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YESTERDAY'S PARADE
IT is difficult to write of yester
day's record-breaking Fourth of
July Americanization parade.
The occasion was too big and its im
pressions too varied to be summed
up in a paragraph or two. But this
much may be said—the celebration
was a great success and worth every
ounce of effort and every penny ex
pended upon it. Even those who
doubt the wisdom of large expendi
ture at this time admitted that be
fore the day was over.
The entire city entered whole
heartedly into the events. Native and
foreign-born good humoredly rubbed
shoulders in the parade and in the
crowds that thronged the streets and
each went home with a better opin
ion and a clearer understanding of
the other. That was one of the big
objects of the celebration. The alien
\yas made to feel that he and his
family are just as welcome here and
have the same rights as those whose
ancestors were the immigrants of a
century or more ago. And the na
tive-born learned that, however
much these newcomers have been
neglected—and they have been,
shamefully— they hold for the most
part a very keen conception of the
principles of American government
and have in them the makings of
good citizenship.
Another thing that the parade |
brought out is the solidarity of the j
American people—native and for
eign-born—in the war crisis. The
melting pot appears to have been
super-heated by the threat Germany
has made and the divers elements '
tossed into it are merging and con- i
solidating into a whole thafc. neither j
Krupp guns nor the bombs of Ger- j
man spies can break.
We who were born beneath the
Stars and Stripes may have forgot
ten the newcomers in our land, but
yesterday's demonstration clearly in
dicated that they have not forgotten
themselves, but are fitting themselves
into their new surroundings mar
velously well. Let us see to It that
we do not slip back again into our
bid ways of slight and neglect We
have reached a time in the history of
the nation when it must be—
"One for all,
And all for one.
And God be with us all."
We made a very good beginning
yesterday, but It was only a begin
ning.
Senator Tillman came Into the Sen
ate like a lion and went out like a
lamb.
A REFORM FAILURE
A FEW more misfit elections un
der the nonpartisan scheme
will about convince the few
who still persist in believing that
this sort of electoral reform is the
finest ever that a change is neces
sary. Cities of the third class like
Harrisburg have had enough of non
partisan foolishness and the Jtidlcl
ary of the State are alarmed over the
positive menace contained In this
scheme of nominations.
Our syst*m of government is based
upon parties, and unless and until
we abandon the party entirely we
should make the best use of party
organizations In choosing candidates
ifor public place.
Under the nonpartisan plan every
chap who Imagines he has received
a call from the people for public ser
vice projects himself into the lime
light and the result is too often
|Sore disappointment for the people
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FRIDAY EVENING, RAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 5, 1918.
who have Inadvertently made It pos
sible for Individuals of this class to
get their names on the ballot. Cer
tainly, the nonpartisan proposition
has been anything but satisfactory
in Its practical operation. Absolutely
unfit candidates have found It pos
sible, through the failure of this law,
to be elected to Important offices and
it would seem to be about time to go
'back to the old system, which at
least compelled the exercise of some
judgment and common sense in the
selection of nominees.
We first pass a law which prac
tically makes it Impossible for a man
to vote intelligently in the absence
of information as to the candidates
and their qualifications and then
arrange the names in alphabetical
order so that the first unknown on
the list has a large advantage over
his associates on the ticket. Of
course, the minority will always in
sist that the nonpartisan scheme is
the niftiest little electoral reform
known to history, but the voters of
Pennsylvania are finding out that it
is too often a serious Joker that
ought to be thrown Into the discard.
Much of the dissatisfaction with
the commission form of government
grows out of the indifference of the
various municipal administrations to
conduct the business of the people in
a businesslike way. Too often the at
titude of individual commissioners Is
that of the fellow who thought public
office was a private snap. Whether
the commission government shall be
evolved as a success or a permanent
and disappointing failure depends al
most entirely upon the character of
the officials and their appreciation of
public service. It is up to them.
A BAS BOLSHEVISM
SPEAKING at the annual com
mencement exercises at New
York University, David Jayne
Hill, former Ambassador to Ger
many, made several pertinent obser
vations that should receive much
more thoughtful attention than they
probably will. With a fullness of loy
alty to the government, the people
of the country are wont to accept
with little question every plea that
is based upon a claim of war neces
sity. They seem too often deaf to
sober counsel and heedless of
timely warning. It will not be sur
prising. therefore, if Dr. Hill's words
thus spoken to a graduating class of
650 students shall meet little re
sponse at a time when socialism
wields so much power in the national
administration:
We hear much in these times of
social reconstruction. Great
empires have fallen and revolu
tion seems everywhere impend
ing. We. in America, shall not
be exempt from radical proposals
of change. Our enemies will see
to it, they are seeing to it now,
that this Republic shall be threat
ened in Its very foundations.
Who is to resist them? Who is
to stand for our great inherit
ance? Who is to say to the incur
sions of Bolshevism, as we are
saying to Prussianism. that the
rights of men. as well as states,
to self-determination, to the pos
session and use of their own,
under Just and equal laws, must
and shall be preserved?
Who, indeed, when every voice
that is raised in protest against the
onward sweep of autocracy and pa
ternalism is silenced with the charge
of "pro-German."
If the Kaiser could have seen yes
terday's parade, he'd have known for
certain that some of his spies lied to
him about pro-Germanism in the
United States.
OFFICIAL DUTY
WE note with interest the per
sistent effort of the Harris
burg Courier to arouse public
concern in matters having to do with
the administration of Harrisburg
and all its departments. From time
to time the press of the city has dis
cussed various unfortunate failures
of the administration, and while
there has been improvement from
time to time there is here and there
a general breakdown of efficiency
which should be overcome In some
practical and permanent way.
In a recent Issue the Courier gave
some attention to the city-manager
form of government and concludes
that "Harrisburg will discover sooner
or Jater that it must be run on busi
ness lines." Precisely! Unless the
city Is operated as a business prop
osition the failures which have been
the subject of discussion from time
to time will continue.
We suspect that our Sunday con
temporary is striking at the vital de
fect of the present form of govern
ment when it suggests that Harris
burg is becoming too large as a muni,
cipaltty to be conducted by officials,
however earnest and devoted, who
must regard their official duties as
somewhat in the nature of side Is
sues, their profession or business de
manding first thought and energy.
The Telegraph has on several oc
casions called attention to the need
of an expert operating head, for the
water department. Dr. Hassler is
probably doing as well as the aver
age Inexpert head of such an Impor
tant department could be expected
to do, but he would hardly contend
that his training fits him to direct
the operation of a technical depart
ment upon which the health and
comfort of the people so largely de
pend.
But the department Is simply an il
lustration of others. Individuals
holding official position are the serv
ants of the people and Harrisburg
is big enough and important enough
to require the constant thought and
energy of those chosen to administer
the city's business.
It is quite probable that the next
session of the Legislature will be
urged to provide for a larger meas
ure of home rule for cities like Har
risburg. and this change may be the
means of bringing about more eco.
nomical and efficient government
Mr. Demain never did a better Job
in his life.
Perhaps we are wrong, but some
thing tells us there are a lot of sore
corns in Harrisburg to-day.
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An indication that Senator 'William
C. Sprout, the Republican candidate
for Governor, intends to take into his
campaign the same ' lofty patriotic
sentiment that animated his speech
es in the primary was indicated yes
terday in the address he made In his
home city of Chester. It will be re
called that the Senator said that
above party and individual this year
and next year and as long as th%
war lasts, there must be national
service and while some people made
efforts to convert the campaign into
one of personalities it did not suc
ceed. Senator Sproul intends to make
a number of speeches this month
and before going on the stumping
tour being outlined for him, his ad
dresses will be calls to the people
to back up the nation to the limit.
In speaking at Chester yesterday
the Senator said: "Indeed It may
well be a religious day in the minds
of our people, for never since the
Man of Galilee trod the earth have
the principles of the religion which
He taught and all the liberties of
mankind won since in blood and
suffering, been so dependent upon
the faith and courage and devotion
of one people as they are to-day. The
unity of purpose, the willingness to
sacrifice and the spirit of America
are to-day the very Ark of the
Covenant for religious liberty and
political freedom for mankind."
Senator Sproul drew Inspiration
from the launching of the ships and
said: "A spirit such as America is
showing to-day Is unconquerable and
that a patriotism almost religious in
its fervor, coupled with a practical
fighting power, shown 'by our mil
lion defenders in arms 3,000 miles
away—the tnost remarkable achieve
ment in the history of the world—
the launching of 100 ships on the
national holiday, another world rec
ord. meant that the mighty forces of
right and justice as typified by the
American people through their gov
ernment. would brtng about a vic
tory for humanity, the most glorious
in all time."
—Warren VanDyke, secretary of
the Democratic State Committee, is
on a pilgrimage into northeastern
counties of Pennsylvania in the
course of which he will visit State
Chairman George R. McLean, at
Wilkes-Barre, and go over prelimi
naries relating to the campaign. Mr.
VanDyke took with him a number
of papers concerning the organiza
tion of the state and it is expected
that a program will be sketched out
which will include tentative dates for
the meeting of the candidates to se
lect the campaign committee and the
session of the resolutions committee.
The silence of Judge Eugene C. Bon
niwell and his friends lately has been
puzzling the men at the windmill and
efforts to find out what the other
camp is doing have been going on.
while there have been some peace
emissaries flitting about. Indications
arc that both meetings will be de
ferred until well into August.
—Enough nominating petitions to
take care of a dozen candidates for
the Supreme Court have been taken
out at the State Department by
friends of aspirants for the two seats
on the Supreme bench. The time for
filing such papers will not expire for
a number of weeks and it Is believed
there will be marked activity. Sev
eral men having names with first let
ters in the first ten of the alphabet
have obtained papers, but whether
for themselves or friends was not
stated. It is very evident from the
demand for papers that some candi
dates will endeavor to secure impres
sive lists of signatures.
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times |
in commenting upon the refusal of;
Judge Thomas J. Ford, of the Alle-1
gheny county courts, to allow at-'
torneys to go into the Babcock ex
pense accounts without filing a bill
of particulars, says that the court
blocked "anglers" and showed that
men who were simply fishing for
something to make capital out of
could not do so in his court. E. K.
Trent, one of the deputy attorneys
general, Ls prominent among coun
sel for Babcock opponents.
—The ever interesting Philadel
phia situation which can always fur
nish something in the way of a row
or a court scene, furnishes the fol
lowing to-day In the language of the
Public Ledger: "Yare men who are
anxious to see Granville S. Jefferson,
twice dismissed as an employe of the
police bureau, reinstated as a po
liceboat pilot, spent their holiday
thinking up alibis for his past mis
deeds and adventures, and the means
of circumventing charter provisions
and civil service regulations. It de
veloped yesterday that any opposi
tion Captain Mills, actual head of
the police bureau, may entertain to
the reinstatement of Jefferson will
be ineffective If it is decided to put
him back on a policeboat, for the
simple reason that Captain Mills has
nothing to do with that branch of
the service."
—Lehigh county Democrats are
going to make a big effort to ob
tain a crowd for the annual meet
ing because there are fears that re
sentment of the reorganization fac
tion at the victories of Dewalt and
Steele over the pets of Palmer and
his pals may have the effect of in
juring Democratic chances in half a
dozen counties. Lehigh occupies a
peculiar position in the two Demo
cratic districts and if there should be
a defection shown it would mean
similar conditions in the neighbor
counties.
—Altoona people who have been
here lately are of the opinion that
the success of the city manager plan
in the Mountain City will lead ♦.<>
some interesting legislation on the
subject for third class cities next
winter. The whole third class city
law situation will probably be thor
oughly reviewed at the coming con
vention.
Identifying a Young Lady
[From the Saskatchewan Exchange]
A Ford car driven by a couple of
girls from Holdfast turned turtle
between that town and Penzance
last Thursday evening.. The car
.was damaged considerably, but the
occupants miraculously escaped in
jury. The girl at the wheel was the
same pne who met with an accident
at the Purcell barn dance, when,
through lack of safety pins or care
in inspecting buttons, she and a por
tion of her lingerie parted company
on the dance floor.
Not Even Flannel Pants
King George announces that he la
not having any new clothes made
this summer. This gives us some
distinguished company.—From the
Detroit Free Press.
That and George Creel
Wouldn't it be awful if the war
expert industry should be classed as
nonessential. —From the New York
Telegraph.
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[From Stars And Stripes, France]
The medical folk salute the
wounded from the fighting around
Chateau Thierry. From the young
est litter boy to the senior surgeon,
from the rudest of the field dressing
stations to the finest operating room
in Paris, the testimony Is overwhelm
ing to this effect, —that they had
never seen such grit in all their Uve,
never seen such unquenchable spirit.
In the four dressing rooms of a
divisional evacuation hospital
through which the procession of
wounded must pass on its way from
the field hospitals, hundreds of sol
diers were treated one recent week —
at all hours of the day or night in all
those cases where bleeding had to
be stopped, where fresh dressings
had to'be given, where antitetanus
had not yet been administered. Such
work does not call for anesthesia.
And in all that week, there was only
one outcry. That was from a man
with a slight skin wound.
Through the receiving room in the
Red Cross Military Hospital No. 2 in
Paris, 225 of the wounded passed in
one night and there was not a mur
mur from any of them. One infan
tryman. who was shot through the
abdomen, crawled into the dressing
station twenty-seven hours after he
had fallen. On the dressing table he
smoked a cigaret and talked airily
of what had befallen him and told
how another doughboy had adminis
tered first aid and then disappeared
I in the huffle.
A major saw a man walking grog
gily out past the point from which
the litter boys were operating. He
was cradling his arms.
"Are you wounded?" he called out
to him.
"I've only broken my arms," was
the answer. "I can hoof it."
One Infantryman was shot through
both arms and both legs, breaking
the bones of his thighs. He was
shot in the abdomen and shot in the
hip. He talked enthusiastically
about the battle with the doctor who
was dressing his wounds in the field
hospital.
"Yhat's this fellow got. lieuten
ant?" asked someone peering over
the surgeon's shoulder.
"Guts." said the lieutenant re
spectfully.
WORK OR FIGHT
Are your summers less than fifty? '
Work or fight?
Do you feel yourself quite nifty?
Work or fight?
Are your muscles still in training?
Do you find your strength is wan
ing?
There's no reason for complaining—
Work or fight?
Are you over eighteen, brother?
Work or fight?
Have you lived thus far on mother?
Work or fight?
Dolce far niente 's done for,
Which we have to thank the Hun
for,
Get a job or get a gun, for
You must work or fight!
William Wallace Whitelock, in
the New York Sun.
Never Thoughtof That
It seems to have escaped the at
tention of striking workmen that the
j men who are fighting for them get
no raise.—From the Philadelphia
j North American.
Right Back to Middle Ages
Speaking of reactionaries, how
about Professor Sprague, who pro
poses taxing pajamas and exempting
the old-fashioned night shirts?—
From the Newark News.
Seems Hilarious to Us
This is a solemn thought. If Hin
denburg's army bites off more than
it can chew it may choke to death.
—From the Detroit Journal.
LABOR NOTES
The Government of South Africa
has decided to augment by a shilling
per day, as from April 1, the allow
ances to wives and dependants of
South African soldiers serving out
side the Union.
The British War Office has ar
ranged to issue rations to more than
10,000 boys from the public and sec
ondary schools, who have volunteer
ed to work on the land during the
summer.
Wage increases totaling more
than $300,000 have been granted to
the lower paid workmen of the Do
minion Steel Corporation at Sidney,
Nova Scotia.
The Ac
By W ALLACE IRWIN
IAM going to call him First Lieut.
Williams, of the Aviation Corps,
because that isn't his name and
he desires more than anything else
not to be advertised. His hair is
perfectly gray, but he carries him
self wfth military precision and obeys
his superior officers as well as he
himself was obeyed during those
years when he was boss of many
thousands of workmen in one of
America's greatest public-service
corporations.
And this is how First Lieut. Wil
liams, an old man to be starting on
his military career, is taking orders
to-day and feeling like a young man
again.
For about a month after President
Wilson had offered America with its
men and resources to the cause of
freedom and democracy Mr. Wil
liams sat at his desk in a tall sky
scraper and envied the young fel
lows whom he saw flocking toward
the training camps. Finally he de
cided he had done enough sitting
around, getting his ideas of war out
of the newspapers.
"Charley," he said to his business
partner one morning. "All your sons
have gone into the service and you've
done your share. But I haven't got
any boys to offer to my country.
Therefore it's up to me. 1m going to
enlist."
"You can't enlist as a major gen
eral," laughed his partner, "and
you're too old and too important to
be a private."
"I'm neither," hotly replied Mr.
Williams. "I'm going to war to fight,
and as long as I can beat half my
office at tennis I'm not afraid of the
pHysical examinations."
Mr. Williams's first experience at
THE MAD BRUTE "
[From the New York Tribune.]
All the gathering horror of the
sinking of the Llandovery Castle fits
in with what we have come to know
as the German way. It is the way
of incredible brutality, coupled with
a blind and stupid trickery, as in
some great monster gone mad yet
retaining Instincts of jungle cun
ning. The spectacle of a sumba
rlne nosing about amid the wreck
age of her victim, shelling survivors
in lifeboats or clinging to spars or
hatches, is Germany at her darkest
and truest.
There seems little question that
Germany has here embarked upon
a policy of sinking hospital ships.
She has sunk enough of them be
fore. but the present stands out as
a different act. There seems to
have been a clear intention to
manufacture a pretended excuse in
the discovery of alleged aviation
officers, and, failing that, to sink all
on board, "spurlos versenkt." * It ls
the same sort of blatant hypocrisy
with which Germany has sought to
justify every one of her violations of
the rules of civilized warfare or
common decency. When hyprocrlsy
does not succeed, barbarity is call
ed upon to finish the job.
And this Is the same Germany
whose Foreign Minister had the
cheek to stand up in the Reichstag
and speak of a "mutal confidence In
one another's honesty and chivalry."
What ill luck that this one boat
land of survivors lived to tell their
tale! Perhaps, after all, God rather
than Gott presided over those dark
waters where sank the Llandovery
Castle, her Red Cross lights blazing
above a boatload of mercy.
SAGE OF FISH LAKE
Old Hez Parker, the sage of Pista
kee Lake, has some competition in
Old Cy Goff of Fish Lake, Mich. A
reserved city dweller of impeccable
habits had run up to Cy's for a day
of bass casting. After the supper,
chairs were pushed back, Cy drew
forth a trio of mangy Virginia twis
ters and handed one to the guest.
"Don't think I'll take one, thank
you," said the c. d.
"Have a cigaret then?" Cy con
tinued, digging into his hip pocket
for the makins'.
"No, gues not," returned the visit
or.
"How about a chew?" Cy persist
ed.
"Don't use tobacco at all, Mr.
Goff."
"Well," Cy ejaculated In conster
nation, "what in 'blazes do ye do
with yer mouth, than?"— Chicago
Tribune.
the recruiting stations, however,
showed that his partner was right.
After an Army doctor had gotten
through with him he went away
feeling like a chronic Invalid. How
ever, he submitted himself to two
or three minor surgical examinations,
applied again, was rejected, went
the rounds of Army, Navy, and Ma
lines, and at last found himself hope
lessly outside the circle, where
wealth and success count for noth
ing against the splendid claims of
youth.
He went back to his desk, grin
ning sheepishly when his partner
was unkind enough to say, "I told
you so!" But two weeks later, when
he appeared in the uniform of the
Aviation Corps and showed the little
silver bar on his shoulder. It was
time for First Lieut. Williams to
boast.
"I found they wanted experienced
business men as ground officers to
manage the flying camps," he ex
plained. "They wouldn't take me as
a private, so I decided to become an
officer."
Ours is a true Army of democracy.
I know of a prosperous corporation
lawyer who recently enlisted In the
Navy and found that the petty officer
over him was one Sweeney, whom he
had recently employed as chauffeur.
The lawyer's wife decided to give her
sailor husband a reception on his
first day of leave. But early on the
appointed afternoon there came a
ring at the telephone.
"This is Bobi" came the voice of
the beloved recruit. "I can't be
home. dear. I'm sciubbing the mess
hall and Sweeney won't let me go."
Sweeney may never rise to the
ward room; his ex-employer niay
command a ship before the war Is
over—or vice versa-—depending on
merit alone.
Pershing Relies on Workers
"The Y. M. C. A. In France is a
part of the military machlhe. Gen
eral Pershing relies upon the work
ers of the association to aid In
keeping up the morale of his troops
so that with their military training
they shall become the most efficient
fighting machine In history.
"There is a pressing demand for
men who are natural leaders, men
who are real men, good mixers and
capable of exertuig the proper In
fluence. These leaders are generally
assigned as hut secretaries, positions
which call for the greatest versatil
ity. They must be above fighting
age, but must be able to undergo
as searching a physical examination
as do the men admitted to the com
bat trenches of the service. Am
bassador Sharp, in a recent appeal
for more workers, emphasized the
fact that many were breaking under
the terrific strain.
"That is the answer to those.who
regard the Y. M. C. A. as a paradise
for pacifists, a refuge for slackers.
We can use none of them in our ser
vice. At least one in eight or ten
of our workers In France is In the
shell zone. Recent dispatches have
told of the gassing of our workers,
of their death or serious injury by
bursting shrapnel. The uniform of
the Red Triangle is not for the man
who does not want to go to war. It
Is the uniform that every middle
aged man should aspire to wear. Al
though It gives him no military
rank, it gives him the opportunity
for patriotic service, and within three
days two 'Y' workers in France
have been cited for bravery."—H.
L. Pratt, vice-president Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey.
THE WORLD BEYOND
It cannot be that the earth is
man'a only abiding place. It cannot
be that our life is a njere bubble cast
up by ertenity to float a moment on
its waves and then sink into nothing
reps. Else why is It that the glor
ious aspirations which leap like
angels from the temple of our heart*
arc forever wandering unsatisfled?
Why is It that all the stars that hold
their festival around the midnight
throne are set above the grasp of
our limited faculties, forever mock
ing us with their unapproachable
glory? And, finally, why Is It that
brlsht forms of human beauty pre
us, leaving the thousand streams of
sented to our view are taken from
our affections to flow back in Alpine
torrents upon our hearts? There is
a realm where the rainbow never
fades * * *; and where the beauti
ful beings which now pass before us
like shadows will stay in our pres
ence forever. —George P. Prentice.
WORKMANLIKE FIGHTING
[From The New York World]
American troops on the Marne are
credited with another of the brilliant
minor operations which have become
characteristic of their fighting. Ad
vancing on a two-mile front west of
Chateau Thierry, they captured the
village of Vaux. together with a sec
tion of the Paris highway and two
patches of wooded lands, took 300
Germans prisoner and captured a
quantity of machine guns and other
equipment. And in accomplishing
the exploit they consumed forty min
utes I
This was not, of course, a great
military feat. The important thing
about it is the workmanlike way in
which it was done. There was per
fect co-operation between the ar
tillery and the infantry, the advance
was made behind a barrage that af
forded complete protection, and ex
ceptional intelligence work enabled
the attacking force to take full ad
vantage of its success. As at Can
tigny, Chateau Thierry and Belleau
Wood, the performance of the Amer
icans, with the bravery and dash
exhibited, had a military finish to it.
It Is tills that gives Importance to
their operations. Apart from the
amount of ground gained or the
number of prisoners and guns taken,
every new action in which the Amer
ican soldiers engage furnishes cumu
lative evidence that they have learn
ed their trade. They have shown
themselves to be first-class fighting
men and given an earnest both to
their allies and to the enemy of what
they may accomplish on a larger
scale.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
TOO RARE.
"He is a man of rare quaWtlea!"
"Yes they are so rare theiy're neg>
Jiglble."
UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES.
Little Ducklings Oh goody,
goody! Mama's taking us motor*
boat riding!
A PROHIBITED FEAST.
Frank —Tou look nice enough to
eat.
Maude—Well, don't forget that
11-.ii ITM'IOW da-
AN EMBRYO JOKBSMITH.
"And all the animals went Into
the ark 'cop* the dog."
"Why didn't the dog go In, too?"
" 'Cause be had a bark of his own."
letting (Htjal
Demolition of the. last of the
churches In Capitol extensl*
has been started and In a week
the old Free Will Baptist Church*
lately the Kesher Israel Synagosv
will be a thing of the past. For
years this building has been known
as "the church by the Capitol," as
it Btood close to the State House.
This church was established about
1862 by a branch of the Baptists who \y
| had been here since 1830 and wor-
shipped in a church in Front street.
There was a division about the time
of the Civil War and the church
at Fourth and State streets was de
dicated early in 1863, the same year
that the parent congregation occu
pied its new edifice at Second and
Pine streets. Prior to that there had
been a mission on the Fourth and
'State streets lot. The Fourth Street
'Baptist Church, as it was probably
known, stood sentinel at the head of
East State street for many years
and during the pastorate of the late
Rev. Dr. James Calder was an active
iniluence In the community. The
congregation gradually dwindled and
various religious bodies occupied It
until the Kesher Israel congrega
tion bought it and replaced the
steeple with a dome and placed
' golden Hebrew characters over the
I doorway. This congregation has Just
completed* a very handsome addition
to the churches of the city in Capi
tol street and its former place of
worship is in the hands of the
wreckers.
When Eli N. Hershey, president of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club returned
from the Kansas City International
convention of that organization, he
brought a weather story with him.
"We were in Kansas City during
the hottest period in the history of
that town," he told a little party
of friends who were lunching with
him down town on Tuesday.
"The temperature was 101 In the
shade and the Kansas City people
told us they never had known such
weather."
"Yes," responded John S. Musser,
a former president of the club, and
veteran of many international con
ventions, "that's what they told us
down in Texas."
"It's the same story they gave us
in Buffalo," said Howard C. Fry,
the newly elected Rotary Club gov
ernor of this district, "and I believe
every club that entertains the inter
national convention cooks up this
miserable excuse to make the visi
tors feel more uncomfortable; that
or they are so proud of their home
towns they won't admit that even a
spell of hot weather can come along
more than once In a generation.
It would appear that this weather
failing is not confined to conven
tion cities, however, for on Tuesday
i Lieutenant Hoover, speaking at the
[Rotary luncheon as the guest of W.
[S. Kssick, in telling of his winter
spent in camp near Louisville re
marked that the weather had been
frightfully cold, but that "old resi
dents said there never had been any
thing like it there before and prob
ably never would be again," while -
Lieutenant Sites, son of Postmaster
Frank C. Sites, speaking at tbe same
luncheon, told the Rotarians that
when he went to Texas the natives
told him it never rained in that sec
tion and the weather was always
pleasant, but that "it started to pour
a few days after we got there and
kept it up for a week."
And even "storm proof" Harrte
burg loses a couple of roofs snd
some hundreds of trees now and
then.
Of all the interesting recitals of
those who have returned from the
fighting zone of Europe none has
made a greater impression than that
of the Rev. H. A. Riddle, Jr., a
Chambersburg boy, who has just re
turned after eight months in Y. M.
C. A. work. He was at Cantigny and
speaks enthusiastically of the work
of the American soldiers in that re
markable engagement. He tells of
the enthusiasm of the French and
English soldiers over their American
allies and the old theory that "we
are too proud to fight" no longer ob
tains in Europe and France. like
wise the message of Bessie Wynn.
the charming little singer who has
been at the Majestic this week, was
an inspiration. The ladies of the
Rotary Club will not soon forget her
wonderful story of American valor
and sacrifice.
Captain Charles R. Morris, of the
provost marshal general's office, who
was here to inspect the financial af
fairs of the state draft headquarters,
was the officer who arranged the
drawing of the numbers of the draft
ed men at Washington and drew
some of them himself. Captain Mor
ris presented Adjutant General
Beary with a souvenir of that occa
sion .giving him numbers from th
two drafts. One of the numbers Is
backed with black and the other
with red.
An interesting fact in connection
with the call issued late on Wednes
day for statements of the condition
of state banks and trust companies
by Commissioner Daniel F. Lafean is
that it strikes the same day for mak
ing statement#! as the national au
thorities. This means that In a short
time the federal and state author
ities will have statements of the con
dition of all trust companies, na
tional and state hanks, savings In
stitutions and other banking con
cerns in Pennsylvania as of June 29.
last Saturday. Commissioner Lafee."
laughed when asked about It and
said that it was "a coincidence."
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Lieutenant Governor McClain
was speaker at Lancaster county
celebrations.
—Congressman Henry A. Clark, of
Erie, who was here a day or so ago,
says that Harrisburg Is pushing out
wonderfully.
—General Charles T. Cresswell,
who will command the Reserve Mili
tia at Mt. Gretna encampment, has
been visiting various units of the
brigade.
—Professor A. M. Weaver, long 1*
charge of schools at Conshohockeu
will be the new principal of Wil
iiamsport High schools.
—Major Charles T. Griffith, U. P.Y
A., has taken charge of the training
school at Pottstown.
—Postmaster A. S. Guffey says
that Pittsburgh sold over a million
and a half war stamps in June.
DO YOU KNOW
—That Hnrrtsburg Is not going as
fast with Its War Stamp sales as
sonic other cities?
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HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This place was only a small town,
but It was a big buyer of govern
ment securities even when the Brit
ish were attacking Washington.