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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.
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"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."
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Democratic Rebellion
tWilkes-Barre Record.]
Nothing more discouraging to thej
Democratic party of the state could ;
have transpired than the outcome of|
the state committee's reorganization.!
The "new guard" succeeded in per-|
fecting the organization and electing|
the chairman but the "old guard," j
with the candidate for governor at
the head, flares up in a state of hos-|
tility and serves notice that it Willi
have nothing to do with the com-!
mittee's offering. Judge BonniweU'sj
attitude is the attitude not only of!
contempt but of pronounced rebel-1
lion, and his statement at once ban-]
islies the glimmering hope that even- 1
tually there may be some sort of aj
reconciliation. The candidate's ref-|
erence to the Palmer-McCormick ad-|
herents as traitors, patronage brok-1
ers and servile henchmen reveals a
degree of antagonism that has not!
been equaled in all the vicarious i
fluctuations of Pennsylvania polities'
in many years.
It is high tribute to a Luzerne'
county citizen that he was chosen as J
state chairman, but Mr. McLean
and his fellow members of the coni-i
mittee are not possessed of angelic l
attributes and they will not feel
like turning in for a vigorous cam-;
paign in behalf of a candidate who
jumps on them with both feet and j
mawls them in the mire. While the (
Philadelphia Record approves of :
Judge Bonniwell's course and refer3j
to him as an "inspiring champion,"
the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader says;
that his action looks as though "all |
that the candidate and his friends j
desired was control of the party's j
organization," and "had there been;
a thought of victory at the November
election a spirit of harmony and get
together would, have been manifest
ed."
Mr. McLean and his committee
will be in the extraordinary position
of having organized to elect a candi
date who spurns their assistance and
kicks them out of his camp.
Fate of Hohenzollernism
(From the Ohio State Journal)
When the horrid war is over and
we have Germany on its knees,
which will be the case, the first thing
to do is to sequester all the property,
real ancj personal, of the Hohenzol
lern family and not leave so much
as a pig or a potato patch that they
can call their own. They ought not
to be allowed to own anything. They
are the origin of this war, the head
and front of the Potsdam gang
which is the cause of all the bloody
business the world is now suffering.
There mustn't 'be anything left of
the divine right mess, but the whole
family must be uprooted and sent
out to beg. This is only modest com
pensation for the wrongs they have
committed. If they were taken be
fore a magistrate and tried for their
crimes, they would be fined to death
and the rest of the penalty would
be prison for several thousand years.
Such a punishment is not suggested
In wrath, but upon consideration of
what Is fair and square between
man and man. There should be noth
ing left of Hohenzollernism any
where on the ground.
THE MIND OF GOD
The natural instinct of animated
life, to which man also is originally
subject, is self-preservation and
self-interest. But men are so ordered
and constituted that the individual
cannot secure his own interests un
less he contributes to the common
welfare. We are bound up by the
law of Nature with the whole fabric
of the world. The aim of the phil
osopher, therefore, is to reach the
position of a mind which embraces
the whole world in its view; to grow
Into the mind of God, and to make
the will of Nature our own.—
Epictetus.
REST FOR THE WEARY
O weary heart, there is a rent for
thee!
O truant heart, there la a blessed
home.
An isle of gladness in life's wayward
sea.
Where storms that vex the waters
never come!
There trees perennial yield their
balmy shade;
There flower-wreathed hills in
sunlit beauty sleep;
There meek streams murmur
through the verdant glade;
There heaven bends smiling o'er
the placid deep;
Winnowed by wings immortal that
■ fair Isle;
Vocal its air with music from
above!
There meets, the exile eye a welcom
ing smile;
There ever speaks a summoning
voice of love
Untto the heavy-laden and dlstrest —
Come unto H, and I will give
>ou 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.