the Island nursery of the c'ity there are many trees and plants which should be transplanted to the park areas. During the last year un usual 'storms have destroyed many trees, and while these should be re placed there are also other open spaces which - require attention. Don't let us neglect Harrisburg on the score of "war necessity." When the boys come back they are going to find out how we have been keeping the home fires burning during their absence, and will not be satisfied with paltry excuses. ftUtlctU "ptHriiOifCtfuua By the Ex-Committeeman Keystone State Democrats have staged many interesting events in the last decade, but it is doubtful if anything more indicative of what is the matter with the party in Pennsylvania has been given than In the last twenty-four hours. The Democracy has no chance of elect ing any of its state ticket this fall and will be lucky to hold its mem bership in Congress and the Legis lature and yet there has been a struggle for control of the state or ganization which has attracted na tional attention. Briefly summed up, the Palmer- McCormick faction is in control of the state committee - and by what seems to be a pretty safe margin. The faction headed by Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, who trounced the ma chine candidate for the gubernator ial nomination, and behind whom have rallied many of the Old CJuard men has made such a fuss that it seems as though the judge will get some grip on the levers. He may not get much, but he will get something. The reorganizers were badly jolted at the primary by Bonniwell's nom ination and the judge sees a chance to make capital out of their refusal to let him be the whole show and run the party organization. It is even suspected that the judge has not been any too anxious for a com promise because of a possibility that it might be more advantageous to his faction to get into a position whereby they could adopt the tactics of the reorganizers in 1911 and go out into the highways and byways and shout that the party needed a purging. —The Democratic show has quite overshadowed everything else in the political line. The Republican state committee meeting was productive of such genuine harmony that the Democratic bosses are commencing to say things derogatory about it and to point to the sinking of personal and factional animosities as some thing sinister. Prohibitionists are en deavoring to make their committee all cold water and the Dry Federa tion Is planning to assail the candi dates for Legislative seats who are opposed to the amendment to make the nation "dry." —Throughout the crowds gathered here for the state Democratic pow wow there is a feeling that as long as there Is no chance of electing any one the party may as well have one of Its periodical reorganizations. A. Mitchell Palmer, Vance C. Mc- Cormlck and various other leaders of the reorganization faction have man aged to tie up so many offices that there is nothing else left and the people who did not get anything are ready to join with the Old Guard and the other segments which have been left out when pie was passed around and demand a change in the direction of party affairs. And the fact that IJbnniwell defeated State Chairman Guffey so decisively when all the power of the machine was ar rayed against him gives weight to the argument of the Judge that he should be given control of the works. —The Bonniwell end of the pre liminaries to the state committee meeting was pretty well handled up until this morning and there is no question but what the reorganization faction was given a surprise as dis concerting as the defeat of Guffey last night when ex-Judge Joho W. Wescott, of Camden, the man who nominated Woodrow Wilson, came here to make a speech for the guber natorial nominee. Yesterday the Bonniwell people let it drop that they- were in doubt whether the judge would be here and the organ izers smiled broadly and intimated that some pressure had been brought which would keep the eloquent Camden man away. And he turned up right in the midst of things and declared in his speech that any man who did not support Bonniwell was a slacker. The effect was bad and may account for the refusal of the judge to call on National Commit teeman A. Mitchell Palmer last night and, talk things over with,him. —The Bonniwell people have no reason to complain of the mass meet ing last night which was intended to give the judge a chance to have his say. The court roptn was crowded apd there were gbod speeches by Chairman Henry C. Niles, a noted reformer, along various lines; by Judge Wescott and Judge Bonniwell. Mr. Nfles assailed the people who did not give Bonniwell charge of the campaign and Judge Wescott was eloquently Democratic and laud atory of Bonniwell. —The Bonniwell platform was the Bonniwell speech. The judge em phasized his well-known stand against the amendment and brought in numerous other ideas, most of which he touched upon in his cam paign speeches. He seemed to be of the opinion that the platform had to be given out in advance of the meet ing of the state committee, which, from all accounts, is going to refer the drafting of the document to a committee and leave the prohibition amendment out on an island. —When the meeting was over William J. Brennen and other well known harmonlzers, got to work. Brennen swore in with Bonniwell during thfe afternoon and made a sincere effort to get things ironed out. Palmer went to the Senate hotel and said he would be home with the elevator working. Then he went to Democratic State headquar ters and talked with Guftey. All the time Bonniwell was in the Bolton and neither side moved any further before going to bed. The Palmer people let it be known that the judge could sit on a committee to name the people to run the campaign, but that they proposed to elect the chairman and keep control of the headquarters and tHe cash drawer. Outside of that and the federal patronage, wAleh has been divided up, there is not much left and naturally Judge Bonniwell did not get excited over the waving of the peace pipe. —One of the most pleasant Inci dents of last evening was the greet ing extended to B. F. Meyers, He called the meeting in the Court house to order and was cheered and references made to his unswerving Democracy by the speaker* evoked HAJFIRISBURG #SBBM TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A MAN DISCOVERING HIS NAME IN PRINT ~ BY BRIGGS __— ! GLAM ces OVER Sees NAPAB TURNS PAPER no ORDER READS ONLY THAT T M £ IKJ TYPe FACILITATE CAREFUL PORTIOM OF ARTICLE MEUJSFAPER IN ITIT PERUSAU WHICH CONTAINS NAME - VJITH^ABSORBK'G LOOKS AROUND CAR GLAIOCES AT /SRTKZLG TRIES TO INTEREST-COMPLETE TO See. VJHO ELSE JAAY FROM A SJLSTANCE INTEREST IN ARTTCLE- ALSO PORTIOM BE R6ABIW6 CARELESS LIKE REST OF PAPER - COMTAIUIAJ6 4JAME AGAINJ PAPER -_BUT CAKI'T RESIST Feeci LIKE A' * BUYS SEVERAL TCLLS FRIEND VJUIF£ TO "TEMPTATION TO TAKE PUBLIC CHARACTER COPIES OP READ A CERTAIN ARTICLE AMO I HER LOOK AT NEVAISDEAL-ER /> ON A CERTAIIN PASS THE ARTICLE much applause. He had a regular; reception after the meeting ad-1 journed. —National Chairman Vance C. McCormick's absence from the gath-' ering of the clans was a subject of i much remark last night. State Chair man Guffey was out mingling and so were other reorganizers. —Among Democrats gathered hero there seems to be general approval of the appointment of Edward J. Fox, the Easton. lawyer, as Supreme Court justice, aind there are signs that all Democratic factions may unite in his' support. When Gov ernor Brumbaugh, at suggestion of Attorney General Brown, selected him he asked Palmer and McCor mick about him and also the Con gressmen from that section —Messrs. Dewalt and Steele. All spoke in the highest terms. —Thomas Guffey, son of the old Pittsburgh leader, 1s here for the gathering. —John F. Short, the Clearfield editor, is here with the Palmer-Mc- Cormick end. His son, Frank Short, is writing the political news for the Philadelphia Record, which has the Bonniwell end. Their discussions have been very interesting and up to date Walter J. Christy, of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, has dodged being umpire. REPUBLICANS UNITED [From the Scranton Republican.] The Republican state committee of Pennsylvania has organized for a 1 great victory in November. It will j be a victory for the party, and not: for any particular clique or faction, | and will, therefore, be hailed with I enthusiasm by the rank and file who take all the greater Dleasure in sup i porting the organization, its candi dates and its principles when they are backed by the united strength of all its elements co-operating for suc cess. At the meeting of the state com mittee in Philadelphia men who have been at odds for some time took leave of past differences and under the party banner, clasped hands for harmony and victory. J. Denny O'Neil, who was a candidate for gov ernor at the primaries, pledged cor dial support to his successful oppon ent, State Senator William C. Sproul, whose election he predicted by a ma jority of 500,000 votes. United States Senator Penrose buried the hatchet with the Vare brothers of Philadelphia, and took a strong hand in behalf of party unity and aggressiveness. He held that party solidarity is as essential during the war as it is in times of peace, and that these are three things which the Republican party must help to do, namely, to win the war and win it now; to achieve peace by victory, and not by compromise, and to make preparations 'for the solution of the immeasurable problems which will arise after the war. Chairman Hays, of the National Republican Committee, made a strong argument for party harmony. He asserted that "there are no yes tordays in the party," so far as dis sensions are concerned; that no mat ter how a man voted last year, or two, or six years ago, all are Re publicans now and all are for party success and the greater glory of the nation. State Senator Sproul, the Repub lican candidate for governor, strongly urged patriotic co-operation with the national government to win the war. Pennsylvania would do her duty, he said, and acquiesce In the President's declaration that "politics is adjourn ed" so far a.s the war is concerned, but the party in this great Republi can state, while devoting Its strength to national aims, would keep up its organization, conscious of its ability for all the greater service because of its strength. Other speeches were made predicting the election of Sproul and Beldleman and the entire Republican Mcket by a great major ity. All the addreses were permeated by a strong spirit of American pa triotism and voiced the conviction that when the party is united and harmonious It is all the better able to render efficient aid to the national government in the successful prose cution of the war. The state committee re-elected its former officers, including State Sena tor William E. Crow, of Fayette, as chairman, and referred the adoption of a platfofm to a special committee which will meet latCT. As chairman. Senator Crow, who enjoys a state wide acquaintance, arid a thorough knowledge of political conditions in every one ot the sixty-seven counties, will wage a winning campaign. The enthusiastic meeting of the state committee and the harmonious spirit by which it was pervaded au gur well for the renewal of the splen did prestige enjoyed by the Republi can party of the Keystone State in 1U palmiest days. The Great Major Lauchlan Mac Lean Watt, Black Watch and Gordon Highlanders, in Scribner's Magazine. (Maj. Lauchlan Mac Lean Watt, Black Watch and Gordon Highland ers, in Scribner's Magazine. AND then men ask about the prospects of negotiated peace. In such a matter there can be no argument. You are up against the biggest of tfie great eternities. Is there a price for you? Is the blood of Liberty's betrayal to rot your name out of the shining roll of all the good and true? That is the one issue. And we who are the children of the free have joined hands across the wide ocean and given eternity our answer. We. have taken our venture of faith, and no matter what comes of it to us, generations away ahead of us will not need to be ashamed of our blood beating in their hearts., A great question that is always asked is: "When will the war end?" It will end only when we are ready for the finish. And that will be when God sees our hearts are fit to be the hearts of conquerors. It is the war of the spiritual against the ma terial, and there can be no doubt as to which must prevail, for the sake of the life of the world. If the issue finally be not uplifting and redeem ing. then all this sacrifice and sor row have been the most fatuous of earthly experiences, only fit for the tears of angels and the mocking laughter of devils. But It is working out aright. It is unifying the good in man and eliminating the evil. That is wherein stands out with startling clarity the wonderfully awful anomaly of war. War Is the vilest, cruelest, blackest thing that ever came out of hell; and yet it drags to the surface elements of consecration, of sacrifice for high est ideals, of spiritual elevations be yond utterance or dreaming. I never knew the real meaning of the wounds of Christ till I saw the wounds of my brave brothers, slain for the sake of others. I never knew *th real significance of duty till I saw them torn and broken dying for duty's sake rather than yield a foot in the front of battle. It may mean less for the Church than the Church Is apt to think, but it will mean THOSE GLOOMY GUSSES [From the Stars and Stripes in France] We of the A. E. F.. who wear the service chevron are wont to specu late from time to time on "how things are going back in the states. We have been away for six months or more, and our knowledge of con ditions is a little vague. We have had to depend on per sonal letters, cable dispatches which only "hit the high spots" of the news. aDd newspapers and magazines from four to eight weeks old. The news papers are our widest source of in formation, and for the last month or so they have been depressing. _ "Our air program has failed." "Shipbuilding has fallen down" "Our army hasn't any arms." "Whole war eft oft of first year has been wasted." We have read this and wondered. "Whole war effort wasted." Then we reflected that we were here, many hundred thousands of us. and we figured that this had been overlook ed by the man who classed the ef fort as wasted. We recalled that there - seemed to be plenty of nine pound guns to tote around and de cided that the man who said we hadn't any arms had mlsflgured, too. The all too evident exaggeration of those two statements encouraged us to believe that there was at least the same amount of exaggeration in the others. Then carne word of the tremendous success of the Third liberty I-iOan, and there wasn't any doubt left as to "how things are go ing back in the states." A soldier started out of his quar ters one evening. "Where are you going?" asked his bunkie. "Oh, down to the 'T' hut to read the papers from the states —down to get some gloom." The newspapers and magazines should remember that the pessimist on America Inevitably goes broke. Plan a Statue of Riley The contract for modeling a life size statue of James Whltcomb Riley, which Is to be placed In the yard of the courthouse at Green field, Ind.,"the birthplace of Indiana's beloved poet, has been awarded to Mrs. Myra R. Richards, an Indian apolis sculptor. Riley posed before his death for Mrs. Richards who is the only sculp tor to whom he ever gave a sitting. The statute will be a bronze figure, which will stand on a solid granite pedestal.—lndianapol'* more for Christ and for the best life of the world than meantime we can understand for our heartache, or see for our tears. The world will be a fool if she does not begin a new book this moment and try to be worthier than she is of the sacrifice of the ' brave, and so become worthier of the divine that is within her. Life will require to be hereafter far less a thing of dividing gMlfs than a thing ascending pathways. And so there will be a growing certitude of future peace, and an opportunity for the heart of liberty to 'beat freely. Our British flag is, of course, the flag of a very ancient state. And it is natural that it should be made up of crosses—red crosses that tell of the heart's blood of the bravest shed in the way of sacrifices, the pathway to the sun, set in the white of pure purpose, and with the blue of north ern skies and seas for background. There are no crosses in the Ameri can flag yet. But it also has the white stripes of clean dreaming, and the red of brave men's battling for lib erty, with stars of vision and hope set against the vast blue of the heav ens. Surely, the fight that has the messages of these flags above it will mean a world's emancipation from such shadows as have darkened it I in the days that are past. And sure ly the free states of the world will rise immediately to fully awakened strength and keep awake until the victory. And when people ask me, "Shall we win?" I answer by asking, "Do we dare to lose?" Do we dare to risk handing over our children and our children's children if any be left us, to the same bitter heart break, the same fathomless sorrow, the same tearless, dumb anguish of sacrifice that this hour of Europe's passion knows? It would be better to go right out anywhere, straight way, and walk into the jaws of im mediate death —to drift in deep waters, or lie at the foot of a cliff with a bullet In one's brain—than to be an apostate of immortal des tiny and betray the jewel of our soul. LABOR NOTES Australia has more than 75,000 or ganized railway and transport work ers. Children under 16 are work in factories in Mexico. Female munition workers in France are limited to 10 hours' work a day. Since 1906 trade union membership in Australia has Increased 211 per cent. Chicago negroes are planning' to run a colored candidate for Con gress. . On June 10, at Baltimore, Md., the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen will convene. Women of Fife,. Scotland, have agreed to provide the lahor for harv esting the flax crop. Congressman Van Dyke, of Min nesota, was an overworked and un derpaid mail clerk. Sixty days' leave for farnr work is being granted United States naval re cruits at Providence, R. I. THE~HAPPY HUNS I reckon the German taking his morning hate along with his morn ing chicory never will understand how it is the Britisher and the Yan kee can make war and make jokes about it and be good sportsmen all at the same time. The German is very sentimental —I myself have heard him with tears in his voice singing the songs of jthe home place and the Christmas tree and the Rhine maiden as he marched past a burning asylum in Belgium; but his sense of humor, if ever he really owned such a thing, was long ago smothered to death by the poisoned chemical processes of his own mili tary machine. The man who was so bad that he was scared of himself must have been the original exemp lar of the frlghtfulness doctrine. Anyhow he was born in Prussia— I'm sure of that much anyway.— Irvin S. Cobb in Saturday Evening Post. MORTAL MAN AND GOD Shall mortal man be more Just than God? Shall a man be more pure than hiß maker? —Job iv, 17. JUNE 19, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT "] Perhaps Mr. McAdoo will now raise the wages of the public so that it can pay the Increased wages of the railroad men.—lndianapolis News. When a convention of Quakers goes on record for a continuance of the war until won it certainly can be called unanimous. New York ■.World. It looks as if the ten-cent decrease in coal prices might be In danger of getting lost'in the 25 per cent, in crease in freight rates.—lndianapolis News. General March has made a dc-' mand upon Congress for large amounts of small guns. Would seem that Congress could supply the de mand. —Los Angeles Times. We have a theory that an enter prising man who could go to Rus sia and establish a string of free lunch counters could be elected czar without opposition. Emporia Ga zette. OUR DAILY LAUGH EXEMPTION CLAIMED. Mrs. Brown—ls your husband go ing to the war? Mrs. Slacker —No, Indeed; poor dear Fldo Is absolutely dependent on him. A SHORT LIFE. Miss Bee—No use in offering me a lifetime devotion, Mr. Butterfly, it'll be over in about six weeks! ATTENTIONS. To her no roses will I hand Of tenderness VVUr' Hnce cabbages \y are larger ■jl I M Arc nourish- s®}gja\ j ing as well. M A WONDER- M\ FUL. SPRING. fr &A m my ' th ® water gf from this spring C&jtgr—makes one feel ' like a fledgling! MADE HER Alice 1* some YT? mad with me. ui I took her to the game yes- |jjM|sk But why the madness? I-watched the w~ sjt /rj^m lEbathtg OUfat The Pennsylvania organization of the Improved Order of Red Men. which has decided to once more honor Harrisburg as Its State Council city Is not only one of the most In fluential but one of the strongest numerically In this vicinity. The convention to be held here next June, in accordance with the decision of the great council sitting at Scran ton. will bo the third in fourteen years? The last time the council fire was kindled here was In 1909 and' In 1904 a notable gathering was held In this city. Both occastons were marked by the usual picturesque parades. There are no less than seven tribes of the order In Harris burg and with the auxiliaries and side degrees they comprise about 3,- 500 persons. In the county outside of the city there are tribes In Wll liamstown, Millersburg', Wlconisco, Highspire, Middletown and Steelton. there being two in the latter place. On the West Shore there are tribes in New Cumberland and West Falr view, many Enola men being affi liated with the latter organization. Thus it will be seen that there are sixteen branches in what can be called the Harrisburg district and many prominent men are members. The Red Men, who are noted for the way they stick together and the practical manner in which they give aid to widows and orphans, have not only gatherings which attract much attention because of the parades and the bright costumes, but the sub stantial character of the men who make up the membership. The in vestments of the tribes are said to be very heavy in this section. • • • Some of the men who run lunch rooms In Harrisburg are inclined to despair over the appetites of the soldiers which threaten to bring them into violent collision with the federal food administration and they • are wondering whether it would be worse to turn down the soldiers or buck Administrator McCormlck. The trouble seems to be that the soldiers have awful appetitles. They work hard and they have big hungers and get plenty to eat. There are no food administration rules for fighters. And when they come here on fur loughs they eat the allowed in short order and want more. The restaurant- men can not serve It and the soldiers will not take a refusal. • • * Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, is home from a trip during which he delivered a baccalaureate address up state. Tho Doctor was rather proud of some of his statements and was discussing them with Emerson Col lins, a fellow graduate of Lafayette. A friend inquired the subject of the interesting discussion. "Oh," said Mr. Collins, "George is just telling men of some points in his address, his baccanalian address." "Oh, that's the way you charac terize it, is it?" quoth the Doctor. "Well, the Fourth of July is coming and I shall find some term to de scribe your flights. It may be dif ficult, though." ♦ • The French war balloon automo bile which the Harrisburg recruit ing office has on display In this city is the only one of its kind in the United States. It was brought here as a model for our army engineers and is so perfect in its details that they have been unable to improve It greatly, save to better the engine and make the whole thing a trifle more Impervious to the wear and tear of war. Enclosed under tho rear hood, which covers the portion of the car just back of the driver's seat, and which looks much like the front end of a racing car, is a wind lass with sufficient rope attached to let the balloon attached go Into the [ air at least a thousand feet. On the same windlass are telegraph and telephone wires and the observer In the balloon is always able to com municate with the ground below. If an enemy aeroplane heaves in sight while the balloon is up the signal is given fot descent, the windlass be gins to work, down comes the balloon and off goes the automobile with Its light but bulky load 25 miles an hour across the landscape. The ma chine which is on exhibition here has seen service all along the French front from the British line to Switz erland. It is of very heavy construc tion in order to keep the ground against the tugging of the balloon In a heavy gale. The United States will build some hundreds of these. Colored men who come from southern states to work In industrial establishments and on construction operations in this part of the state have been showing a tendency to go into fields and help out farmers since the warm weather began. Many of the colored men have been recruited from agricultural regions of the south and working in the comes natural to them. The differ ence in wages does not appear to bother some of them because they have been making good money In the mills and as they are provided with plenty to eat on the farms they seem to be content to do a bit in the fields. Many of the colored fnen have become "war gardeners," too. [_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —W. J. Brennen, Pittsburgh Dem ocratic leader for a quarter of a century, has attended every Demo cratic meeting of any account in Harrlsburg in that time. —Walter Darlington, state editor of the Philadelphia North American, is here for the meeting of the Demo crats. —John M. Flynn, Elk County Democratic leader. Is the oldest Democrat In point of legislative ser vice in the House. —Justice E. J. Fox has beep presi dent of the Easton Y. M. C. A. for several years. —Henry S. Grove, prominent In Phlladielphla shipbuilding for years, has gone to Maine for the summer. —C. K. Robinson. Pittsburgh city counsel In the fare cases, was here yesterday for the public service meetings. DO YOU KNOW —That Harrlsburg is shipping steel plates for construction of the new mercantile fleet? HISTORIC HARRISBDRG One hundred years ago Harris burg got all of Its fuel by boat. A NATION'S SOUL A nation's very like a man. Its courage often needs a teat. From trials of the coul we can Determine which loves honor best. -—From the Detroit Free Press.
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