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Avenue Building, Finley, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. b T carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918 Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessed ness.—Cablyi.e. i POLITICS—PATRIOTISM WHEN Judge Wescott, of New Jersey, was introduced to a Harrisburg audience Tuesday evening as a big gun of the Demo cratic party—4he silver-tongued ora tor who hafc jresented the name of Presidac Wilson to two national conventions—lt was not generally understood that a humorist was be ing presented at the same time. The judge indulged in all kinds of al leged arguments a a to why the Re publican party should suspend politi cal activities while the administra tion supporters were engaged con stantly in constructing a political machine under the guise of patri otism. Among other absurdities he in sisted, by inference, that Democrats in office were statesmen, while the Republicans were simply politicians. Even his Democratic auditors wink ed at each other when these gems fell upon their listening ears. But Judge Wescott Is simply a representative of the dominant Dem ocratic oligarchy which hopes to hold its accidental power through the most unusual methods ever pur sued by a political organization. These busy partisans, taking their cue from the President's political activities, assume to lecture Repub licans upon their alleged lack of patriotism because the average Re publican refuses to have his patri otism measured by the Democratic standard. If President Wilson will not exer else the authority granted him by Congress to suspend the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors for the period of the war, he might be induced to issue a decree that on the Fourth of July there shall be sold no Intoxicating beverages of any sort. There is a strong disposition through out the country among all classes of people to make the observance of our Natal Day this year a solemn and serious consecration of the people to a great cause. Surely, on this day at least, the President can stop the sale of all intoxicating liquors—for con servation of patriotism if not food. NEW MESSIAH CHURCH THE congregation of Messiah Lu theran Church, whose new place of worship was dedicated Sun day, is to be congratulated upon the final completion of an enterprise that has been in the minds of the members for the past quarter cen tury. Those who erected the old church built wisely and well. They looked ahead through the years and foresaw that the building which re placed the old Forster farmhouse would ono day become too small, and they designed and located the structure accordingly. The result Is now a much larger, more commodi ous church for less money than would have been possible had it been necessary to replace entirely the old building. The beautiful new church is a credit to the congrega tion and an ornament to the city. Park Commissioner Gross Is now on the right road in the matter of a Shade Tree Commission.- Recogniz ing the strong public sentiment fa vorable to some definite plan for the care and treatment of our shade trees, he has declared his purpose to intro duce at the next session of the City Council an ordinance conferring the powers vested by the Legislature on commissions of this sort in cities of the third class. Not a day should be lost In making definite provision for what Is so seriously needed. Also, it is a good omen that the Civic Club has called attention to the situation. WORKS TWO WAYS IT Is announced from Trenton thut President Wilson may take a hand in the United States Kunutorshlp light In New Jersey this fall in behalf of the Democratic op ponent of Governor Edge. We are told that "stand by Wilson and win the war" ia to be the Democratic slogan this year. Meanwhile, the He publicans throughout the country Will be Urged to forget partisanship and support the President, while the bead of the administration and his THURSDAY EVENING, associates do their level best to elect their own partisans to places which cannot be filled by appointment. If the plea of non-partlsanshlp Is to avail anything this year it must apply to the Democrats as well as Republicans. President Wilson has no right to expect his political and partisan activities to escape criticism on the basis of patriotism. It must not be forgotten that the Republi cans at Washington, in both the Sen ate and House, have stood by the President much more consistently and steadfastly than men of his own party. It is, therefore, most galling to be told that the fest of patriotism in the campaign this year must be alignment with the President's own party. It Is an interesting coincidence that City Solicitor John E. Fox, who was largely responsible while a member of the State Senate in securing the legislation necessary for enlargement of the Capitol Park, is now the legal adviser of the city and will be able to wisely direct the steps which must be taken to co-ordinate the work of the city so as to promote entire har mony of treatment in the Capitol Park zone as it affects the city. HOPELESS DEMOCRATS THE Democratic State Commit tee having been repudiated by Judge Bonniwell, the Demo cratic candidate for Governor, after It had used every blandishment pos sible to induce the nominee to ac cept its leadership, is now in the po sition of being a political machine in an important campaign without a leading candidate. This is a very sad state of affairs for the Palmer-McCormick crowd, who had gone even to the length of stultifying themselves by taking their pet prohibition plank out of the State platform in order to make peace with Bonniwell, who licked them hands down, with points to spare, at the May primaries. This is going to reflect on the Palmer- McCormick combination later, Dem ocrats from all parts of the State, commenting upon the lack of cour age displayed by the discredited Na tional Chairman, who, they said, had he been truly in favor of prohibi tion, would have attended the meet ing and at least made a fight in fa vor of "dry" recommendations to candidates not so pronouncedly "wet" as is Bonniwell. Instead, he stayed away and let Palmer do the "flirty work" of trying to bring the "lily white" reform element of the party into close alliance with what the reorganizers used to call the "disreputable 'Old Guard.' " It was a fine political scheme, but how far It missed attainment may be judged from the statement issued by Bonniwell shortly after he had most brusquely declined Palmer's suave invitation to address the meet ing at the Board of Trade, where, it was hoped, he would doff his war bonnet before the McCormick throne. He said: I am' not deceived by false smiles, nor to be betrayed by hypocritical professions. 1 shall neither deal with nor trust the committee so controlled. From the Judas leadership that has de feated John J. Casey, Charles N. Crosby, Robert E. Creswell and other distinguished Democrats and has sought to destroy the great Democratic districts of Ar thur G. DeWalt and Henry J. Steele. I appeal to the loyal, honest. Democratic workers to re organize their counties and once for all end this vicious, contempt ible leadership that has fastened itself like a parasite upon the fair name of President Wilson, and whose sole concern is the peddling of patronage. I seek in this campaign to fortify the hands of our great President in the Congressional elections. These men. by their petty malignity, have imperiled every Democratic district in Pennsylvania. Here we have a candidate willing to go along without a State Com mittee and a State Committee with out a candidate. McCormick is placed in the peculiar position of a National Chairman repudiated by the regu larly nominated gubernatorial can didate in his own State and accused of conspiring against the success of the head of the ticket in November and of jeopardizing the chances of Democratic Congressional candidates in this State by the row he has kicked up over an attempt to main tain control of the State Committee in the face of a sharp rebuke at the polls. He must cither come out and urge the election of the man as Gov ernor whose candidacy he pro nounced "an insult" to the voters, stand ready to suffer the conse quences nationally of a Democratic chairman who urges the defeat of a regularly nominated Democratic can didate, or skulk silently in his tent while the battle rages. Up to this time he has not had the courage to take a stand, his personally-con ducted newspaper not even daring to venture a comment to-day upon the doings of the State Committee and Mr. Bonniwell yesterday. It's a fine muddle in which the Democratic bosses of the State find themselves, and Republicans may be excused for indulging in a laugh or two at their expense, but the situa tion is a tragic commentary upon the self-assumed leadership of the Pal mer-McCormick crowd and a sad re flection upon the sincerity of their prohibition views Those above recruiting age who are anxious to do something to help end the war in the right way should get into touch with the recruiting committee of the Y. M. C. A. Not only are religious secretaries needed, but chauffeurs, men able to handle sup plies, men of accounting experience and general business training. It must be remembered that the war work of this great organisation is not confined to purely religious ef fort and entertaining. The Govern ment has placed upon the committee a much larger work that must be done in order to win the war. Every boy in Harrlsburg under draft age who has a patriotic desire to serve his country can find some thing useful during this period. Let him get Into touch with Dr. Charles B. Fager, head of the Boys' Working Reserves in this section, and show what kind of a boy he Is. FOITTTC* IK Br tbm Ex-Gommltteemn 1 Pennsylvania Democracy is run ning true to form. The Palmer- McCormick faction which rode into power on the doctrine of no bosses yesterday gave an exhibition of its machine which would have don* credit to the organisation of the party in any southern state and the head of ,its state ticket became so indignant at its motion that he re fused to follow the traditional cus tom of appearing before the state committee and denounced the official leaders of his party as chiefs of a vendetta. The Democracy of Penn sylvania is once more divided and the spectacle of a candidate for gov ernor preparing to run his own cam paign in defiance of the highest council of his party is presented for 1918 entertainment. Many men who have been observ ing the trend of Democratic affairs for the last year have been expecting just such a situation. The Palmer- McCormick faction got into power by drastic measures used against men who had been long in politics and ever since the strenuous winter ciays of 1911 the deposed men have been scheming for revenge. After n series of abortive outbreaks they succeeded in signally defeating the candidate of the bosses for governor last month, but committed the blun der of failing to capture the state committee at the same time. —The meeting of the state com mittee yesterday demonstrated con clusively that the Palmer-McCormick faction, whicli is backed by the Fed eral officeholders, dominates the of ficial organization of the party in he Keystone State. It is said that if it had come to a pinch that they could have had more than ninety votes. The state committee will l'roceed to organize the campaign and to call a meeting of the candi dates for selection of a campaign committee, while it will have the platform committee, composed of its own adherents, meet here in the next six weeks. —Judge Bonniwell came here with the intention of forcing the state committee leaders to give him con trol, and when he did not get it he cleverly turned the chief weapon employed by the banded bosses in 1911 against them. This weapon is sometimes known in polite society as "lack of confidence," but in Demo cratic circles it is summed up in the assertion that some one is a traitor to the party. He refused to attend the meeting of the state committee when it was organized under the personal direction of A. Mitchell Palmer, contrary to his wishes, as sailed Palmer to his face, and then put out a denunciation of his oppo nents that sounds like a pronuncla mento of the reorganizers in the days when they assumed control of the machine with high-sounding phrases and strong hands. —Just as an illustration of the temper displayed in the big day of the Democracy which has been pro claimed from Market Square as unit ed and harmonious, it may be said that the Philadelphia Record, Dem ocratic organ, declares this is some of the interview between Judge Bon niwell, candidate for Governor,' said to A. Mitchell Palmer, national com mitteeman from Pennsylvania: "I wouldn't speak before those four-flushers and double i-rossers," Judge Bonniwell said, "and you should be ashamed to ask me. The action of the com mittee to-day is an insult to me and every honest Democrat In Pennsylvania." "Do you mean that we are to return to the committee and tell them that?" Mr. Dlvely asked. "Go back and tell them that they are double-crossers and four-flushers, and also tell them that I will conduct my own cam- L paign and will not be crossed by the Palmer-Donnelly out | fit," Judge Bonniwell replied. "You can name your own campaign chairman," Palmer in terposed. "Mr. Palmer, you can enjoy your triumph. You have jeop ardized every candidate for Con gress by your action to-day. Let the blood be upon your hands." Realizing that their visit was futile, the committee drew away and volunteers took their places. Former Senator Webster D. Grim, a Bonniwell, supporter, at tempted to persuade the nom inee to attend the meeting, but without success. Others pleaded with Judge Bonniwell and were promptly turned down. —The Bonniwell statement affords an enlightening slant at the result of Democratic reorganization as practiced in recent years. It says in part: "The action of the Palmer state committee to-day is prelimi nary notice that he and his clique propose to do all in their power to defeat my election as governor of Pennsylvania. Every Democratic can didate within a generation has been accorded the selection of a state chairman. * * ♦ I am not deceived by false smiles, nor to be betrayed by hypocritical professions. I shall neither deal with nor trust the com mittee so controlled. From the Judas leadership that has defeated John J. Casey, Charles N. Crosby, Robert Cresweil and other distinguished Democrats, and has sought to de stroy the great Democratic districts of Arthur G. DeWalt and Henry* J. Steele, I appeal to the loyal, honest Democratic workers to reorganize their counties and once for all end this vicious, contemptible leadership that has fastened Itself like a para site upon the fair name of President Wilson, and whose sole concern is the peddling of patronage." —Two things stand out In the midst of the Democratic debacle. One is the way In which the Demo cratic national chairman, Vance C. McCormick, called by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times the "majority stock holder" in tho machine, found that his duties kept him In Washington. And the other la the fact that the Rtate committee, in spite of the pres ence of Palmer, never called on the national committeeman-for a speech and never complimented him In a resolution, while as far as the Demo cratic national chairman is con corned, the committee paid no more attention to him than if he had been a clan head in the Aleutian Islands. —And then Judge Bonntwell re fused to shake hands with J. Wash ington Logue, candidate for lieuten ant governor. —"Jack" Spangler was right when he said it was "some party." Good Effect of Dry Wave Illustrative of the salutatory effects of prohibition a rollicking friend slapped us on the shoulder yester day and Invited us to come around to the postofflce and have a thrift stamp with him.—Grand Rapids Press. HAITRIEBURG TELEGRAPH AIN'TIT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? ... ... .... ... I — I AFTE You HAVE BEEN -AND "IHEN YOU HAPPEN -AND YOU DREAD "THE ORDEAL ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE THINK ABOUT WHAT OF TEU-IHG HER "BECAUSE |M THe ARMY AMD You MOTHER VJILL DO AMD "TOO KNOW SHE VJILL'CARRY ARE FEELING CHESTY SAY . QH" SOMETHING FIERCE 1 OVER IT> ' ANP FINALLY YOU SCREW -AKI> <SHE PUT.S HBR ARMS AU-H-U- RNV H UP COURAGE TO BREAK THE ABOUT YOU AMO SAYS" GOD ' V " " " •• NEWS TO HER. AS GENTLY BLS3S YOY MY SON)- JAM A*N <T IT A AS POSSIBLE OF YOO" GR'R'R- RAND /*, Adventure's Threshold [From the Seattle Post Intelli gencer] Life is subject to sudden awaken ings. We earn our bread, have our after dinner smoke, watch the sun set day after day, and see the future only as an endless succession of monotonous days: then comes a day when, presto! we awaken in the heart of some deadly and. unexpected adventure. Life is not all monotony, even for those of us who cannot go to war. A rancher at Long Branch hpard the complaining voice of a calf in the night, and went out with his lantern to discover a panther seven and one half feet long, arguing with the calf and trying to get it in the mood to be eaten. There is something disquieting about the glint of a panther's eyes at night; so the rancher struck at them with his lantern, and left for the house almost at once to obtain aid and succor. Subsequently, we are told, the cougar was tracked, treed and killed, bringing fn a liberal bounty for the rancher whose peace of mind was so marred and broken. Dull and drab as our existences may be. we are constantly on the very threshold of thrilling adven ture. We see here the potential ha zards of the peaceful life. Ope day may be as like another as two peas in a pod, yet comes along a day when one pails the cows, feeds and beds the hbrses, smokes the after dinner pipe, and goes to bed as usual, only to be unexpectedly plunged Into a night of adventure. PRICE INCREASES Farmer] Many farmers will be surprised ; to know that an acre of wheat, corn, potatoes, oats or other! crop now will purchase more of ] any article bought for use on the farm or In the home than would the products from an acre in 1914. This is on the basis of the crop raised, not on the basis of profit per acre made by the farmer. The Department of Agriculture gathered data from all Rarts of the country and computed the advance in prices of 110 things which farmers buy. The advance varifes from 17 per cent, on coal oil to 110 per cent, on rope, hemp and brooms —the average in crease on all articles being 4 5 per cent. Putting it in another way and using the prices prevailing in 1909 as 100, both for crops sold and things purchased, and comparing these with prices obtaining on January 1, 1918, we find that the advance In farm products has been 100 per cent, and the advance In things farmers buy 163 per cent. Of course, this does not Include the increased overhead expenses of running a farm and producing crops. No figures are available to show how much greater the net in come of tjie farmer was in 1917 than in 1909. While It is well for farmers to realize that the things they sell have Increased as much or more than the things they buy, it is also Important for city people to know that the net profits of farming are not in proportion to the increased gross returns. Roosevelt's Americanism [Prom the St. Louis Star] It is n great campaign of Ameri canism Colonel Roosevelt Is carry, ing on and he has been at it now for four years, ever since the heel of the invader was placed on the neck of Belgium. Roosevelt long ago de clared war on the hyphen, and he did not conflno himself to the hy phen which was "German" on one end of It. There are other hyphens which arc causing us trouble. We should get rid of the last one of them. Each in its turn finds the connected word of more interest than the word "American" which follows It. There should be no hy phen and no sort of Americanism which is best explained by having one. It would do good to every man of German blood or birth to hear what the colonel says and breathe in a little of his American spirit. Japan's Rather Heathen Yet Exposure of a profiteering scandal in Japan has caused eight of the accused men to commit suicide. In this country the profiteers would have hired lawyers to get them out of trouble and then resumed busi ness at the same old stand New Orleans States. French Influence at Work One of the Washington state boys over here is so attracted by the French and their ways that when he gets back he la going to try to have the name of. hls'home town changed to Volla! Volla!—Stars and Stripes. No Place For I. W. WVs [R. Hugh Kinyvett in the Outlook] The "I Won't Work" organiza tion recently appeared in Australia, and, misreading the failure of the referendum for conscription into showing that the country was will ing to slow down a little in patri otism, they forced a general election, saying that Australia had done enough, as much as any small coun try could be expected to do. They won over a majority of the senate, causing a deadlock between the two houses. However, a coali tion was formed between the best of the labor members and the Lib erals, called the National party, and this party appealed to the people for support, on the grounds that Au stralia was pledged to send the last man and the last shilling if need be. "Though Australia had done more than any other country, even then we should ask ourselves what more can we do, whereas we have not done as much as Great Britain, or How a Convoy Is Formed [From the Scientific American] At the head of the convoy is a de stroyer; following this Is a light cruiser which acts as a flagship. This, In the case of our own navy, is fre quently an armored cruiser of the former Colorado or the Tennessee type. Then, astern of the cruiser is a torpedoboat which tows at the end of a light, but very strong steel wire, a captive balloon. This craft forms the point of the "V" forma tion; and behind it are placed the two diverging lines of merchant ships which follow each other, not bow to stern but disposed diagonally. At the stern of each ship is towed a spar or buoy which serves to tell each succeeding ship how far it is astern of the ship ahead—an abso lutely necessary precaution at night or in thick weather. Down through the center of the "V" is a line of armed trawlers; and another line steams on the outer side of each column of merchant ships. Slightly astern of the convoy and at about the center of the base of the "V" is a destroyer or torpedtfboat which tows another observation balloon. Finally, to complete the protection, several destroyers steam in a zigzag course well out on each wing of the convoy. The efficiency of the system was recently alluded to by Sir Eric Geddes in the House of Commons. He stated that one result of the con voy system has been to drive the enemy closer to the shore, thus ren dering the open sea safer for navi gation. During the first months of the unrestricted submarine war 50 per cent, of the losses (of merchant ships) occurred more than fifty miles from, land, and only 21 per cent, within ten miles of the shore. To day the losses outside the 50-mile limit have fallen to 1 per cent., while the losses close to land have risen to fit per cent. This transfer of at tacks nearer the coast gives increas ing opportunities for attacking the enemy by patrolling surface crafts and airplanes, and enables us to save many vessels which otherwise would have been lost. MARY AND HER W. S. S. Mary had a little book— It grew and grew and grew; ' And when 'twas full she got a bond— Was Little Mary You? It followed her to school one day, 'Twas quite within the rules—- It coaxed the other ldds to pay. Which shows that they weren't fools. When Mary dons a college cap, Her bond will help her through. The Kaiser'll be In—Halifax; Invest—or so will you!— From the Kansas City Star. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES J. W. Wallace and Company, pub lishers, 160 N. Wells street, Chicago, are offering a cash price of ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.00) for the novel winning first place In thetr Authors' Contest now open, and clos ing September 15, 1918. The condi tions of the contest place no restric tions on the length or subject mat ter of the novel, but make the award of the prize of $10,000.00 to the suc cessful author provisional upon his or her waiver ,to all further rights in the hook upon payment of the prize. Announcement of the contest is made by J. W. Wallace. more than Canada." Women have had suffrage for more than twenty years in Australia, and it was asking a lot to call on these women to return to power a government pledged to send from the country the last man. There has not been a day in all these three years that there have not been hun dreds of Australian wives made, widows, not a week in all these three years that there has not been more than a full page of casualties In our papers. Every woman in our coun try, if she has not seen the name of her near kin there, has seen the name of someone she knows, and just now women form the majority of the voters. Yet the National party won every seat in every state in the senate, and two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives. No gov ernment has ever had such a ma jority in our country before. End of a Perfect Bray By operating on a mule scientists have succeeded in making him voiceless.—News Item. A few can touch the magic string:, And noisy Fame is proud to win them. Alas for those who never sing. But die with all their music In them! —Oliver "Wendell Holmes. How often, as the dusk drew near And vagrant breezes stirred the pool, We've paused beside the path to hear The evening carol of the mule. A simple and unstudied strain, As from a heart that overflowed, i It rose and fell and rose again, Algd died in echoes down the i road. It lacked the robin's silver trill, The melody was often bad, The nuances, ill-spaced, but still, It was the only song he had. It had a certain zip and zest, A quality that seemed to soar— The artless singer did his best. And nightingales could do no more! But science, with its ruthless knife, These vibrant chords has learned to sever. That song that spoke the joy of life In zigzag bars is stilled forever. A kindly and impulsive brute In siience must pursue his ways. The song upon his lips is mute, And all his days are brayless days. Now, science may be right, of course, Perhaps the mulp is no musician, And merely brayed till he was hoarse To gratify a false ambition. Perhaps the Muses passed him by, Caruso's genius may have messed him; And yet it's sad that he must die With all that music in his sys tem! —James J. Montague, in New York American. "The Fool Ilath Said" This is a message from one who knows—Conlngsby Dawson—to those who do not realize. It is a message direct from the trenches in France by a soldier and writer to us behind the lines. He says: "Life haß swung back ta a prim itive decision since the war com menced. Tho decision is the same for both men and nations. They can choose the world or achieve their own souls. They can cast mercenary lots for the raiment of a crucified righteousness or take up their mar tyrdom as disciples. Those men artd nations who have been disciples to gether can scarcely fail to remain friends when the tragedy is ended. What the fool says In his heart at this present moment is not of any lasting Importance."—ln The Red Cross Magazine for July. FAITH I heard the cannons' monotone A mile or two away; But in the shell-torn town I saw Two little boys at, play. From what was yssterday a home I heard the cannons booming; But in the garden I could see A bed of pansles blooming. Along the weary, dreary road, Forspent and dull I trod; But in the sky of spring I saw The countenance of God.—FronV the Stars and Stripes in Franc*. JUNE 20, 1918. LABOR NOTES The North Dublin (Ireland) Rural Council at its last meeting refused the request of its employes for an other war bonus. Every hour spent by the employes of an Akron (Ohio) rubber factory in their war gardens netted each man 94 cents last season. Nashville (Tenn.) Typographical Union has raised the wages of its members employed in commercial shops. A resolution has been presented in the English House of Commons to draft all unmarried women between 19 and 30 years for war work. Slate and tile workers at Toronto have received an increase In wages of 10 cents. This will bring their wages up to about 70 cents an hour. About ninety per cent, of Norway's dentists are graduates of American dental colleges or have taken post graduate courses in the United States. Herts (England) women land workers have asked the board of agriculture for a caravan for a trav eling threshing gang. Wages for boys for farm work in Ottawa, Can., range from $35 to S6O a month and board. The entire rubber footwear output of the United States for some time to come is to be devoted to army re quirements. Lathers at Toronto, Can., ask $4.80 per day for metal men, $4.50 for first-class wood and $4 per day for second-class men. OUR DAILY LAUGH I tPA'S IDEA. Pa, tell ma, A synonym la And Is easlei i A PESSIMIST. I || ! | | Jlmmle—Gee, |jl * * I fl sis, watch for 1(1 jilt I tho -bird to fly lyM *'j jfftj ! out of the front of the camera! 1 Sis —(disinter- 1 4rJ estedly) —Huh? 1 ]'( \ \ I I'll bet it will bo I W a sparrow. mm w GREAT WITH THBS Racket. As an expert tennis play jj? > beats them r%_. Because hi* £.Tr; fiKM; Immense doesn't miss A PERMAN- Jfa ENT TENANT. ' Bird—l was WJ?* />1 going to build a. N— w j(U home for my family here, but it seems to he already ocu- ?Ebting (Eifat Frank 11. Hessenberger, formerly a member of the Telegraph advertis ing force but now a Y. M. C. A. war secretary at Camp Upton, Long Island, who is home on a brief fur lough, Is high in his praise of the spirit and morals of the thousands of men who have passed their early training period in that camp. "The businessman, the workman and the women back home ought to know the confidence the boys in uniform have in them. They* understand fully that it is for the younger men to shoulder the gun but they under stand also that the work back home is just as essential to the success of the army as a big force in the Held. They leave Camp Upton for France cheered and encouraged by the conviction that they are going out from a nation united In all things for the success of fhe war and vill ing to go to any length to back up the armed forces in the field. The man back home who would like to go into the army but believes that his home connections cannot easily be broken may feel consoled by this thought that if he is doing his fuli part in this country for the winning of the war he is doing all the boys in France expect of him." "Mothers with boys In the camps," said Mr. Hessenberger, "need have no fears for them. Most of them arw as well off, if not better, in camtV as they were at home. The morals of the men are generally good and the sense of personal honesty and responsibility is generally very high. Nearly every one wants to go over as soon as possible in order that he may help do the Job that lies before him and get back to his old way of living. But none wants to get out of the army before Germany has been beaten. • • • William S. Essick, the well-known insurance man, who will fill the pul pit of Grace Methodist Church Sun day evening in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell, who has gone to Europe on a gov ernment mission, is well qualified for the duty. Mr. Essick, who came to Harrisburg from Reading some years ago, brought with him a keen interest In the duty of the Bible and a taste for general reading that have made him a scholarly conver sationalist, a writer of strength and conviction and a speaker of no mean ability. He has spoken fre quently before Rotary gatherings in Harrisburg, Reading, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati and San Francisco and Is known among Ro tarlans all over the country. The next governor for the Rotary clubs of the eastern district will be Howard C. Fry, the well-known coal dealer of Harrisburg. Mr. Fry was nominated at the Lancaster conven tion of the district last winter and his name will go before .the Inter national "win-the-war" convention of Rotary at Kansas City to be held the latter part of this month. As nomination Is equivalent to election the honor of the governorship is practically assured to the Harris burg club. Mr. Fry did not seek the office, which came to him as a recognition of his prominence in Rotary circles, he having been secre tary of the Harrisburg club for years and one time its president. He has attended Rotary conventions in many cities and is well known among club members in all parts of the country. His new office will neces sitate considerable traveling next summer in which will be made easier by the recent purchase of a new six cylinder car. • • • J. Herbert Walker, editor of the Lewlsburg Journal, was a Harris burg visitor yesterday. Mr. Walker Is closely associated with Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, newspaper man and historian. He is secretary of the Pennsylvania Alpine Club, an organization founded by the colonel. The members of the club climb Pennsylvania mountains and study their natural history, botany, and history. Mr. Walker Is the author of a number of historical volumes and is prominent in the newspaper work in the state. His hobby is liv ing in a cabin and roaming around in the Union county mountains. He has been present on every mountain climb made by the Alpine Club and is an enthusiastic woodsman. Mr. Walker was accompanied on his Har risburg visit by Mr. Grove, county treasurer of Union county. • • Some one observing the "war gardens" to which Shirley Watts Is devoting himself as general super visor and encourager, has remarked upon the diversity of crops being raised. There are to be found not only the staples like corn, and beans, potatoes and peas, but no end of cabbage and tomatoes, lots of celery, some sweet potatoes, a few peppers, but many onions and few pumpkins. • • Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt, of AUentown, who was here for the Democratic gathering, has been a regular visitor to this city for about thirty years. He came to attend a Democratic convention before he reached his majority and in the last quarter of a century he has been mixed-up in everything pertaining to the Democracy that has met here. Ho has been up and down, but gen erally up. [_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Dennis J. Driscoll, prominent St. Mary's attorney, was a visitor here this week, coming for the Demo cratic meeting. —Joseph F. Guffey, who retired as Democratic State Chairman, has a big job ahead as petroleum admin istrator for the government. —John F. Short, food administra tor for Clearfield county, insists that tho county shall not be overlooked. It has 4.000 farmers he says. —J. D. Morrow, who Is in charge of coal distribution at Washington and a former Plttsburgher, Is carry ing some original Ideas into the handling of the coal problem. —J. Edgar Probyn, Altoona news paperman, has become secretary of the Augusta T. M. C. A. —Senattor Sproul is going to en gage in aome historical atudles in Delaware county byway of recrea tion this summer. —John M. Phillips, State Game Commissioner, Is taking a big Inter est In the movement to perpetuate the ruffed groupe. He was one of the first men to see that It was be ing exterminated. DO YOU KNOW IK) YOTT KNOW —That Harrisburg cigars are being sent to ninny of the (limps where soldiers are being trained? HISTORIC HAKHISBURO —ln 1790 Harrisburg had twenty places for repair of wagons Trans portation was its biggest business.
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