6 HAP.RISBURG TELEGRAPH LA VMWSPAPER rOR THE HOME Founded liti Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRC'TOG CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Saar*. ®. J. STACK POLE, prt 6r Bditor*n-Chitf f. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ, Stanar't Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en title'' to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news publtshed | herein. ▲1! rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. , Member American j (A Newspaper Pub- Uhfrs' Asso^la- Oh?ca*oPlll 1 . dlnK ' Entered at the Post Ofrtce in Harrls * burg. Pa., as second rlass matter. By carriers, ten cent* OEr , t.'&) week; by mail. 15.00 a year in advance. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1918 The first step toxcurd greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strongly enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness." it is greatness itself. — Bovee. * PENNSYLVANIA, A GIVER THIS week Pennsylvania will send to Camp Lee for the National Army more of her sons than there were American soldiers with •Washington when Cornwallis sur rendered to him and the French at Yorktown. Last month Pennsylvania sent to the various camps more of her boys than there were troops commanded by General Scott when he marched on Mexico City. In April Pennsylvania sent to ' camps more of her youth than there were men in both armies that fought the decisive battle of New Orleans. Between April 1 and July 1 It Is estimated that this State will hav£ furnished 73,000 drafted men to the army, which is seven times the number of Spanish soldiers sur- rendered to Shafter at Santiago and six times the number that laid down arms at the capitulation of Manila. Since the first of the year the Key stone State has sent to the camps under the call of the nation about as many men as were in the army of Napoleon at Waterloo. These figures represent only the men who have been drafted from Pennsylvania. They do not include the men who have enlisted in the Regular Army, the Navy or the Marine Corps, or the young men who have become officers. 4| When counted with the National Guardsmen who volunteered and the men who went into the Regular Army and the Navy since the war began the drafted men make the • share of Pennsylvania In our armed forces greater in number than the two armies at Gettysburg. And all this from a State which Is furnishing one-tenth of the muni tions and giving as freely of natural resources as of manhood. Prepare to do your part on Thrift Day. RIGHT, MR. KREIDER POLITICS is adjourned except in districts where Democrats see some chance of Democratic success at the polls," said Congress man Kreider, speaking 'before the Dauphin County Republican Com mittee at its annual meeting Satur day and referring to the recent statement of President Wilson. Right, Mr. Kreider. Politics is adjourned, but only for Republicans who are supposed to stand idly by twiddling their thumbs while Demo crats run home with the bacon. But in Pennsylvania the President will find that Republicans have their own notions as to the definition of this phrase, which they take to mean that men of all parties shall place patriotism above politics and shall give the administration wholehearted support in Its war measures, as Re publicans have always done in the past and will do again. That is what they mean to do, but they know that they can serve the country better under their party standards than beneath the flag of a party whose fundamentals so far differ from their own that they have been at constant variance since Civil War days, and before. The President evidently thinks I Henry can run as well as any other Ford. A PROPER ATTITUDE SENATOR BEipLEMAN took a very proper view of the duties of office when he told the Re publican County Committee at its annual meeting Saturday that "if elected Lieutenant Governor he * would cease the practise of criminal law" because- he did not believe a "member of the State Pardon Board ahould either defend or prosecute I a person who might come before I that board with a plea for clemency." I And he added that with himself as MONDAY EVENING, presiding officer "there would be ho' easy road to freedom for criminals" through the Pardon Board. So many cases came before that body at the June meeting that two j days were required for the hearings. The members could have been better employed. The time is here when court sentences should mean Just what the judge Imposes. There is entirely too much leniency. Lieu tenant Governor McClain has made a good presiding officer for the board and Senator Bendleman, with his views on the subject, will be a worthy successor. I The way to console yourself in ob serving the new beef regulations is to try to eat a piece of fried round steak. A CALL TO PRAYER MAYOR KEISTER. following the suggestion of this news paper, has proclaimed the two ! minutes Immediately following 12 | o'clock noon on the Fourth of July i a period especially set apart in ! which the whole city will unite in prayer for divine aid and guidance in the war. Bells will proclaim the hour and wherever the marchers in the great parade, which will be a part of the day's celebration, happen to be at the time prescribed, they will halt, the bands will cease to play and pa raders and spectators will bow their heads in silent devotion. It promises 1 to be the most impressive feature of a red letter day in the history of Harrisburg. But it will be more than that. It will be a public admission of our helplessness in this or any other great trial without the help and guiding hand of God. In proclaiming this period of j prayer Mayor Keister has set an ex- j ample which other cities very likely i will follow. The Mayor evidently be- j lieves, as n\any millions of Ameri cans have come to believe, that the hour has struck when we as a nation must take our stand on the high ground of Christian teaching or turn to the foe content to face his, frightfulness armed only with the poor weapons of our own making. "Ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you." These are no idle promises. AUSTRIA THE news from Austria is most cheering from an allied view point. We are sorry that men. women and children are driven by hunger to strikes and riots, but we rejoice that by such means Austria may be split in twain and the end of the war brought nearer by the elimination of what has been Ger many's right bower. Let us not. however, be too opti mistic. Conditions in Austria, both with respect to the food situation and the morale of the people, unquestion ably are bad. But they may not be so serious as reports would indicate. There is a growing suspicion in the public mind that the German gov ernment is not averse to misleading the people of allied countries in this direction. It would appear that they would like to have us think they are weaker than they are. that they are on the point of starvation or the brink of revolution. This does not aggravate the situation at home and is designed to induce the workmen and soldiers of the allies to let down in their efforts, under the impression that the war would be won from within. Each time we have hearkened to such stories we have faced a new offensive in the field or a peace drive intended to win the war for Germany through treaties. Probably, if we could learn the true conditions within Austria we would see the people short of food and despondent, but still so under the iron heel of despotism and buoyed up with false news and false hopes as to be very far from revolution. We would then come to the point of belief that the only possible way of arousing the people of the dual monarchy to the point of revolt is by inflicting a crushing defeat upon their armies in the field. Italy is doing nobly her part to bring this about. Once we are strong enough in France to turn the tide decisively there, then and then only we may look for serious outbreaks within the Central Powers. Revolution In Europe will not be the result of starvation, but of war, vigorous, relentless war, waged by America and her allies. "The Austrlans are crossing the Piave"—but this time going in the right direction. NOT ALARMING ROBERT CHENOWETH. arrested by United States authorities on the charge of selling "dope," makes the assertion that he is not the only guilty person and. that "there are a dozen joints openly operating In Harrisburg." Probably Chenoweth was exagger ating. but In all likelihood there was some truth in his remark, and the condition should be probed to the bottom. But even If a dozen persons are clandestinely selling habit-forming drugs in the city the situation is much better under .federal regulation than was the case when every drug store in the city sold opiates to all comers and under full protection of law. All the "dope" that is now sold here is smuggled into the country and disposed of at extravagant prices under cover, and the amount Is only a very small fraction of that which was used before the national government put a ban on the traffic. The condition Is about the same with respect to drugs as will be with regard to strong drink a few years after the selling of whiskey is put on a par with the sale of morphine or the counterfeiting of money. Stringent steps must be taken to put down the trade, but the condition Is not alarming. fottttc* L* "Pcjutotfttfoaua. By (be Ex-Committeebmmi Judge Eugene C. Bonnlwell's open break with the official leaders of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania land his announcements that he will name his own committee for his state campaign and for Philadel phia's skirmish, has brought to the surface a dozen local Democratic squabbles which can now be expect ed to grow until within a year the Democracy of the Keystone State, so much advertised and lauded and productive of Jobs for reorganizes, will be in the throes of a family i tight that will repeat the party's history in this state In the last forty \ years. The row has now reached the stage where the partisans of Judge Bon nlwell have gone beyond charging National Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer with being discourteous to Judge Bonniwell and they are com mencing to make other allegations with a view to keeping the disturb ance so heated that Democratic vot ers will forget that Bonniwell is only one of seven candidates. —The Philadelphia Record, the Bonniwell organ, now charges that Palmer and his pals deliberately broke an agreement about the Su preme Justice appointment and aft er devoting considerable space to this charge, declares that Bonniwell now looks for a "trick platform," which means that the judge will ignore the state committee's sub committee unless he gets his own way, which he is not likely to obtain. The Record concludes: "Judge Bon niwell will begin immediately a re organization of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. He will urge the for mation of friendly active commit tees in every county of the state, in cluding Philadelphia. It is known that he will pay no attention to either the Democratic state commit tee or the Democratic city commit tee during the conduct of his cam paign for Governor." —The Philadelphia Press makes this interesting observation: "Per haps we can drop Judge Bonniwell for awhile, since the voters are pretty certain to drop him in November. If the Palmer-Donnelly Democracy can't afford to let him boss the party organization for the campaign they wouldn't be able to see their way clear to supporting him for Govern or if there were any chance of his being elected. —Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, can didate for governor, on Saturday completely repudiated the Demo cratic City Committee of Philadel phia controlled by the supporters of the National Chairman McCormick and National Committeeman Palmer, through former City Chairman Charles P. Donnelly, and made it known that he is going to establish an organization of his own in Phila delphia to conduct his campaign. —The Insider in the Philadelphia Press says of the Democratic rumpus: "As far as the organiza tion is concerned, the problem is comparatively simple. Though Judge Bonniwell refused to address the State committee, he is still the Dem ocratic nominee for governor. It is still the duty of the organization to support him, even though the mem bers may feel personally affronted by his act. The leaders showed every disposition to go back to their counties and set their organizations to work in the candidate's interests. Of course, there is support and sup port. The Democratic workers of the McCormick-Palmer faith will do what they can for the candidate In a purely routine way. There will be little enthusiasm after what has hap pened. But as long as he remains the Demccratic candidate for gov ernor, and offers no basis for con sidering him otherwise, the organiza tion men will support him at the polls. For Judge Bonniwell the situation is not so simple. He said before the recent meeting that if the State committee elected George R. McLean as chairman, he would Ignore it and form an organization of his own through the state. He could still do that and be the regular Democratic candidate. —The Northampton County Republi can Committee reorgunized at Kas ton on Saturday and H. <3. Seip was re-elected chairman of the commit tee. He announced that he would appoint the members of the execu tive committee before the third Sat urday in July. Resolutions were adopted declaring staunch support of the government in the war, prais ing the leadership of Senator Pen rose, pledging unwavering support for Senator Sproul and the Republi can state ticket, and for Professor Francis A. March, the Republican nominee for Congress, in this dis trict. Professor March was called on for a speech and responded with a plea for upholding the traditions of the party and giving to President Wilson's administration in fighting the war every possible aid and sup port. Speaking of politics, he asked that Washington adjourn it —The Ambler-Stites Campaign Committee in Its statement filed at Norrlstown reports $14,000 receipts and $12,000 expenditures with some bills to be paid. The big contribu tors included Charles A. Ambler, candidate for state senator, $5,000; Fletcher W. Stltes, for Congress, $3,650; John H. Rex, county treas urer, $2,250; County Controller Heebner, $500; County Commissioner Hatfield, SSOO. —A Delaware county dispatch says: "Senator Sproul Is not going to resign in a hurry. He Is going to help organize the Senate when It goes into session and then resign. Then it will be the duty of the Lieu tenant Governor to call for a special primary election for the nomination of a Senatorial candidate, followed by an election. To succeed Senator Sproul will not be such an easy mat ter as some interested person, and persons would believe. Candidates already prominently mentioned are; J. Lord Rlgby, of Media; R. J. Bald win. former Speaker of the House; John S. McConi\ell, Josiah Smith, a former district attorney; Albert Price and Joseph H. Hlnkson. At this time. Rlgby seems to be the strongest man. He has a large fol lowing of friends, and he Is very popular with all factions of the Re publican party." BLAJtRJSBTJRG Qftftfti- TELEGRAPH THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT Ry Briggs foh NftY) - y^: I Voo - hoo-#" ' - _ ' I C'MoM _ / \ I RUM L\Vou rest!" r-EUSftt>Ul Bitot. "Oft, But the E. 11. Tontevln, 104 th V. 8. Infantry, In ■ letter from France published in the Mnmlun tNorth Diikotut Pioneer. (E. H. Tostevin, 16 4th U. S. In fantry, in a letter from FVance pub lished in the Mandan, N. D., Pioneer.) MAIL had not ben received for a couple ot, weeks. Yesterday a sjnall percentage of nie boys received letters, and to-day the flood came. Everyone received three or four letters and packages containing everything from eats to silk pajamas. Then, "Shut up, you poor boobs! Hire a hall! Give us a chance to read letters!" from the crowd. All but one. Sitting over on his bunk, head bowed over a single envelope, which the mails had brought him; motion less, giving no heed to anything around him, sat a lad of 19. He is one of those shy boys, has no girls on the string sending him things, and his envelope had brought a be lated Christmas card. Suddenly he sat up. jumped off his bunk, and shuffled his way outside of the barracks. I was not the only one watching him, for one of the other boys looked at me. "Hell, ain't that too bad. Poor kid," and turning to his own pile of mail he selected a package which from its size and shape apparently was a carton of cigarets, ripped off the original wrapper, pasted can celed stamps on it, and addressed it to this hoy. adding a return card from a girl the "good fellow" knew was a friend in the little town back home. "Hey you—come here and get your mail!" No Thought of the Public [Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] A party without a candidate and a nominee without a party, sums upj the situation that has developed be-| tween the Democratic state commit-1 tee and Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. j The discord that marked the com-| mittee meeting at Harrisburg is sim-j ply a self-revelation of Democratic! party character and aims. No con-| sideratlonii of commonwealth wel-j fare actuated any of those who en- j gaged in the contest for control of: the party machinery. The "loaves! and fishes" is all for which any of, them cares. And that is \orthy of contemplation not only by Democrats honestly concerned for the public benefit but by independent voters who may have been meditating throwing in their lot with the selfish and inept outfit. Judge Bonniwell is 1 now lodged in the hands of the Pal-| mer-Donnelly-Guffey faction. ThO| latter are determined to retain their' clutch on the organization for the in-1 fluence it gives them with the Wil-j son administration. the people; go hang and let the problems of war! and of reconstruction after the war take care of themselves. One war is enough for them and that is the ■ incessant struggle with one another for patronage. I The spectacle would be more shocking had there ever been the slightest chance that the Democrats might win the election In November. It is shameful enough, but It cannot injure the public except as it com mands the attention of the "leader" I at Washington and diverts his mind; from the country's business in order j that he may concern himself with] this local conflict within his own party. Senator William C. Sproul's election to the governorship Is as sured by an overwhelming majority. That without reference to the Dem-j ocratic row. But it is regrettable that through this new division of the spoilsmen the public Is to be de nied that discussion of questions of government, so essential at this time, which we might have had In a con test between the Republican and Democratic partis*- The washing of dirty linen by the Democratic fac tions cannot be edifying. But the people will take great satisfaction In keeping the hands of both oft the public business. Water Damage to Flour [From the Northwestern Miller.] It is a widely known fact among sailors that flour will not only float after Immersion in sea water, but suffer very little damage. To ascer tain the actual damage a baker In New South Wales submerged a bag of flour in the ocean and left It In the water sixty-seven hours. A 98- pound weight was necessary to sink a 150-pound bag. which would have supported seventy-flve pounds on top of the water, it Is estimated, or half its own weight. When lifted and weighed, the bag scaled 155 pounds. It was dried for four days and yielded 120 pounds of perfectly dry flour, the bag and waste weighing twenty-eight pounds. Baked into bread, it gave perfect results. The lad we sought was walking slowly away from the camp and out on the hills. At his name being called he half turned, then continued on his way until we ran after him, calling his name the while. The sight of the bundle and our evident effort to attract his attention made him pause: and ,his back to ward us we saw him take something from his pocket. He turned and we knew it was a handkerchief which he was trying to stow away. He walked slowly toward us. "Say, you poor fish, d'ya think I'm goin' to follow you all over the coun try Just to get a clgaret. Here's a package from your girh that just come and I want a cigaret for bringing it to you," he said. The boy took the package, in credulously read the return address in the corner, then broke into smiles that broadened into grins. He didn't say anything, the lump in his throat was too big and the traces of tears in his eyes nearer the real thing than traces. He tore open the package, opened a pack of cigarets and pressed us to take some. Then we left him after we saw him pick up the paper, tear the ad dress from the corner and carefully put it away in his pocketbook. "Dammit! Now I've got my foot in it. I've gotta write that girl right I now and tell her what happened. [ But that's all right. She's a good scout and 'll understand," observed ! this impromptu spreader of good j cheer. I Ah! But the mail helps! Electrically Welded Ships [From the Scientific American] In place of using rivets to fasten the plates and the framing of a ship j together, a test is being made by the i Emergency Fleet Corporation, at the j Federal Shipbuilding Company's j yard in Kearney, N. J., In the U6e of I electric welding This test is to be j conducted on a 40-foot length of a | 9,600-ton cargo steamship. Both ! spot welding and continuous arc welding will be used, the spot weld ing for connecting the frames and plates, and the arc welding for join ing the seams of the plates. The hull to be tested will be filled with water and subjected to various strains in order to judge of the strength of the joints. Should the test prove successful, It will result not only in the saving of 10 per cent of weight, but also in a great economy of time. It will eliminate a great deal of work in marking out punching, and fitting of the members, as well as a reduc tion in the railroad transportation from the rolling mill to the fabricat ing plant. It is believed that the total saving will amount to about S4O per ton of the steel structure. Whether She Did or Not Salesmanship among house-to house agents is a matter of telling the prospect that the lady next door bought.—From the Toledo Blade. Can't Last I The Prussian war machine must 'meet the fate of all machinery that j falls Into the hands of a reckless driver. —From the Washington Star. MADONNA OF THE CURB On the curb of a city pavement, By the ash and garbage cans. In the stench and rolling thunder Of motor tuicks and vans, I There sits my little lady, With brave but troubled eyes. And In her arms a baby That crtes and cries and cries. She cannot be more than seven; But years go fast in the slums. And hard on the pains of winter The pitiless summer comes. The wail of sickly children She knows; she understands The pangs of puny bodies. The clutch of small hot hands. In the deadly blaze of August, That turns men faint and mad. She quiets the peevish urchins By telling a dream she had— A heaven with marble counters. And ice, and a singing fan; And a god In white, so friendly. Just like the drug store man. Her ragged dress Is dearer Than the perfect robe of a queen Poor little lass who knows not The blessing of being clean. And when you are giving millions To Belgian, Pole and Serb. Remember my pitiful lady— Madonna of the Curb! —Christopher Morley In the New Mall. JUNE 24, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT i While those German U-boats are on this side, why not mark some Intern ment camps as If they were hos pitals?— New York Evening; Sun. Man made the city. God made the country, and the German army trans forms both into a place some of us no longer believed in —New York Even ing Post. Apropos of permitting the soldiers at the front to vote, perhaps if it were not for the soldiers there wouldn't be any elections after a time.—Newark News. The Teuton birthrate is falling off so rapidly that I'm beginning to hope that maybe the. as it were, respect able Germans at home are -shamed to face posterity.—New York Morning Telegraph. If King George cries out to "kill the umpire" at the Fourth a.t. July baseball game in London, the Amer icanization of England may be said to have assumed the proportions of a drive.—New York World. One thing that illustrates the qual ity of the reputatidn which Germany has earned in the civilized world is that when a German submarine cap tain doesn't stab a helpless prisoner in the stomach, or at least spit in his face, he is universally regarded as very humane.—Columbus Ohio State Journal. MEAT-EATING (From the Ohio State Journal) 1 ' It is the opinion of many wise ob servers that the restrictions the food administration is making on the eat ing of meat will make a stronger and better nation of this country. A i noted writer says beef might be withdrawn altogether and we in America would still be the most for , tunate people in the world. He fur ther says: i "It is not gracious to think or talk of 'beef rations as if they represent ed a war sacrifice. When we begin to give up the things that are really needed—the so-calle'd indispensable things—then we may talk of sacri fice." One might think that the high price of meat would greatly limit its consumption, but it is not doing it. A person will pay 50 cents a pound for a round steak just as freely as he used to pay 20 cents. It is strange that it should be so, and yet it might I be attributed to the widespread be lief that meat is a great necessity. It probably is for one who is used to it, but let him abandon the use and he will soon find out how happy he is without it. By limiting the use of meat, Mr. Hoover will not only find out that he is helping to end the war, but is establishing his fame as a great benefactor. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH SIGN OP J %.T He's getting old. \ t What makes you think ao? | . \r, y He's begun to Insist that a man LEARNING THE I hear you are to be married JT\I ' How did you HV learn the news? We only decided In a few days. Oh, bad news 1 travels quickly. y 1/3* 'kf OCCUPATION. I-S? For average men eight hours a Of toll Is quite But If In politic* 'TIB you stray. You'll work I 1 I | Sfi eighteen or • ' 1 twenty. HAVE ONLY TO must be hard to | be a golf widow. • About aJI a golf widow ever hears /an from her htia- |1 i band to wim, Bmtuuj fflljat IU Proximity of Harrisburg to the big government depots now under construction and the training camp at Gettysburg are going to make a considerable chango In tho appear ance of the streets of this city as fat as uniforms are concerned thl fall. Because it Is a railroad center and troops are constantly passing through this city has seen a variety of men in khaki the last &lx months and they seem to be coming in evet Increasing numbers. And now when arrangements are being made to add hundreds to the forces at tho avia tion and ordnance supply depots and the enormous scale of the quarter masters" corps depot at Marsh Run is developing this city will become more or less of a garrison town. There will be many soldiers to be here and while the number will not bo anything: like the days of Camp Meade in the last war there will be an appreciable Increase whose care should commend itself to residents of the hospitable State Capital. The completion of the Penn-Harris Hotel will not only attract to Harrisburg many automobile visitors who have been awaiting such an event, but also the fumilieis and friends of men who are at the Gettysburg camp and who will later bo stationed at the great government plants to be lo cated in Perry county. TTiese de. velopments of a military character in our vicinity, coupled with the in dustrial #nd business activity are go ing to mean some changes here abouts. • • • The systematic manner in which Harrisburg is going about preparing for the big Fourth of July parade Id attracting attention even of visitors and the state will look to the capital to have a notable demonstration ot the kind asked by the President on Independence Day. "These parades to get the foreigners feeling that they are a part of us have been a great success in my end of tha state," said a man from Pittsburgh. "I think that we perfected the idea of honoring the men of foreign birth and we have had a parade in our city which struck a keynote. Here in Harrisburg you have the foreigner on a lesser scale, but I believe that you have the same problem that wa i do. You are going at it the right way." Another man said that the plan of having everyone walk except the members of the Grand Army, who shall be honor guests, and a few mounted aids to help form the pa ! rade, was the best thing about it. • • 1 The late David H. Ellinger, Har risburg's oldest municipal employe, who was laid at rest to-day,' prob ably knew more people and was ' known to more in this community than any one connected with the city • government, not even excepting . "Jim" McCann, the veteran police man. Mr. Ellinger also knew tho physical characteristics of the town ' better. He could tell what proper i ties were like, knew the inside and outside of buildings and more about > the people who lived in them thjin ! the average man thought possible. The way he got ft, to use his own phrase, was "hoofing it" around 1 town. He got started early and he r worked late and when it came down ■ to enforcing rules the genial ofllcer 1 was strictly on the job. i* * * "Is it an offense to flglit potato bugs on Sunday?" was the question . asked of a clergyman, a lawyer and • a policeman yesterday. 5 The man who asked it had ob . served some men knocking bugs off r young potato plants in "war gar , denm" 1 The minister remarked that this 3 was war time and that cows could be chased out of a corn field on Sun day. The policeman said he would help kill the bugs if needed. The lawyer thought that it was a . matter of conscience. 1• • Edward Moeslein, who is in charge r of the mobilization of the foreign born for the parade on July 4, is be e coming a linguist. Mr. Moeslein has i been going about day and night to . get in touch with men activft in the . affairs of the foreign born, all of whom are organized. In the last { week he has arranged for men from . Germany, Austria and half a dozen i of its provinces, Serbia, Bulgaria, Y Syria, Rumania, Russia and Italy to e take part in the parade and is after - some others. • • i The number of persons who are s addressing the Governor's office, :. state draft headquarters and even i the United States marshal regarding s the way people affected by the op e eratlon of the draft are concerned t is becoming striking. In the last - week the Governor's office has been t sent letters complaining about every thing from the way wives of men who e have gone to war are acting and s bringing up their children to the f failure of a local committee to hand 3 out sandwiches to the men It sent to e camp. Major W. G. Murdock, at s state draft headquarters, is assailed by questions on everything from meal tickets for drafted men to | whether a bushelman is exempt. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —The Rev. Dr. J. Ritchie Smith, formerly of this city, has been preaching at ordination services In Philadelphia. —George Wharton Pepper, who is calling on the President to declare against the third term, is head of the State Public Safety Committee. —Governor Brumbaugh is to speak next Sunday in the celebration of the seml-centennlal of Third Bap tist Church, Germantown. —District Attorney N. A. Cort, ot Westmoreland county, has asked tho i courts to forbid barmaids in hotels and saloons. —The Rev. Dr. J. C. Acheson, > Pittsburgh educator, says that the Germans have been worse than the Vandals as destroyers of property. He is juat home from France. —-C. H. Markham, the railroad | director, has been spending some time In the Pittsburgh district —Dan IJ. Hart, former Wllkes- Barre official, was one of the speak ers at the school dedication at Sugar Notch. 1 DO YOU KNOW 1 —That Harrisburg is furnishing much lumber for tho new gov ernment depots near'here? HISTORIC HARRISBURG . Arsenals have been located here ever since the Revolution. Patriotic Worm Turns We know the difficulties the cafe cooks are laboring under, but we think it does affect the taste of the strawberries when they use plaster of parts as a substitute in the Bhort cake.—From the Grand Rapids.